Post-game thread: Giants take Game Three behind Cain
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 19, 2010 8:25 PM PDT
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PrintAt this point, I’m done talking match-ups. Nuts to the fifty point OPS advantage one guy has over another. I don’t care that Cole Hamels had a 3.06 ERA this year to Matt Cain’s 3.14. Don’t care what kind of effects their home ballparks had on those ERAs over the course of a season. Really don’t care how they started or finished the season.
Liberating. This is all so liberating. I feel like I’ve ripped my pants off to cavort through a park fountain on a hot summer’s day. Free. I’m free! None of that matters. Aaron Rowand and Edgar Renteria scored a run today. Aaron Rowand and Edgar Renteria started and scored a run today. Oh, and, let’s see, Cody Ross turned into Matt Holliday after taking a few simple correspondence courses when the regular season ended. Why did read all sorts of series previews and watch all talking head after talking head mumble half-chewed thoughts about how this series was going to go?
I have forsaken my faith. I’m not sure if the Church will take me back.
As a devout member of the Church of Jeff Weaver, and one of the planners for the annual St. Podsednik parade for my church, I firmly believe that any team in the playoffs has a chance to win it all with a well-timed hot streak.
So let’s play around with those pre-series match-ups again.
C: Carlos Ruiz vs. Buster Posey - PushThis might surprise some people, but Ruiz has been fantastic this year. Indeed, when blah blah blah
...
CF: Shane Victorino vs. Aaron Rowand - Advantage: Giants. Maybe. For at least one game.
I know what the stats say, and I have a hunch that one player is better than the other. But Aaron Rowand will hit a double in the third game of the series, and it will lead to a Giants run. It will be a big insurance run; even though the Phillies will be shut out, there will be comfort to get that third run across. Matt Cain will dance out of trouble a few times, and the Giants will need a few runs to help him relax.
Also, Shane Victorino will not score a run in that third game. Aaron Rowand will. Aaron Rowand. Maybe Victorino will have more of an impact later on in the series, but that third game will be Rowand’s. Why? Because we are living in chaos. We are a bunch of electrons zipping around a great big nucleus of a planet, and we’re attracting and repelling each other, never quite colliding, but threatening to unleash our energy, and here were are, randomized collections of random events and reactions, and MY GOD it all means nothing, but how can there be nothing to mean unless we’re cognizant enough for it to mean EVERYTHING, and Aaron Rowand scored a run on an error, and no one saw that but everyone.
RF: Jayson Werth vs. Cody Ross - Advantage: THE COSMOS
CODY ROSS IS RISEN. THE STAR HAS COLLAPSED UPON ITSELF, AND IT IS DRAWING US CLOSER YET. AARON ROWAND WILL SCORE A RUN. CODY ROSS IS THE STAR CHILD. THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA, AND....
You get the point. Just sit back, appreciate that a good teams are in the playoffs, and the playoffs are freaky collections of seemingly random events, gently guided by things that most certainly aren't random, except for the ones that are. Try to read too much into it, and you go insane like our friend up there. I think that was Peter Gammons, actually, but I was going from memory..
Cody Ross. I mean, come on. Jose Guillen was the starting right fielder until less than three weeks ago.
Also, Matt Cain.
Matt Cain.
Remember what some folks were yabbering about after Cain got whomped by an Adrian Gonzalez-shaped whomping stick on the last Friday game of the regular season? Cain was tired. Maybe he wasn’t clutch. Maybe he couldn’t handle the pressure. The pressure’s different in a pennant race, don’t you know?
Matt Cain.
And then Matt Cain.
Still a long way to go. The series isn’t even close to over. Two more wins in the next four games is still a daunting task. But I’d sure rather be trying to win two out of the next four than three out of the next four.
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Matt Cain is awesome.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’m j14 and I approve of this message.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
There was a guy in 302 with a Ross for Governor placard .
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Especially given Matt's attitude towards children, as outlined in signature lines hereabouts...
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Governor?
Hasn’t Matt suffered enough already?
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 20, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Really. I’m so confused with all these Monkeys replying to one another.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 19, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m no monkey, but I’ll throw feces if you ask nicely.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
WHO WOULD EVER REQUEST THAT??
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 19, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait. I don’t want to know the answer to that.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 19, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Let’s just leave it at, I don’t want you to throw feces anywhere around or at me. Just no.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 19, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
You asked the question…don’t back out now.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope. You’re not going to dare me into getting feces thrown at myself or anything of the sort. I’m not that stupid.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 19, 2010 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
MATT CAIN
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 19, 2010 8:29 PM PDT reply actions
If only we still had. . .
Bowker on the roster. He could have pinch hit for Cain in the 7th and then been our lefty outta the ’pen in the 8th. Damn you Sabean.
by betterthanbochy on Oct 19, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
So Grant...
Did you end up being able to avoid checking the results of the game before watching?
Croix De Candlestick: You'll be a better person for reading | My adopted Giant: the next Buster Posey, Johnny Monell
Yep.
I found out that I have the willpower to resist checking the score, but when I get home, I just watch the torture on double- or triple speed. Kind of cheapens it, but I’m not nearly as stressed out right now.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 19, 2010 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
“Oh, no, I feel great. I just ordered some more vitamins. I see you were exercising. So was I. I taped ‘20 Minute Workout’ and played it back at high speed so it only took ten minutes and I got a really good workout. You wanna come in and have a mineral water or something?”
you wouldn't happen
to be the keymaster would you?
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
I did this for the 2nd Braves game
I still had the third one on DVR, but didn’t have the stomach to watch it after game NLDS game 2. I just looked on the interwebs
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
Kind of cheapens it
I agree. I had to pick up jr. after the second & paused the game. I come back & watched it on a 5 minute delay for a few innings. I was pissed when I heard incoming texts on my phone. I’m thinking “WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING 5 MINUTES FROM NOW!?”
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
I do that
I had 30 minutes saved on DVR for game 2 of ATL series. The 8th inning was on fast forward.
It's better to be lucky than good.
by Myemail21479 on Oct 20, 2010 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
My cynicism detectors . . .
might be dialed a bit high, but I think that was a joke.
Most regular columnists have eventually rendered a generic version of their stuff. For regular readers, it’s good fun.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Oct 19, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
The “Rally Thong” has gone team-wide. The company that makes Aubrey Huff’s red, rhinestone-studded lucky underwear sent an unsolicited shipment of four boxes of thongs and other assorted items to AT&T Park. Huff took charge from there, passing out the skimpy skivvies to teammates — some of whom politely declined.
http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_16381638?source=rss
.277/.399/.518 out of a shortstop?!
Keep on, keepin' on, Ryan Cavan
by ryanmiles on Oct 19, 2010 8:31 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
You don't decline the rally thong
This is baseball for chrissakes
by poopinator on Oct 19, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
You wear. . .
the god damn rally thong and you f*&#ing like it meat!
For WilltheThrill, this is Jon Miller saying goodnight. . . .
by WilltheThrill on Oct 19, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, just because it works when Aubrey wears it doesn’t mean it will work for everyone. Maybe it’s particular to the one thong.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions
you have to calculate the VORT
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions
True Fact
My VORT is infinity. Actually infinity point 3 but I round down in the name of modesty.
It's magic inside, and that doesn't only mean Aubrey's junk.
by Aubrey Huff's Thong on Oct 20, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Not a risk worth taking!
It's better to be lucky than good.
by Myemail21479 on Oct 20, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
He doesn’t wear underwear. Srsly.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 19, 2010 8:46 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Now he has six pack in his hand and doesn’t know where it came from.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Oct 20, 2010 7:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Four boxes? How many did they order?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 19, 2010 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
lulz
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 19, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
That's Bengie YANKEE SLAYER
to you!
Timmy and Cainer2010 = Unit and Schilling 2001
by SnowLeopard on Oct 19, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Boxes were from PAPI unsolicited.
Mana from Heaven.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Oct 20, 2010 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions
MATT CAIN
Matt Cain went 11-0 in 18 regular-season starts in which the Giants scored at least three runs for him. The Giants were 16-2 in those starts.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 19, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Those that declined, of course, went commando.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
in soviet russia, rally thong orders you
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Oct 20, 2010 6:57 AM PDT up reply actions
You said it, man. We’re so beyond analysis now. We’re into buying that extra funnel cake at the drive-thru window just because it tastes great. Bad for us? Nothing is bad for us when the Giants are playing this deep into October.
Life is awesome.
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Matt Cain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 19, 2010 8:32 PM PDT reply actions
I like how it bounces off.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 19, 2010 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
My bad
I forgot that most people use narrow view.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 19, 2010 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Those poor ignorant fools
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
They digust me.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 19, 2010 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Disgust too.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 19, 2010 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for clarifying
I was reading it as “They digest me”.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
Me too. But I diguss.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, they're in teal, so...
perhaps you meant they’re playing well?
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 19, 2010 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Get back to me when they are winning in the playoffs.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Never forget
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2008/6/27/560321/so-when-do-we-get-real-and
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Oct 19, 2010 8:34 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
revisionism
I don’t want to believe anyone was ever that ignorant.
Sigualicious defenitious working on his fitness
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, good times.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 19, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Some of the comments in there are full of lulz
I think Dallas MCPherson would be a killer pick up.
by KCE on Jun 27, 2008 2:33 PM PDT
and sadz
Also, this thread definitely deserves as many recommendations as we can throw at it.
Also, nobody has given an update on what Villalona’s done today. Get on it, people.
by groug on Jun 27, 2008 2:33 PM PDT
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I wonder how many brilliant things I’ve done are recognized as brilliant without their brilliance ever expressly confirmed to me. Probably, like, 50,000.
by Grant on Jun 27, 2008 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Howie
Somewhere in that 1 – 50,000 range, I’d imagine.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 27, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
by ResDog on Oct 20, 2010 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I've been trying to find that thread for months
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
The fake sharksrog comment might be the finest moment of my life.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
He still reads this board, but just posts on AOL.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Oct 20, 2010 4:47 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Why would you post there and not here?
AOL?
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Oct 20, 2010 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Becuz McCoven r meen n dogpile!!
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
NO MENTAL TOUGHNESS
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions
He looked ready to play.
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
/steals second
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
he's looking lean and mean
I bet he could steal a few bases again.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Oct 19, 2010 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Reminds me of his line scores when he his .370
A lot of 1-1, 3 BB
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 19, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t even imagine what would happen.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I would fly out there and go to the fucking game
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
Whatever.
Giants fans don’t even like Bonds anymore. They’re so happy that the team has a new identity without him.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Those articles about how the Giants are no longer a superstar team and the little guys are putting it together just get more patronizing by the day. I swear to fuck, some asshole’s going to make an Eckstein reference soon and I am just going to take seventeen shits and die.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Seventeen huh?
I’d take umpteen if I were you.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
When Fontenot hits a clutch double, it will come. It will come like a tsunami, washing over America from sea to shining sea.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I like Mike Fontenot. He’s a pretty useful player and seems like a nice guy. I really don’t want to have to murder him in his sleep to prevent the FKES backwash from enveloping us.
So let’s hope someone else gets the clutch hit.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
You know it is either going to be him or Aaron Rowand. You might as well make your peace with it.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
You're right
No matter what, ESPN will find a way to plaster a mediocre white guy who runs out grounders all over their front page. I should just be glad it might be our mediocre white guy.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
He does the little things right. (Overlooking the errors)
He gets the most out of his talent. (Except oversliding the bases and not hitting really)
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you so fucking much for .gifing that
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Been some doozies recently
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 19, 2010 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The Barry Bonds Step Workout
Happy Barry is awesome.
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 19, 2010 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
How awesome would it have been
If in some beautiful place in time and space there existed a wrinkle where Barry Lamar Bonds climbed the dugout steps and took his rightful place in LF with that same giggle jump and shout we saw today. I have no doubt he could have muscled a liner to RF and a couple of walks. The dude is King of China Basin and always will be. Sometimes I forget that i got to watch the best player of this generation and one of the top three players ever.
Sometimes i look at his BR page and have trouble putting those numbers into context.
The King of China Basin.
Suck it haters.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
The best part of this gif
is that you can tell Bonds feels nostalgic about running out of the dugout. You can tell the past two years of playing golf have given him an appreciation for what he once had.
It’s almost like he couldn’t bring himself to run out of the dugout right away because he wanted the moment to last longer… Like “Man I didn’t realize how much I miss AT&T park and all these fans, I wish I could go out and play today!”
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
Word the fuck up
Timmy and Cainer2010 = Unit and Schilling 2001
by SnowLeopard on Oct 19, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I like how the lady to his left looks away because she knows she shouldn’t look directly at him.
I CAN HAZ MARK REYNOLDS?
Even wearing shades...
THE BRILLIANCE IS JUST TOO BLINDING
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
Matt Cain
is better than you.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
The Giants won because I'm in the hospital.
This is a fact.
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.
No offense...
But stay there until we win this.
It's possible.
I was told I could go home the day before yesterday but they keep making me stay. But these pizza bagels are soooooooooooo goooooooooooood.
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.
Don't go to the light
Follow the pizza bagels instead
I'm not a doctor, btw
But I play one on the Internet
Pizza in the morning
Pizza in the evening
Pizza at suppertime
When pizza’s on a bagel
You can eat pizza anytime
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
best ad
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’ve never even had them though.
