Requiem for a Velez
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 3, 2010 10:45 AM PST
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I’ll miss Eugenio Velez. Kind of. In a weird sort of way. He represented everything that was maddening about the front office, the embodiment of a philosophy that would never allow the Giants to win a World Series. Ahem. Now that the Giants have won the World Series, though, those tales seem like something completely foreign and distant, like a Senator recounting how he duct-taped the buttcheeks of a dorm mate together just for yuks when they were at Yale. Odd, inappropriate, completely unpractical, but danged if it isn’t remembered fondly.
So, Velez.
In the NL West clincher, I distinctly remember thinking, wow, this had better be the last time I see Velez in a Giants uniform. He made it to first after botching a bunt. And then he was almost picked off first base twice. Then he went to second on a fielder’s choice, and he was almost picked off second. At least, that’s how I remember it. And when there was talk that Aaron Rowand might be left off the postseason roster, I had a "Dead Zone" moment, flash-forwarding to the exact moment Velez figured out how to get picked off while in the on-deck circle in the ninth inning of Game Seven.
It feels weird to poke fun now that he’s looking for a job. He seems like a pleasant fellow who was liked by his teammates. And when the Giants won the World Series, Velez was just as jubilant as anyone celebrating on the field. He was a good Giant. Just not, you know, a good Giant. I used to maintain that Velez was a decent choice to be a 25th man on a roster. He’s fast, he can switch-bat, and he can fill in at different infield and outfield positions. I’m not completely against the notion now, but there was a point when I realized that if I was constantly nervous about a guy screwing up on the bases, maybe his speed wasn’t exactly a weapon. The same sentence could be written about his defensive foibles negating his versatility, or his complete inability to hit left-handers negating his switch-batting.
But to not have Velez on the Giants? That’s just weird. He’ll land somewhere on a minor league deal, and he might even break spring training on a team’s bench, but he’s not going to be a Giant anymore. Bizarre. Last year at this time, he was still very much in the team picture. He turned a a hot streak into a ton of second-half at-bats in 2009, and the team seemed committed to a a leadoff platoon of Andres Torres and Velez in left field.
It seems amazing to think about that now. Torres, starting? But he’s a career minor leaguer! Mercifully the Giants went with Mark DeRosa instead, and we didn’t have to find out how bad that would have been. Oh, and Velez then got on the wrong side of small-sample insanity, going one-for-28 at the end of April and losing his bench spot, much less any chance at being the platoon starter he almost was when 2009 ended. Velez was two for his last 38 as a Giant.
Still, it’s just strange. There should always be a spot for Velez on the roster -- he’s one part Swiss army knife (though only equipped with a toothpick, awl, and Betamax rewinder), one part cautionary tale, and one part security blanket. He just seemed like a perfect Giant, for all the right and wrong reasons.
So best of luck, Eugenio. Latch on somewhere. Steal a few bases. Become an unlikely playoff hero for another team. Thanks for the memories, which are almost all positive after a World Series win, of course.
Comment starter: Is there another utility/bench player from the past two decades who deserved a farewell post like this? Mike Benjamin? Kim Batiste? Let’s have it.
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Godspeed, Velez.
I'm still in the old thread.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Dec 3, 2010 10:47 AM PST reply actions
Just the latest in a long line on AAAA Giants players.
He had one tool — speed — but zero idea of how to use it. He showed flashes of power, but no plate discipline to go with it. And his fielding, well … we didn’t call him Baron Pickoff von Ironglove for nothing.
Alas, poor Zorack. I knew him, Horatio.
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I read that as ‘error: Zorak’
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
well, yeah. that too.
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Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2010 11:01 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
As you said, he had some pop
I’d call the ability to hit the ball hard a “tool”. (Wish he could hand that one off to Burriss.)
As I remember, he has a pretty good arm too.
The thong is, it happened.
you could argue he had power
insofar as he’d surprise you by driving the ball a few times a season. but it was never consistent.
no comment on his arm.
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He's like a crappier version, much crappier version of Alfonso Soriano.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
As you said, he had some pop
He also had some poop, which was on display more than the pop.
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Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
Good night sweet Baron.
You were a credit to the Pickoff Von Ironglove name.
(recycled from twitter)
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 10:51 AM PST reply actions
In the NL West clincher, I distinctly remember thinking, wow, this had better be the last time I see Velez in a Giants uniform. He made it to first after botching a bunt. And then he was almost picked off first base twice. Then he went to second on a fielder’s choice, and he was almost picked off second
I was listening to Miller when this was happening, and Miller compared him to Ruben Rivera. He was a goofy son of a bitch, but I’m glad he’s gone.
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LOL - non-tendering last season's cornerstone
I won’t miss little Speedy von Fuckup. It took way too damn long to get him off this team and out of the organization.
And I don’t feel bad saying that.
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by can of corn on Dec 3, 2010 10:52 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Yes indeedy.
I can only be nice to one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either.
by GiantMalcontent on Dec 3, 2010 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
And also: "The thing is, it happened"
Can’t believe I forgot to use that in my first post.
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I tweet (more often than I blarg).
You were focused.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Unlike Velez
Thanks for the memories.
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Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
Always loved Felipe Crespo...
…although I can’t remember why.
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i remember 2 things
a splash hit he had and this swinging bunt single that went like 40 feet up the 1st base line. very weird
Ignoring Tim Mccarver since 2002.
Crespo
Didn’t he hit splash hits from both sides of the plate?
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This is what I was going to say.
but, alas, I was chopped.
Crespo!
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by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
They have ointments for that.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Roid Rage?
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by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Correction
He WAS picked off, the ump blew the call. I am glad to see a guy who never learned how to play baseball go play baseball somewhere else. Throwing to the wrong base, getting thrown out trying to go to third with two outs … the list goes on …
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by GiantMalcontent on Dec 3, 2010 10:57 AM PST reply actions
I will always have this memory of you Velez
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2010 10:57 AM PST reply actions 12 recs
This alone...
is enough to qualify Geno for “Good Giant” status.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
I recall John Lennon saying,
“Pete Best was a good drummer. Ringo is a good Beatle.”
I think Velez was a good Giant.
Really?
Because I thought they booted Pete Best because he kept crappy time.
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Hmm, here's what I found on Wiki
Musically Best has been judged to have had a limited rhythmic vocabulary that was seen as holding the other three band members back from their collective musical growth. George Martin, as noted above, deemed Best’s drumming to be inadequate for a record. As stated in Bob Spitz’s 2005 biography, “All Pete could do was play ‘Fours’…” a style of drumming that uses kick drum notes on every quarter note to hold down the beat. Spitz’s book also contains engineer Ron Richards’ account of his failed attempts to teach Best somewhat more complicated beats for different songs.42 Critic and Beatles historian Richie Unterberger described Best’s drumming at the Decca session as “thinly textured and rather unimaginative”37 and said that Best “pushes the beat a little too fast for comfort”.38 Unterberger thought Ringo Starr to be “more talented.”71 Beatles critic Alan W. Pollack compared the Best, Starr, and Andy White versions of “Love Me Do” and concluded that Best was “an incredibly unsteady and tasteless drummer” on his version.72 For his part, Best has explained in an interview73 that variations in tempo were in accordance with how the song was being performed live at the time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Best
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What about you?
Are you discounting everything on Wikipedia as fiction?
As a cite, it’s as good as any other online.
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The Wiki account you posted is right on the money
I actually have the Spitz book, along with a few other Beatle books. Everything you posted above is the truth. Best simply was not a good drummer. It wasn’t that he couldn’t keep time. The problem with Best is that he only seemed to know one style of drumming. Listen to these songs from Anthology 1:
- My Bonnie
- Cry For a Shadow
- Like Dreamers Do
- Hello Little Girl
- Besame Mucho
The drumming on each song is virtually identical. It works OK for songs like “My Bonnie” and “Cry for a Shadow”, but it’s terribly inappropriate for the latter three songs. It becomes apparent, listening to the songs from the Decca sessions, that Pete Best’s drumming was constricting the Beatles and holding them back. Listen to “Like Dreamers Do” and the beat that Pete was laying down—a beat that is totally at odds with the type of song it was, and with the way Paul was trying to sing it. Paul’s struggle to break free of Pete’s 4-4 time is awkward—particularly during the bridge—and a little bit painful to listen to.
The genius of Ringo was his versatility. He had a wonderful knack for knowing how to perfectly complement a song and bring the song, and with it the band, to life. Listen to Ringo’s drumming on “She Loves You”. It’s fairly basic drumming, but with some important bits of complexity: the rolling tom-tom start that kicks the song straight into high gear, along with the drop into a quick 1-2 punch at the end of each “yeah-yeah-yeah” trio—variety and versatility that helped shape the song’s personality and give it extra flair. Through the Beatle years, Ringo would only grow as a drummer. Listen to “Ticket to Ride”, “Rain”, “She Said She Said”, or especially “Come Together”, where Ringo especially shines as he thunders into the outro and adds a variety of fills all the way to the end. Pete Best showed no facility for any of these types of flourishes, and no capacity for altering his drumming for his basic “fours” approach. That, more than anything else (and there were other factors), was what spelled the end of his two years with the Beatles.
The way the Beatles had Pete Best fired was cruel and cowardly, and it’s hard not to feel sad for him getting the boot after two long years of incredibly hard work and travel, and just as the band was on the verge of a recording contract and unimaginable success. But I don’t believe the Beatles would’ve achieved the same measure of success with Best playing drums as they did with Ringo Starr. The quality of Starr’s drumming was that dramatically superior to Best’s.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
And it can’t be overstated how important the drumming was to the Beatles early sound and success. It’s almost impossible to get this now, but one of George Martin’s true innovations in those first sessions was how high up in the mix he brought the drums. They are just way louder in the mix than it was thought at the time that drums should be. And that goes a long way to making that sense of kinetic energy that characterized those early Beatles songs.
That’s why you occassionally hear the story that John Bonham told Ringo it was his drumming in the early Beatles works that influenced how Zepplin thought about the drums in their early albums.
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That’s a great point about George Martin bringing the drums up high in the mix. It really was a departure from the way rock records were made at the time. It shows up so well in their early records—especially (for me anyway) songs like “Boys”, “Please Mr. Postman”, “You Can’t Do That” (pretty much the entirety, really, of what came out in the US as “The Beatles’ Second Album”) and again, “She Loves You”. I think a good way to hear the contrast between George Martin’s approach and the status quo is to listen to “Live at the BBC” and songs like “A Shot of Rhythm and Blues” or “Soldier of Love”. I think those songs sound great, but the recordings lack the kind of punch and power from Ringo’s drumming that George Martin would’ve brought into the mix.
I never heard that before about John Bonham being influenced by Ringo and the way his drumming came through in so powerfully. You just made me stop listening to my Christmas music for most of the past hour so I could listen to early Zep; especially songs like “Dazed and Confused”, “Whole Lotta Love” and “When the Levee Breaks” (easily my favorite Bonzo song). I wouldn’t have ever made that connection on my own, but listening now it isn’t hard to see the kinship there.
Thanks for the comment on my sig. I had the advantage of having to switch out my old one, which was the familiar Peanuts quote lamenting McCovey and the line drive. From that point, the new sig seemed pretty obvious. But I thought it was pretty cool—another little bit of 2010 “Magic”—that Rent’s HR just barely cleared the wall, helping to heal another wound from the past in the process.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Shout out to Roger and Tobias
Thanks for rallying, fellas. I knew if I held out some actual Beatle buffs would show.
"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
Yeah, three feet!
But Edgar’s was plenty deep… Uribe’s game 6 number was really that close.
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by Natto on Dec 3, 2010 10:58 AM PST reply actions 5 recs
FBAL FTW
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2010 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
good luck Geno
but boy am I glad I don’t have to worry about you getting playing time anymore.
If you don't like Brandon Medders you're not a true fan.
he can switch-bat
Subtle. Very nice.
If I remember correctly, FBAL also spawned one of the best things Grant has ever written: “He fields like a drunken, gloveless Ben Grimm.”
I’ll miss him because he seems to tap into the deepest wells of Grant’s inspiration as a writer.
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I would say the Padres would pick him up and then he would kill us but..
The Padres hired former Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes as senior VP of baseball operations, according to MLB.com’s Corey Brock (on Twitter). Padres GM Jed Hoyer knows Byrnes from their time working in Boston’s front office.
That’s way too much competence in San Diego for my liking
He's gone :D
now we’ll haver to just face him in the world series
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by GiantsfaninNY55 on Dec 4, 2010 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
Don’t really understand why the Giants cut him loose when he really wasn’t arb eligible yet. They never let the fact that he wasn’t any good bother them before.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
Yeah, it was pretty much either him, Ishikawa, or Schierholtz, and say what you will about the merits of those two, they’re clearly more useful than Eugenio.
There’s still some fat that could be trimmed on the 40-man. I still expect Trashy to be gone, and Hinshaw, Sosa, Burriss, and Ford seem pretty expendable to me (though they may not quite be ready to give up on some of those guys).
This appears to be the likely reason, and I can’t say I’m dissapointed.
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Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
Fare the well, Fast Black Abraham Lincoln
Best of luck in your baseball pursuits. You seemed like a nice guy, and I’m glad the dugout foul ball beaning didn’t cause any lasting damage. The Giants won the World Series, so all of your many transgressions are forgiven and forgotten.
Oh, and Brian Dallimore deserved a farewell post like this. He was always my favorite deep album cut of Giants B-side players.
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by Kitspool on Dec 3, 2010 11:04 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
For a guy with a career .256 slugging percentage against lefties...
… that ninth-inning double off of Billy Wagner on Opening Day was pretty sweet.
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Good luck Geno
May you take your homerun hitting style to another major league team.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Dec 3, 2010 11:07 AM PST via mobile reply actions
From Beyond the Boxscore re: Ron Santo
Ron Santo vs. Hall of Fame Median: A special Visual Above Replacement. http://sbn.to/eZv6IR
WWRWD?
Godspeed Fast Black Abraham Lincoln
I will always remember you fondly, Eugenio. You were a misunderstood, sensitive soul.
