Buster Posey and the Case of the First Baseman's Mitt
by Grant Brisbee on Mar 8, 2010 1:44 PM PST
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PrintBuster Posey is a catcher. See? Says so right here. The Giants might make questionable personnel moves, but they’re not going to move Posey off the position.
Catching is brutal on the body. Starting catchers need regular rest. So if Buster Posey is really a magical hitter from Planet Mauer, the Giants will need to have his bat in the lineup almost every day. So it’s probably a good idea for Posey to take grounders at first or third. Every sixth or seventh day, Posey can ply his trade at another position, and the reduced stress on his knees could extend his career. The Dodgers did this with Russell Martin, who a) has played some third base, and b) can still suck it, and that's why Martin has been completely healthy for his entire career.
The only reason Posey isn’t starting this year is because the Giants think his receiving skills need some work. So the best thing for Posey would be to start as many games at catcher as he can, which almost certainly means that he’ll have to go to Fresno. If the Giants keep him as a backup, starting him at catcher once a week while shuffling him around the infield to get at-bats, the organization is truly run by a bunch of solvent-inhaling baboons, and we should probably just follow soccer.
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The front office, though, has to know that too. Even if Buster Posey could step in and be the team’s best hitter at seven different positions, he’ll help the organization more by convincing them he’s ready to be the starting catcher in 2011. There’s no way he’s going to be some two-bit platoon partner for Aubrey Huff when not the fluffer for Bengie Molina. No way.
If that's what happens, this site will melt from the histrionics. It would be pretty amusing, actually. But to recap:
- Buster Posey taking groundballs at different positions is a good thing.
- Buster Posey starting the season in Fresno and catching every day is a good thing.
- This is a team that didn’t think they needed a legitimate shortstop to back up a 40-year-old starter, which begat the era of Bocock, but even they’re not crazy enough to make Posey some sort of super-utility man out of short-term need.
Comment starter: Well, nothing really. You all agree with that. Whole lot of groupthink going around these parts.
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I found this post on McCovey Chronicles to be excessively hateful and misanthropic.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
Interestingly enough, I mean “manthrobbing.” It really was a weird typo.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
Your typos are actually less weird than the things you type on purpose.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 12:49 AM PST up reply actions
Go Giants
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I find your reaction to this post to be excessively hateful of misanthropy.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
I just can't imagine Weiters getting treated this way.
or the Braves being like “hey, this Heyward guy..whatever”.
Posey is a GREAT GREAT GREAT prospect. What the fuck are they doing.
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by bondslegend on Mar 8, 2010 1:51 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Honestly
they’re sitting the guy for a fucking relic. It’s so stupid. He is the future of your franchise, Molina is a guy nobody will remember in 10 years.
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C'mon now
I know you think about Kirt Manwaring every morning when you wake up.
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by UnleashTheGore on Mar 8, 2010 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think about Kirt Manwaring-a-dress
But I do think about Shawn Estes. What a stud.
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I think about Estes + Mueller. OTP.
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I think about startlievers and greatly prefer relarters.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 12:49 AM PST up reply actions
Molina is a guy nobody will remember in 10 years
It won’t be hard to remember him since he’ll be sitting right next to Bochy as his bench coach / cleanup hitter
"adiposity"
I love this place.
Moreso because I also slum with the other proles in chat rooms.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 12:51 AM PST up reply actions
If it's all about Posey's service clock
…then I’m totally down with the decision to start Posey in Fresno.
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+1
When Bengie signed I was pissed…Now I’ve convinced forced myself to believe that a tad more seasoning couldn’t hurt and maybe he actually does need more than 1 year in the minors…that said, If he is on the SF Giants roster before June 1 then something will be destroyed
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I agree…but I’m not sure I believe the Giants would think about that, despite the lesson of Lincecum.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
What about WINning NOW! (?)
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 12:52 AM PST up reply actions
Whoa!
Hold on, now. You’re talking about a guy that MLB Network named the Prime Ninth-best catcher of the Aughts! And you can’t blame a guy for getting beat out by such luminaries as
8) AJ Pierzynski
7) Jason Kendall
6) Jason Varitek
That’s legendary performance right there!
PS- Sadly, neither Sal Fasano’s mustache nor Doug Mirabelli’s getting naked in the back of a cop car were enough to put them over the top. Maybe they were 10 and 11.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Mar 9, 2010 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
this is why we can’t have nice things!
by FluLikeSymptoms on Mar 8, 2010 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
The mere fact that you call him a prospect shows me you aren’t ready for him.
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by UnleashTheGore on Mar 8, 2010 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
huh?
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Take Weiters as an example...
Last season he only caught in 86 games in the majors and 27 games in the minors. He DH’d 10 other games. He isn’t getting work at other positions because he doesn’t need to, he can DH when needing a rest as well.
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Guess that's true
stupid AL
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Mauer also was the DH for 26 games last year
At what point is it worth moving a good hitting catcher to a different position to keep his bat in the lineup. I know the Craig Biggios of the world are the minority and there’s no need to make the move until the team’s hand is forced, but it doesn’t hurt to think about.
Please tell me we have moved past the dark ages of post hoc ergo propter hoc.
He’s not really a prospect though.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 8, 2010 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
And he’s not a similar player either.
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
That's a lie.
Everybody needs a fluffer every now and then.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
I do like fluffer nutters.
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And vice versa.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
I'm new here.
Had to look-up “fluffer”. Meeting with HR this afternoon.
by fiji.siv on Mar 8, 2010 2:32 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hang around awhile.
The assimilation will be almost painless.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 12:54 AM PST up reply actions
just crap
Bad development, just trade him already before the organization ruins him.
by Section B, Row 1 on Mar 8, 2010 2:00 PM PST reply actions
BURN THE HOUSE DOWN!!
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We're like Florida, except we can't wait for a Series win to dismantle success.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 1:00 AM PST up reply actions
OT
but ben roethlisberger is a fucking moron.
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Football Player?
Check. What more did you need to know?
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2nd straight year he's been involved in some sort of assault case
moron
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Was he on his GSXR600 while the assault occurred?
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by Giant among Angels on Mar 8, 2010 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
3rd
You’re forgetting the year he assaulted a windshield with his face.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Mar 9, 2010 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
What the fuck is he doing with a 20 year old college student in a night club anyway? I mean… even if he didn’t do anything, he’s still kind of a gross sleaze for the whole thing. Coupled with his rape allegations and the fact that they’re actually asking for his DNA….
I guess there was some semen involved….
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
Exactly
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I just don’t understand that kind of thinking that goes: “I’ve been accused of rape. Clearly, the smartest thing for me to do right now is to be alone with this 20-year-old in this night club bathroom.”
Good job, Ben. If you’re not a rapist and / or a sexual assaulter, which you might be, you’re still fucking gross.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
Also
you’re a fucking moron
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Well, I could have told you that just from watching his Fathead commercials.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
Now now, let’s not call howie names, even if he deserves it.
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Definitely not in a night club bathroom if I’d recently been accused of rape.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 10, 2010 8:28 AM PST up reply actions
dingidnging
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wow
not sure what that says. But DINGDINGDING
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Roethlisberger was thinking with his dingaling.
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I heard that while at the night club, he instructed the security to keep all men away but allow the women to join them.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
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Well, he wouldn’t want to get his semen all over a dude.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 7:22 PM PST up reply actions
Buster at 1st?
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
HAH
what episode was this from? I loved that
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It was the one where Dwight got pissed at everyone, Jim and Pam did cute stuff all day, Michael said something silly, and Stanley said something totally sarcastic
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
by heimy25 on Mar 8, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Ha.
