Post-post-game thread: Giants move one step closer
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 20, 2010 10:11 PM PDT
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There was no way to complain about how the postseason had gone before tonight. The Giants were 5-2 in their first seven playoff games. Come on. But there was that nagging, ugly footnote to the run of success: The Giants had done it mostly without Aubrey Huff, Andres Torres, Pat Burrell, and Buster Posey. Those four players were why the Giants of 2010 were division winners when the 2009 Giants were frustrating also-rans. Yet all of those players had been phantoms in the NLCS. And that’s to say nothing of Pablo Sandoval, who was buried on the bench, and Juan Uribe, who was slumping and hurt.
The Giants were winning behind Cody Ross and great starting pitching, which was something else, but there was no way that template was going to hold up throughout the postseason. The Giants needed their offensive core to start resembling an offensive core.
Welcome back, non-wretched Giants offense. You went out for a pack of smokes, and...and...we feared the worst.
Andres Torres and Pat Burrell took walks that turned into crucial runs. Aubrey Huff was timely with the two-out hits, and he eventually scored the winning run. Buster Posey had fantastic at-bats all night long, and his opposite-field approach put Huff at third with one out. Pablo Sandoval hit two doubles in one at-bat, showing a focus that had come and gone all year.
One more win. A loss would have turned this series into a best-of-three affair in which the Phillies had homefield advantage, with Halladay, Oswalt, and Hamels lined up. It’s impossible to minimize this win.
First-and-third, one-out situations are scary things for this Giants team. There are so many ways to get that run home. A wild pitch. A fly ball. A single. An error. And there is one, brutal, painful way to make sure, with just one swing, that the run doesn’t score. I love Juan Uribe. I was terrified that his wrist wouldn’t allow him to hit any inside fastballs from Roy Oswalt. I started cycling through all of the permutations of how the torture could extend. For a split-second, I thought the wheel of misfortune had stopped on "pop-up."
And then there were jazz hands. That’s how the discerning Giants fan knew everything was going be alright. Contact. Fly ball? Jazz hands
One more win. Come on, now.
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RBeyes?
Feed the Panda some bamboo
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Oct 20, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
of course… that’s the only thing on Kents mind. Why do you think he became a Dodger?
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't Hate, Appreciate
What he did with the Giants is all that counts.
"Yo Paul, if it hurts, don't swing." - Mike Krukow
Zito: 7 Yrs $126 Million
6 Pack of beer and a month of TV: $70
Sitting down to watch Zito Strike out Helton looking on a Curve four times: Priceless
Oswalt makes a pretty good pitch. Uribe is one of the few that could have flipped that ball into leftfield deep enough to score Huff
"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 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Did he actually go down on one knee to get that pitch?
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
JAZZ HANDS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Oct 20, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
HOT BAT!!!!
Owie!!! Owie!!!!
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on Oct 20, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Epic
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
at least 25
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
seriously… to all the people who say they’d rather get a “better” SS for next year… Jazzy sure does have a sense of timing, and seems to be truly clutch (yes, i know that is statistically impossible or w/e)
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually
I remember hearing on KNBR that of his 24 home runs this year, 11 or 12 of them allowed us to either win the game or tie it. He really seems to be clutch!
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
and his homerun off Broxton in the huge comeback game (down 4 against Lilly) in LA was probably the biggest hit of the season.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
by WPA
he was the 2nd most clutch SS in the NL! (After Starling Castro)… and the only SS in MLB who was both “clutch” and above average (by WPA/LI)
Over his career he has been somewhat clutch with a +1.79… but not exactly all time territory.
Disclaimer: I don’t believe in clutch ability… this is just how Uribe performed in high leverage situations…
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 love how he only really raised one arm, as if to say, I CAN JAZZ ALL OVER YOU ONE-HANDED!
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
And goddamn that throw
The man is a motherfucking superhero.
by Timorous Me on Oct 20, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
I wasn’t sold on bringing him back next year, but if they can work a reasonable 2-year deal while still getting at least 2/3 of Huff/Ross/Burrell, I’m in.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I think after the rush Huff felt standing at home plate as the winning run in a walkoff victory with 45,000 ecstatic, crazy, screaming fans cheering him on, he’s not going anywhere.
Ross, post-season hero, is going to be signed.
Pat is home now, and he’s happy.
I’m not worried about any of them. Uribe may be the only difficult one to sign.
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions
When you want loud and productive outs… Ooh-RBI
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 20, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
A thing of beauty.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 21, 2010 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
FIXED!!!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
I AM PAT BURRELLZ'Z DADDY! (wait, that doesn't sound right)
Job 1:14-15
Thank you SB Nation.
Thank you Grant.
Thank you McC.
Thank you Giants.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
I AM PAT BURRELLZ'Z DADDY! (wait, that doesn't sound right)
Job 1:14-15
by bigboneded on Oct 20, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
Thank you, bigbone.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Oct 20, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
TWSS
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by Flapjacks McGurty on Oct 20, 2010 10:57 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I liked the part when the Giants won.
"I wouldn't say the beard got us here, but I wore it here." - Brian Wilson
by GrooveGiant on Oct 20, 2010 10:22 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about that part, but I thought it was very nice. I would love to see it again.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
I liked the part where the Giants won with torture. I was very uncomfortable with the blowout last night.
"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 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
since we won the game without any torture yesterday, they decided to double it up on us tonight. while suffering a breakdown in the 8th/9th innings, i didn’t know if watching the game would be in my best interest.
The walkoff hit was the best moment of my life as a Giants fan (so far)
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
JAZZ HANDS!
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
LOL SBNATION BRASZ
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
you
misspelled borked
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
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Did the McCoven break SbNation?
"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.
I think so!
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Yep,
we sat on that baby and we just breaked it.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Oct 20, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
You beaked it.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
It done broke.
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 21, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I gave up on post-game festivities last night because of it.
SBNation can handle this scenario about as well as I can.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 21, 2010 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
One more!!!
Please tomorrow!
Vi Victa Vis
by cicero on Oct 20, 2010 10:23 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Err... time zones.
Common reasoning.
At least there’s no Glee to blame.
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
jazzy
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
by GiantsBabe on Oct 20, 2010 10:23 PM PDT reply actions 9 recs
OM NOM NOM
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.
ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG
This game was so freaking amazing.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
LOL
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I like that we temporarily did this to every single SBNation site.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
by dregarx on Oct 20, 2010 10:24 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
One More Win!!!
You got it Timmy one more win!!!!!!!!!!
by FutureGiantsGm24 on Oct 20, 2010 10:24 PM PDT reply actions
I'M IN THE BLACK AND ORANGE, I'M IN THE BLACK AND ORANGE, I'M IN THE BLACK AND ORANGE
Can’t go back, can’t go back, can’t be who I was back then,
by Natto on Oct 20, 2010 10:24 PM PDT reply actions 19 recs
holy shit
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 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
lol yes
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Random question
Where’s that music video you were working on? I’ve really been looking forward to it.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Hahaha I was wondering how that shot was going to show up in Photoshops. Nice use of a good rocking band, too. You could have gone Winger or something.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 20, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy …, it’s glorious
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 20, 2010 10:28 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Right now, you are my second favorite person in the world who is not wearing a Giants uniform
(After, obviously, Lemmy.)
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
fuck yeah!
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
MOTORHEAD!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
It always trips me out to remember Lemmy was in Hawkwind.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck, that's awesome!
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Oct 21, 2010 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
by deuce deuce on Oct 21, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry SBNation, Sorry Grant
/puts self to bed w/o supper for throwing WINNING TANTRUM
ALSO-we broke the internet-go us! but I hope that never happens again, lonely win celebration is lonely
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
by SoCalGgal on Oct 20, 2010 10:24 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
You mean I’m supposed to celebrate with people in real life? That is just awkward.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
awww, no...
listening and dancing to music is AWESOME!
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Hell yeah!
Throwing my hands up, listening to Miles Davis
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
KaPow
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 20, 2010 10:24 PM PDT reply actions
Glad the site's back...
First, loved the “pack of smokes” line, Grant.
Second: Most underrated awesomeness from the game today— Andres Torres. Oh sure, there was Huff, and PoseyPoseyPosey, and OOOOOO-ribe, and SANDOVAL! But Torres man… he’d looked so lost, and it was going to cost the Giants in two ways because Bochy was going to start Rowand in center which would mean worse defense and…
But that’s in the past now. Andres had some good AB. He took pitches. Next step will be him getting one to drive, but he’s on the way back now, I think.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Oct 20, 2010 10:25 PM PDT reply actions
Much better AB from Huff the past two games. His timing is coming back.
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 20, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we should all recognize that Rowand made a damn fine throw to nail Ruiz at home in the 5th too. Great tag on Buster’s part as well, but without that, the 5th could have turned out much worse.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 21, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
wrecked for truth
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 21, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Omg the light
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 20, 2010 10:29 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
holy crap
the handbanana episode is on.
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
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what an amazing game
I am so jealous of all of you who were there. I was watching at the Gordon Biersch on the embarcadero, which was pretty awesome. The energy in there was amazing – I can only imagine what the ballpark was like.
I lucked into a face value bleacher seat for tomorrow. Can Not Wait.
If you don't like Brandon Medders you're not a true fan.
That’s awesome – have fun!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 21, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
EAT IT, PHILLIES. CHOKE IT DOWN.
The birth of Jason Heyward was God’s punishment for the sins of the people in New York and Philly.
by TonyAlmeyda on Oct 20, 2010 10:26 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
LOL
O Face
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Kinda looks like Pablo’s O face as well.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
O faces for everyone!
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 20, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
AMAZING
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Pablo: "Dammit Jeremy, get your thumb out of my earhole. My head is not a bowling ball"
"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 21, 2010 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
That shot of Pablo would look good in the Win Now collages.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 6:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Reminds me of the LOL VAPORS shop by ’crash
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 6:54 AM PDT up reply actions
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 20, 2010 10:27 PM PDT reply actions 8 recs
So that's what happens when you divide by zero.
by ch3zyp00fs on Oct 20, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
we broke the internet
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
LOL SAFARI
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
My wife and I had a date night planned
We were going to do something fun and not too expensive. Once we knew the Giants were for sure playing, it was too late to cancel the babysitte. So, my wife pretty much insisted we go someplace where we could watch the game. We left the game on for the babysitter at the house, and went straight to the nearest sports bar, listening to the radio on the way.
It was awesome.
A big thank you to Buster and Uribe and Huff and all the rest for making our date night a rousing success.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
There's a new Mel on the way?
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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.
It’s a bit recent since the last one to start hoping for that quite yet.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Irish Twins?
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.
Fantastical!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 21, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
i think
we broke the entire internet for a few minutes!
I'm just not convinced that bringing Posey up is the right thing to do.
I mean, we have Molina and Whiteside!
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
George Santayana
by Sabean's_Folly on Oct 20, 2010 10:28 PM PDT reply actions
Is Timmy aiming at Rags?
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
George Santayana
by Sabean's_Folly on Oct 20, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
You read my mind.
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 20, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s what all the hitters think!
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 20, 2010 10:30 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
WHERE’S THE REACH? AND WHICH ONE IS THE DANGLE?
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Timmy > everything
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll do that Timmy no question.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 20, 2010 10:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Just one more, Tim
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Oct 20, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions 13 recs
No no no
All credit to a google image search – let me try to find a link to properly credit the photog.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Here we go
Lots of good Giants photos there, incidentally:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gidget/4117402199/
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
omg I love this man so very much
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
This should be green.
"I wouldn't say the beard got us here, but I wore it here." - Brian Wilson
by GrooveGiant on Oct 20, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Just three more, Tim…
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 20, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Good morning
Happy TImmy Day to all
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 6:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm glad that Uribe came through there
Ross was up next, and it’s not fair for him to take all of the offensive glory. For the record, he would have came through if he got the chance.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
that was such a tough at bat, and Oswalt was bringing some serious mid-90s gas, but didn’t seem to be featuring his offspeed stuff, which benefitted Juan (and Buster and Huff earlier).
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if he hadn’t felt like he established those during his brief warm-up?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 21, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
after further review: Huff’s single, Posey’s single and Uribe’s sac fly all came on changeups, none of which had much movement. not sure why they wouldn’t other than he just wasn’t on his game.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Ross coming up with Oswalt pretty much throwing only FBs would have only ended one way.
8-5
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 12:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Sold a lot of Maalox…
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 20, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Confession
I kind of liked Buck’s call on the Posey double.
“To third… to home… two-nothing.”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It’s popular to bash announcers, but I think Buck and McCarver have been doing a better-than-expected job so far.
Thing C
Yeah, Buck’s actually been really enthusiastic with game-changing events in the game, which makes the game more exciting, which is totally him doing a good job.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I feel dirty.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I was going to post something Buck-positive on Twitter, but then nah.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 20, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not worth it. You’ll just end up ashamed and hating yourself in the morning.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
make sure you grab a Morning After pill at your local pharmacy!!
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I think what we’re all learning is that lots of announcers seem pretty good when compared with Dick Stockton.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Oct 20, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Disagree, majorly.
One example is the end of the 8th inning tonight where Buck announced — no, pontificated — that the team had adopted the slogan that Giants baseball is torture. “Not tonight,” said JB. Oh, yeah? You want to explain that to my cardiologist, pal? I’ve got a dye-inject treadmill test in 3 weeks.
(Another small example is Buck mentioning the play by the “ball guy”, and even Tim McCarver knew enough to gently correct him. “I think they call them ‘ball dudes’ out here.”)
by mrs. owlcroft on Oct 20, 2010 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
And let’s not forget that travesty of his talking about a midseason Falcons-Eagles game in the 9th inning of an NLCS game.
I really don’t think that it’s coincidental that Fox held their programming hostage from Comcast subscribers from NYC to Philly in the days immediately preceding LCS in which the Yankees and Phillies were heavy favorites.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
To a disinterested observer the torture is entertaining.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Still, it displays a basic misunderstanding of the phrase.
And a basic lack of empathy with the two invested fanbases.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
That was ridic because it was the more tortorous part of the game
by kezargiants on Oct 21, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
i beg to differ. the 5th inning was hell on my nerves
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions
buck has been awesome. I think McCarver sucks. Also LOL at Eric Karros pre game key to the 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 21, 2010 6:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Awesome?
What about all that Eagles/NFL crap?
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I was at CBP so I missed it.
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 21, 2010 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions
He spent the whole of Sunday's game talking up the NFL.
And Fox used their NFL music instead of the usual MLB for some inane reason. I suspect is has to do with them holding NYC-Philly Comcast subscribers hostage, expecting a rematch of last year’s WS.
LOL FOX!
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I couldn’t tell you if he’s been good or not. Been muted for the entirety of each game. His smug face still pisses me off, though.
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by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 6:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah
It sounded to me like he just wanted the game to get over. “Francisco up to bat. He started the rally last inning with a base hit. That was an hour ago.”
I CAN HAZ MARK REYNOLDS?
oh, so it sucks when Giants games last for fucking ever
But when the Yankees do it, it’s classic compelling baseball
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Last night’s game was 3 hours and 40 minutes, which in the ALCS would have meant “end of the 7th.”
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I much prefer short games
But last night’s, while overlong, was at least duly epic.
