Post-game thread: Giants bore, thrill, frustrate
by Grant Brisbee on Apr 19, 2010 10:08 PM PDT
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PrintOh, that team. The one that can't get runners on base. The one that, when they do get runners on base, can't get a hit with runners in scoring position, which makes it seems like a couple of poorly timed failures rather than a carefully plotted, impeccably executed string of outs. The team with only one real hitter and a bunch of clowns flailing around him.
The team that absolutely refuses to score runs for Matt Cain. Nice pitching, Matt. Enjoy your 0-1 record.
It's easy to make too much of a single game in a 162-game season, so I'm not going to make any grand proclamations about this one. It's just too easy. But I can write that, without a doubt, this season is going to be the exact same golden shower of misery and awful hitting, with enough good pitching to keep our hopes alive for far longer than they should be.
What, are the Giants going to score off another closer in the ninth? Tie the game in dramatic fashion? Yeah, right.
...
You'd think the "post-game-fail-recounting-turned-impromptu-excitement" gag would already be old by now, but I could go for 148 more of these.
... Wait. I take that back. Good god. Watching David Eckstein hit a walk-off home run is like losing a loved one to spontaneous combustion. The loss is unexpected and painful, but kind of amusing. Not that amusing. Just a little. But messy. And awful. Certainly hard to explain and harder to believe.
So let's go back to the first point: Oh, that team. The one that can't get runners on base. The one that, when they do get runners on base, can't get a hit with runners in scoring position, which makes it seems like a couple of poorly timed failures rather than a carefully plotted, impeccably executed string of outs. The team with only one real hitter and a bunch of clowns flailing around him. And Juan Uribe, who's cool
The team that absolutely refuses to score runs for Matt Cain. Nice pitching, Matt. Enjoy your winless record.
It's easy to make too much of a single game in a 162-game season, so I'm not going to make any grand proclamations about this one. It's just too easy. But I can write that, without a doubt, this season is going to be a slightly different golden shower of misery and awful hitting, with enough good pitching to keep our hopes alive for far longer than they should be.
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Bochy should end his relationships with some of these clowns in the lineup.
It’s detracting from his personnel decisions.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
A) STOP GOING TO WASHINGTON WITH MEDDERS
B) Accept flowers from Bowker
C) Murder Velez, make it look like a AAA pitcher did it
by Fire Sabean on Apr 19, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
A) STOP GOING TO WASHINGTON WITH MEDDERS
B) Accept flowers from Bowker
C) Murder Velez, make it look likea AAA pitcherVillalona did it
"Well, um, actually a pretty nice little Saturday, we're going to go to Home Depot. Yeah, buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath, & Beyond, I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time."
too late
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First the Sharks, now the Giants. My heart can’t take much more of this.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
First the Giants, then the Sharks, and then the Giants again. The last ~30 hours have been brutal.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
by marcello on Apr 19, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
On my shitlist
Eugenio Velez
Andres Torres
Bruce Bochy
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Apr 19, 2010 10:11 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Add Edgar and this is the exact same list as last year
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah
Torres wasn’t on the shitlist last year.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I know he was pretty okay last year but I wasn’t a fan
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
1+
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
by SeeingStars on Apr 19, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I blame Bochy
He’s the one who fills out the lineup card everyday.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
and for some reason is praised by all non-mccoven
Where's Perry?
by Bballpitcher2 on Apr 19, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I also blame Sabean for failing to sign a lead off hitter, for signing an injured 2nd baseman, and for otherwise failing to construct a viable roster.
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by can of corn on Apr 19, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Two injured second basemen, no less.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
THIS is the point
Yeah that is a load of fucking bullshit look at the whole fan base of LA, the vast majority of them are douchebags filled a fucking douchebaggey center.
Newcomb29(EDGE)
by Sabean's_Folly on Apr 19, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to go out on a limb here
Eugenio Velez probably won’t magically turn into a good baseball player.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Never was, never will be.
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by can of corn on Apr 19, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Right
Honestly there seemed to be more Velez support after the Lewis trade that I didn’t really understand.
Adopted Giant: Mike Krukow.
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Kevin Frandsen: Better than any SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Apr 19, 2010 10:22 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
let’s never discuss his deficiences. He’ll figure it out
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
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Was it just me...
Or did anyone else see that atrocious route he took that blooper what landed in front of him and rolled past after that awful dive.
Hey I’ve got an idea why don’t we go out and get the best starting pitching staff in all of baseball, then torture our fans by complimenting them with the worst offense in baseball.
Proud adopted parent of Jackson Williams, performing a public service by forcing Buster Posey's move to 1B in 2012.
Don't give him the game ball Dusty, you'll jinx it...
by The Neuschler on Apr 20, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
/Sabean sues you for intellectual property theft
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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.
I'm broke
I spent all of my money on mlb.tv to watch the Giants pitching and pepto bismal to deal with their lineup.
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Don't give him the game ball Dusty, you'll jinx it...
by The Neuschler on Apr 20, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
how the fuck
do you give up a homerun to that midget with the annoying batting stance that has hit about 6 homeruns in his career
by 49erEmpire on Apr 19, 2010 10:11 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
EUGENIO "GENO" VELEZ IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL BALLPLAYER
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And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Everyone’s overreacting as usual. He can’t hit right handed, and the idiot manager just gave him two consecutive starts against lefties. As for his fielding, he hasn’t dropped one yet. Big deal, he ran into Torres and turned what would have been a sac fly into a ….sac fly.
Dumped Edgar Renteria and adopted Buster Posey. Biggest upgrade since George Jefferson moved up to a deluxe apartment on the east side!
by rxmeister on Apr 20, 2010 5:32 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
he's not all that great at hitting left handed, either
Career line against righties: .280 / .316 / .444
Minor league MLE against righties: .255 / .290 / .375
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
No. He’s a bad player. He sucks at baseball. He’s always sucked at baseball. He will continue to suck at baseball. There is no reason to believe anything other than those four things, and insisting on trying to prove them wrong is costing the Giants wins.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Apr 20, 2010 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions
You are incorrect
And you left out the fact that he played Blanks’ double into a triple.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 20, 2010 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
And he possibly killed Torres’ chance at getting the outfield assist on the second sac fly, unlikely though it would have been. There’s shared blame on that play, but right of way goes to the center fielder in that situation.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
You know, if the Padres just stopped existing tomorrow, I wouldn’t be even a little sad about it.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Not even just a teensy weensy bit?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 19, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Anywhere that doesn’t employ Scott Hairston and David Eckstein.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Fuck the A's for trading Hairston back to San Diego.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
I have a soft spot for them… they used to be harmless.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 19, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
TONIGHT'S GAME
meh
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
-109
"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
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…
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 19, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
…
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
/bursts out in tears
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 19, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate the Padres.
