Buster Posey's story keeps getting better for Giants
A great article by Baggarly about Posey that starts out by referencing MCC and "I ain't havin' it!"
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everyone copies off of.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Oct 4, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
from heretofore everyone copies whence, vis-a-vis.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Oct 4, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s a lie your teachers told you in grade school.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Oct 5, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
To my knowledge, no word is prohibited from starting or ending a sentence.
I was going to say, “The only word you can’t end a sentence with is and.” But then I looked at what I just wrote and came to a new conclusion.
There are constructions you should stay away from, but the idea that a word itself is off-limits is a lie.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Oct 5, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
The ol' Stanford joke.
So I was walking around Stanford, see, and I asks this guy, I asks him, “Can you tell me where the bathroom’s at?” And this joker responds, says, “Here at Stanford, we never end sentences with a preposition.” And I says to him, “Oh, sorry. Can you tell me where the bathroom’s at, asshole?”
My son is Madison Bumgarner, the Bipolar Stuffed Sheep of pitching prospects. My other son is a Porsche.
No, for me too. Personally I would never write it that way. I think it sounds awkward and stilted. I was just chiming in with the simplest, technically correct answer.
by BestHyperboleEver on Oct 5, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
You are the one the bell tolls for.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 5, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
By the way...
Does anyone remember all those posters they used to make in the 80’s of baseball stars? Like the Pacific Sock Exchange one.
They should do a shoot for one like that with Posey and Heyward.
Why Heyward?
Wait till next year and do Posey and Belt!
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Oct 5, 2010 6:48 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
What gives with the double standard journalism?
When a newspaper references another print source, the title, author, and date is mentioned. When it’s a blog? Never. I’m not blaming Baggs, because everyone does this, and for all I know it’s an editorial decision having nothing to do with the writers who write the stories. But frankly, it’s BS. The internet is a new media— that doesn’t mean it doesn’t deserve attribution. You can say “McCovey Chronicles” folks. It’s ok. People will still read your stuff too. Indeed, as you may have noticed, bloggers frequently link to your stuff and so drive up your readership. You could return the favor— it wouldn’t kill you and you’d come off like less of a jackass.
(again, by “you” here I’m not specifically referencing Baggarly, but rather whoever it is at these old guard print journalism sources that sets these standards)
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Oct 4, 2010 10:57 PM PDT reply actions
I agree 100% with this. My journalism profs are telling us to adapt to new media or die, basically. I’m taking a new media class during winter session at SJSU so I can learn how to do all the video/graphics stuff. Not attributing your source is just bush league, no matter where it comes from. And to ignore the path the trade is taking is bad—especially when Baggarly works for Baseball America, a well-known internet source.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 5, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Baggs is full of shit; long live Baggs
The only thing he could be saying is “I ain’t havin’ it”
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.






















