Braves Preview - Hitting
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 7, 2010 12:00 PM PDT
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PrintThe Braves were fifth in the National League in runs scored in 2010. That sounds impressive to people who follow a team that started the season with Aaron Rowand, Bengie Molina, and Edgar Renteria in the starting lineup, but the Braves only finished 41 runs ahead of the Giants.
That’s not a small margin, but it’s not as wide as it appears when you look at the teams’ recent body of work. The Giants added Buster Posey and Pat Burrell in the middle of the season, while the Braves lost Chipper Jones and Martin Prado for the season. Hopefully, these are offenses that are passing each other in the night. The last Braves lineup -- in a must-win game, mind you -- featured Matt Diaz, Alex Gonzalez, Brooks Conrad, and Rick Ankiel. Fair hitters, for the most part, but this more of a lineup filled with competent hitters than it is an offensive juggernaut.
The national media is focused on the Buster Posey/Jason Heyward matchup, which is a shame. Don’t they know that there are two ex-Royals competing in some sort of cosmic Mr. Garbage pageant? Sheesh. How could the Royals just let Rick Ankiel and Jose Guillen go? I’ll bet that’s why the Royals are always awful. Misjudging talent like that, it’s no wonder they’re hurting. edit: now Guillen is off the roster. The Braves have the upper hand. Repeat, the Braves have the upper hand.
Speaking of Heyward, here are two reasons to be annoyed with him: a. his nickname, "The Jay-Hey Kid", implicitly references the greatest player in Giants history in a way that pleases Braves fans, and, b. he is the only thing standing between Buster Posey and the Rookie of the Year award. But danged if I can’t hate the guy. What a freaky talent. His historical peers are limited -- guys like Mel Ott and Frank Robinson. He’s just amazing. I’m almost certain I’d trade Aaron Rowand for him.
Rumors abound, though, that Jason Heyward is, indeed, having it. This could be a big deal in this series. Stay tuned.
Here’s a possible lineup for tonight:
Omar Infante - 3B
Jason Heyward - RF
Brian McCann - C
Derrek Lee - 1B
Brooks Conrad - 2B
Nate McClouth - LF
Alex Gonzalez - SS
Rick Ankiel - CF
Troy Glaus - lurking
Something like that. Conrad is the regional variation of Matt Downs or Ryan Rohlinger, but he’s done well enough to earn a starting job in Prado’s absence. It’s hard to complain about the ascendancy of Infante without acknowledging how much more unlikely it was to have Andres Torres break out.
I see two frightening hitters and a whole bunch of mediocre-to-fair hitters throughout the lineup, There is depth, for sure. If this team scores runs off a pitching staff, fine. No shame. At least they aren’t the Padres, who have figured out how to turn iffy, second-generation hitters into 10-pitch at-bats. That's at least six times more annoying.
A spectrum of solid hitters, ranging from positionally adequate to well above-average? No real 1.000 OPS monster, but no 50 OPS+ goofball gumming up the lineup every time through, with the exception of a recently added ex-Royal?
Gentlemen, we have met the enemy, and the enemy is us. All of the goofballs who are thinking the Giants should just roll over the Braves -- and there are a few -- are deluded. This is as evenly matched as two teams can get.
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Grant, FTFY
“The Jay-Hey Kid”, implicitly references the greatest player inGiantsbaseball 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
That’s a weird way to say Barry Bonds.
I CAN HAZ MARK REYNOLDS?
by jhiat00 on Oct 7, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Eh, not so much.
Barry is certainly up there, and started out every bit as well-rounded as Mays, but ultimately was known for his power (and likely cheating to get it.)
Mays truly was well-rounded and multi-talented on the field, without any pesky roid rumors nagging him. His biggest obstacle was having dark skin.
Two excellent players (Bonds was undoubtedly a HOFer long before he was challenging homerun records) but Mays wins out.
I also highly recommend “Willie’s Boys,” if you want a good read about the beginning of Willie’s career…
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
For what it’s worth, Barry beats Willie in bWAR by about 17.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Is there a difference between bWAR and WAR?
I’m still learning some of my stats…
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
bWAR is baseball-reference WAR. fWAR is fangraphs WAR. They are slightly different.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Ok, thanks.
I won’t bore everyone with a deeper explanation here, but will make a note to look it up.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I would say by about 7 b/c willie missed two years
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 7, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Either way, Barry has the unique challenge of proving legitimacy.
Like it or not, nobody doubted Mays did what he did on his own, and for non-Giants fans, it may be awhile before those opinions can be changed about Barry and the asterisk.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
nobody doubted Mays did what he did on his own
Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t. I don’t, but…
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to do that (TM)
It’s fairly common knowledge that he, along with Aaron and everyone else of the era, popped greenies. I have no problem with this.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 7, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Bonds was great defensively for 90% of his career, is known for being a great baserunner, and his hitting prowess speaks for itself. Saying Mays was more well rounded than Bonds is s stretch IMO.
That leaves the steroid argument which doesn’t really hold up either. Who’s to say the playing field wasn’t level if the pitchers were taking PED’s too? Also, with the widespread use of greenies you will have a hard time convincing me that Mays was 100% clean.
I CAN HAZ MARK REYNOLDS?
