Post-game overflow thread
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 27, 2010 11:44 PM PDT
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Someone offered my parents $2500 for their two tickets tonight. My parents aren't poor, but they aren't so unpoor that they wouldn't notice an extra $2500. My mom stressed over the decision all yesterday -- partially because she felt like a jinx going to Game Five of the NLCS. I begged her to go. In the end, she said "Fuck the money. Go Giants." She probably said something different, but that's what I would have said.
When the Giants were down 2-0, that was all I could think about. When Uribe hit his home run and I was dancing around like a goon with my two-year-old, that was all I could think about. Good decision, parents. And they saw Tony Bennett, too!
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What a low scoring pitcher’s duel. I’ll be surprised if the Niners score 11 points on Sunday.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
Troy Smith!
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
Howie must be so excited about that.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I had to wade through a bunch of “WHY DIN’T DAVID CARR GET A CHANCE?” posts on Facebook. Carr is everything that Smith haters think Smith is, and they love him for it.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 28, 2010 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I have this belief that there’s a 10% chance Troy Smith is going to be amazing on Sunday. Sometimes I wonder why, because that’s probably not a rational number.
Then I stop thinking about football because the Giants are in the fucking World Series.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
And a poorly written one at that.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 28, 2010 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Either way I’m sure the fat-cat politicians in City Hall/Sacramento/Washington/the UN will be drinking chardonnay on taxpayer dollars.
buttery chardonnay, to boot.
And pinot noir (noyre) because they heard they shouldn’t stand merlot.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I almost took the under to the game too
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
Aren't they playing the Broncos Sunday?
You know, the Broncos that gave up 59 points to the Raiders last week?
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
Also, Freddy Sanchez, yanno, says yanno a lot of times during, yanno, the post game, yanno, interview, yanno.
Yanno?
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
I was acutally counting
But now I’m a bit drunk and forgot the number.
It was 10+ though.
Is this where people put witty comments and quotes?
by kasutori_Jack on Oct 28, 2010 2:10 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah he really sucks
worst gubernatorial candidate ever.
He also looks like he’s drunk 5,000 cans of Red Bull.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 28, 2010 5:57 AM PDT up reply actions
LA kid
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
with an Oakland booty?
/Sir-Mix-A-Lot’d
by shaggingflyballs on Oct 28, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
My Bat Don’t Want None
Unless You Got Doubles Hun.
Overplayed memes:
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by say hey nation on Oct 28, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Just got home.....that was fabulous
While getting ready for the game listening to FP and FItz were pissing me off saying that the Giants weren’t going to when because Lee was pitching. FU to both of them.
Screamed like a nut when they tied the game and then screamed like a banshee when they went ahead. It was great and it was wild, my voice is almost gone.
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 haven't noticed a lot of difference between Fitz and Jenna Von Oy Yoy Yoy
Different midwestern schools, same loudmouth sports talk knownothingism.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 28, 2010 5:58 AM PDT up reply actions
just got home?
woo woo!
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Man Baseball is weird
Cliff Lee dominates the Rays and Yankees, yet gets rocked by the Giants. Feels so good
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
Did We Still Win?
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DELIVAR!
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 27, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Tony Bennett’s performances were amazing tonight. First time I broke out in smiles during God Bless America.
I smile in most of em.
But DAMN! Mr. Bennett still has it!
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
His performance certainly kicked the shit out of Miss Texas’ rendition in the ALCS. Did anyone else see that one?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I wasn’t exactly listening when she was singing.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Were you attacking your ear canal with a power drill?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Rhymes with attacking….
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 28, 2010 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Fracking?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 28, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I was very impressed he hit the high notes once he moved up to the higher register. He started low trying to modulate but the natural level of the song brought him up by the second line.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
My 12 year said
Who is that guy? He can really sing.
by igotnothing on Oct 28, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Alright! I only got left behind in the old thread for 3 minutes!
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 27, 2010 11:55 PM PDT reply actions
I was only mildly nicked, was watching our boyz on Tonight Show (media day) and had to put the computer down to watch!
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
My friends were telling me about that earlier! Something about Buster being asked if he was 11?
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 28, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah! Ross (Matthews) mentioned he was up for ROY and then asked Buster if he was 11 (yrs old) and Buster said, “no 10”!
god I love these kids!
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Hahaha I love snarky Buster so much.
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 28, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I just love his voice! would listen to him read the phone book ;)
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Haha, so would I.
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 28, 2010 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions
What a weird game
Lincecum’s leg was almost taken out twice
Cliff Lee got posterized
Neither pitcher made it out of the 6th inning
And we won the game, convincingly.
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-
That was weird, Timmy getting hit twice. The second time reminded me of when he got hit in Arizona in 09. That second one is definitely going to leave a bruise. I can’t believe they left him in when he was obviously hobbling to get back on the mound for the next batter.
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.
Hopefully only one more start this year
Pending any epic ROOGY appearances.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
3 MORE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftuah4HUjqU
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
by ejdacanay on Oct 27, 2010 11:56 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Love this, thanks!
Sending it to my friends so they can understand just a little of what I’m going through.
by mrs. owlcroft on Oct 28, 2010 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow that music is epic.
And the reactions in the bar too.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
Makes my eyes bleed. Poor Vlad…
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
That is why . . .
. . . many retired players refuse to take part in Old Timers’ Games: they’d rather be remembered as they were.
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Scattered pictures, of the balls that passed him by
Misty Vlady-colored memories, of the way he erred
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Fucking Win
Thank you. I knew MCC would come through.
by kezargiants on Oct 28, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Brooks Convlad
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 28, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions 13 recs
Please tell me you came up with that.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 28, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I saw it in the GDT.
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 28, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
that was me
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 28, 2010 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Ugh
This kind of makes me sad, I feel bad for the guy.
"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.
My wife kept yelling at the Giants....
“Stop hitting it over there!”
by paboperfecto on Oct 28, 2010 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I felt the same. It sucks being sensitive to stuff like that. Just reminded myself “2002 Angels”. Works with Bengie too.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I must not have a heart or something.
All I did was laugh.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
… really?
I BLAME ALL THE SECOND-HAND MARIJUANA SMOKE FROM LAST NIGHT.
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by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I really hope he starts game 2
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
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by say hey nation on Oct 28, 2010 7:11 AM PDT up reply actions
lawl
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 28, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I was at the Warriors game
and man, it felt like more people were watching the Giants game than the basketball game. It was AWESOME!!!
I went to the opening night in the preseason
That was game 2 of the Atlanta series. There was maybe 100 other fans watching at the bar in Club 200. Was awesome.
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
Nice.
Rockets looked good against LA too, so that’s a big win.
by kezargiants on Oct 28, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
picture
LOL media. But, that’s kind of a cool image.
oh please oh please
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
It was pretty clear that despite Vlad’s issues in right field in Game 1, Ron Washington is committed to playing him in Game 2.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I’m torn. Vlad is Vlad at the plate, even when he’s 60.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 28, 2010 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I mean at some point he has to slow down right?
I mean an impatient, high SLG guy shouldn’t age this well but Vlad…Oh well-Dustan Mohr, Jeffery Hammonds, Jim Brower etc
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
Eh?
He’s not really Vlad against RHP this year (.287/.328/.482)
The alternative is Moreland, who mashes righties and plays better defense. You want Vlad.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Wouldn't the alternative be David Murphy?
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
Huh
I thought it was Moorland, but admittedly my knowledge is limited.
Regardless, Murphy is the same story – hits RHP better than LHP with better defense than Vlad. They’d both be superior options.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Moreland would probably play 1B again, and Murphy would go to RF
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
Gotcha
They’ve both played some RF though, correct? Maybe that’s why I was confused. And then out of nowhere a wild Cantu can sneak in.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I believe Moreland played OF in the minors
but I’m not sure if he played any in the majors. And yeah Cantu double switched in the 8th.
