1. Going 3-3 in a spring training game does not qualify as “heroics”. That’s absurd.

2. If you go to the gameday thread after Bengie’s HR, there’s someone who posts “B $$$” and a gif of Bengie’s head on some fat dude riding a bike. That’s pretty typical of this site, and stuff that doesn’t show up when you search for “Bengie Molina”. No one is going to post, “I particularly enjoyed that Bengie Molina home run”.

3. This is a waste of my time and I’m going to sleep.

I..it’s…holysh..wow.

And I killed a man with a trident!

Please explain why I should take this post seriously.

but how did he handle the pitchers?

He so well seasoned…

I think this post is a joke.

Okay, first off…a game with only one GDT is NOT a game.
Very few people got to watch/listen to/follow this game.
And while I was happy to hear he hit a home run, I wasn’t going to come running on here 6 hours after the fact to go all gushy ga-ga about it.
So nyah!

can I please call this person a fucking idiot? Pleaasssee?

Yes, I know. It’s spring training. The games don’t count.

Well said.

The Tempos, 1959

I like Uribe.

I have one data points. From this one data point I will draw a wave with unknown wavelength and amplitude.

It’s science.

its time for him to keep the bench warm..
but in all seriousness its spring training who cares
When uribe did well there were some URIBE comments and besides I may be wrong but I don’t remember there being a huge freakout when Uribe got signed (yes there was when Bengie got resigned) but in all honesty I didn’t hate the Uribe signing, I liked it and wanted Uribe back but at the right price.

Also we’ve only played 3 games and again:

Yes, I know. It’s spring training. The games don’t count.

Okay. I want the last 10 seconds of my life back.

If this is satire, then you are really bad at it.

If you hate the ‘fans’ McCovey Chronicles so much, quit posting here, you fuckin’ troll.

but than tails off as the season goes on… that’s what happens when you’re an obese, 30 something year old catcher. In 2007 Bengie was hitting .307 through the first two months of the season, but he ended up hitting .276 for the year. In 2008 Bengie was hitting .328 after two months, and ended up hitting .292 (still a good average, but a dropoff nonetheless.) In 2009, Bengie was hitting .310 with 7 homeruns after the first 27 games of the season. He ended up at .265 with 20 homeruns.
While I’m not as big as a Bengie hater as most people on MCC, and I give him props for having a good day yesterday, putting any value into one Spring Training game this early in the year is completely moronic. And are you really going to make fun of Posey for not having a hit in 4 ab’s? What’s next, are you gonna write off Lincecum for having an 18 e.r.a in 1 inning?

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Apparently he is a former radio station sports reporter and has just started this blog. I found the guidelines for posting to be really interesting!

Guidelines for posting

I do allow posts to go up instantly. Please don’t make me have to start screening posts by being a jerk. Trolling, flaming, or baiting others won’t be tolerated. It’s easy to get emotional when talking about the Giants (and, especially, when talking about the Dodgers), but inflammatory statements will not be tolerated.

The headline “Sanchez could be headed to DL.” The story is dated 3/3/10.

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!

Wait…he’s actually happy Posey’s not playing? He’s like the next McCann or 2008 Soto…plus he’s not a hacker.

…some are just more valid than others.

Hell, just take this as a positive. Posey will start the year in the minors and hopefully avoid Super Two status. Pleasantly ignore the fact that playing Bengie over Posey makes the team worse in the interim.

LOL “Buster Posey continues to seek his first hit of the Spring”

he’s had 4 AB.

http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/4/8/827507/appreciating-benjie-now

So I’m entitled to rip on him now.

this will surely be his last year as a Giant

Ah, I was so young and naive back then

I think this guy fist pumped his way through one too many jager bombs last night…can’t wait till he wakes up in the afternoon and reads the drivel he posted.

I know you planned it
But I’m gonna set it straight
This Watergate

I believe it was Bill James who said “The best way to evaluate baseball players is to look at their statistics from just one single game — especially if that is a spring training game.”

I think I’m going to make it a point to not read anything that has fans written with scare quotes.

This is the same guy that said McC was a bunch of Know it alls…but I guess his point is that 3 ST games is enough to justify a 4.5 million dollar investment.

You can’t stand it when Sabean looks right and you look wrong.

Man, my blood boils when the Giants score more than 700 runs in a season. It was hard to be around here in 2006. And more than 750 runs? Wow, that really kills me. I get so…angry. I don’t like looking stupid.

The theory is this: Bengie Molina is one of the worst hitters in baseball. My evidence is this: statz, and the fact that since he’s been a Giant, the Giants have been one of the worst offensive teams in baseball. So if he’s good, shouldn’t that show up in the number of runs the Giants score? Who is responsible for the Giants being so awful at scoring?

that would seem to be an upgrade.

