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Pics, and it DID happen

Front-paged from the FanPost section because there's a conspiracy theory going around that the Giants faked the entire World Series from a Hollywood sound stage.The conspiracy couldn't go deep enough to fake a parade with hundreds of thousands of people, could it?

I know Goofus was nice enough to create a Parade Fanpost, but I had too many pictures to share so I figured I'd create a new one.

I watched the parade on Montgomery between Bush and Pine. Got there around 8:15, there were already a few people claiming spots by then. By 10am, an hour before the parade even started, it was five people deep all along Montgomery.

Once things got underway, people were just going nuts, screaming and cheering for all the players, while tickertape shredded colored paper rained from the offices above. It was fantastic--the weather, the crowd, the energy, the happiness eminating from everyone in the parade--just pure joy. I screamed like a 13-year old girl watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. Mrs. Kitspool, who works in an office building on the street, brought down the Jon Miller bobblehead from her desk and I spent the entire parade waving it at all the participants. The bobblehead got a thumbs-up from Diane Dwyer, so I've got that going for me. Which is nice.

And now, the visual evidence.

Star-divide

So this ISN'T a dream?

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Black and orange balloons:

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I loved this sign:

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Confetti flying all morning:

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Mrs. Kitspool's Jon Miller Bobblehead takes in the festivities:

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The parade is finally underway! Here's Archbishop Riordan High School's marching band. /BaronVonCurrentEvents:

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Say Hey! I got a bit choked up at this point:

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"This has been the greatest and most lucrative month of my life"--Ashkon

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"This has been the greatest and most lucrative month of my life"--Steve Perry

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I'm not sure anyone was enjoying this as much as Rags was:

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Baer isn't driving! How can that be?

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"Suck it, Lunatic Fringe."

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Here's a photo caption I never thought I'd write: Bruce Bochy holds the World Series Championship Trophy.

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Bochy sends Guillermo Mota out to warm up, early in the parade, in case there's trouble:

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"I didn't play a single inning of the playoffs, and I'm riding on a motorized cable car in a victory parade. Your argument is invalid."

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Santiago Casilla!

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Mole!

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Timmy! Not the sharpest picture, but in my defense, I got a contact high from being near him so I was stoned at the time:

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Huff Daddy practices with the Rally Thong before he goes all Zoolander on the Civic Center crowd:

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And then the last of the parade had passed, leaving behind a colorful reminder of what had just happened:

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Cue Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World": 

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Great stuff!

The thong is, it happened.

by Goofus on Nov 3, 2010 4:01 PM PDT reply actions  

Amazing. Thanks Kits.

"throwing out runners? I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey

by LincecumFTK on Nov 3, 2010 4:02 PM PDT reply actions  

also, Edgar Renteria

Mark DeRosa, still existing.

by oldjacket on Nov 3, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I said the exact same thing to a buddy at work today.

I can't fight this feeling anymore!

by ResDog on Nov 3, 2010 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's amazing to think about.

"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants

by 49er16 on Nov 3, 2010 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

None of them will

Our town, our team, our guys….

by revdmv on Nov 3, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

…our tab.

11/1/2010

by HughG16 on Nov 4, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

None of these guys will.

Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper

by Soulbrother16 on Nov 3, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

hahaha I love the pictures, of course, but the comments make the post!

by reneved on Nov 3, 2010 4:03 PM PDT reply actions  

Great pictures!

The Mota comment was funny :)

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

♥ 2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥

by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 4:17 PM PDT reply actions  

These pictures are awesome!

Chris Andersen could be in a porno with his 'stache. Too bad he still wouldn't know how to box out.
BTSC's little enforcer!
"God created a light, fluffy, white cake, named it "Angel Food Cake", and said, "It is good." Satan then created chocolate cake and named it "Devil's Food." -Tamera Mitchell-

by Mini Hulk on Nov 3, 2010 4:23 PM PDT reply actions  

How much did Red Bull

pay Timmy to wear that hat all of today?

by saint.dee on Nov 3, 2010 4:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Not to mention

Flip cameras in every-fucking-body’s hand. Shouldn’t somebody have told them THEY were the ones being filmed, and not DOING the filming themselves?

by SFfaninLA on Nov 3, 2010 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don’t see what’s wrong with them wanting to capture the experience for themselves.

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

I’d like to see some of the footage actually.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don’t some of the players have a Facebook or something?

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think so

If you believe it’s them anyway…

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't believe anything . . .

not nohow, not no way.

But I’m beginning to believe that the Giants actually won this.

He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.

by gallo del cielo on Nov 3, 2010 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

There was magic inside.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

The thing is, it happened.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Athletes are always doing that.

In the NFL, players in the Super Bowl had cameras they were filming with just a few minutes after the game.

And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.

by James Brady on Nov 3, 2010 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

this

the home run derby at the ASG is often like that.

May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.

"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw

"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 3, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe you can write each one a letter.

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

The Giants gave me one of those Flip cameras last August.

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

They have thousands of people screaming their name during a parade for winning the World Series and wouldn’t want to capture the moment? They film the same reason we do, to remember.

2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants. Wait, what? F YEAH, SHUT UP!

by pwoper on Nov 3, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m sure he some sort of lucrative deal with Red Bull.

"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
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by 49er16 on Nov 3, 2010 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Thanks so much!

Great pics. Wish I coulda been there.

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Nov 3, 2010 5:05 PM PDT reply actions  

/puts on clean shirt, brushes hair

OMG! I’ve been front-paged! Thank you, mods!

"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10

by Kitspool on Nov 3, 2010 5:25 PM PDT reply actions  

and deservedly so....nicely done sir.

San Francisco Giants 2010 World Series Champions
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for !Matt Downs .

by nvsfg on Nov 3, 2010 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Your 15 minutes is long overdue.

Well done!

"This is a street fight, and we win those." -- BRIAN SABEAN, 10/23/10

by Josh from Hollywood on Nov 3, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

That’s what she said? Or do World Series champs not make that joke?

by Dan from NM on Nov 3, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

We’re above it now.

2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller

by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

Great work!

I watched it on the TV just to prove that I haven’t been dreaming this whole post-season.
And since I abhor crowds, it’s better that I saw it from my comfy chair.

Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.

by brothersky on Nov 4, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

We’re hoping a dvd will be available soon, but who knows. Who would have the “rights” to that? CSN? The Giants? MLB?

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

good question

It’s in public, so no one I’d think. But to use the various MLB names and marks and whatnot they’d need a licensing agreement. And probably something from MLBPA to use player names in marketing.

Anyway the parade is going to be re-run on CSN starting at 11, and I’m trying to stay up to tape (!) it. The news show is still on now.

May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.

"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw

"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 3, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

update

CSN is going to show it Thursday at 1PM and 7PM. And they’re cutting to it now, if anyone wants to watch.

I’d like to know if it’s streamed somewhere.

May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.

"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw

"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 3, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

exellent! thank you

May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.

"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw

"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 6:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

nice!

"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper

by O R They? on Nov 3, 2010 5:30 PM PDT reply actions  

Lucky you. Wish we could have gone, but thanks to everybody for sharing.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 5:35 PM PDT reply actions  

HIP HIP HURRAY

Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 5:36 PM PDT reply actions  

ELI: “I didn’t play a single inning of the playoffs, and I’m riding on a motorized cable car in a victory parade. Your argument is invalid.”
Darren Ford: I don’t have a plate appearance in the Majors, and I am World Series Champion. My argument is just as valid as yours.

by TimLaser and MattyC on Nov 3, 2010 5:38 PM PDT reply actions  

I did a doubletake

when they introduced Ryan Rohlinger. I had forgotten he existed.

"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong

by EliminateMe on Nov 3, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

Judy alert!!

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

BUSTER POOOOOSEY! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Ryan Rohlinger. /golf clap

May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.

"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw

"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 3, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes, I was RyRohl’d too.

I am going to die.

by The Enchanter on Nov 3, 2010 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

I like this word.

"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 3, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

He didn't get much of an intro either

Pretty much “And here’s Ryan Rohlinger!”

My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.

by rightcenterfielder on Nov 3, 2010 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

The fact that Darren Ford actually had a moment to remember this season and RyRohl didn’t made me has a big sad.

Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.

by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

As I recall, it was Flemming saying, “And how about Ryan Rohlinger!” No intro words on what he did during the season. It was weird, like they meant to write something but overlooked it. But what could be said? At least Matt Downs had a big hit or 2.

by ho-hum baby on Nov 3, 2010 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Did he do a single thing though?

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Remember

when Matt Downs was hittin’ doubles and we posted

when he hit them? :’)

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was Z-ing through a bunch of comments

And landed on this. My stomach turned a little.

"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug

by the guy on Nov 3, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

I just had another heart attack.

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

I remember he was the In-N-Out Double Double hitter at a Grizz game in July and all I could think was “Double Downs!”

I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!

by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Matt Downs homered off Jamie Moyer that one time!

GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool

by groug on Nov 3, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was actually at that Jamie Moyer game.

TODD WELLEMEYER WON
JAMIE MOYER LOST TO THE GIANTS
MATT DOWNS HOMERED
WHAT IS THIS I DON’T EVEN

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

lol

i forgot the Padres double scored Rohlinger and Whiteside

Ok, I guess Rohlinger did do one memorable thing this year.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL

Sprinting around the bases when he hit that HR. Man I miss Matt :’(

"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 4, 2010 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

Man, I liked Downs. I went to a few Grizzlies @ River Cats games this year here in Sacramento (of course in my orange and black) and I was cheering on Downs. Always liked him, and I was near third base so it made it easy. RC fans were pretty rough on him, though. He glared over at some hecklers in my section like he was going to kill someone, lmao. I was half hoping he would say something, but he refrained.

… And now he’s gone, and I’m sad. :(

..EXCEPT THAT WE WON THE WORLD SERIES SO I DON’T REALLY CARE LOL WOW

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: WORLD CHAMPIONS!
Touchdown Forty Niners!
Giants Baseball: Torture. It hurts so good.

by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

“…the movie star…and the rest…”

"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong

by EliminateMe on Nov 3, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Also funny was Velez who looked like he was having the best time of the world. Some of the fringe players, especially the bullpen guys, looked a little sheepish in being there and kind of hid. And Sad Barry looked Sad.

by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 3, 2010 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

So beautiful

Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper

by Soulbrother16 on Nov 3, 2010 5:38 PM PDT reply actions  

ALSO

LOL SABES AND HIS OLD-CAR TIRES

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 5:40 PM PDT reply actions  

THE BETTER FOR KICKING!

"This is a street fight, and we win those." -- BRIAN SABEAN, 10/23/10

by Josh from Hollywood on Nov 3, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

/worries about next year . . ./

He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.

by gallo del cielo on Nov 3, 2010 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

The thing is, it happened.

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes, it happened,

but, good god, man/woman, don’t you realize that next year will happen also? And there will be problems that seem fatal to the team’s success? A team must have an outstanding shortstop in order to win it all. Simply must. And a team must have several players with 25+ HR’s. Where is this shortstop to come from? Where are these hitters?

Do I have to worry about this by myself?

Well, ok then. Go ahead and have fun, kids. I’ll just stay here and watch some Animal Planet. No, really, go ahead.

He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.

by gallo del cielo on Nov 3, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

The only times I watch the Animal Planet

are when Dogs 101 or the Puppy Bowl are on. So much BAWWWWWWW.

I’m going to party for now, until I realize if I’m going to turn in this special piece for my HS alma mater’s paper, I have to do it by Friday.

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOTS!

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

1.5 Mil according to half of the annoying MLB TV anchors.

by SFfaninLA on Nov 3, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’ve seen “thousands” and “tens of thousands” but it HAD to be more than that. And I don’t know if they are counting the entire parade route… or just the Civic Center crowds. We’ve been at that site for protests and marches that were reported to contain “hundreds of thousands” and those protest crowds seemed waaaaaaaay smaller than today’s.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

I had never seen so many people downtown before. Folks were spilling out of every orifice in the city. I hope to see a lot of these people at a weekday day game against the Pirates.

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sooooo you’re saying August 10th?

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'll be there!!!!

Weekend before school starts.

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by gallo del cielo on Nov 3, 2010 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe I’ll be there, I don’t know where, when, if I’ll be working at that time.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

There were at least 800,000, and possibly up to 1.5 million.

But a minimum of 800,000. At minimum.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

no, there were not

I was at the Golden Gate bridge when they opened it to foot traffic in 1988. The whole bridge from stem to stern was solid people by 6AM, with spillover running well out both ends. That was maybe 500,000 if you counted absolutely everyone, and that was a lot more than this.

I’d peg it at 100,000ish. People forget — that’s a good-sized city. It’s a lot.

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

..oops, 1987. Still, that’s always been my barometer for crowd size. It’s a handy measuring stick.

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

didn't the bridge start sagging?

500,000 people are heavy.

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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw

"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 3, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yep.

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

completely flattened out

that arch you see when you look at it from the side? gone. and all 500,000 were never on the bridge at the same time. that might have been dangerous.

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

I didn’t get to go. I was supposed to, but my dad (!!) ditched me and went and ditched me at home.

WHY WOULD ANYONE DITCH ME??

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL SYNTAX

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL DITCHED

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

I was on the bridge. It was really weird.

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

I found it a little unnerving. Turns out the guy who designed the thing was a very conservative engineer. Whew.

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

I biked out to the bridge that day and rode down a completely, utterly, totally empty Geary street from Arguello to Park Presidio. Surreal – the whole city was on the bridge.

Pablo's not fat. He's just got body.

by LeMasterBlaster on Nov 4, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

My friend just crossed the Bay Bridge

when the earthquake hit in 1989.
His roommate was behind him.
She didn’t make it.

Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.

by brothersky on Nov 4, 2010 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Are you basing this on where you were in the parade alone? Because there were a lot of fucking people where I was. I would guess more than 100k.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

You can’t put 800,000 people on and around the parade route and Civic Center if you packed the entire roadway. I saw how thick the crowds were where I was, I know the route and the plaza. I think 100,000 is a conservative estimate, but I’d bet good money it’s much, much closer than 800,000.

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

are you seriously arguing this right now?

"throwing out runners? I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey

by LincecumFTK on Nov 3, 2010 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well, I guess you can go ahead and think that.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

oh, holy hannah

The roadway of the Golden Gate is roughly 2 miles long, about the same as today’s parade route. The brideg is just about as wide as Market Street. When packed completely full of people in 1987, the Golden Gate held roughly 300,000, with overflow spilling all over that end of the city and Marin to total 500,000. It was utter, utter mayhem. I’ve never seen anything like it before or since.