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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A bunch of shit fucktards that play out of their minds against the Giants
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
The thing that really frustrates me is that Panda hit the hell out of the ball and it didn’t go out and Fucking David Eckstein comes up and hits one that’s more or less a no doubter.
There’s no doubt in my mind that there’s just bad mojo in that fucking park.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Go fuck yourself San Diego/Eckstein
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
/Bruce Bochy
Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry
/Brian Sabean/Eugenio Velez
Proud adopted parent of Jackson Williams, performing a public service by forcing Buster Posey's move to 1B in 2012.
Don't give him the game ball Dusty, you'll jinx it...
by The Neuschler on Apr 20, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
ugh.
Proud parent of the new dominant pitching sensation out of San Diego State University.
Temporarily refocused on hockey-related exercises... growing a beard, wearing teal, punching random people as I walk to class...
I feel terrible for Matt Cain. The way this team steadfastly refuses to score runs for him is not funny anymore. It’s not a joke, it’s just plain pathetic.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
The worst part is that they got his hopes up in the first half last year by giving him run support, only to be like “LOL JK”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It’s unbelievable. There isn’t a stat in the world that can explain this. Maybe they’re aware of the vast resume of good outings Cain has put up, only to see his teammates come up empty. Maybe it’s just in their heads.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
What was the old, absurd thing one crazy person posted here? Something along the lines of, “maybe Cain beats his girlfriend and that’s why his teammates won’t score runs for him?”
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Ah yes.
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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/debates giving Cain's gf a call to confirm...
…decides that’s in poor taste, even here.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I know one stat
the team offensive numbers that have been at the bottom of the league for like 5 years running.
I would not be happy to sign a long-term deal with this team, were I a pitcher that could play anywhere.
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Apr 20, 2010 5:41 AM PDT up reply actions
The Giants’ phase inducers are not aligned. They just microvaporized this game.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
They should have used the deflector dish
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
I was going to list all of the mess ups and bad luck
But screw it, I’m going to do something to forget this game.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
guys, I think I found the problem with Eugenio
He’s confused and thinks the Giants are playing Finnish baseball:
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
by jcb9 on Apr 19, 2010 10:14 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
where on that chart does it say
drop fly balls and get picked off regularly?
Where's Perry?
by Bballpitcher2 on Apr 19, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
on skates
Hans Brinker in Spanish translates as Eugenio Velez
/confuses northern European countries, drinks heavily
"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
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
On a lighter note
So we played a team with a guy named “Headley” in it.
And the first blog noted from SBNation is about a guy named Fister who lost a no-hit bid.
…
Are the blogs trying to tell me something?
Right when the team re-signed Molina was when I gave up on the offense for the 2010 season. (I know he is doing okay now, but I really don’t think he can play past the All Star break, too fat). It would be fun to watch the young players try and succeed.
It would be fun to watch the young players try and succeed.
In this line since like 2005
"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
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
I don't even mind watching them fail, frankly
as long as those that do are broomed out for other young players that might succeed.
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Apr 20, 2010 5:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm kind of ok with that
Molina has done better than I expected so far, and if he can only last until we bring up Buster, fine with me.
Not sure about giving up on the whole offense, though. Is Huff doing better or worse than Molina at cleanup? It’s unreasonable to expect them every game, but I don’t think Molina would have had that inside-the-park homer. I haven’t compared the batting numbers, but all of our Huff-n-Puff jokes aside, he does seem to have more speed on the bases, which, given the lack of longball hitters we’ve got, could at least guard against those GDIPs we love so much or help him score from first on the next batter’s single, etc.
It IS a bit frustrating to give up a gamewinning pinch hit homer to Manny Ramirez and then turn around and try to do the same thing with….Mark DeRosa (and a sort-of-injured one, at that.)
It’s far from our only problem, but it would sure be nice if we had a pinch hitter that actually instilled fear/hate in the other team.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I don't have any answers...
…but I am amusing myself trying to imagine the circumstances that would result in a Molina inside-the-parker.
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in Boston...I mean Pawtucket.
Edgar Renteria, 8 hitter=fine
Edgar Renteria, 2 hitter=ugh.
Get your ass well Freddy.
Yeah, as if a .320 OBP is what we need to solve this offense’s problems.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
im sorry....but i dont want freddy
cuz that means uribe goes to the bench
let freddy go to the 60 day
there is no guarantee that he will hit anyway
Sorry to have to be the one to tell you this
But Freddy Sanchez is not going to be an improvement, as a matter of fact it subtracts Uribe from the line up.
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#2 in Fanshots
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.
i dont get it
again….why was a big deal made about bowker winning the right field job?
if bochy refuses to play him against lefties, all he won was the ability to play opening day
and why is bochy treating torres like he is a vet who has hit 300 his entire career, but is just going through a ruff patch?
and why does he insist on batting nate in the 8 spot???
and why wasnt that pumpkinhead fired last season???
well, at least he is finally using the bunt
why ask why
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 only thing you agree with Bochy for doing is the one that he shouldn’t be doing.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
bunting???? in the late innings?
the guy hasnt done it his entire career
i like using the bunt….as long as it leads up….TO A GUY WHO CAN FRIGGIN HIT THE BALL….NOT TORRES
When the hitters suck the last thing you want to do is give away outs.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
When the hitters suck the last thing you want to do is give away outs.
"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
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
That too.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
Edgar Renteria, 2 hitter=ugh.
- sigh -
If Pablo’s fly ball goes six feet further we’d be properly singing Renteria’s praises for laying down a bunt that was a joy to witness because
1. It was completely unexpected by all but maybe three people in the entire universe.
2. It was beautifully executed to utter perfection.
3. It allows two runs to score as opposed to one.
But since Pablo missed by a quarter of an inch – well, fuck Edgar.
I know, he wasted opportunities earlier that might have made late inning heroics on either side unnecessary. Me, I respect that he didn’t fail on a consistent basis during the course of the game, and did what he could do later as well – if not better – than anyone could have.
Still, it’s such a joy to bitch. Let the ritual continue.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 20, 2010 1:28 AM PDT up reply actions
i lol'd at the time but....
Scott Hairston is on the Padres right now. Good god. So my hitter to watch is David Eckstein: let’s all marvel at this brave new world in which Eckstein is not the most annoying hitter on his team.
