Post-game thread: Giants lose, head back to Philadelphia
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 21, 2010 8:33 PM PDT
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The archetype of Giants-related torture wasn’t the miserable third inning, in which a hitter-falling-down-on-his-backswing bloop, a smart hitter sticking his elbow out, a foul bunt that wasn’t, an error, and a solid single somehow led to an insurmountable lead. That’s only a small part of a larger torture. The real torture came with the Giants getting out of the inning after limiting the damage. The real torture came with the Giants getting closer and closer, having a fantastic approach against Roy Halladay, hitting balls hard, but only able to scratch out a couple of runs. The real, tender, marrowy-delectable, gourmet part of the torture is that the Giants stayed close enough the entire game for you to hold out hope.
You held out hope that the Giants were going to win that game, didn’t you, you silly little thing?
The torture would have ended if the Phillies had put up an eight-run inning early and Roy Halladay was at his dominating best. We could have made peace with a loss early, steeling ourselves for a return trip to Philadelphia. That’s not how this season works, though. That wasn’t on the schedule. A quick, tidy, out-in-five series wouldn’t do. Oh, no, no, no. The Giants needed to take us out of our comfort zone because they’re twisted monsters.
Shake it off, just like the Ankiel game. You’d forgotten about Rick Ankiel, hadn’t you? Exactly. Pretend last night was the frustrating morale wedgie, and tonight was the walk-off win. Momentum is nonsense, and the Giants need to win just one more game to make it to the World Series.
Of course, Saturday is going to be a one-run game. You’ll watch it with your your esophagus liquefying and bubbling up and over your tongue along with the rest of your innards. You’ll lose some hair, a year off your life, and probably some self-respect. It’s Giants baseball. You’re in handcuffs, you’re not sure if you’re part of a magic act or some sick freak’s dungeon, and you sure as hell don’t know what the safe word is.
The template for a team without homefield advantage is simple. Split on the road, win two of three at home, split on the road. So when the Giants won last night’s game, it was like they were playing with house money tonight.But, oh, how easy it was to think greedy thoughts.
Still holds true. Just would have been a lot cooler if they had won tonight. That’s all.
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Okay, that brought a chuckle out of me
Who is that?
Eff you, 3rd inning
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by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 8:34 PM PDT reply actions
I BLAME JINXY N00BS
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RABBLE RABBLE
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Really dumb
They would’ve walked Uribe to get to Lincecum anyway, and even if he makes an out, they start the 5th with Torres and Sanchez. Instead, they start the 5th with Uribe and Lincecum both getting out and mortally wounding the inning before Torres and Sanchez reach base (though, of course, there’s no way to know if they would’ve reached leading off).
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Oct 21, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair, that’s one of the more amazing throws I’ve ever seen. 99% of the time Ross is probably safe.
I know the whole last out at 3rd thing, but wow.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Risk/Reward
Absolutely no reason to test Werth’s arm there.
Meh
It was irrelevant. Uribe probably gets walked or makes an out, and there’s always the possibility he throws it away. If Posey or Huff was on deck it would have bothered me a lot more.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
It was very relevant.
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by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
It is never irrelevant to give an out
of a runner in scoring position to just move up one base with 2 outs.
Stupid mental error.
Yeah, it was bad judgment. On a dry infield, he maybe is safe, but they were running in wet clay at that point.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Doesn't matter.
With two outs, you need a hit to score anyway, whether you’re on 2nd or 3rd. The chance that Roy fucking Halladay is going to uncork a wild pitch, or balk, or something, is not worth the risk he took in the attempt.
Also, Jayson Werth is known for having a great arm. Cody Ross, coming from the NL East, should know that. That would be like an Angel running on Ichiro.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly. Already in scoring position.
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by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I would’ve preferred it if Ross tried for third on his double when the ball got hung up in the corner — if you’re going to get gunned that’s the one which wouldn’t bother me as much.
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by Josh from Hollywood on Oct 21, 2010 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
which means he scores on the panda flyball the follows, if he makes it to 3rd on the double
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
IF Halladay pitches Panda the same with a man on third as he does on second.
Which you can’t assume.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
well, either way, he pitching to him with RISP and Uribe on deck
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Right.
But maybe having a runner on third makes him grip the ball slightly differently, which in tun makes Panda ground out, or swing and miss, or foul it off his face, or homer, or whatever. Once you go back and take another fork in the road, you can’t assume that everything else plays out the same way.
Chaos theory and all that.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
oh yeah, i know what youre sayin. but there are those of us who believe if panda gets back to 3rd (for the DP) and huff doesnt make the error next, we win 2-0.
there are a million alternate realities that shape with each and every pitch, hell, the same is true with life. what it comes down to, is Free Will, or Destiny?
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm
I’ve yet to meet a stripper named “Free Will”
not sure what this means
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Free Will vs Fate/Destiny is a large philosophical state.
Let me ask you this, do you think:
your fate is pretermined?
or do you have the free will to make any decision you want at any time, decisions which in turn mold your future?
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
nah, i was just seeing if anyone wanted to have an intelligent discussion. wrong board, i see :)
by giant4life83 on Oct 22, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Wrong century. There is no such thing as free will.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
as in right now you do have the choice right now to stab yourself in the leg with a pen, or not. if you do, did you do that by your own free will to change your future (and will it change your future not just tonight, because you’re going to the hospital, but your long-term future?) or was it destiny that you would decide that you had the free will to stab yourself in the leg?
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Unnecessary
How can we get onto Cody Ross at this juncture, but there was no need to try and take the base. The bottom of the order needs to do its job, get on base and turnover the batting order and get back to the top of the lineup. In that situation, with 2 outs either they would have pitched to Uribe or they would have pitched around him and gotten Timmy for the 3rd out and we would have started the inning clean with the top of the order and would have made Halladay continue to work. I like aggressiveness but that was not necessary at that point. Let’s go G-men. Philly is going to be rocking. Let’s make the plays in the field, put up some runs early and bring on the torture.
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by Penitentiary Face on Oct 21, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
The mistakes in the third inning
Really messed everything up. The play when Halladay was batting, should have been a foul.
Huff making a terrible error, that gave up two fucking runs.
Chris Andersen could be in a porno with his 'stache. Too bad he still wouldn't know how to box out.
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Really, though...
Pablo’s error was balanced by Hallady not bothering to run.
It was basically as if the bunt play had worked normally.
by Big Americans on Oct 21, 2010 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Pablo's mis-footing
Yeah, that too. :[
Chris Andersen could be in a porno with his 'stache. Too bad he still wouldn't know how to box out.
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Yea I was just thinking
If Pablo hasn’t misfoot that, he could’ve gotten a double and it would be the Phillies fan complaining about the ump instead. If only…
Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.
Watching that play, and the damage after it, all I could think of was Buster Olney nodding with a smirk: “See, the Giants can’t win this thing with that defense. No chance.”
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by Josh from Hollywood on Oct 21, 2010 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I missed 1 half inning of last nights' game
transition between the caltrain (following on gameday… that kinda counts) and finding a seat at BurgerJoint on King.
I don’t think I will go back and review the DVR for that one.
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I’m kind of proud of their approach against Halladay. I’m hoping it’ll carry over to Oswalt’s start.
Have they confirmed Oswalt?
Hamels on saturday would be full rest for him… And with Oswalt’s bullpen outing I wouldn’t be shocked to see them switch spots in the rotation
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 21, 2010 8:39 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Hamels started on Tuesday
Game 6 is Saturday right?
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
by Gobroks on Oct 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh wait, you're right
nevermind
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 21, 2010 8:44 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Not enough
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 21, 2010 8:45 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
What are you gonna do?
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by Tommy Wiseau is a Giants Fan on Oct 21, 2010 8:38 PM PDT reply actions
It’s going to be an absolutely miserable next day and a half.
Our love is all of God's money.
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...At least the Sharks won....
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Yay!
Looking at the bright side of things…
by hautecouture on Oct 21, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw a cool Sharks hat the other day
If I liked the Sharks/cared about Hockey I would’ve bought it
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 21, 2010 8:41 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
The Giants found out what the Phillies will later this week
It is hard to beat an evenly matched team 3 in a row.
…but we did. we had them. it was the errors that cost us the game- not them getting a bunch of hits and shutting down the offense
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
They got the lead early and their starting pitcher and bullpen held it
This is usually a typical Giants win. If you don’t think the Phillies won tonight then you don’t believe that the Giants won most of their games either.
They did a great job keeping us from scoring again, but really, we shot ourselves in the foot more than they got timely hits. If Panda makes it back to 3rd in time (which i dont really blame him for), if Huff makes the routine play (got a nice long hop, just didnt backhand it) then it’s 2-1, 2-0. Then obviously RamRam doesn’t pitch the ninth, so it ends 2-0 or 2-1.
I’m talking about the runs they scored that held up, we shot ourselves in the foot giving up.
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
If if's and but's were candies and nuts...
… we’d all have a Very Merry Christmas.
All close games could have gone the other way. The Giants didn’t get gypped tonight.
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by achiappanza on Oct 21, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
i never said they got gypped. i said they shot themselves in the foot.
do you believe the Phils won tonight because they got timely hits off Timmy? or do you believe they won because we made some costly mistakes?
that is what im talking about
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes I believe the Phillies won because they got timely hits off of Timmy
specifically one by Polanco which plated the eventual winning run.
The Giants got their first run on a booted ball by Utley or did you conveniently forget that?
An ailing Halladay held the Giants to 2 through 6 and their pen held the Giants scoreless.
Tip your cap and move on. The Phillies won this one.
Polanco gets one timely hit (runner only in scoring position because of booted ball by Huff), so still 0-0
Ross knocks in Burrell with a double. 1-0
Giants win.
Throw in all the other crap, Utley, RamRam, Huff, Panda not getting to bag, makes it 4-2.
by giant4life83 on Oct 22, 2010 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I really don’t care, I was just making the point that we did shoot ourselves in the foot more than they beat us
by giant4life83 on Oct 22, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Utley wouldn’t have turned that double play before the run scored. He would have thrown Posey out at 1st and then gotten Sanchez out on a pickle after Torres scored.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Sure he would have
If he fields it cleanly I think he easily tags out Sanchez and then tosses to first for the double play. Sanchez was barely getting stopped when Utley booted it.
Body of above comment lost when posted...
I think if Utley fields it cleanly he easily tags out Sanchez (who was just trying to stop) and tosses it to first to get a slow running Posey. Run doesn’t score.
I'm saying you can't pick and choose moments to go another way and say that's how it should have ended
Sports are a collection of those moments. What if that DP liner got by Huff?
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- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
This
In any close baseball game you can go back and ponder “what if?”. The problem is that if you start doing this you have to do it both ways.
There were so many “what ifs” on both sides last night that it really is an excuse looking for a reason.
“Gypped” is a racist term. Please don’t. Thanks.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 22, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
good call. i missed that, while still managing to type it myself, lol
by giant4life83 on Oct 22, 2010 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Silly...
Gypsies aren’t people.
(I kid, I kid the filthy Gypsies…)
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Oct 22, 2010 1:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Never realized that
Does gypsy itself refer to a race?
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- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
Yes. Gyypsies are from Romania and are nomadic and travel Europe setting up camps. they support them selves by selling cheaply made things and by allegedly burglarizing houses. People in European countries are very prejudice against Gypsies.
Overplayed memes:
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by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
same dif
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 22, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Just some background info…
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
They can also spot an American tourist
from a mile away… or kilometer… or whatever whacked-out Gypsy unit of measurement they use.
the children will swarm you and act goofy (while one of them filches your wallet) and the women have been known to forcefully shove a baby (sometimes real, sometimes not) into your arms while she – or an accomplice – picks you clean.
I’m all for tolerance, peace, love and understanding.
But mistrusting, disliking and generally avoiding a pack of roving vagrants who live off the grid, don’t pay taxes, set up camp and squat on non-designated camp grounds (then proceed to make an unholy mess and then vanish in the middle of the night), and who make their “living” by robbing, conning & taking advantage of upstanding stiffs – all while raising generation after generation of ridiculously numerous offspring they can’t support in the same fashion = IT’S OKAY TO NOT LIKE THEM.
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Oct 22, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Really?
You’re going to drop the “R” label on me?
Dude, I’m a liberal-bordering-on-pinkO, former-college-theater-member who grew up in a black neighborhood and lived in China for a year.
If I had a racist, sexist, homophobic or classist cell in my body, I can pretty much guarantee that it was eradicated by the fifth “University of Scranton Basketball Team/Players Club Wine & Cheese Party.” (yes, it is about 85% as ridiculous as it sounds, yet 75-80% more fun than it sounds).
I’m not saying “Eff those filthy Romanians” or “Armenian Scum make me sick…”
I’m not calling out any race, color, creed or orientation any more than I would be if I were to say, “On the whole, I’m generally not a fan of Fascists” or “Nihilists bug me” or “Rotarians are a shifty lot.”
I’m saying that – from personal experience of almost having my wallet lifted three times over the course of 2 weeks in THREE SEPARATE COUNTRIES (Netherlands, Paris & Rome) – Gypsies aren’t to be trusted.
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Oct 22, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, this bit might be unclear:
in Reference to the “Basketball Team’/Players” party, The Players in question are not Bball-realted. It was a combined party for the team and the “University Players”, as in theater group, of which I was one of 3 heterosexual males).
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Oct 22, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Christ...
related*
See? People get cavalier with selling wolf-cards (Dusty Baker’d) on the race issue, and I get all discombobulated and fail to spell-check…
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Oct 22, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow....
I also had a genuine god-damned equivalent grouping failure.
Should have said “Three separate countries – Netherlands, France, & Italy” or “Three cities in THREE SEPARATE COUNTRIES – Amsterdam, Paris & Rome.”
This is what arbitrarily and erroneously calling people racists results in!
; p
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Oct 22, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Faschism, Nihilism, and “Rotarianism” are ideologies. The Romani people are a race. If you can’t tell the difference, you’re a moron. Also, regardless of whether or not you can tell the difference, you’re a moron.
Gypsies
But isn’t it relevant if gypsies are just a subset of Romani? Seems to me that having a general opinion about gypsies isn’t a whole lot different from having one about rednecks. And that’s not a protected class.
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- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
by achiappanza on Oct 23, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Them and the Pikeys.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Pikeys are generally cool
Just don’t try to buy a caravan off of them.
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Oct 22, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
They were also slaughterred in the Holocaust (which they call the Porajmos), something an astonishingly high number of people don’t know. The lowest estimates put the number of Romani people murdered at ~250,000, with the highest estimates going north of one million.
Their history is remarkably similar to that of the Europian Jews (almost eerily similar): nomadic tribes who migrated (or were forced to migrate) from Asia to Europe, and were prosecuted from the get-go; forbidden from having “normal” jobs, many were forced to turn to shady, sometimes illegal lines of work; the were considered dirty thieves virtually everywhere in Europe, and were constantly accused of spreading diseases; they were both, at some point or another, expelled from England, France, Portugal, and parts of Germany and Scandinavia; in Nazi Germany, both had their citizenships taken away in 1935, were forced to move to Ghettos in 1939, and were sent to death camps starting in 1942.
And, interestingly, even in today’s America, getting “Jewed” and “Gypped” means the same thing.
That so many people are completely unaware of the Romani history is really disturbing, especially considering that they, unlike Jews, still face harsh persecution in Western Europe.
how do errors not count?