At least I won’t have to hold back tears anymore when all the McC meanies say horrible things about you.
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
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♥ McCoven ♥
lol
You can see why this is killing me! First Uribe and now Geno! When will the heartache end????
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
♥ 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
I’m gonna go into hiding when you have a rampage if the Giants let go of Ishi and Nate
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There will be no rampage. Just the deafening silence of never ending tears.
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
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♥ McCoven ♥
Fast Black Abraham Lincoln. Wow.
What nationality is Velez? I always thought that NASA would hold a press conference revealing that Velez was, in fact, E.T., so yesterday I was hyped for a second when they called an E.T. press conference coinciding with Velez’s release. But I was let down.
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by cain1rstballothof on Dec 3, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like Edgar is probably returning
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/12/mutual-interest-between-giants-renteria.html
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
Sabean was always a grouchy old dude, but this championship seems to be getting him all sentimental. If not for Uribe defecting, he would have basically brought back the entire team.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
I bet the Marlins wish they brought back the entire team after 97
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Dude hits World Series Championship winning HR's.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
So wait...
If the Marlins had brought back everyone in 97, Edgar would still be a Marlin possibly…
/head splodes
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
I wanted him to either retire now, or come back to us to make another run at it. Sure he’s old, and kinda broken….but he is just plain AWESOME.
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
This.
We won the World Series, we’re allowed to be sentimental.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
There just isn’t a place for him. Crazy to bring him back. I think Sabean is just trying not to dis the guy.
They Giants don’t have a true back-up SS and Rent can also play 2B.
While Tejada is a horse and will play 150+, we all know Franchez won’t.
Welcome back Edgar!!! (I hope)
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Assuming his bicep properly has been reattached, his contract is moderate and he gets part-time play, I think he’s a fine utility infielder — probably much better than most. And given how positive folks seem to be about his future as a coach or manager, should he choose to go that way, I like the idea of keeping him in the organization to back up Steve Decker.
agreed
I’d like to keep him in the organization for future coaching possibilities as well.
Question on that— how’s his English? I can’t recall hearing him interviewed much. Even if it’s not so great, though, I’m sure he’d be invaluable help for the Latino guys in the org.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Dec 3, 2010 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
It’s not so great, but I think it would help in working with the other Latin players.
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by kdl on Dec 3, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
I liked him with his bicep detached,
And I would suggest detaching the other could do wonders for his game. Perhaps Edgar will start a trend of bicep tendon detaching, much like Sean Penn having the courage to begin puppeteering in “Being John Malkovich”.
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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 Dec 3, 2010 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
I think you meant “HASN’T” – he said he’s willing to play 2B…..
Pretty sure he can handle it with some reps in Spring Training…
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Renteria Open To Playing Second Base: MLB Rumors
Edgar Renteria told Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes that he would not mind switching to second base if that’s where a potential suitor needs him most (link in Spanish). Renteria says switching to third would be more difficult, but he is confident that he could play second. The 34-year-old has never played second or third base in over 2,000 games at the major league level.
I’m confident as well. It’s not like going from 2B to SS; SS is the most difficult position in the infield. He has the defensive reps to the make the switch with no problem. All it will take is a little bit of work in the offseason to get all of the little differences right.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Not to compare Rent and Omar, but I doubt Omar spent much time at 2B or 3B until he went to TX.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
It’s not that I think he’s incapable of doing it, but learning to turn double plays from the other side of second isn’t necessarily an easy task.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
I trust you’re right about that.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
hence: Spring Training!!
also: Babes, Brauts, & Beers.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Yep. It’s going to take some reps to get the footwork down. The concern is injury… if you leave yourself vulnerable bad things can happen.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
optimism serum* has me thinking that Rent was SO injured last year, that he’ll make it through the ’11 campaign with…well…less than 3 extended trips to the DL….
(* – 2010 Giants World Championship)
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t see how 10 games of 2B Renteria next season would hurt.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Rent can’t hop like Freddie, so I envision a higher # for right side gappers and bloops getting through, leading Torres to shade more to that side, away from Burrell in LF. This seems not so good to me.
Sure, I will give you that.
But 10 games.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Yeah, I’m okay with trying it, but once the idea gets in Bochy’s head, it’s trouble.
True veteran grit – Huff /Rent/Tejeda/Sandoval IF has an average age of 31+.
Huff/Sanchez/Renteria/Tejada: average age 33+.
I don’t think Rent will be close to a starter on the current time, so I think it’s OK.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Current team, even.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
How is Rent only 34?
He looks shop’d
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
I guess it's the same way Uribe is only 32.
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I’d like to see a lot of Fontenot at SS, Renteria at 2B and Aaron Rowand in LF/RF in spring training.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
I'd like to see Aaron Rowand Left Out in Spring Training
Hey oh!
by DFARowand on Dec 3, 2010 11:27 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Fontenot at SS
Did everyone already know he got a one-year deal for $1m? That one I like. Just saw the headline myself.
he’ll be getting reps at SS in ST, but I think he’s there more as an insurance policy for Franchez at 2B
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
I assumed he would play Generic Futility Infielder, for which role he seems suited perfectly. The price is right.
I completely agree. Though with Flappy DRo, Font, Rent(?), all coming back…I wouldn’t be surprised to see them move an IF for an arm before the deadline.
I’m very pleased with the way that the off-season is shaping up.
Even with the Uribe defection….
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
You know what this means
Renteria, starting SS, Meh-guel (thanks Goofus) starting 3B, and Pablo in Fresno.
"And as Edgar rounds the bases the ghosts run
with him, the great ones like Mays and McCovey and Cepeda, and the
almost forgotten ones like Bolin and LeMaster and Manwaring…" - J. Rant
by Giant Torture on Dec 3, 2010 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
…or Flappy is still flappy
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
What?!?
Just needs some time to calm down.
"And as Edgar rounds the bases the ghosts run
with him, the great ones like Mays and McCovey and Cepeda, and the
almost forgotten ones like Bolin and LeMaster and Manwaring…" - J. Rant
by Giant Torture on Dec 3, 2010 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
I didn't make up Meh-guel
Can’t take credit for that, someone else here. Can’t remember who.
Who said it? Show yourself!
The thong is, it happened.
Pablo
Now 15 lbs lighter according John Shea
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2010 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
They said he started at 270 earlier.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
My brother is about Sandoval’s height and now that all he does is work, eat and drink (he used to play soccer) I think he struggles to stay below 220. And my brother looks like a rail-thin scarecrow next to Sandoval at ‘270’. 295 is probably overdoing it, but 285 seems a pretty fair estimate of Fat Pablo.
Is Fat Pablo obese?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Please do.
It will give me happy.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
it’s a start!
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Dec 3, 2010 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
unless it was water weight…that would be bad
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
I think he’d be dead.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Dec 3, 2010 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
Not necessarily, Antonio Margarito gained like 15 pounds in water weight the day after his weigh-in before his fight with Manny
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
water weight for a professional fighter is a completely different thing than water weight on a nearly 300lb Pablo.
usually creatine is used by fighters so they can add those levels of water weight very quickly, whereas you can bet pablo will be staying away from creatine
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
Chasm’d
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
dammit
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
I’m not sure it’s even a chasm.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
That’s where they take the jiggle from your butt… and put it in your lips!
Placeholder.
by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2010 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
I’m assuming you never watched Creature Comforts America.
Placeholder.
by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2010 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah. Don’t worry about it, though.
Placeholder.
by howtheyscored on Dec 5, 2010 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
now you’re talkin’. a ditch filled with GRAVY!!
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
I would be ok with it, but IN B4 LARS
LOL GIANTS ARE OLD
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'd love to see this.
Love Edgar.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I didn't until you pointed it out.
Looks like he agrees with McCoven wisdom like he did last year.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
They couldn't even spell your jersey right....
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
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by GiantsBabe on Dec 3, 2010 11:19 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
Murph: "I did it as a joke. I didn't think they'd actually put him in an actual game!"
/puts shirt back on
The thong is, it happened.
Farewell Velez
We’ll always have San Francicso.
Any chance he ends up on the Natinals?
VOOORM!
"That's tasteless, offensive and disgusting -- I like it." - Droz
by El Brazo Dravecky on Dec 5, 2010 7:48 PM PST up reply actions
Alas, poor Zorak! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now?
I will always remember this game:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN200808100.shtml
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?mid=200808103288838&c_id=sf
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He was the clean up hitter
AARON ROWAND WAS THE CLEAN UP HITTER
Well, duh.
He was the big FA signing after the team didn’t bring back Bonds.
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It's really a wonder they won this game.
I mean, Matt Cain was pitching and everything.
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reminds me of
the boardroom scene in Major League. “This guy here is Dead!”
Ignoring Tim Mccarver since 2002.
Shortstop. Couldn’t hit. Imagine a Bocock and make it stocky/old.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Keiichi Yabu with Jose Castillo
the coolest defensive thing I have ever seen live
Long live the triple play!
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Dec 4, 2010 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
Steve Scarsone hit bombs!
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
loved that guy
he was slow but had a longer stride than Huff if i remember correctly
Ignoring Tim Mccarver since 2002.
+1
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
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by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 3, 2010 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
Didn't the ball hit him in the back of the head?
If you’re in the dugout “PAY ATTENTION!” And when you take a pitch – keep the bat off your shoulder. He was a walking billboard for – “Look Johnny, don’t play the game like this guy.” And I always thought he more of the Somali Pirate look than Lincoln. You know, the guy the seals didn’t kill.
11/1/10. Wow, that was real?
Thank You
Count Chocula.
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." - Actress Tallulah Bankhead (1962)
by iloveddickdietz on Dec 3, 2010 11:26 AM PST reply actions
One of the most entertaining home run swings ever
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what in the actual fuck
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
And the celebration
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by Natto on Dec 3, 2010 11:54 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Is that Burris slapping on home plate?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
burrissSSSSSSSSS
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Yep
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We used to do that on the slip and slide.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
LOL dozens of fans here in Fresno.
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.
Bye FBAL
I won’t miss your errors, your stupid watching of every hit you made, your mind bending base running decisions, your terrible fielding, your ray charles-esque routes to fly balls, or the times you nearly ran into other players when they call for the ball.
I will miss your fun loving personality, your smile, your amusing meme’s and your team spirit.
Really playing the game of baseball was not your strong suit. Being around it you were pretty ok.
Also I hope that hit to your head does not produce any long term problems for you.
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.
by scout6 on Dec 3, 2010 11:30 AM PST reply actions 6 recs
This encapsulates my thoughts perfectly.
Enjoy the ring and the memories, Eu.
by mrs. owlcroft on Dec 3, 2010 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
All this
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
I agree with all of this
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
How about Torres?
Dude needs a number that makes it look like they expect him to be on the opneing day roster
The thong is, it happened.
I think 1 is available
if the Flan man is willing to change.
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7
in honor of Marvin Benard.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Posey Jersey
If he changed his number it would suck if you have his home jersey, like me, but at least it has the WS patch on it so it can be recognized as his rookie year jersey. 8 is a great number. Very catch-y.
by D-T on Dec 3, 2010 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
im kinda already attached to 28. he won his ROTY with that number. baseball players are superstitious. can you see him changing it?
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
Perhaps
If he wore that number a lot prior to MLB.
by D-T on Dec 3, 2010 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
that wasn’t his number in the minors and college?
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
8 at FSU
http://mtimages.cstv.com/extrainnings/FSU-BusterP.jpg
He wore 22 at Fresno and 7 ad SJ.
by D-T on Dec 3, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
wierd. i was pretty sure Kruk or Kuip mentioned 28 in college and minors.
Then again, you put his Fresno 22 and FSU 8 together, and 28 seems like the perfect # for him.
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
No. That’s Kobe Bryant’s number. It can go to hell.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Can’t get the stink off. It’s been hanging ’round for days.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Football doesn’t count. We’re talking real sports, here.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
AMERICAN LEAGUE?
Psshh.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Yogi Berra
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
I think #8 and I think of Cal Ripken Jr.
Not a bad baseball player, even for the clownball circuit.
For Kobe that should have been a prison term, not a number.
Roy Halladay just woke up in a cold sweat. He had a dream about this rodeo clown with a stick...
Also
LOL GUY AT APPLEBEES LAST SEASON WHO SAID VELEZ WAS A STUD!
Man, I showed him.
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.
He was my finest work, nickname wise
is really gone though? I thought he was just non-tendered.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
JUST LET HIM GO
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
How about an entry for Tejada then?
Goofus has already come up with “Meh-guel”
"And as Edgar rounds the bases the ghosts run
with him, the great ones like Mays and McCovey and Cepeda, and the
almost forgotten ones like Bolin and LeMaster and Manwaring…" - J. Rant
by Giant Torture on Dec 3, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure there will ever be a better nickname generating player.
He had weird looks, had great tools and flashes of competence, coupled with zero idea of how to play baseball.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
True
However, he wasn’t the first “toolsy” guy that someone tried to turn in to a ballplayer and he won’t be the last.
"And as Edgar rounds the bases the ghosts run
with him, the great ones like Mays and McCovey and Cepeda, and the
almost forgotten ones like Bolin and LeMaster and Manwaring…" - J. Rant
by Giant Torture on Dec 3, 2010 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Wendell Fairley says Hello !
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
Goofus?
Meh-guel Meh-jada
Hold your applause
Aaron King, please pitch better.
McC Wiki – for all you newcomers out there.by baetown415 on Nov 30, 2010 5:53 PM PST reply actions
Aaron King, please pitch better.
McC Wiki - for all you newcomers out there.
For the record, I wasn't trying to take credit for it
See up thread. I just coudn’t remember who said it
The thong is, it happened.
Oh, I know
I wish there was a font for good-natured ribbing.
Aaron King, please pitch better.
McC Wiki - for all you newcomers out there.
but, but
La guagua!
Yo soy tu guagua, Miguel :)
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
♥ 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Juan Luis Guerra - La Guagua (Video Oficial)
Music for Miguel’s at bats
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The Bus is shakin’ it.
Also another La Gua Gua song by the great Cuban singer Celia Cruz:
<href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV-564pP8LY&feature=player_embedded#!” >
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
It's perfect!