But Bonds was a great defensive left fielder and Mays, a great defensive center fielder. Advantage Mays. The biggest difference is OBP, which is a massive Bonds advantage.
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
by Giantsfan4life on Oct 7, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
mostly cause NL pitchers and managers were either
a. huge wimps
b. blinded with rage
c. all of the above
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 7, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
e. all of the above
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 7, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
d. Not afraid of whoeverv was hitting behind Bonds
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
/stops washing truck
WHAT YOU SAYIN’?!?!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 7, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
How many complete games has he thrown?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I am both thrilled and frightened by the prospect of tonight’s game.
Hold me.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
(straightens tie; spits out mint gum)
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Oct 7, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
(straightens tie; spits out mint gum)
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Oct 7, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Looking forward to Grant’s main page post at 3:30 this afternoon, “Braves Preview – Acupuncturist”
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I think he’s billing per post in the postseason. Something about overtime.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Conrad is the regional variation of … Ryan Rohlinger
Who?
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Light the Judy Steffes signal!
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Oct 7, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL U
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 7, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant knows that Talk Chop likes him and refuses to be mean
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Oct 7, 2010 12:06 PM PDT reply actions
Sure seems like Grant wrote this before Guillen was left off the roster.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
OT: LOL CJ Wilson's SBN pic
Buster Posey>
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Yep. He's the reason the Rangers wanted Bengie
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
You mean misty may’s husband?
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 7, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
People always say National League baseball is boring
But watching the Rangers and Rays play makes me want to take up cutting.
Pablo....I am disappoint.
Just perusing the intertubes for predictions of this series. I see a ton of analysis done using old and no long applicable data. As Grant states above, both the Giants and BRaves teams are way different than they were when they met in the regular season.
People are lazy. Not you, Grant; but people.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 12:17 PM PDT reply actions
Your love fest with Grant is starting to make me jealous. ;)
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Triangle!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't help it!
You’ve seen Grant. I mean, DAMN!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
So good we can taste it?
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought he was a damn dirty ape.
(pours some gunpowder on the floor to honor Heston)
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Oct 7, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
/lights match
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
/Throws Micheal Moore on gun powder.
(I hated the part of Bowling for Columbine where he ambushes Heston)
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 7, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm, I kinda liked it. But I’m generally in favor of ambushes.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I felt bad for the dude. He was old and dying and was ambushed as he was getting into his car. I have a soft spot for old dudes. Even crazy ones.
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 7, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a soft spot for old dudes. Even crazy ones.
YAY!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Guns don't kill people
Apes kill people.
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
with guns
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
Or bones if Arthur Clarke is to believed.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t sell Grant short.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Sad and old.
1st – chicks laugh at dong pictures
2nd – his pics were totally not impressive. Not tempting at all.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I always thought Tim Aldseron was going to become our James Shields..
Then Alderson got traded away, and Shields sucked.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
Troy Glaus - lurking
I just now put 2 and 2 together. I’ve got a bad feeling about this.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
I check the faces of all opposing players carefully, just in case they try to
sneak David Eckstein in wearing a roster player’s uniform. Eternal vigilance is the price of blah blah blah.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Oct 7, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I LOL'd
I almost prefer your meaning, Corn, except I don’t want to be that vigilant
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Corn and Faces
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 7, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
They’re taking this drug testing thing a bit too far now.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 7, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Feces checker: one of the worst jobs in the prison industry.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel not good about this*
*All feelings subject to change depending on Giants hitting, pitching, and defensive performance.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 12:25 PM PDT reply actions
All of the ESPN pointy-heads are picking the Giants
Except Pedro Gomez.
I’m too lazy to figure out what that means, if anything.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 7, 2010 12:26 PM PDT reply actions
Nothing. It means nothing.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Pedro Gomez is a contrarian dickhole. That’s what that means.
by Rorsavelt on Oct 7, 2010 1:14 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Two of them..
predicted the Giants to win the whole thing.
And about 23 of them predicted the Phillies.
People do realize that the Giants’ hitting has been significantly worse in the second half, right? Obviously this is a better lineup with Posey and Burrell than with Molina and whomever, but it doesn’t necessarily follow that the season stats underrate the Giants’ offense.
/ends thread because he doesn’t want to get awkward with Natto.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
TWSS!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought I knew this team...
Seriously, I didn’t know that.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Oct 7, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
One team has a guy who cannot pronounce his own named. Advantage: other team.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I have a friend (Braves fan) who is attending tonight’s game, sitting somewhere along the arcade. If anyone who goes to the game sees a Braves fan out there, feel free to spill his beer or fries/punch him in the kidney. Then say, “Lars says hi.”
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 12:40 PM PDT reply actions
Either that, or I just want him confused.
Actually, my name is also Lars, I just don’t want to steal the Original Lars’ thunder. I am also Norwegian by descent myself also, so it would get confusing.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you find yourself wandering a lot?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Not nearly enough.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I prefer Funkmaster, but you may call me what you want because I love MCC so.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
/totally confused
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
What does this mean?!
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Lars is eyeing Grant. But then kdl discovers.. another Lars.
/telenovela
by wcw on Oct 7, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This made me laugh really hard.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
But which one is the evil Lars?
