Holiday Link Dump
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 15, 2010 12:55 PM PST
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Print- RotoGraphs weighs in on the Todd Wellemeyer bombshell.
- If you haven't seen it yet, there's an online injury database at Baseball Injury Tool. Very cool, and long needed.
- The Detroit News uses wall of text; you lose six hit points. But it's always interesting to see the perspective of people who don't live and breath roster-move minutia.
- In case you were wondering, the Giants are 16-to-1 to win the World Series. I think I'll save my money for something that makes more practical sense, like yeti repellent.
- If you don't have a Giants-related link to share, just pick a YouTube link, like this one with a robot than can solve a Rubik's cube in ten seconds.
- Or you can talk about your lunch.
- Or maybe I can tie in the President's Day holiday with a reading thread, as I'm reading Theodore Rex right now. It's bully.
Open link dump because I have to work on a holiday, and you don't.
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I haven’t been reading shit. Whilst job searching, I’ve been doing some some freelance stuff – first some copyediting, and now audio transcriptions – and that’s been eating up all the time I would normally have to read. And I still have hundreds of pages left in Bleak House. Bastards.
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I haven’t been reading shit.
Is that like reading tea leaves? Can you tell if I should put my money on the Giants, or do you need to eat Chinese food first?
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Open link dump because I have to work on a holiday, and you don’t.
I do…
And I’m really running out of hit points fast here. I knew needed to grind more before trying to take on The Detroit News.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
Also: Still reading Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra. 950 page book is 950 pages.
I like it though. The part I’m in is filled with love stories, and Chandra is kind of squirming through it to get back to the gang / police stuff that he’s much better at, so it’s dragging a little. But in general, while it is a dense and involved 950 pages, it doesn’t feel like I’m killing myself to get through it. Which is a good thing.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
That’s about how long Bleak House is, 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
And Dickens is quite dense reading as well, if I remember the first 50 pages of Great Expectations at all.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
Bleak House is a lot denser than I remember Great Expectations being.
"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 wonder how I would handle Dickens at this point in my life. Reading (the first 50 pages of) GE in high school was basically enough to put me off of him completely until now. But my sensibilities have changed pretty dramatically since then.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
I liked Rarnaby Budge
by Charles Dikkens, the well-known dutch author
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 16, 2010 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
In my experience Great Expectations goes completely over younger folks’ heads (use “younger” to mean high school and below). The humor, especially, and the pathos of certain characters is totally lost on people who want immediate impact in their stories.
Most classics seem to improve with the reader’s age. In part I think it has a great deal to do with what you expect out of your reading at different ages.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I enjoyed it when I first read it in fourth grade. I got more out of it inc college, 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
I read Dickens in college – a time in my life when I actually enjoyed a Jane Austen novel – and hated it. Dude was paid by the word, yo.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I have to say – I actually think any comparison of Austen to Dickens is seriously lopsided. Austen is far superior with regards to her development of characters, plot, and atmosphere. The only thing I think Dickens might have on her is humor, and even then Austen is very humorous when she wants to be.
But I don’t think it has much to do with word count.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I only meant to point out another writer that many people are bored by, a group that used to include myself. I don’t think it has much to do with word count for Dickens, but it doesn’t help that he is as un-parsimonious a writer as I can think of.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I’m reading The Power and the Darkness about Josh Gibson at the moment.
I have the book about Jackie Robinson’s first year in the majors (Opening Day, I think?) on deck.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Have you read his autobiography?
One of my favorites
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Jackie’s? Not yet, but I’ll put it on the list. I recently discovered the local library has a crazy-good baseball section.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Hooray public libraries
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Also
IIRC, you’re in Marin. You can get books from other Marin County libraries via interlibrary loan for 50 cents per book IIRC.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Yeah, I’ve used it before and it’s pretty good. The MV Library has to be the best of all of them though, in my NOT SO HUMBLE opinion
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Better than the Civic Center, which I believe has the largest collection?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Well, the Civic Center isn’t surrounded by Redwood trees.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Oh. Presidents day. Should have read further.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
I always have Mondays off :-D
And Fridays
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
We keep having furlough days. Yay budget cuts!
sorry Merope.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
wait, furlough days mean that there are no classes?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
No classes, no school/university services, no prof office hours. The SJSU library was even closed today.
They raise fees and cut classes and give us furlough days. Awesome, right?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 15, 2010 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
Celebrate.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
GrahamCrakalaka uses RAGE!!!!
You lose 109 hitpoints.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
howtheyscored’s Wall of Madonna absorbs hit-point damage.
howtheyscored flees.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
I’m working too. No holidays till April 15 :(
If I have to contribute in some way to this conversation, well, then there’s always this
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
Oh, and I’m in the middle of reading What the Dog Saw by Malcom Gladwell. Some pretty fascinating stories in there.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
I think i missed that Super Bowl commercial.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Feb 15, 2010 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
Careful if you’re holding around the neck, though. It might choke.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
I had a decent gyro with fries and a soda for ~$5.40
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
That sentence was way more interesting before I realized that you write “gyro”.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Don't like gyros?
I prefer doner kebab myself, but it’s hard to find those places around here.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
That sentence was way more interesting before I realized that you wrote “doner”.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
I want a classic London-chippy-style doner kebab :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I wish the guys I knew in Italy would move over to SF with their kebab shop
*sigh
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
doner kebab- not a pleasant picture when you insert a extra N in doner.
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Like, let's have a Donner (kebab) party in the Sierras?
(too soon?)
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
That's awesome!
Chick's dig the long ball.
by The Montana Giant on Feb 15, 2010 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
I remember Robin Williams making this joke in some movie.
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 15, 2010 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
Korean BBQ!!!!!!!!!!
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Gogurt and Eggo?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I had a generic turkey sandwich from Lucky. Really, I just wanted to buy some stamps, but I was hungry, too.
Also: Heath bar.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
I had a home-made chicken breast sandwich. With a bowl of vegetable soup & a diet coke.
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."
Dim sum with the family
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Chili Dogs
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis. To pass the time during the offseason I decided to try my hand at blogging about photography and music.
Hospital cafeteria food
Blech
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Just had a sandwich with some handmade pepperoni my friend in Brooklyn sent me.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 15, 2010 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
What do all these guys have in common?
Travis Ishikawa, Fred Lewis, Brandon Medders, Nate Schierholtz, Andres Torres
They all have an ‘a’ in their name except Fred Lewis
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
None of them are Eugenio Velez!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
Damn eggrolls?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
BUT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO EAT THOSE!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
#1 GIS result for 'Brandon Medders'
"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 does him being country have to do with you being an eggroll fan?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
COUNTRY FOLK ARE IGNIT!
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
Brandon is my hero.
I grew up in Weed, Ca, population 3,000 we had two radio stations in my town, Country or Western, take your choice.
