Giants sign Todd Wellemeyer
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 11, 2010 1:21 PM PST
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I don’t mind taking a flyer on an innings-eater like Wellemeyer for the fifth spot in the rotation. It’s a low-risk, low-reward proposition. It was a fantastic offseason to look for fifth starter options. In isolation, I can make an argument for Wellemeyer. But I’m underwhelmed.
I don’t mind taking a chance on a player like Aubrey Huff, even if he was awful last year. It’s a medium-reward, medium-risk proposition. In isolation, I can make an argument for Wellemeyer. But I’m underwhelmed.
I could do this with every roster move of the offseason, but you get the point. Underwhelmed. After I look at the collection of moves made by the Giants this offseason, I think, really? Was this the plan? I can’t picture anybody gathering a front office staff together in early November and saying, "Pounce on Sanchez before anyone tries to swoop him up. Sign Huff, DeRosa, Uribe, a NRI fifth-starter option or two, and call it a day."
Was the problem that other players rebuffed the Giants? Yeah, that’s a big part. Nick Johnson wanted to play for the best team in baseball, and Adam LaRoche saw Mark Texieria when he looked in the mirror.
Was the problem that other players were overpriced or undesirable? Yep. Matt Holliday now owns the Gateway Arch, underneath which is a place where he can park his gold-plated, robot-driven Rolls. It was a good deal for him. It wouldn’t have been for the Giants. That’s Zito money, fer cryin’ out loud. I’m not even sure if Holliday plays guitar.
Was the problem that in order to trade for good players, the Giants would have had to part with good prospects? Of course. And there weren’t really any appealing trade options, either.
I just can’t imagine that this roster is the result of a plan. Maybe the Giants had a board with pictures and strings going hither and thither, like the FBI guys from "The Sopranos", calculating every permutation and option. If that were the case, I don’t even think I’d want to know. I’d feel better believing that this is just the way things happened.
Underwhelmed.
Meh. I’m not angry like some of you. I’m a little sleepy, if anything.
In retrospect, signing Freddy Sanchez so early was the silliest – and most limiting – move of the offseason. There were second basemen falling out of agent’s pockets like tribbles at the Winter Meetings. Waiting just a little bit longer might have changed the whole offseason. It might have moved the needle from "underwhelmed" to "slightly whelmed." And I’d really go for a cup of that right now.
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Ok seriously
That Wellemeyer jersey. I want it and that link isn’t working. FIX IT GRANT
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
We’ll just trade Wellemeyer for Uggla before the trade deadline.
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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Sorry, out of jersey money.
Spent it on something with more upside.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
why 59?
Les Plack = more chicks
Yahoo FFL champ 2009
Dingerz.exe League Champs 2009- The Rile Rods...managed by yours truly.
Chose the Saints and the under to win my bet with my gf...i'm on a roll.
by Headhunter Rollins on Feb 11, 2010 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
Born - on date.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Youngster!
And we plead and we pray for a glimmer of day
As the night folds its wings and descends, exposing the loose ends.
Proud adoptive parent of Sergio Romo. Looking forward to adopting Justin Smoak.
I was born in 55, and later this year I’ll actually turn 55. Too bad we don’t have a good player on our team that wears that number.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Feb 11, 2010 6:49 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, it is too bad Shawn Estes is gone.
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Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 11, 2010 8:06 PM PST up reply actions
He's Cookyman's Dad.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 8:58 PM PST up reply actions
My dad was born in 54. or maybe 55. Point is hes old.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 11, 2010 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
But im sure youre not old Rxmeister.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 11, 2010 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
I believe
…that Rxmeister and WilRiv were both born in 1995, as was I. A tremendous year, right smack-dab in the middle of the baby boom. I believe Victor, Roger, and NVSFG were approximately freshmen when we were seniors.
And we plead and we pray for a glimmer of day
As the night folds its wings and descends, exposing the loose ends.
Proud adoptive parent of Sergio Romo. Looking forward to adopting Justin Smoak.
Hah!
Nice try on my part. Make that 1955.
And we plead and we pray for a glimmer of day
As the night folds its wings and descends, exposing the loose ends.
Proud adoptive parent of Sergio Romo. Looking forward to adopting Justin Smoak.
Victor looks a tad older than 11.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 13, 2010 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
What's the popular perception of how much a tad is?
