Buster Posey wins the Rookie of the Year award
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 15, 2010 1:32 PM PST
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A link from the past, if you will…
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It really seems like this season can’t be appreciated fully unless you imagine it from the perspective of someone who just woke up from an 11-month coma. Any hope the Giants had to win a championship in the future – 2012 or 2013, if you wanted to be wildly optimistic – started with Buster Posey getting regular playing time as soon as possible. The Giants decided that it was just too risky for a contending team to start the season with a rookie catcher, and they brought back the organizational woobie for several million dollars. Giants fans could take solace, though, that Posey would probably get a chance to get some innings at first base.
Take the wayback machine just a little bit further back, and you get to this game. The Giants were desperate, absolutely desperate, for any sort of offensive spark, but Buster Posey watched Eli Whiteside catch for 12 long innings. The message was that the risk of Posey catching a few innings wasn’t worth the potential benefit of having Posey take a few at-bats.
It’s amusing now, but at the time, that mindset was the first bullet point on the internal Lunatic Fringe memos calling for an organizational junta. The best position player prospect since Will Clark was ready to hit for a team that couldn’t, but he played the exact wrong position. He played the position that was weighted down with lore and secret rituals, and he was playing for a manager who was an officer of the fraternal order.
And then Buster Posey won a division. And then he won a pennant. And then he won a championship. And then he won Rookie of the Year. You’d be stupid not to have him taking your NCAA bracket too. Posey over Duke, 89-61, with three Blue Devils caught stealing. They said there would be an adjustment period. If this was the adjustment period, it’s hard to imagine what it will be like when Posey settles in.
Jason Heyward was worthy of the award too. Absolutely he was. If Heyward had won, I would not have been bitter all – it still would have rankled me more that Andres Torres was robbed of a Gold Glove. Heyward played the whole season; Posey came up in May. But Heyward played a corner position; Posey was at the other end of the defensive spectrum. Posey had the hitting streak; Heyward had an edge with the on-base percentage. The debate could go back and forth, back and forth.
The tiebreaker, then, could have been how Posey handled an otherworldly pitching staff. In September, Giants opponents had a .189/.251/.292 batting line. Basically, the Giants turned every hitter into Adam Wainwright. They had a historic run. Posey was calling every pitch. The Giants finished with the lowest ERA in the majors, and they played in a park that has been mostly neutral over the past decade.
So last offseason, the rallying cry was:
The Giants are idiots. The role of a catcher on a team is grossly, grossly overstated. There has never been any measurable effect on total runs allowed from one catcher to another. The Giants need to let Posey play. They need to focus on the things he can do well, and not focus on the things they’re worried he can’t do well.
Is it disingenuous, then, to think now that Posey’s ability to catch (and catch so danged well) was enough to separate him from Heyward, even after accounting for the edge that Heyward has in playing time? Maybe. But Posey made a fellow like me, a certified catchgnostic, start to turn. There was something about Posey’s ability to lead and be a pitcher whisperer that made me think like an old-timer.
Like rain on your wedding day, Posey’s awesomeness made me think that a special catcher might have value that is extremely hard to measure through establish statistics, which was exactly what the Giants were trying to say when they re-signed Bengie Molina. We just disagree(d) on the definition of "a special catcher."
There’s no ambiguity on that definition now. Posey is the definition. He’s like Johnny Bench crossed with Batman, but better. Congratulations, Buster Posey.
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Man I had to read it the hard way
EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD TOO.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
He's also not doing too bad in the wife department
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
The Font Not is looking a tad hung over.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I think he always looks like that.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
Because he is always hung over?
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
Mrs. Font looks out of his league
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
He better lock that shit up then.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
She’s actually prettier than she looks in that picture.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
She looks absolutely beautiful in that picture.
Like I said he better lock it up. I married over my head and it is everything I thought it could be!
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
I'm in this boat.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
I married under my head
I’m 6 foot 2 and my wife is 5 foot even. She’s way better looking than me though, not to mention 15 years younger.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
Married Mr. Fontenot because of his sterling personality, I’m sure.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Nope.
Junk size. No joke. It’s like he’s trying to steal a Bengie Molina from a department store.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 15, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
Beat me to it—I had to go to www.Sound_of_Music.com to figure how to spell it.
/old_school_music_geekdom
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
Is that a Bengie Molina in your pants or did I just kill you with a horrifying mental image?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He’s just keeping the real estate free until he gets his other ring next year.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
When you are a world champion....
no one is out of your league
Fontenot is not doing quite well also...
I’m a brunette guy myself.
by JSing on Nov 15, 2010 1:56 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Fontenot is doing quite well also...
I’m a brunette guy myself.
by JSing on Nov 15, 2010 1:56 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
You could say that again
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
At least he knows the color of his own hair. I used to think I was a blond guy, but it turns out my hair is brown.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
My hair started out very blond, but it slowly got browner as I got towards adulthood. Now it’s sort of stuck in an indeterminate state, halfway between blond and brown.
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
I was pretty blond as a child, but I’ve been undeniably brown for a long, long time. My driver’s license actually says I’m blond, though, because I would not admit that I wasn’t until long after I did it, and also because the DMV people really don’t care what you list on your driver’s license.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
neither do we.....
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
Blond, 5’6", 133 Lbs.
Only one of those even comes close to applying anymore.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of: I wonder if I’m back under 170 yet. We really should buy a scale for the apartment.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
How much do you think your apartment weighs?
by KrazyKrabMeat on Nov 15, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
With or without me inside it?
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
Does anyone else think Gerald’s grins always look a bit sheepish?
by non sequitur on Nov 15, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
Is it just me, or does his wife look a little older than him?
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 15, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
Walrus Man’s date last weekend looked older than Posey.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 15, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
LOL
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 15, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Yea I know, she just looks a few years older than 23 to me.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 15, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Fontenot seem to be grabbing Buster's trunk
Right in front of his wife! Big Playa….
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Nov 15, 2010 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
She looks old but it’s really not fair seeing as Buster doesn’t age
by GrayDilla on Nov 15, 2010 11:12 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I wouldn’t mind him never aging.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 16, 2010 12:45 AM PST up reply actions
seriously
I might be over Omar.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
HEY
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 15, 2010 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
One of the (many) benefits of having won the World Series
Even if the voters are morons next year, Buster Posey and Andres Torres are going to the all star game. Book it.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
this is AMERICA! voters are idiots every year!
Seriously: I can’t wait for Boch to “bring [his] guys” next year.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 15, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
SUCK IT MANUEL
SUCK IT RECTUMFACE
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
Yes to Buster
No to Torres
Obviously we love Torres and hope he has another similarly impressive season. In the very likely chance he doesn’t hit quite as well I’d say there is a good chance he doesn’t make it (or gets picked as an alternate).
It would be pretty sweet justice to pick Torres as a reserve instead of Victorino next year, though.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
July 2011
“Well, last year we learned first hand how important home field advantage can be in the World Series…and…well, I just think Andres brings a gold-glove caliber defense and that can’t be overlooked in an All Star game with so much on the line….so, we’re taking Andres Torres as an alternate.” – Bruce Bochy?
“SUCK IT rectumface!” – McCoven
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 15, 2010 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
After not believing in Torres for a long time, I think there is a very good chance that he repeats his 2010 performance next year.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
why the hell not?
his improvement was largely based on stuff that doesn’t go away: plate discipline. Maybe the HRs go down a bit, but I’m not sure there’s a definite regression coming.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
His plate discipline went away in the second half of 2010. Check the month-by-month splits for strikeouts and bases on balls.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
You know what really impressed me about Buster Posey?
Everything.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
His overall Busterness?
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
you mean Bustertude
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
Weird font is weird.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
FONT NOOOOOOOOOOOO
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
If what Grant/Edelweiss says is true, there definitely will be some tenderness.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 15, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
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
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by Gobroks on Nov 15, 2010 1:40 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I like the reference to that obscure indie band.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
Posey Over Duke has been shit since their first e.p.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 15, 2010 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
I saw Organizational Woobie at The Farm in ’86.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 15, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
I need to find a cheap digital camera. The one I use in my classroom was stolen, again, that’s 2 cameras in 18 months. : ( If ya see anything under $50…
Do you teach at McClatchy?
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
I teach 4 and 5 year olds, so it was a parent or older sibling. Stupid thing wasn’t worth more than $50 or $60 … but it still pisses me right the hell off.
just get a purchase order
and nip down to Best Buy. Or maybe requisition one from the district office.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
There’s this thing called a budget… and we don’t have one. I think I’ve pretty much blown through this years $300 on things like glue, paper, and crayons.
the mrs. scrounges around
for scrap paper to use in the printer at work. In fact, she was scrounging around for a printer. We have periodic discussions about oddball things they can’t have… kleenex, I forget what all.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
I teach 4 and 5 year olds, so it was a parent or older sibling. Stupid thing wasn’t worth more than $50 or $60 … but it still pisses me right the hell off.
I hate people
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
4-5 year olds
Be very careful of what you type in a public forum, teacher. Just saying.
Yeah, uh, you do realize that the population of this board seems to be made up of: people who are/were/are going to be teachers
Well and… doctors / doctors in training
lawyers / future lawyers
computer nerbs / aspiring computer nerbs
?
Kriminey, no wonder this place is the way it is…
I, for one, and working to become a shepherd.
And if anything I type in this community gets out to my sheep…there will be Hell to pay.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 15, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
mmmmm….PIE!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 15, 2010 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
I think Merope has it under control.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
I don't like Kodak's
but Walmart will have one for $59. Unfortunately, it’s a 5am-11am special, but it might be available online.
Office Depot will have a$59 Kodak all day Friday and Saturday.
Under 50, you’re looking at Vivitars
That’s what I’ve been using actually: vivitars, which makes it all the more annoying that they are getting stolen!! I’m not trying to take photographs, I’m just snapping pictures of the kid’s work so I that I can document progress without having to take down detailed “anecdotal evidence.”
Plenty of those then
Office depot has a Vivitar for 39.99, but that’ll be limited, since it comes with a case and a tripod.
Staples has one for 49.99, but that seems a bit much, since it has that swivel LCD. You probably don’t need that and someone might be even more tempted to yank that one.
Boy, you are just the Black Friday Diva! I go to those websites and I swear within 5 minutes my head is spinning and I can’t remember what the heck I’ve looked at!
I’ve been hoping something will popup on amazon.
Mr. Merope thinks I should be looking for something really small so that I can keep it in my pocket when I’m not using it.
I hear the Goldman Sachs has a special going on with treasury bills
but it’s only available for the Federal Reserve, at outrageous prices.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
I’ll trade you for these confederate certificates.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
If you have the leverage, I suggest holding out for some from Mozambique
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Nov 15, 2010 11:43 PM PST up reply actions
Siamese Ticals are a sure bet.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 16, 2010 12:02 AM PST up reply actions
/sleeps through black friday
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"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Nov 15, 2010 11:18 PM PST up reply actions
The Giants probably don’t have the high level pitching prospects to interest the Jays.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Marlins
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I don’t know what the Jays are offering, but that’s not a very enticing package.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
this
So far it seems to be “The Blue Jays like players who hit home runs! Uggla hits home runs!” Neglecting the little fact that they already have a 2B who can hit dingerz, isn’t he?
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
no!
I can’t accept that Buster Olney might not know what he’s talking about!!!! BRAIN ASSPLODE
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
Shortstop!
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 15, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
They could balance it out by putting Nate Schierholtz at third.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
The Giants Should Put Randy Winn At Third
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Olney says they probably won't ask for a ton
And they asked the Nats for a Catcher and a Pitcher
If we could trade Joseph + a pitcher who isn’t Zack Wheeler, I’d be pretty happy
"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
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I'd prefer to keep him
But I think I’d do that deal
"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
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There's basically no reason to keep Surkamp.
Barring injury, we don’t have much roster space for him. He basically serves the purpose of Fresno filler, and I’m sure the Todd Wellemeyers of the world can do the same. He’s our trade bait if we ever had any.
You can never have enough pitching depth.
I wouldn’t mind trading Surkamp, though.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
True, true.
I just really like our chances with Uggla in the lineup, if we can find somewhere to stash that glove. Regardless, I think we’re on the same page about trading Surkamp. Hopefully the brasz sees it the same way.
Eh, a 5:1 K:BB is really good
I wouldn’t just give him away, but to help acquire Uggla, yeah I make that deal
"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
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If that's really all it would take
the Giants should do that deal yesterday. And then immediately get Uggla, Ross, their agents, and Sabean in a room together to negotiate joint BFF contract extensions.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
Buster is having a pretty good year.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
I think starting All Star berth and league MVP
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
you people need to start thinking big
I’ll be crushed by anything less than a 28 WAR season.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
He’ll need to go 250 for 550 with 250 home runs (really, I used Linear Weights). Doable? Yes. But likely? Yes.
Barry Bonds had a 13 WAR season, and he was a bad man. By all accounts, Buster Posey is a good teammate and a fine young man. Therefore, he can definitely do more than twice as well.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
Old Hoss Radbourne had a 19.8 WAR season
he also threw 678 innings and threw 73 complete games that year.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
b-r now has that year at 20.3 WAR
1884 FTW!
Excluding the 1880s, Babe Ruth leads in ss WAR with 14.7 in 1923.
Which reminds me just how freaking good Barry Bonds was. I miss having that guy hit for my team.
A second ring
and who cares about everything else.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Find me a player...
With a better rookie year. Seriously. WS and ROY!? He had got to be on cloud 9. Soooooooooo happy.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
I was going to say Yogi Berra, but no ROY and he kind of sucked in the Series.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 15, 2010 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
It’s been OK-ish.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 15, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
And it isn't even over
I wonder what he’ll get for Christmas
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Nov 15, 2010 11:19 PM PST up reply actions
probably that train set he's always wanted
"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 Nov 16, 2010 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
OMG SABES WHAT R U DOIN
SMOAK IS STILL ON THE BOARD WHAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!
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SWOOP SABES
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precludes them from getting the top-of-the-line prospects.
swoooooop. Then sign him and Cody both to extensions so they can be biffles forever.
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Hmm
Maybe a Runzler centered package could do it, if the Marlins believe he could be converted to starting.