I blame Grant like always
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I BLAME GRANT
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
GRANT IS TO BLAME HERE!
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by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 19, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Jim McLennan ( God Emperor of Az Snakepit):
Kung Fu Panda?
A better animated name for him would be Snow White, since offensively, he’s hanging out with seven dwarfs…
Grant Brisbee (person of interest at McC):
The team with only one real hitter and a bunch of clowns flailing around him.
You overlords need to get together and decide whether it’s Pablo And The Seven Dwarves or the Sandoval And Uribe Greatest Sham On Earth.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 20, 2010 2:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Exactly.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
SON OF A BITCH.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
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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.
/gives Grant the gimlet eye
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 19, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Eckstein's homerun
It’s like if your girlfriend cheats on you, you expect it to be with the super-cool jock athlete guy (banger stud), not the short nerd who tucks in his shirt.
F. the Lewis.
hmm
I am that short nerd.
Mixed feelings
"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
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
WHY NOT WILSON?
HE HAS NOT PITCHED IN LIKE A MONTH
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by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 19, 2010 10:15 PM PDT reply actions
To be honest? I'll take a Sierra Nevada, or if you're in the bay area, a pyramid Ale
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
If you are ever in Sacramento, I’ll buy you one at the alehouse downtown
"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
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
well, i know there’s one in Walnut Creek, near where i live
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
we should go
I live in the creek of walnuts
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by Giant Voodoo on Apr 20, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
not that i’m PiKA, but last night after the sharks game I went Cuervo Black. It certainly helped.
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Temporarily refocused on hockey-related exercises... growing a beard, wearing teal, punching random people as I walk to class...
I mean, everybody has their preference, i should do an OT for favorite alcoholic beverage, Beer or mixed drink
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
The way the Giants play it might cause you young posters to start drinking.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
Proud parent of the new dominant pitching sensation out of San Diego State University.
Temporarily refocused on hockey-related exercises... growing a beard, wearing teal, punching random people as I walk to class...
Bulliet
so much win
"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
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
I wouldn’t be too upset if Petco Park were to explode overnight so we could play in their old stadium again where the Giants used to kill the Padres
by 49erEmpire on Apr 19, 2010 10:15 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
and Barry could come back to hit lots of home runs there
Proud to be the official MCC sponsor of The New Problem
by rightcenterfielder on Apr 19, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I had that dream again. The one where I’m climbing the hill to mother’s house but I can’t get there. And I got scared, so I ran away. I ran away down the hill. Slanted walls. Closed doors!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
Grant probably wrote that section earlier tonight.
He makes up for it with his speed in posting so soon after the game.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
fuck that Renteria better get his ass sent to the bench IF Sanchez comes back
by 49erEmpire on Apr 19, 2010 10:19 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
LOL
ok, sure.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
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.
Okay, so we’ve gotten our Romo and Affeldt losses out of the way. Time for a B Weezy BSV tomorrow?
by Rook Takes Pawn on Apr 19, 2010 10:18 PM PDT reply actions
/facepalm
“It’s this simple: He was preoccupied this winter and it cost him,” Sabean said. "He had personal stuff to straighten out, getting married, and he was ill-prepared to come into spring training. I don’t know how much he threw to get ready.
“Some of it is our fault because we didn’t track him as well as maybe we should. We’ve got to do a better job eyeballing that.”
“To compete as a major league pitcher, you can’t be in catch-up mode,” Sabean said. “He’s still in the throes of that. He’s still in spring training mode, and Triple-A is not forgiving. The (Pacific Coast League) is a hitter’s league, it always has been, and if you make mistakes you won’t be forgiven.”
"We're the kind of team people can identify with," Flannery said. "Our best pitcher weighs 150 pounds. Our shortstop is old. Our best hitter is ... big and our catcher is old and big."
READ MY BLOG!!!
just kidding, could not resist
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 19, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
YEA HE MADE MISTAKES!!! HE GOT MARRIED AND HIS HALF SISTER PASSED AWAY. IT’S HIS FAULT!!!
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
HOW DARE HE
ALL HIS PROMBLEMZ
"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
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
yea
Because telling him that he shouldn’t have gotten married or mourned over his sister is going to get him motivated. RALLY THE TROOPS SABES!!
Proud adoptee of Dick Tidrow the mastermind behind Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Buster Posey and many more. Also known as "The Reason".
IT COST HIM? WHAT THE FUCK DID IT COST HIM? HE’D STILL BE ONE OF THE BEST HITTERS ON THE TEAM YOU FUCKING APE!
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
This is about MadBum
…that still might be true, though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
1.194 minor league career OPS!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
(3/8 with a double, a walk, and 5 K)
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
That’s kind of impressive.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
reminds me of one year Terry Mulholland had
He had only four hits all year (and this is when he was a starter, so he had a lot of AB): 1 single, 1 double 1 triple, 1 HR.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I think he’s talking about Madbum
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
OH THEN NEVERMIND
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
damn caps lock
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, I didn’t know MadBum got married
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
He's talking bout Shaft
baby
"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
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
link?
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
http://www.fanfeedr.com/mlb/2010/04/20/sabean-giants-madison-bumgarner-was-ill-prepared-this-spring
"We're the kind of team people can identify with," Flannery said. "Our best pitcher weighs 150 pounds. Our shortstop is old. Our best hitter is ... big and our catcher is old and big."
LOL
“Oh, you have to be,” Sabean said. “In a lot of ways, this will be good for him. It’ll toughen him up and teach him some humility, and teach him how you approach the job on a year-round basis.”
What a prick. I will never have any sympathy for anything bad that happens to Sabean.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
the thing that really boggles my mind about it
Is how fucking sensitive Sabean is when anyone criticizes HIM. And he’s been like that ever since 1997.
Fucking hypocrite. God.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
LOL FRANDSEN
"We're the kind of team people can identify with," Flannery said. "Our best pitcher weighs 150 pounds. Our shortstop is old. Our best hitter is ... big and our catcher is old and big."
it cost kfran and lewis
sabean shoulda been fired last season
What a raging dickbag.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
This is what I mean when I say Sabean is stuck in the 80s.
Twenty-five, thirty years ago, this was the spiel in the college, high school, and kiddie ball. Put a plug of chew on it, rub it, spit on it and man-up. This is where Sabean came from. Tampa U. A fairly decent Div II program at the time. He got that job after playing at Eckard in the same conference.
