The San Francisco Giants have purchased the contracts of infielder Ehire Adrianza and outfielder Thomas Neal and have added both players to the club’s 40-man roster, club Senior Vice President and General Manager Brian Sabean announced today.
With today’s transactions, San Francisco now has 36 players on its 40-man roster.
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He damn well better be real.
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.
His twitter feed is kinda cool
and he talks back to you if you message him. So that is tight.
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 did not see the response though.
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.
Woah, I wanna follow him
do you have the address
"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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Nevermind saw it below
"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 ran into him at Momo’s before Game 1 of the World Series. He’s always been one of the more down-to-earth prospects in the system, and is very ‘real’.
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by BruteSentiment on Nov 17, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
is belt on the 40 man?
if not, why is neal in ahead of him?
Belt doesn't need to be on the 40 man yet
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
he will be soon enough
but some players have to be put on the 40-man roster after so many years in the system, or be put on waivers (I think that’s how it goes).
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
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by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 17, 2010 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Otherwise teams can claim them in the Rule 5 draft, and if they keep him on the 25 man roster all season, they control him going forward, and if not, they can either work out a deal for the claimed player or give him back.
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)
Yeah
And if you put a player on the 40 man, that means you have to start optioning them down every year at the beginning of ST and they only get so many option years, so it behooves you to wait until either they have to be protected (this is actually protection for the Rule 5 Draft, not waivers) or you want to bring them up to put them on the 40 man.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Third consecutive comment in which Neal is referred to as real.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Nov 17, 2010 12:12 PM PST reply actions
darn, fourth!
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Nov 17, 2010 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
http://twitter.com/sfgiantsworld/status/4993083418607617
@TdaddyNeal Congrats on making the 40 man! We’re working on other things that rhyme with your name: Steal, Veal, Squeal, Automobile, etc…
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Nov 17, 2010 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Heal, Heel, Jessica Biel
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
2010 Giants: World Series Champs
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 17, 2010 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Neal is Jessica Biel?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Nov 17, 2010 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
neal i get
does adrianza really need to be protected?
/Bocock'd
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
2010 Giants: World Series Champs
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 17, 2010 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Many a scout consider him to be one of the best SS prospects in baseball
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by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2010 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
OBVIOUSLY YOU MUST MEAN DEREK JETER
WHO IS SIMULTANEOUSLY THE BEST SS PROSPECT, PLAYER, MANAGER CURRENTLY PLAYING, TO HAVE EVER PLAYED, AND TO HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE HALL OF DEREK JETER (renamed in 2015)
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.
but only the number 4 prostitute In Kazakhstan
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
4th at best!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
PROSTITUTE 4 FIELDER
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)
by quincy0191 on Nov 17, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Prince Fielder linked to prostitutes on a SF Giants blog!
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
by sanfrankid on Nov 17, 2010 7:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
What?
I have heard this from nowhere. Do you mean just defensively?
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I think he means, in the minds of addlepated schnauzers hopped up on kibbles ‘n’ bits. Because precisely nobody of whom I know thinks that.
Oh, well then, case closed.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2010 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
Yes. I just predicted this the other day. However, I’m now a little bit worried about the Giants’ future of Jose Casilla. He also needs to be protected.
I also wonder if someone will take a flyer on Brock Bond.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
Casilla's not rule 5 eligible, is he?
Only 2 years out of rookie ball. Or did I fall in?
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Been in the system 5 years (since 2006); he’s eligible.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
I guess it’s not rule 5 eligibility where short season ball doesn’t count…what am I thinking of?
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Nov 18, 2010 12:08 AM PST up reply actions
Not sure. Fla-Giant and I got this pretty well nailed down on another thread. Rule 5 only has two considerations, how old you were on I think July 5 of the year you signed and whether 4 (if you were 19 or over) or 5 (if you were 18 or under) years have passed since then.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
Almost right
1. It’s June 5th (the date of the amateur draft, not July.
2. It’s not “years” it’s how many Rule 5 drafts have been held since you signed your contract. If you “signing age” was 19 then you first become eligible during your 4th Rule 5 draft. If it was 18 then you first become eligible during your 5th Rule 5 draft.
FYI, it doesn’t matter if you even play a single minor league game during any of those seasons, only that you are under contract to your team.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Huff, Uribe, Rent, Burrell, Guillen were all removed when they became free agents.
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
2010 Giants: World Series Champs
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 17, 2010 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
What about Derosa since he was on the 60-day?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
60 day DL’s are emptied after the season. Its a way of protecting from people abusing it.
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2010 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
60 day doesn’t exist during the offseason. The 40 man all have to be on the 40 man.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
Roger can translate me!
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2010 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
What if we lose Guillen!?!?! He hit that homerun that time.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Nov 17, 2010 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
I was there!
/struts
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Enrique_Rojas1 Enrique Rojas/ESPN
by LookoutLanding
Source: Oakland offered Adrian Beltre the same contract he had in Seattle ($64 millions, 5 years). Maybe he get more money.
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.
ICWYDT
"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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Beltre got hit in the balls playing in Seattle a couple years ago
I believe Goofus was making a play off that with his ‘nuts’ comment
"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 all Canadian, so really it’s $14.57.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Nov 17, 2010 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Okay, Beane
Punk’d is over.
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)
Oakland must have stewed while the Giants were winning the World Series. They’re opening up the wallets big time.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
by rxmeister on Nov 17, 2010 12:35 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Moneyball!
Baseballin’ on a Bankroll!
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 17, 2010 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe he get more money?
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
My boy is real!
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
2010 Giants: World Series Champs
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 17, 2010 12:21 PM PST reply actions
Too bad for other teams.
If he was eligible for the Rule 5 draft, it’d be a steal.
by Monkeyking42 on Nov 17, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
OT
The City of Oakland has selected a waterfront site in the Jack London Square area for a new A’s ballpark. The so-called Victory Court site is near the Lake Merritt Channel, along the Oakland Estuary. It’s also the favored site of Mayor-elect Jean Quan. "I think it’s the best site," Quan said. "It could really kick start the area."
I know I’m in the minority here, but I really hope this happens.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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Can’t you already see the Colisseum from AT&T? Jon Miller’s always saying he can see it.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
I believe you can, yes
Depending where you’re sitting.
IIRC if you’re in the upper deck up the first base side it’s visible.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Yes
But you can’t see AT&T from the Coliseum. Or maybe you can from the top of Mt. Davis. I don’t think anyone’s ever been up there to find out.
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 18, 2010 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
Not even Sir Edmund Hillary?
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by say hey nation on Nov 18, 2010 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
I’d love to think that Sir Edmund Hillary just climbed shit. Because he could. But then it would be a little sad, too, because you’d hear stories about how, when he got older, he kept trying to climb things but he couldn’t, and then he’d just sit at the bottom of something tall and cry.
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)
Whoa,
that would be kinda cool
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 really hope it happens too. I don’t want them to move to San Jose, but I don’t want them to leave the Bay Area either
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
On the one hand, it would be better for the Giants if they left the Bay Area. On the other hand, Oakland doesn’t deserve to be kicked in the teeth. Therefore I conclude that the best option is Jack London Square. Next best option is Las Vegas (or Portland, whatever).
A little better for the Giants, a lot worse for Giants fans
They’re already drawing 3 million fans a year. Being the only mlb in town would make tickets hard to get and no doubt pricier.
Even though I’m a season-ticket holder, I would not want the A’s to leave
The thong is, it happened.
I don’t think the A’s have much effect on the Giants’ ticket sales one way or another.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
I think there's some effect
A lot of people I know go to A’s games and consider themselves A’s fans because that’s the team on their side of the bay. If the A’s left the Bay Area completely, they love baseball enough that they’d start going to Giants games.
