Top 30 Prospects, Part I: Just Missed
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 3, 2010 11:23 AM PST
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PrintIn the 2001 Baseball America Prospect Handbook, here were the prospects who made up #s 26-30:
26. A 24-year-old outfielder who had hit .272/.333/.402 in AA (Texas League)
27. An 18th-round draft-and-follow who had his contract voided due to elbow problems and sat out a year.
28. A 7th-round pick who threw hard, but had no professional experience yet.
29. A hacking 24-year-old who moved to catcher to attempt a career as a super-utility player
30. A 28-year-old soft-tossing lefty with a chance to be a LOOGY one day.
The names aren’t as important (Doug Clark, David Brous, Erick Threets, Edwards Guzman, and Chad Zerbe) as the descriptions. When trawling through the bottom end of a prospect list, all you have are descriptions, for the most part. A 24-year-old rightie with below-average stuff but above-average command. A 23-year-old with enormous power potential but substantial contact issues. Those are the kinds of descriptions that pepper the bottom of a prospect list.
And just going off those vague descriptions, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have ranked most of the 26-30 bunch from 2001 in the top 50 of this year’s crop, with the lone exception of Threets, who would probably be analogous to Matt Graham from this year’s list. Maybe that’s a little harsh -- four of the above five did make the majors for a brief time, with one of them even busting the record books -- but it’s a testimony to the improved depth of the system. I can’t speak to how this year’s depth stacks up with other teams around the league, but it sure beats the dregs from the bottoms of Giants’ prospect lists in the past.
This is all a long-winded introduction to the honorable mentions of my top-30 list. I’m not sure where these guys would rank if I stretched the list out to 40 or 50, but some of you value them enough that you might be expecting them to pop up from #10 to #20 when they don’t show up from #21 to #30. I’ll just kill the suspense here. And by "suspense," I mean "indifference." And by "kill the indifference," I mean, "feed the indifference until it grows stronger and more powerful, eventually morphing into hostile apathy."
Five guys who aren’t on the top-30 list:
Couldn’t do it. Tools be damned, there’s no reason to be excited about a 21-year-old in low-A who doesn’t show a single average offensive skill. He isn’t hitting for power, he isn’t hitting for average, he isn’t stealing bases, and he isn’t walking a lot.
He’s as close to #10 as he is to #31, if that makes sense. With a productive season, he’ll shoot up the list. Without any professional at-bats, though, it’s hard to put him on the list just based on the opinion of the Giants, which is pretty persuasive.
But why should he be punished for not having any pro at-bats, while Chris Dominguez -- who had a bunch of them and stunk -- makes the list? Good question, and the answer is simple. My reasoning is th
He should be on the list. But I started Mike McBryde’s entry with the same sentence, and I eventually convinced myself to swap him out with Pucetas. Control pitchers who put up good numbers at lower levels are often tested at higher levels. Pucetas didn’t do well in his AAA time, and he has two things working against him: age and right-handedness. If there’s a good comp for Pucetas it’s the seasons in which Livan Hernandez gets released, not the ones in which Hernandez eats a bunch of quality innings.
In five years, after Rohlinger carves out a Mark DeRosa-like career, this might retroactively seem like the most egregious oversight. I think the comp right now, though, is Mike Benjamin with more pop. That’s not a terrible thing, but it’s not something that’s hard to find in the minor league free agent pool in any given offseason.
Something I forgot to put in my secret sauce post from yesterday: when a player has a much better season than he’s ever had before, but the walk rate is still pretty bad, I will almost completely ignore the improvement until it’s repeated at a higher level. Pill’s power was kind of impressive by Connecticut standards, but certainly not by "24-year-old first baseman in AA"-standards. Pill’s defense is supposed to be impressive, but until he does anything in AAA, he’s not much of a consideration for a top-30 list.
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So I guess this means we'll see Aaron King in the top 30?
Personally, I’d take a guy with a .281/.351/.468 AAA line (Rohlinger) who can play a bunch of positions over a pitcher with iffy mechanics any day.
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I agree. I think Rohlinger is a better bet to produce more than King is.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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I agree re: the upside, but at this point, I think King's not very likely to be a high-impact player
Hopefully he changes some minds this season. Anyone know if he’s staying in Augusta this season or if he’s going to San Jose?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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That said, King’s major problem right now seems to be mechanics — he’s yet to find a delivery he can repeat, which led last year not only to significant control issues but also to highly varying velocities. It’s easy to think Eric Threets after writing that last sentence. That said, one thing the organization has had a lot of success with is reconstructing pitcher mechanics. Even at this point I think King’s chance of having a lengthy major league career is better than Rohlinger’s, without even getting into impact.
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Matt Downs (.300/.343/.491) and his fan club agree with you
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.281/.351/.468
in Fresno is just awful. Unless you are like 17.
Withough even going to the site I would traslate that as roughly .230/.280/.350
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Courtesy of the MLE calculator, that translates into a .241/.299/.387 slash line. Which is quite awful.
wow I was less than 10% off.
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You were quite accurate...
but at the same time, taking 10% off a career .300/.350/.450 line makes it into .270/.315/.405. Decent (depending on the position, quite good) becomes quite bad. Probably 80% of all baseball players within ±10% of the mean wOBA, for example.
good point
I was also exaggerating to make a point.
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It’s not good, that’s for sure, but it wouldn’t be any great shock if Uribe does worse than that in 2010, since he’s done so three of the last four years. And Ryan Rohlinger won’t be making three million dollars.
but
“better than Juan Uribe” is not a selling point for a prospect (not that I don’t agree that spending money on Uribe was questionable)… it’s also not really true.
CHONE+Marcel+Zips/3 project Uribe to be about 40 points of SLG > RR. That’s not nothing.
Rohlinger is also 26. “Not a prospect”.
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I didn’t say I necessarily expect Uribe to post a sub-.700 OPS, just that, given that he’s done so three of the past four years, it wouldn’t be a shock. And this is a guy the Giants are paying $3M.
Rohlinger’s “not a prospect” in the sense that he’ll never be a star and probably never even a regular, but he is the type of guy you keep around so you don’t wind up paying some guy $3M to be a utility infielder.
Yawn.....
I dont think I am entirely excited about any of them. Hard not to think that Pablo was just a fluke.
Where has Rusty gone..........bring him out of the outfield closet!
I’m not sure what your point was, but it’s never a good idea to point to the exception and expect others to follow it.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
My point is that its kind of useless talking about bottom prospects since in all likelyhood even the top ones are sketchy.
Where has Rusty gone..........bring him out of the outfield closet!
I can’t agree that it’s useless to talk about them, just because they are less likely to make it. If anything, there is more reason to talk about them because less is known.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
I believe the point was that he’s not excited for any of them because they will all turn out to be Todd Linden, Lance Niekro, or Jesse Foppert.
How’s that for optimism?
Hitler was a Dodgers fan.
Tony Torcato etc……….The list goes on and on. Players to be named later or players to be dropped later.
Where has Rusty gone..........bring him out of the outfield closet!
Yeah, at this point of the list, sure, but there’s a big difference between the quality of the guys at the top of the list and Tony Torcato. Hype aside, all you have to do is look at their stat-lines to make sure. Torcato got way too much pub way back when for being a corner outfielder with no actual talent to speak of other than hitting singles.
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I think my problem is that….where is our Justin Upton? Where is our rapid rising start player who shoots the lights out at a futures game? Telling me Posey is that guy…….that scares me a bit. Posey is good but again the hype machine is steaming forward and break-neck speed.
Where has Rusty gone..........bring him out of the outfield closet!
where is our Justin Upton?
Uh, he is in the majors. He Plays 3rd base.
Where is our rapid rising start player who shoots the lights out at a futures game?
Well, he’s currently in the Dominican and can’t get a passport b/c he shot something else. Also, don’t read into the futures game as a marker of excellence.
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by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Justin Upton was the #1 overall pick in baseball… and I don’t see what the difference would be between having a prospect like Upton and having one like Posey.
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as an aside
The Giants have never had a #1 draft pick. Considering some of the awful teams they had in the early 80s, mid 90s, and mid-to-late 00s, that’s kind of amazing.
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Well they have only lost 100 games once in their history (and as I recall it took quite an effort to do it that time). They’ve also never had 5 consecutive losing seasons.
things to be grateful for.