That said, I’d still rather try to see if we can get an outfielder or shortstop rather than a second baseman.
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I don’t think he has the arm for shortstop.
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??
He played third for a few years with good results by UZR – I don’t think his arm is a problem.
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It’s been four years since he played there, your arm has to be stronger at SS and he’s had some shoulder issues the last few years. There were times when he had issues with throwing from second last season, especially after the last shoulder injury.
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It was pretty recently that his shoulder was acting up and he could only lob the ball to first base.
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Fair, I do remember that
I did say it was delusional heh.
Maybe Uggla could play third? Pablo to first?
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Well it's not like he plays an adequate 2B
I always thought 2B and SS were rated pretty similarly defensively. And we’ve done OK with a sub-par defender at third for a while now.
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SS is much more difficult than 2B.
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Whoops!
I meant 2B and 3B were similarly difficult. Obviously SS is the most difficult, yeah. My bad.
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I think 2B requires more range, 3B requires more arm.
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Second and third base were my favorite positions to play in Little League. Thus, they are the best positions.
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3B also arguably require quicker reflexes. You’re closer to the ball, and some of the hardest hit (playable balls) are hit down the lines. Good instincts make a world of difference for a 3B.
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I agree with the earlier discussion on Sanchez’s health issues, most notably his shoulder. Freddy is also small, which puts him at a disadvantage at the corners.
Keep Mole at 2B.
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And honestly, Freddy is a great defender, but there are times where he looks like an outright 2B specialist. The hadouken 4-6-3 double play feed is a thing of beauty.
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No, I mean when gets in front of the ball, fields it, and then pretty much pushes it to second. You might call it a backhand throw, but whatever it is, it’s accurate as hell and usually right at glove level for the SS.
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I dunno..
I won’t argue that 3B requires more lateral quickness, but range will depend on the person I think.
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Bad range, inconsistent throws. I don’t see the faulty rating.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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Agree, he played position solidly during most of the season
late and playoffs, not so much. This is yet another case of vilification of a pretty good (and could be great) player when they stumble.
Doesn't Uggla have a weak arm too?
(Although for the record, I’d be happy to get him)
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i think it's more likely that he'd play 3B
and if Panda has a good offseason he could shift to first with Huff going to the outfield…
Or we could just skip all that and convince Uggla to play LF.
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
mmm… Burrell, Torres, Huff with Cody as 4th OF
go rowand
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Where would Uggla play?
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Uh, in San Francisco?
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You could get creative
You could try to see if Freddy can play SS. If he can, problem solved.
If he can’t, you shift Freddy to 3B, where he played for many years, and move Pablo to first and Huff to LF.
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you know, if we trade them Panda and Aaron Rowand..
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LOL ZiPS
Dan Szymborski just posted the Cleveland Indians ZiPS projections for 2011 and before the pitching projections he posted this warning:
DISCLAIMER: BY READING THE PITCHING PROJECTIONS BELOW, YOU ARE CERTIFYING
THAT YOU ARE NOT PREGNANT, HAVE A HEART CONDITION AND THAT YOU OR ANY
CLOSE RELATIVE ARE NOT ANY CLEVELAND INDIAN PITCHER THAT IS NOT CHRIS PEREZ.
READER ALSO AGREES, AS CONDITION IN ORDER TO READ BELOW TEXT, THAT YOU
INDEMNIFY DAN SZYMBORSKI, JIM FURTADO, AND ANYONE WHO OWNS OR IS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE BASEBALL THINK FACTORY AGAINST ALL DAMAGES ARISING FROM READING THE
BELOW TEXT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUICIDE, DEPRESSION, DIARRHEA,
DRY-MOUTH, DIVIDE-BY-ZERO ERROR, AND THE IMMEDIATE COMPLETE DISINTEGRATION
OF THE MILKY WAY GALAXY.
The Indians have two pitchers in their entire organization who project as better than league average.
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WE’LL GIVE THEM SANTIAGO CASILLA FOR GRADY SIZEMORE
THINK IT OVER, CLEVELAND
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This baseball thing is pretty cool
Choo and Quentin
I really like Choo’s game. Great defense and offense. Great arm in right field. Solid leftie. I also seriously like Carlos Quentin who had a down year, actually the last 2 years have been off. He’s due for a break out year if he can stay healthy. Both are very good matches for the Giants. Quentin from Stanford and California. Choo would be like Jeremy Lin for our Bay Area Koren -American community. Choo would have to feel more at home in SF than Cleveland. Both are not generally listed as available but might be with interest. Under the radar deals….
Choo is awesome
Definitely worth J. Sanchez and a package of prospects (non-Belt division)
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
only if we can grant him asylum to get out of his military duties.
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Not an issue
South Korea has an informal policy that high-profile athletes just need to do the one month basic training and then they get cut loose. We would not lose him for the full two years.
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
He won the gold medal though
Choo apparently (from the pieces I’ve read of his situation) needs to win one with Team Korea at the Asian Games this year.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
Ding ding ding.
Pending citizenship issues are a big problem. Not to mention the fact that we’re already crowded in the outfield. If you sign Choo, then Huff/Belt is locked in at 1B, and Schierholtz and Rowand both become loose pieces. That doesn’t make it unfeasible (Ross/Torres/Choo as an everyday OF is pretty fabulous, obviously), but it’s something that needs to be weighed.
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Schierholtz?
If you could get Choo, you’d DFA Scheirholtz in a heart-beat. Or he might be part of the package that got Choo in the first place.
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 5:09 PM PST up reply actions
Like I said, it’s not a deal breaker at all, but it’s an issue that needs to be addressed if we’re picking up any outfielders who play bettter-than-average defense.
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we have nobody to replace Jonathan Sanchez
DNW Choo under these conditions
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
You have $4 million plus
…once Sanchez is gone. Add a few million more and go get a free agent starter with a ~110 OPS+ for two years and wait for Wheeler.
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
Yesh...
ERA+, but you knew that.
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 5:09 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah I know, just messing with you.
You make a good point, but I’d rather keep the talent we have than add to the glut of outfielders that roams our field.
Glut?
Choo has elite player skills and is still team-controlable for several more years. Add him to the mix and he’s our best corner OF, without question. The day we need to worry about taking playing time away from Nate or DeRosa-as-LF, we are thoroughly screwed.
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, you're right.
I think a Sanchez and pieces for Choo and pieces wouldn’t have enough overall benefit to compensate for that gaping hole in the rotation. You’re right though, if the Giants had Choo, they should DFA or trade Nate in a heartbeat (or at least cut his PT down to microscopic levels).
This is an extremely thin offseason for FA starters. Trade Sanchez, and the Giants are looking at a huge downgrade in a rotation. Their best bet would be to take a flier on a pitcher with health questions, or… well, Dontrelle.
I’d stick with Sanchez for the time being.
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I think we should re-sign Willis
and let him play 1B
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While we’re at it, let’s move Jesus Guzman to the bullpen. The bullpen is a position, right?
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Willis was regarded as a better hitter in HS
And obviously this pitching thing isn’t working out
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That wasn’t meant to seem like a knock on your suggestion, but I really don’t think Willis has a future as anything but a pitcher, and I don’t see him “finding it” any time soon. There’s a reason Rick Ankiel will not be a hot commodity this offseason.
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GIT ER DONE, SABEZ!
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The Giants should express interest in that Cabrera fellow.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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organizational woobie
/Linus’d
srlsy though, that was adorable, visions of Bengie Snuggies
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
This was a good year. Let’s do this again a couple times.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
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Belt is gonna make this a repeat next year
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Me too
But I don’t think he will.
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CHARLIE FOR UGGLA?!?!?!?!
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my bad
CC AND CG FOR UGGLA!?!?!?!?!
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For an Uggla...
…who’s going to be a FA in one year? Not entirely sold on this idea…
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
well if you think about it
it’s like trading a first and a supplimental for 1 year of Uggla at fair salary, then collect a first and a supplimental to replace them!
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*shrug*
Probably true. I’m just overly optimistic and am holding out for either (both?) CC or CG to come through :p.
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it would be nice
sounds like there are concerns about his defense now, though, which isn’t helping.
I would feel SO much better about the Giants infield of the future if Culberson more or less puts up the same-ish numbers next year and Gillaspie actually started to hit.
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If Culberson put up the same numbers in the EL as a 21/22 year old, then he would probably have to be rated a top 70 prospect. Don’t get your hopes up so high, that way you’ll be pleasantly surprised when things do work out.
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Congrats to Buster!
We all knew it. Hey we want some Posey.
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Were you in our section during Game 2 of the WS? These dudes next to us were yelling that the whole time.
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I love Buster Posey, I love the Giants, and I love baseball.
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well then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIuKtp3yCTw
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Food OT: This is coming near me...
Now here’s a buffet that’s gigantic even by Las Vegas standards.
Endless Food & Fun, a food and entertainment center outfitted with a 200 foot-long buffet, is coming soon to Huntington Beach.
My favorite part
The buffet offers a two-hour pass or a day pass. For weekends, the two-hour pass costs $6.99 for children and $11.99 for adults, and the day pass costs $14.99 for children and $26.99 for adults. Prices are reduced Monday-Friday.
DAY PASS???
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They better have an xbox and some toys in there to keep me all day.
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by Soulbrother16 on Nov 15, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
That actually sounds like something I would go to. A buffet with some sort of entertainment.
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by Soulbrother16 on Nov 15, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Done
Besides dining options, Endless Food & Fun will feature arcade games and a laser tag arena.
The grand opening event includes an all-day unlimited pass for the buffet, arcade and laser tag arena. Tickets are available on the center’s website for $40 per person.
by calbearjd on Nov 15, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m moving to Vegas.
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by Soulbrother16 on Nov 15, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
Ew.
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I say it again
Do you ever get tired of being wrong about everything!?
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Seriously...
it’s not a bad place to live especially if you have a family…
Irvine is great…so is Newport…
It’s really not that different from Pleasanton/Dublin/Amador Valley/Blackhawk…
Not much in the selection of restaurants/shops but well zoned and city speed limits of 45-55 mph…
Irvine is great…so is Newport…
Well if you have that money you’re not gonna find a bad place to live.
I can't fight this feeling anymore!
Is that so you could live in Irvine and then realize how nice Palo Alto is?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 15, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe it's just me...
I don’t really care for the South Bay that much…Palo Alto (and all the Altos) just doesn’t do much for me…
Cactuses like it
Also, fruit trees and tech companies. I am not sure why people live there, though.
We lived in Garden Grove for about 6 months. Just long enough to be there for the big earthquake in 71 or 72.
It’s really not that different from Pleasanton/Dublin/Amador Valley/Blackhawk…
That about sums it up for me, really. I’ve lived in Central Contra Costa before, and while it’s pretty out there, I’d never want to live there again.
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With a kid, I like knowing where everything is and having a bunch of stores in one place…I used to live in LA for a while and it was fun until I had to drive 25 minutes to get to a Target
I have two kids, for the record. I just (and yes, I know how cliché this is) don’t care for that type of suburbia at all.
In terms of suburbs, I really like Albany, in the East Bay: it’s a suburb with the schools and blah blah blah, but it’s still dense. You can walk everywhere (and people do). There’s very good access to transit and all that good stuff.
…and I wouldn’t want to live in LA, either.
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I almost like Albany
..except for the part of the local culture where it was and apparently is okay to have a sign like the Hotsy Totsy’s. Don’t get me wrong, I used to drink there and would take anyone I wanted and never really had a problem qua problem, but it’s telling. I wouldn’t live there.
That’s…a bar, right? Being a teetotaler, I’m vaguely aware that such a place exists, but I know nothing about it.
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look at the sign next time you drive by
The design is, um, obvious.
I live in Florida right now, so that’s not happening anytime soon, sorry to say.
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hm.
That is curious. Especially since, culturally and politically, Albany is basically Berkeley.
I think that place is on San Pablo, near El Cerrito, right? Because, until relatively recently, El Cerrito was a pretty redneck kind of town, with lots of gun shops along San Pablo. I’d bet it’s a holdover from those times.
That’s an explanation, mind you, not an excuse.
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I don't see it as Berkeley-like
Bits of it along Solano, sure, but the bulk of Albany is the flats and Albany’s flats have always seemed much more redneck righty than hippie lefty to me. Things may have changed since I was a callow youth taking pals into the Hotsy Totsy in the early ’90s, but I have always seen local culture as a slowmoving thing.
hmm
Being a kid there in the 80s, and having a lot of friends and relatives who live there to this day, that’s pretty much the exact opposite of my experience. Not sure how to account for such divergence!
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So it's a Dukes of Hazzard bar?
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
it's mostly a dive bar
..but dive bars sport regulars, not just hipsters (except for the Ivy room, where the regulars are hipsters). The regulars at the HT back in the day used to give us looks when our group included folks with audible accents or more olive skin tones. Being dumb kids we didn’t care, but we were probably taking a small chance doing it.
It’s really not that different from Pleasanton/Dublin/Amador Valley/Blackhawk…
These are awful places!
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Hey...
I live in Pleasanton, and have a timeshare in Newport Beach!
I’m deeply hurt.
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It’s really not that different from Pleasanton/Dublin/Amador Valley/Blackhawk…
Yes it is
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by Useful_Idiot on Nov 15, 2010 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah…so is Newport from Irvine…
I see:
Newport = Blackhawk
Pleasanton/Dublin = Irvine
Castro Valley = Tustin..(CV is my hometown)
So what you’re saying is that Orange County is like all the least interesting parts of the Bay Area?
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by EliminateMe on Nov 16, 2010 11:50 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
EFFFF!!!!!!!!
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by Soulbrother16 on Nov 15, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
Nevermind.
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by Soulbrother16 on Nov 15, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Laser tag?
There’s nothing that I want to do less after gorging myself on buffet food than run around for a while.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
There’s nothing that I want to do more after running around for a while than gorge myself on buffet food.
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by Soulbrother16 on Nov 15, 2010 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
HIDE PABLO QUICK
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What, no season pass that pays for itself in less than two visits?
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Nov 15, 2010 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
Shift A
FUCK YEAH.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
Take the wayback machine just a little bit further back, and you get to this game.
What a lineup.