There aren’t too many 4-base errors, so there has to be a couple real hits/walks in there.
I don’t believe in errors anyway. Every ball in play might be turned into an out or a baserunning. Some plays are just easier than others… some of that is due to the pitcher/hitter, and some to the fielder.
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And I’m more upset than annoyed.
Together, we are mildly disturbed.
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by gallo del cielo on Oct 21, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I have personal things that have annoyed me. I really should be upset, but I’m dealing with it by being annoyed.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
That sounds like me right now. (No sarcasm or anything. Stupid personal shit’s bothered me for a couple of hours now and it shouldn’t be something I’m bothered by, but I am.)
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Same
It typically doesn’t bother me, but it’s been a repeated annoyance and it’s really starting to piss me off. And I foresee it lasting an entire year.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Yeah. With me, it’s something that my friend has been annoying me for a while now and I’ve been fed up with it for a few months. I realized that the best thing to do would be to cut her out of my life, which sucks. I shouldn’t feel bad about it, considering the entire situation, but I kinda am.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
:/
I hope it’s nothing as bad as what I had to deal with.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably not
There was no confrontation, it was during the game, and I just left the room very, very pissed off.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
That's good, then.
Meh. I guess people suck sometimes.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
all the time
I like the concept of people.
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Ain't that the fuckin' truth.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
makes you appreciate the rare good ones all the more
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Exactly. The more bullshit I encounter with people, the more I realize who the good ones are. It sucks to go through horrible situations with people, but it happens.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Thing is, there are more good than bad people in life. Problem is, the negative ones seem to outweigh the positive parts very easily.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
baseball as microcosm
one error can do much worse than several hits
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On most other days
I’d prefer baseball references more. Especially because it applies to baseball more right now. :(
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
:(
Need a hug?
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 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Good point there.
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 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Trying to cheer up the guys in the clubhouse, possibly.
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 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
and it happens
and, really college is the place this happens the most.
It gets better. Both from people not pulling quite so much bullshit, and by being able to recognize said bullshit better.
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Yeah. Two months into college and already I’ve dealt with more drama than I ever did in high school. But I’m recognizing the bullshit signs, and steering clear of it as much as I can, even if I keep being dragged into it.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
keep on keepin on
don’t let the bastards get you down.
and other platitudes I can’t remember. :)
And, if you really want to stay clear of BS, do not go to grad school.
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…shit.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly
I feel like it’s better in college. People are typically more mature from what I’ve experienced.
Perhaps for you, it’s the product of a having a one-sex college? I have no idea, I’m not a doctor, kinda.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
It’s probably the whole one-sex college thing. I know I shouldn’t play into the stereotypes, but, gahddamn, women can be serious 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 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Well
SO GLAD I DIDN’T HAVE TO GO THERE.
I kid, I kid.
You know, the thing is, I really haven’t had too many problems, it’s just this one.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
LOL.
Yeahh. It’s getting pretty bad to the point a lot of my friends are considering transferring.
I'm still in the old thread.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
English with an emphasis in Creative Writing.
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 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL. I’ve already learned so much by reading Home Runs and Western Suns!
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 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Ever watch "Bad Girls Club"?
They are mean for no reason whatsoever.
“Lord of the Flies” for Strippers, indeed.
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No, I haven’t, but now I’m curious.
I'm still in the old thread.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
they have no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
reality television at it’s best/worst/apex/nadir
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well, it’s on Oxygen network, if you have that.
be prepared. It’s dark.
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LOL
I'm still in the old thread.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn
Would have been nice to wrap it up at home tonight.
Oh, well. We beat Oswalt last night, we can beat him on Saturday.
And now, to really piss myself off, I will finish Season 3 of True Blood.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
About 9 minutes in
Shut up, Tara
Shut up, Sam
Shut up, SookEH
Shut up, Bill
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
can you give us a nudity update?
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None yet. Russell is extremely crispy. Jason, unfortunately, has his shirt on.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Bad game so you watch the finale of season 3. LOL.
I’ve been watching It’s always Sunny. Season 3 is freaking incredible. The jump in quality from 2 > 3 is kinda like Seinfeld, as is the show.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Oct 21, 2010 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
It will be really nice to finally get this out of the way. Then I can move on to some shows that are actually good.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I kinda wish I’d put off watching it till about an hour before season 4 ep 1 aired.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Oct 21, 2010 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, Sookie just poured Talbot’s remains down the drain, that’s pretty harsh.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’d like to find whoever thought the “werepanther meth dealers” storyline was a great idea and punch them in the face.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
The werepanthers are definitely cooler in the books (although still just as inbred).
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I think the trouble with the show is that all the storylines are just too disjointed.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Pretty much this. They just throw a bunch of shit against the wall, and don’t care what sticks.
Bill is annoying. Tara should just frakkin die already. Eric and Pam are awesome, but not used enough. Jessica is kinda cool, but underutilized. Arlene and the Rene-baby thing just gotta go. And they’ve totally fucked up the fairy deal. Also much cooler in the books.
I mean it’s not rocket science – how can they screw it up so bad?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
It just seems bizarre that Sookie hasn’t been to work in weeks and no one seems to even notice. And none of the side stories are really anywhere near as interesting as the main story (which still isn’t super interesting) and yet it seems like so much time is spent on them.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
And what was up with the werewolf pack thing?
The stupidest thing was that every now and then, they’d spend a little time on a side story that was actually interesting, but drop it so that they could show more annoying crap.
I’m not sure I can watch too much more. Eric has a great ass and shows it plenty, but it might not be enough to get me to watch next season.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Yeah, exactly, they start up with things that seem like they could be cool and then forget about them.
I’m pretty much at the point where I wait until seasons are over before I watch them, so I guess I’ll wait and see. But ugh, I sure hope they have a plan for S4.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
LOL @ Tara cutting her hair ~meaningfully
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
nudity update?
sounds like none?
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Nope
Even Jason has kept his shirt on so far
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
man
they are letting the plot, and it sounds like a bad one, get in the way of the story.
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Bill just gave the most awkward exposition line of all time
WRAPPED IN SILVER, BURIED IN CONCRETE, HE WON’T BE GOIN’ ANYWHERE FOR AT LEAST A HUNDRED YEARS!
Shut up, Bill.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I like Hoyt and Jessica
But technically 1. they’ve known each other for like a month and 2. she is perpetually 17 years old. It is just a little, you know, creepy.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
God, Bill is such a creep
Ugh.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
LOL Bill flying out the door
Fuck off and never come back, you asshole. If Sookie forgives him after that, I’m done.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I CAN'T FUCKIN' READ!
Not my problem
Wow, Sam, you are a total douchebag. Everything Tommy just said to you was true. You came cavorting into their lives, forcing them to pay attention to you, then you forced them to change their lifestyles and weren’t willing to deal with the difficulties that come out of having a younger brother who’s been abused his entire life. You’re an entitled asshole.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
That episode sucked
And Stankus, there was no nudity in it whatsoever.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I think he was the worst casting. Best casting, Eric, Alcides.
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 22, 2010 6:26 AM PDT up reply actions
what's up with permanent 17 yr olds in vampire stories?
Twilight with the 100 yr old mackin on HS gals.
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True Blood
If by “crispy” you mean, “looks like Borat”, well, then you are entirely accurate.
by biff pocoroba on Oct 21, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
The season three finally was all like “Oh hey, the season over? Oh Shit, lets throw all these plot lines that we wanted to address into the last episode but not address them”
It was really a lack luster finale.
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 22, 2010 6:25 AM PDT up reply actions
where is this from?
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 sucks
But it’s not like were facing him again.
Chris Andersen could be in a porno with his 'stache. Too bad he still wouldn't know how to box out.
BTSC's little enforcer!
"God created a light, fluffy, white cake, named it "Angel Food Cake", and said, "It is good." Satan then created chocolate cake and named it "Devil's Food." -Tamera Mitchell-
He did say he'll be willing to pitch bullpen in a game 7 if necessary and called upon.
Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.
Well, if that happens
We better throw Lincecum in the mix.
Chris Andersen could be in a porno with his 'stache. Too bad he still wouldn't know how to box out.
BTSC's little enforcer!
"God created a light, fluffy, white cake, named it "Angel Food Cake", and said, "It is good." Satan then created chocolate cake and named it "Devil's Food." -Tamera Mitchell-
I have no idea what to make of this.
I mean, the odds are in the Giants favor… But that’s usually some seductive kiss of death where the Giants are concerned. And yet this team fights hard and tends to bounce back and play well after tough losses. But the Phillies are the better team and their offense appears to have sputtered to life these past two games. But Huff and Sandoval and Torres might be coming back to balance out the Giants lineup. But… I don’t know. Win or lose… The waiting, the watching is just going to feel awful.
by Every6thDay on Oct 21, 2010 8:40 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
But the Phillies arethe better team and their offense appears to have sputtered to life these past two games. But Huff and Sandoval and Torres might be coming back to balance out the Giants lineup. But… I don’t know. Win orlose
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
by i did my job on Oct 21, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Now, we’ve got to hear the media hype Philly’s comeback. Just remember, they have Oswalt and Hammels, but we have Sanchez and Cain. We just need one!
"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 8:41 PM PDT reply actions
you’re tearing me apart Giants!
by 49 Giant Shark Warriors on Oct 22, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Know what?
Let ’em. With every comment & prediction, the pressure mounts on the shoulders of the Phillies and I think they feel it a bit. When the Giants make an out in a key situation they seem to be, “Dammit. Oh well, get ’em next time.” When Team Rectum Face makes an out in a similar situation you can almost see their collective butthole clench tighter than the eye of a needle.
I think it matters.
The Giants have been even better on the road than they’ve been at home down the stretch. Three of four in San Diego, two straight in Atlanta, then winning game one in Philly. They’re going to win one more in Philadelphia and wrap this shit up.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Oct 21, 2010 8:41 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 8 recs
This
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
im reccing the shit out of this because I hope to God you are right
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants are up 3-2, you just made a great point and Jonathan Sanchez has been lights out lately. He pitched well in Game 2 and had some unfortuante breaks. I think he’ll be even better with some anger.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
Pitched well after the first inning of Game 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
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
The error by Fontenot didn’t help. Without it, the inning would’ve gone K, BB, GO, BB, K. No hits, no runs.
Come to think of it, both losses in this series are at least partly attributable to bad D at 3B and 1B: Tonight, of course, it was Panda not getting to the bag and Huff booting a ball. In Game 2, Fontenot’s wide throw and dropped pop-up, and Huff cutting the ball off.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Oct 21, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Is tonight’s game different if Uribe was at 3rd?
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Good question. We’ll never know.
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 21, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
We shoulda fixed the infield defense thing.
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 21, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
This. So much fucking this.
Enough with the false modesty – the Giants are a pretty goddamn good baseball team and they won over 90 games this year. Olney & Pals can suck it. The Giants ARE going to Philly and take one of the next two games (prolly game 7 by one freaking run).
No more jinxy crap. The gloves are off.
McCoven: Series is over, man. Halliday dropped the big one.
Weezy: Over? Did you say “over”? Nothing is over until Buster Posey decides it is! Was it over when Ankiel bombed McCovey Cove? Hell no!
Philly fan: Ankiel?
McCoven: Forget it, he’s rolling.
Weezy: And it ain’t over now. ‘Cause when the goin’ gets tough…
/[thinks hard]
Weezy: the tough get goin’! Who’s with me? Let’s go!
[runs out, alone; then returns]
Weezy: What the fuck happened to the McCoven I used to know? Where’s the spirit? Where’s the guts, huh? This could be the greatest season of our lives, but you’re gonna let it be the worst. “Ooh, we’re afraid to go with you Weezy, we might get in trouble.” Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I’m not gonna take this. Victorino, he’s a dead man! Utley, dead! Oswaaaaaaalt…
Huff: Dead! Weezy’s right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.
We’re just the guys to do it.
Timmy:: Let’s do it.
Weezy: Let’s do it*!
by younghutch on Oct 22, 2010 6:03 AM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??
NO!!
Was it over when the Japanese invented titanium necklaces??
NO!!
Was it over when Andres Torres got on base four times and upset everyone’s expectations??
NO!!
Was it over when Patton took Stalingrad??
NO!!
It ain’t over until we say it’s over!!!
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Soo my B-Day is on Sunday
and I’d rather not watch a Giants game that day
Mine is on monday
And I would like to be happy.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 8:45 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
ULTIMATUM!
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 10:29 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
When is the Fox MLB Postseason contract supposed to end? That is where I like to direct my anger as a coping mechanism.
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Wikipedia says through the 2013 WS
In all honesty, I really hope someone is interested in bidding for the postseason package. NBC would work, heck even ABC/ESPN since they could theoretically utilize Jon Miller (but also Joe Morgan…) on ABC
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by bmett65 on Oct 21, 2010 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
dear god subject line please
GITP:: Rowand The Renteria Game Logs!
by coolandtough on Oct 21, 2010 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
He is all forehead and ears and just…ugh.
I am not a witch.
by RememberthePhitans on Oct 22, 2010 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I actually like Al Michaels to do baseball, or even (God forbid) Vin Scully. Of course, Jon Miller is the ideal.
"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 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish Scully still did national games.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 21, 2010 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Just ask F.P.
to tell you the story of how Scully insisted on mispronouncing Santangelo. Sheer ego.
by mrs. owlcroft on Oct 21, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but Scully dissed the entire family named Santangelo.
F.P. went to him, very politely and boot-lickingly, and explained that his named is pronouced Sant -anj-elo, not Sant-ang-elo. Scully basically said, :That’s what I said on the air, so that’s how I’m always gonna say it." Same thing with Orlando Hudson, when the Dodgers first signed him. Scully misheard the players calling him by his nickname and called him “The Old Dog” on the air. When someone finally explained that it’s The O-Dog, you never heard any more about it from Vinnie. He doesn’t care enough to make an effort to get anything right; he doesn’t have to.
(Sources here are Scully’s producer of a couple of decades ago, and a Dodger fan that I happen to know.)
by mrs. owlcroft on Oct 21, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m in this line. Also, I don’t know if Tony Kubek is still alive, but he was good doing baseball with Costas way back in the 80s.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Well, technically, 2014 would be the first year of the next contract
I hear what you’re saying about Morgan. I hope NBC gets it to be honest. I like Bob Costas and NBC’s got decent production values (terrible Sunday Night Football intro w/ Faith Hill aside)
Bob Costas announced Strasburg's first game on MLB Network.
And he was epic. That would be so awesome if he did Baseball again.
I also hate that damn Fox music. This isn’t football morons. Couldn’t you find something else?
"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 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
at least there are no baseball robots
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You know what really sucks?
I had to watch my dad jump in the air like a damn child.
Chris Andersen could be in a porno with his 'stache. Too bad he still wouldn't know how to box out.
BTSC's little enforcer!
"God created a light, fluffy, white cake, named it "Angel Food Cake", and said, "It is good." Satan then created chocolate cake and named it "Devil's Food." -Tamera Mitchell-
im usually against killing parents, but… nah, jk buddy :)
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
was really upset when I couldn't go to the game tonight after getting some tickets
now, I’m still upset….how does that work?
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
So I see the riot has changed venues to Philadelphia.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 21, 2010 8:44 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Nah.