Today was not like that. The parade route was mostly empty for the parade. Sidewalks cleared up not far from the route. Civic Center is big, but it is not the Mall in DC. Things were messy out there, but my father got into the city on BART to fetch Mister Toddler for their weekly visit without too much Tokyo-style pushing, and things were completely settled down with Montgomery BART open up again around noon. Those are not the hallmarks of a half-million people. 200,000? Maybe.

100,000 is an awful lot of people.

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

oh, holy hannah

I don’t really care.

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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

OK

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not trying to say anything here. I was just interested. This is roughly what 100,000 people look like:

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

/hopes this is not a goatse.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

You hope it isn’t a goatse?

I don’t even know who you are anymore.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Goatse is what people call Beard Spock right?

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

goatse rolled?

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Now, that’s funny.

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by gallo del cielo on Nov 3, 2010 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Will be by tomorrow morning.

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by Giant among Angels on Nov 3, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

oh hai, Big House

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by LincecumFTK on Nov 3, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

So, how does a guy get a room in the Ft. Point bldg. for the weekend? Third floor. Facing north, with canon.

No, I don’t know Gavin Newsom, nor do I care to.

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by gallo del cielo on Nov 3, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

I generally agree

500,000 people is Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park. Civic Center is not the Great Lawn.

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by natteringnabob on Nov 3, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

109

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Apparently, the SF Police no longer give crowd estimates for parades/protests/rallies. I have no idea why this is.

Anyway, if you combine the parade and and the Civic Center rally, I don’t see how it could be any less than 500,000, and likely more. I was working downtown when the 49ers had their victory parade after the 1995 Super Bowl, and I don’t remember anywhere close to the crowds there were today.

Also, LOL ESPN.com East Coast Bias headline: “Thousands turn out for Giants victory parade”

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by Kitspool on Nov 3, 2010 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yankees win it would be

“Millions turn out for Yankees victory parade. Billions more happy.”

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

KTVU

said “about one million”.

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by seyheystretch on Nov 3, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

A lot...

…of institutions don’t like making crowd estimates because the estimate itself can become a controversy. In DC, for example, the national park service doesn’t estimate crowd size for protests and rallies because of the political implications such a prediction can have (they stopped after people were upset with their estimates of the Million Man March). This obviously isn’tone of those situations, but with such a protocol in place it’s possible nobody thought to bother.

by Zack Vank on Nov 3, 2010 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I knew a guy on the interwebs once, a long time ago. Green Party dude in New York. He actually went to a training to learn how to do crowd estimates. He was always running off to events to “practice.”

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Look here, now . . .

 . . . crowd estimates are more philosophy than science.

I have a history book that says the Persians had 350M soldiers at Thermopylae. Another, by a prof at a major college says it was 1.5MM.

If it really mattered, an aerial photo could be analyzed. It doesn’t really matter in this case.

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by gallo del cielo on Nov 3, 2010 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

I remember reading about the Thermopylae estimates. It was interesting. Some of the historians questioned the higher estimates on the grounds that the soldiers (and their livestock) would have drunk the rivers in the area dry. I had a hard time getting my mind around that.

by taliesin on Nov 3, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

I love the history references

Even though Herodotus probably had some stuff wrong, it’s still fun reading.

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by brothersky on Nov 4, 2010 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

I find that hard to believe. There had to have been 300,000+ in the Civic Center area alone.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

This should settle it!

 from the Merc

police officers gave crowd estimates ranging from 200,000 to one million

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Along with 150 to 450 Spartans. And some Thebans. And some people from Vallejans and Milpitians.

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by gallo del cielo on Nov 3, 2010 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

people from

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by gallo del cielo on Nov 3, 2010 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hardy Milpitians

The ant-people of Achilles

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by shanghaijim on Nov 3, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’d guess 100,000 can fit on the plaza if they are really packed in. You can probably get 150,000 in, but to get people that tight you’d be hearing horror stories about claustrophobia. But if Civic Center was a lot fuller than I thought, I can go up to 200k total.

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wilson is not the Machine. He merely interacts with him.

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

He just wants some sugar.

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by EliminateMe on Nov 3, 2010 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

I love Arnie. I don’t live in Cali and I know absolutely nothing of his political prowess (or lack thereof). However, listening to him give his speech for the Giants was hilarious and one of the my favorite moments of the parade.

by snafu on Nov 3, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

He got booed. To be fair, even if he were a Democrat, he would have gotten booed.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

I would’ve booed him for Terminator 3 and Batman 4. “ICE TO SEE YOU.”

by Murray, Present on Nov 3, 2010 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

He has Gray Davis levels of approval.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

I would really respect him if he made a statement upon leaving office that he couldn’t do the things he claimed when getting elected. I think he knows that . . . I wish he’d say it. Ms. Whitman couldn’t do what she claimed either.

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by gallo del cielo on Nov 3, 2010 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

You know what’s annoying about that? He won by a big margin, so you know there had to be a huge amount of those people booing that were responsible for him being in office in the first place. Hypocrisy much?

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Eh

I wouldn’t assume that in San Francisco. It’s entirely possible that Arnold got like 20% in the city.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

That was the first election that I ever voted in. I was going to Cal at the time, and I overheard more than a few people – many of them students, mind you – talking in all earnesty about how they voted for him because they thought it was hilarious. I had a sad.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

you’re kidding…

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

I wish I was.

Oddly enough, it took another election entirely to jade me about the process.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bush: Four more years?

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

We believed in the process so much that we had a Kerry-is-Going-to-Win party. :(

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

SO YOU’RE THE ONE WHO JINXED IT!

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

I NO RITE

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

In 2006, I had two roommates who thought I was a loser for sending in my absentee ballot.

I have not kept in contact with them.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Absentee voting is a terrible thing, though. It shouldn’t exist. It’s sad that Washington has abolished the secret ballot.

"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 3, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

what?

why?

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Because when you vote absentee, there’s no guarantee of secrecy. I could know for certain how you voted and get away with it.

"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 3, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

So, what, people who are out of state on election day shouldn’t be able to vote because someone MIGHT look at their ballot and know who they voted for? Or I should have flown home every year from Massachusetts?

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Actually, not even out of state, even just out of town.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

You’re understating this. The secret ballot is a really big fucking deal. Even if there’s no evidence that large-scale operations have been conducted in its absence, certainly it’s quite common for families to fill out their ballots together, and a family member with different views will be pressured to vote the same way as everyone else. This is a violation of the right to vote in exchange for a little convenience.

People who aren’t able to vote on election day should vote early. Early voting is a good thing, and has none of the problems of absentee voting. You should have been registered in Massachusetts.

"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 3, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Are you serious? I should have voted in a state that I had no actual connection to beyond going to college there and was never planning on living in beyond the three years I was there for school?

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

It was where you spent most of your time, so yes.

"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 3, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

…but nothing about local Massachusetts politics was important to me in any way, because as howie said, it was my temporary academic home.

I mean are you telling me I shouldn’t have been allowed to vote on, say, Proposition 8 because I chose to go to school on the East Coast? You might want to reconsider your views on this, because, while they are admirably idealistic, I think you are missing hte point on a lot of things.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’ll freely concede that I might be missing the point. I’m not old enough to vote yet.

I would like to know why I’m missing the point, though.

"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 3, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Because I am, and always have been, a permanent resident of California, not Massachusetts. California politics and propositions and all that are the things that affect my life, not Massachusetts ones. Telling me that I should have voted in Massachusetts elections, on things that mean nothing to me and have no real effect on my life, rather than in my HOME STATE is basically, to me, telling me that my vote is meaningless.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don’t really understand that, since you spent most of your time in Massachusetts, but I won’t contest that since I’ve never been in that situation.

"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 3, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Three years is really not a very long time. Especially not when about a third of that time is not even spent in Massachusetts. Furthermore, spending the vast majority of that time on a college campus is a bit different from living there normally. I was going to school there, but it was never ‘home’ for me. Seriously, the time I spent in Massachusetts barely feels like a blip on the radar to me now.

To think that I should have been involved in their politics while I was there (while, even more importantly, neglecting California politics) is, frankly, ridiculous.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Fair enough.

"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 3, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

And as a student in Massive-two-shits

My favorite part was leaving it.
Although my first apartment was 5 blocks from Fenway Pahk.

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by brothersky on Nov 4, 2010 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

If I was schooling in Massachusetts and made my permanent home in California, I wouldn’t register to vote anywhere but in California. I want to vote on things that are happening to my home, not my temporary academic residence.

It seems to me that as a permanent resident of California, it would be a violation of right to vote to not have an absentee option available to me.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Vote early, then.

"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 3, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m not going to keep going here.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

If you’re not in California for enough time to vote, then you’re not a resident of California. I get that you might intend to return, but if I take a job for a few years in another state with the intent to return, I don’t get to keep voting in California (nor should I).

"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 3, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/11/3/1792392/pics-and-it-did-happen#51121485

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don’t know why I thought that was going to load a different thread.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was about to click on it before I read what thread I was about to head to

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

No offense, but that’s utter bullshit and I’m really glad that it’s not the way things actually work in this country.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is actually totally tangent to the point I was trying to make here (that absentee voting is bad).

Vote early if you’re not going to be in the area on Election Day. If you live abroad, go vote at an embassy. Basically, absentee voting is a denial of the right to a secret ballot. My main problem is with jurisdictions that mandate it and as a result have abolished the secret ballot.

"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 3, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

/can't help self

What you’re saying is: THIS DENIES YOUR RIGHT TO A SECRET BALLOT, SO EXERCISE THE RIGHT THAT YOU APPARENTLY NO LONGER HAVE BECAUSE ABSENTEE BALLOTS TOOK IT AWAY BY VOTING EARLY.

It doesn’t deny your right at all. It just gives you another option if you’re willing to forego that right.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

It’s like saying that a black person taking a cab is denying their right to sit anywhere on the bus, just because they aren’t taking a bus.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Now, I’ll stop again.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Okay, I can see that being objectionable, but what the hell does that have to do with people who MAKE THE CHOICE TO VOTE ABSENTEE?

Key word: CHOICE.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oftentimes there’s a certain degree of informal coercion involved that complicates matters.

But yeah, I might have overstated my point a little bit. I prefer regular voting to absentee voting on principle, but I find what’s been done in the Northwest really objectionable.

"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 3, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Do you have statistics to back up the choice of the word “oftentimes”? Or is it more like “sometimes”?

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

The latter.

But this discussion has made me decide that what I would really prefer is a system where there has to be an actual need to vote absentee to prevent this, instead of giving ballots out to whoever asked for one or (worse yet) giving them to everyone.

"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 3, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

So people shouldn’t have agency in how they choose to vote?

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not necessarily. Voting at a polling place is preferable to absentee voting and should be encouraged.

"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 3, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

And, hey, the vast majority of voting in the United States does still take place at a polling place.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

And hopefully it’ll stay that way, at least in 48 states.

"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 3, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why?

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why to what?

"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 3, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why do you think you know better than we do on how to run our own elections?

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

And someone who can’t even vote yet.

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

When you put it like that, it’s a loaded question.

What I’m saying is that Oregon has abolished the secret ballot and that that is a very bad thing.

"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 3, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

But that’s how you’re putting it.

You realize, of course, that Oregon voters CHOSE their current voting system, right?

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

I do realize that. That doesn’t make it the right system.

"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 3, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

So, you do know better than Oregon voters do on how to run their elections.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

What’s the point you’re making? I also thought that Arizona’s immigration law was a bad idea, and the voters there endorsed it by electing Jan Brewer yesterday. Am I saying therefore that I know better than Arizona voters do on how to police their state?

"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 3, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

No.

"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 3, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Typical condescending Californian.

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Let me pump my own gas, gahdarnit.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Quiet, you.

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

If you insist on pumping my gas, I’ll sit in the car and honk while you do it.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

I actually don’t have a problem with the gas thing. Giving people jobs is a good thing. Just don’t pump regular when I tell you to give me that middle one.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Manitoba is the same way.

Do they really just do it for the jobs? or is it a safety thing?

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m not sure. Along with the no sales tax it’s one of Oregon’s sacred cows that will never go away ever. And I say BRAVO.

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Unless people in Oregon are known for shoving lit cigarettes up the gas hose because that’s how they think you fill a tank with gasoline, I don’t think it’s for the safety.

Pumping your own gas is not a high-risk activity. It’s barely even a low-risk activity.

It has to be for the jobs.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

You are OBSESSED!!

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m actually going to need to fill my tank this coming Tuesday. If you could stop by and do it for me, that would be great.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

@Howie

What will you be wearing?

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Clothing on Tuesdays, actually. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The rest of the week is up for grabs.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m going to have to pass, because the answer I was looking for was “horsey.”

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

well

i was thinking maybe it’s for safety because they don’t want you leaving the pump in and driving off or something.

meh.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

They must have watched too much Garden State.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

in Joisey

you can’t even pump your own gas.
How can I keep up my grip for onanistic activities?

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by brothersky on Nov 4, 2010 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

yeah

i like it too. it’s classy. randy winn would approve.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

He you jerk, I don’t pump it, I make pretty pictures for a living!

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just pump the fucking gas, Oregon.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Do you seriously think that voting by mail is on the same level as the Arizona immigration law?

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

I also think that closed primaries are bad policy. There are states that have voted for closed primaries. Do I know better than voters in those states how they should run their elections? It’s a meaningless question.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Uh. You don’t know how we vote. It is secret. There is an unmarked security envelope the completed ballot goes in, and that security envelope is placed in the official voter mailing envelope with your info numbers and you sign that. You mail it in or drop it off and at the county HQ they check the outer envelope to verify numbers and signature, mark down that you voted, then REMOVE the unmarked security envelope with the ballot and put that on the pile with all the other security envelopes. Election night they open the security envelopes and count up the ballots.

ON NO!!!

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

That’s not what’s the concerning part. The problem comes before the ballot enters the envelope.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oregon thanks you for your concern.

(Not really.)

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

If you’re not interested in having a discussion, then don’t comment.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

You’re right, why bother commenting when you will just decide how I should think.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don’t even understand what you’re saying anymore.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

My argument is that mandatory absentee voting is a bad thing. I haven’t gotten any arguments to the contrary. If you have one, I’d like to hear it.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

You don’t have much of an argument for your case either, to be fair. It’s basically, “Voter coercion MIGHT happen!”

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Correct. There’s a chance of coercion with all-mail voting. I don’t see what problem exists with operating voting booths.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is probably the last thing I'll write tonight

With absentee voting, there is a chance of coercion. With polling places, there is not. That in itself is enough to make polling places preferable. When absentee voting is mandated, there is no option for a secret ballot, which is a problem.

That is what I have concluded. I have not seen both sides of this issue. I would like to, but nobody has given the other side. Hopefully somebody does.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

but you do have the option

for a secret ballot.

just do it while you’re alone.

it’s not a group project or anything.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

If someone wants to make sure you vote a particular way with an absentee ballot, they can ensure that you do vote the way they like. Obviously it’s not a problem in most cases, but it could be in some.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

There are quite a few ways

I could, if I wanted, watch you fill out your ballot and drop it in the mailbox for you.