I’m such a disappointment.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I’ve had pizza bread, but never pizza bagels…
STOP JUDGING ME
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Your a dissapointment to all us basement dwelling sport blogging nerds. Make your mom go buy some.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Earth: Home of the Pizza Bagel.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I am sorry,
but I may have to break your legs.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
MATTHEW CAIN, HE IS AWESOME
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
My favorite part
Matt Cain.
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 19, 2010 8:41 PM PDT reply actions
Odds are looking good...
To lose this series the Giants would have to lose 3 out of 4 games. With Bumgarner, Lincecum, and Sanchez/Cain slated to finish this series out I like our odds to be National League champions.
I've got 99 problems and the Boch is one
The actual odds
Giants 58.3%
Phillies 41.7%
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 19, 2010 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Calculated them myself
The Vegas odds are Giants -148, Phillies +134. When you take out the commission you end up with those implied series win probabilities.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 19, 2010 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
let’s not count the chickens
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Like a half-incubated chicken egg omelet? Om-balut? (Philipinos, chime in)
I've got 99 problems and the Boch is one
Gallo del Cielo . . .
. . . will take care of counting the chickens, thank you.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Oct 19, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Vegan odds don’t count chickens.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Oct 20, 2010 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Where are we going and what’s this handbasket doing here?
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Stop
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
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by Giant among Angels on Oct 19, 2010 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
sorry I missed the first 500 game threads
Why was Utley’s error called a hit? I didn’t see anything on the scoreboard about a change, but we noticed a couple innings later that the Phillies had no errors listed.
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Cohen’s less successful follow-up hit?
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It really makes no sense
Maybe the scorer has Sanchez on some kind of post season fantasy team, or he really cares about the blemish of an error on Utley’s post season records.
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what was kind a wierd was that
Buck thought it should have been an error and McCarver disagreed. I don’t believe in errors, so whatev.
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Radio said that they changed it to a hit.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
To counter the pop-up that went for a hit in Game 2.
Speaking of that pop-up, the tv guys said, “It is probably going to go as a hit because they don’t know who to give the error to.” Well fuck that, just give an error to everyone involved if it’s such a calamity
Give it to Velez.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Because Joe Buck complained on the air that it should not be an error.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
“He made a good effort”
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
now where have i heard that before…. oh yeah… Phil eat-my-shorts Cuzzi
by giant4life83 on Oct 20, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I suspect it’s because the ump was blocking Utley’s view of the ball and the ball skipped off of his leg, never touching the glove.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought at the time . . .
. . . that “Hit” was more appropriate. It’s hard to be sure from the replays, but at least one of two things, maybe both, seemed to have happened: the ball took a very crazy hop; Utley somehow lost his view of the ball (or, again, both). An old scoring principle is “You can’t catch what you can’t see,” which is why things like balls lost in the lights are not usually classed as errors; it seems the Scorer decided either that Utley couldn’t see the ball, or that it crazy-hopped, or maybe both.
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I would not say that I "Yabbered" about Cain after his dreadful outing in late September. I would say that I was worried that it could have a carry over effect.
I made a connection to what happened with Atlee over thirty years ago. I am happy to see that he got that terrible game out of the way and that it didn’t cost the Giants the chance to play into the playoffs. Because if the Giants had not made the playoffs, chances are that there would be talk about those key games in September that kept the Giants out of the playoffs and in particular, and unfortunately, the Matt Cain start.
As it looks at the moment, Cain is a stud…a hero.
Good.
Yabberer.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
To bad yankee stadium is empty now
the 10,000 people left can enjoy the free rally created on barry zito pitching.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
All of my Yankee fan friends/teammates have gone to bed
I truly hate Yankee fans. Not as much as Dodger fans but they are neck-and-neck
I've got 99 problems and the Boch is one
Dodgers fans are worse than Red Sox fans who are worse than Yankees fans.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
this
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by natteringnabob on Oct 19, 2010 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Mostly this
Red Sox fans vs. Yankee fans is a point of contention but I have no qualms about submitting to your line of reasoning
I've got 99 problems and the Boch is one
Red Sox fans might be annoying, but they aren’t as vicious as Yankee fans, and certainly not as entitled. People are seriously going to want Girardi fired for managing his team to a World Series and an LCS in two seasons.
That’s also not getting into the homophobia of the bleacher creatures and how anybody wearing opposition gear gets taunted into fights at Yankee Stadium. People mostly leave you alone at Fenway, unless you’re being a dick.
When people think of homophobia they tend to associate it mostly with the south, but I was surprised at how much of it there was in the New Jersey/New York area.
Wayne Rooney is dead to me.
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by Useful_Idiot on Oct 20, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Homophobia is wicked gay.
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also, racism
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My personal experience:
Red Sox Fans: We have a small market budget! WOE IS ME
Yankee Fans: Yeah we buy the championships. So what?
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
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Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Oct 20, 2010 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions
One of those I can respect.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I think the second line is
“all the best players came from the farm system”, but unless Jesus Montero can play SS, C, and close games at the same time, that one is not going to work in a year or so.
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"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Bengie Molina
Might be outhitting Cody Ross this postseason. Discuss.
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Discussion
Fuck that noise
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
The unthinkable shall become the inevitable.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 19, 2010 8:49 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Renteria and Rowand
have 1-game hitting streaks.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 19, 2010 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
hahahahahahahahahahahaha
aint’t life funny – Cody has never hit for the cycle. I’m glad the trade has worked out for everybody, no way the G’s were playoff bound with Slo-Mo.
He’s outhitting Chris Ray, that’s for sure.
by Natto on Oct 19, 2010 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You think we should try to get him back?
We have that young feller Poser something behind the plate right? You think the Rangers would give up Bengie’s vetaran presence for the young kid?
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Dunno
Cody had a 1.435 OPS going into tonight’s game, with 3 dingerz. Bengie’s was somewhere around .800. Obviously gonna jump like hell tonight, but that much?
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Cody also has around the second best PO AVG. and six straight go ahead RBI's
nutsness
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
/begs to differ
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
He's handled the Phillies' and Braves' staffs pretty well so far.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 19, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I think somebody else posted this idea
But it looks like Bengie Molina will be standing in front of a World Series title. If the time comes, Posey needs to slay that dragon.
Bengie Molina
If we do end up playing the Rangers, or even if the Rangers get in (which they probably will), expect Greg Papa to do a 1-hour special on Bengie Molina and how he’s and awesome, gritty, gamer, veteran catcher who is solely responsible for everything good about Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Jonathan Sanchez, Brian Wilson, Barry Zito, Madison Bumgarner, Cody Ross, Aubrey Huff, Andres Torres, Pat Burrell, etc., etc.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 19, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Tim Lincecum struggled in August because Bengie was gone
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Yes, I remember Papa making this very argument. And F.P., of all people, was the one to shut him down. When you make F.P. Santangelo look smart in comparison, you should just quit life right there.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 19, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait he really said that?
Wow, that’s fail
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Yep. It was at the height of the “OMG TIMMY IS BROKEN, EVERYBODY PANIC!!!!!!!!11” discussion.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
But saying it's because of Bengie
Man…Papa should cover the Raiders full time. Get his fail out of the Giants
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Strawhats!
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Matt Cain is better than you. He is better than I. Accept it and move on with your life. I have.
Wayne Rooney is dead to me.
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OMG!
Yankee pants were touched! Must replay this game!
I saw that and thought the same thing
I enjoyed ron darling blurting out “HIS PANT LEG WAS TOUCHED!” while his heart sank.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Again, pointing out truth doesn’t make a Met into a Yankee fan.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 19, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Last night it was empty in the 9th
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
three freaking walks, and no runs.
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The anti giant rally
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Same result, though.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 19, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I had game taping while watching
just rewatched. Still awesome. BTW anyone else hear Eric Karros giving Matt Cain some respect? It was awesome.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 8:53 PM PDT reply actions
LOL
didn’t see that. Kinda deserved being yelled at, never for throwing anything at people though.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Even a Rally Rag?
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 19, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
It starts with that, but it takes one A-hole and the guy doesn’t know what is coming. Just keep hands and items off people. Thats all I’m asking.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Fair enough.
I can see a single orange washcloth fluttering down onto the bird being pretty great, though.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 19, 2010 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I laughed because he didn't get hurt.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man
I forgot about that. Why does he hate Matsui so much?
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Matsui slept with his cat and put a cigarette out on his wife.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 19, 2010 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Yankees in 6 and Phils in 5 FWIW
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 19, 2010 8:54 PM PDT reply actions
Beast mode
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 19, 2010 8:55 PM PDT reply actions
Someone told him that the 2008 Home Run Derby never ended.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 19, 2010 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
this pitching is not very good
but Josh is awesome.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 19, 2010 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL YANKEES
Getting clowned on by the cocaine cowboys.
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Helluva Drug
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wow
Cliff Lee is going to get PAID next year. Or somebody is.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
Let's trade CAIN 4 FIELDER
So we can sign Lee!
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
If the Yankees do not sign him
They may just pay him to retire.
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by scout6 on Oct 19, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
lol afraud with the pablo defense
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Were off the map now folks
here, there be monsters.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 19, 2010 8:58 PM PDT reply actions
LOL
“Oh my God!”
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 19, 2010 8:58 PM PDT reply actions
Looking good yankees
Maybe you can up the payroll to 400 million next year to ensure that no one can take free agents to make it unfair for you.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
This could be posted a thousand more times
and I would still not have seen enough
not really
AL doesn’t scare me one bit..
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
With the soul of a LOST HAWK
Is there a heaven for a Rap Cat, let's talk
It's not like I'd rather have the Yankees
Or Phillies for that matter! But the Rangers CRUSH good pitching
I've got 99 problems and the Boch is one
So do we.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Either that
Or the Yankees pitching just sucks huge balls. Especially the relievers.
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But they would all be Cy Young canidates in the NL
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
AJ Burnett is grossly overrated.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
But he won 18 games two years ago!
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
If he’s so overrated, then why is he making so much money?
CHECK AND MATE
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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He’s paid in Yankee Reserve Notes…
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
So, I checked like you said, but do I really have to mate?
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s tempting, but I think we’ll wave that clause just this once.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Oh, good. Because I need, like, way more hours of notice for that sort of thing.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
zito'd
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 6:59 AM PDT up reply actions
The lineup yes.
It would be an interesting series. Frankly I’d rather play the Yankees if we were that fortunate.
Would you boo or cheer Bengie?
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
I'd cheer.
He was a good Giant for most of his tenure here.
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Also
He has said all the right things since leaving. I would cheer despite the general mopiness over this season
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Cheer too
And I cheer his three run jack tonight.
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by achiappanza on Oct 19, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Cheer when annouced, then hiss while he batted.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Cheer intros and first AB's
Boo thereafter.
by kezargiants on Oct 19, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
It's odd that there are so few fans left
Apparently the dipshits that can afford $2000 tickets aren’t so loyal
In this series, the Yankees haven’t really been in the same league as the Rangers. That one bullpen meltdown aside, Texas has totally dominated.
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Should be 3-0 Rangers
but who’s counting?
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
the Yankees have stranded a LOT of baserunners
There have been a lot of moments where they could have tied one of these games or gotten back into it and failed to move runners.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 19, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno, maybe. Losing 7-2, 8-0 and 10-3 is a bit more than just poor RISP by the Yanks, I’m guessing.
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man
wasting all those runs is going to make Matt Cain angry
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Buster onley is having a seizure
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I really dislike him now
After hearing the Simmons podcast. Dude talked straight out of his ass. How are you lucky enough to do this for a career, and not put work in and do it right.
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You don't think he puts in work?
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 19, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't like Olney
but the other guy ESPN has is good. He knows what he is talking about.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I really just wanted to bring up
the shoe-licking.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 19, 2010 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I know.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
When
You’re saying Wilson doesn’t have good stuff, and hasn’t pitched any 3+ out saves the entire season, you’re not putting in work. When you claim the Giants are horrible defensively, without checking any defensive metrics, you’re not putting in work. Mostly when you think the AL East is all that really needs to be covered in baseball – you’re not putting in work.
Proud adoptee of Dick Tidrow the mastermind behind Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Buster Posey and many more. Also known as "The Reason".
Olney,
" I can say whatever I want about them because they are on the West Coast so it doesn’t matter, I live on the East Coast and so does all the good baseball. So I can make it all up like Bill O’Reilly."
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's a east coast thing
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Olney update on the NLCS front
Q: Are you surprised with the Giants?
A: Yes. The Phillies just aren’t hitting. They look old.
From the craptacular that is the Mike and Mike show
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
by Cody_ransom on Oct 20, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Shift-A
Cain has done 2 things this year he has never done in hs career. Beat the Dodgers and the Phillies.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:02 PM PDT reply actions
@Richard Deitsch Somewhere, a Fox exec is silently weeping at prospect of Rangers vs #SFGiants.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
thought this was all just a formallity.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
How stupid is this guy? MLB, FOX, and TBS are laughing all the way to the bank at this point. New York, Philadelphia, Dallas-Fort Worth and the San Francisco Bay area are all Top 6 media markets.
I've been Honked...