What I really hate are 4-hour snoozefests. You cannot call last night a snoozefest.
I honestly had no idea the game lasted that long until right now.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 21, 2010 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I was annoyed when McCarver described Sergio’s slider right on the inside corner on Werth’s double as a ‘bad slider’ when it was just a great job of hitting by Werth.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
A little too much plate, and definitely not his spinniest slide piece, but it took a good effort from Werth to make something of that location.
Yeah it might just be that Jayson Werth is really fucking good at hitting baseballs.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
He still looks like he can make a decent living Spearing people.
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AUGH OF COURSE THAT'S WHO HE FUCKING LOOKS LIKE
AND NOW FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WITH FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
My roommate
kept thinking he was a guy on SNL. I sat there thinking, “He looks like Edge, he looks like Edge, he looks like Edge…”
If we weren’t sitting on the couch, I probably would have Speared my roommate.
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Seriously, thank you
I’ve been staring at Jayson Werth every time he’s on my screen for a week now, wondering “Why does that crazy hobo look so familiar?”
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
for reals.
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I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it.
I believe you have figured it out, good Sir!
Also, barely fair. Werth and his barely fair doubles are killing me. I wouldn’t mind if he hit a few in a Giants uniform next year though.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 21, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
That's something that will be overlooked if the Phillies lose
Jayson Werth has played magnificently this series. His defense in this game alone saved 2 runs.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Werth is good
I was on the trade-for-Werth-if-the-Phillies-are-that-dumb bandwagon. I doubt I’d sign him unless the market inexplicably undervalues him, but he’s good.
I’ve liked him for a long time, but he was always getting hurt. It’s nice to see him healthy the last few years and reaching his potential.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
His injuries were more freak than systemic problem
He hasn’t had real injury problems since becoming a regular in 07.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Cutting that ball off in the 9th was huge
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
by Gobroks on Oct 20, 2010 10:51 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Though it did take away Buster having the walkoff hit, something we all joked during the season would “only happen in a huge game in the playoffs”
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I haven’t listened to one second of either Buck or McCarver. I’ll live with a huge delay listening to KNBR.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
To Buck's credit,
at least he didn’t pull a Ravech and say “Mudison Bumgarner.”
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like the time he said he doesn't like baseball
yeah, really dumb stuff. he’s also saddled with one of the worst color men in the game, which can;t help.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
His ego doesn’t seem to be getting in the way of calling the games this year. A positive development.
He hasn’t taken me out of the game, really, which is all that counts.
But damn, if I don’t miss me some erras.
by Timorous Me on Oct 20, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant's not the only one teaching his kids new words.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 20, 2010 10:30 PM PDT reply actions 6 recs
Are those my children?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I always wondered where babies came from...
Apparently the answer is, bushes near ATT Park. They even come with panda hats!
by Ozzwepay on Oct 20, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
These kids were in 328 on Tuesday.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I saw ’em! You were in 328 too?
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 21, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
327
I had SRO tickets, but my roommates have season tickets in 327 so I always try to sit with them. Been a lot harder this past month, though. :)
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by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
This won't be popular, yet
I’m going to point out that the run production from unexpected sources reminds me of the ’02 Angels.
Two differences, though.
The Giants pitching is better, and . . .
I deserve this.
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by gallo del cielo on Oct 20, 2010 10:30 PM PDT reply actions
I live in DC
One more win..
Fuck law school..
Fuck work..
Fuck the Rally To Restore Sanity..
Fuck Halloween..
I’m coming home if we get ONE. MORE. WIN.
by DFARowand on Oct 20, 2010 10:30 PM PDT reply actions 11 recs
You, sir, are the man.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
YES
rec’d
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
While I will probably be unable to get tickets
Allow me to express similar sentiments regarding medical school.
by Big Americans on Oct 20, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
For anyone who read my thread the other day, I have an update – my parents and little sister are going to the game tomorrow night.
They have agreed, in principle, to allow me to come home for game 2 of a potential WS, which would be next Thursday.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Awesome. Should that event happen, it will be awesome.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 21, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I live in DC too.
I also live in DC.
Skipped law school today,
Already bought my ticket home for the WS,
Went to the NLCS in Philly,
- Too bad they lost that game.
Where are you watching the game tomorrow night?
By the way Buster Fucking Posey!
Brad Lidge: "No, I have not Just-For-Menned my beard at any point."
by DCOrangeBlack on Oct 20, 2010 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
already bought the ticket? might have jinxed it there, pal.
but have no fear, ill do the daily anti-jinx tomorrow to ward it all off
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions
omg Tim Kurkjian actually talked about the Giants on his little blurb on SportsCenter just now.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:32 PM PDT reply actions
they are actually saying “I was wrong”, then proceeding to say how and why to expect the phils to come back and win the next 3.
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions
The comments work now?
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"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
Not yet. Check back soon.
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by can of corn on Oct 20, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
How sad that FP Santangelo disappeared
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
George Santayana
by Sabean's_Folly on Oct 20, 2010 10:32 PM PDT reply actions
Pablo Sandoval
So maddening… his alternating hot and cold streaks this season have been ridiculous in light of what we all saw him do in 2009.
I think 2009 is really who he is. I think he’ll get back there, permanently, at some point.
Maybe that point was tonight. For now (or forever), welcome back, Pablo.
Whiteside’s hair is so distracting in that photo.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
He should rub his scalp against Wilson’s beard.
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by iammclovin on Oct 20, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Matt Cain is circling the pack looking for a good time to pounce on a Phillie.
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 21, 2010 6:55 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL Zito
in his New Balance shoes.
He’s a good soldier though. Serioulsy
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 21, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Helluva guy, Lt. Peacock.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
HOLY FUCK YES
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Oh Giants. How I love you. I’m just so… damn… happy.
And now to start my essay. Post-Structionalism and Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a very important piece. The most poignant moment is when Buster Posey went opposite field to advance Aubrey Huff to third, setting up Juan Uribe to hit the game-winning sacrifice fly.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
Whoa, we just read that for one of my classes.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
If you at any point applied Post/De-constructionalist of Biographical theory to hit, it’d be a great help. haha.
by Uncle Russel on Oct 20, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
perfect
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
I had to double-take that one.
Awesome.
by Uncle Russel on Oct 20, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
The birth of Jason Heyward was God’s punishment for the sins of the people in New York and Philly.
by TonyAlmeyda on Oct 20, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Omg perfect!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Can we have Henry Wofford traded to Philly?!?
I hate this guy.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
i think he came from philly
I like the dude. local boy done good. Fuck Mitch Williams, though.
by kezargiants on Oct 20, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
One more, and the Giants win the pennant...
Fuck that…five more, and I swear to anything sacred, I will break down crying.
No lie now, from a full grown man, I tell ya! ;-P
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
I will also cry
And go streaking. I might do this tomorrow.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
Hell....
I cried tonight….just stood and wept as the crowd went bonkers
I got one word for you: "youneverknow"
All my Giants fans will enjoy this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_C4XdA8yv8
GO GIANTS! BLACK & ORANGE
Hit like Berry, Score like Jerry.
by Dub4lif3 on Oct 20, 2010 10:35 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
yeaaaa
i was listening to that during the beginning of the game. I knew there had to be a cover, it just fits so perfectly
Felicitations, malefactors! I am endeavoring to misappropriate the formulary for the preparation of affordable comestibles. Who will join me!?
by MetalFaceDoom on Oct 20, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I was too excited to put this into words earlier
Today was the best managed game I have seen in the entire playoffs. Bruce Bochy took Charlie Manuel to school.
First, he came in to get MadBum in the 5th by double switching Rowand out. I didn’t think he had the balls to do it especially after that great throw by Rowand, but he did it to get one more inning out of Casilla and get a leadoff hitter to hit, well, leadoff.
It paid off. A walk and some shenanigans later, the lead was cut in half from 4-2 to 4-3. And Casilla came out later for a strong 6th inning.
In the 8th, when Romo came in for Lopez, he double switched Schierholz into the game and placed Romo in the 5th spot. I went fucking berserk in my living room screaming at the TV and explaining to my wife that he just put the pitcher in the 5 hole, behind Buster Posey. I’ve seen this episode before, when Tony LaRussa got stuck with having the pitcher behind Pujols for 6 innings and having Albert intentionally walked twice. I was blowing a gasket just thinking about what the fuck just happened. There was no need to double switch! Romo wasn’t going to go 2 innings! Just put him in for Lopez, and pinch hit at the bottom of the inning! Why put in Shierholtz for defense now and get pitcher into the 5th spot!?!?!??!?
Then, after Renteria calmly made the last out, Bruce Bochy double double switched. He removed Renteria, put Uribe in, and put Wilson into the 1st spot. Suddenly, it all made sense. When I realized what just happened I told my wife wow Bochy just fucking out managed me like a motherfucker. He’s 2 steps ahead of everybody. I mean, I’m usually one step ahead of people and he was one step ahead of me. Without Uribe in the game, the first out wasn’t made at 1B on a bang bang call. For 3 innings, Bochy found a way to get the best defensive alignment into the game while simultaneously getting the best offensive alignment with Uribe slotting into the 5th spot, a place he is familiar with hitting. He also used a total of 5 pitchers this game, keeping everybody fresh, only used Wilson for one inning, and caught Charlie Manuel in a situation where he had to go to Oswalt because he couldn’t trust any other reliever left on the bench.
Bruce Bochy, you managed one hell of a game, and you deserve this one. I bow to your brilliance.
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by jctGamer on Oct 20, 2010 10:35 PM PDT reply actions 20 recs
GRANT WUZ RITE
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Once again the Grant crystal ball works
…. so much for the Jponry coup. Grant is safe for one more day.
Let's bring the...
while buying beers
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
It was pretty ballsy letting Casilla pitch another inning
As was leaving him in in the first place.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
And I should say
The result is that our bullpen is INFINITELY more rested than theirs is going forward.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Manual didn’t want to go to Lidge b/c he wanted to save him for the hypothetical save, so he went to Oswalt instead. an odd move, but it’s the LCS, so Lidge probably should have been used.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Oswalt is probably better on 2 days rest than Lidge most nights.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
You don't pitch your closer on the road in a tie game
You have to get the home team out twice to win. Unless your closer can go for 6 out saves, it doesn’t make much sense to do this.
I’m not sure why Charlie is catching grief on this one.
Because you throw your best reliever at highest leverage situations
Regardless of “save” situations.
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Oswalt is a pretty damn good pitcher
In fact, I’d rather face Lidge than Oswalt
I know that’s playing by the book, but if Lidge can go for 2 innings then you have to use him that way. I don’t think it’s an egregious decision by any means, but given the guys coming up in the Giants lineup, I think Lidge, who is more familiar with pitching in relief may have been preferable. Oswalt was throwing gas, but didn’t seem that sharp – maybe its b/c he was out of his routine (unsure) or not fully recovered from his outing the other day and regular throwing he did earlier today. Obviously, either was preferable to Kyle Kendrick or JC Romero.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Still, not a BAD decision by Manuel.
Just didn’t work.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
right
I just thought it was an interesting decision (or odd) given that Lidge was still available. You’d think that he’d prefer not to use Oswalt at all b/c he’s supposed the be the game 6 starter (if necessary) unless he absolutely had to (no good options left). He had a good option left – an elite closer who is familiar with those situations.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
This had to be Oswalt’s day to throw between starts right? I think he’ll still be good to go if there’s a game six.
WWRWD?
It was, but he’d already thrown his side session earlier in the day. Coming back hours later and pitching a high-stress inning probably didn’t help.
by RoyaleWithCheese on Oct 21, 2010 2:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Eh.
He only threw 18 pitches, and they were all fastballs.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Not quite all
13 fastball/sinkers, 5 offspeed. Including the 83mph change that Uribe lofted off one knee.
and Huff’s single and Buster’s single were both on changeups that didn’t do much at all.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL @ Phillies reliever going two innings.
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 21, 2010 6:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I've said that if the Giants win the World Series, all is forgiven with Sabean
I guess that goes with Bochy too
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
I would take 5 more years of rowand, renteria, and zito
for a parade down market…
shit, bring back molina!
by Viva Jon Miller on Oct 20, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
The Sports Guy is an asshole...
…but he does make 1 great point:
If your team wins a world championship then you’re precluded from bitching about said team / management / stadium for a period of 5 years.
I’m ok with that.
Of course, he’s totally bitched about the Red Sox, Celtics, and Patriots within that timeframe. i think he might even have called himself out for violating his own rule at some point.
I dunno. I don’t really follow him very closely.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow, what a mastermind. I dono how double switching works but if you say so, then i’m sure you are right.
by double switching, you are switching the batting order in a way.
the position player coming out (whose spot in the order is, say, 5) and the pitcher coming out (whose spot is 9), when you bring in the new position player and new pitcher, the new position player takes the pitchers #9 spot and the pitcher takes the hitters #5 spot. This allows one more flexibility for getting favorable matchups.
Look at a box score of tonight, and how Bork managed the batting order spots- to full potential.
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
the rarely achieve
nay – rarely DREAMED OF – triple double switch.
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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Bochy did a straight triple switch in Game 4 against the Braves, so he could pinch-hit for the pitcher with Ishi before Nate got up. He’s good at that stuff.
by 24 Willie Mays Plaza on Oct 20, 2010 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
previously achieved only by Oscar Robertson
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
yknow, a year ago, I would have said such outcome was not some brillant set of moves, but just dumb luck for Bork.
Barring Game 2, when every single thing backfired, he seems to be pushing all the right buttons for a while now.
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
The effect of all that double-switching was negligible, if indeed it was positive at all. Pulling one of your best bats in a tight game hurtsi. Giving your second-best reliever only one inning in a game that looks like it’s going to extras hurts. Cleaning out your bench in a game that looks like it’s going to extras hurts. Bochy’s maneuvering accomplished all three of these. It all worked out brilliantly, but that’s more luck of the draw than shrewd planning.
And giving him credit for switching out Rowand is exactly the same as giving Sabean credit for trading Molina at midseason: It’s the right call, but the mess was of his own devising.
by Evan on Oct 21, 2010 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
By the way, was I the only one shocked that Bochy pulled Bumgarner when he did? He gave up a few singles in a row to some good hitters, but he was still dealing. And asking your bullpen to get through 4-2/3 against a tough lineup is asking a lot.
I think it was pretty obvious that, their second time seeing him, the Phillies hitters were figuring out Bumgarner. Plus I think MadBum may have been getting fatigued. He’d already had a stressful 4th inning, had almost no time in the bottom of the 4th to catch his breath…Bochy really didn’t have a choice. He was managing to keep his team in the game.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
he was getting raked and his pitch count was getting into the 90s and in the 5th, that’s not good. in the post-season, managers will have a much shorter leash and it was the right move even though Casilla brought the gas can instead of the fire extinguisher.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
One of the problems with young guys...
is they don’t know how to even out their adrenaline for big games. They tend to fatigue quickly because the adrenaline floods their system for the first couple of innings, and then recedes, leaving them weaker than normal in subsequent innings.
/science
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by ToddCommish on Oct 21, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Ridiculous. He gave up four straight hits, with the only out he recorded being a sacrifice bunt. Leaving him in when you have the best bullpen in baseball would have been an awful decision.
by kingofthacove on Oct 21, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually he recorded two outs, but the other was the Rowand/Posey out at the plate. But yeah, he was getting hit pretty hard.