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Double Ha.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
HAHAHAHA SCATHING COMMENTARY!
(It’s actually a good show)
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It had a rough patch
it’s improved since then, but you’re right it’s not as good as it used to be. Tough for a show to remain in that kind of form for multiple 23 episode seasons.
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It started to go down hill when Jim and Pam got together. The guy actually got the girl? Pfft, this show is so unrealistic.
But seriously, the two of them got really really annoying.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Eliminating sexual tension is never a good idea for a comedy.
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Meh, I actually appreciate the fact that they stopped screwing around with it. Keeping people apart indefinitely in these shows just bores me at this point. There have to be other, less abused ways to create dramatic tension. As far as I’m concerned, screwing around with the Eliot, JD relationship was the downfall of scrubs. It was only after they finally just put them together that the show started being a little bit funny again. And by then I was so frustrated with the whole thing and hated them as a couple so much that I didn’t care how funny it was.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 6:41 PM PST up reply actions
Zach Braff really ruined that show for me
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Yeah. JD is a massive, glorified dick.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
Definitely. Well, Elliot too. Eventually you just realize how god damn annoying they both are, together or individually. And Zach Braff is a douche in general.
by Missing Barry on Mar 9, 2010 7:03 AM PST up reply actions
I thought that the it wasn’t the JD/Eliot thing that ruined the show, but the fact that the comedy itself became really forced. Every character became a parody of his/her former self. JD is girly! Eliot is insecure! Turk is black! Cox is mean! That’s not character development. That doesn’t mean their handling of the JD/Eliot relationship wasn’t problematic. It was. On the other hand, sexual tension is so ripe for hilarious set-ups and good character development that it’s rarely good for the show if the main couple gets together. Weddings and babies really aren’t very funny.
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Well, for me, I can pinpoint the exact second that I stopped caring about the show. I agree that all of those things you’re saying put a massive strain on the show’s enjoyability. But I was still kind of with it. I thought, Eliot’s happy, and she has kind of good chemistry with Keith… I thought, hey, JD’s kind of becoming an adult, so that’s cool… I thought, man, Kelso is still awesome.
But then Eliot and JD kissed at the end of whatever season that was, and I was done. I was out. I was pissed, and I just wasn’t going to do it anymore.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
I agree about Jim and Pam
never followed Scrubs closely enough to weigh in on it
If you don't like Brandon Medders you're not a true fan.
Eliot reminds me of an ex girlfriend of mine (how she acts, not how she looks), and everytime I watch the show it makes me remember how much I hated being around her. For that reason, I never liked Scrubs.
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by Useful_Idiot on Mar 8, 2010 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
Wait a second…you look to The Office for “dramatic tension”?
And I s’pose Jack Bauer is your idea of a stand – up comedian.
Isn’t The Office a comedy of sorts?
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 1:05 AM PST up reply actions
I mean drama in the more traditional sense, which is more in line with “entertainment” or “theater”. Not in the more contemporary sense of “tense”.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 8:30 AM PST up reply actions
The Office is all about tension, though.
Most of the best comedy in it comes from the awkward and cringeworthy moments. And there are still more than a few of those (“Wrong baby!”).
I agree it’s gone downhill, though I’m not sure how much of that to blame on the Jim & Pam storyline as opposed to just general creative fatigue.
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I think the Jim/Pam thing is BECAUSE of creative fatigue
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No, that’s cousin Oliver.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 9, 2010 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
John Denver’s mini-me
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 9, 2010 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
‘Brady Mountain High’
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 9, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
It started to go down hill when (X) and (Y) got together.
The Moonlighting Corollary of Sitcoms
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Mar 9, 2010 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve never really cared for it. When I watch it it just seems like a show that has weird camera angles. I didn’t start from the beginning of the show, so maybe that’s something, but I don’t see the big deal with it.
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I don't think it's the best ever or anything
but when it does what it does well, it’s pretty funny
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I think that Steve Carrel overdoes it, I don’t care for the “weird for the sake of weird”ness that makes up most of Dwight’s scenes, and while I think Jim and Pam are cute I could still take ’em or leave ’em.
But the rest of it is pretty good. Often quite well-written. Sometimes kind of lame.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
I agree with most of that
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It was great for the first 2-3 seasons, but at this point, Steve Carrel is too much, Jim and Pam are just played out, there are no interesting characters left or original/funny things to do with them…..but initially it was all great.
by Missing Barry on Mar 8, 2010 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah,
they’re now trying to turn Andy/Erin into Jim/Pam v.2. It’s definitely starting to get wearisome but I still like it
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You folk watch too much TV.
Of course, that opinion is that of someone who watches little or none because he doesn’t even own one. Let’s put it this way…I’ve only seen a handful of several shows, INCLUDING Office, and that enforced restriction certainly does nothing to dull any enjoyment I was able to come away with.
Also, I think you’re expecting more development out of niche deliveries.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 1:10 AM PST up reply actions
I only have the networks
I watch everything online FWIW, and I really don’t watch that many shows.. but anyways.
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Was that from the English version?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
Nevermind. It’s clearly from the French version.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Common mistake
It’s actually from the German one.
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Oh damn, the Romulan eyebrows really should have tipped me off.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
They smoke all the time in the German one. It’s weird.
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I imagined you saying that in a British accent, then having a sip of tea.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
I drink my tea like Picard.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Earl grey, hot?
Man, does knowing that make me a nerd? Or did I get it wrong? And if I did, is that a good thing or a bad thing?
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by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
We’ll have to wait for jcb9 to show up for the official answer. The truth is that the only thing I remember is “Earl Grey”. He probably drinks it hot, though.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
He drank it hot. I don’t remember him ever asking for a lemon, though, which is just not right.
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Get your fruit out of my tea.
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Yes
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No
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by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
earl grey makes me sick
like seriously hurts my stomach. Doesn’t taste bad, but the pain.
by microwave donut on Mar 8, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
TBPH
I actually don’t like the Bergamot, which has been in every Earl Grey I’ve ever had. It gives it a weird… something… that I simply find unpleasant.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
And actually, Bergamot is in EVERY Earl Grey there is. I guess that’s what makes it Earl Grey.
So yeah, I find it unpleasant.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
Is bergamot the spicy taste? If so, I am in the exact same boat. And I LOVE tea.
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Bergamot is the oily, zesty taste. It’s a pear-shaped orange, and the zest yields an oil that is used to make Earl Grey tea. And also used to make perfume.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
Earl grey tea
Now that’s a gentleman’s drink.
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OK, Ben Linus.
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Locke looked like Xavier/Picard hybrid in that wheelchair
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
My thought is that I hope he doesn’t, only because if he does, that “Next week on Lost” preview spoiled the whole thing.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I agree- and the look on his face when Sayid said, “it’s too late for me” raised every last hair on my back. dude can act!
Wow, my two biggest addictions...
the Giants and Lost – being discussed in the same thread. What a momentous afternoon!
by crazedcrustacean on Mar 8, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
I imagine the former gets brought up pretty often.
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I prefer a nice Manhattan.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 8, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
Me too
hold the vermouth, ice, cherry and bitters.
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Do you bother with the glass?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 8, 2010 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
I imagined you saying that in a British accent, then having a sip of tea
Well I say bullocks to that
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Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
‘bollocks’
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 8, 2010 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
/slow intense clap
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
LOL.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 8, 2010 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
Jim got Andy to hit on Pam and told him about all her turn-ons which were really pet peeves.