Chick's dig the long ball.
by The Montana Giant on Feb 15, 2010 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
#1 GIS for "brandon medders eggroll":
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
#1 GIS fro eggroll reliever
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
I guess the fro is hidden by the hat.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
#1 GIS result for 'country bumpkins fucking love eggrolls'
"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
Youth?
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
Options, I would imagine.
"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 thought that wqas common knowledge
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
I saw that list
Isn’t Frandsen option-less as well?
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
’a’s in their names?
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
Dignity?
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
In case you were wondering, the Giants are 16-to-1 to win the World Series. I think I’ll save my money for something that makes more practical sense, like yeti repellent.
Why, you frontrunning fairweather fan!!!! Y dont u just root for Dodgers or Yankees if you like trashing the Giants brass so much????
"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
One of these things is not like the others:
1. CF Aaron Rowand (15 HRs, 64 RBIs, .261/.319 OBP/.419 SLG, 30 BBs/125 SOs)
2. 2B Freddy Sanchez (7 HRs, 41 RBIs, .293/.326 OBP/.416 SLG, 22 BBs/76 SOs)
3. 3B Pablo Sandoval (25 HRs, 90 RBIs, .330/.387 OBP/.556 SLG, 52 BBs/83 SOs)
4. C Bengie Molina (20 HRs, 80 RBIs, .265/.285 OBP/.442 SLG, 13 BBs/68 SOs)
5. LF Mark DeRosa (23 HRs, 78 RBIs, .250/.319 OBP/.433 SLG, 47 BBs/121 SOs)
6. 1B Aubrey Huff (15 HRs, 85 RBIs, .241/.310 OBP/.384 SLG, 51 BBs/87 SOs)
7. RF Nate Schierholtz (5 HR, 29 RBIs, .267/.302 OBP/.400 SLG, 16 BBs/58 SOs)
8. SS Edgar Renteria (5 HRs, 48 RBIs, .250/.307 OBP/.328 SLG, 39 BBs/69 SOs)
From The Detroit News: http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/tonypaulblog/index.php?blogid=493#ixzz0fdoxKiAk
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."
Huff is more shirtless and horny than the others.
"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
Nate Schierzholtz is a leadoff hitter?
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Only one of them doesnt suck!
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
Everybody’s got a price.
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."
What about the one that doesnt?
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
"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
Is that another FireFly reference?
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
It’s from the episode where Mal got kinda fat, grew a beard, and wore a mullet wig.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
WWE Hall of Fame class of 2010
/shouldn’t know that
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Wow, I thought he was already in.
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Nope he's the headliner this year
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
TWSS!
Wow, I thought he was already in.
Chick's dig the long ball.
by The Montana Giant on Feb 15, 2010 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, I thought you were going to reply to something else.
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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Oh, I thought you were going to reply to something else.
TWNS!
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Heres a fun link. Its the stupid $120 dollar program I have to take for my insurance.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:17 PM PST reply actions
If there’s any movement, outfielder Fred Smith — with his speed and impressive on-base percentage — could be a good candidate for a trade.
Thanks for the insight Detroit.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen, come back!
Fred Smith is the CEO of FedEx!
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
I have to work today, too. Sigh.
Currently reading The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman. Lunch is quesadilla and salad.
In lieu of a link, I’ll present you with Kitspool Fun Facts™: For Valentine’s Day, Mrs. Kitspool got me tickets to Pablo Sandoval Bobblehead Day as well as an authentic MiLB Richmond Flying Squirrels t-shirt, which looks AWESOME.
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
Sweet gifts
It’s like Christmas came 8 months early or 2 months late!
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Feb 15, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone know what is up with the “Connect with Facebook” thing is on the top right of every page?
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 15, 2010 1:30 PM PST reply actions
Probably allows you to connect to FB. Just a guess.
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
IT’S A TRAP!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
It really allows you to connect with MySpace
…remember MySpace…Hello…Anyone?
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Ohh yeah that old thing?
Chick's dig the long ball.
by The Montana Giant on Feb 15, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah its so 2007
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Yeah, but what the heck does that mean? Do all your comments get posted on fb?I am at work and don’t want to try it until I get home. I was just hoping someone already has.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 15, 2010 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
All this talk about lunch inspired me to make some nachos with those circular tortilla chips that are really good but then I looked in the fridge but i couldnt find any cheese but then I found some but then we barely had any chips cause I had been eating them all day so I didnt get to make nachos.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:30 PM PST reply actions
Darth Vader hates your circular tortilla chips.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
Well im just making a ham and cheese burrito now even though im not sure you would call that a burrito because there are no like beans or anything im just microwaving a tortilla with cheese on it and putting some ham on it even though the tortilla is really small so I can barely fit any cheese on it and i wanted to make two but all the other tortillas were stuck together and ripped when i tried to tear them aprst so i ended up just making one but it sounds good cause im really hungry
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Ham & cheese? Sounds like a tortilla-wrap.
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."
Its pretty quiet actually.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
I see.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Teenage boy in a feeding frenzy.
We should just back away slowly and with docile postures.
JUST A CITY BOY
Ham quesadilla
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 15, 2010 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
Nachos sound good. Los Sanchez on Garden Grove Blvd has the best nachos. There you go socal Giants fans. Now someone send me a damn double-double!
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."
DFW-area
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."
Oh really? I actually know that area pretty well. What part of DFW? And what does DFW stand for?
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
Dallas / Fort Worth
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
Dallas Fort Worth
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."
I find your lack of a slashie disturbing.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
Its like one big ultra city!
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
LAX
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."
They could tighten things up a little.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
Went International to Domestic at DFW and they are like totally separate airports. You have to take a tram and it gets totally confusing
Timmy thats not a bong....
They have it pretty spread out. Takes forever to taxi up to the gates. If you’re in a rush it’s not the place to be to figure it out.
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."
I don’t think I’ve ever been. Always fly into Oakland. I’ve heard bad things.
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."
Oakland’s hella cheaper too.
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."
HEY NOW
"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 was just gonna pull a few lines but decided this was best
I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
Id sit on his lap in that big old buick and steer as we drove through town
Hed tousle my hair and say son take a good look around
This is your hometown, this is your hometown
This is your hometown, this is your hometown
In `65 tension was running high at my high school
There was a lot of fights between the black and white
There was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a saturday night in the back seat there was a gun
Words were passed in a shotgun blast
Troubled times had come to my hometown
My hometown, my hometown, my hometown
Now main streets whitewashed windows and vacant stores
Seems like there aint nobody wants to come down here no more
They’re closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they aint coming back to
Your hometown, your hometown, your hometown, your hometown
Last night me and kate we laid in bed talking about getting out
Packing up our bags maybe heading south
Im thirty-five we got a boy of our own now
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good
Look around
This is your hometown
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."