It seems like a lot of people in Orange County were Rams fans, but when the Rams moved they adopted the Chargers as they’re favorite team.
The thong is, it happened.
Yeah, that sounds like it would be cool.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Come to Sacramento!
We have a river and everything!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
TWSAES
That’s what the Sacramento area economy said.
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 17, 2010 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
I know what will happen if the A’s move to Sac. In say 5-10 years Sac will be declared an A’s only market, and I won’t be able to get Giants games. You can’t watch the Warriors here in Sac, they are blacked out you have to watch the Kings. Heck, everytime the damn Kings schedule conflicts with the Sharks, I get stupid basketball on my stupid Comcrap, instead of hockey. It’s damn annoying. I’d have to kill somebody if they do that with the Giants.
SacramentLOL
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
And a d-league basketball team!
by GrayDilla on Nov 17, 2010 2:43 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Football too
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SACRAMENTO WOO
Ryan Verdugo, my adopted son, strikes out 13.2 per 9 innings in his career. He has a 1.63 ERA in San Jose this year. Call him up to be a Flying Squirrel. He is also a member of the "Giants who went to LSU" club with Mike Fontenot, a.k.a Grant.
we'll see
No EIR yet, and financing will be challenging at best unless they really intend to use redevelopment money to actually build the thing (which seems hard to imagine).
I will say I’m a lot more likely to go to a game there than a San Jose A’s game.
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 17, 2010 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Wolff wants out of Oakland
I don’t think anything short of the city of Oakland paying for the entire park could convince him to stay in that city.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I don’t think anything short of the city of _______paying for the entire park could convince him to be in that city.
Overplayed memes:
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Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2010 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Hmm?
It’s my understanding that he’s offered to pay for the construction of the new park in SJ, and that he also offered to pay for the park in Fremont before that fell through.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
That’s precious.
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2010 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Hey I guess he did! I wonder if they are going to have to pay off the Giants debt’s in order to have the rights to build down there.
Overplayed memes:
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Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2010 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
so the only two privately financed ballparks in America would be in the Bay Area?
Eat that shit, USA!!
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
I think Dodger Stadium was privately financed, but that was a different era.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
hmm… i wasnt alive when it was built so idk. ill look it up at some point
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:32 PM PST up reply actions
yep, all $23 million of it was private financed. LOL money back then
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:33 PM PST up reply actions
$2 million was kicked in by the City Counsel for “site improvements” which gets little mention ever.
Cleared of most of its population, Chavez Ravine lay idle until later in the decade, when the Brooklyn Dodgers decided to move west to Los Angeles. In 1957, the city traded the 315-acre Chavez Ravine for a less central, nine-acre site the Dodgers already owned. The City Council also agreed to spend $2 million on “site improvement,” an ironic contrast to the earlier outcry against the city’s commitment to provide sewage for the housing project. On Sept. 27, 1959, ground was broken for Dodger Stadium.
The 10-year “Battle of Chavez Ravine,” from the early debate over changing it, to the Neutra and Alexander designs for redevelopment, to its tragic embroilment in Cold War hysteria, to its final American apple-pie resolution, framed an era in American history in which creative public housing was only one of the casualties.
quote from here
The Battle of Chavez Ravine:
where public housing gets blown out of the water by anti-communist hysteria, much to the benefit of Dodger ownership.
Ry Cooder also made an album about this period of time.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 11:43 PM PST up reply actions
Well
The city of SF did a lot of infrastructure spending and site improvements on our stadium too – the Muni stop, first of all, which didn’t exist before – but other things too.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
absolutely.
and both LA & SF were rewarded on their investments.
It’s just a bizarre tale of anti-communism hysteria in the case of Chavez Ravine – what a weird time. One year they’re moving everyone out to make public housing, then they elect an anti-red mayor and the land gets traded to NYC businessmen. It’s just crazy.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 11:53 PM PST up reply actions
im glad i didnt grow up thinking everyone was a commie. wait, born 1983… so yeah, actually i did.
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:56 PM PST up reply actions
“WOLVERINES!!!!”
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 18, 2010 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a really good album, too.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
I hope Oakland doesn’t do that. I take a lot of pride in the Giants having privately financed AT&T.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Nov 17, 2010 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
There’s no way it happens. Public financing is unacceptable in Northern California.
"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!"
?
"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!"
There's all kinds of public financing in California,
just not financing that benefits private businesses.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
I meant public financing of sports venues.
"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!"
Like the Raiders got?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2010 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
That’s politically unfeasible now.
"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!"
No one ever went broke betting on the stupidity of the voting public… I’m sure it’s unfeasible in Oakland but in other cities I’m not so sure. I do think it would be idiotic.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2010 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
which is exactly why
no politician in Alameda Co. or City of Oakland will give them money. $22M per year for the Raiders was a lot.
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 17, 2010 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
The 49ers seem to have gotten Santa Clara to pony up some dough
Santa Clara voters approved the stadium deal in June, paving the way for a 68,500-seat venue adjacent to the Great America theme park. The stadium would be built with $114 million in public contributions, with hundreds of millions of dollars more coming through stadium revenues such as luxury boxes and naming rights.
Some city should just buy a team and run it.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Aren’t they technically a co-op?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2010 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
It’s kind of interesting. They are a publicly held company, but operate under restrictions like the share price can never increase in value and no dividends are paid. It’s kind of co-opish – fans buy shares and get to vote on the makeup of the board and so forth… but no season ticket privileges come with stock ownership. A unique franchise.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2010 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
I agree
I dislike when cities are held hostage by teams for new stadiums and sweetheart deals.
If a city is going to be asked to pay so much money they should at least get part ownership of the team and guarantees that the team can’t leave without approval of the city.
here's the next paragraph of that article
But a large chunk of the nearly $1 billion cost has always been linked to obtaining financing, which some sports economists have said could be difficult in today’s economic climate. The NFL’s uncertain economic picture has clouded the stadium financing prospects further.
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 17, 2010 6:31 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, it looks like 49ers are going to be in SF
a lot longer than they expected.
They are going to have to do something with Candlestick it is a real pigsty.
As is the team that plays in it.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
That could be a nice stadium. I like it. I’d like the A’s to stay in Oakland, get a little money to work with. I’d like a little 1989 revenge at some point.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Nov 17, 2010 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Bah, let their fan base die.
They need to get out of that shit hole of a stadium.
Warning, angry Giants fan on the loose.
What can we even consider a small group of middle-aged white men a fanbase?
by GrayDilla on Nov 17, 2010 2:45 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Said the guy whose team plays at AT&T park? Have you been paying attention to who you're sitting next to when you're there?
That’s the first time I’ve ever seen the typical SF anti-East Bay hatred manifest itself that way. Aren’t folks like you usually afraid of the East Bay because it’s NOT a bunch of middle-aged white men?
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Nov 17, 2010 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
whoa guys
let’s put the race card back where we found it, huh?
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 17, 2010 5:22 PM PST up reply actions
Walnut Crick
/shudder
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 17, 2010 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
This is the first time I’ve seen the Anti-SF East Bay chip on the shoulder manifest itself in this way.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 18, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Happens on Athletics Nation sometimes.
"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 wasn’t serious)
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 18, 2010 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
Not in the minority...
I like this.
"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."
Aiming to increase that splash hits counter?
by Natto on Nov 17, 2010 1:20 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
Rec'd
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
Nah, just aiming to increase that World Series Title counter.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Nov 17, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
This is all I could think about when I was watching the election returns. Victory Court’s a cool site, and I like going to San Jose Giants games too much to want the San Jose A’s to exist. I like this.
"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!"
Dueling waterfront ballparks?