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by EliminateMe on Oct 21, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he was getting hit pretty hard. Bumgarner is largely still a fastball pitcher, and with the Phillies, that’s not really going to last more than once or twice through the order. And he was getting hit hard. I wonder why Manuel didn’t pinch hit for Blanton in that inning, but of course, Phillies’ middle relief didn’t exactly shine, so maybe it wouldn’t have been wise.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 21, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have left Bumgarner in, but I think there’s a strong case for pulling him. One bad pitch and the Phillies have the lead in that situation. Bochy thought Casilla was a better bet to get out of it. Given the Giants general offensive woes, I understand Bochy thinking runs were at a premium.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 21, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
By pulling of his best bats, he also pulled his worst defensive player while they had the lead, in the 8th inning right after he batted. His second best reliever was pulled for the first best reliever in an inning that could have (and was) the last inning we pitched in the game. You don’t want to lose the game when your best reliever is available at the expense of a guy who has blown the lead three straight opportunities by hanging sliders.
Summary: good managing; stop hating.
by kingofthacove on Oct 21, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
But all of those things have costs. The top of the 8th was a perfect illustration of why defensive replacements seldom matter: They replaced the left fielder, the next ball was hit to left field, and the run still scored. Now it’s a tie game and Burrell’s gone.
And if you’re worried about losing with Romo when Wilson’s available, you should just go with Wilson in the 8th.
I don’t think Bochy bungled the game or anything; I just think all these decisions were borderline calls that make little difference in practice. Except maybe pulling Bumgarner, and while I’ll bow to the consensus that it was the right move, we can’t escape the fact that as things played out, it was disastrous.
Having Uribe at SS was pretty key. I don’t think Renteria gets the ball to 1B in time.
I CAN HAZ MARK REYNOLDS?
The replays kinda imply that Uribe technically didn't either.
But tie goes to the runner crazy display of defensive prowess, mu’fuggas!
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I understand your disagreement, I just want to point out that we shouldn’t evaluate decisions based on how they work out, but whether or not they gave the team the best chance to win. Even a manager who makes the right calls gets screwed when a good reliever makes a bad pitch or something.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 21, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
If that’s the case, you could argue defense in general doesn’t matter, because it might not have an effect. It might have a positive effect, which you take a chance with late in the game and a lead.
You don’t pitch Wilson in the 8th because you’d need someone to pitch in the 9th regardless. The point is that if it could be the last inning, don’t lose it while saving your non-best reliever.
by kingofthacove on Oct 21, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed wholeheartedly. There was some disputing Bochy’s decisions in the GDT, and there are a couple of places where I might have done differently, but overall, I think Bochy did everything right last night. Kudos to him.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 21, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
This is how you rip their filthy hearts out.
I approve.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 20, 2010 10:35 PM PDT reply actions
WE DON’T NEED YOUR BLESSING
"Skillet, we just spent $64,000 in that bar. So we're gonna have to get jobs to cover up the fact that we rob banks" -Mouse Fitzgerald
Think of it as more of a plea for "one more" than a blessing.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 20, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
is this because you’re a true baseball fan rooting for the underdog, the so-called “dynasty” team to lose, or some sick personal vengeance for the Phils knocking you guys out the last 2 years?
i would suppose most dodger fans would have wanted the giants to be swept, so they didnt look so bad only winning 2 NLCS games in 2 years.
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Mostly sick personal vengeance.
The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy, but at least they can kick my other enemy in the head.
You know?
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 21, 2010 2:02 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I have to say the guys as TGP are infinitely classier than the ones that show up at Citizens.
They admit Posey is unbelieveable
yeah, other than the “ross should die a slow, painful death” and “have fun with diabetes, pablo you fat fag” they sure are great
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:04 AM PDT up reply actions
From my small readings of their site
these sorts of comments are usually challenged. We get the same sort of thing on here as well about other teams’ players.
Most fans at CBP are good.
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 21, 2010 7:00 AM PDT up reply actions
There's a lot of good fiction on this website
But come on now…
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
by short_shifter on Oct 21, 2010 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions
No, he's right.
CBP ain’t the Vet. We joke about how the guy that puked on the kid is representative of Phillie fans, but conveniently forget that the guys who beat the crap out of that guy are Phillie fans, too.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, vigilante justice is to be admired.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, a guy who pukes on a little girl
totally doesn’t deserve a black eye.
Jeez, it’s not like they lynched him.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Whether or not he deserves a black eye is immaterial. Defending a charge of fan boorishness by pointing to righteous crowd violence is a logically shaky gambit.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Meh.
You see the crowd as violent, I see them as white blood cells eliminating a threat.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
You get a few bad apples (a few more than most places) but a majority are cool.
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 21, 2010 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions
except the ones who are not
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
matt williams obviously forgot about the 2002 Giants that went to the world series
he said we (the giants) havent been there since 1989
This is not good…
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
People are in too good of a mood to do this.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 7:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah he got it right
there wasn’t a World Series in 2002.
/shudders
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
The Giants can now go 5-5 and be world series champions. Amazing.
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remember the NL has home-field, which forces TEX to lose Vlad or the Yankees to lose whatever old guy who can’t field anymore when in NL parks
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:06 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL at the idea of Vlad and his knees trying to handle the vast… tracts of land… that are RF at Peaceful Beauty Park.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I get it!
That’s why we played Guillen in right for so long! We were scouting Guerrero!
by Ice Watter In His Veins! on Oct 21, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
That would be… interesting.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Please close out tomorrow
I don’t want to go back to Philly.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
Yeah, this one is far from over
and I liked that every Giant who was interviewed after the win tonight expressed that the work is not yet done.
Philly is a really good team with excellent pitching. While the odds favor the Giants this one is far from over.
If every game is a coin flip… 7:1 now.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno. I’d say we’re entering the third act, and any guns introduced in the first act must now go off.
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by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
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GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
If they went through the trouble to get a piano onstage,
you can be damn sure it’s getting played.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Wictor-Wictor Two.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Exkooz me sor, can yoo direkt me to da neyffal beyse en Ah-lah-mee-dah?
…
It’s vare dey keep de noo-klee-are wessels.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
A Real American
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
Baseball Jesus, Proud American.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF EVERY MAN
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Every time that picture is posted
The Blue Angels fly over my house.
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by Rolfyboy on Oct 21, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
As much as I've mercilessly ripped Rowand this year, his throw was perfect, and I stood and cheered when Posey tagged that douchebag out.
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by Sabean's_Folly on Oct 20, 2010 10:39 PM PDT reply actions
he definitely raised up his game in that moment. How many times have we seen him attempt to throw a runner out and just overthrow everyone? He came up big. HUGE. great throw.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
even though he overthrew the cutoff man, i give him props for the play because going to home was what should have been done there anyways. that’s twice in two games he’s come up big.
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions
There has been some (unwarranted) defense of buck and mccarver here
But listen to their comments regarding the gunning down by Rowand of the runner at the plate, an utterly key play of the game. No acknowledgement of the effectiveness of the throw, the importance of the play whether it being made was lucky or not, just that it was “overthrown” (as if they knew whether it was unintentional or not). Just completely inadequate.
by Hatuxka on Oct 21, 2010 5:50 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think I finally figured them out.
They are fucking lazy. Slackers of the highest order. Especially Buck.
I used to think they, especially Buck, were just spiteful and condescending but after listening to them announce baseball and, of course, the Cowboys games, it just seems that they casually glance at whatever prepared intelligence they’ve been given and simply blurp their way through the broadcast.
Suck it, Joe Buck. You couldn’t hold your father’s jock.
by younghutch on Oct 21, 2010 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree
National broadcasters in general are lazy. You can get the press-notes for most football games (unsure if same for baseball), and if you read them before the game, you can predict just about everything the broadcaster will say.
K&K have a rhythm and some overused phrases, but they try to say something interesting out there and actually care about the game, so they are far, far more interesting to listen to. Same thing with Drew Remenda and Randy Hahn (though I feel the national hockey announcers are decent, too).
by furikawari on Oct 21, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yes.
There are very extensive notes, with all kinds of things from stats of all sorts to personal notes about the players, available in the press box well before game time. And yes, what a lot of nationals—and, very clearly, Buck and McCarver—do is indeed to spend most of the game simply regurgitating those notes a piece at a time rather than calling, describing, and commenting on the actual game unfolding before their eyes.
Time and again I was—however foolish and futile it is—shouting at the screen pleading for at least a little discussion of the current batter, or the pitch selection, or the shading of the fielders, or something besides yet another Roy Halladay cutaway view and attendant fawning.
Sabean delenda est!
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Hey! Rip anybody on the Phillies, but Chooch!
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 21, 2010 7:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I nearly spilled my beer jumping up to fist pump the air when that happened. And I didn’t care what other people at the bar thought of me.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 21, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
What were the reactions to Bochy’s bullpen management? I thought they were all good moves (Casilla for Bumgarner, Romo coming in) that just didn’t work out.
Agreed completely
Sometimes that just happens.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
exactly
Casilla, Lopez (to Howard) and Romo (Werth beat a decent pitch) weren’t great, and sometimes that happens. luckily they came back and won b/c if those guys get hit, we’re in deep shit.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I agreed with all of his moves tonight like jct just said.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 20, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I just wrote this up above, but I couldn’t believe he pulled Bumgarner there. It was still early, his pitch count was still low, and no one was hitting him particularly hard.
And while I’m Santiago Casilla’s biggest fan, bringing him in with two runners on seems unwise.
no one was hitting him particularly hard.
???
He looked to me like he was leaving balls up in the zone and getting drilled by everyone but the pitcher.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
He hung a breaking pitch to Utley, but the rest looked fine to me. I dunno, maybe I’ll go back and rewatch the inning. But at the time it felt like he was still on his game.
Seems like the first two hits, by Francisco and Ruiz, were pretty hard hit too.
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by EliminateMe on Oct 21, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
You give up four straight hits without recording an out in the playoffs, with the best bullpen in baseball waiting, you must be taken out.
by kingofthacove on Oct 21, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
lost it on first batter
when he didn’t get the strike at the knees call he got pissed off bigtime. then threw one up in the zone for a hit. now he’s really pissed. after that he was gone mentally. too young – but sooooooo gooood.
by Bill Palmer on Oct 21, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
He had 85 pitches. At best, he was going to finish that inning.
by kingofthacove on Oct 21, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait wait wait hold up. When Uribe came into the game and made that great throw to nail the runner at first, ESPN just ran a clip with an announcer calling him “Renteria.”
WTF?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:39 PM PDT reply actions
To the East Coast press, we all look the same
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
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by Sabean's_Folly on Oct 20, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
At the game
The decibel level on the Pablo (2nd) double was the loudest I’ve heard, including a friggin’ My Bloody Valentine concert
DAMN!!!!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Crowds have been great all year
The loudest I’ve heard at ATT was Burrell’s go ahead bomb against the Dodgers
by Viva Jon Miller on Oct 20, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
ahahahahahhahah
brilliant
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I just gotta say...
I’ve never been a bigger Giants fan than I’ve been this past week. The heart you guys have shown in the first five games is incredible.
Get this thing wrapped up (TWSS) tomorrow. I’d very much like separate days to enjoy the Phillie$ and Yankee$ being eliminated.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
Random observations from tonight:
-I wish Chad Durbin a very long and fruitful career.
-That strike zone did some really fucking weird things throughout the night. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a called strike tail behind the hitter before.
-The Giants are going to have do some complicated things for long relief if Certain Events lead to the necessity for it. They got through it, but I’m worried about Romo & Casilla.
-I’m firmly convinced that Pablo’s key is gonna be conditioning. For better or worse, he’s always gonna be a free swinger, but he has the reach to put the bat on the ball pretty much anywhere – it’s just a matter of getting power behind his swing. If he drops some weight and turns a little more into muscle, he’ll be for real again.
-Roy Oswalt didn’t look that great. If it comes to game 6 (WHICH IT WON’T CAUSE FUCK YEAH SHUT UP), I don’t fear him like I did previously.
-I repeat, best of luck to Chad Durbin in his professional baseball career.
-Edgar Renteria is really good at baseball. He’s fragmenting into his component musculature as we speak and I don’t think he sees the ball well anymore, but he really is the epitome of that awful cliche “playing the game the right way.” God I wish he was even 75% of a functioning human being.
-Bochy managed like a BAWSS tonight. If he keeps up the key double-switches and excellent bullpen management, we’re going to have to change the meaning of Bork. As in, “Charlie Manuel just got BORKED.”
-Buster Posey. Obviously.
-Andres Torres shouldn’t really try to steal on the first pitch. Dude does not get a good read.
-But on a similar note, it didn’t look like the Phillies were picking up Bumgarner’s delivery well at all. He might develop into a pitcher who’s legitimately good at holding runners on.
-Aubrey Huff is looking like a legitimate 3-hole hitter again. It remains to be seen what he can manage against the likes of Roy Halladay, but he’s been making solid contact for a couple days. If his power comes back, dear god, everyone else can just fuck right off because the Giants are paying him with the change that fell under Bowtie’s couch and he is a beast for which this mortal world is not prepared.
-Finally, one more time, a round of applause for Chad Durbin. Stick around, buddy.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:40 PM PDT reply actions
PS: WTF AARON ROWAND DEFENSE. That is all.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, Scott’s defense has been good all year, making the throws, not so good, hitting atrocious.
Range has been decent→pretty good, yeah, but if you consider arm a portion of defense…well, anyway, point being he was awesome when it counted tonight.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s a competent center fielder.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Errant Throwin with a strike to home plate? Pepper needs new shorts!
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
well, he overthrew the cutoff, or so they said, but it was the right play.
i just dont know whether his intention was to throw out the runner or hit the cutoff
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:12 AM PDT up reply actions
It was airmailed. Not an ideal throw, but I’ll take the result.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions
-Aubrey Huff is looking like a legitimate 3-hole hitter again. It remains to be seen what he can manage against the likes of Roy Halladay, but he’s been making solid contact for a couple days. If his power comes back, dear god, everyone else can just fuck right off because the Giants are paying him with the change that fell under Bowtie’s couch and he is a beast for which this mortal world is not prepared.
Yeah, this is how it often goes with a power hitter. The timing and vision come back first, a few singles find holes, then line drives… the power is the last thing to come back for most players like Huff. It’s probably time.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 20, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m only four pints in the red, work in the morning and all.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but I’ve got at least half my group stuck with the baseball disease, so we’ll be watching the game before we play. :D
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
bumgarner 'might'?
He spent his entire, brief minor-league career picking runners off.
Wasn’t aware he’d been so ace in the minors. He’s been decent in big league ball but it’s hard to tell when your standard of comparison is, well, the Giants pitching staff trying to hold runners.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Renteria
Sliding to make the tag on Rollins was pretty excellent. But I otherwise agree with your assessment.
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
I'm in SoCal
Fortunately, the baseball fans I know down here are mostly Giants fans or Dodgers fans who can’t say anything about the Giants.