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Indeed.
That 100 loss season is pretty much my earliest baseball memory. I was 5. I think – it was 1985, right?
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I don’t understand the Futures game part of your comment. Who cares about 1 game?
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 3, 2010 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Kid’s got a future ahead of him
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by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
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Tony Torcato was never a top prospect. He wasn’t very highly regarded going into the draft – the Giants drafted him over many better prospects (famously C.C. Sabathia) because they were cheap-asses about the draft at the time. In the minor league system, he didn’t do much to distinguish himself, putting up an .832 OPS in the California League as his peak. The highest Baseball America ranked him was #83 in baseball. The Giants have 4 guys in 2009’s BA list higher than that. They also have many players who posted better lines in the minors than .832.
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But Tony Torcato was in MVP Baseball 04. Also, whatever happened to John Dowd? He seemed like a nice prospect
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by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
John Dowd is teh awesome
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Dude hitz DINGERZ !
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Total Pessimism!
Less is known and until they actually do something it does seem like a waste. It is like getting all excited over a 16 year old Villalona. I think it only fuels the BS that has been going on for a long time…….Horrible talent evaluation up top.
Where has Rusty gone..........bring him out of the outfield closet!
No not as much as you oh mighty prospect wizard
Where has Rusty gone..........bring him out of the outfield closet!
What are you a wizard? A genius? Why didn't you tell me that before!?
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No one sees the great Marcello! Even I’ve never seen him!
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Sorry
But you saying that it’s useless to talk about non-top-tier prospects is just 100% false. Front Offices spend countless millions of dollars a year doing that exact thing. There are ridiculously popular websites dedicated to that exact thing. And tons of people just like doing that exact thing for fun. Sort of how you like being negative and critical with a less than firm grasp of the subject matter.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
Why are you in a prospect thread if you believe in TINSTAPP
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 3, 2010 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
I read the post……..commented that none of these guys are that fantastic right now. Pretty simple.
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Well, that was the point. They are not fantastic, so they missed Grant’s personal top 30 list.
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 3, 2010 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Pablo was a fluke
Sabean completely lucked out on him.
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I agree on your not-top-30-list guys. I think Pill is probably the most overrated prospect on our community list. He’s pretty similar to how Pucetas was ranked last year.
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I’m also probably off the Fairley Bus, but TOOLS, dangit. I hope he at least does something this year.
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 3, 2010 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, it does.
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Of course.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Why would it b on in the first place?
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McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
If you’re going to be on an episode of COPS, you might as well take off the shirt. Oh, wait, different prospect.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 3, 2010 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of shirtless men with tools
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Oh, snap, Tim Allen! Sick burn by Useful Idiot!
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
I know, brah
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by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:58 PM PST up reply actions
RAAGH RAAGH RAAGH
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I’m as big a tools whore as they come, but the more I read about Wendell the more I doubt he has them. One big thing that jumped out at me from this year’s Prospect Handbook write up is that he’s no longer considered to have plus speed (part of why he was moved to LF). I’m starting to wonder if scouts didn’t take a large enough account of the fact that he was an old high school senior and some of his tools were the illusion of a man beating up on boys.
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I wonder how much wilriv has influenced the Brett Pill awareness / overratedness around here.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Brett Pill is a cooler name than Travis Ishikawa. That has to count for something.
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I don’t actually think that is true.
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I'm willing to have an argument about this.
Names that are weighty in terms of syllables should never be given credit over jabby names like Brett Pill, save for the rare circumstances that they totally defy all former knowledge and transcend the general planes of awesome. This rarely occurs in a given name. Bubbles Hargrove leaps to mind as an example of a nickname-surname combination that eventually transcended into greatness.
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Arg, Hargrave.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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Travis Ishikawa is a much better name than Brett Pill. It’s not even close.
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by jcb9 on Feb 3, 2010 12:05 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Bah.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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Winner.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
FACT
Travis Ishikawa hit that triple on Opening Day last year and it was awesome.
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Dude hits triples and scoops throws. What else do you need?
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
I’ll concede that point.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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I believe Rxmeister would be a huge Brett Pill fan just on principle.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 3, 2010 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
But why would Marvin Benard take steroids, anyway?
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(this was meant to be an Rxmeister-esque random reply)
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I’m driving the Pill anti-bandwagon
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Okay, but I get to pick the music!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
SIDE-CONVERSATION TO THE SIDE-CONVERSATION
What music, if any, are you listening to right now?
I’m listening to Pod by The Breeders.
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Pandora, Thievery Corporation radio.
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by victor frankenstein on Feb 3, 2010 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
I love Pandora — Yo La Tengo radio is my favorite, though I jump back to Beatles radio now and again. I’m preparing to listen to the new Gorillaz non-stop for a month when it gets released, though.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
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The BeeGees.
I can explain: I am editing song medleys to be played on the PA during games.
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So you selected the BeeGees as part of this medley?
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Nothing right now, but I listened to Blue by Joni Mitchell 4 times yesterday!
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That is a damn fine album. “A Case of You” and “The Last Time I Saw Richard” are all-time favorites of mine.
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Yeah, I really, really liked it.
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Man, that chick is twisted!
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by victor frankenstein on Feb 3, 2010 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
I'm at school right now, so nothing
but if I were home I’d probably be listening to Tranquilize by the Killers
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good album
I like Dooittle better, though.
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The Kids Don't Like It/In The Pit
Off Reel Big Fish’s live album. Which is awesome.
Petey and Fresh always dunking on Spartans,
Biscuits in baskets from Heatley and Thornton,
Bam-Bam and Gore on the way to some rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
I’m hiding in the trunk.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 3, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Of course you are
after making the statement that Pill would have to SLG .650 in AAA to be considered a Top 10 prospect
Fred Lewis
Kevin Frandsen
Ryan Garko
Benito Santiago
Buster Posey
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 11:44 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
HA
Like Bochy knows 35 minor leaguers in our system.
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Sabean doesn't know too many either
That’s how the Sanchez trade went down.
Sabean: Hey I just got a batting champ for some kid named Anderson or something
Giants fans: Dammit
Neal Huntington: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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So, why did the Giants sign all those replaceable utility infielder types when they had a tasty Rohlinger available for half the price? Don’t they kind of like Double R?
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Doesn’t have enough major league experience.
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They also have Frandsen and Downs who could be utility INF's
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LOL FRED
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What’s wrong with spray chart?
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 3, 2010 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Based on Grant's description
it sounds like if Fairley has a hot string of 100 bats he would be labeled as a future cornerstone of the franchise?
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If anyone has a string of 100 hot AB's
they’re the cornerstone of the franchise. See; Velez, Eugenio
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by Gobroks on Feb 3, 2010 11:11 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I’m bummed Wendell Fairley hasn’t amounted to much, if only because between him and Madison Bumgarner, we really had the market cornered on baseball players with names straight out of a Sherwood Anderson story.
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the market inefficiency is names from hemingway anyway
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Feb 3, 2010 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
In general, I agree, Grant. I have Fairley at #39, Belt not in the top 40, Pucetas at #31, and Pill as an iffy #26.
I do have Ryan Rohlinger at #24, but my mid-20’s are a jumble anyway.
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NAMES
Wendell is all to close to Wendy on the name tree.
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Also, Wendy’s is my favorite fast food.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Carl’s Jr. FTMFW
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
you might be right.
I have a mental block on them because I almost killed myself with Western Bacon Burgers while in college.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Even if you had killed yourself, I would say that it was only eating so many Western Bacon Cheeseburgers that allowed you to truly be alive during that period.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Those used to be my favorites. Now whenever I eat one I feel like I’m going to throw up for hours afterwards. Carl’s Jr. is dead to me.
This became my problem.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
There’s only a couple Carls Jr in my general area. Both are truck-stop type places. The quality of meat is… questionable.
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."
Fresh meat and produce from my local grocier FTW
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
Too slow!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
GO BACK TO FRANCE HIPPY!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Because you're interested:
The french word for hippy is “baba cool”.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Carls Jr.