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ohhhh yeah
HAH thanks. That was pretty funny
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
Brian Sabean is bad at evaluating hitting. Bruce Bochy is bad at managing hitters. This is a bad combination.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Mar 8, 2010 2:23 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Free Buster Posey
And let him play all 9 positions
(I’m pretty sure there’s a TWSS in there, somewhere)
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
Free Buster?
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
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."
While supplies last
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by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Some restrictions apply.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 1:14 AM PST up reply actions
Please wait 4-6 weeks for delivery.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 9, 2010 7:55 AM PST up reply actions
I'll take it
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Pirate fan here
really enjoy the site, and have been reading it almost everyday since the sanchez trade!
posey’s situation is a little unfortunate, but there’s the teeny possibility that the FO intends to trade Molina midseason to Hendry or Minaya, and bring up Posey as the catcher…
Can we trade Bengie for McCutchen, then?
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
probably not with huntington
if Littlefield was around, he’d probably give mccutchen for Zito…
actually scratch that, probably Cutch for Carlos Silva, if Jack Z had given him the chance (remember rajai davis for morris? btw, rickey henderson is predicting an improbable 80 steals for davis)
I liked Rajai. That trade was mostly salary dump. I’m surprised he was given to the A’s for free.
I was watching 30 Clubs in 30 Days for for the Pirates, last night. Very decent lineup offensively, mariginally better than the Giants TBH. That rotation and ’pen looks a bit shaky, though.
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
the Bucs
the pen could be very decent this year, if evan meek and hanrahan can repeat 2009, Dotel and Donnelly can repeat 2009, and Carrasco and Lopez can stay steady.
The starting pitching is shaky, yes, but we are hoping Maholm and Duke have big starts so we can trade em (esp Duke), and Morton/Ohlendorf can up the ante… there’s Lincoln, Alderson in the pipeline, and a bunch in the A levels, which basically means most fans are looking for respectability right now, and better performance 2012 onward…
enough said, i m here to discuss the giants though, mostly because i love baseball and really like this site!
Alderson
who’s that? Sounds oddly familiar. Pretty sure I’ve never heard of him. He sucks, right?
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don’t know why, but I’ve always liked the “Primates”
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 Mar 8, 2010 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
The Planet? Or the movie?
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
He can talk! He can talk! He can talk!
I can SIIIIIING!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
“Can I play the piano anymore?”
“Of course, you can!”
“Well, I couldn’t before!”
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I hate every ape i see,
from chimpan A to chimanzee,
oh they’ll never make a monkey out of me.
OH MY GOSH,
I WAS WRONG,
It was Earth, all along.
I guess they finally made a monkey.
Yes, we finally made a monkey.
Oh they finally made a monkey out of meeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I LOVE YOU DR. ZAIUS!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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“Whats wrong with me?”
“I think you’re crazy.”
“I want a second opinion!”
“You’re also lazy.”
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Mar 9, 2010 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
How are Rinku and Dinesh doing?
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
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I bet few on here are optimistic enough about that teeny possiblity. If Molina is doing well at the break and the Gianst are sniffing/in contention, and the Giants trade Molina and bring up Posey, I will acknowledge a good (potentially great depending on the haul of the trade) move by Sabean.
Eagerly anticipating adding to my Giants family.
by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
Quit living in your fantasy land
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
In my fantasy land, Posey is the starting catcher, Lewis is the starting left fielder and Bowker gets time at left and first. Or maybe Lewis plays some right. I haven’t decided yet.
And the F. Sanchez trade never happened. If the Garko trade happened, the Giants kept Garko. And who are Derosa, Molina and Huff? Never heard of them.
Eagerly anticipating adding to my Giants family.
by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll go back to 2004, get hired as Giants GM, and sign Vlad Guerrero
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by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
SOFA KING MIKE BRASSS
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
You might want to go a little further back into time and create an extensive playing and coaching resume.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I think I’ll take the Theo Epstein route, gorilla suit and all.
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
Handsome, brilliant, from a rich family, Harvard-educated and connected, and lucky? Works for me.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I only got the school in Massachusetts educated thing going for me
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, yeah.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
It’s the Harvard of Yales, though.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
What does it take to become GRM?
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I'm guessing drugs are involved at some point
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Thanks to roger
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If by some point you mean continuously.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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I've adopted that approach but the results aren't encouraging.
I’m trying for Hyde but I keep coming up Jekyll.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 1:20 AM PST up reply actions
Because having TWO defensive liabilities in the outfield would have been awesome?
Your bench player is our #5 hitter!!!
DINGERZ
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
Jay Z’s less successful cousin.
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Is that the one with Goku?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Goku is in all of them. You’ll have to be more specific.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
If the Giants are sniffing/in contention at the break, Molina will be a “key part of it, handling the pitchers well, can’t disrupt it.”
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Go Roger Kieschnick! And son, please continue to break scoreboards on your way to San Francisco.
I know. But I’ll enjoy my fantasy anyway.
Eagerly anticipating adding to my Giants family.
by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
The only way Molina gets traded is if the team totally sucks. The worst thing this team could do is pretend to contend like they did last year.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Wow – I hadn’t thought about that. I bet he does, but I don’t know for sure. If so, damn because it won’t happen but good because I won’t have to pretend it could happen.
Eagerly anticipating adding to my Giants family.
by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
Cot’s Contracts neither confirms or denies the existence of a no-trade clause. I’d guess that means he does not have a no-trade clause.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
There’s no way he has a no trade clause. He’s overpaid as it is, and no trade clauses are pretty valuable. Plus I doubt anyone has ever gotten a no trade clause on a one year contract, or even a two year contract for that matter.
by Missing Barry on Mar 9, 2010 7:06 AM PST up reply actions
besides
why get a no-trade from the Giants? Old Giants never die, they just quietly get infected toes late in the summer and visit the DL for extended periods.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"
by natteringnabob on Mar 9, 2010 7:20 AM PST up reply actions
welcome
but stop huffing that crazy dust before you post around here. Your joyous suggestion will not come to pass.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"
by natteringnabob on Mar 8, 2010 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
posey’s situation is a little unfortunate, but there’s the teeny possibility that the FO intends to trade Molina midseason to Hendry or Minaya, and bring up Posey as the catcher…
Funny you should mention that because Minaya actually offered Jon Niese for Molina at one point… BTW bucsdugout is a cool site
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Yeah I'm over there occasionally
I spent more time over there last year during the Sanchez rumors
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Underwater Stadium
Too expensive, yes, but also awesome.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
AT&T will be under water pretty soon, anyway
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
Trapped in a felt net of emotion.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
by rotorueter on Mar 8, 2010 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd
never forget
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"
by natteringnabob on Mar 8, 2010 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
Caption: The Giants way
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
This sounds like a case for: GrahamCrakalaka, kid sleuth!
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
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exactly my first thought
without the douchey new cover illos. And inflation has ruined even the boy detective.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"
by natteringnabob on Mar 8, 2010 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
or for the derrick comedy crew!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxx1vOhlqmM
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Mar 9, 2010 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
Posey
whatever his position, the cream rises to the top, so if he’s good enough, I really don’t care where he plays.
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
Nah, if he’s giving us production at C that’s much more valuable than somewhere else. Posey + average 2B/3B/1B (whichever one Posey is for this example) > Posey + average C.
by Missing Barry on Mar 8, 2010 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
the Giants are going to sign Average C?
That would be awesome!
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"
by natteringnabob on Mar 8, 2010 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
GIS for "average c"
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
by GrahamCrakalaka on Mar 8, 2010 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
I want to see the dog rip out his jugular when he tries to put it on him
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 1:22 AM PST up reply actions
Those are the worst previews I have ever read. They don’t so much as preview as babble about some topics slightly related to the team.