World Series ads are all already sold
and were weeks ago.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 19, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but this would probably determine the rates for next year.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
really stupid
Why won’t people realize that the Bay Area and Dallas are HUGE markets? Also, the giants have a national fanbase.
by kezargiants on Oct 19, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
TV programmers and the people who sell ads are very afraid of change.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Just look at the 2007 World Series
We were one win away from a Indians-Rockies world series. That ratings for that would have been way lower than a possible Bay Area-Dallas market matchup.
by kezargiants on Oct 19, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Dallas is the #5 market and were #6
So there are big numbers there. I could go on another Cowheard rant so I will. Sayas were small market and people outside SF don’t care or follow the Giants.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
West Coast's Team
The Bay Area is a huge market in my eyes, and Giants also have a legit claim to the Sacramento market, Reno Market and possibly Portland too. Not to mention giants fan diaspora across the nation.
by kezargiants on Oct 19, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
depends on where you draw the lines...
but I believe the Bay area actually qualifies as the fourth largest market in the country when you actually include SF, Oakland, San Jose and all the lands in between (for some reason, whenever they do the tallying they always seem to split off SJ from the other two, which makes no sense whatsoever).
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Oct 20, 2010 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions
They are still #6 with SJ and Oakland included. They are just behind Dallas-Ft. Worth.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
"Size" tends to mean something different . . .
. . . to the Census Bureau and to broadcasters. If you can dig it up (I’m too lazy to look), Broadcasting magazine might have a list of market sizes (as broadcasters consider them). The idea is how many potential viewers or listeners are there for your station’s signal, or—nowadays—cable reach.
(That self-evidently omits the satellite viewership, which constitutes a potential national audience, something MLB seems to overlook with regularity.)
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I looked it up not long ago
the Bay Area and DFW are very nearly identical media markets, around 2.5 million households. As noted above, DFW is larger, but by a very small margin.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
oh it makes sense all right
and your San Jose 49ers and San Jose Athletics will show it.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, the Census considers SF & Oakland to be a different area than San Jose & Fremont. I don’t get it either.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
San Jose is the largest city in the Bay Area!
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
size doesn't matter
Is it the widest?
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"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, you weren’t around for my fracas regarding San Jose?
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
:glares:
;)
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
That is why
I stay up all night in Mississippi to watch every Giants game, and I am not the only one.
The Count and the Letter: the New South!
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Cool. I was there from 91-96, good times.
by Countificus on Oct 20, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if jcb9 is allowed in this club.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Is that anything like the count and the amount?
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 20, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
In the New York area cablevision customers aren't even getting channel 5. That's at least
a third of the people in the area. I have to watch all my games either at my gf’s house or on the computer.
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Oct 19, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m starting to get tired of listening to this sort of stuff in every sport every year.
Why should we give two shits about what network executives want?
Thing C
since MLB will pretty much give Fox anything they want
including shutting down all telecasts on Saturdays except for Yankees-Red Sox….
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Good. I hope it gives said Fox exec an ulcer
Wayne Rooney is dead to me.
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"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Oct 20, 2010 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions
THERE'S the Bengie I know.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 19, 2010 9:04 PM PDT reply actions
How apropo would it be
For a bankrupt team to win the world series. Too Big To Lose.
Oh thank god
I’m not exactly glad Bengie GIDP’d. I’m relieved. All is as it should be. The stars have realigned themselves, and across the world, children breathe gently in their sleep, the soothing hand of Big Money banishing their nightmares.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 9:06 PM PDT reply actions
Still a long way to go. The series isn’t even close to over. Two more wins in the next four games is still a daunting task.
If every game is a coin flip, the Giants are 11:5 favorites.
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/grabs coins, starts flipping like mad
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Now that all those jackasses have left
I wouldn’t be totally opposed to the Yankees coming back and winning this game.
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 19, 2010 9:08 PM PDT reply actions
gotta give those lovable losers something worthwhile for once
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve decided to be agnostic in regard to the ALCS. They should just exhaust each other.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Oct 19, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty much this.
I would like to see Cliff Lee used as much as possible in this series in the event that the Rangers and Giants play each other.
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 19, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
the NLCS victor (whom ever it may be) is gonna need to face him eventually
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
And beat him.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Or do what the Yankees did last year
and beat the other guys.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
but the other guys are a lot better this time than what the Yankees had to beat last year.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
eh
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
ha
this is not happening. You should be hoping that they clinch tomorrow and they get rusty before the WS starts.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 19, 2010 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
ron washington = high?
Leaving his 41 year old setup man in the game with a 7 run lead playing it safe.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Is the Rangers’ road success simply the law of averages at work? They weren’t as bad as their record on the road during the regular season, so this is to “balance” that out?
/freely admits to being an idiot
Baseball is largely random. And Joe Girardi is a bad manager.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL saving mo
His bullpen management last night made felipe alou and dusty baker look like geniuses.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Bork looked good today,
maybe he is just a post-season manager and not made for the regular season.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
There was discussion a while back postulating that this is how Bork manages when he’s not afraid of losing. He’s not managing for his job or trying to soothe players to keep them productive; he got the Giants to the playoffs and now he’s playing with house money.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
this is becoming like a Geas but...
Bochy IS a good manager. He’s always been a good manager. He might have some lineup quirks and vetr’n manlove, but he gets the job done.
Ever think it was funny how all those mediocre Padre teams seems to be kinda decent? How did last years team win 88 games? How did THIS bunch win 92? Any one year you can toss out – but I think on balance of it, Bochy’s teams do better than you would expect.
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-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
yeah, I don't think Alou was very good
Baker was pretty good at HR (uh… I mean human resources), but he was like a Buntin’ Bochy who slagged arms.
Note that the 2003 team out performed it’s pythag by 7 games. Which I don’t think is usually the result of the manager. Usually it’s just luck in 1-run games. That team was not much better or worse than the 2002 squad – With a alien possessed JT Snow instead of Kent (and a worse offense) and Jerome Williams taking the Woody role. Both those teams were basically Bonds + 1 hitter + Schmidt + 1 pitcher + bullpen better than you would think.
I think I have to give some credit to Sabes for the bullpens.
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
The alien-possessed JT Snow was 2004.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
yah
2003 was just a hiccup of above-averageness
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That was kind of a joke
I know the guy has good history and put it together when needed. People say how teams struggle in the regular season because they are built for the post season.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Chris Jaffe agrees with you
I think it is important to consider that the most important thing that a manager does is not on display unless he is really bad at it: managing the players personalities.
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He has a calming aura.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions
The argument for Bochy being a good manager
is pretty similar to the one for Renteria being a good SS. Yeah, neither one seems like they’re very good, but if you take a look around and see what else is out there, you realize you could do much worse.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 19, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
This.
Though starting Burnett was a perfectly defensible position. Leaving him in as long as he did — no.
or it could be the universal theory:
“baseball is a funny game”
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
In baseball things go pretty much the way you expect, until they don’t.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
unless you expect them to not go the way you expect
then you either take the blue pill or the red pill
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I took the orange pill. As I said in another thread today, the 2010 Giants today surpassed my greatest credible expectations for the season.
Contend for the division. Possible.
Get into the playoffs by some means. Quite possible.
Make a good showing in the NLDS. Yeah, a shot at that.
Win the NLDS. Depends on the opposition and other factors.
Lead the NLCS after 3 games instead of looking like road kill that’s been tossed into a wood chipper… No, I wasn’t ready for this.
But we’re here now. So let’s run the table. 6-4 the rest of the season gets it done.
Let’s go, Giants.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
This!
Beautiful. You said it all, man…
by Croix de Candy Maldonado on Oct 19, 2010 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
there's no such thing as the law of averages
/statistics pedantry
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no problem :)
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
flippin awesome
I was able to take a pic before my phone died, lemme see if I can figure out how to post it.
It was even a better seat than I thought it was.
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
yeah. when there, I remembered that I’d sat around there before. I think this game
Timmy 13 Ks, but can’t win.
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Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
from my seat
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by DrStankus on Oct 19, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Damn, gurl.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Thats a thing of beauty Dr.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Down in front! I’m tryna watch BP!
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
nice i was in 101 all the way ovr below k ville
pretty nice
"Why is no one hugging me right now?!"
-Sergio Romo
by DoubleDeuce22 on Oct 19, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I was about 25 rows behind you
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions
/misses AT&T park.
I had a similar view (closer to HP, 1B and 2B line up with my seats) at CBP for Timmy’s game.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Oct 20, 2010 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Did anyone explain why that section in the upper deck is all green like that?
Wayne Rooney is dead to me.
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Oct 20, 2010 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
overflow media area
which I guess explains why the sell-out crowd was less than the sell-out crowd during the Braves’ series by 1,000 or so.
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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
The overflow was in the left field bleachers during the ’02 run, if I recall. That was weird and stupid.
Yeah, I like this setup much better. Toss ’em up in the crap seats, let the actual fans sit in the bleachers.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I was all WTF during 02.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Oct 20, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Funny sight
I was in 328 and about the 7th inning, with the sun getting lower, I looked over a the overflow media area, where they all had the sun right in their eyes. They’re all over there shading their eyes with papers or manila folders to try to see the field. These guys came to cover a baseball game and, as far as I could tell, not one of them brought a baseball cap.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 20, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
TINSTATLOA
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I loved the part where they were talking about pitching Blanton
because the Giants would have to face H2O again and the other guy was all like, yea, well the Phils would have to go against the likes of Tim Dirty and Cain again. That was awesome.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:20 PM PDT reply actions
Also
listening to,
Voodoo Child
by Stevie Ray Vaughn.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
H₂ is combustable. Scientifically proven.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
and they wet themselves
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
And adding B… uh… I got a B- in chemistry.
But Joe Blanton has a 4+ ERA as a post-season starter for his career.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Somehow, if the Giants need more motivation to win two more fucking games....
How about this:
If you win the series, we can start BOOING BENGIE MOLINA.
Only if the Giants traded for Brett Cecil...
that won't happen :/
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Sez you.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Surprisingly this makes me feel better about the game tomorrow.
Rookie Madison Bumgarner starts for the Giants in his first career matchup with the Phillies.
I like that they have never seen him before, should be tougher on their tough lefties.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
But to counter
They are throwing Joe Blanton.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
At least for the first 4 innings
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 19, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
oh yeah
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 19, 2010 9:35 PM PDT reply actions
he seriously looks just like Jack Nance
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/files/original/beavis.jpg
I've got 99 problems and the Boch is one
Link fail
I've got 99 problems and the Boch is one
by milesntrane on Oct 19, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Shift+A
Since I haven’t been on the site in 4 1/2 hours, it’s time I wrote the following again:
Matt Cain.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
When you got the chills and wanna beat the Phils… Matt Cain.
He don’t lie, he don’t lie, he don’t lie… Matt Cain
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Also
MATT CAIN.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 20, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Did Mota even touch a ball in the bullpen yet this series? I thought I saw him warming in Game 2, but I only got a glance at the TV.
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he did warm up in game 2.
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
He was warming up in Game 2, but other than that, he hasn’t been seen.
This is a good thing.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
A very good thing. With luck that baseball is safely stored in a lear-lined safe somewhere under Constitution Hall…
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it was the first inning (when Sanchez threw a thousand pitches), but I’m not sure.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
last time he pitched as game 2 of the final Padres series on 10/2.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 19, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
If Mota pitches, the situation is usually dire.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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See game 1 and game 2 of the final series of the regular season.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
What if it's a blowout
in our favor?
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
And to think
Mota was our setup man for a good 2 months.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
When you make loud noises during a #2.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yah, was thinking the same thing. Letting Mota mop up two innings with the Giants about to clinch in Game 5? Priceless.
But even in a blow-out, Wilson for the last out. Just because.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
the fun thing about blow-outs
If the mop-up guy sucks bad enough, they’re not blowouts any more.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, he was up in throwing in early going of game 1 or 2
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Oct 20, 2010 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I believe
it is 4:57 for tomorrow. At least, that’s what they said at the park today
I think same for Thursday.
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More shadows. Good.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes. should thank Fox for the funky start time that moved the shadow of the lights across the mound for 4 innings.
Funny that… Maybe they helped the team they don’t want to win.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
By the way
Because I will be there Thursday. I could not be more pumped.
Matt Cain is better than you.
Hiromi Ito is also better than you.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
Drunkness aside, that actually is kind of an appropriate response.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Also
Fyodor Dostoesvky
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
But seriously: Hiromi Ito is awesome.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
And Dostoevsky isn’t?
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT DOWN THE STRETCH, NERDS
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I’m not sold on Ivan Karamazov. He’s got some real big-league tools but I’m worried about his composure in pressure situations.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s an idiot.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Get it?
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Because of that book.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The Idiot.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Which Dostoevsky wrote…
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I wasn’t aware that it was an autobiography.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
And it’s great. You should read it.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, I only own it. I keep meaning to read it. It’s long.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
it's decent
but probably only the 4th or 5th best of his novels. kind of dostoevsky-does-dickens. he had huge gambling debts at the time he wrote it, and needed to write something that would sell…a good read but artistically a little convoluted. Brothers Karamazov, C & P, The Gambler, Notes from Underground, and even The Double are better.
"No matter how hard you try, it's not easy." Armando Benitez, 9-12-06
As a proud American, I refuse to read that Communistic trash.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
This is a Firefly reference, right?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
109 reasons why you’re wrong…
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn it
It’s a LOST thing
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Why do people always capitalize Lost?
It’s not an acronym. Is it?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Because it’s capitalized throughout the extensive opening credit sequence?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
So is Star Wars, but no one ever writes STAR WARS
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I will now.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it’s right out of War Stories.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
BTW
Niska now runs a gym in Charming, CA.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Charming, CA?
