Wading through the surprise of a San Francisco Giants championship
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 4, 2010 12:33 PM PDT
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As far as comment starters go, "What was the most surprising thing about the Giants winning the World Series?" is kind of a dud. The answer to that one is an objective truth: the most surprising thing about the Giants winning the World Series is that the Giants won the World Series.
It’s not that they weren’t a team with potential in the spring or a really good team in the fall; it’s just that they were the Giants. The Giants win World Series at the same rate that Arquettes win Fields Medals. David’s working on the Hodge conjecture, and Rosanna’s been working with the Navier-Toto equations, but I’m not holding my breath on that one. I wasn’t holding my breath on the Giants winning the World Series either.
So the better comment starter would be, "Other than the Giants actually winning the danged thing, what is the most surprising aspect of the Giants’ World Series run?"
It’s tempting to go with the emergence of Andres Torres, who transformed from a nifty fifth outfielder into one of the best center fielders in baseball. If Torres is just an above-average centerfielder in the National League – something every Giants fan would have been thrilled with before the season started – the Giants probably aren’t able to move past the Padres.
It probably isn’t Edgar Renteria going nuts in the World Series and winning the MVP, even though that certainly was ridiculously unexpected. But that’s baseball. In a five-game stretch in May, Aaron Rowand was the one going nuts with the game-winning home runs and extra-base hits. Maybe it’s extra surprising that it was Renteria in the World Series, but it shouldn’t be too surprising that it was somebody unexpected.
The Giants doing it without their most expensive player on the postseason roster? Nah. Replacing Barry Zito with Todd Wellemeyer or Joe Martinez for a full season probably would have cost the Giants the division, so Zito was valuable to the playoff run, but it wasn’t that big of a shock that he ended up being the fifth-most valuable starting pitcher on a very good staff. A lot was made of Zito missing the postseason roster, but the decision had more to do with the depth of the Giants’ starting pitching than it did a Zito meltdown. The late-season Zito meltdown didn’t exactly help his cause, of course, so it wasn’t too surprising.
Javier Lopez is not going to the Hall of Fame, which is a little surprising after watching his 25 innings of work with the Giants. Without Lopez, the Giants might not have won their 162 game against the Padres, they might not have been able to keep Jason Heyward in check in the NLDS, and they might not have been able to get past Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, and the Phillies in the NLCS. Lopez went from averaging almost 1.5 base runners per inning with the Pirates to allowing -6.4 per inning with the Giants. And he just got Joey Votto to twitch just by whispering his name into a passing zephyr. Javier Lopez being good wasn’t a huge surprise. Javier Lopez lactating magic pitches was pretty unexpected.
Still, the most unexpected thing – the one thing that I just wouldn’t be able to comprehend if I were told about it in March – is that the Giants won the World Series without Pablo Sandoval doing much of anything. Any promise that carried over from last year had to do with the pitching staff and Pablo Sandoval. That was the base upon which any delusions of grandeur had to rest. If the Giants were going to make the playoffs, every scenario was based on the continued ridiculousness of the staff and Pablo. I just can’t, can’t, can’t wrap my mind around the idea that the 2010 San Francisco Giants won the World Series with Pablo Sandoval on the bench.
Also of note: The San Francisco Giants have won the World Series. The San Francisco Giants have won the World Series. The San Francisco Giants have won the World Series. The San Francisco Giants have won the World Series. Type it a few times. Feels good.
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Feels GREAT!
And less filling.
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CHEATING THE GAME
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by Josh from Hollywood on Nov 4, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously
That looks really tasty.
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I'm curious
how many people think it was his weight and how many think it was personal issues that lead to the 2010 downturn? Or was it just the league figuring out better ways to pitch him?
I seem to remember him being just this big last year…
I think his weight played a part
but not as much as some people around here. I think it was that, plus off the field issues. Towards the end of the year you could see he was having fun again and was starting to turn the corner. he was pretty terrific in August actually, before nosediving again in Sept/Oct.
I think if the Giants keep a better watch over him this offseason, and he can relax as well as work, he will be great again next year.
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I really think the Divorce played as big of a role as anything. However, next year’s performance should be telling.
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by Speedforthewin on Nov 4, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
regression to the mean
before 2008 he had very pedestrian minor league numbers. It’s possible he just went wonky for a season and half. He might never recover, simply because he outplayed his true talent for a while.
I hope that’s not true. I think he’s better than what we saw this year. I hope he is. But, it’s not the end of the world if he isn’t – he stunk and we won the world series anyway.
If you don't like Brandon Medders you're not a true fan.
You may very well be right
but his ability to drive pitches out of the zone looks like a true skill he possesses. Oh well. We’ll see.
I just feel like he racked up too many ABs for that to be the case
I know it’s only anecdotal, but during that stretch, your eyes just told you he was doing things that hardly any other baseball player alive could do. Basically, it was him and Vlad and everybody else when it came to the ability to turn bad pitches to hit into line drives. That’s pretty special, and I don’t think you could be that good at it for a season and a half just by pure luck.
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 4, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
He wasn’t terrible. .268 with 13 HRs? That’s not terrible (e.g. Jose Castillo) it’s pretty average for a 3b. Hopefully he’ll give us more and I think his D will be better if he loses weight, but it’s not like he was at the Mendoza line.
I think the weight definitely hurt his defense. I think the personal/mental issues hurt both his offense and defense (probably offense more, but I think the throwing errors got into his head). I also think the league figured out ways to pitch to him and he struggled to adjust.
This offseason and next year are going to be a big character check for the panda. I am certainly rooting for him.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
his weight plays a part when it comes to baserunning and defense, no doubt
but I think the most frustrating thing was just his aproach at the plate. I don’t know if he got more aggressive/less selective, but the results sure make it seem like he did. Basically, I kinda feel like he got off to a bad start, started pressing (and when Panda presses that means he treats every pitch like he’s already down 0-2) and never snapped out of it.
Do I think a skinnier Panda would be a better baseball player? Absolutely. Do I think that’s why he had the precipitous drop in production this year? No.
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 4, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
He's got, like, a league average BB%
Much is made of his bad plate approach, but it’s really not THAT bad.
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how much higher would that be, though, if he were a little more selective?
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 4, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I think hitters are who they are
Do you have any examples of players who were able to actually change their approach and sustain it?
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Andres Torres
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Dubious case
He was never really taught to hit until recently – and I bet you couldn’t change him now if you tried.
You’re never going to turn Pablo patient.
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Matt Williams? Or did he just stop sucking?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
learned how to hit
and more importantly, when to not swing, and the curve
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So – changed his approach and sustained it?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 5, 2010 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Incorrect
He was taught to hit, but in the slap-hitter style that just doesn’t maximize his potential.
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Uhh ok
why would you “try” to change one of the best leadoff hitters in the league?
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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Scutaro
Marco Scutaro completely changed his approach at the major league level and was more successful because of it. He was a hacker who learned how to work the count and control the strike zone.
Nelson Cruz
His K% decreased and his BB% increased in the minors before his “breakout” and he managed to maintain it in majors. He isn’t even close to the same hitter he was 5-6 years ago discipline wise. He is a star and may be on the verge of bigger things next season and that all started with better pitch selection and a major change in his stance. Early Nelson Cruz used to have a closed stance and now he has an extreme open stance.
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Sammy Sosa
Of course one suspects chemicals in any Sosa accomplishment, but we didn’t just live through an era of unprecedented pitch selectivity.
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According to at least one Giants coach
The good young hitters all go through slumps. It’s usually due to pitcher’s adjustments based on advanced scouting and film. The good hitters can get through this, and “stay” good by making their own adjustments. Apparently, Pablo never seemed interested in making adjustments. He hasn’t learned to take his job seriously. My hope is that this is just a young kid being young, and he’ll soon learn to be more diligent in his preparation. Swinging at pitches up around his eyes has got to stop — it just takes practice.
Here's to the Dodgers and their bucket of suck.
All of the above
However, the biggest change was that opposing teams stopped throwing him strikes, but he kept swinging. His weight didn’t help him defensively and it’s tough to gauge how that may have slowed his bat down, but it wasn’t as big of a factor as the book getting out on him. I’m still waiting for someone to employ the “Pablo you’re not allowed to swing during the entire game” strategy, I think it would work.
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by Giant Torture on Nov 4, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not buying a lot of this. The weight means he’s a less effective defender and baserunner, sure — but I don’t think there was a huge difference between this year’s weight and last year’s weight. And he was better defensively last year.
The idea that he got off to a bad start and began pressing doesn’t quite work either, as he was ’09 Panda up until May.
And I really don’t think “the league stopped throwing him strikes” is a good explanation either. The league learned at the end of ’08 not to throw him strikes, and certainly the book on him was a bestseller last year.
I don’t know (nor can anyone) how much his off-field issues affected his mental approach this year. But I can say that his mental state ON the field was pretty disastrous — at the plate, on the basepaths, and with the glove. Someone (Kruk?) said he was “letting the game get too fast,” and while I’m not sure I have a real appreciation for what this means in practice (not being a ballplayer myself), this does sound like an appealing description of Panda’s struggles this year.
If we’re talking strictly about offense, I’d like to at least put forth one bit of analysis. I went to all three of the Giants/Mets games at Citi Field in May, right when Sandoval started slumping, and his problem at that time seemed very clear. He was out on his front foot on EVERYTHING — it was like he was convinced that the solution to all his problems was to be more and more and more aggressive. It was almost comical watching him transfer all of his massive girth onto his front foot and then just kind of looping the bat around as an afterthought. I’m no scout, and I make no claims to any superior knowledge of the game or anything like that — but at least in those games (the only time I saw him up close this year), his approach at the plate was just an absolute mess.
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by Rick Parker (Lewis) Can't Lose on Nov 4, 2010 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I read/saw somewhere that Pablo received one of the lowest if not the lowest % of pitches for strikes of anyone with the league. Pitchers know he just can’t lay off. His “approach” works sometimes because he’s just that dang fast enough to catch up to balls and foul them. It’s too bad because his bat speed/quickness at the plate is just unheard of. If he could only be more selective pitchers would be forced to throw better pitches to him for him to hit.
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It was a little of everything contributed
We all know that Pablo runs on emotion. Everyone comments on his exuberence for the game and it is part of why he is such a fan favorite. You know that a guy like this would likely be more susceptable to allowing his personel life impact his performance.
I also think the weight was a factor for the same reason. It got in his head. Everyone asking him and tracking him over the weight in the offseason got in his head. Once he lost his confidence, he started pressing.
After he started pressing it snowballed. Just look at how he hit with runners on and it shows you a guy trying too hard. .208 with runners in scoring position. .182 with RISP and 2 outs. .143 with the bases loaded. That is a man trying too hard.
The first thing he probably told himself before every DP was NOT to roll it over, but he did. Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.
Pretty much every game was close with the torture and all and Pablo felt that as he was pressing and that is why he was one of the worst in the league with runners in scoring position.
Next year is a new season. Pablo won’t be the marquee guy featured on every other poster like he was entering this season. He should be able to relax more at the plate and I think winning a title this season will only help him with that. He wasn’t ready to be featured like he was early this year and next year he can return to being a loose player that does damage over a guy expected to carry a team in the middle of the lineup and is playing tight.
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I love this photo.
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First of all, that’s Bucca di Beppo and they have huge servings anyway and second he was there with kids, so I doubt that’s meant to be a single serving (hence the giant serving spoon on the table).
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
the article where that's from says as much
He was with family and kids, so it wasn’t like he was taking that thing down by himself. But that said, it would probably be a good idea for Pablo to refuse to be photographed alone with that much food. Just bad for the public image, you know?
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 4, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I do agree that it’s not a good picture for Pablo (PR-wise anyway), but I think refusing to take it and making a scene would have been worse.
Basically, it’s just that the picture was posted without context, so I added some… I tire of the LOL FAT sometimes.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Most of the time, yes
Exception: When Renel Brooks seems to have taken a dare that she can’t possibly say it too many times in a three-minute intro.
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She sucks anyway, so what can one expect?
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"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 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
nah
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Seriously?
What’s your problem with Renel?
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A) Her voice is brutal, at least to my ears, but it's not just mine. I have MANY friends who can't stand her way-too-loud-and-grating voice, which leads us to the conclusion that,
B) She was hired as a politically correct move, killing both the female and black birds with one stone.
In my opinion, male voices translate better over PA systems, and personally I believe Renel’s hiring was motivated by everything BUT her talent.
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-Egdar Renteria commenting on his solo home run in the 5th inning of Game 2.
by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 4, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Throughout the 90s, the Red Sox had a black woman do PA for them. She was fine because she didn’t scream. Renel would be fine for the NBA or WWE.
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I never had the chance to hear her, but I believe you when you say she was fine.
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"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 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions
She would do it in a style of the old school PA announcers.
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Ah, then, I'm sure she was good.
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"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 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Her voice doesn’t bug me, and therefore I don’t really care about the second. Although as I recall the Giants’ previous announcer was also female which means one of the “birds” was already killed.
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and she was really really hawt IIRC
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hmm
I guess I dont RC now that I look it up. Weird. I thought I remembered their PA announcer being a really cute girl at some point.
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That woman — Sherry somebody (Lewis? Davis?) was HORRENDOUS. I’ll never forget going to the first Giants-Marlins game at the ‘Stick in ’93. They had a first basemen named Orestes Destrade, and in his four at-bats, he got to hear his name pronounced four strikingly different ways. Good riddance — Renel may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but she is a dramatic improvement over what went before.
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by Rick Parker (Lewis) Can't Lose on Nov 4, 2010 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Shari Lewis is the lady who did the Lambchop TV-show
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LOL
Almost twenty years later and I still can’t keep them straight.
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by Rick Parker (Lewis) Can't Lose on Nov 4, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Renel is fine
and her heart is in the right place. It’s easy to underestimate a PA announcer’s job, and it’s pretty important.
I associate her with the park now too, it would be strange to have Don Bleu or somebody else all of a sudden.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t remember if it was Renel or her predecessor, but there was a news feature about the tryouts for the announcers job that included audio. The chosen one really was not the best of the candidates that I heard in that segment.