The Cubs traded him to the Dodgers, not the Phillies.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, of all the thousands of games I have seen in my lifetime, I have never seen anything like that fair/foul ball fiasco. Why does this stuff happen in the playoffs? The only thing I can think that compares was that ball that hit Burba’s butt in ’93 (although that was the regular season)…
"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 8:45 PM PDT reply actions
the silver lining
is that the more negative we all feel, the better the Giants play. It’s science.
GITP:: Rowand The Renteria Game Logs!
On to the next one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM1RChZk1EU
Take a day off, everyone. We weren’t going to beat Roy Halladay twice – but we’re not going to get beat by Roy Oswalt twice either.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Well
we already beat him once.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yea, Holladay looked very beatable today. But so did Oswalt last night…
"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 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
YOU'RE TEARING ME APART, GIANTS!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
The perfect San Francisco Movie for a night like tonight.
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Oh Hi jponry and bmett65. What’s new with you.
I’m going to take a nap.
"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 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Oswalt is 10-0 as a Phillie at CBP. Baseball methodology says he can’t win 11 straight.
/science
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
REGRESS MOTHERFUCKER!
DO IT NOW!
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
i think that loss they hung on him yesterday will do wonders for their confidence in Game 6
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm over it now
Now I just need to figure out how to kill time until Saturday.
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 21, 2010 8:46 PM PDT reply actions
This is where I'm at.
Friday will be, well, torture.
"Thank you, Coach (Theus). I'm about to kill y'all this half." --DeMarcus Cousins
This
http://games.adultswim.com/five-minutes-to-kill-yourself-reloaded-adventure-online-game.html
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 21, 2010 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, this’ll do nicely.
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by rightcenterfielder on Oct 21, 2010 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
fap fap fap
Overplayed memes:
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by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 6:28 AM PDT up reply actions
All in all
Tim was good and we seemed to beat ourselves. If we play tough again they we are still in great shape. Dirty will set us free.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 21, 2010 8:47 PM PDT reply actions
Dirty was the “new-version bad dirty” with the walks last time, so this time around we will get “new-version shutdown dirty”
/science
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
/Readies himself for the storm of “Phillies experience and superior talent begins to show”
I hate how people overreact to single games in terms of articles. After game 4 its about how the Phils were panicking and what not. No, it was just a random iteration in which the Giants won.
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
For the record.
I haven’t forgotten about Ankiel. Turns out I’m not equipped to handle the post season.
I'm thinking this too
it’s been so long since I’ve seen my team in the playoffs that I’m not sure my fragile psyche is really built for it.
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
The regular season got me ready.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 21, 2010 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
not me
those games don’t REALLY mean much.
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
Close gut renching games.
It helped.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 21, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
look at it this way. Even if we lost this series, who expected us to get this far? No matter what happens from here on in, this has been an amazing season for the Giants. Not only that, with all the young stud players on this team, combined with the fact that the other teams in the NL West are totally broke, and you would think the Giants should be able to dominate their division for the next few years.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
I felt this way after game three. And wouldn’t have been too bothered if they bumbled their way out of things. But after going up 3-1… The expectation has been set.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 22, 2010 5:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d forgotten about Ankiel, because there are many worse things rattling around in my head now.
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I really like this site for times like last night
I FUCKING LOVE THIS SITE FOR TIMES LIKE TONIGHT.
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
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by bondslegend on Oct 21, 2010 8:49 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Yea, this is the first time I’ve actually entered a busy thread at the beginning. I can actually post, and not wait for 20 minutes to load!!! This is fun, and I feel a little better…
"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 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
THIS PLACE
Its makes these gut-wrenching defeats almost bearable.
My big fellows, my Giants!
If you want to be in first place, say Bye, Bye Baby!
by Buster-Jangle on Oct 21, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I am even slurring my writing now…
My big fellows, my Giants!
If you want to be in first place, say Bye, Bye Baby!
by Buster-Jangle on Oct 21, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Were here to help.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 21, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean
did we seriously expect to beat the best team in the NL three straight times? WE WEREN’T EVEN SUPPOSED TO FUCKING BE HERE. WHY AM I SO PISSED THAT WE DIDN’T BEAT THE BEST TEAM IN THE NL THREE STRAIGHT TIMES. AHHHHH WHY.
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
ARRRGGHHHH OH THATS WHY
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
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I’m surprisingly calm.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
yes, we should have. we beat ourselves, they didn’t beat us.
they offense still looks like slop, their 3-4 guys don’t do shit, we can do this. I have faith. It’s just a matter of when, is all.
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Their slugging percentage took another dive today. Without Werth’s jacks, they’re probably slugging under .300 at this point.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, 9 total bases today in 33 AB. .272 SLG.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It was that 3rd inning. It was so frustrating to watch at the park. You had to be quick out of your seat to catch some of plays. On the other hand, there were some plays I didn’t want to see over and over again. I’m still glad I went tonight. They only have to win one.
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
I don’t know about you guys, but I really don’t want to see what kind of signs those Philly fans will have for Cain in game 7. Here’s hoping we end it Saturday.
"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 8:53 PM PDT reply actions
Imagine 50,000 fans with fake redneck teeth and farmer hats. We can’t have this guys
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by Tommy Wiseau is a Giants Fan on Oct 21, 2010 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
THAT BOY AIN'T RIGHT
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 21, 2010 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
SO MUCH THIS
The template for a team without homefield advantage is simple. Split on the road, win two of three at home, split on the road.
I facebook angrily about tonights game
and one of my friends gives me shit for “giving up on my team”.
HEY, FUCK YOU YOU SHITHEAD. I CAN BE MAD AT MY FUCKING TEAM FOR FUCKING UP AN OPPORTUNITY WITHOUT GIVING UP ON THEM. YOU DICK.
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
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Are you doing the all caps because it’s your schtick?
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 21, 2010 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Great post Grant
This still really sucks but Grant successfully talked me off the ledge with the Ankiel bit. We’re still one game away. The Phils have to get through The Dirty One and Big Sugar. Plus, it seems like some of our bats are waking up.
by BruinBC on Oct 21, 2010 8:54 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
last night, it seemed like they were waking up. Tonight, Huff and Posey went back into hibernation. Actually, Huff did get robbed by the shift twice, but that’s what happens when you’re a dead-pull hitter. If he’s gonna survive in the NL, he’s gonna have to use all fields
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
It happens.
I’m over it. The playoffs are a crapshoot and breaks that went the Giants’ way in games 1, 3, and 4 went the Phillies’ way tonight. Simple as that.
The odds are still in our favor. Go get ’em Jonathan.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 21, 2010 8:55 PM PDT reply actions
if the playoffs are a crapshoot, why does anyone bother saying “this team is better than that team”, or why does a WS ring matter?
5 game series are crapshoots. 7 game series, that go 6-7 games, are true tests of who is better
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
No, they’re still crapshoots, just a little less so.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
yes
for all the kerfuffle about 5 vs 7, they are surprisingly close in crapshootiness
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 think? I always kinda thought of it as if you fall behind 2-0 in a best of 5, you’re toast. But 2-0 in a best of 7, it’s not nearly as bad. Losing 2 games in a row happens quite often. Of course, it’s still SSS, but at least over the course of 7 games, you get an idea of who is the better team.
I should have said “7 game series are truER tests of who is better”
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't have the numbers in front of me
and google (and bulliet) are no help.
But I think it is something like a 3 percentage point difference.
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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.
wow, that small? i guess over 162 game season, the diff between 5 and 7 games is around 3%.
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Serious question for the statisticians: How many games would a series need for it not to be a crapshoot?
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
Until the Giants win.
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by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Best of 15 might do it. That’s just a WAG.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 23, 2010 1:38 AM PDT up reply actions
A crapshoot means anything can happen. That doesn’t change the fact that the Phillies were favorites – albeit very slight – coming into this series.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I ALWAYS WIN AT CRAPS
EXCEPT WHEN FOOLS BE FUCKING UP MY GAME.
by Murray, Present on Oct 21, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
craps
actually a game that’s more winable than baseball
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
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Both Basset hounds have decided they need to sleep on me
don’t they know I need MCC therapy right now? hard to place my laptop
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
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Sooooo glad I didn't drop a bunch of money for this game
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Oct 21, 2010 8:56 PM PDT reply actions
Yea, for me living in the DC area and having a wife and kids, its hard to find time to go to a sports bar and watch the game with fellow Giants Fans. I’m certainly glad I didn’t tonight. I’d be really depressed riding the Metro home.
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by Tommy Wiseau is a Giants Fan on Oct 21, 2010 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey guys cheer up.
Were still in this.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 21, 2010 8:56 PM PDT reply actions
This is my last picture post I promise.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 21, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I found this in the archives looking for a different picture. Made me laugh.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 21, 2010 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn’t that the only place to start swinging?
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 21, 2010 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
not
if you are in rehab for sex addiction!
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 like the Todd Helton pops out part.
That’s the good shit, right there.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Two scoops of raisins!
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 21, 2010 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
UM WHAT?
Roy Halladay pitched through a groin pull
Manuel said he had a groin pull in the post-game press conference.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
It wasn't that bad
or he wouldn’t have been able to pitch
I wonder if we could have gotten to him if he had a lacerated kidney and possibly a sucking chest wound?
My big fellows, my Giants!
If you want to be in first place, say Bye, Bye Baby!
by Buster-Jangle on Oct 21, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought he was walking gingerly when coming off after trotting up the line in the third.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
If he was really hurt
he’d have been taken out. its just fodder to pump up the team, and so ESPN can stroke him down some more…
Or he was feeling it, said “it’s just a twinge”, and that ended that discussion. Manuel wasn’t going to his bullpen in the 4th inning unless Doc’s leg fell off.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck Roy Halladay
He hurt in the second, but his worst inning was the first when he was supposedly healthy. He’s just giving excuses as to why he wasn’t his dominate self. Everybody’s tweaked at this time of year, I don’t want to read anymore about how gutty he is. Let me know when Timmy starts whining about that blister. Oh, that’s right. THAT WOULD NEVER FUCKING HAPPEN!!
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
To be fair
Halladay hasn’t said shit about it – it was Manual.
Halladay’s the hardest worker in the league, I think. He was at the park early running the day after his no-hitter. Dude’s obsessive, and I’ve never once heard him make an excuse for anything.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I agree
Probably a strained groin, which would hurt, but doubtful to be a pulled groin. That would make it nearly impossible to finish the game and definitely impossible to pitch again for weeks.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
Are you a doctor? Cause Doc Halladay is.
If the man says it’s a pulled groin, I believe him.
Anyone else have the urge to just sleep until Saturday?
I can’t stand having a day off after loses, but I’m still confident in our chances.
Jeaaaggaahh
What about work?
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 21, 2010 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m a college student with classes M-Thurs.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Well then
I say your fine. Just don’t drink into a coma.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Oct 21, 2010 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m looking into a medically induced coma until game time
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It’s going to be a long day tomorrow.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
I almost wish I had a mid-term or something.
I prefer to be stressed out than straight up sad.
However, there are other alternatives.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Don’t wish that. I have yet ANOTHER biochem midterm (last one came during the NL West clinching series vs the Padres) and they dragged that series out until the end and my studying suffered.
I was hoping they’d win today so I’d have some time to study this weekend. Ah well. Torture.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
Luckily I have Disneyland with family tomorrow night for therapy, I wish I could bring you all there with me to cheer everyone up while we wait for Saturday
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
I’m supposed to go with my little brothers to a pumpkin patch. Every orange pumpkin is going to remind me of the Giants.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I luv going to the punkin patch! ever been out to Half Moon Bay for the Pumpkin Festival?
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Nope, I live in the north bay so that would be quite a drive for some pumpkins. I think we’re just going to some place close by.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
woo-hoo North Bay! :o) must be some nice pumpkin patches up around there, right? my dad always picked out the most f*ed up one he could find to take home to carve, think Elephant Man lol
I feel like a traitor this year cuz I carved those plastic pumpkins from Michaels, but I just hate watching them disintegrate into blobs of squishy black mold D:
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
I cannot believe Kruk doesn't know the fair/foul issue around home plate
The foul lines run up to the corners of the plate and meet at the tip of home plate in front of the catcher.
This is why a ball laying on home plate is in fair territory. It also means anything off to the left or right of the plate is in foul territory.
John Kruk or Krukow?
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by Tommy Wiseau is a Giants Fan on Oct 21, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Thought so. John Kruk is a major asshat
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by Tommy Wiseau is a Giants Fan on Oct 21, 2010 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Colonel Asshat
No majors in the navy.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions
The template for a team without homefield advantage is simple. Split on the road, win two of three at home, split on the road. So when the Giants won last night’s game, it was like they were playing with house money tonight.
Unfortunately we’re now 0-2 and when playing with house money. We need to start playing scared.
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look at it like this. Game 1 we won, so Game 2 was house money (lost). Games 3 and 4 we won, so Game 5 was house money (lost). See a trend? Played to the template. They’re never in the hole.
And I am confident Saturday won’t be any different
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
We need to start playing sacred.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
we are playing sacred. for christssake, we got Baby Jesus catching!!
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Game 5 was Baseball Jesus in the Garden, doubting, then crucified on an uncalled foul ball.
Game 6 he rises in Glory.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Game 7?
there is no game 7.
He rests.
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Mixed metaphor. Fael.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
The Bible
has a healthy respect for mixed metaphors
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Jonny in the belly of the whale?
Franchez saw the wheel (play)?
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Friends
This game was bullshit. The Phils can’t feel too confident about winning on a bullshit call and some errors. I believe, still.
Choppin' broccoli
This. We just kicked the ball around, and too often got back to first pitch swinging…
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
C'mon, let's get real here
That foul call was not even close to being the cause for the Giants losing.
If anything it was a huge break for the Giants as they should have turned it into a double play.
respectfully disagree.
pitcher bunting foul properly called is a big goddamn difference.
We didn’t play great, but the game could have been 2-1 Giants if the ump calls it right.
And the Phils are aware of that, even if you aren’t.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Oct 21, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
And if the Giants turn two this is exactly what the Phillie fans are saying.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I missed the defensive play. Was there a reason Uribe didn’t cover third?
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Lot of ground to cover, covering 2nd base for double play. Pablo just didn’t get back far enough, an infuriating play but kind of hard to fault him for.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
That in itself makes not much sense. Halladay wasn’t hitting with two strikes was he? No way they do anything but bunt until there’s a two strike count.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
On second thought… Panda crashing in hard, throwing the ball into right field trying to turn two… Hm…
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Panda was steps from the bag.
Unfortunately, he thought he was only step from the bag. One foot closer to the base, the Giants turn two, and you have a very different ballgame.
How that was ruled fair is astonishing. What on Earth is wrong with the umps this year?
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
The ump had Posey between him and the ball, I think. No way for him to tell where the ball or Posey’s glove were, whether Buster scooped the ball off the plate and moved right to throw around Halladay.
I’m just shocked they didn’t go to the first base ump after the play. Hard to take a out off the board, but in that situation maybe you do it.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if it crossed Buster’s mind to let it go. I know he was trying to be aggressive and get the lead runner, but with Pablo presumably charging the bunt and the ball rolling behind the plate…can’t fault him though.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
Can’t fault him at all. He made a great play to throw to 3rd, it’s unfortunate that Pablo didn’t realize how far away he was from the bag.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
It’s a tough play for Pablo who is going to be charging once he sees the bat coming around to bunt.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
I agree. He still almost got back, it’s tough to recognize where you’re at while backpedaling and trying to field a throw. Would have been great to pull it off, but it just didn’t work out.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
yeah i def don’t fault Pablo on that one- Huff’s grounder on a long easy hop was the turning point. I think he was going home with the throw and just didnt backhand the ball for whatever reason- esp considering backhanding the ball is the fastest way to get it out of your glove with your throwing arm 1’ away
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
He may never have had to make that decision before. Most catchers maybe just glove it down and wait for the foul call.