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by El Person on Nov 4, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

ok

so you are saying since the polling place is private it eliminates the unlikely possibility that someone could coerce you into a vote through threat?

That actually makes sense but i think that’s so rare that it’s a non-issue. VBM is just so much more convenient. I still want to vote on SF issues even though i’m away at school, i’m still a resident of SF.

by kezargiants on Nov 4, 2010 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

Fair enough. But it shouldn’t be mandatory.

"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 4, 2010 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions  

Diebold begs to differ…

Don't get it?
Try FAQ or FAQII and now... FAQIII

by Merope on Nov 4, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

I have to agree here.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

and that is with saty

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Agree with what, though?

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dude you aren't even old enough to vote

put an f’ing sock in it alright?

Some of us have enough spine to disagree with our parents/family members on voting.

by Bitter Fan on Nov 4, 2010 4:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not really quite sure what your problem is here.

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by El Person on Nov 4, 2010 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

Why does he have to put a sock in it if he isn’t old enough to vote? Stupid comment.

by Unitard on Nov 4, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

“so you are saying since the polling place is private it eliminates the unlikely possibility that someone could coerce you into a vote through threat?”

is a stupid position.

Also I kind of resent being told I shouldn’t be able to vote because I don’t live in California 12 months out of the year (since I live in a foreign country this would make me disenfranchised). When it comes from somebody who has no actual experience of voting and doesn’t understand how utterly overblown their concerns are, it pisses me off.

So stupid comment yourself.

by Bitter Fan on Nov 4, 2010 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Let me apologize for being brusque, but like I said above, I do have a dog in this hunt so I find it somewhat insulting to be told I basically shouldn’t be able to vote because my mom is not trustworthy (since I vote by proxy..shh).

You’s dissin’ my mom, bro!

by Bitter Fan on Nov 4, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

We vote exclusively by mail in Oregon.

And have for almost 20 years.

So suck it, rest of the U.S.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

I thought that that was only in some jurisdictions? Or was it Washington that was like that? I forget.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don’t know what the fuck Washington does.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Washington mostly votes by mail. They have a few voting stations in King County (that’s the Seattle area), but I believe all the other counties are strictly vote-by-mail. And their votes don’t have to be postmarked until 8 pm on election day, so it always takes forever to get the results whenever Dino Rossi is running for something.

by taliesin on Nov 3, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

But it seems that he’s lost again. LOL ROSSI

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, it’s not looking good for him. It’s weird that someone could master the art of getting like 49.5% of the vote without ever winning.

by taliesin on Nov 3, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

What’s interesting is that he’s the face of the Washington GOP now, but back in 2003 he was just some guy. If the 2004 election hadn’t been so very close, he would have been forgotten.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Lol, man that is sad.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hypocrisy is overrated anyway:
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Lol

That’s true…

I still think booing a politician is ridiculous behavior, though.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I scolded the world for booing Arnold there on my Facebook.

I don’t think booing a politician is out of bounds, exactly, but this was a stupid time to do it.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

People at the parade were booing Gavin Newsom.

I’d upload a video to prove it but the Internet won’t let me.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’ll never not believe that people are booing Gavin Newsom.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

I mean, a lot of people hate the fuck out of that guy.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

They do.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was booing Gavin

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

It strikes me that I visualize “booing” as jumping really high.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was saying BOOOO-som! BOOOOO-som!

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by rotorueter on Nov 4, 2010 6:57 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Booooo

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

BOOOOOO

It’s funny how you and I are often on different sides on political issues but can agree on certain things. Like this. I will always boo Gavin.

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

I had a really awful election

Not even taking into account my right-wing bias, prop 19 lost and Gavin was elected Lieutenant governor. Ewww.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think people in SF voted for him to get rid of him.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

True

I think that lt gov actually has less power than SF mayor.

That said – SF politics will be verrry interesting to watch. Pelosi will probably resign soon, so there will be people jockeying for her seat in short order.

Add on to that the fact that there’ll be a mayoral vacancy? Political junkies rejoice. Start reading up on the members of the City Council, everyone.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

My opinion: SF moves to the left.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Haters to the left.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

The IWW were pretty far left, and those guys were the opposite of hate.

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Safe bet

I’m more interested in the personalities. Pelosi’s been an institution – replacing her will be a big fight. And people have been tired of Gavin for a while, I bet there’s a lot of SF politicians chomping at the bit for the mayorship.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Who will be the candidate of the left? I’m thinking Peskin or Ammiano.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think Peskin is nearly a lock to be the next mayor. If Walker and Kelly win in D6 and D10 it becomes a certainty.

by taliesin on Nov 3, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Speaking of D10, wtf is with the IRV? Why aren’t the results out?

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

For whatever reason they don’t do the first run until the Friday after the election. Of course, even that is unofficial, because with IRV you can’t really count any of the ballots until you have all the ballots.

by taliesin on Nov 3, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

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What? Don’t look at me like that, it was worth a shot.

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by GiantBrass on Nov 4, 2010 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

How sad for you :’(((

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

lmao

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

=)

I’ve learned to deal with the disappointment.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was glad that Abel lost because fuck him and his shitty gerrymandered district and his ridiculous top-two primary.

I did some work in the special election that followed his appointment.

"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 3, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

I loved the top-two primary!

I <3 moderates. I was so sad when Tom Campbell lost in the R primary.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

The top-two primary is bad because it can lead to D-D or R-R general elections because of primary vote-splitting. If it had been in use for this election, Kamala Harris would have just barely beaten the second-place finisher in the Republican primary (whose name eludes me), because the Republicans only had two serious candidates whereas the Democrats had half a dozen. In Washington, where this system is in use, party machinery quietly edges out all but two candidates well before the primary to prevent this. I don’t want to see that happen here because it’s undemocratic, although it would help Democrats, since they have a much stronger party organization than Republicans.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ahaha, I find it hilarious the things making you sad were things that made me happy.

Ahh, politics. Does it really do anything but divide people? I say we kill off the politicians altogether and just run this thing as a jumble-f**k. I don’t even know what that is, but let’s do it.

New law: Giants fans rule, everyone else sucks. That’s the only law that matters.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

I say we elect members of the Giants to every political position

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

That’s Newsom’s plan!

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

When I turned in my ballot, I was really disappointed in myself for not writing in Buster Posey for every position.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

… You mean YOU DIDN’T?!

I am so disappointed in you.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

I DIDN’T THINK MARK DEROSA WOULD MAKE THAT GOOD OF A JUDGE, OKAY

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hey man. Calm down.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

/stare

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, you went there.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

All I have to say is, you don’t go to war with someone whose only weapon is a nuke.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why not?

(/stupid)

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

The counterattack would not go well for you.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

My counter attack is Tim Lincecum.

I win.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Tim Lincecum wins.

But you already got nuked.

The end.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

But.. Tim Lincecum threw a change up at your nuke when it was in flight. Your nuke immediately struck out swinging and blew up Indonesia instead of me.

But.. Tim Lincecum threw a change up at your nuke when it was in flight. Your nuke immediately struck out swinging and blew up Indonesia instead of me.Oh Timmy, my savior.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wtf @ the double posting of that paragraph lol

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

I learned this playing Civ.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh come on, Ghandi.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hey, fuck that guy. I can never demolish his civilization by force.

I totally blew the shit out of Genghis Khan the other day, though.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

You really did blow the shit out of GK. I was totally there.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

PICS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN!

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

BUT IT TOTALLY DID

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

SHOW ME DA PICS

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

WHAT ARE YOU A PEDOPHILE?!

Wait, I’m a grown man.

WHAT ARE YOU A RAPIST?!

Too much?

( But srsly, it totally happened… like.. it happened a lot)

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

I YELLED SURPRISE!

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

OH OK

LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

why are we yelling? o_O

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

We got excited. ;)

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

And you just can’t hide it?

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Seriously, what the hell makes India so good? Asoka crushed me in the last game I played. It was ugly.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think they automatically get elephants or something. And are therefore unstoppable.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

I knew I should have gone to war with India instead of Spain. But India was being nice to me, and I really fucking hate Isabella, so I made the wrong decision, only got 2/3 of their cities, then India vassalized them and started to crush me.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

After beating Khan, I cultured up for a bit and then set my sights on Mali in a separate save. Fucking Mansa Musa is taking me on in a neverending war where he does nothing but attack the units I have attacking his cities, which are defensed the fuck out of to begin with. After like 100 years I tried to call for peace and he was like “Absolutely not.”

So now my civilization is slowly falling to pieces because every city is doing nothing but building Knights and Trebuchets.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, you get on the bad side of Mansa Musa and you’re in a tough spot. They’re another one of those civilizations that just seems to be way too good at everything.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

I mean, I would be cool if he’d just attack my cities and obliterate me in a good, solid 20 years. But this passive aggressive culture siege is really underhanded.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

I generally solve that by going way overboard with catapults and trebuchets in the stack of doom, and then I attack with them (killing them, but also doing enough collateral damage that I’m in a good place), then take it with my damaged knights, and then I raze the city because fuck you Mansa Musa.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

I will try this.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

You can keep the city if you want to (and, you know, can hold it). I just find it more cathartic to raze it, though it does make him hate me forever.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I like keeping cities because it’s fun to look at the map and see my territory get bigger and bigger without having to deal with all those settlers.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, but when you get the city in a war with a still culturally relevant empire, it’s tough going for a very long time, border-wise.

I don’t generally have a lot of non-spite reasons to raze cities. One time I started a war when I was 6 turns away from winning and just destroyed half of Egypt. It was glorious.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

NOBODY EVER SPEAKS ILL OF MARK DEROSA IN FRONT OF ME

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

You disappoint me groug /shakes head

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Good call.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

You can!

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

I prefer Lizard People myself.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m still kicking myself for the fact I didn’t write in Buster for Lieutenant Governor.

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

That’s because you wrote in Matt Cain right?

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Haha, I wish.

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

….. MadBum?

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

I didn’t write in anyone, sadly.

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

…I…I… v_v I am disappointed

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

I KNEW IT

Lol, in all seriousness I was going to reply to Mdizzle "(Psst, i don’t think WBC voted for any Giants player)

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

lolz I just needed her to admit to the crime =P

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

You voted for GOB???

"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 3, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

You have to admit, he had some pretty effective campaign videos.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Steve Holt is a bastard!

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

HE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW WHO HIS OWN FATHER IS

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

Young and old, it doesn’t matter…IN THE DARK.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

What else don’t we know about Steve Holt?

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m a person who really hates Democrats AND Republicans. They both ignore the middle class.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

I hear you

I moved from an area whose major city had my least favorite mayor to a city which had my favorite mayor – and they’re both Democrats.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Fenty?

Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.

by rotorueter on Nov 4, 2010 7:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Haha. Yeah. The system sucks almost as much as the people involved with it.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

WASHINGTON WUZ RITE

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

WUZ DEY?

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

HE KINDA WUZ

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.

Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight), the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion, the emotion which we feel for the misery of others, when we either see it, or are made to conceive it in a very lively manner. That we often derive sorrow from the sorrow of others, is a matter of fact too obvious to require any instances to prove it; for this sentiment, like all the other original passions of human nature, is by no means confined to the virtuous and humane, though they perhaps may feel it with the most exquisite sensibility. The greatest ruffian, the most hardened violator of the laws of society, is not altogether without it.

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not really crying a lot of tears for conservatives after this election….

by taliesin on Nov 3, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think it’s just people who don’t like their sports and politics mixing together.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Person 1: “Hey! There’s sports in my politics!”

Person 2: “Hey! There’s politics in my sports!”

(I’ve been eating a lot of Halloween candy)

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

I think you’ve won this thread.

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by DrStankus on Nov 4, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

The internet is apparently pro-Gavin Newsom. It’s like NOOOOOO U CAN’T UPLOAD THAT K BYE

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Gavin Newsom was a shitty mayor.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes, but still better than his predecessor. He did some good, he did some bad, on the whole not much changed. A typical reign actually.

by taliesin on Nov 3, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

I bet it would upload a video of people booing Abel Maldonado!

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

I would support 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!"

by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, but right now that is only qeued for later upload because the internet is busy uploading a video of people booing the Dodgers.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

People laughed when I yelled ‘Greasy Weasel’ at him.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

I think it’s a bit silly to boo people at the Giants’ victory celebration. On the other hand, if I were ever at a game where GWB threw out the first pitch, I’d boo him, and I’m not really sure how I draw the distinction between the two.

by taliesin on Nov 3, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

I loathe GWB, but I still wouldn’t boo.

… I guess I only boo at sporting events. Stupid LA teams.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

It’s the war criminal exception.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

I await the Kissenger first pitch

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by DrStankus on Nov 4, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

I sort of agree as to the Mayor

he had to be there to give them the “key” to the city (and really, Gavin? Could you find a box or a ribbon or something? “Here Neukom, I didn’t have time to wrap it”).

Arnold can go to a Cal League parade if he wants to be cheered.

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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 7:09 AM PDT up reply actions  

Hearing Ahnuld say “Fear the Beard” made all other utterances of that phrase inferior in my ears.

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think he said, “Fear the beards,” which was even funnier.

by ho-hum baby on Nov 3, 2010 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don’t care about the A’s or A’s fans, but it’s somewhat heartwarming reading about A’s fans attempting to console themselves.

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 5:53 PM PDT reply actions  

BUT SAN JOSE!!

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Speaking of A's fans

The new MCC tagline is awesome.

"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 3, 2010 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Small group of 'em at Powell Station

Young guys in baggy black clothes with A’s hats
Probably looking for trouble or attention
They got very little of either

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by shanghaijim on Nov 3, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

THEY STILL HAVE MORE RINGS!

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"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
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by 49er16 on Nov 3, 2010 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

i can't tell if this is passive aggressive

or genuine

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

A's could be quite good next year

If they pull off a trade for Mark Reynolds and add an outfielder with a little pop, maybe a low-risk high-reward DH…

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

From the A's fans I know: It has to be passive aggresive

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

GENIUSES DON'T NEED TO BE INSPIRED

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hey Billy

My shit works in the playoffs.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

looks like a screenshot from the Iron Giant

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by JohnnyDangerously on Nov 3, 2010 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sabes has a Kevin Smith thing going on.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

if they mated

My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.

by rightcenterfielder on Nov 3, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

lmao

That actually… seemed to work… freakishly…

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

That Ad took up 1/3 of their payroll

jk, It’s a cool gesture I guess

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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

“What kind of graphics should we put on this thing?”

“Hmm, yeah. Well. What’s …free?”

“Uhm, our own logo?”

“Perfect! God, I’m a genius!”