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The previous one, Sherry Davis.
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wasn't the guy before her
involved in some sort of off field ugliness?
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Nah.
I'm still in the old thread.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 4, 2010 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Renel
I like how pumped she sounds about Giants players, and how not pumped she sounds about other teams’ players. And I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone not like Renel before. Maybe just my group of friends and Pac Bell homerism, but I’ve only ever heard good things.
I wish she'd stop saying "Twenty Ten"
“Two Thousand Ten” has far more gravitas.
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That’s an interesting view. I prefer the “twenty-ten” pronunciation, in part because it sounds cleaner, and in part for continuity — for example, the phrase “nineteen-hundred-ninety-six” was not in common parlance.
But both are perfectly valid.
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Either howie or jcb prefers it this way, too.
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It makes sense to shorten “nineteen hundred” to “nineteen” to cut the syllable count from 4 to 2.
Cutting “two thousand” to “twenty” is less full of win.
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Nineteen-ninety-nine
Twenty-ten
Works for me. Two-thousand-and-ten works only for Arthur C. Clarke.
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Good morning, Dr. Chandra
Nineteen ninety-nine World Series Champions, ok.
Two thousand World Series Champions, ok.
Twenty oh-one World Series Champions, not so much.
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San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
All glory is fleeting.
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I see what you did there.
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by Giant Torture on Nov 4, 2010 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Salient point
You’re right about Pablo. Much of the pre-season optimism hinged on him. Boy howdy.
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Sending him to Camp Pendleton?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
This Guy ?
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Worked for this guy
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Wrong
He was at Paris Island, not Pendleton.
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by Giant Torture on Nov 4, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s always productive to point out the factual inaccuracies of comedy.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
2011 Pablo
Is there a harder Giant’s output to predict? I’m guessing 3/4 between 2010 and 2009, favoring 2009. But I would not be surprised by a 2010 repeat. Who knows?
I'd go the other way.
3/4 between 2010 and 2009, but favoring 2010.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Nov 4, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Man
If he goes back to even that, the Giants could miss out on Werth or Crawford and still picked up another potent bat in the lineup.
I would love for this to happen.
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He had a pretty bad BABIP slump
.350 last year to like .290 this year.
His LD, GB, and FB %s were all about the same – though he hit a bunch more infield flyballs, which suck.
He needs to be in better shape next year, that much is obvious – gotta be able to play defense. But no reason to think he can’t improve his hitting.
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IT Guy: That’s ---
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Well, doesn't that depend
on what you make of those two BABIPs? If the .350 was the anomaly, then maybe 2010 is closer to the real Pablo.
Not necessarily
The amount of line drives he hits would seem to indicate he should be closer to 2010 than 2009.
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I hope you're right, but
A lot of his double play balls were hit like infield practice. I don’t know how much BABIP matters if he hits the ball where middle infielders are traditionally positioned in a Major League Baseball game.
His xBABIP in 2009 was about .325, for the record.
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Aren’t line drives supposed to be the least consistent of batted-ball types?
In any case, doesn’t a .350 BABIP seem unsustainably high?
I’m in for .281/.315/.442. But I would be ecstatic if Sandoval can bounce back — I can’t think of too many players I’ve ever enjoyed more than 2009 Pablo Sandoval. Come back, you jolly bastard!
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by Rick Parker (Lewis) Can't Lose on Nov 4, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
His BABIP in 2008 (albeit SSS) was .354. So right now the smaller anomaly is the 2010 season.
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If Pablo hits like he did in 09 and we somehow signed Crawford or Werth, we’d be in a great position to repeat in 2011
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Is there any indication yet
as to Bowtie’s attitude about this offseason? Double down on one of these guys with the playoff revenue boost or re-sign the core and stand pat?
Because I haven’t heard anything that would suggest to me that we’re gonna spend what it takes to get either of those two.
This whole idea of being able to 'repeat'
I love it.
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That wouldn't shock me
but I do think his troubles vs LHP will continue
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Yeah...
I think he’ll be around that.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Nov 4, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I dreamt last night that I watches Angels in the Outfield and jinxed the Giants
When I woke up I had to remind myself three times that they’d already won it all.
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by shinkicker on Nov 4, 2010 12:40 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
most surprising aspect of the Giants’ World Series run?"
That they won without any production from Sandoval.
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Also in contention should be
- Not starting Aaron Rowand every single day, regardless of other players’ performances.
- Trading Bengie Molina
- Bruce Bochy being a demigod in the Postseason.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Nov 4, 2010 12:41 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Those are really good points. I wonder who deserves credit for sitting Rowand. Did Bochy convince Sabean or vice versa? Either way, it was huge…
Or Padilla?
Breaking Rowand’s face worked out for us.
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by shinkicker on Nov 4, 2010 12:49 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Gad, I had forgotten.
It seems like Rowand breaking his face only had positive effects on his playing time in the past, though….
That was when Torres first got consistent playing time in center field, right?
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by shinkicker on Nov 4, 2010 1:03 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, you're totally right
I was just joking about how everyone seemed to think it was so great when he rammed his face into the wall with Philly.
As I recall, Scott got off a few good hits in his first game back
and boom, was a fixture right back out there in CF for a few more weeks despite regressing almost immediately.
Padilla should get a ring!
And get voted a full share.
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by pme on Nov 4, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
not with you on the last one
Bochy is a good manager – and has been for many years. Just because he has veteran love and is ever so slightly wacky with lineups.
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But I think your last sentence kinda proves the point. Bochy can be a good manager. He can also make terrible choices. I’m reminded of the mentions last winter about how the front office didn’t want to bring Randy Winn back – even as a 4th/5th outfielder – because they were worried Bochy would want to write his name into the lineup card too much.
All I’m saying is, there are things Bochy does well and things he does not so well. It was nice to see that he didn’t do those not-so-well in the postseason.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
about how the front office didn’t want to bring Randy Winn back – even as a 4th/5th outfielder – because they were worried Bochy would want to write his name into the lineup card too much.
Actually, Bochy really surprised me in the post season. He was able for the most part to overcome that veteran fetish and put the guys out there that belonged on the field.
I guess we will never know how much a hand Sabean,Tidrow and others in the FO had in that roster selection.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Not just the postseason
He benched Rowand for most of the year, and gave Renteria a lot of rest even after he came off the DL in September. Guillen was really his only Vinny Castilla this year.
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Agree with all of these . . .
And I would add Burrell actually saving everything. I didn’t expect much of anything out of him – I figured he’d start hot and fade but Bochy would keep playing him like so many of the other gritty veterans. That he actually earned his playing time? Well, that was pretty freaking surprising. And awesome.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
God, you are totally right about trading Bengie Molina. I still forget that that happened, unbelievable. And also unbelievable that he played against us in the World Series. That was for me one of the most surprising things happening all season. With Pablo, we all had high hopes, but who really thought BENGIE would be TRADED? To bring up a ROOKIE CATCHER???!!?!?! sorry for the capital letters, I’m really tired and my brain is writing in big letters. The San Francisco Giants are the 2010 World Champions. The SF Giants won the 2010 World Series.
Torres and Pablo in opposite ways definitely. Though I guess what’s most surprising to me is how late the whole thing came together. When I drove to Philly on Aug. 18 and watched them lose I had essentially no hope that they had a shot at the playoffs at all (San Diego’s losing streak was still more than a week away).
And as late as the disastrous Brewers series I still thought the odds of making the playoffs were slim. That gets you to September 19th when I really still didn’t believe. Man, am I fickle.
OT: but I’ve really been wondering this the last few weeks: who, when, and where, came up with the Fear the Beard slogan? Was it the Giants marketing people or was it viral?
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And how did Romo not get credit?
Wasn’t he the first one with the majestic beard?
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There's a story in today's Examiner.
A fan claims he started it.
Here.
technically, it first popped up with Baron Davis’ beard during the We Believe playoff run in 2007 here
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I first heard it here in 2006 in reference to Matt Morris (see http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2006/6/27/221122/814 for example). It didn’t really go viral like Davis or Wilson (this is Matt Morris we’re talking about, after all) but it was prevalent enough for me to have made this:
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by EliminateMe on Nov 4, 2010 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, I invented that?
You’re welcome, PLANET EARTH
(Note: I will not accept evidence that someone said that before me)
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This baseball thing is pretty cool
As MDizzle said, that was all Baron Davis.
Sidenote: Nothing against Wilson or Romo, but Davis’ 2007 beard was the GBOAT.
belilaugh, I’m happy for you and imma let you finish, but Brian Wilson’s beard is the greatest of all time. OF ALL TIME!
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/shoots self in face after hearing(reading?) overused meme
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Fear the Beard is pretty overused, it’s true.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Bruce Bochy
Something happened this season with Bochy, It could have been the Mattingly game, it could have been when the clock ticked to September and the Giants needed to kick it into high gear, but something happened.
He went from a bumbling buffoon who double switches in games with DH, to a maniacal genius who’s every move turned to gold.
He was infallible, every lineup change, every bullpen call, every douche bag umpire he was about to ingest with his tyrannical skull, it all worked.
In the playoffs he was marvelous, playing the right players, manipulating the rotation perfectly. I did not know what I was watching.
That was probably my biggest surprise, aside from those items you mentioned earlier.
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by scout6 on Nov 4, 2010 12:45 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
you beat me to it
at the beginning of the year would you EVER think bruce bochy would allow a rookie catcher to bat 4th in ANY lineup, let alone the WORLD SERIES?
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by sadison bummedgarner on Nov 4, 2010 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Amazing to think about
But Bochy pushed the right buttons and pulled the right strings. I do think it was the Mattingly game that changed everything for Bochy. He put a clown suit on Mattingly and the proceed to put a clown suit on every manager he faced in the playoffs.
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by 49er16 on Nov 4, 2010 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That Mattingly thing still makes me laugh
People will be talking about that situation decades from now.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 4, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
It is, perhaps, their Ruben Rivera.
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by rotorueter on Nov 4, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was there for that game. I wish I could have been there for the Mattingly game instead.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
" That is perhaps the worst managing in the history of the game"
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It makes me laugh as well
It was like Bochy pulled an April Fool’s joke on Mattingly.
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not the first time he's done it
he did it while he was in san diego, too
by Captain Leebeard on Nov 4, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Tim Wallach would be a better manager than Don
LOL Agent Ned
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precisely
that’s what I was about to write and you said it great (and better than I would have). He managed to perfection this post-season and out-managed the competition by miles. He actually made a difference and I was shocked by that.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 4, 2010 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
my friend yelled that out when we were two rows back and it was still relevant
eli turned around and looked pissed. it was awkward
let pablo buffet
by varsity shortcut on Nov 4, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck
I should really change my sig, I guess.
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the fancy stat? Number of Rings!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 4, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
How about this?
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excellent
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by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 4, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
It's always tough to give a manager credit,
because it’s tough to say if the decisions that worked out were born out of the same thought process that led to the decisions that didn’t work out.
But he should get credit for what he did, and so I agree with you completely.
SO FUCKING WEIRD TO THINK THAT… This is the same dude who pinch ran Eli Whiteside for Buster Posey and batted Aaron Rowand lead-off.
It’s always the players, never the manager. The players executing made him look like a genius, not the moves themselves. For example, having Huff bunt. If Huff pops it up it’s a bad move. Also, the bunt set up Burrell, who proceeded to strike out. Renteria then bails out everyone with his two out homerun. As for his bullpen manipulation, when everyone is pitching great, it’s not that hard.
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by rxmeister on Nov 4, 2010 3:34 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
My vote would go to Torres
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This
The Giants won without Pablo Sandoval AND Aaron Rowand (who was a decent player before cratering this season) because Andres Torres. And Aubrey Huff, but that was more predictable. The Giants are 2010 World Champions because Andres Torres. The Giants had a good defensive outfield and a leadoff threat with power, average, OBP, and speed because Andres Torres. His production made up for Sandoval, and while it was hard to imagine that we’d win without Sandoval, it wasn’t as hard as it might have been because Andres Torres. We got a six-win player in a prime position where our starter decided to pack it in. I guess my point is Andres Torres = awesome.
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by quincy0191 on Nov 4, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wasn’t Rowand actually a little better this years than last, when he was playing? I don’t remember him having any kind of hot streak last year.
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by troymccluresf on Nov 4, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
He had a pretty ridiculous hot streak for a while last year, while batting out of the leadoff spot.
by The Double Deuce on Nov 4, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I just checked out Rowand’s stats from last year and noticed that he had more games in the leadoff spot than any other place in the lineup. This is very strange to me.
Rowand was a 2.5 fWAR player last year
That’s actually above average.
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Last year was like bizarro world
Aaron Rowand was our leadoff hitter. Bengie Molina hit cleanup.
Travis Ishikawa started more games at first than anyone else, and Emmannuel Burris started the most games at second. The three guys who got the most starts in left field were Lewis, Winn, and Velez. How did that team actually manage to crack .500?
It all seems so long ago and far away…
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I was less surprised by Torres
But I guess I wasn’t paying as much attention to his background as I was the way he looked in 2009. SSS and all, I came into 2010 really bullish on him. (Although, I have no community projection to back up this claim…)
Me too
And I think that was a fairly common sentiment around here relative to the mainstream media. Most pundits didn’t know who Torres was and didn’t think that he was valuable, while myself and quite a few others were looking at him as an excellent 4th OF. I don’t think many saw him as one of the most valuable players in baseball – I certainly didn’t – but if you looked you could see the talent potential.
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My vote
That mid-season acquisitions meant to bolster our roster for the play-off run actually bolstered our roster for the play-off run this time.
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Cody Ross going fucking crazy in the LDS and LCS
After his LOLtastic route on the broken bat triple in the Colorado game, I was sure we would never hear from that guy again.
And Pablo had a big double in the NLCS so he wasn’t completely invisible; just kinda faded a bit like Marty McFly when he thought he parents weren’t going to fuck.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 4, 2010 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
especially
after Guillen as the everyday right fielder in September.