I’m not convinced this isn’t a joke.

request banhammer.

and not one of you ungratefull bastards has made a FanShot praising him yet. You are all nothing but a bunch of haters!

OMG POSEY SUCKS! HES 0-4!!! SEND HIM BACK TO THE MINORS FOR THREE YEARS!!!!

Seriously dude, get a life.

 It’s spring training. The games don’t count. The hitters are ahead of the pitchers. The Arizona air is dry.

CAN’T STANDZA

REAL giants fans love Bengie cause he’s the cleanup hitter and he’s our catcher, and a good clubhouse guy, and writes a blog.

All of you are obviously NOT the REAL Giants fans.

[/dies in the chasm]

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I wish this was a joke but I know this guy doesnt enjoy MCC.

And yet keeps posting here… hmm.

SPRING TRAINING HEROICS!! thanks sabes. all is forgiven.

I’m sorry…but it’s bat-shit crazy posts like this that are keeping me away. Who has the time to sift through this kind of drivel?

All I want is some 1000+ comment threads about the greatness that is Rush…even though I practically want to commit myself to an asylum when I hear mention of them.

All I want is some good ol’ fashioned giantsrainman cyber-jousting. At least that dude doesn’t seem completely off his rocker. Remember, he played CF for a team in the College World Series back in the 30’s. Love ya buddy!

All I want is a few more OT: POKEMONS FTW, OT: BEER IS GOOD, OT: HOW DO YOU PREFER YOUR TUBULAR FORMED BALLPARK PORK PRODUCT? kind of threads.

Then this is the failiest fail that has ever failed.

But whatever.

I gotta admit, for all the flaws he had, I loved Money in 08. But in 09 he sucked ass (no pics for evidence), and he’s not likely to improve as he gets older. Re-signing him wouldn’t have been a terrible move for a 2-month stop gap until Posey is (financially a better bargain after the next two seasons) ready. But a 4.5 million dollar contract with plate appearance incentives with this manager is assinine.

Or in your words, I’m not a true fan because I thought this through.

First E re – abides, then the PBB flashes us…some sort of MCC Old Guard reunion goin’ down?

/looks for moggeee

It’s spring training, jackass. The Giants had one of the best records in the Cactus League last season. PROPS FOR THAT, GINATS BRASS

is a former executive of the year and so I think he has forgotten moere baseball than gramcracker useless idiot and all you othr stat nerds with your woba and babip and xfip and obs. he knows the value or rbis, you guys like to make fun of that particular stat but how else are you gonna score runs huh?

molina is a solid professional hittet and he nos how to handle the pitching staff. we are lucky to have him behind the plate instead of posey whose been catching only for like 2 years

the rest of the vetarans are gonna bounce back you guys will see… alomg with big money we have sanchez rent and rowand all of whom are solid 300 hitters ay one time in there careers soo we’re solid up the middle

hopefully velez wins the rf job so we can have a true leadoff hitter and huff is a proven rbi man in the cleanup spot

you gaiz should just leave sabean alone and let boch do his job. you saw how hw got the most out of timmy and cainer and sanchy and zitoey and joey and wilsy

we are headed for thee playoffs if we can add a couple vetran bats in here trust me

I’m thinking about getting a dog.

Beagles make great pets! I had one for 15 years and he was just the best, so much personality and so loyal. Just be warned that when sirens go by, they howl. A lot.

If this is sarcasm, this was very well-done. If not…oh, my.

March 2, 2010 — In an endeavor to boost the worldwide relief effort for earthquake victims in Haiti, a new non-profit organization Humm Baby 4 Haiti, has been launched, along with its accompanying Web site www.hummbaby4haiti.org.

Humm Baby 4 Haiti, along with its partner organization, Partners in Health, allows people to donate online and directly support the recovery efforts in Haiti. Humm Baby 4 Haiti is planning a relief trip to the island nation later this year.

Founder Salvador Serrano, a San Francisco native and UC Davis graduate, launched this non-profit organization after being deeply affected by the devastation caused by the massive quake that struck Haiti in January. With vivid memories of the destruction from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the Bay Area, Serrano formed Humm Baby 4 Haiti to encourage Northern Californians and baseball fans to bolster the relief efforts.