Moreland’s actually kind of a crazy story-the Rangers thought he was gonna be blocked by Davis & Smoak so they wanted to try him as a pitcher. He asked to hit for 1 year and the Rangers let him. And the rest is history
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
Just an off-the-cuff perception. You’re probably right.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 28, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Vlad's still dangerous, of course
And by no means an overall liability – but we need every edge we can get, and Vlad playing gives us one, no matter how infinitesimal.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
he makes the kind of OF errors that could be the winning margin of the game, not to mention… he wasn’t even tested on balls off the brick wall tonight.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s arguably worse than Jose Clankseco in that regard. Drop a pop fly and it’s often just a one base error. Vlad is a threat for turning a single into an inside the park job.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions
exactly. had it not been edgar, but Torres, that is an inside the parker tonight.
his poor D just might provide the winning margin in a game this series
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I hadn’t really though of what Torres might have done.
If he circles the bases twice, it’s two runs, right?
Sort of the inverse of that rare triple play where you go “man, they could have gotten four on that.”
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions
this isn’t monopoly, man.
though the yankees did buy park place
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions
The 5-4-3-Bengie?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Yeah. And I recall Brooks Robinson hitting into two of those late in his career.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. That ball he hit to Torres on a low and away change up was absolutely smoked, and it looked like he barely hit it.
Overplayed memes:
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by say hey nation on Oct 28, 2010 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Really?
Please Please Please.
My section was yelling “hit it to right field” all night.
by kezargiants on Oct 28, 2010 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
John Legend was amazing too.
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
To answer your question though, I do.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 28, 2010 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Butchery.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Not to pile on Vlad
Bu the way his right arm just lays limp and dangles, especially with that sleeve he’s wearing make him look like it’s a prosthetic.
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
Makes me think he’s got vitiligo.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
So…tell us the story again about how the one armed man did it!
by paboperfecto on Oct 28, 2010 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions
The second clank is my favorite.
"Thank you, Coach (Theus). I'm about to kill y'all this half." --DeMarcus Cousins
I do and I don’t. He used to be able to move pretty well out there and it’s sad to see him reduced to that. But on the other hand if his fielding makes him a liability and we win, I am pleased to get free bases.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I haz a question…what does Vlad do if he’s not usually out in RF?
(legit question, not trying to be smart ass)
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Designated Hitter.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
ok, since I don’t pay attention to AL anything, if he’s a DH, that means he doesn’t play any position during the game, only comes into the game for pitcher? do I have that right?
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
:)
one more (if you’ll indulge me!), if he is only the DH in AL games, why does he have to play a position for the WS? wouldn’t he just sit the bench?
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Because he’s their clean up hitter. And his bat is valuable to the lineup.
by Uncle Russel on Oct 28, 2010 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
He'll be the DH when the games are in Texas
But he has to play the field in the NL park
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
*Err doesn't have to
but Ron Washington likes his bat
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
oh wait! you mean he comes in EVERY INNING for the pitcher, not just when there’s a pitching change? oh that’s so weird!
thanks :D
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
jeezy creezy that makes no sense, but at least I get it now!
soooo, I guess now I’m wondering what happens with our guys when we go to TX….
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Our pitchers don’t bat, Bochy has to assign someone as the designated hitter.
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.
He’ll just double-switch him out later.
by Natto on Oct 28, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Only if he’s got a Rich Aurilia-esque glove that needs to come into the game.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Fake bunts!
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
ill bet pablo is the DH for games 3,4 and if necessary, 5
and ill bet he comes up with a huge hit in that tiny park
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I bet Huff DHs, and Ishikawa plays 1st and bats 8th (with Rent batting 9th).
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
nah. that’s basically saying you’d rather have Ish hit, than Pablo, if you leave out the very marginal defensive upgrade.
Bork will DH Pablo, and we will be better for it
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Go look at Pablo’s road splits or as a RHB and tell me that he’s an upgrade over Ishikawa offensively.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
pablo career RH wOBA
.341
Ishi career wOBA vs. LHP (SSS Warning)
.247
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i did, that’s why i said that. however, the DH is like a free extra hitter to an NL team, and we should use the guy with the most upside and not screw with the position player’s chemistry.
i don’t know how Huff would react to the DH, even for a game. But he’s got a good gig going right now, so don’t screw with it.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:03 AM PDT up reply actions
So look at his numbers as a DH. He did play in the AL with a rep as a bad defender for something like 10 seasons.
I plain don’t have faith in Pablo to hit well anywhere east of Chase Field.
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look, huff has a good thing goin. no need to disrupt it.
i have faith in pablo, like i said, free hitter. he couldn’t do worse than (insert pitcher)
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Apparently, Huff has volunteered to DH . . .
. . . if needed or wanted. I understand he went to Bochy and said so. (Can’t remember now where seen, but definitely seen.)
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Yeah, I heard this too
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
I have heard this as well, which is why I am expecting it to happen and am pretty much disregarding the Pablo talk. He’ll get PH appearances in late innings and hopefully Ron Washington is a bad enough manager that he won’t know to turn him around and bring in a lefty.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
personally, i wouldnt trade the upside of pablo vs ish, defense from ish included, but hey, whatever Bork does, i cant do anything about.
i just think pablo has too much upside. remember game 5, NLCS
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:25 AM PDT up reply actions
FP said this the other night
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 28, 2010 6:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I love you, truly. I always thought the DH should have to be changed when the pitching as changed. But sadly it just doesn’t work like that.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
mmm that’d be a cool twist. but sadly, guys still make $10mil (just a guess) as a DH and it is actually a “position” by definition
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, true. But a mandatory PH for DH the next time the spot comes up with a different pitcher in the game would be more in the spirit of baseball.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
it would, like i said, be a cool twist. but the MLBPA would never go for it, since it would take DH jobs from people exactly like Vlad
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions
technically, the DH being the DH is more in the spirit of baseball, because it’s been that way for 100 years.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know my DH history all that well so correct me if I’m wrong but I believe the DH has been around for less than 30 years.
by paboperfecto on Oct 28, 2010 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions
1973
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 28, 2010 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
oh, what? really?
damn. i was completely wrong then. i thought it had always been that way for AL
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
ok, now my head hurts :(
it’s like that bit in Good Morning, VIetnam when they just talk in acronyms, you know?
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we were just saying what you originally thought- that the DH only hits until that pitcher is removed. the “he comes in every inning, not just when there is a pitching change”… we were exploring that option. It was your idea, how can your head hurt thinking about it?!?!? :)
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
oh geez, you mean what I said about the (same?) DH coming in every inning for (whichever) pitcher thing was wrong? I thought you guys said I guessed that one right? :(
it’s official, I have oatmeal for brainz
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lol, we were exploring the possiblity of what you said actually happening, if the DH had to switch out with the pitcher.
now im a little confused, so here’s the deal:
*the DH stays in the game, in the same lineup spot, no matter the pitching changes, except when in an NL park (like tonight) then there is no DH.
make sense? if you want me to explain it more clearly, I will… no one gets left behind!!!
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions
LMAO! thnx for not letting me be /chop’d
thanks for explaining it to me like I’m a preschooler :D
I get the first part (DH) and the last part (NL), the hazy part is if there is a pitching change, the DH must be someone new, or can it continue to be the same DH?
I think that will clear things up for me (crosses fingers)
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hahah i figured you were starting from scratch.
im glad you’re taking an interest- the more fans the better. and if i find out youre a 40 year old in his moms basement yanking my chain, im gonna lose it!!
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:06 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
that’s gross! ewww! that always makes me think of that guy on South Park during the World of Warcraft episode, big slothy mess online posing as wimmins-ICK!
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that’s the joke around here… that we all live in moms basement, and the wimmin aren’t wimmen, but, in fact, dudes.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:19 AM PDT up reply actions
well, I certainly wouldn’t be dumb enough to lie about living in SoCal, so why would I lie about being a wimmins :)
srsly though, at least the wimmins in McC know what they’re talking about when it comes to Giants :)
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yes, they sure do. proof baseball is a sport for all. then again, ive met alot of girls who are football fanatics. they don’t have much for lives
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:26 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL, funny how that is for gurlz who follow football!
football hasn’t been watchable since Joe retired, just sayin’ ;)
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he was at the game tonight.
personally, I loved Steve until he went all ESPN analyst.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:31 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, but I’m old, so Joe is my guy! :) and I saw him and Jen at the game (on tv), dang they just don’t age do they?
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My aunt did the flowers for their wedding
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You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
no way! how cool! they came to one of the performances of one of our high school plays, have no idea why, their kids were little then, but I remember the crowd getting all excited as they tried to sneak in
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haha nice
yeah, my aunt told me one day when she was there, Bill Walsh came over and she just sat there and listened to him and Joe talk about a contract extension on Joe’s driveway.