Awesome sauce. And: Suck it NYC & Chicago.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Suck it Los Angeles and Los Angeles of Anaheim goes without saying.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
Where is this, exactly? If there was a street address I could plug it into Google maps.
by non sequitur on Nov 17, 2010 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Never mind. Victory Court is an actual road. Got it.
by non sequitur on Nov 17, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
Google maps
Hey, did you know that if you zoom in close enough in the Satellite view, it switches from 2D to a 3D-ish isometric view? Very cool. Probably only works for areas where there’s image data (like Oakland).
by non sequitur on Nov 17, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
Trying to catch up with Bing's birdseye view??
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
by short_shifter on Nov 17, 2010 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
Unfortunately for Microsoft, people have to Google Bing to find out anything about it.
by non sequitur on Nov 17, 2010 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
I dislike Bing based on nothing more than their advertising. It’s like they had a marketing meeting that went like this:
“What’s a problem with search engines that hasn’t been relevant since Google overtook Yahoo?”
“IRRELEVANT RESULTS!”
“Perfect. Now how can we show that we don’t do that thing that nobody else also does.”
“WE CAN SAY IT DIRECTLY!”
“I like it, but it’s not annoying enough.”
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
I used to be able to find anything on line, now half the time any search I do I end up with a bunch of crap for results.
I’ve actually had the opposite experience.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
Which is why those commercials annoy me so much.
Since my experience doesn’t seem to be representative, I won’t make such a fuss. I still won’t like Bing, though.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
I hear liking Bing gets you chicks.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Nov 17, 2010 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
I’m good, actually.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
Chop has the twitpics to prove it.
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’m usually looking for simple images to do vocabulary development stuff with the kids. I typed in something like squirrel the other day [can’t remember exactly what I was looking for, something fallish] and got horses and giraffes and all kindsa stuff.
Oh, image searching is a huge mess.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
I also think that some people genuinely don’t know what a squirrel is. I worked on websites for a period, and our designers had to tag every photo that went on a site. It was part of my job to check the tags for spelling and accuracy. I distinctly remember being absolutely baffled when I came across a picture of two raccoons – full bodied and clear as day, mind you – that was tagged “squirrels”.
And that was just the tip of the iceberg of mis-tagged images.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
And those tags are part of the way images get sorted in a search, so the moral of the story is that a lot of image search wackiness is actually because people are dumbasses, and not because the search engine is bad.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
Was that the job where you got paid to look at porn?
"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!"
There were some companies that sent us pornographic material, but we always had to report it.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
That sounds like the most boring job.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 17, 2010 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
If I were a designer, I would purposely tag things weird, just to excite your day.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 17, 2010 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
They actually got in trouble for screwing up because we lost money if it got past QA. So the designers actually got really paranoid about it after a while and started being as specific as possible. We started seeing things like “boy and girl playing monkey bars on a playground with asphalt”. No matter how many times we told them to simplify, the paranoia won out.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
It was only part of the job. Most of the job was me writing stuff.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
Stuff about porn.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 18, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
What if you typed in ‘moose’?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2010 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
I just spent a good five minutes trying to figure out what made squirrels “fail-ish”.
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 18, 2010 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
No fornicating horses I hope.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
kind of amusing
one of my cowworkers husband’s works for MS. She surreptitiously changes the firefox search thingy in the corner to bing on shared computers. Yesterday I accidentally used bing image search! Uh. It was fine, I guess.
Brian Sabean: Sing His Praises To The Heavens!
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that seems to have resurrected itself in my absence...
Google has had it since before Bing existed.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 17, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
If Wolff had any vision behind medium-term real-estate profits, he’d go for this. The A’s have an identity in Oakland.
An A’s fan once said, “You change cities, the old titles don’t count.” Therefore.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
lulz
that is not how the logic of the Athleticus Supporterus runs.
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 17, 2010 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
That would be pretty cool. I am also surprised we haven’t received our monthly fanpost in a while asking us to join the Facebook page tohelp the A’s cause.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 17, 2010 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
I do too.
Although I’m basing this on a divining rod and some tea leaves. I’m assuming you have some sort of algorithm.
by Monkeyking42 on Nov 17, 2010 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
The whooshing sound you hear is that joke flying over my head.
by Monkeyking42 on Nov 17, 2010 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
But the whooshing sound we heard just before that was xanthan pulling that expectation out of his ass.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
hehe
like a fart!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
One of those smooth, breezy ones, though. Not one of those loud, flapping ones.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Darn pronoun confusion.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Man, it seems like a long time since anybody pulled anything out of jcb’s ass.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
I hope for a small offseason from Pablo this 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
TdaddyNeal Thomas Neal
Im very excited and humbled to be placed on the 40man … Thank you 2 everyone for showing so much love … #Sfgiants u all r amazing #fact
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.
Aw
he seems like a really cool guy based on his twitter.
/waits for him to say something stupid
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
ROLL CALL OF ALL TEH GAYZ!!!!!!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2010 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Translation
Ima get PAID!
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
#fact
This is awesome.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Thomas Neal should give lessons on how to be likable.
"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!"
step 1
Be Real.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 17, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
Step 2
Keep it Real.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Actually step 3 was
seal the deal
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
But
What happens when keeping it real goes wrong?
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
Thomas Neal was just an up-and-coming outfield prospect in the San Francisco Giants system. Never one to make any waves, he progressed through the minor leagues and eventually earned a starting job on the big league squad. But one day, he was demoted to the bench after the arrival of a new star prospect, Chuckie Jones. Neal had a simple choice to make: accept his new assignment, or keep it real.
NEAL: Bochy, you are NOT putting me on that bench!
BOCHY: Neal, calm down, you’ll still get plenty of ABs!
NEAL: FUCK that, I’m no bench warmer! I keeps it real!
Neal proceeded to grab a baseball bat and destroy everything in his manager’s office, urinating on his head before storming out the door.
The next day, Neal was released from the team, and charges were filed against him for assault. As part of his community service, Neal is currently coaching Little League teams in the inner city.
SMALL CHILD: But I don’t want to play first base, I want to be a shortstop!
NEAL: You think I care what you want, bitch? You’ll play whatever goddamned position I tell you!
(SMALL CHILD kicks Neal in the crotch; NEAL collapses)
From hitting home runs in the major leagues to getting kneed in the balls by unruly children, Thomas Neal: another case of when keeping it real goes wrong.
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)
by quincy0191 on Nov 17, 2010 7:50 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
LOL Yes!
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
sweet. i thought he was gonna puncture Bochys head with a needle and let all the air come wooshing out.
wait, i said i wouldn’t make fun of him for a year…dammit
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
oh god, how i try… though seriously, Bochy made some comment during the WS about that kid who did the Ron Washington impression, and some reporter asked Bochy how a kid could go about emulating him since he has a larger head, and Bochy said “well, first of all, he’d need to blow his head full of air…” (ill look for the quote source)
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:58 PM PST up reply actions
lil’ron washington still haunts my dreams. straight up scary.
by shaggingflyballs on Nov 18, 2010 9:17 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t like people playin’ on my phone!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
That is one of my favorite sketches ever.
“I’m fittin’ to ride on this bitch!”
“The women were all serving consecutive life sentences. It turned out they kept it realer.”
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)
I hate to be the downer on this, but
is there any chance that there’s another reason why this move was made with these two players at this time?
Responsible for the last great homegrown Giants team.
Like what?