Also in that one particularly the first 3 paragraphs don’t even talk about the Giants.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
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Yeah, I gave up after the first couple and stopped on this one at the first grammatical mistake. I know that adds to the list of why I’m a nerd, but whatever, I don’t like grammatical mistakes.
Eagerly anticipating adding to my Giants family.
by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season.
This would fall under “musing.” I found it to be a fairly interesting column on the way that our increased knowledge of off-field (specifically contractual) matters has changed our perception of on-field performance.
What exactly did you want out of the preview? Another site that says, “Giant pitching= good, Giant hitting= bad, Giant hopes= low?” There aren’t enough straightforward previews available out there on the intertubez? Complaining that Deadspin isn’t giving you a substantive preview of your baseball team is like, say, a Rockies fan getting outraged that people might come to MCC for news and be misled.
And we don’t want to sound like Purple Rowbots, do we?
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Mar 9, 2010 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
/in this line
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
Needz Moar Statz
“There are a couple of things that can be attractive about a guy with that [football] background,” Giants GM Brian Sabean said. “Most are team-oriented. You really have to sell out for the team. They have less fear than other people. You put them in pressure situations and they’re apt to perform.”
Can one of you nerbs put some numberz to this? I mean, when I played, all the football players who tried to play baseball just got in the way, mostly.
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
LOL WHAT
Jonah Hill to Play Paul DePodesta in Moneyball Movie
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Maybe if he goes on a Seth Rogen-esque weight change.
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I guess it’s better casting than… /fails to find a bad casting instance that satisfies him
… ummm… Sean Connery as a Spanish guy?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
How about Charlton Heston as a Mexican District Attorney in A Touch of Evil? Not that the movie wasn’t amazing otherwise.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I actually tried to avoid “somebody playing some nationality that makes absolutely no sense” but Sean Connery’s (at least) was too comical.
There is a long history of Hollywood actors playing nationalities they have right to play. Audrey Hepburn as a Chinese woman? I mean… it goes back at LEAST that far, if you choose not to even think about blackface.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
That’s weird… I don’t remember Tom Cruise being in Avatar….
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
Oh wait… that’s just a poster for a movie with an equally stupid plot as Avatar. Sorry.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry but, Ken Watanabe’s performance alone makes that movie awesome.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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yeah
Tom Cruise aside, that movie was pretty good.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
You can say that, but the movie still has Tom Cruise in it on top of a maddeningly stupid plot.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
Meh, crazy 5’4" guy aside, I really enjoyed that movie.
It had Bob in it for crying out loud!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
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Hey, what’s wrong with crazy 5’4" guys?!
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nothing until they start preaching about spaceships and jumping up and down on talk show hosts’ couches.
And I am talking about national television. none of this local access crap you are trying to get away with Natto.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
meh
I don’t think the plot is stupid, just overused.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I don’t even think the plot is necessarily overused. It’s simply outdated. The time for a movie about a white guy becoming culturally sensitive by being empirically superior to the culture he’s supposed to be becoming sensitive to while also banging their women should be long gone.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 11:54 PM PST up reply actions
while also banging their women
This part really sells your argument and made me laugh.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
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by scout6 on Mar 8, 2010 11:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Mr. Baseball
says you no unnastand Japanese ways like him!
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"
by natteringnabob on Mar 9, 2010 6:48 AM PST up reply actions
Can’t get past Tom Cruise. And I’m not really a Tom Cruise hater.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
How deep in the closet is he?
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
that’s just a poster for a movie with an equally stupidthe same plot as Avatar.
If you don't like Brandon Medders you're not a true fan.
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British dude playing an American replacing an Asian American guy!
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Oh man.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
I know what dude I am. I’m the dude playin’ the dude, disguised as another dude!
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
What are those facial expressions supposed to convey?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Particularly the lady and the Asian fellow.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Buy Abercrombie & Fitch
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Actually this one
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Ken Jeong would have been perfect, since he is after all, a real life doctor
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by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but he’s already in every other movie in the past year.
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Also, he rules.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
He makes me proud to almost be a doctor.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
what are you going to specialize in?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
I’m thinking of anesthesia. We’ll find out if I like it July.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Should read
“like it in July.”
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
July, you're a woman
More than any one I’ll ever know.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 1:26 AM PST up reply actions
lol :(
Also, as an aside, even beyond the fucked-up-ness of the casting… why is he SO SERIOUS in every promo so far? This is Aang we’re talking about, right
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Man, that kids fist is really bothering me.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 12:01 AM PST up reply actions
What the fuck is wrong with all my possessives?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 12:01 AM PST up reply actions
I sometimes wonder what it's like to NOT have to preview all of my posts.
I’ll bet it’s a lot like not having to look at the keyboard while you type.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 1:29 AM PST up reply actions
Hey, I’d rather have people screw up by leaving apostrophes out of possessives than by inserting them into plural’s. (<- intentional example)
Why is that, my pettiest of peeves, becoming more prevalent than ever? Rage! Loud noises!
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Mar 9, 2010 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
We're agreeing a lot today
I can’t stand when people do that
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
were agreeing alot
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
I CANT STAND THAT
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
DONT LET IT EFFECT YOU SO MUCH
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
I’ve been doing both with my possessives lately. I know it’s just that I don’t proof my comments, but it still looks dumb. Oh well.
Speaking of pet peeves, my current language one is people who say the word “orientated”.
Unless you’re talking about facing something to the east, you better shut the fuck up and learn how to say “oriented”. Or I could ask you to look to the west so I can orientate your face.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
British people say "disorientating" a lot
which really makes no sense at all
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
I think that just melted something inside of me.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
british people
and really, really stupid people.
Also, “conversate”.
And, allow me to talk about project manager types who use the word “solution” as a verb. There’s a word for that already, and as a bonus it saves you two syllables: “solve”
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Please solution this problem? That sounds terrible.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
it is terrible
They say things like “let’s solution for that”.
It makes me want to have an ice troll rip off their arms and shit icicles down their arm holes.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
That’s heinous.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
But they sound so proper!
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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Mia Maestro as the daughter of Ron Rifkin and Lena Olin.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
everyone is Star Wars Episodes I, II, and III?
ok mostly Hayden Christiansen
If you don't like Brandon Medders you're not a true fan.
Ewan Macgregor (sp?) is as much of a delight in those movies as is possible considering teh suck.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
I’ll third the motion.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 8:45 AM PST up reply actions
He was as good as he could have been, given the material.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I just like that he’s actually related to Wedge Antilles in real life.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
in reality
Liam Neeson was also fine. I think Natalie Portman was as good as could be expected considering most of the dialogue she had throughout the trilogy was utterly awful – I can’t imagine anyone else having done anything better with that drivel. Christopher Lee was also well cast. The only really bad casting decisions were probably Hayden Christiansen, Jake Lloyd, whoever played his mom, and Sam Jackson (not as bad as the others).
If you don't like Brandon Medders you're not a true fan.
Sam Jackson
“This party’s over, m-fer”
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"
by natteringnabob on Mar 9, 2010 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
No, Sam Jackson was abysmally awful in those flicks. You would’ve gotten a less wooden performance out of Kaw-Liga. It wasn’t bad casting, per se; SLJ’s da bomb. It was just horrific writing and directing.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Mar 9, 2010 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Nah, I usually think Natalie Portman is a good actress. But she was terrible in those movies. It could have been having to work with Christiansen that threw off her performance though.
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."
you're right
I just keep trying to tell myself that she wasn’t that bad because she’s so darned attractive.
If you don't like Brandon Medders you're not a true fan.