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--Daisy Owl
i know never ask a woman her age, but youre on a Giants blog (younger kids generation), so how old can you be? 25-30?
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions
well, I’m not 40, but I’m no longer 30, just right smack in the middle :(
does that get me banned lol
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banstik is not wielded by me, but it’s grounds… :)
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:44 AM PDT up reply actions
im just playin. i honestly dont even know how old most women, or guys on here are.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:46 AM PDT up reply actions
not to worry, I imagine that there’s a nice mix of all ages here, besides, being a teacher, I tend to relate to younger people, most of my friends are late 20s or just 30, gotta keep young at ♥ if you’re gonna deal with kids all day!
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yep… or you end up like my parents, both educators, both grouchy from dealing with kids all their lives, though my dad is in the college system, but does Student Services, so he deals with his fair share.
then my mom- Special Ed kids are not easy to deal with.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:55 AM PDT up reply actions
your parents are SAINTS!!! :) I’m starting to notice, lots of McCers are either teachers, spouses of teachers, kids of teachers or themselves students…hmmm…
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yeah, very true. all of us are in the school system in some way. me, graduated fire academy and just trying to get hired, volunteering at a local FD in the meantime… unemployed, but living off investments from 10 years ago. pays to be smart with money at 16.
how else do any of us have time to be on here 24/7? students, teachers, unemployed, etc…
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 2:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m both! unemployed teacher! so full of win!
wow, firefighter, that’s awesome! are you volunteering in the hope it turns into employment? I’ll think good thoughts for you!
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yep, exactly. the more volunteer time you put in, the better the chances.
sometimes an opening comes up at a station you’re volunteering at, and since they already know you, you’re first in line for the job.
in all honesty, im probably going to be off with CalFire in March for the fire season, then from there try to stay with the unit. it’s not easy getting hired as a FF anymore… too “trendy” everyone wants to be a FF but few actually have what it takes. 5000 people applied for one job in SFFD last year. 5k for one job.
ill make it, eventually, even if i have to do fire lines for a year or two
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 2:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Well . . .
. . . there are situations where the team can lose the DH, but I reckon that’s more complexity than we need here.
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i would be interested to hear them. how can you lose the DH? double switch involved somehow?
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions
double switch lover, he’s gonna have to make sure he doesn’t fuck it up and read the DH rules on the plane
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm hoping for Wash
to out-Mauch him, but there was Huff running into an out while the Rangers played station to station. Oh well.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 28, 2010 6:04 AM PDT up reply actions
You do realize
that after the Mattingly game, I would LOVE to see that happen?
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 28, 2010 1:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I was at that game!!!
BEST.GAME.EVER.
(sorry, but it was so weird, in a good way for us for a change!)
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i had mixed feelings about taking broxton out of the game… he was on the ropes and imploding already and Bork wanted to enforce the rule and get a new pitcher?
glad it worked out, but stilll…
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:57 AM PDT up reply actions
being there, it all happened so fast, and since we were the “enemy” I couldn’t ask anyone around us what the hell just happened, we had to wait until we could listen to the radio on the car ride home. First thing outta the announcers mouth was “Welcome to the Dodger Suicide Hotline” OUCH!
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The Suicide Hotline has lost alot of callers this year. They claim it’s cause the season was lost cause, but i think they weren’t doing their jobs
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 2:01 AM PDT up reply actions
the off season for them should be interesting with the McCourts drama and all, but I won’t be sad if they miss a few more post seasons for the next couple years
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Chances are the McCourt drama is going to persist for the next few years.
I see it going one of two ways.
Continuing down the toilet because McCourt can’t afford a competitive Dodger team with his debt load, or a resurgence as he spends whatever it takes to try to buy back public goodwill until after Jamie’s been dealt with.
My money is on the former.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 28, 2010 2:04 AM PDT up reply actions
dodgerfan is right…
the divorce is going to drag on, and the team is gonna get sucked down with it.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 2:05 AM PDT up reply actions
they traded the farm for Lilly and the others this past july. not much for prospects in the coming years.
then theres the divorce, which is putting a strangehold on the payroll.
they won’t be competing for 3-4 years, minimum.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 2:05 AM PDT up reply actions
dang, no one wins either way :( you don’t think they’ll just give it to Jamie so Frank can buy it back from her? she couldn’t really want it, she just wants $$$. but if MLB can bail out TX, couldn’t they do that for LA if it gets to that point?
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mlb only bailed out TEX because they were in bankruptcy and to be sold via auction.
Jaime wants the money, so she won’t allow the team to go bankrupt, cause that’s less $$$ for her. Best case is Frank finds someone to buy off her stake and take that stake as coowner with him.
problem is, they’re still fighting over whether she even has a stake.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 2:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Jamie’s got all kinds of weird ambitions.
But it boils down to one of two things – either the court will enforce the original MPA, or the court will throw it out, making the team community property, which means either Frank needs to find the financing to buy out Jamie (I don’t think he can do that given his debt leveraging) or he needs to sell the future in terms of a TV contract with Fox to get the money now (which…the expiry of the old contract was part of his original business plan. this would kill that), or they have to sell the team and split the proceeds.
And no, I don’t see MLB getting involved absent bankruptcy filings – if they stepped in to determine who gets the team, it would have a chilling effect on future ownership bids for any team.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 28, 2010 2:12 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah… what i said above this too.
if theyre not in bankrupty, then its gonna be a long time before they are competitive due to money issues.
best become a Giants fan, dodgerfan. we may accept you, we may shoot you, but either way, youre better off with us
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 2:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Look, if you guys can survive 56 years without a championship...
I can survive a few years of a dipshit owner.
This, too, shall pass.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 28, 2010 2:16 AM PDT up reply actions
what started out as a mess has quickly turned into a clusterf**k thanks to too many lawyers and how Jamie (supposedly being one herself) didn’t read the fine print on her own paperwork is just beyond me. Too bad she doesn’t have enough class to make this easy for anyone given how many people are affected. Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you the next cast member of the Housewives of LA…. : \
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you know he's done this
twice as Giants manager, right? At least once accidentally?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 28, 2010 6:05 AM PDT up reply actions
:o)
I’m so glad I found you guyz, to think I would have continued to roam the earth without this knowledge and understanding!
it’s all so clear now, clear as mud! ;) ALSO-AL rulez are freakin’ weird! and they claim NL games aren’t real baseball-whatever!
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yes, AL rules are lame, and take away from baseballs finest points. most people are either AL or NL people for life.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:51 AM PDT up reply actions
you can say that while your East India Trading Co ship is blown up by the Black Pearl
/Pirates of the Carribbean’d
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:08 AM PDT up reply actions
isn’t that what just happened? I’m feeling a little waterlogged…
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someone will find you on a lifeboat. maybe you’ll wash ashore with a wilson ball of your own
/cast-off’d
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:21 AM PDT up reply actions
OMG me and Wilson on a deserted island all alone?
get outta my head!!!
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LOL. whatever would you do to ensure the continuation of your species?
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm hoping it isn't budding
but I’ll bet a dime on it.
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
parthenogenesis ftw!
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"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 28, 2010 6:06 AM PDT up reply actions
for starters I was referring to the MAN not the VOLLEYBALL ;)
I don’t think continuation of the species will be a problem lol
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ill send you a volleyball if you email me the address of the island youll be stranded on
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:41 AM PDT up reply actions
that’s thoughtful, but if BWeezy and I are on an island together, volleyball will be the last thing we’ll be thinking of! ;)
at least that’s what I think in my head!
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Unless that's NOT what he's thinking of.
In which case, bonk him on the noggin with the volleyball and tie him up until he sees sense.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 28, 2010 1:44 AM PDT up reply actions
i think to a woman, a tied up brian wilson is even more irresistable
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but if he resists your feminine overtures, the volleyball is your way to overcome the resistance and GET him tied up.
Gift horses. Don’t look them in the mouth!
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 28, 2010 1:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I see….hmmmm, you’ve had a lot of time to think about this, haven’t you Dodger Fan?
something you’d like to tell the class?
it’s ok, we all lust after Brian…this is a safe place!
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My mouth gets me in trouble with lightning quickness. No thinking necessary.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 28, 2010 1:50 AM PDT up reply actions
You can have one too!
