Your first favorite Giant
by jcb9 on Apr 26, 2010 7:50 AM PDT
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PrintAs a companion piece to the Where Did You Grow Up fanpost, where part of the question is how you became a fan, I wanted to ask folks who their first favorite Giant was. It doesn't even have to be a player - it can be an announcer, a manager, etc. Whoever you first really, really loved in association with the Giants.
My answer will be a very common one: Will Clark. I also loved Robby Thompson, Dave Dravecky, Kevin Mitchell, and, less commonly, Mike Aldrete, but I was all about Will Clark as a kid. For later generations, I think it's probably hard to understand just how amazing Will was to Giants fans at the time. He was a great player, and a player who helped transform the Giants from an awful joke to a real contender, but aside from that, he was just the definition of COOL. The game face, the eye black, the batting stance, that sweetest of all sweet swings. He was amazing. Also, his middle name was (still is, I guess!) Nuschler, so he had that going for him, too.
Actually, if you ask my dad, he'll tell you my first favorite Giant was Jack Clark, back when I was really little. But Jack Clark was traded to the Cardinals when I was four, so my only memories of him are as a Cardinal. So he hardly seems to count.
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Atlee.
WHAT?
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Atlee rocked
Atlee was a stone cold killa before the ASG disaster.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
Yeah, pretty much Will Clark.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Uribe, Thompson, and Williams are high on my list as well.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
the other thing I'll say about Will Clark
I was six when he was a rookie, and that’s the first year of baseball I remember really well. I remember bits and pieces from earlier season, but start-to-finish, 1986 is the first that’s really clear for me.
When he left after 1993, I was thirteen. It was extremely shocking. I had known there was a chance he wasn’t coming back, but I couldn’t imagine a Giants team without Will. And to have him go to the Rangers, back in the days before interleague play, when it meant he might never play in San Francisco again….
It was crushing. And then in 1994, the Giants sucked, the strike cancelled the postseason, and Matt Williams got screwed out of his chance at 61 home runs. What a lousy baseball year that was.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least Salem-Keizer).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
The Thrill is gone. It’s gone away for good. You know you done me wrong. But you’ll be sorry someday.
The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
Also, Darryl Strawberry. Even to this day, it’s really weird that Darryl Strawberry was a Giant.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least Salem-Keizer).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Chris Speier!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 26, 2010 7:59 AM PDT reply actions
Me too.
Mays, McCovey, Marichal, and Bonds 1 were all on the team, but I liked the rookie Alameda Rifle who rarely made a mistake in the field and made the Giants a division winner in the way teams like that need an excellent supporting cast.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
Gonna have to go with either Matt Williams, or JT… born in 1988, i really got into baseball in the mid to 90s
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Dude...
thanks for making me feel old. I have a daughter older than you are.
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I would say Will Clark as he was my favorite player when I was a kid. I collected all of his cards, tried to emulate his swing (a right handed version), and I even had (still have) the game face Will donned in his playing days.
But my very first favorite player was Chili Davis. Probably because of the name.
The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
Can’t say toss up.
Either BLB or Beck
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
As a kid, Matt Williams.
More recently, JT Snow. Defensive master
I've got just three words for you: Duck The Fodgers
Weirdly, it was Jim Barr.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 26, 2010 8:17 AM PDT reply actions
The name reminds me of another random Giant I was fond of as a kid: Jim Gott. Later saved 25 games for the Dodgers. :(
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least Salem-Keizer).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Gotta love that guy.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 26, 2010 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I liked Barr
He had pinpoint control over that two-seam fastball. I remember watching him warm up in the bullpen sitting just over the wall and getting my first real sense of just how hard those guys throw.
He only lost the consecutive scoreless innings record recently.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
The Dominican Dandy
If you grew up in my era you were used to great Giants’ hitters, which I guess is the reason that the great pitcher, Juan Marichal, was my boyhood hero. What a treat it was watching him every FOURTH day. That amazing high leg kick, the different arm angles, that great fastball, and terrific off speed stuff. He had it all. I kid my wife that the only reason I married her is that she’s Dominican, and she comes from the same country as my favorite player. Too bad you guys never saw him in his prime. Then again, we have Timmy!!
Dumped Edgar Renteria and adopted Buster Posey. Biggest upgrade since George Jefferson moved up to a deluxe apartment on the east side!
Me too!