TEAM LA GUAGUA
/does a Spanish dance
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
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♥ McCoven ♥
I once lobbied for Velez > Torres
Both seem like nice guys. Both are fast. This must have been my confusion.
In a weird way, I’ll miss the guy. Definitely an unusual ball player, and one of the blessed idiots that can make baseball so entertaining. Had he played in the 1920s, he’d have been legend.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Wow
I know we all miss sometimes, but you’re a brave man for admitting this. I would never bring this up if it had been me.
"And as Edgar rounds the bases the ghosts run
with him, the great ones like Mays and McCovey and Cepeda, and the
almost forgotten ones like Bolin and LeMaster and Manwaring…" - J. Rant
by Giant Torture on Dec 3, 2010 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
It was a public and widely ridiculed failure. Howie even defended me. Not my finest moment.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
In Alex’s defense, it might have been my influence. I really like Eugene when he first came up. And he hit a home run in that game we all went to see in Sacramento in August.
I still like him.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll miss Geno because he was a total sweetheart, and also quirky and weird in a fun way.
But, I won’t miss all my rage when he got called up instead of Rohlinger on mulitple occasions.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
BIASED REPORT
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 never get to use this again
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
Is that the first Kim Batiste reference not brought up by jcb9 or in response to jcb9? Also, what the f**k is an awl?
I can't fight this feeling anymore!
I ready Moby Dick because I had to read Moby Dick. Meaning: I read the cliffs notes.
I can't fight this feeling anymore!
Jake Taylor?
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Dec 3, 2010 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
I won' forget
Ernest Riles-10,000 home run in Giant’s history
and
Rikkert Faneyte-Giant’s new 200 hits a year guy.
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." - Actress Tallulah Bankhead (1962)
by iloveddickdietz on Dec 3, 2010 11:38 AM PST reply actions
If we're going back that far
I gotta go with Chris Spier. There was a guy who could pick it at every position in the infield and could hit a little too.
"And as Edgar rounds the bases the ghosts run
with him, the great ones like Mays and McCovey and Cepeda, and the
almost forgotten ones like Bolin and LeMaster and Manwaring…" - J. Rant
by Giant Torture on Dec 3, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
My friends and I still do the “Metzger” wave.
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." - Actress Tallulah Bankhead (1962)
by iloveddickdietz on Dec 3, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Does it bother anyone else that the site's background has become blue?
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Yes
I hadn’t noticed it, but this is horseshit. Someone needs to demand that this gets fixed immediately, I can feel it infecting me.
"And as Edgar rounds the bases the ghosts run
with him, the great ones like Mays and McCovey and Cepeda, and the
almost forgotten ones like Bolin and LeMaster and Manwaring…" - J. Rant
by Giant Torture on Dec 3, 2010 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Better than all those “win a trip to Dodger Stadium” ads that plagued the season.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Dec 3, 2010 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
Agreed.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Dec 3, 2010 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Sounds like someone needs adblocker.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I switched to Chrome not too long ago
I’ve been happy with it, but the adblock extensions aren’t as good as Firefox. I don’t see anything that says Allstate, just a bunch of blue.
"Just another ahahahaha... laugher."
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I see the blue, too. The Adblock extensions have improved quite a bit for Chrome – almost as good as Firefox.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
There we go
Using AdBlock+ with AdThwart got rid of it.
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hmmm…. I didn’t know about that one… brb
Also, thank you McCoven for various Firefox tip shares over the years, they’ve made browsing and internet use much much better.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
although I see that one isn’t for FF! Boo!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Try Chrome. After FF became a giant resource hog on my Mac, I switched over. Works great for almost every website (still need to fire up FF for a couple sites), and it’s sleek and doesn’t suck up lots of resources.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I was going to suggest AFOM which somebody here (I think Natto) suggested, but I see it’s only for Windows. It’s helped that a lot.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think that was me. I don’t use Firefox.
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OK, thanks for nothing.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Only one of the many services I don’t provide!
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I appreciate the reasonable rates, though!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Opera is excellent, FWIW.
"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!"
Yes!
Somebody else uses Opera.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
So do I!
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/virtual hug
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
You're welcome, Grant
I use Adblock, but one day, just to be nice, I whitelisted this site so I would see the ads.
Then the Giants won the World Series (no foolsies!).
So now I pretty much have to see the ads here until the Giants don’t win the World Series one year.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
So bad I can taste it...
one part Swiss army knife (though only equipped with a toothpick, awl, and Betamax rewinder).
I love you, Grant. If you google “McCovey Chronicles so bad I can taste it” one of my comments is the first result.
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Velez
He seems like a nice, fun, quirky guy. But he is maddening and annoying as a player. Good luck, FBAL
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by Gobroks on Dec 3, 2010 11:52 AM PST via mobile reply actions
The dude has a WS ring.
He used up all his luck I think.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Am I the only one who finds it ironic
that FBAL has more World Series Championship rings than Barry Lamar Bonds?
That makes me sad.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Dec 3, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
I wish we could just give Barry a ring…
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
I wonder if he would even want it. Seriously.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 3, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
i think barry said in an interview he would be glad to have a ring if it had no personal engravings or whatever they do to the rings
by ldv on Dec 3, 2010 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
Nah. He didn’t earn it.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
Sabean should sign him as a left-handed bat off the bench and the Giants should repeat as World Champions, capped by Bonds winning all 11 playoff games with pinch hit homeruns. That would work for me.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Dec 3, 2010 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
as much as I’d love to see that, the team and city has moved on. Making the playoffs and esp winning it all have really sealed the deal as far as Bonds in concerned in ever coming back to the Giants (at least as a player).
It’s not Bonds’ clubhouse anymore, and if he was even brought back, it wouldn’t be on Bonds’ terms.
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
I would actually like to see him come back. I’m sure the dude can still hit.
"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!"
its not about whether or not he can still hit… the lines run much deeper than that. He’s still under investigation by the gov’t, among other personal issues that likely would affect the team.
And while I’m gonna say that I’ve never been as awestruck by a player like I was about Bonds, he kinda broke my heart in a way. I grew up watching him play for my hometown team, and he was the greatest player the world had ever seen. I was there when he hit 71 and 72, screaming at the top of my lungs. We all believed it, and thought it was all for real.
The steriods changed all that for me.
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
I don't get that at all, myself
I don’t see anything about it as being unreal. The media may pillory him, but Barry Bonds showed me baseball. I’m sure I’m not the only one.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
This.
The only home run landmark moment I ever saw in person was when he tied Babe Ruth at the Coliseum, but I grew up practically worshiping the guy. He was probably the first baseball player I was even aware of as a kid. So I guess I just let go of the steroid stuff for the most part. He was still a phenomenal ball player, and nothing can change that.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
I don't know that what I just said came out exactly the way i wanted it to.
It’s a complex issue in my head. Steroids won’t make a guy hit more HRs. If he doesn’t have the talent, doesn’t matter how much you take, you still won’t hit HRs.
Bonds saw maybe 1 hittable pitch in any given game, and when that pitch came, he didn’t miss it. That takes real skill, real talent. That said, there was the Barry Bonds that was the fantasy-come-true, greatest player in the history of the game- IMO- and by far the best that I had ever witnessed. I grew up worshipping the guy.
But when the allegations came out, and it became obvious it was true, it kinda feels now like he stole a little piece of my childhood innocence- even though I’m 26 now. My ties to Bonds were so strong that to find out he was juicing just stung, real bad.
When I see him nowadays, I cheer him, and will always, always love Barry. But there’s a piece of me that also says “be careful what you believe in”.
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
I guess the difference is that the steroids stuff never really bothered me.
"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!"
Bingo. The pitchers were on steroids too. It wasn’t his fault… he was doing what he had to do to stay competitive. Steroids were rampant in the game, and well… as they’ve always said “If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.”
If he had just been hopped up on greenies (methanphetamine) – would you be okay with it?
Every clubhouse used to have two coffee pots going --
One “caffeinated” and the other “decaf”. What the “decaf” was really lacking was amphetamines. Willie Mays was asked about it once and confirmed that he used to drink a cup or two of the “caffed” at times. So what’s the big deal with steroids when they don’t even help a guy hit better?
by mrs. owlcroft on Dec 3, 2010 8:02 PM PST up reply actions
Barry Bonds's real crime
Was being a surly black man surpassing white-bread schoolyard hero Mark McGwire.
(it’s more complicated than that, but i’m drunk)
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 8:05 PM PST up reply actions
yeah
pretty much just the “media treated bobby badly so fuck ’em” thing and the “unapologetic” thing
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
I think we all get this now. But when you’re little and you don’t know about any of it and the first time you find out about it its in conjunction with the player that’s the heart of your team…there’s a little bit of a knee-jerk reaction there. That said, its ceased to bother me much.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
I wish he’d stayed clean — but it’s not like Babe Ruth didn’t try huffing extract of sheep testicles. It’s just that the Babe overdid it. Barry deserved better than he got, and I miss him, skinny Barry, big Barry, and post-scandal Barry.
by wcw on Dec 3, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
I think the thing is
…Intellectually you know he wasn’t the only one, that performance enhancers were used before he every played baseball, and are still being used now. But I at least, and apparently giant4life too, grew up with him. When you’re a 7 year old kid cheering for someone, you aren’t aware of things like steroids. Or at least I wasn’t. And to find out about them because your favorite player is accused…it was heart breaking. No doubt about it.
That said, I will never not cheer for him. I will never regret cheering for him. And I miss him.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
it was heart breaking. No doubt about it.
I will never not cheer for him. I will never regret cheering for him. And I miss him.
exactly.
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
I guess I didn’t find it heartbreaking. My fandom started when I was a kid, too — in the ‘70s. By the time Barry broke in with the Pirates I was in my teens, knew about greenies and was already hearing the steroid rumors about Canseco and McGwire. I wish he’d stayed clean, since he was the best player in baseball for years when he almost certainly was, but I couldn’t get exercised when he did the same damned thing that ‘rescued baseball’ after the 1994 strike.
by wcw on Dec 3, 2010 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
That’s the difference then…Barry Bonds joined the Giants the year after I was born. To me he was always a Giant. Heck, he was the Giants. I knew nothing about the strike, and didn’t hear much about Cansesco or McGwire. So when the Bonds stuff all got blown-up…it was kinda like a smack in the face. I got over the sting eventually…but its hard to completely forget.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
THIS
my first Giants game ever Bonds hit one in the cove. He is my childhood hero.
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Dec 4, 2010 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
I think we’d all like but we all realize it’ll never happen. Fun to fantasize about though.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
As for your comment starter
I still miss Kevin Frandsen. :(
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by Gobroks on Dec 3, 2010 11:53 AM PST via mobile reply actions
he's available
maybe Sabes will pick him up
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I hope he gets a chance to start somewhere
Maybe in Seattle while Ackley is in Rehab.
I mean Tacoma
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I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
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by Gobroks on Dec 3, 2010 12:05 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
/snort
oops, excuse me
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2010 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
I still find it funny that the Giants get rid of Frandsen last year then basically sign the ML version of him in Fontenot.
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 think the key phrase is ‘ML version’.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Fontenot whines less. Having recently made a junior hire in our group, I sympathize with the preference for non-whiners.
Franny was always my least favorite of the Fresno Express All-Stars.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Not that I am saddened by the pick up of Cody Ross, but they also let Downs go and picked up Fontenot. I am not convinced that Fontenot is better than Downs.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
Valid point, but he also costs $600k more.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
My bad :-)
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
Downs played 3B, SS and 2B, for the SJ Giants, Grizzlies and for SKZ Volcanoes. He only played 2B for the Giants, and maybe a time or two in LF. Admitedly SSS for any position other than 2B. He also played SS and 3B for the Astros at the end of the year. As former pitcher, dude has a decent arm.
His best fit is at 2B, but he plays the others about as well as Fontenot, with a better arm. Which is to say serviceable in a pinch.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
Fontenot is a much better player than Frandsen
Comparing them is a crude joke.
by BustaTheRippa on Dec 3, 2010 7:18 PM PST up reply actions
I did
Until him and FLew that one night
Aaron King, please pitch better.
McC Wiki - for all you newcomers out there.
Same!
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
OT: SFGiants headline of Facebook:
Giants fill infield hole with Tejada
she probably said something like that, or something
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Outfield holes are generally filled by men of greater stature.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I saw that
and was sad that there was no mention of Bocock.
"Just another ahahahaha... laugher."
Free AnVil!
After you've tried filling a hole with Bocock
Everything else is just desperation
The thong is, it happened.
sounds like something the grounds crew did
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
The hole was six feet deep.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Facebook OT: Changing profile pic to a childhood cartoon
My is “the Transformers”
It was that or the Visionaries…
I was thinking about doing Bucky O'Hare for my profile
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 think these people were puffin' stuff.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
A couple of years ago, I was listening to the postgame wrap on the last day of a miserable season. When it was time to pick the player of the game, Kruk picked Jack Daniels.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Dec 3, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
I’m gonna sue Jack Daniels for
hitting me with a trunk of a big ol’ live oak tree
he hurt me this morning with the bright sun light
I’m gonna sue Jack Daniels for what he
did to my face last night
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
The childhood cartoon thing is what finally moved me to kill my facebook account.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
CHLID KILLER IN OUR MIDST
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
Those kids don’t know what they’re missing! It’s a victimless crime.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Wait, is that why people are doing?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
IT
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
doing IT
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
With kids.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Wonder what WalrusMan changed his photo to.
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….
I still always seem to pop up in discussions here.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Go Roger Kieschnick! And son, please continue to break scoreboards on your way to San Francisco.
CRAP, HE'S HERE
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NO NOT IN THERE!!!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
OH THAT WILL NEVER CLEAN OFF
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
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I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
Is it a dinosaur farm?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
No, they accidentally went back in time in the final episode.
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That happens to me all the time.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Changing your avatar picture
does not prevent a kid from getting beat by their parents.
Some kids are beaten just for watching cartoons.
Dumbest FB meme ever.
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2010 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know...if it raises awareness, it's a good thing
Can’t hurt and it’s kinda fun
The thong is, it happened.