For more information, or to schedule an interview with Salvador Serrano, please call (800) 423-3950 or e-mail donate@hummbaby4haiti.org

1. You are absolutely correct. At this time we do not have the 501c(3) tax exemption status which should be awarded by the start of the baseball season. However, due to this fact we do not have the ability to solicit or accept donations, so at this time we are ONLY selling shirts to raise money in the interim. On the site you would notice that you DO NOT have the ability to donate. The only way you can donate is buy purchasing a shirt through paypal.
2. In regards to the artwork on the shirt concern, we are in no violation of intellectual property rights. There is no trademark infringement, including the humm baby which the giants let expire back in 1993.
We have done our due diligence, but I completely understand and respect your concerns. My non- profit is legitimate and has only good intentions. I believe in full transparency and I would be more than willing to email you a copy of our articles of incorporations. In addition, you will see me in person this entire baseball season. I am a season ticket holder and I will be sitting CFB 143 Row 10 Seat 7.
i understand everyone has Haiti fatigue and Chile has taken the spotlight from Haiti but this is the exact reason why I want to make sure that people don’t forget.
If you can please take the time to contact me offline and i will be more than happy to answer any questions or suggestions you may have. here is my personal email and once you email me I will provide you my personal cell phone number. In addition I will be in San Francisco Wednesday 3/10- Sunday March 21 and would be more than happy to meet anyone in person.
Thank you.
Sal

seserrano11@gmail.com

I guess I had been right to stay out of this thread. Misanthropes? Ow.

I apologize for not taking the time to make our mission clearer but I put out our press release to over 100 media outlets, including KNBR, which we are working to get on their community board. The person responsible for this at KNBR is Lyell Perry who happens to be in Arizona at the time and we are waiting fro her to get back so we can get some positive endorsements and sponsorships to avoid situations such as being considered a fraudulent charity, in which we are not.

I am a native San Franciscan, born a raised in San Francisco, who grew up on Mission and Army. Yes I said Army because as most of you know Caesar Chavez was previously named Army Street. I attended Archbishop Riordan High School, but ended up graduating from San Francisco Christian School. My mission for this charity was in response to the horrific earthquake that hit Haiti.

After hearing that many Haitians were having amputation being performed without anesthetic and that the only pain medication being given to patients was ibuprofen the last straw. I tried to volunteer my efforts to any organization to physically go to Haiti, but hey all declined. They were only taking medical personnel and would not pay for transporting anyone outside of the medical field. I was discouraged and felt defeated. However, it was only two days later when the words of a man I barely knew interrupted me when we were discussing college basketball. Connecticut had just killed Texas and I began to move away from basketball to baseball when he turned and said to me, "Sal I don’t mean any disrespect and I love sports, don’t get me wrong, but I try to avoid talking too much about it because if we only took a small percentage of the time we spend arguing, debating, and not to mention all the money, if we took that energy and shifted it in another direction, we could solve most of the worlds problems."

Those powerful words struck me like lightening. He was absolutely right. So when I got back home I started to think how I could use sports to continue to raise awareness and raise funding for smaller organization like Light Ministries, which has worked in Haiti for over 20 years. More importantly, as a native San Franciscan who experienced and survived the 1989 earthquake, tried to connect our cohort earthquake experience along with Haiti, but also use one of the most memorable years of the Giants with Hum Baby, not to mention probably the best year in Bay Area Sports. Both the Giants and the A’s were in the World Series, the 49ers won the Super Bowl, the Warriors with RUN TMC were making awesome McDonalds commercials, give me the Chris and Tim burger, not the Tim and Chris burger.

Anyway I always admired Roger Craig for what he brought to the organization and his genuine positive outlook on life. His Humm Baby attitude brought a bunch of young average players to play together and truly believe that they were going to win it all, damn candy Maldonado sliding and losing the ball in the lights in game 6, we would have killed the twins but I give him a pass because of his best superman punch that I think Jose Oquendo is still feeling this day. My point is I want to be play the roger Craig role and gather all of San Francisco and all the fans to join me o show all of baseball ad the world that were leading the way and that we haven’t forgot about Haiti. We live in a post bonds and post steroid era. I live in Chicago and they hate the giants and they hate bonds. However, it gives me no greater joy to wear a Will Clark Jersey when I walk into the unfriendly confines of Wrigley. Here is the opportunity for us to not only say we are the greatest city in the world but demonstrate it with action.

HUMM BABY

Now that is a bit of a stretch. First of all we are not soliciting donations. We are selling shirts to raise money because of the people being skeptical. We are providing a physical product ( a shirt) that you get with your purchase, until we are able to secure the official federal tax designation so we can provide the tax rightoff to those who want to contribute but yes, if you feel more comfortable giving to Partners in Health or the Cross that is also wonderful. We are trying to work with the smaller organizations like Light Ministries which has been in Haiti for over 20 years and we are also working together with Partners in Health. However, our mission is to aid in the rebuilding efforts later this year with habitat for humanity. However, they cannot pay for everyone so our goal is to be able to sponsor and provide those individuals that do not have the money but have the time to go.

What the fuck now?

You failed to search for Benjie Molina. I think you’ll find all of our positive comments attached to that name.

BUSTER HIT A HOME RUN TODAY! WE WILL ALL TELL YOU TO SUCK IT!