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by howtheyscored on Oct 20, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I mean, that’s not a real place. It can’t be.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 20, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
:)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charming,_California
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Pat the Bat
is Dimitri
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
You missed an unbelievable reading, walkoff baltimore chop.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
GAHDDAMN COLD.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 19, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
She did the actual readings in Japanese, and it was still by far the most engaging and worthwhile poetry reading I’ve ever been to. The whole thing capped with a 10-minute reading of her poem “Killing Kanoko” while her daughter, Kanoko, improvised a modern musical accompaniment on a traditional Japanese instrument.
Plus, it turns out that Ito is hilarious, dynamic, and generally brilliant. It was legitimately awesome.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit, that sounds awesome.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 20, 2010 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
WHY DON’T YOU MARRY HER THEN??!?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
In another time….
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by howtheyscored on Oct 20, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Was she hot?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
My God
I’m not even sure what’s going on anymore. I know crazy things happen in the playoffs, but I never expected to start feeling good. This is a weird feeling. Not confident, but not as much torture through my bowels.
I know the pitching was fantastic all year, but I just kinda expected…well….Giants baseball. And then this.
I’m gonna live it up, because it could end any second. Honestly, it wouldn’t hurt as much as 2002 if it did.
Starting eight
Probably been discussed somewhere, but I am looking for what you guys think will be the starting 8 for tomorrow’s simulation. Thanks.
vr, Xei
If Sandoval starts tomorrow, I’ll do a dance, record it, upload it, and post it. Eventually.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I will rec'd it
eventually
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I think this is the winner.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Drop Huff to 6th? Then you’re lefty-switch but Pablo is no real threat as a rightly lately. Better to keep ’em separated. Too vulnerable to a LHP out of the bullpen.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Good point.
Just seems like Ross is so good hot right now that I’d like him higher in the lineup.
He’ll get RBI opportunities if 3-4-5 produce some bases.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
My guess
Torres
Sanchez
Huff
Posey
Burrell
Ross
Uribe
Sandoval
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
i'm thinking Rent instead of Uribe or Panda
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Rent and Rowand were just a reaction to the lefty starter.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
but they played well and Uribe hasn't really
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
you're right
he didn’t play in Game 2 and he drove in the winning run in Game 1.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he’d want to put Pablo 8th in the lineup because Pablo has no problem expanding the zone and also possibly isn’t very good.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I think he’d want somebody faster hitting eighth. For the buntz.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Who?
Ross is too hot and Uribe’s just as slow.
Pablo’s not slow enough that he’s unbuntable.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I didn’t think it through. I just remember Pablo hitting seventh instead of eighth at the end of the yearish because of bunting stuff.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
My guess
Torres
Sanchez
Posey
Burrell
Ross
Huff
Uribe
Sandoval
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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I think this is right
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Headline writers
more important then you think.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
At least the door is open for
“Texas Cain-saw Massacre” in the WS
(if we are fortunate enough to get there, etc. etc.)
"Fuck yeah, shut up." - Tim Lincecum
YOU DON’T EVEN NEED TO MAKE A PUN THERE BECAUSE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE IS ALREADY A PLAY ON WORDS
THERE IS NO REASON TO PUT THE WORD PAIN IN THERE IT CONVEYS NO USEFUL ADDITIONAL MEANING AND ADDS NO HUMOR
ENGLISH IS NOT A HARD LANGUAGE YOU FUCKKNOCKERS
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Forgive my ignorance, but on what is Texas Chainsaw Massacre a play on words?
Also, I can’t say massacre without thinking of Beavis and Butthead
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“Massacre” in Texas, not actually about the movie or the events therein. It’s not a good play on words at all, but at least it’s not redundant.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
How is Texas Chainsaw Massacre a pun?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he means the Texas part of it could refer to the Texas Rangers
and hence the play on words.
I kind of like that, actually.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I need a few more K's for you guys.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
"i need to borrow your K"
“i left mine on the field”
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 19, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s sticky on one side because you get to wear it, meat.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
“Sorry bro, I’m saving this one for Howard. We’ll get you another.”
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 19, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that the same guy from the GIF?
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Deny thy father, and refuse thy name!
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 19, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
This male Visagius rectalis was unable to scale the wall and spike its rival in the kneecap. It was later seen a few meters away, sobbing uncontrollably.
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
by i did my job on Oct 20, 2010 1:48 AM PDT up reply actions
‘I HATE YOU AND I HATE YOUR RECTUM FACE’
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions
We are down to out last K thingee, can you guys like get hits and walks and stuff till we get some more.
by Lefty-is-crafty on Oct 20, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
seriously tho
the giants really are up 2-1 in the nlcs….
for reals
<3 Tim Roth
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 20, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Greene
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
As in Todd?
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
JT the brick = pissed.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Tony bruno wasn’t even on the air today. JT the Brick will say how no one should watch the WS if Texas and SF get in.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Tony bruno was hiding after talking shit to kuip
He filled in for dan patrick today I guess to hide.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Oct 19, 2010 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Bruno
and Dan Patrick.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
He was up in arms over some comments kuip made before the series started
He was talking a ton of shit on his radio show about him I found it hilarious to see him getting so riled up.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Oct 19, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
What did he say to him?
Also, Cowheard said the Giants wouldn’t sniff the postseason and called people crazy who said they could win the WS. Also, I get tired of Cowheard, because now he is saying how they are built for the postseason and he knew they would be competative.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
How Colin Cowheard has a daily national radio program baffles me.
The guy is such a smug bastard and is usually wrong about everything.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
He steals everything from blogs then bash blogs for being blogs.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Ugh I hate him so much. One of my dear friends likes his show and I have no idea why.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
All he does is talk about how important he is, how smart is wife is, how she compliments him on things he has done, the trips his family have gone on.
It’s ridiculous radio, and the bit they are using for ads for his show on ESPN radio during playoff games is downright insulting.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I like the part
that he is divorced yet he is the perfect family man and husband, what a tool.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
He actually re-married
or at least got re-engaged
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
He likes his stolen material?
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s so dumb, too.
Wayne Rooney is dead to me.
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by Useful_Idiot on Oct 20, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
He is really dumb, for real.
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 20, 2010 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
He's just a Jim Rome ripoff.
And why anyone would want to rip off Rome’s schitck is beyond me.
Cowherd simply subscribes to the company line that, “You can never get too much hate mail / calls. Means they’re listening.”
I like Bruno he does a show here in Philly. He is pretty light hearted and isn’t afraid to be a fan.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
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Bruno was on the Comcast show after the game and didn’t seem too upset. he gave credit where it was due.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 19, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
if you're from philadelphia
you’ve probably learned to deal with sporting failure by now… it’s usually done by booing the home team.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Oct 20, 2010 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Game 3 of the ALCS, featuring the Yankees, got lower ratings than an NFL game featuring the Jacksonville Jaguars.
JT the Brick’s argument is invalid.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Seriously?
I know that Monday Night Football is a big deal, but an average team playing against an awful team with not much in the way of star power draws higher ratings than Cliff Lee facing the Yankees? The only thing I could reason is the TBS broadcast.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
This is what happens when one league promotes parity and another has the Yankees.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that’s one of several reasons. I think baseball is too complicated for many people, it’s not trendy (people say slow, but halftime breaks are REALLY slow), the amount of bottom-feeder teams, and the one game playoffs draw viewers to football. But, Titans and Jaguars? Who the fuck cares?
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
Plus, Titans and Jaguars when both of their quarterbacks got injured in the first quarter.
IT WAS AN EPIC BATTLE OF KERRY COLLINS AND TRENT EDWARDS
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
The NFL has put a good lot of resources over the last 50 years into making the league specifically marketable, from parity to network contracts to advertising and more. During that same time, MLB has done comparatively fuck all and sort of gotten away with it based on not a lot more than “America’s Pastime”. I really think it’s a league problem, and not a sport problem.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 20, 2010 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
This is very true
The NFL has been smarter about TV contracts, turned their draft into a marketable event before any other sport, implemented the salary cap, expanded the divisions, put out Sunday Ticket and NFL Network, and focuses on keeping the QBs healthy. MLB has made a lot of questionable moves that have made it take a backseat.
But, Titans and Jaguars?
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
POTENTIAL PLAYOFF PREVIEW???
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by howtheyscored on Oct 20, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
The salary cap is nonsense in any sport.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 20, 2010 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Of course, MLB might eventually get theirs back. They have, by far, the best presence on the Internet and have really gone all out to make games watchable for a large number of people on a number of different platforms (the PS3 app is an amazing way to watch baseball). the NFL is so in the pocket of the TV networks that they can’t even put out a decent iPhone app.
MLB had something like half the revenue of the NFL in 1998 and they’ve passed the NFL by about a billion last year, and the Internet is one of the reasons why.
Yeah but their Faux Saturday thing, stupid blackout rules, and ridiculously removing EVERYTHING from the internet that hasn’t got their approval… pffffffffffft. Like anything jctgamer or olliefu has done is negative publicity. They’re like a buncha 2 year olds in the sand box. “That’s MY footage!! And I’m NOT sharing!!!”
MLB has actually gone hands off on Youtube recently. If you dig around you can find more stuff than before.
Also the NFL did the same thing, they only stopped because a law professor challenged them and basically dared them to sue her under copyright infrigement laws while simultaneously posting on her blog several reasons why the NFL would never win the suit.
Yeah, some of the blackout rules suck. But remember the NFL blacks you out if you don’t sell out your game and there is no legal way in the US to watch a game online and almost no way to do so on your phone (unless you have Directv, the Sunday ticket package AND $50 for the mobile phone hook up…a huge investment). the foreign service sucks too, they charge tons more than MLB for a tenth of the games on a shitty service that breaks down all the time and doesn’t even show the playoffs.
I haven't seen those revenue numbers
and would be quite interested.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:14 AM PDT up reply actions
The At-Bat phone app is quite solid, too, and I only have the Android one.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Yankees success is bad for baseball revenue.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
not really. the biggest fanbase in the game = more money.
Of course you want the middle ground where the Yankees are good but not so good that other fans feel like what’s the point? Which is actually more or less where we’ve been for the 2000s. The Yanks bookended the decade with World Series titles but they only won 3 playoff series in the other years (01 LDS and LCS, 04 LDS).
lulz
You seem to have missed 87 bajillion “haha Yankees” schadenfreude posts.
As for them being “bad for revenue”, many teams only sniff sellouts when they come to town.
In the long term, having one team dominant is probably a bad thing. But then again, the exact same arguments were made in the 50s and the 20s. Roger Maris and Babe Ruth didn’t accidentally move to NY; if MLB wanted to (or could bring itself to) do something, they might have a long time ago.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:17 AM PDT up reply actions
JT the Brick
just said SF could win the WS if this keeps up.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Tautology Squad
Playing winning post-season baseball is the key to success in baseball’s post-season.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
To his credit, JT is giving SF credit. ‘The Yankees wish they had the Giants gritty lineup. The Giants don’t hit much, but when they do, it seems to be a clutch hit.’
heard that.
Love the part where he says Dodger fans should look at our lineup card and just stare at it. He is giving a lot of credit to us.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
not bagging on you
but why does anyone care what JT the Brickhead says? At least the columnists criticized know how to write in the first place.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I know there's lots more NLCS (and ALCS) to be played
Believe me, I’m not counting my chickens before they hatch. The Phillies are too good for that.
But still, I wonder: read this part of the Molina trade thread. What did “Todd Commish” know and when did he know it?
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Burn him!
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Visionary!
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
by deuce deuce on Oct 19, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Psh, I predicted that…too!
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
And his game score was almost as good as Oswalt’s in Game 2.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Padres radio complaining about being Ross-Blocked...
Dude your season was over long before your fans cried about their precious sand sculpture getting bulldozed.
LOL padres
Maybe you should have traded for him before july 31st?
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by sfgiants420 on Oct 19, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair
at July 31 the Marlins OF was decimated with injuries so they weren’t willing to trade him then. Otherwise he probably would be on the Braves
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
“…and thankfully the Padres choked…”
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I know some people are getting sick of that song, but I am not among them.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Rumor also has it that the Padres wanted Fontenot, and were blocked by SF. This may be true, because they signed Jarret Hoffpauir after they were. eliminated.
Well, they did unload Blake DeWitt on the Cubs, and got Ted Lilly. They also got Ryan Theriot, who has Hollywood aspirations.
Ever since Fontenot landed that part on “My Boys”, Theriot has wanted to be an actor when his career is over. He will start acting classes right after Fontenots wedding, which is the Saturday after Thanksgiving. He wants to be a coonass version of Andy Griffith.
I tried to like My Boys. I really wanted to like it. It’s basically my life anyway. Alas, it’s not a very good program.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
they lost the claim b/c they were in first place. had they gone on a 10-game losing streaking earlier in the season, they could have gotten Ross. tough shit.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 19, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
and at Shortstop... Miguel TEEEEJAAAADAAA!
Seriously? And Cody Ross was the problem?
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by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions
In Celebration
I harken back to a video my wife calls Lou Phoques the Phanatic between Innings
Choppin' broccoli
not sure if this have been posted but,
Brian Wilson
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/giants/2010-10-18-brian-wilson-feature_N.htm
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
Quote:
""I’ve got about 300 baseballs in my locker," Wilson says. “I don’t date them. I just go by smell.”"
He’s a graphic designer.
So you’re saying he reads MCC?
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
“my one thought is to completely annihilate you and do everything in my power to make you fail.”