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
by j14 on Oct 7, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we all know the answer to that one already.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I am Snidley Whiplash.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Now I’m picturing you twirling your mustache and laughing evilly as you tie kdl to the train tracks.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Um, no thanks.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
lol..very timely post
I was just about to joke about this.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
About the tying up part?
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Correct
lol
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I figured and thought I better jump in and stem the tide.
But, then I went ahead and made the joke myself, so… ;)
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Lars: you must pay the rent!
kdl: I can’t pay the rent!
Lars: you must pay the rent!
kdl: I can’t pay the rent!
Lars 2: I’ll pay the rent!
kdl: my hero!
by wcw on Oct 7, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wait, but which Lars is which?
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s hard to pay the rent when you are busy tying someone up.
by wcw on Oct 7, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
When I was a kid we used to go up to gold country to see my godparents perform in an acting troupe that specialized in late 19th Century melodrama (including can-can dancers and everything). My Godfather, who is Welsh and often played the villain, did the greatest Snidely Whiplash ever.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
The one with a goatee?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I have not shaved this week. I have a goatee now. I guess this answers the question.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Only one of us can be evil?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Mi amor!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man, you’ve been hanging with the wrong Lars all along…
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
Oh, just twice the fun!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
If it’s the wrong Braves fan, I’m going to say I meant the punch was from you.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
/everyday, sometimes twice
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
In the late 1970s-80s, I lived in Niagara Falls, 70 min from Toronto
The newish Toronto Blue Jays were managed by someone named Bobby Cox, who was famously an idiot. Eventually, he goes to Atlanta, where he is suddenly a genius.
Scientifically established that the difference between idiot and genius: having a starting rotation that includes Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, etc.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
Having a competent GM is also helpful. And hello Mayor!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
A Canadian might point out
that if in Canada he was an idiot, but in the USA he looks like a genius, it might just be a question of context.
They might, but of course they wouldn’t. Canadians are too nice for that.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO GO IN TEH OTHER THREAD???
"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."
still waiting for the braves preview-smell edition
"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 7, 2010 12:46 PM PDT reply actions
I am so freaked out I am working in between comments.
by wcw on Oct 7, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
no
/breathes into paper bag
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
I’m not freaking out at all. Something is clearly wrong with me.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s the bottle of scotch in the right hand desk drawer that I told you to have, isn’t it.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Silghtly OT:
The elementary school I was at today, there was a little girl that looked dead on to you. It could have been your long lost daughter.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Whoa. . .
(Unless you were at my kids’ school, then it would make sense)
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Nah this was in Fresno.
I saw her walking in, and did a double take. Then again when she walked out.
You may wanna make sure both of your kids are at school today.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I wish!
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Strangely, I'm in the same boat
I was more nervous yesterday…
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
I don't know about you
but I’ve been freaked out for four days.
Adopted Son: !Matt Downs I'll miss you my son.
Sort of but not with the usual sense of dread that big games have. I’m just really excited that I get to be apart of the next two games.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
by j14 on Oct 7, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
not anywhere near..
..the stress level of last weekend…
This will be war
“I love the smell of Beard in the morning, smells like victory” – Apocalypse Now
One thing I am looking at. Posey always seemed to have a quicker bat after a day off. His bat looked just a tidge slow. I love him, but he dropped like 20 BA points last 15 days. My point is I am excited to see him after 3 days rest.
It's better to be lucky than good.
things im doing while waiting for the game to start:
prepare for midterm
watching Daria
cry 96 tears
listen to queen’s flash to get pumped up
is it game time yet?
"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 7, 2010 1:04 PM PDT reply actions
I find listening to 96 Tears pumps me up substantially more.
by wcw on Oct 7, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
also, without Guillen, our defense is better than the Braves
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Defensively? Yes, offensively, I’m not sure about that yet. McCann is really probably the second best hitting catcher in baseball behind Mauer.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That is true, but going forward I think the Giants would be truly blessed if Posey hits as well as McCann has. Posey hitting better would blow my mind, and I don’t think the Giants should put unrealistic expectations on Buster.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I have said it before, I will say it again.
The Giants are playing the Giants.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
bizzaro Giants
what with all the walk taking and DP turning.
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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I would disagree with “evenly matched”, that is the least likely situation between opposing teams though less so in the playoffs. I think the Giants have a clear edge, I certainly don’t think we’ll roll over anybody but I like the Giants but not just because I like the Giants.
by Rorsavelt on Oct 7, 2010 1:07 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Anything can happen in these freaking short series, though. I hate short series.
by wcw on Oct 7, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Totes. I don’t necessarily feel confident or good mind you! I am accustomed to feeling like we’re the underdog regardless of the opponent. You know, what with the torture and all.
by Rorsavelt on Oct 7, 2010 1:20 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Spoiler
Young, yard 5- zip.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Tampa is done.
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
I was heating up my lunch, caught the tail end on the radio (announcers complaining)
Readers Digest version of what happened?
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
Non-check-swing non-call, followed by 3-run HR for M Young. Fans chanting “Replay, Replay!”
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Replay for a check swing? No.