1 Eugenio Velez LF
2 Edgar Renteria SS
3 Pablo Sandoval 3B
4 Juan Uribe 2B
5 Randy Winn RF
6 Ryan Garko 1B
7 Aaron Rowand CF
8 Eli Whiteside C
9 Jonathan Sanchez P
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
Can we not...
Think about that ever, ever again…?
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Ryan Garko had a sub .400 SLG in the PCL this year
Upon further review, I’m glad we signed Huff
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What on Earth happened to Garko?
He was not terrible while he was with the Indians….I can’t comprehend such a ridiculous free-fall.
I think I remember hearing that he had some serious attitude/work ethic issues. But don’t take my word on that.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
I believe so
"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
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The story I’m supposedly thinking of came from his short stint with the Rangers.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
it may have been short
…but that was one of the girthiest stints anyone can remember seeing
The thong is, it happened.
But he climbed Camelback mountain with Pablo!!!!!
Garko was an overrated player from a bad team from the outset, IMO. Even as advertised, he wouldn’t have been much more than a marginal upgrade over Ishikawa.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Well Bocock is a good defender
Garko is a clank mitt
"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
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Last year, I remember somebody was arguing that Garko would actually be a good choice for left field.
/facepalm
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Apparently they tried that when he was in Cleveland...
"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
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I remember when people were arguing that we move Garko back behind the dish (this was before we resigned Bengie). HE PLAYED THERE IN COLLEGE!
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Awww I miss climbing Camelback D:
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
Nice baseball related story
John Perrotto of the Beaver County Times reports that Hurdle’s world view is shaped, partly, by the life-threatening condition his 8-year-old daughter lives with:
[M]adison was born with Prader-Willi Syndrome. The disease, which affects about one in every 12,000 people, is a chromosomal disorder that typically causes low muscle tone, short stature if not treated with growth hormone and an insatiable appetite that can lead to life-threatening obesity.
The Children’s Institute, located [in the] Squirrel Hill [neighborhood], is one of the nation’s foremost providers of care for those affected with Prader-Willi. Hurdle serves as the national spokesman for the Prader-Willi Foundation.
That Prader-Willi is nasty
It’s like you are genetically incapable of satiating your hunger. Kids have died from that because they kept eating until their stomachs ruptured.
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Nov 15, 2010 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
urban legend methinks
stomachs really don’t rupture under conditions of voluntary eating. You just throw up.
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
Wow.
That is frightening.
AND he’s the new manager of the Pirates.
God speed, Mr. Hurdle.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 15, 2010 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
/shift-A
Man, I’m not rereading that. That’s way too many words. If someone makes it to the end, just let me know if there are any typos.
OMG IT'S MIKE FONTENOT!
HEAR DUDE HAD A PENIS THE SIZE OF A SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN USUAL ZUCCHINI!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I got to the part where Alanis Morrissette screamed “It’s like RAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN on your weddingggg day”
and gave up.
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The brilliance of that song is that it actually is ironic, in that it uses words (“it’s like rain on your wedding day”, etc.) to express something other than the literal meaning of the word irony.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve always felt it was a bit of a stretch, but I’ve always wanted to make that argument.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
It’s ironic that she thinks those things are ironic.
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See: Brilliant.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
This is like when, during 2 Live Crew’s obscenity trial, their attorney called them “brilliant, sophisticated satirists.”
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Well, they are, aren’t they?
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
Dr. Dre didn’t think so.
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I’m actually somewhat out of my element in a 2 Live Crew discussion. I concede the point.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
Well, in the song “Fuck Wit Dre Day,” Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg threatened to prove Luke of 2 Live Crew was gay by having sex with him. And then the video portrayed him bending over to receive anal sex from a morbidly obese man.
So there’s that.
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WHAT!
Dre and Snoop are actually 50s-era FBI agents??
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
You Oughta Know is a cool song.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
Not a fan.
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TWDCS!
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
I actually thought it was a brilliant bit of casting.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
Bethany: “You knew Jesus?”
Rufus: “Knew him? ****** owes me 12 bucks.”
Yet in the same movie:
Bethany: “Having beliefs isn’t good?”
Rufus: “I think it’s better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier. Life should malleable and progressive; working from idea to idea permits that. Beliefs anchor you to certain points and limit growth; new ideas can’t generate. Life becomes stagnant.”
I can't fight this feeling anymore!
I don’t really see that as an inherent contradiction.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 16, 2010 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
I was trying to state that the movie contained both crude humor & insightful views towards religion/faith. A rare combination.
I can't fight this feeling anymore!
Oh, I see. I definitely misread your intent. Then we are in agreement.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 16, 2010 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Dear Buster Posey,
I love you.
Sincerely,
Prussian Creole
P.S. Your wife is kinda hot, too. Good work.
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
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 15, 2010 2:28 PM PST reply actions
Fuck Yeah!
Just woke up (work nights) to check.. Very satisfied with this.
/deserve’d
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
I AM PAT BURRELLZ'Z DADDY! (wait, that doesn't sound right)
Job 1:14-15
anyone remember Posey sucking in AFL last year and people kept saying he's tired?
Neal was also doing much better than Posey at that time.
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
Kikuchi said he left Posey off his ballot because of the late-May promotion.
“Obviously it was a tough decision,” Kikuchi said. "To me, Rookie of the Year is the best rookie player throughout the whole season. “On the other hand, I know Buster had a very big impact for the Giants. I know how important his role was to contribute to the Giants winning the championship.”
Twenty writers who gave Posey their first-place votes had no issue with the length of his season.
Nice burn by Schulman at the end.
Season
is that what young people call it these days?
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If you have no sense of history of the game…why are you voting for ROY, or anything else for that matter? Mays didn’t need a whole season to win a ROY. I’d guess there are others, I dunno. I don’t think there’s a “games played” criteria.
Willie McCovey won the RoY after playing in only 52 games.
Would Kikuchi have voted for him?
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Well, if there’s no games played criteria, why would you vote for Posey? Strasburg was faaar better than him when he played.
You can’t just ignore playing time.
You can’t ignore…but it’s like SSS…at a certain point SSS is no longer SSS…it’s just regular stats…
There is a threshold as to games played…You don’t need to play 162 games in order to be considered for post-season awards.
Someone on twitter made the point
That Strasburg probably lost votes due to only throwing 68 IP. Neftali Feliz threw 69 IP and won the AL ROY.
Obviously this doesn’t take into consideration that the NL rookie class was a lot stronger than the AL class, but it is an interesting point
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Well, wasn’t Feliz a Closer? I’m pretty sure that accounts for the low IP total
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
I think that's an okay reasoning tbh
I don’t agree with it, but okay.
BUT THEN WHY DID YOU VOTE GABY SANCHEZ FIRST? RATIONALIZE THAT!!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Not a Giant.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 15, 2010 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
1959
McCovey wins ROY playing in 52 games.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 15, 2010 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
And got MVP votes!
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Q: What do 2009 Jeremy Affeldt and 1959 Willie McCovey have in common?
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 15, 2010 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
1997 Deivi Cruz.
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the .263 OBP is wildly impressive, but there must be more to this story?
Did the writer get whatever $bonus was due Mr. Cruz??
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 15, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve never heard what the deal is with that. But it’s almost certainly the worst season ever to get an MVP vote.
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quick google for some speculation found this:
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 15, 2010 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder what was the wrongest MVP selection ever. Boyer in 1964, Garvey in 1974, and Eckersley in 1992 are the worst I’m aware of.
I was going to drop a Zoilo Versalles on you, but danged if he didn’t lead the league in WAR that year….
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 15, 2010 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
The one in 1964 really pisses me off.
Ken Boyer: .295/.365/.489, great defense at 3B (24 HR’s, 119 RBI, 100 RS).
Willie Mays: .296/.383/.607, silly defense in CF (47 HR’s, 111 RBI, 121 RS).
And Mays (who led the league in home runs) wasn’t even close to winning.
by Cookyman on Nov 15, 2010 4:42 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Ribeyes?
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I wondered if there might a VROOM factor, but Mays stole 19 and Boyer stole 3 (and was caught 5 times).
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Boyer did lead the majors, but surely 8 RBI could’t have been worth more to the voters than 21 runs scored and 23 home runs, right?
It’s probably because he was on the Cardinals and they were 1st in the NL (though the Giants just barely missed the playoffs).
Dawson in the year he won it. ’87, I believe.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
funny thing about that
It was a rare case where they gave the MVP to a guy on a last place team…and, individually, he was TOTALLY undeserving.
Among 18 players who got MVP votes that year, he was 17th in WAR – better than Steve Bedrosian and nobody else.
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Wow, I knew he didn’t deserve it, but what the hell happened there? Gwyn hit .370, stole 56 bases, won a Gold Glove, and didn’t get a single MVP vote.
Winning the Gold Glove is mostly a representation of offensive prowess....
but your point still stands.
A guy who only drives in 54 runs cannot be one of the ten best players in the league. It’s unpossible.
needs more clutchiness
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
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by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
The Padres were really bad that year. Aside from Gwynn’s great season, John Kruk had a great year (.313 / .406 / .488), and they got good seasons from Benito Santiago and Carmelo Martinez – and they they STILL only had a 91 team OPS+ and finished 10th of 12 teams in the NL in runs scored.
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Who cares about that?
Can we please talk about the 2003 Cy Young?
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
ugh
still infuriating.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 6:39 PM PST up reply actions
I can understand giving it to an epically dominant closer in a year where there isn’t a truly dominant SP. But Schmidt was SO FREAKING AMAZING that year.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
Pendleton over Bonds in 1992.
Also jobbed that year: Tom Glavine (almost 2 WAR better than Pendleton, 11th place in the voting), Tony Gwynn (0.7 WAR less than Pendleton, 16th in the voting), Barry Larkin (0.3 WAR less than Pendleton, 17th in voting), Barry Larkin (0.9 WAR better than Pendleton, 17th in voting)
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Barry Larkin was 0.3 and 0.9 WAR better than Pendleton?
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
It's not the length...
""I’d like to be a crossword clue one day. I want to be in The New York Times’s Sunday edition. Right now, the clue ‘Giants great’ is always Mel Ott. I want my clue to be down, not across. The down ones are usually harder. And when I’m the clue, I’ll fill it in — just that one — and frame it. " - Brian Wilson.
But Garcia didn’t pitch the whole season either?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Nov 15, 2010 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
ouch
“From the day he showed up in the big leagues,” Stark said of Posey, “the only players in the National League who had as good a batting average and slugging percentage were Albert Pujols, Joey Votto, Matt Holliday, Carlos Gonzalez and Adrian Gonzalez. Ever heard of those guys? I have. And if Buster Posey was in that kind of company for more than four months, that’s what Rookies of the Year are made of.”
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/15/SPNM1GCC6I.DTL#ixzz15OylLy3B
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
by nogooddeed on Nov 15, 2010 4:47 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
How about the Pittsburgh guy who listed Posey as #1 but had two Pirates at 2 and 3?
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
L
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
How could this guy have both Neil Walker and Jose Tabata ahead of Jason Heyward?
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
He's an idiot.
But, he could’ve put Walker #3 and at least had an argument and maintained credibility.
Because everybody already knew about Posey and Heyward. Wanting to give a scrap of recognition to two rookies with solid seasons is not a crime. At least he still put his vote for the BEST rookie first, which is really what it comes down to anyway.
It’s not much different than the SF writer (forget which one) who voted Jeremy Affeldt as his 9th place MVP candidate last season. Credit where credit is due.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Baggs did that.
Tabata’s nowhere near as good as Heyward, so, voting for an inferior player from the field is just dumb.
There’s a pretty big difference between giving one obviously inconsequential 9th place vote (and it was Baggs, by the way) to some schlub and giving TWO second and third place votes to two guys who were clearly worse than Jason Heyward. What Baggs did will almost certainly have no outcome on the results; this guy stiffing Heyward could well have, had the voting been a little closer.
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Maybe he cheats the system by not voting Heyward at all. In effect, he’s depriving Heyward of 1 or 3 points, or giving Posey an extra 2nd or 3 place vote. If you believe that the voting system is sacred, then sure it’s cheating Heyward. But the odds of it affecting the outcome are very small; has there ever been a ROY or CY vote where the winner won by less than 3 points?
Heyward and Posey got plenty of attention, and one of them was going to win and be very deserving. Let the kids slogging it out in Pittsburgh have a tiny fucking moment in the sun.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Except that their “moment in the sun” involves everyone pointing out how much they suck compared to Heyward and Posey and what an idiot/homer the guy that voted for them is.
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 15, 2010 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
Congratulations Buster Posey.
Before the playoffs and the World Series not that many baseball fans knew who he was outside of San Francisco. Now he is on everyone’s radar. What an amazing career boost for Buster Posey. I must be pretty nice to be the catcher for the Giants right now.
Peter Bourjos is faster than anyone on your team.
Poor Greinke
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Tied for 4th among AL rookies for WAR that season. Well done, voters!
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It seemed to make sense to me at the time, because he got a TON of hype before that year and throughout the year, but I remember looking at his stats even that year and being like, “Huh, I thought he was a lot better than that based on the talk…”
Peter Gammons used to pimp him as an MVP candidate every offseason. Now THAT was funny.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Greinke’s numbers weren’t that great. Crosby played pretty good defense right? Horrible batting average though…then again no one seems to especially pop out in the list of top 10 finishers
Fate is inexorable
going by b-r WAR
1) Zack Greinke 3.7
2) Shingo Takatsu 2.2
3) David Bush 1.9
4) Bobby Crosby 1.4
4) Nate Robertson 1.4
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Shingo Takats-who?
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
Shinkuu Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku?
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He played for the Grizzlies a couple years ago, right?
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I’m pretty sure it was the dingers.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
Yup. And his average was ok until about August, if I recall correctly. Then he went into an absolute tailspin, but by then he’d already had the thing sewn up/the narrative was “Crosby is a lock for RotY” so it didn’t really matter.
looking at the splits
It is pretty funny that his complaints included the claim that voters must’ve decided by July or August – because, in fact, September was his worst month by a wide margin (about 90 points of OPS).
(Please note: I’m not citing splits as an argument against him; I’m pointing out that even his own internal logic doesn’t hold)
Also, I hadn’t realized how old the dude was. Turned 27 in September.