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

it's really not

it’s attention whoring masked as a gesture. But whatever. Nothing the A’s could do right now would piss me off. Not today.

Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...

by Smoke on the Water on Nov 3, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

super classy.

wow, didn’t think the a’s would do something like that.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

It almost makes you wonder

what the Dodgers did.

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm torn.

I like the A’s, but I don’t care for their fans.

by Fulton Street on Nov 3, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don't get me wrong

I think the A’s are for the most part a classless franchise and i can’t stand their fans as a whole, but that was a glimmer of class to put out that ad. really cool move.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, this is how I feel about the A’s. On the other hand, I like the Mariners and their fans a lot, but I’m meh on the whole not in the Bay Area thing.

"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 3, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Does anyone have an image of that A's Bay Bridge billboard?

about the zero championships. I’ve never seen it and I can’t turn anything up on an image search

by Weltall on Nov 3, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

The 0 zero splash hits, 4 world titles one?

Pretty sure it’s long gone, that was like a 2004 marketing campaign.

The A’s should just stop marketing. They will never sell over 25k and no one is ever going to the coliseum unless they are playing Yankees/Red Sox or the Champs.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

You know what the A's problem is?

It isn’t winning or losing: It’s that fact they’re the A’s.

Seriously, the Athletics.

Seriously?

Seriously.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

they have stopped marketing

except for BART ads, and that poor bastard that calls me once a year to sell me season tickets because I went to see a Rays game there in 08.

On the other hand, telling your team’s city that it sucks and you are leaving as soon as you possibly can has occasionally made for challenges in generating sales/attendance.

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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw

"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 3, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wait, no, really?

Shitting on Oakland kills your attendance and just drives people to AT&T Park where they are enchanted by the group of nine handsome World Champion men who play in a handsome World Champion ballpark filled with 40,000 screaming handsome World Champion fans?

I don’t believe that.

by Bitter Fan on Nov 4, 2010 4:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

they weren't exactly cheerleaders for Oakland

when Schott and Hoffman were in charge, but once Wolff took over it just became totally obvious.

And covering 1/3 of your seating with a tarp not only smacks of forfeit, it purposely sacrifices revenue when the Yankees and Red Nex come to town. I don’t know how many seats are up there, but they and most of the rest of the place used to fill for those games. For a team that is supposed to be scrapping for every dollar it has it’s a pretty odd strategy to just give money away on the 6-10 most lucrative dates of the year.

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"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 6:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

Well I can tell you as a Red Sox fan it killed their walkups for those games. They used to get 40-45,000, now they get about 28,000.

They claimed that revenue went up the first year they did that, but that happened to be the only year they made the playoffs.

Also Schott and Hoffman started the slide we see today but they never just flat out said “FU Oakland” like Wolff did.

by Bitter Fan on Nov 4, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

much of the ad space is empty

I find that fitting.

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by natteringnabob on Nov 3, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hah.

A’s will be fun to watch this upcoming year. I’ll be rooting for them halfheartedly.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

To think that there was supposed to be a game today.

Back on the market.

by positiveuphemism on Nov 3, 2010 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

NO! MADBUM ON SHORT REST!

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by Josh from Hollywood on Nov 3, 2010 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

NO! TIM ON SUPER SHORT REST!

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'LL DO IT!

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

BUT WE NEED TO START WILSON!

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Casilla!!

Then Timmy and Cain in relief.

He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.

by gallo del cielo on Nov 3, 2010 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sanchez looks tired

I think they need to shut him down for the year.

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by EliminateMe on Nov 3, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

As you wish.

"It feels awesome. Feels like when you were a kid and every guy gets a chance to be a hero, then you eat orange slices and kool-aid after the game. Except we’re nailing champagne right now." —Brian Wilson

"He just threw me a fastball in and I just put a good swing on the ball, and you know when you put a good swing on the ball, the ball go out."
-Egdar Renteria commenting on his solo home run in the 5th inning of Game 2.

by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 3, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

They should have played games 6 & 7, just for fun.

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by pwoper on Nov 3, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

“C’mon, Vlad! It’ll be a blast! I’ll bring the keg!”

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sucks, as usual.

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

AT BEST!

"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison

by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

STFD!

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 6:06 PM PDT reply actions  

/sits down
ok no need to cuss at me GOSH

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

lol :)

STFD, pretty please?

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well you DID say please…

/tries to sit down but falls on ass
WHO TOOK MY SEAT?!?!?

"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison

by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

/laughs at you

SORRY! That was me.

/offers another seat

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

/sobs

I thought we was fwiends D;

"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison

by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

/feels bad

Of course we are friends!

/buys you new World Series cap :)

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

/scoffs at the bribe

You think I’m that easily won over?

/places hat on your head then glomps you before walking away with your drink in hand =P

"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison

by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

yay! we’re friends again!

/buys another drink

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

yay for being friends!

/throws you back your wallet

btw you may need this back /whistles as he walks away with hands in pockets

"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison

by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh Snap!

Good one :)

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

I iz a ninja /crazy ninja pose

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

So Opening Day VR tickets are already up on Stubhub for ~$128. Seems cheap compared with what those seats were going for for playoff games.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 6:07 PM PDT reply actions  

The Giants aren’t even selling tickets for 2011 yet.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Season ticket holders I ’spose.
I thought the whole China thing was going to mess up Opening Day.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sorry I saw a headline somewhere [Twitter I think] “Giants to debate China trip” or something like that and that’s what stuck in my brain.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Merope is Kuomingtang.

by Murray, Present on Nov 3, 2010 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Merope is tired and irritated.

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Mdizzle is scared of a tired and irritated Merope

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Mr. Merope ain’t too thrilled with me at the moment.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

My feet hurt.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

My brain hurts.

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Mine too

I stood on a narrow barricade for over two hours.

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by j14 on Nov 3, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Re-watching 2002 World Series Game 6

One thing I noticed, other than the 3000 little kids in the Giants dugout, was how the Giants acted like they won the World Series in the middle of the game. Something the 2010 never acted like they did.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 6:11 PM PDT reply actions  

Next you’ll be telling me Dusty did something arrogant like giving Russ Ortiz the game ball.

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bottom 6th. Russ is still pitching.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ack! Baker just gave Russ the game ball! We are doomed!

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Now we’re rewatching Game 1 Vlad just made an era.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Damn you Spiezio!!!

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Has the asteroid hit and canceled the game yet?

by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 3, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Seriously, what the hell am I supposed to do now?

by Cookyman on Nov 3, 2010 6:14 PM PDT reply actions  

Find that lasagna you’ve been looking for?

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Buy old games on itunes and watch them? JSan’s no-no is a favorite of mine.

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Same!

I have it stored on my iPod. Still gives me chills.

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

One of my favorite moments is Krukow calling out something special about Jonathan’s stuff after his 4th pitch. Now, I know he has that tendency but I always yell, “HE CALLED IT!”

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Until WS game 1 this year

That was the best game i had ever been to.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

I bought the WS on itunes

6.99 for the season pass … I’m watching Game 5 right now.

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by shanghaijim on Nov 3, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Great photos. Thanks.

"It feels awesome. Feels like when you were a kid and every guy gets a chance to be a hero, then you eat orange slices and kool-aid after the game. Except we’re nailing champagne right now." —Brian Wilson

"He just threw me a fastball in and I just put a good swing on the ball, and you know when you put a good swing on the ball, the ball go out."
-Egdar Renteria commenting on his solo home run in the 5th inning of Game 2.

by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 3, 2010 6:15 PM PDT reply actions  

I’m considering checking out a Dugout store on the way home from work, but it will probably be a madhouse.

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 6:20 PM PDT reply actions  

I have some videos from the parade on my computer, so if you want to see unprofessional shaky behind-eight-people videos where you can sorta make out Jeffrey Leonard and hear annoying voices and vuvuzelas in the background (yes, really)…they’re big and I haven’t uploaded them yet.

Though I do have Aubrey Huff kissing the rally thong. So that’s cool.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 6:21 PM PDT reply actions  

I have lots of pictures of the back of people’s heads. And people climbing things.

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

This too, I got lots of people climbing things. we were next to an ambulance, so at least those people had that covered…

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by Badly Browned on Nov 3, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nice

I am in the same boat. Lots of pics, but my camera tended to focus on the other people with their cameras raised above their heads in front of me hehe

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by Badly Browned on Nov 3, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

I got lots of video but forgot to stop shaking at opportune moments. OH WELLZ. next year I’ll just take pictures.

see what i did there

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by shanghaijim on Nov 3, 2010 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think your idea to take pictures at the World Series parade next year is flawless.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

BOOvuzelas

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

UUUUUUUUUUUUU-REEEEEB-UZAELAS

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

I have some very similar videos, it sounds like we were at the same parade.

My favorite conversation was my dad and I debating if Willie Mays was actually Willie Mays when his car came by. All we could see was the top of his head. We finally agreed that it was him when he put on the script “G” hat.

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by j14 on Nov 3, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Willie Mays drove by me so fast, I didn’t even know it was him. Then someone was like “It’s Willie Mays!” and I got the back of his head.

I did not transfer that video onto my computer.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Had a similar thing

We were waiting for Wilson, but then runs right past us, ended up with a blurry picture of him, but you know it’s him because of the beard.

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by Badly Browned on Nov 3, 2010 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’ve got some shaky videos of arms holding cameras, interspersed with brief glimpses of cable cars. I’m just glad that the people who had air horns near us broke them before the parade started.

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by rightcenterfielder on Nov 3, 2010 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Anyone got video or audio of Kruk and Kuip speeches?

CSNBA website has all the player speeches and the mayor, but I heard K&K were great and I was hoping to hear what they said

by snafu on Nov 3, 2010 6:29 PM PDT reply actions  

CSN feed went wonky during their speech, I’m not sure anyone heard it.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

It was live online. People missed it on TV?

Kuip: “San DIego. Atlanta. Philly. Texas. OUTTA HERE!”

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Replay at 11 PM tonight

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Kruk’s speech was full of pollen, the allergies were really acting up at that time.

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by j14 on Nov 3, 2010 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

He was good.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

“Pass it on.”

"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
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by drdata24 on Nov 3, 2010 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

/wipes away tears

Stupid allergies

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

I fucking loved Kruk's speech

The allergies were also pretty active when I saw the two Willies go by…

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He’s been fired.

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In Capitalist America, Sabean fires you!

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

That date cannot come soon enough

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

But in the meantime lets enjoy being World Champs!

by hautecouture on Nov 3, 2010 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe the 49ers and Warriors will….nah I can’t even finish that sentence without laughing.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don’t forget the Sharks!

by hautecouture on Nov 3, 2010 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ehhh, I can wait.

I want to relish being champs for quite a while.

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by Juan Primo on Nov 3, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Please green this glorious date!

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Done!

Buster Posey>
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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

why thank you, sir!

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Posey's ready to report tomorrow

Buster Posey>
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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

that was utterly fantastic

I was proud of him for not aw-shucksing it too much. Damned fantastic athletes and their humility and gratitude.

Also, my wife and I decided that it was fairly fitting that he looked as comfortable in a World Series parade and making a speech at City Hall before jillions of people as he did hitting home runs and throwing out basestealers.

May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.

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"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

OT

Give some prayers to Sparky Anderson.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 6:44 PM PDT reply actions  

Absolutely.

Possibly the nicest guy to ever manage a big league team.

by mrs. owlcroft on Nov 3, 2010 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

I grew up in the 70s, and I became a baseball fan because of the Big Red Machine and Sparky Anderson. I lived down in the Thousand Oaks area and while I never personally met him, I came into contact with a bunch of people who had and not one of them said anything other than that he was an amazingly nice guy. This is a truly sad ending to an absolutely wonderful day (I was at the parade, acting like a crazed kid throughout). Say a prayer for us, because the baseball world, and the world in general, is losing one of the good ones.

Oh, and FUCK dementia; it’s taking way too many of the people I love away from me.

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by TMOX on Nov 3, 2010 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oooooh it’s the bottom of the 9th!!!!

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 6:51 PM PDT reply actions  

2 outs!!!! I hope Wilson doesn’t blow it! And I hope the dvr didn’t run out of buffer…damn that’s getting close.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

I CAN’T WATCH!

/covers eyes but peeks through fingers

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yay!!! They won again! Another parade please.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yay!!! Can I actually go to the parade this time?

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

LoL Come to the meet up in Walnut Creek on Saturday, we’ll have our own parade!

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I would….if I didn’t have a practical on Monday…curse teachers and their horrible timing >.>

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Little OT

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/extrabaggs/2010/11/03/aubrey-huff-expected-to-hit-the-open-market-sunday-night-but-wagers-hell-be-a-giant-in-2011/

Huff fired his agency, SFX, earlier this season. He either is shopping for a new agent or could represent himself in negotiations — which usually points to a quicker resolution.

Huff wagered he’d be back because “you want to defend your title. You want to bring back as many people as you can. With our starting pitching, there’s no reason we won’t be in position to do it again.”

He delivered a passionate message to fans on the steps of City Hall, recounting that nine years of his life were spent in fourth place or dead last for hopeless teams in the AL East.

“This organization had the heart to bring me here, and here I am in front of all you beautiful people, and I’ve got a little present for you,” he said, producing his lucky red rally thong and holding it over his head like a title belt. “Rally Thong is going to the Hall of Fame. Or maybe we’ll just wear it next spring training. San Francisco, baby!”

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 6:51 PM PDT reply actions  

He's coming back.

/crosses fingers

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

STOP JINXING US! >=[

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

MLB Press Release

/Giants to be moved to AL East

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by drdata24 on Nov 3, 2010 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

My .02

Kuips speech was the best with Kruk a close second. Buster had the best one by a player.

The Giants are World Champions.

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by PAWarrior on Nov 3, 2010 6:51 PM PDT reply actions  

This is one really long dream. I'm beginning to think I'll never wake up.

Maybe .. maybe it’s real? No, no … that’s dangerous thinking right there.

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by James Brady on Nov 3, 2010 6:53 PM PDT reply actions  

/pinches James
Is that enough proof buddy?

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

The 49ers will be your wake up call

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by 49er16 on Nov 3, 2010 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nah, that's his waking nightmare

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Great! Thanks!

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 6:53 PM PDT reply actions  

Anyone else who was there find the cable car thing to be pretty annoying?

I drove three hours to my folks’ place, then rode 45 minutes to the ferry, waited half an hour in line for tickets, waited another half hour to get on the ferry, rode an hour, walked up the street to where the parade was about to be going on, waited, got pushed and shoved by a bunch of pricks who felt that they had more of a right to see what was going on than I did, and because of the individual cable cars, I didn’t get to see a single player go by. All I saw was the tops of cable cars with players’ names on it. I had a good time, but, really? This parade was supposed to be for everyone, not just people who could be there at 4 AM or worked or lived in buildings elevated above the parade route. Next time, Giants, put the players on the big floats, so everyone at the parade can enjoy it.