Because we are masochists
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 8, 2010 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
because precious
we hatessss them
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"
by natteringnabob on Mar 8, 2010 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
Eagerly anticipating adding to my Giants family.
by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, I was ten when it hit me.
I didn’t know any better then, and I’ve tried to be consistent.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 1:31 AM PST up reply actions
because it's either the Giants or A's
and its scary to be the first person to do something
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Here’s whats happening in FO land. They think Posey is not ready. He doesn’t have enough time behind the plate because he just started playing the game of baseball last Thursday. In another world, Posey would be starting catcher this year and Molina would still be a hold-out free agent. But this team is not the Rays or the Twins, we all know how poorly those teams use their prospects right. Oh well, at least Money won’t be hitting clean up, or even 5th. Or will he? I see it happening, Boch just can’t resist. Molina is the kind of player that makes me cringe every time he is on the field. Which means I’ll be cringing about 145 times this year. He is the biggest Diva I have ever seen play baseball(figuratively and literally). He will not give up any ground behind the plate this year. This bullshit of how he is reaching out to Posey and helping in doesn’t pass the smell test. Coaches and Bow ties alike will let him do as he pleases even if it means holding back the best hitting prospect the Giants have had since Will Clark.
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
This feels like an episode of Lost
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
the future
Freaking sweet. I’m posting from my phone! O how I love that mcc has a mobile site.
Oh…. free Buster!
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Mar 8, 2010 4:25 PM PST via mobile reply actions
TK is an exhibitionist?
Show me your semicolon, bay – bee…
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 1:32 AM PST up reply actions
Best pick-up line evar:
Does this rag smell like chloroform to you?
Shouldn't he have said
Solvent HUFFING… although given Aubrey’s post game “activities” that could take on a whole new meaning
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
It makes for a fun night
trust me
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
holy crap, it's cold
I keep thinking that I’ll be able to see Palin from my window
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
I saw hail.
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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You saw it Hailin.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
Hail yeah!
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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that’s punny
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 Mar 8, 2010 6:46 PM PST up reply actions
If he was making deliveries, it would have been Van Hailin’.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 8, 2010 8:42 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, it being cold doesn’t mean anything. It will always get cold, no matter what the climate is. Plus we’re in an El Niño pattern, so it’s going to be extra rainy and cold anyway.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 6:20 PM PST up reply actions
Pshh, I’ll believe my science and you believe yours.
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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http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-10-2010/unusually-large-snowstorm
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 6:32 PM PST up reply actions
That killed me.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 8, 2010 8:42 PM PST up reply actions
They are on a Bonds in 2004 type roll right now
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
They really are
Of course, it really helps that the cable news media makes itself so easy to pick on. Why anyone would watch CNN, MSNBC, or FOXNEWS to actually get the news is beyond me.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
BREAKING NEWS: Watch Larry King interview unqualified pedants who call themselves experts and random out-of-work celebrities about things they know nothing about!!!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
I mean, I respect Penn Jillette for the things he can bring to a magic show, but I don’t give a whit for what he thinks about health care.
And that goes for you too, Ben Stein! Except the magic show part….
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Ben Stein's a pretty good magician, actually
He did conjure a career in entertainment out of thin air.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Beuler?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 9, 2010 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
I can also drink beer out of his last name.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
Absolutely
it’s scary how many stupid and ignorant people there are, who watch TV and just believe everything they’re told by people like Genn Beck for god’s sake.
And the fact that they think people like him actually BELIEVE what they’re saying, and don’t realize that they’re just playing to the emotion of the masses for personal gain is what really makes me just go WTF
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
Srsly
I’m 22. People who are a lot older than me should have this figured out by now.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
If I was in charge of the world (or even just the US), the first thing I’d is ban 24-hour news networks. They’re terrible and not at all good at actually informing the public.
Of course, my second act would be to fire Brian Sabean while simultaneously telling Russelll J Martin to suck it.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I personally believe most guys like Glenn Beck have at least a vague idea what they’re doing. They simply don’t care. No different from the majority of people who destroyed our economy (investment bankers, mortgage brokers, big banks, etc), really…..
by Missing Barry on Mar 9, 2010 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
Oh they know exactly what they're doing
but they’re getting rich off of it, so why stop?
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
I’m not sure they know “exactly” what they’re doing, some of these guys do strike me as idiots that at least believe what they say to some degree, but yeah, they know enough to know it’s ethically questionable….
by Missing Barry on Mar 9, 2010 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
I disagree
I seriously doubt someone would get to the point of having their own show on a major TV network who wasn’t savvy enough to know how the game is played. Maybe I’m too cynical, but I really REALLY doubt Glenn Beck or Hannity or any of them are that way in real life. Maybe O’reilly, but he’s not really a propaganda machine, he’s just a blowhard.
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
I think that Glenn Beck, at the very least, obviously knows exactly what he’s doing.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 10, 2010 8:30 AM PST up reply actions
Well, I’m not saying otherwise – they obviously sensationalize their product for their customer, and do so knowingly, I’m just saying to a degree I do think they believe some of the garbage they put out there.
by Missing Barry on Mar 10, 2010 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure they do..
and that’s what makes it even worse in my mind.
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
The worst is on radio: Michael Savage. But I see him more as a shock jock than a conservative radio host. He’s a gay Jewish man who performs as anti-gay and anti-Jewish.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
…as we march towards extinction
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 Mar 8, 2010 6:25 PM PST up reply actions
THIS THIS THIS
Thank you. An el nino winter, plus a negative Arctic Oscillation pattern meant a colder-than-normal winter. Which happens from time to time. No need to tie Al Gore to a melting glacier, gang.
let’s not confuse weather with climate
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 Mar 8, 2010 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
EMBRACE THE NIGHTMARE!
The earth would be a better place after a mass extinction event.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 8, 2010 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
I tenderly embraced the nightmare, because I think all it needs is a little love.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 6:36 PM PST up reply actions
You are just real sensitive like that.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 8, 2010 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
Only if you could guarantee that you’d be a survivor.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Are you saying the earth would only be better for those who survived or that the earth would only be better if Lars survived?
Eagerly anticipating adding to my Giants family.
by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 6:41 PM PST up reply actions
“Go then, there are other worlds than these.”
I’ve no great attachment to this place. I am fully prepared to do my part for the good of the planet. I just want to make sure that I take a whole bunch of people with me…..like maybe several million at least.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 8, 2010 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
Wouldn’t you end up in Valhalla?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Yeah, and it’s going to be one Valhella awesome party after he gets there..
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 6:46 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, to have sort of impact...
I would need to take about 1.5 billion with me….maybe 2 billion.
I would be the earth’s hero.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 8, 2010 6:46 PM PST up reply actions
This is why I hate it when my victims struggle
And I have to scream at them, “STOP STRUGGLING…DON’T BE SO GODDAMNED SELFISH!!”.
It just cheapens their contribution to the greater good.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 8, 2010 6:50 PM PST up reply actions
In this same vein...(haha...VEIN! This works from a geologic and TWSS perspective)
National Geographic channel is doing a show about life after oil. It just started.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 8, 2010 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
Nice, I’d watch it if I had cable and wasn’t still at work.
Overpopulation is an issue that doesn’t get addressed much, but clearly, the more people there are, the more resource strain there is.
It’s a tough topic though, since a lot of the original (and current) discussion of population size is racist. Not your comments here of course (which it’s unfair to necessarily consider serious anyway), but when people in Europe say they need to increase their birthrates despite an influx of immigrants eager to work, it smacks of racism to me.
Eagerly anticipating adding to my Giants family.
by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
I just noticed the first line of my response might sound snarky. It’s not intended to. I wish I had cable and wasn’t still working. Of course, I’m an hour behind California, so it’s not that bad.