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OT: Rays
Damn, I was really rooting for them, mainly because I think they were the team with the best shot of dispensing with the Yankees and also because I still hate Bengie Molina. Looks like it’s going to be another WS with pinstripes. :/
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Yeah, I’m rooting for the Twins because Joe Mauer! but they didn’t look so good against the Yanks last night. I’m hoping that the Yanks pitching falls apart from here on out. But man, I don’t trust Texas to beat them AT ALL.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the Twins can still beat the Yankees. The Yankees pitching just doesn’t worry me that much.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I think most of the teams in the playoffs this year could knock off the Yankees.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Eh, they looked like last years Yankees last night against last year’s Twins. No me gusta.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly this. But mostly because I didn’t want Molina to advance in the playoffs. He’s still a whiny bitch. And now he’s not even our whiny bitch.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
And just when I was ready to move on from the Bengie hate, he made comments to the press about how good he felt for Buster
because he was partly responsible for Buster becoming such a good catcher.Fuck that. Buster is awesome because Buster is awesome and because he had a coach who recognized something in him at FSU. I’m not giving Bengie ANY credit for Buster.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Who, I don’t know hos that ended up in blockquote. Should be bolded.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll give him some. By all accounts he did his best. Say what you will about the man, he’s a longstanding major-league catcher. He has to have been able to help a little.
by wcw on Oct 7, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
The fact that someone has been in the league a long time does not actually mean that they are a wealth of knowledge. I’m not giving him any credit until I hear some specifics on how he improved Buster.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
It kind of does though. He has knowledge of what it’s like to be in the league for a long time for starters. And publicly at least Buster has said how helpful it was to have him as a mentor.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Not that I imagine Bengie has necessarily had a huge influence on Buster’s ultimate competence behind the plate…
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but Joe Morgan has knowledge of what it’s like to be in the league for a long time, doesn’t mean the wisdom he’s imparting is good. It might be, it might not be. I’d need to hear specifics before I give him credit.
And I think Buster was just answering a question. What’s he gonna say, “No fuck that guy! Bengie was the WORST”
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
But I do get what you’re saying. I just think it’s bullshit on the part of Bengie to “claim” Buster, especially when his previous line had been “Wait your turn”
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
By what accounts? His own?
He was a whiny baby who didn’t want Buster to succeed. Good riddance, and stop claiming credit for another’s success.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I should have just said this.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Man could you imagine the outcry that would happen if the rangers advance (Bengie hits 330/335/400)and the Giants don’t (Buster hits 500/575/650). Somepeople would be all WE WOULD HAD MADE IT WITH BENGIE!!!!!
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 7, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Truth
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
bleh
Very true, but still bleh.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
by 2100
Man hopes to somehow terraform the surface of Molina and colonize it.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
*gulp*
from here
"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."
Good news!
Every single one of the Sports Illustrated “experts” picked the Giants!!!
I can’t find the page anymore though.
I promise it’s true.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Posnanski’s definitely an expert. Don’t need the scare quotes.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
I agree...
he’s my favorite sports writer, I do believe.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
oh wait...here it is...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/10/05/division.series.experts.picks/index.html
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Perhaps someone should tell Pedro that Bonds is not on the team anymore.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha! I was thinking the same thing. Still a wee bitter I guess.
by Rorsavelt on Oct 7, 2010 1:25 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
gulp
Gomez also picked the Rangers…. and he and Olney were the only ones.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Stark, Crasnik and Caple get the pass.
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 7, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
These are the same doucheholes who were all jumping on the preseason Braves trend. Drooling automatons the lot.
by Rorsavelt on Oct 7, 2010 1:24 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Everyone and their dog
Picked the Giants to knock off the Marlins, too.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 7, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
My dog picked the Marlins to win the World Series. I traded the dog away for a can of creamed corn.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL OMG!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha! I’m not even sure what that means.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m intrigued, please explain.
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by j14 on Oct 7, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
/Gets in this line.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Just drop your mind in the gutter. It’ll come to you.
(my comment seems to have been a perv Rorschach test)
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
So, what you’re saying is that I’m not a perv?
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
still has the training wheels on
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by j14 on Oct 7, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
kinky!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 7, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
How could this be?
It got the joke right away…err…oh.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I am concerned that this will affect our relationship.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
The fact that I passed this test should come as no surprise to you. ;)
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
But, I feel like I failed it. :(
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Study!
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
You always have the best ideas.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
You are the best wingman EVER!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I live to serve.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Then that happened.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Was that the can of corn that Jose Cruz dropped?
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 7, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Easy answer
Kill the Pedro Gomez.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Olney and Caple and Stark. The others rage from meh to bad.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
UNACCEPTABLE TYPOS
recentally
Our love is all of God's money.
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - Back in Richmond after a horrific stint in Fresno.
fixed
recentally
Bowkermania runs wild no more.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 7, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLRays
Rangers are my favorite AL team (see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLH5pfULi-w) so I’m OK with this joke of an umpire crew and Michael Young going deep to center for 3 runs just now.
semi-OT:
The Bellicose Angels just did a flyover the Mission. I guess they’ll be wasting fuel at the game tonight as well.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I have to admit. I was pretty stocked when the b-2 bombers did the fly in ’02
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Oct 7, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Shocked AND stoked. That’s us after we beat the Yanks in 7.
by Rorsavelt on Oct 7, 2010 1:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
SONIC BOOOM!