Worst case the catcher chases it up the line and it kicks fair again, the runner comes home and creams the pitcher covering the plate.
Hallady’s bunt was not going on quite the angle for that to happen, but maybe something in Posey’s coaching says he’s got to grab it and do something with it.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I havent seen a replay yet...
but from where I sit near 1st base, I thought I saw the HP ump raise both arms to signal Foul. I guess I’m the only one who saw it that way.
Tough play to have a clincher turn on.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
Nah, he pointed toward the mound, indicating it was fair.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 22, 2010 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
But the clincher didn't "turn" on that play.
If anything the bad call by the umpire favored the Giants who should have turned a double play.
If it is called foul, Halladay has two more bunt attempts and the odds are pretty good he gets one down and we are in the exact same situation!
The Huff error was a much bigger in that inning.
THIS
Been dealing with an Eagles/Philly fan on FB all morning claiming that the umps have screwed this series for both teams.
I’m like: Dude – your guy Madson made his pitches, the Giants made some errors and ran themselves out of an inning. I’m trying to tip my cap here, we’ll getcha this weekend.
him: WHAT GAME WERE YOU WATCHING THAT FOUL BALL COST YOU GUYS THE GAME
me: it’s a f’n sacrafice bunt with 2 on and no one out, 9 times outta 10 you get the same result.
him: THE UMPS ARE RUINING THIS SERIES
me: The umps are making the Phils bat .209?
him: …drools..blank stare…etc.
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by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 22, 2010 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
The successful sac there actually lowers the run expectancy for the inning.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 23, 2010 1:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
True
I hate to win on controversy, but I’d rather the Giants take advantage of it than the other team. It will make the win that much sweeter, though. /Knocks on wood, goes to room to cry.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
At this the “breaks” in the series are basically even.
Clean slate, win one, job done.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Huh?
If the umpire calls it foul, Halladay probably bunts the next one and we get the exact same scenario. One out with runners at second and third.
I really don’t see how this umpire’s bad call is being blamed for the Giants losing. This is really silly.
It possibly affected the loss, but it wasn’t outrageous. With an 0-1 count, he could bunt another foul, take a strike, pop up, or the Giants could have thrown out the lead runner. The only bad possibility was an error or bunt single. A successful sacrifice wasn’t guaranteed.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
But it was the most likely outcome.
Like I said, if the Giants turn a double play we’re not even talking about this.
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I agree. If I’m mad at the umpire (which I am a little but not enough to blame the game on him), it’s for expanding his strike zone after Halladay glared at him. And the fact that the Phillies keep leaning in to get HBP. Only one of them probably should have been called for not getting out of the way (Polanco lifted his leg up to get hit by one), but it’s obnoxious.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
Oh god
The HBP is getting so annoying in this series. And it’s always someone like Polanco or Ruiz. Can’t they hit Werth or something? Or at least hit them like they hit Victorino, right in the ribs.
Is this in bad taste? Like I give a fuck.
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They seem like they’ve all been behind on the count, too. I’m mad at the pitchers for making mistakes like that and I respect the Phils for doing what they can to get on base. I just wish an umpire would call one of them on that.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
esp the Ruiz one today. down 1-2 in the count, leaned his back arm down right into the path of the ball
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
IKR?
it wouldn’t piss me off so much if Ruiz would make even the minutest move to GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY OF THE BALL YOU DIPSHIT!
It’s like he’s just paid to be the team’s piñata and it’s really f*in irritating that he can be that doucehy!
/breathes deeply, counts to 10 ::sigh::
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
And, hey ump, he has to make an effort to get out of the way. I mean, I can tell you guys approach the rulebook with the same cavalier attitude that Joe Buck does his game ‘preparation,’ but come on.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m surprised the umps haven’t called anyone on it, esp today. I’m sure they review things like this after games, not to mention out there on the diamond every day watching the Phils not move an inch, and even lean in in some cases
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
True, it should have been an advantage. As it ended up, instead of an 0-1 count to Halladay with the possibility of him not getting the bunt down, they had runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out. It was a bad call but not an outrage. I’m more upset with the wonky strike zone and all the HBP’s where the Phillies turn into the pitches. Polanco’s the other day where he lifted his leg to get hit was ridiculous.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
Also
Holy shit, Jayson Werth is fucking good at baseball.
Please sign him Savvy Sabes.
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He’s not in the budget.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Werth's a better hitter, and equal defender, and will get less money.
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I see them as incredibly similar players
Werth with better hitting, Crawford being younger.
I want whichever costs less.
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I think Werth is a better investment simply because he’s a more balanced player and doesn’t have to rely on his legs for most of his game. Werth also has a bit of a delayed career so he’ll definitely have a different aging curve.
I honestly don’t think Werth would sign here even if given a fair deal, I just don’t think he likes this ballpark.
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I think Werth
Is looking for the biggest contract he can get – he’s not looking to pad his stats – that was what he’s been doing, now he wants to be paid for it.
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I predict that I am going to be very tired of this discussion by the time the offseason rolls around. I hope Werth signs right out of the gate so I don’t have to listen to these same arguments for too long.
The same goes for every other free agents for this year. This postseason is giving me enough anxiety. I don’t need the offseason to prolong it. Everybody sign by the winter meetings and have done with it.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
it’s not even the offseason yet. why must everyone rosterbate (with the opposing player, at that!!) while we’re still playing? Let’s keep it to the baseball at hand folks!!
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
My bad. I’ll try not to rosterbate in approximately the next 2,500 minutes and will use my time discussing other matters which will likely have more of an effect on the outcome of game 6.
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LOL, i dont care what you guys do with your time.
it just seems silly to me to be rosterbating while were still playing. soak up the playoffs, enjoy it… we only get this much fun a few weeks a year (on good years, at that)
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I love this team
Giants don’t need expensive free agents this offseason. Bring back the same cast of characters and let’s do this again, regardless of how the rest of the season turns out.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
Really?
It’s pretty unreasonable to expect the same type of production out of Huff, Burrell, and Torres, the three guys who have anchored our lineup. Even Posey probably won’t hit this well next year.
Sure, we don’t “need” to sign a good/great player, but we’d be better if we did.
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On the positive side of things
Hopefully this year was Pablo’s sophomore slump and he returns to closer to his 2009 offensive numbers.
You're forgetting Mr. Belt
If either Huff or Burrell aren’t as productive, Belt will probably be ready to step in. Would I mind if the team signed Carl Crawford? No, but there’s no reason to spend the kind of money it would take.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
Is the game at 12:30 PDT on Saturday no matter what? Or if the Rangers win tomorrow will our game get pushed back later? I’m hoping for later kind of, I want to be able to watch.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
Also, a Ranger win tomorrow would allow Jon Miller to be in Philly on Saturday.
But a Yankee win tomorrow would be LOL American League killing their pitchers in Game 7!
So it’s a wash, really.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
No no no
Miller should NOT do this game. He’s done two NLCS games with the Giants: tonight and last Sunday. What happened both games?
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Nah, not just him
The whole booth called that play simultaneously
It's awesome
It just symbolizes the difference between Jon and Kruk N Kuip.
Miller is always eloquent and extremely professional as an announcer. Kruk and Kuip are crazy fanatics, who let their emotions go and are typically in the process of consuming alcoholic beverages.
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Kruks son is on this site, and everyday people make remarks about “drunk kruk and kuip”. lol
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
HI COLE!
I'm still in the old thread.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t let facts get in the way of the narrative.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Them being drunk just spices up the broadcast.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
he’s probably the one making the drunk comments! Seriously, even my ten year old son is whining about wanting to hear Kruk and Kuip instead of Buck and McCarver. The only reason I don’t use the audio from KNBR with the TV muted is that my wife would probably have the both of us committed.
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I want to see alcs game seven
cause I like baseball.
I don’t want to see nlcs game seven cause I like Giants baseball.
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You’re gonna get game 7 whether you want it or not.
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i dont want the yanks to win tomorrow because that means ill be pacing around all sat waiting for the game to start. the sooner, the better
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s bullshit. we set the time before them. our start times shouldn’t be dependent on “whether another team wins”. If the Rangers lose tomorrow, then they should play the 5pm slot. Don’t make their game affect ours.
I will root for the Rangers to win tomorrow, so I don’t have to spend half of Sat pacing around waiting for the game to start.
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
btw, what are you all talking “if the Rangers win” tomorrow? if they win, they take the series and there is no game 7.
you must mean if the Yanks win
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
If the Rangers win tomorrow, then there is no ALCS Game 7 on Saturday.
If the Rangers lose tomorrow, then there is a ALCS Game 7 on Saturday.
The NLCS game time is dependent upon the existence or lack thereof of ALCS Game 7.
Science.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
whoa, i totally had that backwards, lol.
guess all the media telling me the yanks should be leading is getting to me
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, remember, if there was such thing as momentum, the Giants would have creamed the Angels after winning Game 5 of the World Series 16-4.
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by Tommy Wiseau is a Giants Fan on Oct 21, 2010 9:04 PM PDT reply actions
Well…we did pwn them for 6 innings two days later.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Oct 21, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea Yea
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by Tommy Wiseau is a Giants Fan on Oct 21, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Disagree slightly. 16-4 is a laugher and the other guys can just shake it off as the aberration it is. 6-4 decided late… that can be harder to take.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Its amazes me that they managed to shake that off. I remember Jeff Brantley saying the series was over going to Anaheim. I mean, Brantley is a brilliant man…
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by Tommy Wiseau is a Giants Fan on Oct 21, 2010 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Was this picture from this year's FanFest?
Boy, the field looks terrible.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
by imovermyhead on Oct 21, 2010 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember that day like it was yesterday, dirt field with a huge mound in LF.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Yick.
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by imovermyhead on Oct 21, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Going to look even more terrible next year
As the Cal Golden Bears will be playing on it due to renovations.
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 21, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
Not gonna buy season tickets for Cal next year, because 1) traffic’s going to be terrible going to games and 2) football players trampling all over a baseball field? Ain’t havin’ it.
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by imovermyhead on Oct 21, 2010 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Wrong
The reason not to buy tickets next season is that Kevin Riley will be gone. He is irreplacable.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
We want Riley!
Those days seemed so long ago.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
by imovermyhead on Oct 21, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Being happy with a 3-3 record
Those days seem WAY long ago now.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
I <3 Aaron.
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by The Enchanter on Oct 21, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
23 consecutive completions to start the game
Great to watch
Those guys were OK
I miss the great all-around QB play of Justin Vedder.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
Traffic? Compared to the easy access in Berkeley?
Also: BART, MUNI, Caltrain.
Maybe imovermyhead is a student at Cal?
We drive to Cal games, and the in/out at AT&T is easier than the various ways into Strawberry Canyon.
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by The Enchanter on Oct 21, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I’m a student at Cal.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
by imovermyhead on Oct 21, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
We still have two shots this
It’s too early to get down on this team. No shame in losing to Halliday.
J Sanchez shall be pumped
he clinched the west…he can clinch the pennant…right?
Hit like Berry, Score like Jerry.
Damn straight! That’s the spirit! Now, I’m going to bed…
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by Tommy Wiseau is a Giants Fan on Oct 21, 2010 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
If Durteh shows up, we’ve got a chance. If Jittery Jon shows up, see Game 2 which could have been much worse, much earlier.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s just got to throw strikes.
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by Tommy Wiseau is a Giants Fan on Oct 21, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
needs to have the slider going
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That would be a plus. Wonder if there’s any scouting on the Game 6 home plate umpire…
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Slider on the corner sounds tasty.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Tom Hallion will probably be the home plate ump on Saturday and Derryl Cousins will be the home plate ump on Sunday.
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Wasn't Cousins the epic fail in Game 1?
DNW.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Blue = blew. Yep.
Cousins might not be tragic for Matt Cain’s pitching style.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Cain still relys on corners, though not as much as say, Timmeh. Either way, Cousins is fail, because he failed more against us than them, IIRC
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
How about getting Sanchez a crooked number in the top of the first? Not only would that settle down a possible case of the nerves, it would also remind the Phillies that even though they’re home, that THEY’RE the ones with their backs to the walls, not the Giants.
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Quick 3-spot
Torres walk, Sanchez single, Huff leaves the yard.
1000:1 shot, but it sounds nice.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 23, 2010 1:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Any group viewing plans for the Saturday game?
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Has anyone heard if AT&T is opening up for public viewing of any of those games in the stadium?
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by The Enchanter on Oct 21, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Seems unlikely given the weather forecast for the weekend.
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by EliminateMe on Oct 21, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm really mad that Timmy gets the loss
He outpitched Halladay in every way, but a few flukey plays and an error get all the runs in that they needed. The Giants failure to capitalize isn’t anything surprising, though. We’ve been watching that all year. the past five years.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
I really want the Giants to win now.
I thought it would be nice to just get here and push the Phillies, but after 2002, this is the chance to get the ring. If not, then next year I want to re-sign Huff and Burrell, plus trade Neal and Wheeler for Fielder and add Beltre and Crawford as free-agents. I think that and brining back the pitching staff intact for the most part should get us over the hump. It just seems really annoying that this Phillies team won just two years ago and now has pretty much an all new pitching staff. Plus, I was annoyed when Joe Buck mentioned the point about Giants baseball being torture and said it is anything but. No, it is torture when you really want to win and you didn’t win the whole thing two years ago. If you don’t care, then yes, it is great baseball. But for us fans we just want to get to the freaking WS without the drama!
what are you smoking? Fielder, Beltre, Crawford?
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
And we should flip Rowand and Zito for A-Rod and cash.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah, let’s get Rowand and Zito for Felix Hernandez and Albert Pujols
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
ARGH!
Wayne Rooney is dead to me.
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This is not the first, nor it will be the last, time the Giants have ripped out my heart. It just stings more than the other times because I honest-to-God believed that tonight was the night.
that’s what I get.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 21, 2010 9:21 PM PDT reply actions
I kinda didn’t think tonight would be the night, but hoped tonight would be the night, but hated that it wasn’t the night because of shoddy defense and super-hackery.
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The Giants were generally very patient early, but got away from that later.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I truly started to believe it was the night at the end of the 2nd, after we were up 1-0, Timmeh was incredible, Pablo and Uribe both took 10 pitch ABs, I truly believed.
It all went to hell pretty fast. I don’t blame Panda for the non double play in the 3rd, he was waiting on the bunt and getting to 3rd while watching the throw is a tough play. I do blame Huff for miffing the routine grounder, though- for some reason, I knew that play would be the difference in the game with Timmeh/Halladay pitching
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Hideous Game.
Just got home. For the first two innings, I had to keep an eye on the drunk guy next to me so I could push his face his friend’s way in case he threw up. He did throw up at the bottom of the third, and mostly got his friend’s direction, but shrapnel on me and my husband’s backpack. Spent the couple innings getting an usher to clean the area, which took 4 people to do so (bless their hearts). Still smelled bad the rest of the game. A true full sensory torture. Angry drive home.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Oct 21, 2010 9:24 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
That’s really terrible.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
by imovermyhead on Oct 21, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, that’s the first thing I thought of, but that number flashes only in the beginning of the game, and you never think you’re going to need it. I tried to get Guest Services to re-seat us in the auxiliary press area (there was room there), but denied.