I have a Phillies fan living next door though…. but she’s calm and nice about it.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
of course she’s calm and nice about it… doesn’t want to be slayed in the middle of the night by a psychopatic giants fan
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m in Long Beach and I’ve noticed a lot of people actually rooting for the Giants here. Even a few Dodgers fans have told me they want the Giants to win, it’s weird. The one Padres fan I associate with is pulling for us too. And a decent amount of Giants fans at school, including one of my teachers.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
when Karros is the "voice of reason"
you know your broadcast team is a fucking disaster
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by delorean on Oct 20, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
he was the only guy giving the Giants any props
and he fucking HATES the Giants. so fuck you, FOX. You are an embarrassment.
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Also, he has a bird for hair.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
His pre game key to the game had me bustin up.
Eric, what are your keys to the game?
Well, it really comes down to Phillies hitters vs MadBum
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 21, 2010 7:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Mitch Williams, this is your life:
1989 – Will Clark pwns your mulletted ass; Giants to the World Series
1993 – Joe Carter further pwns your still-mulletted ass; Blue Jays WS champs.
Nothing before or after matters.
Suck it, WIld Thing.
by younghutch on Oct 21, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
"A Magic Juan"
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 20, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
/already been sacrificied by desperate phils fans
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions
that was so awesome when Huff just stands there with his arms up…
He’s coming back next year, guaranteed. I don’t think there’s anywhere he would honestly rather be.
by giant4life83 on Oct 20, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahahah, yes, that was fucking amazing. Straight to triumph.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Huffing High.
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 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Can I get a...
YEAH PANDA outta you people????
huge 2 run double. all his ABs were great. This team has a different, even better dynamic when he’s on. The double play in the 8th, shit happens. Hard hit ball, right at someone.
huge crowd reaction
was fucking absurd
oh and buster motherfuckomg
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
You People?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 20, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
HELL YEAH PANDA
I’m glad to see Sandoval did something to justify my hope in him
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
subject line
comment comment
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
by delorean on Oct 20, 2010 10:45 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Aw, when Amy G interviewed Pablo after the game, as soon as she mentioned “You have a chance to clinch the NL pennant here tomorrow” his face went like :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I love the Panda grin.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
is it wrong for me to want to motorboat his chubby cheeks?
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
I want him to pick me up and give me a monster bear hug.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
/throws Mdizzie side-eye… and then relents to giving hi-5s cuz it’s Pablo and we’re in the Playoffs ;o)
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Can't stop staring at the computer screen.
First post here, after just-reading MCC for years. I’ll start with two simple sentences:
Incredible win.
Posey is awesome.
Okay done, feel better now.
by Wertullo on Oct 20, 2010 10:46 PM PDT reply actions 11 recs
Incredible Posey
Win is awesome.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Welcome
fucking rec’d
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.
about this
I should have mentioned I watch/listen to about 150 Giants games a year (these days it’s through MLB.TV, I live in Chicago). So not exactly the standard band-wagoner.
You poor, poor, soul.
"Skillet, we just spent $64,000 in that bar. So we're gonna have to get jobs to cover up the fact that we rob banks" -Mouse Fitzgerald
Just made my first trip to Chicago. That place is full of awesomeness.
by iamwhatiam on Oct 21, 2010 5:52 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
As a fellow long-time lurker turned recent poster
I agree wholeheartedly.
And welcome. Go Giants.
by Big Americans on Oct 20, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Welcome rec'd
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
TIMMY!!!
“Yeah, this city has taken me in kind of like — I wouldn’t say a son, just because I’m not that young — but just as one of their own,” Lincecum, 26, said Wednesday before the Giants’ Game 4 win. "Even in my mistakes and my faults and things that I’ve said wrong or done wrong, they’ve accepted me and still rooted us on and rooted myself on.
“So I can’t say enough about the city. It’s been great to me, the opportunities I’ve had here, the way people have embraced me. It’s been great. It’s a lot different than home.”
per Baggs
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 10:47 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
Tim
You’ve been one of us since the day you were born – you just didn’t know it yet.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Dear Timmy,
I love you too.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
i moved to seattle from SF just this year. it’s different. i miss home. i miss my giants. but god damn timmeh is the shit, so thank you washington states for that.
And Timmy did grow up in Bellevue, so yeah, biiiiit of a change from LOLSUBURBS.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the rain, if that helps
How do you find Seattle overall? There’s a slim chance I might be moving up there in the future, and I’m curious to hear any opinions about it, if you feel like it.
by Seasick fish on Oct 20, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you in the Spokane area?
We’re in Ritzville.
Eastern Washington is nice in many ways; consider that the statewide nickname for the western “I-5 corridor” is The Rainyside.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Of course, to the I-5 people Eastern Washington is basically Idaho.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Not quite.
Eastern Washington is politically quite conservative. Idaho is screaming, foam-on-the-lips, batshit crazy reactionary. Also, eastern Washington produces some of the world’s greatest wines.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I’d put Woodinville up against Eastern Washington.
But then, I’m not really a wine guy, so I’ll admit I’m kinda talking out of my ass.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 21, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Eastern Washington is a catbox
Spokane notwithstanding. The rest of it resembles northern Nevada.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Hafta say, I’m kind of fascinated by that entire rainshadow area, the eastern two-thirds of both Oregon and Washington. Sometime in my youth I was fixed with the idea that Oregon and Washington were the Cascades and everything west of them.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I spent 10 days in Spokane in January for the US Figure Skating National Championships. I really loved it there.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Spokane . . .
. . . is sort of a science-fiction thing, the town caught in a time loop, where it is forever 1951. The necest parts of eastern Washington are the southern region, wine country, but there is no way in hell we would willingly live within 50 miles of the Hanford Reservation. We are about half-way between the Tri-Cities and Spokane, and so are within a reasonable drive time of a major-metro area (Spokane) for shopping, and wine country (for mini-vacations).
We don’t actually live in Ritzville—that is just the nearest town. We live out in the country, where our nearest neighbor is over a mile away, and second-nearest probably three miles. Peace and quiet are the desiderata.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Find any good places to watch the Giants? A friend of mine would KILL to watch with a crowd of orange and black tonight.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Send him/her to the Auto Battery! A few McCoven have been gathering there, and the crowd has been steadily growing; for game 1 there were a good 20-25 Giants fans. Chulk had a post up about it, and I think I’m gonna put the word out again for the Series.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 21, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Finish your career and post-career here, please
by kingofthacove on Oct 20, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
timmy feels just at home
washington and SF bay area both love green:D
by Wreckonized on Oct 20, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
/man crush
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Oct 20, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t really think of anything he has said or done wrong
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 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
There was that time he faced a batter and didn’t strike him out.
That’s about it really.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
HE MISSED THE ALL STAR GAME
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
MY HEAD IS DEHYDRATED. I NEED ELECTROLITES
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.
what plants crave
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.
You are an unfit parent.
Your children are now in the custody of Carl’s Jr.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
HIPPY TRASH
/wolf whistles
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 20, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
probably about the pot bust and the constant FUCK on the air
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Those are thing he's done wrong?
That’s what endears him to us!
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons. || I pity the fool that falls in love with [THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS]
i know, really. its not like our players kill people. oh, wait…
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Well now it’s awkward.
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons. || I pity the fool that falls in love with [THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS]
my mom (old hippie)
wants to call prop 19 “Timmy’s Law”
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 love you, Timmy.
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 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Even in my mistakes and my faults and things that I’ve said wrong or done wrong, they’ve accepted me and still rooted us on and rooted myself on.
I thought some of the fan reaction during his rough spell got pretty ugly at times, so I’m very glad to see that he seems to have focused more on the good than the bad. This coupled with postseason success (WOO!) will hopefully do a lot to persuade him to stay here for a long time.
by Seasick fish on Oct 20, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Keep this...
…and post it when he takes $50 mil from the Yankees.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF You
"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.
hell yeah!!!
Feed the Panda some bamboo
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Oct 20, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
SHUT UP
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hell Yeah
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.
HELL FUCKING YEAH!!!!
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 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
HELL YEAH!!!
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 20, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
HELL YEAH
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 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
HECK YES!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Dan Plesac loves himself some Giants….he might be a little corny, but I love the guy
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on Oct 20, 2010 10:51 PM PDT reply actions
Was he the one wearing the Panda hat on MLBN tonight?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, he loves the panda
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on Oct 20, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Before the season started Plesac picked the Giants to win the West when everyone else said we wouldn’t and talked about how good Posey was before he came up. I seriously love Dan Plesac he’s awesome. And when he picked the Giants he was wearing a Panda hat.
"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.
He loves him some... /puts on panda hat... KUNG FU PANDA!
WOOP WOOP WOOP!
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Plesac is great b/c he doesn’t take himself seriously.
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 21, 2010 7:07 AM PDT up reply actions
After the Game.
Forgive the quick MS paint job.
by ch3zyp00fs on Oct 20, 2010 10:52 PM PDT reply actions 6 recs
needs more zeets
More comfortable with chicken
by billywitchdoctor.com on Oct 21, 2010 2:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Posted this before, but
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Oct 20, 2010 10:53 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I can't wait for tomorrow's game! Let's end it here!
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
I had some Krabbie Patties before the game today. I will do the same today.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions
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™
A thai airline? OH I GET IT NOW
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Oct 20, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like FINALLY the tides have changed in the National Media
and things are more about how we are good rather than either lucky or the Phillies bad
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
The Giants are one win away from an unlikely trip to the World Series. Juan Uribe’s sacrifice fly in the ninth inning Wednesday night gave S.F. a 3-1 lead in the NLCS. BBTN Giants 6, Phillies 5 "
UNLIKELY TRIP TO THE WORLD SERIES!
by kingofthacove on Oct 20, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not unlikely NOW, but say, in April or August? That’s a different story.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
oh my god. If you’d told me on April 1st, with the lineup we had, that we’d be one win from the series, up 3-1 on the phils, i woulda said you are crazy.
then looked at the starting lineup again, and just laughed
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Look at our opening day lineup
And tell me how likely you thought a WS berth was.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Whatever. Fuck them.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Not really..
Wilbon on PTI – Phillies are going to win because of superior pitching. They just need their bats to wake up or it’s over.
Something I don’t understand.. if all three of the “superior” pitchers have losses and have given up runs to an “inferior” lineup, and the great Phillies lineup is haveing troubles hitting against our “not as superior” pitching.. is it possible that maybe the Giants pitchers are actually better and pitching better against a better lineup?
by Ice Watter In His Veins! on Oct 21, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Let me just say
Buster Posey’s 9th inning at-bat was the best at-bat i have seen in this game in a long time. With all the pressure on, he came through against Roy fucking Oswalt. He has clinched his spot in giants lore in his first season. Unbelievable.
Then, Jazz Hands Lite: Sac Fly Edition.
Fuck you Mitch Williams.
Fuck you Philly Daily News
Fuck you East Coast Media Pundits
Let’s Go Giants.
by kezargiants on Oct 20, 2010 10:57 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Posey was great there. What an incredible amount of discipline not to wave through the last ball outside and turn it into a strike .
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 20, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I know. Unbelievable.
The poise the kid shows just is unbelievable to me. Especially the way Fox Shows Oswalt’s eyes just staring in, i have no idea how you could keep your composure and get your pitch to hit in that situation. That’s why they play the game and i watch it— when everything amplified Posey keeps calm. That’s the 2010 Rookie of the year right there.
by kezargiants on Oct 20, 2010 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I really like Roy Oswalt as an Astro. He had talent, and there was the Timmy comparison, and he seemed so affable. Just another hard-luck loser.
But now? Now I see him on TV, and I look into his eyes, and I see the demon inside. Roy Oswalt will find you and he will end you. It is only a matter of time.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
But now? Now I see him on TV, and I look into his eyes, and I see the demon inside
He’s been turned into a vampire?
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Same with Berkman.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
OK SERIOUSLY GUYS
can someone post a link to the knbr call of the walkoff? PLEASE? :)
Cy Lincecain FTW
The MLB-edited highlight clips are here. But the one you want isn’t up yet. Generally highlight clips use the TV broadcast audio, but especially in the postseason the MLB folks put together clips labeled “Must C” for big plays (like a walkoff) that have the audio from both the TV and radio. Also, the special “MLB Recap” clip will often have the local radio call over the TV video.
But both “Must C” and MLB Recap clips take a few hours following the game to edit. Check back regularly.
by non sequitur on Oct 20, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
knbr call starts at 1:49
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12875243
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I love Kuip so much.
Also, lol, was that MadBum who ran into Oswalt? Whoops.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I think so
But he was sweet about it. I believe he said, “Pardon Me, Sir”
:)
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Apparently we stole that game
Go fuck yourself MLB network.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
actually
the phillies stole it.
Then we stole it back.
The phillies grabbed and and we wrestled.
Then Huff Posey Uribe’d
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
by zenbitz on Oct 20, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
<3
“After the double, I just told myself to manage the inning,” Romo said. “It was still a tie game, and I’ve got to keep my team in this game. I had to bear down. I’m not going to be the only one not fighting.”
from the just-posted Baggs story
http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_16393000?source=rss&nclick_check=1
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
by delorean on Oct 20, 2010 10:58 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
And Bruce Bochy
Props for having faith in Romo. A lesser manager would have yanked him.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Hey I would have yanked romo.
This is beyond torture. This is beyond baseball.
by killblue on Oct 20, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Although you're not alone in your sentiment
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
you know I was surprised that
he left him in… but after the inning I saw the replay of the slider that Werth hit. That was a good pitch.
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
Proud Romosexual here.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Wearing black and orange to show my solidarity with those who have been persecuted for their Romosexuality.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
(Pre-emptive apologies to anyone who doesn’t find that funny. I would’ve worn purple today if I owned any.)
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I wore purple AND my classic Fresno Grizzlies hat. The old colors were black and purple and my classic cap has the purple F logo. So I supported Romo and the other once and future Grizzlies as well as showing my support for the wear purple cause.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
That's pretty classy
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Romosexual for life.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
People are being waaaaay too hard on Romo. Stranding a runner at 2nd with 0 outs is very difficult to do. He gave up a double, then a popup and two Ks. A fine outing by almost any measure.
Thing C
strike 3 to Ruiz was freakin ridiculous
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
You know how baseball video games used to let you control the pitch manually? So you’d throw a slider, and then hit right, and it would just go a foot outside to a righty hitter? That’s what that slider looked like. It was amazing.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Sergio Romo pitches with a Wiimote in hand.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Basewars
We had to outlaw players using up and down on the d pad cause it was too unfair on pitching.
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.
Will such a future ever come?
This is the third Basewars reference I’ve seen tonight.
by Seasick fish on Oct 20, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
you could also bean an unsuspecting opponent into submission. Critical for getting that extra damage against a guy who had a laser sword
by Ice Watter In His Veins! on Oct 21, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
strike 3 to Ruiz was rediculous, because by that time, Ruiz had no idea what he was even doing at the plate anymore.
he’s probably like “fuck this”
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Wilson <3
Even though their performance may have been been flawed, Wilson gave Casilla and Romo high marks for not giving in when the Phillies had a chance to break the game open.
“When they didn’t make the right pitch, they could have folded at that point,‘’ Wilson said. "They didn’t. They kept their composure. They know that if you can just get out of that jam, we still have a fighting chance because we’re at home. It doesn’t matter if you give up the lead, you keep going back and battling. They did, and hats off to both Casilla and Romo. They kept the momentum in our court."