HADOOKEN!
"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."
I don't need your war machines
I don’t need your ghetto scenes.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah they just buzzed my office building.
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by j14 on Oct 7, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
(spills coffee)
DAMN THAT GUY!!
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 7, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
At the risk of being on topic
Is there a way to plug the starting lineup into a Xanthan and get the wOBA for them this year? It seems that comparing the stats for the two teams is a bit of a waste as both teams have had a lot of roster turnover.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Oct 7, 2010 1:30 PM PDT reply actions
Also
I realize the feebleness of utilizing ~150 games worth of stats to make conclusions about a 5 or 7 game series. I just thought it would be interesting.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Oct 7, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Rays getting BABIPed on?
They seem to be “lining out” a lot.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 7, 2010 1:31 PM PDT reply actions
BEAT ATL!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Rally cupcakes!
Lemon cake with dark chocolate frosting and orange sprinkles.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:41 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
can you send me one?
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
ftp> mget cupcakes
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by bgunn on Oct 7, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'ced for correct syntax
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lol nerds
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cp .. /dev/null
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oooo
i love these.
"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."
fread( cupcakes, sizeof(CUPCAKE_TYPE), nCupcakes, f );
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 7, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
NOM NOM NOM
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Those are either frosted or horribly burnt
Hoping it’s the former.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 7, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Frosted. No rally cupcakes were harmed in this photo.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
FROSTED!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
/MOUTH WATERS
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
LOL Guillen via ESPN Deportes
UPDATE: Guillen told ESPN Deportes that his neck pain is profound. I ran his comments through Babelfish and cleaned it up a bit: "It is lamentable, but I cannot do anything on the matter. I was excited to play in the Division Series, but the pain is very profound. One plays this sport to reach the postseason and the dream is to play in the World Series. With luck, I could play more ahead."
So Guillen was left off the roster
…because he’s a profound pain in the neck…got it
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
by Goofus on Oct 7, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Guillen apparently speaks like a nineteenth century dandy.
First ever adoptee: Steven Michael Decker, our 2012 San Francisco Giants Manager/starting catcher.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
Shut your bone box, bully trap. You are off your chump if you think that mass of gullyfluff measures up to a rustyguts like Old Hoss Radbourne.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I need Barbara Billingsley to translate this post.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Cribbed entirely from here.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Decoder ring
“Pro found” = we have found Ross, so we don’t need this washed up excuse for a pro anymore
It's orange inside
My goodness. That Braves lineup kind-of stinks. Yes, the Giants have a better lineup. Yes, the Giants match-up better starter vs. starter. I’m just as confident they will win tonight as I was last Friday night.
ISWYDT
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 7, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Braves Lineup from Schulman's twitter
Infante 3B
Heyward RF
Lee 1B
McCann C
Gonzalez SS
Diaz LF
Conrad 2B
Ankiel CF
Lowe P
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So Grant was pretty on the money.
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant is a hunk of smoldering currency.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL at the SS
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 7, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
who starts at "lurking"?
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 7, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Food/snacks for tonight?
What’s everyone doing?
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
I have the previously posted rally cupcakes, though those are for the entire apartment to share. I have work until 7pm (boo) so I won’t get home to see the start of the game. Might just kick it here with Top Ramen and BFVCE and watch what’s left of the game.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Bag of nuts (alley oop), bag of pretzels (Anderson Sourdough Gems), beer (Corona and Dark Becks), and a bottle of Glen Livet. We’ll be in Lot A if you wanna swing by.
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Round Table BBQ chicken pizza
At my Scrabble club
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 7, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll probably have In ’n Out tonight.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
There's a solid idea
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
Does anyone ever see IN ’N OUT BURGER bumper stickers anymore?
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 7, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I never saw them in the first place :(
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
BP&J, apple, chips – low budget playoff food
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by j14 on Oct 7, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Ew, no
jam
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by j14 on Oct 7, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Soup has been cooking in the crock pot all day.
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Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 7, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
i read this as “crack pot”
"throwing out runners? I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey
What did crack pot think?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Depends on where I watch the game. The likely bar has crappy food, so I’m thinking of ordering from somewhere/rushing a snack beforehand.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Steady diet of fear and uncertainty.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
hmm
My TBSHD station just blacked out for awhile. I hope that’s not a sign of things to come during the Giants game. My cable company is awful when it comes to their HD channels. Now I’m worried.
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
I just reserved the TV for the game. My fiance threw fit b/c she wants to watch Project Runway. Man I almost blew up until I realized she pulling the old “you will owe me one later” cards.
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
Looks like say hey nation’s going to be seeing the new Katherine Heigl movie on opening night!
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I cannot stop vomiting at the programming choices in this subthread.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh God, choose the movie – it can only last two hours. Avoid anything box set!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Can’t one get Project Runway eps online? The Giants are more important than everything, especially now.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, Lifetime replays the shit out PR eps, so she could catch any number of reruns.
To be fair to the ladyfriend, though, last week was a hell of an episode.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 7, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Sucks. My wife has been extremely accommodating these past few weeks when it comes to watching Giants games.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 7, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, she doesn’t get baseball (or sports) and we only have one TV. Having one TV was my choice b/c I don’t like having a TV in my bedroom.