All you need is a willingness to speak your mind and a total lack of filter between your brain and mouth!
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 28, 2010 1:54 AM PDT up reply actions
and this, i present to you, a dodger fan.
non-filtered lack of brains
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:58 AM PDT up reply actions
See, now you’re putting words in my mouth. Surely you can do better than that.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 28, 2010 2:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve been good. He’s the one getting all slanderous!
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 28, 2010 2:04 AM PDT up reply actions
i know you are but what am i?
/sits in corner, self-induced
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 2:06 AM PDT up reply actions
you guys are funny :D
why on earth are we all still awake?!?!
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Because it's 4am
and I haven’t got anything better to do.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 28, 2010 2:12 AM PDT up reply actions
i know. im going to bed. gotta be up for shift at the dept, 7am-2pm, so ill see ya guys later.
g’nite
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 2:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Here’s a question for the panel; is the DH required to bat in place of the pitcher, specifically? Or could they have him DH for a position player if they had some bizarre reason for wishing to do so?
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Pitchers do not bat in the AL.
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.
So what your saying is you’ve never evar evar evar even came close to evar seeing an AL game?
That’s mind-boggling. haha
by Uncle Russel on Oct 28, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
They can.
A team is not required to use the DH Rule, and on occasion may lose the DH in a game and have to thereafter let their pitchers bat. But, while using the DH Rule, the DH bats only for the pitcher—he cannot be set up to bat for any other position.
(The DH role is lost if the man who is the “DH” is used in the field; that can happen in extra-inning games, or from injuries, when the bench runs thin. Also, switching the pitcher to some other fielding position annuls the DH; that could happen in a manager wanted to use a reliever for one particular batter but then re-introduce the former pitcher, something not likely in the AL but very occasionally done in the NL. Also, if a defensive fielder already in the game takes over pitching, as might also happen in a ridiculously long extra-inning game, the DH is lost.)
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From wikipedia....
In the bottom of the 8th on July 15, 1993, the Seattle Mariners’ Jeff Nelson was moved from the pitcher position to left field. The strategy allowed Nelson to stay in the game while left-handed pitcher Dennis Powell came in to pitch to Mike Greenwell in a game at Boston. By moving the pitcher into a defensive position, Nelson was put into the designated hitter’s spot in the batting order while the new pitcher (Powell) was placed into the left fielder’s place in the batting order. Powell’s turn in the batting order came up in the top of the ninth: Pete O’Brien pinch hit for him. Left fielder Nelson was then moved back to pitcher, and pitched in the bottom of the ninth.
by paboperfecto on Oct 28, 2010 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions
No. You have to DH for the pitcher. You couldn’t, for example, have Scheitholtz play RF and then have Rowand bat for him. (lol)
by Uncle Russel on Oct 28, 2010 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Technically wrong. You are not required to use a DH in AL games. It’s an option, albeit one no AL manager ever declines for his starting lineup.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Well yeah. But like you said… no one is ever going to decline the option.
However, its not wrong because my main point was you must DH for the pitcher. You cant DH for any other position player.
by Uncle Russel on Oct 28, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions
And lo, that was my question. :)
Thank you for the bonus tidbits, all.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Yes, that is correct. And it’s become very rare for a team to ever forefeit the DH even in extra innings. It generally takes some very bizarre chain of circumstances such as extra innings plus injuries.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not going to comment further than this
But it is my sincere belief that there would be a lot more snark in this chain of responses if the questioner was SoCalGDude.
=)
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Maybe we are just too happy to be snarky.
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here’s how i look at it- I’ve spent years and money trying to get girls interested and educated in baseball (usually gfs, or close female friends).
so im not gonna chase off any girl who VOLUNTARILY wants to learn more. i think it’s great.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions
thanks ;) most guys I know would just wave me off as a pestering n00b, the bf is into football :(
it’s funny, when ever I encounter gurlz who don’t know about baseball (or Giants) I sorta stare at them like they’re from another planet, then I remember, I’m the weird one! LOL
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oh, that’s why girls stare at other girls like that.
and to think it was about something so simple as baseball all along.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions
well, IDK about other girls….
but, I have no brothers, my grandpa (who brought me to my first game at the Stick) passed last year, my dad doesn’t watch (whaaa?) and my mom doesn’t know the rules, just loves the game, so I come here for the reader’s digest notes!
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i was joking about the usually girls staring down girls out of jealously thing, but that works too.
gotta get dad involved in baseball !!
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions
car guy :|
for him cars trump baseball
meh, you’d think he’d be stoked to have a daughter who likes baseball & it’s history
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one would imagine…
if my daughter someday loved baseball, I’d buy her season tickets… and a rulebook ;)
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions
daughter someday, as in i hope my first kid is a girl. after i get married someday. lol
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions
i hope so. thats about the scariest thing i can imagine, being a parent
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:27 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, I’m too busy taking care of other people’s kids, so I kinda have the feeling I won’t be having any of my own
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i have family, aunts and uncles, that didnt have kids when everyone else had them… they had a great time, visiting for graduations, etc…
now they’re real, real sad they didnt
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions
aww :( yeah, neither my sister nor I managed to have kids in a timely mannor (meaning, at all) but luckily both our cousins did so the heat’s off us. I would have liked to give them grandkids, since dad is only child and he had daughters, but I guess not now
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I got my dad and my brother both interested in baseball, lol.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 28, 2010 1:25 AM PDT up reply actions
it can have that effect when you never stop talking about it :)
i got my dad into baseball when he became my little league coach. he was the coach who knew nothing about baseball- like the team therapist, lol. for 10 year olds.
struck out? sit down, he’ll start talking about life and it’s problems. with 10 year olds.
now he swears and screams at the tv just like me. im so proud of my old man
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Awesome!
I didn’t get into baseball until I was 16, so my dad just got into it this year. He’s not, like, very interested in it, but he pays attention to it more because of me and my brother.
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 28, 2010 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions
he probably just wants something in common with his daughter… old men seem to feel like they lose touch when their kids grow old. so its good baseball will always be there to bond, yknow?
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I get that. But I actually have a lot in common with my dad and we talk just about every day, haha. I do totally get where you’re coming from, though.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 28, 2010 1:52 AM PDT up reply actions
baseball is about all me and my dad ever talk about… moved out when i was 18, went to college, never came back. but when we do get on the phone, it’s all baseball.
he’s just happy that I’m happy they are winning
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:59 AM PDT up reply actions
We’re all being sophisticated and playing along with the gag.
There are no girls on the internet.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I know, I know
thanks for not calling me a n00b or anything :)
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
we won tonight, I’m gonna let that one slip by unnoticed ;oP
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
This Is Not /b/
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:48 AM PDT up reply actions
You don’t want to know.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions
if it’s racist, sexist, or any other “ist”, keep it to yourself would be a good idea
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it like 4chan?
(I think that’s what it’s called)
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
Ah, thanks
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
It’s the worst part of the internet, period.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks to you too!
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
/in robot voice
sorry… must harass all newbs at some point… ritualization
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I'll feel sorry for him after the season
Maybe
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
My roommate felt bad for him, too.
I say, if he’d signed in San Francisco like we’d kept trying for, he’d be able to handles RF here. His choice, his fuckup.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 28, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Well
This means they’ll probably put David Murphy out there tomorrow. I was hoping for more fielding from Vlad.
they won’t. Buster Olney and Kurkjian specifically asked Washington that, and he said “he’s sticking with his guns” meaning Vlad plays. Who’s gonna provide protection for Hamilton, then?
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
no vlad makes their lineup infinetely weaker, even if the fielding is a large downside, the upside of his protection for Josh is too high
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow, Hamilton has a -6 UZR in CF
I’m not sure if he’s truly a below average fielder, but if that’s his true talent level that’s a subpar defense.
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
The Rangers outfield is all about the offense. Not to say that Cruz, and Hamilton (Even Vlad if he didn’t DH nearly all year long) are that bad at defense, but the speed may be lacking a little. Any chance they’d but Borbon in (Not counting a pinch hit/run or a blow-out for either side)
really? i thought Hamilton was a 5 tool player, hence the MVP?