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’m not sure when it happened, but somewhere along the lines I fell in love with Wilson. He’s just too awesome.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s staring into those baby blues, gets me everytime ;o)
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
I think part of it is because he has to give the best interview in all of professional sports.
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
Yeah, it’s a lot of this. And that he’s a really, really good pitcher. Add a dash of “he’s kinda good looking in a bro way” and you have love.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
And a genius on top of it all.
Yes, I guess when it comes down to it, Brian Wilson has a lot going for him.
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
188 IQ
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
My phillie’s fan friend was telling me last night that he doesn’t think Wilson will be a top flight closer for long b/c he only has FB and cutter.
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 21, 2010 7:12 AM PDT up reply actions
/cough Rivera /cough, cough
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I was all “Oh you mean like Brad Lidge?”
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 21, 2010 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I think TheLetter2 could recreate a memory for you.
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 21, 2010 7:11 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s easy to overlook stuff like this because these guys are professional athletes and we expect a great deal from them, but then I think about how my confidence/concentration/whatever can get completely shattered by the most trivial stuff, and this kind of focus seems amazing.
by Seasick fish on Oct 20, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like Wilson makes everyone in that bullpen more confident.
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 21, 2010 7:10 AM PDT up reply actions
MY ROMOSEXUALISM NEVER WAVERED
That a good hitter did a good job of hitting an ok pitch is really not an indictment of Romo at all.
Also, beard.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 20, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I plead guilty
to Romosexualism.
by iamwhatiam on Oct 21, 2010 6:01 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
He certainly did. He did a great job of not allowing Werth to score.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 7:17 AM PDT up reply actions
5 wins in 10 games = WORLD CHAMPIONS
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
I fucking hate that commercial
it’s only 25 dollars? or whatever. immediate mute on that shit…and on the “beat the cluck out of chicken” one too.
by kezargiants on Oct 20, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I mute the Webpass commerical, too. I sent them an email a few weeks ago. they never replied.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Uh huuuhh!!
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
by short_shifter on Oct 21, 2010 7:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Didn't you know that tweeting is super cool and fun all the time
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m watching the game highlights in Spanish on Univision. lol I kind of understand what they’re talking about.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:00 PM PDT reply actions
No se.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
They said “Los Gigantes ganan”=Giants win :D
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Casilla
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Oct 20, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
In the giants case
I’d say the torture is most definitely male.
by iamwhatiam on Oct 21, 2010 6:08 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh, and, for what it's worth
The Giants have now pinned a loss on Hallday, Oswalt, and Hamels.
H2 no.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
LOL FRESNO BEE
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.
UPDATE: MY MOM GOT HER BEARD (sort of)
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:03 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Yep. She’s dropping them off tomorrow. “Them.” She bought two.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
On my friends face. There’s two of us going to the game, so she got one for each. And then I think it goes to my new baby nephew, who we’ve already nicknamed Rasputin anyway, so it works.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
your mom is awesome, I wonder if my mom is bringing me back anything from the game? :o(
oh wait! I remembered, she brought me back a WIIIINNNNNNN!!! :oD
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
And like any good mom, she brought enough for the whole class.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL me
I’ve always accused my mother of bad luck. She actually wouldn’t hand over the beards until I took it back.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG So awesome
"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.
Cough: 2002 Angles Catcher -- Bengie : Cough
Cough: 2010 Texas Catcher — Bengie: Cough
Let's bring the...
You just had to do that, didn’t you?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR THIS
WE’RE ALL HAPPY, DAMMIT!!!
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
2002 Giants Pitching Rotation — Jason Schmidt and some pretty niceguys.
2010 Giants Pitching Rotation — THE THUNDER OF A WRATHFUL GOD.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
2002 Closer – Arm blown out
2010 Closer – Beard grown out
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 20, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
/pours out a 40 for Robb Nen's professional career
Seriously though, what a guy. He takes all the sarcasm out of the word “gamer.”
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I miss every guy who has put on the Giants uniform while I’ve been a fan, with just a few exceptions (A.J. obviously).
If we do this, it’s for them, too.
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 20, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
This year
Is for every Giants player who put on the uniform in the past 50 years. It’s for every little kid in the bay area who ever dreamed of winning a world series. It’s for the guys who came so close but just couldn’t get enough.
And more broadly, it’s for something else. It’s for everyone who’s ever been given up on. It’s for everyone who has ever been told they weren’t good enough. It’s for everyone who was ever told that they were different, and that they couldn’t possibly succeed.
It’s for the young. It’s for the living. It’s for those we’ve lost. It’s for five year olds on their dad’s shoulders straining to see the field. It’s for Shooter. It’s for Robb, and Barry, and Willy, and Stretch, and Aurillia and Snow and The Thrill.
This is a team for everyone. This is the year of anything.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Oct 20, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions 23 recs
Wrecked in a damn second.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m proud to just set the table when I followed by a clout like that.
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 20, 2010 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Cough: 2010 San Francisco Catcher — Buster: Cough
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Oct 20, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
It's more to say : THERE IS A WAY TO EXERCISE THE DEAMON
One DP on Bengie and it’s gone
Let's bring the...
Exercise the Doraemon?
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
by jctGamer on Oct 20, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I laughed
a lot.
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.
Additionally
Exercise the Dolomite
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.
RIP RUDY RAY MOORE
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Oct 21, 2010 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
OMG!!! 2 Doraemon in 1 day!!!
I saw a car that had 2 stuffed Doraemon dangling from the rear side windows of their car!
REC’D! :oD
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Get thee behind me.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
HORRIBLE IMAGE IS HORRIBLE
One DP on Bengie and it’s gone
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.
oh for fuck’s sake why would you even
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Your profile picture goes well with this
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Oct 20, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Counterpoint: Buster Posey
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
oh gawd no
I actually thought for a minute about how the 2002 had never been to the Series and then went out and upset the Giants, and now here are the Rangers who have never been to the Series, and oh shut up with that and any other comparisons. Its our turn this time!
Chris Gloor: my lefty is bigger than your lefty
by crazedcrustacean on Oct 20, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Would you rather the Yankees be in the World Series for the 7w3458934856357869347856897th time?
"Skillet, we just spent $64,000 in that bar. So we're gonna have to get jobs to cover up the fact that we rob banks" -Mouse Fitzgerald
I think I’d rather take them. Their pitching is explosive, the old guys get redemption for 62, and IMAGINE GETTING TO BEAT THE FUCKING YANKEES
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Oct 20, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
So Bengie gets a ring either way?
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 21, 2010 7:14 AM PDT up reply actions
We have a huge hurdle to overcome tomorrow in Roy Halladay, but we can do this. We got the “Fuck Yeah” Kid on the mound- with his home fans behind him- and we’ve bested Doc before. I think it’s gonna be a tight game, but let’s do 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
i want to win tomorrow, so i dont have to spent all day fri and half of sat dwelling on this one.
let’s take the series, so we can relax and enjoy some torture-free baseball of Rangers/Yanks battling it out
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:30 AM PDT up reply actions
That many days without a game is its own torture.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Seeing Sandoval so happy after his big hit was one of the many things that stand out about tonight’s amazing game. I imagine some of the celebrations the team has had this fall might have felt somewhat awkward for him because of his disappointing season, so on a night with another big celebration, it’s great to see him have a place in the middle of it as one of the (many!) key contributors.
Stupid cbs is covering the election instead of the giants. What is our society coming to???
This is beyond torture. This is beyond baseball.
Elections are boring and fascist. The Giants are up 3 – 1. Would someone please think of the children!
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Oct 20, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, I’m proud of Madbum. It’s tough to believe that in a few short months he’s gone from a prospect to a winner in game 4 of the NLCS
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
He's a Giant
the Giants won, ipso facto, he’s a winner. GOT IT
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 20, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
“Velocity gone!” to postseason baller
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Oct 20, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
SO WHERE ARE WE WATCHING THE GAME TOMORROW
I just realized that family is all busy… I get back in the city on caltrain ~5:40.
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
Hopefully, just hopefully
Public House.
With my sister.
And a friend. Who happens to be a girl. That I kinda like.
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
is your sister single/hot?
FREE BUSTER
by TimLincecumIsGod on Oct 20, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Last time I hung out with a friend, who was of the opposite gender, whom I kinda liked, well…clothes came off.
Now he’s my boyfriend. So I hope it goes well for you!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Got D&D tomorrow
So I’m going to my GM’s house early and we’re gonna make the group wait until the game’s over to play.
SUCK IT NERBZ
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I have work until 7 (boo) and then I’m racing home to watch the rest of the game.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I have class til 7 :( hopefully I can duck out a little early.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
me too
except i already know i can’t duck out a little early =(
Then right after class i’m driving to socal. If the Giants win, all of I-5 will know it.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Me too! I’ll be racing to a bar though.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll be up at the Toronado on Haight, where I watch every game.
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Oct 21, 2010 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Just got home from the yard
I haven’t fully wrapped my head around how incredible that game was. I have never cheered, yelled, clapped and, ultimately, SANG so loudly in my life. I cannot even begin to imagine what tomorrow might be like.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
how about that tag by Renteria on the pick off!
that was amazing.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
apologies for the gif
but I love watching his slide-tag-spin move here
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 21, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions 9 recs
When I saw this...
I was reminded of the creativity that made him such a good shortstop.
There was a lot of downright beautiful defense in this game, from both teams.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions
-RIBEYES!
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
What are your opinions on that being a balk?
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by say hey nation on Oct 21, 2010 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions
the balk rules are the most confusing rules in the game based on how they’re interpreted and called. it seemed that tonight it was rather obvious what Mad Bum did wrong, but it still wasn’t called. However, had Mad Bum farted on the mound and his left butt cheek rippled a micrometer, they would have called it a balk.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
My friend just asked me if it was feeling like 2002 again.
I said no. He asked what felt differnt, I said everything.
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 20, 2010 11:14 PM PDT reply actions
For whatever reason, when I saw Ruiz come crashing in to Posey
All I could think of was Job, 38:11
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Oct 20, 2010 11:15 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
nicely done
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
oh, weird reply fail!
there was supposed to be little squiggles b4 and after smiles, oh well! :oD
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
LOL! How biblical of you
Also topical.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
nice
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Because I can
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Oct 20, 2010 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions 31 recs
rec'd
I’m considering making a sock puppet so I can rec this again.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
The Long Orange Line…
Decker and Dietz, Mancuso and Manwaring and Meyers and Matheny, Santiago, Kennedy, Haller, and Holm, and Johnson.
In your names and many others, the line is drawn here.
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"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Brenly, Melvin, Sadek, Nokes, Sasser, Alexander, May, Hiatt.
Add to the already drawn line.
"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 21, 2010 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
And Bengie. And Whiteside (who I hope can get just one chance).
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 21, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Just saw the ESPN top 10
number 1 was a dunk in preseason baskeball game.
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 20, 2010 11:16 PM PDT reply actions
so stupid
there were multiple preseaon plays…..
by Wreckonized on Oct 20, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank goodness no major plays in big playoff games.
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 20, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Can we get an ESPN Expert update?
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Kurshian
or whatever his name is is the only one left. Phils in 7 he said. Only guy to say the Giants had a shot at wnning but thought depth would carry the Phils.
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 20, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Kurkjian, Tim Kurkjian.
Though he’s been around, he’s basically a Baltimore fellow. As best I remember him from when the Orioles used to come into Oakland, he seemed both bright and informed, and a nice enough chap, too.
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Hmm
I hear him a lot on ESPN in the morning. I don’t find him all that informed. And he has one of the worst cases of East Coast Bias I’ve ever seen. Basically, if you’re a team west of the Mississippi, you don’t matter. He does seem to have a profound respect for Willie Mays, though, so he has that going for him.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 21, 2010 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Depth would carry Phils? what depth? they have 7 All-Stars, then nobodies on the bench.
The Giants are very deep, with role players everywhere that contribute. Phils arent hitting? nothing Manuel can do but trot out the same players, even the same lineup, cause that’s all they got
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Juan Primo's first post in the post-game thread gives all the relevant stuff.
I suggest you go rec it when you get the chance.
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probably
Mays, Alou, etc. not sure if Big Mac can make it to the field, but if he can, he will.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s wrong with Big Mac?!
Overplayed memes:
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by say hey nation on Oct 21, 2010 7:17 AM PDT up reply actions
he’s been recovering from another surgery. He did make it out for the Willie Mac Award, so he could be out there.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 7:21 AM PDT up reply actions
When Uribe stood at the plate in the ninth,
I starting yelling at him that the whole infield from 1989 was there in the stands watching, even his uncle, Jose. “Do it for them,” I screamed. “Do it for all of them and for all of us!” He did.
by mrs. owlcroft on Oct 21, 2010 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
She really did.
And you should hear her yell.
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OMG JUAN
“I am full of happy right now,” Uribe said.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Oct 20, 2010 11:22 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
“I got a lot of happy today,” Uribe repeated, over and over, when asked about his winning at-bat. “A lot of happy.”
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by delorean on Oct 20, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
This made me cry.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
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Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I LOVE THIS TEAM!
I love you guys too.
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I have a lot of happy too!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I want to hug him!
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
holy shit what a fucking champion
THAT DOES IT, BRING THIS MAN BACK FOR WHATEVER IT TAKES
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
:’)
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 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
i made a thing
All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses, his real conditions of life, and the complete lack of offense.
OMG YOU GUYS!!
DID THIS REALLY HAPPEN?
I love this team so frigging much. That on field celebration was about the best thing I’ve ever seen.
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Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Huff almost died! That’s how good it was!
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I know, that was so hilarious!
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Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I still haven’t seen it, though. :/
I just saw them pulling him off the ground
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
They showed the whole thing at some point. It was Rowand who knocked him over and picked him up.
My other favorite part was a the Buster/Uribe hug and celebration. So cute.
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Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Hmmm
I think Rowand is secretly just trying to get Huff outta the way so he can get to Burrell. You better check yo self, Rowand.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Just watched the highlights
Not going to lie, I teared up.
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The second best part about all of this...
Oswalt with the loss
Wilson with the win
the best part? Buster Posey
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by pentheus on Oct 20, 2010 11:27 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
W stands for Wilson
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
that sounds like something he would say to escape a really stupid interview.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
thank you?
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s definitely a good thing :)
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
thank you!
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 20, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t give him any ideas!
The San Francisco Giants are the 2010 NL West Champions, and I WAS THERE.
At home. To watch it. On my television.
by KyrieEleison on Oct 21, 2010 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions
BRIAN WONDER
after every out he gets, he must writhe in pain for like 7 seconds and then pull a crumpled up piece of white bread out of his chest, preferably at the very top where he keeps his top button un-buttoned.
As much as we all love this team
It is very clear that they love us just as much.
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
Ladies and gentleman, Buster Posey is in the building
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 11:29 PM PDT reply actions
/throws panties
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not just talking about rookies, or catchers, or baseball, or guys named Buster, I’m talking about one of the best all-around performances by anyone, in pretty much any sport, on a big stage. He absolutely owned this game from beginning to end and his fingerprints were all over every turning point for the Giants.
I can’t even comprehend everything that happened tonight.