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um, yeah, I lost track of who were talking about in the replies. LOL ME.
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…and I thought this was sarchasm, saying Gaby Sanchez’s numbers would be good if he was a shortstop.
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Dirtbagginess
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 15, 2010 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
Fuck, I really need to do homework.
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I should have picked a shorter movie to watch before starting my homework than A.I.
I mean, fuck. This epilogue section is a good three hours long on its own.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously? It’s not over yet?
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Howie are you talking to yourself?
/prepares straight jacket
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
I think Peter Jackson directed Return of the King after watching A.I.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
DON’T LET THEM GET YOU IN THAT THING. IT MAKES YOU LOOK CRAZY!!
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
/offers white jacket jhiat
it’s ok buddy, this will keep you warm
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
wait a second… that’s not a white jacket… it’s an old jacket!
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry. That’s an instruction that I only follow twice a day, and I’ve already hit my quota.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
um….The Giants will win the World Series if you put it on?
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
I don’t think that bribe becomes valid again until March.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
Put it on because it was worn by one Gerald Demp Posey?
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
I think we’re done here.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
We don’t have to live this entire day with them!
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
Man, I can never figure out whether or not I like that movie.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
Man, that was long.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
I suppose she would have said that had she watched A.I.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
notice how in the process of procrastinating, we wind up spending more time avoiding the work then is actually needed to DO the work?
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
Notice how in the process of eating, we wind up putting food in our mouths, chewing it, and then swallowing?
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
About time these guys got an award right
YEAH BUSTER
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
Good article about the rookies in the NL this year...
Adding up the 35 WARP totals above, I find my NL All-Rookie team was 73.92 wins above replacement in 2010. If you add those 74 wins to the 25-win baseline you’ll find the team above, comprised exclusively of National League rookies, would have won 99 games, more than any other team in baseball in 2010.
So how deep was the 2010 National League rookie class? So deep you could not only assemble an entire 25-man roster (with 10 alternates) of NL rookies, but future stars such as Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez, Phillies outfielder Dominic Brown, Reds righty Mike Leake, and Mets hurlers Jenrry Mejia and Jonathon Niese didn’t even make the team, nor did hot-hitting rookies Tyler Colvin of the Cubs or Jon Jay of the Cardinals (all had inferior WARP-per-game rates to the players listed in their positions above). It was so deep that it could absorb Stephen Strasburg’s elbow injury and still have a deep and effective rotation. So deep that the resulting roster would have had the best record in the major leagues in 2010, won any division in the game, and had home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. That deep
Too bad the class of rookies in the NL this year was not that deep
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/cliff_corcoran/11/14/nl.rookie.team/index.html
that's awesome...
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Cained is now on UrbanDictionary, definition 4
My friend wrote it, and I am obligated to share this great definition.
The thing is, it happened.
I used to regularly use Urban Dictionary for my previous job.
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So...I heard some Busty Poser won Rookie of the Year?
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
'Course he did.
We knew it all along…
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
and the entrance song…who could lose with that entrance song…
Heck a skinny kid from New Jersey destroyed the entire Cobra Kai with that song…
(without the song…he’s couldn’t even beat Bobby…let alone Johnny or Dutch)
Help! I need to do a makeshift Brian Sabean Costume
Thinking of glueing a bunch of cotton balls onto a shower cap for a wig. Any ideas?
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Hold a shiny trophy over your head with a sign that says "SUK IT HATERZ!’
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
And a Neifi Perez Giants jersey.
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And a trashcan filled with money
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
What does that represent, the Aaron Rowand contract?
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Steal one of those gutted laptops from the Target displays in their electronics section.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
SIDNEY PONSON JERSEY.
carry around a tire and kick it.
"to me, the all star game is retarded."--aubrey huff
Walk around stating that you’re not an idiot.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 15, 2010 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
At the end of the day your costume is what it is.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 15, 2010 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
BUSTER POSEY!
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
Bartolo Colon is making a comeback
apparently is in the best shape of his life.
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
apparently is in the best shape of his life.
So, what? He’s down to 300?
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
LOL Omar Minaya
"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
Follow me: Twitter.com/gobroks
I'm smiling AGAIN?
So awesome. Buster! And to think, less than seven months ago…
by vhants on Nov 15, 2010 3:34 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
theletter2 is pleased
Posey said he’ll get in the gym in another week and start training for 2011. He plans to work on his hip flexibility, which will allow him to get in better position to block balls
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Diction police, actually. And they’re writing you a ticket next.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
Or, writing you two tickets, since you did it twice….
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
Only because people are constantly allowing the grammar police to undermine both their jurisdiction and their authority. When these measures come to vote, all the money gets siphoned away to the grammar police, who get fat doing work that they have no right doing while the offices of other well-meaning cops, like the diction police and the spelling police, go completely to hell for lack of funding. Now those guys have to work privately or – worse – perform vigilante justice just to do the jobs that should rightfully belong to them in the first place.
Stupid voters.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
I am.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
in Little League
A friend of mine was playing catcher, missed a pitch, and took it in the nards. Wasn’t wearing a cup. They were strictly required for all catchers after that.
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Is that like cock-blocking?
Apparently Baked Ziti and Pat the Bat in the Pants could teach him a thing or three.
""I’d like to be a crossword clue one day. I want to be in The New York Times’s Sunday edition. Right now, the clue ‘Giants great’ is always Mel Ott. I want my clue to be down, not across. The down ones are usually harder. And when I’m the clue, I’ll fill it in — just that one — and frame it. " - Brian Wilson.
What a fucking champ. Reminds me of his speech at the parade – take a day to soak it in, then get right back on the wagon to try and repeat next year.
I love hearing about how dedicated they are – I know Timmy is only taking a 3 week or so break and getting right back to training, especially after his August he has a new focus on conditioning.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
Stay hydrated, Mrs. Posey.
He plans to work on his hip flexibility,
by Every6thDay on Nov 15, 2010 4:47 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
So Opening Weekend we have some sort of World Series commemorative doo-dads on Opening Day and then Saturday night there’s some sort of ROY related hoop-di-doo?
/runs off to StubHub
Dang it. Opening weekend is already sold out? I’m trying to convince Mrs. jhiat00 to make our first trip to The City and see our first Giants home game. Being sold out isn’t helping.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
/checks stubhub
Fuck that.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
I don’t think non-season ticket holder tickets even go on sale until Fan Fest, which is on February 5. It will be more difficult than past years, but you should be able to get single game tickets directly rather than paying stub hub prices.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
OIC
I checked the schedule on the Giants website and saw that some games have tickets for sale but home opener doesn’t. In my haste I didn’t notice that no Giants home games are available.
It looks like the Rockies just have theirs available already. Maybe because they’ve had more offseason to work with :D
Yay the dream is alive! Thanks for pointing that out!
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
I haven’t missed Opening Day in 14 years, I don’t plan to start now!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 16, 2010 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Spring Training tickets need to be sold first and the Giants haven’t even formally released their ST schedule.
I wonder who starts the home opener this year. Given that the Giants open with six on the road, it will be the Giants #2 starter scheduled to go, so…..Sanchy?
They could be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
“What does ‘In-N-Out’ mean to you?”
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
That was the first question they asked me, and I think I got it wrong.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
You said “Boning” and then went for the high five, didn’t you?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
It seemed to be going well until I went for the low five, actually.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
Hey
Oh and I got a job interview at In-N-Out, hopefully I don’t blow it.
In this job market, you do whatever it takes.
The thong is, it happened.
I keep reading those job reports as
“There’s a hundred applicants for every opening,” but your statement seems to indicate that it’s more of the reverse?
Congrats Buster, just an amazing season
what a crazy day today, classes all day, finally turned in my senior thesis, second draft, and at the end of it finding out Buster Posey is ROY, GREAT DAY
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
since we talked about teaching/teachers earlier
I’ve been working on my syllabus for the second half of first-year comp that I’ll be teaching in the spring.
Some highlights:
Watching parts of Do The Right Thing!
Investigating media portrayals of the cities of Oakland, Baltimore, and New York!
Readings from Sherman Alexie, Henry Louis Gates, Marjane Satrapi, and others!
Discussion of Pitcairn Island!
Other fun stuff!
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When I showed it this semester, I showed an early scene that sort of set up the neighborhood tensions, then jumped ahead to the scene where the pizzeria is about to close and they let a few more customers in, and Radio Raheem et al show up. I showed through the riot and its aftermath.
The way I’m teaching the class in the spring revolves around communities – and particularly media portrayals of different communities. So I think that’ll work for this class, too.
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Wait, what?
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Then I just did the right thing 30 min ago.
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by jctGamer on Nov 15, 2010 5:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m beginning to teach little jhiat00 to refer to his poo as ‘dodgers’.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
by jhiat00 on Nov 16, 2010 6:49 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Now this deserves a rec for good parenting
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
Full disclosure: I heard it from another McCoven a few years ago and have been looking forward to it ever since.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
Pretty sure this is accurate.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 16, 2010 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Actually the original was Giant Dwarf, but I think the Mayor made it into a tradition.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Nov 16, 2010 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty sure this is accurate.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 16, 2010 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
I wasn’t sure if I had done the right thing yet today, but then I remembered that I did right before my shower. That’s the best time, too.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
…I’m not sure I want to know why. BUT WHY?
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Nov 16, 2010 12:28 AM PST up reply actions
Because a shower is like a super-powered bidet.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 16, 2010 12:35 AM PST up reply actions
First time I used a bidet, I looked down to see what was taking so long, then I yelped.
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Nov 16, 2010 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
I'm curious, though
Are you anti-Spike Lee, or simply anti-DTRT?
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Basically, putting aside other problems I had with the film, it seemed to me like Mookie is pretty much an ass-hole throughout the entire film, with little to no redeeming qualities. He neglects his son and girlfriend, takes advantage of his sister, and takes advantage of Sal, who treats him like a son even though Mookie doesn’t deserve it. Then he destroys Sal’s place (and life – the movie makes it very clear that Sal is nothing without his pizza place). Then he comes back and demands money.
It’s pretty hard to enjoy a movie when you hate the lead character.
I guess it's a matter of taste
I don’t have a problem with unlikable characters as long as they’re not also uninteresting.
Also, Sal wasn’t exactly blameless.
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I didn’t find Mookie particularly interesting.
Unless I’m misremembering, Sal was pretty close to blameless (though not faultless).
At one point in the movie, he threatened a customer with a baseball bat for little more than saying he should put up photos of black people on the restaurant’s Wall of Fame, for starters…
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And there’s also the scene with Radio Raheem. Raheem was in the wrong to some extent, but Sal totally overreacted, started hurling racial slurs left and right, and went nuts on the boombox with his baseball bat.
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Which is why I think Sal is an interesting character, by the way. In some ways he DOES treat Mookie like a son. In other ways, he’s a racist asshole and an oblivious prick. He’s all of that once for most of the movie, in my opinion.
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Well, either you’re misremembering, or we just see things differently.
he threatened a customer with a baseball bat for little more than saying he should put up photos of black people on the restaurant’s Wall of Fame
That’s not really how I would describe this . Sal overreacts, obviously, but he has every right to be pissed.
Raheem was in the wrong to some extent
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=FebGrU0i3V8&feature=related
I really don’t see how Raheem was anything other than 100% in the wrong. He’s angry at Sal for no good reason, and he comes in with the other guy with the sole intention of driving Sal mad. Raheem’s only defense is that he might be mentally ill.
Sal is pissed – which he has every right to be – and yells at them for over a minute, demanding that they shut up, turn off the music, and leave (which, again he has every right to). After they refuse he cracks, and then he starts with slurs (which are obviously inexcusable) and the boombox breaking (which I don’t really mind).
Again, I’m not saying he doesn’t do anything wrong, but I really wouldn’t say he shares blame for the fact that Raheem tried to kill him. As for the riot – it has nothing to do with him yelling slurs. The people didn’t even know about that – all they saw is Raheem try to kill Sal, and then the cops killing Raheem. They ruin his place because they’re angry, because he’s an easy target, because he’s white, and because they blame him for Raheem’s death (again because he’s white, and also because they saw Raheem fight him right before the cops came).
by Cookyman on Nov 15, 2010 6:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
a couple of things...
I just showed these scenes to my students a few weeks ago, so I’m definitely not misremembering.
Mookie starts the riot. Mookie knew about the slurs and everything else. Also, the people in the community may not know the particulars of what happened in the pizzeria at that moment, they’re definitely well aware of the tensions that lead to that moment.
Perhaps my account of the first scene is simplistic, but mostly I stand by it. Sal sees what’s-his-name (who, to be fair, is genuinely obnoxious himself – although he does have a point) as an uppity black man, and responds to that with the threat of extreme physical violence. This is a reaction that can only be understood in a very particular cultural context: that of lynching. I’m just speaking for myself, but personally, having read a great deal on the history of lynching, I see that as being very clearly what’s going on: black man gets uppity, white man responds with the threat of murder or actual murder. It’s totally different that if the same scene were played out between two white characters or two black characters because of the context and history that it implies – and, having read Spike Lee’s writing about the making of the film, this was definitely his intent.
Again, whether or not Radio Raheem has any reason to be angry at Sal is a question of context. The critique he and his cohorts are making is one that goes back to Malcolm X and the black nationalist movement – that white businesses come into black neighborhoods and earn their money from black clientele while very consciously separating themselves from that black neighborhood and refusing to be a part of it – and either not employing any black workers (or, if they do, giving them the lowest paying, lowest status jobs – which is what Mookie has). And yeah, he’s an asshole about it. Very much so. Sal responds to that by taking his earlier threat of violence much further.
and the boombox breaking (which I don’t really mind).