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I know its been a few days, but still
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Never heard it described like that, but I like it.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Nov 4, 2010 1:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
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by Murray, Present on Nov 4, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I still don’t see that Cody did anything wrong with the ball that went over his head. It was a broken bat. Broken bat shots rarely ever fly that far. They are taught that the first step is in on that play, and then the ball really took off. It’s a shame how it turned out, but he still takes the first step in again, and would still be proper fundamentals. Pretty sure Bochy and the other outfielders realized this.
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by Giant among Angels on Nov 4, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
This
I’ve seen this POV corroborated a lot, including by players.
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Cody was pretty good in September too
He was also pretty good in 2007-2009.
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no love for Huff?
I assumed he had fallen off a cliff in 2009 and would never get back up. And yet he was gold in 2010, probably the best season of his entire career.
A lot of people eating crow because of Huff
I loved that signing though and didn’t want the Giants to sign Nick Johnson because of his injury past.
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I wanted Johnson more than Huff
But I liked the signing too and that makes me feel good about myself. $3M for a guy with good career numbers in the AL East at a position of need? Yes please.
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I wanted Johnson more than Huff
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Nov 4, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
We can still get Johnson!
Torres CF
Johnson 1B
Huff RF
Posey C
Burrell LF
Uribe SS
Sandoval 3B
Sanchez 2B
Mmmm. .400 career OBP…
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We didn’t win the World Series by leading the league in pussy crap like walks!
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by rotorueter on Nov 4, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
/shatters everything in his body
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Johnson=Mr. Glass
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We'd have plenty of backup options
Cody in RF with Huff back at first if anything back happens – but if Johnson is healthy, he’s a much better hitter than Cody.
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I was on his bandwagon last year
but now…there is just way too much history.
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I like him better this year
buy low
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That would be great
I don’t know if his value is that *hurt * though
/pun intended
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It just depends on whose roster spot he takes up. If it’s Ishikawa’s, and we have the money for it, I like it.
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Johnson got, what, 6 million coming off a healthy year last offseason?
He can probably be gotten for 3 or 4.
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I imagine a base of around 3M with incentives
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I’d rather spend that on Uribe.
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I only want Johnson
If we’ve already secured an SS, RF, and LF. Of course.
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I would assume Huff represents the LF
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I only want Johnson
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by ringleader3 on Nov 4, 2010 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm not sure Uribe would accept that
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I'd rather give Ishikawa another shot over Johnson
Johnson would get At&T’d big time. He only has 15 HR’s in his last 641 AB’s. I think Ishikawa could do that easily with better D.
Johnson couldn’t even hang as a DH. He is damaged goods.
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Johnson's never had big power
His strength is his ability to get on base
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Risk?
For 3 million, there’s basically no risk. Marginal cost is tiny.
I’m not advocating getting Johnson if that means we can’t get a piece we really need. But Johnson, if healthy, is a really good hitter and a good defensive 1B who would do wonders for our team OBP.
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I’d rather have that $3 million in the bank to put towards Huff & Uribe contracts.
You are not being unreasonable, and last year I was totally on board with getting Nick Johnson. But after another year where he couldn’t stay healthy — ONLY TWENTY-FOUR GAMES!!! — I’ve parachuted from the Nick Johnson Party Plane.
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Johnson seems to alternate between being healthy for a whole year and being hurt for an entire year. He’s due!
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As I said, a minor-league deal works for me. That’s really zero cost. If the guy can perform and stay healthy, great — let him walk.
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
The last guy the Giants had with an OBP over .400
Was pretty good.
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LOL
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he averaged 136 G/yr
..including 2005.
Johnson has averaged 79.
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
BUT HE MISSED ONE YEAR SO OBV MADE OF PORCELAIN
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This may be semantics, but I wouldn't call Johnson a good defensive 1B
Career UZR/150 of 2.6 and in 09 when he was healthy he had a -6.8 UZR (SSS applies, but since that was coming off an injury it isn’t encouraging…)
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Sorry
You’re right, I misremembered.
Still, his OBP makes up for a lot.
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Yeah, I still want him-provided the cost is right
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Didn’t he sign with the Yanks over us because he wanted to DH last offseason?
by The Double Deuce on Nov 4, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that played a role
but he also the Yankees had a better chance to get a ring, and he was drafted by the Yankees (and I guess he felt he let them down by not panning out with them)…so with comparable $…
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Was that his elbow falling off?
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by j14 on Nov 4, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought he meant Dan Johnson at first
in either case, DNW.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Too much Johnson
yes, yes, TWSS
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 4, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Walter Johnson?
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Agreed. But I’m sure we all can conclude Ladouche choosing the DBacks was the best signing the Giants did not make. Say what you want over the extra 14 RBI he had (Huff put up better numbers in every other category), but anyone who would choose the weather over winning is a clubhouse cancer. We would not have won with Ladouche at 1B.
by JSing on Nov 5, 2010 12:20 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I didn't want Nick Jonas
I don’t care if he is a musical genius
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
3rd Hanson
at best
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I was always pretty happy about the Huff pick-up. I figured 2009 was the outlier and he could still hit. I am surprised about his defense, though. I thought he’d be slightly below average, bordering on CLANK!. He shut me up.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s true. I didn’t expect him to be much more than a league-average hitter (not as bad as he was in 2009, but nothing close to his 2008) with bad defense. I still wonder if the Giants knew about some injury or something that he had in 2009 that would have accounted for his prolonged slump.
I'd take bets on the problem being mainly mental
Huff has said a couple of times that he was falling out of love with the game. I suspect he was finding it harder to get fired up about giving 100% of his effort for another futile year. We’d all like to pretend that players give 100% at all times but it must be a killer to suit up in August for a team that’s been playing meaningless games for a month.
Given a chance to win, he really stepped up in 2010. Got to take your hat off to that.
Saw :)owski’s video today. Made me happy.
"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!"
Did you read Garrett Broshius's column?
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-diary/2010/2610888.html – great stuff.
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by GiantPain on Nov 4, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Chasing an opossum after a game with Bumgarner (he wanted to catch it and bring it on the bus).
Awesome.
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That was my favorite part, too
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Hilarious
We had a similar night after a lacrosse game in college, it just involved a raccoon instead of an opossum.
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by j14 on Nov 4, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I would not do that with a raccoon
I grant, I used to chase the local raccoons around with a broom. The adults would pry open the cat door and shove through the juveniles, who would raid the kitchen, so whenever I saw one loitering around the cat door I’d grab the old broom and give him some nice swats. But I wouldn’t do it without the broom.
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
broshuis
I’m not going to argue with him. He’s bigger than me. RT @cornerinfielder @broshuis Hahaha, he claimed that he’s a good bear hunter? #MadBum
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 4, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Great read.
48 years after his heart was broken by a Willie McCovey line out to Bobby Richardson, Charlie Brown finally has his championship.
by j14 on Nov 4, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Fanshotted!
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Great read
but kinda sad
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Nov 4, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
sad in a happy nostalgic way. those are some pretty awesome memories.
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wow, that's awesome
btw, I had a possum show up at my apartment at college, on the patio.
It was on the fence. I sprayed water on it in the hope that it would go away, worried about it coming into contact with our cats. No such luck. That fucker let out a blood curdling scream and dug into the fence. Nothing was going to move him.
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Those things are nasty. Hate ’em.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 5, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Fix'd
“…and Rosanna’s been working with the Navier-Toto Stokes equations…”
Turbulence FTW!
Pat Burrell was pretty shocking
Dude who hit like that for a year and a half in Tampa and then came here and hit .266/.364/.509
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That 8th inning homer against the Dodgers sealed it for him.
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by Soulbrother16 on Nov 4, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
San Francisco Giants: World Series Champions
Lets enjoy this today, tomorrow, for a week, maybe even a month…then lets get back to work and make another run at it.
Bochy took us all the way!
Favorite quote from yesterday. This kid came to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and he left his bubble gum in Fresno.
I think I stepped on it yesterday.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Nov 4, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
No, thats just how the pavement looks around here.
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Huff Daddy
C’mon, this guy was the real MVP of this team. No one could have predicted the numbers he put up or the intangibles he brought to the clubhouse. He is why the Giant’s were able to win sans Pablo.
by Frank Williams Forever on Nov 4, 2010 1:08 PM PDT reply actions
HAHA
And he just got Joey Votto to twitch just by whispering his name into a passing zephyr.
Now that was some epic pwnage.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Nov 4, 2010 1:09 PM PDT reply actions
Pablo/Timmy
It has to be that Sandoval had an OPS decline of 200 pts and Lincecum’s ERA increased by a full run. If you had told me those two things would happen heading into 2010, I would have predicted them to finish in dead last.
by KCE on Nov 4, 2010 1:10 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Most surprising thing?
Bochy managing a masterpiece. Seriously, everything he did worked in the postseason with the exception of starting Nate and Travis. The double switches paid off, the toggling of the lineup game by game paid off. No matter what he did seem to work impeccably.
You could even make the argument, though probably spurious, that putting in Ishi so Huff could DH let him focus on his at-bats and come in prepared to hit a first pitch home-run.
eh,
that is not what I would argue.
I would argue that those lineup changes did not hurt the Giants even if they did not help specifically.
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He was putting out LOLineups up until the last day of the regular season, though. Bochy is like a reverse Bobby Cox, where his overmanagement in the postseason worked.
by Murray, Present on Nov 4, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
There were a few more
Like starting Burrell in any WS game. But I completely agree with your point, that an abnormally high percentage of his decisions paid off.
Big ups for that. I don’t understand the folks on here who are still dismissing it. A manager’s job is to make decisions and get evaluated on the actual results… no amount of advanced rational thought saves someone whose decisions don’t work.
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Most surprising?
That the Giants could win the World Series after trading Willie Mays to the Mets for Charles Prosek Williams and $150,000 (still-not-over-it…).
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Most surprising?
The Giants winning the world series could get section214 to comment at MCC.
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It is a bit weird seeing his name here.
The good kind of weird, though.
"Thank you, Coach (Theus). I'm about to kill y'all this half." --DeMarcus Cousins
Yeah, it was a heartbreaker
But the alcoholic Horace Stoneham just plain didn’t have the bucks to give Willie the big final security Willie deserved in those low pay indentured servitude days. Joan Payson (the Whitney fortune) did and she needed the big draw for the brand new Mets. And she idolized Willie. Willie was angry at being traded—until he found out what he was going to be paid. Then he called Stoneham “The Man.” Willie came back to the Giants soon enough as “Assistant” after taking a hilarious position as casino greeter for highrollers in Atlantic City and grossing out the Commissioner. Willie could always make the plays.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
From what I've heard
That trade was for Willie, not the Giants. He wanted to finish his career in New York, so they dealt him to the Mets. I’m not sure I believe that, or even if it’s true, but it would mitigate the hurt a little if it was for him and not a baseball move.
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
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Red Thongs
Did not predict I would be wearing one 6 months after the season started.
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Rookie Production
How much this team leaned on the rookies after trading Molina and casting off Wellemeyer. The front office made changes that needed to be made that involved turning the reigns over to the future of the franchise. Especially after Bumgarner’s velocity went missing and he started the season in Fresno, I had no expectation that he would be as involved as he was. Posey and Bumgarner were just excellent. The team became a force when it went to the rookies.
I was pretty sure our rookies were better than the slop we were throwing on the field before them.
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Yes, it was the scale of the excellence that was surprising.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
My biggest surprise was Cain.
Not that we didn’t know he was good, but 0.00 ERA in the POSTSEASON good. That was astonishing to me what he did, and who he did it against.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Nov 4, 2010 1:16 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I’m surprised he wasn’t Cain’d the entire post-season.
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you guys picked wrong
went to NLCS 3 and WS 2…CAIN WINZ!!!!
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You all picked wrong
I went to NLDS games 1 and 2, NLCS games 3, 4 and 5 and World Series games 1 and 2.
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you all picked wrong
I went to one Giants baseball game all season long, cuz i live in the mid west, and it was game 3 of the NLDS. probably the best game I could have seen. absolutely amazing.
by Sandoval Stays Suckafree on Nov 8, 2010 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
He wasn’t really Cain’d per se that time. The Giants gave him fairly good run support. But then the defense and bullpen ker-ploded on him /shakes head
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When was that exact moment when you started thinking that this team has that Je Ne Sais Quoi?
For me, I want to pinpoint a single at bat which was, quite possibly, the longest 10 minutes of my life. I have always thought this team would contend, but in the back of my mind, I knew this team was flawed, and more than that, I’ve always thought that lady luck is punishing us somehow, someway, that 52 years of torture isn’t enough, there will be a 53rd year.
This at bat changed something in my mind. It was the first time that I looked at the Giants and said “you know, something might be different, because in the years past, we lose this game. We find a way to lose this game. We always do.” I expected them to lose that game. No, I KNEW they were going to lose that game.
But they didn’t. They won that game, and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Murph was talking about that AB as being symbolic of the whole season today too
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fully agree.
When I think Giants Baseball… Torture I think of that AB
by The Franchise on Nov 4, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The fattest pitch of the AB
Gets the out.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Nov 4, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
This reminds me
why does Karros hate Matsui so much?
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What AB was this again?
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http://www.baycityball.com/2010/05/16/brian-wilson-vs-kaz-matsui/
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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
Did he even finish the season with the Rockies?
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by Giant among Angels on Nov 4, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
He was with the Astros. Did he get picked up by the Rockies mid season?
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He got signed to a minor league deal, IIRC
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Yeah. Never mind.
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by Giant among Angels on Nov 4, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
That seems like a lifetime ago.
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by Soulbrother16 on Nov 4, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man
I watched that AB through my fingers. I was covering my face barely watching, I didn’t think I could finish watching it either.
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t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
to me it was Sabean not picking up Jermaine Dye mid-season
either that, or that (pretty much) everything that Sabean did work out. It was pretty amazing.
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not even sabes
goes and gets Dye AND Jose Guillen!!!
Hmmm… that is dangerously close to criticism if taken out of context. Obviously, Dye was out of baseball all of 2010, it doesn’t take a scouting genius like Sabean to go with the more solid Guillen.
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the more solid Guillen.
I’m having trouble with this phrase.
