Should Brandon Belt start right away?
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 3:13 PM PST
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PrintThe old phrase "like shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic" doesn’t apply to the Giants anymore. The Giants won the World Series. Whenever there’s a minor move to be made now, it’s like, uh, man, I don’t know, adding a 4,372nd vocal track to "Bohemian Rhapsody." But it’s December! Don’t take away my sweet, sweet rosterbation just yet.
Today’s Mercury News article about Brandon Belt has me swooning. It’s ’83, and I’m a 12-year-old girl taping Scott Baio pictures to my wall. Oooh, man, that swing sounds sweet, and, unf, a little bit of patience will do this lineup some good. And every clip I’ve ever watched of Belt just adds to the premature legend. In the AFL All-Star Game, he worked a walk against a left-handed pitcher throwing 95 MPH on his hands, but when he did swing, they were always nice, level swings. He probably wouldn’t look like a junior varsity kid against Javier Lopez either.
So now that we’ve established that Belt is the new Will Clark, I’m eager to….wait, too much? It’s too much to assume he’s the new Will Clark when he hasn’t had an at-bat in the majors yet? You’re probably right. My bad. I’ll start over.
So now that we know that Belt is like Will Clark, but better and without any discernible flaws, I’m eager to see him in the Opening Day lineup. Brian Sabean has already said that a goal this offseason is to get more left-handed bats in the lineup, and unless Miguel Tejada learns how to switch-hit for his third 37th birthday, the Giants will only have Andres Torres and Pablo Sandoval as starters. On the bench is Nate Schierholtz…and that’s it, unless you think Travis Ishikawa has a chance to sneak onto a crowded roster. Belt would help the team get "more left-handed."
Actually, the goal probably should be to "get better hitters" rather than get "more left-handed", but I guess that’s implied.
So the options, as I see them:
- Start Belt at first, and Huff in left, with Burrell a spot-starter/pinch-hitter - After reading about Huff’s fielding non-prowess last offseason, I was surprised that his outfield defense was perfectly cromulent. Left field is filled with clompers like Carlos Lee, Ryan Braun, and Raul Ibanez, so it doesn’t take a lot to be an average fielder. Huff wouldn’t scare me any more than Burrell.
- Huff at first, Belt in left - Not a fan of this one. If Belt really is a plus defender at first, this option is kind of a waste.
- Belt in the minors, Burrell starting in left, Huff at first - Yeah, this is probably the prudent and correct answer until Belt proves he belongs in the majors, but it’s not fun at all.
- Lewis in left, Rowand in center, and Bowker in right - Just to show how far we’ve come.
Have at it. And I’m sure the Queen reference will probably ignite a music sub-thread or four. What songs or albums do you consider the gold standard for production? I’ll let you hash out the obvious and the obscure, but one of my favorites of all time is The Cardigans’ "Life." It sounds like it was produced for EMI on a million-dollar budget, but it was for Minty Fresh Records.
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I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Dec 9, 2010 3:13 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Plus One Oh Nine
Belt should get a full year of triple A unless he does to the PCL what Barry Bonds did in 1985.
by wcw on Dec 9, 2010 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
Pat Buchannan
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
by GiantBrass on Dec 9, 2010 3:15 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Dang it, I messed up, let me vote again.
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
by GiantBrass on Dec 9, 2010 3:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
lol, i read this like John McGloughlin(sp?) was saying it…i was expecting your next line to be “Freddie the Beetle Barnes”…
by repeat_in_2011 on Dec 9, 2010 6:47 PM PST up reply actions
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"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!"
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at the end of the day it's all about kicking the tires
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Chicago Fire
"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!"
Earth, Wind and Fire
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Stan Lee
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Nate Lee
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Nate Dogg
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
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Guy Lafleur
/ wait..what ?
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
There was just a Giants “Magic Inside” commercial during the Sharks game. Also available at Best Buy…I know where I’m going tomorrow after work!
Langston Hughes! /rent
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
TO THE STAGE
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
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TO UTA
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Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
TO BUDDHA
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Dec 9, 2010 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
Pablo Neruda, too!
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Send the dude back to COLLEGE
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
yea yea yea yea.... HEY I JUST GOT DONE TODAY WITH MY LAST CLASS EVER
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
What are you doing?
NEVER GRADUATE.
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by The Enchanter on Dec 9, 2010 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty sure my Dad would throw a fit
fly himself out here to Oxford and start shit
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Stop that rhyming and I mean it!
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by The Enchanter on Dec 9, 2010 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
right on PiKA.
have you decided what you’re gonna do yet?
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Well… comin home for sure, not sure what’s up, but i’ll figure somethin out
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just remember what I said- think it all the way through (i hate moving too, so the less you have to do that, the happier you are as well, haha)
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A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
"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!"
WooWooWoo...
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Pete Rose had some interesting recent comments about Joe
Thing A
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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 10, 2010 7:58 AM PST up reply actions
Get back to work on your paper.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
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I’m in this camp. Final on Saturday: even if I get a 0 on the final, I’ll still have a B in the class. Not much incentive to study.
Ah, nothing like useless finals. That’s right up there with the class where the only assignment is a paper/take-home final. SEE YOU IN DECEMBER TEACH!
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
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JR PHILLIPS!!
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Dec 9, 2010 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
LANCE NIEKRO!!!
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
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DESI WILSON!!
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DESI ARNAZ!
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 9, 2010 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
Ken Griffey Junior Felix Jose de Jesus Colome
Take that.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Can I vote after Spring Training?
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I will vote for any option which includes Schierholtz at 3B.
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He actually came up as a third baseman, played it almost exclusively in the minors from ‘03-’04. I bet he could still be competant enough. Plus, imagine that arm firing grounders across the diamond. His bat in in the 3b slot on the other hand……
by busterbarelyevenknowher on Dec 9, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
He actually came up as a third baseman, played it almost exclusively in the minors…I bet he could still be competant enough.
Just like Jim Thome!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
Let’s sign Gary Sheffield as our shortstop!
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A McC meme of some sort that I’m missing? Because otherwise I’m clearly not advocating Nate as a 3b.
by busterbarelyevenknowher on Dec 9, 2010 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
IMPOSTER
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FanShot
…oh wait, that was about baserunning.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
I want the Belt puns to start pronto!
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 9, 2010 3:20 PM PST reply actions
BELT BELTS ONE DEEP INTO THE NIGHT SKY
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Dec 9, 2010 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
I can hear it now
(voice of Jon Miller)
And that one’s Belted deep into the night sky…..Adios Pelota ! A 9th inning walkoff homerun for Brandon Belt !
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
Headed for the cove!
I almost typed Oakland, but I remembered that Oakland is for righties.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Speaking of the R/L thing
with Belt’s rumored bat control, how often does he go opposite field ?
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
I've only ever seen him in the AFL...
But there’s definitely some Belt and Posey oppo. field hitting clinic potential
"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."
No idea on anything substantive
But there’s some anexdotal reports
Jason Grey is a scout for ESPN, and said this about Belt: "Having… [seen Belt] for the first couple of weeks of the AFL. There’s no doubt in my mind Belt is legit and a potential middle–of-the-order threat in a big league lineup capable of hitting for average and power." He went on to say "I’ve liked Belt’s Approach, the quality of his at-bats, his ability to generate power without over swinging and his ability to go to the opposite field with some juice. He’s played good defense at first base and has showed good athleticism, enough that I’ve changed my mind to think he might not look out of place should the Giants choose to play him in left field, where he dabbled a little bit in the minors this year."
source: http://www.paapfly.com/2010/11/whos-on-first-hopefully-brandon-belt.html
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He sounds a lot like Posey
Can you imagine…
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
I predict...
Posey will be the first-ever right-handed hitter to hit one into the Cove.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
If only because he'll have the most chances
Someone like Werth could probably do it if they had enough tries. Pujols too, of course.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I’m pretty sure Sammy Sosa did that already.
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"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
He’s not listed here: http://mlb.mlb.com/sf/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=splash
Scroll down for opposing hitters “wet” hits.
Placeholder.
by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Hm. I was at a game when he hit an absolute bomb to the opposite field, and everyone was sure it was a splash hit. Maybe it went in on a hop.
One Cards fan wrote this on his blog:
“Albert Pujols was the first right-handed batter to hit a home run into McCovey Cove. From San Diego.”
I tittered.
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thanks to Jon Miller i know 2 words in Espanol, so if ever visit south of the border and the federales get me, i’ll just shout “Adios Pelota!”
by repeat_in_2011 on Dec 9, 2010 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
Adios Pelota
I thought Miller only used that for Spanish-speaking hitters.
I was thinking it’d be more along the lines of: “This one is WET!!”
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
The Giants are the pants of San Francisco, and
well, you get it.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Dec 9, 2010 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
“Brand” Him a "Belt"er of Homers
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BELT BELTS ONE AT THE BELT INTO ORIONS BELT!
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by DividedByZero on Dec 9, 2010 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
Belt Holds Up His End of The Bargain
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 9, 2010 3:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
BELT NOTCHES ANOTHER LONG ONE
"It’s the first time I’ve seen some absolute, unadulterated craziness out of that guy. I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did."--B. Wilson, re: Buster after Game 162
Belt gets kinky and whips the Dodgers
Don’t act like you hate it. ;)
by Fila429 on Dec 9, 2010 3:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
“Belt brought the Leather.”
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
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by 49er16 on Dec 9, 2010 3:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
i like this one
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
If he goes on the DL
the Giants will be sans a Belt.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
If he goes on the DL
They’ll have to change their names to The Executives.
Yessss, I’ve met my Seinfeld reference quota for the day.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
I voted for minors...
…which is a bit out of character for me. That said, Belt only has 60 or so PA at AAA, plus he isn’t obviously, immediately, no-doubt-in-the-slightest going to be better than Huff or Burrell. That wasn’t the case with Posey/LOLina.
Give him some time to crush AAA some more and see how Huff and Burrell do. If the team is winning and Huff and Burrell are raking, then you can wait for Belt and worry less about Super-Two-dom (CUE ANGER)
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Dec 9, 2010 3:20 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
GAHHHHH
/shakes fist at mention of Super Two
In all seriousness, if I had voted for a serious proposal and not the hilarious mental picture I got imagining Nate at third, I would have voted for this too. Let’s not get too excited about 60 PAs just yet, I would let him prove himself in AAA for a month or two. Huff/Burrell will do just fine in the meantime.
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by free f.p. #14 on Dec 9, 2010 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
Did someone say boring-but-prudent option?! Count me in!
Yeah, these are my feelings. I think starting him on opening day would be rushing him, and with the other opening-day options looking pretty acceptable right now, I don’t see the need to rush things just yet. I’m hoping for a relatively quick call-up, obviously, but having Belt see more than 13 games in AAA probably wouldn’t hurt.
I'm also in this line
The thing about the Giants last year is they got pretty lucky, injury-wise. Other than the fortuitous loss of Todd Wellemeyer and Andres Torres’ appendectomy, it was a remarkably healthy season for a team with a lot of guys on the wrong side of 30.
So let Belt start in AAA and show he has nothing left to learn in the minors. Bide your time and if someone gets hurt, Belt is the obvious guy you call to the roster.
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by Smoke on the Water on Dec 9, 2010 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
Remarkably healthy?
You had Sanchez starting the season on the DL, Derosa spending almost the entire season on the DL, Renteria hurt much of the season, Uribe’s arm problems, Rowand getting hit in the face and Runzler messing up his knee while Affeldt was already hurt, which forced them to trade for a LH reliever. Not only that, but Huff was really hurting near the end with his hurt leg.
I’d say the Giants had their share of injuries last season.
Wasn’t Nate hurt too?
The thong is, it happened.
but look at the starting pitching. i dont think a single starter missed a start.
and pitching is where the most injuries are usually at
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Is this verifiable?
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
I went down the game logs looking at pitchers used, and that actually looks pretty much correct.
There were two hiccups: Wellemeyer was replaced by Martinez in what was probably an injury, and the next start Bumgarner came up.
Other than that, there were no deviations in the rotation that could not be explained by reshuffling the order or skipping Wellemeyer.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I didn’t count Wellemeyer because it was for the best that he went down, paving the way for Bumgarner
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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Based on baseballinjurytool, Wellemeyer and Martinez did not have even day-to-day injuries last year.
So the assertion that injuries did not affect the rotation at all this season appears verifiable and true.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
wow, im actually surprised i remembered it that well. then again, when a pitcher goes down, you tend to remember it because most of the time it’s not for just one start
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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Well I think Timmy had a brain injury during August
but he did heal nicely for the rest of the year.
I'm not surprised you remembered
that’s probably the single biggest reason for what happened last year.
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 10, 2010 8:02 AM PST up reply actions
something I just discovered today
Todd Wellemeyer was drafted in the fourth round in 2000 by the Cubs – two spots ahead of CLIFF LEE.
Also drafted in that round: Yadier Molina.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
...
to be fair, cliff lee only recently became good
"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."
He’s had a weird career to be sure.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
wasn’t he average before 2007, was it? when he was with Cleveland, that’s when he became CLIFF LEE
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He was sent down to the minors the year before his Cy Young winning year.
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i guess you can have late-bloomer pitchers, too.
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.
Randy Johnson was kind of like that.
Talented but hugely wild early in his career, and it was the second half of the career where he became RANDY JOHNSON.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Dec 9, 2010 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
No, the pitching was pretty damn healthy this year, I’m just curious about whether most injuries are to pitchers.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
In a general sense…
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
General rule, pitchers take up half of the days, trips and money lost due to time on the DL.
The last commenter, Paul Thomas, notes:
I disagree with one of the conclusions
Pitchers spend notably more than 50% of DAYS on the DL than hitters do. This makes perfect sense, as certain pitching injuries are extremely serious and can knock players out for months or even years (torn rotator cuff, torn elbow ligament, oblique strain). In other words, pitchers don’t get injured more times, but the times they do get injured, it’s tougher to rehab the injury.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Doesnt every team carry about 12 pitchers though? So, about half the team……
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
Yes.
So the conclusion is that pitchers don’t get injured at a higher frequency, however, they are affected by their injuries more than hitters are in a general sense.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
well no
half the team is pitchers. If you don’t break it down by poisiton, and only look at “position players”, you’d expect pitchers to spend half the time injured.
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Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
or
i’m dumb and didn’t see the 2nd graph
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
also, with starters
teams can game DL time somewhat to give themselves an extra 1 to 4 days of an extra roster spot
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Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
Interesting, thanks.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2010 7:15 PM PST up reply actions
Jason Schmidt says "hello."
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
by Cody_ransom on Dec 10, 2010 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
umm…. Todd Wellemeyer.
If he doesn’t get hurt, maybe we don’t win the Division, but the fact is that MadBum was on the roster because Tater hurt himself.
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I dunno
I think it’s entirely possible they would have given up on him anyway.
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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 10, 2010 8:03 AM PST up reply actions
See also: Bengie Molina, Mark DeRosa et al.
We take awhile to give up on people, often long past when we should have. Who knows how different things would be if Wellemeyer had been in the rotation for a few more games? Our Division Championship wasn’t exactly padded with a huge lead.
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Definitely, I just remember some pretty disgusted Bochy looks and seem to recall the last couple of pregame interviews before Welly starts as pointedly suggesting he was running out of rope.
As you say it went down to 162 anyway so 1 game would have been too much, but I think his crapulence and MadBum in Fresno would have reached the same result.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 10, 2010 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
How bout Torres?
Appendectomy.
The rotation was healthy, but we had plenty of injuries on the batting side. Considering all of our starting pitchers are young bucks, I would think we would have less injury to SP than average luck.
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I think Smoke meant to say "the guys that were critical to or success stayed remarkably healthy"
If any of the pitchers not named Wellemeyer would have gone down, that would have probably given the Division to the Friars (including relievers).
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by Penitentiary Face on Dec 9, 2010 8:56 PM PST up reply actions
I think that is a bit revisionist.
DeRosa was our top signing of the off season. Supposed to bring life to the bats.
Franchez was supposed to bring a batting title right?
I don’t remember what Rent/Rowand and Uribe were expected to do, but they are gritty veterans and were supposed to do gritty veteran things. They also had gritty injuries.
We also got 2010 Pablo, the only hope we had in the lineup before the season started.
We had our problems, injuries included.
I would agree that an injury to a starter would have been unlucky, and probably devastating. But I do not think we were lucky to not have an injury.
I have no idea where to get the injury data, but I would think that there is a baseline of expected injuries to a team, and to a starting rotation. There is probably a correlation to age of pitcher and # of injuries. based on those two things I would expect we were not “lucky” to avoid a SP injury but within norms. I am talking from a lower region right now, but that is my hypothesis.
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Yeah but other than those they were ok.
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We had a bunch of injuries to guys like Renteria, Rowand, Affeldt, and Scheirholtz, but those guys aren’t that hard to replace. Of our best players, the only one who missed any time at all was Torres, and even that was just a couple of weeks – Lincecum, Posey, Huff, Cain, Wilson were all completely healthy. I don’t know if we were a remarkably healthy, but we were probably healthier than your average team when it came to our key players.
Again, I say revisionist.
Renteria was our starting $18M shortstop.
Franchez was our traded for/FA starting 2B.
Rowand was our best OF.
DeRosa was supposed to be a starting something.
That is 4 position starters of 8 that did not play their primary position most of the year. I would say that is significant. It just doesn’t seem that way because; we have never seen DeRosa take claim to a starting spot, Uribe made it so we didn’t miss Franchez and then made it so we wished Rent would stay on the DL. Torres did the same to Rowand, he was a bench scrub coming into ST. Technically, I think Ross for Gullien falls into this group as well.