This incident, along with his “jungle music” / “we’re not in Africa” rant are very much in the tradition of black music, art, culture, etc., constantly being marginalized, silenced, and even violently repressed by the dominant white culture (and then, of course, being appropriated by that culture). Again, I don’t think you can understand that scene outside of its cultural context. It’s not just some random guy coming in and being an asshole for being an asshole’s sake. Radio Raheem a character who the movie has very strongly situated as a true believer in the black nationalist movement, which means that, to him, Sal is an unwelcome and oppressive occupier in the neighborhood that black people live in, are born in, and die in, but are not allowed to OWN. To Raheem, the neighborhood should be theres, but it’s been taken from them. So he reacts by aggressively asserting his culture and his culture’s right to power within their own neighborhood. Sal responds with violence, and so does Raheem. I don’t mean to imply equivalency between the two – Sal is violent against property, and Raheem is violent against a person. Not the same thing at all. But it’s a conflict that they both elevate far beyond where it should be elevated – and they both do so pretty deliberately.
You may also notice that the rioters at several points shout, “HOWARD BEACH!” That’s really important for understanding the anger and violence in the riot, and refers to this, which happened just a couple of years before the film was made, and not that far from Bed-Stuy. It was very much in Spike Lee’s mind writing and making the film, and it was in the characters’ minds as well. Does it make it right? Nah. But that’s the thing about that movie: the title is “Do the Right Thing,” and nobody in the whole damn movie actually does the right thing when you look at carefully enough.
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by jcb9 on Nov 15, 2010 6:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
nicely said
nobody in the whole damn movie actually does the right thing when you look at carefully enough
Bernard Goetz had been tried a couple of years before; Crown Heights happened within 2 years after the film. Nasty times they were.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
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by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
This was an interesting read.
Mookie starts the riot. Mookie knew about the slurs and everything else. Also, the people in the community may not know the particulars of what happened in the pizzeria at that moment, they’re definitely well aware of the tensions that lead to that moment.
While this is true, I do remind you that right after they trash Sal’s place they turn to the Korean store – the owners of which had absolutely nothing to do with Raheem’s death, or with any of the tensions. It is, at that point 100%, pure racism (triggered by rage). It’s an attack on anyone who isn’t “one of us”.
Sal sees what’s-his-name (who, to be fair, is genuinely obnoxious himself – although he does have a point) as an uppity black man, and responds to that with the threat of extreme physical violence
Here we just seem to disagree – he (I think his name is Buggy? I’m calling him Buggy from now on) does not, in my opinion, have any point. Yes, at first, when he notices there are no black people on the wall, he has the right to ask why. But Sal explains – it’s not that there aren’t any black guys – there are only Italian-Americans, because he’s Italian-American, and it’s an Italian-American restaurant. Buggy can’t accept that explanation, and it seems to mainly show the way he sees the world – there are brothers, and then there are other people. To him, there is no difference between Italian-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Jews – he’s black, they’re not. It’s not that it’s not understandable, but it doesn’t make him right.
The critique he and his cohorts are making is one that goes back to Malcolm X and the black nationalist movement – that white businesses come into black neighborhoods and earn their money from black clientele while very consciously separating themselves from that black neighborhood and refusing to be a part of it – and either not employing any black workers (or, if they do, giving them the lowest paying, lowest status jobs – which is what Mookie has)
I don’t think this is fair. Mookie very clearly doesn’t care about his job, and isn’t good at it. There is no reason to think that he’s interested in having a better paying, higher status job at Sal’s – and there is every reason to think he doesn’t deserve it, and wouldn’t be good at it. If anything, it’s not even clear how he hasn’t lost his current job. To assume that he’s just the delivery boy because he’s black seems really wrong to me.
Now, I understand why Raheem and Buggy might see it that way, and again – it’s certainly understandable. But understandable and acceptable isn’t the same thing. Also, Raheem’s ego plays a big part here. It’s not just a black people’s neighbourhood – it’s his neighbourhood. He’s Radio Raheem , and nobody tells Radio Raheem to turn that music off. That has little to do with race – it’s about his ego, and it’s pretty repulsive.
This incident, along with his "jungle music" / "we’re not in Africa" rant are very much in the tradition of black music, art, culture, etc., constantly being marginalized, silenced, and even violently repressed by the dominant white culture (and then, of course, being appropriated by that culture). Again, I don’t think you can understand that scene outside of its cultural context. It’s not just some random guy coming in and being an asshole for being an asshole’s sake. Radio Raheem a character who the movie has very strongly situated as a true believer in the black nationalist movement, which means that, to him, Sal is an unwelcome and oppressive occupier in the neighborhood that black people live in, are born in, and die in, but are not allowed to OWN.
This is a good point.
I don’t mean to imply equivalency between the two – Sal is violent against property, and Raheem is violent against a person. Not the same thing at all. But it’s a conflict that they both elevate far beyond where it should be elevated – and they both do so pretty deliberately.
I don’t necessarily disagree here, but I do wonder what you think Sal should or could have done here. Like you wrote – Raheem doesn’t have a problem with anything specific that Sal did (or maybe he does, but it’s not the main issue): he sees Sal as an intruder, an oppressor, as a symbol of an entire phenomenon, and there is nothing he could do – short of closing the place and getting the hell out of the neighbourhood – to please Raheem. So what should he have done? Should he have asked Raheem, politely, to turn off the music? We know Raheem wouldn’t do that. Should he have done nothing, and let Raheem do whatever he wants? It is Sal’s place, after all. His actions were wrong, but he was put in a spot in which there was nothing right he could do.
Does it make it right? Nah. But that’s the thing about that movie: the title is "Do the Right Thing," and nobody in the whole damn movie actually does the right thing when you look at carefully enough.
Here we disagree. I think the movie, at best, leaves the question of whether or not Mookie did the right thing open, and, in my opinion, implies that he did (that’s what I make of the last scene – Mookie has no regrets, and Sal, while extremely angry, borders on the understanding).
You’ve definitely made me see the movie in a different light, but I still have two main problems with it – one is that, as I said, I find Mookie (and a few other characters) obnoxious, which makes it hard to care about anything that happens to him. I know this is a movie about racial tensions, and part of the reason we see the movie differently is that you’re more aware of them, but part of it is just the way I relate to movies (and books) – I usually need to care about the characters to be interested in them. Not necessarily to like, but to care.
The other problems (and in this case it just seems that we interpret a few scenes differently), is the message. I think the movie starts by making violence, anger, etc. look understandable, but in the end makes them look acceptable. It’s a fine line, but I think Lee crossed it (and I’m not sure he denies it).
by Cookyman on Nov 15, 2010 8:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
While this is true, I do remind you that right after they trash Sal’s place they turn to the Korean store – the owners of which had absolutely nothing to do with Raheem’s death, or with any of the tensions. It is, at that point 100%, pure racism (triggered by rage). It’s an attack on anyone who isn’t "one of us".
That’s not really fair. A couple of people start advancing on the Koreans, and then they decide they’re not the enemies, and they leave them alone without ever actually lifting a finger against them.
Buggy can’t accept that explanation, and it seems to mainly show the way he sees the world – there are brothers, and then there are other people. To him, there is no difference between Italian-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Jews – he’s black, they’re not. It’s not that it’s not understandable, but it doesn’t make him right.
I don’t really understand where this is coming from – how do Puerto Ricans or Jews come into the equation? I don’t think either of them has anything to say about anything like that in that exchange or elsewhere. But basically, they’re coming from different positions, and to both them, they’re being reasonable and the other is being unreasonable. To Sal, it’s his restaurant and he’ll do with it as he damn pleases. His place, his rules. To Buggy (IMDb lists him as “Bugging Out,” which says a lot!), it’s a restaurant in a black neighborhood that makes a living on black customers, and, as the customers, they should have a say. To him, excluding black customers from the Wall is rubbing their faces in the unequal nature of the relationship.
But really, I don’t know that they’re coming from very different places in the end. to Sal, there’s Italian Americans and then there’s other people; to Buggy, there’s black folks and then there’s other people.
He’s Radio Raheem , and nobody tells Radio Raheem to turn that music off. That has little to do with race – it’s about his ego, and it’s pretty repulsive.
If you spend time in black American inner city neighborhoods, I think you’ll see it has a lot to do with race. The blaring boombox (and yeah, it’s kind of annoying!) has a long history in black and partiuclarly hip hop culture. Chuck D of Public Enemy (whose song Raheem is playing throughout the movie) once famously called hip hop “the black CNN,” and that’s how it works: people like Raheem publicly spreading the message of hip hop songs they value to the masses directly. It’s a big thing in hip hop culture that I don’t think you really see in the same way with, say, techno or country-western, so yeah, it does have to do with race.
Here we disagree. I think the movie, at best, leaves the question of whether or not Mookie did the right thing open, and, in my opinion, implies that he did (that’s what I make of the last scene – Mookie has no regrets, and Sal, while extremely angry, borders on the understanding).
Yeah, I read this differently. I think Mookie, in hist own obnoxious way, is reaching out to Sal in a sense in that scene. He wants to say that they’re still Mookie and Sal, they still have this relationship despite both going too far. Spike Lee wrote about this when he was making the movie:
There must be a resolution of some sort after the riot. For the most part, the Black uprisings in the sixties took place in poor, inner-city, neighborhoods. The buildings hit are still burnt-out shells, they were never replaced. the only people hurt in the long run were the Black peopel who lived in those communities. That’s why this film must have a coda on the end. I’d get myself hung by showing violence for violence’s sake. In the first light of day, we can see the damage that was done the previous night. The pizzeria is totalled. Fire is still smouldering from the wreckage. My character is walking toward the pizzeria. He’s not gloating or anything. He hears someone rummaging through the remains – it’s the owner … Sal looks like he’s on a misiion. He finally stops when he notices my character standing there looking at him. This is where the most poignant scene should take place. It has to be subtle. It can’t be any of this We-Are-the-World, We-Are-All-God’s-Children, We-Can-Work-It-Out shit, either. But it has to be honest … Sal can’t believe Mookie has the gall to ask for his money. Sal doesn’t want to hear it. His business has been burnt down to the ground and this guy Mookie wants to get paid. The dialogue isn’t there yet, but that’s definitely the last scene.
The other problems (and in this case it just seems that we interpret a few scenes differently), is the message. I think the movie starts by making violence, anger, etc. look understandable, but in the end makes them look acceptable. It’s a fine line, but I think Lee crossed it (and I’m not sure he denies it).
Is it successful? I dunno. It would probably be more successful had Lee cast a better actor than himself in the role.
Did you notice the two quotes – from Malcolm X and Martin Luther King – right before the credits? The first is from MLK, saying that violence is never justified: “Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.” The second is from Malcolm X, saying that he doesn’t advocate violence, but “at the same time I am not against using violence in self-defense. I don’t even call it violence when it’s self-defense, I call it intelligence.”
The tension between those two ideals is, to me, what the whole movie’s about. The Mayor advocates the MLK line, but can’t hold back the tide. Characters like Mookie and Radio Raheem see themselves in the Malcolm X tradition, and they certainly express their rage in response to what they see is violence, but in the end they just smash not only the pizzeria but their own neighborhood, and Radio Raheem gets killed through a series of events that, I think, defies simple blame – even if you see Sal as being totally in the right, certainly the police didn’t need to strangle him to death. Who’s right and wrong? I don’t know. To me, the film is really about that ambivalence. it ain’t perfect (and from a filmmaking perspective, the other two I mentioned – Malcolm X and 25th Hour – are lightyears better), but I think it’s an interesting exploration of a really tricky subject that most people prefer to ignore entirely.
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
by jcb9 on Nov 15, 2010 8:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
and Korean-owned groceries in black inner city neighborhoods have an interesting history too, it should be said
They bore a lot of the brunt of the damage in the LA Riots. Why? Well, they were there, for one thing, but also because they were widely resented. in many black inner city neighborhoods, Korean-owned and run groceries are the only places to buy food – supermarkets won’t touch such neighborhoods for the most part (for example, last I heard the entire city of Detroit didn’t have a single chain supermarket). The little groceries often have poor selection, extremely high prices, and poor quality food. And they rarely employ residents of the communities they serve, black or otherwise. So, from the perspective of the community, there’s a lot to resent, at least in terms of what they represent.
But at the same time, the Korean families who own those stores are generally eeking out a very meager existence themselves. They don’t employ folks from the neighborhood because their employees are all their family members – in order to survive, they need to keep the money in the family, and often they pay a lot less than minimum wage. Their prices are high and their quality is low because their access to suppliers is just as limited as the neighborhood’s access to shops is.
it’s not really a good situation for anyone involved, and the way it plays out is pretty much inevitably going to breed resentment on all sides.
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and all of this really shows why I use Do The Right Thing in my classes!
Whatever you may think of the movie, there’s a hell of a lot of interesting and complicated stuff to discuss that comes out of it.
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I watched one of my friend’s store burn on TV during the ‘92 riots. He was Korean. He worked his ass off for that store, in a high crime neighborhood. I saw him a week later and he could barely keep back the tears. The thugs who burned his store weren’t interesting, they were human sewage.
You want to know why big chains don’t want to go to communities prone to riots? Because those communities are prone to riots, and crime. Think Watts. Think Florence and Normandie. Then think Pico Union, because that was the real flavor of ‘92, and then you’ll understand the flavor of the next one.
Proud father of Barry Bonds.
capitalism, dude
Big chains don’t go to poor neighborhoods because their stores do not make money there - day in, day out. Did Safeway close its store at 29th and Broadway because they were afraid of riots? No. In the mid’90s, Safeway was more profitable with that store closed than with it open. Did Whole Foods move in just half a mile a way in 2007 because, ten years later, Oakland had turned into a crime-free wonderland? No. Ten years later, Whole Foods was more profitable with that store closed than with it open.
worse than that
he was wrong about Gooden vs. Clemens
Brian Sabean: Greatest GM in the history of history
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
Check out Malcolm X or 25th Hour. They’re both pretty fantastic films with great performances (from Denzel Washington and Edward Norton, respectively).
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Did not like that movie,
But I liked Jodie Foster’s character and Denzel & Chiwetel’s characters. The movie just didn’t really come together. And I’m convinced that they digitally inserted somebody’s arm when Denzel flips off that dude at the end.
I’m a huge Clive Owen fan, but his character did nothing for me in that movie. Disappointed.
by Every6thDay on Nov 15, 2010 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
I loved the part when Denzel’s character floats around creepily. I don’t remember the rest of it.
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Nov 16, 2010 12:29 AM PST up reply actions
I saw Bamboozled, and that movie fucked me up for a few days.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
Investigating media portrayals of the cities of Oakland, Baltimore, and New York!