They didn’t have to add them to the 40 man to trade them.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I don't know what possible reason you're thinking of
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
YES! Maybe E is going to be the starting SS!!!!!!!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2010 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
They did it because this is the time of year you add the Rule 5 guys you want to protect. The only downer is they didn’t add Casilla because he seems like the kind of guy somebody might take a flyer on and keep tucked away in their bullpen for a year.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
+1
Yes, this had to be done right now. The Rule 5 draft will be taking place some time this week at the winter meetings, and Adrianza and Neal were both eligible. This should tell us what the Giants think of dozens of guys that didn’t get protected.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
I think Bond will be taken
Just a hunch though
"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
+1
I also think that it’s highly likely these guys get picked:
Joe Paterson
Tyler Graham
And these guys are longshots to go:
Jackson Williams
Clayton Tanner
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
they can have Graham, Williams. i rather keep Paterson and Edlefson.
by repeat_in_2011 on Nov 17, 2010 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
They’re pretty likely gone, I’d agree. But they might come moseying back.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
oh yeah - have to stay on their 25 man all year
or be offered back. at least for Edlefson and Paterson.
by repeat_in_2011 on Nov 17, 2010 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
I wouldn't be stunned if Tanner goes
I think some team will look at the shiny ERA and not notice the awful peripherals
"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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this
although even if he pans out I can’t believe he’s ready for the majors yet.
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 17, 2010 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
never mind
I didn’t realize there was a difference for MiLB guys.
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 17, 2010 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
but when they watch him enough
he’ll probably be returned, right?
Ryan Verdugo, my adopted son, strikes out 13.2 per 9 innings in his career. He has a 1.63 ERA in San Jose this year. Call him up to be a Flying Squirrel. He is also a member of the "Giants who went to LSU" club with Mike Fontenot, a.k.a Grant.
They could return him, but it would cost them..
To prevent excessive turnover in the minor league levels, each draftee costs $50,000. If the draftee does not stay on the selecting team’s 25-man (major league) roster all season, the player must be offered back to his original team at half-price. Organizations may also draft players from AA or lower to play for their AAA affiliates (for $12,000) and may draft players from A teams or lower to play for their AA affiliates (for $4,000).
San Francisco Giants 2010 World Series Champions
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for !Matt Downs .
NOT 50K!
NOOOOOO
Ryan Verdugo, my adopted son, strikes out 13.2 per 9 innings in his career. He has a 1.63 ERA in San Jose this year. Call him up to be a Flying Squirrel. He is also a member of the "Giants who went to LSU" club with Mike Fontenot, a.k.a Grant.
That’s like, five innings from Barry Zito!!
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)
You guys are way too easy
/chasm’d
San Francisco Giants 2010 World Series Champions
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for !Matt Downs .
Nope, I actually calculated it. $19M/year * 1 year/200 innings = $10,000 or so an inning.
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)
Oh, wait
I forgot a decimal place. 1 inning = $100,000. So you’re right.
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)
JACKS!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 17, 2010 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
I could see somebody taking a chance on him, but I sorta think the Giants will get him back. As a sorta clanky no-power second baseman, he would need to duplicate his Fresno performance at the big league level. I just don’t see it happening. And it’s not like there’s a ton of upside that would make some team willing to put up with .236/.325/.299 (that’s his MLE based on his Fresno numbers) out of a guy who’s a poor fielder.
I agree with you on Casilla, but I don’t think it’s a huge gamble. I think we’ll get him back if he does get picked. There really is no team out there that can afford to keep a releiver in their pen all year who doesn’t pitch.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Bocock, Crawford and Adrianza = lots of defense, not enough offense.
Still have high hopes that Crawford can turn it up in 2011, though.
They could be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Out of curiosity
Do you have any reasons for your high hopes? I’d love to share them, but the track record is poor.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Really not that bad for a SS
with great defense.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
I keep thinking that his offense could be so much better, if he stopped going for teh dingerz and instead worked on hitting for average.
They could be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Even Adrianza has hit much better in the minors than Bocock, so that comparison is not fair at all. (Adrianza as a 20-year-old in San Jose: .256/.333/.348; Bocock as a 22-year-old in San Jose: .220/.293/.328) These guys aren’t likely to be superstars with the bat, but considering the high praise they get for their gloves, they stand a chance of being average major league shortstops at some point. Which would be great.
Crawford needs to have a breakout year to keep pace with Adrianza as a prospect.
He was quite a stiff at the plate
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
though they did make adjustments to get him more upright
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
Did he have trouble staying erect before?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Nov 17, 2010 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
How did Bocock ever come near a major league roster?
"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!"
If you want to protect your business dealings
you don’t do wi-fi if you can help it. The Giants have a big powerful internal server etc. secure system in-house. Hardwire all the way when anything is sensitive or confidential.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
I love how many uses this picture has
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 17, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
No anchovies? You’ve got the wrong man. I spell my name…Danger
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
Yeah, there’s a vast difference between Bocock and Adrianza.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Wasn’t sure how obvious to make that pun, so I’ll flag it with this comment!
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
If Adrianza had any testicular connotation that would have been a brilliant pun.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2010 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
To clarify, I wasn’t comparing the three of them as much as I was making a general statement that all of them are (to this point in their careers, anyway) better with their gloves than their bats.
I love great defensive shortstops. That the Giants have (or had) 3 prospects with that kind of upside is awesome. Not so awesome is for that great D to be held up in the minors for lack of hitting (and yes, I know it’s early going for Ehire, so that mostly for Bocock and Crawford).
They could be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
— As the front office mulls its options at shortstop, it will weigh free-agent options (including Juan Uribe) against the possibility of Brandon Crawford being promoted some time in 2011. Crawford clearly needs more work in the minors at the plate. He strikes out way too much. But his defense is considered big-league-ready.
Sabean expects Crawford to start the year in the minors to work on his hitting, but he could be a midseason promotion.
Not that that really explains much, but an interesting quote nonetheless.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
I wish
That striking out too much was Crawford’s only problem.
I don’t understand people who think that excess strikeouts are a problem – did anyone see how well Ricky Weeks did this year? He struck out a ton.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
They do seem to be holding Justin Upton back from Super Stardom though. I was surprised to see the other day that he was the first player ever to have 400 whiffs by the age of 22 and nobody’s really close (his brother’s one of the only 4 guys to have 250 by that age).
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
Of course, with Crawford and in general, I’d say strikeouts aren’t the problem — they’re just the manifestation of the problem(s).
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
I dont find that all that surprising, you have to be really good to stay in the big leagues long enough to strike out that much at that age.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
That’s absolutely true. It’s also, however, selling short the historic nature of Justin’s contact problems thus far in his career. Dave Cameron wrote a good piece on it the other day. It’s a good read — and definitely click on the link for the list of players who became regulars as teenagers over the last 30 years. It’s an eye-popping list of talent, but it’s also a lot longer than I would have thought it would be. And it contains at least one specimen of pure evil.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
Let him back up Uuu
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
The equation I came up with
Is that Neal is greater then our equal to real.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Nov 17, 2010 1:35 PM PST via mobile reply actions
or^
Stupid preemptive texting.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Nov 17, 2010 1:36 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Blue Jays add another former Giant
Reliever Trystan Magnuson going to Oakland as part of Rajai Davis deal, MLBTR has learned.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
wait Rajai Davis got traded?
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 liked him.
"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!"
This.
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
He was great at not being Matt Morris.
by taliesin on Nov 17, 2010 1:58 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
question
would the Pirates be interested in a veteran outfielder with grit and swagger to mentor their younger guys? Because I know where they could find one!
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 17, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Trying really hard to stay relevant, it seems.
4 RINGS 0 SPLASH HITS
"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!"
BREAKING NEWS
SPLASH HITS LINKED TO RINGS
Ryan Verdugo, my adopted son, strikes out 13.2 per 9 innings in his career. He has a 1.63 ERA in San Jose this year. Call him up to be a Flying Squirrel. He is also a member of the "Giants who went to LSU" club with Mike Fontenot, a.k.a Grant.
Moral of the story:
Always use protection.
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.
You apparently were the only one
was it too subtle?
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 got it.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 9:51 PM PST up reply actions
I just didn’t want to say anything because I had it treated and it’s gone now.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 9:52 PM PST up reply actions
also
this made me think of Red Bull gives you wings!