I wish they’d bring back the philly cheese-steak burgers. Those things were addicting.
by crazedcrustacean on Feb 3, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Grilled Cheese Bacon Burger
FTMFW forreals amirite
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
You guys are Californians for Christ Sake. You have an olbigation to like In’n’out
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 3, 2010 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
Despite being a Californian
I have never eaten at In-n-Out.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
It’s alright. Not worth having to punch your way through the masses just to order. But pretty good in general.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
Its a little overhyped, but its still really good.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 3, 2010 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
The food is good. But I could absolutely live without the hassle of dealing with 24 hours of 100 people squeezed into a little place designed for 30 who are all trying to swoop in on the next table that opens up so they can actually sit down to eat their pretty good burger. Meanwhile, 50 more people are still in line to order.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
When I go, which is very rarely, I go to the one in Daly City at an off time (like say 3 in the afternoon), and it’s busy but I never thought it was that bad. I’m assuming during the noon hour it really is terrible though.
I’ve never been to an In-N-Out that didn’t feel like a human meat grinder at the time.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
Usually they are not too bad inside. Its worth it for me.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 3, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
YOU ARE ALL INGRATES!
In’n’Out was one of the few bright spots to moving to SoCal for me. Now it’s gone. You all need to stand in line and order a double double. TWO OF THEM. And ship one my way.
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."
LOL you
Outdoor In N Out’s are awesome in SoCal because you’re not all cramped next to people while waiting for your food, plus since there’re a lot more of them (at least in my area) down here than up near home, so they don’t get super duper busy like, say, the one in Mill Valley
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Even in down-times, it takes like 20 min at the one in Mill Valley
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Petaluma's not always bad
Although in your case, it’s probably way too far for a burger
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I wish the locals had let them put a drive-thru into the Mill Valley one :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
The food isn’t worth the wait for me, Drive-thru or not.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 3, 2010 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
Is there a massive wait at the RC (I think that's where you're closest, I'm not sure) In N Out?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
The two closest ones to me are in Fullerton (near the Adenhart scene) and one in the City of Orange. The Fullerton one is not that bad, but the Orange one is just stupid. What’s RC? Rancho Cucamonga?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 3, 2010 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, Rancho
I think we talked about going to a Quakes game sometime this season, so that’s where I got your geographical location mixed up.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Ah. I am still down to go to one a game this year, whether it is Rancho or Lancaster, or High Desert etc…
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 4, 2010 7:23 AM PST up reply actions
Sounds good
We should talk more later in the season and have a sort of mini IE/Orange County McCoven get together.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I knew someone who worked at In-N-Out. She cut her finger and passed out, and her manager took that time out of her break.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
If Jack In The Box and Wendy’s merged it would create an unholy fast food monster that would destroy all other fast food competition in a matter of weeks.
by chilibean_3 on Feb 3, 2010 11:59 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
In the future, all restaurants are Taco Bell.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 3, 2010 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
It’s actually from Arrested Development.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Act I of Romeo and Juliet.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
#2 in Fanshots
yes
probably the best part of Demolition man.
TEMPORARY SIG AWAITING FINAL SABEAN APOCALYPSE
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game in development
Best part was the previews
I went with a couple of my uncles to see Demolition Man. It was so bad, me & one of my uncles were teasing the other one because he missed the best part, a preview for “Tombstone”.
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."
the only good part of Demolition Man
fix’d
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Sandra Buttock's ass was the best part of Demolition Man
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 3, 2010 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
Wesley Snipes' hair
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Combination Taco Bell and Pizza Huts
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
The only movie in which Sandra Bullock is actually attractive.
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
That’s not true.
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."
Except in Ms Congeniality, when she was a snorting, burping tomboy. HAWT
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
You’re not missing a thing.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
The Ultimate Cheeseburger is a good time.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Those tacos are absolutely nasty.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
#2 in Fanshots
They are delicious at two in the morning!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Are you high?
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
#2 in Fanshots
It may have happened.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Are you Tim Lincecum?
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
The monster tacos were way better.
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
No, they were NOT.
OK, not in my neck of the woods anyway.
I think I wrote a story here once about discovering that the chicken in the Monster Chicken Taco was a paste.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 3, 2010 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
The Monsterburger is a better time.
Frankenstudios’ Grill…Open 24/7.
This was breakfast at 4:30 this morning…
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 4, 2010 4:38 AM PST up reply actions
The thing I don’t understand is why anybody would ever believe that Jack actually got a bowl cut. He has no hair. He’s completely bald. It’s ridiculous! I cannot suspend my disbelief so much to accept that an entire office was duped in such a way.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
You sure did put a lot of thought into a Jack in the Box commercial.
/Howie’s comments start to make more sense to me know.
not only that
but why would they all be upset that his is just a wig. They were fine with the symbol of office solidarity when they thought he had one, but now that one measly co-worker doesn’t have a bowl cut (even though it’s the boss) everything falls apart?
That commercial would have been much better if everyone was wearing a wig except one person who thought everyone got them for real.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
So this is what I miss out on by muting the tv and reading during commercials.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Jack has chorizo burritos. They are pretty good.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 3, 2010 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Merope is nodding sagely from her IRC hideout.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 3, 2010 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Jack In The Box is by far the worst of the FF Chains. OK, maybe fourth worst, ahead of Churchs, Chic-filet, and Pop-eyes
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
cAN’T FORGET lONG jOHN sILVERS
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Damn Cap locks.
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
I will never eat fast food fish. Fish needs to be carefully prepared.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
#2 in Fanshots
I agree, but the Fish-Filet commercial from McDonalds did make me think about it.
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
I will never eat fast food fish. Fish needs to be carefully prepared thrown away.
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
You, sir, are the wrongest man ever to wrong a wrong.
"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 will never eat fast food fish. Fish needs to be carefully prepared thrown away onto the freeway.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 3, 2010 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
This is a factually incorrect opinion.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
How does it feel to be incredibly wrong?
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve tried many kinds prepared many ways. No matter what it all tastes the same. Fishy.
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
Here’s how you fix that!
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 3, 2010 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
I used to agree with you. Until I had sword fish. Then I tried halibut.
Both are tremendous.
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
You can’t get halibut in this part of the country. Woe.
"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
Why don’t you move back to the west coast? Just for the halibut.
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
I bet he has access to great swordfish, though.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
That’s true and it proabably tastes equally bad.
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
Did a swordfish kill your family?
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
No but I wouldn’t put it past them with.
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
if only
On the other hand, you can get really good, fresh gulf shrimp here.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
But do they have gefilte fish?
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
I agree. All seafood for that matter doesn’t belong on my plate.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 3, 2010 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Man, you people are weird.
"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
IAWTC
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
No, I was traumatized by the intersection of Lent and an ‘eat everything on your plate’ policy as a child.
But some friends of mine have a smokehouse in El Granada and have actually gotten me to enjoy Salmon in various forms, so maybe there’s hope.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 3, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
+1
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
some examples of awesome seafood
Octopus! Shrimp!
…among other stuff, actually. I was hoping to find a photo of the fried pomfret from Chinese New Year, but apparently that escaped the camera.
"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 like a lot of that food, but I have to admit, most of it aint pretty.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
What are those egg thingies?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Tea eggs
They’re like hard boiled eggs, but they’re boiled with tea and other stuff.
"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
Interesting.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
agreed. I hate fish.
Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.
by atxgiantsfan on Feb 3, 2010 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Go back to shame school, failure.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Hmm, it’s been a while since I’ve banned anyone.
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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Fish is far better when eaten as close to raw as possible.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
All of the UK and most of Ireland disagrees.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
It has always confounded me how almost every country in Europe has come up with such delicious signature dishes, and yet the British eat spotted dick and blood pudding.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t say that they were right. As an aside, I kind of like blood sausage.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
On Sunday I had fried salmon. It was amazing.
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 once saw a sushi chef cut off the left side of a fish, serve it to a customer, then put the mutilated fish back in the tank to swim around for a bit.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
Serve me up some of that swimming half-fish, please.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
But only give me a quarter of it. I’m not that hungry.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 4, 2010 12:00 AM PST up reply actions
Chik-fil-A is actually pretty decent.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
I might.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
I disagree. I think that its chicken is inferior to Wendy’s chicken.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
srsly? In my opinion it’s not even close to being close.
Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.
by atxgiantsfan on Feb 3, 2010 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
It’s not even close to being not even close to being close. Makes me wonder if rotorueter knows what chicken tastes like.