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions
i just always saw him as a “young bonds” type of defensive player. dont know why, he just seemed like a 5 tool guy.
as for bad defenders being MVPs, I don’t agree with voters in that regard. Run production and prevention should determine the MVP, not just production
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions
He is reputed to be a superior defender, especially by the networks. He would probably be an above average LF, so his positional adjustment from playing CF probably evens out if he is, in fact, a subpar defender and they lack better options.
If that’s where the manager plays him, he shouldn’t be penalized for playing a difficult position, only rewarded if he does it well.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
this
his overall outfield UZR is positive, and he played about 4x as much LF/RF as CF this season.
He is also the AL WAR leader, hence the MVP discussion
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Yeah, that whole WAR thing too.
Conundrum: If Derek Jeter knows how to win, how come he was worth fewer wins than Juan Uribe this season?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
oh man
AL SS’s were TURRIBLE this year.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
cause he cheats. see, ball hits knob of bat but he cries.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions
ah, didn’t know he was a corner OF… thought he was a bred CF all the way. that makes sense, then.
also truly explains what we really have in Torres as the best UZR CF in baseball
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:12 AM PDT up reply actions
True, but it's magnified with Guerrero out there
I mean the Giants were able to get away with putting 2 DH’s on the corners since Andres Torres is able to cover about 80% of the earth
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
Wow, Matt Kemp had the worst UZR/150 in baseball this year
And Ethier was 3rd worst!
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
The Dodgers outfield was the most atrocious trio in baseball this year.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Seriously
Manny/Kemp/Ethier…ugh. Also Ethier started in CF in the ASG…wow
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
Great managing by Manuel, there.
HEY GUYS! BRUCE BOCHY IS MANAGING THE 2011 ALL-STAR GAME! HILARIOUS!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I didn't get to watch this game.
Or the Sharks domination. Or Monta and the Warriors going all beast mode.
I’m so upset. But so happy. Go Giants.
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.
My cable got turned off :[ So tomorrow I’m going to be watching the game … at an auto parts store.
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.
by James Brady on Oct 28, 2010 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
awwww! that sux! but at least you can see tomorrow’s game…..at an auto parts store…kinda random ;) you work there?
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
I am transitioning to being the new owner of the place, actually. :p
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.
by James Brady on Oct 28, 2010 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
wow! check you out! nicely done, first buy the place, then own the remote for the duration of the WS! I like your style!
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Exactly! It hasn’t been as simple as buying the place, it’s actually a unique situation because I’m actually pretty poor (hopefully changing with this store!) buuuut yes, the remote is the important thing at the moment. :D
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.
by James Brady on Oct 28, 2010 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
lol u
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 28, 2010 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
don't worry
we’ll make our own fanpost and form a ‘chopped’ club.
LOL
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 28, 2010 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL U
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 28, 2010 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions
LL writeup is up
In case you want, you know, analysis and lessons and a little humor.
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/10/28/1779190/on-game-1-of-the-world-series
What if I went there for parental anecdotes, though?
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Yeah, what the fuck? I referenced locusts. Locusts!
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 28, 2010 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions
To be fair, Jeff did say McC was his favorite SBN blog on his twitter today
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
He's secretly going to replace Grant with himself
And have Grant write for LL
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
His Twitter is good stuff:
And here’s Brian Wilson to try and protect a SEVEN RUN LEAD
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
Yeah I think when I get a twitter (probably at the end of the World Series)
He’s going to be someone I definitely follow
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
This made me laugh
If you’re a visiting player, and the fans respond to your introduction with silence, you don’t know if they’re ignoring you, if they don’t care about you, or if they genuinely don’t know who you are. That last possibility is distressing.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
This made me chuckle as well:
At one point, Tim McCarver said (paraphrased) “the definition of a two-out hit is one that doesn’t come cheaply.” Tim McCarver did not say “the definition of a two-out hit is a hit that comes with two outs.”
McCarver would feel out-of-place at the Tautology Club.
/xkcd’d
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
It remains true
Winning is the key to victory.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 1:18 AM PDT up reply actions
No one considered the possibility that maybe, just maybe, Lee would go and get his ass kicked.
Regression to the mean is a bitch.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Don’t forget to bring your subject lines, kids!
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Why?
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions
They require subject lines. It’s in their terms of agreement. They got a bit irked about it on some McCoven a few days ago, so I thought it merited a reminder.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
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I’ll be sure to do my part.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions
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They’re being keyword hoars
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Gotta disagree with the pitching change thing.
Ramirez was awful. You can’t leave him in to flail in the World Series.
Remember This? No Lead is safe.
by kezargiants on Oct 28, 2010 12:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I would just like to thank
the sweet and wonderful mod who cleaned up the GDT #1 that turned icky. I appreciate it :)
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Oh, man, this would be a funny time to start calling jponry some bad names, but I won’t.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 28, 2010 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
i felt like somehow i instigated it when i said “andres is last??!?”, but alas, how am i to know someone would say something that dumb afterwards.
glad its all settled, GBabe
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Well
There was actually a method to the list—since you mentioned it!
Pitchers, alphabetically
infielders, alphabetically
outfielders, alphabetically
Hence, Torres = last
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♥ McCoven ♥
RACIST
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
:) LOL!
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
die in a fire
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
the hits never stop coming, do they GBabe?
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:00 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s only last if you use the English alphabet.
And I was of course riffing.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 1:01 AM PDT up reply actions
This whole thing is so weird to me!
And you better believe that I will post my hearts list before every single World Series game from here on out because well, it’s good luck, obviously.
But also, giant4life83, I wanted to let you know that I appreciate the efforts you made to apologize for something that really wasn’t your fault. You are all right in my book :)
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
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I should!
But I’m high on the World Series!
Shouldn’t YOU be sleeping??
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♥ McCoven ♥
who said that? Uribe? “im so full of happy”
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions
From one of the first google'd links
I got a whole lot of happy
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
Per Baggs
They provided Juan Uribe with a translator tonight. All his answers instantly became boring and long-winded. I want my “lot of happy” back.
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
Uribe doesn't need a translator
He speaks simply and directly. He does the translation for some of the other guys.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
you better be posting that list. that list isn’t there, and we lose, ima come lookin for you!!
i know it wasn’t my fault, obviously i dont control what others say… but my comment sparked it so i felt bad. it was pretty uncalled for on his part, so… yeah
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions
/equally clueless
I chatted the game on BBTF
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 12:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I was at the FG chat
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
Interesting.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
So I heard the giants were on the tonight show?
Details?
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Ross Matthews went to Media Day for Jay and interviewed Brian, Jeremy, Buster, Freddy, and Cody :D
Brian was, as always Brian (discussion of beard)
Jeremy was pretty funny (last name hilarity)
Buster was awesome (ROY and age was made fun of-he is 10)
Cody was adorable (nickname was talked about)
and Ross (M) and Freddy did a Full House intro re-inactment
sorry you missed it! :(
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
Tim Lincecum
Johnny Weir’s male twin.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Question
After the final out, did it look like Brian Wilson was getting a little teary eyed to anyone else? That is before yelling FUC*!
No
I saw a look of confusion on his face being like “How the fuck can ramon ramirez not throw strikes with a 7 run lead?”
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Oct 28, 2010 12:51 AM PDT up reply actions
i'm sure
that was a prevalent face on giants fans everywhere. where art thou, mota?
Ramon ramirez
Non tender status now all but certain and thank god.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Poor Vlad. I am glad his fielding follies contributed to the Giants victory, but on a not so interesting side note, he’s always been one of my favorite players to never wear the Orange and Black. His swing first, ask questions later, has always been fun to watch. Plus the dude doesn’t even wear batting gloves; I can’t think of a relevant player that does that today. It is amazing he isn’t a Giant. A past his prime former slugger with a free swinging approach, and a 37 percent chance of having a stroke in the field.
What is most amazing . . .
. . . is that his strikeout rate is remarkably low.
Sabean delendus est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Just had a look at this:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080203211002/www.mccoveychronicles.com/story/2007/8/13/192723/310
Takes me back to a time that I’m really not sure I want to return to.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
He was basically Eli Whiteside
Sabean really hasn’t splurged for a good back up C since…Yorvit? I mean Holm, Rodriguez, Alberto Castillo, Whiteside, etc have all basically been AAA filler who got the back up role.