Ryan Verdugo, my adopted son, strikes out 13.2 per 9 innings in his career. He has a 1.63 ERA in San Jose this year. Call him up to be a Flying Squirrel. He is also a member of the "Giants who went to LSU" club with Mike Fontenot, a.k.a Grant.
It’s like when the biggest, loudest, most obnoxious guy at the table turns out to have the tiniest schlong.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
I hope Mr. Favre picked up the check.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 7:40 PM PST up reply actions
He couldn’t decide.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2010 11:27 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Blue Jays line up?
C-Arencibia
1B-Lind
2B-Hill
SS-Escobar
3B-Bautista
LF-Lewis
CF-Davis
RF-Wells
DH-Snider
"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
If the 2010 Giants were castoffs… what does that make the 2011 A’s?
by posey yaknowsy on Nov 17, 2010 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Hobos
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Nov 17, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
It sounded like the Jays keep trying to avoid starting Arencibia
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
Raj and FLew back together!
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.
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/11/17/1820452/mariners-sign-rh-reliever-justin-miller
"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 wish that that team could have had some kind of offense.
"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!"
Everyone wishes...
…that team could have some sort of offense.
I love in Seattle and went to quite a few games. It was…like 2008 and 2009 here. Except probably worse.
"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."
So does everyone...
I live in Seattle. This season was just painful to watch. Luckily, there was all this cool stuff going on with the baseball team I actually care about….
"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."
Sorry for the double post....
MCC was being weird….
"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 Sure
blame the defenseless internet
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
Ugh
Him and Medders combined to allow 5 runs on 2 hits and 3 BB
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 17, 2010 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
ah, you’re right
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 17, 2010 7:43 PM PST up reply actions
Medders was good that game
He went like 2.1 Innings and then he came out and it all went to hell
"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 game went to hell when he BB’d the leadoff hitter.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 17, 2010 7:43 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, because he’d already pitched more than two innings and he was exhausted.
I find it hard to blame Medders for that game.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
I am only blaming him for the BB/baserunner. It was a combination of fail from multiple pitchers.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 18, 2010 7:12 AM PST up reply actions
GAH HOW DO YOU WALK THE PITCHER?
Ryan Verdugo, my adopted son, strikes out 13.2 per 9 innings in his career. He has a 1.63 ERA in San Jose this year. Call him up to be a Flying Squirrel. He is also a member of the "Giants who went to LSU" club with Mike Fontenot, a.k.a Grant.
Exactly
That’s why I blame him way more than Medders or Valdez.
thankfully, i dont remember the Spilbourghs game, because i didnt see it live
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
the only thing that could wipe my memory of that
WOULD BE WINNING THE WORLD SERIES
Brian Sabean: Sing His Praises To The Heavens!
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that seems to have resurrected itself in my absence...
Yeah, good luck with that
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on Nov 18, 2010 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
like that’ll ever happen. sheesh. dreamer
wait, WHAT?!?!? NO ONE TOLD ME!!
by giant4life83 on Nov 18, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
Jayson Stark quotes an anonymous scout
On Giants 1B Brandon Belt: “You can have Brett Harper. Give me that kid. He’s got a chance to be Larry Walker. Athletic. Powerful. Good defender. And he hits the ball line-to-line with thunder.”
Brett Harper??
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Clearly he means Brett Favre.
"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!"
dude hits dongs
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
And then sends pictures of them to the press.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2010 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe he meant
Brett “The Hit Man” Hart?
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Ex-Grizzlie!
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=harper001bre
"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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When I saw this, I thought of a rather disturbing video. Fuck you, Internet.
Year Age Tm Lg Lev
2009 27 2 Teams 1 Lg AAA
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 11/17/2010.
"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!"
by El Person on Nov 17, 2010 2:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
ICWUDT
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit!
-Doc Brown, Zito fan
by jordanovich on Nov 17, 2010 7:20 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Larry Walker was fucking awesome.
I pray to God Belt even sniffs that greatness
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Nov 17, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Walker's '97 was alright I guess
48 years after his heart was broken by a Willie McCovey line out to Bobby Richardson, Charlie Brown finally has his championship.
I think we’re going to like this kid.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 17, 2010 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
COORS FIELD!
Ryan Verdugo, my adopted son, strikes out 13.2 per 9 innings in his career. He has a 1.63 ERA in San Jose this year. Call him up to be a Flying Squirrel. He is also a member of the "Giants who went to LSU" club with Mike Fontenot, a.k.a Grant.
Belt linked to being Canadian
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 17, 2010 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
My grandmother's watching something with MC Hammer in the background on Bangladeshi television
This is weird.
"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!"
Post of the year.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
এইটি স্পর্শ করে না।
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 17, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
I am unfortunately illiterate in Bengali. Transliteration?
"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 can’t read it either but I’ll take a wild guess: “You can’t touch this”.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Zing!
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 17, 2010 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
At least according to some Bengali translator.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 17, 2010 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
Levine = McCarver?
SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman
#yankees president levine on jeter: “he’s a baseball player but you can’t take away from who he is.”
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.
what?
Ryan Verdugo, my adopted son, strikes out 13.2 per 9 innings in his career. He has a 1.63 ERA in San Jose this year. Call him up to be a Flying Squirrel. He is also a member of the "Giants who went to LSU" club with Mike Fontenot, a.k.a Grant.
There seems to be a rumor going 'round...
that the San Francisco Giants have won something called the World Series!
I was at the grocery store today and saw this:
World Champs
and this thing from USA Today, that I can only find on EBay right now.
Save Mart on Folsom near Corti Bros. FTW
I saw that Lindy’s thing at the Sac airport on Wednesday night. When I went to buy it, the store had closed. :(
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
I bought the Lindy's
It’s awesome
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Nov 17, 2010 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently so
Ryan Verdugo, my adopted son, strikes out 13.2 per 9 innings in his career. He has a 1.63 ERA in San Jose this year. Call him up to be a Flying Squirrel. He is also a member of the "Giants who went to LSU" club with Mike Fontenot, a.k.a Grant.
Real life update!
I just made it through to the third round of interviews with Teach for America. Very exciting. If I get it, I don’t have to worry about finding a job after college.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
REAL LIFE UPDATE
Congratulations. You live in DC right?
In MadBum real life news, I made the freshman basketball team at my high school. WOO!
Ryan Verdugo, my adopted son, strikes out 13.2 per 9 innings in his career. He has a 1.63 ERA in San Jose this year. Call him up to be a Flying Squirrel. He is also a member of the "Giants who went to LSU" club with Mike Fontenot, a.k.a Grant.
Real Life Update
The San Francisco Giants are the reigning World Champions of baseball.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Real Life Update
WORLD SERIES CHAMPS
Ryan Verdugo, my adopted son, strikes out 13.2 per 9 innings in his career. He has a 1.63 ERA in San Jose this year. Call him up to be a Flying Squirrel. He is also a member of the "Giants who went to LSU" club with Mike Fontenot, a.k.a Grant.
Hmm
Seems to me that Ryan Verdugo would more likely be your adopted father….
"(Christy) Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball. The first statement means the same as the second." - Damon Runyon
oh my god… im talking to 15 year olds?
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
I just turned 16!
"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!"
im just fucking with you kids. wait, you do know swear words, right? :)
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:59 PM PST up reply actions
And not talking down to them, too.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 11:56 PM PST up reply actions
ILL TALK DOWN TO WHO I WANT.
HOWIE, ON YOUR KNEES!!
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:59 PM PST up reply actions
You’re probably taller than me without having to do that.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 18, 2010 12:18 AM PST up reply actions
5’7" in the morning.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 18, 2010 12:22 AM PST up reply actions
you could try some pumps and hide them with long pants
by giant4life83 on Nov 18, 2010 12:30 AM PST up reply actions
That's pretty awesome
Good luck with that GP
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
Nice!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Nov 17, 2010 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
congrats GP
Quite a state of affairs when teachers have to worry about finding jobs after college. Sheesh.