Would love to hear more about this. Whenever I tell people I’m from Oakland they act like I’ve told them I’m from the ghetto. Now I follow that up with “I lived most of my life in Orange County”. Then they think I’m rich & spoiled.
I can't fight this feeling anymore!
This is bullshit
HEYWARD SHOULD’VE WON HE PLAYED ALL YEAR IT’S ROOKIE OF THE YEAR NOT ROOKIE OF THE END OF THE YEAR CMON Y’ALL.
Direct quote from my friend, who is a fan of those “Dodgers” things (I may or may not have added that “cmon y’all” at the end, simply because I could).
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Nov 15, 2010 4:00 PM PST reply actions
2/3 of an entire season isn't really the end....
/justsayin’/notsayin’
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Nov 15, 2010 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
Did you tell him that Raul Mondesi won ROY for the Dodgers in almost exactly the same number of games Posey played?
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No, I essentially said that there’s a reason “rookie” is defined by a certain amount of games/innings pitched etc. If the award were for the full year only, then someone could only win for their first full year.
But under that ruling, Tim would’ve won in 08, Pablo would’ve won in 09, and Buster certainly would’ve won next year.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Nov 15, 2010 4:06 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
THIS
When the Dodgers last won the WS, President Reagan called to congratulate them.
by haemaker on Nov 15, 2010 4:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
and the Berlin Wall was still up…the Soviet Union was still a country..
by calbearjd on Nov 15, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Apartheid in South Africa.
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by jcb9 on Nov 15, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The Blue Jays won TWO since 1988.
therefore:
The Toronto Blue Jays are much more relevant than the Dodgers of Los Angeles.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 15, 2010 4:33 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This string of statements is gold.
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Nov 16, 2010 12:31 AM PST up reply actions
I WILL HELP
Posey’s plans to improve his defense begin in the weight room next week. He said he will try to make his hips more flexible so he can block balls in the dirt better.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
If there is any justice in the world
someone will make a gif of Shakira doing her thing with Posey’s face on her body.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Nov 15, 2010 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
:( off to the airport then so somebody can touch my junk
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
He didn’t say “so I can touch my junk to somebody”. He’s clearly the passive participant here.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
That’s more of a syntax department issue.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
Ya mean, like
George Washington? He financed a start-up country with it.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Keep Uncle Sam’s grubby hands out of my wallet and out of my pants!
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Nov 16, 2010 12:34 AM PST up reply actions
what's this about "so i can touch my junk to somebody"? that's interesting
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
calbearjd should get a good lawyer
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Nov 15, 2010 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Fooch from NN took the Bar at the beginning of the Summer
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
He posted a thread earlier in the year about how to make money freelance writing
Somehow I don’t think he’s rolling around in lawyer money.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
And, Prank War with the Boss man
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
A lot of lawyers aren’t rolling around in lawyer money either. I’m certainly not, but I’m not a lawyer, either.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 15, 2010 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
what people also don’t understand is stupid student loan payments…check out the tuition for 3 years of law school…
The tuition for two years of Creative Writing is going to be a nice drain on my finances for a few decades.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
Didn’t you say you were teaching in the spring? And they still make you pay tuition?
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I’m teaching through a program Mills runs called the Community Teaching Project. It’s not officially teaching at Mills, but it is officially worth both experience and course credit.
I probably won’t get into stipend teaching territory until fall 2011, and even then I’ll probably need a good bit of money for living.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
Aha. Better than nothing, which is what I got in my Master’s program!
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Almost all English Master’s students get funded where I am now – because it’s a big university with tons of first-year composition classes that need teaching.
But I’m still glad I didn’t get my degree here. Three years in Chicago >>>> three more years in Tallahassee.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
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took me 5 years to get my master’s, but I worked full time and went to school at night. I didn’t incur a horrible amount of debt, scholarships helped. Well, so did going to school in the 90’s!
My plan is actually to write a bestseller, pay off all my debt in one lump, and then profit. This is just step one of that plan.
The backup is to slowly pay it all off with meager advance earnings and teacher’s pay.
Either way works. The first is just faster.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
I actually picked two wonderful professions to pursue simultaneously. The market for people to teach creative writing is dwindling by the day, and the publishing industry is falling apart at the seams.
Yay me!
Still, I can’t believe in a world where Stephanie Meyer can live off of her writing and I can’t at least scrape buy on two jobs while doing both of them well.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I’ve got about 10 children’s books I’ve written. Since I’m not Fergie or some football player’s wife there’s no chance of me getting them published.
That Bill Gates limo plan is intriguing tho’.
I’ve been told that young adult is actually a very fair market right now. Children’s is probably tough.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 6:32 PM PST up reply actions
I plan on getting hit by Bill Gates' limo
And settling out of court. Or something like that.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
I don't have any student debt
Yet that bestseller thing is still out of reach.
Apparently people aren’t interested in what I’m interested in.
I suppose I could always take a classic and add some sort of monster to it.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
That trends already dying out...
Time to start a new one…
Monsters in old classics with the monsters removed.
NEW CLASSICS!!!
That’s the ticket!
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Oh, I know
Half my family is lawyers. And half of them are successful.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Always Looks Hung Over, Though
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Nov 15, 2010 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
Mr. Merope is flying to Ohio on Saturday, he’s not looking forward to it. Or should I say he’s looking forward to it even less than he usually does. I’m wondering if he’ll even make it onto the plane.
HEY NOW
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 15, 2010 6:39 PM PST up reply actions
Also, new Girl Talk dropped today
Today is awesome.
My son: actually Jose Guillen?! I guess all along, the enemy... was me.
I support trading for Uggla
But I am not in agreement with you on his relative sexiness.
Orange and Black would make that look a lot better though.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
It worked for Cody Ross… Transformed him from heinous bat-flipper to lovable scamp and killer of Phillies!
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
He was a killer of Phillies already, the postseason just served to bring it to the foreground. With an extra helping of awesomeness.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
HIS NAME IS DAN UGGLA!!!!!!!!!!!
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Two four six five you ain't got no alibi
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Not necessarily
You can fit them in if Uggla can play 3B (or if Freddy can).
Torres CF
Freddy 2B
Huff LF
Uggla 3B
Posey C
Uribe SS
Sandoval 1B
Ross RF
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
That would be a very powerful lineup
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
And actually
You could keep Pablo at 3B and play Uggla at 1B, which he could almost certainly handle.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
another single, double and triple today.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
I wonder if Belt's inner monologue sounds like Manny Ramirez's:
“Swing swing swing. Mash mash mash.”
This.
I do NOT want to block Belt. Knowing Sabean, if he has an excuse the kid will spend the entire year in Fresno. Rawr.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Well
If we did that, we would probably end up at a situation where we’d have Sandoval or Uggla at 1B, Huff in LF, and Ross in RF.
There’s a strong likelyhood that one of those three will suck next year. Then that’s where Belt goes.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I am entertained by this logic.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Heh, I mean, that's just the way it is
I mean, look at how different the lineup was at the end of this year than at the beginning – it wouldn’t have been possible to see how you fit in Burrell and Ross and Torres and all the guys we didn’t expect to play.
These things play out, I wouldn’t worry about blocking Belt, because if Belt is blocked it means that everyone on the big league team who plays his position is playing well – the kind of problem you want to have.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Can we block Crawford and Adrianza while we’re at? For chrissakes.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Haha, yeah
As soon as Crawford hits his way out of the paper bag, we can start blocking him.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
in that scenario
I’d guess Belt plays 1B, Huff goes to left, and you basically have Sandoval Sanchez and DeRosa dueling for the starting gig at 3B (or if Sanchez were to win, potentially moving Uggla to 3B and keeping Sanchez at 2B).
Best case scenario in that case, if Sandoval is awesome again:
Torres CF
Ross RF
Huff LF
Posey C
Sandoval 3B
Uggla 2B
Belt 1B
Uribe SS
that would be, potentially, pretty freaking epic.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
This will definitely not happen, but:
Torres
Posey
Huff
Uggla
Crawford
Ross
Sanchez
Uribe
CY YOUNG WINNERZ
If we did have those players
Crawford would not be hitting 5th. Switch Uggla and Crawford, maybe?
Either way, there are pipe dreams, and then there’s this. Then again, the San Francisco Giants won the 2010 World Series.
I don't see Crawford as a cleanup hitter,
and something tells me that if Huff re-signs that Bochy won’t “dishonor” him by bumping him lower in the order. And, personally, I don’t like stacking handednesseseseses if it’s preventable, hence right-lefty-righty (except for the bottom third where it’s unavoidable) so, yes, definitely ignore this lineup.
Ugh my bad, I wanted Crawford hitting 3rd. I meant switch him with Huff.
I doubt Huff would pitch a fit if he hit 5th, but I guess its all Bochy’s interpretation of the situation, not ours.
Whatever, raw rosterbation galore!
/pours some out for forgotten homie
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Nov 15, 2010 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
I just found an authentic Lous vitton bag at the thrifty bargain
now the real question is should i tell the missus thats where its from
"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 Nov 15, 2010 4:12 PM PST reply actions
"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 Nov 15, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Actually
I was trying to make fun of your spelling mistakes to make myself feel better as a person…but since you ignored it…I feel sad now…
Seriously though…
it depends on the bag…wifey is an expert although she has moved on to slightly more expensive bags….
This post has prick written all over it!
Great Job!
"I ain't havin it!"
Weren't you the one who was pleading legal poverty?
wifey is an expert although she has moved on to slightly more expensive bags
You live in an alternate reality.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
You live in an alternate reality
An alternate reality where Irvine is a nicer place to live than Palo Alto.
WWRWD?
by SF Pete on Nov 15, 2010 5:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Irvine is not awful, actually.
I haven’t been to Palo Alto in a while, but I’ve been somewhat impressed by Irvine.
Now, an authentic Louis Vitton bag… that’s a different story!
/spelling policed.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
I see we were on the same page.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
LOL BITTER GABY SANCHEZ IS BITTER
But Sanchez couldn’t hide his disappointment over finishing no higher than fourth.
“I was definitely was a little upset,” said Sanchez, who led NL rookies with 85 RBI and 154 hits and was third with 18 home runs. He hit .273 while playing more games (151) than any of the top finishers
…
Sanchez said he thought that writers around the country made up their minds by July or August that Posey or Heyward – the glamour names in the 2010 rookie class – would win the award.
“Look at Jaime Garcia’s numbers. He had an unbelievable year, and it didn’t matter what he did – he wasn’t going to get better than third,’ said Sanchez, who received two first-place votes, one second-place vote and five votes for third place. “I feel like it’s a little unfair.”
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/marlins/1049905.html
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=1b&stats=bat&lg=nl&qual=y&type=8&season=2010&month=0
If you’ll notice, there’s a rookie 1B ahead of him who didn’t get any votes at all.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 15, 2010 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
Lower batting average, fewer RBIs.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
Ike Davis is going to be a pain in our side for years to come.
And he did all that hitting in that depressing Citi Field.
I think in a thinner class, Logan Morrison would've earned some consideration
Less than 300 PA’s but he did have a .390 OBP and a .447 SLG
"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
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moron
Also, if they made up their mind in July, please explain the complete lack of votes for Stephen Strasburg. I guess he wasn’t a “glamour name” either.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
Playing the most doesn’t make you the best. Just ask Jamie Moyer.
Also, it’s fair when there are at least two players who are better than you, which Posey and Heyward were.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
U MAD
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
it’s not fair that two inferior candidates had no chance to finish ahead of the two better players?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
BUT HE HIT 18 HRS!
Which is…oh. Same number as Posey and Heyward.
BUT HIS AVG WAS .273 WHICH IS…oh…worse than both Posey and Heyward.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
For no reason
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Nov 15, 2010 4:14 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
Buster’s pretty strong to hold up Huff
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
The ground is pretty strong to hold up buster, the man is 112% 18kt muscle
by GrayDilla on Nov 15, 2010 11:14 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Looks like the ball-blocking is coming along well.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
by bgunn on Nov 15, 2010 4:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
apparently you don’t realize the building code in China looks like a giant bag of money…
This is also the country that did this:
A Chinese man who mounted a campaign to protest against contaminated baby milk has been jailed for two and a half years for inciting social disorder.
Zhao Linhai whose own five-year-old son was among the 300,000 made ill by the milk became the leading face of a movement by parents to claim compensation for medical bills.
since we are posting ridiculous Chinese news... here's another one
Caught cheating in public, official sues police for causing impotence
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
They should just write the uberstory once and be done with it…
“Mainland Asia run by paranoid, corrupt assholes who act like retards at the best of times, and engage in blame-shifting otherwise.”
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
I can answer that
It has to do with the lack of a complete seal between floors. Typically residential buildings in Mainland Asia are constructed with numerous open shafts to house the piping for water supply and drains. Those will run the entire height of the building and in the event of a fire help supply oxygen to fires and carry heat, smoke and embers to the higher floors. Add to that the drain pipes and often the water supply tend to be made from low-grade, combustable PVC pipe rather than metal.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
Plus conbustable "contents" of the rooms and floors
of which there’s plenty everywhere and even more in Asia.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Correct. And most front doors of apartments have a fire rating akin to straw. And flammable tiles in drop-ceilings in hallways.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
He Who Catches and Hits
is supposedly appearing on KNBR at or around 4:30 PM
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
…but if Ralph is “interviewing” him, he won’t get to say anything!!!
Though it will cause Mr. Merope to do his hysterical Ralph impersonation later on this evening.
But he’ll surely handle it with aplomb.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
sadly yes
Tune in right now to find out more about Amici’s…
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
he has NEVER
in all his years of radio contacted an advertiser and ASKED to be a sponsor, but he did with Amici’s. So, now you know.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
I had it once, and my line of thinking was “I don’t like this more than Pizza Hut.”