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by The Enchanter on Oct 21, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks – he actually was a Yankee fan. Or so his hat said.
So the upside is that our fans ARE better than that! =-)
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by The Enchanter on Oct 21, 2010 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I HATE PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
Biggest Annoyance: People who wear teams clothing that are not playing in the game.
I would rather see an opposing team gear then a team that has nothing to do with the game.
I was at NLDS Game 2
And when the Braves tied it some Yankee fan started to leave the section, turned around, took a picture of the Giants fans, flipped us off and then left.
This world is so fucked up.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Yankees hat = asshat almost without fail.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
If Yankees hat = asshat
Then
Yankees hat = asshat
Yankees = ass
IT’S SCIENCE, PEOPLE
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
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Additive Axiom? Commutative property?
It’s Math which is like Science’s life coach.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
You've divided by hat, you madman!
You’ve doomed us all!
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
You do have a hat, right?
OH GOD I HOPE I DIDN’T DIVIDE BY ZERO
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I had a friend tell me that at a Yankee-Red Sox playoff game a few years back, some idiot decided to piss on the head on some guy wearing a Red Sox hat seated in a lower level. Needless to say, more than just that Red Sox fan got a head full of piss. The angry fans headed upstairs, and it wasn’t pretty. Then people ask me why I wouldn’t go to Yankee Stadium if the Yankees play the Giants in the World Series!!
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
Drinking at baseball games is a lot of fun. But getting shitfaced drunk at Game 5 of the NLCS when you’re team has a shot to clinch is STUPID!!! It’s a waste of your money and rude to the people around you. Not to mention the thousands of people that would love to get a chance to go to a playoff baseball game. Fuck that guy!
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
There was a lot of brown-baggin in the hoity-toity field club last night (myself included). It got very angry with the stand-up/sit down crowd and a pack of~10 (very nice) Phil’s fans about 5 rows behind the 1st base dugout.
Also, the same group of fans getting very loud and belligerent in the tunnel as the Phils players walked by to the clubhouse.
Heat was on high, but never boiled over.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
THAT'S HORRIFIYING!!!!
I just don’t know what else to say except I’m so sorry :o( I hope your night improves from here on out
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
OUCH.
That sucks.
Reminds me of the colostomy bag failure from the All-Star game in 2007….but I don’t think we should get into details about it.
Sorry for your evening!!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 21, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks, glenallen! I’m more sorry for our collective Giants evening!!!!
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Oct 22, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like the incident told you something about the game.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
So the Yankees guy = Giants
Vomit = Vomit
Me = My Life
Well, it happened in the right inning.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Oct 22, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
So IF. . .
Someone, at the beginning of the season (ie: end of spring training), told you that we would have 2 chances to close out the NLCS on the road, would you not have taken it in a heartbeat? Today no doubt hurt but we’re in a position we would have killed for 6, hell even 1 month ago. GOOOOO GIANTS!!!!
Right but I’d be pissed as hell if I had been offered 3 and then we lost the first one.
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
It doesn’t matter that you have extra chances. It matters that you didn’t finish it at the first opportunity. A team can’t come back after you eliminate them.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
GAHHHHHHH
The worst part wasn’t the game itself.
The worst part was immediately after the game, when Joe Buck’s voice rose an extra 10 decibels with delight, since all was now right with the world. And then Mitch Williams and Eric Karros made me want to reach through the TV and punch their fucking smarmy lights out.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Coming back from the brink and winning despite your starter struggling is worth at least 7 decibels.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure it is
If Joe Buck is the Phillies’ play-by-play man.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I made sure I turned it off right when the game ended.
Fuck FOX. Joe Buck was absolutely drooling over Madson’s 8th and they showed a highlight reel? Ugh, what a fucking joke.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Madison’s 8th was drool worthy.
Glad I had SRO tickets and was immune to the vile Joe “Hey, It’s almost Sunday Football” Buck though.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 21, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
hi guys
ok, I’ve had my weeping/pulling out hair/swearing at (enter diety here)/throwing items around the house tantrum
I don’t know if I actually feel any better, but at least now I can form complete sentences without foaming at the mouth.
so I guess there’s that…
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Exactly
So save some tears/hair/swear words/breakable items for Saturday!
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by The Enchanter on Oct 21, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I know, I know
it’s why I was able to straighten up and return here, but I’m still kinda sad
but this helps, thanks :)
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Savvy Sabes values young pitching
According to Sosnick, when the Giants made a push for Willingham, the Nats asked for either Jonathan Sanchez or Madison Bumgarner in return.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
This. He is a fucking mess. I would have liked to see Wilson in the 9th, seeing as he was warm. May have been a moot point since Madson and Lidge were both throwing darts today, but Ramirez should be equal or below Mota on the depth chart.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
Opens the door for Chris Ray maybe.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
World Series.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Please, please, please, no.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
Ray gets Molina to GDP. Priceless.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
He was REALLY REALLY lucky in his time with SF, really low BABIP of like .164 or something. I was pretty sure he was bound to come back to earth, just kind of was hoping it would happen after the playoffs.
"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.
Many people were yelling “BABIP!” at RamRam during his nice September run, and I was all, hey, the guy may be better than we think!
As Bill Simmons says, “The lesson, as always: I’m an idiot.”
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Hey
HR don’t affect BABIP!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
He gave up a single too!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
He's not that bad
His ERA has been under 3.00 three of the last four years. He’s been amazing with the Giants, and it was simply a streak that couldn’t continue. He’s best suited for middle innings relief anyway, as his stuff isn’t exactly lights out. The problem is when you bring him in for elite hitters. He shouldn’t be pitching against guys like Utley, Howard and Werth. I don’t blame Bochy though. He managed like he was up three games to one and he was. WIth a day off today he could have used Wilson for the ninth.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
So who's got two thumbs and just got an SRO ticket to Saturday's game for $135?
Do me proud, Dirty!
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 9:57 PM PDT reply actions
Nice.
I hope you leave that game with a whole lot of happy.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Oct 21, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Also..
Bork pushed all the wrong buttons again tonight (PH Fonte instead of proven Ish, using RamRam in 9th), which means Saturday he will manage expertly, and every move will work.
/science
I didn’t have a problem with Fontenot there. I would have went with Nate, but you save Ishi for when you have men on base, not leading off an inning. That being said, a minor tweak this offseason could be adding a couple of better hitters for the bench.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
Can’t go with Nate there because it’s not time to take Burrell out. Except for the platoon split thingy… Yeah, I would have been tempted.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 23, 2010 1:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm over it already
When the Giants came back to SF all I wanted was 2 of 3 and we got it. Just one more win and that’s it. Its like the Padres series, it took them 3 tries to win one game and they did it on the 3rd (I really hope they don’t wait that long this time though). I believe in Dirty…but dammit I missed Fringe.
"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.
The way they got the 2 of 3 was disappointing.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Come to think of it, “Giants avoid the sweep” was a common title of Grant’s post-game threads this year, wasn’t it? Even once against the Phils in SF — a Lincecum game, no less — iif I’m not mistaken.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Oct 22, 2010 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Silly Grant, recycling titles.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 22, 2010 1:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Note
The two home playoff losses occurred when they gave away the pom poms.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Truly hard science
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
OMG PPL DO TEH MATH!!
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Division clincher was pom-poms too though, right? Rally rags the first 2 days, then pompoms?
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope. I only saw rally rags at the division clincher.
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 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
hmm, maybe i am thinking of the NLDS Game 2
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Game 2 (the loss) was when they were given out.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 22, 2010 1:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope that Heimy’s listening.
I hear that girls are good listeners.
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Too busy tossing subway cars around.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
awww yay I’m guessing during the hat toss thing? My back was mostly to the camera during that one
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I saw you doing that on Tuesday. Couldn’t see your face, but the HEIMY on the back of the shirt was a giveaway.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 22, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I was at the first
I blamed it on those for sure. And the Panda hats.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Agree. Though the rags that they gave out yesterday were hard to wave and left orange stuff in my hair.
Fuzzy orange magic.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re 0-2 with them this postseason, right?
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll say it: I’m opposed to the pom poms. Don’t like ’em.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
No more pompoms
They are 0-2 on pompom night at home in the playoffs.
Undefeated on non pompom nights.
Science.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I still keep reading that as "porn porns"
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Oct 21, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought it was funny that he linked me to the Wikipedia page explaining that and right below it it said “pom-poms has also become an acceptable term.”
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
If anyone is still reading this thread . . .
. . . I suggest you go back to that exchange and see why the remark above is so much horseshit. Better yet, here is what Wikipedia actually says (emphases added):
Within cheerleading, the term “pom-pons” is used almost exclusively (the same spelling without a hyphen is slightly less common), and most commercial providers of cheerleading equipment and materials generally also use the “pom-pon” spelling. . . .Since the discussion was solely concerned with cheerleading uses of pom-pons, the remarks above are deliberately misleading.
In reference to non-cheerleading clothing and decorative purposes, the “pom-pom” spelling is very common and considered correct in such a context.
It’s not really a big deal—either the correct form, or who is right about it—but it seems awfully petty to lie just to make yourself seem right about it when you know you’re wrong.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Sounds like a hell of a giveaway night
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
THEY WERE FUCKING RED-ORANGE
//insert StubHub conspiracy here
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 21, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I threw the actual orange one away in disgust after losing game 2 to the Bravos and then when they handed me this crap tonight I just shook my head.
blargh.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 21, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
We wouldn’t take the ones they were handing out tonight. We stuck with the game #162 rally towels.
Oh and I need to put the damn rain ponchos back in our “Goin’ to the Game” backpack.
Man, I was missing my orange rain poncho tonight.
Didn’t even LOOK at the weather forecast. too beat from last night….sigh
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 21, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I'll tape the game on Saturday and Sunday
And play video games so I don’t suffer through the torture live.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I’ve watched a few games on delay and a few live. The torture feels worse on a delay, knowing that a slight channel change or answering of the phone could ruin it. Watching live feels more natural, but those breaks between innings are tough to handle.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
i just FF until the score in the box changes, then rewind to see how it all went down.
that’s if I don’t check the score before watching a recorded game
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Weak
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Though I did sit in front of j14, which was neat. And I learned I was a sheep for not standing up with two strikes on a hitter in the second inning. Thanks, drunk guy down the row who wouldn’t shut up!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
He would…not have?
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 21, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
That dude was an asshole. As was the eight year old Philly fan behind me.
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STAND UP GROUG SHEEPLE
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
So apparently the Giants love losing going into off-days this postseason, having gone 0-3 thus far. I guess they like to make us have to think about the loss for an entire day before the next game.
The bright side to this? They’re 2-0 this postseason after they comeback from that off-day. And also 3-0 when not having played a game the day before.
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Momentum is (nuclear holocaust movie) tomorrow’s starting pitcher?
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
No, no, that was a global warming holocaust movie.
You’re thinking of On The Beach.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
A graphic, disturbing film about the effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.
Or a typical Royals season.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 23, 2010 1:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually 4-0 if you count the off day before the NLDS.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
True
Really, the game that we have the best shot at winning it tomorrow – good track record against Oswalt, his throwing schedule is all muffed up… I hope we win saturday.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
i disagree. I think the Phils win tomorrow.
I think we’ll win Sat though :)
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the Giants best chance is to win tomorrow, although I have great faith in Matt Cain in a game seven. We’re still playing with house money in game six and their backs are still to the wall. All things are equal in a game seven, except they will be home. I don’t think the fans are an advantage, but that last at bat in a close game is.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
I’ll throw you a rope.
we don’t play until sat, which is why i said i think we’ll win sat
by giant4life83 on Oct 22, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I like all this science
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At least we won't see Halliday in relief on Sunday
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Im just worried that we missed our last chance. I mean ryan howard doesnt ahve an rbi yet. Thats gonna change. They could very well beat us 10-0 the next two games. I confident we will win one, prolly game sevin just because you know torture, but we’ve been the real giants through this series pretty consistently but they’ve yet to be the real phillies.
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Tautology Squad
Us being the real Giants is what is preventing them from being the real Phillies.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
We will win on Saturday because we will score more runs than the Phillies.
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
Playoff success is the key to post-season victory.
It makes more sense if you say it like Joe Morgan or Tim McCarver.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
who can show the most consistency?
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The Twins. How they manage to lose to the Yankees the same way again and again is truly amazing.
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
They always blow a 2-4 run lead in the 5-6th innings. It’s science nowadays
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Tautology Squad
Us being the real Giants is what is preventing them from being the real Phillies.
by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Too bad the national media doesn’t believe a word of that.
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Lucky thing the national media doesn’t get to decide what happens on the field.
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by EliminateMe on Oct 21, 2010 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
thank god… or Utley would have 50 inside-the-parkers and Halladay would have pitched 2 perfect games, striking out every single batter
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I blame the rally pompoms
Fuck those things.
After the game I sat in my seat for at least 30 mins soaking in the situation, just in case it’s see you in March and not see you on Wednesday.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Why has no one come up with something more original than rally rags and pom-poms?
We gotta do better against the Rangers. They’ve got the reindeer and bear-claw thing going… How about we do crab claws? Pinch the life out of them?
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Rally beard night
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A big black beard with an orange crab in it. Breathing fire.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I know, right? We don't have anything uniquely US.
I think we should try beards. Or panda hats. Or Wilson-from-Cast-Aways. Or a catchy slogan like Giants Baseball: Torture. Or rally thongs. Or orange jerseys on Fridays. Or wearing Halloween costumes on Orange Fridays. Or trotting out past Giant heroes from previous near-misses to throw out first pitches. Or having famous singers lead the crowd in classic rock songs. Or making takeoff music videos of said song. Or…
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Or having people sing with giant weird whatwasthat things on their head.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
You ain’t seeing that trotting out of the tunnel in Arlington, that’s for damn sure.
I imagine there were a lot of knee-jerk reactionaries- you know, the kind that boo any mention of California or The New York Times, just on principle- that were really pissed about that “desecration of our sacred ’Murcan song” or some such nonsense.
/why are we supposed to remove our caps for GBA again? Doesn’t that devalue and therefore slur the National Anthem?
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
/why are we supposed to remove our caps for GBA again?
Because Bud and MLB attempt to mandate your patriotism. In my opinion, you’re* a fool to comply.
(*and I don’t mean you WTAWTAM or anyone who does it for any reason other than being told to do so)
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
GBA
Best possible time to split and hit the restroom and/or grab a beverage.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 22, 2010 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
why do we have the national anthem at the game anyway?
Cause we needed patriotism shoved down our throats during WWI.
Stupid creeping forced patriotism
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My family name was de-ethnicised during the same period and for the same reason.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Disasterino. Man am I glad they changed it.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Posey: Guys… um… the lesson is… be Barry Bonds, I think.
(In a corner, hidden behind Jose Guillen)
Cody Ross: Well… I suppose that could work.
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
Educate yourselves, n00bs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Blanket_Babylon
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 22, 2010 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
And seriously, it’s an awesome show. Cheesy as all hell, but lots of fun.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 22, 2010 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions
So you’re planning to wave clones of Willie Mays at critical junctures of the game.