His disposition and attitude towards young players was and still is all bullshit. Its one step above treating young players as freshman pledges to a jock fraternity. And it shows in the results. Fortunately for Giants fans, Tidrow has kept Sabean away from the pitchers for the most part…going so far as to keep Sabean away from Lincecum before drafting him, so concerned was he that Sabean would kill the deal based on what Sabean’s buddies in other organizations were telling him about Lincecum’s mechanics. And were it not for Tidrow sticking his neck out, Lincecum would be elsewhere.
The newer breed of GMs, like Beane, Beinfest, Epstein, Freidmean have rejected the “old school bullshit”, which is nothing more than a smokescreen to cover up insecurities and failure.
The standings and performance of the above GM’s clubs versus the pathetic displays of the old bulls like Hendry, Sabean, Bowden, Colletti over the last few years pretty much speak for themselves.
He got lucky by signing a couple of prospects for the Yankees out of Florida and parlayed that into a nice scouting job before getting kicked upstairs, taking his high school buddy Joe LeFavre along with him every step of the way.
All one has to do is look around. Posey languishing for no good reason in AAA while the Big club has one legitimate hitter in Sandoval. Bumgarner is way out of sorts. Villalona is awaiting trial on murder charges. Alderson was traded for a 16 million dollar disabled over-rated veteran. Their number one LA kiddie signing for 2 million bucks failed his first piss test and his contract was revoked. Barnes was sent to the Indians for a guy they let go after 100 ABs. And thats in less than 12 months.
Its pretty hard to be hopeful when the entrenched failures in charge of such things remain entrenched just like the bureaucrats in any political body
by E Ticket on Apr 20, 2010 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree with this post
Although I can’t really blame Sabean for Villalona’s deal. You have to let players go home occasionally. What they do when they are there is not up to the club.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 20, 2010 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
What Villalona did was predictable
In that when you throw $2million at a 16 year old who comes from impoverishment two things are likely to take place.
1. Too much, too soon.
2. He is now a target. Much like NBAers and NFLers who come from ’hoods. They are walking, talking, hi-profile targets of the mal-intended set looking to make their own reputation, at the athletes expense.
This is a pretty big topic and probably not for this thread, but its a topic that interests me and concerns me greatly especially since so much of it is swept under the rug.
by E Ticket on Apr 20, 2010 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree that the risk is there, but plenty of teenagers (in fact a vast majority) get that kind of money never see the inside of a jail cell.
It isn’t like paying large bonuses to teenagers is something exclusive to the Giants. They just happened to pick a stupid teenager.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 20, 2010 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
KNBR morning show today
“Props to Sabean for re-signing Uribe!”
They didn’t mention FreDL Sanchez for some reason. Or Renteria. Or Garko…
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Apr 20, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
yes
"We're the kind of team people can identify with," Flannery said. "Our best pitcher weighs 150 pounds. Our shortstop is old. Our best hitter is ... big and our catcher is old and big."
yep… OH NO, KIDS ARE GETTING MARRIED!!!
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Brian Sabean got married in the offseason a few years ago.
NOT FOCUSING ON THE TEAM!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
In the 2005-6 offseason
The Giants big signings/acquisitions were:
Matt Morris
Mark Sweeney
Jamey Wright
Steve Finley
signing Randy Winn to an expensive longterm deal
"It’s this simple: He was preoccupied this winter and it cost him. He had personal stuff to straighten out, getting married, and he was ill-prepared to build a baseball team that didn’t suck balls. I don’t know how much he looked at any sort of statistics at all to pick who he handed out a shitload of money to, but it looks like he just signed a bunch of guys he remembered being good five years ago."
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Apr 19, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOLOLOL
"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
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Not a good soldier
On a much happier note
Sabean said vice president and pitching guru Dick Tidrow spent time with Bumgarner over the weekend to help tweak his mechanics. The session appeared to pay off.
Bumgarner rebounded with a much better effort Monday, holding Portland to three hits and two runs (one earned) in six innings. According to Fresno broadcaster Doug Greenwald, the scoreboard radar gun had Bumgarner’s fastball consistently in the low 90s, topping out at 93 mph.
Keep doing that, Sabean.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
/wants to know what changes they made
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
1) lose the cat
2) had wife return gonads
3) throw away articles related to Sabean naming him lead candidate for 5th starter
ONLY TEH WUSSIES!!1
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
picture of Sabean on catcher's mitt
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Apr 20, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
What really gets me about this is that, instead of being concerned with his actual arm, he’s just talking shit about MadBum’s preparedness or his “mental state” or whatever. It’s utter bullshit. Especially when the things he was “distracting himself” with was… you know… living his fucking life?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
why go to the press about this bull shit
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Because Sabean Can Read
Sabean probably got tired of the media (yes I’m talking about YOU Rob Neyer) questioning the Giants competency. And to be sure Neyer reponds to Sabean.
sabean got pissed that the kid got married?
ya…much better to bang skanks you find in all the minor league towns….
total tool
Sabean is a first class piece of shit and a pathetically inept GM
Yeah that is a load of fucking bullshit look at the whole fan base of LA, the vast majority of them are douchebags filled a fucking douchebaggey center.
Newcomb29(EDGE)
by Sabean's_Folly on Apr 19, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
aside from Sabean being an asshole
Does he really think that the problem with Bumgarner is that he was distracted over the offseason? His fucking velocity was down LAST YEAR! Was his distractedness retroactive!? Geez.
If Sabean really believes that, that makes me really worried for the organization’s future.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Wait, you aren't already worried about the organization's future?
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
The future is one of the few things I’ve been positive about the last few years. :( I like our farm system a lot!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
If he hadn’t gotten married, he would be throwing 97 mph right now.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Well, first he fell in love which cost him 2 mph. Then he got married, which cost him another 3 mph.
Man, he better not have kids, or he’ll never get that major league career started.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Apr 19, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
new theory
Sabean = wilriv
Getting married + cat lover = sucky pitcher!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
-2 to MPH
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Apr 19, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
/nods
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory
What if you've never loved?
Do you still lose when you retire from the game?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 20, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow
Another thrown under the bus special. Stay classy.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Sabes is a douchebag.
An incompetent douchebag.
Adopted Giant: Mike Krukow.
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Kevin Frandsen: Better than any SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Apr 19, 2010 10:28 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
You should never, never, ever
Cough up a walkoff gopher ball to an elf.
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Apr 19, 2010 10:18 PM PDT reply actions
I don’t think it was really a gopher ball.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
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.