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
Pizza Hut
is some nasty stuff, but better than Little Caesar’s artificial cheese-related food product.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
me neither
How about worst in-store pizza? Target? Cub Foods?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
I've not seen it at Sprawl-Mart
Target used to have their own, and I only did that once.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
worst? targets is pretty bad. Mcdonalds pizza was awful but i dont know if they still do that
"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 Nov 15, 2010 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
lulz
I never even heard of that. Why would they bother?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
damn mcdonalds tried a lot of shit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_products
"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 Nov 15, 2010 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
most of them were, indeed, shit.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
easier to hide the rat turds within
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
papa murphys like a motherfucker
best pizza hands down
even better than celestinos and if theres anyone one here from chico yeah i went there
"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 Nov 15, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
we just tried Little Star a couple weeks ago
and I dare say I think I like it better than Zachary’s.
Also, Zachary’s has two locations :)
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
I’m pretty much stuck with Costco and now PM…not that I’m complaining but the “good” pizza places around here is pretty meh…
PM is not bad
assuming you have access to cooking facilities, of course.
Do they still make the stuffed one? That was weird, like an actual pie with dough on top.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
I have to say that i like Patxi's a ton better than Little Star
although i might have to go to Little Star one more time
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
HAHA, CLOSE, LaRosas!!! we got one right here in Oxford
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
It's not bad, there's definitely some places here
in town that are somewhat better than that, but yea, i enjoy it
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
you should
Patxi’s is good but not as good. Also, their soy cheese pizza used to be awesome but they switched to some really nasty stuff.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
Yea, i had just ONE pizza, so i have to try some different stuff there. But yea, Patxi’s is OK, i do like Zachary’s the best though, they have some of the best deep dish i’ve had. But i’ll definitely give Little Star another chance
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
made me sick on the first go
apart from that, I liked it. Just not better than Zachary’s. Kinda reminded of Zelda’s in Sacramento.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
Zachary's as three locations
North Berkeley, North Oakland, and San Ramon.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
but with that having said
Having two or three locations in one area ain’t the same thing as being a chain of the Domino’s/Pizza Hut variety.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
lol San Ramon
I had no idea. I still don’t know why they let Little Star get a foothold in SF.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
This.
You are making me “bay area sick”.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
In Sacramento
Buffalo Pizza is really good. They close at like 1 PM, but it’s really good
"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
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1PM?
Is this a downtown lunch-only type place?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
It's a breakfast/lunch type place
(In fact their notable food is called a breakfast pizza) and it’s on 21st Street
"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
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We’ve tried it twice. On the premise of “it couldn’t possibly be that bad twice”. Yes, yes it could be that bad twice.
on the other hand… TJ’s Maple roasted sweet potatoes with cranberry and pecans? winner!!! [hidden in the refrigerator section]
maple sweet potatoes are always outstanding
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
that too, I found a crock pot recipe for sweet potatoes, onion, garlic, chili peppers, and hotlinks… going to try that over the weekend.
that sounds awesome
I have a good african stew recipe with sweet potatoes, garbanzos, sweet peppers, tomatoes,…
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
I dunno
it’s OK but it certainly doesn’t make me forget about Arturo’s in NY, and I don’t think it’s in the top 5 in SF.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
i've never had it myself
but no one but Ralph has ever told me it’s good, and several people who weren’t being paid to say so have told me it’s terrible.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 7:10 PM PST up reply actions
It’ll be the same Amici’s spot both times!
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
Ralph
“I hate parades, too much pageantry…”
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
Baseball Jesus: 2010 Redeemer of the Year
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LOL god damnit
Actor Rob Schneider, a longtime MLB Giants fan, will voice the narration of the upcoming ’10 World Series DVD and Blu-ray from MLB Productions and Shout! Factory
To think… they could have had James Franco.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
Or Tony Bennett
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Nov 15, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
Or Colin Hanks.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 15, 2010 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
I could see that working, actually
He has a decent voice, I could see it fitting on a narration if done right.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Or they could just have Jon Miller do it. But why would they do that?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I am ok with this.
I found Schneider to be pleasant and knowledgeable during the parade. Then again he was paired with Papa
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
Yeah I liked how he actually knew what he was talking about
Granted…it should be taken with a grain of salt considering who he was paired with. Geez I’m pretty sure Papa could make a mime sound amazing
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
Agree.
I was shocked at how much he knew during the parade.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Nov 15, 2010 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
Except for
not knowing how to pronounce “Burrell”.
by mrs. owlcroft on Nov 15, 2010 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
I used to pronounce it that way, too. Though that was when reading his HS boxscores.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 15, 2010 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
maybe he was talking about MC Hammer
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
In the words of Jenna Maroney:
You are going to win, and when you do I’ll be furious. Like waking up next to Rob Schneider furious.
Renteria, hittin’ homers. The Rent-man, Renterino… E-rent…
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 7:33 PM PST up reply actions
I lol'd
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
It's "averse to";
adverse means something slightly other.
by mrs. owlcroft on Nov 15, 2010 9:24 PM PST up reply actions
son of a b****
I already pre-ordered…
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 7:12 PM PST up reply actions
Darn
I was hoping for David Attenborough
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Nov 15, 2010 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
That, would be epic.
“It took some fifty million years, before Brian Sabean again took the courage, to attempt something new. But, as in all things, the more things change—the more they stayed the same.”
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Everything Ashkon predicted has come true!!!
we need to put that guy in a glass case or something
by haroldansivakumar on Nov 15, 2010 4:34 PM PST reply actions
to reiterate
SHUT UP RALPH
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 15, 2010 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting
rajmathai Raj Mathai
#Warriors Joe Lacob confirms they’ll ‘explore moving to SF’. Lease in Oak expires in 7yrs. Prfct timing 4new Arena @ China Basin. #sfgiants
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Golden State Warriors of San Francisco
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
San Francisco Golden State Warriors of China Basin
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
Golden Gate Wariors!!!!!!!!!
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Nov 15, 2010 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
^*r
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Nov 15, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
Golden Gate Warriors sounds fucking amazing.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Nov 15, 2010 4:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I wouldn’t be surprised if they ditched “Golden State” in advance.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I actually like Golden State…California Angel is a lot better than Anaheim Angels or Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Angels of Los Angeles and Anaheim.
Too much?
by In Bust we Trust on Nov 15, 2010 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
Southern California Los Angeles/Anaheim Area Angels of Anaheim in Southern California, USA.
My head hurts.
by In Bust we Trust on Nov 15, 2010 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
I think bay warriors sounds cool myself
"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 Nov 15, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
I think they’d be crazy to leave Oakland. That fanbase has been absolutely insane for them for the last 15 years.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
Sure… it just seems like the current location is not even remotely an issue.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
I would love it if they moved to SF. Sucks for Oakland if in a few years they only have the Raiders left.
WWRWD?
and then the Raiders move back to LA
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 7:15 PM PST up reply actions
There’s room left in China Basin? Why aren’t the 49ers there?
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 15, 2010 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
Aren’t football stadiums rather larger than arenas for basketball? I’m not entirely sure, but this is what I’ve always assumed.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
True, plus they could probably share a parking lot since they don’t play during the same time of year.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 15, 2010 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
OT: Gus Johnson on the BS Report.
Gus is the best non-baseball announcer. I love him. Are there people who don’t like him?
RISE AND FIRE
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Nov 15, 2010 4:45 PM PST reply actions
He's not good at MMA announcing
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by Gobroks on Nov 15, 2010 5:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
his call of the Jags Hail Mary pass was flawless
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
relevant to the pizza discussion as well
"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 Nov 15, 2010 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
credit to senor colemk on twitter
Pure brilliance:
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Nov 15, 2010 4:49 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
What can I say other than:
He deserved it.
Also,
BUSTER FUCKING POSEY!
by In Bust we Trust on Nov 15, 2010 4:50 PM PST reply actions
They Lost The Island!!!!
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Nov 15, 2010 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
/shift-A
FUCK YEAH BUSTER FUCKING POSEY
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 15, 2010 5:05 PM PST reply actions
Hah, not really. I’ve just been busy lately.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 15, 2010 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
Chop didn’t get chopped?? /head explodes
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
It’s such an insane concept, AMIRITE.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 15, 2010 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
I KNOW RIGHT D:
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 15, 2010 6:47 PM PST up reply actions
Ahhh I miss this type of banter from the Pre/Post-Game threads…damnit Baseball Season needs to start already >.>
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
BUSTER POSEY
Thank you for being everything the Giants needed and all that we could’ve hoped for in this season of uncertainty. You made what seemed impossible a foregone conclusion (in hindsight).
I just happened to pause the video on this image so I thought I'd share:
Also, I’ve seen very little of Brandon Belt, but my quick impression of him is that he looks like James Loney with a batting stance like Nate Schierholtz but a Buster Posey swing.
/Head asploded.
He looks like he's about to cry
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Sneeze
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
Can someone tell me how long before...
don’t get chopped ends up in the Urban Dictionary or on Wikipedia.
Let's bring the...
Depends on whether or not the Food Network cares.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
Let the Nishi watch begin
Chiba about to officially announce that Nishioka will be posted. His U.S. reps will be Beverly Hills Sports Council.
I'd bid something like 4 million
Then offer him something like 2/12, take it or leave it.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
WTF
Tsuyoshi Nishioka will be posted by the Chiba Lotte Marines within the hour. High demand in thin SS market. Posting fee could be $15-20M.
with the McCourt divorce
they’re not about to spend that much money.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 7:19 PM PST up reply actions
Wasn’t Daisuke Matsuzaka’s posting fee like $100 M? (I refuse to call him Dice-K.)
by Murray, Present on Nov 15, 2010 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
Uggla's too IIRC
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I wonder if that number is realistic or it’s one of those things like when Buster Posey wanted a $12 million bonus out of the draft.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
A lot of money for a complimentary piece...
and all the reports indicate he’s more of a second baseman. But what’s up with the sudden surge in walk rate? Weird.
Yay Buster!
I was thinking that The Walking Dead needs a Buster-type character. There’s too many redneck assholes on that show. The Giants’ Southern gentlemen contingent (Posey, Cain, and Bumgarner) would make a good composite type. He would walk around with a baseball bat and not have it, whether “it” be zombies or racism or domestic abuse.
Actually, if that show had the Giants as a cast, it would be so much better. You’d have the insecure guy (Cain), the pothead (Timmy), super crazy mountain man (Wilson), old guy who does nothing until a crucial moment (Edgar)…possibilities are endless.
by Murray, Present on Nov 15, 2010 5:35 PM PST reply actions
I had such high hopes
but the last couple of episodes were just ok instead of epic. still better than most things on TV, though.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
BUT ZOMBIES
ratings bonanza
cf. “Keeping Up with the Boring Sluts”
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
did they ever explain why the group needed to go to the department store? I can’t think of anything that they need and only exists in the center of the most infested city ever.
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
This comment made me think that Edgar Renteria = Lester Freeman from The Wire
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
OT
Was GRM new account banned?
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Speak of what again?
Also he suggested his trade at Fangraphs today
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His trade?
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
He made a rosterbation fanpost under an alias
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What did he say?
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
The fanpost hasn't been taken down
It’s the one with 200+ comments
"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
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I really like
That he posted it under his GRM name on fangraphs, but when he was here he was pretending he wasn’t GRM.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
It’s kind of pointless for him to do so, because we can see your IPs and what your other accounts are (if they exist.)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Reminds of someone who was banned on another board and tried to return with a different name. That site, too, where the mods could see the IP and the account. He tried 4 times in a week and a half (even tried using proxy the last couple of times) but was found out each time. Pretty pathetic.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I don’t know about that. I feel for him. Clearly he wants to be a part of the community and doesn’t have enough else going on to replace that part of his life. Were it me facing a ban, I’d probably be bummed. For him I would imagine that it is more than that.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
OT: Michael Vick
Looks pretty good this season. Yowza.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I hope it continues. POKEMONZZZZZZZZ
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
actually i dont even care, i got the Philly D and David Akers
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Side note: I think I need to change my pic.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
WHY?????? i need to as well... probably to something Miami Ohio since we're bowl eligible
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
That is Natto’s drawing of a lonely Buster. He ain’t lonely anymore.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
PERFECT QB RATING SO FAR TODAY LOL
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
They are on pace to score 112 points in this game, lol
The ’Skins must look like the puppy parade to Vick.
/tasteless joke
by Murray, Present on Nov 15, 2010 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
I saw Home Runs and Demons For Hamilton and Mantle open up for …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead. They were okay.
/full circl’d
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 15, 2010 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
I always feel weird when I enjoy his movies-IDK why
I really liked Youth in Revolt though.
I was meh on Scott Pilgrim vs the World
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Youth in Revolt was good. Haven’t seen Scott Pilgrim.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
It was OK
"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
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Loved Scott Pilgrim
Thought Youth in Revolt was very underrated
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
I went into Scott Pilgrim expecting a ridiculous, humorous action movie with lots of explosions and nothing that would make me think.
I got exactly what I was expecting, Worth my money.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Scott Pilgrim is entertaining at worst, and pretty great at best. Where you sit on that spectrum, who can say until you see it.
I will say that it has its problems. There are a couple of pretty confusing writer’s gaffs in that script and a little bit more objectification than there needed to be.
But it’s directed so damn well, and it’s a fun ride.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 7:35 PM PST up reply actions
Who’d’ve thunk that Edgar Wright would put together a tightly directed and well-edited film?
Dude is nails.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
He’s firmly in “I will watch anything he directs” territory right now. I think he’s the only one of those for me, too.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 7:43 PM PST up reply actions
For me, Edgar Wright and I hesitate to say Spike Jonze, so I will say anything that Charlie Kaufman writes.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I thought Wild Things was really a wonderful movie, and Adaptation was alright. Believe it or not, I haven’t seen Malkovich.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
You need to see Malkovich.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
For those taking count, we’ve now come full circle by officially returning to John Cusack.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
I guess full circle would have been Billy Zane, but the lesser Cusack is close enough.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
Adaption is better if you’ve seen Malkovich, in my opinion, though I think it’s the weakest of his scripts despite being the most juicy conceit.
Everything about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is wonderful if you ignore Elijah Wood and Kirsten Dunst. And is further proof that Jim Carrey can actually act if given the right script and proper direction. You can say the same for Nicholas Cage and Adaptation. Jonze is legit.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Eternal Sunshine was actually directed by Gondry.
All of them written by Kaufman, though.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, as soon as I typed that I second guessed myself. Michael Gondry is not Spike Jonze, but he is still Michael Gondry.