OK, we’ll get right on that…
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I know what you’re thinking but they’re mini-Mays…
Otherwise you’d have 43,000 rotator cuff tears.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
It takes a while to get 40,000 orange washcloths together. Pom-pons, too.
You aren’t going to get something unique and branded this late in the season, when they might be eliminated between placing the order and it being delivered.
If you want something to wave in the air, may I suggest your hands as though you just don’t care?
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
43,000 people, 86,000 hands. Palms painted orange with white eyes and staring black pupils.
That just might work.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
probably makes the food you eat off those same hands taste pretty interesting.
that is, unless you have an “extra 2 hands” giveaway/promotion idea?
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Tempra, tempura… I dunno.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Rally orange cat-o-nine-tails with which we can scourge the opposition’s supporters.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Some of you will remember 1987
Giants were up 3 games to 2 over St. Louis. All they needed was one win. They didn’t score one fuckin’ run in game 6 or 7.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I’m not a fan of looking at old Giant teams and thinking it means anything. It shows that no series is ever over, but this isn’t the 1987 Giants. This is the 2010 Giants and the thing we remember about them has yet to be written.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it”
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
This
And LOL
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Oct 22, 2010 1:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I remember Don Robinson getting the last out in game five, and that Fox music blasting through the air at Candlestick, (no offense Tony Bennett, but why can’t we have both?) and I was sure we were going to the World Series. Fuck you, Candy Maldonado!
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
I was at that game, too. Man, Joe Price rocked the house that day in long relief. I too was sure they were going to the series after that. One big difference between that year (and the 2002 World Series) and this year is that leaving home after a big win, it felt like we were destined to win. Maybe that’s what helped do them in — the realization that momentum doesn’t get on the plane with you to the next city. That won’t be a problem this time around.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Oct 22, 2010 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Good way of looking at it.
As I’ve mentioned a few times here, leaving Pacific Bell Park after Game 5 in 2002, we all KNEW we were going to win. That’s what’s made me so uncomfortable after wins this month, when the ramps are loud and everyone’s going nuts in Willie Mays Plaza. I’ve seen that before, and it did not end well.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 22, 2010 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
We just have to hope the team knows their history. I’m sure Posey passed out pamphlets on Giant’s history before the playoffs started.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Beating these guys should be pretty basic.
Without Halladay, they are just OH.
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Birthplace of presidents, bitches.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought that was VA.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
only cause they hadn’t gone West and killed all the Indians yet.
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
OH… It’s Radical!
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, I seem to remember Oswalt pitching pretty fairly in Game 2...
…even if he flopped in the unaccustomed role of late inning relief.
by Grizzlie Antagonist on Oct 21, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Beating a team twice in the playoffs isn’t simple. MLB hitters learn scary-fast.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree, and Oswalt was shitty against the Reds as well.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
And the Phillies’ team slugging percentage continues to decline. I really think their offense is well past it’s sell-by date.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 23, 2010 1:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Giants Baseball: There Is No Safe Word
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 21, 2010 10:23 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I watched "Music and Lyrics" last night
because we won. It was enjoyable, the tunes were fun, and Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore were cute.
Now I will watch “Buffalo ’66” or some Mad Men DVD commentary. It’s that kind of night.
by Murray, Present on Oct 21, 2010 10:23 PM PDT reply actions
“…AND THEN BETTY SLAPS SALLY, THEN SENDS HER TO HER ROOM WITHOUT SUPPER, THEN MOVES BECAUSE SHE’S JEALOUS OF THE ATTENTION SALLY IS GETTING FROM GLEN. THAT’S AMAZING, THE GUY SAYS. WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE ARISTOCRATS!”
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
by groug on Oct 21, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Can we revisit the Sandoval-Fontenot issue again?
Better still, Ryan Rohlinger is on the 40-man roster.
Some creative use of the disabled list can solidify the left side of the infield — defensively anyway.
by Grizzlie Antagonist on Oct 21, 2010 10:27 PM PDT reply actions
sure
Fontenot’s worst=Pablo’s best
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It’s the undercard before the McC Lawyer Battle Royale.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
OK -- Sandoval v. Rohlinger then
Let the roundtable discussion begin.
by Grizzlie Antagonist on Oct 21, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, are you serious, you want Ryan Rohlinger to start?
Also, did you miss all of Fontenot’s defensive issues?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Maybe I'm serious and maybe I'm not.
I don’t know. It’s reflective of how desperate the 3rd base situation is. I don’t imagine for one moment, anyway, that it would ever happen. It’s purely an academic discussion.
The point is that 3rd base is an important defensive position and neither Sandoval nor Fontento can hit well enough to compensate for defensive shortcomings.
At least Rohlinger can fucking play the position.
by Grizzlie Antagonist on Oct 21, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Sandoval definitely can hit well enough to compensate. The question is whether he will or not.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
He had great ABs yesterday, and did you see him push a 10 pitch AB out of Roy Fucking Halladay????@?!?!?!?!?!?!?
/mind bends then broken
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
whoa, wierd question mark… i just hit a bunch of buttons
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
RIDE OR DIE
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m a ride or die chick, what can I say. I mean, once you get a tattoo of Pablo’s face on your ass, you have to stick with him hoping that one day it will pay off.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m on Team Panda too… not quite with your conviction though.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
So, your Pablo tattoo is on your arm?
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I just drew it on with a sharpie.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
You drew it on your own ass? You’re more nimble than you look.
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He put his mirror to good use.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m quite flexible for a man my size.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Reviving that debate is a bad idea,
but its badness is far out-shined by the supernova of terrible that follows it.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Rohlinger?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
It was just a thought.
Giant among “Angels”?
by Grizzlie Antagonist on Oct 21, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I think his name is a play on he lives in the Anaheim area. Also a former 49er I think!
"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.
Dirtbag is the preferred nomenclature.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 22, 2010 6:43 AM PDT up reply actions
more science
I’d like to point out that the Giants record in the WS after winning the NLCS 4-1 is 0-2
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record in WS is 0-0 after losing NLCS 3-4, too!!
I have faith, just preparing for the worst
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
HEY
I’m trying to sell newsletters here!
(in nlcs era, giants have only won when result was 4-1)
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Henry Schulman's grim reminder
No Giants team has ever won Game 6 or Game 7 of a seven-game series on the road.
by Grizzlie Antagonist on Oct 21, 2010 10:31 PM PDT reply actions
No Giants WS team has had Tim Lincecum either. I say we cut the fucker ASAP.
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
What? That's not an appropriate comparison.
Tim Lincecum is not a handicap.
Playing the deciding games on the road is.
by Grizzlie Antagonist on Oct 21, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
No player on this team has been in a 7 game series with the Giants. Yes, playing on the road sucks. No, we’re not at any larger disadvantage than any other team.
Am I shitting my pants worrying? Yes.
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
Hey, the SF Giants have never lost a Game Six in Philadelphia either...
Jonathan Sanchez has never lost a series clinching game in Citizen’s Bank park.
Historical stats are fun.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
by ToddCommish on Oct 22, 2010 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Tim McCarver (112) and Greg Olson (109) are the only two catchers in history to total 100 or more put outs in their first two post-season series. Mickey Cochrane had 99. Buster Posey has 97 through Game 5 of the 2010 NLCS.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 23, 2010 2:06 AM PDT up reply actions
100% different team from '02.
Literally.
by BrianIsAwesome on Oct 21, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Except… Sabean.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
You know what I have to say to that?
DURTY. AND MATT FUCKING CAIN.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
No Giants team has ever had Buster Posey in games 6 or 7 on the road.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
you are certainly not going to sell newspapers with that kind of drivel!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 21, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
They really haven’t had all that many options
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
halladay was pitching with a pulled groin, that he hurt, in the second inning. what a warrior!
by phillyeaglesfan on Oct 21, 2010 10:32 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah. What a warrior. Torres is physically totally different since the appendectomy. Uribe is playing hurt. Lincecum is fucking around with a blister. Renteria has a FUCKING TORN BICEP.
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youll be aware of them more after game 7
by phillyeaglesfan on Oct 21, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
You know your honor, two youlls.
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throws Internet D batteries
**Over Internet Protocol of course
Who let this fucker in?
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Why weren’t you here after games 3 and 4? C’mon now.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he made it up. He looked shaky in the first when he was healthy.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
possibly manuel said it in his press conference
by phillyeaglesfan on Oct 21, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
and now no commas
interesting.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Possibly—maybe—manuel said it, in his press conference,.
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Shit dude I didn’t believe you until I saw it on the internet!!!!
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Phillies and Eagles
what a sports day in Philly.
This clown isn’t a baseball fan, even.
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your name
is phillyeaglesfan
You’d rather cheer a dog killer than a Phillie.
Science.
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Possibly, in his press conference, Manuel said it, maybe.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
Maybe Manuel
Said it in his press conference
Halladay groin pull
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Maybe groin pull Halladay, possibly Manuel, in his press conference said.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
Manuel possibly said, Joe Blanton, LERKY DERKY LERKY DERKY ZOOMZOO CWWWW!
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
by DrDC on Oct 21, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Does this remind anyone else of those STAR testing where they ask you questions like “which of these is the correct sentence?”
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
GAH!!! STAR testing, now that’s torture! I once had a student who skipped an answer on their fill in the bubble sheet and it set all his answers off by one. We both cried a little…
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Philadelphia Education
“Use a lot of commas to break up your three word thoughts”
My polisci writing teacher would lose his mind if he saw that comment.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 22, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
And for God’s sake, DO NOT CAPITALIZE.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
BFD
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Oct 21, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
UGH WE REALLY POOPED THE BED IN THE 3RD
THAT SUCKED
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by sadison bummedgarner on Oct 21, 2010 10:37 PM PDT reply actions
If he has a pulled groin, it’s a mild one that is usually referred to as a groin strain when talked about in sports. Seriously pulled muscles mean weeks of sitting out.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
/Reply Fail
I feel almost as dumb as phillyeaglesfan.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
When Ramon Ramirez came in the game tonight, I didn’t forget about Rick Ankiel. When he gave up a homerun to Werth, I also unfortunately remembered Ankiel. Damnit.
Maybe the Giants should have done this
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Run, Forrest, Run!
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
How does one get on ABC for holding a duck next to their face?
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you calling the Olsen twins ducks?
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 21, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
those lips
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Every time I see this
I have to watch it and analyze it. I never can comprehend how he scores.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
A RUNNER RUNS CIRCLES AROUND A VIDEO GAME’S BRAIN!!
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Allow me to be Debbie Downer for a second
Prior to this series I believe the Phillies were 8 for 8 stealing bases against Posey. Yeah, SSS, but they stole a couple bases tonight and outside of Rent’s amazing play last night, has any other runner been thrown out by Posey?
I don’t mean this as a criticism of Posey, I mean it as a “I’m scared shitless the Phils are going to run riot on Dirty the minute anyone gets on base Saturday night.”
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
/Dirty No-Hitter
One batter reaches on error, gets caught stealing.
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
Giants pitchers are exceptionally poor at holding runners on.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Posey has a great throwing arm.
He proved it during the season. This is usually the pitcher’s fault
by Grizzlie Antagonist on Oct 21, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Former Angels announcer Rex Hudler is on the the local news and they the first thing he says is “the Giants still have a good chance to redeem themselves for 2002 when they lost to the Angels” as he pointed at his ring, and they zoomed in on it.
F U Rex.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 21, 2010 10:49 PM PDT reply actions
Hey Rex:
Seeing as you did so much to earn that ring and that you offer such valuable insight, I have something for you.
Wait for it.
FUCK YOU, DICK
Deal with it. Jose Guillen has been there before.
Point at this ring, asshole.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 21, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
So
Am I the only one amazed by McCarver’s complete inability to identify pitches? It’s driving me mad. Not only has he been an announcer for 20 years – he was a catcher for 25 years before that. How could he be so bad at that?
DID YOU KNOW
That Romo gave up a game-tying double to Placido Polanco last night?
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
By the way, I wasn’t here yesterday, but what did people think of Romo? I thought he pitched very well, despite the “blown save”.
I didn’t even think it was a bad pitch. It was right on the corner, if not slightly off it. Werth is just good.
Well it was supposed to be an outside pitch and inside wasn’t it?
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I think McCarver like Stockton are just way over the hill. Neither were bad 20 years ago.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Dick Stockton is awesome
You should fix the errah of your ways.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I like Dick Stockton.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 22, 2010 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Nobody ever mentions the period when McCarver was a member of our broadcast team (and it wasn’t that long ago).
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
Why on earth would we?
FWIW, we did boo him lustily at Yerba Buena Gardens in October 2002.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 22, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Bad, but not as bad as Ron Fairly.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Oct 22, 2010 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Or David Glass
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by ToddCommish on Oct 22, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Phillip Glass was OK on commentary but his play by play left something to be desired.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
That experiment didn’t work out well…
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm out, g'nite McCoven <3
sorry we couldn’t gather here around a win, but it will happen, of this I have the utmost faith :)
g’night, sleep tight, don’t let the Phillies screw with your dreams, see you all Saturday!
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Alright, so we’re back home. I have to say that was just one of the worst Giants games we’ve ever attended. We were up in View Reserved, 311 to be exact, [hello Mayor] and the whole place just had a very “meh” vibe about it. Luckily there were several people in our section who joined us in yelling at other people to get off their damn asses and cheer. We had two whole entire rows in front of us where NOBODY would stand. The people directly in front of us spent the entire game running back and forth for food, oh and adjusting their seat cushions. Ugh!
I’m sorry, but I’ve seen more energy during regular season dodger games than there was at the park tonight. Somebody tell me they had a different/better experience. Please.
Signed,
Disappointed in Sacramento
that’s sad.
It was such a great vibe for game 3
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Game 162 was pretty great. And the NLDS game we went to was pretty hyper even though they lost. Tonight was icky for us. I’m hoping it was just our section.
162 was amazing. I was in the cove last night, but the crowd seemed pretty energetic. Must have been a lot of the bandwagoners there taking up seats tonight.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 22, 2010 1:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Man everyone was going apeshit in Game 162. There were moments of cautious nervous quiet, but we were behind the boys 100%. Nobody in Section 305 was sitting for the ninth inning.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 22, 2010 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I was in 304 that game. I was the guy in the front row with three Padres fans. They left probably 30 seconds after the final out. Poor bastards. I trust you were among those of us who loudly quashed the Wave that was trying to form?
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by troymccluresf on Oct 22, 2010 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I think a lot of people took the game for granted. They thought the NL title was in the bag.
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HAVE THEY NOT LEARNT THE TRUTH
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I was there too.
Weak vibe in the bleachers, too. Several people in our row had no idea who was up at any time during the game, but had $200+ worth of new Giants gear on. People sat during significant 2 strike situations, as well as important RISP situations.
So Wednesday night after Game 4 I stopped in the Castro for a slice of pizza, and was standing in line behind this young couple. Dude had a Giants hat on so I struck up a conversation about what a great game it was. Turns out he and his lady friend had just come from the ballpark, and it was his first time seeing the Giants ever.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
That’s upsetting. Those are the people that allow the catastrophic prices in the playoffs, leaving big fans who are financially disadvantaged to watch at home, and often not knowing how/when to cheer.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 22, 2010 1:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, why would you want to go to a playoff game if you hadn’t been following the team all year? There’s no chance in hell I’m going out of my way to get Sharks playoff tickets if I hadn’t been interested during the regular season.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Oct 22, 2010 1:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Probably depends on whether they had to pay for the tickets, y’know?