/calls for a tad poll
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 13, 2010 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I had you pegged at 17 or 18 at most
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 13, 2010 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
Tad polls are for poli-wogs.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 13, 2010 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
So the Giants jinx are you guys fault. They win in 1954. All of you were born in 1955, they haven’t won since.
"meh"
Technically
I think you should blame our parents, given how little we had to do with the whole “being-born-after-1954” thing.
"And we plead and we pray for a glimmer of day,
As the night folds its wings and descends, exposing the loose ends."
Proud adoptive parent of Sergio Romo. Looking forward to adopting Justin Smoak.
Excuses, excuses…
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 16, 2010 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
The folks over at Viva El Birdos (hey, shouldn’t that be Viva Los Birdos!?) seem to hate Welleyemer a lot, by the way.
"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
When the Blue Jays got Bocock and Merkin, I popped over to Blue Bird Banter to say, “Yeah, these guys are pretty useless.” Except in more verbose fashion, because I’m me.
"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
If you didn’t work in a Kimothy Batiste mention, I will be so very disappointed.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
aw shit :(
Now, if I had thought to go the Phillies site after THEY got Bocock, I would’ve been on the ball.
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More fun than motivational posters!
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
McPenisbutter gets in where it fits in.
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."
It asked for size and I said “HUGE!” until I realized they were asking for my jersey size.
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by Goofus on Feb 11, 2010 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Nope. No room.
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
Yup.
I couldn’t get “V.”
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Bulgarian spelling
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 11, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
I will never understand Sabean’s interest in Sanchez. Oh wait. High batting average? Check. Former All Star on a shitty team? Check. Over the hill? Check. I guess I do understand Sabean’s interest in Sanchez. Sabean totally overvalues this guy. I wonder if he will be healthy at all at his age, and with his long list of maladies. This was another unnecessary and unhelpful trade and re-signing.
I’m a little sleepy, if anything.
How old is the little one now? The sleepy thing should go away in a while. My son’s 8, so if I calculate things right, the sleepiness should go away in…
ZZZZZZZZZZ
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."
funny thing about those customizable jerseys
They won’t let you do Van Landingham or Saltalamacchia. Or, for that matter, Martinez-Esteve. Too long!
"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
on the other hand, there's plenty of space for
"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
Did you have to pay extra for the yellow info bar?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
If you were to slice Todd Wellemeyer open
Do you know what you would find inside?
That’s right, magic.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 11, 2010 1:47 PM PST reply actions
What a chick! chip!
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
Oh Geezus
For a split second I thought you crossed out chink, and thought “Damn! That’s pretty racist!”
by Sigualicious on Feb 11, 2010 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not convinced of that...
…but I’m willing to slice him open anyhow.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
time for a trade?
Am I the only one who thinks a Zito for Vernon Wells deal would work for both teams?
If you can't sign a hitter to play in China Basin, trade a pitcher for a hitter and then sign another pitcher... why is that such a difficult concept to grasp?
Vernon Wells is an even worse contract than Zito.
"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
Zito: still owed at least $83 million
Wells: still owed at least $86 million
Anyway, both of them have full no-trade clauses. Never gonna happen.
"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
So...
…what you’re saying is that Zito is $3million better than some other player? Amazing!
And we plead and we pray for a glimmer of day
As the night folds its wings and descends, exposing the loose ends.
Proud adoptive parent of Sergio Romo. Looking forward to adopting Justin Smoak.
Guitar! Charity!
JUST A CITY BOY
by shanghaijim on Feb 11, 2010 3:07 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
The only one? Probably
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 11, 2010 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
also
I just saw a report that Johnny Damon is trying to decide between several offers. Wait, I thought he would be lucky to get a cntract at all!?
"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
what do you know
willing to play for less than 5M = multiple offers
3 years 45M = (crickets chirping)
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
Which corner to stand on in a Statue of Liberty outfit?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
Heyman, FWIW
#tigers, #white sox have emerged as leading bidders for damon. fox says detroit may offer $14 million, 2 years
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
It is difficult to trust Heyman
When he talks about Boras clients. Most of what he says is crap that Boras wants him to say.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 11, 2010 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
+1
Like: Met’s offering 7 years, $123 million
by FireBrianSabean on Feb 11, 2010 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
Grant's point
I agree that the off-season has been underwhelming, but for me there’s one exception. As I read all the projections and think about how valuable he can be if used correctly, I think the DeRosa signing is going to be one we’re really glad happened.