I think you missed the point.
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IDK
I understand the awareness part. But, where does it go from there?
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2010 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
More people reporting abuse because they are not as oblivious?
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Ya know, I was going to go right on ignoring child abuse, but this whole childhood cartoons thing has really turned me on to reporting crimes. Thanks, facebook!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
You might be surprised at what people can ignore.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
:(
My zucchini is lonely inside.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
When shit likes this goes on, more awareness is in order
Sex offender accused of raping girl, 2, in store
This happened yesterday in Union City. I read about it this morning and wanted to cry.
The thong is, it happened.
Brutal.
Kudos to the panhandler out front who took the creep down though…
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
OT: For all you futbol fans
http://www.slate.com/id/2276606/
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.
Icky.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
One of my two biggest wrongs:
“Velez could be a league-average player.”
Las time I’m fooled by a guy with million dollar tools and no baseball sense whatsoever.
My other big wrong was calling Fred Lewis a poor man’s Eric Davis. No man is that poor.
I need a Renteria signing to be right again.
The thong is, it happened.
by Goofus on Dec 3, 2010 12:03 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I always had a certain fondness for Eugenio. 7 letters, 5 syllables. I loved that.
On an unrelated but still slightly related note, the Giants were named BA’s Organization of the Year.
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
Yay!
"You think someone that big would be more well endowed" Aubrey Huff's mother on Pat Burrell
I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
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by Gobroks on Dec 3, 2010 12:10 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Hey, you got a question answered on their latest podcast! I was all like, hey I KNOW him! Well, not know him know him.
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
Oh cool, I need to listen to that
I’ve been trying to find the time
"You think someone that big would be more well endowed" Aubrey Huff's mother on Pat Burrell
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 always enjoyed
hearing Vin Scully trying to pronounce Eugenio.
by mrs. owlcroft on Dec 3, 2010 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
One last time:
VROOM!!!
VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
VROOM VROOM VROOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
I will not miss Velez - at all
From my post in “The Official Unofficial DFA Eugenio Velez Thread” early this year:
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/4/28/1449632/the-official-unofficial-dfa#36341356
“Every time I see Velez on the field, I want to die, and I’m afraid a little part of me does. I hate him so much that I beat the living hell out of my cat the other night and then punched myself in the crotch for an hour. When he’s in the starting lineup, I just weep and soil my trousers while I stand in front of the television, shaking like a dog shitting razorblades.”
IT’S OVER!! IT’S FINALLY OVER!!!
just a sambple of carbon-based wastage
I still remember that post-game thread
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http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/4/28/1449655/giants-avoid-sweep-again-as
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I will never miss him.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN201004280.shtml
After that game.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7717001
Somewhere here you can picture me in the bleachers hanging my head when the flyball is halfway to Velez, not wanting to watch what I know will happen. Then slamming my hat down onto the seat in front of me.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Go Roger Kieschnick! And son, please continue to break scoreboards on your way to San Francisco.
Good luck Velez
But if you come back here, please stay in Fresno and off the 40-man roster.
Aaron King, please pitch better.
McC Wiki - for all you newcomers out there.
Fare thee well
Oh and Geno, FPOMs are never good but are even worse when you’re the leadoff hitter. For the sake of your career, please don’t do that. Unless you end up playing for the Dodgers, in which case feel free to HACK HACK HACK.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
A Vroom of His Own
Eugenio, give Grant a call. He’s ready to ghost write it for you. Seriously, though, my main reaction is that I hope he doesn’t have any lasting after-effects from taking that foul ball off the noggin.
RIP FBAL
.277/.399/.518 out of a shortstop?!
Keep on, keepin' on, Ryan Cavan
by ryanmiles on Dec 3, 2010 12:31 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
OT
After reading some of the reviews, I can’t wait to watch the World Series 1-disc DVD.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
OT
Brandon Belt is getting married today? Whats with all our young stars getting married so young?
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Got me.
Were I a ball player, I’d get married after I retired.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
It doesn’t look good, does it?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
How does it not “look good”?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
’The Burrell Method"
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty sure he’s married.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Weird. He called some girl a home-wrecker at a bar I was at a couple weeks ago, so I assumed he was still married. I guess he’s not sleeping around on his wife like I thought he was.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
But he’s such a pillar of the philandering community. If Pat Burrell isn’t cheating on his wife, what kind of country is this?
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
We need a bold volunteer to step up and marry Pat the Bat, so all can be right with the world.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
One with slightly less cases of venereal diseases?
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
Hmm, the word I’d use is ‘cleaner.’
I’m not saying I wouldn’t, but there’d probably need to be alcohol involved so I wasn’t focusing on the fact that he’s slept with half of Philadelphia. At least.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
I’m kidding, of course. I’m repulsed by people who get around that much. I’ve never found anything appealing about that practice.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
LOL, my friend and I realized one night in college that we all judge each other’s numbers on a subjective scale: anyone who’s had more sex than you is slutty, anyone who’s had less is at least a bit of a prude.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
I’m a prudish slut.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Let’s ask one. Raise your hand if you’re a slutty prude.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Me, me! I would sleep around, but I am too old, tired and boring.
by wcw on Dec 3, 2010 7:48 PM PST up reply actions
I might nap around. Some.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
Gotta lock that down.
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I ain't sayin she's a gold digger
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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 3, 2010 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
DID HE LEARN NOTHING FROM MADISON
"You think someone that big would be more well endowed" Aubrey Huff's mother on Pat Burrell
I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
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THE LAST TWO THAT HAVE DONE IT HAVE WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL
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.
Ah crap. Well there goes next season for him.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Dec 3, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
So this explains it:
Buster Olney:
Heard this: Pat Burrell negotiated his own contract with the Giants.
Once again, thank you Pat!
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
by drdata24 on Dec 3, 2010 12:37 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
He’s such a great guy.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I imagine if you know you want to give a huge hometown discount you don’t want to also give a % to an agent
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
No agent would want to give the discount.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but he’d do what he was told. I imagine a conversation something like:
. Agent — (dividing by ten and starting to worry) Pat, this is going to cost me.. I mean you.. real money.
. Burrell — You know, you’re right. OK, I’ll save some money to offset that: you’re fired.
. Agent — I’m begging you! Look into your heart..!
I just reread the two Hammett novellas (Red Harvest/Glass Key) that the Cohen Brothers mashed together for that one. So very hardboiled.
by wcw on Dec 3, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
In other words, Pat took some close pitches and unlike Uribe, decided not to walk.
Pat can clearly see the window of opportunity with this team and his place within it, he has more than a good eye at the plate, he can see the bigger picture.
From prior posts on the subject I am informed that ballplayers are not interested in things like $60,000-$100,000.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently PTB is a simple man
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
So this.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 3, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
After the Pat-picking-up-chicks punchline the one fellow shared the other day, I have to say — simply hilarious.
there’s some website that has many of those stories, I’m sure most or all are untrue, but tehy were all similarly hilarious
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Given some of the things Burrell has been quoted as saying by actual journalists with tape recorders, I have to assume many of them embed some rather large kernels of truth.
Pat Burrell is the Negotiator.
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Pat negotiated it himself
From the giants website/MLB:
Burrell, who has earned $70 million over an 11-season career and $9 million in 2010, negotiated the deal himself.
“Sometimes it gets complicated the more people that get involved,” said Burrell, who won the World Series two years after winning one in Philadelphia. "I wanted to come back to San Francisco, and that’s all I needed to know. Different things are important to players at different stages of your career. Obviously, young players want to get established. I was fortunate to be a part of pretty good deals.
“In Philly, it taught me that winning is the only thing that matters. You can play 20 years and not get the chance for celebrating the postseason and the camaraderie with the guys. You don’t hear that much these days, but for me, it’s big. And the Giants gave me the opportunity to play again. I feel loyalty to that as well.”
Pat already set himself up financially, now he wants to be where he really wants to be.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
also very cool
Originally the first overall pick in the 1998 Draft by the Phillies, Burrell has a .254 career average with 285 home runs and 955 RBIs. He has at least 30 home runs in four seasons and at least 20 in nine seasons.
I for one am looking forward to cheering PTB’s 300th HR and 1,000 RBI this year.
Awesome that he should get to do that in a Giants’ uniform.
Is it March, yet?
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
i wish it was. so wish it was.
feels like the team is practically ready to go at it again
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
I know I am. Goddam NFBLA, or whatever it is.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
This guy is a mensch.
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 tried the search function at DRaysBay to see their reaction, but I don’t think they’ve noticed the lack of incentives or self-negotiating yet.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
And the Giants gave me the opportunity to play again. I feel loyalty to that as well.
Suck it, Uribe.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Dec 3, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I have no problem with Juan getting all he could get
I know there are some rumors he rejected a very similar offer from the Giants but none of us really know what went on in those negotiations.
Unlike Kent he has never bashed the city or fans.
Oh God, sorry everyone. I did not intend to start this conversation again.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Dec 3, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Pat is the exact polar opposite of Juan.
I love Pat.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 3, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
It helps to take this position when you've already made over $70M
playing baseball.
I should clarify
that this is not a knock on PTB. Even though he has already made a lot of money, it still is very classy and rare for a player to do this.
True that
But, I’d say $20 million on top of the $19 or so Uribe has pocketed, is not chump change.
Give me $5 Million, I guarantee I’d never “work/struggle” another day in my life, nor would my son. It’s absolutely retarded how much these guys make. Nobody “needs” that much money to live a normal life.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 3, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
of course not. but when you CAN get that much money, why think otherwise?
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
If I gave you $5 million
If you wanted to preserve the principle for your son and just live off the interest, you’re only looking at about $75,000 a year.
Of course, if I gave you $5 million and $2 million goes to taxes, your agent and the union, you’re only looking at about $45,000 a year. If $10,000 of the interest goes to taxes, you’re left with about $35,000.
Weird to say, but $5 million might make you less “set for life” than you’d think.
The thong is, it happened.
Is it principle or principal?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
It depends, on how much principal the principal got by sticking to his principles.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 4, 2010 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
principal
Ugh. I’m in marketing in the financial services and always fuck that up. Luckily, my work gets reviewed by legal and compliance and they always catch that….and enjoy giving me shit
The thong is, it happened.
Does legal make corrections in your punctuation as well ? Our senior staff attorney is a retired state judge. His primary purpose at this point seems to as proof reader.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
We're in a low rate environment
The very best 1-year CD rates in the country right now are in the 1.3% to 1.4% range, form very obscure banks.
Banks you’ve heard (and might feel comfortable putting money in) of are paying less than 1%.
The national average is about .5%
The thong is, it happened.
But if you’re just planning to hold it forever and preserve the principal you could just buy 30-year treasuries which are yielding around 4.25%.
But the point pretty much holds anyway. $5M, less $2M in taxes, leaves $3M yielding 4.25% is $127500 per year (before taxes on that interest). That’s decent money, enough to live on even in SF, but certainly wouldn’t support a lavish lifestyle.
I like to imagine
Jeter and Steinbrenner sitting on a couch watching TV and sharing popcorn in the dark when this story scrolls across the screen, and Jeter keeps his eyes forward, motionless, as Steinbrenner slowly turns his head and stares daggers at him.
Uribe has made less than $21 mil over his career to this point. Unfortunately his first big contract offer happened to come from the Bums and he was happy to get the early attention from them.
SIJU?
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
ZORAK FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
VELEZ THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPION!!!! THANKS
Trade Sabean...
Kim Batiste?
Now you’re just pandering to jcb9 and his constituents.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
Constituents?
Is that what people are always pulling statistics out of?
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
LOL
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
OT: What in the actual hell
You must see this: http://youtu.be/i8cNHCP3juQ
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Bizarre
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Tonya Harding?!
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Is Jeff Gilooly in there too?
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
I know! So random. And Tubbs? And Carlton?
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Looks like they filmed everyone separately and combined them all later.
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Definitely. But who made the choices on who to put in there? Benny from LA Law? I mean, wow!
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
What about the kid that played Forest Gump in his early years!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Dec 3, 2010 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
Oh my god, Ana Alicia! Back in my youth I had the biggest friend-zone crush on her cousin Dana Alicia, and I remember one time she took me to the set of Falcon Crest and we got to hang out with the cast.
Dana also played a crucial role in one of my worst Giants’ memories ever. I took her to a game in the summer of I ’83, and Dana being Dana we were late getting to the park and missed the first inning in which the Giants scored 6 runs, including a Darrel Evans HR. They then preceeded to lost to the Reds 7-6 in I believe 14 innings, so essentially we got to watch the Giants being shutout 7-0 and taking 13 innings to do it. Man was the most hard-earned Croix de Candlestick in history!
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
I totally had a crush on her cousin Lana Alicia, and my friend had a serious crush on her cousin Hana Alicia.
I had a cousin with an awkward crush on her cousin Eric Bana Alicia, though….
Placeholder.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2010 10:35 PM PST up reply actions
Are you sure you’re not confusing her with the grandmother, Nana Alicia?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 10:41 PM PST up reply actions
Nope, I’m not clicking on that. This is all just an elaborate hoax for you to finally get me to click on your stupid link.
AIN’T HAVIN’ IT.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
CLICK IT GODDAMMIT, PC. WHY WON'T YOU JUST CLICK IT??
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
NO
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
NO MEANS NO, CORN
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:36 PM PST up reply actions
UNLESS IT MEANS YES. AND I THINK IT MEANS YES THIS TIME.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
THE CORRECT ANSWER TO THE QUESTION "IS IT OPPOSITE DAY?" IS ALWAYS "NO."
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
NO IN THIS CASE IT JUST MEANS NO, YOU DEVIANTS
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
NO MEANS NO AND IT ALSO MEANS CORN
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I have no idea why I just laughed so hard at this but I did
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:39 PM PST up reply actions
Carlton!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
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by Giant among Angels on Dec 3, 2010 7:37 PM PST up reply actions
Wow...
Wow…
WOW.
This is just so exceptionally strange in so many different ways.
I mean, pretty odd kettle of fish, for one thing. Alberto Tomba, the Olympic Skiier? Tubbs playing air guitar? Tonya Harding? Right Said Fred? The actor who portrayed Forrest Gump as a boy?