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Giants learning mid-season to win games after the 6th inning
I was so frustrated the first half of the year, seemed like the Giants would always lose if they did not lead at the 6th inning… Somewhere just before the ASB, the Giants found late inning offense. I suspect Posey’s presence in the line-up had something to do with this, his early at-bats were fantastically non-hack.
I still find it funny how there were a lot of people who wanted to get rid Torres after he started 2/22 (much if it having to do with him doing nothing in his career before 09, which many accredited to fluke, but still). If we released him, not only would we have not sniffed the playoffs, he probably would never get a real chance to play anywhere.
I went into the 2010 season
claiming that Torres deserved to be the starter over Rowand for these reasons:
1) Torres’ turnaround in the minor leagues since 2004
2) Torres’ promising 2009 SSS numbers w/ the Giants
3) Torres fit the bill as a leadoff man better than Rowand (& the Giants didn’t have a leadoff man)
4) Torres had a superior glove to Rowand
I still stuck by him when he was having a horrible start to the season, and I really didn’t understand why so many people here were so negative towards him.
I will say that he definitely surprised me this season though… I was expecting something like .260/.320/.390 with an above average glove (not WAY above average).
the Giants didn’t have a leadoff man)
And passed him this is still correct.
Remember when Torres went down with the appendicitis? The great lead off scramble of aught 10? That was a horrible couple of weeks. And even thought the Giants kept winning, it still showed how valuable he was to the team.
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IT Guy: That’s ---
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I recall being quite adamant that Freddy should lead off
Alas that that never happened. 2nd basemen must hit 2nd.
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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
what do you think the numbers are there for, anyway?
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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Weirdly..This
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Fontenot and Ross leading off while Torres was out
It’s amazing this team won games down the stretch.
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I waffled on Torres this year. I was pretty sure that he could contribute, especially with the glove, but all the projection for the Velorres platoon that we suspected might be coming screamed “NIGHTMARE”. I should have gone with my first instinct.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
Mmm...waffles
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 4, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
But not as good as pie
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speaking of pie and dessert
three twins in lower haight has ‘Giants’ ice cream – pumpkin pie and cookies. SOO GOOD.
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oblig.
WRONG
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
I’ve stayed out of this debate for two years now, but I feel the partisan rancor is becoming too much. You, sir, are out of line, and pie is, has been and will always be better than cake. I won’t have it maligned in front of me!
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
by TheLetter2 on Nov 4, 2010 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sir, your insistence on the superiority of pie will not be tolerated by me any longer. If you continue this affront to cake I will have to challenge you to a duel, please retract your libelous statements against cake at once!
I have been tolerant of this cake-mongering for far too long. I shan’t remain silent any more. If it’s a duel you want, a duel you shall have! Pie’s honor will be upheld!
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
sounds like a new signature addition!
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Guys guys settle down, please the Giants just won the World Series. No need to fight about desserts.
/munches on a brownie
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Pie and cake at 20 paces!
I shall prevail since cake is much denser than pie and will fly better at that range.
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Cake denser than pie? No.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 5, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, angel food cake is denser than apple pie.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 5, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
the cake is a lie
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
For God’s sake, both are delicious. Why do we keep arguing about this? THIS IS AMERICA!!! EAT BOTH, DAMMIT!!!
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"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
ugh, no
DNW
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Agreed. I don’t like cheesecake.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
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"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm concerned about how often we agree
What are your feelings on gumbo?
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
LOL, you know EXACTLY how I feel about gumbo, you tease!
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
but
I make my own roux
Oh wait
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
No, that’s me.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Gee, I thought you two were my friends.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Well we still like you. And hey, more cheesecake for you if we ever throw a party!
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Last line of your signature
Amusing.
"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!"
Last line of my signature
Necessary (apparently)
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m really just trying to help the newbies out
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I always have to watch my pronouns here unless I’m sure about the person I’m addressing.
"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!"
That’s pretty much the best course of action around here. I’ve definitely gotten confused on occasion.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
From now on, every day is Thong Thursday!
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL, it wasn’t like it was just you. You were just one in a long line. i figured it’s just better to make it easier for everyone.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
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I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 5, 2010 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Why do you think he's so freakinhappy all the time???
He has his cake and eats it too. And then he washes it down with pie.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
TWSS!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 5, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
ahhh
refreshing!!!
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 5, 2010 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL U
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Funniest thing?
Torres was supposed to be the lefty masher in that platoon – but he ended up hitting righties much better.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Kinsler's HR that wasn't
It was as if touched by the Hand of God (or Diego Maradona). That’s when I was sure that this team would win.
The physics of that ball not going over the wall has Issac Newton rolling over in his grave.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
Backspin's not enough
It must have hit the edge. Literally one inch farther and I’ll bet it’s out.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
the look on his face at 2b was classic- no antlers
just a sad trombone.
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 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
That the Giants learned patience at the plate
They seemed to learn that messing with the opposing pitcher’s mind was interesting and fun. They just plain became more tactical. I’m wondering how much of that was due to replacing Carney Lansford with Bam-bam Meullins?
Renteria said of Burrell’s long at-bat that it gave him the chance to see Lee’s pitches. Interesting.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Serious question here
Is that a statistically significant increase? Not trying to argue anything, just trying to get some perspective. Any increase, of course, would be welcome.
"(Christy) Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball. The first statement means the same as the second." - Damon Runyon
As a team
that is pretty good.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
let's look at players who played both 2009 and 2010
player 09 bb% 10 bb%
torres 9.4 9.8%
sanchez 1.9 6.7%
uribe 5.8 7.8%
sandoval 8.2 7.6%
schierholtz 5.2 7.9%
rowand 5.5 4.5%
renteria 7.6 7.9%
whiteside 3.0 5.7%
molina 2.5 6.3%
velez 5.2 9.1%
Ishikawa 8.3 7.5%
Bowker 5.5 6.7%
You know, I was fully expecting the difference to be due to the new players – or decent BB rate players getting more PT.
Most of the total and complete hackers either had increased BB rates (even Molina!) or no change.
Brian Sabean: Greatest GM in the history of history
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
I wuz wrong!
But I still don’t think that had a large impact considering a lot of those guys on that list didn’t play much.
Sanchez and Uribe are the only notable ones, while Sandoval got the most PAs and decreased.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I think it was more a product of different players, than players improving
Huff, Posey, Burrell and Torres played the biggest part in that.
Although Sanchez and Uribe did improve, but I think a lot of that was with Uribe’s creepy stretch where he didn’t swing.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Burrell's patience definitely made an impact
Someone on MLB Network said Burrell had the 2 biggest AB’s of the series, Game 1 when he worked Lee for a walk, and Game 5 before Renteria’s HR. They broke down Pat’s Game 5 AB and it’s pretty evident Lee lost his curve during that AB. Renteria’s sharp enough to have spotted that. Also, in both cases Burrell forced him into a high pitch inning at a point in the game when Lee was really tiring.
by e a on Nov 5, 2010 1:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Absolutely this
My wife and I were constantly marveling at Burrell’s ability to take a walk during the season – that set up a lot of good innings for us. His lack of discipline in the WS was surprising. I wonder if he was trying too hard to bring a championship to his boyhood team.
"(Christy) Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball. The first statement means the same as the second." - Damon Runyon
That I am alive to tell about it!
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Nov 4, 2010 1:38 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Man, we just won the World Series. I don’t really care about baseball right now. I feel totally satisfied—-I’m mostly just here for the LULZ now.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Me too
Since the parade I’ve had a strange sense of contentment.
For the first time in my life a baseball season was actually satisfying. In a week I may be yearning for baseball again but, for now, I’m good.
48 years after his heart was broken by a Willie McCovey line out to Bobby Richardson, Charlie Brown finally has his championship.
by j14 on Nov 4, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
The most surprising moment of the 2010 season has yet to come
It will be when Todd Wellemeyer is announced as the NL Cy Young winner
I love poking fun at Todd as much as anyone else.
I hope he ends up on a team somewhere next year.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Nov 4, 2010 2:23 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Preferably one in the NL West.
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 4, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
/signs for 7/126 with the Giants
Your 2010 World Champtions - San Francisco LOLGiants
by DividedByZero on Nov 4, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I hear the Dodgers are looking for cheap starting pitching.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Nov 4, 2010 2:55 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
We sure are.
But you used three adjectives there and I think only one is probably applicable.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Nov 5, 2010 1:38 AM PDT up reply actions
How come Matt Cain isn’t getting more credit from fans/the media across the country? Giving up zero earned runs in the post season is pretty amazing
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
I forgot
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
Cain was (again) the anchor in a sea of turbulence.
I suspect everybody will pay a little more attention to Giants’ pitching next year. I mean, Ron Washington saying “I didn’t know they were that good” or some such shit is just silly.
I think he is getting hella pimped on MLB Network
You’re probably just not looking at the right places ;p
(Also, if you stroll by pinstripe alley they have been talking about what it would take to lure him away from SF, either through trade or as a free agent when eligible)
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
I know it’s looking way in the future, but it makes me have a HUGE sad to even imagine any of our starters pitching in an opposing uniform, especially Timmy/Cain/MadBum. I want them to be lifelong giants but obviously that’s unrealistic.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
thus is the price
of actually developing talent in a farm system, rather than freeing Jason Ellisons to run free in the wild when they run out of options.
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 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I think, of all the Giants pitchers, Matt Cain is the most likely to stay with the Giants for the majority of his career.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
If Lincecum ever leaves, I hope it’s to the Mariners to bring them a championship rather than to one of those two AL East teams.
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 4, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope Brian Wilson, when he leaves, go to the Nippon Ham Fighters
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
When Wilson leaves, it will be to pursue his true calling as a ninja.
by Calum on Nov 4, 2010 3:11 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
FIGHTERS OF HAM
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
HAM MUST BE STOPPED!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 5, 2010 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
The irony is that out of all our pitchers, Cain and Madbum would be by far the best Yankee. I don’t think Timmy would handle NEw York very well.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
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The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
What makes you say that?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Both the fact that he does get emotional, whereas those that succeed in New York tend to be stoic, and because he doesn’t seem to like attention. Too laid back and all. That’s why San Francisco is perfect for him.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Maybe the 86 Mets?
they pretty much hung out in the library all the time.
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 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I never said there was a no chance. But the examples of players that melted outweigh the ones that succeeded.
And I didn’t think CC was ever that interesting.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
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The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
I still would do horrible things if it meant Swisher could be a Giant
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
I remember being pissed off the when the A's traded him away
because there was no indication he was on the block and I would have wanted the Giants all over that.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
I wouldn't be shocked if the Yankees moved him
In order to go after Werth/Crawford
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Twitter.com/gobroks
What would it take to get him in a trade?
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
Brandon Crawford maybe?
The Yankees don’t have a long term solution at SS and Jeter wants a billion year contract
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Twitter.com/gobroks
I think it'd take more than a fairly marginal SS prospect
Which, realistically, is what Crawford is. Dude has a career minor league .729 OPS.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Probably not Crawford straight up
But I could see him as the centerpiece to a deal. Maybe him and someone like Runzler and another 15-25 prospect
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Twitter.com/gobroks
I know our local media are generally not very good
but consider the difference in coverage/attention by the media of the 49ers before and after 1981. And that was coverage of Dan Bunz and Dwight Clark. Even Montana was not exactly a wild and interesting swashbuckler.
I think the days of two beat writers in the locker room after a game are more or less over.
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 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, all that attention in the World Series really got to him.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
the TV ratings were pretty low
they probably knew no one was watching.
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 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
They say that about everyone. All Yankee fans think they will just end up buying everyone every year, especially after they do something great. Do they even pay attention to the draft or anything like that?
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Nov 4, 2010 2:42 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
they did buy a lot of FAs, but the core of the team that won 4 world series was mostly home-grown. They haven’t done much recently except for Montero, although he wasn’t really “drafted”.
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
Cano is very good.
Also, signed as amateur FA… Yanks may have been willing to pay the most, or they can afford more/better scouting. Either way, there is a reason the Yanks got him and not the pirates.
Hughes and Gardner
And before the Yankees f’d with him, Joba?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
I like Gardner
he’s no Bernie Williams, who was a critical piece of that pie. I don’t know what to make of Hughes, I saw him mow down the Twins in the ALDS but he
Posada-Jeter (haters gotta hate)- Rivera- Williams really made for a strong center.
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 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Because he doesn't know how to win.
Duh
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
UNDER .500 CAREER RECORD
Trade that man for Joe Saunders!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
Funny thing about Matt Cain
He manages to get underrated by both the MSM and SABR crowd (xFIP!)
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Twitter.com/gobroks
relative lack of torture
I woke up this morning, and I was still a little shocked that the Giants won. To be honest I’d stopped dreaming about the Giants winning the World Series as anything other than a complete fantasy on par with winning the lottery.
It’s been mentioned elsewhere in the preceding days but the most surprising thing to me about the postseason was how relatively easy it was. Oh, after all of the losses except for the Game 2 NLCS loss, I had convinced myself that the Giants were going to lose that series. But that was just me being a worrier. We never trailed in a series, never faced an elimination game, and after Kaz Matsui’s AB way back in May (was that the single event that led Kuip to coin the torture slogan? — may have been a couple weeks earlier), Wilson had completely pain-free outings against the Rangers in Games 4 and 5. By god, the World Series was the easiest win after the NLDS and NLCS.
For some reason, I found each part of the playoff to be less stressful than the last. I thought I was going to die during those Atlanta games.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
The Atlanta series was the most stressful because that was the only one I actually expected the Giants to win. After that I wanted them to win but I wouldn’t have been that disappointed if they lost, unless they had a five-run lead and were like five outs away from clinching the series and then had an epic bullpen meltdown or something.
absolutely
I was totally freaked out every game in the NLDS.
After they won a game in Philly in the first part of the series, I was totally calm. OK, I backslid a little at the end there. Didn’t like going back there. Shades of 1987, just win one.