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
following molina around with a broom and dustpan
by E Ticket on Feb 11, 2010 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
yay a below average utility man in the infield that isn’t any better than Fred Lewis in LF!
#1 FanShot Champion
yes but remember, replacement level here is not the same as fangraphs replacement level.
replacement level here is VROOM.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
Replacement level here is Fred Lewis.
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."
Slice me open & feel the gooey warmness.
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."
And I thought ResDog smelled bad on the outside!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 11, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
Many Hothans died to bring us this information
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
But only because I was the one who had the information, and I needed to slice them all open to survive the long, Hothan nights.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 11, 2010 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
You would think after seeing 4 or 5 of their friends sliced open for your comfort, one of those Hoth bastards would have brought you a blanket!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 11, 2010 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
You would think so, wouldn’t you? Or at least brought me a Taun Taun.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 11, 2010 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
The planet where we don’t grade on a curve to account for front office stupidity.
"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
If there is a bright center to the universe, my planet is the farthest from.
/auto-defenestrates
Dear Internet,
Please fire Brian Sabean.
Signed,
Me
FREE KEVIN FRANDSEN!!! Member of the Frandsen 5% Club.
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Feb 11, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
Not entirely terrible! Woohoo!
"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
Yeah.
That’s why I’m not one of the ones making excuses for the FO or saying things like “You can’t evaluate these things before the contract even starts!”
FU, FO
no
The bigger No would be to Zito – Wells’ numbers, while shitty, would be god-like on this team
If you can't sign a hitter to play in China Basin, trade a pitcher for a hitter and then sign another pitcher... why is that such a difficult concept to grasp?
And which numbers are those?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 11, 2010 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, uh, Wells was a worse hitter than Aaron Rowand in 2009.
"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
I really wish they would fire Bob Fitzgerald. And Ralph Barbieri. And Gary Radnich. And Marty Lurie.
Oh, who am I kidding, I don’t listen to that shitty station.
by AndOnTheDrums... on Feb 11, 2010 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
It’s really obnoxious how when Ralph gets on a topic, he brings it up to every single guest they interview on the show regardless of relevance.
Tom: “So, we’re talking to Patrick Duffy here on KNBR, the sports leader.”
Ralph: “Patrick, don’t you think this whole Peyton Manning thing is ridiculous??”
Stop it!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 11, 2010 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
He was talking to Zito’s uncle?
JUST A CITY BOY
by shanghaijim on Feb 11, 2010 7:24 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
There is a problem here, and that is that Zito is going to go out and eat up innings and win 8+ per year. Yeah it sucks, but would you have a problem a day Wells out there or a makes every start Zito? Let’s not forget that he would replace Rowand, who has a huge contract also, and is therefore entitled to play, thus taking out a prospect who might actually be good.
You, sir, are wrong.
The math is simple:
Wells = terrible (like sub-replacement terrible in 2009 and not good the two years before that)
Zito = average to slightly above
Since the moneys are the same, Z>W.
Also, where are you getting Wells’ “god-like” numbers? A .711 OPS last year? .840 in 2008? .706 in 2007? I’m very, very confused.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
How about this one
Bonus points to whoever can name the significance of 47.
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by jcb9 on Feb 11, 2010 2:02 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
okay, I'll give it away
47 was Aubrey Huff’s OPS+ while he was with the Tigers last year.
"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
That's a great number...
My favorite number from last season though was 384. Anyone know what it is?
Hint: It involves a player who is no longer on the roster. It also did not prevent this player from playing in certain circumstances though it should have.
My second favorite number from last year is 13. That involves a player who was not on the roster, but is now back on the roster. Hint: it is higher than his uniform number but smaller than his waist size.
My favorite number is “2 in a row”
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 11, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
On THAT note...
…my favorite nickname is “Cy High”
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
Only 2?
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 11, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
In a row!
I am an old man. That would rate a parade in my honor.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 11, 2010 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
Winn’s OPS vs lefties? and Molina’s walk total?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
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--Daisy Owl
It’s five better than the meaning of life.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 11, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
47 is a number that appeared unusually often in series such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Alias!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
I was watching an episode of TNG yesterday, and I couldn’t figure out why Picard was in charge of deciding who the next Klingon Emperor was going to be. How could that decision possibly fall on Picard???