\inspired
I'm not arrogant, I'm good.
by that's philthy on Oct 19, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I want it on the record that as early as 2008 (okay, well 2009 was when I began posting here) that I have always loved Brian Wilson. And I know in my heart he is waiting for me.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
He’s not able… pa-duhm
I’ll be here all week. Two shows on Sunday.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
He doesn't know how to win.
How can’t you see this?
Third starter, at (post-season’s) best (rotation)!
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
He's terrible in big game/pressure situations
This has been covered. You must have been busy those days.
He’ll never fulfill his potential. And he can’t strike people out anymore.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
...
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 19, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Give him 3 runs, he’s money.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t say B-money.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
The thing I liked about today was that Cole Hamels was really good, and we still got a few on him.
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Hamels’ game score was middle 50’s. Not a bad outing. We just got some breaks and some timely hits.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
His pitches were really, really working today. The fastball was ridiculous and the off-speed stuff had crazy movement. On top of that, he was pitching to a friendly zone. The line coming out as “not a bad outing” is more indicative of how well the Giants played him, because his stuff was crazy.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
“Giant killers” with no hyphen.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Today was, in a way, the pitching duel that Lincecum-Halladay in Game 1 should have been but wasn’t, all because Derryl Cousins had to be the star of the show.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
To be fair
If my name was Derryl, I’d have a complex too.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought Cole was pitching very well. If the Phillies score 4+, obviously the conversation is different and we’d be talking about the 8 K’s he racked up on Giants hitters and limiting them to 5 hits. Giants weren’t exactly crushing the ball today but had enough to win and I’ll take it! Anyways, I was impressed with his post-game press conference comments. He seemed really well-spoken and showed a proper respect for Matt Cain’s performance.
I'm not arrogant, I'm good.
by that's philthy on Oct 19, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Cain’s hair is better than yours. And Cole Hamels’s.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I challenged BFVCE to grow the curly blond fro but he says his hair is too long and not curly enough.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I will grow my hair, dye it, and get a perm.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he’s good looking but his voice is really strange sounding. Once he opens his mouth it’s all over for me.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t like his hair.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Howie : Hamels :: TheLetter2 : Cain :: Xanthan : Gordon Beckham
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s no reason for Gordon Beckham’s hair.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
He sorta looks like Cain, without the curly hair
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
He reminds me of the older brother from The Wonder Years in that pic
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Once he opens his mouth it’s all over for me.
…
I can’t.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
I want him in there.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
1) He’s not Fontenot. Nobody will mistake him for Brooks Robinson, but nobody will mistake him for Brooks Conrad, either.
2) Ferfeck’s sake, it’s just Joe Blanton. If you aren’t going to start him with that match up, why is he on the roster instead of Velez?
3) There’s just something compelling about a left side of the infield that weighs 500 pounds.
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wrecked
3) There’s just something compelling about a left side of the infield that weighs 500 pounds.
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
"Because I don’t know what it means anymore, in the PCL. It’s almost like years ago."
"That’s not to say Buster isn’t fully committed or all-in. He is. He’s smart and he’s got the advance reports. Anybody who said he’s not ready to catch in the big leagues is crazy because he’s a pretty good catcher, especially throwing." - Sabean 7/11/10
FYI, SS is on the left side of teh infield too.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
For me
He is still one of my favorite players, despite his struggles. He was one of the only things that kept last year from being a black hole of suck. I still think he is better than Renteria, and I still believe he will hit well next year, but if for no other reason, I want him out there this year because he is a huge part of this team, and if we are going to win this thing, I want him to be a part of it.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
And for all of his sucking, he was still basically an average national league hitter. Which doesn’t suck.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Courtesy runner.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I support this sentiment.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
To be clear i wasnt clowing the caller...
I share his excitement and actually reason like he does too.
Leggo my Eggo!
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:24 PM PDT reply actions
have we already discussed the possibility that the line up will be the same as
today’s victorious one
We have. It won’t.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
today was for vs LHP
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
That was our lefty-masher lineup.
Six Total Bases! Count ’em baby!
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
3 runs on 5 hits was a pretty wild result for the Giants
But I aint complaining.
Walk! Error! Productive out!
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Utley… c’mon. Sanchez makes that play. Fontenot makes that play. Hell, the bastard lovechild of Brooks Conrad and Eugenio Velez makes that play.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Listen: Joe Buck said that it was not an error.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Thou shalt not give errors to charismatic, white ballplayers on East Coast teams.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Chase Utley
Is looking less and less charismatic, honestly.
All teams cheat – it’s part of the game, in its way – but nobody cheats more obviously than the Phils, and Chase Utley is the Grand Viceroy of Shenanigans.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
but his beautiful hair
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Base hit in the box scores
Though I agree with you, I’m living by my delusions for today :)
lovechild of Brooks Conrad
Thats one ugly kid.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
not an error....
but did anyone else notice Edgar Rentaria’s inability to lift his glove up to catch the 5th inning Victorino steal. If he catches it, Victorino is out on the over-slide, inning over.
I guess that’s why most baseball players have left-arm bicep tendons.
The “highlight” is on the sfgiants.com game videos.
Also, I’m pretty sure that the umpire could have rightly called it obstrcution and awarded Victorino 3rd base.
Also, also, 1 total base in 4 at bats isn’t exactly overwhelming evidence of an offensive resurgence for this guy (nor proof that Boch wasn’t still an idiot for playing him).
I'm not arrogant, I'm good.
by that's philthy on Oct 20, 2010 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Giants are 1-0 in playoff games I attend
who wants to pony up for me to go the rest of the post season? :)
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
I keep passing in and out of med-induced comas here at the hospital
And I keep going through and reading all the comments every time, and I’ve had “Matt Cain” typed in the subject line of a post for a few hours now and I kept passing out before I could hit post.
Matt Cain.
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.
With the series tied you wanna take a ride… Matt Cain.
He don’t lie, he don’t lie, he don’t lie… Matt Cain
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
A friend yesterday:
“Mike Fontenot has a weird beard. It looks like yours.”
So…yeah.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
Maybe he needs some Just For Men
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
For those complaining about no ESPN love for the Giants
Jayson Stark pens a love letter to Matt Cain
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2010/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=5705294
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 19, 2010 10:46 PM PDT reply actions
Now I want six loaves of sourdough.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I like Stark. He tends to keep it more real than the other wahoos on ESPN.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Plus I love his stories about the weird stat lines.
Stark, Neyer and Law are ESPN’s best three baseball people, and they might just be three of the best in the entire media. If only ESPN could have outbid SI for JoePos. That would be a killer staff.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
I appreciate Tim Kurkjian’s seemingly neutral standing amidst the Kruks, Boones, Valentines, Garciaparras, Olneys, and the rest in the ESPN’s baseball stable.
I find Neyer to be kind of a twit, honestly, but since he’s a Royals fan he seems to have a little broader perspective on the game, especially since he lives on the West Coast from what I can tell.
And Law is, frankly, kind of a prick, but I will concede that he knows his shit more than most of the stat-spouters at ESPN. Plus, he is vocal about his Posey-love, which is nice.
But above the others, you can really tell how much Kurkjian and Stark (and to a lesser degree Stark) love baseball in their reporting, and I think that’s something that is really valuable. It’s something that comes through in Posnanski’s stuff as well.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I enjoyed his book
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Shit.....
Now I have to hate fuck Jason Stark. Damn you Dingo.
Just use protection.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Hatefuck is a good song
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
From the article
“Do you know me?” Matt Cain could ask. "I pitch in one of the great rotations in baseball. I’ve been in the same uniform longer than any other player on my team.
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“I have a better career ERA than Cliff Lee, CC Sabathia or Chris Carpenter,” he’d go on. "In fact, I have the eighth-lowest career ERA of any active starting pitcher with more than 1,000 career innings.
“So how come,” Matt Cain would wonder, “nobody in three of the four time zones in America would recognize me if I sat next to them at lunch?”
Or sat at the table next to them alone.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
People are intimidated by his great hair.
I had the same problem back when I had hair.
rec'd... sweeney'd
Also, his pre-game announcement welcome was dwarfed by Bonds’….
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Matt Cain: The Most Interesting Man in the World
/insert shopped image here
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
“So how come,” Matt Cain would wonder, “nobody in three of the four time zones in America would recognize me if I sat next to them at lunch?”
This brings to mind the lonely Matt Cain table image.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Dude
He’s now 12-0 this year when the Giants score at least three runs for him while he’s in the game — and 50-8 lifetime. So 54 of his 62 career losses have come in games in which they scored two runs or fewer. Ummm, any more questions?
Matt only had 13 wins this season.
Dude.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Good quote in there from DeRosa about how no one on the East Coast knows anything about the guys playing on the West Coast. And he’s from Jersey, so he should know. Sad but true.
I’m glad Cain’s finally getting the media love, but it would be nice if they could appreciate West Coast ballplayers with talent before they’ve been playing for five years. I mean, part of a national sportswriter’s job description is to know what’s going on nationally.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
If we hadn’t made it to the playoffs this year, they wouldn’t have known about him until he had been playing for 10 or 15 years.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe the country doesn’t know who Matt Cain is b/c ESPN does a horrible job at covering him b/c he isn’t on the Yankees or Red Sox.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 19, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Just for Hobbits. Who else has a beard that looks different every time you look at it? He may never get on the Wheaties box, but could pose for Lucky Charms.
I resemble that remark
also, I share a birthday with Frodo and Bilbo
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Nobody.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Up Yours Jobu
Game One:
I sacrificed a chicken from KFC. I was going to hang my cat from the balcony but hell I like the cat. When Ross came to bat I stuck a needle in Roy Jobu’s arm. He threw meat and crack it was gone. He knew I would try it again so he braced himself against my magic. Never fear, I am smarter than the average bear. As he turned his head away and adjusted his mighty cup, I struck. Jobu lay on the couch with a needle in his groin. Another slab of meat, Crack Cody does it again.
Game Two:
I am sorry young Mr. Sanchez. Two nights of KFC in a row was just too much. I believe by the sixth inning I was sitting in the can. When I came out two innings later disaster had struck.
Game Three:
I had a dream. I went to Pollo Loco. Yes I knew I was taking a chance but my bowels could not take a third helping of KFC. I beat Jobu with a stick and stuck four needles in his arms , butt and groin. On my living room floor the pentagram with the orange SF in the middle waited. I lit candles and in black spray paint I painted the number 18. Then I started my chant “Cainer, Cainer, it’s a no brainer”. I chanted until the seventh inning but my throat became hoarse. i was weakening, then “along came Javy” followed by the closer!!!!
Game Four:
I am ready. The candles are lit. Jobu looks poorly now. Some of his stuffing is hanging out of his ass and crotch. I am ready to water board the evil spirit. But first I have to clean the spray paint up and check the roster for Madison’s number. Tomorrow I was thinking maybe chicken from the local Indian restaurant, but the smell of curry gives me the shits.
by Longtimewaiting on Oct 19, 2010 10:49 PM PDT reply actions
Cody Ross -- My wife calls him Corddry Ross because of the resemblance
I'm without a home.
by HawkJaw on Oct 19, 2010 10:50 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I can see it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
totally
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I always thought it was kind of obvious.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 19, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
KNBR
Says the peeps on McCovey Chronciles know as much as the pros when it comes to our pitchers tendencies…. cool or scary?
I agree. And not just because he said that (thought it doesn’t hurt).
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed. I don’t always agree with his opinions, but he backs up his statements with a deep reserve of baseball knowledge, and he’s always well prepared.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Cool. He’s right. Almost everyone here watches almost every Giant’s game, and when your bring all of us together, there is not much that will go unnoticed.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I take offense to that
I didn’t watch more than a couple dozen games this year (if that).
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
I have to miss a lot due to practice. Maybe I shouldn’t have said almost everyone, but a lot of people.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
WHA?
Was this a caller or something?
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Cool. But sad cos the pros are getting paid and we’re not, while we’re better than they are. :)
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant is,
were not.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Soon
Grant will become a myth, and all we will have is oil paintings of what people believe he looks like.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately, no one can be told what Grant looks like
You have to see it for yourself.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
The other day, Grant referred to Fontenot as’ Uncommomly handsome." The only way a man would say that about another man is if they look similar. So is Grant short , muscular, with wavy pale hair?
I’d bend over for Fontenot. All he needs is an apple box.
Applebox, the Movie
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Who gave us a shout out?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
He's right.
The experts are here. We watch and discuss them more than anyone. National guys have to cover all the story lines and weight their time to the East Coast storylines. For example, last year we knew Timmys split/change was the most devastating pitch in the majors long before Fan Graphs wrote about it, not to mention the myopic ex-jocks that litter ESPN’s TV analysis. And knowing this staff and what they are capable of is also why most of us here from the most biased to the most objective, figured this series was a toss up. Sure the Giants would be lucky to put together 4 runs in one game, but we also knew that 2-3 would be more than enough in some games even against teh Phillies, and in baseball, the probability of something unexpected leading to a run or two is high enough to make this thing pretty even despite a measurable advantage to the Phillies on paper and in theory.
Next time Kruk and Olney, do your homework and find out what the Dudes at MCC think.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Your Anti-Media Bias Is Showing!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions
McCovey Chronicles
Leading the way in detailed analysis of Barry Zito’s pitch count.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Kruk has never been more than a large way to fill screen time
But I do expect more and better of Olney. But, he was a Dodger fan. In the Northeast. I don’t even
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
He’s just reciprocating for the rock star treatment he got at the last meetup.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Rewatching the game, and I think I’m going to get diarrhea just from seeing a picture of that fucked up XXL chalupa one more time.