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 had a chic-fil-a in my dining hall in college and it tasted like mediocre breaded chicken. Maybe it was just a bad franchise.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
Okay, we’ll let it slide this time.
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."
Maybe I had a bad experience at one.
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
It’s lame that they are super religious and close on Sundays.
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
TWHSACW!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
I’m going to need help on that one
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
That’s What He Said About…
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll admit that I’ve been that dumbass that’s driven in the drive-thru and waited a couple minutes, until I realized that they were closed. IT’S UNAMERICAN!
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 3, 2010 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
What would Jesus do?
Well, He probably wouldn’t close Chick-Fil-A on Sundays, an obvious tip of the cap to Levitical law. Churches are open on other days too.
He would sell me mall food court chicken whenever I wanted it.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
I do not back a company that employs uneducated bovine.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
#2 in Fanshots
THOSE COWS HAVE A LEARNING DISORDER THAT AFFECTS THEIR SPELLING! DON’T BE AN INSENSITIVE ASS.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
COME SEE ME @ THE STOCKYARD UDED DAWG
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
I don’t understand your use of the past tense conjugation of the verb “ude” here.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
I was using it as an adjective in describing the dog (you). You are an uded dog.
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
Ooooooooh.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Until very recently
I thought “Chick-Fil-A” was pronounced “Chick-Fill-Uh.” I pronounced the “a” like I would pronounce the word “a.”
The name never made that much sense to me.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
You mean until you read this comment: http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/2/3/1291003/top-30-prospects-part-i-just-missed#30195266
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I’m not good with retaining the correct spelling of corporate logos.
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
On the contrary, you completely cleared up the pronunciation issue that had been bothering jcb9 for years.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
True story
When my family visited the UK in 1997, we flew out of Miami. On the drive from Tallahassee to Miami, we snacked on some boiled peanuts. We left the shells in the car without thinking about it. When we got back two weeks later, they were growing all sorts of lovely molds in ’em.
The lesson: boiled peanut shells are not like Twinkees.
"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'd heard of fried corn...
That sounds good in theory. But boiled peanuts? I don’t understand.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
They’re a southern thing. They taste and look sort of like kidney beans, actually.
My wife actually had fried corn the other night when we went out for barbecue! She didn’t like it. Said it was too greasy.
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I guess I’m of the opinion that peanuts are good enough to stand on their own merits. Turning them into butter is also acceptable. But I’ll have to try this boiling thing.
I guess we’re getting down to texture. A chewy peanut does sound pretty tasty.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I haven't done peanuts
But I sometimes make fried cashews. They’re quite good.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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Fried pickles, hmm?
Gross IMO
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Boiled peanuts are awesome, man.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Remember when the Chick-Fil-A Bowl was the Peach Bowl? Remember when it was both?
The Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl has always sounded like one of the nastiest food concepts I have ever had the misfortune to consider (until I decided it might just be a mediocre fast-food take on a peach cobbler).
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 6:31 PM PST up reply actions
It’s my favorite by far.
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 3, 2010 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
WTF is wrong with fried chicken man?
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He’s all greasy.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I would first need to know what a Chicken Man is.
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by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, the Kids.
Maybe NSFW, but if you’re fired you can join me ON THE DOLE!
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by victor frankenstein on Feb 3, 2010 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know but he sounds delicious.
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Pop-eyes?!
Pop-eyes is delicious. I will shiv you, you son of a bitch.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Popeye’s chicken = crazy delicious
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2 pieces of chicken for 99 cents on Tuesday/Thursday
WOOHOO yeah
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I’d just like to point out that no one has argued the awesomeness of Wendy’s.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Also, no one has even mentioned McDonald’s.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
McDonald’s makes the list of 5 fast food chains that didn’t make my top-30 list.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Why are their patties squares?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
For storage purposes.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 3, 2010 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Because In-and-Out gets all the non-nerdy patties.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
/begins polarizing sub thread about how awesome In-N-Out even though it has an elitist ‘secret’ menu.
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In-N-Out
followed by Carls Jr
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Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
TWSS
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
Well played
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Not in the same night
In-N-Out is the best FF Restaurant and Carls Jr is the 2nd best
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Five Guys Burgers and Fries is pretty goddamn money. They have surpassed In-N-Out in my book.
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5 Guys Double Cheeseburger with jalapenos, hot sauce, mayo, and a green bell pepper slice = taste heaven
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Don't forget the Cajun fries.
I usually get a Double Cheeseburger with grilled onions, mushrooms, pickles, tomato, lettuce and BBQ.
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That sounds good.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
East Coast mostly. Ive only had it once and it was pretty damn good, but expensive.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 3, 2010 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
There's one
in Vancouver, Washington. I never ate there though
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Might as well be the East Coast as far as im concerned
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 3, 2010 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
I have yet to make it down to the Galleria in Dallas for Five Guys.
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5 Guys 1 Hamburger Bun
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 3, 2010 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of East Coast chains, anyone ever had a sandwich from Potbelly’s? It might only be a D.C thing… Delicious
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by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, they do. If you ever fly through Chicago Midway, there’s one in the terminal, actually.
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I have been informed that the only sandwich worth getting there is The Wreck. It wasn’t great, but it was pretty good. Not worth a trip in itself, but if there’s one around, why not?
The best sandwiches I ever had in Chicago were banh mi
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There’s a place in SF that sells these and they are amazing.
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Lee's?
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Burritos are the best fast food and it’s not even close. There are so many good quick burrito places in CA and I miss them. People on the East Coast just don’t make them right.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
So true. Everyone in Boston raves about Anna’s Taqueria and how they have “THE BEST BURRITO EVAH”! Yeah, it’s a slightly better version of Chipotle. I miss good burritos.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
we've gotten burritos in Tallahassee a couple of times
The types of burritos available: beef, chicken, pork. Not a good sign.
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Chipotle isn't very good either
Doesn’t feel as fatty afterward
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Qdoba > Chipotle
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You want a good burrito, you better go to CA
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 moved to NYC a little over four years ago, and have suffered the miserable array of Mexican food options: crappity-crap or vastly overpriced and over-thought “New Mexican Cuisine” (TWELVE DOLLARS for one avocado’s worth of guac? Hell to tha nizzo! Suck it, Dos Caminos!)
But those few times a year I make it home…
It’s like this,
but with lengua burritos.
Luckily, NYC takes it’s foodie rep very seriously, and is aware that the dearth of quality cheap Mexican food must be addressed. So there’s hope.
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
I moved to Texas four… five years ago, and lemme tell you something, tex-mex aint f**king Mexican food.
I got so desperate for good Mexican food that I just started making it myself. My mother-in-law (Mexican) now says I make better Mexican food than most of her family. Of course, she was the one teaching me most of it. But it’s still saying a lot.
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 know, right?
There were some nice taco trucks and one ok taqueria, but overall the Mexican food there* can’t compare to California.
*Although I’ve never eaten Mexican food in San Antonio, aside from empanadas one morning (very good empanadas), so there might still be hope.
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My girlfriend is from San Antonio (her dad used to do play-by-play for the Spurs), and I can definitively say that the Mexican food down there is just fine. I ate at the place that Bobby Flay did a puffy taco Throwdown, and it was awesome. There was another place that was not so hot; they spilled a full cosmo into my gf’s mom’s new Louis Vuitton purse. More repulsively, the restaurant belonged to Robert Horry, a fact I did not learn until seeing the menu. I, as a Kings fan, seriously considered making the entire party of six go somewhere else.
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 7:41 PM PST up reply actions
I ate at the place that Bobby Flay did a puffy taco Throwdown, and it was awesome.
I know, I know. That’s a particularly gross TWSS.
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
Not true. AZ has delicious burritos.
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My last Filiberto's buttpee experience put the kibosh on AZ burritos por vida.
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by victor frankenstein on Feb 4, 2010 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
You could just avoid chains.
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Speaking of crappy burritos
I hate to inform everyone in Berkeley of this but Gordo’s is freaking terrible.
FU, FO
Gordo’s in the Richmond area in SF is OK. Not as a good as places down in the Mission but above Chipotle. The worst burrito I ever had was late 90’s at Candlestick. I took one bite and threw the rest away. Even with what I spend on it, I couldn’t eat it.
"meh"
I’m not a fan of Gordo’s in the Richmond. My favorite non-mission burrito is El Burrito Express on Divisadero near Bush.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
OT the klaw
not sure if this has been posted elsewhere… klaw on with damon bruce tonight 8pm.