In the World Series, once game 1 was done with a Giants win, I was pretty calm. The Giants had beaten their best, which, given the superiority of the Giants pitching staff was a bonus. I thought that every pitching matchup, excecpt 1:1 favored the Giants, so to get that one was a bonus. And Lee:Lincecum is at worst a push. And I thought their bullpen had some flammable points.
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Game 7 would have been tonight
Us = absolute basket cases
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Nov 4, 2010 1:50 PM PDT reply actions
This is the best assessment I've seen of Sabean so far from mainstream media
The Lunatic Fringe (NYC (via SF))
So what is your assessment of Sabean? Did he just get lucky with this Giants team? I think most people in SF are surprised he has been the GM this long.
Klaw (2:22 PM)
He made some good moves, hired the right people, and got really freaking lucky. It doesn’t always have to be “he’s great!” or “he sucks!”
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
So it was finally our turn to be freaking lucky! I’ll take it.
"(Christy) Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball. The first statement means the same as the second." - Damon Runyon
this
Every time I hear someone complain that the Giants just got lucky or complaining that an analyst said we just got lucky I feel like we shouldn’t apologize for it. We were due. There were plenty of years since ‘54 that the Giants trotted out either the best or one of the best teams for a season and got nothing to show for it. I mean just look at the 60’s and late 90’s/early 2000’s alone— Bonds, Mays, McCovey, Marichal, Kent, Perry, Schmidt, Alou etc. etc. Those teams didn’t deserve to win at least once? About time that the ball bounced our way.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 4, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
/any future of a klaw blog getting 1500 posts for lunch menus goes out the window
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 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Has anybody tried statistical analysis of GM performance?
Like mid-season acquisition batting average? MLB WAR average for draft picks?
What does it even mean to be lucky?
In the past half century the team has had some of baseball’s greatest players and had zero World Series rings to show for it. Wouldn’t you consider this franchise to be substantially unlucky in those circumstances? Pardon me, but I think an unexpectedly productive year out of Huff, Torres, Burrell and Ross (two of whom we didn’t even have all season) kinda makes up for the lack of “luck” over the past few decades.
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
Mad Bum getting called up and actually pitching well was really surprising to me. I didn’t think he’d be ready until next season.
This. In fact, I thought he had Foppertized.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I still can’t get over that his velocity INCREASED as the season went on, to the point where he was pretty consistently at 92-94 in his World Series start.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
EXTRAPOLATION!
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
Casilla, too
Added 2mph to bring his average FB velo to 96.6; while I think he outperformed this year, I think some of that is sustainable if he can sustain those extra two feet on the fastball.
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
He definitely out-performed this year, but a 3.15 FIP is nothing to sneeze at.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
career numbers matter a lot for middle relief
Middle relievers throw so few innings that I generally regress their numbers heavily to career. Casilla’s career numbers are x/FIP around 4.4/4.3. Under normal circumstances I’d give him a teeny bit of credit and regress him to something like 4.1. But since he gained a full 2mph on the fastball, and since that’s his primary pitch, I regress a lot less. Casilla is a whole lot more interesting if I convince myself his 2010 FIP is sustainable.
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember talking to my grandpa really early in the year and telling him that we should try to get something for Bumgarner now, before he gets worse. Silly me.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 4, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Remember when
Posey collided with Sandoval in Game 2 against Atlanta? Posey was knocked out with a broken rib, and Sandoval was out with a concussion. Whiteside and Fontenot tried gamely to fill in, but that moment was obviously the end of this magical season, and games 3 and 4 were merely formalities before the off-season began.
I am surprised that I am not living in this alternate reality.
OH MY GOD
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
you too can have your eyes gouged out by a trophy
for just 5 easy payments!
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 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
HOLY SHIT
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
I’ll take eight.
48 years after his heart was broken by a Willie McCovey line out to Bobby Richardson, Charlie Brown finally has his championship.
by j14 on Nov 4, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
this says "hiiiiii!", too:
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
And to think I settled
for two shirts, a cap, and a pin when I could have had that.
by mrs. owlcroft on Nov 4, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, i just saw these on mlb.com
http://shop.mlb.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=10926542&cp=2477055
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
I think that’s all photoshop nightmare stuff until they actually make the damn things.
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
It looks nothing like him.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 4, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
This is pretty cool though
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
Needs more CREEPY ZITO
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
I wish it was Uribe or Huff instead of Sandoval
honestly, they had much more to do with this run than he did, though I still love the Panda
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 4, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck
I spent my money on a stupid tattoo.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you keep the receipt? Maybe you can return it.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Only for store credit.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions
That is awesome!
And expensive
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
I figured when this happened the Giants had a date with destiny
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12924649&topic_id=14871776
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
TWSS!
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Reply fáil
Also, TWSS
"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!"
lol
totally
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on Nov 4, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
This applies to this year as well as previous years and offseasons. My biggest surprise is Sabean holding onto all these pitchers.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Nov 4, 2010 2:13 PM PDT reply actions
Javier Lopez
Every time that man was on the mound against a lefty batter, I was more sure of an out than anything in my life.
Hard to say he was the most important aspect to the playoff run with only 18 batters faced in the playoffs…but those were all in clutch situations, and 17 out of the 18 times, he succeeded.
I hope we keep the guy, he’s one hell of a loogy
How about Romo kind of fizzling to start the playoff run and them still winning the WS?
When the playoffs started I figured, 7 strong innings from the starter + Romo + Wilson = win.
His first two poor outings put that formula at risk. I wasn’t sure they could go the distance without solid performances from Romo.
How about the team ending up only really needing shutdown performances from Romo/Casilla/Wilson in, like, two games? That was a shock to me.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
He came through in the end though
Shouldn’t winning duels against Halladay and Cliff Lee stand for something?
Not really, but Torres not being on the Breakout Player of the Year ballot is pretty stupid.
48 years after his heart was broken by a Willie McCovey line out to Bobby Richardson, Charlie Brown finally has his championship.
by j14 on Nov 4, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Im surprised he didnt get nominated for Postseason MVP
Colby Lewis over Tim? Doubtful. And thats not even because Tim is Tim and Colby Lewis is Colby fucking Lewis, its because (having only seen Lewis’ playoff numbers and remembering Tim’s off the top of my head) Tim was better in the playoffs.
Its funny because fuck the dodgers
Wow, 3 of the top 10 Plays were against the Giants
I bet there was a play better then Brauns though
Its funny because fuck the dodgers
I hear the Giants are a lock...
…for best team in the 2010 postseason.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
The San Francisco Giants have won the World Series.
That does feel good.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
Grant, who won the World Series?
I’m not sure.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
The Yankees swept the Phillies in four boring games. But at least it got great ratings!!!!!!!!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Scrooge McBuck
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 4, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
What a year...
The biggest surprise for me was having made the playoff we didn’t have a bone head error cause a complete meltdown and toss us out like soft potatoes. That infield pop-up between 3rd, home, and the mound looked like the makings of past nightmares, but the thong held strong and saved our nuts.
My real candidates:
- Giants pitching was the best in baseball despite Tim Lincecum being significantly worse than in 2008 or 2009.
- We won the NL West despite playing under pythag by 2 wins.
- The Giants went the whole year with essentially no injuries. The longest ones were for DeRosa and Rowand and probably ended up having a positive net impact. The most worrisome one was Torres’ September appendectomy, but he still recovered in time to play the whole postseason.
- We traded Joe Martinez and John Bowker for 25 innings of Javier Lopez and it was a great trade
- Giants brass had the cojones to bench Rowand, Guillen, and Zito and to trade Molina when it mattered.
- Two weeks after we traded Molina, he hits for the cycle. Not only that, but in his last at-bat, he needed a triple to complete the cycle and he got it.
- Andres Torres going from a guy who looked like he was heading for 400 at-bat career to one of the best center fielders on Earth.
- Juan Uribe can’t find one team willing to give him a multi-year deal, signs with the Giants, and hits a career-best 24 HR.
- Aubrey Huff, same story. No one else will sign him and he casually slugs .500+ for us.
- Pat Burrell gets cut by the Rays for being truly awful for a year and a half, he signs with us and hits 18 homers in <300 AB and we definitely wouldn’t have gone to the playoffs without him.
- All those stories which Giants management fed to us when we complained about the $18M Renteria deal: that he is a wily veteran with invaluable postseason experience, that he is a naturally clutch hitter and if we get to the postseason he will have a World Series-clinching hit. Those were true.
- The division-clinching run came off a Jonathan Sanchez triple.
- The division-clinching run came off a Jonathan Sanchez triple.
by sfmaynard on Nov 4, 2010 2:26 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
I just re-read this
Can I rec it again?
""I’d like to be a crossword clue one day. I want to be in The New York Times’s Sunday edition. Right now, the clue ‘Giants great’ is always Mel Ott. I want my clue to be down, not across. The down ones are usually harder. And when I’m the clue, I’ll fill it in — just that one — and frame it. " - Brian Wilson.
You’ll have to unrec it first.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 5, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I still can't believe it.
I men a triple from Bengie Molina?
you mean a single and two uncredited errors
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 6, 2010 5:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Am I the only one who thinks torture isn't over?
like next year is going to still be a bunch of low scoring close ballgames. The wait, however, is over
let pablo buffet
by varsity shortcut on Nov 4, 2010 2:26 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah, the offensive makeup of the team is _probably_ not going to change very much,
so you’re probably right on with that. Having a World Series trophy is going to take a lot of the edge off, though.
The San Francisco Giants have won the World Series!
The San Francisco Giants have won the World Series! The San Francisco Giants have won the World Series!
WOW THAT FEELS FUCKING GREAT!!
Oh wow… so many people to thank… where to start?
Thank you, Dodgers, for breaking Aaron Rowand’s face, forcing Torres into the lineup, giving him time to emerge as a force. Thank you Barry Zito for having a great first half for once, giving the Giants time to see that Todd Wellemeyer was not going to be a viable rotation option. Thank you Jose Guillen’s wife for getting Cody Ross on the playoff roster. Thank you Cliff Lee for stubbornly pounding the zone against free swingers with all the discipline of Pablo Sandoval in a candy shop. Thank you again, Dodgers, for hiring Joe Torre so that he might destroy Jonathan Broxton just in time for the Giants to abuse him. Thank you, Padres, for showing us (the fans, our team) that nothing comes easy and that close games can break you mentally, but in the same way we tear muscles. The Giants came out of those early encounters stronger for them. Thank you, Cubs, for never giving up. Thank you, Brooks Conrad. Thank you, Giants, for playing the whole game, fighting to the last pitch; for forcing a quitter and pessimist like me to shutup and pay attention to something great, something inspiring, something amazing —
The San Francisco Giants have won the World Series!
by Every6thDay on Nov 4, 2010 2:26 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
If Ross hadn’t been around, who would have handled right field in the playoffs? I’m thinking Rowand/Ishikawa platoon.
"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!"
/shift-A
Someone give me a quick rundown on the thread.
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 4, 2010 2:31 PM PDT reply actions
everybody's in the overflow rosterbation thread
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 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants won the world series
Hope Pablo goes back to 2009 Pablo
I am always right.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
- the Giants won the World Series
- I was wrong
- the Giants still won the World Series
- other people were wrong
- the Giants really won the World Series
- a few people can see through time and were right
- the Giants won the World Series
I still have a hard time with that last one.
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
oh, and on that note
It’s looking like the parade easily cracked 100k. 200,000 additional passenger trips. there were almost certainly a few extra car trips and a bunch of people who knocked some time off work. call it 250k attendees total, not all at the same time.
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
We created another thread to leave you behind.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
DAMMIT
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 4, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven't said much since I've reached Heaven
But if I were ever to adopt anything on this site, it would be Edgar Renteria’s torn biceps. Gamer.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Sorry, didn't read through everything but...
Does anyone know if there is a way to download the video from the entire parade? Is it online anywhere?
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
The CSN feed is here, I haven't watched the ABC one, so I'm not sure which is better.
http://espn.go.com/espn3/player?id=65735&league=MLB
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 4, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I yelled at you when I saw you in the parade… Montgomery and Market area.
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
awesome
so hard to hear anything though! couldn’t believe how nuts that all was
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I was the dude in the hat.
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
Giants hat, orange shirt, jeans, you can’t miss me.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 4, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
yup
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/feature?section=news/sports/pro/baseball&id=7745241
Did you guys get into the parade? I had a lousy view of people not on cable cars.
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 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep! We were walking in the parade
Craaazy stuff. Tons of pictures. I’ll upload them at somepoint
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
awesome
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 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Still my biggest post-season surprise
They clinched the LCS on the road against Oswalt after Sanchez lasted two innings.
STILL can’t wrap my head around that one.
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Nov 4, 2010 2:33 PM PDT reply actions
Jeremy Affeldt, ladies and gentlemen!
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 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd seriously consider converting him back to starting
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
That's what they are doing with Runz
so I heard
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
I'm for it there, too
A lefty who throws 94 is more likely to be valuable as a 5th starter than as a one-out reliever.
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently the reason he fizzled as a starter
Was blister issues
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Twitter.com/gobroks
really?
I always heard the Royals did more of a “this isn’t working let’s try the ’pen” thing.
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Not mutually exclusive.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
True.
The interwebs bring up a Posnanski column where he claims it was hangnails, so whatever the issue, it sounds like Affeldt isn’t suited for started. Or maybe wasn’t. Me, I’d still try. He just seems more like an adequate end-rotation arm to me for some reason. Probably it’s the velocity. Did he pitch slower when he started?
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Not sure
But IIRC he’s said before that he prefers starting
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Twitter.com/gobroks
Apropos of nothing
When he throws that hook against a lefty, it’s a beautiful thing. Starts out two feet behind the batter and ends up right down the middle.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Yeah, IMO a lefty Curveball is the prettiest pitch to watch
Affeldt’s, Dirty’s, Zito’s…
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Twitter.com/gobroks
When Ruiz lined into that double play
I didn’t think there was any way the Giants would not win the World Series. That was the illogical moment that made a logical person believe in illogical things.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Karmic payback
For the avalanche of hard outs by us in Game 5
LOL ESPN
It’s typically more of a point for clubs to seek left-handed relief help at the trade deadline, but this past summer the asking price was too high and the likes of Scott Downs stayed put. Such a lack of deadline deals made for the lefty reliever could create a better market for them this winter, as clubs put together their roster for the 2011 season and look ahead.