I had it. It’s really not that big. I had to eat a mexican pizza too in order to fill me up.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Good god man
how long were you on the toilet?
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I wasn’t. I went to Nation’s for dinner a few hours later.
Taco Bell is good. Admit it, haters.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate it,
my wife wanted it tonight. I told her there were none on the way home. We passed 3.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
If you don’t give it to her someone else will…
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
see more Failbook
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The fact that she’s “your” woman may be part of the domestic violence problem!
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you posting from Berkeley?
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually in San Rafael for the night. I’ll be safely back in Fairfield with no Internet again tomorrow.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Har har har.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 20, 2010 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I actually like Oakland. It’s a cool city.
It’s not the entire city that’s shit. Don’t live in those few miserable pockets and don’t also be a dumbass and you can live safely in most cities.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 20, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I lived in Oakland too
and there are nice parts. On the other hand, an actual quote from an actual cop taking a burglary report…
What are you guys doing living in North Oakland anyway? You should move to a better neighborhood. Not East Oakland though. West Oakland’s pretty dangerous. There is no South Oakland. Huh, maybe you better just leave.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I lived in Oakland for a decade and liked it
Including three years in West Oakland, which really was block-to-block then and likely still is. Our door has been kicked in more times in five years in San Francisco (that would be once, but once is too much, I think) than it ever was in Oakland.
Oakland fucking rocks
I hate that so many San Franciscans act like it’s the fucking Thunderdome. It’s shameful. Angelina Jolie went shopping for baby clothes in Oakland, for fuck’s sake. And yeah, some parts of Oakland suck, and some are outright dangerous. Just like parts of San Francisco suck, and some are outright dangerous. Or Chicago. Or New York. Or anywhere else worth living.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the domestic violence problem is caused entirely by people not reposting that paragraph on their walls.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
In this case, I may be part of the problem.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Hater.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait
what are we talking about now?
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
It’s got to be Nation’s.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
It was.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Taco Bell is good. Admit it, haters.
You’re drunk. Admit it, boozie.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
H8ers gonna h8
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
This segues perfectly into my dinner story
I made something for dinner that I can’t quite describe. I made a pan sauce with bacon drippings, butter, and packets of Taco Bell’s fire roasted salsa. I cooked some red bell peppers and tomatoes in the sauce, then tossed that with the cooked bacon in some steamed rice. It was pretty tasty. I don’t know what to call it. Ghetto jambalaya?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Sludge?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Delicious sludge!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
My uncle lived in SJ
and once he made a dish he called “Bowl of Shitee’”. Maybe you’ve duplicated the recipe for this regional specialty. I think it consisted of dumping whatever leftovers he had into a pot. Talk about local source ingredients!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Heart disease
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
by El Person on Oct 19, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Do you honestly think he'll die from that
before he dies from Giants baseball torture?
Man, I hate the way segue is spelled. I went 24 years thinking there was a word pronounced “seeg” and wondering why I never saw the word “segway” in print.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
That includes years when I couldn’t read.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
In the near future, I’m planning to make a burrito where the tortilla is an omelet. I’m looking forward to that.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
great idea, we could sell it for millions.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 19, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I want this.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 19, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m just waffling a little on the fillings. I’m thinking that potatoes are necessary, but I can’t quite decide on the meat/etc.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn you! Damn you all to hell!
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
2 chicken fresco soft tacos
my new sensible fast food meal. Only 350 calories, and less than 4 bucks. Pretty filling and pretty tasty.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
I can understand...
…if you were trapped on a desert island, or maybe the UK, and you really desperately craved Mexican food, why you might eat something made by Taco Bell.
I have no clue why anyone who lives in California wouldn’t eat at one of the roughly 12 million better Mexican restaurants, taquerias, and food trucks instead.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 20, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Basically
because you know what you are going to get. Sure it’s not great, but you know what it costs, you know what the menu is like, and you know you aren’t going to get carne asada that is full of fat chunks and grisle. Now don’t get me wrong, I would choose a local taco shop that I am famiiliar with 10 times out of ten, but if I am in a hurry, and in an unfamiliar place, and need some lunch, when I see a Taco Bell, I know what I’m gonna get. I love mexican food and will often try new places as I like the discovery experience, but if I don’t have the time or money to wager against the risk of a crappy meal or an ovepriced menu, I will go with familiarty. This is why fast food franchises exist.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Yeah, but pick the random unfamiliar place and you’ve probably got like an 80% chance it’ll be better, 19% chance it’ll be about the same and maybe 1% chance it will be worse than Taco Bell. Those just aren’t smart odds. You might as well have Buster Posey bunt a runner over.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Six pounds of weird, reconstituted ground beef from 43,239 different cows over a three-year time frame is perfectly natural, and it should not lead to diarrhea in most cases*.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 19, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
If you can’t trust a talking chihuahua, who can you trust?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
The beef is now beefier.
Still my favorite Taco Bell campaign of all time.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I’m gonna need a bigger box
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 19, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I had it as well
It was good, if you like Chalupas. But not a meal unto itself.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I wonder if Armani or Ferragamo or whoever
asked for their money back after they saw him in the TB ad. Interesting demographic choices.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions
You started having diarrhea, but Mariano Rivera came in to finish it.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Don’t forget the importance of Joe Girardi in making this move.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, I’m making a change.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I am two Phillies' losses and one Rangers win away from being quite pleased with this postseason.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 19, 2010 10:55 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Said with admirable restraint.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
And then what will happen?
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 19, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Dogs and Cats
living together
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TaperSteve emailed me about game 1:
they just played panic’s “surprise valley” as the outro music between
the tp/bottom 6th inning of the giants/phillies game
Also, John Bell sang the national anthem at PacT&T a couple of years ago (while they we’re doing their Greek run).
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
Yesterday I head “Disco” and “Surprise Valley” in the bumpers. This has been going on Fox baseball broadcasts for about 5 or 6 years now. Whoever does the bumpers is a huge Panic fan.
by Countificus on Oct 20, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
The Giants and Rangers will play between four and seven games against one another and somebody will win.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 19, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you mean two Phillies’ losses and 5 Ranger wins.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Only if the ALCS goes 13 games.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s a Dodger fan, I doubt he wants us to win it all.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
That lack of want doesn’t change the fundamental nature of my minimum requirements for “quite pleased,” however.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 19, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
What would a Dodger fan really want in this situation?
For the Giants to succumb to Real Ultimate Failure.
Ergo, a Dodgers fan would want a Texas sweep of the Giants.
QED
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Wrong
A Dodger fan would want us to push it to 7 games, be leading in the Top of the 9th, and then lose on a Bengie Molina grand slam followed by everyone in the Texas dugout doing big claw motions. Because that’s true heartbreak. That’s the ultimate pain.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 19, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I think if you really wanna get ultimate about it, wouldn’t Cody Ross have to get robbed of the Series-winning homer in the bottom of the 9th with Buster Posey on deck or something?
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 19, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, add that in there. The point is, it would be something along the lines of what happened in Game 2 or the NLDS.
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From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 19, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm fairly certain I could come up with a horror story of an ending that would make Lovecraft proud.
But if I’m getting what I want in you guys eliminating Philly, it behooves me to be reasonable enough not to begrudge you guys what you want in a championship, if that comes to pass.
This year.
Next year and beyond? All bets are off.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 19, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
“Oh. no. They got Lilly…”
We look forward to our guys kicking your guys’ asses for the rest of this decade.
But glad to have you onboard for the next 3 weeks.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
By which I mean all of next decade.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Look, if we’re destined to be the doormats of the decade, it’s only right that we knock you out of the playoffs on the last day of the season every year.
It’s that whole Monkey Paw thing.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 19, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
You plan to be worse than the Doomedbacks? Thanks!
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 2:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't know that "plan" is the word for it.
But one doesn’t always have a choice in the matter.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 20, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
you guys sold the farm at the deadline this past year, the divorce is a mess and affecting the team big time, honestly, I see 2011 going the way the 2nd half of 2010 went.
The NL West is a crapshoot next year since we don’t know what the offseason will bring. I would bet on SD not having another miracle season though, and think ARI will be a surprise good team, though not good for more than a .500 record.
by giant4life83 on Oct 20, 2010 2:36 AM PDT up reply actions
We’re stuck with Zito and Rowand, and probably at least one of Freddy Sanchez and Mark DeRosa. We have to pay Renteria to go away. We have to sign at least two of Huff, Ross, Burrell and Uribe, and do it while paying raises to Sanchez and maybe others. And then figure out money for bullpen other than Wilson, Sanchez and the arb and pre-arb guys.
However 2010 ends, management could send a very strong signal by signing Ross for two years within a few days after it’s over. Central message: “Winners wanted”. That might just make a few other players decide to sign with us for less than they’d get elsewhere.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 2:48 AM PDT up reply actions
There are very clear indications . . .
. . . that at least Ross, Burrell, and Huff would enthusiastically re-up for any reasonable offer. Considering Uribe’s career situation and that he’s gotten to at the worst within a step of the WS with this team, one has to think he’d be agreeable to a less than Zitoesque contract, too. Signing all four would be a sound step and doubtless a fan pleaser besides.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Not this fan
I for one want to see a defensive upgrade at SS. I know there’s not really a market for defensive whizzes on the left side who aren’t atrocious at the plate, but I dream of some bizarre homegrown Elvis Andrus or Starlin Castro knockoff.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/N/Hiroyuki-Nakajima.shtml
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
AHEM!
/Brandon Crawfords thoat now clear.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
I agree with Gobroks that re: Crawford vs. Adrianza, Crawford has a higher floor but a lower ceiling, and neither will be ready to play before 2012, so it doesn’t really help our problem. I’m tired of stopgaps at shortstop.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
we'll see
5 year deals for everyone!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m something of an Eeyore on the Dodgers’ short-term future. I just don’t see anything good happening as long as McCourt owns the team at this point. We had our shot with the core coming together the last couple of years while they were still cheap enough for McCourt to not do anything stupid.
At this point…
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 20, 2010 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
5 Ranger wins are unnecessary for 'quite pleased.'
I came into this postseason wanting the Giants to eliminate the Phillies, and knew that the price I might have to pay for that would be a parade in San Francisco not of the gay pride variety.
I made my peace with that bargain. I’ll be rooting for the Rangers, but it’s not going to go from ‘quite pleased’ to ‘well, shit’ if you guys beat them in the Series.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 19, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ah, the “anyone but those phuckheads again” gambit.
Welcome.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty much.
I was as okay with it as anybody losing in the NLCS could be two years ago. After last year’s NLCS, I’d had enough of them.
I’d be just as happy for them to go back to losing every year for a century again, really.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 19, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Except for the fact that I would much prefer
to play the Yankees.
It would be an explosion of karmatic justice Bengie took Wilson deep in game se….nevermind.
/banned
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Dammit
I got left behind in the last thread
/chopped.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
"How It's Made"'s soundtrack
has a bit of a porny vibe.
Also, Comcast Sports Net HD when there isn’t any HD programming.
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
He is. Not a shadow of a hint of a clue.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Buona Notte
It is getting late. Also I doubt if Grant exists.
I know there are some Bill Simmons haters among the McCoven, but I’m really enjoying his set of jinx-laden pro-Yankees tweets over the past 36 hours or so. As a collective body of work, some good deadpan LOLs.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
yea they are pretty good
I just feel like the yankees evil powers could somehow translate them into good karma
tho none so far…
by PocketfullofPoseys on Oct 19, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Karma is good.
Not giving up 7.5 runs per game is better.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s a tweet?
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s right next to your taint
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at least that's what Gray's Anatomy tells me
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http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/chuck-grassleys-twitter-fever
by PocketfullofPoseys on Oct 19, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
pro tip
links don’t work in the subject line
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I have to go deal with my infraspinatus first.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Colin_Hanks Colin Hanks
by SFGiants
FEAR THE BEARD! GIANTS VICTORY! #GoGiants
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 19, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Your strange words frighten and confuse me…
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked Orange County
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
I can get you there in three hours.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently "Butterfly" was a very popular song
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Holy fuck I finally forgot that song existed.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not a good song
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
I can’t even remember the name of the group that sang it.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 20, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh God, it’s all coming back. It’s all coming back to me now.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 20, 2010 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I feel dirty for making that reference.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 20, 2010 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure the lead singer of that band was on Celebrity Rehab w/ Dr. Drew
I shouldn’t know that
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
My favorite line:
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
+1
this was pretty great
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Oct 20, 2010 1:19 AM PDT up reply actions
my favorite line was
even when Cole Hamels tried to give away an out on a sacrifice bunt, Cain yielded nothing. He busted the pitcher inside and got a self-preservation foul ball on the way to a strikeout.
That was fabulous. Not only do you mess up their stupid small ball, you get the out anyway. And I’d sure as hell think twice about bunting after seeing that at-bat. Awesome.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, and also – I have noticed that Buster kind of peers up at batters very frequently. It’s very interesting, and I’m glad Baggs picked up on it, because he definitely kind of looks them up and down as if he’s trying to size them up. I love it.
I love the way Buster occasionally stands up in a very slight crouch rather than squatting on every pitch. Sometimes with no runners on.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd guess . . .
. . . he’s wanting a high pitch.
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I noticed that too the other day
didn’t know what to make of it, at all.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t know it was possible to love this team any more.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Rowand took every question at his locker, but he didn’t look too comfortable after standing there for 15 minutes or so. Aubrey Huff, returning from the shower, took note of this.