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by the guy on Nov 3, 2010 6:58 PM PDT reply actions  

At a little over 5 feet tall, AND since I don’t behave well in crowds [I tend to get stabby] I was okay with not being able to go to this today.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

I mean, it was a pretty good time

And everyone for the most part was just celebratory, but it was so annoying to have the players riding past in the lowest riding vehicles they could find. Those of us 15-20 rows back did not appreciate it.

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by the guy on Nov 3, 2010 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

It was hard to see the players as they either had to run from side to side to wave to everybody, just choose a side, or stand in the middle of the trolley trying to be seen by everyone. Doing it on top of a bus like every other city may not be as colorful and local-like but it makes it easier for people to see.

by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 3, 2010 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, that's really what it was for me.

The Cable Cars was just an attempt to be way to cutesy. Put ’em up there so we can all see!

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by the guy on Nov 3, 2010 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

The people near the end of the route were polite and most of us were able to see each of the Giants players clearly.

That being said, I am 5’10" and everyone in front of me was 5’6" or lower.

by nataku on Nov 3, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's fortunate.

I’m a solid 5’11" and I had people in front of me on freaking stepladders.

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by the guy on Nov 3, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Can I like…borrow a couple inches from you guys? o.o

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

TWHS

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

GAH I knew that was coming, but I had no other way to phrase it.

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

TWSS?

Buster Posey>
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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Where were you at?

I was at the corner at Market and Montgomery, and I noticed some guys behind me with a step ladder and a milk crate they were standing on.

I got there some 3 hours early, ended up maybe 4 rows behind, with everyone was so squished together they were unintentionally playing Grab Ass, the body heat making it damn hot, and this damn tweener couple in front of me that couldn’t stop sticking their tongues in each other. I had a window between all the heads that I could see the Trolleys though.

Though since players basically had to choose a side, I missed Buster, Aubrey, and Renteria.

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by Badly Browned on Nov 3, 2010 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was pretty much right were you were

But quite a few rows back. Good lord, don’t get me started on the tweeners. Congrats little fellas and ladies, the first season you followed the team they won it all. Now go home.

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by the guy on Nov 3, 2010 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

That came off as meaner than I meant it, considering I was complaining about the parade being for everyone

But those little kids were getting on my nerves.

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by the guy on Nov 3, 2010 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was also in the same area

I really only got to see Affeldt, Rowand, and Huff. I didn’t even see Whiteside until I looked at the photo I took with him in it.

Seeing Huff wave the rally thong for a brief few seconds was probably worth it, even if that was really all that I saw. But it would have been nice if we were able to see more than just a few players.

The thing is, it happened.

by Yoyo on Nov 3, 2010 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ah nice, I totally missed Huff, was on the other side of the trolley

Swear I made eye contact with Pat and Timmeh though. :D

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by Badly Browned on Nov 3, 2010 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

People in my area were nice and polite too, but there was one guy, probably 6’5 that stood right in front of us. Pretty annoying, but we managed to move around him.

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by pwoper on Nov 3, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

The nerve! He should get height corrective surgery or something.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions  

I got annoyed but made the best of it

We had a spot on the barricade at the end of the parade route at 6am. At 10 the cops started moving people from the street when, suddenly, they brought out another barricade and set it up about 20 feet in front of us, turning out front row seats into 30th. So I turned the original barricade into a personal step ladder.

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by j14 on Nov 3, 2010 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah I still had a blast

But just really wish they had just put them up on buses.

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by the guy on Nov 3, 2010 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Next time, Giants, put the players on the big floats, so everyone at the parade can enjoy it.

They don’t have them just sitting around, dude.

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by troymccluresf on Nov 3, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yet somehow, every other city that wins a championship manages to pull it off? Come on. There were plenty of floats at this parade big enough for everyone to see. They just happened to be full of dancing adolescents and other people I didn’t give a crap about.

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by the guy on Nov 3, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

I could see the players pretty well.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not enough music… would have been fun to spread the players out a bit more, distance wise, and play the player’s walkup / walk out music from their cable car. Cable car, float nobody cares about, cable car, float nobody cares about, cable ca…

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by Merope on Nov 4, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hey! Do you realize

we won the last game played this season?

by mrs. owlcroft on Nov 3, 2010 6:59 PM PDT reply actions  

That’s unpossible!

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

I believe I recall that game!

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

I didn't know that

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by 49er16 on Nov 3, 2010 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Does that mean we're in the playoffs?

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Won’t go far.

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by gallo del cielo on Nov 3, 2010 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Somebody called KNBR the other day and said he put $500 at 18:1 odds. Don’t know if that’s true though.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

18:1 seems kind of low.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bodog.net

Around May had it at 20:1. I’m pretty sure preseason it was around 30:1.

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by the guy on Nov 3, 2010 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

vegas.com had them opening at 30:1

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

I put $200 on them at 12:1 before Game 4 of the NLDS.

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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 3, 2010 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, well the guy who had called seemed a little weird, that’s why I added the “don’t know if it’s true.” part.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

17:1

My sister put $20 on the Giants to win the World Series back on 2/14/2010 and the odds were 17:1.

by ArmaGideon on Nov 3, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Your sister is awesome.

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Those odds aren’t good. Should of gone to a different sports book with higher odds.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

GS Reno is an awesome hotel

Beds were comfy as all get out. + I banked $80 on the Let it Ride table 10min after I got there

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by Gloff on Nov 4, 2010 2:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'll one up that...

They were 20:1 on July 25.

I actually made this bet on the way out of town when the Giants had just swept 4 from Arizona in late July. I had never done anything like that before. I considered it money down the drain, and actually didn’t start thinking about the bet again until the end of Sept.

On the morning of game 5, I finally noticed the significance of the “event date”: 11/1/10. I think it was a sign.

Mere severance pay for 20+ years of torture.

by BSJ on Nov 4, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Strange..

I got 26:1 odds on March 6, for placing a $10 bet. What I’m wondering about is how they knew 11/1 was the clinching date? Is Vegas that cgood to know the Giants would win the World Series in five games?

by Ice Watter In His Veins! on Nov 12, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions  

Delicious tears?

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

...

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"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
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by 49er16 on Nov 3, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

HA

His wife lost the CT Senate race.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dude, if I had a nickel for every time you posted this...

…I’d have like forty cents.

Keep up the good work.

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by Juan Primo on Nov 3, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

That was the line at the start of the WS, I think

It had to be something like 100:1. We still had Molina batting cleanup and got swept by the Padres.

by Murray, Present on Nov 3, 2010 7:11 PM PDT reply actions  

Odds..

March 6 – 26:1
October 3 – 11:1
October 26 – 2.2:1

Those are the odds that I have on my bet slips.

Correction.. winning slips

by Ice Watter In His Veins! on Nov 12, 2010 2:44 PM PST up reply actions  

I’m really hoping my dad and I can make it to opening day

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t's Posey time!!

Screw you Flannery.

by sanfrankid on Nov 3, 2010 7:17 PM PDT reply actions  

Thank You

Sabean will now be elected Mayor of San Francisco

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by 49er16 on Nov 3, 2010 7:17 PM PDT reply actions  

I was there, near McAllister and Larkin (I had hoped to meet a friend but LOL at finding ANYONE there). It was hot, I was sweaty, it was loud, I could hardly see anything, it took forever for anything to even come our way and

it was awesome.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 7:21 PM PDT reply actions  

OMG I WAS THERE TOO

Willie Mays’ car broke down right in front of me. (I was on the other side).

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by jctGamer on Nov 3, 2010 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Did you try to run up and hug him? If you did, I would have posted your bail for being awesome.

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm glad I watched it at home

Got to listen to all the interviews.

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by 49er16 on Nov 3, 2010 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

My mom taped the CSN coverage for me!

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

You won't like the majority of it

Papa and Rob Schneider comment during the entire parade part of it.

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by 49er16 on Nov 3, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ugh. I mostly want to watch the “Rally” (is that the right word for it?) part

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Then watch it with the mute on.

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by 49er16 on Nov 3, 2010 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

 But Papa was 20 times more annoying than Rob Schneider, and I am by no means a Rob Schneider fan at all. At least Schneider knows his Giants history.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

This

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by 49er16 on Nov 3, 2010 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah the coverage was rather annoying. They didn’t really talk about what was going on. They just kind of rambled on about random, Giants related stuff. “Oh look, there goes that Ashkon guy, I hear he wrote some kind of song.” “There goes player x, I remember I saw him once back in Florida….”

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

At least Rob Schneider was KIND of funny and KIND OF knew what he was talking about. Papa? I have this strong urge to strangle the man every time I hear his voice or see him on Chronicle Live. And I honestly can’t think of a reason why I feel that way…

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

The fact he’s sort of the unofficial successor to Bill King as the doyen of Oakland sports with his A’s/Raiders/Warriors background is reason enough for me.

by Bitter Fan on Nov 4, 2010 4:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

kind of a dropoff in quality there

May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.

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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 6:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ugh

It was very irritating.

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by 49er16 on Nov 3, 2010 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

I said to the Mr. “This is the first one, coverage will be better next year.” :P

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was right there too.

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by j14 on Nov 3, 2010 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was between 3rd and 4th… saw pretty much everyone. I was surprised at how much I liked having the Cal band go by.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

My mom told me after the parade that my cousin is in the Riordan band. I couldn’t see him at all from where I was, but that’s pretty cool for him.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

It made everything so much more paradey to have some marching bands… seems like it would be a blast.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Marching bands and float-type things

Much more paradey than I expected.

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by shanghaijim on Nov 3, 2010 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

I approved.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

This. I was at the corner of Market andMontgomery, there were people hanging on scaffolding, light posts, stoplights, statues, everything. I couldn’t see a ton, so my only complaint is that I wish they were on something above eye level. Regardless, it was something I’ll never forget.

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by Soulbrother16 on Nov 3, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dang nabbit

Because of the trolley cars, it was often hard to see the players as they weren’t on my side which is why I can’t believe that somehow I MISSED STEVE PERRY. I repeat, STEVE PERRY WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND I MISSED HIM.

Couldn’t see Buster, Huff or Cain either

by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 3, 2010 7:23 PM PDT reply actions  

Yeah, that part sucked. I really wanted to see Huff, but he was on the other side, so I got drunk Pat. At least I got to see Buster pretty close. So dreamy.

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by pwoper on Nov 3, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Pat was fist bumping fans on my side when he came by. That was kind of awesome.

by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 3, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

I didn't go

But I probably would of headed to City Hall.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 7:25 PM PDT reply actions  

I love how...

….you can actually hear people groan when it left his bat, and you can see a girl in the back with her head in her hands.

Nobody thought it was gone. Anyone who thought that was a HR off the bat from the TV feed is full of it.

by natorade on Nov 3, 2010 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I felt the same with Posey's HR in Game 4.

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by Badly Browned on Nov 3, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don't feel bad.

Buck still can’t believe Posey hit a HR in Game 4.

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just got back!

730am SJ Caltrain ticket line was insane.100+ Then they announced that is was going to be free, and everyone went apeshit and bumrushed inside. There were quite a few trains though. There were people smoking on the train!

Had a good view about 3 people back around 6th & Market. People were on everything.. shopping carts on the side.. ladders..signs… store front awnings..

Got to see everyone, so we considered it a success.. and head home

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by baybombers on Nov 3, 2010 7:41 PM PDT reply actions  

we kept chanting “U-P-S” every time one of those random UPS trucks passed by

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 7:50 PM PDT reply actions  

yeah what the heck were those about?

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

$$..

.

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by baybombers on Nov 3, 2010 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

It looked like the UPS trucks were pulling some of the floats? No?

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

I couldn’t tell from where I was.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

looked like it on the tv coverage, but I was fast forwarding at that time.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

yeah

There were a few of them.

My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.

by rightcenterfielder on Nov 3, 2010 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yep

a handful of them

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by j14 on Nov 3, 2010 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yep. Probably working off all those parking tickets.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL FRED

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by rotorueter on Nov 3, 2010 8:04 PM PDT reply actions  

No more Fred or Bowker

Now who will we argue about? Sandoval?

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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

2011 starting third basemen or no?

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by j14 on Nov 3, 2010 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Absolutely.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Should he be? Yes

Will he be? Not sure

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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

That would never get as heated as Fred Lewis debates. Do people even remember Fontenot being on the team?

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

It’s pretty crazy to think he started 4 games in a row this postseason.

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by Josh from Hollywood on Nov 3, 2010 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

He looked pretty snazzy today

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by shanghaijim on Nov 3, 2010 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Grant agrees

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

To quote Oldjacket (I think) on the day of the trade

“dishtowels”

Buster Posey>
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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

I know it’s probably easy to talk like that when you’re two days out from winning it all, but I’m pretty sure Huff will re-sign and probably not for huge money.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 8:07 PM PDT reply actions  

Color me worried

About him going to Texas to take Vlad’s job. Other than that, I think he’ll re-sign.

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by the guy on Nov 3, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

I wish I had some good pictures to share

But every one I have is of the back of other people’s hands taking pictures.

by MinerNiner on Nov 3, 2010 8:25 PM PDT reply actions  

speaking of photos

You can see some nice 1958 welcome-parade photos among others at the library web site.

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 8:28 PM PDT reply actions  

Cool!

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bork Rocking the Skinnies

he’s so hip

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by JohnnyDangerously on Nov 3, 2010 8:30 PM PDT reply actions  

My sisters and I arrived at 8am

But the good spots outside City Hall were already taken, so we just looked for a place on the parade route, close enough to the end so we could maybe walk to City Hall (damn cops and their damn hot water!). We settled for a spot on McAllister between Hyde and Leavenworth.

Before and during the parade, two things ticked me off: one, someone decorated a beach ball with Giants stuff and hit it around; and two, some people tried starting the wave. I can understand how it’s a party atmosphere, but for crying out loud, we’re not at the Latrine.

I was annoyed that there was this 15,16-year-old Latina girl (looks and rolling her r’s) constantly looking for Torres. Hell, while the management and staff floats/vehicles were passing by us, she was looking for Torres. I even told her I would give her a heads-up when I saw his trolley, but she still kept asking where Torres was.

I managed to get a couple of good pictures of some players: one or two of MadBum (the guy I wanted); one of Matty that looks like he’s staring directly at my camera; one of Torres walking by (while I was going tone-deaf thanks to the Latina girl) and one of Pat prior to opening a beer for us. Unfortunately, Posey and Timmy were greeting the other side when they passed by us, and Rent was just flat-out pimpin’ inside his trolley to get a good shot. I do wish I got a decent pic of Uribe ringing the bell; he might have a decent job working those if he can’t pursue any baseball-related careers in the future. Also, Brian Wilson… yeah.