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 7, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
That's good. Mine too.
Mine said “Well it’s not like this happens every year…” /squints
Wait, have you mentioned your wife’s favorite team? I forget. Being amongst Angels it’s hard to find a female Giants fan.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Yes, she was an Angels fan, but she didn’t know any better. She seems to be pulling for the Giants now (as stated below)
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 7, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, she has been rooting for the Giants ever since I took her to her first SF game in San Diego. It’s pretty cool, actually.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 7, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, mine would be throwing a fit if we DIDN’T watch the game. She roots for these guys as hard as I do.
Which is nice, because before I married her, she was considering becoming a Red Sox fan.
/bullet dodged
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on Oct 7, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
You saved her.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
#sfgiants lineup for game 1 of NLDS:Torres CF Sanchez 2B Huff 1B Posey C Burrell LF Uribe SS Sandoval 3B Ross RF Lincecum RHP
"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."
Whew! No Rowand!
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by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Liking it
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
of course, any lineup we like doesn’t end up scoring :/
by Artimus Clyde on Oct 7, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
That was then, this is now!!
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
wow
no rent!
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on Oct 7, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
LARS WUZ WRONG
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Splendid!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 7, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
FrankRobinson was right—I’ve got nothing to complain abo…Fuckin Blue Angels!!
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
LOUD NOISES
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Cody Ross?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
D:
You had to go and say it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
"Saving him for game 4."
/bullpen blows it
//Giants fall apart
///Braves sweep
I CAN HAZ MARK REYNOLDS?
YOUR SUBPAR ART!
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 7, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
?
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 7, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s true.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
fapfapfapfap
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
by j14 on Oct 7, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I like how we’re all relieved to see a guy with really awful platoon splits vs righties starting in a corner OF spot against a righty. Oh Rowand and Guillen what have you done to us?
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
WHAT?!?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Oct 7, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Hell yeah! I didn’t think Bochy would start Rowand, but I was worried.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
HOLY SHIT I WAS RIGHT!
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I can’t remember who likes Andres Torres here, kdl maybe? Raj Matthai posted this about Torres’ six-pack: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/Andres-Torres-Has-a-Situation-104515629.html
For all my peeps who enjoy looking at hot shirtless guys, enjoy.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 2:02 PM PDT reply actions
Mike Fontenot is pissed someone compared him to Snooki.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Grant was compared to Snooki?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Brian WIlson is surprisingly pleased when when someone compared him to J-Woww.
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 7, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
What if the comparison was ‘jhiat00 is much better than the Situation’?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
THAT’S JUST WHAT THE SITUATION WOULD SAY!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
As he’s fond of pointing out, The Situation does have nice abs.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean “like” like him. But then I realize that several of us “like” like him too.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, how did that make a news site?
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 7, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m more into Nate’s abs, but I will accept this.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh crap, I can’t watch that video at work for some reason. Meh.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
balls
It’s some dumb fluff thing, but Torres is shirtless for about 20 seconds.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
balls
That’s probably why she can’t watch at work
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
by j14 on Oct 7, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Brett Farve?
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
BTW – really unimpressive. I can’t imagine how he thought that was gonna interest a lady (or cheerleader).
And also – don’t men know that we just laugh at those kinds of pictures?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
They kind of made me want to throw up. I would have filed a sexual hharassment suit.
Also, yes, quite unimpressive.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve been avoiding Favre news, someone fill me in? He sent someone a picture of his penis? And that doesn’t work?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s mostly just a rumor at this point.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s a rumor that that doesn’t work?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I am shocked. Simply shocked.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps he would have better luck if he wasn’t so….LOL SMALL?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Sideline reporters like ’em little. Easier to keep between the lines.
by wcw on Oct 7, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked corn’s description of “small floppy old” myself. Not hawt.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds broken.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Sent pics of his small floppy old dong to a Jets cheerleader he was trying to get with (more than once).
Did not work.
And also – in one he was wearing crocs.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I think it was a sideline reporter
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Yes, it was a secret ploy to impress Broadway Joe
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 7, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG, crocs? I didn’t notice that part.
I did watch the video. That’s where I saw the pictures. I’m just saying that the article couldn’t confirm.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the crocs were in a picture that was released earlier (maybe in Aug or Sep?).
Anyhoo – it would seem that the evidence is compelling. Otherwise, it would be a very elaborate ruse on the part of someone to discredit Favre.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Oh, I agree. And, apparently, he was asked about it today and refused to comment which, fairly or not, I usually take as an admission.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Heehee
Now I understand your comment about it being something we’d laugh about. Good lord.
They could be Giants...but not really.
The crocs really are pretty awesome.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
/clicks cancel instead of send
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
by j14 on Oct 7, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Where is my “DO YOU WANT TO SEE MY PENIS?” lolpic when I need it?
Drats.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Found it!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, I was able to watch it and WOW.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Why, hello. Who doesn’t enjoy looking at hawt shirtless guys?
They could be Giants...but not really.
Also, I wish I could read lips and figure out that whole conversation between Barry and Bochy.
They could be Giants...but not really.