Downs is joined in free agency by J.C. Romero, whose option was declined earlier this month by the Philadelphia Phillies, as well as Cincinnati’s Arthur Rhodes and the Cardinals’ Dennys Reyes. Randy Flores and Ron Mahay of the Twins are also available, while Darren Oliver’s option vested for next season keeping him off the market for the first time since after the 2008 seasons.
Joe Beimel and Jeremy Affeldt are also free agents, and neither is expected to return to their former clubs.
Really?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Quit yer bitchin'
They didn’t call him Jason Affhold at least.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Did they nickname him that last year, since he led the majors in holds?
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Twitter.com/gobroks
poor Affeldt
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Affeldt could be a victim of the budget
Total salary cost and a surplus of pitchers
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
His trade value will never be higher than now
especially with the hints as to the Giants plans for the pitching staff this coming spring.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Someone should comment on the article and leave this
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=jeremy+affeldt+contract+status
How hard is it to just look up something on the internet?
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
Most Unexpected
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
The trading of Molina midseason.
Bengie appeared about as entrenched as a player could be, batting 4th, clogging bases, glomming the postgame spread…
And then POOF, gone in a puff of green smoke.
I love to remember first hearing the rumor of a Bengie trade.
Mr. O was mowing the north forty so I screamed it out the window to him. If we had any neighbors, they’d have surely called the sheriff.
by mrs. owlcroft on Nov 4, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Rather not know where that green smoke came from.
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Nov 4, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Re-Read that thread
It was a post game thread, and we heard about the trade like midway through.
Grant was also prescient in that thread:
I don’t want the Giants to lose. I want them to squeak into the playoffs. I want red-white-and-blue bunting around the perimeter of field. Maybe Huey Lewis can throw out a first pitch or sing the anthem, or something.
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/6/30/1545955/post-game-thread-ill-just-put-this
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
The surprise was that they had the guts
to put it all on Buster and trade Bengie.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Maybe they didn’t. They brought Buster up after having played for Steve Decker and presumably he vetted Buster as a competent defender. Then they played Buster for a month at first and I suspect it was both to see how he did hitting at the MLB level and to let him do so without the pressure of being an everyday catcher. If what I saw in a post-game interview with the two GMs is true, only then did Sabean get back to Jon Daniels about a trade (aparently they had discussed possibilities earlier).
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Huh?
Sabean had it set up and does the plan including a trial period? How does that mean he didn’t have the guts to do it?
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Doing something only after you are well satisfied that it will work is doesn’t require a lot of intestinal fortitude. Turning Bengie into two arms is just good sense at that point.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions
You're kidding me, right?
Making a plan, sticking to it, and handling the loose ends before they snap back at you doesn’t take guts?
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Inasmuch as the plan contains failsafes and is meant to minimize risk, no.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 5, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Most Surprising
That I still want to see “Due Date”
Freddy Sanchez stayed healthy for basically the entire season once he returned, and he seems kind of symbolic of the team’s overall good health this year. A team with a number of older players and irreplaceable pitchers seems especially vulnerable to injury, but they avoided that, with only a few exceptions that seemingly benefited the team in a roundabout way.
Jonathan Sanchez's triple
that is all
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
His bunt against the Red Sox
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Bumgarner coming out of the pen in game 6 of the Phillies series
Then shutting down Philly for two innings after already pitching just a few days ago.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
when I first read the beginning of the post
Pablo’s lack of production was one of the first things I thought of.
Others included:
-5 games, none of them 1-run wins or losses
-Beating Cliff Lee twice
-Burrell doing almost nothing to help offensively
-Earth not exploding
If you don't like Brandon Medders you're not a true fan.
You Burrell doing absolutely nothing?
I want him back next season but good God he had a nightmarish World Series at the plate
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It’s not 2012 yet, WHY would the Earth explode? o_O
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
Well, it would be a disaster if the world exploded before 2012 and before the Giants ever win a world series, right?
Warning, angry Giants fan on the loose.
Nah it would’ve been a disaster if we all woke up and the Giants were actually still playing the Padres in the last game of the regular season. THAT would be a disaster
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
I have to chuckle a little bit
Mdizzle than MHizzle.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Are you sure?
If you were separated, you probably wouldn’t know.
Think about it.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
Because that’s how they pronounce it in the song!
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh my god
this will replace all the dreams about not finishing high school
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Biggest regular season surprise: The Molina trade.
Biggest playoff surprise: The ninth inning comeback after the Hinske homerun (The Brooks Was Here was game)
I was at Turner Field and I was catatonic after the Hinske homer. I just sat there staring forward until we Ish walked and Sanchez singled. Then my friend hit me and was like we have two runners on
Most surprising to me
- Giants pitching in September: I kept thinking, they can’t keep this up and they have to keep this up so this is a problem but I WUZ WRONG!!
- Rowand getting the bench
- Pat Burrell
- Cody Ross
- That the Rally Thong actually went 20-10, just as Huff predicted
- Jonathan Sanchez hitting that triple in game 162
- Buster Posey showing emotion at the end of 162
- Pretty much anything Brian Wilson said ever
- That everything I just listed was a ‘happy’ surprise – usually there’s some negativity to be found in my posts – not this one!
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Good point on Buster. I loved seeing him slowly break out of his shell and show more and more emotion as the year went on. His celebrations got progressively more awesome too, I loved him in the WS Game 5 running to Wilson all zig zaggy and looking excitedly back and forth from Wilson to the dugout.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
Yeah. It’s not that the guy doesn’t have emotion or doesn’t care, it’s that he’s such a professional about his work. He chooses when to let it out. I look forward to seeing more of this out of him :)
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Was there anything that happened this season that wasn't surprising?
That to me is quite surprising.
by Calum on Nov 4, 2010 3:18 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
The Giants as a team grounded into the most double plays of anyone in the National League
that was not very surprising.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
Eh?
Usually the team that leads the league in DPs has a pretty OK OBP.
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Usually... but
Giants 2010 regular season OBP .321 = 19th in the majors.
by Calum on Nov 4, 2010 3:37 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Matt Cain was a dependable workhorse and was underappreciated by everyone but Giants fans.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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Wouldn’t Giants fans appreciating Cain be surprising?
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With the exception of a few loonies, I think Giants fans have generally appreciated Matt Cain.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Well, at least it’s safe to say that the developments with his hair was quite surprising.
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For all the talk about 3rd starter at best
He’s at least in the top-20 starting pitchers in all of baseball.
Matt Cain
Tim Lincecum
Felix Hernandez
Adam Wainwright
Roy Halladay
Roy Oswalt
Cliff Lee
CC Sabathia
Jon Lester
Justin Verlander
Dan Haren
Zack Greinke
Mark Buehrle
Tim Hudson
Ubaldo Jimenez
Jered Weaver
Cole Hamels
Clayton Kershaw
David Price
Chris Carpenter
Am I forgetting anyone?
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 4, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Buckholz?
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I’d kind of like to see him have more than one good year before he goes in the “Top 20 in baseball” category. Same with Latos, Tommy Hanson, Jaime Garcia, Colby Lewis, and CJ Wilson.
A few more that I thought of that probably belong are Josh Johnson, Liriano, and Gallardo.
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 4, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh wow, forgot those three. They’re definitely up there. Beckett too. He only had one bad year.
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Jonathan Sanchez?
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It’s going to be so cool in 20 years when they bring all these guys back for a special reunion game or something.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Very true
It’s almost impossible for me to imagine what some of these guys will look like in 20 years
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Buster will probably look like he’s 21.
I'm still in the old thread.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 4, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know . . . that joke about catchers aging fast seems to actually be pretty true.
But I wouldn’t mind if Buster always looked like a boy-hero. He’s just so adorable. I’m sure I would have been crushing on him 10 years ago.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Almost makes me tear up
And we’re still 20 years away from it
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"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
What I was most surprised about:
1. The clutch hitting, considering how lackluster the offense was in the regular season.
2. The starting pitching and bullpen. Yeah, I knew they were great overall, but considering how young it was, that’s just not supposed to happen.
3. Edgar Renteria. I don’t know how he did it, but I think he found the fountain of youth or something.
4. Beating Cliff Lee TWICE. Does it get any better than that!?
5. Beating all other stud pitchers.
Warning, angry Giants fan on the loose.
I for one can’t believe that I went to a World Series game. Really.
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Yay
I used to hate living in a Dodger market. Now, it is AWESOME!!! The best surprise for me is seeing all the Dodger fans look at my cap. They. Look. Defeated.
by officemike on Nov 4, 2010 3:40 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
This was my ultimate dream, except in basketball form. Then they won championships the first two years I was down here and now I’m just numb inside.
But you can be damned sure I will play the Giants card (it’s all I’ve got).
yaaay
it feels yummy, can’t wait to rub it in at their opening day (against the Giants no less!)
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your handle is yummy
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Yes
I am getting so many hate stares with my hat. Can’t wait for opening day.
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Before I even read your answers
The two things that immediately popped into my head were Andres Torres and Pablo Sandoval. To me, they’re basically a tie on the improbable scale. Coming in somewhere behind them would be Burrell. I really, truly thought he was done when the Giants acquired him in May and that’s probably still part of why I wouldn’t be too sad if they let him walk now. I just don’t really believe that we didn’t have some sample size wonkiness going on with him.
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 4, 2010 3:41 PM PDT reply actions
Did we or anyone have any explanation for the huge fluctuation in Huff's production?
Burrell blamed DH, Torres ADHD, panda ice cream. Huff wasn’t hurt or anything, so what happened?
while we are at this, I don’t know what happened to Uribe in ’07 and ’08 either.
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
BABIP slump?
Huff had a bad BABIP and was probably slumping otherwise. Confluence of factors.
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Rally Thong?
Seriously though i think it’s because he was playing for a contender and wasn’t stuck in the doldrums of a losing team in a city that didn’t even care about the team. I think that might have charged him up a little bit.
I don’t know how that explains Detroit in 2009 though.
Didn’t he say something about his conditioning during the offseason?
by kingofthacove on Nov 4, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Huff made a big deal about how he’s always performed better when happy. He kept talking about how he was miserable stuck losing to the point of considering retirement. I don’t know how many people on this board would put stock in the intangibles of “happy = obp” but that’s the only thing I really could come up with, and seeing as it came from Huff himself, I tend to believe it a little more.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
Game 3 in Atlanta
In the 8th inning I was convinced that it was over and this was another painful, win game won, lose the series postseason. Before the playoffs I thought they would win it all, but after that home run, I thought I was wrong.
Before that there wasn’t a moment where I thought we would win so much as 18 moments? or was it 21? The 3 runs or lower streak. That really cemented in my mind that they would be incredibly tough to beat in any series.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Nov 4, 2010 3:55 PM PDT reply actions
And I just realized this probably belongs in another thread. LOL.
The most surprising aspect of the season, to me, is most of Sabeans bandaids worked after such a huge failure going into the season. He caught lightning in a bottle and isn’t likely to repeat this success again. Burrell being dropped by a first place team? Posey? Ross was a happy accident and had Guillen not screwed up, wouldn’t have been a factor.
I hope Sabean doesn’t overdo it this offseason. His path is pretty clear, methinks.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Nov 4, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
most surprising thing to me during the playoffs
Was the poise of Madison Bumgarner throughout the playoffs. Every single time i thought that the pressure would be too much, and that he would get shelled, he pitched absolutely outstanding. Even game 4 of the NLCS, i felt that he pitched better than Blanton and Bochy should have left him in. I will always remember World Series game 4 for the absolutely unexpected and historic pitching performance by MadBum. Also, the relief outing in Game 6 in Philly.
if anything
he pitched better later. I wasn’t worried about him in G4 at all. I didn’t expect what he did, but he was nails in Philadelphia and I think he and Posey are great together.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I was always expecting him to have a breakdown
but he didn’t. He will now go down in Giants and MLB history.
Actually that applies to the whole team. The fact that they didn’t choke. That’s the most surprising thing. They had so many chances to just choke and give up, and they never did. From Opening Day through to the Cruz HR, there was always the expectation in my head that this couldn’t actually happen. But it did.
Posey, MadBum, and Cain all seem like they're 100% on the same page
which is great because that’s a pretty awesome page
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 4, 2010 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Just looking at this list
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/ben_reiter/11/04/reiter.50.free.agents/index.html
The FA markets drops off pretty quickly after top 10…
Dunn is interesting …
Uribe ahead of Jeter
Awesome
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That’s unpossible!
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Best parts of the article
1. Jeter wanting a six year deal
2. AJP seen as the best fit for the Dodgers. Please yes, please yes. please yes.
Given the way the Dodgers are heading into next year, Pierzynski really would be perfect. Plus we would get plenty of chances to boo 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!"
but but but...
The season won’t be the same without “Suck it, Russell Martin!”
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 4, 2010 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
that would make for epic booing and hatred
Pierzynski, Casey Blake, Kemp, Padilla, Broxton… barf.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
He fits in well with the Dodgers
I hope they sign him and not VMart (who I believe they’ll really go after)
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Too much money
And would block Belt.
There are a lot of buy-low candidates with good career numbers who would take a 1-year deal and play 1B for us. That way we’d have Belt as insurance. Derek Lowe, Berkman, Nick Johnson, etc.
I think we SHOULD get one of those guys and start Belt in AAA.
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avoid Dunn
we would do better to spend our money on one of the 6 positions that doesn’t potentially have a solid homegrown player (I make an exception for Huff because he could conceivably play left and I just love him)
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 4, 2010 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm
Burrell is below Ramirez. Not sure what I think of this.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed. But I think Manny is only useful at this point as DH. So I’m trying to figure out if only DH is more useful than can hit like a DH but not actually DH but can play 6 innings of outfield. So my brain kinda hurts.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, 38 vs. 35. I realize it’s only a 3 year difference, but it’s a big 3 year difference to me.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, 34, since Burrell won’t really be 35 until next postseason.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Johnny Damon?