There’s always going to be a certain segment that goes to LCS/World Series/Super Bowl level events not because they’re fans, but because they work for a company which gives tickets to favored employees, or are trying to impress a potential client/the boss/whomever.
Could also be a situation where it’s someone who doesn’t ever go to regular season games because they want to reserve their trips for “special” events. They follow the team on TV/radio in the regular season, and with the money they might have spent on five regular season games, they jump at a potential pennant clincher if tickets are available.
And, finally, some people are just dumbshits.
Take yer pick.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 22, 2010 1:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Nice. Good to see people jumping on the bandwagon… things like that are how new fans are made.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Kripes, that reminds me… walking into the park they were handing out K’s. Some woman was all “What’s the K for?” Woman she was with “It must stand for something.” I had to be physically restrained from relieving her of her tickets.
Man that pissed me off.
Jeez
K = 1000
I hate ignorant Amuricahns :)
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I was at a game in September and when Uribe was announced the girl behind me said to her friend, “Geez, why do they always boo this guy?”, and her friend said, “I don’t know, he must have done something really bad.”
I wanted to explain but just shook my head. I regret not explaining it, though!
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My friend asked the same question. She isn’t a big fan but I brought her with me when I went up there this April (I’m slowly making her a bigger fan though) and I had to explain that they were saying UUUUUU but then they actually started booing because he was getting the Bonds treatment so she said “No they’re really booing!”
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t's Posey time!!
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by troymccluresf on Oct 22, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That sucks
I’m surprised the vibe in the park was bad. What’s up with idiots going to a possible pennant-clinching game and getting drunk and/or not standing up to cheer?
I’m fine with bandwagon fans, but jesus, at least appreciate that you were able to score a ticket to a big game. Some of us wanted to go but couldn’t.
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There were definitely more folks getting up for drinks and food more than usual. But when they were there they did cheer. But when they were gone, it was roomy.
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man
the only issue that we had in game 3 was that someone pulled out a beach ball
it was quickly popped.
This ain’t LA
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I was in section 119. Folks were cheering, using rags and pom-poms. What I like about the section is that they don’t need the video board to tell them what to do. I have been sitting in this section for the past couple of years.
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by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s directly behind HP depending on where you’re sitting in 108. Classy seats
by giant4life83 on Oct 22, 2010 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
oh, good call. i was thinking to the side not in front of 109
by giant4life83 on Oct 22, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
What I like about the section is that they don’t need the video board to tell them what to do.
I’ve spent most of my time in 327, and really, I really don’t think we need prompting at all. Most of the time, the noise has already started building when they put it up. And there’s also all these random times, like 1-1 with one out and Rowand up in the seventh, and all of a sudden there’s a “GET ON YOUR FEET” prompt which is wholly and rightfully ignored by everyone.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 22, 2010 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
game 5 atmosphere was pretty crazy
we stood in section 327 from like the 7th inning on almost
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by sadison bummedgarner on Oct 22, 2010 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I have more confidence in Cain than I do in Sanchez right now
A lot more confidence in Cain
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I have a lot of confidence in Cain...
Pitching the first game of the WS
The good news is that our season will not end without Cain getting a chance.
by kingofthacove on Oct 21, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
On a positive note
The offense was working the count better than I have seen it do so in quite some time
I have mass confidence in Cain too, but at CBP, flyball pitcher, vs Hamels, who lost last time and will be out for blood, tough shot.
Dirty will be Dirty since he wasn’t so Dirty last time
by giant4life83 on Oct 21, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm the opposite
Am I misremembering, or didn’t Cain give up a couple warning track flies in his game that would have been dingers in CBP?
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The only reason he worries me is because of all the FB, I mean come on if that dinger that Ruiz hit in game 1 made it over the wall when that wouldn’t even make it to the warning track at AT&T there might be some trouble especially because Howard and Werth hit some deep FB that would definitely be out in CBP.
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t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
SAN FRANCISCO — Tim Lincecum made his last start of the National League Championship Series for the Giants on Thursday evening at AT&T Park, but it certainly may not be his last appearance. He could still toss an inning or two in relief.
“No, I wouldn’t say he’s finished for the series,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said after his club dropped Game 5 to the Phillies, 4-2. “If needed, it’s one of these series that all hands are on deck and you have them all ready. He’ll have a couple of days off and he’ll be ready to go.”
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101021&content_id=15786700&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
As expected. Tim on two days rest for two or three innings if required.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course with Tim not expected to throw, the Philly sign-makers will have to come up with something else…
“Go back to Mexico!”
“Want some beans?”
etc. Philly… sigh
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Imagine if they found out he was half-Filipino.
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Tiimeh? Quarter IIRC.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought his mom was a Filipina?
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought his mom’s dad was the “full-blooded” Filipino.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Wikipedia is my friend. I stand corrected.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Game 7… Matt Cain…
“Go pick some cotton”
“Wanna snort?”
“Creckar!”
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
OT
After reading that Game 4 recap on Lookout Landing today, I want to show my friend the one where they recap the Mariners season. But I can’t find it, any help?
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
LOL
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
The situation didn’t require a jack… -fruit.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
And the other guys are all like “Ghin eyang baw? Mehn mak-mak!”
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Shift A
sigh.
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Talked to my dad for the first time since the game ended. His first words? “Can we burn Victorino?”
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:39 PM PDT reply actions
I usually just enjoy hearing my dad rant about certain players. Completely irrational, but entertaining.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
old people are funny
/probably not more than 4 years younger than your dad
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LOL, my dad was born in the mid-’50s.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
whoa
your dad is old.
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Haha. Then I take it you are more than four years younger than my dad.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I was born in the mid 50's
Walkoff, am I your dad?
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by gallo del cielo on Oct 22, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
My father was born before WWII. He’s dead now so we don’t talk baseball. We never did anyhow. He hated baseball because on weekends he’d be working on his car and “wanted to listen to music but there was nothing but ballgames on…”
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 21, 2010 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Was he the type to say “That awful Rock n Roll music”?
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Naw, kind of a greaser actually. Wanted rock’n’roll but got only the games.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 22, 2010 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey, _I_ was born in 1950!
And I’m just reaching my prime!
by mrs. owlcroft on Oct 22, 2010 1:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought a woman never reveals her age.
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I know what you’re thinking. “Has she celebrated 60 years, or only 59?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, she kind of lost track herself.
But being that Lincecum throws a 94mph fastball, which would take your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: “Do I feel lucky?”
Well? Do ya, punk?
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 22, 2010 1:50 AM PDT up reply actions
My sister was born in the ’50s.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d bet good money she is more than 4 years younger than her dad, actually.
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by EliminateMe on Oct 21, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
“Fuck you, kid,” explained Gallo.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Oct 22, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
/hold Gallo back to protect the young ’uns
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I like hearing him make bad arguments and tell him why he’s wrong.
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Well, gee, that sounds fun.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 21, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
My students just love when I tell how things used to be different. I know they do.
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by gallo del cielo on Oct 22, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d rather burn Rollins… he makes more plays, it seems
by giant4life83 on Oct 22, 2010 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
im not advocating burning anyone here, but if i had my choice…
by giant4life83 on Oct 22, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Hah, yeah. My dad was joking and everything. But if I could pick a player whose plane ticket “accidentally” gets lost, thus causing him to be stuck in the city, I would chose Rollins.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 22, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
was hoping to have a break til Wednesday
torture
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by giant4life83 on Oct 22, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
…the rolls of fat under the chin… /pukes
by giant4life83 on Oct 22, 2010 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
anyone else have him on twitter? He’s so damn stupid. He was just going crazy the other night because the Phillies have a pitcher named Bastardo. Tweet after tweet after tweet. Who is he, Beavis?
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
I find Bastardo’s name funny, but not enough to Tweet my ass off about it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 22, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Stupid 3rd inning
being all stupid and stuff.
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on Oct 22, 2010 12:00 AM PDT reply actions
I find it funny. Today people loved the lineup and they lost. Yesterday (or Tuesday night) people hated the lineup and they won.
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Is this why we can’t have nice things?
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 22, 2010 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
it has something to do with a yankees curse. which is why i hope we play the yanks if we make it
by giant4life83 on Oct 22, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Baggs has a good take on Halladay/Giants hitters... if only they knew
You could see it: Halladay looked just terrible. His fastball was 4 mph shorter. He left flat pitches over the heart of the plate.
The Giants fouled them off.
It’s almost like they were reacting to the man on the mound, to his reputation – and not to the pitches they were seeing. I’ll bet if they knew how much Halladay was ailing, they’d have crushed him.
And this series would be over.
It was pretty clear that Halladay was having an off-night. I thought him getting out the first inning only down 1-0 was huge for the Phillies. We’ve seen this a lot from the Giants—opposing starting pitcher on the ropes, but they can’t land the knockout blow. And then all of the sudden you look up and the starter has made it through six innings when he should have been gone after three or four.
And didn’t the Giants have runners on in almost every inning until Madson and Lidge took over?
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I was thinking that we may have had a completely different
outcome if Huff’s screaming bullet isn’t caught by Howard in the first inning.
In fact, in his post game interview Huff mentioned the same. It was a very nice play by Howard who is not known for his defense.
Sometimes the ball just doesn’t bounce your way… game of inches and so forth.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
You're right.
We lost today but we shouldn’t let it overshadow the fact that we did win 2 of 3 at home. Now all we need is a split on the road and we’re in!
I just hope they don’t wait until Game 7 to win x_x
Reading yesterdays post-post game thread
Way too many people were talking as if the series was over. Only a few felt it wasn’t.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
So, funny/frustrating things happened.
First, my sister’s car battery died, so the friend I wanted to come along with me ended up not coming (I had originally told her my sis would drive us back after the game; she has an early class, so spending the night at my place and commuting in the morning wasn’t going to work).
Spent the first 3.5 innings in line at Public House. Surprising, but then again not so much.
Got inside with my sis, stood at the way edge of the far bar. Got food. It was good.
The party right next to us had two guys, one of which got sauced by the fifth or so. They got kicked out later because the sauced guy took a sip in front of the bartender serving them.
The game, of course, was frustrating.
We got on the 9:40 Caltrain out. Some guy rolled a joint in the bike car, and a woman sitting up top got ticked off, called the cops and had him thrown out.
But the real topper was a guy sitting close to me. We were pretty chummy, talking about baseball and him being Greek and the fact that I was reading The Tale of Genji. He was rooting for a Yanks-Giants WS, which irked me, but at least he was being an authentic fan for both teams. But what set me off was that he thought that the Giants made the World Series in 2003 and got routed by a billion runs in Game 6; I told him that the Marlins won it all in ’03, we made it in ’02 and Game 6 that year was the Erstad game. He asked me how old I was, and them claimed that he was right since he was older.
Yes, I can respect the fact that you remember the 1989 World Series while I was still a young’un, but that doesn’t mean you can distort the facts and claim them to be right due to your veteran grittiness.
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The pot is public thing is annoying. For one thing there were a lot of children and elderly people at the game last night and some people do have breathing problems, asthma or allergies and yet these idjits just feel they have the right to spark one up where ever the hell they fell like it. I don’t want to smell cigarette/cigar/pot smoke…. period.
Have some freaking common decency and realize that not everyone shares your “interests.” And unfortunately for people who don’t smoke, that stuff comes across really really strong smelling.
I actually felt the same way.
My sister still has mild asthma, so I wouldn’t want him to smoke with her around.
Yes, he should have known better and he didn’t help his cause by talking back to her. I also agree that pot smoke comes across strong to people who don’t smoke (I should know this because half of my apartment smokes it).
Both parties were at fault. The guy ignored the reality of people not actually liking marijuana; the woman unnecessarily made the situation into a spectacle.
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I remember when you could smoke tobacco while in your seat.
The good old days…
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 23, 2010 2:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I think the 2003 Series for Yankee fans might also involve an asteroid, or supernova, or in his case – The Giants losing.
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by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 22, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
shift - a... after reading about 3 minutes worth...
Meh. Whatever.
I didn’t fall into this trap. I knew we were going to lose. It was inevitable. Grant’s post was exactly my thoughts tonight… everyone that thought we would win tonight was actin’ like a n00b. There was no winning tonight.
These are not the droids you are looking for.
Saturday or… most likely… Sunday.
TORTURE, bitches.
You’re in handcuffs, you’re not sure if you’re part of a magic act or some sick freak’s dungeon, and you sure as hell don’t know what the safe word is.
Then you notice the spiderwebs covering the masonry, when the creepy form of half lizard face Madsen appears at the top of the stairs. And you realize that your main hope is that his arm falls off.
It was mentioned earlier in the thread, but it's worth mentioning again...
I’m absolutely tired of the Phillies batters stepping into pitches and the umpires looking over it. Ruiz has been hit by 2 or 3 pitches this series that he made no effort whatsoever to get out of the way of. Pathetic…
Hitler was a Dodgers fan.
Agree completely. But if the umps won’t call the rule book strike zone, what would lead them to apply the rule book HBP?
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 22, 2010 5:15 AM PDT up reply actions
At least the Giants are still throwing inside and aren’t afraid to hit them!
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by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 7:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I dunno, doesn’t mean much if all it results in are baserunners for the Phillies and they don’t back off the plate.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It means they are sticking to game plans and scouting reports and not pitching to not HBP.
Also, why would Ruiz back of that plate with that Bondsian body armor?
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by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m just irritated with all the HBP
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It is irritating, but like I said. I would rather see 5 more HBP’s before I would rather see the Giants stop pitching inside.
I also think jersey hits shouldn’t be HBP.
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by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Time to go head-hunting then. First pitch to Werth should be in his face.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 23, 2010 2:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Panda looked good for the most part at the plate. I hope he devours CBP.
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good point
The Phillies dropped two cheap homeruns into the right field stands during game 1, and those were by righties. We should have a couple of lefties in there against Oswalt who can do the same thing.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
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by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 6:59 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs
lol
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 22, 2010 7:03 AM PDT up reply actions
nice
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 22, 2010 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
beautiful
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Keep the faith
Home team’s record in this year’s playoff: 9-16
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
Take out the giants and its 6-14!
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by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 7:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I think that contrary to popular belief
the amped up hometown fans actually put more pressure on the home team players.
It seems to me that to hit a baseball requires a calm, cool and collected attitude. A bunch of fans going nuts expecting something from you is probably going to have more of a negative effect on a hitter rather than a positive one.
To be effective the crowd and the team/player have to be in sync and at the right emotional tempo or tenor. Hate ‘em, but the Braves fans had this down to a science at one time. They didn’t chop and chant all the time, just when it was needed most.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 23, 2010 2:14 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, that’s a good point, especially for the younger players. I’m always worried when Buster is up and the fans are chanting his name. i think that gets him over anxious and he starts to swing at bad pitches.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
Uuugh... but we're still in it...