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“Posey went 4-for-5 overall, becoming just the 13th player in baseball history to have a four-hit game in the playoffs at age 23 or younger. And it’s a helluva list: Miguel Cabrera(notes), Derek Jeter(notes), Manny Ramirez(notes), Lenny Dyskstra, Joe Garogiola, Hank Greenberg, Joe Medwick, Freddie Lindstrom, Goose Goslin, Frankie Frisch, Donnie Bush, Ty Cobb.”
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 20, 2010 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
(notes)
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 20, 2010 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Guys, we're not just watching a postseason run here
I mean, fuck yes, one game from the Show. That’s amazing.
But we’re watching the start of something incredible. Like, Hall of Fame incredible. And I know people have been saying that for a while, but it just really hit me that in thirty years, Buster Posey is going to be one of those Names. Like, our kids will be talking about baseball with their futuristic brain-computers, and they’ll say “Posey” the way we say “Mays.”
Holy shit.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel that way about Lincecum all the time. Now that we potentially have two similar players, I get all choked up thinking about it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I got back into baseball in 2009 after a 5-year hiatus, so by the time I was paying attention Timmy was already certifiable. This is the first time I’ve really watched it happen before my eyes, and…yeah wow.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Srsly.
This team could reasonably have two future Hall of Famers on it.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
by Cody_ransom on Oct 20, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I meant besides Huff, Wilson, Ross, Torres, Cain, Sanchez and Bochy.
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 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
you forgot MadBum
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I always feel so cheated that I never got to see Mays, McCovey, Marichal, Cepeda, et. al. All I get to know of them is from books, grainy video, and stories from moldy oldies. I have a chance to see legendary Giants in the making. I’ll make sure future generations understand Lincecum and Posey, because I don’t want them to feel like they never knew them like we know them.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope people don't take this the wrong way but I sort of feel the opposite
This feels like the ultimate post season run. I’ve really been struggling to put this team in context compared to the Clark and Bonds teams. I definitely feel like a curmudgeon but I don’t know what to make of this team. Like Grant’s post about the two sides of the brain I keep expecting this to blow up in our faces but another part of me has never enjoyed baseball more. I never expected this team to be here so I don’t even know how to react. Every win I’m overjoyed but at the same time I expect it to come crumbling down.
As far as Lincecum and Posey and being compared to all-time greats, it’s almost bizzare how people have taken Timmy’s two cy young seasons for granted considering we hadn’t had one for what 40 years? And is Posey Will Clark? Maybe but I’m not 9 years old anymore and I try to look at these things with a more critical eye.
The thing is, even if some of our guys are not all time greats and we don’t go all the way, this run has been so incredible, so inexplicable, there will be so many moments to tell the grandkids. Someone said that Cody Ross (after game 1) was approaching Brian Johnson level but really he should have surpassed that by now right? (and Brian Johnson level is pretty high up there for me)
This team is a bizarre collection of really good young pitchers, cast offs and journey men, and Posey and Sandoval. It’s hard to know what to expect of them in the future. But good lord this run has been exciting.
WWRWD?
A rookie catcher batting fourth and leading his team to the World Series is all-time epic.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Absolutely.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 20, 2010 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Here comes Aubrey Huff....
and this game issss OVEEEEER!
Just listened to the replay of hte 9th on KNBR.
Dead Meat 8-2
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 20, 2010 11:30 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Wow.
This is the first photo I’ve seen clearly show he was out by a damn miiiile. Also Buster with his foot down in front of his cleat… just a beautiful photo.
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Every time someone says, “the Giants can move onto the World Series tomorrow,” I get all choked up.
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Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I cannot comprehend the awesomeness of this statement. I’m going to be on the verge of tears the entire game.
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I had a moment in the top of the ninth were I made myself LOL
I was clutching my scorebook so tightly my fingers started hurting. My scorebook is simply an excel doc…
I WAS A NERD CLUTCHING HIS SPREADSHEETS!
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OMG LIFE IMITATES ART
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by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh dear, son
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Oct 20, 2010 11:34 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Impossible. Tomorrow night they’d fly into the dogpile like cruise missiles.
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 20, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
omg yessss
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Oct 20, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
And then, Aubrey started propellering…
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 20, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Loved Huff’s face while he was running down the line
by Seasick fish on Oct 20, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have loved to have seen Rectum Face's expression while Huff was scoring.
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by Penitentiary Face on Oct 20, 2010 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
he looked a lot better tonight. he had an actual plan at the plate and he worked a huge walk and got another hit. the CS wasn’t good, but he could be back to what we expect.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 20, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Torres looks like Sacha Cohen’s Bruno character.
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by say hey nation on Oct 21, 2010 7:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Not a lady, no longer fat
But Placido Domingo is in town.
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by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Placido Flamingo
Placido Polanco
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I love how the Giants maintain such strong ties to the past.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I think Bonds has a personal services clause to fulfill
Once he ‘retires.’
I wonder if he could DH somewhere next year.
so solid, I love the good vibes that Phil and Bobby will bring
by Countificus on Oct 21, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
z
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Oct 20, 2010 11:39 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
so much drama
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
MAMA....
JUST KILLED A MAN
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 20, 2010 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Ooooo
Never meant to make ya cry
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by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Carry on! Carry on...
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"Andres, just hold me really tight and and don't let go"
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by Penitentiary Face on Oct 20, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I am very seriously considering listening to the midnight replay of this game on KNBR.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
if i didnt have to be up at 7 for work tomorrow I’d be listening for sure. stupid jobs and their interrupting of baseball.
FREE BUSTER
by TimLincecumIsGod on Oct 20, 2010 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it's necessary
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 20, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, did he say that about Tim or something?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
just plain good advice
“If he’s not hurt, it’s all about conditioning,” said Oswalt, who was aware of the dip in Lincecum’s velocity. “He’s not going to lose that much (otherwise) at a young age, I don’t think.”
Oswalt, who lost to Lincecum three times between Opening Day and June 22, also said pitchers who fall in love with a secondary pitch, such as Lincecum with his changeup, sometimes struggle with fastball mechanics.
That is easier to fix. Mainly, Oswalt stressed the need for pitchers to strengthen the lower halves of their bodies. When he was a young pitcher in Houston, Oswalt said, Roger Clemens told him he should not lose a game because the opposing pitcher was fitter.
“When you’re 21, 22, 24, 25 years old, you think you can run through a wall every day, but you’ve got to keep your conditioning up,” said Oswalt, who turns 33 on Aug. 29. "That’s one of the biggest concerns. When you start logging 200 innings year after year after year, it’s tough, your body holding up, and you’ve got to do something to keep your velocity the same.
“You’re going to lose some velocity because of the amount of innings you’ve thrown, but I’ve been able to maintain pretty close to what I was when I first came up. You can’t keep throwing 200 innings a year if you’re not in the top shape you can be in. Your body’s going to break down, especially if you’re smaller in size. You’re going to have to do twice the work a bigger guy’s going to do.”
Actually
I think I remember Timmy saying he changed how he took care of himself between starts when asked what he did to break out of his August funk. I don’t know if he changed whether or not or how much he smokes dope, or if he gets more sleep, or works out more or less, but it sounded like he was changing something about his physical constitution between starts.
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 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, actually
Part of Timmy’s problems were he was tipping pitches. There is footage of one of the debacles in August when the D’backs roughed him up which shows some of the D’back players demonstrating to each other what Lincecum was doing. Mark Grace the D’backs analyst pointed it out and I’m sure it got back to Righetti thank God. It obviously got corrected in time to salvage our season and hopefully back to the WS.
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by Penitentiary Face on Oct 20, 2010 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
still, his velocity isn't what it was
Oswalt’s and by extension I guess Clemens’s advice is sound. If that month is what it took for Lincecum to get religion on the subject, then that’s a price I’m willing to pay.
there is a LOT going on in this picture. I’m not sure I can handle it yet.
I’ll try again in the morning. Night, McCoven, and until tomorrow FUCK YEAH SHUT UP
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 20, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh subject line, how I appreciate you when you’re there.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
HAHAHA What is that in the corner??
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Oct 20, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t get it.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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This makes more sense.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Why is Romo in a box?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 20, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Because he hasn’t gotten to step one yet
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Hey! I think you commented on one of my friend’s Facebook statuses the other day.
.277/.399/.518 out of a shortstop?!
Keep on, keepin' on, Ryan Cavan
Probably! I know a lot of ppl from here on Facebook.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
If I recall, you’re in the SJSU band, yeah? I think he’s in that too. Maybe. In any case, I do not believe he’s an MCC member.
.277/.399/.518 out of a shortstop?!
Keep on, keepin' on, Ryan Cavan
I'm one of the many altos
Whoa worlds colliding all over the place. What’s your friends name? And you and I should add each other.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
His name is Ben…I won’t use his last name here.
.277/.399/.518 out of a shortstop?!
Keep on, keepin' on, Ryan Cavan
lol I know like a million Bens in band.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
But I understand why you don’t want to use his last name here.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
This is a great picture! Still trying to figure out the significance of Renteria with the red eyes…
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by Tommy Wiseau is a Giants Fan on Oct 21, 2010 6:30 AM PDT up reply actions
OK I need to try to get some sleep
I leave you with these words…
“I went to everybody,” center fielder Andres Torres said. “I tried to hug everybody.”
Andres, I feel the same way.
/hugs everybody
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by j14 on Oct 21, 2010 12:02 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
/Hugs Andres!!!
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"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 21, 2010 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
omg I want to hug you too Andres!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I Have Happy
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 21, 2010 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I WANT A HUG, TOO, ANDRES
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 21, 2010 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
HUGS
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG I JUST GOT HOME
-I HAVE NO VOICE
-MY RALLY RAG IS WAVED TO DEATH
-IVE NEVER HUGGED AND HIGH FIVED SO MANY RANDOM PEOPLE
-WALKING DOWN THE RAMP ON THE WAY OUT WAS ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS IVE EXPERIENCED.
-ONE MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
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by sadison bummedgarner on Oct 21, 2010 12:12 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Sad your boy did us proud!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Brett Pill?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 21, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Sad’s namesake!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
yes he did!!!
u see all my pictures on facebook?
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by sadison bummedgarner on Oct 21, 2010 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Are we friends on FB? I can’t remember, lol. I’m a jerk.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL YOU
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
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by sadison bummedgarner on Oct 21, 2010 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
WALKING DOWN THE RAMP ON THE WAY OUT WAS ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS IVE EXPERIENCED.
YES
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions
One more win. Come on, now.
Sorry, Grant, I must correct you.
Five more wins. Come on, now.
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by BruteSentiment on Oct 21, 2010 12:20 AM PDT reply actions
Did anyone see Guillen in the dugout? I thought I saw him in the celebration after Uribe hit the GW sac fly, but wasn’t sure since he was reported to have not even gone to the teams home games in SF.
i dont think anyone ever wants to hear about him ever again. thats fine with me
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 1:42 AM PDT up reply actions
That would be me.
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 21, 2010 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
lol sir. But thanks!
If you don’t mind me asking, what’s your tumblr?
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 21, 2010 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions
hahah, I just went to see if you were already following me (I’ve gained a LOT of followers on my personal tumblr lately, so I wasn’t sure if you already did). i don’t think you are, but i’m following you now!
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 21, 2010 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey, we use the same template. lol
theinternetismine.tumblr.com
by Uncle Russel on Oct 21, 2010 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL nice.
And I approve of all the Pokemon stuff on that, haha. Epic shit.
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 21, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
And, congrats on being the 600th follower on my tumblr.
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 21, 2010 1:05 AM PDT up reply actions
A high five.
/high five
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 21, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
It may be 7 years old, but the sentiment is the same...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRC-Pm_Mx_k
Bring it home, boys. Bring the World Series home.
I love the Giants, I love McCovey Chronicles, and I love you all.
It’s funny, but I don’t remember being this excited about the playoffs in 2002.
The San Francisco Giants are the 2010 NL West Champions, and I WAS THERE.
At home. To watch it. On my television.
ESPN expert prediction update
by sarf_london_niner on Oct 21, 2010 12:35 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs
I thought
Nelson picked the Rangers over the Giants in the World Series.
Hmm.
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
Somebody on ESPN picked the Giants and Twins in the World Series
This was back when the season started and I can’t find it now, but remember it distinctly. Let’s search out that guy and maybe buy him a drink or two!
by mrs. owlcroft on Oct 21, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Jim Caple?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, you know, it might have been.
Bless his little pea-pickin’ heart.
by mrs. owlcroft on Oct 21, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
She probably did
But is a woman, and women often act without reason.
She probably did
But is awomanwimmins, andwomenwimmins often act without reason.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry this took a little time
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
by jctGamer on Oct 21, 2010 12:37 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs
There are many people to be pleased for . . .
. . . but the two that I am happiest about are Andres Torres and Eli Whiteside.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
SUPER EPIC MASSIVE LULZ
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/10/21/1765161/some-thoughts-on-game-4-of-the-nlcs#comments
Cy Lincecain FTW
by ramin on Oct 21, 2010 12:46 AM PDT reply actions 12 recs
omg rofl
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
That was my favorite part.
I also enjoyed:
What do you mean whole inning
And,
ih hoppen
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Rowand was my favorite part.
Runner up was Wilsons beard. That was lol-tastic.
by Uncle Russel on Oct 21, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
The whole thing was 100% awesome. LL rules.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
The thing is, ih hoppens.
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 21, 2010 1:00 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This
And I can absolutely see Rowand saying that. It reminds me of a post Grant did about Timmy being stuck in a heated pitching duel and looking back at center field to find Rowand standing there waving at him with a dumb grin on his face.
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 21, 2010 1:00 AM PDT up reply actions
SURPRISE BITCHES
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 21, 2010 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions
This is fantastic
"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.
Haha
I liked the Pablo ‘DOUBLE’, ump ‘no’, Pablo ’ DOUBLE’, ump ‘yes’
by Norcalnappy on Oct 21, 2010 1:45 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
and later
“Double”…“Play”
sad but true. It still was a good AB by Panda though.
For some reason
“There’s only one way out of this” seems like a SF:tAS reference to me.
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
what the hell AMAZING
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 21, 2010 6:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I think my favorite part is Casilla in the sixth.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 21, 2010 6:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Dip my ballsack in a Louisiana anthill, I did it again!
so much LOL
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 7:34 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
I laughed so hard that I cried!
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
This!
“I very much apologize but it appears that I have received a short-hop and applied a tag to you”
LOL
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
HAHA
Double!
NO
Double!
YES
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 just cried
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 21, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Goodnight McC, I leave you with a bedtime story <3
In the great orange room there was a team
And a red thong and a picture of the panda eating egg foo yong
And there were 3 veteran players from benches who peered
And 4 young pitchers and a pair of weird beards
And a little toy Buster and a team full of luster
And a Cody and a Huff and a bowl full of great stuff
And a gritty old Bochy who was whispering "be tough"….
Good night room good night team
Good night panda eating egg foo yong
Good night Vrooom and the red thong
Good night veteran players from benches who peered
Good night young pitchers and the pair of weird beards
Good night Matt and good night Pat
Good night little Buster and good night luster
Good night Cody and good night Huff
Good night Mole, good night great stuff
And good night to the Bochy whispering "hush"
Good night Jazz Hands good night Timmy’s hair
Good night McCovens everywhere
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
by SoCalGgal on Oct 21, 2010 12:58 AM PDT reply actions 8 recs
Omg, I think I just cried a little
Good night, SoCalGal!