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 17, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
good luck.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I guess that’s the good news. On the other hand, you’ll go to teach where they damn well tell you.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Nov 18, 2010 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
SSS Porn
Belt last 10 games:
AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS
Totals .500 42 13 21 5 5 1 12 6 8 0 1 .551 .929 1.480
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
fap fap fap
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
I think SSS Porn should be an ongoing theme on McC, whether it’s from the minors or majors it’s always exciting to look at some boffo stat line over a 10 game span.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Interesting article...
..featuring the Giant’s sabermetrician and the role he plays in making personnel decisions. It appears that maybe Sabean doesn’t just look at RBI’s and isn’t just lucky.
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/59830/unknown-hero-helps-make-giants-world-series-champions/
…Yeshayah Goldfarb.
Yeshayah Goldfarb?
That is the Jewiest name I have ever encountered outside the pages of a Michael Chabon book. That man is my hero.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 17, 2010 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
Giants In House Sabermatrician?
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.
You see Yeshayah is a step ahead of everyone. His analysis showed that bringing Guillen in would light Ross’ competitive spirit and lead him to have a fantastic post season. Never question someone named Yeshayah with a spreadsheet.
If he truly was pushing for the Lincecum pick (and the other decisions outlined in the article), I for one will let him slide on Guillen, if he was indeed supporting this decision.
I knew Timmy was the Tzaddik Ha-Dor.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 17, 2010 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
From now on
Whenever a Giant draws a walk, I’m going to yell GOLDFARB!!
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Replace the Shawon counter?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 17, 2010 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
That’s a good thing—because he’s not looking her in the eye.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
The Beard, on the other hand, is completely checking her out.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 17, 2010 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
the Beard totally drank her drink and she hasn’t even noticed yet!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 7:43 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand why we care about these pictures.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
Also: If you’re going to post large images, please post them with a subject line.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
Because it shows that beard=chicks.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 17, 2010 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
Well in that case...
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
So now it’s just a matter of time, right?
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Man, how cool would an Urd body pillow be?
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
This is going to be the best Christmas ever.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll get you this one as a thank you.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
Now my Amazon page is telling me what others who looked at these items also bought. I DO NOT NEED TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION AMAZON.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
Yes…just sit tight.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Nov 17, 2010 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
and beard
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 17, 2010 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
More guts than talent.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 17, 2010 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand why we care about these pictures.
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Nov 17, 2010 5:20 PM PST up reply actions
It’s not like we don’t care. We really do. We oddly care a lot about Hoiwe pics. WE JUST WANNA KNOW WHY!
I can't fight this feeling anymore!
I was just... nevermind
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Nov 17, 2010 8:59 PM PST up reply actions
+1
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2010 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
WHERE ELSE ARE WE GOING TO FIND PICTURES OF ATTRACTIVE WOMEN ON THE INTERNET?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
Bing image search?
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
Brian has nerves of steel
He is looking right in her eyes.
Not, of course, that he should be looking anywhere else. But still.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
“Congratulations to the bieeard”
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 17, 2010 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
Not a fan of the knitted sock he's wearing on his head
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Do you know another way to cover up a dead squirrel?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 17, 2010 6:46 PM PST up reply actions
Mr. Wilson,
I do not approve of your taste in hats. However your taste in other matters seems to be very finely tuned indeed.
Cheers.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 17, 2010 7:32 PM PST up reply actions
She looks as though she’s about to vampire him.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
What is Beltre smoking?
SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman
sounds like a’s are willing to pay adrian beltre $60-plus mil, but that’s apparently not in ballpark of asking price.
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.
12 mil a year isn’t that much, these days. Remember, that’s the contract we gave Aaron Rowand several years ago.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
OT: Football at AT&T
Seeing the fiasco at Wrigley, is anybody else getting worried about how screwed up the playing field at AT&T will be in August, September and October?
Remember the XFL? Ah, bad times. Whatever happened to He Hate Me, anyway?
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Finding that he loves acting, apparently.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 17, 2010 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
Tommy Maddox was 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
Follow me: Twitter.com/gobroks
I still have an SF Demons hat
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 18, 2010 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
Heckuva job Braunie!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2010 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
yeah one hell of a catch
but he does not have a world series ring!
by panda revival on Nov 17, 2010 6:50 PM PST up reply actions
I think he meant Carlos Guillen.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Ozzie Guillen
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
Chico Lind
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
Chico Carrasquel
"(Christy) Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball. The first statement means the same as the second." - Damon Runyon
another great Venezuelan short-stop!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 18, 2010 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
better than the Edgar WS 3R HR (# 13)
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
OT
pika should be happy. His Miami team won tonight.
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 still don’t know why a place in Ohio is named Miami.
To Wikipedia!
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
to the cloud
"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 17, 2010 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
Heh, the one in Ohio is the original Miami
Named after the Miami Indians who lived and still live there. Miami Florida was the brainstorm of a real estate hustler in the early years of the 1900s—he invented the name out of nothing. Gotta sell those empty unpopulated acres to northern snowbirds! Miami FL has no reason for existence other than that.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Until Blanche Deveraux opened her house to boarders.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2010 11:29 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Betty White is a hoarder?
WHAT?!?
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure that there are like zero American Indians in the vicinity of Miami University these days.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
The eastern branch lives next door in the Maumee Valley of NE Indiana
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"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Holy crap
The 2010 Mariners hit .236/.298/.339
The 2009 Giants hit .257/.309/.389
And they have the DH. That must have been painful to watch.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
zito and rowand for felix hernandez and Ichiro
GIT ER DONE SABEZ
by panda revival on Nov 17, 2010 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
I like that OBP is just a .01 difference, While AVG is .02 and SLG .06. Both are painful, but one is much more hacky. And to think that Ichiro and Fat Ichiro are included in those lines. Crazy,
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
"Because I don’t know what it means anymore, in the PCL. It’s almost like years ago."
"That’s not to say Buster isn’t fully committed or all-in. He is. He’s smart and he’s got the advance reports. Anybody who said he’s not ready to catch in the big leagues is crazy because he’s a pretty good catcher, especially throwing." - Sabean 7/11/10
holy shit a .339 SLG as a TEAM??
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
but, they wuz in the tougher league!!!! Everytime the Rangers fans said something about the Giants pitchers’ stats being skewed because they got to face pitchers I wanted to say something about how they played in the same division as a team made up of Ichiro and 8 guys who hit like pitchers.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
The only reason the Mariners’ hitters were so bad is that they had to face AL pitching.
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 18, 2010 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
They should’ve eschewed the DH and just had Felix hit. He has like one hit in his career, but it was a grand salami. SUSTAINABLE!
by Murray, Present on Nov 17, 2010 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
ooooh… salami is never sustainable around me.
/nom nom nom
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:48 PM PST up reply actions
OT: Movie Night
I’m watching Grosse Pointe Blank. Haven’t seen it in forever. Great movie.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Oh and
An awesome soundtrack too
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosse_Pointe_Blank#Track_listing
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Alien 3
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 17, 2010 9:51 PM PST up reply actions
I’m watching “Blinking Cursor in MS Word.” Riveting drama.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 9:52 PM PST up reply actions
Probably better than Alien 3
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 17, 2010 9:53 PM PST up reply actions
People who are worse actors than Sigourney Weaver
Nicholas Cage
Mark Wahlberg
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 17, 2010 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
Hey!
Nic Cage has make a couple very good movies.
Of course, he’s made a bunch more awful ones. But a few very good ones.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Name one.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 17, 2010 10:22 PM PST up reply actions
Trapped in Paradise.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation, Matchstick Men are all very good.