I’ll need a little time to weed through the 40-odd my pictures (speaking of which, I could clearly smell some people smoking it during the procession) I took, but eh, at least I got a couple of decent ones.

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 8:33 PM PDT reply actions  

Does anyone know where I can watch the players being introduced and the speeches?

I wasn’t home and my DVR stopped right before they introduced Tim Lincecum.

by Nnamdi Asomugha on Nov 3, 2010 8:34 PM PDT reply actions  

Oh hey, I see you.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

WHERE'S NATTO?

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 3, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

The arrow is pointing right at him.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, I mean, this would be a great idea for a book series. We put Natto in pictures of large crowds and then people try to find him. Maybe we could dress him in some sort of visually distinct manner…

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We’d have to remember shop out all the arrows.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

hmm….what to name it..um… Where’s Natto™?

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

I for one would love to try to find fermented soybeans in large crowds.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

mmm can we cut it up and deep fry it after we find it? I need some nom noms XD

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Deep-fried natto sounds like the grossest thing ever.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

It actually sounds a lot better than regular natto.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

At least it’s not uni.

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Cola natto?
/IC Japan

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

/sends cease and desist order

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Turn around.

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m at home right now. If you were behind me, you’d pretty much have to be made of paint.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL.

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

yeah…not gonna lie that’s creepy /gulp

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

Haha, I stalked Howie last week.

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

walkoff baltimore chop: resident stalker at McCoven XD

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL, I only stalk Howie cause he’s a grad student at the college I go to.

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, sure.

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

I, for one, stalk howie because he always forgets his Skittles when he leaves a room.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

I tried to stalk DrDC last time I went home, but dammit, he only gave me subtle clues as to where he is.

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Now you’re just scaring me.

/starts writing up restraining order

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Would it help if I said I was studying to be a detective?

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Mystery Team?

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Eh, sure.

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

I haven’t actually seen it. But Donald Glover is a funny dude.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

I saw that movie

It was all right, but really over the top

Buster Posey>
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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Which one are you?

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Velma. I’ve got the glasses at least.

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jinkies!

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Velma is definitely the one that would attend Mills.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

Who would attend Cap then?

Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.

by L-Nova on Nov 4, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

I now wonder what in the hell was in the Scooby snacks to make Shaggy and Scooby less scared.

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Prop 19.

I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!

by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m clearly a Daphne.

GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool

by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

She does appear to be staring me down.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

/Zito'd

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

♥ 2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥

by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Also: Totally a dude.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

That was in reference to the cute little girl thing, but I don’t think it made sense in retrospect.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nah. You’re a cute little girl.

I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Idk about cute or little, but I’m pretty sure Howie is a girl.

"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison

by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Crap. I’m going to have to take a picture of my penis, aren’t I?

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

/shields eyes

I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!

by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m pretty sure it’s the only way.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

It’s your fault for posting 1,244 different pictures of yourself.

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

They don’t all make me look like a girl, though.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

But you posted the ones that did.

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

A LOT of ones that did

"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison

by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

You’re going to pull a Brett Favre?

Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.

by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Technically, Brett Favre was pulling a howie.

GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool

by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

I guess I’ll blame those open-fly jeans.

Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.

by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

That was fun.

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

I can't tell which one is you. You all look alike.

"Thank you, Coach (Theus). I'm about to kill y'all this half." --DeMarcus Cousins

by Juan Primo on Nov 3, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Too racist?

:/

"Thank you, Coach (Theus). I'm about to kill y'all this half." --DeMarcus Cousins

by Juan Primo on Nov 3, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

I wonder if / when KNBR is going to re-midnight replay the games. If they did it in ’02, surely they will do it this time.

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by Merope on Nov 3, 2010 8:48 PM PDT reply actions  

Wait

I saw cable car spots for Ford, Rohlinger, Velez, Ray, etc but was there one for Burriss?

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 8:49 PM PDT reply actions  

I think there was one for him

though I can’t recall who he shared his with. Maybe Freddy.
And he DID get an intro from Jon, which leads me to believe that he did have a spot.

Can’t believe Jon erred on his Mota intro, saying he closed out Game 1 of the WS.

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don’t remember him having one.

GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool

by groug on Nov 3, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

I saw him walking in-between two cable cars. I don’t think I saw a car with his name on it.

2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants. Wait, what? F YEAH, SHUT UP!

by pwoper on Nov 3, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Restrooms are for winners.

My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.

by rightcenterfielder on Nov 3, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Losers get holes in the ground!

Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.

by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge toilet bowl

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

That place is such a toilet bowl the players in the home uniforms are literally walking figures of crap!

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: WORLD CHAMPIONS!
Touchdown Forty Niners!
Giants Baseball: Torture. It hurts so good.

by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

omg!

I recognized my neighbors in some of your pictures! This is so cool.

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

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♥ McCoven ♥

by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

most excellent!

was standing there like a dolt when affeldt, walking along the barrier, was high (medium?) fiving the viewers – and i got fived!!! was kind of cool.

by swedishcouscous on Nov 3, 2010 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

whoa

You high-fived Jeremy?? I’m so jealous!

#ITWASALLWORTHIT.

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

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♥ McCoven ♥

by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

I really really love that last picture

these are awesome man

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by bondslegend on Nov 3, 2010 9:00 PM PDT reply actions  

this picture is awesome

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 9:03 PM PDT reply actions   2 recs

when was this?

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by DJ Tofu on Nov 3, 2010 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

I would assume it was Renteria’s homer, but I have absolutely no idea.

by fishmicmuffin on Nov 3, 2010 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

After Uribe’s HR in Game 1.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

awesome!

Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.

by DJ Tofu on Nov 3, 2010 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

also notice the fan in the upper left hand corner

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

He’s getting his O face on, just like Freddy after Huff’s homer in game 4!

by fishmicmuffin on Nov 3, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

omg when was this?

"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."

by KINGofCRA5H on Nov 3, 2010 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

timmy's reaction

Woah, Dudeee, he just hit a homer run man.

by Wreckonized on Nov 3, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

I like how the reactions intensify from right to left. Tim is relatively serene, Buster’s like “NO WAY,” and De Rosa’s like “HELL YEAH.”

Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.

by imovermyhead on Nov 3, 2010 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

The fan just outside the dugout on the left of the image is pretty intense, too! (On the other hand, the person sitting next to her doesn’t even seem to be looking at the outfield.)

by non sequitur on Nov 3, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m thinking Mark DeRosa is going to be pretty fun next year (a la Huff).

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

♥ 2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥

by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Thoughts:

Timmy: hmm, that’s nice
Posey: WHOA
De Rosa: HELL FUCKIN YEAH!!!
Fan: ZOMGWTFBBQ

"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison

by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Strange that it’s the former Chicago Cub who knows exactly what to do. Buster just kind of looks like he’s floating, Tim looks like he’s in a painting listening to a prophet or Jesus or something.

Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...

by Smoke on the Water on Nov 3, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I just saw a way smaller version of this in SI, I laughed at it. Thanks!

2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants. Wait, what? F YEAH, SHUT UP!

by pwoper on Nov 3, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was over here.

Couldn’t see shit, and it smelled horrible.

But it was so fucking awesome being there.

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"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 9:04 PM PDT reply actions  

That's some crowd there

I was just to the right of the balloon cluster on the left side of the picture. By parade time, the concept of personal space did not exist, but being there to soak it all in was so worth it.

My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.

by rightcenterfielder on Nov 3, 2010 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL PERSONAL SPACE. Yeah, that idea was long gone by 10:30.

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Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!

by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

That idea was long gone when my BART train got to, like, Macarthur.

GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool

by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, the BART my friend and I were on was hella crowded from West Oakland to Montgomery.

I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!

by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was a little more to the left past the bunch of the balloons. It was crazy being there, but looking at this aerial view I’m like 0_0.

Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.

by imovermyhead on Nov 3, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I knew it was crazy, but seeing this photo made me realize just exactly how crazy it was.

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"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!

by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nice

I was a little to the left of the balloons in the bottom of the picture.

The San Francisco 49ers, inventing new ways to lose every week!

by Badly Browned on Nov 3, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think I was in the same area for a bit.

Hella.

by Snack on Nov 3, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

i thought about it.

"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."

by KINGofCRA5H on Nov 3, 2010 9:05 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Apparently when people started getting up there

A bunch of city workers started getting on their walkies with something like “Are those wires hot? Are they hot? What do you mean why? Because there’s a bunch of people climbing on top of the damn bus!”

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by the guy on Nov 3, 2010 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Do or Do Not There is No Think

Don't Trade Monta
Bush is on Fire!
Huff likes it raw

by JohnnyDangerously on Nov 3, 2010 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

The guy in the black hat up front is looking up thinking WTF are they doing up there?

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

My buddy texted me afterward saying that he was perched on top of a city bus and something about prop 19 on top, too.

Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques

by Giant among Angels on Nov 3, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

I miss baseball already...

I was watching the replay of the WS on mlb network, and its soooooo torcherless and awesome knowing how it ends.

by IRONxMIKE on Nov 3, 2010 9:09 PM PDT reply actions  

Some notes from Baggs

http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_16518062?source=rss

There’s Huff stuff in there first, then:


Tim Lincecum lived in San Francisco last winter, but he is house hunting for an offseason place in his hometown of Seattle this time. He plans to take just three weeks off before he begins training for next season — a heartening sign after management gave him a kick in the tail in August for slacking off on his work between starts.

The two most important baseballs from Monday’s clinching victory found their way into the rightful hands. Edgar Renteria’s three-run homer landed in a restricted area in front of the first row of stands in left field, bullpen catcher Bill Hayes retrieved it and it found its way to the Giants’ Series Most Valuable Player.

Renteria plans to display it next to the baseball he hit for a walk-off single to win the 1997 World Series for the Florida Marlins.

And what about the final ball that Brian Wilson threw to strike out Nelson Cruz? There won’t be a custody fight for the final-out ball, unlike the 2004 Boston Red Sox and first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz. Catcher Buster Posey buried it in his glove and gave it to Wilson, who gifted it to managing partner Bill Neukom.

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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.

by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 9:23 PM PDT reply actions  

inb4 mychael urban starts concern trolling that timmy wants to leave for the mariners when he hits free agency

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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Even if he did, I totally wouldn’t blame 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!"

by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

He’d rather go somewhere and be a contender…

Hitler was a Dodgers fan.

by The Nick on Nov 4, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

he's tired of all the run support

pining for the good old days when everyone could be Cain’d.

May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.

"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw

"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

That'd be awesome

I mean, I would cry for the rest of my actual life, but how boss would it be if he gave them rings after us? And how hilarious?

by sixquarters on Nov 4, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

BOOOOOOO SEATTLE!!!

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 4, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yet more proof

That Buster Posey is the most awesome baseball player alive.

"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug

by the guy on Nov 3, 2010 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

  • I couldn’t make it to the parade but I got to the Civic Center BART station around 12:30. There were lots of people who were coming late like me, but there were more people coming into the BART station after leaving the parade. I was mildly surprised.
  • At the Civic Center, we could slowly move towards the front. There were constantly people moving out for some reason, maybe they didn’t expect how late the ceremony starts…
  • I have never seen so many people on trees and on top of (both portable and scary door) bathrooms. It was also the most tattooed crowd I have been in.
  • The PA system sucks. When I was at the 3rd flag pole (from the Civic Center) we couldn’t hear anything from the speakers. I brought my walkman with me so I had KNBR, but it was like 10 seconds later than what’s on the big screen… and most people didn’t have radio with them. Even when I was at the first flag pole the PA system was only slightly better.
  • I DID NOT see one player without the aid of the big screen. I saw bow tie and Miller at the end, after everybody else has gone in (I think). That was a little disappointing, but I didn’t expect to be able to see them better than from TV anyway.
  • After it was over there were tons of trash everywhere, mostly drinks, lots of them were beer, and also a bottle of Jack Daniel. Come on people, pick up your trash.
  • When I was leaving, around where the farmers’ market is at, some guy made a fake World Series trophy with some glossy paper and let people hold it and have pictures taken with it. The guy actually took most of those pictures for them. It was pretty cool.
  • There was a big crowd of people taking pictures of a bunch of guys dancing around a few guys drumming. Probably more people taking pictures than people performing, but it was still pretty awesome.

Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.

by DJ Tofu on Nov 3, 2010 9:32 PM PDT reply actions  

A lot of folks in my area were chanting “Turn it up!” Alas, the cry fell on deaf ears.

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

IF ONLY THERE WAS SOME WAY TO COMMUNICATE OVER LONG DISTANCES SO THEY COULD HAVE HEARD THE CHANT

GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool

by groug on Nov 3, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

yeah, I heard those too.

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by DJ Tofu on Nov 3, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

# The PA system sucks. When I was at the 3rd flag pole (from the Civic Center) we couldn’t hear anything from the speakers. I brought my walkman with me so I had KNBR, but it was like 10 seconds later than what’s on the big screen… and most people didn’t have radio with them. Even when I was at the first flag pole the PA system was only slightly better.

Oh good. I was at the Civic Center, then thought “I can’t see or hear anything” and left. I’m glad that seemed to be a good decision.

GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool

by groug on Nov 3, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

if you had seen the parade already then it was definitely a good decision. For me that was the only thing left :(

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by DJ Tofu on Nov 3, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

We did the same thing. We milled around and were like. Fuck this, lets go get in n out and drive back to sac

by JonDowd on Nov 4, 2010 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions  

i was right next to the tent where the sound system was i guess

and people kept yelling we cant hear you, and they didnt do anything.

and the picture on the big scree to the right on was going out.

by Wreckonized on Nov 3, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was on the left and the big screen was mostly working, except for 1 or 2 squares (out of like 36-ish)

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by DJ Tofu on Nov 3, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just passing through Civic Center station on the train was enough to convince me to go home after the parade and watch the rest on TV. I can’t imagine how bad it was when the ceremony was over.

My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.

by rightcenterfielder on Nov 3, 2010 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

fun fact about the trash

I think they took the garbage cans away because of the previous “celebration”. I didn’t see one between Market and the ballpark.

May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.

"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw

"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

Anyone record the NBC 11 coverage and able to upload it?

"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis

by ejdacanay on Nov 3, 2010 9:55 PM PDT reply actions  

Also

WTF was with Wild 94.9 festooning the parade route with blue & white logos?

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by troymccluresf on Nov 3, 2010 9:57 PM PDT reply actions  

yeah. they do that.

you can thank clearchannel or whoever.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

OT

Did anyone ever gif Buster and Timmy punching each other and jumping into each other’s arms after the win? I don’t remember seeing it in any of the post game threads but that was one of my favorite moments from the celebration

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:07 PM PDT reply actions  

THESE DAMN ALLERGIES ARE ACTING UP AGAIN...