What are the chances that Bruce will not get that he was burned? I say pretty high.
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Link
Listen here live, I think.
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i missed the law interview
did anybody hear it ? was the topic the farm system ?
I discovered this too late in the thread for anyone to notice
So I’ll repeat it here: in E Ticket’s Carlton Fisk fanpost, on the linked article some of the comments are great. One guy says Mark McGwire shouldn’t be a Hall of Famer regardless of steroids because he wasn’t good at anything but home runs – he was mediocre in batting average, OBP, and RBIs. These are all FACTS, he assured us.
Putting aside BA and RBIs: dude had a .391 OBP. That’s better than, oh, say, Frank Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, George Brett, Robin Yount, Pete Rose, Willie McCovey….
I love stupid people and their FACTS.
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10,000th comment!!!!!!
/watches single balloon quietly drop from the ceiling
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That’s pretty incredible, considering you are several time zones away.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
I’m getting close to 50,000
D:
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28,087th!!!!
LOLoser.
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Reply fail?
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Almost 30,000 comments and still struggling with the replies… Shame.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I guess your on the Quantity over Quality team.
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by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
I’d probably have around that many if I could actually participate in the game threads these days.
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6,847
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
6423
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The Mariners Refuse to Quit
Jim Street of MLB.com hears that the Mariners might re-sign free agent left-hander Erik Bedard.
But they won’t count on him to contribute anytime soon. Bedard, who underwent left shoulder surgery last August, is expected to miss the first few months of the season. The Mariners are still paying Bedard’s medical bills and are keeping close tabs on his rehab. The 30-year-old southpaw made just 30 starts over the past two seasons due to injury, but is still very effective when healthy. Depending on the type of guaranteed money he is seeking, it could be a high-reward signing.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
If they land him, I think they can officially hand that division to the Mariners on a silver platter.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
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It’s amazing what having Not Bill Bavasi as your GM can do for a franchise.
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This gives me hope. Once we finally get rid of Sabean, it potentially won’t take too long to turn things around.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
That’s why I carefully hedged it with potentially.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
Dave Littlefield=Assistant GM
Matt Millen= Draft Consultant
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on the other hand
Bill Bavasi is only 52. They could bring him out of retirement!
"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
Sabean’s kicking his tires as a potential cleanup-hitting right fielder as we speak!
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
More OT: Bryce Harper is on Major Douche Alert Status Right Now
Look at that eye black. What a prick.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/02/02/bryce.harper/index.html
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Yeah, I don’t get that. He should be paying mega kangaroo court bucks for doing that.
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 3, 2010 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
That was shot for a SI cover story. I doubt he does that regularly. Even if he does, the kid is 16 or 17.
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by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Some guys do it in NCAA ball. BA had an article about some kid yesterday, and his picture was him taking a ground ball or something, and he had that crap on his face. I have to admit that I felt intimidated when I looked at it, and I am sure the opposition did too.
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 3, 2010 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Dude, intimidated? Really? I laughed when I first saw it. I thought he was trying to dress up like Robin.
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by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
I am not sure if you are joking, but my comment was full of ’chasm.
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Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Feb 3, 2010 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
Rope. Please?
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by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
They claim he has all the tools save for the run tool. Discuss.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He would get more as a international FA
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by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Could be worse.
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 6:48 PM PST up reply actions
Videogame OT:
Since we obviously aren’t talking about prospects (I’m so sorry, Grant). What are you guys playing? I finally finished off Mass Effect last week so I could start Mass Effect 2, which is hopefully waiting for me on my doorstep before I get home.
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Pokemon (LeafGreen/Emerald/Pearl)
Final Fantasy III DS (the graphical remake of this is amazing but the story “updates” are laughable)
Final Fantasy XII (I haven’t played this in awhile)
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I’ve wanted to get that FFIII for DS for awhile now, maybe I’ll pick it up for my next trip.
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It’s a fun game for sure, but they made a big deal about how they gave it a full story and actual characters instead of just onion knights and they really… didn’t.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yeah… it was pretty bland.
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I think one of the characters (Arc?) hasn’t had a line of dialogue since the first twenty minutes of the game lol
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I’m 44 hours into the game and just can’t seem to finish. Not really sure what I am doing wrong.
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
I’d help you if I remembered anything about the end of the game.
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Is it FF III legit or FFIII States Style?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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The only FF I’ve played is VII on playstation. It was awesome but for some reason I have never played another.
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At least you played the best one.
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
yeah really
FF7 is the best video game ever made. 12 was pretty good and 13 looks promising but 7 will always reign supreme.
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I respectfully disagree.
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VI is my favorite Final Fantasy
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I prefer X. I actually thought XII was pretty poor… Decent story with a weak ending, and an atrocious battle system.
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by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
I'll agree that FF7 has the best MIDI soundtrack of all console video games.
Star Control 2 takes the cake in a general video game sense.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I really hope this turns into an epic sub-thread.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
The early Sonic games had amazing music.
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13 is going to be effing awful. No towns? Extreme linearity? Umm… No thanks. I can’t imagine how this game is going to be any fun at all.
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by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:16 PM PST up reply actions
I’m getting ready to start Emerald over because I need to harvest some TMs to import into Diamond in order to get the official moveset of my awesome Team Blue. I got the Gamestop Shiny Pichu last night, and was angered to discover that Pichu only evolves up when happy. Which angers me because I hate Pichu and Pikachu both, and the less time I have to spend with either of them before getting Raichu, the better.
On the bright side, I discovered that I had actually caught my Latios in Emerald, so once I migrate that over my non-event-legendary collection will be as complete as it’s getting.
Then, more Team Blue leveling. But I need my TMs, dammit!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
Well, now I know what we sound like to non-baseball fans.
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 6:50 PM PST up reply actions
Or even to baseball fans!
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
X Com was available for two bucks off Steam. I was all over that. UFO Defense is my first target… Steam doing that might actually ruin my life, but at least I’ll have fun in the mean time.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Pokemon (Diamond)
MLB 09 The Show
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
Um, I’ve been playing The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening on a Game Boy emulator.
My favorite video games are all the ones I played as a kid.
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that has the saddest ending of all video games I've ever played, by the way
You destroy everything! You kill everyone in the entire game, except not really, because they sort of never existed to begin with!
"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
Like the end of Mario 2 when he wakes up because it was all just a dream.
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
BUT HOW COULD IT BE A DREAM IF SHY GUYS AND NINJIS EXIST IN THE MARIO UNIVERSE?!
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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The Mario universe is a dream, Natto. He never actually woke up. He just had a different dream.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 4, 2010 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Does he wake up? I thought it just showed him sleeping through the credits?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
You are correct.
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Take THAT jhiat00! PWNED MF!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
FALSE!!!!
At the end it there is a screen that tells you how much each character contributed to beating the game. Then it cuts to Mario sleeping with that same screen inside a bubble above Mario’s head. This clearly means that the whole thing was a dream.
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
Yeah, but you said that he wakes up. He doesn’t. I never said it wasn’t a dream. Obviously it’s a dream. I just said that he didn’t wake up.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 4, 2010 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
He does wake up. He opens one eye for just a second and then goes back to sleep. HAVE YOU EVEN PLAYED NINTENDO??!!
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
That’s just a twitch.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 4, 2010 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Hmmm you could be right. I think he was still recovering from all of the partying after the success of Super Mario Brothers.
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
No, I remember him doing that now that you mention it.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 4, 2010 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
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Someone actually BEAT Super Mario Bros. 2 or was this something Nintendo released years later to prove that the game could be beaten?
Yeah, I've beaten it.
The game wasn’t that hard.
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I kicked ass on that game
The slot machine was easy. I would end up with max lives.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 3, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
Now the REAL Mario Bros. 2: That game is freaking hard.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
Yes
The only way I was able to beat was with the ability to save.
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When I was young I could only beat it with the Game Genie. But I know where the warps are, so I could probably beat it without cheating in less than an hour if I played it today.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
That game is my favorite Zelda game.
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Finishing up Assassin’s Creed 2. Two more achievements left!
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I’m about ten hours into it…so much better than the first one!
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
Totally
i borrowed the first one from my friend with the intention on finishing it before I opened AC2, but only lasted a few hours before I got sick of it.