Also, in Justin Knoedler’s first PA he got hit by Brian Fuentes. Why I remember this, I don’t know
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
Steve Holm lost his spot on the 25-man because he had been optioned too recently. It makes me sad.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I like him because we're from the same hometown
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
seriously… what’s G. Rodriguez’s first name?
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
Guillermo?
I think
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You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Good ol' GROD
Another guy who should never have been on a major league roster, but when pressed into duty did a reasonably adequate job. (See also: Alfonzo, Eliezer).
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 28, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL THIS
http://web.archive.org/web/20080313164258/mccoveychronicles.com/poll/1204174956_VaLbWGHU
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
LOLineup
R. Davis cf .321
O. Vizquel ss .253
R. Winn rf .289
P. Feliz 3b .255
D. Ortmeier lf .246
R. Klesko 1b .266
G. Rodriguez c .240
K. Frandsen 2b .211
N. Lowry p
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
Frandsen
:(
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
LOLowry :(
"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.
Holy Crapoly
From what armpit of the universe does that arise?
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 1:17 AM PDT up reply actions
just got back
i didnt have a ticket for tonight but had a friend who lived down the street, the atmosphere outside the stadium before the game was amazing, i cant imagine what it was like inside. i watched a guy shell out $1300 to a scalper for 2 tickets in section 330. had an amazing time watching the game and ran down to the stadium after the game to celebrate with everyone.
oh and i met gaylord perry
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
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by sadison bummedgarner on Oct 28, 2010 1:07 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
OMG
sadison bummedgarner and Gaylord Perry?! AWESOME!
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Perry is like ‘who the fuck is this guy?’
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 28, 2010 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Happyson
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
SL
"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.
by sanfrankid on Oct 28, 2010 1:08 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
They Drank Your Runzshake?
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions
OT:
just got Steinmetz to follow me on Twitter. I feel successful
"I ain't havin it!"
All you gotta do is flame the warriors and the dude explodes with passion.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
...Or make the claim that Matt Cain is a good pitcher
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
He’s a good dude. We talk beer sometimes and I met him at a brewery shindig in Concord. He’s a little off when it comes to baseball, but he’s not supposed to be a baseball guy so I don’t mind it so much.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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F'San.
Line Drive Weapon.
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by S.F. Giangst on Oct 28, 2010 1:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Here's postseason weirdness for you, Grant.
This was the first game I’ve watched the Giants play in a MONTH where they actually scored runs while I was watching.
From the middle of September up until yesterday, they basically waited until I was distracted by other things to score runs.
I think now that they’re in the Series, they’re just rubbing my nose in it.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 28, 2010 1:29 AM PDT reply actions
I'm trying to think what the schedule is.
I think I’ll be able to see the first half of the game tomorrow.
Games 3 and 4 are no-go; I have work on Saturday night and I’ll be canvassing for Feingold and Kagen on Sunday.
If the Series goes to a 5th game, I can watch that. Ditto any Game 6.
So if me watching means anything, the Giants will need six games to close it out. If they can’t get it done in six, they aren’t getting it done. ;)
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Oct 28, 2010 1:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Honestly, no one gives much of a shit if Dodger fans are watching.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 28, 2010 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions
not entirely true
I hope they hate jazz hands as much as I hate Kirk Gibson’s gimpy fist pump.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 28, 2010 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Your tax dollars at work
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™
Bleh.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Baggs
http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_16452700?source=rss
Freddy Sanchez went boom-boom-boom, Juan Uribe provided his special brand of pow, and the Giants ripped the Koufaxian veneer off left-hander Cliff Lee, punishing the Texas Rangers ace in an 11-7 victory in front of a rollicking, standing-room-only crowd at AT&T Park.
I loves me some Baggs.
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™
Ostler's piece on SFGate tonight is rather interesting.
And what an odd challenge to Kuip’s motto: SF Giants’ riveting approach just can’t be baseball
Couple of quotes I found noteworthy in my eyes:
Baseball is boring. You go to a baseball game with your buddies or your family, you watch a couple of innings, you keep a box score for a while, then you get bored, lose track of the “action” and start buying $10 beers to pass the time.I remember seeing someone posting in the NLCS G5 PGT about some “fans” decked out in Giants gear that weren’t into the game— you know, those bandwagon folks who are wanna-be diehard fans who know less than half the starting line-up. This quote probably sums up their night at the park perfectly, except for the box score because they don’t know half of our starting line-up, much less the other team’s.
In baseball, the last inning is a formality. At a Giants game, the last inning is a crazy one-run Giants rally, then some tattooed lunatic with a road-tar beard and fluorescent shoes walks the bases full and strikes out the next three guys.
Because Brian Wilson, that’s why.
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
by L-Nova on Oct 28, 2010 1:43 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I have a Midterm in 8 hours
I’m suppose to read 400 pages, know 50 court cases/laws so i popped an adderall pill, instead i’ve spent the last 3 hours reading how the giants just owned cliff lee.
hope you have another one
you don’t want to be in your midterm in the middle of the comedown.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
who needs studying?
More Cliff Lee FACTS from here
http://cleefacts.com/
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
I think that's ESPNU
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 28, 2010 6:17 AM PDT up reply actions
The answer is always...
…because Clarence Thomas says so.
I go to UC Santa Barbara
…and there is a HUGE Giants fan base here. I have a 3×5 Giants “SF” flag on a 8 foot long flagpole, and biked around campus all day before the game. Needless to say I saw hundreds, yes, HUNDREDS of Giants hats, shirts, etc., and nearly every other person was shouting “Go Giants” or “Let’s go SF!” or “GIANTS!!!”
UCSB has quite a Norcal/SoCal mix, but for the last few weeks the Giants fans have come out of the woodwork, and it’s safe to say for the forseeable future Isla Vista belongs to the Giants.
Cy Lincecain FTW
UCSB really is the most beautifully situated college campus in the world. The first time I visited (after college) I was like, Why the fuck didn’t I go to school HERE?
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
The answer is “because you would have flunked out.”
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 28, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
and the lakers
basketball season just started, ugggggghhhh
/wakes up at 10 am — first thought: what happened in the game?
/spends half an hour trying to find a internet connection
/checks mccc first, in full fatalistic Giants-fan mode
/whoops, jumps up out of chair, punches the air, frightens the baby
/goes to watch highlights
look guys! someone out there likes us!
by fuzlightyear on Oct 28, 2010 3:06 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Poor dude is beside himself.
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Oct 28, 2010 3:30 AM PDT up reply actions
They basically forced him to pick SF...
… during their “Round Table”
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5731229
by AGiantAmongMarlins on Oct 28, 2010 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Caple grew up rooting for the Giants. So even if he picked the Rangers, he would be rooting for the Giants. He was almost beside himself in his video blog with Jayson Stark last night (who has been writing some articles on the Giants that are sentimental dynamite).
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
he hates black and orange people
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 28, 2010 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions
lol
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 28, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
We should send this to ESPN
"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 28, 2010 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Pitching to Bengie
Greatest Giants game in my 47 years of fandom. Hope today tops it. Go Matt.
Just got to mention, can the Giants pitchers please remember how to pitch to Bengie? After years of watching him flail and mostly fail at balls low and away, Timmy throws it right over the plate and he gets two hits. Finally, I think it was his third at bat, he strikes out on a pitch a foot outside and low.
My two greatest fears for this WS are the revernge of Bengie (wouldn’t that be the worst of all tortures) and another Sanchez mental meltdown in game three. You know the Texas fans and players saw this and will do everything in their power to force a reoccurence.
Go Giants!
Radical Racing
Pierzynski just said on First Take ...
that the Giants fans stole the ‘UUUUU-RIIBBBBBE’ chant from the White Sox. This is infuriating on way too many levels.
RIP Jose.
AJ might be good at baseball, but he’s a total meathead. Just try to be happy that he knows we hate him here and that he picked the Giants to win, and then phase out everything else he says.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
It's just that
I have fond memories of hearing that chant at Candlestick in the mid-80s, and to think he’s claiming that White Sox fans invented it earlier this decade is just horribly wrong and insulting to the memory of Jose Uribe.
Ok, let’s be honest though, there’s not much else to be angry about this morning.