Eagerly anticipating adding to my Giants family.
by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 8, 2010 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
can’t we use smartphone’s and navi’s to escape the cataclysm?
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 Mar 8, 2010 7:03 PM PST up reply actions
“How the Earth Was Made” has begun to own my soul. At first I thought the “csi” type plot was hokey (it is), but damn I got hooked.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Thrust and uplift are common in zones of orogeny.
Or somethin’ like that.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 1:36 AM PST up reply actions
Right. I enjoy the novel “case-building” approach, mainly because it gives you context. To a geologist, context is everything. I think it was Andy Chaikin that once wrote, “Rocks, like people, are easier to understand when you know who they grew up around.”
Put another way: Seeing the Mariana Trench on a map is one thing. Learning its place in the greater tectonic framework of the Pacific helps you understand why it’s on the map.
The human race is a stain.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 8, 2010 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
TAINTSTAIN
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 8:49 PM PST up reply actions
Black Hole Sun
won’t you come
and waaaaaash away the raaaaaaaain
black hole sun
won’t you come
won’t you commmmmmme
(BLACK HOLE SUN! BLACK HOLE SUN!)
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Mar 9, 2010 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
This is getting a little hysterical.
by Rorsavelt on Mar 8, 2010 5:11 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I tried that and it was boring.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 6:20 PM PST up reply actions
estoy en este linea!
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
by GrahamCrakalaka on Mar 8, 2010 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
Go Zags!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 8, 2010 6:13 PM PST reply actions
you zag, I zig…go bears!
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 Mar 8, 2010 6:15 PM PST up reply actions
pondexter got robbed
"Your best?!?!! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and &^%@ the prom queen"
Super Rodgers Bros.
#52
whatever happened to that adam morrison guy?
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 Mar 8, 2010 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
LOLSMITHS
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 8:49 PM PST up reply actions
I know that’s Morrisey and not Morrison, but I can’t not take a shot at The Smiths.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
Morose - y?
I thought he was funny at times.
So I broke into the palace with a sponge and a rusty spanner
She said “Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing.”
I said “That’s nothing, you should hear me play pianner.”
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 1:43 AM PST up reply actions
He's riding the pine for the Lakers
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
:(
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 8, 2010 8:07 PM PST up reply actions
grilled asparagus
anyone have a double-secret recipe that they’d like to share?
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
not so secret
simple.
little olive oil, salt, pepper.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
how long should I cook it on the stove? should I steam first, then grill?
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 Mar 8, 2010 8:14 PM PST up reply actions
nope
just grill.
I think it is about 2-4 minutes per side depending on thickness of asparagus. ideal is to get them to fork tender, which should mean some slight browning, but not burning. something that you should be able to eyeball.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Tyler Cowen said this very thing, but I feel like it mistakes the movie. The Nazis are all monsters underneath, as exemplified by the Nazi Audie Murphy character.
Mark DeRosa: the rare utility player who can provide some utility.
That’s weird. I really did reply to a different comment. I wonder if this is how it happens to RXm
Mark DeRosa: the rare utility player who can provide some utility.
It’s pretty quick, depends on if you’ve got control over the fire or not. DrStankus’ 2-4 minutes per side becomes 2-4 minutes if cooking over coals that are hot.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Go Roger Kieschnick! And son, please continue to break scoreboards on your way to San Francisco.
hmm, that sounds interesting. I’ve got some hungarian paprika, pretty hot, maybe I’ll try that.
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
Just a little bit, clings to the olive oil, I’d put it directly on the grill, but the grill, much like for fish, should be quite hot.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
since my landy put in a new stove, I’ve managed to melt a pot, so it should be plenty hot enough
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
“Dude you burnt your pot? Man that’s so tragic. Fu-uck, I’m really down.” —Tim Lincecum
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i’m more careful with that stuff!
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
Chili Cheese Fries w/asparagus recipe
First step: Throw away the asparagus
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by ResDog on Mar 8, 2010 8:19 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
that just sounds so gross—chili+cheese+fries…it will never leave your body
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
Why would you want it to?
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."
because of everything else that backs up behind it
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:25 PM PST up reply actions
More for the rest of us!
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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Well, first you have to cut a hole in the box.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 8, 2010 8:59 PM PST up reply actions
TWSS!
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
by GrahamCrakalaka on Mar 8, 2010 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know what's worse, that so many of us know that or that so many of us know that.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 1:45 AM PST up reply actions
Fun Fact:
Only about half the population can create the smell, and only about half the population can smell the smell. They aren’t congruous. I’m a creator and a smeller, how about you?
Do you think we should have a poll on this?
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I don’t think I’m a smeller. I don’t know if I’m a creator.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
Whoa, I didn’t know that. I can create and smell.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 9, 2010 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
I am ambistenchtrous also.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 9, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
That is outstanding!
I never knew it, but you are absolutely correct! Here is the genetics for the afficiandos. I may just have to track down that 1891 reference from the Archives of Experimntal Pharmacology.
I can’t smell it so I don’t even know if I get smelly asparagus pee.
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That’s when you have to move on to the taste test.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I’m testing this next time I go shopping (and to the bathroom)
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Mar 9, 2010 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
I remember laughing hard when when I proved that one out.
I don’t know if I was laughing more because it was true or because of how I was proving it out.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 11, 2010 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know, but grilled asparagus is good. Get it when we go camping usually.
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Oh, and typically marinaded in some sort of sauce, I’ve had everything it seems.
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OT
I just discovered a movie channel I did not realize I had: Retroplex.
it’s currently showing Silent Movie and after that will be And Now For Something Completely Different.
I think I am in love.
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on the movie topic—can someone set me straight on Hurt Locker? I gave it an hour, then walked out of the theater.
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:16 PM PST up reply actions
Haven’t seen it yet, but have wanted to for a while. Waiting for it to come back into the local RedBox
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what kind of screen do you have? I was thinking that it was theater worthy, but the hour I saw didn’t really justify
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
Old. 27 inch standard def.
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same here
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:19 PM PST up reply actions
the wife wants to upgrade, so we are saving up and looking for a deal.
Cause when your wife is saying you need a bigger tv, you just flat out agree.
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better she wants a bigger tv than a bigger…..well, you catch my drift
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
lol
yeah. Had this convo with my wife last year, although she thought that maybe 52" would be too big for our tiny living room. Final conclusion: it isn’t.
She liked it so much, she went out and got a bigger tv, flat panel, for the bedroom 2 days later.
I am thinking of getting her a Roku player so she can watch netflix in either room. For baseball season place.
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I don’t know, I wasn’t all that impressed either, but I liked it more than Avatar. And Basterds just pissed me off.
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really? I’m all hot to see basterds before it’s gone from the theaters
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:19 PM PST up reply actions
To me it was a big mindfuck and not an enjoyable one.
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Wuh?
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."
yeah
I too want more clarification here.
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Nobody else felt like they were the butt of a colossal joke on the part of Quentin to get you to root for awful people to do awful things to people who were depicted as much more likeable? Daring you to sympathize with Nazis? Nobody else was utterly betrayed by the fact that the main plot involves a girl named Shoshanna to whom the Basterds were completely and utterly irrelevant? They didn’t even show any real fighting, just drawn-out executions and Quentin showing off dialogue that he thinks is good but to my ear is more self-indulgent than Aaron Sorkin at his wordiest and approaches the level of Kevin Smith without the self-deprecation? Or how about how everybody just randomly dies at falsely random moments of the movie? Piece of shit.