"Dude, you OK?" Huff said.
"I just got out of the cold tub," Rowand said. "I’m shivering. My jaw is locking up."
"Well," said Huff, "Media ain’t been over there all year. So church it up, bro."
As much shit as Rowand gets around here, he deserves some applause.
Well done, Scott.
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by jctGamer on Oct 19, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I don’t think there’s any question Rowand appears to be a stand-up guy.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I whine about him and Rent both
and both of them are proud, involved, dare I say classy guys. There have been stories about Rent helping various dudes in this or that way and I’ve seen Rowand many times talking to pitchers or guys just off the field.
I think each of them have unfortunately played through injuries that should have sidelined them too over the last couple of years.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions
also
DeRosa has been surprisingly visible in the dugout too.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:39 AM PDT up reply actions
McCarther was talking about how there were two active players that he thought were the best fits to be future managers, and Edgar was one of them. I had never thought about it, but it seems like an oddly appropriate fit for him. He’s got a ton of baseball smarts, and would not be surprised to see him in some sort of coaching or managing capacity in future years.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Er, McCarver. McCarther is some unholy union of McCarver and McCarthy.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
If you are saying
McCarther should be immediately hired as sole Fox baseball broadcaster, I agree.
No coaching job for Rent until Omar gets his, though! If he wants it, of course.
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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions
During Tim Lincecum’s start in Game 1 Saturday at Philly, I noticed that he shook off Posey a few times. I asked Lincecum about that later.
"Oh, no, he wanted me to do that," Lincecum said. "It was intentional."
And I remind you: This kid’s a rookie.
Great stuff.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
by Kitspool on Oct 19, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I thought that was pretty cool.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
/cue another story
about “bad defense”.
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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Rec’d for Posey badassedness.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
My favorite part.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
This is cool and all, but I am pretty sure most batteries do this.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 20, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
The best part:
And yes, Cain walked off. He didn’t leap or jog. He took no pleasure in the moment with a roundhouse punch or a fist pump or even a smile. He exited like a grim town sheriff after shooting the bad guys.
by Every6thDay on Oct 20, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
My favorite part
And yes, Cain walked off. He didn’t leap or jog. He took no pleasure in the moment with a roundhouse punch or a fist pump or even a smile. He exited like a grim town sheriff after shooting the bad guys.
Then he simply gave a firm handshake to catcher Buster Posey, who waited for him at the rail with an admiration so palpable, the kid might as well have asked for an autograph.
The town was safe for another day.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I fucking love that guy.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
To the Stat Cave, nerds!
Following tonight’s game at Yankee Stadium, home teams are 6-13 in the 2010 baseball postseason.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
May the road rise up to meet you, etc.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m still waiting for the first series to be clinched by the home team.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
You mean at home by the team with home field advantage, I think.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 19, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
The Yankees clinched the division series at home.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
IDK if anyone posted this but the Merc got some puns too!
Giants pitch-slap Phillies on the field and show them class in the stands too
“We’re nice,” Giants fan David Jones said while munching on a hot dog during batting practice Tuesday. “We don’t clap when somebody throws at a batter’s head.”
Ha!
by kingofthacove on Oct 19, 2010 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea, but that was different! It was a foul ball!
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
It was different. You can’t count that as the same thing; I think it was more cheering of the unexpected result that Cain managed to miss badly and still get the strike.
by kingofthacove on Oct 19, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I kind of sort of clapped on the inside when Victorino got hit in the chest. But I felt conflicted over it.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I still think it only hit his jersey.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
It did look like it hurt him a lot, but it was really fun watching him get all mad about it. Is that wrong?
"I wouldn't say the beard got us here, but I wore it here." - Brian Wilson
by GrooveGiant on Oct 20, 2010 12:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I just thought he was a little shit by his reaction, and reminded myself that he is a poor man’s Andres Torres who runs the outfield like a coked out mongoose, and was satisfied.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I clapped.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
/shift-A
ffs, I got self’d.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 19, 2010 11:45 PM PDT reply actions
I can understand missing the overflows, but this is front page stuff right here.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 19, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, Hiromi Ito was off the fucking chain.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 19, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I heard. Dammit.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 20, 2010 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry. I didn’t mean to pile on. My Hiromi Ito comments got separated and then this happened.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 20, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Haha, s’okay. My “dammit” was referring to the fact that I am sick and I had to miss it.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 20, 2010 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Number of websites where Aubrey Huff’s distribution of rally thongs and Japanese poet Hiromi Ito are being discussed simultaneously: 1.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
by Kitspool on Oct 20, 2010 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don’t you follow Grant/McCovey Chron on twitter, too? It shows up right in your feed, Chop.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
On second thought . . .
Eh, whatever, you’re sick, you’re allowed to get left behind when you’re sick and don’t feel well.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Haha, I actually stayed in the overflow thread and I was like, “Wait. Why did it get quiet all of a sudden?” It took me a few hours to realize I got left behind in the old thread. It also doesn’t help that the friend I’m IM’ing was actually in the new thread and didn’t tell me about it.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 20, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
wow
5:40
[Comment From Rob BarryRob Barry: ]
Panda ten years = All Molina brothers put together?
Eno Sarris:
that might be hard to pitch to actually.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
:knocks on wood:
JeffFletcherAOL Jeff Fletcher
Late night thought: if #SFGiants meet the #Rangers in the WS, TEX will have the best scouting report ever on SF pitchers: Bengie
@troymccluresf Jeff McC
@JeffFletcherAOL But the Giants’ pitchers would have the best counter: being the Giants’ pitchers.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 12:02 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Nicely done.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
But the Giants’ pitchers would have the best counter: pitching to Bengie Molina
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 20, 2010 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
is it bad that i'm NOT that scared of this?
What’s Bengie going to tell them? “Watch out for that Lincecum changeup! Sanchez’s slider is unhittable when he’s on! Cain likes to bring the heat!”
If we had a certain kind of rotation, I think that this would be problematic. But our guys just have such good stuff that honestly, I’m not that worried. (I reserve the right to change my mind after Bengie hits for the cycle against us).
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Oct 20, 2010 1:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Furthermore
Bengie Molina won’t be calling the pitches, and this staff has a different flavor (and is much harder to run on) without Big Money strapping on the armor for the Orange and Black.
In short:
Buster Posey. Your Argument is Invalid.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
by Solidarity on Oct 20, 2010 7:16 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
it's great to hoover Molina all the time
but there’s a definite possibility that Posey does his own thing. Maybe even better than St. Bengie.
rec’d
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Its the sekrits
“Cain is really, really, really jealous of Lincecum. Like Cain and Abel jealous. He hides it well, but why do you think his hair’s doing that? We’ll drive a wedge between them.”
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
I’ll admit that the NFL analogy that came to my mind was the Super Bowl where Jon Gruden and the Bucs faced Bill Callahan’s Raiders, and the Bucs recognized every play the Raiders were calling from scrimmage. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
For some reason, I don't think the Giants are running complex plays
SEE BALL
HACKHACKHACK
RUN LIKE HELL
IF CODY, THEN TROT
GOTO HACKHACKHACK
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Anyone know what that bright green section of seats was in left field today?
by BrianIsAwesome on Oct 20, 2010 12:04 AM PDT reply actions
Overflow press box
They used to put them in the far LF bleachers in 2000 and 2002.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Overflow press… does that mean we are important?
nah, they’re probably here for Philly and “the other team”.
by giant4life83 on Oct 20, 2010 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Late night confusion, frustration and hints of terror...
its 610WIP Philly sports talk radio http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/station/610-wip/
Any idea if Bork will play Torres tomorrow?
ive seen the tweets, but he still looked awful in his AB today.
This would be my lineup, don’t know if Torres should lead off or hit 8th. And if he doesn’t lead off, does that make franchez leadoff hitter? thought?
Sanchez
Posey
Burrell
Ross
Huff
Uribe
Pablo
I hope Posey gets out of his funk soon… he’s really looking nothing like a #3 hitter right now. Why is he suddenly chasing so many balls out of the zone?
"I wouldn't say the beard got us here, but I wore it here." - Brian Wilson
by GrooveGiant on Oct 20, 2010 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t the television say that Posey has more hits in the playoffs than any other NL player this season? I think his “funk” is somewhat exaggerated.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Oct 20, 2010 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions
He was awesome against the Braves (6 for 16) but has been quiet against the Phils (1 for 11). I’m hoping that means he’s due.
"I wouldn't say the beard got us here, but I wore it here." - Brian Wilson
by GrooveGiant on Oct 20, 2010 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Posey is hacking away right now. Whatever patience he had, is not there at the moment.
If he was just grounding/flying/lining out, that’s one thing, but considering the K’s, his timing looks to be off. Then again, he’s facing top flight pitching. Blanton tomorrow should be a good thing for him.
by giant4life83 on Oct 20, 2010 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah.
He went to two or three three-ball counts today. Hamels is good. I wouldn’t read too much into it.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 20, 2010 1:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Hamels is good, yes, So is Oswalt and Halladay.
But in the Braves series, their pitchers were very good too and he did pretty well. I’m just worried about his expanding zone, but hopefully it’s nothing to get worked up about.
by giant4life83 on Oct 20, 2010 1:49 AM PDT up reply actions
POSEY FOR MOLINA
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions
he's faced some really good pitching
and this is probably the longest season of his life. He’s got to be exhausted.
I’m not worried— he’ll snap out of it.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Oct 20, 2010 1:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Or not.
Either way, would any sane human being suggest starting Whiteside over Posey barring a catastrophic injury?
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 2:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Buster Posey still has 8 hits this postseason. He’s still a .300+ hitter with power.
I’m not freaking out about it, certainly.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
iirc some of posey’s hits during the NLDS were quite mediocre, like infield hits or eye seeing groundballs. So I think when they say he has the most hits its not that big of a achievement…
Which is why I said he should have tried the safety squeeze, bases loaded and Renteria on third back in the NLDS.
It was evident even at the end of the regular season that the swing wasn’t there and he wasn’t getting the same pop.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 2:24 AM PDT up reply actions
when's the last time he bunted?
FSU? He can do anything including walk on water, but I suspect there are things he doesn’t practice much/ever.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions
He also drove one all the way to the warning track in Game 2 and appeared to just miss another. I don’t think he’s anything to worry about. If anything I’d worry about Uribe, who honestly seemed like he made 3 outs on 4 pitches last night.
3 outs on 4 pitches is a pretty standard script for Uribe this season. It’s just the games of 3-4 with scorched singles up the middle or to right field or 1-4 with CLUTCH DINGERZ that continue to endear him to us, plus occasional defensive wizardry with ‘teh cannon’ to even out the bobbles, boots, and double-and-triple clutches that we’ve seen so many times.
The left side of our infield wasn’t hot and cold this season. It was malaria.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I say bat him 8th
His D makes him worth being in the lineup
by BrianIsAwesome on Oct 20, 2010 12:34 AM PDT reply actions
that’s what I was thinking, but then who bats leadoff? freddy?
we need someone leading off so freddy can sac bunt him over, though that’s probbaly the least of our problems
by giant4life83 on Oct 20, 2010 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Once again
Why would anyone EVER throw Aaron Rowand a fastball?
"I wouldn't say the beard got us here, but I wore it here." - Brian Wilson
Or Andres Torres. Or Cody Ross. Or Mike Fontenot.
We have some serious fastball jackals on our roster.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
shutto'd
Is it possible Blanton watched tape or read a scouting report or something?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Our Starting Pitchers have Allowed Eight Earned Runs
In the Entire Postseason.
Seven Starts.
49 Innings.
1.47 ERA.
I think someone should make a statue. Or an altar.
Matt Cain.
"No matter how hard you try, it's not easy." Armando Benitez, 9-12-06
funny… i didnt notice this stat on ESPN. wierd
by giant4life83 on Oct 20, 2010 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Freakin' McCarver. Where does this guy come up with this stuff? "Wilson doesn't rely upon a pitching report, he goes by the smell of the balls"
what do we have to do to get Smoltz and Darling doing the National League games?
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Oct 20, 2010 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions
You are listening wrong
He was quoting “I’ve got about 300 baseballs in my locker,” Wilson says. “I don’t date them. I just go by smell.” from this article: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/giants/2010-10-18-brian-wilson-feature_N.htm
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Is there a method for listening “right” when it comes to McCarver? Does it involve ingesting lots of pharmaceuticals?
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Posey is a certified BADASS
During Tim Lincecum’s start in Game 1 Saturday at Philly, I noticed that he shook off Posey a few times. I asked Lincecum about that later.
"Oh, no, he wanted me to do that," Lincecum said. "It was intentional."
ESPN expert predictions update
by sarf_london_niner on Oct 20, 2010 2:26 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs
5 down, 5 to go.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 2:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I coulda swore Neyer originally said Phillies in 4
Buster Posey ain't havin it... He aint.
by Caine Black Knife on Oct 20, 2010 5:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Suck it LawOlneyKarabellNelson!
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Who is Karabell?
Baseball John Clayton?
at the end of the day it's all about kicking the tires
by duke_diligence on Oct 20, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
We’ve got Baseball Jesus, so why not?
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 2:34 AM PDT up reply actions
walk-walk-walkin on wahhhaaater, walk walk walkin on wahhhaaater (bob dylan- knockin on heavens door tune)
by giant4life83 on Oct 20, 2010 2:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t care if it rains of freezes
As long as I’ve got my Baseball Jesus
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 2:50 AM PDT up reply actions
of = or
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 2:50 AM PDT up reply actions
“It’s like I always try to tell people,” [Bonds said recently.] “I don’t have fans in San Francisco. I have family.”