“Torres has really hot abs.”
“You’re right. I think I’m gay.”
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Um, wow. I guess their target audience was pasty and uber-pale people who like ugly scarves?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
DAMMIT, NATTO!
Stop posting pics of me!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
You look good!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Um...
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t lie, you know you like the hat.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Not enough zucchini.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Yeah, I’ll stick with Nate, thanks.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Oct 7, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Tampa Bay Rays: Home field advantage? More like home ROFLield advantage!
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I ate at a ROFL House in Tampa a few years ago.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
lulz
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
by j14 on Oct 7, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, I kind of forgot the talent that Texas has on its team.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
Also: Carl Pavano #2 starter for Twins?!
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
no shit. But look at their position players!
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 7, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I wasn’t able to watch the Tex/Rays game, what was with the 3rd strike check swing they keep talking about? guy hit a 3 run HR on the next pitch?
did he go around or what?
Yah you pretty much have it
Young went around. Call no swing.
Next pitch. Boom goes the dynamite all over Chad Qualls
they never gave an overhead view so it was kind of hard to tell. From the angle they gave
it looked like he went around, and it was pretty obvious. But again, the angle was kind of bad.
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Oct 7, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly I'm just happy the Giants have made it this far. They could lose in the
first round and I would still be happy. Oh, and of course the Yankees not winning it all must also happen.
Tampa was the team that drafted Josh Hamilton, right?
And the city that turned him into a craven junkie?
Or was that St. Petersburg?
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
I don’t know if the city did as much as the money and his “friends”
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 7, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
It was the tattoo parlor.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 7, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL RAYS
LOL AT EXPERIENCE MATTERS!!!!!!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
Bunting FTW!
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
only if they’re not the sacrifice kind!
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
I took a lap around the stadium at lunch, she’s dressed beautifully today.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
by j14 on Oct 7, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I think even Momo’s is bunted, if looking out the window of the T this morning was any indication.
by wcw on Oct 7, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
On the Rays radio feed of today's game
They are talking about Rocco Baldelli not being available for the game, but everyone’s very vague as to why. He had issues with concussions or vertigo or something like that right?
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
He's got a rare mitochondrial disorder
After these setbacks, Baldelli underwent extensive medical testing to determine the reasons for his muscle problems and worsening fatigue after even brief workouts. Doctors discovered some “metabolic and/or mitochondrial abnormalities” and began trying to design a medical plan to improve the condition
Imagine how the players feel.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
lol, well that too.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I have class from 6-8:30 so my nerves will be CALMED DOWN and I’ll get home right about 8:45. Perfect timing actually.
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 7, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Who's got the playoff jitters?
I am very calm right now. I had a routine DRs appointment and my blood pressure was waaay up (this was last friday, 1st game SD series) and i told my dr the Giants were killin me (in a joking way). He happens to be a huge Giants fan too, and gave me 20 valium for the playoffs. He said to take one a day, a few hours before gametime.
im chillen, and we’re good to go.
Your doctor is awesome.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Very cool Doc
I’ll be in a very “good” state of mind myself in about 2 hours. No pills though, i prefer the natural drugs. And beer.
yeah i dont like pills much either, they make me sleepy. but sometimes, its for my own good. im only 26 but my blood pressure has been going through the roof lately b/c of the Giants
sounds like a marijuana prescription might be in order.
“So, Doc….”
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 7, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm nervous
For one thing, this is the Giants were talking about. It’s torture inside.
For another, the Rays’ implosion the last two days at home is a great reminder that anything can happen in the playoffs, and an entire season’s worth of effort and good feeling can be undone by a small sample size of sucking.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
OT
Eating a Peanut Butter Kandy Kakes from the good people at TastyKake
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 7, 2010 2:37 PM PDT reply actions
Butterskotch Krimpets FTW
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
never been to Philly?
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 7, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you a philly guy?
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 7, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope. Visited the ballpark last year though.
Boss is a Philly guy – orders a couple of boxes of these every October.
Nice job catching history last night!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 7, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Normally I get out of class at 6:05
but my Thursday class goes until 7:00
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
TARANTULAS!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2010 2:46 PM PDT reply actions
OT
Tampa Bay looks awful at the moment
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
LOL RAYS
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 7, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m in my history class, not paying attention as usual. But somehow, I’m way too jumpy.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 7, 2010 2:47 PM PDT reply actions
AmyGGiants
#sfgiants Bochy on Guillen not making roster “he wasn’t quite 100% – neck issues – we talked about it quite a bit, it’s tough”
"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."
read: He wasn’t quite good – talent issues – we talked about it, and i realized im a huge dumbass for letting him invade my consciousness with suckage. its tough
I wish that was how I read it. If (knocked on wood) the Giants beat the Braves, we’re all going to have a Jose Guillen freak out again.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Oct 7, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Guillen was so upset with being left off the roster that he ran out of Bochy’s office in tears. He’s expected to actually leave Bochy’s office in about an hour.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I feel good about tonight
I’m all jacked up and riding high!
It's magic inside, and that doesn't only mean Aubrey's junk.
by Aubrey Huff's Thong on Oct 7, 2010 2:54 PM PDT reply actions
No way man
I wouldn’t stoop to a crack like that.