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What’s the major differences? The first one looked neat, but I never picked it up.
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Just not as good overall. It’s a lot fo the same thing over and over. The story is kind of meh with a boring main character. A lot less moves and weapons. The first is almost like a proof of concept and the second is that concept turned into a great game. I still thought it was fun, just not nearly as great as the second.
Soooo repetitive. Climb tower, save citizen, pick pocket, eavesdrop, do some lame random task for informant, assassinate dude, run away. Repeat 15 times. Game over.
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
when I played it, it was more like: massacre a bunch of people then jump in a hay pile for a few minutes so everyone would forget what you did, then eventually get around to doing a quest
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
That’s the best way to play it.
Fun thing to do in AC2: Poison a guard so he goes crazy and starts swinging his sword wildly. Then throw a bunch of money on the ground next to him so all the citizens run after the money to pick it up and get cut down by the guard.
by chilibean_3 on Feb 3, 2010 4:10 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I must try this, especially since the game scolds you if you attack civilians.
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Just like in real life!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Well not really. It wouldnt be that hard. Its getting away thats the hard part.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 3, 2010 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
TWSS!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
That is masterful sir
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
A couple hours into the game, I was tallying the number of idiotic design choices I could find. Bland overworld that you had to ride through after every mission. No reward for collecting the flags. Repetitive mission structure. Running in a circle for 3 hours to escape the guards… It’s almost like they purposely screwed up the first one so that the sequel would seem even better with all the improvements.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
The presentation was a lot more obtuse. You start out fully powered with abilities and weapons but they’re suddenly stripped away, so you have to start from scratch. A lot of the quests are really tedious and requiring long travel times between towns. Also I had no connection with the character at all. You can see the foundation for something promising, but you have to get through a lot of crap. The second one slowly eases you into the game, and you really get to know the character. It’s actually a lot like Zelda games where you slowly gain more items and powers to get stronger as the game progresses. You even collect certain items to create a new health point.
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I would
I just read the story on Wikipedia and moved on.
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I also hate the whole modern day part of the story. Playing as an assassin in open-world Crusades mid-east and Renaissance Italy is plenty interesting
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by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:25 PM PST up reply actions
I think it’s a pretty interesting framework. You need it to tie the stories together. It gets crazy at the ending of AC2.
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Mostly online Settlers of Catan. I’d like to start a new Strategy RPG, but I can’t find anything that is as simple as Shining Force 2 (I don’t want the massive amount of micromanagement that games like FF Tactics and Ogre Battle have).
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
I was recently introduced to the board game version of Settlers. I want my own now.
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Also
If you have a DS, I hear Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor is a really good strategy RPG.
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Perhaps I can find it emulated. Thanks for the tip.
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does not have
infinite replay value. Maybe a dozen times. I have two copies with different colors so I can play with 8 people. Except I don’t have 7 friends.
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That one is fun, too, but I don’t think I’d have the patience for Cities and Knights in real time.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Wii Fit
Want to start a new Wind Waker file.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
#2 in Fanshots
I initially read that as Wind Wanker. Now I’m kind of disappointed.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Fantastic
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:25 PM PST up reply actions
Oh and I forgot
OUT OF THE PARK BASEBALL
Best. Game. Ever.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I play at least one game of RBI Baseball III on VirtualNES.com. Playing as the Expos, I can beat the American League All Stars on hard almost every time.
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
PLANESCAPE: TORMENT
It is teh awesome
what can I say, I am old school
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Best video game story of all time.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
what's funny
is that I was kinda meh on playing it because it’s a D&D game, and I loath the D&D system with the same youth-fueled passion that I loath tourists with. But, hey, who cares if the stories good.
Combat in PS:T is wretched however. True of Fallout and Arcanum too though. Kind of a theme in well written RPGs.
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That’s why I can’t call it a great game. But the story is excellent.
Funny how every game you just mentioned was made by Black Isle.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
if by "funny"
you mean obviously. Technically, Troika made Arcanum, but it’s the same guys. And also Bloodlines which is supposed to be good (although FPS combat) but I never played it.
I have not really been happy with any RPG combat system though. They are either too twitchy (FPS) or too tedious (Fallout) or both (PS:T/Aracanum)…. I never tried arcanum on RT maybe it’s better “click to strike” 1/sec.
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Incorrect. Fallout is the best video game story of all time. Planescape and Mass Effect get honorable mentions (I never played Arcanum).
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
I loved FO/FO2
In fact, I am writing my own.
But the story in PS:T is better. So far. I am only like 1/3rd of the way through I think.
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Writing your own? I am intrigued.
I think my main reason for liking the FO story better is the setting. The characters in Planescape are certainly more well-developed, and the story is much more complex, but the setting in Fallout is so much more original, and makes the whole experience very memorable to me. Whereas the swords & sorcery thing has been done to death IMO. I’d much rather have guns and technology, like Fallout or Mass Effect.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
Question: What are you most inclined to do when playing an RPG?
A. Leave the characters names alone.
B. Change the main character’s name to your name and give the other characters your friends’ names.
C. Name every character a slang word for genitals.
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
First playthrough: A
Future playthroughs: Obscene names
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
same thing
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
...
B.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
On the first play through I go with A now.
Made the mistake of B exactly once, when I was doing a quick start of FF7 at my friends with no intention to keep playing it from there, named Aerith my GF’s name only to have my friend tell me what happens to her while my GF (who is now my wife) was in the room.
When I am playing through a second time or for fun I may do weird names.
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Fun
Play through FF7 and name everyone Sephiroth
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
A
with a side of C if I play a little a second time. Try naming the main guy “I farted” or some such.
I did C on the Wii and I went to play online Mario Kart. It made me change my NAME!
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
Depends on the game, but mostly A.
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B
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
Mostly A. I’ve thought about changing the names to food, though.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
I need to finish Mass Effect. :/
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Rock Band 2
Looking forward to the Rock Band Network. Looks like some big name bands are signed up for it.
Expert vocals FTW
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Mass Effect is one of my all-time favorites. ME2 is really good so far (I’m probably about half-way through), but I’m a bit disappointed at the removal of some of the traditional RPG elements from the game (no more armor!). Still lots of fun though, and the story and dialog are just as good as the first. Scanning planets for minerals is really effing boring though, even more boring than in ME1.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
Arkham Asylum
Normally I dont like games on rails, but so far pretty damn good. Recently finished Uncharted 2, which was excellent
Timmy thats not a bong....
Just getting into this one… I am barely able to play these new generation games; before the PS3 it was a PS1 (first launch) and just some sports games. I tried to play CoD4 but during the training session, it was clear to me (and the AI) that I could not handle these new games.
I’m getting along okay in AA and LOVE IT… but I had to put it down because I lost more time playing that than I do playing MLB 09, which I play every day, but can stop after a couple of hours.
On the Mac: Heroes of Might and Magic 4 (Is HoMM 5 good? Should I drop the $50 for it? Li’l help here?)
On my gf’s roommate’s Wii: Sports Resort, especially Bowling and (especially) Fencing. I’m stuck on the penultimate level, Castle Reverse. My shoulder hurts. I like the Island Flyover game too. It kinda reminds me of Ender’s game.
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
HOMM5 >>> HOMM4
Would I drop $50 on it? Don’t know. I’d be willing to bet you could find it cheaper
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
For PC, yeah. For Mac, not so much.
Le sigh.
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 9:54 PM PST up reply actions
Playing Bioshock for the third time on Survivor difficulty, prepping for Bioshock 2 next week. By the way, Bioshock is by far the best game to be released on the current generation of consoles.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:23 PM PST up reply actions
Halo 1 for PC on Heroic. I’m pretty much a video game noob, never heard of about 90% of the games in this thread.
I was doing Age of Empires, Age of Kings campaigns on Moderate but stopped for a while to play Halo after too many futile attempts at Joan of Arc 6.
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 seriously thought Threets was a big-leaguer.
This is why I no longer attempt to rank prospects.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
to be fair
Hard-throwing, tall left handers from Livermore, CA: Mark Davis, Randy Johnson, Erick Threets.
That was a pretty impressive track record. You can’t argue with results!
"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
how about a sort of on-topic off-topic discussion?
Who was the first Giants prospect who you were excited about who turned into a complete bust?