I want the heads of Bochy and Sabean
they are not qualified for this. Sabean especially. In the era of GM’s having two or three degrees, our GM has…a High School Diploma. He didn’t even go to college.
/Facepalm
Proud adoptee of Dick Tidrow the mastermind behind Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Buster Posey and many more. Also known as "The Reason".
speaking of milb.com
madbaum finally had a good nite and was topping out at 94
by bacci40 on Apr 19, 2010 10:19 PM PDT reply actions 10 recs
You have to pay for the premium Gold subscription.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
Paypal at Sabeansfolly@hushmail.com
Yeah that is a load of fucking bullshit look at the whole fan base of LA, the vast majority of them are douchebags filled a fucking douchebaggey center.
Newcomb29(EDGE)
by Sabean's_Folly on Apr 19, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
call him up release Wellemeyer
by 49erEmpire on Apr 19, 2010 10:20 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
off that Baggs article, he got help from Dick Tidrow this last weekend
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
TWSS
"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
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Well at least his results were a little better tonight. Hopefully he keeps ironing his mechanical issues out. I hope that is all it is.
Still, that’s better than 87-88
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
"The Giants don't just lose.
“They take parts of your body with you when they do.”
-Kuip
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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by Natto on Apr 19, 2010 10:19 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
my heart
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
And liver.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory
“They took our heart yesterday in Dodger Stadium, and they took at least a lung here at Petco… They can’t have my liver, I have plans for that tonight.
-More Kuip
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Same as last year, but with fewer wins this year
Yeah that is a load of fucking bullshit look at the whole fan base of LA, the vast majority of them are douchebags filled a fucking douchebaggey center.
Newcomb29(EDGE)
by Sabean's_Folly on Apr 19, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe not-so-awesome pitching
I suspect the bullpen will not be as good as last year.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
sorry to break it to you
but Bork will be starting both of them tomorrow
by speedyt72000 on Apr 19, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I concede that Velez is a huge piece of shit. I know that Eckstein is a gravitational anomaly level piece of shit. I don’t have a lot to add other than that.
It’s sure be nice if Fred were still on the team.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Please don’t make me cry.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
You can’t play much worse than he did tonight.
F. the Lewis.
by calpolynate on Apr 19, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t see it, but I do believe it. Velez is pretty darn stupid.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Fred isn’t doing much better.. We need Bowkermania.
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
by SeeingStars on Apr 19, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Continuing the conversation in the game thread, yeah we play Spurs on Saturday. I’m a bit worried but I think we can get it done
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Please do.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
If it was at WHL, I think United would be in deep trouble. I’d kinda like to see City in the Champions League next year
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
no doubt
although Arsenal and Chelsea in 1 week is pretty scary
It's tragic high tide
by TheBigLeBowker on Apr 19, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
what do you mean?
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Tottenham
beat Arsenal and Chelsea in the same week
It's tragic high tide
by TheBigLeBowker on Apr 19, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, I watched the Chelsea game on Saturday, and Spurs really dominated them.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Tottenham Hotspur, bitches!
They won me beer at a pub quiz and forever earned my loyalty. This was before Bill Simmons jumped on the bandwagon, I’d like to add. I’m a bandwagon-jumping leader, not follower!
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 19, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Defoe and Bale
are so quality right now
It's tragic high tide
by TheBigLeBowker on Apr 19, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
and we really don’t need this Rooney transfer talk right now
It's tragic high tide
by TheBigLeBowker on Apr 19, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
It’ll never happen. Rooney wants to stay with United and even Ronaldo said all the Madrid transfer talk was basically a pipe dream
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure
I just hope everyone is focused on Saturday as they should be
It's tragic high tide
by TheBigLeBowker on Apr 19, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
the padres are a game back of first place........
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 19, 2010 10:22 PM PDT reply actions
YAY!
FresnoGrizzlies And for all of you asking, Bumgarner was repeatedly clocked between 91-93 mph on our gun, occasionally hitting 94.
FREE BUSTER POSEY
by djp4cal on Apr 19, 2010 10:23 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Wow if he can keep that up
That would be really cool.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
it’s some good news finally
It's tragic high tide
by TheBigLeBowker on Apr 19, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Well that’s good. How is he at not giving up home runs to David Eckstein?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
gun is a squirt gun, though.
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
by greatgiantfan on Apr 19, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, please
Adopted Giant: Mike Krukow.
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Kevin Frandsen: Better than any SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Apr 19, 2010 10:30 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't believe it
Hot gun is hot
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 20, 2010 6:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Insanity:
doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
STOP THE INSANITY
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
Bye guys I'm going to bed and have some nightmares
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Last night was full of em... Sharks... Giants.... tonight? not so bad
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I caught the last of the game starting in the 8th. Reading these comments I take it things didn’t go well all game long. Or is it hyperbole? Obviously the 10th wasn’t ideal, Uribe get his thunder taking away again.
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
Cliff notes
Velez sucks, Torres sucks, Bochy is a moron.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair
That could be said & true of any Giants game.
Adopted Giant: Mike Krukow.
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Kevin Frandsen: Better than any SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Apr 19, 2010 10:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
We should stop. I’m just saying.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
UribeCain get his thunder taking away again.
by RastonwarriorRobot on Apr 19, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder can J.T and Bonds come back?
It's tragic high tide
by TheBigLeBowker on Apr 19, 2010 10:25 PM PDT reply actions
It all comes around to Sabean
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
Eckstein’s not a rookie.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 19, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Juan Uribe
One day we won’t let your heroics go to waste.
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
I predict that history will look kindly on the 09 offseason, even if we were pissed at the time.
I fear a Jermaine Dye signing coming
by 49erEmpire on Apr 19, 2010 10:26 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Velez is +30 better.
No joke.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
Exact Figures
Up where people can see them.
Career OF stats:
Velez +9.1
Dye -15.0
For a grand total difference of 24.1.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
i’ll call BS on that +9.1.
I assumed it was a matter of contending negatives.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I’ll agree with you. Severe SSS for Velez.
But for the sticker shock, the difference is quite amazing.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
I believe it
He’s awful on fundamentals, but he probably has good range.
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
I predict that history will look kindly on the 09 offseason, even if we were pissed at the time.
SSS on Velez, of course.
The difference between his UZR/150 in LF and CF is….considerable.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
little old, don't you think?
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Dukes is 15 worse.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
Wait, how about that guy from the Nationals that was compared to Fred Lewis?