Our subs covered the poo, and our contracted “best players” are not actually our best players. Posey is a mid season rookie call up. I worship at the alter of Posey, but again, he wasn’t on the starting roster to start the season, so it is hard to put him in the “best player” category for this purpose. All 4.5 starters stayed healthy, is that really that rare? I would say it is more rare that you would have 4.5 starters that stay in the rotation for any reason.
That is something to think about for next year; there is zero question who starts the season for all FIVE starters. How many teams can say that? How many past Giants teams can say that? I would say this is far more a statistical rarity than the health.
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said it before and I'll say it again
Your San Francisco Giants: Upgrading Via Injury.
It’s also the last time I’ll have to say it!
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 10, 2010 8:05 AM PST up reply actions
Pretty much this right here.
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 9, 2010 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
Actually having start to begin the year is the very best way to eliminate his ever being a Super Two. Of course it also eliminates the 7th year of control, so there’s that…but on the bright side, no Super Two!
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None of these posts answer the question
of why BS brought this up. I don’t think the question is what are the merits of the argument for starting in minors versus left versus 1st versus platoon.
It’s what was BS up to? Motivating Huff? Burrell? Schierholz? Thinking, we need to over-hype a rookie every year because we have a streak going?
Personally, I’d leave him in the minors like everyone is suggesting. But since BS is floating this trial balloon, I’d like to know what he’s up to.
# 24
by tinkerstoeverstochance on Dec 9, 2010 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe he's trying to boost Belt's trade stock.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Dec 9, 2010 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t like this idea…
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Makes more sense than “motivating” guys who had big years for the Giants last year, though.
I mean, if he were somehow in competition for Sandoval’s lineup spot, I could see motivation as a likely tactic.
Otherwise, if it’s not that and it’s not trying to goose the trade stock, it makes no sense.
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on Dec 9, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
I know it makes sense…I just don’t like it.
But I agree, the whole thing is a little weird. Sabean doesn’t do this. Ever.
"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."
Assange
Maybe he’s trying to stay ahead of a Wikileaks high security cable leak to Grant.
# 24
by tinkerstoeverstochance on Dec 9, 2010 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
He's watching you masturbate.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Dec 9, 2010 4:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Sabes is helping keep up ticket sales
Everybody was rosterbating about Belt anyway, might as well use the perversion to generate some bucks. Plus, it’ll reinforce the idea that the Giants have lots of useful bodies and flexibility.
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They really expect this guy to spend time at Disneyland and get work done?
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Combination....1) light a fire under the vets and 2) trying to get leverage with his unsigned FAs, specifically Burrell
Don’t forget, BS was pulling this out of his flabby ass BEFORE we resigned Pat. By giving Pat and his agent the impression that he wasn’t critical to the 2011 season, it gave BS leverage to get Pat signed at a discount.
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by Penitentiary Face on Dec 9, 2010 9:01 PM PST up reply actions
re-signed NOT resigned
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
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Too complicated… I don’t think Pat was going anywhere, and BS knew that.
Belt is a hot commodity, and his name has been brought up over and over again by reporters with nothing else to talk about on this team. BS is just answering the questions as they are posed.
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sabez-belt yesterday, burrell signed the day before
this came after Pat signed for $1M. Take that theory off the table.
Talking about Belt starting the season in the majors is totally different. Seems odd to throw that out unpremeditatedly. (nice word I just made up, ay?)
# 24
by tinkerstoeverstochance on Dec 9, 2010 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
Pat negotiated the contract himself, no? I don’t think you can fairly characterize his giving a hometown discount as being the result of Sabean’s ‘leverage’.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 10, 2010 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Bah
Brandon Belt’s basically best back behind Burrell. But Bochy/Bam Bam believe.
Booyah.
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by duckcalldan on Dec 9, 2010 3:20 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
Bitchin'
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
Balls
Kruk: "and the Giants, the San Francisco Giants…"
Kuip: "They got one…"
Kruk: "World Champs."
- November 1, 2010
by j14 on Dec 9, 2010 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
Bocabella bastardized!
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by Penitentiary Face on Dec 9, 2010 9:02 PM PST up reply actions
Boom goes the dynamite
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by Cody_ransom on Dec 10, 2010 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
I said Minors...
I don’t mind seeing how Burrell does starting in left for us. Maybe if he starts to suck it up, then possibly bring the kid in.
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I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
Dont forget DeRosa’s going to want to play as well.
That said, I’m on the opening day bandwagon. It’s time our organization learns to appreciate our talent and the hard work our minor league instructors are doing.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
DeRosa can be a super sub and like it
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Dec 9, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
Oil and vinegar? Fuck mustard and mayo.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
by bgunn on Dec 9, 2010 3:33 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
If Belt is up
the only Space for DeRosa will be regular sub. Or maybe even backup sub.
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
given his versatility I think he should play against lefties
he could effectively play the outfield, 1st or 3rd to give Pablo, Huff, or Torres a break. And given Freddy’s injury history in recent years I think it’s quite likely he fills in at 2B at some point as well.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Dec 9, 2010 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Well then tell DeRosa to pop his wrists back in place and earn his ring this year. We are going to need to score at least 1 run a game going forward. None of this bullshit with a partial run just because Matt, MadBum or Timmy are on the bump.
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by Penitentiary Face on Dec 9, 2010 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
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For serious this time...
I’d like to see how well he does in Spring Training. If he can mash (admittedly preseason) Major League pitching, I’d say give him a shot.
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
*Another comment in which I say something that really has no relevance in order to avoid writing my final paper*
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
this
definitely procrasinating on my take-home final right now
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by free f.p. #14 on Dec 9, 2010 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone would procrastinate from this shit.
“Discuss the problem of the universality or otherwise of the grammatical relations Subject and Object. Your discussion should deal with the problem of “alignment” (i.e. nominative, ergative, split intransitive) for a cross-linguistic definition of grammatical relations, as well as the problem of identifying the subject of English sentences like:
There are weasels in my closet.
This question is about morphosyntax, but you will have to deal with semantic roles in your answer."
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Dec 9, 2010 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
Aaaaaah
I’d take part in more music discussions if people referenced Zappa more.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Dec 9, 2010 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
0_o
I’m still glad I chose the Writing emphasis at college rather than the main English program.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
The moral of the story is
avoid Lingusitics. Always.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Dec 9, 2010 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
huh
I have long thought I would have enjoyed that as a discipline. That question makes me go home and re-rethink my life.
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 10, 2010 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
I thought that said “Avoid Linguica” and I was like WAT?
Placeholder.
by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
[asian_father.gif]
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
You no doctor yet?
Keep study
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
EXACTLY
Now I go write about it :(
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Dec 9, 2010 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
Seems like the topic is whether “grammatical relations Subject and Object” are universal or not. Pick a side. then argue it. I don’t know jack about linguistics, but that seems like a MASSIVE question. I guess you are supposed to limit your argument to morphosyntax (but still deal with semantic roles, i.e. do not limit the argument to solely morphosyntax, but the focus should be on it).
Actually, that mess of a question probably translates into a rubric like this: talk about all the concpets and terms I used in the question. Show me you read and understand the course readings and discussions about all these concepts/terms. Smash all that around this sentence about weasels into an essay that make sense. Proofread.
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
You’re halfway there. The other half of any linguistics assignment then goes like this: “blahblahblah NOTHING CAN BE PROVEN BECAUSE IT’S LANGUAGE AND IT’S SO ARBITRARY AND FRANKLY WE CAN SAY WHATEVER THE FUCK WE WANT AND THE MEANING WILL STILL GET THROUGH, THEREFORE MAKING EVERYTHING I’M STUDYING A WASTE OF TIME”
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Dec 9, 2010 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
It is a waste of time
But it’s so much fun to be awfully pedantic about it. Sort of like baseball statistics!
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Wow. Linguistic exisensistialism.
Placeholder.
by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Linguistentialism?
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 10, 2010 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Sometimes I sit down to write a prompt for my students.
Something like that comes out. I read it, puke, and step away from the computer to clear my head, praying that next time I try to write a prompt something that makes sense comes out.
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
"There are WEASELS in my CLOSET!"
So does semantic roles take into account which is fact is more distressing: that it’s specifically weasels (and not something else like your coat or a lion) in your closet, or that the weasels are in your closet (and not in a cage or your pants)?
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
My final paper is on Thurgood Marshall and the attitudial model.
And it’s due at 2:30 ET tomorrow. What’s yours on?
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attitudiNal?
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
Then who’s going to be backup 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
by natteringnabob on Dec 9, 2010 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
Why would Posey need a backup?
Kruk: "and the Giants, the San Francisco Giants…"
Kuip: "They got one…"
Kruk: "World Champs."
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by j14 on Dec 9, 2010 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
Posey would then just catch lefthanded....wait, he ALREADY catches lefthanded...I mean he would ten catch righthanded.
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by Penitentiary Face on Dec 9, 2010 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
Huff wasn't THAT cromulent in left.
He takes some goofy routes. I hold my breath on warning-track drives.
Life is not about this Dirty Sanchez
Burrell in left
Huff could go to right if Ross starts slow. Or Huff to right and Ross to center.
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Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
I don’t think having Huff in RF for extended periods of time is a good idea.
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I like Belt. He should play a lot.
by blackbird on Dec 9, 2010 3:30 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
It’s a great record. But so is every Mekons record.
I hope you have seen them live every time they pulled through your town. I have never seen them give anything other than a stellar performance, down to the one where their roadie sang lead on Where Were You.
I was waiting for the bus, did you see me?
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by wcw on Dec 9, 2010 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Move Rowand, play Belt.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I think Torres is the starting CF now...
So moving Rowand wouldn’t give Belt a starting spot. I mean, I agree on the general concept that Rowand is an unnecessary piece but unless Schierholtz can play CF (and I don’t know, he might!) he is our only back up CF.
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
I just don't understand why Nate can't play CF.
RF is easily the hardest to play at AT&T, CF shouldn’t be too hard of a transition.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Dec 9, 2010 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I think so too, but I haven't heard anything otherwise
and he hasn’t ever played at CF in the majors. Also I just like the idea of Schierholtz keeping in RF.
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
When Torres went down, he was quoted saying something like “I can play centerfield, I played there in the Olympics”
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Dec 9, 2010 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
Well then I guess we've just got centerfielders coming out of ears.
Rowand is a good guy, but we should see if we should contact the 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates and make a trade for Steve MacFarland and Rajai Davis.
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
Ah, the Matt Morris dump
Sabean’s most underrated move. Freed up payroll space for Rowand.
Life is not about this Dirty Sanchez
And picked up Rajai Davis, whose giveaway made me very very angry until Rule 5 Spider-Man appeared.
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"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 10, 2010 8:09 AM PST up reply actions
Ross can play center, can’t he?
"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!"
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by free f.p. #14 on Dec 9, 2010 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
He’s played in CF more times than any other position.
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I stand corrected.
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
the other thing is
he’s a better baseball player than Nate. If we trade Rowand without pretty significant salary relief, the team becomes worse, not better.
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Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
But what if I want Nate to be better?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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pretty much
nothing nate has done suggests that he’ll be a better hitter than Rowand. It’s pretty well documented around here that I don’t believe that players who suddenly fall off a cliff (without a good documented reason) don’t tend to stay there.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
Rowand will almost certainly climb partway up the cliff he went off in 2010, but he’s been bouncing down the mountain for quite a few years now. The player he was in 2009 wasn’t much better (if at all) than Nate’s career line, and Nate’s still just 26.
what?
no he hasn’t
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
to be specific
his wRC+ in ’08-09 is pretty much identical to his ’05-06 wRC+
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
he was an average starter in '09!
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
Try looking at his career in two-year chunks. 2004-05 > 2006-07 > 2008-09 > 2010.
2007 was a long time ago, and in the years since, Rowand and Schierholtz have been basically identical as players. I’ll go with the younger guy. (Though they actually make a decent combo of L/R bench outfielders.)
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NO THEY HAVENT
The reason he appears to decline if you look at it in 2 year chunks is that the first 2 include a year of production outside of his “normal” level.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
really, look at his wOBA graph and honestly tell me you think his production has been steadily declining
It hasn’t. It’s been remarkably consistent over 7 years, with 2 peaks and 1 valley.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
or really
over 6 years with 1 peak and 1 valley
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
In small samples (i.e., the single season), his career is up and down, like anyone’s. In larger samples (two-season chunks), his career ascends till 2004-05, then descends since. In every way: wRC+, peripherals, fielding numbers, playing time.
Decline is almost never a straight line, and he’ll probably rebound somewhat next year, but there’s no way he’s not in a long decline.
and in 3 season samples (since becoming a full time starter)
108 – 108 then last year OH MY GOD HE"S DECLINING.
I can use selective endpoints too.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
i'll even use your method
2 year chunks, wRC+, since the start of his career:
95, 129, 94, 114, 96.
ZOMG declining.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
That last number ought to be 89 or so.
You can try to figure out how to make the numbers tell you what you to hear, or you can listen to what they want to tell you. I would have thought it impossible to pore over Rowand’s Fangraphs page for a few minutes and not come to the conclusion that he’s in the throes of an extended and all-encompassing decline — I mean, look at the line-drive percentage! look at the out-of-zone swing percentage! — but apparently I was wrong about that.
I’ll just say that I’m on your side in believing that Rowand can still be a useful player, but believing that he’s a better bet than Schierholtz rests too heavily for me on the idea that he’s the same man he was years ago.
how about 1 year ago
and not “the same” but “nearly the same”
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
because that would be significantly better than Nate.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
all I'm saying
is that your contention that he’s been in decline for a while is not supported by any numbers except your cherry picked 2 year splits.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
like who?
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
I’d rather get rid of Travis. We have enough guys who can play 1B.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
If we sign Renteria we might have to ditch two players, at least when Belt comes up. I’d rather those two be Ishi and Rowand than Ishi and Nate.
"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."
We'd have to get rid of both if we bring up Belt
Torres CF
Sanchez 2B
Huff RF
Posey C
Burrell LF
Belt 1B
Tejada SS
Sandoval 3B
Bench: Whiteside, Fontenot, DeRosa, Schierholtz, Renteria
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
and that's the thing
I’d rather have Rowand up unless we can get ~5-6M/yr in salary relief.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
But what exactly does Rowand bring to the table that makes him more valuable than Nate?
Personally, I’d be happy for 2-3M/yr for Rowand. Its worth the spot and we don’t have to ditch a league-minimum guy.
"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."
about 10 points of wRC+
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
no. no it shouldnt.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
the thing is
there are league min. (or close) guys who can match Nate’s production available every year.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
Yes, but who is going to represent our Asian fan base if we release Travis?
That’s what I thought. At least Neukom doesn’t need to carry a damn interpreter on the payroll like most of the other teams.
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Geno Espineli!
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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 10, 2010 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
IMO, it’s the exact opposite. We have enough guys who can play the outfield.
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
Yousa funny, funny man
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Dec 9, 2010 3:32 PM PST reply actions
Especially since it’s SCHIERHOTZ playing third! How can we go wrong with a guy named SCHIERHOTZ??
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Dec 9, 2010 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Pablo at catcher, Posey at closer, Wilson at 5th starter, Zito at mascot
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
So who'll be the special secretary to the travelling assistant?
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Dec 9, 2010 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
wilhem got brainwashed after the carpet cleaners didnt deem George fit for their cult.
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Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
And you want to be my latex salesman?
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by natteringnabob on Dec 10, 2010 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
I’m no fun at all.
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I am getting shellacked by a computer :(
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And I’m losing to you, but you don’t hear me whining about it!
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Come to think of it, you’re losing to a computer too! I feel better.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
Enough about that!
I’m losing to you.
There is no justice.
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This baseball thing is pretty cool
The only problem I have with Belt in LF
is that he should get comfortable in the major leagues at one position first and foremost.
But there’s a side of me that thinks he could play LF very well and be a plus defender out there as well.
It seems reasonable that he’d be a better bet than both Huff and Burrell defensively in LF because he’s younger and faster. It helps that it’s been said that he’s handled it very well in the minor leagues.
I don’t understand the crazy opposition to the idea honestly.
I definitely understand that he should get comfortable at one position, and I lean towards that as well…
I’m just not frothing at the mouth over it.
Buster Posey
really shouldn’t be compared to other young players too much, IMO. Not fair to them at all.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 9, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry, thought you were talking about Belt.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 10, 2010 8:13 AM PST up reply actions
I spent my vote putting Nate at 3B...
and damn, did it feel good
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He should probably stay in the minors just to keep our system from looking so depressing.
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Pffff
Who needs a farm system, we just went to the World Series and can be the best team in the National League next year! Fuck the farm system!
/2002
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
our farm system that just churned out: Cain, Lincecum, Wilson, Sanchez, Posey, Bumgarner, and now Belt… damn. 3 of them could be on their way to the HOF, maybe 4 (timmeh, posey, bummy, maybe willy if he sets saves records)
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As much as I love those players, it’s kinda crazy-early to be speculating on HOF chances.
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Maybe not for Timmy…
He could crash, of course…but he’s already practically half-way there…
"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."
Going by ERA+, Lincecum’s first 3 1/2 years are pretty similar to Dwight Gooden’s.
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But Gooden had a drug pro- oh.
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by jponry on Dec 9, 2010 7:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
2 Cy Youngs and a World Series in your first full three seasons
Warrants HOF discussion
This.
And don’t forget that play-off MVP thing.
And he has 3 strikeout titles. Not to mention all-star appearances…
"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."
Seriously, Dwight Gooden.