For me, it was Steve Hosey. Or maybe Ted Wood. I can’t remember which came first – they were around the same time. I was more excited about Hosey, 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 was a big Marcus Sanders fan :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Damon Minor. The stats. The big body.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
I was hoping that there would be Dugout chats about him.
DAMON MINOR IS TICKLED PINK TO BE PLAYING FOR THE GIANTS BASE-BALLED CLUB
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
The eery similarity to Brendan Fraser
Whoever invented rope was a real a-hole!
by Cannonballden on Feb 3, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Lance Niekro
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
I don’t know if you can call him a bust but Jerome Williams’ career arc was pretty short. I always liked him when he was coming up.
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Not really a flop, but very disappointing.
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Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
EME probably then. He could hit but injuries just killed him. Check out his 2005 in San Jose as a 21-year-old: .313/.427/.524, 89 walks, 82 strikeouts. I think in another reality he could have been an occasional All-Star in the majors.
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wilriv doesn’t think he’s a flop!
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I guess it brings up another Q: do you consider guys who were stopped by injuries busts? Or just guys who could never live up to their potential?
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I think injuries, like in Foppert’s case, counts as a bust. Maybe not the same degree of bust as a guy who was always healthy but didn’t produce like he seemed like he should, but still a bust.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I don’t think you can call a prospect a bust if they provide enough value to offset their cost (salary/draft pick/signing).
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
Plus, looking at his minor league and then early major league stats, it probably wasn’t too difficult to foresee bust potential (though I didn’t at the time because man, I didn’t know about K/9 or any of that stuff in 2003!) But a lot of what made him a good prospect seems like it was mostly ARL stuff, which is important, but between the velocity disparities and the okay but not great results in the minors, plus the weight issues, etc etc, in retrospect, he doesn’t seem like a guy who was really going to sustain his rookie level of production.
It’s painful for me to say this because I really, really liked him back in 03/04.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
The sad thing about Jerome is that his other pitches looked good enough that even if he wasn’t throwing in the mid-90’s, he could still compete.
But then he got horrendously fat and hurt his arm doing that weird side-arm-slingy pick-off move to first.
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Yeah. Without the injuries he could have been Livan Hernandez.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
I think you’d have to call Williams a bust. I remember a BA in the winter of 2003 where the writers were arguing whether Williams or Foppert was the best pitching prospect in baseball. Sigh.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
Grant Brisbee
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
I have value as the last writer on the bench. Take that back.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 3, 2010 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
I’m sorry, but that BCB guy is WAY ahead of you on the depth charts.
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
Jesse Foppert
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Foppert’s injury just crushed me.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
Buster Posey :-(
In all seriousness, I’ve only really been following the farm system for a few seasons, so no one really comes to mind quickly, aside from Wendell :-(
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Oh man, I just remembered
Munter D:
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Munter = Munson?
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
Scott Munter
I’ll still have that 2005 season!!!
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I didn't into BA until 05 so...
Merkin followed by Marcus Sanders
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Man, I’m always surprised by how recently so many of y’all became fans.
"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 been a fan since ‘93 but didn’t ever pay attention to the farm until the last few years.
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
I didn’t either, but guys like Hosey and Wood made the Majors – briefly but with fanfare. I always always a suck for prospects of that sort, even when I didn’t know shit about the minor league 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
I grew up in northern plains and we didn’t even have intertubez until 1999 so I basically watched when I could and mostly watched the season through sportscenter highlights.
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
I hears ya
I spent a lot of my childhood on the east coast, following the Giants by reading the box score in the next day’s paper – sometimes the paper two days later. Including 1993 and the last couple of months of 1989. It sucked. Hard.
"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
The first Giants game I remember watching on TV was that loss to LA at the end of ’93.
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
Did you get Lasorda's rant?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 3, 2010 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair I got into BA at 13
so I’m relatively young but yeah, I actually bought the 05 book because I recognized Jeremy Hermida’s name and then I just studied the book and now I love it
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
This is going back, but I was sooooooooooo excited when we won the “Max Venable” sweepstakes. Stealing a bonus baby away from the Dodgers was just too good.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
Wayyyyy backkkk
I think all of Venable’s kids are older than I am.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Dante Powell
Just the name alone made you root for him to succeed
by crazedcrustacean on Feb 3, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Carlos Valderrama. Power+Speed!
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
Steve Decker count?
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."
Buster Posey
you can tell just by his name
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
HE HAD HIS CHANCE!
NOT IMPRESSED!!!
"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
He can't get any more big league experience
He doesn’t even have any big league experience!
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
William Van Landingham
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
Again, really not a bust. 3.54 ERA in 1994, 3.67 in 1995.
In hindsight, you could see the writing on the wall with his peripherals, but still, that’s a couple of nice seasons right there, at a time when the Giants didn’t have much going for them – especially in terms of pitching. That’s a LOT more than the vast majority of prospects ever do.
"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
Although that reminds me of another one for me
Joe Rosselli.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Yeah, I know, but when I was 13 year old holding his rookie card, he was obviously the greatest prospect EVAR. Because here he is A GIANTS PROSPECT in the pack I JUST BOUGHT!
ZOMG.
So when he turned out to be just another meh pitcher- and shortly thereafter not even that- and I realized that his rookie card was NOT, in fact, going to finance my lifestyle as an international jet-setter, I was all, like, “What a phony.”
I didn’t pay too much attention to the details back then.
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
ringleader. Great promise, but where the hell has he been lately? Send him down.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:33 PM PST up reply actions
Buster Posey was the first Giants prospect about whom I was ever excited.
We’ll see how that turns out.
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
The jury is still out on him.
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
by jhiat00 on Feb 3, 2010 1:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Out t to DINNER!
AMIRITE?!
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 3, 2010 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Massive fail on Facebook
In response to a news item about Miller winning the Frick award:
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Everyone's a critic!
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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/emotes
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, how IS WalrusMan doing?
"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
Where did the whole “WalrusMan is a pedophile” gag come from anyway? It seems kind of mean.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
gag is an interesting choice of word considering the origin of the topic at hand.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Where did the whole "WalrusMan is a pedophile" gag come from anyway?
I think it was during a gamethread. The camera panned to a bunch of college-age ladies — about the same age as WalrusMan, mind you — and he made a “hubba hubba” kind of comment. There were a couple of 30+ types there who would have felt awfully creepy if they had made the same comment, so they joked that WalrusMan was being creepy.
Something like that. I could never find the thread in question, so I don’t guarantee the accuracy of this version.
It seems kind of mean.
Yeah, but it’s pretty funny.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 3, 2010 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
mean and funny
is still funny
TEMPORARY SIG AWAITING FINAL SABEAN APOCALYPSE
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It's not mean if it's true, no?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
If his Facebook updates have anything to say about it, I’m pretty sure the only thing that he ever does is cook dinner with his girlfriend.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know what's worse
that he would bother to update his FB with this scintillating info… or that someone else would actually read it.
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My last two Facebook updates have to do with Pokemon. Before that, what I was eating for dinner. Before that, how much I was enjoying watching the Edge of Darkness tomatometer drop.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
nathaniel – hyper awsome uber kid normally asumed cool by many. But is usually found to be on drugs…
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 WAS ON MAN VS FOOD OMG WHO SAW ME???
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 3, 2010 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
How does one pronounce Terye? Is it meant to be Terry?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
TERROR-YEEEEEEE!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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Hahaha I was just looking at that. I couldnt resist commenting. I know its futile, but I had to try.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 3, 2010 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
and he spelled win like when? thats kinda weird too.
Chick's dig the long ball.
by The Montana Giant on Feb 3, 2010 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe English isn’t his first language.
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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Brian Sabean is dumb
As for the rest of the team, Sabean said the additions of outfielder Mark DeRosa and first baseman Aubrey Huff, plus a full season from second-baseman Freddie Sanchez (after he rehabs from off-season shoulder surgery), bolster an offense that already has proven talent.
“With this lineup, I think we can springboard off the 88 wins from last year and get into playoff contention,’’ he said
The reasons?
“Number One,‘’ Sabean said, "we’ll have more experience on the field. Number Two, guys will be able to hit in the order where they have traditionally hit.’’
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
It’s science!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Number Three: ???
Number Four: Profit!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Feb 3, 2010 3:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Number Five: Puppies!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD!!!
