Former closer Kim, Giants agree to deal
Some of you might be too young to remember, but Byung-Hyung Kim used to be really good. Then he became a starting pitcher, lost six or seven miles off his fastball, and had all sorts of arm injuries, not necessarily in that order.
I'd give a spring training invite to Greg Minton if he wanted one. It's an no-risk, all-reward proposition, and I especially like when they're given to 31-year-old relievers with a history of past success. A distant, distant history, sure, but....
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meh
I hope Ching Ming Wang gets an invite as well
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Feb 1, 2010 12:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Chien.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 1, 2010 12:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This statement is strikingly similar to something a female may have uttered at one point!
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
by rotorueter on Feb 1, 2010 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
DO NOT SHOOT MR WANG!
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 1, 2010 12:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Wang won’t have to settle for a minor-league deal.
by taliesin on Feb 1, 2010 12:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm going to copy/paste something I wrote in the fanpost by Can of Corn
The average fan doesn’t truly understand how important Chien Ming Wang is to Taiwan. He is not only the pride and joy of every Chinese Baseball player, but he carries the burden of an entire country with him in his quest for a second chance in the Major Leagues.
This is a 2 minute spot commercial for Johnnie Walker that aired in Taiwan last year. I am not kidding, I actually cried when I saw the commercial for the first time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhkEXrYo4JA
Watch it in its entirety, even if you don’t understand Chinese. I think you can get the picture.
I would really, really, really REALLY love to see him get a chance in a Giants uniform. It would mean soooo much to me as a Giants fan.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
by jctGamer on Feb 1, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m with you. Except for the crying part.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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by Natto on Feb 1, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m with him, but only for the crying part.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 1, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good thing they threw in the bottle or you never would have known what the ad promoted.
I get the “Persevere” approach, but it’s a tad ironic since walks aren’t exactly a pitching plus.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 1, 2010 6:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. The main reason that my dad follows MLB is to see the Taiwanese players, and I HATE that he roots for the Dodgers sometimes because of that. C’mon Giants brass, get on with scouting in Asia!
by GeoFreak on Feb 1, 2010 1:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I love the message:
when getting shitfaced dreaming of your second chance, drink Black Label! The pain killer of choice for ex-baseball players who are still under the illusion they can right their failures and relive their glory days!
The only thing missing is him getting pushed to the sidewalk at 2 AM.
by KrazyKrabMeat on Feb 1, 2010 2:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Feb 1, 2010 4:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That made you cry? Were you in a fragile mood or something?
Unfortunately, many baseball fans will know him most for those two home runs he gave up in the 01 world series
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 1, 2010 7:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am rather fond of the Wang
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
by jctGamer on Feb 1, 2010 7:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
#2 in Fanshots
by scout6 on Feb 1, 2010 9:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Because many baseball fans can’t tell the difference between Chien Ming Wang and Byung-Hyung Kim?
That doesn’t surprise me, to be honest.
Yo yo yo... I'ma letchoo finish, but Bochy and Sabean build the greatest lineups of all time. All time!
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 2, 2010 9:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think this was a good signing. At best, he’s useful. At worst, he’s meaningless. Hooray!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 1, 2010 12:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
This guy was my perpetual white whale from 2004-2007. I like it on a purely emotional level.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
by rotorueter on Feb 1, 2010 12:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
New thread
This one’s getting hard to navigate….
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/2/1/1287565/the-national-baseball-hall-of-fame#comments
by Grant on Feb 1, 2010 12:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Shift + A
What’d I miss?
The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
by ResDog on Feb 1, 2010 12:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There was another argument about mayonnaise.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 1, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
All mayonnaise sympathizers should be lined up against teh wall and shot!
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 1, 2010 12:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
...FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Feb 1, 2010 2:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I actually use disturbing (at least according to my wife) amounts of mayo myself.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 1, 2010 3:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Kurt Warner's going into the Pro Football HOF as a mayonnaise jar.
He beat the spread!
– CLANK –"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 1, 2010 6:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you sure that's all?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 1, 2010 9:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, there's more:
Matt Leinart sucks
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 2, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty sure Leinart is not the one sucking
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
by jctGamer on Feb 2, 2010 3:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like PikaGiant
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 2, 2010 6:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Long blonde hair PIKA?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
by baetown415 on Feb 2, 2010 9:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I had a hell of a day today. Nice change from the usual.
First, my car showed me what happens when you try to get by without an alternator…only it waited until we were five miles down the freeway.
Then I took a brisk five mile walk…in flip flops. (I was OK with that)
My ex works close to where I live so the graph line shot up then.
(Stay friendly with your exes – it pays in many ways. Like car loaners.)
I blistered my unemployment – softened hands helping a friend install a house water supply line which he generously overpaid me on, and I was OK with that as well.
“What’s your point, Vic?”
Oh, that.
On the way to the job I dialed up ESPN Radio.
You know, where it’s a different talk show host every two hours?
Well, I managed to catch two slots – and they both had the same interview with the same ex football player, who managed to basically give the same answers twice…except that with Jim Rome he also said:
“What people don’t understand is that I didn’t sign for a single dime more with Arizona, that I didn’t go to San Francisco for the money – it was about being wanted.”
I tuned in too late to catch the details on how the Bidwillians had slighted the man that many credit with pulling the franchise out of the mire.
On the way home I saw Frankenstein Jr. waiting for a bus home, and I SWOOPED. See, we had a falling out a week ago when he tried to sneak a lie by me about cleaning his room but his mom gave him up.
Him being at that bus stop when I drove by was every bit a coincidental as Warner being the favorite ESPN guest.
Rapprochement ensued. Good times.