Wow
yet another reason why AJ Pierzynski is AJ Pierzynski
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on Oct 28, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I just watched part of ESPN First Take today for the first time, since I was on a plane. I haven’t turned on ESPN in months except for Giants games or NFL games. That channel is a worthless cesspool of sports news-making. And holy crap First Take is terrible. And Colin Cowherd has his own show on ESPN now? Eek!
by shaggingflyballs on Oct 28, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I... wait, what?
This really happened? WOW.
by Every6thDay on Oct 28, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
So Stupid
All my White Sox fan friends love Juan Uribe, I mean absolutely love him and are cheering for the Giants just because of him. I told them about the UUU-Ribe chant and they thought it was awesome and they were pissed that they never knew about it when he played for the Sox.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Oct 28, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
That was awesome.
Also FUCK that stupid as “CLAW”.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
I caught a replay of a Wilson post-game interview on MLB Network this morning, and the thing that struck me was that he never breaks character. Some baseball players crack a joke and then smile or laugh along with the reporter. Wilson says something incredibly stupid and maintains a stoic expression throughout as the reporters crack up around him. I’m telling you, I really do think the man is a genius.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Video evidence
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12918257
(Was just watching it when you posted that)
Rowand starting game 2?
Call me crazy. He hits lefties pretty good. He plays a slightly better defense in CF. Last nights double before the end of the game hung up there forever. Neither Torress or Nate went for the dive play, they both turned for the play off the wall. Rowand definitely would have, and possibly ended the game.
Last out of an inning with a guy backing you up, come on somebody please go for it.
Anyways, I think we can give Rowand 2-3 AB"s and double switch him out later as needed.
It's better to be lucky than good.
He plays a slightly better defense in CF.
You meant to include “…than Vlad,” right?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 28, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Not a chance
Neither of those guys were close enough to even attempt a dive. Rowand is not as fast as Torres; there’s absolutely no way he would have gotten there. There’s a reason why they call that Triples Alley.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 28, 2010 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it had a funky backspin, but I don’t think that affected the play at all.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 28, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
what the fuck are you talking about? Torres went 2-5 if im not mistaken, with a double.
and has far superior range to Rowand.
Rowand sucks. leave him on the bench. dumbest thing ive heard in a while
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Stark's article:
Before this game, the Giants hadn’t won a single postseason game by more than THREE runs. In fact, they hadn’t won any kind of game by more than three runs since Sept. 23.
“So we needed this one,” Ross chuckled, “for our psyche.”
And this man wasn’t joking, either. He plays for a team whose motto — brilliantly coined by play-by-play genius Duane Kuiper — is: “Giants baseball: torture.” But while that line may be guaranteed to make you laugh, there’s only one problem with playing for the team that specializes in torture:
It really IS torture to be playing one-run games every single night in October.
“Look at me,” Ross deadpanned. "I’m bald now. Look at Eli Whiteside. He’s got a ton of gray hair.
Did Xiefrank do a simulation on Game 1? I wonder how likely the 11-7 score was.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
Who's gonna be the DH in Texas?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Oct 28, 2010 8:24 AM PDT reply actions
BLB
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
by jhiat00 on Oct 28, 2010 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Like.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 28, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I like this article about the crowd atmosphere, except for the implication that we’re a bunch of stoners.
"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
And gay. Liberal gay stoners, the whole lot of you.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Meh
Hardly an insult.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 28, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
GAY TALIBAN PRIDE PARADE
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
As Stephen Colbert once said in an Emmys (or Oscars) telecast:
“Good evening, godless sodomites.”
by Every6thDay on Oct 28, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, we hate America and everything it stands for.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 28, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Hamilton says there was weed
In his postgame interview, he said he enjoyed the atmosphere and smelled weed while he was in the field. The Texas press was shocked.
After the game some Marina-lookin’ chick went out to the open area behind the Willie Mayz Plaza clock to toke up and then waved it around at passersby saying “ANYBODY WANT A PUFF???”
I think overall legalizing marijuana is wise (but not effective until it happens on a federal level) but on a personal note it’s going to make my head ache even more.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
This.
I can’t stand the smell of it or the people who mold their lifestyles around its use.
by Every6thDay on Oct 28, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
At least they tend to be easy going.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
No-no-no-wait-wait-wait--
IT’S NOT ADDICTIVE
IT’S NOT ADDICTIVE
IT’S NOT ADDICTIVE
by Every6thDay on Oct 28, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
THATS WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT CHEESECAKE
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Me, just the smell. Smoke in general, heavy perfume, strong odors — I can’t deal with it well. Need cool, brisk air, preferably with a moderate wind.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I kind of hope
that if and when pot is fully legalized, it’ll be a little more comfortable to ask “would you take that somewhere else?”
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Pet Peeve
People whining that the Giants have too many nods to their history at the ballpark, usually in reference to the Wall of Fame, which I think is awesome. Yes, maybe having Johnnie LeMaster up there is a bit much (though you can’t deny that he’s a … memorable Giant), but geez, it’s a good thing that the Giants have statues of their Hall of Famers and plaques to memorable guys. That’s AWESOME that they celebrate their history as much as they do. So fuck you CW Nevius.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
lol too many statues
Have fun in Texas with your press pass, and let us know how many damn statues of hall of famers they have.
I never noticed the Boo plaque, although I suppose people are walking on him so that isn’t so terrible.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 28, 2010 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
CW Nevius is actually a SF writer, so that’s even more lame…
And the Wall of Fame is actually along that front wall of the ballpark… I can see where maybe the choice of induction requirements was kind of dumb (LeMaster is on because he played 9 years as a Giant, while some other maybe more memorable and better players aren’t because they only played 4 years or something), but who cares? It’s still cool. And it’s cool to think that one day, guys like Cain and Lincecum and Wilson are going to be up there too.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
huh
I thought he was talking about those tiles on the water side. It’s funny that Boo is there, but as you say so what. Definitely memorable, there’s nothing wrong with remembering bad things (like the year-by-year team plaques along the cove… some of those are pretty painful).
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 28, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
C.W. Nevius is kind of a turd in general.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
Was in my section yesterday
Glad-handing with the guy who was on the big picture in the paper. They gave him a rough time too.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I will say this
if we ever put a Peter Magowan statue up, then we will know that we have gone too far.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
He did buy the team & keep them here after a move to Florida was all but done. Not saying that deserves a statue, but I don’t know that I could argue against it in good conscience.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 28, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
A plaque or large mural in the luxury box section.
And Safeway Signature Cafe.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't know about that
he did help keep them here, helped build a great park, and kept a good, but not great team.
Let's bring the...
is the statue holding a bronzed booger?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Oct 28, 2010 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Looks like he’s about to ask a guy to cough…amirite???
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on Oct 28, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
WAYYYYYY TOO many statues, it’s terrible… seriously, who the hell bitches about that stuff, i’m pretty sure there are other baseball clubs that wish there are that many statues, let alone hall of famers. Like the Padres, or the Mariners for example
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Question.
Where the fuck has he been that he’s just now discovering these statues?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 28, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s the one smoking pot!
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 28, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I just learned from looking over at Lone Star Ball that Guerrero is going to start in right field again tonight.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
so, did everyone see Barry Bonds wants to be a hitting instructor?
“I have a gift, and sooner or later I have to give it away,” Bonds said. “I have to share it. Hopefully I’ll get the opportunity here.”
Link.
Of course, he didn’t do much for Ryan Howard, but perhaps the organization can figure out a way to turn his expertise into coaching.
Unfortunately, it might be one of those cases where
it’s like Mozart trying to give piano lessons — the teacher’s inherent abilities might blind him to the things ‘normal’ people would need to learn.
This is why I have always dissuaded others from thinking I should be a teacher. I say, “I have neither the patience to mold young minds, nor the desire to help them.” My instincts are to crush and belittle!
So there’s always Catholic school.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Try a nun’s habit on Halloween…just to be sure it’s the right career path for you.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
Ew, drag. I hate drag.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Bonds infamously worked very, very hard at his craft, though
There is the worry that he is leaving out some elementary steps others need, but a lot of his drills (like doing nothing but watching the ball into the glove at the plate, over and over) would seem useful for anyone.
Choke up a bit… that’s it. Now swing really fucking hard and hit the piss out of the ball.
NO, YOU LOSER!!!! WHEN YOU HIT THE BALL, IT’S SUPPOSED TO GO 500 FEET! TRY AGAIN!
WHY AREN’T YOU LISTENING?!?!