HEY GUYS REMEMBER WHEN WE WANTED TO STAY YOUNG?
SHOOT ME IN THE FACE PLZ
"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 about a sad ipad?
Chick's dig the long ball.
by The Montana Giant on Feb 3, 2010 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Our GM is a moron. I know this isn’t new, but I need to remind myself sometimes.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
note:
he said proven talent. Not necessarily proven to be good.
Also, what’s he supposed to say…. well, it was kinda a weak FA market so I hope I didn’t make the team worse. Oh, and BTW, please buy tickets.
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Yeah, if you don’t want to hear a story repeated over & over, don’t watch ESPN during the 2 week SuperBowl hype.
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."
Also, LOL Giants?
Mychael Urban of CSNBayArea.com reports that talks between the Giants and Tim Lincecum aren’t going well.
Lincecum asked for $13 million and was offered $8 million when arbitration figures were exchanged last month. They already appear destined for a hearing, one that Lincecum will surely win, but multiple sources have told Urban that San Francisco’s young ace has dismissed several two-year deals from the club. Proposing a two-year deal is telling, not only because he will have two more years of arbitration after the contract, but it may play into concerns about his durability. That’s pretty much the only leg the Giants have to stand on when a pitcher wins consecutive Cy Young awards, but this could get more contentious than they would have hoped.
Per Rotoworld.
(LOL URBAN)
#1 FanShot Champion
I fear the day Timmy becomes a free agent. :(
"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
banned :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
they sure would
Chick's dig the long ball.
by The Montana Giant on Feb 3, 2010 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
I tried to find a picture of Mike Piazza in Marlins pinstripes (I THINK they had pinstripes at the time)
Just for pure surreal value. but this was all I came up with:
"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
In 1997, the Marlins won the World Series; in 1998, they lost 108 games.
You’d be disgusted if you were traded to them in 1998, 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
for those who haven't been around long enough to remember...
The Dodgers didn’t want to pay Piazza FA money, so they were shopping him around. They shocked everyone by trading him to the Marlins, who had just had a fire sale a few months earlier:
Mike Piazza and Todd Zeile for Manuel Barrios, Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich, Charles Johnson, and Gary Sheffield
About a week later, the Marlins flipped him to the Dodgers:
Mike Piazza for Geoff Goetz, Preston Wilson, and Ed Yarnall
That didn’t work out so well for the Marlins.
"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
You mean the Mets instead of the Dodgers in the second trade, of course. That was a terrible deal for the Marlins.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Right, duh. Brain fart.
"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 worries.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
and some context for how bad that deal was for the Marlins
Sheffield, Bonilla, Eisenreich, and Johnon = half their lineup at the time.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
that was the end of the O’Malley era. Pretty sad—Piazza was a stud.
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Feb 3, 2010 6:51 PM PST up reply actions
Mike Piazza just convened a press conference to announce that the appropriate response here is TWSS, not TWHS.
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 7:12 PM PST up reply actions
he and Karros were gay for each other
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Feb 3, 2010 7:31 PM PST up reply actions
which reminds me—Sarah Silverman resumes tomorrow
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Feb 3, 2010 7:31 PM PST up reply actions
Brian and Steve FTW!
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 7:44 PM PST up reply actions
FUCK YOU
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
:(
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Imagine how insufferable PR would be if they had Lincecum.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
That weed-smoking, foul-mouthed, long-haired West Coast beach boy?
Pff, the fine community of Purple Row wouldn’t tolerate it.
Yes!
Yes!
Fuck Yes!
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
oh Giants no
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
This.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
This wont be your thought when Lincecum gets TJ surgery and the Giants are paying him 13 million to sit on the bench in a few years.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 3, 2010 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, it still would.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
You get what Im sayin though. AS much as we dont want to believe it, there is a chance, as with any pitcher, that Lincecum will get injured. There is probably even a greater chance with him because he is pretty wiry and he has erratic mechanics.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 3, 2010 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
Erratic is the wrong word for his mechanics. He’s very consistent with his mechanics. They are unconventional, but they aren’t erratic.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yeah
Graham, are you sure you aren’t a scout from the Mariners, Dodgers, Royals, or the other teams who skipped Lincecum in the draft!? That’s what they all said!
"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 probably wouldnt have picked him. Im very glad the Giants did though.
But yeah whatever, his mechanics are unconventional.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 3, 2010 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
i'd pay him to grow grass....no pun intended.
Chick's dig the long ball.
by The Montana Giant on Feb 3, 2010 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
But have you ever tried salary arbitration negotiations… ON WEED?!?
BTW, there’s something surreally entertaining about your sig just repeating your screen name. Thumbs up.
McSabey you're losing me
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Feb 3, 2010 7:15 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I get what you’re saying. It’s just that I’d rather see Tim being paid the money that he deserves and in a Giants uni, even if he gets injured (though I hope that never happens), than see him with another team.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 3, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Jack Z rubs his hands together in anticipation…
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
It’s worth noting that the money given to Molina and DeRosa would make up this difference.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
My Conspiracy Theory
There was a GM on a grassy knoll who thought his player was going to come in with an arbitration number north of $15M. This GM then decided to come in with a number an arb would rule in the team’s favor. Voila! $8M.
Unfortunately the GM was outguessed when the player came in with a lower number – a number that the arb could easily award to the player.
What a Smart GM would have done
I though 10 mil would have been the perfect amount to offer Timmy if he goes super high they definitely rule for you. If they do what they did you stand a really good chance at winning. And at the same time you show Timmy the proper respect by submitting the highest number ever AWARDED.
I am sympathetic to the Giants management in this one instance. $8 million is already the most offered by a team in arbitration. I don’t think MLB owners would’ve appreciated/approved of the Giants submitting an eight-figure arb number because of the precedent it’d set for the rest of teams. The Giants love being good soldiers as much as they love playing them.
Isn’t that what happened when we signed Renteria? All the other GMs were mad because he could’ve been had for much less then we gave him.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
Have to love the Giants paying for Molina, but lowballing Lincecum.
And why do we root for this team again?
Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"
Hmm.....? Because our next best home team option is the A's.
Chick's dig the long ball.
by The Montana Giant on Feb 3, 2010 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
The Brass must know that they’ll lost the arbitration hearing… Wouldn’t it be in their best interest to negotiate? I’m having trouble understanding this whole procedure.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:43 PM PST up reply actions
You have no idea how long I was waiting for the 665th comment. Thanks, Natto.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 3, 2010 5:20 PM PST up reply actions
UR Satan
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 3, 2010 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t you have homework to do or something?
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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yeah. but mostly Im working on my Eagle Project so I can go skiing this weekend.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 3, 2010 5:35 PM PST up reply actions
Eagles of Death Metal?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 3, 2010 7:09 PM PST up reply actions
You mean the thing you have to do to become an Eagle Scout?
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:47 PM PST up reply actions
I.com’s Jon Heyman states the obvious and says that the two sides are likely headed to an arbitration hearing later this month, however he adds that this is something that likely never would have happened under Peter Magowan’s watch. Magowan stepped down as the team’s managing partner after the 2008 season, and had historically taken care of his star players.
Lincecum filed for $13MM in his first year of arbitration eligibility, while the team countered with just $8MM. He’s going to set a new salary record for a first year eligible pitcher regardless of the outcome, but it’s worth noting that Lincecum’s average fastball velocity dropped from 94.1-mph in 2008 to 92.4-mph last season, so perhaps the club has some concerns about his long-term durability.
Of course not. It's the Posey Principle.
Posey has no big league experience, so he can’t be trusted until he has big league experience.
Zito, OTOH, has no questions about his durability because he’s been durable.
“The longer I do this the smarter I get.”
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Feb 3, 2010 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
This is why I'd make a bad reporter (among other occupations):
I only just now thought of a follow-up question to that statement from Sabean: “So, how dumb were you to begin with?”
I know it’s early, but I’m not getting a good first impression of BowTie. That whole “Giants Way” thing just reeks of a hollow marketing campaign to keep the casual fans on board
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Feb 3, 2010 11:49 PM PST up reply actions
We had such high hopes for Bowtie, but if in his first 2 years of tenure he extends Bochy and Sabean for their ineptness and pisses off the single best pitcher in the league, their may be mutiny afoot.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
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