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 11, 2010 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
He called dibs! It’s the Federation way.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 11, 2010 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
the title was actually Chancellor, not Emperor
Anyway, in a previous episode, the dying Klingon leader (K’mpec named Picard Arbiter of Succession because no Klingon could be trusted with the job. The leader was dying of poison and knew one of the candidates to succeed him (Gowron or Duras) was responsible, but couldn’t figure out who.
How sad is it that I knew that off the top of my head.
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Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
NEEEERD!!!!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 11, 2010 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, I was disappointed that they didn’t show the follow-up episode to that one, because even though I’ve seen it before it ended on a cliffhanger and I don’t remember how it all worked out.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 11, 2010 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
The Romulan Tasha Yar was her daughter from when she went back in Yesterday’s Enterprise. Worf went off to serve on Gowron’s ship for a while. Civil War broke out. The Duras side was going to win, but the Federation revealed that the Duras were being supplied with weapons by the Romulans. Data commanded a starship for a while. His first officer didn’t like him. Duras’s son was given to Worf to kill, but Worf wouldn’t kill him and went back to Star Fleet instead. Gowron’s sisters were about to be captured, but then they beamed themselves off to some mystery location.
That’s about it as far as I can remember.
"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
Do you really want to know how sad it is or is that rhetorical?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 11, 2010 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
You can try to verbalize how sad it is if you really want to.
"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
I’m going to have to think on it…
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 11, 2010 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
Picard's Auto Destruct Authorization code
is Picard 47 Alpha Tango
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
In one single afternoon
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 11, 2010 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
Not 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 11, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Blankaland
Brazil?
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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Blankland = Arizona
Haven’t we met, Stan?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
I knew what you meant.
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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Then back up onto your pedestal you shall go.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a precarious position.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 11, 2010 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
I think that era ended when Howry signed with another team.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 11, 2010 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Of course, we once thought it ended in July 1997. So who knows – maybe he’ll return in 2021.
"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
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 11, 2010 2:20 PM PST reply actions
I think this is a pop culture reference that I don’t get.
"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
No.
"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
Ask him how he liked the Godfather movies.
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."
ha.
They’re in my Netflix queue, at least!
I’ve been adding a lot of classic movies there lately, actually. Haven’t gotten to any of them yet, though.
"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
It’s a pretty uneven comedy, and gets more credit than it deserves. I wouldn’t say I recommend it, but I wouldn’t blame you for watching it if you ever do, nor would I blame you for continuing to not watch it if that’s what you do.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 11, 2010 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
It was also one of those movies I did not get the first time I saw it but now think it is very funny
Me too. It really grows as you rewatch it.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Like fungus!
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DAMNIT GRANT. I’M ON THE EDGE OF MY CHAIR HERE
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Feb 11, 2010 2:28 PM PST reply actions
Urban has a really interesting new article highlighted below!
With that in mind, you’ve probably heard or read about Lincecum’s “whatever” approach to the proceeedings, right? It’s been characterized as proof that he’s not peeved about this process. Just remember, though, that there are two very different “whatevers.”
One is the kind that does indeed suggest something is no big deal. Then there’s the disgusted “whatever” you spit out to in response to something unsavory said during a fight with your boyfriend or girlfriend. Or employer.
http://www.csnbayarea.com/pages/landing/?blockID=179118&feedID=2497
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
HI I’M MYCHAEL URBAN PAY ATTENTION TO MEEEEEEE
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
You said it much better than I did.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Urban really likes to stir the shit, doesn’t he. Do you suppose he actually has some hard information, or is he just blowing smoke out his ass?
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
ha
Their foul language filter doesn’t seem to work if you have the naughty word as part of a longer word. For example:
"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 11, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The number is in tribute to his well-documented love of lesbian porn, if that helps.
"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
Everyone can 69 these days. It’s not just for the gays anymore.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 11, 2010 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
ROFLCO-OPTER!
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
This guy passed ridiculous about 4 Tejadas ago.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 11, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
in response to something unsavory said during a fight with your boyfriend or girlfriend.
So, um, wait…is he trying to say Tim Lincecum is bi?
"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
So you’re saying I have a chance.