I really like The Weatherman, but I understand people who don’t. Lord of War was pretty good.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
That’s five.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Those first three are very very good movies.
Are there a lot of actors running around with three movies that good on their resume?
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I was just having fun with semantics.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
Never heard of any of them. Was his acting actually good in them though?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 17, 2010 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
I’m surprised you’ve never heard of Leaving Las Vegas or Adaptation. Both of those were pretty high profile roles for him.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
I haven’t studied much into the career of Nicholas Cage.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 17, 2010 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
Well, LLV netted both Cage and co-star Shue major award nominations, and Adaptation seems to be standard fare for anybody even remotely interested in the works of Charlie Kaufman.
No harm in not knowing, though. I was just surprised.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
Charlie who?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 17, 2010 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
The dude who wrote Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Synechdoche: New York.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 10:50 PM PST up reply actions
ok
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 17, 2010 10:50 PM PST up reply actions
You’re the one who asked.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
I think all that was misfired sarcasm.
Cage was good in Moonstruck. I like that movie, and I don’t care what other people say.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
They're pretty well known movies in their own right
Cage won Best Actor for Leaving Las Vegas, and Adaptation won a fair amount of Oscars (And Cage was again nominated for Best Actor).
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
In a thoroughly ironic performance that is perfect Cage.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
The Adaptation one that is.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Weatherman, Lord of War, Matchstick Men were all great. Lord of War is one of my all-time favorite movies.
Kick-Ass was too, though he had a smaller role. National Treasure 1 & 2 were fun. Astro Boy was good, I thought. 8MM was fucking strange but good. I really liked Next, though a lot of people didn’t. For some reason people seem to think The Rock and Face/Off were amazing, but only The Rock was even decent. Face/Off was pretty stupid.
Nicolas Cage has made a bunch of great movies, and a bunch of really crappy movies. He’s actually one of my favorite actors, because when you put him in the right role, he’s very, very good, you just have to stay out of the movies where he’s in the wrong role. Like the hardcore action flicks (Knowing, Con Air, Bangkok Dangerous, etc.). But he’s good in the more dramatic roles.
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)
Face/Off
Oh, wait, you said name a good one.
Honeymoon in Vegas was one of my all-time favorites.
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 17, 2010 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Was Graham even alive when that movie came out?
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
I was not in high school yet
so the answer to that must be no.
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 18, 2010 6:55 AM PST up reply actions
Wickerman
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Nov 18, 2010 5:47 AM PST up reply actions
No one is going to stand up for Mark Wahlberg?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 17, 2010 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
Not after The Happening.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
I couldn’t sit through an individual scene of that movie.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
I watched Perfect Storm the other day. Really really awful movie.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 17, 2010 10:50 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that movie sucks a lot.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
I kind of liked it
Up until the end just because all of the guys died so how the hell do they know what happened on that boat? It just kind of killed the movie for me.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
I actually thought it was well-received and I was a weirdo for hating it so much, but rottentomatoes seems to suggest otherwise. Looks like you’re the weirdo.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, I had to go all the way back to Boogie Nights to find a Wahlberg movie/performance I don’t think of negatively.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t actually see The Mini Cooper Job. I never saw The Departed either. So those maybe kind of sort of don’t count.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
I’m guessing you don’t <3 Huckabees.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I >3 Huckabees.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 18, 2010 12:21 AM PST up reply actions
I think that looks like...
I 3< Huckabees.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 18, 2010 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
I 3< Entourage
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 18, 2010 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
That would be: 3=
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 18, 2010 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
You 3=> Entourage?
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 18, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
I was trying to say I fart on Entourage but I’m illiterate in emoticons.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 18, 2010 7:09 PM PST up reply actions
Another one I haven’t seen. I don’t tend to like Wahlberg. I don’t tend to like Clooney. I do tend to like Ice Cube. But the score was 2-1 in the negative.
And what the hell Jamie Kennedy was in that movie?
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
they made Perfect Storm and 3 Kings on two-sided DVDs in one box. How do I know? I bought it for Perfect Storm after hearing it was good, it sucked, then I decided to watch 3 Kings on the other side of the disc, and it was awesome!!
True Story
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:49 PM PST up reply actions
I didn't think that The Perfect Storm sucked.
I mean, it wasn’t great, but it was enjoyable to watch. There were plenty of clunky moments. Certainly has nothing to do with the book.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Perfect Storm just didnt do it for me, wasn’t my type of movie. 3 Kings, though, rocked.
I thought they’d call it 4 Kings, cause there were 4 guys (one died, but still)
by giant4life83 on Nov 18, 2010 12:01 AM PST up reply actions
SPOILERT
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
oh shit, my bad guys. i didnt really ruin anything, its not like he dies at the end of the movie or it is a major plot sequence
by giant4life83 on Nov 18, 2010 12:19 AM PST up reply actions
Pages, dude. Fullscreen view.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2010 11:30 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah that seemed like a really bad contract to me. Marlins FO is not having the best offseason
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 17, 2010 9:57 PM PST up reply actions
well they wanted to dump uggla’s 12m dollar contract for next year so they thought they’d get somethin out of it, and infante had a good year. he’s speedy, good d, and hits for avg. they justified trading uggla by signing buck and are expecting the same number of HR’s or a number in that ballpark. so we’ll see.
Cy Lincecain FTW
NEAL IS VERY REAL
@TdaddyNeal Congratulations on being added to the 40-man! the real giants fans know that Neal is in fact very real
TdaddyNeal
@SFGIANTS55 haha thanks that’s a pretty funny one Neal is real lmbo!!!
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
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by sadison bummedgarner on Nov 17, 2010 10:10 PM PST reply actions
Aw :)
He seems like one of the sweetest guys.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
He has to be careful about swearing in public.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2010 11:32 PM PST up reply actions
works for Timmeh.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 11:53 PM PST up reply actions
I just randomly remembered a game in which Whiteside had like a million passed balls.
But I don’t really remember the game itself, just that occurrence. Does anybody know what I’m talking about?
Hella.
yeah it was a game where Whiteside hadn’t played in 2 months and Posey needed a random day off towards the end of the year.
Zito was pitching, IIRC
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:51 PM PST up reply actions
Good article about Giants and signing bonuses
Top 5 bonuses by Giants:
1. Buster Posey, $6.2MM (2008)
2. Zach Wheeler, $3.3MM (2009)
3. Rafael Rodriguez, $2.55MM (2008)
4. Angel Villalona, $2.1MM (2006)
5. Tim Lincecum, $2.025MM (2006)
Since I’m sure everyone is curious, I might as well mention that Matt Cain signed for $1.375MM as the 25th overall pick in 2002, Madison Bumgarner for $2MM as the tenth pick in 2007, and Jonathan Sanchez for just $2,500 as the 820th overall pick (27th round) in 2004. That’s textbook development of a championship caliber rotation right there.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/11/amateur-signing-bonuses-giants.html
The whole series is good
i dont get it. why was Posey demanding a $15mil signing bonus? (which dropped his draft stock apparently, or so I’ve read). I only ask because Posey seems like the last dude on the planet to be a money hoarder. Hope this isn’t a sign of things to come.
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:52 PM PST up reply actions
Because he could?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
B/c he wanted to play with teh Giants!!!!!!!!!!!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Nov 18, 2010 7:17 AM PST up reply actions
That was probably all his agent
And he was that good.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
If you get $12 million dollars in people’s minds, you change the conversation about how much you’re worth and, while you aren’t going to get that $12 million, it could get GMs to evaluate you a little higher. It plants the seed in their minds that you’re really really good (I N C E P T I O N), so when they’re negotiating with you, your $6 million dollar demands seem more reasonable than they otherwise would have.