Then there’s the voices. It’s especially awesome to see the surviving half of Milli Vanilli lip-synching again. But the Corbin Bernsen voice! And I love that Huey Lewis is the only one who got to use Paul McCartney’s voice for his lip-synch spot.
The shot that goes from Katarina Witt, to Tonya Harding, to… Glenn Close?? That is some bizarre genius (“farlig begjaer” translates to “Fatal Attraction”). Darryl Hannah evidently wanted to participate in this, but she actually didn’t want to be seen. And weird to see Leslie Nielsen. I wonder if that’s the last thing he filmed? Unsettling to see the dudes in the red shirts all laughing.
All in all, I actually kind of love it.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Only if you haven’t taken your “medicine” tonight.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
Comment Starter
With Geno, Guillen, Molina, gone, who will Bork turn to when he decides he wants to cause one of those epic MCC conflagrations?
Rowand?
Amazing how this roster is almost completely devoid of fundamentally embarassing players.
/scratches chin
Hmmm. Fontenot. Definitely. And a bit of Rowand.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
And, of course, Whiteside.
Not fundamentally embarrassing, but also not Posey.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Will you really be that upset if Fontenot is playing over Tejada or Mole? Maybe if its against a left handed pitcher, but other than that it seems like it will be understandable.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Rowand
Why I’m beating the “he’s gotta go drum” so loud.
I just don't see how this happens
The best we can do is to wish that Rowand has a career year.
I think Rowand is going to have a pretty good 2011.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
That makes one of us
I bought into his good ST and Won’t Get Fooled Again
The thong is, it happened.
I always wanted him to be replaced by Schierholtz and traded for Bradley (amusingly enough, my very first post on McCovey Chronicles was one of those asinine fanposts suggesting an impossible trade, in this case, a three-way trade involving Milton and Rowand with us somehow acquiring Kyle Blanks).
So this year would be me getting fooled for the first time! :D
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
how is Rowand gonna have a pretty good 2011 with no playing time? where’s he gonna play? RF is Codys. CF is Andres. LF is Burrell/Huff (when Belt comes)
Where would Rowand even play to show if he’s having a great year?
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
Maybe that's what he meant
Rowand’s is never more productive than when he’s not playing
The thong is, it happened.
LOL for sure. He didn’t play the 2nd half of 2010, team goes 51-30.
I hope he’s gone by March, even if we have to pay 9 of his $12mil per year
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
It’s a sunk cost.
As long as he is passable as a 5th outfielder, there is no reason to throw him away. And he’s actually pretty good for a 5th outfielder, last season notwithstanding.
If a team offers actual talent for him, well then, all bets are off. But trading away a player with utility for the sake of trading him away is foolhardy.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
oh yeah, Goofus, you have a link to that Neyer chat you mentioned in the previous thread?
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
er, KLaw, not Neyer
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
You have me confused with someone else
Understandable. there are lot of really good looking McCoven.
I don’t know about any KLAW or Neyer chat, so it wasn’t me who mentioned it.
The thong is, it happened.
it was GoBroks, not Goofus.
you both have handsome screenames, so I mixed them up. After all, you boys are all the same ;)
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
My vote for this position is DeRosa
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Flap flap flap
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
“Flap” is a funny word.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
I’m in this line. I’ll believe it when I actually see him on the field.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
I’m kinda thinking Fontenot+Burrell+Rent = the Giants FO isn’t expecting him either, really. If they really do have interest in Rent that is.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
DRAGON DRAGON DRAGON DR
DR
DRAGON
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I think the Giants are thinking at least one of DeRosa/Sandoval isn’t ready to go at teh beginning of the season. And then they are building a deep bench as backup options since they have so many oldies playing middle infield spots.
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
"Because I don’t know what it means anymore, in the PCL. It’s almost like years ago."
"That’s not to say Buster isn’t fully committed or all-in. He is. He’s smart and he’s got the advance reports. Anybody who said he’s not ready to catch in the big leagues is crazy because he’s a pretty good catcher, especially throwing." - Sabean 7/11/10
a deep bench is a very good thing to have. means you never have to trot out a “getaway day” lineup
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
That was a great tribute to an odd character, Grant.
San Francisco Giants, 2010 World Series champions.
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Dec 3, 2010 12:45 PM PST reply actions
He was awesome as a 24-year-old in A-ball!
Year Age Tm Lg Lev PA 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
2006 24 Augusta SALL A 508 29 20 14 90 64 15 .315 .369 .557 .925
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Nick Conte’s last season as a professional ballplayer.
by wcw on Dec 3, 2010 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
RIP Velez/Zorak/FBAL
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
I just can’t emphasize enough how much comedy gold there is to be mined in the ‘big guys kicking little girls’ vein. Kudos to you sir.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
Damn it...
just got severely chopped!
"A 1-0 Loss is the fault of our pitching staff" Bruce Bochy/Brian Sabean
by a whopping 2.5 hours…good god, working is killing my McC addiction!
"A 1-0 Loss is the fault of our pitching staff" Bruce Bochy/Brian Sabean
by Cant_buy_a_run on Dec 3, 2010 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
My favorite Giant bench player of all time is
Dusty Rhodes !!
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." - Actress Tallulah Bankhead (1962)
by iloveddickdietz on Dec 3, 2010 1:18 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
240 ft. WALKOFF
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
Key moment of the season
Given that one more loss anytime during the season would have kept the Giants out of the playoffs, I wonder if the key to the season was Velez getting knocked out in the dugout. I would bet that there was at least one time that Ishikawa or someone else got a key pinch hit when Velez, were he available, would have made an out as a pinchhitter.
I didn't get to say goodbye to Nen
He was awesome. One of my favs from the early 00’s era. He was no utility guy, but he sure did have his career cut fast.
It's better to be lucky than good.
Seems like a good fellow
But I never liked him as a ballplayer. He just couldn’t do anything right, lol. Farewell, Geno.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: WORLD CHAMPIONS!
Touchdown Forty Niners!
Giants Baseball: Torture. It hurts so good.
I liked him too….though my flame of appreciation did wane a bit as he followed Dusty of to Chicago, and then to make matters worse he joined the Dark Side. Ugh.
But – HEY! – the Giants are World Champions!!
THANK YOU Ramon Martinez!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
Did he ever play for the big league Giants?
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Huh?
He played with them for five years, followed by seven more years with other clubs.
Are we thinking of different players?
The thong is, it happened.
Oh wait, I was thinking of Ramon Ortiz.
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Ramon Ortiz
I wanted to believe.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
Geno is not gone!
dude, ur talkin like hes gone! the Giants r plannin 2 offer him a minor league deal
besides, i think hes got alot of talent! with jack rabbit speed,how can u lose with him?
Text from last night?
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
This is his second-ever comment.
The first comment:
my most hated Dodger
This is a tough question,cuz i do remember,ron cey,davey lopes(who is still a
dodger even if he wears a phillies uni) steve mr infomercial grabage & jimmy
the toy squirt gun wynn. but the biggest Giant killer of all time since ive been a
Giants fan & my most hated doggerm is Joe Ferguson! he hurt the Giants so many
times n the 70’s! he made me so sick!!!
by WillieMC on Oct 18, 2009 1:24 PM PDT actions
Interesting year-long hiatus. Unlikely to be chasm.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I love Web.tv!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
lqtm
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
gotta be a little old to even make that reference, no?
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
u mite b rite
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Dec 3, 2010 7:44 PM PST up reply actions
wat is velez??
Still in despair.
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So I’m reading Athletic’s Nation stuff, and I don’t get it.
Their comments and posts have all of these random grammar and spelling errors (repeated by different commenters, even) that I have never seen here on McCovey Chronicles.
I swear, something about the symbiotic relationships established in the McCovey Chronicles environment, including a heavy dose of snark and sarcastic humor, has created a site where the comments are really solid in terms of grammar, spelling, and generally grasp of the English language. I’d never really noticed it before, but this place is really cool.
Alternate explanation: Giants fans are just smarter. I’m cool with this explanation, too.
Which do you think it is?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I like that your post was so soon after this one:
Geno is not gone! dude, ur talkin like hes gone! the Giants r plannin 2 offer him a minor league deal
besides, i think hes got alot of talent! with jack rabbit speed,how can u lose with him?
WWRWD?
LOL yeah
But honestly, I just throw out the posts in my head where the guy is obviously not trying at all, on either site.
It’s the ones who are obviously trying, with complete paragraphs and sentences et al, and then say:
“at nausea”
or
“intensions”
I’ve seen both of those multiple times already on AN, and I had never seen that on MCC before in an entire year of comment-reading. I just found it bizarre.
There are other examples I don’t remember of crazy inexplicable errors on AN.
I made the lead/led error just yesterday, so it’s not like I am claiming superiority or anything. It was soon noticed and joked about/corrected by somebody and my writing is the better for it. It seems like that just doesn’t happen as effectively over there.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
LOL
I kept reading in the “ad nauseum” post, and somebody corrected him, but somebody else threw a hissy fit.
And then they had a massive argument about how correcting grammar/spelling is “toxic to the community”.
I guess that answers the question.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Clear communication is clearly toxic.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Link please!
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
This is the correction comment.
After the responses it gets ugly.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
They fear the wrath of El Gallo.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah, that whole thread is hilarious
There’s another fanpost in which someone posted a “friendly” FAQ about, among other things, how you have to like Jack Cust to be accepted in their community. That sparked another hissy fit.
by Murray, Present on Dec 3, 2010 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
U R %
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Nicely done
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Dec 3, 2010 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
As much shit as we gave him on defense...
This catch in left field was one of the more impressive baseball layouts I can remember watching recently.
Adopted father of the prettiest player in the organization, Nestor Rojas.
Ah FBAL....
Making the easy difficult, and the impossible possible. My dog will be a lot happier without me screaming at the TV when he is there.
"A 1-0 Loss is the fault of our pitching staff" Bruce Bochy/Brian Sabean
by Cant_buy_a_run on Dec 3, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Great find!
That was aweome! You see a guy make a catch like that and wonder how he can screw up so much else.
The thong is, it happened.
Well, these guys platooned somewhat but
how about love for Brent Mayne and Brian Johnson (thanks again for that huge home run).
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I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
Also
For some reason I was a Scott Servais fan. I think because as a kid I wrote to him and he wrote me back. (also thanks to Bill Mueller and Rich Aurilia for sending me autographed cards.)
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I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
A “plus one” for all three of the former Giants listed in your post.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
Will Clark and Mark Grace sent me autographed cards. Jim Abbott sent me an autographed 8″ × 10″. Greg Olson sent me an autographed card. Ken Griffey Jr., Tom Gordon and Greg Jeffries just kept my cards :(
WWRWD?
I like the idea of Ken Griffey Jr. saying, “Hell yeah! I’ve been missing this card from my Me Collection!”
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Dec 3, 2010 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
I think a Marvin Benard thread would have been thrilling.
"A 1-0 Loss is the fault of our pitching staff" Bruce Bochy/Brian Sabean
A Les Miz parody about The Fighting Hydrants would have been epic.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
3 Fighting Muskateer Hydrants?
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 3, 2010 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
Some must of posted this already
but it won’t stop me from reposting:
San Francisco Giants
Needs: Remember all those issues last winter? Tim Lincecum’s(notes) velocity? Barry Zito’s(notes) whatever? The slow-footed defense? The dearth of bats? Buster Posey’s(notes) readiness? Yeah, well, tell it to the ring, pal. The Giants climbed over all that – along with 29 other teams – and aren’t of the mind to change much. Already they’ve re-signed Aubrey Huff(notes) and Pat Burrell(notes), replaced Uribe and Edgar Renteria(notes) with Miguel Tejada(notes), and have Pablo Sandoval(notes) well into Operation Panda II. Now, if you’ll excuse GM Brian Sabean, he’s going to go spoon with his trophy.
Eye on: The most fun of the Giants’ offseason may have been loose reports they were at least curious about Derek Jeter. Hey, it passed a day. The Sandoval situation won’t play out for a while, and the plan is to play Tejada at shortstop, so third base might eventually become an issue again. But, it does not appear to be a priority.
Wherewithal: The 2010 payroll crept up on $100 million and you can bet Bill Neukom’s orange socks it won’t go drastically north of that. Zito, at $18.5 million, and Aaron Rowand(notes), at $12 million, remain the big hits, but there’s not much Sabean can do about those, unless he finds a club for Rowand and bites off some of the contract for it. Sabean revealed he went a little higher for Huff – two years, $22 million – than he’d expected, so forget about that pony for Christmas.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-nlwintermeetingsprimer120210
They should of included an edit feature
Shake n bake!!!
by TehGreekStallion on Dec 3, 2010 8:27 PM PST up reply actions
I hate “them.”
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
OT: Just ran across this and thought you guys would enjoy this
Make it happen mo.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
if the yankees allowed him to do that, i would absolutely lose it
"A 1-0 Loss is the fault of our pitching staff" Bruce Bochy/Brian Sabean
by Cant_buy_a_run on Dec 3, 2010 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
you aren’t the boss of me!
"A 1-0 Loss is the fault of our pitching staff" Bruce Bochy/Brian Sabean
by Cant_buy_a_run on Dec 3, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
THIS IS A CUTTER!
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.
Tech OT: Decade's 30 biggest Tech Flops
1. Dreamcast (1998-2001)
Don’t get us wrong. We loved the Dreamcast, which was originally released in 1998 and discontinued in the U.S. in 2001 (it was still sold in Japan until 2006), and still miss it. But it didn’t make it.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-20024437-82.html?tag=TOCcarouselMain.0
As do I.
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loved my dreamcast. NFL 2K1 ran excellently on it.
"A 1-0 Loss is the fault of our pitching staff" Bruce Bochy/Brian Sabean
by Cant_buy_a_run on Dec 3, 2010 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
I remember when I wanted the dreamcast more than the playstation
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
I stuck with it clear up til the Playstation 2….I would not be swayed by the newfangled playstation and it’s weird looking controller haha
"A 1-0 Loss is the fault of our pitching staff" Bruce Bochy/Brian Sabean
by Cant_buy_a_run on Dec 3, 2010 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
Sadly most people didn’t think the same way.