Waiting for you all to cameo here in Blankland…
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 2, 2010 11:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Unlikely support for Missing Barry secured today as Bob Frantz claims Warner is “a first-ballot Hall of Famer.” I was sort of on the fence before, but going by the rule of “Bob Frantz is always wrong about everything” will rarely mislead you. So I guess Kurt Warner just really wasn’t that good.
by taliesin on Feb 1, 2010 9:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
All mayonnaise sympathizers should be lined up against teh wall and shot…
…with fire-hoses of delicious mayonnaise!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on Feb 1, 2010 3:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
BTW
this place could provide “teh wall”.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on Feb 1, 2010 3:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That should not be legal.
I was promised lasagna.
by Cookyman on Feb 1, 2010 3:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
bleh
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 1, 2010 7:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
マヨラのパラダイス!
Still in despair.
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
by Zetsuboushita on Feb 1, 2010 7:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Feb 1, 2010 7:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That actually sort of works.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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by Natto on Feb 1, 2010 8:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
HIJACK!!!
What’s your favorite rubber cement?? Mine’s ELMER’S.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Feb 1, 2010 12:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is there any real limit on MiL signings?
Other than the practical implications of finding playing time and evaluation time for everyone? Or can there be 6 split squads?
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Feb 1, 2010 12:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Number of mobile humans.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz
The Kids' CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team's CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
by dregarx on Feb 3, 2010 10:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, look! It’s another player over the age of 30 whose best years are almost certainly behind him!
2010 is definitely shaping up to be another “Reverse Logan’s Run” seasons for the Giants. Oh how I missed the obsession with veteran grit.
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
by Kitspool on Feb 1, 2010 12:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I just had veteran grits for breakfast this morning
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 1, 2010 7:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow he is only 31 years old? Man, he was only 22 during the 2001 WS where he broke his neck.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 1, 2010 12:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Dude warms up in the pen without pants.
"Shave it, and you will score." - Randy Hahn
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
by jwizzle241 on Feb 1, 2010 12:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Schulman just tweeted that we signed LHP Horacio Ramirez to a minor league deal as well.
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
by Norm Median on Feb 1, 2010 12:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
ew
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
by rotorueter on Feb 1, 2010 12:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
cool
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Feb 1, 2010 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
why?
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Feb 1, 2010 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pretty sure he tweeted it because it’s his job to keep us informed about this stuff.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 1, 2010 1:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
1st PA= HBP
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Feb 1, 2010 4:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Knoedler
signed with the Bums actually, according to the twittersphere
by kezargiants on Feb 1, 2010 6:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
cool
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Feb 1, 2010 12:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
http://barrybonds.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl_3_1.jsp?w=2006/open/tp/archive05/052806_colsfn_bonds_hr_715_tp_350.wmv&curl=custom_context/players/bonds_barry/bonds_site.jsp&pid=mlb_tp&cid=mlb&fid=mlb_tp350&v=2
Yup
Pablo > mankind
by Meatball on Feb 1, 2010 12:54 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Nope….
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 1, 2010 1:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Reminds me of classic Krukow
2001 (or 2002), Marvin Benard (!) takes Kim deep to win a game against the rival D-backs. Kruk on the post-game wrap: “Byung Hung One.”
by ho-hum baby on Feb 1, 2010 1:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
~wake me up when they score some runs~
by HarshInFresno on Feb 1, 2010 1:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
doesn’t deserve the correct spelling…
~wake me up when they score some runs~
by HarshInFresno on Feb 1, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Who doesn’t? Sabian?
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Feb 1, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I prefer Paiste for sound, and Zildjian for toughness
by ktice on Feb 1, 2010 9:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
these moves suggest one thing to me...
the giants are not giving madbum the 5th spot. instead, they’re out there fishing for a cheap veteran who will “suprise” in spring training, and “take” the job away.
mark my words
by giantdonkey on Feb 1, 2010 2:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
So we should expect Livan, Ponson and Estes to follow?
by GiantJay on Feb 1, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i’d be happier with smoltz and pedro
by giantdonkey on Feb 1, 2010 3:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote for Pedro
/nepolean dynamite
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by jctGamer on Feb 1, 2010 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My head says Pedro
My heart says Estes
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Feb 2, 2010 6:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Where do we talk about Garko signing for $550,000 with the Mariners?
by GiantJay on Feb 1, 2010 2:53 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Probably in the Fanshot about Garko signing for $550,000 with the Mariners.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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by Natto on Feb 1, 2010 5:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I always liked Kim a lot
I hope he can put it back together for us.
On the down side: listening to Greg Papa refer to him as “BK Kim.”
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Feb 1, 2010 4:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Why not?
He was BK Kim to the Blankcasters the whole time he was with the Blanks.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 1, 2010 6:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Surely the finest endorsement!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Feb 1, 2010 6:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Classic Mark Grace appearence on The Jungle
Rome’s asking him what he said to Byung Hung Kim when he went to the mound after BK surrendered two dingers in relief. Grace says, "I said ‘Why you giving up all those homers, BK?’ "
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
by achiappanza on Feb 1, 2010 10:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Plus, dude flipped off Fenway, so he has THAT going for him too
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Feb 1, 2010 6:54 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I think I’ve seen this picture before.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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by Natto on Feb 1, 2010 8:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Kim was pretty good before he went crazy.
He somehow got the idea he was losing face by being a reliever and flipped out.
Of course he was frickin’ money the last month of the 2003 season, saving 17 games in a row and pitching everyday to shore up a horrible bullpen. Then he pitches in the ALDS, is throwing frickin’ smoke AS A SUBMARINER, and gets pulled by Gump Little after striking out Mark Ellis with 2 outs. He gave up a walk and hit a guy, but still.
That he got booed for that was ridiculous. Should be Exhibit A in “Red Sox fans might be douches”.
by Bitter Fan on Feb 2, 2010 7:49 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
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