Well, I had a buddy back in ‘81,
and we made ourselves a pact.
We were headin’ for the new pipelines,
we were never comin’ back.
well we worked 80 hours making time and a half,
but La Grange was too damn hot.
we drove back home at the end of that week
and we spent it all on pot.
I’ll see you in houston, if i ever get out that way,
i’ll see you in dallas, but I won’t have long to stay,
If your ever out west soon, and you’re feeling like slowing down,
I’ll see you around, around my hometown.
Well, I played ball every single fall,
I could run just like the wind.
Went to college like they asked me too
But they didn’t ask my friends.
Don’t think I seen a single classroom,
But I drank a lot of beer.
My buddies still love to listen to me when I talk about that year.
Now I got myself a little band, and we’re pretty good I guess
But I never learned how to wear my hair, and I never learned how to dress.
So i’m leaving for the last time honey, I’m never more to roam.
Gonna pack my bags a little heavy this time gonna head my ass back home.
So I’ll see you in Nashville, if I ever get out that way.
I’ll see you in Austin, but I won’t have long to stay,
If you’re ever out west soon, and you’re feeling like slowing down.
I’ll see you around, around my hometown.
I’ll see you around, around my hometown
Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.
by atxgiantsfan on Feb 15, 2010 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
Had one problem. Got to the airport 3 hours in advance, security line was into the baggage claim, weaved back and exited the terminal door and was another 300 or so yards. Thankfully they called my flight number and lead us to a short cut after 2 1/2 hours!
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
Going back for school, so Sept/August or January/March
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
SFO really isn’t that bad
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It has one of the worst on-time records in the country as I recall. Or at least it used 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
For real? I guess I have been delayed there a lot.
The worst airport I’ve ever been in was Amsterdam. My flight was delayed there for like an hour and it’s that European style thing where they tell you what your gate like 10 min before the boarding time starts so it wasn’t so much that it said it was delayed as it just didn’t say anything AT ALL so I had no clue what was going on.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I had no trouble with that airport. had a 3 hour layover and took a nice nap on some recliners.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
I hate Logan!
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
I actually love Logan! I’ve flown out of there like a million times at this point and I don’t think I was ever delayed or ever had any trouble getting through security or anything.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I was stuck on the tarmac for like 3 hours…twice!
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
ye. except they lack in variety in terms of dining/stores
"Your best?!?!! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and &^%@ the prom queen"
Super Rodgers Bros.
#52
there used to be a mexican place
that wasn’t terrible as OR food goes.
The Horizon terminal (A gates) gets ca-razy when there are weather delays… many angry people waiting out their 4 hour delayed flight to Bend…
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 16, 2010 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
O’Hare.
Atlanta sucks 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
I always had good luck with LaGuardia.
"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
well, one time...
I had a flight very early in the morning. They said to get to the airport 2 hours ahead of time. I did – and the line went all through the lobby. And there was NOBODY WORKING AT THE DESKS. They didn’t have anyone working there until like 45 minutes later. I had to be skipped ahead in the security line to make my flight.
This was one month after September 11, so obviously they didn’t have everything figured out yet, but still, geez. Pretty moronic.
"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
Are we making hated airport lists now? Fun!
My three worst airports:
1. O’Hare. Fucking awful. Worst on-time record in the country. Over-crowded. Huge and hard to traverse.
2. Minneapolis. Who decides to have their two hubs Minneapolis and Detroit? Yeah, neither of those cities gets any snow in the winter. Minny isn’t that bad, but there snow removal and de-icing is woeful and I’ve been stranded there over-night multiple times.
3. Logan. Overcrowded. Confusing as shit. No amenities once you get through security. Southwest finally flies there, now, so at least it has that going for it.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
O’Hare is also a royal pain to get to/from if you’re in Chicago. it’s way the fuck at the end of the Blue Line, which is one of the oldest and slowest parts of the L – which is an old and slow system in general.
"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’ve never flown into DFW, and a lot of people say it’s really big, but the largest airport I’ve been to is Denver. After we landed, it seemed like to taxi’d for 30 mins to get to the terminal.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 15, 2010 6:50 PM PST up reply actions
that's because
SECRET UNDERGROUND BUNKERZ
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
indeed
There’s a reason they stopped using a perfectly good airport and built a ridiculously large one 40 miles out of the city it serves. They’re still building the bunkers and whatnot, underground construction is going on all over that area.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Stapleton was hardly “perfectly good”.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
CDG.
But that’s because I was delayed on the plane there for four hours because some idiot checked bags and then didn’t get on the flight. And then they had a problem with the navigational system. And then they had to de-ice the plane. Oh! And because once you go through the second security checkpoint for American flights, there’s no food available.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
The main reason CDG rubbed me the wrong way was because I stayed in the Sheraton within the airport, and it gets really old really fast. And the RER that connects CDG to the city broke down a lot and was extremely crowded. My dad and I joked that whenever it broke down, it was the workers going on strike.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
DFW is the best-organized major airport I've ever been to.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Actually no
Though I’ve only used one airline (American) so SSS!
Maybe I should say that it’s the easiest-to-go-through major airport I’ve ever been to. And no, I don’t count Oakland as a major airport.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
It actually is. Spacious, organized transportation from one terminal to the other, easy car access to major highways, no car traffic.
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."
Skylink FTW, amirite?!
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Yes
And a few times I’ve landed in a terminal that wasn’t where I left my car but had to leave the gates (and no longer have access to Skylink) to get my bag. There are a lot of shuttles that go from terminal to terminal.
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."
every time I think DFW
My mind wants to render it as “Don’t Fucking Want.”
"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
David Foster Wallace
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."
Dumb, Flabby Walrus?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Did Fantastic Work?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 15, 2010 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
Glad everyone is enjoying their day off… thank you college for having classes today… but hey we did just get about 5 inches of snow today already and they cancelled classes AGAIN until 10 AM tomorrow
I’m “working”.
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 got to work* again.
*someone just challenged me to a game of billiards in the break room.
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."
Billiards in the break room? Where do you work?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 15, 2010 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
Family-owned company. They can be demanding (I’m partially working now at 9 central) but also fun.
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."
Here's a link: The WAGs of A'Rod
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/342756-the-wags-of-a-rod
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
NetScape / Fort Worth?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
MLBTR lists
Ishikawa, Lewis, Medders, Nate, and Torres as players out of options in 2010. I thought Frandsen and Velez are out of options too while Torres is not.
Not sure about Velez
but I wouldn’t be sad to see him DFA’d
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
out-of-context quotes from the Winter Olympics
And you have to ask yourself, what is wrong with Norway?
I’m sure Lars is filing a complaint as we speak.
"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
Haven’t seen Lars around here in a few days. Is he competing in the Olympics?