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to this day, i refuse to believe the playstation was superior in any way
"A 1-0 Loss is the fault of our pitching staff" Bruce Bochy/Brian Sabean
by Cant_buy_a_run on Dec 3, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
the only problem with the dreamcast that I could think of…was that it came out to compete with the Nintendo 64 and Playstation a few years before the PS2 was launched…they kinda set themselves up for failure. It was still an awesome console though
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
Sega screwed themselves over with the previous generation. The Saturn was difficult to develop for and didn’t have the mainstream appeal that the Playstation did. Hence, the PS2 already had a user base established that gravitated toward the Playstation brand before the system even came out. Also Sega didn’t quite have the marketing skills that Sony did. It’s not surprising that the Dreamcast flopped, but it certainly deserved better.
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Now if only Sega can make good Sonic the Hedgehog games again…
Warning, angry Giants fan on the loose.
Apparently Sonic Colors is really good!
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lol @ #16 cablecard
Still in despair.
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by Zetsuboushita on Dec 3, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
Whoo no disc protection.
In College our Dreamcast was also our Atari 2600, or NES, our Sega Genesis, and our Super Nintendo.
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.
Dreamcast was not a flop
it was a HUGE success in Asia.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Velez sliding into home plate on the wrong side, Dodgers series. Out, of course.
good LOLs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ5IEBEegds
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
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that was this year too. i didnt remember that
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
Looked safe to me
And sliding in on that side of the plate totally crossed up Haeger. Maybe Velez was a mad genius… probably not.
Oh crap, should I hide under my desk? What’s happening?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Dec 3, 2010 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
I WAS TOLD THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY TESTS IN THIS CLASS
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 3, 2010 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
_______________
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
RIP
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was he the dude who killed his family and then himself maybe 1, 2 years ago? they blamed it on “roid rage”?
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
ahh there we go. that rings a bell
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
Fast Black Abraham Lincoln...
is my favorite nickname that this site has ever produced, and probably always will be.
Good luck to you, Hey you Hey knee oh.
by The Double Deuce on Dec 3, 2010 3:07 PM PST reply actions
For the umpteenth time...
Jayson Stark jaysonst
Been a fascinating week for #RedSox. Courted Crawford & Werth. Now ESPNBoston says they’re working on Adrian Gonzalez
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
you think the ESPNBoston and ESPNNewYork fight over the Sox/Yanks?
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
They don’t even need ESPNNewYork. They already have ESPN.com
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Actually…they don’t need ESPN Boston…ESPN is in freaking Connecticut…
I read somewhere that the guy who started ESPN was down to Bristol and San Diego to start the network…imagine what would have happened had it started in SD…
Wait...
if this is true…
The Red Sox and Padres are discussing a potential trade that would send Adrian Gonzalez to Boston, according to Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com. Red Sox GM Theo Epstein appears to be making “some headway” in tempting Padres GM Jed Hoyer with a package of top prospects, Edes reports.
The proposed deal would include minor league players only. Hoyer, new assistant Josh Byrnes and Padres exec Jason McLeod are all former Red Sox executives, so they know the team’s system well. Other clubs also have strong interest in the first baseman.
I will give the Padres the Giants top 3-4 prospects for Gonzalez…including belt
Really? You’d give up 6 years of Belt for one of Gonzalez coming off shoulder surgery? that strikes me as a bit profligate.
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
That’s of course assuming the Giants can sign him long term…
I will take an established all-star/top 3 in MVP voting MLB player over prospects any day
I'm not sure we could afford the extension
If we couldn’t afford Crawford
The thong is, it happened.
Word is they’re talking a 7 year extension in the realm of $170 million. Yeah, I think that’s a deal we’re not going to be making any time. soon.
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
Wow, that's a lot of money
But one of the few guys where it makes sense. That’ll only take him through 35 years old.
Makes more sense than paying ARod until he’s dead and buried
The thong is, it happened.
I’d make that deal and let one of our pitchers walk. Just not Wilson, Cain or Timmeh
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
its a tough call from the armchair. I’d have to really figure the terms of the deal, ie are we letting a pitcher walk so we have the $$ to sign him to the extension, or are we trading to get him and then having to let one walk?
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
I was about to make the point that Mike Benjamin was a much better player than Velez and therefore was more deserving of a farewell post, but I just checked out his career stats, and man, he was not a very good baseball player.
That hitting streak was awesome though!
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Dec 3, 2010 3:24 PM PST reply actions
I was going to say:
Thank You Eugenio for your small albeit important contribution to the 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONS.
But then I looked it up and he had 0.0 WAR. I even looked at both fWAR and rWAR.
Brian Sabean: Sing His Praises To The Heavens!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that seems to have resurrected itself in my absence...
I give him a -1.0 WAR for that dropped flyball in the Werth Chalk game.
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
Velez was the perfect MCC foil
If he had not existed, we would have had to invent him. He was a source of endless discussion, macros, memes and nicknames. I won’t miss his presence on the field one bit, but I will kinda miss complaining about him.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
we’re fast running out of this to complain about
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
Once more for old time's sake
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Dec 3, 2010 4:02 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
And from first base he got picked off…E-U-GEN-I-O
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
with a strikeout here, and a pickoff there
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
easy fly balls bounced everywhere
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
Ugh, I keep accidentally clicking the background ad, which loads the new page in the same tab, screwing up my reading. Couldn’t they have at least made it open a new window?
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This.
It’s pissing me off
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 have Adblock. Sometimes it gets through.
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Ugh
This ad on the side of the page has to go.
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 not seeing anything. I must be missing something here.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
Some Allstate thing.
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I guess not, because I can see that up top, but not this Allstate thing everyone’s complaining about. That’s right: even the seedy world of web advertising ignores me.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
Which browser are you using? Because I think my browser is blocking the ad. I don’t see it either.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Well Natto’s using Opera too, and he sees it while I don’t, so I dunno.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Oh, I’m not using Opera right now. I use Chrome at work.
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This
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 3, 2010 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
Become an likely playoff hero
What if I can here for reality?
"I dont always hit home runs, but when I do, I prefer World Series winning home runs"
Canned reality sounds like an oxymoron.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Aaron Harang to the Padres
“As a San Diego guy, you always think of playing for your hometown team. It would be a cool experience.”
TIES!
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
good signing for them
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Whoa, I didn’t even know he was a FA.
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Its a one year deal
Latos has to deal with his mercenaries
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Dec 4, 2010 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Even More Amazing
in 2004, Barry Bonds’s BB% was 37.6%.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Is there some sort of consensus among the baseball intelligentsia about who between Aaron and Mays was the better hitter? I was watching the video clip of Aaron’s interview with Bob Costas and Aaron said he (Aaron) was the better hitter while acknowledging that Mays would probably say he (Mays) was the better hitter. And Costas (rightly, I think) left it at that.
I think that most baseball intelligentsia (as you call it) prefer Aaron’s hitting skills but some even consider Mays the best all-around player ever. SO there’s a vague response to a non-so-vague question.
That had been my rough understanding, but just comparing their career slash lines, Mays is .302/.384/.557 to Aaron’s .305/.374/.555. That’s close to dead even.
Consider the ballparks they played in.
Mays wins.
by mrs. owlcroft on Dec 3, 2010 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
Mays: .413 wOBA, 155 OPS+
Aaron: .405 wOBA, 155 OPS+
practically a toss up! though Hank had about 1500 more PA. Then again, Willie missed most of 1952 and 1953 in Korea, which would close the gap somewhat.
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wOBA
Ok, I just Google’d a bit and found the following formula for wOBA:
((0.72 x NIBB) + (0.75 x HBP) + (0.90 × 1B) + (0.92 x RBOE) + (1.24 × 2B) + (1.56 × 3B) + (1.95 x HR) / PA
What are “NIBB” and “RBOE”?
I would imagine that RBOE sometimes turns into two bases rather than just one?
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Hmm. Also, I’d imagine Bonds would have got dinged a little bit by wOBA’s preference for NIBBs, especially between 2001-2004. But then I imagine wOBA (and most such synthetic stats) are not designed to tell you about freakish outliers like that.
of course Bonds’s wOBA for those years is still like .550 or something disgusting like that.
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Back to RBOE for a sec — why count RBOEs at all? OBP doesn’t count it. Is reaching base on error an important enough aspect of a player’s hitting profile that wOBA feels the need to model it?
It’s believed that there are some players who do deserve a little extra value for reaching base via error a lot, like Jeter and Ichiro, I think.
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For most players, it probably hardly affects it at all.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
we're pretty much all saying that
always
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by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 8:49 PM PST up reply actions
I plan to be saying that for a very long time, myself.
by wcw on Dec 3, 2010 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
PSSSH THEY ONLY WON BECAUSE THE OTHER TEAMS’ BATS WENT COLD!
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
This time of the day always sucks for conversation because you West Coasters are en route from work to home. So now I’m sitting here at 8:39 p.m., waiting on some chatter and getting NOTHING. You guys are forcing me to read Wikipedia articles about Pioneer 10.
Which, frankly, is how I spend most Friday nights anyway.
Damn.
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by TheLetter2 on Dec 3, 2010 5:39 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
don't feel too bad
I’m playing World of Warcrack.
Roleplaying, even.
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by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
There is no longer communication with the probe; the last contact was in 2003 and in 2006 a final attempt at contact failed.
If Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a guide, Pioneer 10 will be intercepted by an alien race and one day be sent back to Earth attached to a gigantic spaceship surrounded by an even larger bluish cloud.
And they’ll wonder why we sent porn.
At the moment, I’m pretty engrossed in figuring out the Pioneer anomaly. Pretty interesting stuff.
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According to the porn pic, it’s not very big. Seems like a brush with a rock at high speed would smash it to bits.
What’s the Pioneer anomaly? (Haven’t read the whole thing.)
The Pioneer anomaly is an as-yet unresolved mystery of physics. Someone noticed the Pioneers were moving slower than mathematical models would indicate on their journey out of the Solar System. But so far as we know, there isn’t a force that be slowing them down out there.
So, what’s the deal? Theories range from an unknown physical force to simple systematic bias (error in measurement). Unfortunately, physicists can’t check other deep space probes for similar effects because they used thrusters to gain or subtract speed (the Pioneers were spin-stabilized) and therefore would produce junk results.
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I think it’s safe to say we know more about what it isn’t than about what it is. That said, it would be highly foolish for a guy with a B.A. in communications to take a stab at a problem that vexes the world’s smartest physicists. And they have no consensus. So I’ll join the ranks of the puzzled.
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You’d think after Babylon 5 and BSG you’d realize it’s all angels. I mean Vorlons.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
The Centari will be here soon, according to the lore.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Ooh, delightful! They have the best cocktail parties.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
And what accents!
Reminds me of Somewhereistan.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
or maybe
not that wierd: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/17846774.html
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I’m busy working on Final Assignment 1 of 4 :(
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Do what I did — graduate from college in 2008. Solved those pesky problems right away.
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I graduated from college in 2009. This is GRADUATE SCHOOL.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It’s ok, I’ll be done completely in six months.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
PhD! PhD!
Or, if you must, EdD!
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
Hell no, I’m so done with being a student at this point.
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I felt the same way, jp.
Time to actually work at a paying job.
Good luck getting that first position. Keeping it will be the bitch.
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by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
I decided a while back I’m not cut out for grad school, at least at this point in my life. If I do go back for a master’s, it will not be in communication or journalism. I’ll go for something like geology or meteorology and finally get an education in subjects I should have engaged a long time ago.
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Well, I’ve never understood the allure of “going out”. My whole life since the beginning of kindergarten was try to make the day pass as quickly as possible to get back to my room and draw/paint/read.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
I was kinda stoked to go out downtown this evening with one of my work colleagues, but that fell through. Fiddlesticks.
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See, I don’t get that. You’ve seen him for eight hours today. Why would you want to spend more time with him?
The less time I can spend with other people outside my house, the more time I have to spend in my fantasy worlds.
someone with more free time than sense.
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Her. And she’s the morning host, so I saw her for about two hours today. The main idea was to go to a gallery crawl done the first Friday of every month, and meet some new people. It’s just…I get tired of sitting around by myself. The first twenty years were all right, and then it really began to bug me.
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This is exactly why I want to get a dog. Companionship!
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:21 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t. I’d rather have nice furniture.
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You can have both, trust me.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
I’m skeptical of the idea. Which is a conflict of sorts, because I do love dogs. But having grown up in a household with dogs practically my whole life, I was pleasantly surprised to discover how nice it is to live in a space not completely buried in dog hair.
It’s wonderful, it turns out.
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Stupid AllState
I was saying, I don’t mind the shedding too much and the breeds I most want don’t shed that much but I said it in a much cuter way and then that stupid add ruined my comment and you’re left with this.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
. It’s just…I get tired of sitting around by myself.
So not me.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
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Which is perfectly your prerogative. Most nights I don’t like to get out anywhere. But I do like going out, especially now that I live in a real city and there are things to do.
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Your place in Alabama wasn’t?
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Me neither dude
me neither. And your quote above sums up precisely after-work encounters, with the possible exception of going to a ballgame together.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
I’m locked in my room because of finals, but shame on you boys for not going out. It’s Friday night, dammit!
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
I was gonna go drinking, but a surprise plumber tore apart my kitchen today, so I opted to clean up and then sit around playing games. At least I’ll fly without a hangover tomorrow, for the first time in forever.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 6:21 PM PST up reply actions
a surprise plumber tore apart my kitchen today
Please to elaborate. What exactly is a “surprise plumber” and where do I get one?
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
And can one request a surprise firefighter?
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I’ve had that; you don’t want it.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
Unless it’s Giant4Life, of course.
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by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
??
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
He’s a firefighter. And my hero.
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by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, I think we just saw an actual Surprise Firefighter in action!
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
As I said, saw that once, you don’t want it. They appear to have difficulty keeping their clothes on.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:03 PM PST up reply actions
Bachelorette party?