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
if we’re family, spread around that dough, Barry!!
He should have bought 1000 playoff tickets, and held a lottery. That would have gone a long way for those whose hearts he did break. Many people thought we had the best player ever, literally, a human god, then the whole steriod thing really broke alot of hearts.
While I still think Barry is the man, it would have been a way cool thing for him to do.
by giant4life83 on Oct 20, 2010 2:40 AM PDT up reply actions
/live from Santa Monica, CA
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Well would you live within 7 miles of your family if you didn’t have to?
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 20, 2010 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd
just in time for holiday season, which will apparently begin in mid-November at a stranger’s house!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Went back and read some recent threats I didn't read
On “Prelude to a third game” and the lineups listed before the game started?? LOL McCoven.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Who the hell are the Giants?
All of a sudden, the beat writers, the ones who gave the Phillies sainthood and prayed for a PA-NY World Series, are starting to discover the lesser known mortals of the baseball world. Check this out:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;ylt=AiTrzA20bt0Shy.q4yXJh0RvLYF?slug=jp-caingiantsnlcsgamethree
I am continuing to keep my head down and bow to the East Coast gods – theirs is the kingdom of championships. But this itch won’t go away. Who the hell are the Giants?
sorry
I don’t know if you liked this or hated it, but I can’t read past the first line:
The latest band out of San Francisco plays baseball
Also, hope you managed to see the game at whatever crazy time it was on for you.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Listening to various ESPN folks talk about the game yesterday – Mike & Mike, Skip Bayless (unfortunately), and others – a common theme is how well Matt Cain pitched yesterday.
I must confess, I feel like I’m missing something? Matt Cain didn’t strike out a ton of guys, he allowed seven baserunners despite 2 hits, didn’t pitch past the 7th, wasn’t always locating his pitches… Sure it was the Phillies he was shutting out, but he wasn’t overpowering them in any obvious way.
Yet Skip Bayless called him “mesmerizing.” People are talking about how it’s one of the best starts of his career. Have we forgotten that Cain has thrown multiple one-hitters? Sure it’s the post-season, but my brain keeps screaming, “Cain got the job done, what’s the big fucking deal?”
And I am realizing that my standards for starting pitching have gone unfairly high this season, simply because our pitching is that good, and if anything I have to wonder if the media at large will ever see and properly absorb Cain spinning a gem like I’ve seen him do before, stars that challenge on Lincecum’s flashiest highlights. I thought that last night, Cain was great, but not even near his best.
Am I missing something, or was Cain really that untouchable last night?
I wonder what it’s like to be a Brewers fan.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
No, you’re right. He was fine, but not as good as he usually is. And not as good as Hamels, to be honest.
It appears that pitching might not be 75 percent of the game after all.
I thought it was pretty impressive
getting out of jams, but that only happens if you’re in jams in the first place.
That game could have looked a lot like Guapo’s if a couple of clanks had happened in the right places.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Normally, I like to give credit to our pitching
But I though the Phillies had a terrible approach for the most part yesterday. It looked like a lot of their lefties were trying to pull outside pitches and hitting a lot of ground balls to Sanchez. I’m no expert on hitting mechanics, but it seems like they should have been trying to take those pitches the other way.
Maybe Cain had late movement breaking away from lefties though, I dunno.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 20, 2010 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Murph and Mac were saying similar things this morning (“One of the best starts in postseason history!!”) and I was like, chill dudes, he was good, but he wasn’t that good…
Of course, on the other hand, you have awful articles like this one.
Nobody looks as great on the mound and as mediocre on paper as the Giants’ big right-hander.
What the fuck, Gwen Knapp.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
please please
49ers win a game, or Raiders, anyone to put these handegg people back in the right box.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Really? She started out as a Niners columnist? I’ve always thought she was primarily a Giants/baseball columnist; seemed that way since the new ball park opened.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
I dunno
I thought she’s been writing handegg stuff the last few years. Maybe that was just a post-Bondroids reassignment.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
He was pretty much Matt Cain.
It was just the first time he was given such a stage, and remarks on his performance were required from the numerous empty broadcasting heads. Trust me if there were 26 other teams playing yesterday that perfomance might not have even made the bottom line on ESPN. All the Matt Cain discovery happening today should be embarrassing to these so called “analysts” and writers.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Has he been more dominating in other starts in his career? Sure. But Kruk was on KNBR this morning and pointed out that he did an excellent job of mixing his pitches, going inside-out to the Phillies hitters, keeping them off-balance. Maybe some of that is a bad approach by their hitters, but at least some credit goes to Cain.
It’s a testament to how great the Giants pitching is that we look at a playoff start where Cain shuts out the Phillies for 7 innings, scatters 6 or 7 baserunners, and we’re all like, “I’ve seen better from him.”
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
SHIFT + A
You know what won the game for the Giants? Veteran Grit!
Oh, and Matt Cain.
Matt Motherfucking Cain!
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
GOOD MORNING, NERBS
Should I put together a summary of Matt Cain gracing California’s newspapers?
I couldn’t work a mention in to this morning’s pedge breaks. damn.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
DOEET
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
this
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman are obnoxious
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Watching the Must C clips for the HR hit by Rangers to hear how depressed they sound is fun.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
GOODNESS GRACIOUS
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
woke up and Matt Cain. Last night was so Matt Cain. Going to MadBum soon. Today is going to be a MadBum.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Hell yeah...
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
by bgunn on Oct 20, 2010 9:00 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
hmmm
Giants not only pitch-slapped the hated Phils
We hatessss them, precious? Did I miss the memo again?
Yahoo front page…“Giants pitch-slap Phils”
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
and come on, bay area reporter
But sometimes the differences were more apparent than real. At the Giants’ 10-year-old park, fans could pick up a six-piece Ebi Nigiri dinner for $14.25 at Mashi’s Sushi Bistro on the food concourse, while at the Phillies’ ballpark, which opened in 2004, the grazing grounds include a full panoply of artery-clogging cheesesteaks.
LOL elitist sushi eaters!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions
There are certainly cheesesteaks at AT&T and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if you could get sushi at CBP. Stupid.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
And now, this Cha Cha Bowl promotion from Tyler Florence!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Also, lol Ben Gibbard.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
inorite?
Maybe you have to go to club level or a sit-down restaurant, but duh.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
“more apparent than real”
Not sure what he means, but I don’t think we can call bias on yet another article.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
no bias called
just dumb.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Has this article been posted yet?
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20101019_This_and_that_from_San_Fran.html?viewAll=y
We’re not in Philadelphia anymore, Toto. We’re in the Land of Odds.
You could tell because the weather here Tuesday was reminiscent of foggy London in the morning, sunny Miami at midday, and windy Chicago later.
Other giveaways were the single-masted schooner about where Tony Luke’s would be at Citizens Bank Park, a Thai sports bar, and a coffee shop across the street from the ballpark that was as crowded as the bars and where, a few hours before Game 3 of the NL Championship Series, several patrons were playing chess.
That East Coast edginess that has been so evident in recent baseball postseasons was missing Tuesday afternoon in this laid-back and beautiful city.
You could tell that on a pregame stroll through handsome AT&T Park.
You knew you were in San Francisco because where else could you find:
A home team whose best offensive player was named Posey.
Clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl, a Dungeness crab sandwich, or a California roll from Mashi’s Sushi Bar.
Yachts, motorized and masted, beyond the right-field wall.
A Norcal cheesesteak – grilled zucchini, peppers, and mushrooms on an Amoroso roll? Fast-food blasphemy.
Among the baseball-themed quotes that grace the concourse walls, one from Giants owner Peter Macgowan that begins with the word “Thus.”
A Chinese food stand called Edsel Ford Fong’s."
A glazy-eyed refugee from the Summer of Love with a ponytail, two-foot-long gray beard, shorts, a Hawaiian shirt, and no shoes.
A fan wearing an orange Giants shirt that, across its front, carried this inexplicable message: “Grab some fine, meat.”
A female fan exiting an elevator on the club level carrying two ski poles.
They could be Giants...but not really.
lol
I love San Francisco.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Exactly. Articles like this just make me want to fly our freak flag higher and prouder. :)
They could be Giants...but not really.
Well, if you want to engage him on the same level, do the same exaggeration.
He’s a racist and a homophobe.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
They ran that in the Chron this morning. Back a few pages, can’t exactly remember.
(I’m writing this from school . . . goddam kids won’t just shut up and read while I catch up on threads.)
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Oct 20, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Paging troymccluresf
Your SF-loyalist rage is needed
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
I’ve actually been thinking about making the following sentiment into a Fanpost or something relating to columns like this, and how no one knows who Matt Cain is, etc, but I’m not sure how I can really expand it beyond the following.
Since when does San Francisco give a shit what anyone else thinks?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 20, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
looking forward to the fanpost
in this laid-back and beautiful city.
LOL Critical Mass during WS!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Appropos of nothing
I took the N to the Friday night game vs the Sawx. Saw lots of wide-eyed tourists and Boston fans ogling the Critical Mass cyclists. Overheard: “Oh my God, that man on a hairy unicycle is naked and looks just like Papelbon!” a few times.
They could be Giants...but not really.
the morning fog may chill the air
foggy London in the morning, sunny Miami at midday, and windy Chicago later
Aw, yeah..
/Bender
1. Cut a hole in the Ferry Building
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I have also been witness to your doing.
by Every6thDay on Oct 20, 2010 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
/vomits on artisan cheesesteak’s daughter
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
You knew you were in San Francisco because where else could you find:
A home team whose best offensive player was named Posey.
Is there a meaning behind this?
Wayne Rooney is dead to me.
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Oct 20, 2010 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I wondered the same thing when I read it in the Chron this morning. Would it be different if Buster played for Atlanta?
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Oct 20, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Extra confusing because our best offensive player
is named CODY FUCKING ROSS!
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
by ToddCommish on Oct 20, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Can someone relay info about the Zach Wheeler vs Zach Lee article?
Still no insider and I want to see how much hate Keith Law has for us.
Lee looked good, but was tired. Good stuff, secondary breaking stuff less good. Wheeler also looked tired, but outpitched Lee. Both will be rotation-leading starters by the time they clash on the Big Show for best in the West in 13 or 14. Lots of scout-y stuff, nothing revelatory.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
LOL SUCK IT NERBZ
22gigantes 22gigantes
Nice thing about the Sabean-Bochy h8rz (@McCoveyChron) being so wrong this season? We can just ignore everything their discredited asses say
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
Hilariously, he made that same tweet about two minutes before without the MCC @ reply. I guess he realized that no one would probably see it if he didn’t add that.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
READ MY TWITTER FEED, YOU ASSHOLES!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Hello, I’m 22gigantes. If you’re an authority figure, then might you allow me to sit on or slurp your base of power? More oligarchy, too, please! Management forever, plebeians never!
That’s funny. I can ignore his tweets and posts too, unless someone repeats them here. I don’t get what the fascination is. Put him on ignore.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 20, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Made it to the park just before the seventh inning stretch yesterday, thanks to a 1:30 work meeting and work being in the South Bay. I couldn’t NOT go to yesterday’s game.
So while I only caught the equivalent of two full innings, I did grab a few moments. The one play that I liked but I think got overshadowed was Nate holding Rollins to a single in the ninth. When that ball sailed out to right field, I thought it was at least a double. So glad it wasn’t…and of course it set up the GIDP to end the ballgame.
2-1. Still so, so surreal.
They could be Giants...but not really.
I assumed Rollins would be going for two and was anticipating him being thrown out. Apparently he has a bum leg but we all know he would have been gunned. Even healthy!
I CAN HAZ MARK REYNOLDS?
Plus, wasn’t it against the Phillies when Nate threw out two guys going for second in the same game? That probably stuck in their mind.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Fear the Fin - Cornering the market on third pairing defensemen since March 2009
Good point. I forgot about that game. IIRC he gunned down Howard and Utley?
They could be Giants...but not really.
The Howard gun out . . .
might be my favorite highlight of the mid-season. The Big Guy didn’t bother to slide and actually slowed up approaching second. And I seem to recall that Uribe deeked him pretty well on the incoming throw, which was right on the money.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Oct 20, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I think Howard thought he had a standup double. The Utley play was pretty awesome too:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7705041
They could be Giants...but not really.
It was Rent that deked him, but yeah, that whole play was a bit of defensive artistry by everyone involved, and a big fat “EXHIBIT A” when looking at the nitty gritty of home field advantage.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Don’t forget the fact that Howard hit another one in the same spot later and didn’t attempt 2B.
I CAN HAZ MARK REYNOLDS?
I had forgotten that, but you are right.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Oct 20, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
agreed plus a billion
Also, thank you Jose Guillen.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 20, 2010 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
By the way, did anyone else catch Larry Andersen (the former pitcher and current Phillies broadcaster) on KNBR this morning? Outstanding interview. Andersen provided more quality insight into the Phillies hitters and pitchers, and his perspective on the Giants, in an 8-minute interview than all the ESPN and FOX talking heads have done all postseason. Worth listening to.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Andersen provided more quality insight into the Phillies hitters and pitchers, and his perspective on the Giants, in an 8-minute interview than all the ESPN and FOX talking heads have done all postseason.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Heyman
Just gave the Giants a 40% chance to win the NLCS.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
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