Can’t think of any other pariahs…
But really, if you think a team that just dumped Fred Lewis will find depth in the outfield…
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
I dunno, Church?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
I think he could roughly approximate Lewis’ production without the above-average defense.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
I think he could roughly approximate Lewis’ production without the above-average defense.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
Sorry.
I react badly to these kinds of games.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
Honestly, they should just start Nate in center, Bowker at one corner, and DeRosa at the other.
And if DeRosa is hurt, play Torres there.
They won’t do that though.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
When Rowand comes back, and since Bowker is going to be locked in this stupid-ass platoon, can we at least give the left-handed starts to Schierholtz. I’m as big a Torres booster as anyone, but he’s pissing me off.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Bowker is not locked in a platoon
after tonight, he will be locked to the bench.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
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.
/fingers in ears
LA LA LA LA LA LA
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Some dude named Bonds?
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
Yeah he’s 103 but he could still outhit what shit we have out there now.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
And he lost
about 100 pounds since he quit playing.
I dunno, he kind of sucked, right?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bobby_Bonds_Jr.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Whoa.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
is he still available?
DUBfan4life!!!!
by BayAreaKidd650 on Apr 19, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
on the wrapup
They were just LOLing about the home run that bounced on the warning track.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I forgot about this. LOL UMPS
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Watched that on a bar TV
I was really confused about why the game was so hold-up.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Watching David Eckstein hit a walk-off home run is like losing a loved one to spontaneous combustion
RIP Spot.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Apr 19, 2010 10:31 PM PDT reply actions
Number 35, bitches.
Proud father of Mark Gardner(29 years my senior): mastermind of our airtight relief corps, local boy, and owner of an unofficial no-no against the Dodgers.
Kill it with fire.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
Rot in hell.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I want to poke his eyes out
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I made a scrapbork a few years ago, but it didn’t turn out very well.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Apr 19, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants in 2009 after 13 games 5-8
Giants in 2010 after 13 games 8-5
i think its going to be ok
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 19, 2010 10:33 PM PDT reply actions
Lol, why are our early So. Cal trips so shitty?
Proud father of Mark Gardner(29 years my senior): mastermind of our airtight relief corps, local boy, and owner of an unofficial no-no against the Dodgers.
CAN’T BREATHE ZOMG
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
THERE ARE UNICORNS INSIDE!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 20, 2010 6:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Starting a new ritual
I am going to have sex every night that the Giants Lose.
Push me into priesthood, I dare you, Giants.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
You also rot in hell.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I will do the same except different. I might be blind in a few weeks.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
FIXED
Starting a new ritual
I am going to have sex every night that the Giants Lose.
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 19, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
On Second Thought
Every 28 days you better fucking Win a few games, San Francisco Giants.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
if you look at it now
our roster with out sanchez, de rosa, rowand looks like the 2009 roster…lets please send Torres to triple a and bring up Ford…Torres is hard to watch when he is in a RBI at bat…bases loaded 1 out, he hits into a double play….this guy is 2 for 20…Bochy wtf are you waiting for send his ass back???
DUBfan4life!!!!
by BayAreaKidd650 on Apr 19, 2010 10:35 PM PDT reply actions
FYI
Ford is not ready for “The Show”.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
Yeah, but at least he’ll never be anything. There’s a non-zero chance that Ford becomes a useful MLB player and bringing him up would almost certainly derail that.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Can I call a moratorium on asking for Ford to be called up?
Dude is like 24 and in his first year in AA
And he’s hitting for a sub-.600 OPS at the moment.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yea, seriously. Not Ford.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
SO YOU'RE READY TO JOIN MY MINIONS?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
FOR THE SWARM!!!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 20, 2010 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions
ONE OF US. ONE OF US.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Favorite point in the game
back to back strike outs with 2 guys in scoring position
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
I was lucky enough to listen to this on the drive home.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
/bunts runners over
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory
EXACTLY.
Bochy caves in to pressure and makes even more stupid decisions.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
FUCK THIS GAME.
I FUCKING HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS GAME. THE FUCKING GIANTS CANT SCORE ANY FUCKING RUNS EXCEPT FOR THE ONE GUY ON THE TEAM WHO ISNT EVEN A STARTER AND THEY CANT EVEN MAKE A FUCKING PRODUCTIVE OUT AND THEN DAVID FUCKING ECKSTEIN HITS A FUCKIN G WALKOFF HOMERUN? I FUCKING HATE ECKSTEIN FUCK, I JUST WANT TO FUCKING GRAB HIM BY THE SHOULDERS AND RIP HIM AFUCKINGPART UNTILL I CAN SMASH HIS BEATING HEART INTO THE PAVEMENT WITH MY FOOT WHILE HE LIES THERE SCREAMING IN PAIN AND DIEING SLOWLY. FUCK.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Apr 19, 2010 10:36 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
rage rec’d
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
OH chill the hell out Graham
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
[sic]
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
When did bondslegend take over Graham’s computer?
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
He’s growing up before our eyes :’)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yeah, pretty much.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
always another game tommrow
DUBfan4life!!!!
by BayAreaKidd650 on Apr 19, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
U R 5
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
So ummm, you’ll be outside ATT AT 5 FRIDAY? I’LL GIVE YOU A BUTT WOOPIN
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
WATCH YOUR MOUTH YOUNG MAN
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
It’s 1:35 AM here and I’m hanging around bitching about the Giants. What the hell is wrong with me!?
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I'm here too
But I even have a paper to write!
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
I predict that history will look kindly on the 09 offseason, even if we were pissed at the time.
SAME!!!!!!!!!!! and i have to finish my Case write up
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
West Coast Ex-Pat Insomniacs unite!
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 19, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL GIANTS FANS
/cries
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
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.
3-2? The exact same game as yesterday, but with Eckstein instead of Manny?
And now it’s an extra-inning walkoff, to boot?
Wow, I’m glad I watched Dark City again instead of that horror show.
I assume we’ve all agreed that Bochy is at fault because he should’ve known to use Affeldt yesterday and Romo today instead of the other way around?
(Seriously, if you haven’t seen Dark City, get on it. The Matrix was just Dark City with better special effects and publicity and worse everything else.)
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 19, 2010 10:38 PM PDT reply actions
At least yesterday it was Manny.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Manny is just David Eckstein When He Faces The Giants with better special effects and publicity and worse everything else.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 19, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
lol Rufus Sewell
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I probably will. I just watched Blade Runner the other day for the first time in ten years, and am now craving more cyberpunk neo-noir.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
So...
Over under on how many more Fresno Grizzlies games it takes for them to trot out Buster in LF?