JUST A CITY BOY
by shanghaijim on Feb 11, 2010 3:11 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
No Tim would have to be high...
yeah i guess you do
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
He missed the third type
Which the the “whatever” when you’re a dumbass sports writer who predicted something that didn’t happen and now you have to make shit up to cover your ass and try to prevent people from calling you out as an idiot. It doesn’t work.
Tried to get that "W" in there, dintcha!
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
19 was also an option for that one.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
LOL quote of the day
Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports chatted with free agent outfielder Jermaine Dye, who noted that the Cubs offered $3MM. Dye says it’s not about the money, but “there are still guys getting money that I feel I’m better than.”
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Rosenthal-Why-is-Jermaine-Dye-not-signed-021010
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
It’s not about the money but let me tell you about the money.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 11, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
He’s not sayin’.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 11, 2010 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
It’s about respect. With another million dollars I can buy a lot more respect.
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."
Bam Bam is all kinds of awesome so far
Meulens should have no trouble explaining himself, either. He speaks five languages – Papamiento, the language of his native island country of Curacao in the Caribbean, Dutch, English, Spanish and Japanese.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Papamiento is a badass name for a language
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Sounds like a spice.
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Well, people keep saying Posey needs more seasoning…
"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
ar ar ar
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
oooh… . pirate’s english!
Gary Darling, go DIAFF.
by The Enchanter on Feb 11, 2010 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
Nope, that’s actually a Mork laugh.
/realizes that majority of McCoven are too young to remember “Mork and Mindy”
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
You want those gleeks scrambled or fried?
Orson was a riot.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 7:38 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah it is.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 11, 2010 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
Actually I think it's Papiamento
Or alternately Papiamentu. Still a great name.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
Sounds like a beach with beautiful topless women
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
AKA my backyard!
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I’ll be right over…
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 11, 2010 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
Laptop, baby!
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I'll bring my external hard drive.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 7:40 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll bring mine soft.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 12, 2010 8:24 AM PST up reply actions
Now they need to call up Sundrendy Windster
so Meulens has someone to speak Papiamento with.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
Or they could trade Posey for Andruw Jones.
"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
And Bumgarner for Sir Sidney!
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
ANDRUWOO
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
Your 2010 Giants: Meh
"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
Your 2010 Giants: Your 2009 Giants, just older and with some different faces.
"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
NOW WITH MORE REGRESSION!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 11, 2010 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
You mean:
Your 2010 Giants: Meh-gic.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
You guys see this from Olney today?
Barring some major injury tidal wave in spring training, the Rockies should be clear preseason favorites to win the NL West.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Well
Do you see the Dodgers or Giants winning the West?
Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"
I don’t like clear favorite, but they certainly have a better chance than anyone else in the league.
Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"
Let 'em take the preseason.
We’ll take the regular season.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
I used to joke that the Raiders were in the Super Bowl every pre-season, but now it’s just sad.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 11, 2010 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
The Dodgers are still pretty good, y’know.
"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
Listening to Bork interview on KNBR
Some stuff new, some not so new…
Rotation likely will be:
Timmy
Zito
Cain
Sanchez
Bumgarnger
Would strongly prefer to go with 11 pitchers and likes the Wellemeyer signing to eat up innings out of the pen.
Nate in RF. Needs to be more selective with pitches.
Jokes about how he thought a pitcher would break a record against us last year and have a 50 pitch CG vs us. Hopes to get pitch counts up.
Seems like he likes Panda at 3b much more than at 1b
Ishi back up to Huff at 1b. AAAA hitter on the road, but great at home.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Did he mention Lewis and/or Frandsen?
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Why will Bochy care about future Blue Jays?
He’s got enough stuff in his head already.
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Feb 11, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
Carrying a guy just to be a backup first baseman seems kind of crazy.
Also, just say Schierholtz “needs to be more selective” will probably be just as effective as saying, “Fred Lewis needs to be an aggressive power hitter.”
"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
But the Magic
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Carrying a guy just to be a backup first baseman seems kind of crazy.
Well, unless that guy is Andres Galarraga.
"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
Big Cat wouldn't be just a backup 1B
He’d be a backup 1B and PH with power.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
Watch Ishikawa be a AAAA hitter at home and Pujols on the road this year and boggle their minds.