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Well for starters, Norway and Sweden are shaped like a penis
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve been having mixed feelings about the Olympics this year. On the one hand, I really like a lot of it. On the other hand, I feel like Vancouver hasn’t handled things particularly well and should be getting more criticism. And on the other other hand, it’s really hard to watch NBC’s lousy coverage this year.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
What does your third hand do when you’re typing?
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."
Let’s just say that it’s not just the keyboard that I’m fingering when I’m typing.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
it’s really hard to watch NBC’s lousy coverage this year.
I heard that they didn’t cover Bode Miller’s run on the downhill today live, even on the East Coast.
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
I think they are on the East Coast. On the West Coast, we’re SOL.
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
Why? I live on the east coast so I am cool. But that is such a bad decision to make, I have no interest in these sports if already know who won!
Obligatory LOL NBC LENO CONAN
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
It bothers me that they’re tape-delaying events when it’s in THE SAME DAMN TIMEZONE AS THE HOST CITY. Man, it’s bad enough that they have the US-Canada men’s hockey game on MSNBC instead of NBC, if they tape-delay it too I’m gonna hurt someone.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Sweden’s winning it all, so who cares about the US or Canada for that matter… Dan Boyle just had to leave the game here at Miami during the 2nd period… couldn’t stick around for the whole game, Miami games are more important than sharks games
Holmstrum’s hurt though, and had to pull out. Yeah, they just replaced him with Franzen, but they’re going to miss Holmstrum’s ass screening Nabokov, Miller, Kiprusoff, Vokoun, and Brodeur/Luongo. Yeah, they’re the defending gold medal winners, but Lidstrom is also four years older.
I’d say Canada, Russia, and Sweden are the three favorites, with Finland and the US on the outside looking in. But who knows, Miller could stand on his head and get the US to the medal round. And Russia, well, their PP is something insane like Kovalchuk-Malkin-Semin Ovechkin-Markov. I doubt any PK can shut that down.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
No way in hell would i want to go up against that Russian PP… Although like always, Canada’s front line is pretty dominant with Crosby! It’ll be a fun olympics for ice hockey, just hoping to watch some of the sharks players do well, Murray on Sweden. Do they allow fighting in it?
Canada’s top line is pretty good, but it doesn’t have the same overwhelming firepower as an Ovechkin-Malkin-Semin line, or Kovalchuk-Datsyuk-whoever second line (sorry, totally blanking on who’s the other second line winger). Canada does have the depth, because Russia’s bottom six definitely drops off quite a bit, while Canada’s third line is either HTML (Heatley-Thornton-Marleau) or Perry-Getzlaf-Staal, both of which are bona-fide top lines for any NHL team out there.
On the defensive side of things, Canada’s defense is deeper and more skilled, but I have to give the edge to Russia’s goaltending (pedigree aside, Canada’s goalies have both been pulled the past week, while Nabokov has absolutely dominated and established himself as a legitimate Vezina candidate).
I don’t think they allow fights, or at least, they don’t have the same five minute minor system. But since it’s on NHL-sized ice this year, it’ll be a lot more physical than Olympic hockey is normally. I expect to see MURRAY SMASH quite a bit. Hopefully not on a fellow Shark, though.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Either way you put it, Canada and Russia have a hell of a front line, that would be pretty intimidating. I mean, i’m pretty sure there will be some anger when they’re on the ice, in any sport there is, no matter what, it’s all part of the competition
From the first day
Canada is going to be siiiick. Granted, they were playing Norway, but man, 8-0? With only one practice? The Nash-Crosby-Iginla line is going places. And the defense is so stacked – Seabrook was probably their worst defenseman, and he was an absolute physical force. Boyle and Marleau led the defense and forwards in ice time respectively, which was pretty awesome.
USA is definitely going to surprise a few people. They only won 3-1, but Switzerland was ranked right behind them, so it’s not like they squeaked out a win against Belarus or someone. Lots of grit and defensively-responsible players. Whitney sucks, but that’s why he wasn’t named to the team until Martin got injured. Not a fan of the patented Ron Wilson “now that we have a lead in the third period we’re going to sit back and eventually let the other team back into this game” strategy, but oh well.
Russia’s group of forwards is crazy scary. It’s 7-2 right now with a half a period left. They sure as hell aren’t going to have any trouble scoring. It’s like, the anti-Giants But their defense? Well, let’s just say they bought into the mantra of, " a good offense is your best defense," and ran with it. Nabokov and Bryzgolov are going to have to stand on their heads when Russia actually plays someone good, amazing firepower or not.
Sweden, Finland, the Czechs, Slovakia, Germany, and Belarus haven’t played yet, so no word on them. But Sweden is really the only one of those to keep an eye on, although the first two teams after them could pull an upset.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
interesting
Canada hangs 10 on Switzerland and Team USA only scores 3…
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 17, 2010 7:16 AM PST up reply actions
I dunno, if being on MSNBC means we don’t have to sit through 25 different episodes of “Up close and personal” with the waterboy’s. best friend’s, college roommate’s, English tutor…
Or cutting away from the 4th overtime period to cover the exciting finals of men’s doubles ice dancing… I’ll be happy.
this is the kind of stuff that amazes me with the tape delays
Like, the false starts for speed skating the other night. You taped events 12 hours ago, and you’re STILL showing false starts? I’d rather see other competitors in other events (like more than 4 downhill skiiers, etc.)
And, I like polar bears and learning about the host country, but can we put the Mary Carillo travelogue on the Travel Channel or MSNBC at midnight, instead of the marquee events? Sheesh.
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 16, 2010 8:37 AM PST up reply actions
Their insistence to tape-delay everything for the west coast made me rant a bit here. Of course, that was just one of many grievances I have against NBC’s tyrannical reign.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Yeah, it’s really bad. I only watched much on Saturday (I don’t have TV in my current apartment) and they only showed four heats of the 5000m men’s long-track in favor of tons of puff. It was highly annoying.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I think snowboard cross starts today. White is in half pipe, which isn’t until wednesday or so.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
Sweet… Wednesday works perfectly then, anticipating that and ice hockey, plus a little downhill skiing
men’s hockey begins on stupid Tuesday the day I’m out of the house from 630am to 8pm with 3 really good games.
USA-Switzerland at noon, Canada-Norway at 4:30, and Russia-Latvia at 9!
But yeah, I’m going to be in class from 9-3, so I’m kind of SOL for the US game unless I skip two classes.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Also, I don’t get the Mogul competition. So you’re racing… but you have to slow down to do tricks… and the tricks combine arbitrarily with your time to create an overall score? But you want to go fast. I guess since everybody is doing tricks, theoretically everybody slows down the same, but it still feels inherently wrong.