After his first three seasons, he had 2 strike out titles, an ERA title, a 24-win season, a Cy Young, a ROY, a second place finish as Cy Young, 3 All-Star appearances, a 4th place finish in an MVP race, a World Series ring, and a 3.46 postseason ERA.
And he was younger than Lincecum is now.
Speculating about HOF chances of 20-somethings is always slightly silly. You just don’t know.
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(but I still love Timmy with all my heart!)
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Well
Not all 20-somethings… I’d say Rodriguez sealed his HOF spot with his age-27 season (the MVP with Texas), and Pujols has been a clear HOF since his late 20’s. Mauer is 27 and has very good odds, in my opinion.
But obviously those guys are special, and they also all came up a lot before Lincecum, who only has 3 full seasons in the majors.
So we're back on AD now?
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It’s certainly very possible he ends up putting together a HOF-caliber career.
Or his arm could fall off tomorrow. That’s why it’s crazy-early.
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HOF for Timmy now!
He’s earned it.
I ask you this: who else in the HOF answers to
TIMMY!!
?
Science.
# 24
by tinkerstoeverstochance on Dec 9, 2010 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
Wait.
You mean McCarver’s not in the Hall?
by mrs. owlcroft on Dec 9, 2010 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
Bret Saberhagen
would like a word. After his first 6 seasons he had 2 CYAs and a World Series with the Royals, 129 ERA+.
Rest of the way? Not so much. In the last 11 years of his career he threw less innings than he did the first 6. Anything can happen
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by free f.p. #14 on Dec 9, 2010 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
Brett Saberhagen: the opposite of Star Trek movies. Seemingly always better in odd-numbered years (until 1994, anyway)
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by jcb9 on Dec 9, 2010 4:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
of course it’s crazy-early to be speculating on HOF for any of them… my point was the OP said the farm looks depressing, so i was putting it in perspective
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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Yes, we turned out lots of great players, but now who do we have?
Belt and Wheeler are both legitimate prospects
Neal could be good
Brown?…. Kieschnick? I don’t know
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Jax!
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Don't call it a comeback
I been here all along.
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we churned out those great players because of high draft picks, like top 5-10 for 5 years.
we’re not gonna have the kind of farm the Royals have, because we dont lose 100 games a year. We’re champions.
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THE POINT BEING THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE A STRONG FARM SYSTEM. NOTHING YOU HAVE SAUD SO FAR HAS DONE ANYTHING TO DISPUTE THAT,
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
of course we dont have a strong farm system anymore, because, like i have been saying, we just churned out a ton of very, very good players, and are a winning team that doesn’t get top picks anymore
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Saud?
The Prince of Arabia is a McCoven acolyte? Cool! Can I have some money? Or just oil, or maybe my very own madrasa where they serve hummus and olives and pita and sweet mint tea? And dates, lots of dates.
# 24
by tinkerstoeverstochance on Dec 9, 2010 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe I’m wrong (because I haven’t been following that carefully), but as I recall, beyond Hosmer I don’t think the Royals have an especially good farm system.
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im pretty sure ive read a ton of articles over the last year that reference a “stacked, loaded farm” for the Royals. If I’m wrong, please correct me
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Wil Myers, Cristian Colon. Its pretty good.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
Moustakas and Crow, too
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
Okay, I’m misremembering.
The only other guys I could think of off the top of my head were Melville and Moustakas, both of whom were disappointing early (though I see Moustakas was better this year).
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As much as it pains me to say it.
If you were to combine the Giants and Royals farm systems the top 10 would include Belt, Wheeler and 8 Royals. It would likely look something like:
1. Hosmer (KC)
2. Moustakas (KC)
3. Myers (KC)
4. Belt (SF)
5. Montgomery (KC)
6. Wheeler (SF)
7. Lamb (KC)
8. Dwyer (KC)
9. Colon (KC)
10. Crow (KC)? Duffy (KC)? Brown (SF)?
by BestHyperboleEver on Dec 9, 2010 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
Crow is old-ish and hasn’t done well in the minors yet, but I’d probably still take him over Brown.
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Yeah,
That last spot is kind of a toss up.
by BestHyperboleEver on Dec 9, 2010 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
I hate Old Crow.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
/gasp
I have seen the future of Major League Baseball, and its name is Buster Posey.
by atxgiantsfan on Dec 9, 2010 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
I likely would too, but I think the general consensus would look more like I posted above. I think Belt is held back a bit in many eyes by some lingering skepticism in his huge leap in performance from his college days/initial scouting reports. Now, if he puts up another season like his last, well, then we won’t be having this conversation because he won’t be a “prospect” for long.
by BestHyperboleEver on Dec 9, 2010 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
I hate the fact that CSN is airing the one playoff game I missed tonight...
And tomorrow at 7 AM I have a calc final.
I missed Game 1 cus I had a calc midterm
DAMN YOU CALCULUS GODSSSSSSSSSS
7 am finals? oh god
chico state do not have any that start before 8
and teachers have the option that if they dont like the time or place even can change it if they book a location
we’re having our historical geography of California final at the graduate
nothing says a final like beer on tap
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by operation carrot on Dec 9, 2010 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
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Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Dec 9, 2010 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
Is it even more epic when people look at this and don't know what the fuck it is?
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
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"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Dec 9, 2010 3:41 PM PST reply actions
Hope opening day is moved to SF
That way maybe the ticket prices for the Friday night opener in LA will get cheaper for me to attend…
I think we should sign Molina to play 1B for a month, thereby wasting time and losing production at that position
then the 2010 comparison would be perfect.
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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 9, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
What do you do with Ish if Belt is brought up?
Try to trade him for a minor leaguer?
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Yeah, if you can get something for him.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
Probably a low level minor leaguer.
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This poll is so dramatically pre-mature...
that I am not going to vote.
I will say.. I think best case scenario is Belt proves himself so sufficiently that he takes over at first base and Huff shifts to left field. The depth would be excellent.
However, I think making suggestions now makes no sense. That’s for the coaching staff to do in the spring, and we can make our suggestions when we’ve seen what Belt does against big league pitching in spring training.
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Making decisions based on how guys do in Spring Training is almost never a good idea.
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On one hand...
that’s how Andres Torres made the 2010 roster. On the other hand, that’s how Daniel Ortmeier made the 2008 roster…
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
Really? This time last year, they were talking about having Torres and Velez platoon in LF and hit leadoff. Wasn’t Torres pretty much always going to be on the roster?
It’s also lead to things like Emmanuel Burriss being our starting second baseman and Mel Hall being on our roster for a couple of months despite being completely unable to play any defensive position.
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
I’m almost at the point of wondering if spring training does anything other than see how guys coming off injury do.
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 10, 2010 8:19 AM PST up reply actions
I thought Ort was terrible in ST in ’08.
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Really?
I wish BB-Ref had Spring Training stat
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
Then again, I don’t remember anything Ortmeier did other than get a walk-off hit against the Dodgers once.
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I also remember his ninth inning single in this game against the Dodgers
Kruk: "and the Giants, the San Francisco Giants…"
Kuip: "They got one…"
Kruk: "World Champs."
- November 1, 2010
by j14 on Dec 9, 2010 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa, Todd Greene.
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Definitely the only four run comeback in baseball history featuring ninth inning hits from Steve Finley, Todd Greene, Lance Niekro AND Dan Ortmeier.
Kruk: "and the Giants, the San Francisco Giants…"
Kuip: "They got one…"
Kruk: "World Champs."
- November 1, 2010
by j14 on Dec 9, 2010 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, and as a result we got Rich Aurilia as our starting first baseman.
Ortmeier was the early favorite due to SSS stats down the stretch the previous year.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
Oh.
Well then who did we call up based on Spring Small Sample Size?
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
like I said
Emmanuel Burriss: starting second baseman!
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
Well our other option was Kevin Frandsen...
in fact, I have a bet with my dad for $100 that Kevin Frandsen will have a better career than Emmanual Burriss. I think I’m winning but it’s sort of hard to tell.
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
Heh, no
Because the minors is where the “replacements” come from.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
You mean 2009 for Torres, right?
His 2010 roster spot was earned in the 2009 regular season.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
I apparantly have no clue what I'm talking about...
and you should pretty much ignore anything I remember about the Giants in any given year from December until April.
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
I don't remember it like that at all.
Going into ST we had too many OF, not enough differentiation and not enough spots:
Rowand
Lewis
DeRosa
Huff
Nate
Valez
Bowker
Bowker played his way into the Lineup through ST SSS.
Rowand’s contract had him start in CF.
DeRosa played just enough to prove his wrist was made of jelly.
Lewis DLd himself.
Huff proved he could catch a ball thrown from 90 ft away and locked down 1B.
Torres hit well enough to get a bench spot.
Finally a signature worth having:
Fan of the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
Not how I remember it
Huff was pencilled in at 1B from the day he signed. DeRosa and Rowand were guaranteed spots based on their contracts. Bower, Lewis, Nate were all questionables (and as you note Bowker, won his spot in ST). But the general assumption was that Torres would be with the team as a bench player. See this thread from last January, for instance; hardly anyone questions Torres’ appearance on opening day.
Also, note that some idiot in that thread had this to say:
In short, if we give Torres more starts, there’s every reason to think he’ll suck at least as much as Schierholtz.
LOL me.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
For one day!
The next day management employed a swift transition to the ‘platoon strategy’ in RF.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
THERE IS NO PLATOON!
We’re just starting one guy against left handers and one guy against right handers.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Yes, it is never good to base your decisions on spring training
That said,
Giants make all their decisions based on spring training.
Yeah
Spring Training has SSS issues combined with scouting issues since players are working on their skills and not in full-competition mode.
But with Belt, it may make some sense to make a judgment based on Spring Training. Belt needs to “prove” 2010 wasn’t a fluke, but the team shouldn’t wait until he has 4 AAA seasons with an OPS of 1.500 before they know for sure. When do you decide that Belt is “seasoned” enough to make the transition to big league play? A good AFL performance? A month of warm-ups in Arizona? SS? After 2 months in AAA? A season? Season to taste.
Also Spring Training will show us how calm DeRosa’s tendons are
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
You also have sample issues
where there’s some really good pitching and some “nowhere near mlb pitching”.
The thong is, it happened.
Today’s pitchers: Todd Wellemeyer, Ramon Ortiz, Denny Bautista, Jeff Fassero
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 10, 2010 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
I am sure most of Belt’s ABs will come against slop MiLB pitchers in ST.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2010 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
I think the more important question
is whom do we start calling “suspenders?”
GITP:: Rowand The Renteria Game Logs!
This is funny.
Mostly because our speculation is useless. Nothing the front office says is to be trusted; a World Series victory shouldn’t change that. Bork will do whatever he wants; Sabean has no problem lying through his teeth.
I voted for Belt at first and Huff in left.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
What does Sabean gain with his praise of Belt?
If you do in fact think he is lying?
by BustaTheRippa on Dec 9, 2010 7:26 PM PST up reply actions
Sabean lies and he doesn't even know it. If he talks in his sleep, he's lying.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Dec 9, 2010 9:30 PM PST up reply actions
Wait about 6 weeks into the season so that if the Giants do bring him up, they can be assured of an entire year of Belt in 2017. If he is brought up before then and never comes back down, he hits the free agent market before the 2017 season.
At that point, one can judge whether or not bringing him up will help the team. If he does come up, I hope that the situation is that he will remove Burrell or Ross from the lineup and move Huff from 1B to the outfield. If he will be platooned or end up on the bench, then he should stay in the minor leagues until he is ready to be an everyday starter.
-I’m not 100% positive that what I said in the first paragraph is correct (I’m about 90% sure), so if somebody has a very good grasp on the service time rules, please feel free to reply to this comment with that information.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I can’t help you with the service time stuff…
But it sounds like Sabean is thinking along the same lines as you. Either Belt comes up and starts every day, or he stays in the minors for a while. No platoons, no coming in of the bench.
"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."
Honestly, when he comes up, he needs to be coming up for good.
With that said, I think it is best he spends the first month in AAA or until there is no doubt of his ability. When he comes up, I want him to be coming up to be a starter.
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.
But I wuv Cody
Renteria and Ross are Giants for life in my book. Cody! Cody! Why should we want him out of the lineup? He’s legit.
# 24
by tinkerstoeverstochance on Dec 9, 2010 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
On the real
I’m all for assuming Ross hits like he hit in the playoffs for the rest of his Giant career.
SSS.
Science!
Life is not about this Dirty Sanchez
We call that the Randy Winn Principle
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
If Randy Winn consistently hits like he does in the playoffs, then he would be out of the league.
/double rimshot
Is he the new WR?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Randy Winn is a New England Wide Receiver
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
If Randy Winn consistently hits like he does in March and April, he would have a Rowand contract.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Dec 9, 2010 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
I was under the impression that a full year of service time is required to count towards free agency, and anything below the six year threshold leaves the player under team control. He may be eligible for arbitration after his second full (third overall) year, but he’d still be under control for six full seasons + the time he spent this season.
by kingofthacove on Dec 9, 2010 6:37 PM PST up reply actions
There seriously hasnt been any discussion of any of Time’s top 10 of the year lists yet? I’m disappointed in this place.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
did the Giants make it for their WS victory? yknow, seeing as how it was 50+ years and all..
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.
of course not, the imperfect game was the number 1 sports moment
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
were the giants evenin the top 10 then?
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, do you think we’re the Yankees or Red Sox or something?
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
you said the imperfect game was the #1 sports moment, so i figured maybe the giants winning their first in SF would be in the top 10 sports moments
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.
sports moments
1. imperfect game 2. LeBron’s decision 3. Butler loses to Duke on final shot
4. “Football uses its head” takes action to prevent concussions 5. Ghana loses to Uruguay in World Cup 6. McDowell in the Ryder Cup 7. Saints win Super Bowl
8. 11 hour Wimbledon match 9. Canadian woman wins bronze in figure skating 10. something about cricket
The Giants finished behind Canadian skaters, Ryder Cup golfers, the NFL handing out fines for hits, and cricket.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
...
part of me thinks this is ‘chasm. but then again…we’ve been getting this all year…
But cricket? really?
"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."
LeBron was #2? that’s a waste.
I’d say the Saints, then Giants, then the imperfect 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.
I think the LeBron thing has to be in there
it got a buttload of viewers and has been one of the most discussed sports topics of the year for sure. (and not just on ESPN)
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
its just because im not a basketball fan in any way, shape or form, it doesnt matter to me. i just saw that as a lame move on his part
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.
but what the Saints and Giants did for their cities are huge, and I am surprised are not higher ranked, like top 5 status
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.
Seriously?
4. "Football uses its head" takes action to prevent concussions
Cause that is not what is going on.
Proud Adoptive Parent of no one, cause my son left me.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES
I’m all for fewer concussions but I really wonder how that game can be played without them. Absent turning it to Aussie rules or some such.
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 10, 2010 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
Helmet technology.
Why don’t they just use bigger helmets? It may look a little weird at first but it’s better than getting concussions.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
Actually
they should go back to leather helmets, maybe then guys would stop going for the kill and just learn how to tackle instead of using their craniums….just a thought
"A 1-0 Loss is the fault of our pitching staff" Bruce Bochy/Brian Sabean
by Cant_buy_a_run on Dec 10, 2010 8:42 AM PST up reply actions
Whoa that sounds like a terrible idea. It’s like trying to prevent car accidents by eliminating seat belts.
Placeholder.
by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
If eliminating the seatbelts also limited the car to driving 15 mph, your analogy would make more sense.
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 10, 2010 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t really see how. The idea is that severely increasing inherent danger will severely limit dangerous activity, and I’m not sure that it works it that way at all. Guys will still hit hard, just like people would still drive fast.
Placeholder.
by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
I disagree with this.
It’s been that way in rugby forever and the injury risk is much greater in football than it is in rugby.
Players that don’t have massive metal appendages on their heads are much more prudent with their hits.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
There is not a helmet technology that will stop your brain from sloshing against the skull if the helmet is hit hard enough. Maybe a partial lobotomy with impact foam would help.
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 10, 2010 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
With enough padding to soften the hit your brain wouldn't be sloshing though.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
/great gazoo picture from yesterday
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 10, 2010 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
Unless there is a ridiculous amount of padding, that effect will still be present. Inertia + rapid acceleration = brain sloshing.
I think the solution is
we basically need to build better skulls.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
by Cody_ransom on Dec 10, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
The bigger you make the helmet, the more strain on the neck.
Finally a signature worth having:
Fan of the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
TV shows-Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Parks and Rec, Louie, Boardwalk Empire, Party Down, The Pacific, The Good Wife, Rubicon,Terriers
Movies-Toy Story 3, Inside Job, Never Let Me Go, Life During War Time, The Social Network, Rabbit Hole, Wild Grass, Green Zone, Waiting for Superman, Four Lions
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
I’ve only seen 3 of those TV shows
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
and none of the movies
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
I heard that
been meaning to see it, just haven’t had a chance
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
That's the only thing on either of those lists I've seen.
But yet, it was amazing.
"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."
only The Social Network among the movies
TV shows, just Party Down. Breakign Bad and Parks and Rec are in our netflix queue.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
Breaking Bad is awesome
but intense.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
Party Down!
I am halfway through the first season and it is so awesome.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Dec 9, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
just wait till you get current
I’m sooooo pissed they delayed the next season.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
Um
I do believe it’s cancelled. Amazing show though. Made me think in a whole new way about Steve Gutenberg.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
no it's not
On June 14, 2010, AMC announced that Breaking Bad was renewed for a fourth, 13-episode season. The season is scheduled to premiere in July 2011.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
I thought we were talking about Party Down
But more importantly, Steve Gutenberg’s in Breaking Bad?!?!