I say 3.
posey needs to play right field asap, make him play there
DUBfan4life!!!!
by BayAreaKidd650 on Apr 19, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
No he doesn’t.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
molina and posey bat both need to be in the everyday lineup
DUBfan4life!!!!
by BayAreaKidd650 on Apr 19, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Molina is one of the worst hitters in the lineup.
If Posey isn’t starting catcher when he comes up, he needs to be in AAA.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
new lineup idea!
1) Darren Ford SS
2) Buster Posey RF
3) Thomas Neal C
4) Tommy Joseph 2B
5) Hector Sanchez CF
6) Ehire Adrianza LF
7) Wendell Fairley 1B
8) Brett Pill 3B
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
by jcb9 on Apr 19, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
looks good
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Im not even 100% opposed to this after the last two days.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Apr 19, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Could probably win a few games
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Fairley at 1B
Continuing the tradition!
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
and um maybe
9) Mike McBryde P
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Don't forget to wipe!
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 20, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Doesn’t matter, he’d get 5 at bats and then be designated to the bench. Bochy is teh stupidz
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man
I can’t believe that this offense is making me dream of the day Freddy Sanchez returns…
Rowand
Sanchez
Sandoval
Huff
DeRosa
Molina
Schierholtz
With Bowker and Uribe around for pinch hits…
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
I predict that history will look kindly on the 09 offseason, even if we were pissed at the time.
and Rowand too apparently
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
best case scenario, replaced by Uribe
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Bochy
wouldn’t dare use that big head of his for the logical moves
It's tragic high tide
by TheBigLeBowker on Apr 19, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
uribe > renteria diahreahh
DUBfan4life!!!!
by BayAreaKidd650 on Apr 19, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Sanchez will replace Uribe. The offense will then become worse.
Take that, your dreams!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Uribe leads the team in RBIs. Bochy will find a way to work him into the lineup.
I’m guessing he moves between 2B and SS to give Franchez and Renteria regular rest.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
/Sanchez blows out his hip
/DeRosa breaks his arm
/Rowand face-plants into a wall and is out 8 weeks
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
you jerk, knock on wood
DUBfan4life!!!!
by BayAreaKidd650 on Apr 19, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Knock on wood?!
Don’t reverse my jinx!!!
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
Well. At least my fantasy team had a good night.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Apr 19, 2010 10:41 PM PDT reply actions
I still dont get how Fantasy baseball scoring works
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
Its based on how the real players do. If Matt Holliday hits a HR, my team gets credit for a HR. Whoever has the most HRs at the end of the week gets a point for that statistic.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Apr 19, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
It goes by week?
then why do our points fluctuate every day?
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
Is your league rotisserie or face-to-face?
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
ah, okay
That’s totally different from the system Graham is talking about. Rotisserie doesn’t go week-to-week.
In our league, there are 14 teams and 10 statistical categories. If you lead the league in a category, you get 14 points. If you’re in second place in that category, you get 13, etc., on down to 1 point for last place. The total score is just your points for all 10 categories added up.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
That makes sense
How do you lose points then?
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
Well, say you lead the league in Home Runs with 10. My team is in second place with 9. The next day, my team gets 4 and your team just gets 1. You fall to second place, so instead of 14 points in that category, you have 13 now.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I never really understood how rotisserie worked. I knew it was something like that, but I wasnt sure what.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Apr 19, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Because points accumulate day by day, and the rate is not constant?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Apr 19, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
uhhh yea… mine was OPPOSITE!!! everyone went ohfer… cept for Pablo and Bartlett
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
My offense wasnt great but Penny and Piniero both pitched gems.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Apr 19, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, see i had Cain, and…. well.. yea…
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
He picthed great, Just no win.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Apr 19, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
What is with howie in the last thread?
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
He’s live-blogging watching a Star Trek: TNG rerun!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
The dumbest move besides Velez, FLewis, F. Sanchez and Torres,
we have two left handed slugging first basemen, neither one of which can play another position.
I picked the wrong week to stop shooting herron
It's tragic high tide
by TheBigLeBowker on Apr 19, 2010 10:46 PM PDT reply actions
What do you do with them after you shoot them?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Deep fry it and eat it, I guess.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
+1
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
I’ve never had a herron lumpia
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Personally, I like them with a little hot sauce.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 19, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
no dude, sweet and sour sauce!!!
DUBfan4life!!!!
by BayAreaKidd650 on Apr 19, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
GIANTS NEED A CLUTCH HITTER BATTING 8th!!!!! is that loud enough?
DUBfan4life!!!!
by BayAreaKidd650 on Apr 19, 2010 10:48 PM PDT reply actions
Is David Bell still around?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Apr 19, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants the last few days have put me in mid-August form.
I blame all you haterzzzz
"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
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
I really regret that I liked him when he was a player. :(
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
WOW A TRUE GIANTS FAN
YOU LIKE ROIDED UP FREAKS!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I think I know what is causing this
Was ATT Park built on an ancient Indian burial ground?
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
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.
No, but my house was.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Apr 19, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
GIS result for 'fuck David Eckstein'
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Coming soon to GIS
ASSOCIATED PRESS / San Diego Padres David Eckstein reacts after having gatorade poured over him by teammates after a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants Monday, April 19, 2010 in San Diego. Eckstein hit a walk-off home run in the tenth inning to give the Padres a 3-2 win.
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"We're the kind of team people can identify with," Flannery said. "Our best pitcher weighs 150 pounds. Our shortstop is old. Our best hitter is ... big and our catcher is old and big."
DAMMIT
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
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.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 19, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants offense, to Matt Cain
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
I predict that history will look kindly on the 09 offseason, even if we were pissed at the time.
Early innings I was mowin’ ’em down
I took a bag of rosin and I struck Gonzalez out
I went to the dugout and I sat right down, stuck that game ball beneath my glove
Went out next innin’ and I grabbed that glove, took that bag of rosin and then I pitched
Made a good pitch but I still can’t win, they overtook me down in the eighth inning
Late in the innings rubbin’ the ball, in walked the pitcher from the bullpen
He said, “Matt Cain, you don’t know how to win,
I’m the dirty hack who shoots your record down”
Said, "yes oh yes my name is Matt Cain, if you’re gonna blow it just blow it for me
Lost the game ’cause they hit too slow
I thought I was the ace but they had four more
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
(I’m rewriting “Cocaine Blues” for you non-Johnny Cash enthusiasts out there. Fucking kick-ass song.)