I guess think that while combining racing and trick-performing is a novel idea, it’s also a stupid Olympic event.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
The mogul competitor I felt worst for was Aiko Uemara of Japan. Here are her Olympic mogul finishes:
1998: 7th
2002: 6th
2006: 5th
2010: 4th
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
So what you’re saying is that if she ‘races" again in 2014, she’ll finish, at best, in 3rd?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting combination of quotes.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
She’s the Matt Cain of Japanese Olympic skiers, except much better looking.
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
Your point?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
Did you know that Matt is a winter athlete as well?
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
I have to work today too =(
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
I can see it!
These pretzels are making me thirsty
by NuschlerFace on Feb 15, 2010 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
nice sig
"Your best?!?!! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and &^%@ the prom queen"
Super Rodgers Bros.
#52
I (seemingly) spent most of the day trying to get four goddamned I’s out of a Scrabble rack at a tournament in Phoenix.
Came into today with ten wins and a good chance to win some money. I then proceeded to lose three in a row and win nothing.
Carry on with the book and work talk.
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Feb 15, 2010 2:06 PM PST via mobile reply actions
For all you p90x lovers
I am doing the Insanity program along with p90x, and its intense and awesome.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I prefer the PP2000. more accurate
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
g18 akimbo
"Your best?!?!! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and &^%@ the prom queen"
Super Rodgers Bros.
#52
PP7
/old game :-(
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
RCP90
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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can’t beat the golden gun
"Your best?!?!! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and &^%@ the prom queen"
Super Rodgers Bros.
#52
Too cheap
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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Proximity mines
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
There’s really nothing better than playing proximity mines with somebody who has never played the game before.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
I always like Rocket Launcher in the caves, too.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
Throwing knives FTW
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Not as many suicides with throwing knives, though.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
How about rockets on top of rockets?
Smokin’!
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Klobb
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
worst gun EVAR
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
You take that back before I shoot you five or six times with my Klobb. Don’t worry, it won’t kill you. But it’ll hurt like a son of a bitch.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
My 3-year old son has apparently decided he likes watching baseball with me!
Last night, he asked to watch the Roger Clemens game on the MLB Network instead of storytime, and just now he walked into the living room, turned on the tv, and said, “Ball!”
Aw.
"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 15, 2010 2:22 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Congratulations!
That’s awesome. And so young too…
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
WalrusMan is going to get hell for this comment.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
That’s great, but how do you plan on keeping him interested once the team actually starts playing?
(BA-ZING!)
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Uh-oh, does that mean the little guy is now a Red Sox fan?
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
NEVER!
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Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
You know. I think I’m going to nominate you for father of the year.
by E Ticket on Feb 15, 2010 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
thumbs up
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 15, 2010 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
You guys are actually pretty cool, you know, when you're not all bitching about baseball and stuff
JK JK JK JK JKJK LOL
butreallyactually
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Did anyone ever tell you that your handle sounds like hymen?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
Well, great minds.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
There was a hymen conversation about Heyman. We weren’t quite able to determine the practical evolutionary purpose or function of the hymen, though some possibilities were tossed about.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
ah ha!
Yes, thats the one. Well, you’re the first on McC to make the connection to my handle.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
but that’s not the point of your handle, right?
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
heimy is obviously a pet name for hymens, and 25 is obviously a tribute to Bonds. It’s only natural to want to combine the two.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
Hey all.
I’m on a 2-hour clock to start and finish an opinion piece arguing that decriminalization of drugs would be good but legalization would be bad.
If anybody has any insights, facts, opinions, or links on the topic…?
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
Can you help clarify the distinction between decriminilization and legalization? For a less legal mind, I’m not sure what the difference is between something simply not being criminal and something being legal.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a problem for me, too. I threw in my support to write on either side of the debate, and the editor said I had to be the con side of drug legalization, but I cannot write in support of prohibition.
I would remove laws against possession, etc., for sure.
To keep on the opposite side of the person writing in favor of legalization, I’m thinking I could possibly be for taking away those laws, but against giving the producers and dealers any credibility by taxing the production/sale or letting them set up legal “drug selling shops”.
Does that even make any sense?
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
I don’t know what you mean. Please explain.
(every bit of insight I get will seriously help me get a firm backing on the issue, which will make writing that much easier)
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
You’re saying you’d make drug dealing legal, but wouldn’t tax it. Sounds like a sweet job to have.
I was promised lasagna.
I worded it badly.
This is my better-worded thought, from below.
I would be against criminalizing the use of drugs, but for criminalizing the trafficking of drugs.
Does that sound like a justifiable position to you?
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
Although if growing/manufacturing your own were legal and the supply was no longer artificially scarce, the price might drop drastically and make it a low profit enterprise.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 15, 2010 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
Though
I would imagine it’s pretty hard to grow and manufacture Cocaine or Heroin or anything like that.
I was promised lasagna.
That’s what you think.
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I believe there’s no known synthetic route to cocaine.
I say known because I’m sure there’s an organic chemist out there who’s devised one in his spare time but has better things to do.
Coca plants and opium poppies aren’t really that hard to grow… the refining might be problematic though.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 15, 2010 7:46 PM PST up reply actions
I think I can clarify this after looking at Portugal’s drug laws.
I would be against criminalizing the use of drugs, but for criminalizing the trafficking of drugs.
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
So, kind of a “no punishment for making / growing your own drugs.”
Like taping a baseball game. You can record it for yourself, sure. But don’t you dare distribute that shit.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
That sounds like a good comparison.
Can I write an article saying this and make sense/not sound like an idiot?
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
And I assume that there would be punishment for the use of vehicles and such while impaired, much like trying to watch your old VCR tape recording of a playoff game while driving down 17.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 15, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
I did have to work today, all you free-loading, vacation-taking bastards. Sick kids just keep getting sick. It’s not so bad, though. I’m in Phoenix for the month and am avoiding the copious amounts of snow in Omaha. Six days in a row! And I’m thinking of trekking out to Scottsdale this weekend to watch the guys throw the ball around. Should be sweet.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
And I’m thinking of trekking out to Scottsdale this weekend to watch the guys throw the ball around. Should be sweet.
Yeah, ok, I’m not going to feel bad for having the day off. No sympathy for you!
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
My plea for sympathy was really just an excuse to gloat. I can be very sneaky.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
If you are in phoenix for a month and don’t make it the 10 minutes over to scottsdale to see some spring training (and the lemonade dude!) there is something wrong with you =)
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Well, I don’t have a car, so there is that impediment, but I am determined to navigate the city buses to see some guys play catch.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
you gonna still be there in march at all? I didn’t realize the games don’t start until the 3rd.
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Unfortunately, no. I have to go back to the land of corn on the 27th. Boo that.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Do you like beer? One of my favorite beer bars/breweries is on the way over there. Papago Brewing
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
I went everywhere on Valley Metro when I was there and it worked just fine.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 15, 2010 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
More questions for the Giants, courtesy of Schulman:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/15/SPQ11BV2F9.DTL
After the 2002 World Series loss, Sabean said he admired the Angels’ consistent ability to go from first to third on a single, which the Giants could not do.