It's magic inside, and that doesn't only mean Aubrey's junk.
by Aubrey Huff's Thong on Oct 7, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone come over to TalkingChop and get Calbearjd
he’s looking like a fool right now, and I know you all are better than that.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
IRL LOL
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Oct 7, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think your intention was to troll
But going over and saying “I can’t see how your lineup is going to score outside of three hitters” seems like something that is easily going to come back and bite you in the ass. Discuss the series/game with them certainly, but drop the hubris.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
i now know what the word hubris means. i think.
"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."
Hey I agree with what you said. But its impossible to talk to other fans, especially NL east fans. All i Hear is that the Phillies three ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOO much better than the Giants. I try to start arguing and before I even get to saying Roy Halladay is better than every one else its (I’d TAKE HAMELS AND OSWALT OVER CAIN AND SANCHEZ ANY DAY
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 7, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t care if you’re being honest, it’s bad karma to say things like that. I now await the three Troy Glaus HR game.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
i will admit your mistake with saying Panda has been crushing the ball the last month got you some shit…
he’s only been hitting again for 6 games.
on the flip side, you only used Burrells stats with SF, and they said all year, while they used Gonzalez’ full year stats, without mentioning he has sucked since he came to ATL.
either way, i’d consider that trolling as well. i woulda helped fish you out of that one, but it was all your own doing.
I didn't start it
All I said was I don’t know how the Braves lineup is going to score outside of McCanns, Heyward, and Infante…they are the ones who went to the Giants lineup…
I don't get the idea of engaging passionate fans in a debate right around game time
I hate it when other teams invade here and think it’s kind of weak to go there.
As an aside, their photoshops are pretty damn weak – or the locals here have just raised the bar to a ridiculous level.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
I posted it to try and get an insider's prospective on the lineup...
I wanted to know if there are thing I don’t see from the stats
You need to work on your bedside manner then
And doing it a couple hours before game time when everyone’s antsy may not be the best time.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
There’s always Dr. Kervorkian’s route.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 7, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Perspective?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I LOVE HOW THEY SAY THIS ABOUT SEASON SERIES:
Wagner not thrown an off-speed pitch to Edgar Renteria, it would have been 5-2. Pretty sure that’s not going to happen again, even if Edgar were playing.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle… everything’s a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Oct 7, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, you could say 6-1 even
Chipper made an error in the 9th to let the Giants tie the game back up. You have to give credit to the Giants for coming back, but still…
‘Terrible preview…pretty weak, didn’t learn anything new. pretty sad." – mastermike
by mvhsbball on Oct 7, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
NOW… had Freddy Sanchez’ deep foul ball been 10’ to the right, we’d won a game. If Timmy doesn’t give up 2 HRs, we’d won a game. IF, IF, iF…
they are stupid, don’t provoke them. you’re never gonna win an argument with braves fans, even if it is logical and well-reasoned
Do you not realize that the way you worded your first post was kinda rude and presumptuous?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I guess...I was being honest...
If someone came here and said that about the Giants lineup…I would talk about how Burrell and Uribe is good in supporting roles and Sanchez is a very good no. 2, Panda is getting better…
I would not jump to attacking the Braves’ lineup.
i think they took it as you doing just that- attacking their lineup.
just gotta be careful on opposing teams’ blogs before gametime. they may be worse than PR, they may not, but either way…
You can be honest
Here’s a polite way to be honest
“Hey, Giants fan here, I’m just wondering if you guys can tell me a little bit about your lineup outside of Heyward, McCann and Infante, because I’m not as familiar with those players and they’re kind of a mystery to me.”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Seriously?
You worded your post, and I quote:
I just don’t see how the Braves are going to score outside of Infante, Heyward, and McCann
And you don’t see why that would come off as rude? Especially when their lineup really is almost exactly the same as ours?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Just to finish up my defense
I did not make any comparisons to the Giants lineup or say great the Giants lineup was…my statement was strictly about my reaction to seeing the names after McCanns…it’s no secret that the ATL lineup is not great…
Gotta tread carefully, friend. Be extremely neutral. Leave nothing open to negative interpretation.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
dont even bother telling them about the Pandas apparent resurgence… and let them be shocked, while they frantically look up his recent game log and feel stupid.
I love this
It’s like the bouncer coming to you at the bar and telling you to get your drunk friend a cab.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
Ban him yourself.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Tex check swing earlier
just saw the replay- young should have been rung up. alot of people don’t know that it’s not always whether a hitter goes around, but to the umpires discretion that “if the hitter looked fooled enough when checking his swing, it can be ruled a strike”.
He should have been rung up based on the fact that he went halfway or nearly so, and looked completely fooled by the pitch. no-brainer, IMO
Who cares?
Tampa scored zero. They lose regardless.
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
TOMORROW YOU'LL BE WORLDS AWAAAAY
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Man I hope Pablo does something and one of your people use this:
This team is a tease. 2010 Giants baseball playing Just the Tip with the best of them.
Worst ad campaign ever.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 7, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant must be writing too much, because he's lost his mind, fixed though.
“The Jay-Hey Kid”, implicitly references the greatest player inGiantshistory in a way that pleases Braves fans.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
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