Directors who can actually work good performances out of actors make me happy.
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Agreed.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 8:03 PM PST up reply actions
confusing Michael Gondry and Spike Jonze might be the most forgivable mistake you could make.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
it is generally helpful to ignore Elijah Wood
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
I liked that one movie where he was a creepy kid
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That narrows it down.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
The Good Son
"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
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The movie I liked where he was a creepy kids was The Ice Storm.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
My original joke was going to be “Oh, so The Lord of the Rings trilogy,” but it didn’t quite fly because you said “that one” movie. Elijah Wood = creepy kid.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 8:58 PM PST up reply actions
I never saw any LotR
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You can just assume that Elijah Wood played a creepy kid in them.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
I did find it entertaining
Especially the 2nd fight (with the actor/skateboarder)
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I enjoyed the vegan bit thoroughly.
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Maybe it was my expectations
I didn’t expect anything of Youth in Revolt, and then I was blown away.
I thought Scott Pilgrim would be really good and I thought it was just OK
"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
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It’s funny how Michael Cera plays the exact same character in everything.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Yeah, I don't really see him as different characters
My brain just registers “Michael Cera” whenever I see him in a movie
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
I saw Adventureland
I thought that was supposed to be funny
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Horribly marketed movie. It was a good coming-of-age movie that was advertised as Superbad 2.
by Murray, Present on Nov 15, 2010 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe that's why I didn't enjoy it
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OT: So my roommate (a reds fan) basically said Johnny Bench is better than McCovey
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Hate to say it, but he’s probably right. Even the nerdball stats think so:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/WAR_bat_career.shtml
Though the same nerdball stats say Scott Rolen has had a better career than McCovey, and I’m not ready to go that far yet.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 15, 2010 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
yeah
Bench was maybe the best catcher ever.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
haha, yea, wouldn't go so far as to say Rolen is anything close to McCovey...
Wasn’t there something saying Buster could be something similar to what Bench was?
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
McCovey at his peak was far better than Rolen was at his
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 15, 2010 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
and then solemnly say at his funeral
“measure twice, beat once….why couldn’t I remember?”
then: crocodile tears
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 15, 2010 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
Is tomorrow's NL Cy Young winner pretty much a lock?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
If Guillermo Mota doesn't win it...
"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
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I don't think Cliff Lee is getting enough love for the AL Cy, though.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
If Felix wasn’t pitching, I’m perfectly fine with debating Lee vs. Price and Sabathia… But I don’t know if there’s a compelling argument that doesn’t involve “straw hats” that any of them outpitched Hernandez.
Looking at you, Skip Bayless.
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Oh, there is
Cliff Lee FIP: 2.58
Felix H FIP: 3.04
Cliff Lee walked 18 people all season. That’s a .76 BB/9. He walked LESS THAN A BATTER PER GAME. That shit is insane. Hernandez walked 70.
Cliff Lee’s K/BB ratio was 10.28. Felix’s was 3.31. That’s a big ol’ difference.
I think Cliff has a case for best pitcher in baseball. But he’s not even getting any love for AL Cy.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Yes, but
I’d argue that Lee was better in the innings he pitched.
16 unintentional walks in an entire season. That is unreal, to have command that good.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
And he...
Led the league in ERA and BAA. And in innings pitched, though that matters less.
Felix all the way!
Of course, I’m thoroughly biased AGAINST Lee so…meh.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Felix did, I mean.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
I think Lee’s ability to not walk people borders on outright silly, but the ambiguity of the Cy Young makes me lean esoterically towards Hernandez. He gritted out a full season on a miserably bad team, got no run support, and that still can’t diminish the fact that he has some of the best stuff in the AL. He’s basically a redux of Lincecum’s two Cy seasons.
Failing that argument, I do hold Lee’s August against him.
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Lee's refusal to walk people...
…also got him screwed over in the WS. Just sayin’.
That said, his walks, or lack thereof, are completely ridiculous. But I think in the end that Lee is overrated.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
It all depends on what you value. Some people would call his pitching to Renteria foolish if not out and out hubris, others will value his guttiness.
When Lee’s at his best, he’s unreal, but I think we’ve seen since 2007 that Lee can be lacking in consistency. His standing as a creature of habit is both a strength and a weakness.
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Except that
In 2008 and 2009, when he won his Cy Youngs, Lincecum lead the league in fWAR.
Felix does not lead his league in WAR. Cliff Lee does.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Thus why I said “basically.” Hard to speak in exact terms when one is being professedly esoteric.
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led.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
zepplin?
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Screen.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
That one has been bothering me for a while. Not in the specific context of you, mind you. But I keep seeing it in newspapers and reputable reports and all sorts of places that are supposed to have editors who know the difference between a past tense verb and an elementary metal. But alas….
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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 7:44 PM PST up reply actions
People get confused
It’s not like that past tense of read is red.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
But: editors for major news sources. They are paid to understand the past tense.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
Naw, they’re paid to edit, silly!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
what if you average (or geometric mean)
fWAR and bbrefWAR for pitchers. fWAR implies it’s all defense, bbrefWAR implies NO defense. Truth 1/2 way?
Brian Sabean: Greatest GM in the history of history
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
Let's put it this way.
Since the Giants will assuredly not sign him, let’s hope that he signs for as much money as possible. Lee wins the Cy Young. Does that raise or lower his asking price this off season?
Lee vs. Grant. Root for Lee.
What do Cliff Lee and Mike Fontenot (’s penis) have to do with the McCourts?
I smell another scandal!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Dissolve the Union?! Never!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
umm... their defense is pretty bad, same with their QB
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
LOL Redskins for extending McNabb
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
This is absolutely terrible by Washington, way to go Haynesworth
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Thanks for the LoZ reference, Grant.
Much oblige.
Pablo Sandoval: The Triforce of Courage
Buster Posey: The Triforce of Wisdom
Brandon Belt: The Triforce of Power
I just noticed that right now
Mind. Blown.
by In Bust we Trust on Nov 15, 2010 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
They may as well just put Kolb in for the second half.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 7:37 PM PST up reply actions
Re-Live the magic
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8495433
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I’ve never met one. Just sayin’.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Does Buster get any MVP votes?
I can see him getting some 3rd place love.
"Friends, San Franciscans, Countrymen....Humm Baby."
by The Nuschlerian Candidate on Nov 15, 2010 7:43 PM PST reply actions
No
But it wouldn’t be a surprise for Huff to finish somewhere in the top 10.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
I would have said no yesterday, but after seeing him blowout Heyward I think it’s pretty obvious the BBWAA have bought in.
"Friends, San Franciscans, Countrymen....Humm Baby."
by The Nuschlerian Candidate on Nov 15, 2010 8:02 PM PST up reply actions
Bought in is not the same as lost their minds. Huff’s offensive contribution (on which most of the MVP voting hangs in a typical year) far outweighs Posey’s.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
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by S.F. Giangst on Nov 15, 2010 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
Not that he should,
but I can see Buster getting a down-ballot vote or two. I mean, each voter gets to pick 10 guys…
I don't get it
I saw the complete voting. Where is Edinson Volquez?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Buster
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
Buster Posey is fucking awesome
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
2010 Giants: World Series Champs
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 15, 2010 8:35 PM PST reply actions
Buster Posey is fucking awesome, his wife.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 8:39 PM PST up reply actions
Just for old time's sake
TROY SMITH!! TROOOOYYYY SMIITTTTHHHH!!!! TROOOOOOOOWWWYWYYYYYYWYWYAEY SMIIITHTHTHTHTHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
FRANK GORE
MICHEAL CRABTREE. WOOOOoo
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
POSEY’S BETTER!
CLAP, CLAP, CLAP CLAP CLAP
Warning, angry Giants fan on the loose.
Leave our playoff heroes alone you fucking assholes!
In the same tweet, Rojas says the Dodgers are interested in Edgar Renteria and his willingness to play second base
No offense to World Series MVP Edgar….but…get used to the Dodgers going bargain bin hunting this offseason.
They just signed Kuroda for $12 million, they will be snipping coupons the rest of the way.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 15, 2010 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
And I thought new ownership was going to change the aura over there.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Um, there was a dude’s tooth lodged in his elbow. That’s how it got infected.
Once again highlighting the importance of oral hygiene!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I remember this, and now I laugh
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Nov 15, 2010 10:17 PM PST reply actions
also
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Nov 15, 2010 10:23 PM PST up reply actions
One of my favorite Buster moments
Though the details of it are vague in my memory (I think I was pretty drunk at the time): during one game in the playoffs (I don’t remember if it was against Philly or Texas), the starting pitcher started to pitch himself into trouble. Rags started walking up the steps to come talk to him, but Buster was already to the mound calming down the pitcher. Rags stared over there for a few seconds, then turned around and walked back into the dugout. He must have figured Buster had it under control… and he did, as the Giants got out of the inning.
"I wouldn't say the beard got us here, but I wore it here." - Brian Wilson
I remember that....
Bochy said something, and they just stayed in the dugout., it was a “It’s their team now” moment…..
Bumgarner
10/31/2010
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 16, 2010 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
That was a wonderful night...
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Oh what a night. Late October back in 2010
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
Is it just me
or is it odd that Mike Stanton of the Marlins got zero votes? Am I overvaluing his slugging percentage and “prospectiness”?
You may be overvaluing his slugging a little, but you might also be ignoring how good the other choices were. Stanton really was just not in the same conversation as these other players.
His prospectiness is through the roof, though.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2010 11:47 PM PST up reply actions
He hit for power, but his SLG is the only real edge he has on Heyward. He didn’t hit for average, he wasn’t great at getting on base, and didn’t play nearly as good defense at the same position… He also played even fewer games than Posey, and didn’t even manage 400 PAs by season’s end. Given that playing all year was one of the biggest points in Heyward’s favor over Posey, who surpassed Stanton in every meaningful category, it’s hard to make a case that Heyward < Stanton > Posey.
Stanton had a good season, but if you’re voting strictly by “the three best rookies,” I’d put Garcia ahead of him. Stanton, Ike Davis, Neil Walker, and Jon Jay lead the second tier; they all had an OPS+ within a couple points of 115. Only Walker got a vote of that crop, and we know the story with that already.
Bumgarner and Johnny Venters also had great rookie seasons, but it’s hard to argue Bumgarner over Garcia, and in a rookie crop this crowded a set-up man for ROY is a tough sell.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Right
I agree that he wasn’t even close to the top three (Posey, Heyward, Garcia), but I was a bit surprised he missed every ballot even with all of his hype.
So with Posery a WS champ and ROTY and all, should we trade him while value is high?
What do you think we could be for him, just asking… ;-)
Fielder 4 Cain and Posey
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Nov 16, 2010 12:44 AM PST up reply actions
Hopefully a guy with some veteran grit
Cuz these young kids just don’t know how to win
What is this new posery?
/Boromir
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
He has to be one of the most valuable commodities in baseball.
I’d trade him for Braun and Fielder maybe. Might need to throw in someone else too.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Carlos Santana, Shin-Soo Choo, and Justin Masterson.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
That'd be interesting
I’d probably do it in a heartbeat and then just hope Santana’s leg heals.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I would make a few calls
just to mess with GMs I didn’t like. What will you give us for Posey? Oh, well, too bad hahahahaha
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 16, 2010 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
My Name is Buster Posey and I am the Rookie of the Year
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
SportsCenter SportsCenter
Phils P Roy Halladay won NL Cy Young Award; 5th player to win award in NL and AL (Blue Jays in 2003)
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
I like how this broke before I could watch it live on MLB network.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
Good for him. Cody Ross should send him some flowers.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
LOL
SF_Giants San Francisco Giants
Halladay wins the 2010 NL Cy Young with 224 points. BWeezey finished w/ 7 points, Timmy had 2 points, and Cain with 1 point #SFGiants
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
SF_Giants San Francisco Giants
The #SFGiants were the only NL team to have 3 pitchers receive 2010 Cy Young votes! View the results here: http://ow.ly/3aMlL
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Points
Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies 32 224
Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals 28 3 1 122
Ubaldo Jimenez, Colorado Rockies 4 19 8 1 90
Tim Hudson, Atlanta Braves 3 13 4 39
Josh Johnson, Florida Marlins 5 5 9 34
Roy Oswalt, Houston Astros/Philadelphia Phillies 1 3 5 14
Brian Wilson, San Francisco Giants 1 5 7
Heath Bell, San Diego Padres 1 1 4
Mat Latos, San Diego Padres 1 2 4
Brett Myers, Houston Astros 1 2
Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants 2 2
Bronson Arroyo, Cincinnati Reds 1 1
Matt Cain, San Francisco Giants 1 1
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
WAINO WAZ ROBBED AGAIN
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
HEY HES IN TREATMENT
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
MEDIA HERO NOT AKTUALLY SO HEROIK
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
HE BAD ONZE SO BAD 4EVER SCIENCE
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
...Brett Myers?
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
Thank you
Much better!
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Nov 16, 2010 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Well
…maybe a little better. Meh, Flickr. :)
They could be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Same here.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
Yep
And I’d like to know who voted Bell 3rd.
They could be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
wow groupthink
until 5th place. Which is basically a throwaway.
Brian Sabean: Greatest GM in the history of history
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
LOL
PhilliesPhan22 wrote:
Doc…love you to death..the most deserving pitcher in baseball..Many congrats and many more Cy awards to come…Finally a hippie Lincecum has someone to compete with unlike last 3 years…i call him winner amongst loosers..but now we have a winner to make that baby cry…Come on Phills…!!
They could be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
No, no.
It’s ‘a hippy Lincecum’. He’s classifying this particular kind of Lincecum. For instance, when you grab a rapier and don some velvet you become ‘a Musketeer Natto’.
I hope that has helped clarify things.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Someone to compete with?
I believe they did that…in the NLCS. Which turned out REAL well for Halladay…
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
HIPPY TRASH
THIS GUY STINKS
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Nov 16, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Wait a minute…. Brett Meyers? /does research
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Wow.
Had a pretty okay season. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer wife beater.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Bronson Arroyo?!
Yeah, that’s silly.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
lulz
Cain with the insult point, per usual.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 16, 2010 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
LINCECUM 4 RIOS
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
so did the White Sox
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 16, 2010 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
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