Oh good, I’m glad he’s done something about that since then.
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
Frightening. Basically, he constructed a team that nearly won the World Series, but because they lost it by a hair, he focuses on one, arbitrary thing that the winning team did better than us and changes his entire philosophy around it.
How did he change his philosophy? Because I saw an awful lot of station-to-station baseball on the Giants before last season.
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
He stopped targeting high-quality station-to-station types (Kent, Burks, early JT Snow, Sanders and Bell) with gamers who grit out extra bases and “play the game the right way”.
And then he decided to make Bengie Molina the centerpiece of the offense, thereby limiting any rally to 90-foot increments.
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
I’m reading “The Godfather”. I always loved the movie, but have never actually read the book.
Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"
Mario Puzo is awesome. I’ve read most of his books. Omerta is another great one by him.
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
One of the few that I thought the movie was better, but of course I saw the movie first. I loved ‘The Last Don’ but it’s been awhile.
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."
I think that, at this point, the most efficient christmas or birthday gift one could ask for is a year subscription to Netflix. The amount of material available On-Demand is quickly piling up into a virtually endless supply of entertainment.
Last day of my 4 day weekend
Had Biscuits & gravy for lunch and read the BA prospect handbook because Tigers RHP Luke Putkonen isn’t going to tell me about himself.
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Feb 15, 2010 5:04 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Fuck. I hate homework. And I hate swine flu. And I hate doing homework about swine flu.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 5:07 PM PST reply actions
This is why I come here. You guys understand me.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
Beats doing homework while experiencing swine flu.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 15, 2010 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
Or studying for finals while having swine flu.
Which reminds me, thanks to whoever showed up to my senior prom with swine flu. You really made the last few weeks of high school a blast, what with half the class sick.
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Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Great analysis. “i think” his velocity has dropped! pretty easy find. Also does really not know what a slurve is?
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
Shift+A
I made really good shrimp scampi for dinner.
I’m reading Stephen King’s Under The Dome and still working my way through PKD short stories. Just bought a new book by Barbara Ehrenreich called ‘Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Pursuit of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America’ and Crimes Against Logic by Jamie Whyte.
I’m drinking a Sam Adams Winter Lager.
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Im not doing homework.
Im eating Cheez-Its and yogurt.
Im am not drinking a Sam Adams Winter Lager.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
I am about to do homework.
I was eating chips and salsa and guacamole and nuts earlier today but am not now.
I am not drinking a Sam Adams Winter Lager.
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
I am about to go see a movie (The Last Station).
I am eating nothing at the moment.
I am going to have a beer with dinner but I don’t know what kind.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I liked it. Gary Oldman is great.
SPOILER ALERT!
Why they always gotta mess up the Bridge?
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's all about the range
Beethoven
Count Dracula
Jim Gordon
Lee Harvey Oswald
Sid Vicious
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."
Zorg
The guy from that one Hannibal movie
Sirius Black
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
5th Element, really?
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."
When have I ever made fun of you?
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."
I was just kidding. But seriously, what have you against 5th Element? It’s fun sci-fi!
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Wasn’t funny. Story wasn’t interesting enough. Chris Tucker was annoying in it.
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."
Ruby Rhod!
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I think his Jim Gordon performance was perfectly fine on its own, but I honestly can’t tell if I particularly like it because of the spectacle of Gary Oldman so convincingly playing an ordinary, decent Joe.
by non sequitur on Feb 15, 2010 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
I wondered about that too. I suppose it is the only SF landmark people outside of the Bay Area have a connection to.
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Based on a true story.
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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I should be doing homework.
I will eat something with turkey and mixed greens later.
I would drink but I have over 250 pages to read for class tomorrow.
HOORAY BEER
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I saw Ehrenreich’s visit to the Colbert Report (or was it the Daily Show?) to promote that book, and it sounded fascinating.
Eerily, I am drinking a Sam Adams Cream Stout and just finished watching the film adaptation of King’s Christine on Netflix Instant.
I’ve never read her, but I know she wrote Nickel and Dimed which I’ve heard was good. I hate positive thinking, so the book appealed to me. How is the cream stout?
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I hate positive thinking
I’m thinking around here… you may find one or two other people who agree with this.
I read Nickel and Dimed in college. What struck me the most is how expensive it is to be poor. You can’t afford to sign a 1-year lease, so you end up paying week-to-week to live in a motel for more overall money. Job-related injuries are more likely, and employer-based health-care is less plentiful.
The Cream Stout is a decent beer, but I don’t think it’s a very good take on the style. It’s got a fairly pronounced hop-flavor, which overrides the lactose-flavor. It tastes almost like a light, low-proof Russian Imperial, as a result. It’s hard to find really good Cream Stouts—-of those I’ve tried, Left Hand’s is my favorite.
Yeah, poor people get much less quality for their dollar. Go to a grocery store in the inner city sometime and see the food (meats, veggies, etc.) that gets stocked. Totally different from what I see.
The cream stout is a style that I don’t think I have much experience with. I’ve had some Left Hand brews, I’ll look for their cream stout. I also picked up a 6 pack of Souther Tier’s IPA which is pretty good.
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Forgot, I also picked up a 22 oz of Sam Adams Noble Pils. I read some good reviews of it on Beer Advocate. I generally don’t like Pilsners but I thought I would give it a try.
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My girlfriend, who does marketing for a hoity-toity grocery store in the subburbs, works on the side with a non-profit that sets up markets and vans (like an ice cream truck) that deliver produce to low-income areas of our city. It’s really fascinating stuff.
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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That’s all very true.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 15, 2010 6:46 PM PST up reply actions
I am preparing a salmon fillet for dinner that my LiveStrong nutrition app tells me will just fit into my calorie needs for the day.
I am reading, slowly and with savor, Helmet For My Pillow by Robert Leckie, his memoir of his time as a Marine during WWII. He is a spectacular writer.
I have the sniffles but did some gardening today to take advantage of the strange ungray unrainy weather.
JUST A CITY BOY
I’m about to have turkey fajitas for dinner, and had a bottle of New Belgium Abbey as a pre-dinner beer.
I’m reading a bunch of books in snippets and getting depressed because I don’t know when I’ll have time to finish them. Currently enjoying dipping into Bill James’ Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame and Thucydides: The Reinvention of History by Donald Kagan.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Oh
I thought you’re reading a Bill James book named Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame and Thucydides: The Reinvention of History.
I would read that.
I was promised lasagna.
I typed Freddy Sanchez into the injury report site
and my computer exploded. Also, the library is nice.
Did anyone watch
The Hollywood Ending game on MLB network? That game was sweet!! Go Blue!!
by Skunkburner on Feb 15, 2010 5:45 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Well. This weekend sucked.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 5:54 PM PST reply actions
Do tell
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Well. I left my house like once. And that was for my family picnic in the backyard.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t do too much, because I was sick. So add “felt like crap” to “bored.”