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
Jokes about how he thought a pitcher would break a record against us last year and have a 50 pitch CG vs us
Shouldn’t this be a fear and not a joke?
Hopes to get pitch counts up.
BE MOAR AGGRESSIVE!
"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
/reply fail
UGH
"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
Tell that to the Haitians.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
OT: Has anyone bought Willie Mays’ autobiography? Because i just saw him on The Daily Show promoting his book, the dude is i just love Mays….
Is that what the dude is!
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 11, 2010 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
Greatest Player of All time
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
There is supposed to be a book-signing at the Borders near the ball park the weekend of April 30 with the author. I wonder if Mays will be there, too.
"meh"
I plan on purchasing the book this weekend.
OTOT: Weekend starts tomorrow for me. Snow Day in DFW! HAHA LEFT COAST!
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."
Wait, how can a blog win an Emmy?
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/Purple Row
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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Ron Burgundy, Local Emmy MC:
“And the Local Emmy for best local sports web log, whatever the hell that is, goes to…Mychael Urban! What is this? Amateur hour? I feel like I’m broadcasting to idiots!”
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
HOSTED BY DAMON BRUCE!! MCC reacts, " OH NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!! He’s a big jerk! says stupid shit! wahhhh"
Bruce has all week to say stupid shit, give the Flame a chance.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 11, 2010 7:09 PM PST up reply actions
tonight on Giants Hot Stove with Damon Bruce...
Which is more fun, Big Ten Basketball or Big Ten Football?!?!?!?!
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 12, 2010 6:55 AM PST up reply actions
Ackbar sighting on tonight’s Daily Show
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 11, 2010 8:03 PM PST reply actions
I just got accepted into St. Mary's!
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Good deal, i actually live right next to there, awesome school, have a few friends that go there, and they absolutely love it, only issue is the partying and fun aspect
There’s too much of it? Or is there no partying at all?
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 12, 2010 12:37 AM PST up reply actions
st mary’s…is that a junior college?
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Feb 11, 2010 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
Congrats, man.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 12, 2010 12:37 AM PST up reply actions
You walk upright and can open a door?
"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
And I go to Catholic HS
but yeah, those are pretty much the 3 requirements
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Well… i’m speechless, might as well root for them in the conference tourny AGAIN! and get dicked over in the selection show
whatever, gaels. the Dons broke Gonzaga’s spirit three weeks ago.
JUST A CITY BOY
by shanghaijim on Feb 11, 2010 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
exactly, i’m still happy about that, i’m just hoping that the gaels get in to the tourny…. it’s next to impossible for anyone to go into spokane and win
gonzaga must be crushed. too long have they lorded over much larger cities with, like, coastlines.
JUST A CITY BOY
by shanghaijim on Feb 12, 2010 12:33 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t mind taking a chance on a player like Aubrey Huff, even if he was awful last year. It’s a medium-reward, medium-risk proposition. In isolation, I can make an argument for Wellemeyer. But I’m underwhelmed
What would signing Aubrey Huff have to do with your argument for Wellemeyer?
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
I don’t know what’s more embarrassing: that I failed at copy ‘n’ paste again, or that you were the first one to bring it up, which means that everyone else just assumed my nonsense was par for the course.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 12, 2010 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
I saw it, but I actually thought it was funnier that way so I didn’t mention it.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 12, 2010 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
[Under]Whelmedmeyer
actually, this move has good sleeper prospect
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
Could be a lot worse.
He might delay Bumgarner a few months, but this is pretty low risk.
Except end-of-career Rueter numbers at best.
OT
Uh anyone else having issues with the site format? The Fanposts and Fanshots are all the way down at the bottom of the page (after all the main site stories).
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Mine always looks like this when I am on the site at work. I also I can only read the comments from work and can’t use buttons like Z or post/reply.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 12, 2010 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
Evans says we're looking at him more as a long reliever
Still hoping for JOEY! to be the swing man if it’s not MadBum. That said, I’d be ok with him getting the occasional start if he shows up in ST
Petey and Fresh always dunking on Spartans,
Biscuits in baskets from Heatley and Thornton,
Bam-Bam and Gore on the way to some rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
/cries
Five...Five Cutler...Five Cutler Pickoffs....
by Gabafnerhagen on Feb 13, 2010 2:12 AM PST up reply actions
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