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
oh lol
didn’t even see the party down comment.
was just going off the reply to my comment about BB. is Party Down any good?
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
Astoundingly so.
One of the more hilarious depictions of depressing existential service-sector drudgery out there. Give the pilot a shot, it’s one of the strongest shows in the series.
Also, it’s done by the guy who did Veronica Mars, which I have a weak spot for.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
No Inception??
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Dec 9, 2010 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
My favorite movie of the year.
But I have yet to see Social Network
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
What I saw ...
Mad Men Season 4 – very strange season compared to the others, full of herky-jerky energy and strange twists. Possibly the most important episode of the show ever in “The Suitcase”.
The Pacific – not easy to warm up to, and you get the feeling the team behind Band of Brothers was consciously trying to bookend this decade of war that their previous series began. Plays better on disc and seen in large blocs as a powerful meditation on both the dehumanizing effect of war, and by extension, the subgenre perfected by Spielberg/Hanks.
Rubicon – what began as a pure mood piece gathered power and excitement to a devastating climax in the penultimate episode. The last episode is take it or leave it, angling for a second season it would never receive.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Yes Terriers.
It’s a crime that show that good was so neglected.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Isn’t Parks and Rec off the air?
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
It’s scheduled to come back in January.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Dec 10, 2010 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
You should be impressed.
Time is drivel.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
FAIL
Time still sucks.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Time is linear.
"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!"
Time can be rewritten.
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Time may change me, but I can’t trace time.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Time is an illusion!
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Time is not a trick
thats what whores do for money
by PocketfullofPoseys on Dec 9, 2010 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
I am a rooster illusion
Proud Adoptive Parent of no one, cause my son left me.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES
Time is on my side.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
Huff in right, Burrell in left, Belt at first
Not kidding. I think Pat’s bat makes him more useful than Cody.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
But Cody has better defense in RF...
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
MUST HAVE THE WATERBUFFALO!!!
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Pat had the highest BB% on the team last year
I’m eager to find a way to keep him in the lineup.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I keep seeing him as someone that will come off the bench to be honest
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
A lot of people are
… but WHY? Pat was one of the best hitters we had last season. And now everyone is racing to find ways to put him on the bench. I do not understand.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
i agree with this, big time. even when he’s slumping, he still takes big walks that extend innings.
i dont think Sabes even really wanted him back, but him signing for $1mil left him no choice… dont think Pat was in their plans for 2011
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 mean… personally, i’d rather have Ross in there rather than Burrell, moreso because of Burrells range. I’m just not big on him being an everyday player in Left or Right for some reason
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Cody Ross, 2010: .269/.322/.413, .324 BABIP
Pat Burrell, 2010: .252/.348/.469, .291 BABIP
Ross had a BABIP last year higher than his career avg. Burrell had a BABIP lower than his career avg. And Pat still outhit him, by a significant margin.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Fair enough.
I still have stars in my eyes from the NLCS. I just have this beautiful vision of Pat Burrell as super pinch-hitter. Better than Mark Sweeney and Matt Stairs combined, the National League will tremble at our clutch and timely hitting muahahahahaha… MUAHAHAHAHAH
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
Ross had a huge power outage
caused by the highest (by far) gb/fb ratio of his career.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
which was also (probably) behind his BABIP surge
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
which is why just looking at BABIP doesn't tell you the whole story
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
we went over this the other day, IIRC. his LD% stayed the same, so his high GB% might have just been a fluke
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.
yes
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
WAR
Burrell’s last five WARs, 2010 first: 2.5, -0.4, 3.0, 2.1, 2.2
Ross’s last five: 2.2, 1.8, 3.6, 2.1, 0.0
Ross: 1.94/year, Burrell 1.86.
This isn’t a wash?
My conclusion: leave Belt in AAA till an injury forces a move, or June 1, whichever comes first.
# 24
by tinkerstoeverstochance on Dec 9, 2010 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
BIG problem using WAR in this case
Because Cody spent most of 2008 and 2009 playing as a center fielder, which will earn you more points in WAR for playing a premium position. But Cody is now competing with for a spot at the corner.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Won’t the UZR bump he gets for playing a corner spot theoretically make up the WAR points he loses for no longer playing center?
No
The positional adjustment on fangraphs between center field and a corner OF spot is 9 runs. Unless Cody was some sort of otherworldly +9 defender at the corner (which he isn’t), he’s getting a boost from playing CF.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
TZ has him at +17!
UZR has him at 2.0 over his career in RF, 3.9 in LF. Smallish sample. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was +5.0. So he’s losing half a win in WAR? I’d prefer Burrell, but it’s not that far off.
But it affects the math
He played basically a whole season at CF in 08 and 09, so knock half a win off his seasons there. He played half a year at CF in 2010, so knock .25 of a win off there.
Now, instead of being worth 1.94 WAR per year over the past 5, he’s worth 1.8 – or, as it were, LESS than Pat Burrell.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Take any advantage you can get
In all probability, it’ll be a moot point at some point. One or more of the Huff/Burrell/Ross/Belt combination will play poorly at some point, and Bochy will ride the hot hand.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
meaningless difference
when these numbers are that close, even after the correct fielding position adjustments, there’s no way to know who is going to perform better. Good thing we had Ross and he played the way he did in the postseason.
I would just say it’s moot not at some point but at this degree of difference. It is insignificant. So I’m agreeing with your conclusion – that the decision won’t be made on past statistics – but disagreeing that there is a meaningful difference over the past five years between these two.
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by tinkerstoeverstochance on Dec 9, 2010 11:09 PM PST up reply actions
Since they faced the same pitchers, I think it’s fair to include their playoff numbers into their overalls as well.
by kingofthacove on Dec 9, 2010 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
Here here
The lineup totally changed with Pat in it.
Beyond the numbers, I REALLY believe teams thought about Burrell before he even came up. He’s “one of those guys who can kill you with one swing of the bat” and hit some prodigious shots to back it up. Not only that, but he had some of the most patient and intelligent ABs of the year.
I think a presence like that means more good pitches to hit for Huff and Posey.
The thong is, it happened.
Pat saw 4.22 pitches per at bat for us. The next highest was Andres, who saw 4.07. Buster saw 3.86. And those were the only three guys we had who saw above the league average.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
The Giants were actually worst in taking pitches out of the strike zone in all of baseball last year.
For the second year in a row (they were 3rd-worst in 08).
Given that Burrell and Posey saw a lot of playing time, this was a surprising result to me. Hopefully a full year of Posey and Burrell/Belt will help to improve that, because that’s a major issue holding back the offense, one that Tejada certainly won’t help.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
being agressive is alot of the reason the Giants were able to beat top flight pitchers with a bunch of average players, because you don’t want to fall behind in the count to great pitchers, and the Giants didn’t fall behind in the counts to them because of their agressiveness.
It’s also a reason we lost to crappy pitchers, because they couldnt get balls over the plate yet they’d still swing at them
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.
He had the lowest O-Swing%
I definitely want Belt in the minors for at least 6 weeks to give Pat some playing time.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Ah, a modified Conserving Power Plan.
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
Why not start with the platoon?
It seems like starting the season with a platoon might be a good way to keep Burrell happy and get him enough starts, while still seeing early on what Belt can do against MLB pitching, assuming he shows he’s ready in the all important spring training. My guess is he’ll start the season in the minors but then come up right in time to qualify for Super 2 status.
just screws with their heads... not worth the platooning shit with a young player like Belt
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
but if Huff has problems, he would be a perfect platoon with Pat.
I expect Pats reverse splits to regress to their norms in 2011
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.
hmm, good point. Ross hasn’t hit RH pitching well, while he mashes LH. Huff had a reverse platoon split last year, but i would expect that to regress to his career norms too.
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.
Belt needs the ABs. And if you are going to make him a leftfielder, I don't want to see On The Job Training at AT&T.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Dec 9, 2010 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
Because it’s a massive waste of Belt’s service time.
If he fulfills expectations, Burrell, Ross, and Huff (and Torres, I guess, if Ross is in CF) should never start at the same time for the rest of the year.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
PLATOONING IS GREAT
See: Bowker, John.
Proud Adoptive Parent of no one, cause my son left me.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES
Hey everybody!
The new Indiana Jones is on!
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
Shia Lebeuof needs to jump off a bridge
Or something more reasonable like never act again
The important question is...
What jersey number will he be assigned when he does get called up? I want to get a jump on the “I want a Belt jersey!” crowd, just so I can prove to everyone that I was on the bandwagon before all these other sheeple.
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
A few years a go I was hunting for a SJ Posey jersey. Apparently you can't get an authentic SJ jersey though.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
Winn at 3b FTW!!!!!!!!!
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
you know, this reminds me of a conversation I had with...someone on MCC recently.
Mark Carreon was mentioned, and someone recalled Kuiper or Krukow telling a story of how Carreon claimed he could play catcher, and then he was put in as catcher in an emergency once, and he was absolutely awful and had no clue and had a bunch of passed balls.
I looked up Carreon on B-R, and he hadn’t caught it a regular season game.
Only now, it occurs to me that, while Carreon was a right-handed batter, he threw left handed. There’s no way he would’ve been used as a catcher: there would be no such glove.
My mind is a weird place.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
There are Lefty catcher’s mitts, not a lot of them but there out there. I remember Benny Distefano caught some games for the Pirates in like 1989
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
Interesting!
Still, it’s unlikely the Giants would’ve just had one on hand mid-game.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
Very true
List of the 30 LH catchers throughout history
http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/catchleft.htm
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
they're
I committed by biggest pet peeve!
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
But how do you feel about commas?
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
I'm pro-comma
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
Commie!!!
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
NO NO ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Communism: the newest McC meme.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Are you now...
or have you ever been a member of the Comma-unist Party of the United States?
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
… funny thing is I have been known in fiction to avoid the use of a comma altogether even when there are several clauses in a sentence. It makes me feel very edgy and modernist or perhaps postmodernist would be a better comparison. In any case sometimes not using any commas at all can be fun don’t you think?
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . a list of names that were made known to Grant’s boss as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in McCovey Chronicles. . .
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 10, 2010 8:27 AM PST up reply actions
I see quite a few of them in stores anymore… I get the impression little league is (rightfully) not so dogmatic about this these days.
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 10, 2010 8:25 AM PST up reply actions
That's why Carreon was the EMERGENCY catcher....lefthanded is a damn emergency.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Dec 9, 2010 9:46 PM PST up reply actions
I know a lefty who has a lefty C mitt.
He’s a pitcher and generally pitchers will have C gear handy so they can throw to whomever will catch them. He added a lefty C mitt because A) he wants to catch in a game sometime and B) in case a lefty is willing to catch him.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
I was at that game.
IT WAS AWESOME.
Lowry in RF
by 24 Willie Mays Plaza on Dec 9, 2010 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
/signs Mickey Mouse for 7/170
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
Do it, Sabes!
"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."
Mickey Mouse would win the Cy Young in the NL.
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Dec 9, 2010 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
GIS for Clown Ball Rules
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
only problem with your Clownball Rules assertation is that he said
Mickey Mouse would win the Cy Young in the NL.
not the AL. How Dare You Call Our NL Clownball!!
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.
WOAH Crap the Yankees signed Disney??? how many years?
Finally a signature worth having:
Fan of the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"cromulent"
wtf… was this a word of the week somewhere, or do you lurk on warriorsworld? I don’t think I’ve ever seen that word used in my life before last week, and now I’ve seen it used 3 times: 2 times on warriorsworld, and again just now.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
been meaning to watch it
they have the whole series on hulu
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
WATCH IT!
"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."
gotta finish AD first!
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
I didn’t really care all that much for AD. I watched the first few episodes, and it was mildly amusing, but it wasn’t side-splitting or anything and I didn’t care enough about the characters to keep watching.
It’s entirely possible that my sense of humor is broken.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I’m kind of with you. It’s decent but it’s not the great show people here say it is, at least to me.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
IMO
it’s better to watch a bunch in a row, because you catch more of their references/etc.
Also, I agree it’s not the greatest, but it’s definitely better than some of the crappy sitcoms out there /cough 2andahalfmen /cough
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
Two and a Half Men’s existence is an insult to America.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
by El Person on Dec 9, 2010 6:47 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
‘21’ was the worst show if you miss an episode
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.
21 is terrible.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
and by 21
of course i mean 24
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
It’s a terrible movie.
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lol typing fail.
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.
‘24’ wasn’t bad, though
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 hate 24.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
I remember seeing one episode
where the president flew across the country in one episode. Real time my ass.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
It’s full of ridiculous nonsense like that. There’s never any traffic, either, unless having traffic is dramatically convenient.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
So the show lasted 8 seasons. It’s really only 8 days?
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’re usually supposed to be like a year apart, give or take.
Also, there were like 7 different Presidents during the show’s run.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
I should probably explain
The reason why I’ve watched most of the show despite hating it is that my wife is a fan, so we keep getting it from Netflix. With the kids, we don’t get much tv time, and it also sort of doubles as Us Time, which is also rare, so…
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
Like I said, I’ve never seen it. I had to look it up to see how long the series lasted.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Everyone but me seems to think it was a great show. But I really dislike it on several levels. Eh.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
I don’t really see what makes it any good at all.
Placeholder.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 10:22 PM PST up reply actions
I have never finished an episode.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 10, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
This is one of the reasons I simply don’t trust you anymore.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
yeah you suck :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Banned.
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the only way to fix it is watch the rest of AD. it’ll grow on you, for sure. I wasn’t totally convinced either at first, and then all of a sudden I hadn’t eaten dinner and watched 2 full seasons.
lol meropechasm
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 10, 2010 8:28 AM PST up reply actions
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
Embiggens?
"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!"
Do you disagree? What other affect would a noble spirit have, if not to embiggen?
GITP:: Rowand The Renteria Game Logs!
effect
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
Wow, really?
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ya rly… I don’t have a huge vocabulary, but I graduated from a decent law school and like to think that I actually enjoyed reading Gravity’s Rainbow, so I’m not a complete dolt.
It’s probably that I just didn’t know the word before, and now that I know it, its usage jumps out at me.
Also, I’m not really trying to complain about Grant’s usage… rather, I’m just surprised that the word all of a sudden seems fairly common.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Well, it’s more of a pop culture reference (came from a Simpsons episode), although it’s rather prominently used on the internet. If you don’t pay attention to either, it’s not as surprising that you wouldn’t know it.
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damn
I like to think of myself as quite the expert on interweb memes. Well, that’s another illusion shatter. Thanks, ASSHOLE!
:(
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
I…don’t know what to say.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Dec 9, 2010 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
but
the children need to learn about Tekwar sometime!
by PocketfullofPoseys on Dec 9, 2010 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
Um...
were those books any good? I’m assuming they’re like his album(s).
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Dec 10, 2010 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
You know I lurk on warriorsworld. Don’t act so coy.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
I just had the best sandwich I've had in a long time
Turkey and brie and cranberry mayo on a toasted croissant. MmmMMmmmm.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Just a short drive away.
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Yeah
http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=wisey%27s+deli&fb=1&gl=us&hq=wisey%27s+deli&hnear=Washington+D.C.,+DC&cid=0,0,8280430646771446461&ei=XoBTaa1H4Ss8AbjgvzmAg&sa=X&oi=localresult&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQnwIwAA
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Shift A
Belt in the Minors. I want him to absolutely destroy AAA for a few months before he gets brought up.
Then when Tejada is struggling we shift Huff to SS and install Belt at 1B.
Proud Adoptive Parent of no one, cause my son left me.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES
Belt/Burrell platoon
With Huff moving to LF against right handed pitching and Belt at 1B it upgrades the defense in the outfield and the infield. Than Bochy brings The Bat/Machine in to rake the left handed pitchers.
We can't have ALL of our $10+ million players playing part time.....sheesh!
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Dec 9, 2010 9:49 PM PST up reply actions
Standing Pat
Winter meetings:
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/12/winter-meetings-acquisitions-roundup.html
Giants did nothing!
# 24
by tinkerstoeverstochance on Dec 9, 2010 5:09 PM PST reply actions
What!
Get up and kick some tires Sabean! Don’t just rest on your laurels! Unless you can kick tires from where you are on your laurels. Then you don’t have to get up.
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
They are very comfy laurels, though.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
we have a huge bay laurel in our front yard
massive. Can see why it was the wreath of choice for the victors. Very laurel-ly
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by tinkerstoeverstochance on Dec 9, 2010 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
I want the best team on the field that we can put out there
And since Torres can play all three OF positions by himself:
Torres CF
Sanchez 2B
Posey C
Huff RF
Burrell LF
Pablo 3B
Belt 1B
Tejada SS
That’s actually a pretty good llineup.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Please Pablo find yourself!
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
4th OF.
He’d basically get Schierholtz’s role from last year, until someone got hurt.
This is why the Giants MUST trade Rownads.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Right
So the late-innings defensive replacement scheme has Ross in RF with Huff shifted to left.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Or maybe Ross and Schierholtz in the corners.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Maybe we can sucker the Mariners for King Felix
Flem: "Tim are you enjoying the party?"
Timmy: "That would be a fair assumption."
Think they want Jax?
He’d be an average hitter in that lineup.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Torres CF
Sanchez 2B
Posey C
Torres RF
Torres LF
Pablo 3B
Belt 1B
Tejada SS
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
That's basically the defensive alignment of the batting order I put out there.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Pablo 2009 not Pablo 2010.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Dec 9, 2010 9:50 PM PST up reply actions
I'm totally fine with Belt starting in the minors.
Definitely long enough to avoid early free agency, and preferably long enough to keep him from Super Two.
I’d like Huff/Burrell to have some time to prove that last year was closer to their true talent level. Belt has >300 PAs at AA and above. A little more seasoning can’t hurt.