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Great story by Roger Angell
Watching Yogi Berra trying to teach hitting. Yogi was talking about hand placement, weight transfer, footwork…only to be met with glassy-eyed stares form the rookies. Finally, Yogi says, “Awww, shit, just watch me do it.” and enters the cage…
the mirror gene says this may be a good idea
People are good mimics.
Yup.
However, the word on Ted Williams was that his shortcomings as a manager came from the notion that he couldn’t tolerate that his players couldn’t do the things that he did & the way that he did them.
Barry (to hitting student): Here, do this…BLAM!! Just like this…POW!!!
Hitting student: WHIFF!!!…uhhh…clink (foul ball)…errrr….WHIFF!!!
Barry: …
Hitting student: Show me again, Mr. Bonds.
This is where I don’t actually want him coaching full-time, but designing the program and then showing up as a roving instructor. We have zero evidence he’s any good as a hands-on, day-to-day coach. But we have a lot of evidence that he designed a great program for a supremely talented player. Maybe he can help design a great program for the slightly less talented.
Hitting Home Runs for Dummies
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
From ESPN Game Article
Just like that, the Giants added Lee to their hit list. They have now handed Lee, Roy Halladay and Roy Oswalt their first career losses in the postseason — all in the last few weeks.
Is this where people put witty comments and quotes?
LOL A's Fans
http://www.lonestarball.com/2010/10/27/1778200/greetings-from-oaktown
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
1) Most A’s fans seem to like the Giants. Not nearly all. But most, including all the ones I know.
B) We shit in A’s fans? Well what are they doing there with their mouths open in the first place?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Oct 28, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Centipeding
means having sex with 100 women.
/Tracey Jordan’d
by Every6thDay on Oct 28, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
This is for jponry
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
by 49er16 on Oct 28, 2010 9:29 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Cliff Lee’s postseason ERA.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
SUP
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 28, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Game 1 Summary:
Cliff Lee. Except no.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
i think he means because freddy sanchez poured it to the rangers
so lol tim alderson
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Oct 28, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Another pitching ace done in by Jazz Hands.
Was visiting my family 2500 miles from SF last night and tried to explain Jazz Hands to them. Then, BLAMMO! “Ok, look as he drops the bat! Look mom! Jazz Hands!” Dad was not impressed.
by shaggingflyballs on Oct 28, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't believe, but I think I am ready to consider hope.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Pretty much
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Oct 28, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
In the words of Bill Nelson...
Last night I felt immortal
This morning I feel dead!
by iloveddickdietz on Oct 28, 2010 10:16 AM PDT reply actions
You’ll be longing for it compared to the one you’ll wake up with tomorrow.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
I fucking hope so!
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
I’ve been emailing a Phillies fan friend of mine. He just made a MadBum comp, saying he is like JA Happ.
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 28, 2010 10:19 AM PDT reply actions
I haven’t checked, but didn’t Happ pitch well for Houston after the trade?
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Oct 28, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Did anybody hear Brian Murphy in the 5 o'clock hour
referring to Juan Uribe as “Jazz Hands” while talking about his homer?
by iloveddickdietz on Oct 28, 2010 10:23 AM PDT reply actions
#jazzhands
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Oct 28, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
So, ESPN, FOX Sports, Buck & McCarver, Sports Illustrated, and the like, I’d appreciate it if you’d stop acting like the Giants borrowed someone’s ID to get into the club.
http://ladymisskate.tumblr.com/post/1423314262
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excellent metaphor.
We did kinda do that though. If you look at our ID, you can faintly see Padres scratched out.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
LOOKS SHOPPED
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by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
So uh...
…is anyone else a bit worried about Mr. Mays? What kind of “under the weather” could keep him away from the World Series?
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Nah. He’s a bad ass.
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 28, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
From an SI Article
Cain was sitting at his locker after Wednesday night’s game, fooling with his phone, when the media scrum barged into the clubhouse. Reporters crowded around Aubrey Huff’s locker space and spilled into Cain’s, where he sat alone. “Guess I’m not supposed to be here,” he said to no one in particular.
On Thursday night, all eyes, at last, will be on Matt Cain.
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 28, 2010 10:49 AM PDT reply actions
This is weird:
Asked at his locker after Game 1 what he expects from the Giants starter, Josh Hamilton shrugged, “To be honest, I haven’t got a clue. I’m looking forward to getting back here early and watching some video.”
Unless Hamilton’s just BSing…really, Rangers? You’re down 1-0 in the series and you HAVEN’T WATCHED ANY VIDEO YET ON THE PITCHER YOU’RE FACING IN GAME 2? You do realize this is the World Series, right?
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
ALL TEH HEROIN MEANS HE HAS NO LONGTERM MEMORY!!!!!
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 28, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought that strange, too, but then I considered the possibility that this is just par for the course for baseball players. This isn’t football where they study game film and design schemes around that. They look at what a pitcher’s featuring and see how that fits in with their plate approach.
by Every6thDay on Oct 28, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
STEALTH MATT CAIN IS NINJA
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by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
/cue the “Matt Cain sitting at a table by himself” picture.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
by imovermyhead on Oct 28, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
He can always go to where Zeets is watching.
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by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Nelly was on First Tak this am on espn. He predicts Rangers in 5…after last night’s game….bitter cardinals fan much???
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on Oct 28, 2010 10:49 AM PDT reply actions
don nelson?
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Oct 28, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Nelly Cruz? Nelly the rapper? Nelly Furtado? Nelly Dean?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 28, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
The rapper…that show is really bad
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on Oct 28, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I love how the Ranger fans are excited about the rest of the series for the same reasons I am.
They keep referring to how their lineup hit Lincecum, and that Lee’s performance was a one off. Well I believe the same could be said about Timmy. They also talk about our bullpen giving up runs when all of them came when we were already up 11-4. They also think the Rangers will continue to hit when they haven’t faced a staff as deep as the Giants this postseason. One person said “The Rangers are the better team, now they just have to prove it.” I hope everyone continues to underestimate the Giants while they keep winning.
How texas sees San Francisco:
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/_They_re_Smoking_Weed__Dallas-Fort_Worth-105903773.html
Vapors indeed!
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
ugh
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 28, 2010 11:02 AM PDT reply actions
Is the forecast that bad?
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by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
and now I feel bad for pointing it out.
/Cliff Lee Game 1’d
by shaggingflyballs on Oct 28, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
But you can call me slurricane.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 28, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
/lion cain
cain you feel the love tonite
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Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Oct 28, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
si se panda
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 28, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
You Cain't start a fire without a spark.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
Rangers sentenced to Cain-ing by Giants
by shaggingflyballs on Oct 28, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
LIDOCAIN!
I’d bet my life on it!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
And they saw Tony Bennett, too!
In a night of unbelievable and memorable events, the best was an older couple (70’s I’m guessing) in the row in front of us, getting all romantic after Tony sang. Kind of a “he’s playing our song” kind of moment.
Love was in the air.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
One of the best things about this Series is that the Giants are getting to show off what an awesome fucking city they play in.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 28, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Awesome city, and awesome baseball city.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 28, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
“The more the merrier” applies to any party.
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by troymccluresf on Oct 28, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
THEY BUILT THE CITY ON ROCK AND ROLL!
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
Journey is one thing but don’t you start throwing that Jefferson-free crap around here.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Oct 28, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I love how the Giants are playing like their PISSED OFF.
Seeing Huff’s face during his last at bat… DAMN.
In addition to the awesome game:
I discovered that my girlfriend didn’t know what to call a curveball. She saw one of Lee’s and said, “Whoa! Hey, what was that? That was a waterfall ball.”
That was perhaps too adorable for a grown woman to say, but it certainly put a cherry on the night.
I kinda like it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 28, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Has this been linked here yet?
http://www.thefightins.com/meechone/confirmed-pat-burrell-is-the-machine/
I'm still in the old thread.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 28, 2010 12:20 PM PDT reply actions
Ah, okay.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 28, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
A proud product of Bellarmine Prep.
(Is it Bellarmine or O’Dowd?)
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by shanghaijim on Oct 28, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
done with 1:30 remaining
"I ain't havin it!"
by GloomyGoose on Oct 28, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Vlad's out.
http://trsullivan.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/10/guerrero_not_in_game_2_lineup.html
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