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
Im grounded. It sucks.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
For two more weeks. And they took my licence. After I had had it for 3 days,
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I went up to a cabin for 3 days with some friends to go skiing, but I neglected to mention everyone that was going.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 6:51 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, thats a fail.
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 15, 2010 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
It was fun. And its only 2 weeks.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
No. I didnt lie about where I was. And my mom figured out that some more people were there while I was up there. Unfortunately I had cell phone service.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
yeah. it was probably worth it though. I kinda figured I would get caught. All my friends told their mom’s the truth, and she was bound to talk to one of them.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
Coulda been worse
Coulda watched “Valentine’s Day”. I’m still recovering.
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."
I watched Bird last night
Biopic on Charlie Parker, starring Forest Whitaker. Boyfriend picked it. Wasn’t a bad flick.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 15, 2010 6:55 PM PST up reply actions
On the bright side: Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner, Anne Hathaway
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’s the Meryl Streep movies I just say no to. Although that backfired on me when I wanted to see the one with Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin.
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."
On the bright side: Jessica Alba,Jennifer Garner, Anne Hathaway
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 16, 2010 8:10 AM PST up reply actions
I’m with Howie.
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I thought it was OK
My wife and I went and saw it. Neither of us expected much—we just wanted an excuse to go out. We both thought it was pretty OK, not nearly as dreckish as we’d feared. I thought that most of the stories were pretty good, with a few good surprises, both in stories and performances (both surprised to say we liked Ashton Kutcher, and—amazingly—Taylor Swift). There were a few laughs and some nice moments. I’d rate it “Little Man Leaning Forward, Smiling”.
Seasons will pass you by. I get up, I get down.
I had a great weekend.
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
My parents had to put down our family dog, but other than that, pretty good weekend.
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Mine too. Ive lost two dogs. Its tough.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry for the hugeness, I don’t have a image editor on my laptop.
He was 17 years old and probably the coolest dog ever.
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:(
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 15, 2010 6:39 PM PST up reply actions
I’m so sorry to hear that.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 16, 2010 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
I quite liked it.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 16, 2010 8:09 AM PST up reply actions
OT
MLB Network did a top 9 players of the 1960’s. 3 Giants listed with Juan Marichal listed as #1, Willie McCovey at #3 and Willie Mays at #8. I don’t know how they came up with this top 9 as Tigers’ Bill Freehan was #2.
"meh"
Who is Bill Freehan?
/looks him up on BBRef
Oh. A pretty good catcher! But, uh, not anywhere near as good as those guys.
Heres his averages during the 60s
61- .400 (4 games)
63- .243
64-.300
65-.234
66-.234
67-.282
68-.263
69-.262
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
But the guy was pretty good at taking (BBs) and raking (HRs). He probably was not the best catcher of the 1960’s, though.
Joe Torre comes to mind as someone superior.
he had 130 Hrs in the 60s(8 years). Thats pretty good I guess. Thats about 16 or 17 a year. Good. Not anywhere near great.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
I always knew that the 60’s were dominated by pitching, but looking at the league averages for hitters blew my mind. For instance, in 1968 the league average hitter in the MLB put up a slash of: .237/.299/.340
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That cant be true. And LOL for the OBP still being better than Bengie’s.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
McCovey’s 1968 is one of the best years any hitter has ever had. His peak is underrated because it was right in the middle of the most extreme pitchers’ era in history.
I was promised lasagna.
are you sure you don't mean 1969?
1968: .293 / .378 / .545, 174 OPS+
1969: .320 / .453 / .656, 209 OPS+
"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
Holy SHIT! 1.109 OPS really? That shit is like minor league numbers!
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by say hey nation on Feb 16, 2010 6:45 AM PST up reply actions
Where is league average OPS by year listed? That’s pretty cool.
"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
OPS+ is interesting to compare across these eras
For example:
Maury Wills, 1964: .275 / .318 / .324 – 87 OPS+
Randy Winn, 2009: .262 / .318 / .353 – 75 OPS.
"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, I found this:
Lg average for 1999: .282/.358/.453
That year was so ridiculous that Mike Lieberthal put up a .300/.363/.551 with 31 HRs as a catcher(!), and did not get a SINGLE MVP vote.
…and yet two years earlier, Deivi Cruz got an MVP vote with a .241 / .263 / .314 line. LOL sportswriters.
"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.
There are some weird MVP votes out there – Charlie Hayes got votes in 1995 with a 96 OPS+ and without being remarkable in any of the stats that voters usually overvalue, like RBIs – but that one really takes the cake.
Hmm, in 1995, Barry finished twelfth – behind Ron Gant, although Barry was better in AVG, OBP, SLG, HR, R, RBI, BB, SO, and every other category I can find. And it goes without saying that Barry was better defensively. But the Giants sucked and the Reds won their division. Of course, they won their division by nine games, so the whole “most valuable, not best” argument is even more dubious than usual.
"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
Hes basically Pedro Feliz.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 15, 2010 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
Juan Marichal as the best player of the 60s? I’m not sure about that.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
see? they got you talking
/MLB Network marketing nerds
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 16, 2010 8:50 AM PST up reply actions
What the...
Mays at #8? That’s awful. He should be first. Maybe second to Aaron, just because Aaron was more consistent, while Mays faded a bit by the end of the decade.
I mean, how could he be lower than McCovey? Mays was just as good a hitter in 1960’s (McCovey hit .279/.378/.546, Mays hit .300/.377/.559), but averaged 120 PA’s more per year, which is a ton. Even by old school stats – Mays averaged more home runs, more RBI, more RS, was a much better base-runner…and let’s just say he was a tad more evaluable defensively.
I think Mays is the only player the game has seen who has a very solid case for best player of two different decades.
I was promised lasagna.
I made a full Japanese dinner for Boyfriend Von CurrentEvents Sunday: avocado rolls, Crab salad in peach halves, Clear soup with chicken balls and enoki mushrooms, Maple Colored spicy fried chicken, Mushroom rice (with shiitake, maitake, and shimeji mushrooms), pumpkin supreme (kabocha), Tomato salad with shiso leaves, and Lemon tofu cake. We had a romantic and fun Sunday morning, shopping at the San Jose Japantown farmer’s market and the Nijiya Market in Jtown, then coffee at a cute little bistro. We walked home hand in hand…and saw my building had been evacuated due to a fire. We couldn’t get back in until 530pm. We wandered around the neighborhood and campus for hours together. Neither of us were happy with the situation, but at least we were together.