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nice take, thanks. How do you feel about some of his other films?
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:27 PM PST up reply actions
Really liked Pulp Fiction, but I’m not what you call a Tarantino fan. All his movies are ultimately about movies and I don’t care enough about movies to get a chubby on his glosses on all the cinema, high and low, foreign and domestic, that he’s consumed. BTW Basterds is actually about the movies in a much more explicit way than any other movie. I found myself very educated on how to run a cinema and some things about Weimar Republic cinema. Also, Mike Myers. Fuck.
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yeah, he’s deep into the obscure film history, but I suppose that I am, too. I didn’t think I’d like Kill Bill, but I really did, especially #2.
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
ps
Up in the Air was by far the best I saw from last year.
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
IMO up was better
that movie was amazing, but they were never going to give it to an animated one, which is unfortunate. Up in the air was REALLY good though. I wish hurt locker wouldn’t have won. That sucks. Jason Reitman seems like a cool dude and I wish he would have gotten something for that movie.
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caught a bit of 25th Hour on f/x the other night—virtually unwatchable on a tube tv..
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
Why?
Because so much of it is low-light?
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Mar 9, 2010 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
Haha
Mike Myers freaked me out just about.
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Nobody else felt like they were the butt of a colossal joke on the part of Quentin to get you to root for awful people to do awful things to people who were depicted as much more likeable?
No. I felt like I was watching a master of amoral revenge porn examine what it means to enjoy amoral revenge porn, and creating layers of ambiguity that weren’t there for his other amoral revenge porn.
Nobody else was utterly betrayed by the fact that the main plot involves a girl named Shoshanna to whom the Basterds were completely and utterly irrelevant?
I can’t imagine that would make a difference unless the narrative was a mess, which it wasn’t.
more self-indulgent than Aaron Sorkin at his wordiest
Probably.
approaches the level of Kevin Smith without the self-deprecation
Oh, no you di’n’t. Comparing Tarantino to smith is like comparing AC/DC to Warrant. I can understand if AC/DC isn’t your thing…but come on now.
I loved this movie. I wasn’t a big Kill Bill fan because it was all style, no substance. Basterds felt like it was made for the people who felt exactly like I did about Kill Bill.
by Grant Brisbee on Mar 8, 2010 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
No. I felt like I was watching a master of amoral revenge porn examine what it means to enjoy amoral revenge porn, and creating layers of ambiguity that weren’t there for his other amoral revenge porn.
That he was attempting to assay his preexisting ouevre was ditheringly obvious. That he failed is my judgment.
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Well your judgment is wrong, and you’re a stupid person.
by Grant Brisbee on Mar 9, 2010 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Rational feedback
That’s why I come here.
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."
That entire post
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
Grant's boss
gave up llamas for film commentary
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"
by natteringnabob on Mar 9, 2010 6:50 AM PST up reply actions
+109
Well said, shanghaijim. I really kinda hated IB.
I did approve of the Best Supporting Oscar, though. That performance was the only tolerable part of that film.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Mar 9, 2010 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t see why it was best movie material either.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 9, 2010 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
no it wasn't a joke
This is actually his point: That you can DO ANYTHING to someone – torture/murder etc. — and the audience will cheer – as long as they are a “non human” aka Rat aka Nazi (aka terrorist…). The Nazi’s new this too, and of course Tarentino points this out when he shows Nazis referring to Jews as Rats.
Now, it’s not clear whether QT means that “you can do anything to Nazi’s in hollywood and the audience will cheer” or the more disturbing – SOCIETY can do anything it wants to “Rat people” and be supported.
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based on the other Tarantino movies I’ve seen, I think I’m game
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
I loved it.
Who doesn’t want to see a bunch of Nazi’s get totally fucked over?
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Problem 1: not every soldier in the Wehrmacht were Nazis. Problem 2: Tarantino obviously knows that or he wouldn’t have made so many of the Basterds’ victims sympathetic. Problem 3: He gives you two options: to root for mindless slaughter, just like a real Nazi would, or feel bad for a theater full of Nazis, which I just won’t take from a director who isn’t even Jewish.
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the only objection I have to what you’re saying is that what the Nazi’s did should be universally repugnant, not just to Jews
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly. I don’t think Quentin showed enough repugnance. His German characters were much more pleasant and sympathetic than his other characters, with the exception of the main character, Shoshanna Dreyfus. I’ll be dared to care about Nazis by any other director, but I just don’t trust Tarantino to actually have the artistic authority to so compel me. As far as I can see he just wants an excuse to do some execution porn. BTW, Brad Pitt is in probably thirty minutes of a 3-hour movie. The Basterds are almost completely irrelevant to the plot and are never shown doing anything actually impressive. I can only surmise we’re made to see how awful they are and root for them. Homie don’t play that.
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I really liked this scene
It was making fun of jews and honkies ….
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by kbsofaraway08 on Mar 8, 2010 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/155015
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by kbsofaraway08 on Mar 8, 2010 8:46 PM PST up reply actions
it wasn’t making fun of jews, it was making fun of the people who buy into the stereotype
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 8:56 PM PST up reply actions
thats what makes the best movies/tv. The humor of ignorant people who stereotype other groups. Look at blazing saddles, a movie like that could not be made today. I mean Mel Brooks played an Indian, a Jewish Indian…it was fantastic. It was comedy and parody.
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by kbsofaraway08 on Mar 8, 2010 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
Don't worry stewardess, I speak Jive
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
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by natteringnabob on Mar 8, 2010 9:38 PM PST up reply actions
Oh no, I dont drink.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Mar 8, 2010 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
Richard Pryor gave them license for the black jokes and Mel Brooks gave them license for the Jew jokes.
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I think I can make a coherent counterpoint
but I’m a mild film nerd and I’ve had too many Stankhattans (bourbon, neat) to make it tonight.
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I heartily hope you can salvage my plummeting opinion of something I had high hopes for. But I doubt you can make me enjoy it in any way other than “Oh how clever!” and “Oh what balls to dare to say that!” and other equally shallow achievements.
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what kind of bourbon do you drink?
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll be dared to care about Nazis by any other director
Uwe Boll?
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Is that that legendarily bad director? As I told you, I’m not a movie student.
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Is that that legendarily bad director
Oh dear God, probably one of the worst ever.
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I dunno, I have violent intestinal reactions to Timur Bekmabotomdolarechamitov.
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Wow
those are some epically awful tomato scores
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What about Manute Bol?
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by Johnny Disaster on Mar 9, 2010 8:00 AM PST up reply actions
good
but probably not a best picture any other year. I thought District 9 was the best of the bunch (disclaimer – haven’t seen Up in the Air, Inglorious Basterds, A Serious Man, or Precious)
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NEWS FLASH
Buster (BUSTer?) Olney is a fucking moron. On the fantasy focus show today he said that Lincecum’s fastball velocity has been noticeably down the last 2 years (the years where he WON THE FUCKING CY YOUNG TWICE, DIPSHIT), that he was “noticeably out of gas” at the end of last year, and that that’s why the Giants didn’t give him a long term contract.
How can somebody who’s been covering baseball for what amounts to my entire lifetime be THAT fucking idiotic? He said he’d take Roy Halladay over LIncecum in fantasy baseball. I guess the 50 extra Ks aren’t worth anything, seeing as how they’re dead even in every other category. God, what a douche.
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Yeah, Completely out of gas.
As evidenced by the 7 shutout innings he threw on his last start of 2009
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HEY
STOP LETTING FACTS GET IN THE WAY OF THE NARRATIVE THAT BUSTER (BUSTer?) HAS IN HIS MIND.