It might not even be rushing him if he hits the crap out of the ball in Spring Training, but having Huff/Burrell/Schierholtz means that they can be a little conservative.
Eugenio Velez: Really fast... at getting picked off. SICK BURN!!
I love how half the comments sometimes make a left (no pun intended) turn. It’s happened in the previous 2 threads.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Though my favorite thing about McC
Is how all the topics get left in the last thread. No one carries the OT conversations into a new thread, we just start new ones!
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
This “Belt is the best base runner in the organization” thing, is it new? Don’t think I’ve ever heard that about him before.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Has Velez signed with anybody yet?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
That's how it works doesn't it?
The Blue Jays get all of our marginal players and make them good for a year, and the Dodgers overbid for our free agents who proceed to suck it up (here’s hoping)!
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
Yep, the Hiroshoki Carp reportedly just signed Velez after he yet again altered his birth certificate to reflect his NuSkin age of 23.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Dec 9, 2010 9:53 PM PST up reply actions
I've heard he could run well and was a great defender.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
He has above average speed for 1B and a guy that tall, he can steal bases. That’s it?
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
It's quite possible they mean
He’s the most intelligent base runner
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Giants game at 8pm on CSNBA
Timmeh’s Masterpiece and Buster Ugly Slide, NLDS Game 1
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.
Of the games I attended this October – Game 1 NLDS, Game 3 NLCS, Game 1 World Series — this one is the one I was most gratified to be able to attend. I have loved the idea of this man since before I knew he existed. For him to literally make my dreams come true, was fantastic.
* literally in the sense that I had fantasized about a pitcher like him and those situations, and he fulfilled those fantasies, not that he actually took my dreams from within my head and made them real by some wizardry…
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Production standards?
I will take a very obvious one since I am not cool or young enough to have an obscure one.
Led Zeppelin IV that includes the drums on When the Levee Breaks (and lots of other amazing stuff)
Re: Belt
I’d say give him a shot in spring training and then make the call.
Monell C, Belt 1B, Peguero OF, Perez OF, Flores DH, Surkamp SP and Verdugo RP named Giants organizational All-Stars
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
Jeez.
I don’t know anybody on the list other than Belt. Though Peguero and Verdugo are awesome names, especially if pronounced in a latin accent.
Peguero… Verdugo…
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
Also production?
I don’t know anything about producing music other than that David Bowie produced a Mott the Hoople album, and that Danger Mouse is generally bad-ass at everything he does.
I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
My new favorite Giants name
Dashenko Ricardo
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
OT: I'm Coming back home to the Bay Area
In a few days from Scotland, and I have been deprived of Mexican food for 6 Months.
Wheres the best place to get a burrito in the south bay?
Compared to Scotland?
Any place that doesn’t have the word “Bell” in its name.
I’ve always been partial to La Costena in Mountain View, personally.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
i personally love Chipotle
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.
La Bamba in Mountain View is the best place I’ve been.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I will second this. But Mountain View is more Peninsula than South Bay, methinks.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Depends on where you are. Relative to where we live (and where panda revival used to live, if I’m not mistaken), it’s a lot closer than much of a South Bay. But it feels Peninsula as much as it does South Bay.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
yeah I live in west san jose, so its about the same drive to mountain view as it is to downtown SJ.
I’ve always thought of mountain view as a south bay town, but i’ve never really thought about where the peninsula starts and ends
by panda revival on Dec 9, 2010 7:07 PM PST up reply actions
because i’ve spent my entire life in california, it was really awesome for the first week or so. Now its just getting to be a pain in the ass
by panda revival on Dec 9, 2010 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
Taco Bell
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What I'm afraid of...
is Rowand. Sabean said he’d be getting a “fresh start” and that, to me, can only mean that Rowand would be taking time away from Ross or Burrell, or even Torres, players who are far more valuable than him, but Bochy will play Rowand because of his “veteran gamer grit”
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 read a quote somewhere that Rowand is going to be competing for LF
That’s right, LF (thank you) with Burrell, Huff, and DeRosa
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
Also Belt, he included Belt that was my accidental omission.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
so, pretend DeRosa is a super sub, Belt doesn’t break camp with the team, that makes Huff 1B, then Rowand and Pat compete for LF? I still don’t like that
Who’d you rather have in the lineup, Pat or Rowand? that’s a joke. Rowand needs to be moved- his contract doesn’t even piss me off that much anymore, it’s him being crappy and taking time from the better players.
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.
This.
He’s the sixth best OF on the roster if Belt is on the 25 man.
Torres
Ross
Burrell
Nate
Huff
Rownads
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
and yet they are gonna feel some wierd obligation to give Rowand his fresh start, which is essentially wasting ABs and not playing the best players.
If Belt makes the team, you’re gonna have Huff, Ross, Burrell and Rowand competing for the 2 spots (Torres gets CF, hands down). Rowand is just a waste compared to Pat, Huff and Ross
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.
OH NOES NOT SPRING TRAINING AT BATS!!!
Rowand will be the 4th outfielder to start the season.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
i dunno. that whole “fresh start” thing Sabean said has me thinking they are gonna give him a real shot at starting OF Opening Day, taking playing time away from Cody or Pat.
If Belt breaks camp with the team, Cody, Pat, Huff and Torres are already your top 4 OFs, then what do you do with Rowand? the Giants “want to get more left-handed” and Nate makes more sense than Rowand
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.
he'll probably get some starts in ST
but he’d have to go absolutely nuts to win an opening day starting job.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
/goes 16 for 72 with 40 strikeouts. Gets starting job in CF.
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’d be willing to bet a substantial amount of money that won’t happen, barring an injury to Torres
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
yeah i dont care if they want to start him everyday in ST.
god, i wish they’d just find a way to move him, and we pay 9 of his $12mil salary. I’m sure he’d be happier playing F/T for someone else. Rowand is still a starting-worthy OF, we just don’t have room for him here
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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I think paying 9 is too much
I’d max out at 6-7
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
in this inflated market, 7 actually does sound reasonable. i wonder if Sabean was just “quashing” those rumors about Rowand back to Philly but really is working on 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.
Sneaky Sabes is sneaky.
Or at least I hope so…
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
I was comforted that sabean specified
that it was an open competition for LF at least he realizes Torres needs to be in CF no matter what. No more of this nonsense of displacing Torres whne Rownads is in the lineup.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
by Cody_ransom on Dec 10, 2010 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Ugh.
This. So much this. Just get Rowand out. Because the alternative is losing Nate, who’s playing for the league minimum, and that’s just stupid.
"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."
Nate is not good at baseball.
there are players available for cheap every year who can match his production. Since we’re already paying Rowand, and he’s better than Nate, we should keep Rowand unless we can get enough savings on a trade that we can actually do something productive with it.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
Nate has unique value to the Giants because of his ability to play outstanding defense in teh toughest RF in baseball.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
his D is really good
but Ross’s is pretty good to, and so is Torres’s. Rowand’s no slouch himself. IMO he has only slightly more value to the team than Ish, which is not a lot.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
Nates D is a lot better than Rowands.
Not even close.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
It's really a lot closer than you'd think
Rowand is an above average defensive CF.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
is there a defensive metric for falling on your ass during plays?
because I saw Rowand do that at least 3-4 times last 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.
donno
is there an offensive metric for swinging at pitches that hit you?
Rowand is an above average defender according to UZR, DRS, AND Total Zone. I’m not big on using defensive metrics to say “player a was worth x runs on D this season!” because they’re just not reliable enough, but when the big 3 all agree that a guy is above average, it’s pretty likely that he’s above average.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
i wasnt taking anyones sides in this Rowand/Nate debate, in fact, i think Nate is the better fielder (but not by much) but Rowand is the better hitter.
I was just making the point that Rowand does fall on his ass in the worst possible times and places (vs Pads, Prediction Game, cost 2 runs- which we lost by 1), and (vs COL, final week of season, cost 1-2 runs or more, lost by 1). Both balls should have been caught, IIRC.
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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Nate is an off the charts RF.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
in a very small sample
and by UZR, using the positional adjustments, he’s about where Rowand would be if he were moved to a corner.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
But we have an off the charts CF and an off the charts RF who is 6 years younger
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
yes but
he’s not as good as the above average CF we’re already paying. I’m against moves that make the team worse. I’m absolutely against trading him if we can’t get enough money back to actually DO something with
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
3 mil is more than enough to buy Francouer…
More seriously, we’re really only arguing about the money here. You think its only worth it to pay 6-7 on Rowand. I would be happy to pay 9. Heck, I would be ecstatic. He’s almost entirely sunk cost at this point, so we might as well get back what he can.
3 mil won’t buy a lot, but if it picks up a relief arm, a couple of min. wage guys, or is stowed away in the “keep insert player here forever” fund, then its being put to better use than it is now.
"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."
Nate also doesn't overthrow the cut-off man every time.
by mrs. owlcroft on Dec 9, 2010 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
I hated that
A healthy Jose Reyes at second. Base bit to center. Reyes scores easily but Rowand HAS to throw home, allowing the hitter to reach 2nd.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Evan_P_Grant
Rangers have mysterious conference call with chuck Greenberg scheduled for 8 pm ct
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
and Chuck Greenburg is…?
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but the question is, did he invent Wile E. Coyote as well?
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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Chasm?
Chuck Greenberg is the Rangers’ CEO.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
I didn’t know that. For some reason I had the idea Nolan Ryan runs the team single-handedly.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Hehe
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Dec 9, 2010 5:55 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Nolan looks all "BUH!?!?!?!??!"
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I'm reusing this while I can
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by Natto on Dec 9, 2010 8:09 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Nolan is the Prez
http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/team/front_office.jsp?c_id=tex
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
I knew Nolan Ryan headed the ownership group, but didn’t know Greenburg was the primary owner
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thanks
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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ohhh so he’s the Bowtie to the Burns Girls.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
exactly. he’s like their Neukom (which i just learned, haha)
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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Rangers made offer. Lee is weighing options.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Greenberg won’t get into specifics of offer.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Owner Ray Davis was also on trip right now.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Greenberg still sounds optimistic.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
They called a press conference for this? Really?
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Didn’t the OP say it was a conference call?
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JankoMLBNetwork
#rangers did not press Lee on when he should make an offer — but gave him a considerable amount of new information to reflect upon
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Carl Crawford signing made Rangers make trip today.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
i think we’re gonna see Lee sign tonight, whether it will be NY or TEX is the question
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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If he signs with Texas
ESPN bottomline: “The Lead: Lee rejects Yankees. Signs with some other team.”
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
apparently that other team was in the World Series this year, but we don’t remember the 2010 WS because it wasn’t East Coast teams
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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Greenberg: We felt very good about the discussion.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Meeting lasted approximimately 90 minutes at agent’s office with six people in attendance.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
What is this on my TiVo?
ESPN: Cliff Lee: The Decision.
Obviously they will unmask the Mystery Teams.
They brought in a large talking dog just for the occasion.
Proud Adoptive Parent of no one, cause my son left me.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES
and if he breaks camp with the team, and struggles a little, he still has to play. We can’t have this roster problem (while being a good problem) inpending the development of Belt.
Totally agree. Which is why, honestly, I think he should stay in the minors until early May- by then the team will have a much better idea of who plays where whe he comes up
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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I think Sabean agrees with this too thankfully.
There’s a quote somewhere in there that says he’s coming up full time or not coming up at all.
"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."
Good, I’d rather he only comes up when he’s gonna get guaranteed F/T play.
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.
Do not put Belt in LF. If Belt is who everyone thinks he is, he should be playing only one position: 1B. I wouldn’t mind him in AAA or up with the big club, either way.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2010 5:52 PM PST reply actions
Why?
If he’s an above average LF, we would be much better served playing him there over the long run.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
we just won the WS, and now it is time to develop our young player, with far less pressure to win it all.
Belt has gotta play his natural position, because he’s already making the jump to the bigs, so putting him in his most comfortable position is putting him in the best position to succeed.
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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What’s more valuable, a stud defensively at 1B or a above average corner OF’er? I prefer to put position players at the position they are most comfortable with and will excel at the most.
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Let me explain
The fangraphs positional adjustment for a corner OF spot is -7.5 runs.
The positional adjustment for 1B is -12.5 runs.
That means that, if we assume that Belt is an average corner OF (UZR of 0), then he would have to be a +5 run defender at first in order to be more worthwhile at 1B.
You know how many 1B’s were +5 defenders or more in the entire MLB last season? Two.
My Son
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im not as worried about a couple of runs of defensive variation as I am about Belts transition into the bigs at a position at which he is most comfortable, and most likely to succeed.
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I don't think this should really be a concern
It’s a strawman. I mean, Posey came up as a 1B then shifted to catcher, and I don’t think anyone would assert that shifting positions around distracted him from hitting.
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probably didn’t, you’re right. But Posey was only playing 1B because of concerns with his catching (or Borks love for Bengie).
When Belt is considered a better 1B, and that is his natural position, and there are no defensive concerns about him at 1B, why move him off of it?
He is in a different situation than Posey was in.
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why move him off of it?
I literally just explained why! Because he’ll be more valuable as a corner outfielder than as a first baseman!
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we don’t know that. we don’t know how good of an OF he is. he’s only played sparingly. and while he is learning the OF in AAA, he could be refining his skills as a 1B instead. Why make him learn a new position when it truly isn’t necessay?
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Because 1B is the position at which defense matters least
And if he’s a good athlete with good instincts, there’s no reason to think he can’t be a good corner OF.
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In other words
Sure, we don’t KNOW it. But we don’t NOT know it either. And we’d be remiss not to try it out. It’s not like he can’t go back to being a 1B.
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given the lack of evidence we have in this issue, i just have to think that there is a reason he is a 1B than an OF.
I’d personally like to see the 2nd coming of JT Snow, and have Belt spend his time becoming a very good defensive 1B too.
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But very good defensive 1B's are not particularly useful
And they’re not nearly as useful as average corner outfielders.
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very good defensive 1B’s are very useful if they have a great bat to go along with it.
I’d love to see an Ish or Snow-type defensive 1B that hits really well too. I guess I would have to see Belt in the OF to change my opinion.
I do agree that average corner OFs are more valuable than above average 1Bs, but given the OF problem we already have, I’d rather have Belt as a great defensive 1B
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Look
A good defensive 1B is better than a bad defensive 1B.
But an average defensive corner OF is better than a good defensive 1B.
It’s as simple as that.
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and if you read the second half of my post, i agreed with you. but seeing as how we already have average and above average OFs with nowhere to play, then I’d rather see Belt at 1B
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But we have 6 years of belt
And we’ll only have an OF logjam for… 1 year, until Burrell is gone. Maybe even less than a year.
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if you’re talking about what we’re gonna do with the next few years of Belt, if he should be moved to the OF, then I really don’t know what to tell ya because that’s too far in advance to debate, at least for me.
yes, in the future, it may make more sense to move Belt to the OF. but like I said, it’s a little too far in the future for that conversation- he hasn’t had a ML AB yet :)
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well if we have him for 6 years, I think we can afford to let him have 1B this year, then next year, when the OF logjam presumably ends, he can be converted in 2012 spring training.
but for 2011, IMO there’s already too many OFs
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Not really. I mean, the standard positional adjustment has only five runs difference between a first baseman and a corner outfielder.
The fangraphs positional adjustment for a corner OF spot is -7.5 runs.
The positional adjustment for 1B is -12.5 runs.
That means that, if we assume that Belt is an average corner OF (UZR of 0), then he would have to be a +5 run defender at first in order to be more worthwhile at 1B.
You know how many 1B’s were +5 defenders or more in the entire MLB last season? Two.
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Well, by gum, you’re right. In 2008, on the other hand, there were eight.
I don’t have much faith in the precision of UZR numbers, or of the positional adjustment, for that matter. But you’re fretting over tiny distinctions. If he’s only a +3 fielder rather than a +5 fielder, is that really what you’re going to base your decision on?
that's 2 runs in a season.
maybe.
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Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
We won our division by 1 game
Any advantage is one we should take.
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and that's of course
assuming he’d be more valuable than his replacement in the OF than his replacement at 1B
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Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
The reason these positional adjustments exist
Is because it’s far easier to find good production out of 1B than any other position.
My Son
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The average NL 1B last year hit .269/.354/.459
The average NL LF last year hit .267/.337/.434
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but we're not in a vacuum.
we have players who would provide actual value at LF and 1B. we’d need to compare production and find the optimal combination.
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Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
Sure
And, to be perfectly honest, my ideal setup has Belt at 1B anyway – with Burrell in left and Huff in right.
But Belt would be more valuable as a left fielder than as a first baseman, on the whole. That is my only point.
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I mostly agree
but there’s no guarantee that the defensive gap is < 5 runs for Belt.
But even assuming that, while it would make him more valuable on the whole by WAR, it wouldn’t necessarily make him more valuable to this team.
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Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
I think 1B defense is underrated.
There. I said it.
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I actually agree.
Of course, that might be a product of hearing “Snow woulda had it!” shouted by my dad every single time a 1st baseman screws up.
"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."
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong
but I don’t think defensive metrics take into account 1B ability to take bad throws from infielders. IMO this is a substantial chunk of the defensive opportunities a 1B faces.
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This is a good point.
I don’t know if the metrics measure it either…but they should. A 1B might not do a lot of fielding, but the ability to catch essentially anything is a very, very good thing.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Well said, thanks. Though TBH, I still prefer players to play in the position they are the best suited for.