Huh.
"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!"
A little late on this one but I forgot to make this point here
During game 5, at one point FOX put up a graphic and Joe Buck said “when the Giants last won the world series in 1954, there is no major league team west of the Mississippi”.
Of all people, how the FUCK does JOE FUCKING BUCK, son of JACK BUCK, not know that St Louis, Missouri is WEST of the MISSISSIPPI!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!
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NONSENSE
they’re the best at what they do
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which is very little, apparently
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seriously
I’d rather have CBS’, like, 9th announcing team in the NFL over any single one of Fox’s announcing crews.
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FOX’s 3rd NFL is pretty good: Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan
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I liked Matt Vasgerian and his partner when they did 49ers games
by Murray, Present on Nov 4, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
He got annoying after awhile, but compared to the current crop he's jon miller
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no
no no no. Holy shit. You don’t like Duane Kuiper but you think SAM FUCKING ROSEN AND TIM FUCKING RYAN ARE “OK”?! Are you serious? Sam rosen sounds like he’s drunk half the time! He screams at totally wrong moments and does. not. understand. the. game. At all.
And Ryan..holy shit he is such a meathead douchebag.
In all seriousness, they are probably the worst of the bunch. Well, they’re all awful actually. It’s impossible to pick a “least terrible”
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Sam Rosen is kind of boring at handegg from what I've heard
but he’s great at hockey, or used to be with John Davidson.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Just keep Gus Johnson out of MMA
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
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He’s probably the least popular NFL broadcaster.
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He's fine in some roles
but when he does commentary for Strikeforce…awful. And he couldn’t have handled Mayhem Miller being jumped any worse
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Wow, you are really bad at picking good announcers
Gus is exactly what an NFL announcer should be. He is fucking awesome.
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I have watched some awful, awful football games (usually involving the Bills) just because Gus Johnson was announcing them.
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 4, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
yes
yes. He makes ANYthing watchable. The guy is fucking AWESOME.
Also, as Bill Simmons has repeatedly pointed out, EVERY game Gus has called this year has turned into one of the most exciting games of that week. He’s making it a betting strategy- the dog will ALWAYS cover in those games.
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Agree on Gus
But, if Simmons is jumping on it, that trend is almost certain to stop.
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 4, 2010 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know what kind of blackmail evidence Cosell had
over Roone Arledge, but it must have been good to keep him on that long.
I always thought Merlin Olsen was a great FB announcer and he just disappeared one day. Dick Enberg was really good with him; I always expect to hear his voice for AFC West games. Or would, if I watched handegg anymore.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 4, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You sure have reading comprehension problems. I didn’t say I thought he was bad. I said he’s the least popular NFL announcer. Too loud for a lot of people in a poll I read.
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If by ‘what they do’ you mean ‘suck’, then we are in complete agreement.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
The 2010 San Francisco Giants have won the World Series.
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by deuce deuce on Nov 4, 2010 4:54 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
The San Francisco Giants have won the 2010 World Series.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
2010 San Francisco Giants: FUCK YEA!
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
by deuce deuce on Nov 4, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Random thought:
Remember this?
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/11/5/1117760/hate-the-yankees-not-baseball
“Winning a single championship would warm my heart for decades. Decades. I just want one. Can you please just give us one of your 27, you greedy, imperialistic bastards?”
This is still basically true, for me at least
sorry franchise, but I’m set for life
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Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Nov 4, 2010 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
/cackles gleefully
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
To date
The Giants have won more games than the Yankees
The Yankees have never had a player get 3000 hits in their uniform
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
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Jeter will
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Over the next 6 years, he better
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Well, well, well
Lookie what just came in the mail!!! Why it’s Mr. Merope’s latest edition of Sports Illustrated. And, why, who is that on the cover?!?!
/passes out
I purchased this: https://subs.timeinc.net/SI/si_bk_mlbchamps_2010.jhtml?experience_id=306411&source_id=3&requestid=1270942&requestid=1270942
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Awesome
I’m waiting for those cheezy SI ads to get you to subscribe by giving you stuff relating to the WS champions…
I'm going to Benihana for dinner!
Yet all through dinner I’m going to be stressed and checking twitter every minute to see if the Giants are stupid enough to pickup Renteria’s 10M option.
Get here sooner, opening day.
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extrabaggs
The Giants declined their $10.5 million option on Edgar Renteria. The World Series MVP gets a $500,000 buyout instead.
Does Baggs follow you on twitter, jct? I think he was worried about your dinner plans.
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
lol
yay i can enjoy dinner!
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
also, is Benihana something to get excited about? Are you Don Draper, and this is the 60s, or something? =)
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'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
hibachi grills are ALWAYS something to be excited about
they rule
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11/1/10
I’m not a huge fan, but maybe I’m spoiled by good asian food. To me, everything just tastes overly of garlic, sake, and soy sauce to the point of where it gets to be too much.
Hibachi is for the “show” aspect imo, the food quality is mediocre.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
Are you insane??? There’s no such thing as TOO MUCH garlic in Asian cuisine. It’s what makes it so good. That and it’s not like you can really taste it. You just know it’s there.
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
Yes, there is. And trust me, being Filipino, I have a ridiculous love and tolerance for garlic. But hibachi is overkill and it doesn’t taste like good Asian food.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
Dude, have you SEEN how much garlic is used in adobo? Or any Filipino dish in general? It just add that va-vav-voom needed. But yeah hibachi is a tad overkill. To me, they’re like a Rich Man’s Panda Express. Kinda Asian…but not really. But their Fried Rice is pretty kick ass…not gonna lie
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
Pointing out I was Filipino and love Filipino food was exactly the point – I love garlic, even to the point of a lot of it.
Even their fried rice isn’t good, at least at the last few places I’ve been to – it’s pretty over oiled and over soy sauced. Like I said, you’re paying for the show, not the food, and if you want good food you should be going elsewhere.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
I think the problem is you pick shitty places to go
because I’ve never had that problem. And the food was amazing.
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11/1/10
nah
the food is fucking amazing.
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Thanks to roger
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11/1/10
No but I have a 30 dollars gift certificate to use!
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
did you know the chefs have to go to special Benihana School
to learn how to do the shrimp flip and the onion volcano things?
by Murray, Present on Nov 4, 2010 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve still never been to Benihana’s. In fact, I’m not sure I’ve even seen a Benihana’s restaurant before.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
until the check comes then it's
holy teriyaki, what a rip-off.
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 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
My experiences are hit and miss
It depends on the chef and also what you order.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
A little bit overpriced.
But the food is pretty good, especially their tempura green tea ice cream.
Warning, angry Giants fan on the loose.
David better get cranking
He turns 40 next year, putting him out of the running for that medal.
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Timmy's Turnaround
I can’t emphasize this enough. I was blown away by how he essentially reinvented himself mid-season after the first difficult stretch of his entire career. Who does that? Who does it so effectively? It usually takes years for pitchers to make effective adjustments after losing velocity. He was unbelievably terrible for month. Then, he found a new pitch, regained control of his fastball, and pitched some of the best games of his life.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
tim does that
that’s why he’s so good. I don’t think it should be a surprise that one of the best pitchers in the game turned back into one of the best pitchers in the game..I bet if you looked at the career of any all-time great, you’d find really really bad stretches of a few starts.
Not to crap on your point..just sayin
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A loss of velocity and control at age 26 looked much more alarming to me. If he was still throwing 92-94, but had lost movement, or maybe a little command, that would’ve been one thing….
But he was almost infinitely ineffective.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
Point being this type of adjustment is, IMHO, incredibly rare.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
IDK
I guess you could say that. I personally thought too big a deal was being made of it at the time..
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We really wouldn’t know if Bob Gibson (or Carl Hubbell or Bob Feller or whoever) ever had five starts with bad velocity though. There’s just so much more information out there today that it’s easy to say something is unprecedented when really we’re not drawing on nearly as much history as we think.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
Every time I just read "the giants have won the world series"
and stop to think about it for a minute…wow. That is a good feeling right there. That is incredible.
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11/1/10
I saw the SI cover and everything
but you’re right. That coulda been shopped pretty easily.
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11/1/10
TIMMEH
or edgar.
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
actually
yeah, probably since he won ROY. Or something..
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I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
The Giants open the 2011 (at least in the US) in LA
Too bad they don’t open at home vs. the Dodgers. The ring ceremony in front of them and the LA fans that will show up at AT&T would be great.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I think I downloaded that from Sean Cody once.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
So you know. I don’t know what that is.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I could google it but I may regret that.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
It’s a gay porn site. Again, a tasteless joke that seemed a lot funnier in my head than in the actual execution. I regret it.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
Anyway, I’m on McCovey Chronicles all the time. I wouldn’t have time if I was interested.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
No, no. I totally understand. As I said, it was a poorly-planned reference and I do regret having made it. I hope we’re cool.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
Okay, I was worried I’d upset you, which made me feel just awful.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
I actually would have expected more from jim than you. He seems more of porn guy than you.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
And I’m apparently a smut peddler. My, how the tables have turned this year.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
I can attest to this!
And for the record, SF Guy, I had no idea who Sean Cody was either. And then I googled it and the description under the 1st link was enough to tell me what it is.
Sometimes it’s nice to have descriptions for links.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I really didn’t intend to offend anyone.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
Howie once dropped an Empornium link back in the day, and I made him a mod.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 4, 2010 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
You recently implied that Howie may or may not have been getting it on with his pet bird back in the day and you’re the overlord.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t imply that he “may not have been.” That’s ludicrous.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 4, 2010 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a response written to this but I didn’t know how to make it work without the phrase “tongue and cheek” and I think, given where this conversation is going, that would be dangerous.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Fine! YOU WIN!
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, I just realized this said EmPORNium and not Emporium.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I worked at the Emporium for two holidays/summers!
/foldfoldfoldfold
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 4, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Not only do I remember Emporium from when I was little, I remember walking by the old I. Magnum with my mom in downtown Oakland!
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
‘Magnin’
I love that building. I think it houses startups now.
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Eporirum Capwell?
I shopped there all the time, long ago.
Purchased a shirt to go over my shirt, and pants with suspenders that were not meant to be used as suspenders. Rather, they would follow along behind me.
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LOL!
No one is offended! We’re just surprised. It is more of a jim thing to do. Either way it was kinda funny.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Good God, seriously? I’m not that sheltered. And I’m not 12 years old.
Anyways, I just want to forget this whole thing happened.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
The South’s tender, flaky crust. I think he’s angling for Key Lime.
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
sounds delightfully biscuity
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you're very embarrassed
it’s quite charming. Pretty much all of us have posted something we regret, but since no one reads each other’s posts, no one remembers.
Except for that smutpeddler howie, who I think even posted a dirty picture last year and then pretended it was a bad link. For shame.
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 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL CHAMPION OPENING ON THE ROAD
That is a fucking disgrace.
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1) Game 3 of the NLCS. The lowest and highest point of the season for me (besides that other thing that happened a few days ago, I forget).
2) Cody Ross’s name being Ssory Doc backwards, and none of the contending AL East teams (read: Braves, Phillies) realizing this when he was on waivers.
3) Jeremy Affeldt bailing out Sanchez and maybe the season. I was screaming at Bochy when that happened, I thought he was conceding the game.
4) The Giants winning down the stretch. My Bay Area sports mentality made me think they would choke it away. The last game was huge, but I knew we had that playoff thing if we lost so I didn’t have as big a sense of urgency on some of those 9 games left in the seasons games, when I was praying for any kind of a cushion.
Honorable mention:
Renteria’s homer (not number 1 because I was pretty hopeful he would get a hit, he’d been having a good series, though the length of that hit was shocking.)
Sanchez’s snowcone catch (It took that long for me to realize that, for once, we were making the unbelievable, team of destiny plays that would completely swing the game if they didn’t happen to some other team. I don’t know why it didn’t hit me until then, but the NLDS and NLCS were too early, only during the WS did I realize that we were that team.)
by belilaugh on Nov 4, 2010 5:53 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I think he's calling it quits for good.
His body is giving up on him.
Warning, angry Giants fan on the loose.
I hope he does. Better to go out a winner… but the whole winning thing can really screw with your decision making abilities. YEAH I’M LOOKING AT YOU BRETT FAVRE!
How cool would it be to tell your grandkids
“My last at-bat ever, all I did was hit a 3-run homer that won the World Series. Yeah, I did that.”
by Murray, Present on Nov 4, 2010 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
A lot better than
“Everybody got to see my small pasty junk”
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Brett Fav-re reference?
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
it sure has a funny way of showing it
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
by slackersphere17 on Nov 4, 2010 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
He was playing with a torn biceps… that can’t be fun. It makes his performance all the more amazing though.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 4, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Remember him like this
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Nov 4, 2010 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is your desktop background isn’t it?
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
Who's all in that pic
Edgar, ARod, Jeter, Tejada & Nomar?
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
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I’m trying to figure out the purpose of this photo. Why are they shirtless?
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
It was for a Sports Illustrated article about young shortstops. Not sure why they’re shirtless though…
IIRC the story correctly, one of them was like, “hey, let’s take off out shirts” and then the others didn’t want to back down from the challenge. Unfortunate, because not a single one of them does anything for me.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
They had to hide Edgar in the back… he is not a statuesque man.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 5, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
No Tejada. It’s (going clockwise from Edgar) Renteria, Rey Ordonez, Derek Jeter, A-Rod and the bad Alex Gonzalez
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Rey Ordonez
Forgot about that guy
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
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Dude could pick it. Loved watching highlights of him.
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Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 4, 2010 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I remember being a really good defensive SS
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
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I kept that issue of SI for many many years. It enthralled me during my teenage years.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 4, 2010 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
It seems like such a buzzkill with these deadlines so close to the end of the WS
adios and thanks for winning it Rent.
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 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
One Last TIme
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 4, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
never forget
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Rally Gar image will be missed
So will three run home runs in the world freakin’ series.
Generally, I think players should play as long as anyone out there will pay them and they still like their job. In this case, though, I just think it would be so damn cool if Edgar retired. Seriously, if he did and wanted to coach or something, I think the Giants should instantly make him their Latin version of JT Snow and just send him around the minor leagues teaching the young kids.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 4, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
The beginning of a dynasty? Maybe this is our decade.