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 7:03 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah. I’d like to have that time back.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:10 PM PST up reply actions
You know, of the bachelor parties I’ve been to, only one has involved strippers, and it was by far the shittiest.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
(in monotone) Oh, yes. How terrible that would be. I can’t possibly imagine the terror.
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It wasn’t sexy, just creepy. Trust me.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
As of veteran of numerous bachelor parties (my own included), I can certify that this is the case IMHO.
I should add, I’m not a fan of men I don’t know stripping down, oiling up and shaking their junk in my face, but I’m particularly not a fan of that when I have a very good idea that the guy doing it is gay. The idea of someone going to all that effort without even the remote possibility of being sexual attracted to me feels incredibly exploitive, and I don’t wanna be a part of that.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:22 PM PST up reply actions
STRIPPERS
I am all in favor of people being sleazy and debauched at me, but I want them to do it for love, not money.
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This is the same reason I've never understood going to a hooker
For me, the idea that my partner is just as happy to be engaged in the activity with me as I am her is exciting. Thinking about the fact that she’s only doing it for the money would be a total turn off.
The thong is, it happened.
This is why I never go to massage therapists… it just doesn’t feel as good when the motivation is purely mercenary.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 4, 2010 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
This why I'll stop coming to McC once my premium membership runs out
Realizing that Grant’s a whore has taken all the fun out of it
The thong is, it happened.
Oh, well that makes perfect sense. Yes, he would of course be an exception.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
He’s a hero to us all.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
eh, we’re just guys doing our jobs.
Parents are heros.
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
First you get an unexpected leak in your sink, then your landlord loses your phone number, then you come home from work and all your shit is moved and some dude with a skullet is tearing apart your kitchen floor.
He broke one of my beer glasses.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
He broke one of my beer glasses.
New question: why was the surprise plumber drinking on the job and why does he think that’s ok?
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
I wouldn’t be surprised, but nah, I just had a lot of dirty dishes in the sink. Swinging bachelor pad, yeeeeahhh~!
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
This was a Josman comic.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
JUDGING YOU
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
I didn't
As someone made a joke in a thread I was conversing in that I didn’t get, and I responded to it seriously, according to the Rules of the Internet I must now passive-aggressively flounce out of the forum.
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by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
THEM'S THE RULES
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by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 6:37 PM PST up reply actions
I get it — it’s an Athletics Nation joke.
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Four WS rings
Zero splash hits
Zero sense of humor
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
I try being nice to them, but it’s always a very tenuous peace.
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I don’t mean this toward you in any way, but you bring up an interesting point: I never understood why “going out” meant getting shitfaced. A lot of my friends in college used it that way. To me, it means what it says: I leave the house and do something else.
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I can’t speak for my generation or any other, but personally, the two things tend to cross over because I really, really like beer.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
All of this is true, but also:
It takes A LOT to get me drunk. It takes even more to KEEP me drunk. If I don’t drink until I get to the bar, I’m going to end up spending WAAAAY too much money. Hence, pre-party. Or I offer to DD. Whatever.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:31 PM PST up reply actions
Sure, but to be honest, I don’t think you want to. I mean, I need to drink more to get drunk, so I’ve probably had way more in my lifetime than I should have by now. I’m 26 but my liver’s probably 58 and failing.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
Nonsense!
The liver is a powerful being. All ya need to do is quit for a while and it gets right back on its feet. That’s why it takes so much effort to drink yourself to death.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Also, you can remove up to 150 percent of it, and it’ll grow back.
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lol
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Yeah, my mohel said the same thing….
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
by Alex_Lewis on Dec 3, 2010 7:05 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
oh man wrecked.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 7:05 PM PST up reply actions
Very clever . . . if I only understood it.
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by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 7:12 PM PST up reply actions
Hate to break it to you.
I’m Jewish.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
word up my heeb
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by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
Hate to break it to you.
I’m not actually Jewish.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I’m completely lost now. I thought you were awesome, but now you’re just a Gentile. What the hell.
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At least he's not a Papist.
Like me.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
WHAT THE SHOAH!!!
Not sure I got that right.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Sheol
But it’s not really hell. Jewish hell is just Pesach with the in-laws.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 7:20 PM PST up reply actions
Or a kvetching barber, AMIRIGHT?
Not sure I got that one right either.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
This logic, I subscribe to most
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
WHO IS THE BURLIEST ORGAN OF ALL
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by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
Fantastic.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I miss Chico State.
I could go out on $20, never pay a cover and still need a cab home.
Those were the good ol’ days.
Roy Halladay just woke up in a cold sweat. He had a dream about this rodeo clown with a stick...
Yet another reason I’m quitting the law game before I start.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:32 PM PST up reply actions
Well I’m finishing out the degree. I’m in my 3rd year, I’ve made it this far, invested this much. Might as well get that J.D.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:41 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe for some, the more I do it, the more I hate it (TWSS)
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:41 PM PST up reply actions
Make sure you take the bar, though, no matter what your plans. May as well do it while it’s still fresh.
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I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I’m actually holding off on that. When I calculated how much money it was going to be + the fact that there are no legal jobs out there right now + the fact that I don’t want a legal job + that I have to pay back close to $600 a month starting in November, I’m just going to wait a year or two and reevaluate then.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
Dear PC, listen to corn. Unless you’re utterly sure you never want a legal job, do it. Employers sometimes guess from resumes how long it’s taken you to pass the exam from your date of admission and will assume you’ve been failing the bar every 6 months. They might not bother to call you in to ask about it, especially nowadays.
Unless you think you’ll end up with a firm job and those folks still pay for bar review, or you’re so strapped you can’t afford a review class. Good luck in any case.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t really like going out either but I love the pre-party. So in order to have a pre-party I have to go out after.
WWRWD?
Now, I do enjoy hosting small parties and intime soirees. Basically, I don’t like leaving my lair, but you’re welcome to come into my parlor, pretty little fly.
someone with more free time than sense.
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Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Oh, same!! The pre-party is usually more fun if you do it right. I’m basically over clubs at this point – I’m tired of getting dressed up and wearing shoes that kill my feet and dancing to house music – but I’m always down to head out to the bars.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
I hate bars and clubs. I can’t see anything—it’s either too dark, or something is flashing. And then clubs have this “music” which seems to be computer-generated beeps and thumps. While at bars, you can never be safe from someone trying to start a conversation with you! I’m breaking out in sweats just imagining it. Give me wide cold shore with no one around!
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
You and I would get along.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I like a decent bar. Or a good sports bar. I haven’t done clubs since college. Which was a couple decades ago.
I also like the bar at the local club, but I don’t make it there as often as I’d like.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I like the Voyagers’ sophistication more, but I’m very impressed with the, well, pioneering nature of Pioneers 10 and 11. The Voyagers were the muscle cars of the outer solar system, but the Pioneers were the Nash Ramblers that got us there in the first place.
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I’d hang out and chat, friend, but I’m afraid that my life calls.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Ironic post, Letter,
because this wandering discussion is among the best we have to offer. IMHO. As you know by now, things pick up.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 11:09 PM PST up reply actions
Victim of serious chop////
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
Keith LOLAW
If the Dodgers want to protect their $3.8 million investment in Rod Barajas, they should put the money on first base – he’ll never see it.
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
If Barajas signs for $3.8mil, what does that mean for Molina’s value? Last season was $4.5mil, with additional $1.5mil in incentives. Would he be lucky to get $3mil?
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I like this
Barajas, 35, excelled in 72 plate appearances after the Dodgers acquired him for the stretch run. He had three hits, including a homer, in his first game as a Dodger and batted .297/.361/.578 overall. He doesn’t reach base often, as his career .284 on base percentage shows, but he has some power.
72 PA…not SSS
World Series rings:
Eugenio Velez: 1
Barry Bonds: 0.
Mind. Blown. /has a sad
This was mentioned earlier...
Weird, isn’t it? And same goes for Juan Marichal, Willie McCovey, and all the others…Guess that’s how the chips fall sometimes.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
OT
So did pika go to Detroit to watch his college play in the MAC championship?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I haven’t had root beer in God knows how long. But it was never a favorite to begin with.
Oh, shit, that reminds me — I live in east Tennessee now. They must have Cheerwine around here somewhere! Hoorah! My night is saved!
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
Oh man. I haven’t had a soda in at least five years. Every once in a while I get a craving. Root beer! How I loved root beer.
Why’d you quit soda?
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
WHYD YOU QUIT WRITING YOUR PAPER
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I was writing a paper?
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
Thought I saw that somewhere. Studying?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Studying.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
I once had a job interview with a fellow who told me that “No really means maybe. Actually, it means yes. You must have that attitude.”
He said it without irony. Didn’t take that job.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Wow, I’d be really uncomfortable working there.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:05 PM PST up reply actions
You ARE going to be a lawyer, aren't you?
A lot of that is sales.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
If you read about, no, no I’m not.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
Oh.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Wow, that word was supposed to be “above” not “about”
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
True story: When I was in fourth grade (or thereabouts), I visited my physician for a checkup. I studied human anatomy and physiology a lot back then, so I was able to talk to the doctor in semi-clinical terms.
He said, “You’re pretty smart. You could be a lawyer someday.”
I said, “No way. Nobody likes lawyers!”
Boy, that cracked the old guy up.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
It's funny because it's true!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Haha! I’m in the media! The most well-liked occupation in America!
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
Asking annoying and redundant questions since 1776!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
So how did you feel when the jury gave the not guilty verdict?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I know it’s a running gag, and I’m not crazy about asking those kinds of questions. But it’s the way to get past a perfunctory answer to something more revealing.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
But how do you get past feeling like a fool for asking the question? That’s where I cratered.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I haven’t had to ask it often, but generally I don’t feel like a fool in the first place. I think the way you’re thinking of it is mainly from a TV perspective, and we don’t cover those sensational crime/fire/murder stories.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
I did it when I covered sports at University.
It was awful.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Its not really good for you
"I dont always hit home runs, but when I do, I prefer World Series winning home runs"
Neither is heroin, but everyone does that.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I’m worried about you
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
Note:
I do not actually do heroin.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
An over-sized zucchini would be the perfect place to hide and smuggle some black tar…
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I tend to smuggle my zucchini places rather than use it for smuggling.
Smuggle is kind of a cute word. Smuggle, the Embezzling Rabbit.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Smuggle, the Embezzling Rabbit
K, just about shot soda out of my nose on that one.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
But like most things, it’s not horrible for you in moderation
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
you ever met a heroin addict? moderation is not one of their virtues
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
I enjoyed some Cheerwine yesterday. Yum.
I really like root beer, if it’s the good kind (not A&W or Barq’s or crap like that).
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I have no clue what I want for dinner :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
order sushi
it’s a friday and having money is for suckers
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 7:03 PM PST up reply actions
Hmmmm
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Bear in mind that my project for tongiht is “finish this six-pack so it doesn’t sit in my fridge while i’m on vacation.” so i don’t know if i’d listen to my advice
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 7:08 PM PST up reply actions
I have one beer left
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
We’ve isolated your problem.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
THERE IS HOPE FOR A CURE
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 7:10 PM PST up reply actions
I would really like to finish my paper tonight and whenever I drink even a little, I always end up not getting any work done.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Oh, man, I’m glad I’m not you. I’d never get anything done!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Same problem
And there’s no takeout around except pizza and I’m home by myself so I probably shouldn’t order a whole pizza.
So I’m thinking of going to Safeway and getting a sammich and a bottle of wine and bringing it home and heating it up to eat while I work on my flash cards.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:07 PM PST up reply actions
Hmm, I do have a free sandwich coupon for Safeway.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Is it really yours or is it your brother’s, though?
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:13 PM PST up reply actions
It’s my brother’s. I was going to give it to him, but I’m not going to see him until next Thursday and he’ll probably have eaten six more sandwiches by then anyway.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Well, I mean, it’s mine because I bought the winning sandwich, I just mean he probably did most of the legwork for it, if you will.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Nah, I don’t eat sandwiches with my legs.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Eh, it’ll probably expire before you give it to him, so you might as well use it yourself
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:17 PM PST up reply actions
Er, heating up the sandwich. Just the sandwich, not the wine. That’s be weird.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:08 PM PST up reply actions
Mull it, heat it, spice it. GAME TIME.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I don’t think I want to do that with a Reisling
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:13 PM PST up reply actions
That would be pretty extreme.
Your first mistake was buying a Reisling.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Nah, I’ve liked Reisling ever since I was a kid. We do a lot of German wine/beer in my family, so I have a taste for it.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure Reisling disputes are why the French and Germans kill each other so much.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Hmm, that kinda pits both ethnicities against each other.
C’est la guerre
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:24 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, the sweet flavor of cat piss!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Certainly a lot of Viogniers.....but some are good and I had
expand beyond stupid over-oaked Chards. Try Stag’s Leap if you can find it.
Yeah? How is it different from your typical Viognier?
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
well, certainly less cat-piss
but low sugar content, balanced fruit and a hint of floral. Not so pansy that it can’t stand up to grilled fish. think more of an unoaked Chard with a bit more nose.
That’s Viognier?
I had no idea. It’s just something the German side has always said.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
I am deciding what to do.
I think I may make pigs in a blanket. That sounds pretty good.
Also, Flash Cards are not nearly as cool as they sound.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, he's like Aubrey Huff, but can't hit as well or field his position.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s ---
Bochy: WHO GIVES A SHIT? IT'S WHATEVER I SAY IT IS BECAUSE I WON A WORLD SERIES.
You know what? Pigs in a blanket do sound damn tasty right about now.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
ALYWAS.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
GOD DAMMIT UNIVERSE, BRING ME PIGS IN A BLANKET
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:14 PM PST up reply actions
/PC suddenly thinks she’s the goddess
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
Suddenly?
Your ego is jealous!
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:18 PM PST up reply actions
Well
That IS what she said.
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.
They are totally in the oven right now.
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.
In England they call them “toad in the hole”. Such potty-mouths.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
Butternut squash ravioli with sage butter sauce and a fresh loaf of french bread.
Although SOMEBODY made me want gnocchi. There just isn’t any nearby.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Will you be my mother?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Mmmm.