"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."

by KINGofCRA5H on Nov 3, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Flonase lied to me! I still have allergies damnit >.>

"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison

by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

YAY!!!

You’re my new hero!

This is exactly what I was looking for

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

omg i hadn't seen this yet

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

it's beautiful, isn't it?

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

rec’d! I really want to know what they are saying to each other…

"throwing out runners? I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey

by LincecumFTK on Nov 3, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Buster: “We just won the World Series!”

Tim: “I KNOW!”

Buster: “WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!!!1”

/pulls Tim into his arms for a bear hug

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Honestly, I have no idea. But I like to think it’s something like this.

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

that seems pretty close. Either way it’s amazing

"throwing out runners? I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey

by LincecumFTK on Nov 3, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

That’s EXACTLY what he says!!

thank you imovermyhead for posting this!!!

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Posey: So…my wife is going to be out of town next week.
Timmy: Really? Can I sleep over?
Posey: Why do you think I told you?
Timmy: Fuck Yeah I’m sleeping over!
Posey: Let’s Do It!
/Timmy jumps into Posey’s arms

"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison

by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

/cue TheLetter2

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm a little sad

I posted a slash of Grant and Aquaman in one of the threads earlier today, but I got chopped.

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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.

by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

I thought it was pretty good. Mighta gone a little more surreal, tho.

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

I went for the gritty realism

That’s all the rage in today’s superhero movies.

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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.

by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, I saw it. But I’m a little out on the Aquaman cannon. He was never one of the ones I read. Now pair Grant with Oliver Queen and I might give it another read.

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

I may be a Clark Kent sort of girl, but I would not say no to some Green Arrow. Especially if it’s Justin Hartley. Yum.

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by mymclife on Nov 3, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

So not going back in the earlier threads. Thanks for the heads up.

by Grant Brisbee on Nov 6, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Reminds me of the end of Major League.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

The San Francisco Giants

Where a country scholar meets a Seattle outcast, and the end result is a huge hug and a championship trophy.

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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.

by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Pretty sure he says “The fucking World Series!”

But lipreading is an inexact science.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

My guess

Buster: We just won the world series

Tim: blocked by someone’s head (who is that?)

Buster: The world SERIES!!

Tim: Jumps sensually into Buster’s arms.

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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.

by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Buster pretty obviously said "World Series."

That’s all I can definitively tell.

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by Juan Primo on Nov 3, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

oh no! I don’t wanna have this discussion again

/flood explodes with 300+ comments about whether Tim really said “Fucking juiced balls bullshit”

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, there aren’t any Rockies fans here.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL

I will continue to refuse to believe this even if presented with 100% irrefutable evidence. I like believing this is what was said

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

how classless of tim and buster to be discussing the humidor after they won the world series

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Typical Giants behavior.

"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 3, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

i can't stop watching this

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

so much this

"throwing out runners? I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey

by LincecumFTK on Nov 3, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

IKNOWRIIIIGHT???

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

^_^

It’s so full of happy and oh my gosh awesome.

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by imovermyhead on Nov 3, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Holy Fuck. This is why I love this team so much.

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by LincecumFTK on Nov 3, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

i remember seeing this live on tv

will never forget.

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by KINGofCRA5H on Nov 3, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

I LOVE THIS TEAM

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

really? I wouldn’t have guessed.

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was hoping someone would gif this. Thanks for sharing!

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This is the greatest thing in the history of mankind.

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by Tim LinCyYoung on Nov 3, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes indeed

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

And you aren't exagerating even a little!

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Timmy obviously misses Bengie

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by Soulbrother16 on Nov 3, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

omg

i love how Buster kind of throws him off at the end

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

I honestly don't know who to be more jeaouls of

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Or even jealous

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU FOCUSING ON RENTERIA?!?!?

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

hahaha i'm not

just wondering..after a bout 10 times it was time for the Bonus Hugs.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think it’s Runzler

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

oh gotcha.

don’t remember him with the beard, but than again he didn’t pitch in the PS.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I kept seeing him everywhere and hardly recognizing him. Eventually I realized who he was.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Zito?

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think based on the picture above, it’s Wotus.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

wait I totally just made that up

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

definitely not Zito though

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think it might be a coach. Maybe one of the trainers?

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL, I was actually kidding. I didn’t even realize Rowand was in the shot. I just thought it would make sense that those two would be hugging.

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

If the hair wasn’t wrong, I’d have said Whiteside.

As it is, no idea.

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

WHO ISN'T

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

I VOTE THIS THE BEST

BUT BY MAIL!

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

FUCK YOU BITCH

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow.

Okay.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

When I type in all caps, I’m probably sarcastic. It’s an Internet thing.

"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 3, 2010 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Pretty sure he was kidding.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hmm.

Not so sure.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

I would make an “And drunk” joke but he’s like 17.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Could still apply. Teens do drink.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

No kidding.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

/had first drink at 20.99995 years old.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

You rebel!

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

he must have been thirsty

20 years is a long time without liquids.

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"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 3, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

I will not!

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, that was a noun.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

I thought it was a command.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Man, you wouldn’t believe how confused I was when I traveled to Poland.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

But at least they ended up with a lot of really shiny things.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Howie, has anyone ever told you that you are one confusing man…girl…PERSON?

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Because I polished everything while I was there.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ok. I think I’m following you.

So did you polish the World Series trophy Timmy was holding?

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 4, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

When I was in Poland?

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by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2010 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

um….yes?

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 4, 2010 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

Nope.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2010 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

dang nabbit….now I’m confused again

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 4, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

THIS IS A TOTAL CLIFFHANGER! WHAT DID WAR SEE? WHAT DID WAR SEE?

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

That took me a surprisingly long time to figure out.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

GAS, PUMP!

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

FACE, GOOGLE!

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh hell, I did that wrong.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

HEAD, GOOGLE!

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

That sucks when you have a quote that is two words long, and you misquote it.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

What kind of calendar do you use??

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

It involves a lot of guessing.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why the wait?

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by Giant among Angels on Nov 4, 2010 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

I just didn’t wanna.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

I drank way more prior to being 21 than after.

2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

He looks so happy!! I love him.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Pure, unfiltered, unadulterated joy.

Absolute elation. You may never see a more prime example. Fantastic.

My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.

by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

semi OT

i really wanted a Posey and or Lincecum, we’re going to disneyland ad.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

The thing I like about Buster is, he is the anti-Reggie Jackson, the anti-Barry Bonds. It’s not about me, me, me. He’s old school.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

I will want no other porn from here on.

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by shanghaijim on Nov 3, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Liar

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

MLB.com

Has about 2 pages worth of clips from the Parade including a bunch of stuff which wasn’t shown on tv.

Check them all out and smile until it hurts.

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by Tim LinCyYoung on Nov 3, 2010 10:18 PM PDT reply actions  

I’ll be honest. I was a bit creeped out here.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Same

One the one hand it’s awesome. On the other hand, it makes me uncomfortable.

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And I just realized this could be a perfect description for someone’s 1st time.

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

I couldn't believe this when i saw this....

…. OUR 1ST BASEMAN IS CRAZY/AWESOME! HAND IN CROTCH ON LIVE TV!!!! What will the little giants think?

by Los Gigantes on Nov 4, 2010 1:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

Who wants to bet he was more than a little tipsy?

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

he was drinking a beer(s) on the ride there

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by KINGofCRA5H on Nov 3, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

yah

theres a pic of him holding a beer on the ride

by Wreckonized on Nov 3, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bet?

Him and Pat were drinking up tons of Bud Light during the parade lol!

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Come on now, why do you think I was willing to bet? ;)

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

So great

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

sure, but can he turn left?

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by DJ Tofu on Nov 3, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is pretty awesome.

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

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by GiantsBabe on Nov 3, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rec’d again.

2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants. Wait, what? F YEAH, SHUT UP!

by pwoper on Nov 3, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

The buildup to the… rummaging is pretty amazing.

Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.

by imovermyhead on Nov 3, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

still awesome

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

well this explains everything.

"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."

by KINGofCRA5H on Nov 3, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Best thing to ever happen ever. Aside from winning the World Series, of course.

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by Effage on Nov 3, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Loving it

I screamed laughter when it happened live.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 4, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Anyone who not only gets in front of thousands and thousands of people, quotes from Zoolander, and then pulls a Zoolander move and pretends to yank out his underwear in front of said thousands and thousands of people is okay in my book.

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I can’t believe there are people fucking complaining about a PARADE to celebrate a TEAM winning a WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP for the first time EVER.

CHRIST.

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YOU SHUT UP AND DON’T EVER VOTE BY MAIL

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by groug on Nov 3, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND AT MOST

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

HOW COULD THERE BE ONE MILLION AT THE PARADE WHEN THERE WERE ONLY 500,000 ON TOP OF GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE!

by Unitard on Nov 4, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

THE GIANTS WINNING THE WORLD SERIES IS BIGGER THAN THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

AND DON’T BRING SCIENCE INTO THIS

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by Effage on Nov 4, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

HEY

I resemble that remark!

"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 3, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

I DO WHAT I WANT!

(http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/153246/i-do-what-i-want)

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by Effage on Nov 4, 2010 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m pretty sure that means I’m going to need more flags.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Want me to lend you one of my flags?

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don’t do it, Howie. It’s been in his pants.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m scared.

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by Effage on Nov 4, 2010 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

did everyone already click the ‘cannot be unseen’ link from Baggs tonight?

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 10:45 PM PDT reply actions  

I haven’t.

I'm still in the old thread.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Someone spotted the Machine along the parade route. Be warned, you can’t unsee this.

extrabaggs

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why did I click on that.

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

When someone here won’t even post the graphic itself, you really have had fair warning.

by wcw on Nov 3, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

wcw promised me candy. I got gipped.

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh dear.

Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.

by imovermyhead on Nov 3, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

/twitches

excuse me while I scratch my eyes out

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

I really hope this doesn’t catch on as a costume to wear to the park next season.

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

At least security will know they aren’t sneaking in alcohol.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not necessarily true.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

Interesting notes
You’re going to hear a lot of trade rumors involving Aaron Rowand this winter, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the Giants are willing to take a salary hit to move him. Rowand was a total professional while accepting a backseat role this season, but he might be less inclined to tolerate another season if he knows he’s entering it as a No.5 outfielder.

I say eat 75% of his salary and pick up a moderately interesting prospect from the Phillies. Best of both worlds.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

I said it in the fanshot

but Rowand does still have some value. So I would move him, but I want more than Randy Messenger

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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

He has some value

But not on this team. The Phillies could use him desperately.

I say we pick up one of two of the prospects they got for Cliff Lee who hasn’t worked out.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

He only has value if the team that gets him isn’t paying his whole salary.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Absolutely

Rowand’s owed 24 million and is easily replaceable in house.

So eat 80% of it and get a prospect. We get a prospect and 4 million dollars to put towards re-signing people. They get a righty they need in their OF to platoon with Ibanez or Brown. Win win.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m totally down for it. Obviously.

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think we all are

I think Rowand is valuable at 2 million a year, and I think the Giants would be willing to eat it to save a bit and get something back.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

The thought of Rowand having the chance to be traded makes me pretty happy.

by TBRMKane on Nov 3, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Aumont or Gillies?

I doubt they give up Aumont and I’m not sure where Gillies would play in our system

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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

I would take Chris Ray and Michael Main replicas

by TBRMKane on Nov 3, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Off the top of my head I can't think of someone who fits that description

Vance Worley maybe? The Phillies are weird-they just load up on super toolsy raw players and hope one of them becomes Dom Brown.

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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don’t think Dom Brown is really “established” yet though.

by TBRMKane on Nov 3, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

His minors stats are rly good.

But they might be inclined to find a savvy veteran to help him out – and Rowand is still beloved there for his grit.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think Scott would just love to go anywhere where he can start again.

by TBRMKane on Nov 3, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah

Sabes could toss his favorite savvy vet a bone, we could get a little money and maybe a prospect, Philly could get a righty they actually kinda need… Makes a lot of sense.

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by GiantPain on Nov 3, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

If the Phillies are willing to give up Worley if the Giants pay all or most of Rowand’s contract, I’d be ecstatic already.

by TBRMKane on Nov 3, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Worley’s from Sac, so I’d think he would be pretty happy. Just hope doesn’t turn out like Bowker.

by TBRMKane on Nov 3, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

He also went to Long Beach St

like Bowker

Buster Posey>
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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rags will do a good job with him.

by TBRMKane on Nov 3, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well no, but he's a really good prospect

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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’d take Joanne Worley for Rowand.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh and speaking of Randy Messenger

Today is Armando’s birthday.

I’m sure he had no issues BLOWING out the candles

Buster Posey>
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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m amused that this thread is sandwiched between reactions to the picture.

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL

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by Gobroks on Nov 3, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

I SAW THAT GUY, I was so fucking high too so it was like hilarious and disturbing at the same time.

Hella.

by Snack on Nov 3, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’ve unseen worse.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

I am not scarred by this

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by jponry on Nov 3, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

But I thought Burrell was on one of the trolley with Huff

by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 3, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

DAD??

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

100% knew somebody in SF was going to dress as that at the parade.

by Bitter Fan on Nov 4, 2010 4:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

It could be so much worse. We could be looking at a bear with a flabby behind. This guy’s behind isn’t so bad.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 4, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Is this a dig at the Cal Band?

It’s not their fault Baer didn’t think of cementing the territorial rights via band invitation!!!

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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Do you want to look at a flabby Baer’s behind? I think not.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 4, 2010 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

It is frighteningly flabby, I can assure you.

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

hawt

Bear on Baer action!

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by natteringnabob on Nov 5, 2010 6:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

LOL Rangers Rally

Guess i shouldn’t really LOL that but LOL

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 11:04 PM PDT reply actions  

They didn’t bulldoze a sand sculpture, did they?

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

BELIEVE

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

did we have a post-WS rally 2002?

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by DJ Tofu on Nov 3, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah.

it was At the ballpark. A lot of crying, i think Baker apologized.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

wow

I did not remember this at all. So, I"ll just forget it again.

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by natteringnabob on Nov 3, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

The only reason i remember

is because i have 3 copies of the book Unforgettable that was all about the 2002 season, and it devotes a couple pages to the rally.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

OT

Watching the games from Texas. Why do fans down there wave the Texas flag? No one in California would wave our state flag. Is it a southern thing?

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think it's a TX thing

and keep in mind they use the state flag on their uniform.

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by natteringnabob on Nov 3, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

If anyone wants to watch the parade again

It just started on CSN Bay Area.