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
Reminder
Brian Wilson is supposed to be on the Tonight Show this evening.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Ooooh that’s right. I’m always in bed asleep by then. I’m assuming there will clips up on the intertubes tomorrow?
You probably can go to NBC.com and check out the entire interview tomorrow.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
we hope so
I hate Leno and Willie will probably be late anyway.
Also, when we flipped through the on-screen guide the description said “Tonight Show. Anne Hathaway, Brian Wilson”, and we both started laughing. This just gets more and more surreal as we go along, I thought it would start stabilizing after the parade.
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 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Shift-A
The SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS ARE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!
It’s still sinking in, but that’s to be expected given my thick skull and 40+ years of watching the Giants not being World Series Champions, but I know it’s true that the SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS are WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!
"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.
New Baggs
But Giants GM Brian Sabean made a little news on a Comcast SportsNet Bay Area talk-show segment an hour ago, saying his understanding is that Renteria wants to play and there’s a possibility that the 35-year-old could return in a part-time role.
"We have to keep an open mind because the free-agent class isn’t very sexy," Sabean said. "It’s certainly very short and not at all appealing at the shortstop position. So we’ll see. He still apparently wants to play but there’s plenty of time given the fact we’re not picking up the option and he’d be more of a complementary player."
Sabean said the club would make thongtastic first baseman Aubrey Huff an offer in a "short amount of time." Sabean added that he’ll "certainly be in discussions" about re-signing infielder Juan Uribe, too.
Sabean said the Giants already have talked to Huff’s agent, although Huff mentioned that he was changing representation and could even do the job himself.
"He’s not in a hurry yet," Sabean said. "He does want to return. There is mutual interest. But we have to decide what we can predict or expect out of Pablo (Sandoval), which is a little difficult, where he’ll play on the field. Aubrey being versatile, which he showed us, is invaluable. We’ll figure it out, but in a short amount of time, we’ll be making him an offer."
And apparently Sabes will be having a presser tomorrow to talk about Pat the Bat and other things.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Do you know what time the presser will be?
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
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Nope
Sabean and Bruce Bochy will meet with reporters tomorrow and they’ll be hit with a much wider range of questions. Will they have any interest in bringing back Pat Burrell? What about the innings load on their starters? How about an Evan Longoria-type contract for Buster Posey? I’ll post their answers here as soon as I can.
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I hope they’ve told Bumgarner not to even think about touching a baseball for six weeks.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
As long as he doesn't go out and get married again, we should be fine.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
CHASING OPPOSUMS
I wonder if that was a euphemism.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
So that’s what the young people are calling it these days…
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
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He wanted to capture it and bring it back on the bus.
Hm.
by wcw on Nov 4, 2010 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
no more sisters available to die tragically at age 38
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11:00 a.m.
I know because I’m a member of the media.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 4, 2010 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn I have class then
I guess I’ll just read Baggs twitter during class
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OMG YOU GUYS
Preview clip of Wilson on the Tonight Show is up!!!
http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/fear-the-beard-&-machine/1258182?__source=tnt%7Chome%7Cfeatured%7Crecent
(Spoiler: The Machine is discussed and may or may not make an appearance)
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 4, 2010 6:56 PM PDT reply actions
omg
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 4, 2010 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Can’t wait to watch it.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 4, 2010 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
If that’s Pat, and I’m pretty sure it is, he’s kinda let himself go.
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
Cheating the game!
"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 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
i think the original machine might have been Pat, but I doubt that one is.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
My thoughts exactly
"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 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, there’s no way that’s Pat. Not with those chicken arms.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Downs made an appearance on Cheap Seats once
"I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
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Replacement for Pat?
Must be Nate, then.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Giants themed frat party at Cal
Sat. this is great
"I ain't havin it!"
Which frat?
Not that I’m going, I just wanna know who to be proud of
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to hate Sigma Pi when I went there. Although I used to hate most frats when I went there.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions
And looking at the wall for that event, it appears the SoCal group will be in full force, Dodger/Angels gear and all.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL. Imagine him doing that little performance every time he got an extra-base hit.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Texas has that whole frontier and wildlife thing going…
What do we have that would make a good on-field gesture?
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I wish I had good photoshop skills
I really wanted to photoshop Posey with a rifle in full camo leaning over a would be basestealer after he was “taken down”.
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Claw = something good offensively
Antlers = fast
Basically, Bengie just got the Claw occasionally and the Antlers only as a joke.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure he saw the antlers after his triple.
This won’t get old for a while.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=9969169
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Somewhat amusingly, the triple was off of Ramon Ramirez.
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 5, 2010 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Coincidence?
Anyways, I want to watch the ESPN “highlight” of Molina getting thrown out at home plate. As offensive as it was, it was still pretty damn funny. Too bad I can’t find it.
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lulz
that’s because none of those things happened.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 5, 2010 6:34 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Cliff Lee refusing to do the Claw in game one.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
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It just occured to me
I was watching espn classic of the 97 series yesterday and the broadcast team was bob costas and bob uecker. Talk about a downgrade! Buck and McCarver! Jeez! Needless to say the two bobs were awesome.
ok so rent might come back
but I’d rather see uribe, he said Sandoval could be at first. That would be fine if he started hitting again
CF Torres
2b Sanchez
LF Huff
C Posey
RF Ross
3B DeRosa
SS Uribe
1B Sandoval
P
Sandoval would move up if he loses weight and hits again
Hm..
DeRosa isn’t a huge step down from Sandoval in terms of third base defense.
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He is a step down though. And is he really a good bet to hit much better than Pablo did this year?
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
He’s less like to hit into a rally-killing GDP.
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Actually, DeRosa had a crazy GIDP pace this year while he was playing. He grounded into 6 in only 26 games this year. That’s a pace of 35 per 152 games (the number of games Pablo played this year, during which he grounded into 26.)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Also
Pablo grounded into only 10 double plays in 2009. I really don’t understand why what is clearly a crazy flukily high number of double plays from him in 2010 is being taken as the number we should project him to ground into next season.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Because, let’s see, he had a defective wrist over a brutally small sample size?
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
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And what makes you think the wrist is going to be magically back to 100% next season?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It doesn’t involve magic. It involves the correct surgical procedure (which he finally got, per reports) plus recuperation and re-strengthening time (which he’s had in spades).
There’s a much higher likelihood that DeRosa recovers 90% of his pre-injury form than Sandoval recovers 90% of his 2009 production.
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But 90% of Pablo's 09 is muuuuch better than 90% of DeRosa's production.
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I am confused
When did we all decide that one of our most patient/powerful hitters for most of last season was expendable?
BRING BACK PAT.
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Torres CF
Sanchez 2B
Huff 1B
Posey C
Burrell LF
Uribe SS
Ross RF
Sandoval 3B
If we don’t get Werth or Crawford or a 1B which shifts Huff to RF, this is the lineup I want to see.
My Son
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Bench
Fontenot, DeRosa, Whiteside, Rowand (if not traded), Schierholtz
Sorry Travis.
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And you start Belt in AAA
If Burrell or Huff or Ross are struggling ’round the all start break, you call up Belt and never look back.
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I actually think that these guys should get a chance to compete for playing time.
I wouldn’t put money on them, but part of what made this team so good is that so many players played their way on to the roster, and the team was truly a meritocracy. Bochy’s decisions down the stretch couldn’t really be questioned—if you play well, you play.
One thing I would change
Is get a more legit back up. Gerald Laird would be my first choice.
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Whiteside isn't terrible
but if Bochy is going to be tempted to play Posey 162 games, another option would be good.
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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 5, 2010 6:36 AM PDT up reply actions
these guys are killing me
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You’re on the east coast, I see.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
unfortunately yes
but this time it serves me well because i dont have to wait 3 more hours to see b weezy
It’s the 8th inning of game 2 !!! I’m barely going to make it through this abbreviated game, no way I’m staying awake for Leno. I’m counting on you all to have a super nifty link posted sometime tomorrow. [Along with 18 fanshots and 32 fanposts on the topic.]
Pretty happy with what’s goin on right now: game 2 replay on the main screen, with Leno on the PiP.
GITP:: Rowand The Renteria Game Logs!
Wilson coming on to Leno now. I’ll forgo spoilers though for the West Coasters.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
definitely worth catching it
Matt Cain, "You can call me Aaron Burr BY THE WAY I'M DROPPIN' HAMILITONS!"
Nice to me u all
New to the site, big time noob lol. Good to talk baseball with other fellow GIANTS fans.
Jonathan Sanchez and Madison Bumgarner
both had better ERA’s than Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum.
Season’s over. Giants = World Champions
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Now we can all play Where's Natto?
Don’t know if this has been posted, since search is broken again, but for anyone who braved the Civic Center crowd yesterday, the newest Tagoramic images are up on mlb.com
My adopted Giant got shipped off to Pittsburgh, and it was worth it.
by rightcenterfielder on Nov 4, 2010 10:52 PM PDT reply actions
for some reason i am watching angels in the outfield
flawless movie tbh
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the original I suppose...
lol Disney
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by natteringnabob on Nov 5, 2010 6:36 AM PDT up reply actions
There's a first for everything.
Testing my first sig.
There's a First for Everything: Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History
everything about this is perfect
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god i hate matt latos
just venting. i hope he’s sulking somewhere.
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That reminds me – I had a Choco Taco at the parade!
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 5, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: pretty sure PiKA is drunk
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 11:42 PM PDT reply actions
Hey, it’s been a while, I’m gonna enjoy this.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Since the Giants are the champs
Do they get the first ESPN game as is tradition? Or do we see Yankees again?
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I will go insane if they show the Yankees.
ESPN: There are other teams in the league, you know! Better teams!!!
It's supposed to be them
But somehow I think ESPN will completely forget the tradition and book Yankees/Red Sox
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 4, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
actually
I’d prefer that to having to listen to national broadcasters instead of Kruk and Kuip for TV.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 5, 2010 6:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Is this a tradition?
Wasn’t the first game of the season a few years ago the Braves and Nationals, with Zimmerman hitting a walk off?
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Showing the last out of Game 5 is the best thing that’s ever happened on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show.
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 4, 2010 11:49 PM PDT reply actions
What, no open Leno thread?
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Nov 5, 2010 12:13 AM PDT reply actions
Maybe later today.
Grant, please make a topic dedicated to Wilson’s Tonight Show appearance.
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Watching all of the Fox games on iTunes — did you realize that Joe Buck starts every telecast with the temperature? It’s amusing. “Fifty-six degrees here in Philadelphia, yadder yadder yadder.”
"Roy Halladay really loves these [hot][cold][mild] temperatures!"
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 5, 2010 6:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Jon Miller usually gives a weather report to start things off.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 5, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
it's part of keeping score, along with the attendance and first pitch time
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 6, 2010 5:25 AM PDT up reply actions
the timestamp on this
makes me glad I didn’t endure Leno long enough to see Wilson.
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 5, 2010 6:38 AM PDT up reply actions
It was pretty good, but not worth staying up for as I am paying for it this morning.
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Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Nov 5, 2010 6:50 AM PDT up reply actions
BRIAN "THE BEARD" WILSON
ugh
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by sadison bummedgarner on Nov 5, 2010 12:22 AM PDT reply actions
LOL CONAN
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 5, 2010 6:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Wilson hates the bucket
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by sadison bummedgarner on Nov 5, 2010 12:29 AM PDT reply actions
"Could be an old boyfriend!"
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by sadison bummedgarner on Nov 5, 2010 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Not enough of a hair shirt.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 5, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
He would be pretty okay as The Machine, though.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Yes, very ursine.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 5, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
so uh........that was weird
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by sadison bummedgarner on Nov 5, 2010 12:32 AM PDT reply actions
Freddy Sanchez has a pretty big rival going with this guy singing right now.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Nov 5, 2010 12:35 AM PDT reply actions
I don't know what's more awesome
Brian Wilson or me never having to watch Leno again.
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Nov 5, 2010 12:42 AM PDT reply actions
I think it’s more awesome that we endured watching Leno because we got to see Brian Wilson
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
this
I spent the whole time wishing it could’ve been Conan
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 5, 2010 2:31 AM PDT up reply actions
so....
don’t World Series winners usually make the rounds of the morning news shows and whatnot?
Or is there an FCC rule that teams must only appear on shows filmed within their own time zone?
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 5, 2010 6:40 AM PDT up reply actions
tried to watch it last night
fell asleep during Anne Hathaway part…
by 49 Giant Shark Warriors on Nov 5, 2010 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Are the Giants going to try to bring back Renteria at a lower salary next year?
Or is the buyout more of a “thanks for your service, here’s a World Series ring” kind of thing?
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Nov 5, 2010 1:26 AM PDT reply actions
depends how the SS market plays out
even if they re-sign Uribe they’d still need someone to back up at the position… also he might just decide to retire and make the whole question moot.
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 5, 2010 2:32 AM PDT up reply actions
the buyout is neither
$500k is less than $10M, the two choices available in the contract. They weren’t going to give him $10M (it is so weird to write reasonable things about the Giants)
I got the totally unscientific impression that he was looking at the parade and remembering the first time he won a world series thinking that this was it.
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 5, 2010 6:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh I know the buyout isn't his salary for next year.
What I meant was, did they buy him out because they don’t want to pay $10m for his services, but are willing to bring him back at a reduced rate, or are they formally cutting ties with him?
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Nov 5, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
they've mentioned maybe bringing him back
I don’t know how serious that is for anyone. He was one beat up dude over the last two years.
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 6, 2010 5:26 AM PDT up reply actions
does anyone else remember
THAT TIME THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES!!!!
by PocketfullofPoseys on Nov 5, 2010 9:33 AM PDT reply actions
That was awesome.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
I AM PAT BURRELLZ'Z DADDY! (wait, that doesn't sound right)
Job 1:14-15
They should do it again.
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IT Guy: That’s ---
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20 runs in the first 2 WS games
after a whole lot of 1 run wins to get there. That kinda surprised me.
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