I was thinking about trying out a Nigella Lawson recipe for mustard pork chops with gnocchi.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Report: It was good. I wanted some good comfort food, and it fit the bill. For fun, I drank a Sam Adams Old Fezziwig with it. Delish.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
my sandwich was good too
and free!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
So I had 6 of my 7 sandwiches fulfilled when I went to Safeway to get my sandwich. I got my receipt back and it said "I have 6 of my 7 sandwiches fulfilled. I was confused until I realized that the sandwich lady decided to charge me for a $5 chicken instead of a $5 sandwich. I’ve never liked that sandwich lady and now there’s even more reason to despise her. FUCK YOU, SANDWICH LADY. I WANT MY GOD DAMN FREE SANDWICH.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 8:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
that sucks :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’m also in a pretty bad mood now (unrelated) so that little interaction right there is sort of the perfect summary of my night.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
So did everyone get tickets today?
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Just for the gun show
"I dont always hit home runs, but when I do, I prefer World Series winning home runs"
I have season tickets so no. But I get opening day!
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
And now I find out Brian Bannister’s gone? This day is challenging me to kill myself.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
I know, right?
:(
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I JUST HEARD ABOUT THE LITTLE BOAT RIDE AT DISNEYLAND
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 former: You’re not a great actress. We’ve all been meaning to tell you.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
snap
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 7:19 PM PST up reply actions
I get so overdefensive of Deb/Jennifer Carpenter.
And I think she’s a fine actress. Haven’t seen this season yet though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
somethings bugging me about her. Not majorly but I can’t really figure her out. I’m only on season 2 right now.
WWRWD?
I think she is a little rough at first, but gets better. I mean, I don’t think she’s an amazing actress or anything, but she fits the part very well.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’m just on Epi 5 from this season. I’m trying to catch up, too.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I like to wait until after every season of Dexter is over and then marathon. I don’t know why.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
She’s much better now than she was before. I think a lot of what she does is intended to convey the twitchiness of her character. I’m okay with her. Although she’s alarmingly thin.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Pale and super skinny
"I dont always hit home runs, but when I do, I prefer World Series winning home runs"
It’s also weird to watch her in the scenes with her “brother” and realize that they’re married and totally sexing it up off camera.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
She is a good actress, I dont like her character much though
"I dont always hit home runs, but when I do, I prefer World Series winning home runs"
Someone stole my Molina Amazon idea
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 don't see the part where it's funny.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I think it's the listed category
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 also enjoy the “like new” category
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:14 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a nice effort, but nowhere near as good as yours.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Also purchased is hilarious
"I dont always hit home runs, but when I do, I prefer World Series winning home runs"
OT
Little Fockers…..Really?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I could not even finish Meet the Parents.
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.
Actually, there aren’t many things Ben Stiller has done lately that I’ve been able to watch.
Placeholder.
by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2010 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
Me either. After 15 minutes I’m so uncomfortable I have to turn it off. I can’t watch other people be embarrassed. It makes em too uncomfortable.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
OT: Baseball
New FakeBaggs post on the Burrell press conference. Not a lot of new info but it’s a decent read.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 7:25 PM PST reply actions
And what of The Machine, the masked mercurial leather-clad figure who turned up mostly in the neighborhood of closer Brian Wilson?
“I’ve never met The Machine,” Burrell said sheepishly. “Every time he comes around, I’ve been in the bathroom or been outside taking a phone call. So I can’t speak on that.”
LOL, when has Burrell ever been sheepish??
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
“Yeah, Michelle? This is Pat Burrell. You know. Pat Burrell. Yeah, uh-huh. Listen, I’m not sayin’ why, but you might wanna visit a free clinic. Anyway, gimme a call next time I’m in Baltimore. Keep hittin’ the gym.” click
“Yeah, Joanie? This is Pat Burrell. You know. Pat Burrell. Yeah, uh-uh. Listen, I’m not sayin’ why, but you might wanna visit a free clinic. Anyway, gimme a call next time I’m in New York. And hey, I think that yoga stuff worked out.” click
“Yeah, Brianna? This is Pat Burrell. You know. Pat Burrell. Yeah, uh-uh. Listen, I’m not sayin’ why, but you might wanna visit a free clinic. Anyway, gimme a call next time I’m in Arlington. And, uh…nice tits.” click
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 7:33 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
lulz!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Used to watch it after school when it was in reruns on A&E.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
I have the phone from the answering machine as my ringtone and people get freaked out every time it rings.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 3, 2010 10:33 PM PST up reply actions
LOL! Love it!
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 3, 2010 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
Attention: Pigs in a Blanket are done, and very tasty.
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.
CURSE YOU
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I really should have subject lined that
whoops
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Dec 3, 2010 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
While we're on a rapper tangent
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So,
San Diego just came off a 90 win season, and they may trade their only reliable piece of offense?
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.
They lost all hope when the Giants won the World Series
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
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 would’ve asked on twitter but nobody follows me.
/sad
by Murray, Present on Dec 3, 2010 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
Pandas are merely illusions of the mind.
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no
related to raccoons. And I didn’t even have to look it up.
Brian Sabean: Sing His Praises To The Heavens!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that seems to have resurrected itself in my absence...
I thought that was just the red pandas.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 4, 2010 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Who might be the most adorable creatures on Earth, BTW.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 4, 2010 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Alright.
Time to hit the down. Enjoy your inside evening, nerbs.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Uh
town.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Question: So by tendering all these contracts
The giants still have to either work out contracts or go to arbitration with all of them except for Fontenot?
And what is the difference between non-tendering and DFAing/Releasing if you weren’t Arb eligible to begin with a la velez?
This made me laugh from Tim Brown from Yahoo from Grant sounding from
. Now, if you’ll excuse GM Brian Sabean, he’s going to go spoon with his trophy.
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." - Actress Tallulah Bankhead (1962)
farewell, FBAL
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
2010 Giants: World Series Champs
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 3, 2010 9:31 PM PST reply actions
Become an likely playoff hero for another team.
Did you just subtly tell Velez to an hero?
Not cool, man.
If Red Sox
sign Adrian Gonzalez, Padres may set record for lowest team ERA and lowest runs scored in a season, and finish in fourth in NL West.
We’ll beat the dodgers in the 162nd game to get to the playoffs in 2011!
# 24
by tinkerstoeverstochance on Dec 3, 2010 10:28 PM PST reply actions
…It’ll be like the Mariners when they had Cliff Lee…
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Except with a higher douche factor
"I dont always hit home runs, but when I do, I prefer World Series winning home runs"
True that. The Mariners are at least like-able.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Totally fell asleep in the middle of The Aristocats. As far as I know, they made it as far as the alley cat’s pad and just stayed there and sang songs for the rest of the movie.
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And this rather reminds me of Eugenio Velez.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2010 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
No it doesn’t.
OK, it does.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 3, 2010 11:57 PM PST up reply actions
Do they walk into an agent’s office and do something really, really dirty?
by Murray, Present on Dec 3, 2010 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
They poo in his hamper and bury it in the laundry.
But, you know, they’re cats. What do you expect?
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by howtheyscored on Dec 3, 2010 11:53 PM PST up reply actions
re-watching the 8th and 9th inning of game 3 of the NLDS
this was THE turning point of the postseason, if we lose this game we are down 2-1 to the braves and have to fight off elimination on the road and we likely use lincecum in game 4, which means we could not have used him in game 1 of the NLCS.
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Dec 4, 2010 12:22 AM PST reply actions
I didn’t get to see any of game 3 or 4 of the NLDS. Had no TBS during that period.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
they are on itunes for $2 each
game 3 is worth every penny just for hearing timmy say “fuck yea shut up!”
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Dec 4, 2010 12:55 AM PST up reply actions
Man that game was awesome
We had the McC meetup at Public House for that one. It was so epic. Brooks Conrad!
Adrian Gonzales to the Red Sox
LOL MAT LATOS
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
they got another top pitching prospect
just what the padres needed, less runs scored and more pitching.
Ignoring Tim Mccarver since 2002.
We don’t need no water, let the SDPadres burn! BURN SDPadres, burrrrrrrrrrrrrn
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 4, 2010 6:38 AM PST up reply actions
So much for Mat Latos' comment
about how the Padres and the Giants are the same type of franchise.
No relation to Matt Cain...
by Caine Black Knife on Dec 4, 2010 7:00 AM PST up reply actions
He must have been misinformed. The Giants are a good franchise.
The Giants won the 2010 World Series. Your argument is invalid.
Et tu, Ribe?
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I’m a little late to this party, but given the photo Grant used for the post, I had to dig up my only foray into McC photoshop-ology.
Even though you stressed us out to no end, we’ll miss you, Eugenio. To greener pastures.
The Giants won the 2010 World Series. Your argument is invalid.
Et tu, Ribe?
Aaaaaaand the Jeter saga moves to a close, just in time for Minka's christmas present...
PA says:
Looks like 3/51, with a $10M fourth year “vesting” option.
The Yanks sure don’t have to worry about one-year stop-gaps at SS!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
In regards to Velez's outfield wanderings...
Why couldn’t he be more like Torres? Andres makes it look so easy; run to where the ball will be, turn around, and wait.
No relation to Matt Cain...
by Caine Black Knife on Dec 4, 2010 6:58 AM PST reply actions
run to where the ball will be, turn around, and wait.
he was running backwards this whole time? amazing.
The ultimate curse of the man who eventually invents the time machine is that it will only be able to make one trip, and when he gets back EVERYONE will have a better idea for what to do with that one trip than what he actually did.
Proud Parent of the palm tree outside of AT&T Park. Yeah, that palm tree.
Torres is also very fast
and has done drills over and over for years in the minors. Andres is a perfectionist and practices and practices. He tries to do things “by the book” too.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Bye. You wont be missed
9:14pm: Hayes tweets that the package includes Kelly, Rizzo, and Reymond Fuentes. ESPN Boston’s Gordon Edes says (via Twitter) that Theo Epstein flew from San Diego to Boston with Gonzalez, and MLB.com’s Corey Brock says that Jed Hoyer implored his scouts to scour the lower level of the minors in 2010 (Twitter link). The second and third player in the deal are key.
Ken Rosenthal now reporting that the Pads also get a PTBNL. So, 4 for 1.
I’m surprised the deal doesn’t include Ryan Kalish or Jose Iglesias. Especially Iglesias, when the Padres really need a SS.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Latos and Casey Kelly could be a scary 1-2
I bet Epstein said he could pick Iglesias or Kelly
The Padres better hope that Kelly recovers his mojo next year. His stats took a hit when he went to AA.
In 21 games at AA Portland (EL)
IP: 95
ERA: 5.31
WHIP: 1.61
K: 81
BB: 35
HR: 10
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
I went and looked at his BB Ref stats when Olney was touting Kelly as the central piece of the trade on the BoSox end… and once I figured out that he was a pitcher, I was definitely like “BFD.” He wouldn’t be worth a large share of Adrian Gonzales (ignoring payroll concerns, of course) if he wasn’t highly touted, so I have to wonder what scouts like about him. Or Hoyer, in any case.
The Giants won the 2010 World Series. Your argument is invalid.
Et tu, Ribe?
Here’s what Baseball America said:
It’s easy to forget that 2010 was Kelly’s first full year as a pitcher, after he split time between hitting and pitching in 2009, and his learning curve against Double-A hitters was steep. The Red Sox aren’t worried about his less-than-gaudy statistics, still envisioning him becoming a frontline starter with three possible plus pitches and above-average command. He should reach Triple-A Pawtucket at some point in 2011, perhaps even to start the season, and his big league ETA is 2012.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
If he’s projected to be a frontline starter this quickly, it begs the question…
Why was he being developed partly as a hitter in the first place?
The Giants won the 2010 World Series. Your argument is invalid.
Et tu, Ribe?
LOL Via Gaslampball
So whats the Padres line-up now?
C; Hundley
1B: TBD
2B: TBD
3B: Headley
SS: TBD
LF: Ludwick
CF: Maybin
RF: Venable
Man I hope this TBD guy can get on base!
by Grey Suit on Dec 4, 2010 9:18 AM PST reply actions
What’s happening with the Hairstons?
/don’t keep up with contract statuses (stati?) at all
by non sequitur on Dec 4, 2010 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
they DFA’d one, the other is a FA I believe
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
correction
non-tendered
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Somebody called FP on KNBR the other night to tell him that the Giants should sign the now-unemployed Hairston.
FP, for all his faults, basically did say “Hairston sucks. Why would anybody want him?”
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by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2010 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
Is the plural of “Hairston,” “Hairston”? Otherwise, I don’t know which one you are talking about.
Thing C
I’m not sure which one I’m talking about either, actually.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2010 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
The beauty is that it doesn’t really matter which one.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2010 11:13 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
whats up with Kyle Blanks right now?
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
he’s pretty badly injured, I’ve read he wont be ready until deep into the season
by panda revival on Dec 4, 2010 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
97mph heater to the cutoff man
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 4, 2010 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Wow so I am not the only one
to have a soft spot for Velez. Most of the times I just want to suffocate him but there is something genuine about his “noobiness” that I enjoy about him on the Giants. That weak underdog feeling trying so hard to break through.
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
thank you
:)
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
♥ 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
A few things I will never forget about Eugenio, tho to be honest I don't remember them all that well either
In ’09 I saw him it a walk-off homer in a day game over triples alley (no joke).
How my friend refers to him as a Somali Pirate.
How he could only hit a fastball.
And the ugly finder he took this year, and in the very next game, Kruk & Kuip were joking about ugly finders as though what happened to Velez was hilarious.
I’ll miss the guy (sort of).
[site decorum]
When all is said and done, the only thing I’ll remember about Eugenio Velez will be his run as the Greatest Cheerleader Ever of the Giants’ 2010 post-season run.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 4, 2010 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
except with rhythm
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 4, 2010 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
does anyone...
…have a suggestion for a torrent site to d/l avis of the NLCS?
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
No and I don’t recommend requesting links to torrent sites on this site.
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ahh
i was at the game where he hit his first major league home run. good times i wish him all the best
by nhlogan on Dec 7, 2010 3:06 PM PST reply actions
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