It’s like how last year Lincecum’s agent (yeah, yeah, we don’t technically know who leaked it, but come on, it was Lincecum’s agent) leaked that mayyyyyybe they were going to seek $23 million in arbitration. They were never going to do that, but it got people thinking about how historically great Lincecum was over the previous two years, and that might have gotten him a little more money.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
…just like bartering. I’ll tell someone I want $20 for something, when it’s only worth maybe $10, so when they say how about $10, you say SOLD!!
i gotcha. I didn’t know if there was some sort of backstory behind his signing bonus demand that I hadn’t heard before. apparently, it’s just good business.
by giant4life83 on Nov 18, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
SS market
Sources close to Miguel Tejada and Juan Uribe said the infielders will wait and see what kind of contract Derek Jeter signs before committing to anything on their own, according to ESPN Deportes’ Enrique Rojas. Neither player is aspiring to Jeter-like money, Rojas writes, but they think Jeter will “establish the market value of veteran shortstops” and give their own respective values a boost. The Cardinals are supposedly interested in both players.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/11/latin-links-tejada-uribe-feliz-cuba.html
that is such bullshit. Uribe is gonna see Jeter get $19 million, basically $11 million more than he is worth. Sabes will either overpay for him like mad, or we’re gonna lose Uribe because of Derek Fucking Jeter.
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:54 PM PST up reply actions
nah…
It’s just posturing. They’ll wait until the premier SS (Jeter) signs and then they’ll do the same.
Everyone knows that Jeter stays in NYY – but they’re just doing what any free agent pitcher would do who wasn’t the #1 free agent…..wait until the market is settled.
also: this is why KC was so stupid for trading DeJesus before Crawford/Werth signed. Once those two (or even one) signed for big bucks, you offer up DeJesus to the team that missed out. I truly think KC might have the most idiotic front office around.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 17, 2010 11:57 PM PST up reply actions
KC has the stupidest FO? think about that for a minute…
by giant4life83 on Nov 18, 2010 12:02 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I’m going with KC.
Florida has won the World Series in 1997 and 2003.
And the Orioles have been relevant more recently than the Royals.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 18, 2010 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
the royals have a pretty kick ass farm system right now though. they could hypothetically win the the central in a few years. So their FO deserves some credit
To me the astro’s always seem like they have the worst FO but i dont have any stats to back that up. Just a gut feeling
"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 18, 2010 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Dear Lord,
We have a winner.
They are such a black-hole of suckatude I blanked them out.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 18, 2010 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
i was waiting for someone to say the Pirates.
Though I’m not so sure that their FO is stupid in the sense that they want what is best for the team but don’t know how to get it, but moreso that they are not committed to winning in any sense.
I would suppose a team that is not committed to winning makes for the stupidest.
by giant4life83 on Nov 18, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Can’t Zito just buy the A’s?
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2010 11:36 PM PST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
not til Sabes gives him another contract
by giant4life83 on Nov 17, 2010 11:54 PM PST up reply actions
vodka
These Absolut ads are beginning to creep me out.
Agreed
Although, I do want a bloody mary now. Might have to hit Bill’s this weekend.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Skip Bayless just said if he were the Yankees front office he’d rather give $21 million a year to Derek Jeter than Cliff Lee
other words that rhyme with Neal
schlmiel, deal, appeal, steal, teal, wheel, meal, feel, zeal, unreal, congeal, reel, eel, keel, peel.
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
Anyone want to do a predict where the free agents land?
Werth-red sox
crawford-angels
lee- rangers
v-mart – rangers
uribe-cardinals
huff-giants
r. soriano -angels
"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 18, 2010 10:50 AM PST reply actions
hmm… victor martinez and lee to TEX? they won’t get Lee, but possibly Martinez. Damn, their lineup is gonna be massively good. Thankfully, we know how to shut them down. Did you hear THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES???
!!!
by giant4life83 on Nov 18, 2010 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
Why are they waiting so long before they reveal the AL Cy Young winner? Are we supposed to speculate aimlessly for hours?
Its the off-season...
What else are we supposed to do?
"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."
Nice! Suck it, Win-lovers.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
The thing is, you could have the best numbers in ERA and Strikeouts and WHIP, however you need to find ways to win when you do not have your best stuff. Grinding is important, because even though you won’t have your best game, you keep your team in it. I think that takes out Hernandez, because of his wild pitches count. In an MLB Hot Stove episode last night, Roy Halladay commented the same thing, and said “Regardless of Hernandez’s numbers.” I’m not joking. You could have the lowest era but have the most losses too. It’s true that most of that attributes to the lack of run support, but you don’t need to pitch complete games every single time. Also, you could have 10 strikeouts a game and still lose. It happens. That being said, it leaves Price, Sabathia, and Lester for the American League, and Jimenez, Halladay and Wainwright for the National League. I am not voting, They all pitched well.
Gotta say though
Cliff Lee got completely jobbed.
Lead the league in fWAR, and gets1 3rd place vote, 1 4th place, and 1 5th place? For real?
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Cliff Lee had an absolutely nuts season.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 18, 2010 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, it was pretty much a twice in a decade kind of accomplishment.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 18, 2010 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Didn’t dirty have that in one inning that one time?
by GrayDilla on Nov 18, 2010 12:01 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Cliff Lee had a “Lincecum August” in August too. Lee also missed the first month of the season.
And I don’t think I can recall a Cy Young winner who swapped teams during the year
by giant4life83 on Nov 18, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Screw the wins. With the way the Mariner’s were playing this year 13 wins is UNBELIEVABLE.
"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."
Congrats King Felix!
There’s hope for Cain.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
by imovermyhead on Nov 18, 2010 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
…in the regular season.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Nov 18, 2010 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Matt Cain postseason FIP: 3.13
Felix’s regular season FIP: 3.04
=)
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
*shrug*
This isn’t particularly surprising as Cain tends to pitch to contact. Which admittedly, probably means he’ll never get a Cy. Ah well, we all love ’im!
"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."
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT
At least LookoutLanding has something to celebrate. But on the down side, Dave Cameron can’t bitch.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Nov 18, 2010 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
What I like about this, actually, is that yesterday I accidentally listened to Ralph and Tom for a bit because they were discussing the AL Cy Young. They kept trying to discuss whether or not “wins” have meaning anymore, and you could almost hear the sorrow and loss in Ralph’s voice over the looming conclusion that they don’t.
In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.
by howtheyscored on Nov 18, 2010 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Ratto even got it right!
Hernandez: Ken Rosenthal, Fox; Amalie Benjamin, Boston Globe; Michael Silverman, Boston Herald; Erik Boland, Newsday; Joe Smith, St. Petersburg Times; Mark Gonzales, Chicago Tribune; Lynn Henning, Detroit News; John Lowe, Detroit Free Press; Sam Mellinger, Kansas City Star; Joe Posnanski, SI.com; Joe Christensen, Minneapolis Star Tribune; John Shipley, St. Paul Pioneer Press; Hirokazu Higuchi, Chunichi Shimbun (LA); Tim Brown, Yahoo Sports; Jorge Ortiz, USA Today; Ray Ratto, At Large (SF/Oakland); Kirby Arnold, Everett Herald; Larry Stone, Seattle Times; Richard Durrett, At Large (Dallas-Fort Worth); Anthony Andro, Fort Worth Star Telegram; Morgan Campbell, Toronto Star.
Price: Mel Antonen, USA Today; Tony Fabrizio, Tampa Tribune; Phil Rogers, Chicago Tribune; Chris Assenheimer. Elyria (OH) Chronicle.
Sabathia: George King, New York Post; Bob Elliott, Toronto Sun; Sheldon Ocker, Akron Beacon Journal
Its cool. Ratto will eat one of them.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Nov 18, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
For uni.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 18, 2010 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
Good for Ratto.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
Hehe. “At Large”
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
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