And I’m sure the fact that they, you know, didn’t actually NEED to tie him up long term had nothing to do with why they didn’t.
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I had to look it up
in his last 16 starts (pretty much the whole second half) he failed to go 7 innings FOUR TIMES.
2nd half, he had a 2.67 ERA, 1 WHIP, and 112 Ks in 97 innings. He did have ONE start in september where he went 4 innings and got beat up a little bit.
Seriously, what a moron. I guess the question is why I care, hopefully the people I play against in fantasy will listen to that fucking moron and Lincecum will fall a little further.
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it’s a fact of life, his velocity will drop. who cares, the guy knows how to pitch.
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 8, 2010 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
It would be one thing if his K rate dropped
or if there was something in his performance that made you worry, but the guy won 2 straight cy young awards! I’m guessing Buster (BUSTer?) didn’t agree with Timmy winning either one, since he didn’t have enough WINZZZ, so now he’s lashing out. IDK. It just struck me as deeply stupid to say that just because a guy’s velocity dropped a little, THATS why the team wouldn’t give him a contract. It belied a total lack of understanding of how baseball works, and that’s someone who’s supposedly an “expert”.
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Simple answer
Lincecum is NOT a Yankee, therefore he sucks, according to Buster Olney.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
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As much as I have my problems with Olney’s reporting, in his defense he is actually one of the more balanced guys out of the ESPN lineup when it comes to Yankee/Sawx love fest.
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I think Jayson Stark is the only one fair. Tim Kurkjian is close. Olney used to write about the Yankees (he has book http://www.amazon.com/Last-Night-Yankee-Dynasty-New/dp/0061672874/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268120329&sr=1-1).
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
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Olney also covered the Yankees for the New York Times.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
the worst of Olney is around the trade deadline when he starts rattling off trade possibilities that exist only inasmuch as there are players and teams and baseball.
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by greatgiantfan on Mar 9, 2010 12:54 AM PST up reply actions
Jayson Stark is a douche. They all are, really.
by Missing Barry on Mar 9, 2010 7:14 AM PST up reply actions
A few things. First, stop reading ESPN. They aren’t knowledgeable, nor do they cater to knowledgeable fans. The writers suck, they’re all douches…..seriously, you’ll just feel so much better in general once you manage to cut that out of your life. Second, in all fairness, Lincecum didn’t throw as hard last year as he did the previous season, and it was a fairly substantial difference. One interesting thing is to look at the velocity charts on Fangraphs and you can see not only was his average down, but his top speed was down, too, so it may be more than him just easing off the gas (but then again, even when he dials up the speed, maybe he’s still not dialing it up as much as he did the year before). You’re right that it hasn’t affected his performance, though – he was even better last year than two years ago. He maintained his K-rate, improved his walk rate….one interesting thing is the run value of his fastball went way down, though, but he made that up through his changeup, which was downright nasty last year. 35 runs above average! (Only 8.2 the year before that)….
I haven’t read a baseball article by anyone on ESPN (except Law or Neyer) in quite a while now, and I’ve discovered I’m much better off. I’d recommend this to everyone.
by Missing Barry on Mar 9, 2010 7:22 AM PST up reply actions
Oh jesus
I certainly wasn’t reading an article of his. I’m not THAT stupid. I was listening to a fantasy baseball podcast (ESPN’s is actually really good), and he was guest hosting. They were talking about Halladay and the host said Halladay was going just after Lincecum, then Buster (BUSTer?) dropped the stupid about how he’d take Halladay over Lincecum and then went on to say the aforementioned moronic things.
I know Tim’s velocity is down, but that’s not the point. If he’d become totally ineffective, then it would be something that would be worth mentioning by someone who’s paid to cover baseball. But he won the cy young and his K rate didn’t drop, and his ERA didn’t increase. And he was consistently dominant from the beginning to the end of the year.
So it’s just pure stupid in every way. Not sure why I’m still pissed, but it was just so stupid I couldn’t believe it was actually being said by another human being.
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Isn’t he getting more movement on his fastball?
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
IDK
BUT HIS VELOCITY IS DOWN SO THAT MEANS THAT SCOUTS SEE THAT AND IT MEANS HE SUX THATS Y HE DUSNT HAVE WINZ
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A little more horizontal movement according to what Fangraphs has in it’s Pitch F/X, but it’s still pretty similar. It’ll be interesting to see how his fastball performs going forward.
by Missing Barry on Mar 9, 2010 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
I think I heard
but not sure, that he’s throwing more 2 seamers?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Hasn’t he only thrown 2 seamers since he came up? I remember that being one of the big buzz things they’d talk about with him – how he was getting that amazing velocity despite only throwing 2 seamers, whereas most pitchers threw 4 seamers when they wanted to throw it that hard.
by Missing Barry on Mar 9, 2010 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
I dunno
Fangraphs pitch fx velocity graphs do break “fastball” and “two seam fastball” into two different categories, but there are not nearly as many data points for the 2 seamer. So, I’d guess that if he is throwing 2 seamers, a lot of them are being lumped into the “fastball” category.
I dunno, and this is all conjecture on my part. Not sure how good pitch fx is on identifying the difference between the two, or if his velo is down and he/the braszz are commenting on it too, or etc etc etc.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
I loled when i read this
“The Dodgers did this with Russell Martin, who a) has played some third base, and b) can still suck it, and that’s why Martin has been completely healthy for his entire career.”
I was kind of expecting some sort of appraisal for Russel, but when it said “and b) can still suck it” I loled so hard haha anyway thanks Grant for making my day.
in a lot of ways i think this sums up the molina-posey situation pretty well:
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.
by beat_la_25 on Mar 9, 2010 1:02 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
I did
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Is this real??
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Strawberry: ’86 Mets would have beaten ’09 Yankees
Oh, Darryl…you said you were kickin’ it for good this time!
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Mar 9, 2010 6:02 AM PST reply actions
Ali
Could you please just land a big right hook on that douche sitting to your right? Kthanx
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It’s actually weird how small he looks next to Bochy.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
One comment; one question
1) Bork’s lid is freakishly big.
2) Who is the fat dude in the back with a wedgie and black socks? That is a spectacular look!
Whoever it is has thunder thighs.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 9, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
The inevitable:
Outfielder and Vacaville native Jermaine Dye remains unsigned. Would the Giants have interest at any price?
“I don’t know,” general manager Brian Sabaean said. “The price must be high if he’s not in anyone’s camp. It’s an interesting name.”
http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_14638402?source=rss&nclick_check=1
No it’s not. Billiards Archipelago Von Tainstain is an interesting name. Jermaine Dye is a pretty ordinary name.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
FORMOSA EASTERLING
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Your name is Lanolin?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
JOHAN GAMBOLPUTTY
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"
by natteringnabob on Mar 9, 2010 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
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Every time I take one of these polished turds out of my sig, they end up coming back to haunt me. First the Mets forced me to bring Bengie back, and now I’ll have to go find that Urban quote about Dye “handling RF at AT&T” again.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"
by natteringnabob on Mar 9, 2010 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 9, 2010 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
"MY PEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSS"
Which I believe we have determined to be the original quote that was edited out of the movie.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 9, 2010 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
actually
this makes me feel better. “The price must be high…” means that Sabean hasn’t even inquired about it.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
So
first Liriano needs Tommy John, and now it looks like Nathan might as well. Wow.
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SABEAN WAS RIGHT!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 9, 2010 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
This is why I never ever ever ever pay for saves
ever
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This. It’s hard to feel too sorry for the folks who have already drafted him in POKEMONZ.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
If you draft a closer that early
you deserve whatever happens. HAHAHA
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