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 21, 2010 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions
And when you awake from slumber, this will be green.
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 21, 2010 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I fell in love with this book reading it to my niece. I even bought it for myself, separately. And I’m 41.
by non sequitur on Oct 21, 2010 1:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Love this.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
OMG YOU GUYS!!!!! <3
now you’re gonna make me cry!
so so so glad you liked it, I had so much fun putting it together! I’m a little bummed I was too tired to catch the ‘Bochy whispering hush’ bit at the end b4 posting (shoulda read as "Bochy whispering “stay tough”). Oh well, it kinda works, I have images of Bochy tucking each player into bed, awww!
y’all just confirmed the fact that joining McC after lurking all season was the best decision I. have. evar. made! HUGS!!!! :oD
so pretty in green!
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Rx’d.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Please please please win this series. My dad said if they go to the WS we’re going to fly up to SF
"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.
You don’t have to scalp those tickets. You can just hit up SW Airlines or something.
I CAN HAZ MARK REYNOLDS?
oh wow, amazing!
I hope you get to go :)
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Finally got a chance to watch the replay...
(Was listening to the game while pretending to study)
But daaaaaaaaaaaaang… that Rowand-Posey play was epic.
You know, for all the hate Rowand and Renteria get… I’m proud of them. Good game, guys.
by Big Americans on Oct 21, 2010 1:07 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
It was a key play of a classic game or "all-time game" as MLB network calls them
yet went unheralded by the highly-paid commentary team of Fox. unforgiveable
Also kind of interesting
Giants GM Brian Sabean revealed Wednesday that he knew from the moment he signed Molina that the club would trade him later in the summer.
“That was rehearsed — set in stone, really — once we decided not to start the year with Buster,” Sabean told the Mercury News. "Bengie was going to be a bridge, and once Buster was ready, we were going to bring him into the mix and trade Bengie.
“That was the plan almost going all the way back to the winter meetings (in December). We were fortuitous that Bengie turned down the Mets and signed with us. But (if not), we would’ve signed another catcher and lined it up the same way, because Buster wasn’t ready.”
From Baggs
"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.
wasn’t ready, my ass!
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 7:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Not sure I buy this, but assuming that was the thinking, it seems risky to assume you could find a favorable trade for a guy who had trouble finding any suitors in the off-season. It worked out in the end, obviously, so maybe Sabean knew something about the trade market at the outset, but from the outside, the whole thing still seems somewhat odd.
Also a bit unfortunate to be talking about it now, I think. Bengie talked about how sad he felt about being traded, and I don’t know what’s gained by saying that the team knew that was his fate all along but didn’t tell him. I’m sure players understand that that’s the business, but talking about it publicly when the team will be negotiating with players soon seems a bit lame.
by Seasick fish on Oct 21, 2010 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Playing first base in the minors = catching in the majors.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I am Brian Sabean, and I would never lie to you about anything.
Nonetheless,
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
WOOHOO
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 21, 2010 1:17 AM PDT up reply actions
It's not over yet
The Giants still have to get one more win. We cannot jinx this. So none of that “it’s over” crap.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Still high in the morning. Woot!
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
best game in the history of the ballpark?
maybe. the david bell game might have been better. or game 5 of that world series that didn’t happen. the JT snow game in 2000 would be up there, except we lost.
a handful of others come to mind, but probably none of those games were as significant as this one
An instant classic
I was thinking last night about how I look forward to watching a replay of this game a few years from now and reliving it.
by Seasick fish on Oct 21, 2010 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm awake, semi-sober
dammit i have school tonight. Hopefully my professor lets us out early! Maybe I’ll bring my teacher an apple?!
Drove to work to hear Mike and Mike talk about the game last night. Instead, got an hour of football and joking about Buster Posey’s locker at FSU. But you know what, I DON"T CARE ANYMORE!!!
"If all the people love each other, the whole world would be a better place to live" - Johnny (Tommy Wiseau) from the film masterpiece, "The Room"
by Tommy Wiseau is a Giants Fan on Oct 21, 2010 6:35 AM PDT reply actions
Holy Shit
It’s the next day and that game STILL HAPPENED.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 21, 2010 6:38 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The thing is, it happened.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
lol sponsor
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/velezeu01.shtml
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Kuip on Murph and Mac
“Last night was the most fun I’ve had….With my clothes on”
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 7:40 AM PDT reply actions
raspy voice guy talking to other raspy voice guy.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions
So...
After all of the excitement of last night, for the first time ever I managed to not wake up in time and miss my morning class…
Let’s go Giants!!!!
The San Francisco 49ers, inventing new ways to lose every week!
Shift-A: YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Grant talked about it in the post but this was the ultimate team win:
MadBum pitched well but the Phillies were incredible in taking and fouling off pitches…he did what he could and kept the Giants in it.
The bullpen was not perfect but it was good enough
Buster…was Buster again
Huff…was Huff again
Cody…is Cody
Panda for one PA was the 2009 Panda
Uribe was Jazzy
and even Rowand contributed…
ultimate team win
Come on Giants please win tonight!
It would be a good gift for my daughter first birthday :)
It was if all the stars aligned for that game.
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Mike Patton was at the game last night!
EPIC
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 8:20 AM PDT reply actions
LOL at Philly co-workers/friends.
man1-Man how are teh Giants beating the Phils?
man2- The Phillies are better but they are just slumping
m1- Totally, H2O is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better than Hippie, someone and someone.
m2- yeah man h2O got THIS!!!!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
H2 OH FUCK
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Good morning
Was anyone else driving to work around 7:25, listening to the replay of the bottom of the 9th on the radio?
Were you almost as nervous hearing it a second time as when it was happening live, even though you knew everything turned out okay?
Were you able to resist the temptation to start honking your horn as Kuip called Huff sliding into home with the winning run?
In related news, I could barely sleep last night.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I was listening to it while getting ready for work and started laughing uncontrollably when Huff scored.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I watched the top of the 7th inning on the MLB Network replay, and I got nervous that WHAT IF POLANCO DOESN’T GROUND INTO A DOUBLE PLAY HERE AND THEN THE PHILLIES SCORE AND THE GIANTS GO ON TO LOSE AND THAT BREAKS THE SPACE TIME CONTINUUM BUT WHO CARES BECAUSE THE GIANTS LOSE AND OH GOD WE’RE DOOMED WHY AM I DOING THIS WHY CAN’T I TURN IT OFF
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
It just occured to me
Bochy very well may manage the NL Allstars next year (not very well prolly).
This is my way of not thinking about the other thing that might very well happen – the Giants win the pennant!
Living in Brooklyn - behind enemy lines.
I was gonna say something about how thrilling a game that was...
…but I was waiting for the Post-Post-Post-game thread. Isn’t that where all the cool kids comment?
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
This Morning on KNBR they replayed the entire Giants half of the 9th...
I am so pumped for work right now!
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
I never stopped loving you, Aaron Rowand!
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
by GiantsBabe on Oct 21, 2010 8:55 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
That second picture looks like Posey is going to elbow Ruiz in the face.
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 21, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
that catch by Buster was unreal. it was a really bad short hop that he just snagged. most catchers will miss that 95 of 100 times. just awesome.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Kuip on KNBR this morning.
http://www.knbr.com/portals/3/podcasts/murphmac/1021KUIPER.mp3
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 8:56 AM PDT reply actions
I accidentally tricked my 7 year-old daughter
A few weeks back, I told her that she would probably see Daddy cry if the Giants won the World Series (she and my wife make fun of me because I never cry about anything). At the end of last night’s game, she saw the tears in my eyes and said “Daddy, does that mean they won the World Series?”
I gave her a big hug and said “not yet honey, not quite yet.”
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
by otis29 on Oct 21, 2010 9:02 AM PDT reply actions 10 recs
Crying is allowed after baseball.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I teared up when we clinched against the Padres. I know the feeling.
by Countificus on Oct 21, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
OK, first tears of the day.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Here's a hope that we'll all be weeping together,
tonight preferably. I’ll have extra hankies, so just ask if you need one.
by mrs. owlcroft on Oct 21, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Anybody else sick of the "big 3" talk
they’ve been pitching together for what? 2 months? Our guys have been together for years, and they’ve been pitching better this series and all year.
I have a ‘shop in mind, but I can’t do it yet.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a co-worker whose 12 year old daughter has become an overnight Giants fan. It’s pretty cute. Also, she’s turning into a baseball savant. While watching the game last night, she pointed out an issue with a lefty/righty match up to her dad without him ever discussing it with her before. So hilarious.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
hey gaiz
did you know we didn’t win the game last night, the phillies just ran out of innings?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/20/SPI61FVGTQ.DTL
Be ready to eat these words rectumface
“Of course we’re going back to Philly,” center fielder Shane Victorino told one TV reporter, incredulous over a question that suggested the series might end tonight. “We’re going to go out there and win.”
I CAN HAZ MARK REYNOLDS?
Well, they go back to Philly either way, right?
Unless Shane is planning to retire straight to his mansion in Florida after his season is done.
by Murray, Present on Oct 21, 2010 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
If the Giants win tonight they go to the World Series.
I CAN HAZ MARK REYNOLDS?
by jhiat00 on Oct 21, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
and after tonight, they’ll run out of games.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Gameday audio question
A bit OT, but do you still get the KNBR broadcast on MLB gameday audio if you didn’t pay for the postseason package? I’m thinking of trying the audio/TV sync instead of putting up with the delay.
Yes, if you already paid for Gameday Audio. The postseason package is for video.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes you should, if you paid for the regular season package.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
Don't Know but for 19.95 for the Post - what would you pay for tix?
Synching isn’t too hard with a Windows OS. It’s great!!
Thanks, all. Getting it to work was far easier than I expected, and now I wished I tried it earlier. Anyway, thanks again.
by Seasick fish on Oct 21, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
MAKE IT RAIN
I need to remove this excitement and distraction and focus on tonight. Still need to win ONE MORE!
I JUST ORDERED MINE!
http://papiinc.com/the-papi-store/all-underwear/thong/modern-stretch-thong-1.html
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
I AM PAT BURRELLZ'Z DADDY! (wait, that doesn't sound right)
Job 1:14-15
The Assortment of Newspapers
On the Giants win last night would be amazing, whoever was doing that before. Those posts always made my mornings.
Here's a start
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp?tfp_chr=C
This is all California front pages
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Ooooooh, this is awesome
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=PA_PI&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I like this one: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=CA_SFE&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1
I CAN HAZ MARK REYNOLDS?
Watching the Must C clips on MLB
I saw that
It was awesome.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
And then Bumgarner stopped, pulled him close, and said “maybe not this year, maybe not next year, but I’m coming for you, and I will destroy you, and when I do, I will still be this team’s #4 starter.”
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Yo!
The condensed rebroadcast is on MLB Network now and again at 3:30 (Eastern). I assume it’ll be on now/soon Pacific time, too.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 9:59 AM PDT reply actions
You never really like to see anyone down on their luck
But this story is strangely heartwarming to me:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39779194/Rally_Monkey_Creator_Selling_Angels_World_Series_Ring
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 21, 2010 10:00 AM PDT reply actions
Screw him
HGWHD
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
by ToddCommish on Oct 21, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
OT: I can't stop laughing
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
Changing of the guard
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
HELP HELP HELP
I will be in class pretty much straight from 3:00 to 10:00 tonight, and I really can’t skip out on these classes. Does anybody know of any website, program or whatever that would allow me to watch the game online? Even if I have to pay (or stream it) I’m open to anything.
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
There was tons of stuff
Posted on the gameday thread on Tuesday. I’m sure that there will be more of that today, so don’t fret.
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Oct 21, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, if not being free is not the issue
Then sign up for MLB.tv or download the At Bat apps to your smartphone. I think they make them for Android and BlackBerry too, not just Apple.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Android is audio only.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
At least on mine it is, but I still have the G1.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
The games aren’t blacked out?
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Oh, I guess they can be watched after they’re over.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
My At Bat app shows this game as a national blackout.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
:(
All post-season games blacked out in the US:
Postseason Live Blackout: Due to Major League Baseball exclusivities, during the MLB Postseason, all live games will be blacked out in the United States (including the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and Canada. Live Audio of MLB Postseason games is available as part of any MLB.com At Bat™ subscription. Each game may be available approximately 90 minutes after the conclusion of the game as an archived game (archived games are blackout free).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Fucking MLB.
No one WANTS to watch on a computer. Everyone would watch Fox IF THEY COULD ACCESS IT. So why screw those people?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
It is stupid to assume that Fox would lose ratings if it became available in another format, but doesn’t stop Fox from insisting on exclusivity (which is, I assume what happened here). Just means a bunch of people can’t watch the game, and how is that good for MLB?
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
It enables MLB to remain a bunch of idiots. Yeah Bud, I’m looking at you.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
by bgunn on Oct 21, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You can always just stay here on MCC
We’ll let you know what’s happening… usually faster than the 20-second delay.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
by ToddCommish on Oct 21, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
um, you guys would probably scare the shit out of me if i was just relying on you for updates. trust me
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Congrats!
Pleasantly surprised so far, Giants! I am an A’s fan, but I root for California teams in the playoffs (well maybe not the Angels).
The crowds on TV look awesomely fun. Good luck with the win tonight! I wanna see the celebration!
"We're not the doormat anymore" —Dallas Braden, 4/22/10
Thanks! Here’s hoping for another Battle of the Bay this decade.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
So
as you all should well know by now, I am an employee of the Boy Scouts of America. In the months of August-October we are heavily recruiting out of schools and whenever we recruit we have to be in full uniform.
Today is one of those days and I am recruiting out of schools. I am in full uniform. That did not stop me, however from doing this:
(Sitting at my desk) (Thanks to Merope and Mr. Merope for providing the shirt at our meet up at McCovey’s this summer.)
So when I am out recruiting kids today, I am still rocking some Giants gear.
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 has a Superman feel to it. I like.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
no facepic no reply
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Gotta keep some element of mystery.
Not until you at least set a dinner date.
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.
Dinner? Date? I sleep with other men to avoid those things!
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Some guys will do anything to avoid picking up the check.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 21, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t know there was much of that type of active recruiting- what ages do you speak to?
GITP:: Rowand The Renteria Game Logs!
by coolandtough on Oct 21, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Cub scouts is grades 1-5
That is the heavy recruiting we do. Older boys is more passive recruiting as most middle and high schools do not allow us to come in, or the scouts is not seen as “cool”
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.
makes sense. I barely snuck in under the wire with my eagle a couple months before my 18th bday. Didn’t remember any active recruiting, although I suppose there are lots of things I don’t remember from grades 1-5.
GITP:: Rowand The Renteria Game Logs!
by coolandtough on Oct 21, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
It all depends on the principal and school district
when it comes to active recruiting.
Also I think active recruiting only came about in the last 10 years or so.