On the side, is it safe to assume that Belt would be an above average corner OF’er? I believe he only played 2-4 games in the OF last year (which could actually be all he’s played ever)
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by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2010 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
marinated the steak and put spices on it
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Flatbread pizzas
1) jalapeno, onion, garlic, parmesan & romano cheese
2) spinach, garlic, tomato, romano, asiago & feta cheese
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Kuip: "They got one…"
Kruk: "World Champs."
- November 1, 2010
by j14 on Dec 9, 2010 7:17 PM PST up reply actions
Had brinner.
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OT: Merry Christmas, indeed.
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THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES
Was it at Walmart for 12 bucks?
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THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES
just needed an extra reminder that they won, huh?
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I think a lot of us LoLD people are thinking “Stock up on the memories now, cuz it might be another 50+ years.”
I'm 25...
:(
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THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES
So you’ll be 75 and could tell your grandkids the last time you saw the Giants win the World Series.
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Not even I am optimistic that I will live that long.
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THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES
RADIO ALERT
Buster will be on KNBR between 7-8 PM for the KNBR Giants Hot Stove League show.
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Posey coming up in about 5 minutes for those near a radio.
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Posey on KNBR now.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Where is he now?
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by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2010 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
IS THIS THE REAL LIFE?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
I think I'll wait until spring training to make my decision
I’ve got the highest hopes for him, but I’d like to see him do well in spring training if I’m going to bring him up. If he does well, I think you put him at 1st where he plays naturally. Huff has shown he can play in the outfield competently, and is even an upgrade over Burrell.
If he doesn’t do so well in spring training, give him the Posey treatment and bring him up sometime during the year once it looks like he has his stuff together in the minors. I think the best way to ease him in mid-year would be to to let him platoon with Burrell, where Huff moves back and forth between LF and 1st.
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What?
Is chop following you again?
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No, but Zareck is really making me hope for a murder soon.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
If anything happens to Athena, I’m rioting. Seriously.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
I officially <3 Tyrol again.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa – Adama just turned the heat up to badass.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 7:12 PM PST up reply actions
You know, there’s a hell of a lot of Moby Dick in this show.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 7:19 PM PST up reply actions
You mean in an allegorical sense?
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
On a basic level, they just keep turning people into aspects of Ahab. Last half-season, it was Starbuck (clever, no?). Now it’s Gaeta. I know they conceived the show with a lot of ideas about boating and naval theory. I could go deeper if I really thought hard about it, but it only just occurred to me now.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
Oh come on now, they’re not dead. Lame cliffhanger.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
Gee, they’re not dead. Big surprise.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 7:30 PM PST up reply actions
I would like to see more super badass Adama please.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 7:32 PM PST up reply actions
Zareck really deserves to be murdered.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
I believe Baltar still takes the cake on that...
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Baltar’s been pretty sufficiently neutered since he turned into fake Jesus.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 7:44 PM PST up reply actions
Now would be a good time for some badassery.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
Man, what the heck is Tyrol up to?
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 7:58 PM PST up reply actions
Somehow, I still don’t hate Gaeta. What a strong character arc.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 8:09 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa. New opening sequence.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 8:09 PM PST up reply actions
“Oh, Boomer… that’s right… you exist….” – the writers
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 8:19 PM PST up reply actions
This is confusing. Did humans create them or not?
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
Oh. Now it’s making a little more sense.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa whoa whoa… you can’t be serious with that cut from Boomer asking about love?
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
What a distracting actor to cast as a brain surgeon.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 8:46 PM PST up reply actions
Huh. It’s interesting to find out the things that they actually had planned out from the start.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
Man, Boomer has one of the weakest arcs in the series.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, Jane Espenson wrote this episode.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 9:16 PM PST up reply actions
That Tyrol vote makes no sense. WTH?
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 9:23 PM PST up reply actions
That was a really good disc, minus the incomprehensible decision to have Tyrol vote for the base ship. If you need a tied vote so badly, just don’t count Anders’s non-vote. Seriously.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
Why ?
They can just make you another one.
Finally a signature worth having:
Fan of the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
Actually I think based on where you are in the story, no they can't.
Finally a signature worth having:
Fan of the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
Well then she already died once, did you handle that OK?
Finally a signature worth having:
Fan of the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
Oh, let’s do that again! Those are always fun.
"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!"
Whatever you do, let howie have his own thread above.
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and TheLetter2 screwed it up
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At least you aren’t the only one to ruin the howie train above.
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I’m like that train in Unstoppable, except Denzel Washington is a coward in this version.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
BUD LIGHT TIME!?!??!?!!? I GOT MY BUD LIGHT IN HAND NOW!!!
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You're going to out of college soon
Quit the crappy beer.
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i've drank way too much Sierra Nevada the past 2 weeks
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Bud Light? Well, I am feeling dehydrated.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
whee
So, we’ve been watching season 6 of The Office via Netflix.
The funniest thing in the season so far is probably that Dunder-Mifflin was bought by a company from….Tallahassee.
I’m so proud to be in the fine company of such fellow The Office-related cities, such as Scranton and Utica.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
NASHUA IN THE HOUSE
Season 6 was pretty much where I checked out. And I stay with shows for a long time.
I mean, I watched most of the THIRD SEASON of Heroes!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
It’s definitely become more bad sitcom-y for sure. And there was a freaking clips show.
But there has been some stuff that made me laugh.
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/Pam screams at you
/Jim does some jerky boss thing
/sad trombone
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 10, 2010 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
At some point he became a “co-boss” with Michael. My Office knowledge gets fuzzy right about then.
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 10, 2010 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
Weird. Jim doesn’t really seem to have any managerial qualities. Not that Michael does, either, I guess….
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Heroes? MOAR LYK ZEROES RITE
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Confirmed: #sfGiants have made an offer to Edgar Renteria.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Fine with this.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Gives me a happy.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Uh Oh
Brian Sabean at the winter meetings: "Well, we like Tejada, but we think he’s a little on in years to be the starting shortstop on our team. So we’ve decided that, to maximize our offensive output, while maintaining a solid defense, we’re reconverting Posey to shortstop. We also plan on shifting Schierholtz to third and moving Pablo to first, where his defensive liabilities won’t hurt us.
From there, we plan on signing Pedro Feliz and trading for A.J. Piezynski to platoon at catcher. We’ve also almost finalized a deal with Johnny Damon for seven years and 170 million. In 2009, he hit 24 homers, so he deserves more money than Crawford, who hit his career high, a measly 19 homers, this past season. To top that, we’re even working on an extension with Aaron Rowand that should pay him 100 million over the next seven years, and we resigned Randy Winn. That gives us a nice, solid outfield full of veterans who really know how to play the game.
In fact, we might send Buster back down to the minors again and sign Jeter… what’s that, he’s gone? Well, that’s just great; there goes the season!"
jk
Trust me, I'm very appreciative of Sabean's moves these past couple seasons. We won the WS, didn't we?
I just had a flashback to what this blog was like during previous winter meetings. I’m glad it isn’t like that any more :)
by WasabiTorture on Dec 9, 2010 7:14 PM PST up reply actions
its not funny because it could almost be true
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 still upset Pierzynski didn’t sign with the Dodgers. They would have been a perfect fit.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
He really seemed like he would fit on that team.
by WasabiTorture on Dec 9, 2010 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
World Series DVD
Just watched mine, and may I say I’m so proud that I’m a Giants Fan. This has been one of the greatest moments of my life(no kids yet). I’m still waiting on the box set. Oh, I voted for Belt to start in minors, if he is like Posey I don’t want to mess with a good formula.
hell yeah it is
and that cd had So Far Away, Money For Nothing and Walk of Life. and then the lesser known songs like Ride Across the River, Why Worry and Your Latest Trick were all kinds of awesome. i love me some Knopfler
Ignoring Tim Mccarver since 2002.
I never notice production all that much unless something is clearly completely overproduced or all pre-Tallahassee Mountain Goats-y.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I'm the same way
Except for every album M. Ward’s ever done. I don’t know what spirit he’s bottled to get his guitar to sound that good.
Though, I’d make the argument that post-Tallahassee Mountain Goats were more noticeable because of their massive quality drop off.
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And you'd be wrong
I’m not a huge fan of We Shall All Be Healed and I never listen to Get Lonely or Heretic Pride (though they are both solid), but Tallahassee, The Sunset Tree and The LIfe of the World to Come are all among his best work.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Hey, I said post-Tallahassee
Tallahassee is all sorts of amazing.
Can’t pin it on why his more recent work doesn’t resonate with me. I think he’s grown as a musician and a composer, but there’s a specific lack of heart or conviction in his lyrics and vocals that’s lead me away from Darnielle. I have nothing but respect for the guy, but somehow I don’t find him that believable.
Basically, I’m saying after the emotional trainwreck of Tallahasse, I had similar expectations of his later work. But to be fair, I’m unsure any artist can replicate that again.
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Really? I can see everything post-Sunset Tree, but I really feel like that album delivers in that regard big-time.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Hmm... I'll have to go and give it a listen
All I can remember is fucking Dance Music. Then again, All Hail West Texas had Blues in Dallas.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
But how does Dance Music not qualify for what you were talking about?
alright I’m on johnson avenue in san luis obispo
and I’m five years old or six maybe.
and indications there’s something wrong with our new house
trip down the wire twice daily
I’m in the living room watching the watergate hearings
while my step father yells at my mother.
launches a glass across the room, straight at her head
and I dash upstairs to take cover.
lean in close to my little record player on the floor.
so this is what the volume knobs for.
I listen to dance music.
dance music.
listen also to song for dennis brown, pale green things, hast thou considered the tetrapod, and this year.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
My problem is that a calypso-esque piano and harmonies of “I don’t want to die alone” just lack emotional resonance to me. I don’t think it sounds insincere, especially because it’s autobiographical as compared to his fictional earlier stuff, but I think I would find it more affecting if it was matched by an appropriate musical tone.
On this note, it’s why I haven’t really dug Belle and Sebastian in a while. Pop-y songs about sexual harassment and suicide just feel a bit off for me.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
i like discordance between lyrical subject matter and musical tone
so there you go!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Wow, all wrapped up in a neat little package!
So… top albums of the year?
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Current Top 6... subject to change.
The National – High Violet
Janelle Monae – The Archandroid
Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Strand of Oaks – Pope Killdragon
of Montreal – False Priest
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Why do the Gorillaz get no love?
Plastic Beach is a superb album. It took me quite a few listens to really wrap my head around it, but it is truly amazing. Yet I’m not seeing it on ANY top albums lists. Does everyone else just hate it or something, and I didn’t notice?
I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce (Bochy)
YES! EVERYONE hated it!
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Demon Days is still in my top 5 favorite albums of like, forever.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Duh,
Katy Perry is the Awesome now. She got nominated for Grammys! Science.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
by Cody_ransom on Dec 10, 2010 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
OT: I just learned its Mat Latos' birthday.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
Thanks for ruining December 9 forever.
"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!"
Better than my birth date. I share it with Osama Bin Laden.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
my birthday
1801 – Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael’s Castle.
1919 – In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
1933 – The Reichstag passes the Enabling act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
1994 – Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot’s fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board.
Gunmen assassinate Paraguay’s Vice President Luis María Argaña.
2003 – In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 11 soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company as well as 18 U.S. Marines are killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 654 Iraqi combatants are also killed.
2005 – A major explosion at the Texas City Refinery kills 15 workers.
2007 – The Iranian Navy seizes Royal Navy personnel in the waters between Iran and Iraq.
On the plus side, there’s the founding of the UC system, and my birthday is shared with such luminaries as Keri Russell, John Wayne Bobbit, Chaka Khan, Ric Ocasek, Kenneth Cole, Jayson Blair, and Tony Pena Jr!
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
mmm, Keri Russell. She used to be HOT back in the day, if she is the girl I’m thinkin’ of. Had her own tv show, right?
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. Merely a statement that today, December 9, is Latos’ birthday. That’s pretty much as nonpartisan as it gets.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
Is he now 12?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Close enough. 23. Can you believe it? How is it possible that I got so old so quickly?
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
Better than April
A computer-programmer from Cambridge, William Tunstall-Pedoe, fed a computer program called True Knowledge over 300 million facts about people, places and events that have made the news since 1900. Using algorithms and the information provided, the computer calculated the most boring day ever—a day where no major significant events took place.
So what was this uber-boring day? April 11, 1954. Tunstall-Pedoe reports that nothing of note happened on this day (except a Belgium general election, the birth of a Turkish academic and the death of a footballer).
OT: Dog's got mange.
Tails look really weird without fur.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Are you guys ready for Game 1 of the NLDS?
Man, I hope Lincecum does well tonight.
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nah, i'm thinking i might go uptown tonight to the bars
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Let's see how he does under the pressure.
…even if he’ll probably get ignored because of the OMG NO HITTER
Probably going to be nervous..
I’d take 6 innings out of him
I just turned it on.
I’m nervous!
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
♥ 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
This is true.
Just happy to be here!
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
♥ 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
I don’t watch hockey but saw the highlight vs. the Flyers. Wow is all I say.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
The Sharks choke?!
That’s never happened before.
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too bad you won't hear game 3
“HEYWARD’s BETTER”
/strikeout
/crickets
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 10, 2010 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
hey i was able to sync the radio broadcast perfectly with the game!
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Dec 9, 2010 8:04 PM PST reply actions
AAARRGGHH!!
We’re out of the Bay Area so we’re blacked out of the game tonight! I’ll send a $50 check to anyone’s favorite charity for a DVD copy of the game with KNBR audio. Anybody?
As I understand it, they have all the radio broadcasts as alternate audio tracks on the World Series box set.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
It won’t have the NLDS games though.
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Oh, right, duh.
Being as how I’m 3,000 miles out of reach of CSN Bay Area, I wasn’t paying much attention and didn’t even realize that’s what was on!
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
Yes, and that's on order, but
I wanted this game with the local guys doing the play-by-play. All I have right now is the “condensed version” off MLB Network with Stockton and Brenly. Aaaarrgghh!! Or did I say that already?
by mrs. owlcroft on Dec 9, 2010 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
I wish I could do this for you, Mrs. O
I don’t have a dvr :(
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
♥ 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
A dear friend of mine is getting all the games for me on her dvr. All she is asking for in return are my pumpkin muffins. But I do plan on getting her extra special for christmas for this kind gesture.
We just have to figure how to copy from her Tivo to a dvd. (I’m sure that will take some brainstorming and a bottle of wine)
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
You could do this with VCR and DVD players. Are there any cords you could hook up to a DVD recorder and the Tivo to dub it?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
The Mr. runs an HDMI cable from the dvr to his laptop, records, compresses and burns the dvd. But it’s always a major process and the quality is never all that. Love to hear how others go about it.
I easily dub between a DVD recorder and a DVD player (or VCR) with the simple audio/video cord.
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 have the HMDI and the Red,Yellow White cables, whatever they call them.
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
yeah, those things
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
What is the sequence, man? Does the dvd player go between the TV and the Tivo?
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
If it’s a DVD recorder you would hook up that to the Tivo (assuming you have those on the tivo).
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Ok, so do I need to watch the program to record it?
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
We do. Unless we’re doing it wrong. Start it, go to bed, when you wake up in the middle of the night to go to the potty, turn it off.
Diagrams I need, diagrams.
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
Nice comma placement if I say so myself.
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
Aaaaaaaarghh!
Sounds about right. I’m in the same boat. :(
"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."
Can't _anyone_ make us copies?
Oh, it’s all my own fault for not recording them as they happened, but after going through 2202, I felt it would jinx things somehow. And we’d still have Stockton and Brenly anyway instead of the good guys doing the audio.
Blast and double-blast.
by mrs. owlcroft on Dec 9, 2010 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
See, I couldn't record them to begin with...
So I have a better excuse :D.
Seriously though…I bet that after CSN finishes all their broadcasts it might not be too hard to find recordings. Illegal internet for the win?
Blegh.
"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."
If we figure this out, I’ll let you know.
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
Thanks to everyone wishing us well,
and here’s hoping!
by mrs. owlcroft on Dec 9, 2010 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
If you can make it work, I make a mean pumpkin muffin myself!
Just drop me a note at lwalkerinsertatsignritzcom.net — thanks!
by mrs. owlcroft on Dec 10, 2010 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Thank youuuuuuuuu!
"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."
Cmon timmy calm down
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Dec 9, 2010 8:05 PM PST via mobile reply actions
he's totally overthrowing.
breathe, Timmy, breathe!
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
♥ 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
STFD!
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
♥ 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
STFD!
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Why is Ross in RF? What happened to Guillen? Not that I’m complaining
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Guillen got lost on the way to the ballpark.
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I love my Andres
But one thing that scares me: he hit .254/.303/.475 in the second half
Don’t get me wrong, that’s damn good production for a CF. But that’s not he OBP you hope to see in your leadoff guy.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Appendectomy was near the end of the 2nd half IIRC
Those were his numbers for the entire 2nd half.
Actually, I went and looked it up – after he returned from the DL, he hit .250/.300/.536
Here’s hoping his place discipline wasn’t in his appendix.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
It’s kind of weird seeing these montages without their original sound.
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I couldn’t figure out what the weird noise was, I thought something was wrong with the broadcast… nope… not the broadcast – the cat is snoring.
Your cat is kind of weird.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Yen?
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Franc?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
oooh… you are so getting an email now.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2010 9:50 PM PST up reply actions
Y Our cats is kind of are very weird.
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OMG RIP OFF!
IT’S LIKE I’M STING AND YOU’RE THE NWO STING!
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
AWOOOOOOOOO
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The nWo Sting was never in the Wolfpac!
Now, if you were Konnan, on the other hand…
Of course, then you’d be very, very annoying.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
nah
Your cat isCats arekind ofvery weird.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
omg you guys!
THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES!
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
♥ 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
What?
They haven’t even advanced to the NLCS yet!!
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Not yet.
It’s still game one of the NLDS
by Orwell D. Catt on Dec 9, 2010 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
LOL montage silenced and rendered moo
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
The second coming of Christy!
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Mathewson.
no one ever gets that line…
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Swiiiiing and a miss!
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Kruk’s horse laugh!
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Want to join the Bay Area's hottest dance team?
DO I?!
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I was just thinking how hard it’s going to be to see him as a Dodger :(
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
♥ 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
We get to see him early. Likely March 31st.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Lousy SMarch weather!
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing, your next dominant reliever 1.47 ERA in S-K, with 34 K in 42 IP. Uh, just ignore his age and the walks, please!
It won't be hard.....Sabes "he wanted to be a Dodger worsethan he wanted to be a Giant" if true, then go fuck the overweight Shortstop playing 2nd Base....and may you never show your jazz hands again!!!
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Dec 9, 2010 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
COULD BE AN OLD BOYFRIEND
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dammit i came here to post this
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Dec 9, 2010 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
I tried to find the gameday thread for this game to follow along, but could only find the 2nd thread.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
Huh. You’re right, the first posts of each game aren’t on the list in the Archives. How does that work?
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
No idea.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 9, 2010 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
That’s weird. I can’t find it either. CONSPIRACY?
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Grant is hiding something, he thought no one would ever notice!
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/10/7/1737810/open-beat-atlanta-ii
The game has caught up to thread two.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 9, 2010 8:46 PM PST up reply actions
llama?
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Dinsdale. Dinsdale?
DINSDALE!!!!!!!!
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 9, 2010 9:01 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone listen to Gabriel Teodros?
I know hes a Massline Media artist, which also has two of my favorite groups (Blue Scholars and Common Market)
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
I seem to remember CSN promoting this as “hearing the Giants broadcasters” including Miller but Miller didn’t the series until the Twins-Yankees was over..
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Jon did Game 6 of the Phillies series, which will be shown.
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But they made sound like all of them when Game 6 is the only one he did.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
It’s only the beginning for you, pal.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
How unlucky, we’ve got to take advantage of breaks like this, they’re once in a lifetime.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 9, 2010 8:47 PM PST up reply actions
We can’t drive in a runner from 3rd with less than two outs, pathetic.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 9, 2010 8:49 PM PST up reply actions
They’ll never win a World Series
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
LOL at Bobby Cox “countering” with Eric Hinske. Strike this loser out
by kingofthacove on Dec 9, 2010 8:49 PM PST up reply actions
Eh, he’ll never do anything in the playoffs.
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0-2 count on two terrible swing. Finish him!
by kingofthacove on Dec 9, 2010 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
what
the
FUCK
i just turned off the TV. i’m never watching baseball again. thanks for ruining my birthday, giants. i’ll never forgive you
by kingofthacove on Dec 9, 2010 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
Keep watching!
Keep the faith. Something good will happen.
*sidenote, I was only able to watch two games with my Dad all season, the one and the Dodger comeback. After Hinske hit the HR, he told my mom to start packing up to leave and was pissed (He live 2 hours from me). I went outside and broke things. He was halfway out the door when Huff singled and he decided to stay and finish. I remember how happy he was when they pulled that game out. It was awesome. Never going to forget that.
Roy Halladay just woke up in a cold sweat. He had a dream about this rodeo clown with a stick...
Give a prayer
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/12/08/feller.hospice.ap/index.html
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Tom Verducci is talking but no sound is coming out. This is great.
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LOL
A silent Tom Verducci.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
I think Posey and Heyward were in those.
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The Cincinnati Reds have reached agreement on a six-year, guaranteed $51 million contract with outfielder Jay Bruce, a baseball source told ESPN.com.
Six years?
Teams are going crazy with long contracts now
by Orwell D. Catt on Dec 9, 2010 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
Nah
I believe that this buys out 4 of his arb years, or maybe 5.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
5? Is there a such thing as 5 (controlled) arbitration years?
by kingofthacove on Dec 9, 2010 9:08 PM PST up reply actions
Not really, if you consider that he was already under Red’s control for another 4 years or so. This only buys out two years of Free Agency, I think. Maybe one. Maybe three. Geez, don’t ask me.
Still: this isn’t the same thing as giving a Free Agent a six year deal.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
He’s a super-two so it locks up four arbitration years + two free agency years. I’m not sure what he would have got in arbitration, maybe something like an average of 7M? I think it was a good move by Bruce to sign it.
by kingofthacove on Dec 9, 2010 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
Throw strikes Giants pitcher
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Out of court statement
offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted in that statement. AHHHH stupid Bar exam still stuck in my head
I think you missed a “wonderful” discussion (was civil, though) on Luke Scott
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Yes, Alex is here . . .
. . . and we’re watching game 1 of the Braves series on CSTBRLTCNET,
or something.
And I’m not ashamed.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
Well, here is the only offense of the game
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
PO-SEY'S BET-TER!
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
WHAT IS HE SAYING?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
MATT CAIN!
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Yeah, he’s totally safe.
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Man! Posey’s so not going to score.
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Why did they IBB Pablo anyway?
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I predict this will be the final score.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
HA! Fat chance!
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How did Infante miss that ball?
It’s like it went right through his glove.
Giants, team of destiny?
Roy Halladay just woke up in a cold sweat. He had a dream about this rodeo clown with a stick...
SHIFT-AAAAYYYYYY
Oh my god, the Giants scored a run!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
The person who decided to replay these games with the Giants announcers should be given all manner of carnal pleasure.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
ANDRES!!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I read that as “camel pleasure.”
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Reminds me of this
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by Natto on Dec 9, 2010 9:18 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
llamal pleasure?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
SWIIING AND A MISS
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I've missed hearing that!
/throws fist full of glitter in the air!
♥ 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
OMG TIMMY IS ON, guys
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
it’d be lucky if he recorded seven more Ks. Might even take the World Series with that kind of luck.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He is unbeatable.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
SCREW YOU ANKIEL
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What a dick.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Well to hell with you Rick Ankiel.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Do you have something against Oliver Stone?
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Man
I forgot how good Lowe looked that night. His pitches were moving all over the place.
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I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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I still don't know how we made it out of that series.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Looking back it definitely felt like the toughest.
It was like playing the Giants were playing the Giants.
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I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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you are making me nervous
next year they’ll have prado and uggla and heyward and chipper. hope chipper has a falling-off-the-cliff-getting-old year
# 24
by tinkerstoeverstochance on Dec 9, 2010 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
I’m still astonished that Sanchez hit 7 home runs.
What. What the. WHAT THE LUCK.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
i feel like at least 3 were at coors
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
i was right.
plus two at Chase Field.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
And one in Toronto!
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Good gravy.
He slayed the dragon.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He had one that landed about 20 ft from me in the bleachers in that crazy hot night game against the Reds.
by Orwell D. Catt on Dec 9, 2010 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
I think all but 2 were shots on or directly next to the foul pole
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I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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So have we restarted the Derek Lowe jokes?
Throw me a ball, Derek Lowe, Derek Lowe?
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I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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Also did anyone bring up the intentional walk to Pablo as the post season moments Grant was asking about?
Walking a struggling Pablo to get to Ross who had been pretty hot to end the season?
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I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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Kuip has something extra on that "SWING and a miss"
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I knew over a thousand comments couldn’t just be about Belt starting. Just got back from talking the Cal students about their futures. Lots of Phds in that group but still look like babies.
I bet Timmy strikes out a few in this game. :)
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
The WS DVD?
That’s just a documentary with different footage. It doesn’t have the full games.
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Ugh.
iTunes is better and cheaper then.
by Orwell D. Catt on Dec 9, 2010 9:35 PM PST up reply actions
The WS DVDs have the alternate audio with KNBR.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Yeah, that would be the 8-disc collector’s edition set.
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Where is the 20 DVD set that includes the NLDS and NLCS too?
I want that.
Finally a signature worth having:
Fan of the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
Time to whip out the boilerplate
1) The official 2010 World Series movie, narrated by Rob Schneider, is a documentary-style movie with game footage intercut with original footage and commentary from the Giants players and coaches. Available on Blu-ray and DVD.
2) The collector’s edition World Series DVDs, which contains the broadcast footage of all the World Series games, presented as played with a choice of four different audio tracks including both local teams’ broadcasters, synced to the action. Multiple-DVD set.
3) The series documentary special, Magic Inside.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
But what's the price of the collector's edition?
by Orwell D. Catt on Dec 9, 2010 9:43 PM PST up reply actions
It was about $80 at first, but now you can get it for around $60.
Mine’s on order from Barnes and Noble, but it’s available lots of places.
by mrs. owlcroft on Dec 9, 2010 9:49 PM PST up reply actions
44.99 on Amazon.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
plus free shipping. They must have a warehouse near SF because I ordered a couple of things last week, got the delivery message on Monday, received the package on Tuesday with free shipping.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Even at that price you can get all the Giants playoff wins for $22 on iTunes
by Orwell D. Catt on Dec 9, 2010 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
But no Kruk/Kuip
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 I’d rather have a physical copy for my DVD player than watch on my computer.
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 think I’d be very happy with MP3s of just the KNBR broadcasts for the whole postseason, without the video.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
I’m working on that.
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NATTO APPROACHES GODHOOD
That would totally put me on your side whenever you start the uprising against Grant.
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 10, 2010 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
I recorded Sanchez’s no-hitter if anyone’s interested. Took me a whole afternoon since I had to do it in real-time, but it was worth it.
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Definitely interested!
I have no idea how I would get it…but definitely interested.
"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."
That I would be very interested in as well!
I do almost 90% radio for games.
I work or work on the house while listening to games.
This playoff season is the longest run of TV I have done probably ever. The first time I ever tried to follow MCC live as well.
Finally a signature worth having:
Fan of the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
And you’re limited in how you’re able to watch those games if you buy on iTunes.
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/watches on his iPad in the cafe
/watches on his iPhone in the john
/streams to his Apple TV to watch in the living room
simply follow our great leader Steve and your life will be simpler and more elegant.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
But I don’t like turtlenecks.
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So you’re one of the Apple-geeks. You’re bondslegend except you like dudes.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
RAGE RAGE FUCK FUCK FUCK RAGE
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
hmm
rage fuck, you say?
Proud Adoptive Parent of no one, cause my son left me.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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nod nod nod
and fuck rage, the fiercest kind
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
What the hell was it I ordered??? Something for my mom for Xmas I think. I got a “your Amazon order has shipped” email at 10pm Thursday night, and got the package Friday morning!
for some reason
I thought they weren’t shipping yet. /ordered
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 10, 2010 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
LOL ANKIEL
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I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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SUCK IT ANKIEL
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It's kind of a bummer knowing Burrell is not going to do much in any of these games.
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I can’t believe they couldn’t score a run here, but I’m not surprised.
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And I had such high hopes.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Pablo’s double play really pissed me off.
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Yeah.
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woah..
spoiler alert
Don't Trade Monta
Bush is on Fire!
Huff likes it raw
by JohnnyDangerously on Dec 9, 2010 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
Oh shit they brought in Venters, didn't they?
Crazy slider throwing army of Braves relievers.
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she was on Charmed
so was Jon Hamm and Amber from House. Zack Quinto and Michael Weatherly too. everyone was on Charmed. and Rose Mcgowan.
Ignoring Tim Mccarver since 2002.
OK Pablo theory.
Last off season there was talk of glasses to correct an eyesight problem.
What happened with that?
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I believe he wears contacts.
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What if correcting his one eye problem actually made his hitting worse?
If he really had one eye worse than the other, that would completely change depth perception to correct it.
What if his muscle memory has still not adjusted to it? How many PAs would it take to learn/unlearn?
In a way, maybe he sees the ball too well now, and tries to make finer adjustments.
If you look at 2009 Pablo, he swung at everything eye brows to shoe laces, and squared it up. Pitchers adjusted, and started throwing top of helmet to 1 hoppers. Panda adjusted. Pitchers came back to eyebrows to shoe tops. Pablo hit again.
2010 Pablo swung at the same pitches early, then even worse pitches later and never squared them up. GBDP, GBDP, foul out, foul out, GBDP, pop out.
I wonder if the corrected eyesight is a form of thinking too much, rather than see ball hit ball?
Finally a signature worth having:
Fan of the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
Not that my experience counts for everything, but as a guy who needed corrective lenses for years and didn’t have them, and then finally did get them, the hard part is just letting your eye muscles get used to the new focal point. After that, the brain does all the adjustments completely subconsciously.
I mean, unless his problem was extreme. Then maybe. Or, possibly, he’s not the same as me. Which is also possible.
Placeholder.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
My Pablo theory was that the team just had him play too much baseball.
Placeholder.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
Oh damn
This may be the start of something for the Braves!
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I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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oh Andres
The Giants faced some pretty good teams. I know some Braves fans that are still enraged.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Hoof.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Oh Conrad
If only you knew what was in store for you, this night would have seemed like you went 4-4.
Proud Adoptive Parent of no one, cause my son left me.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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FUCK YEAH SHUT UP
couldn’t find a decent quality video online so I cut my own:
http://www.vimeo.com/17665422
Wish I had CSN. I feel left out.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
It’s nice.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Was that tacked on?
Or did the KNBR actually match up with what was shown? Sounds like it was kinda stuck in there.
Proud Adoptive Parent of no one, cause my son left me.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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It’s KNBR + TBS
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Was that the one where TBS showed the highlight when Tim gave up the homer in Atlanta? Sounded like it was added on.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Yeah
The Hinske HR from Atlanta. It was Flem and it sounded really weird.
Proud Adoptive Parent of no one, cause my son left me.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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SO HINSKIE
FUCK OFF
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Wait,
Dynamite was out when this game happened? I swore that came out like last month.
I really am disconnected from the world.
Proud Adoptive Parent of no one, cause my son left me.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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Wow.
well the only game I could make it too was in April.
LEAVE ME ALONE!
Proud Adoptive Parent of no one, cause my son left me.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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I will never, ever hear that song without thinking of jumping up and down as Sanchez headed for third base. EVER. Also, it is therefore a good song forever, even when it gets on the Dead or Alive/Summer of 69/ Purple Rain overplay list.
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 10, 2010 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
Wilson already was in the bullpen.
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I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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I gave up and told people to talk about music. Then people talked about baseball. I felt oddly okay about that until I realized that meant three people made it to the last paragraph.
Fuck you all, I’m putting my headphones on and shutting this crappy world OUT.
CRAWLING IN MY SKIN
THESE WOUNDS THEY WILL NOT HEAL
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Just got back from there. They were scolding Daft Punk in the review for the TRON score. I’ll check back in next month.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
i like the album a lot
but their review of the new Kanye album was terrible.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Wow, a 10?
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My post tomorrow is about what it means for the 2011 Giants.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
CHAMPAGNE WISHES DIRTY WHITE BITCHES
I MEAN THIS SHIT IS FUCKIN RIDICULOUS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
note: i am not endorsing the sexism in this lyric
i am simply repeating it.
because it is FUCKIN RIDICULOUS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’m all for lyrics that reference Robin Leach and Rue McClanahan in the same couplet.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
I’m trying to imagine where it comes up that you listen to the latest Kanye album.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I look forward to hearing your verse on Monster.
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Some of them are still very well preserved.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Put the pussy in a sarcophagus
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 10, 2010 12:32 AM PST up reply actions
My least favorite song on the album.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 10, 2010 12:32 AM PST up reply actions
I also disliked the addition of the woman singing “So high” on the first song. It was better without her in the video.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 10, 2010 12:36 AM PST up reply actions
I disagree
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Which version did you hear first?
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 10, 2010 12:39 AM PST up reply actions
Man, this whole part of the thread..I’m completely lost.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
This may or may not help
Kind of NSFW
http://womantribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Kanye-West-Beautiful-Dark-Twisted-Fantasy-cover.jpg
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 10, 2010 12:51 AM PST up reply actions
The album one
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Explains it. I heard the video version first.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 10, 2010 12:50 AM PST up reply actions
Wait, you wrote stuff?
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WE DON'T DO AS WE WERE TOLD!
I am sure a lot more than 3 people made it to the last paragraph. They, like me, just probably ignored it.
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I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
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Wow.
Apparently my subject line was written by Bizarro.
Proud Adoptive Parent of no one, cause my son left me.
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like i said, i never even think about production that much
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’m the exact same way with lyrics. The only time I notice is when it’s Phish/Juliana Hatfield/King’s X awful.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
you disgust me
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Fine. King’s X isn’t that bad with their lyrics.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
I'm the opposite
If there’s a song with a great rhythm and awesome beat but dumb lyrics, I can’t listen to it. Because I like to sing along, and then I feel like an idiot.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
huhsnore?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I started talking about Battlestar Galactica.
I bet you guys will be happy when I’m done. I can see this being pretty annoying.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
Then one day I’ll do it with LOST.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
Re: music production
The standout example of production is Daniel Lanois’ production of Neil Young’s 2010 release Le Noise (Lanoise/LeNoise—get it?). When I think of production, I think in terms of appropriatness to the music the artist produces rather than as an absolute.
Other producers I consistanyly dig:
- Mitch Easter (Let’s Active, early REM, Pylon)
- Bill Laswell (solo, Golden Palominos, Buckethead)
- Zappa (particularly Joe’s Garage and Grand Wazoo)
- George Clinton (who’s apparently fallen in love with Yoshi’s SF!)
- Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, solo, Sun Kil Moon)
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
Well said!
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 10, 2010 12:54 AM PST up reply actions
Too many pitching changes.