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Oh, I'm pickin' up what you're puttin' down.
10:57 to 11:02? That was an impressive turnaround time.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 19, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Even more impressive in that it’s 2:02 am where jcb’s at. o_O
"We're the kind of team people can identify with," Flannery said. "Our best pitcher weighs 150 pounds. Our shortstop is old. Our best hitter is ... big and our catcher is old and big."
THE SF GIANTS BLUES
I bet there’s pitchers pitchin’
On some teams with good off-ense
they’re probably getting double-yous
it really makes no sense
I know I had it comin’
I know it don’t come free
But other pitchers get the wins,
and that’s what tortures me
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
I predict that history will look kindly on the 09 offseason, even if we were pissed at the time.
Why did the Giants have to win 88 games last year? I want Sabean and Bochy gone. :(
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
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.
Not enough insults in the plug.
Needs more support of Bengie, too.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
Can't find the full thread, but this image is quite appropriate
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
here it is
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 19, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, everyone. I’ve just been listening to the Sandwitches for the first time on myspace and I think they’re pretty good. Kind of mellow and weird. I like ‘Makes Me Sick’, but the play count doesn’t agree with me….
Anyway, fuckin’ Eckstein. What can you do? If the way the Padres are going to beat us is with Eckstein home runs, fuck it, I’ll take my chances…
Tomorrow is Durty vs. Mat Latos. Even the Giants can score runs against that guy. I’m optimistic.
Yeah, that’s it, optimistic.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 19, 2010 11:14 PM PDT reply actions
I don’t think I’ve had enough pain this weekend. I think I’ll call my ex.
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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IT’S A TRAP! THE DOG IS THE COALESCENT ORGANISM!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Apr 19, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
So, what I learned from listening to the post-game recap:
Juan Uribe is still awesome.
Our outfield still sucks.
…
Fuck.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I don't know why, but for some reason I don't miss the gamethreads when something like this happens
:-( Giants
and D: Bowker
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
so what did we learn today, Matt?
that you need to learn to win.
by TimLaser and MattyC on Apr 20, 2010 12:35 AM PDT reply actions
Maybe it's just me...
Watching David Eckstein hit a walk-off home run is like losing a loved one to spontaneous combustion. The loss is unexpected and painful, but kind of amusing. Not that amusing. Just a little. But messy. And awful. Certainly hard to explain and harder to believe.
…but I thought this was one of Grant’s finest similes of all time.
From Fangraphs:
“…we would expect Affeldt vs. Eckstein matchups to end in a fly ball only 19.2% of the time. Then, given Eckstein’s 1.9% HR/FB over that time frame, we would expect this matchup to end in a home run only .003648% of the time, or roughly 36 out of every 10000 times. With PETCO Park’s .86 HR park factor, that falls to 31 out of every 10000 times.”
Further proof that PETCO is obviously built on an indian burial ground. Maybe that’s why they’re the Padres.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I blame location selection
Which will fly in the face of the “but Bengie calls a good game!!” dogma. There is no reason to try to go inside on Eckstein. The way Petco plays, the only way he can hurt you is by turning on an inside pitch. Bengie set up inside, Affeldt hit the target and the shrimp turned on it.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 20, 2010 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Affeldt owned up that he wanted the pitch to go outside, and missed the location.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
In complete sports numbness
After the Sharks’ loss on Sunday and the Giants’ last two losses…I am incapable of feeling anything…difference 3 days make.
As for the lineup, I can’t blame Bochy….it’s not like he’s got 25 major leaguers to work with…maybe 20…
Its been over 12 hours and I am still upset about this game.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
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.
This game is no even close to the Colorado Disaster last year
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
I agree, but I had really hoped had I gone to sleep I would be feeling better about it today.
The fucking San Diego Padres and David fucking Eckstein.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
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.
Just wait until you see tonight's lineup
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 20, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m still waiting for today’s lineup to decide whether or not I need to be upset.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Apr 20, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I WISH I WOULD HAVE SAID THIS!!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 20, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Don’t you just?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Apr 20, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Just gonna keep posting this every so often I think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0sOCl9lV60&feature=related
Jaymee Sire is my adopted wife.
by positiveuphemism on Apr 20, 2010 10:13 AM PDT reply actions
I can post links to awesome nonsense music too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzzgZT8PcZU
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
wow
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
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on Apr 20, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
/thumbsup
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I literally fell asleep during this game
missed the Uribe homer, but something that made me smile while watching the replay is that timmy gives the fist pump “FUCK YEAHHH!!!!” while on camera right afterwards. I always think that’s awesome.
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
/mentions fantasy baseball team
Good thing you were asleep… although it wasn’t as bad as Sunday
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Really glad I missed the Uribe homer
because then I woulda been all pumped, then I woulda stayed up late and seen david fucking fuckstein hit a walkoff, then I woulda been up too late and tired at work this morning
So all in all, not a bad thing.
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
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on Apr 20, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Timmy’s FUCK YEAH was just a precursor (hey, that’s a pun) to Aubrey Huff GOD DAMN IT later on.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Apr 20, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
HEEYOO
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
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on Apr 20, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
That WAS him, wasn't it?
I also fell asleep after the Uribomb, but woke around two and finished it.
I remember thinking “Nah, that’s just someone closer to the booth” but in retrospect the Giant fans were the vocal majority before the Eckstab so it would have been quiet enough.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 20, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
IDK
I didn’t hear it, but they showed a shot of the dugout right after the HR and he was fist pumping and yelling
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
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on Apr 20, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't look at this photo without thinking the Padres guys is saying "LOL YOUR TEAM"
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 20, 2010 10:52 AM PDT reply actions
This is Bob, Bob ordered Enzyte for his entire team. Now the Padres are livin’ LARGE!
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
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.
by scout6 on Apr 20, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
There's plenty to be upset about
over the last two days, whether it be pitch selection and placement by the bullpen, or the lack of clutch hitting against lefties. And there are those who are saying “it’s early; relax”. But these problems aren’t new and were known after last season, and yet the team did little to add right-handed pop.
As a result, good pitching by two hard-luck guys is being wasted again, just like years past. And if someone has reasons to believe this will get better with the current roster, I’d like to hear those reasons.
Responsible for the last great homegrown Giants team.
You know what, I have been thinking about this for a sizable amount of time and have come to the conclusion that it would indeed be cool if they won tonight’s game.
Proud father of Mark Gardner(29 years my senior): mastermind of our airtight relief corps, local boy, and owner of an unofficial no-no against the Dodgers.
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