So who reads these posts… anybody?.. there’s a 1000 posts in this thread. no one knows me from squat.. I’m that guy in the corner at the Public House talking to himself with a billion other fans talking to themselves… so I post for my own peace of mind…
Last night’s game was predictable.. too much pressure to clinch in front of the home crowd after the night before was an emotional roller coaster. So I was figuring on a few brainfart plays along the way. A win would’ve been nice sure,… knowing Halladay had an injury would have been great and we could have made sure we got the out third since he wasn’t running either way! we could’ve hit him different.. so props to them for playin’ that card. BUT there is no one play that ever wins/looses a baseball game. Its a game of averages… a seven game series is the same thing… Grant sums it up well. The team are pros.. they know what their doing.. When I listen to Kruk and Kuip I’m reminded of what I tell my teams that I coach. Even I get sucked into being a FAN and start screaming at the radio and talking to myself!
We’ll regroup and take it in 6!
Mark
well, I read your post. And I agree that it would have been much too easy to win last night. Suspiciously easy.
I tried to look at it with some objectivity before the game started (I tried!) and what were the odds we sweep Philly? It’s baseball, this isn’t how it works. And more specifically, it’s Giants baseball. We’ve been fighting all along this whole season and we will continue to fight.
I’m desperate for us to win this in 6 but won’t be surprised if it goes to game 7.
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I read it too,
and I’m sure there are many who do so.
A 1,000 item post game thread is well worth the 20 minutes it takes to scan through them. A 2,000 item game thread usually isn’t.
I agree that the breaks were bad last night. With Sanchez being himself and the breaks being even, I think we win on Saturday.
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by gallo del cielo on Oct 22, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
voice in a crowd...
My little squeaks resonate with some.. After last nights game I was feeling sooo small.
lets go get’em tomorrow!
Mark
All I want for Christmas
is for Santa to light Jayson Werth’s beard on fire.
Thank you.
Needing a parka to watch a night game? Welcome to Giants baseball.
Maybe
but not so sure about that. When he was with the Dodgers he didn’t have too good an opinion of AT&T ballpark. If I recall correctly.
Needing a parka to watch a night game? Welcome to Giants baseball.
Dude hits doubles and HR at ATT park.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
And defense to die for.
Burrell – Torres – Werth
Ross to back up and give days off when required.
Belt in AAA ready to be called up if Burrell or Huff falls off a cliff as they’ve done in the past.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
We took 2 of 3 from Philly in SF
No need to panic…just hope we catch the breaks this time around.
Also, Rectum Face will get his. Fuck that goddamn troll. That is what I picture Xeifrank looking like.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
I like you oooreebay
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 22, 2010 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Likewise, BVCE. Haven’t been able to comment much the last couple of seasons, and I miss your barbs/wit.
Hope school/writing is going well for you. You are quite talented.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
Thank you sir. Everyone here can bond over a mutual hatred of Rectum Face.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 22, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
why are we quoting lookout Jeff Sullivan so much lately?
Maybe a good rule of thumb, when you’re an umpire and your view of a short bunt is blocked, would be that, if the batter doesn’t move, like at all, then the bunt was probably foul. So call it foul. If it was actually foul, you’re right! And if it was actually fair, then the batter gets penalized for not running out a fair ball. It’s perfect. I should be elected president of something.
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I think I’d prefer them to call it fair and let the play develop. You can always confer and overturn it if one of the other umps has a better view.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
My positive thoughts for the day...I invite you to make them yours too
- The Giants haven’t lost three in a row to the same team since back in June…almost four months
- This team is really good at winning after they lose
- Sanchez and Cain
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
The third point is especially compelling. These two have been nails down the stretch and in the postseason.
I just want them to get this done and shove it down the throats of every one of those Philly fucks, media fucks, and other fucks who said they can’t do it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 22, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The third point is especially compelling
Compelling enough to become the third and forth points!
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
Sanchez and Cain, pray for Roy Oswalt to end up locked in the bathroom.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 22, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
- Dirty Sanchez
- MATT CAIN
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by EliminateMe on Oct 22, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I'll add:
- Clean Sanchez (he was driving the ball a bit last night)
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
Seems like Freddy’s been getting good swings all series, except for game 1.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 22, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
FTFY
* DURTY
* MATT FUCKING CAIN
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the 1st part of point 3, the second part I like but I fear b/c Cole Hamels.
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by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
And the Giants were making really hard contact off of Oswalt on Wednesday night!
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by deuce deuce on Oct 22, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Thank you & I shall help.
Sanchez, F. is taking authoritative swings.
Pablo is no longer lost at the plate.
Torres likewise seems “born again”
Tight games with Posey & Huff doing nothing.
Sanchez, J. now has NLCS experience.
…
Plus, this day off helps the Giants more than the Phillies, IMHO. The gritty vets can circulate a bit & restore the vibe.
Torress has quietly become the second best OBP for the Giants in this series.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 23, 2010 2:16 AM PDT up reply actions
My positive thought for the day:
Cody Ross 2010 Postseason: .333 AVG, 4 HR, 8 RBI
Stay hot, Cody!
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Stay hot, Cody!
TIWSDS (this is what she didn’t say):
…and keep playing good baseball as well.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
hey now
I think Cody is adorable! Plus that swagger! :)
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Good stuff there Goofus.
May I also suggest that since it is now a best of 2 – that we should be taking heart in our superior pen?
We have Dirty going tomorrow and everyone but Cain is available – wouldn’t you guess?
There is a certain tough-as-nails-on-the-road left-hander who just celebrated his 21st birthday, I like our chances with him rolling out of the pen if need arises.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 22, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Everyone but Cain and Lincecum, I'd think
Maybe they use Tim on Sunday but not on Saturday, 2 days after he threw 104 pitches. Unless it goes 14 innings or something.
I hadn’t thought about it but Bumgarner could well see some action if needed; he only threw 85 pitches on Wednesday. Although frankly I prefer the situation where no need arises…
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 22, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Absolutely not Timmy – glaring omission on my part there. You are correct.
I’m hoping the need doesn’t arise, but hey – he’s there.
Let’s just watch the boys hang a 5 on Oswalt and let Dirty do his thing.
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by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 22, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m EliminateMe and I approve this message.
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by EliminateMe on Oct 22, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL Goofus
I thought I was banned when I couldn’t comment
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t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
/bans everyone
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 22, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
/jponry
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
/banned
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Bill Simmons giving the love to Giants fans
(Incidentally, Robert from Pasadena is categorically wrong about Game 3 not being a sellout.)
Q: Saw your tweet (after Game 4 of the NLCS) that San Francisco is “totally underrated as a baseball city” and “you can’t have a better playoff atmosphere than that.” I am a Dodgers fan who HATES THE GIANTS. You didn’t really describe Silicon Valley techie dorks and fair-weather hipster grad students who miss the first two innings because their ultimate Frisbee game ran late as “underrated” baseball fans right? They couldn’t even sell out Game 3!
— Robert, Pasadena, Calif.
SG: Hey, I expect playoff baseball crowds to generate noise for nine innings, stand every time its pitcher gets two strikes, cheer like lunatics any time something good happens, and avoid going into a terrified shell like the guy at the end of “Blair Witch Project” any time something bad happens. That’s the job of everyone in the building. I thought the Giants fans did their jobs. That’s why I tweeted about it. But three other dynamics pushed the atmosphere to another level.
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Robert Meggers/Getty ImagesGive Giants fans credits for their noise and enthusiasm — and fake beards.
1. For a big playoff game, I want a ballpark that gives me chills in person and looks just as spectacular on television (especially in the HD Era). If I’m not there, I want to be able to feel the tension, feel the history, feel the angst of the fans, feel the excitement, feel everything. I want to see wide blimp shots of the stadium and think, “What an amazing ballpark, I wish I had gone to that game.” I want to feel like something substantial is happening.
Only three ballparks make me feel that way: Fenway, Wrigley and AT&T Park (formerly Pac Bell Park). Fenway has the Green Monster and seats hugging the field; Wrigley has ivy-covered fences and apartment buildings surrounding the park; and AT&T has San Francisco Bay. That’s why they have the collective hammer over everyone else. Old Yankee Stadium got there because of its history and its staggeringly high upper decks, and Dodger Stadium (which always makes me feel like I’m in a “Mad Men” episode) gets 90 percent there during a night game and the sun is setting the right way. But that’s it. I like the new wave of impeccably done ballparks (Philly, Texas, Cleveland, etc.), but they lack that extra kicker that make you think, “Wow, I can’t believe I’m here.” Sorry, Philly. You’re not topping McCovey Cove. And you know it.
2. The Giants won in 1954 in New York, moved to California a few years later and haven’t won since. They lost the ‘62 World Series in the most brutal way possible (McCovey’s line drive that got snared). They watched in horror as the underdog Dodgers won in 1988; one year later, when they finally made it back, a devastating earthquake happened right before their first World Series home game in 27 years and took precedence over everything that happened that season. Thirteen years later, they choked away a five-run lead in Game 6 of the 2002 World Series, gave away the title to Anaheim, then their best player became the most loathed athlete of his generation. Look, I can’t watch a Giants playoff home game and NOT think of that stuff. Fifty-plus years of pain. It hangs over everything. That’s not atmosphere? You didn’t feel it last night in the third inning when their defense fell apart and the fans went into “oh, no, please, no …” mode?
3. Here’s how I know the Giants crowd had it going these past few days: Joe Buck actually sounded excited to be there. Now that’s saying something. By the way, if the pre-2004 Red Sox blew a World Series trip in Game 5 — playing at home, with our best pitcher on the mound — and now had to fly cross-country to clinch on the road, I’d spend the entire weekend in the fetal position. I’m not sure the Giants can bounce back from that. Tortured teams can’t blow chances in ways that remind their fans, “Oh, that’s right, God hates us.” It never ends well. Hope I’m wrong.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Quite a concession
especially since Red Sox weren’t involved
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
Wait, the Giants didn’t sell out game 3? That can’t possibly be true.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Idiot Dodger fan.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Department of redundancy department right there.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Game 3- 43,320
Game 4- 43,515
Game 5- 43,713
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by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, the games were all before everyone normally gets off work, including a 1:00 start. So, whatever. That guy can take the Latrine’s beach balls, the wave and everyone leaving at the 7th inning and shove them.
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♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
some idiot
brought out a beach ball in game 3.
It was popped quickly.
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I was really happy to see that they were letting fans sit in the press box area last night. That place had been pretty empty for the other two games.
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I was there
it was packed, and it was loud
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They certainly did
I’m not dumb enough to shell out stubhub bucks if there are still tickets available.
We just barely got there by first pitch but the place was full and rockin’ when we did. The heck, you’re gonna believe a Dodger fan who accused Giants fans of showing up late? There’s the pot calling the polar bear black.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 22, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
(Incidentally, Robert from Pasadena is a douchenozzle who obviously didn’t see people paying $100-$300 for Game 3 tickets)
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 22, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m sorry, a Dodger fan is going to criticize OUR attendance?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 22, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s weird that even I, the loathed pessimist, didn’t take the bad defense and non-foul call as a bad omen for the rest of the series or as part of some tortured history. It is weird and unfortunate that both corner infielders tried to make the spectacular play instead of the standard play in the same inning not one batter apart. That was exceptionally weird.
by Every6thDay on Oct 22, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Quite a concession
especially considering the Red Sox weren’t involved in any way.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
We are a very good team on the road. We took two of two in Atlanta, who had the best home record in the majors.
Dirty. Cain.
That is all.
"I wouldn't say the beard got us here, but I wore it here." - Brian Wilson
You're not wrong... just a counterpoint:
Roy Oswalt hasn’t lost in CBP (10-0 in 12 starts or something) and the Giants haven’t done jack shit against the Phillies’ bullpen this series, which was supposed to be their weak point. Add to that, the Phillies offense appears to be coming back on-line (without the help of Victorino, Utley or Howard, who are probably due to break out) and winning even one game is going to be a faaaar more difficult task than defeating the injured, patchwork Braves.
by Every6thDay on Oct 22, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Haven't done shit against Phillies bullpen??
Did you miss game 4?
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Okay, okay.
With the exception of Game 4… also, the Giants bullpen hasn’t really been that dominant this series.
by Every6thDay on Oct 22, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Wilson and Lopez have certainly been dominant
and Romo has been solid. With luck, you don’t need more than those three.
But if you do….well, Mota is at least well rested…
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by EliminateMe on Oct 22, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Honestly, I’m worried about how good Madson and Lidge looked last night. I’m hoping Brad Lidge has one more blown save in his arsenal.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Me too. Madsen’s inning yesterday was one of the more impressive that I have seen all season.
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Did you hear the post-game wrap? Kruk actually said Madson threw the best inning that anyone’s thrown all season against the Giants.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I didn’t, but that’s not surprising.
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Madson is really good.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I was hoping that manual would use Lidge in the 8th b/c the better hitters were up
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by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Meh
Manuel saves Lidge for the 9th and for the save, which is dumb because you use your best pitcher for the highest leverage situations. That’s the one thing about Bochy I like, he uses his best relievers when he needs them.
"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.
Also
Madson is pretty good too.
"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.
the thing is by bringing Madson in he did use his best pitcher. I was hoping that Manual would use “his guy” in the tougher spot.
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by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
And Roy Oswalt has been crazy good (way better than he has been in the last few years) since he came to Philly. Disappointment is in air for him.
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by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Oswalt hasn't lost in CBP
therefore, Oswalt will never lose in CBP.
SUSTAINABLE!
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 22, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Just as the Giants are better on the road! Sustainable!
by Every6thDay on Oct 22, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
This NLCS is about Roy Oswalt coming back down to earth.
Dude was 5-0 in his post-season career when he came in on Weds. – I calmly explained he would leave 5-1.
Now you’re telling me I’m supposed to worry that he’s gone 10-0 at CBP??
I’m calling 10-1 – it’s freaking science!
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by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 22, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I can’t even imagine how I’d feel if the Giants lose on Saturday and Sunday. We’d better do this.
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Vomit-y.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 22, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Snowball throwing-y
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.
Mean sign writing-y
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Homophobic and sexist.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably 75% of how I felt after Game 6 in 2002 (which was really the end of the series).
by Every6thDay on Oct 22, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
We'll have to talk each other off the ledge and all collectively remind each other
…how fortunate we were to have this season when we weren’t expeting it.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Speaking of collectively talking each other off (or to) the ledge
Saturday, Public House?
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I am absolutely there.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 22, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I am going to try and make it.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 22, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup -
And, and we’re guaranteed at least 2 more games of Giants baseball in the postseason.
Don’t forget to savor the anticipation and to enjoy the thrill of the games.
This is true
In the worst case, the Giants took the Phillies to 7 games – a Phillies team that won more games than anyone else in the regular season.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 22, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Huff sums it up:
Per Baggs:
"I mean, listen," Huff said. "We took one there. We took two of three here against a really tough team. If you told us before the series started that we’d be in this position, I think we’d all take it. We have to go out there and play like we did all year. Today just wasn’t my day. Sleep it off, go back to Philly and go to work."
All four of Cody Ross’ postseason homers have come on the road.
SCIENCE!
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
Hopefully he can shake off his baserunning mistake
His at-bats the rest of the game were tough
Yeah, I'm going nuts
I have an appointment to get a haircut tomorrow and I’m thinking of canceling it. Just in case it’s…ya know, bad luck.
They could be Giants...but not really.
But cutting your hair makes you less close to Jayson Werth in appearance, so it might be good luck.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Still rather be us than them
If I had a choice of the current situation or being down 3-2 with the last two games in San Francisco, I’d take what we’ve got. Huge pressure on the Phillies Saturday, and even if they get to a game 7.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
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