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by SFGuy on Nov 3, 2010 11:07 PM PDT reply actions  

/already watching

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by KINGofCRA5H on Nov 3, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

/screaming at it already

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by DJ Tofu on Nov 3, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

as noted upthread

again tomorrow at 1PM and 7PM. Watch them all in case you missed something!

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by natteringnabob on Nov 3, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

wait, rob schnieder?

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by KINGofCRA5H on Nov 3, 2010 11:13 PM PDT reply actions  

Yup.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Greg Papa makes him look good.

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Big Mouth Billy Bass is better than Greg Papa.

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Any Bass is better than Greg Papa.

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Any is a funny first name.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

It’s like Amy, but with an N.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 3, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow. That took me a second.

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Lance Bass?
/*NSync’d

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by L-Nova on Nov 3, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Is that Kevin’s cousin?

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

Greg Papa is terrible.

Oh, let’s call out a little girl because she wasn’t around in 2002.

Really?

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

TIMMY SUCKS BECAUSE BENGIE ISN’T HERE!!!!!!!!111

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by Prussian Creole on Nov 3, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

He wasn’t.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

He knew what he was talking about and he was fairly entertaining. Granted he was with Greg Papa so…that helped him like great.

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 3, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Will the next parade start at Mays Field?

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 11:42 PM PDT reply actions  

I thought it might have been cool

To start at Aquatic Park or something and go to AT&T, and allow people to sit in the stands at the ballpark. But i totally understand that the Market Street route has all the history because of 1958. Awesome.

by kezargiants on Nov 3, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think most parades go up Market

although man that is some epic traffic tie-up.

I suspect they don’t want the unwashed masses tearing up their nice privately-owned park (and I do not blame them one bit).

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by natteringnabob on Nov 3, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

that doesn't count a mosh pit on the field

but anyway they’re not going to do that.

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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

No i mean people would still line the parade route

but then also they could sit in the stands as well if they preferred.

by kezargiants on Nov 4, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Would they sell tickets? Do you think people would file in in an orderly fashion and peacefully sort out who is sitting where?

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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not sure.

Just an idea. Any future parades would be awesome.

Just saying, Philly pulled it off at CBP though in 2008.

by kezargiants on Nov 4, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

I love how the Mays Fields workers are part of the parade.

by Natto on Nov 3, 2010 11:52 PM PDT reply actions  

very classy IMO

there seemed to be a lot of hangers-on, family, and so on, and that’s just fine.

Also, you’ve said Mays Field twice and it reminds me to do that more.

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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

I’m not a huge fan of the Mays Field name. It’s too generic, methinks. The best park name in baseball is Camden Yards, because it’s special. I’d like the park to be called China Basin or something like that.

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by El Person on Nov 4, 2010 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

Anything with Willie Mays names can never be generic.

by Natto on Nov 4, 2010 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

This

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by Gobroks on Nov 4, 2010 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions  

"China Basin Park"

sounds like one of those crappy names some subdivision designer throws on the map when he/she runs out of president’s names, fake saint’s names, pseudo-Western names (Stagecoach Lane, Stagecoach Court, Stagecoach Circle…)

Naming the park after the greatest player and franchise hero? Both appropriate and colorful.

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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

My favorite stadium name ever remains the Polo Grounds. The cognitive dissonance even if you don’t know its site history and dimensions is just awesome.

I like China Basin because it’s NOT a marketing name, it’s the actual name of that part of the waterfront, where steamers would unload the goods, including opium, from China. To me, it’s about the same as the previous stadium being at Candlestick Point, or the Polo Grounds being at Coogan’s Bluff.

In an ideal world it wouldn’t be named after a series of phone companies, but Cingular did know what they were doing when they acquired the AT&T remnant and its name — that’s a legendary moniker

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by shanghaijim on Nov 4, 2010 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

Looking at Rent's home run log for this year

Serious WPA porn there. Wow.

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by El Person on Nov 3, 2010 11:54 PM PDT reply actions  

He will also begin directing the long-awaited sequel to

A League of Their Own
.

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by shanghaijim on Nov 3, 2010 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Murph.

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by satyricrash on Nov 3, 2010 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

In Whose Name We Rule

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by shanghaijim on Nov 3, 2010 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

These guys look

like they are just totally in command. I think I wish they were.

by mrs. owlcroft on Nov 4, 2010 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

Gavin Newsome did say Wilson for Mayor

and our Govenator did give a shout out to the Machine. haha.

by Los Gigantes on Nov 4, 2010 1:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

SO MUCH AWESOME HAIR

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by djp4cal on Nov 4, 2010 1:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

i think in this case it’s a Tennefro.

LET"S ASK THE LETTER 2.

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by shanghaijim on Nov 4, 2010 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

The 3 mother fuckers most responsible for that trophy

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by NuschlerFace on Nov 4, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

What about NotMolina?

11/01/10

I STILL DON'T BELIEVE IT

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by goGSW24 on Nov 4, 2010 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

I like him.

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by satyricrash on Nov 4, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

He’s OK

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by SFGuy on Nov 4, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions  

I can’t believe they performed the Fist Pump song.

by Natto on Nov 4, 2010 12:02 AM PDT reply actions  

That song sucks

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by SFGuy on Nov 4, 2010 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

I’m not a fan of the fist pump cam in general.

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by groug on Nov 4, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

I could probably live without the fist pump. It only leads to the fist pump, exploding hands mime, and nothing good has ever come from that.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2010 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

What do you have

against happy endings?

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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 7:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

I didnt even notice that UPS trucks were towing some floats.

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“He’s having too much fun!”

Right.

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by KINGofCRA5H on Nov 4, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

Superman’s dad!

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by satyricrash on Nov 4, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

I already made the Krypton joke elsewhere.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2010 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

Fuck. I’m so SLOOOOOW tonight. What is making me so SLUGGISH?? I know it’s not gasoline fumes.

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by satyricrash on Nov 4, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

Prop 19

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 4, 2010 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

They yellow sun actually makes Oregonians weaker.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2010 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

Oregans?

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by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2010 1:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

I thought it was the heroin.

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by satyricrash on Nov 4, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

That too.

You guys really should consider doing stuff that makes you stronger once in a while.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don’t be such a slave to society!! Free your mind, Howie!! Heroin does make you stronger – STRONG LIKE RUSSIAN BEAR! Not BA BA BA SHEEP like you! I once saw Courtney Love lift a streetcar and throw it over a bridge! Before firing up she could barely open the lid of her coffin. SCIENCE.

(*Kids this is a joke, heroin is bad bad news.)

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by satyricrash on Nov 4, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

I lol’d at the disclaimer XD

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by Mdizzle138 on Nov 4, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

what is a "special" locker?

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by KINGofCRA5H on Nov 4, 2010 12:18 AM PDT reply actions  

I suddenly have this overpowering urge to not talk to Matt Cain.

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by groug on Nov 4, 2010 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

We all have that urge.

(Pedro Feliz.)

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by satyricrash on Nov 4, 2010 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

Plays for Washington or something.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2010 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

Greg Papa is thanking Charles Schwab himself.

by Natto on Nov 4, 2010 12:24 AM PDT reply actions  

Wait, John Bowker’s sister works for CSN?

by Natto on Nov 4, 2010 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

Needed more parade noise and less CSN talking.

by Natto on Nov 4, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

agreed.t

the lack of crowd noise sucked. I was forced to watch ABC in class on my laptop on mute, so i still haven’t heard the full crowd noise effect.

by kezargiants on Nov 4, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

Wine and cheese fans don’t know how to scream.

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 4, 2010 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

Well, we know it’s not polite to talk with our mouths full.

by Natto on Nov 4, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yes.

Less Papa and Co.

"I AIN'T HAVIN IT."

by djp4cal on Nov 4, 2010 1:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

yeah, i was watching the replay last night, and was like STFU PAPA AND SCHENIDER

In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean

by ringleader3 on Nov 4, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

That was either Barry Zito or Daniel Faraday.

by Natto on Nov 4, 2010 12:28 AM PDT reply actions  

Watch online via ABC-7: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/feature?section=news/sports/pro/baseball&id=7745241

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Nov 4, 2010 12:32 AM PDT reply actions  

Oh sweet.

hella gonna watch that tommorow morning.

by kezargiants on Nov 4, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

Probably better go to the website and click there. The link I posted above didn’t seem to come out right.

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Nov 4, 2010 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

OMG

and it’s easily downloadable… seems like much better quality than what I got from my TV card…

Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.

by DJ Tofu on Nov 4, 2010 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

Protocol Question?

Or maybe etiquette. Is it appropriate to mention that it appears that a certain couple in one of the cable cars seems to be anticipating a blessed event or is that crossing the line into private lives? (No, it’s not Aub and Pat.)

by mrs. owlcroft on Nov 4, 2010 12:35 AM PDT reply actions  

Holy hell, Natto. Good job spilling the beans.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2010 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

It was mentioned in one of the parade threads, but it’s so far buried that I’m pretty sure most people still have no idea.

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2010 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

With the season ending on November 1st

Us season ticket holders will be receiving our 2011 season ticket invoices in a couple weeks.

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Nov 4, 2010 1:32 AM PDT reply actions  

This is so freaking awesome. Thank you.

"I AIN'T HAVIN IT."

by djp4cal on Nov 4, 2010 1:33 AM PDT reply actions  

where was lon?

where was bam bam

was shawon there?

is it march yet?

by bacci40 on Nov 4, 2010 3:27 AM PDT reply actions  

Dunston was on a cable car

I don’t remember seeing Meulens but some didn’t lean out of the cars or move side to side, so hard to tell. I even had a hard time with Kelly; I don’t think I ever saw him without a hat even when he was still playing.

May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.

"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw

"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 7:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

Come on people, green this shit up.

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 4, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

I saw Meulens

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 4, 2010 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions  

I had a dream last night that the Giants were losing Game 1 of the World Series to the Tampa Bay Rays, 19-17 in the bottom of the 8th inning.

Tim Lincecum had to leave in the first inning because of an injury, and the bullpen was exhausted so Aubrey Huff was in to pitch.

I’m always going to be a Giants fan, aren’t I.

Thing C

by markdash on Nov 4, 2010 8:35 AM PDT reply actions  

I had a dream a crazy dog was attacking me. But a small crazy dog, like a Jack Russell.

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 4, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

STFU Radnich...

I wanted to smack him when he was talking to Kuip. He kept on trying to rub in the fact the the Giants took the high road and were good winners for not going the whole “WE TOLD YOU SO” route. He sounded sooooo desperate to try and defend his hater-istic smugness throughout the playoffs. Kuip was sooo ready to move on from it and make it about the team… and Radnich wouldn’t let it go. Mr. “If they lose…. at least I can say I was entertained…” STFU!!!!!

by IRONxMIKE on Nov 4, 2010 9:48 AM PDT reply actions  

From a Columbian website

http://www.diario-deportes.com

Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.

by kbsofaraway08 on Nov 4, 2010 10:11 AM PDT reply actions   2 recs

we just had a great week and what a month of torture baseball. Then. of course, it went way too fast but I’ll remember it forever. Thank you Giants . looking forward to the next party…….OPENING DAY 2011

I sit and await always faithful to the giants

by luved the stick on Nov 4, 2010 10:22 AM PDT reply actions  

Then why the hell is he so sad?

In 2010, teammates Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell perfected the art of brotational hitting.

by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

HAHAHAHAHA
MUrbanCSN Mychael Urban
Congrats to Carney Lansford, new hitting coach for the Rockies.

Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!

Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.

by scout6 on Nov 4, 2010 12:00 PM PDT reply actions  

SLEEPER AGENT #2

Just need to infiltrate the Turtle-Lovers and the Padres.

Thing C

by markdash on Nov 4, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

incident free

I heard about five arrests this morning. Not bad at all. The only surly impass was a natural eventuality as a block long flow of walking lead to a sort of a dead end with a guy stopping and trying to reverse the traffic. He was practical, but he looked like a db to the steady flow of rowdy humans leading up to him.

Otherwise… flawless. So pretty. Every block I turned and saw humans flooding more blocks. I kind made out with an older lady because she liked my beard. Her husband took pictures. It’s a good beard. (and mohawk of course)

Lucked into a vein of movement that put me in great view of the stage left screen and comfortable ear shot of the speakers. Lucked into being right near the 14 people me and and friend lost on market.

Free ferry rides to those who got there after tickets were sold out. No ticket on my or any car in vallejo who all had to park in 3 hour parking. Finally …in and out and anchor steam.
And on the 213th day… I rested.

by raldoo on Nov 4, 2010 12:18 PM PDT reply actions  

I kind made out with an older lady because she liked my beard. Her husband took pictures.

….

11/01/10

I STILL DON'T BELIEVE IT

My adopted son is Steve Edlefsen.

by goGSW24 on Nov 4, 2010 12:20 PM PDT reply actions  

Fail.

Meant as a reply to raidoo

11/01/10

I STILL DON'T BELIEVE IT

My adopted son is Steve Edlefsen.

by goGSW24 on Nov 4, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well that was an INSANE 3 days.

was anybody else at the public house monday night?

McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.

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by sadison bummedgarner on Nov 4, 2010 12:34 PM PDT reply actions  

Best parade I’ve ever been to!!! Just curious. Was anyone else celebrating at the corner of McAllister and Hyde?

by shark94112 on Nov 4, 2010 5:34 PM PDT reply actions  

There were people there, yes.

2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller

by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was one of said people.

About five people deep on the Civic Center side of Hyde. Below all those folks sitting on the high fence. Decent vantage point. Insane amount of condensed people. Amazing. Huff rocked the thong front and center.

by raldoo on Nov 4, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Being frightened of festive people

I stayed inside the Coffee Bean on 4th and Market. Floor-ceiling windows and sturdy benches.

Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.

by shanghaijim on Nov 4, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

There were a lot of people that decided to do cardio in front of the giant windows at LA Fitness right as the parade started going by.

2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller

by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

I uploaded a couple of short film clips to Youtube that I took with my crappy, old Olympus camera.

Sorry for the quality, but they’re better than a sharp stick in the eye. I think.

In the first clip, look for Sergio Romo at the end. In the second, Buster and Huff Daddy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM8UuUrvXaE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHmAtHyprIY

"It feels awesome. Feels like when you were a kid and every guy gets a chance to be a hero, then you eat orange slices and kool-aid after the game. Except we’re nailing champagne right now." —Brian Wilson

"He just threw me a fastball in and I just put a good swing on the ball, and you know when you put a good swing on the ball, the ball go out."
-Egdar Renteria commenting on his solo home run in the 5th inning of Game 2.

by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 4, 2010 8:34 PM PDT reply actions  

/looks for sharp stick
j/k

2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller

by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bobblehead

Loved the bobblehead — and the whole day — still on Cloud 10!

by dianedwyer on Nov 6, 2010 11:21 AM PDT reply actions  

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