As for the food, I cooked and prepped it all solo (except for the rolls, I don’t have roll-making tools) in three hours. Boyfriend loved it all. I thought the cake was a little lackluster, but I plan on redoing it with some changes; more sugar, plus perhaps a ribbon of jam throughout.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 15, 2010 6:38 PM PST reply actions
I wanted to do this dinner since January. One big plus of going to Japan would be learning how to prep and cook Japanese!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 16, 2010 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
He liked the balls
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 16, 2010 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
That's what I said!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 16, 2010 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
dude
my building had been evacuated due to a fire
That bites, but I’m guessing that since the story moves along you didn’t lose anything to smoke or water damage, so hooray for that.
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 16, 2010 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
The fire was on the second floor, and caused massive smoke and water damage on the first and second floors. People living in those apartments had to move to vacant rooms on higher floors. I’m glad I live on the 11th floor.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 16, 2010 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
Neither of us were happy with the situation, but at least we were together.
Maybe you were unhappy with me because you haven’t seen my abs!
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Feb 16, 2010 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
How can I resist the Situation?
I haven’t seen one episode of this program, but I know everything about it thanks to my gossip blogs.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 16, 2010 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
PS
Valentine’s Day is still asinine, even though I’m blissfully in love. Fortunately boyfriend shares the sentiment. I still hate the annoying commercials and stupid romcom films marketed to my gender. That ad with the woman who sobs like her stomach is going to fall out of her butt when she gets the teddy bear? Good god. I mean, boyfriend has done some swoon-worthy things for me (like arranging a song for me to perform at his jazz combo concert). But those things are sweet and romantic because he knows me, and I don’t behave like a simp over a generic gesture on a forced holiday.
We hit Walgreen’s yesterday for half price candy. All was not lost. I still had the best time waiting at the bus stop with him and enjoying a huge $5 box of Whitman’s sampler.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 16, 2010 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
The last book I read was King Leopold’s Ghost, about Belgian colonization of the Congo.
I think the next one I read will be The Three Musketeers.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
King Leopold’s Ghost is a seriously good and revolting book.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Yeah, I noticed both of those things.
Also, I liked at the end, how it was almost a side note that the other European countries were almost as bad.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Very true
The Congo was just a galling example. I mean, the guy wanted and African colony and decided that violent slavery was the perfect way to build a “work-force”, so he researched the subject in the Spanish archives. Just ridiculous. But yeah, that does nothing to excuse the conduct of any European nation in its African (and other) colonies.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
How many epic gorilla-Belgian battles were there?
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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Grant, you may want to contact these people http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLoTWAY7f_0
Speaking of books
Anyone bought/read the Mays biography yet? I read the prologue & a few pages of chapter one yesterday waiting for the movie. I’ll actually buy it next week making it #28 on the books I still need to read…actually I’ll move it up to #2 right after I finish Augie March. Why can’t I finish a book in under a month any more?
/searches MCC for places I can comment ‘TWSS’ for the next half hour
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."
Grant, What's the good word with the MCC t-shirts?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 15, 2010 8:05 PM PST reply actions
I'm pretty sure they will all be mail-order shirts
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Speaking of t-shirts
http://www.cafepress.com/4sfaces
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Thanks
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 15, 2010 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
No, those are mine.
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New
http://www.zazzle.com/pandamonium_tshirt-235778706062855098
With a model that looks like Mr. F.
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I'm thinking of making this meal on Friday
Chateubriand (something like this),
Topped with this red wine and mushroom sauce,
With brown rice pilaf and baked asparagus for side dishes.
Thoughts?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Hahaha
You and PIKA could be there in person.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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I did a Chateaubriand recently, but I did a chantrell mushroom and white wine sauce. It was pretty epic too.
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Ooohhhh that sounds pretty good
I’ve never had such a sauce, which is why I decided to make the red wine sauce (I know it’s yummy).
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
yea i was reading that in class… good story, but we all know his changeup is the best pitch in baseball, and it’s amazing to think he JUST grasped it too, i remember watching him his rookie year, he just didn’t really have a grasp of it
Sources told ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard on Monday that the Cavs are also in talks with the Warriors about Corey Maggette.
Please take him
Damn if the W's could get Hickson for Maggette that would be a great deal
OK, I’ve made my NBA post for the year now I can go back to overanalyzing the Todd Wellemeyer signing.
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
let's get that James guy
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
Bill James can’t help the Warriors.
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We'll know our missed shots/9 though
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
He means James Blunt
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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actual Giants-related content!
I was listening to some Baseball America podcasts earlier, and in the one on the NL West top ten organizational lists, John Manuel sounded really, really down on Posey. Mainly because some scout told him that Posey’s receiving skills were lousy – basically made him sound like he would be the worst in the league, and like he be a disaster trying to catch guys like Lincecum, Cain, Sanchez, and Wilson. I am skeptical of this, I have to say.
On the other hand, Manuel was really positive on Bumgarner. He thought Bumgarner was a better prospect than Posey and that his velocity dip last year wasn’t a big concern. He said the secondary stuff was a bigger issue, but felt that Bumgarner was a pitcher who could thrive even if his secondary stuff never became special.
Manuel also thinks that URLs have backslashes in them, which is a pet peeve of mine, but that’s another issue.
"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
Both the scouts agreed that we have the best system in the NL West, by the way. They also liked the Rockies’ system.
"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
They were down on his bat too. Good for 10-14 homers and “like Russell Martin without the catching ability”
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Yeah.
I have to say, I think they’re full of shit in this case. But we’ll see!
"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 bright side
Russel Martin’s bat with, say, solid 2B defense would still make a pretty sweet player, even if not a star.
I was promised lasagna.
Mainly because some scout told him that Posey’s receiving skills were lousy – basically made him sound like he would be the worst in the league.
So he’d be better than Molina, then?
/remembers the last month or so of last season
/sees passed ball
/dies
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 16, 2010 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
LOL SPAM
I created an MCC fantasy league for 2010. Folks should sign up!
Fanpost: http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/2/16/1312548/pokemonz-the-first-mcc-fantasy
"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 many LOLs
But here is the important question as pitchers and catchers report to spring training Wednesday: Will an older, slower lineup score more runs?
“I think they can,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “It’s hard to quantify how many runs, and I know there are ways of doing that, but we’ll have more depth in the lineup and more experience. Having guys with the ability to get the big hits, the two-out hits, that’s going to help us put runs on the board more consistently.”
“We may not be as fast as we were last year, but it doesn’t mean you don’t do things to create runs,” Bochy said. "You may not be in straight steal mode, but you do the little things. We may be bunting more
Why do I even read anything Bochy says? First, it just makes me mad. And second, he seems to lie a lot. It does me no good on both counts.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 16, 2010 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
It's hard to pin down the exact number of runs
But in terms of estimations, there’re plenty of ways.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I am about to release a concept album about the Yeti
true story
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
/shift-A
…
I have nothing to add.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 16, 2010 1:01 PM PST reply actions
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