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.
that is because the Sprouts are not cool
..and as officially constituted (odd pre-paramilitary history, current weirdness around sexuality and religion) they would be pretty creepy. However, the reality is pretty cool for most high-school kids: they get you away from your parents, out of the house and out backpacking. Which if you get to hike the Sierras and the Coastal Range is pretty freaking cool indeed.
FD: Beagle Sprout.
Congrats.
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.
thanks
..and in retrospect, after getting kids out of the house and out into some semblance of nature I’d say the Eagle is the other big, good thing the Sprouts offer, mainly for the leadership reqs and the project. Not many kids push themselves through, but for those who do I am a lot more positive in retrospect than when I was doing it and thought it was kinda hokey.
One of my 2 life regrets is not earning my Eagle
I was just lazy.
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'm really nervous for tonight
Someone reassure me that everything will be okay and we will not be witnessing another Cubs 03 or Indians 07 collapse. Please
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Oct 21, 2010 10:23 AM PDT reply actions
There are no guarantees except we will be sending out Timothy LeRoy Lincecum and that every one of these guys will do whatever they can, and if necessary more.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
And, in the unlikely event that TLL doesn't get it done...
…I present Sanchez & Cain.
Giants are up 3-1 with Posey/Huff/Panda doing good things in exactly ONE of those games.
I'm nervous too
How can you not be nervous with this team?
I expect Roy Halladay to be Roy Halladay tonight, who is a pretty damn great pitcher. But we’ve already beaten him once in this series, and we’ve got a great pitcher going as well. It will be a hard slog of a game. As Kuip said this morning, this will be the hardest game for the Giants to win all year. The Phillies will be throwing everything they’ve got at the Giants, because they have no choice.
The Giants have three chances to win the series, and if they don’t, I’ll be bummed, but I know they’ll try their hardest. It’s such a resilient team.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
The problem with a game 7
Is that it means Philly has all the momentum going into the game. So I don’t like that scenario at all.
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Oct 21, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Sigh, no disagreement with you there.
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Oct 21, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't go back to Philly.
Don’t go back to Philly. Don’t go back to Philly. For mercy’s sweet sake, guys, don’t go back to Philly.
by mrs. owlcroft on Oct 21, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
oddly enough
Josh Beckett was the winning pitcher in both those respective game 5’s. Roy Halladay is not Josh Beckett, thus we will win.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I led you here sir, for I am Buster Posey.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
In-cube sabbatical
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 21, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I CAN'T BELIEVE NOT A SINGLE MCCOVEN NOTICED THIS
From this article:
Wilson, who got the victory, was a bit taken aback that Philadelphia went to Oswalt at that point.
“I was surprised that they went to him, but by the same token, that’s what winners do. They ask for the ball,” Wilson said. “He’s a big-time pitcher, so it didn’t surprise me that much that he was toeing the rubber.”
BRIAN WILSON IS WILRV
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Toeing the rubber in The City!
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 21, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
One year ago today...
There was a post about trading Cain, Renteria, Posey and MadBum for Hanley Ramirez and Grant wrote something that included the phrase…
… If the Phillies win today, though, it might be time to reevaluate Victorino.
What a difference a year makes.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I nominate Grant for MVP of Everything.
There’s still a chance that Russell Martin will hug Jonathan Broxton in a couple of weeks as they look into each other’s black, soulless eyes and say to each other, “We did it, buddy! We’re world champions!” There’s still a chance that on that night, they will have champagne with their puppy-fetus tacos instead of the usual goblets of goat’s blood.
If that doesn’t happen, though, Shane Victorino will be a big reason why. It’s almost too much for my brain to handle.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Great piece by Ann Killion about Giants fan
Best part of the article:
The Braves — who often don’t sell out postseason games — noticed. The Phillies — who think they have superior fans — have noticed. The Giants fans are loud. Unlike their counterparts in Los Angeles, or the fans at the new Yankee Stadium, they stay until the end of games. They heckle well. They understand situational hitting, the hit-and-run, the nuances of bullpen usage. All here near the Pacific Ocean! Who knew?
cross-dressing (Huff’s rally thong)
Thongs count as cross-dressing?
(No, seriously. I live in the Castro, I have no idea what’s “normal.”)
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s the least crossy of the cross dressing.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice
“I hope it’s mayhem,” closer Brian Wilson said.
Seriously, the Braves don’t sell out every postseason game? That’s pathetic. Did the fans get spoiled by all those consecutive playoff appearances?
Meanwhile, a caller on KNBR this morning said she spent $500 for SRO tix to tonight’s game for herself and her 22 year old son, because she wants him to remember it.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 21, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
GOOD MOM
Also provides comfy basement and fresh microwaved pizza bagels
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
The Braves didn’t sell out playoff games in the 90s, either.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Atlanta is a college football SEC town. Once football starts, baseball is an afterthought.
by Countificus on Oct 21, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
heckling question
In re ‘they heckle well,’ has the heckling improved? My impression lo these last few years is that the golden age of San Francisco baseball heckling passed with the supercheap Candlestick bleacher tickets and the attendant (and scary — I was just a kid from the suburbs) Candlestick drunks. I have seen a few decent hecklers in the last ten years at Mays Field, but nothing that comes very close to matching my awestruck memories. Am I just looking back through the proverbial tinted glasses?
I doubt it. The standard of comparison seems to be the hypothetical West-Coast-disinterested/ just-nice-to-be-at-the-ballpark creature.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
The phone booth heckling always seemed less mean-spirited to me than NY or Philly heckling, for example. A bit less obnoxious, but still pretty impressinve when they get a good “What’s the matter with Sheffield?” “He’s a BUM” going.
GITP:: Rowand The Renteria Game Logs!
by coolandtough on Oct 21, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I love that that chant is unique to us.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
The heckling is pretty good, and almost never in the “FUCK YOUR MOTHER” vein. It’s topical, or restricted a player’s obvious faults (such as his ugly face). They’ve got that thing where they call out a little tone while the opposing pitcher is warming up to enter the game. Plenty of similar things go on throughout the game.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I noticed a tendency to go with ‘syllable-syllable SUCKS’ at the clinching game, which is an LA weenie type of chant to me. But on the whole, I agree.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone an Insider?
Buster Olney wrote something about Giants fans I think.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Buster “The Giants have no chance” Olney’s legs are going to get tired from all of that furious backpedaling he’s doing.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Giants up 3-1
NOW we have a series
by TimLaser and MattyC on Oct 21, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
You're such a biased Giants homer
The Phillies are gonna win it in 3.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
The games are really just a formality.
Look! How cute! The Giants are trying!
I CAN HAZ MARK REYNOLDS?
This series began with the Phillies having already won it
These three games in SF are just a way for the Giants to produce some extra revenue for next season.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Charity my good sir, charity!
Now, be thankful for what the Phillies have given you!
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 21, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
… please, sir, may I have one more?
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
No way that the Giants make the playoffs.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
NYPost_Kernan Kevin Kernan
Lunch Break: Willie Mays was 23 when #SFGiants last won #MLB World Series (1954) Buster Posey is 23, interesting http://bit.ly/bwQLek
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
LALALALALALA can’t hear you there’s an earthquake drill
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
New York: Fucking Jinxers and annual World Series victors.
by Every6thDay on Oct 21, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Alright, so who do I talk to to make rec’d comments turn orange on this site instead of green?
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
ESPN is talking about the Giants again! Mostly going insane about Posey. I like.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 11:15 AM PDT reply actions
CALM EYES
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Last night was amazing.
Yesterday was my first time being in the cove, and what a time it was. It’s definitely something worth doing if you’ve got a friend with a boat. The cove is definitely a party of it’s own and was packed with boats last night, there aren’t too many things better than listening to KNBR and feeling the roar of the crowd as the Giants beat the Phils.
Jeaaaggaahh
That sounds amazing. I’ve always wished I could experience a game from out there.
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
It’s definitely worth doing, just bring warm clothing.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
That reminds me, during the 7th inning a group of people in black bathing suits and orange caps came out and swam a lap around the cove. I asked them if it was cold, they lied and said no.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
We must avoid being triumphalists and not take anything for grant
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
I would take a bullet for Grant.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
L'chaim!
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
don't do it
Look where that attitude got Mama Cass.
And no one’s gettin’ fat ’cept Mama Ca-hurk
gurgle
thunk
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Too soon.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 21, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember the party that was San Francisco this night. Everyone KNEW we would win the World Series. KNEW. Myself included. So while I’m enjoying this run, there’s no way I’m getting cocky.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 21, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Beating Roy Halladay three times in one season sounds like a prelude to an Apocalypse.
by Every6thDay on Oct 21, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
One step closer….to the edge?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 21, 2010 11:26 AM PDT reply actions
Don’t. Push. Me.
‘Cause I’m close
To. The. Eeeeedge.
I’m. Try. Ing.
Not. To lose.
My. Heeeead.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought I told you that we won’t stop I thought I told you that we won’t stop
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 21, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Alternately
It’s like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under
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 21, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
STOP PUSHING M…ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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 21, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, God. Philly sports talk radio is atrocious. Listening this week and this week only.
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 21, 2010 11:28 AM PDT reply actions
Xavier (Baltimore)
Belt or Rizzo?
Klaw (1:41 PM)
Leaning Belt. Pretty close, though. I’d go Hosmer, Belt, Rizzo, Freeman for the Big Four 1b prospects.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
...What is goin on?
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 21, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Nuttin's going my way today
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Sewing Machine
I felt we were going to win when they kept playing one of my favorite Panic songs for the bumpers last night. It really is a Vic Chesnutt song, but it was the WSP version they kept playing. I got a bunch of good karma texts from friends.
Man
Buster Posey is really good.
Finally the Must C: Clutch videos were up and wow, Kuip’s call for Uribe was the greatest call on a sac fly of all-time.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I have spent entirely too much time this morning watching the MLB highlights
Uribe’s sac fly
Buster’s 4 hit night
Buster’s put out of Ruiz…
A’s Fan (Oakland)
&(* the Giants. We got 4 rings to their none. 1989. That’s how the Bay Area market works
Klaw (2:18 PM)
Well, I’m reasonably certain you didn’t post this from the A’s stadium, unless you are actually an empty seat.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
He is such a bastard, but at least he’s funny.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Bitter, party of 1, your table is ready.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 21, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, jeez. Twenty years ago. The Marlins barely remember 2003.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
KLaw’s right. Most are empty seats.
Soon, an empty football stadium.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
*
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
The Carolingians defeated the Lombardians in 774!
Frankish kingdom > Northern Italy forever
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Obey the KLaw!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
/paper cut
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
ouch!
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 21, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know, though, I have a haunted feeling the Giants will lose today and any path further on must endure at least one more game in Philadelphia. Remember trying to clinch the division?
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
TOO MUCH POSITIVITY
NOT ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY AND DEFEATISM
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I am full of dread
I am a Giants fan
by Angry Dwarf on Oct 21, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
... something like this.
It’s never easy for the Giants, this year especially.
by Every6thDay on Oct 21, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes. There is pretty much no way we are winning tonight, for a myriad of reasons.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I’m just hoping this isn’t a game 2 situation, or if it is that the Phillies explode early in the game.
by Every6thDay on Oct 21, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
If they are to lose tonight, that would be preferable
because you could probably explain it away as being gassed and not feeling the pressure the same way the Phillies are.
by Every6thDay on Oct 21, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I see this happening.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Hello
Pirates fan and Giants ‘backer’ here. Love the site. I read it every day and creep the comments from time to time. Just wanted to say Philadelphia, besides it being central to our independence is otherwise a pustule infested shit-stain burning a hole of pure suck in the eastern side of my state. Please silence them. Good Luck and Go Giants.
I'm getting hard on myself, sitting in my easy chair.
by stynyr on Oct 21, 2010 11:54 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs
Thanks for Javier Lopez!!!!!
Do you have an irrational love for John Bowker yet?
Well they have different rings. Some are better, I think the ring you get depends on how many shares you are voted by your teammates (if you aren’t on the roster during the WS)
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 21, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Epic.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
by deuce deuce on Oct 21, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Deja Vu
Does this situation remind anyone else of the final weekend of the regular season?
We need to win just one of the next three games …
God I hope this series doesn’t get as painfully interesting as that situation did going down to the end.
LET’S GET IT GIANTS!
Doctor: We can preform the operation for you. It greatly increase your brain power. Or it may kill you.
Homer: Hmm, increase my killing power, eh? I'll do it!
I know there will be torture
And cackling Mitch Wlliams yet
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant namechecked by Brock Keeling at sfist
http://sfist.com/2010/10/21/a_game_away_from_world_series_giant.php?gallery0Pic=7#gallery
The offense (shockingly) played a strong part in yesterday’s game. Welcome back, non-wretched Giants offense, Grant at McCovey Chronicles notes, going on to say:
Andres Torres and Pat Burrell took walks that turned into crucial runs. Aubrey Huff was timely with the two-out hits, and he eventually scored the winning run. Buster Posey had fantastic at-bats all night long, and his opposite-field approach put Huff at third with one out. Pablo Sandoval hit two doubles in one at-bat, showing a focus that had come and gone all year.
(great photo of Will and Dusty too)
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
Thanks for the heads up.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
DO NOT HAVE A CORONARY
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I've got a bottle of lorazepam.
It’s supposed to be for airplane flights, but I’m willing to share today.
by mrs. owlcroft on Oct 21, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I think my alprazolam is not too out of date … couple of months?
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know why I drank coffee this morning. I’m a nervous jittery wreck.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
I like jeff sullivan, but come on
I hate reading things like “first World Series appearance in eight years.” Eight whole years? You suffer.
The theory goes
Next year the Indians
Year after that the Cubs
That would be 2012
and then no more years after.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha. Well, 8 is a lot less than an infinite number
GITP:: Rowand The Renteria Game Logs!
by coolandtough on Oct 21, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Cry moar.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Any McCoven in Chicago?
Or know a good place to watch the game here (preferably with other Giants’ fans)? I think my neighbors are going to kill me if I watch another one of these games at home.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 21, 2010 12:41 PM PDT reply actions
Oswalt in the celebration!
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 12:46 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
LOL Huff gets left behind
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 21, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Oswalt's a good guy
I really don’t have a lot of hatred for anyone on the Phillies – I love Werth and Utley, and I respect Halladay and Oswalt.
I mean, I have a comedic dislike of Victorino, but they Phils are just a damn good team that works hard – which makes it all the more satisfying to beat them.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Not thirty seconds ago was I just saying this to a co-worker. Weeeeeird.
by Every6thDay on Oct 21, 2010 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve always liked Oswalt and Halladay. It’s just delicious that we beat them.
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 21, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve got nothing against him, just thought it was funny that Huff fell right in front of him.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Huff?
It looked like Rowand to me.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
No no
Look at the gif. He stands over him and helps him back up. Definitely not Timmeh
There's AWESOME inside!
Attention denizens of Philadelphia and the surrounding areas
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Phillies lineup
Back to normal
Victorino CF
Polanco 3B
Utley 2B
Howard 1B
Werth RF
Rollins SS
Ibanez LF
Ruiz C
Halladay P
They could be Giants...but not really.
Manuel benched Francisco in favor of Ibanez?
I like this.
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
Francisco had good ABs last night too...
this could be why though…
vs. RHP: .253 / .310 / .640
vs. LHP: .284 / .344 / .901
There's AWESOME inside!
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