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I hate that time of night where you’re working on a big paper and you start to feel drowsy and tired, even though it’s only 10:15 and you should be good for another two hours.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Sounds like someone needs a beer.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
And you stop working on it, which is followed by being wide awake.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
no i'm still working on it
i’m finishing this damn thing tonight. i want to go to a movie tomorrow afternoon.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
or you decide to give up and get some sleep, cuz you’ll be fresher in the morning… and then you toss and turn for 2 hours.
ah, see, that doesn’t work ‘cause I’ve got to go to my placement at 8 AM tomorrow.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
My teacherly friends . . .
I’m up at 1 am and just taking a break from my paper shuffling duties. I’ll be done in about an hour. Then I hope to sleep. Whether I do or not, up at 5 and to school by 6. Kids in a 7:30.
That’s an average day, and I’ll be GaintsBabe cheerful when the kids show up tomorrow. I guarantee fun.
I just can’t decide which delusion to execute first.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 10, 2010 1:01 AM PST up reply actions
I’m glad I didn’t have to write that many papers during my academic career.
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this one is up to 43 pages!!
longest thing i’ve ever written, actually.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
The longest paper I’ve ever written was 23 pages.
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I got out of SJSU maxing out at 14. And that was crazy hard.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
Holy hell I wrote 120 for my senior project!!!
suddenly my world seems unfair
"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 show at all on the blog.
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 10, 2010 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
It was about Chinese pop music.
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16. But I’ve written stories in excess of 30 pages.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
Wuss.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Must be easier to write a paper these days. I went to college during the tail end of the typewriter era.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
yeah revision must have been hell back then.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I handwrote something today. In pen. I had to reprint the form and do it over. I mean, FUCK.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
I had one teacher who wouldn’t allow white-out so you have to do the whole page again.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
that just seems mean
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Selectrix
I still have one, though I use it not.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 10, 2010 1:03 AM PST up reply actions
LOL OLD
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
No “What’s a typewriter”?
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'm so advanced, this is what I used until I went to college:
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
“Shall we play a game?”
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
An aside:
When my brother graduated high school, all he wanted was a train trip across the country. Funds weren’t flowing, but he was really,really hoping. So before his graduation party, I ran around the house, saying, “Chugga chugga chugga CHOO CHOO!” like I knew he was getting a train trip.
He got a Phillips Videowriter, pictured above. You know, for college. The look of disappointment on his face was amazing, but he was mature enough not to give it away to my parents. But I knew, and I was thrilled.
My brother and I don’t talk so much these days. Also, he dropped out of college.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
What does that this even do?
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I just died a little but trying to understand this sentence.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
Well I don’t can view see issue the problem.
"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!"
Ouch
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
I just dyed a little butt.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
OMG SEXUAL BATTERY /Fresno
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
I’m confused.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
In Fresno it is considered sexual battery . . .
if the male senses the vibe of the moment and steps toward his enamorant with an attitude of entitlement.
This is so so right thatI’m goingto stopputting spaces betweenwordsand, um, other things. Dammit, I forgot right there. Andagain!! Training.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 10, 2010 1:10 AM PST up reply actions
huhsnore?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
A train trip across the country doesn’t cost all THAT much. I did that in 2007 and I was in a sleeper car. If it’s just a seat it must be like what $200?
I should do that again.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Really? When I looked into one across Canada for my honeymoon, and it was way, way, way, way cheaper to go to Maui and stay in a nice hotel and eat sushi until I threw up so I could eat more sushi. That’s not cheap, bu it was cheaper than a train ride across Canada.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
Whoops, nope, closer to $400. Either I misremembered from 2007 or prices went up.
Funny, wonder how much the sleeper cabin costs now …
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
I'm sad I've never done the Trans-Siberian
It’s disturbingly cheap
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
I went from Leningrad to Moscow on a train, but it was overnight, and I was too young to think it was that special.
But I did listen to my AC/DC mix on my Walkman the whole night: two Brian Johnson songs followed by two Bon Scott songs, with the cycle repeating for 90 minutes.
I think I’ll do the Trans-Siberian one day. That’s a goal.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, most of my time back-packing in Europe I was too drunk on cheap wine to really appreciate anything beyond the smoking car
On a bright note, I did get gassed-out and robbed on a train in Poland. My experience with Eastern European bureaucracy made me love the good old USA. Even the Post Office.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
I did Moscow to Ulan Bator
It was about 700 dollars, An amazing experience.
by panda revival on Dec 10, 2010 8:01 AM PST up reply actions
I was going to participate in this, but then I just said Phuket.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 12, 2010 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Computers have the Internet.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
Since when?
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I totally figured out how to mix the two a couple of years ago.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2010 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
How does one right something 43 pages long? The last 2 pages of my 5 page essays is simply me repeating what I already said in different ways.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 10, 2010 12:39 AM PST up reply actions
I had a lot of topics to cover.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I guess I could see how it would be possible with multiple topics, but the thought of writing so exhaustively on one topic makes me want to sleep.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 10, 2010 12:45 AM PST up reply actions
Apparently 4 hours of sleep doesn’t improve typing skills.
write*
are simply*
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 10, 2010 12:44 AM PST up reply actions
oh Huff
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
They really want us to buy the Giants DVD.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
OH COME ON BOCHY
TAKE HIM OUT WE NEED HIM FOR THE REST OF THE PLAYOFFS
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Infante missed that by 75 feet.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Even if Lincecum maxes out at 120 or 130 pitches, he’ll never have enough stamina to make it through three rounds of playoffs. I mean, fuck.
The good news is the Giants probably won't win this series other than this game
So his innings count won’t go up too much.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Jason Schmidt!
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I wonder how long it took CSN to sync up the audio with the game.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
The Kuipgasms get me every time.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
/limp
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
WHO'S OBP
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
STRIKE THREE CALLED
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I hope next year the PA gets rid that “Whohoo” song. When Sanchez threw that no-hitter, it didn’t really fit.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Woud you rather they play the Fist Pump song?
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Freddy was PUMPED.
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Best game I ever been to. Glad to hear the KNBR coverage. Happy I missed the TBS coverage.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Yes on all counts. After, what, 500 games, that was the clear best for me.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
I have a friend who went to game 4 against the Phillies. That must be the best to have experienced.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
That was the second best in my opinion. Lincecum’s dominance set DS game 1 apart.
Kruk: "and the Giants, the San Francisco Giants…"
Kuip: "They got one…"
Kruk: "World Champs."
- November 1, 2010
But it was so ridiculous
I mean, they put Oswalt in! And we walked off on him! When they announced that on the PA, I knew it would either be the best or worst game I’ve ever attended.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
It was a hell of a game but Lincecum’s start was one of the best in playoff history. I consider myself lucky to have been there for both games.
Kruk: "and the Giants, the San Francisco Giants…"
Kuip: "They got one…"
Kruk: "World Champs."
- November 1, 2010
It was a marvel to watch.
Although I wonder what my opinion would have been if we had more than a one run lead.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Not for me. a 14-strikeout shutout is up there in my approaches to nirvana, and for it to be Lincecum … only thing better for me would be him pitching a perfect game.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Lincecum really does it for you, doesn’t he?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
he doesn’t for you?!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
SFGuy thinks because I’m gay everything I think or say has to do with something gay.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
By far the best game I've ever been to
More than made up for emotional violations that were the Latos one hitter and the NLDS game 2.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
I ordered 11 subscriptions to SI. I knew I shouldn’t have had cocktails when I watched this.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 10:29 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
OT
wtf, body? why am I hungry?
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
LOLFAT
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
OMG HOW DID YOU KNOW I DON"T EVEN HAVE A PCITURE
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
LOLME :(
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Charming
TdaddyNeal
Lookin forward 2 Workouts at 8:15am 2morrow … I’m out Like a phat kid in dodge ball … Zzzzzzzzz!!!
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 10:44 PM PST reply actions
I want him to do well so badly.
"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.
"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 too.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 10, 2010 1:22 AM PST up reply actions
Personally
In my experiences, “phat” kids often last till the end of dodge ball rounds due to nobody being concerned with them as a threat. Usually the best players attempt to eliminate each other, and anytime a “phat” kid is eliminated it is merely due to collateral damage.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
i love his twitter
he just seems so excited and enthusiastic.
and he always does those hashtag things that generally veer towards misogynistic answers, but his are almost always really sweet.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
He loves us like a phat kid loves cake.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 10, 2010 12:45 AM PST up reply actions
I think everyone should stop making references to abstract mid-80s underground hipster bands and start making references to things I understand.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 10:52 PM PST reply actions
i’ve suddenly decided to listen to the mountain goats studio discography in order.
loest of lo-fi casette albums WHOOO
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
i downloaded a torrent with all of them awhile ago because I was curious about the old ones
i like the hound chronicles the best of the three cassette albums.
it’s got one of the songs he did when we saw him!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Listen to the mountain goats.
And Listen to your junkman. He’s singin’.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 10, 2010 1:24 AM PST up reply actions
I'm watching Helvetica now
No spoilers please.
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Princess Katroriana IV is actually a Korgoppaaly spy.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
Damn. I was sure it was Princess Katroriana III.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 12:06 AM PST up reply actions
They say that’s the movie of our times. New Roman.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
Font jokes.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 9, 2010 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
There no point talking about fonts if you’re going to do so sans comedy.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
I prefer to make em-dash away, and watch the reaction.
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I sent you a letter requesting that you pay me for stealing my bad font puns, but I think the courier must have lost it because I never got your check.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 12:08 AM PST up reply actions
I bet the wind took it away when the courier was on the veranda.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
I think they just lost it. It probably ended up in Georgia or something.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 12:14 AM PST up reply actions
I tried to type it verdana, but my fingers just wouldn’t do it.
I would have avoided respoding in general, if only I could see the futura.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
You could go back in time, but there’s no telling what kind of impact that would have.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 12:18 AM PST up reply actions
You guys sound like a bunch of wingdings.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Dec 10, 2010 12:48 AM PST up reply actions
I’m more of a comic, sans stand-up routine.
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I wish I had a remote control that could zapf all of you away.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Dec 10, 2010 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
If it was a Univers remote, it would control your Betamax as well.
Playoff baseball is fun. We should do this more often.
I don't do that video stuff
I’m a book man – old style.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Dec 10, 2010 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
You’re positively Gothic. I bet you have a trebuchet on your lawn.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
I shot the serif
but I did not shoot the trebuchet.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Dec 10, 2010 11:27 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You really mangoneled that one.
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 10, 2010 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
I actually really love that documentary. There is something about watching people who are deeply passionate about things that I wouldn’t think to be passionate about that is fascinating and absolutely joyous to watch.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 12:06 AM PST up reply actions
OT
Bleech. Bill Simmons is doing some NBA for ESPN tomorrow night – Heat at Warriors.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Ekpe Udoh is like a John Hughes movie, you know.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 9, 2010 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know what’s worse: listening to BS or Bob Fitzgerald on the Warriors broadcast.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Maybe it’s just Natto’s nerdy facebook update still ringing in my ears, but this comment makes me think of Rukia.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 12:25 AM PST up reply actions
BWA HA HA HA HA HA
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LOL WIKIPEDIA
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
7/135
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2010 11:09 PM PST up reply actions
Off is jponry. . .
in order to hold the though Tampa Ray/North Caroline boy quality.
AHAHAHA, I AM FINISH E D. Grahem C.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Dec 10, 2010 1:31 AM PST reply actions
Meanwhile...
Not Scott Barnes is off to Korea
http://www.koreaherald.com/sports/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20101210000633
The Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization announced Friday that they have signed Ryan Garko and Satoru Kanemura for next season.
The Lions said Garko signed for $250,000 plus a $50,000 signing bonus.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Even a 'throwaway' guy in MLB gets to go to Asia and make a bunch of money playing baseball.
Truly living the dream.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
How do you say VROOOOM in Japanese?
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Speaking of Scott Barnes: Seriously fell of the prospect truck once he got to AA
8-13 5.30 ERA, 1.373 WHIP, 2.17 K to BB ratio…
SIRM
Yesterday, we learned that free agent catcher Russell Martin has offers from the Yankees, Red Sox and Blue Jays. He also has a multiyear offer from a mystery team, but Boston may be the favorite to sign the former Dodger. Here are today’s rumors:
Agent Matt Colleran tells Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com that his client is deciding between the three AL East teams: the Yankees, Red Sox and Blue Jays (Twitter link)
Hmmmm….mystery team….
I’d rather he go to the Carp.
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Sleep with the fishes?
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Dec 10, 2010 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
I like the Red Sox but..
SIRM
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
In other news ...
Garko signed to play in Korea. I guess if you can’t make a Japanese team you have to have Seoul.
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 10, 2010 9:21 AM PST reply actions
OT: We all saved some money!
Just noticed the price dropped on the World Series DVD box set at Amazon. It was $44.99 now it is $37.99. Sweet.
I really don't want to buy anything from Amazon but this is tempting.
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Keep waiting...
That DVD price just keeps dropping…
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
OH YEAH
SHIPPING SOON
This portion of your order is being prepared for shipment and cannot be canceled or changed.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Yeah, I’ve recently started to come to the conclusion that I want to use not-Amazon whenever possible. Which, conceivably, should be every time.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
I’d rather save money.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
You can get plenty of like-new used books at sub-amazon prices by shopping at abebooks.com.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 11, 2010 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
Side note on this
The chapters on each DVD will be each half inning so you could skip all the way to the bottom of the 9th inning for the NLCS and WS clinchers.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
CAIRO updated!
This now reflects changes to Durty’s and Weezy’s projections:
http://www.rlyw.net/index.php/RLYW/direct/2011_cairo_projections_v0.2
CAIRO has a Scott Baio poster of Brandon Belt.
A discussion on the original projections is here:
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/11/29/1845920/2011-cairo-projections
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Aha
Baggs’ book is now listed on Amazon:
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
March 30, 2011
D:
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Just in time for Opening Day!
Also, it looks like the full title is “A Band of Misfits: Tales of the 2010 San Francisco Giants”.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Feels so far away…
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So far away... well...
might as well watch the warriors until then
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I’ll pass. I’m a one-sport fanatic.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
guess i have my dad to thank
with me bein a giants, niners, warriors fan until the end… i’m somewhat of a sharks fan though, thanks to me goin to Miami Ohio
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Not much to watch there.
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i'd die of boredom if i JUST cared about the giants
hence why i watch other sports, SMC basketball
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I’d die from frustration if I watched the Niners, Sharks AND Warriors.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
i've already died of torture
thanks to the giants, it’s no difference with all the other teams… i just don’t take it as seriously as i used to, i just kinda almost gave up with these teams
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Geez. That title makes me not want to read it.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
What do you have against punk rock?
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It’s not the music I don’t like. It’s the people who wear the T-shirts.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
That would make a great t-shirt.
Punk Rock: It’s not the music I don’t like. It’s the people who wear the T-shirts.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
Say "hi" to Michael Tucker for me, assuming he still works there.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
by Cody_ransom on Dec 10, 2010 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
He’s got a job with Terrell Lowery Appliance Repair now.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Dec 10, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
The “Tales” subtitle makes me wonder if it’s just a collection of Baggs’ articles/blog entries with Merc photos. Hopefully not.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
Well, six (five?) months is an incredibly short amount of time to write an actual book of any quality, so maybe.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2010 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Amazing Facts from ESPN's Buster Olney (Insider)
The marketplace may be irrelevant for Albert Pujols, writes Derrick Goold. Some of the teams that might be in the market for a first baseman next fall: the Angels, Dodgers, Giants and Cubs.
Huh? [and it wasn’t Goold who mentioned the Giants, it was Olney]
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
More Breaking Non-news
@Buster_ESPN
Buster Olney
First Lee update of the day: Nothing seems to have changed overnight… We’ll see if today is time for The Decision from Lee..
Later in the day...
@Buster_ESPN
Buster Olney
Just handed bulletin…Generalissimo Francisco Franco still dead. #Basquetcase
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
Pujols is either going to stay with the Cards (most likely)
Or the Angels or Cubs are going to throw Fort Knox at him.
For the price and deal he will command, I do not want the Giants in on that. There is a real chance he will get a 10/300 deal.
Proud Adoptive Parent of no one, cause my son left me.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES
Albert Pujols is sure to either stay with the Cardinals or sign with another team, in my opinion.
Pull your kids from school and get them Twitter accounts. Let them learn from the people!
My statistical models indicate there is an almost 100% likelihood of this being true.
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 10, 2010 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
dude's gonna go to the yankees
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I wouldn't mind at all if we gave Pujols, like 10 years, 250 million
For all the talk of AT&T park being The House that Barry Built, the park is actually screaming for a big-time right-handed bopper to hit 40 homers a year.
Albert would fit that bill.
My Son
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I still would have liked to have Reynolds.
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The D-Backs are making moves...
Diamondbacks Talking To Henry Blanco
By Tim Dierkes [December 10 at 12:28pm CST]
FRIDAY: 12:28pm: The D’Backs are still eyeing Blanco, but will move on if his asking price is too high, according to Jack Magruder of FOXSportsArizona.com (on Twitter).
WEDNESDAY, 11:18am: The Diamondbacks are close to signing backup catcher Henry Blanco, reports Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic. A one-year deal is likely, he says.
D’Backs Seriously Considering Jorge Cantu
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [December 10 at 9:57am CST]
Jorge Cantu is one of the first basemen the Diamondbacks are seriously considering, according to ESPN.com’s Buster Olney (on Twitter). The Padres, Mariners and Rockies reportedly have interest in the infielder, though Colorado’s interest may have disappeared since the team agreed to terms with Ty Wigginton.
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