Willie Mays was phenomenally talented, Willie McCovey came through in the clutch (and seemed like such a nice guy – at least to this kid growing up 88 miles away), but it was Juan Marichal who provided the magic. The leg kick, the multiple arm angles on each type of pitch,.. he had it all. (And what sucked was that the national media only wanted to talk about Drysdale, and Koufax -who had just recently retired).
Later, Chris Speier. Then Will Clark.
Your San Francisco Giants: exemplifying buzzard's luck since 2006.
Proud adoptive parent of Sergio Romo. Looking forward to adopting Justin Smoak.
Me, three. I remember drawing his number on my tee-shirt and practicing his wind-up in the yard.
"What makes you think you're Jesus Christ?"
"Well, when I pray I seem to be talking to myself"
Barry Bonds when I was young
and didn’t follow the game.
It was either Jeff Kent or Rich Aurilia that would become my favorite when I started to actually watch.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Apr 26, 2010 9:09 AM PDT reply actions
Benito Santiago
All catchers should learn how to throw from their knees.
Garlic fries 08
by operation carrot on Apr 26, 2010 9:15 AM PDT reply actions
McCovey and Simmons
The man this blog is named for, who I used to call “Covey”, guess the Mac part was just too tough to spit out when I was a kid.
However, I will say that as an adult, thinking back to my childhood, my real primal memory of Giants’ baseball isn’t a player, a play or a game, it’s being in the backyard with my Dad and brothers listening to Lon Simmons on the radio. And really, that’s the default setting for all baseball in my mind — it’s always filtered through my imagination of what Lon would be saying about it.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
As a kid, the best music I ever heard from the radio was this:
“This is Russ Hodges, along with Lon Simmons and Bill Thompson, ….” Another Giants game was on, and dreams were waiting to be made. It really WAS magic inside – inside the radio.
Your San Francisco Giants: exemplifying buzzard's luck since 2006.
Proud adoptive parent of Sergio Romo. Looking forward to adopting Justin Smoak.
Lon. That deadpan delivery.
“And you can tell it…goodbye.”
KSFO.
/sniffs
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 26, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Loved Lon
What’s kind of funny is that on the old Chronicle Giants board there was a crotchety old guy who stayed a Giants fan since the NY days. He listened to Lon come out of retirement for a few radio broadcasts and just blasted him. You’d think such a long timer would have the fondest memories of old Lon, but this guy was in NY the whole time and never heard him before.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
Barry Lamar Bonds. I’m still young be he is who I remember the most, we’d specifically sit in Left field to be behind him. After 2002 I was kind of jaded about the team but Bonds brought me back. My dad and I would have long discussions about when he was going to break the home-run record and how many games it would take and if he’d do it that particular season. I also really liked J T.
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
When I was a kid, I thought Matt Williams was really swell because I had his baseball card, but I didn’t really know anything about him or about baseball at that point, outside of the basics of the game. I remember being really pissed that they traded him, though.
When I really became a fan, my first favorite player was (as I’ve recounted before)… David Bell. I was 14 and I thought he was cute. :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I feel like we should be given mulligans for decisions we make between the ages of 11-15.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
WHAT WAS I WEARING!?
/puts on supper baggy pants that make you look like a jackass
#1 FanShot Champion
They might make me look like a jackass, but you really pull those off.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Apr 26, 2010 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
This would have been funnier if you had been talking about tearaways – perhaps the weirdest pants fad in the last 20 years.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Apr 26, 2010 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Any and all pictures of me in 70’s fashion have been destroyed.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 26, 2010 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I have my dad’s 70’s pics at the ready if the the need for assistance ever arises.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Apr 26, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Lars was the inspiration for Disco Stu.
The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
LOL 40 years ago.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Apr 26, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I did that, too.
/puts on an ICP cd
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
fucking magnets
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
it's just there in the air
It’s true though. I used to be a big fan, and hadn’t really thought about them or heard their music for roughly 15 years after out-growing them ….until delorean started the Miracles hilarity.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Ugh, I don't want these memories coming up
Yes, baggy pants.
Also, I wore overalls way too often (with one strap of the overall undone).
And, I don’t even want to discuss some of the things I tried to do with my hair…
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Didn’t you hear? Overalls are back!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Apr 26, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I had a mullet.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Apr 26, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Robby Thompson. I played second base in little league and always liked second baseman. I still have a Thompson t-shirt that I got in 1991 or 1992. Still wear it too.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Apr 26, 2010 10:26 AM PDT reply actions
Willie Mays
Throught the time periods it was Willie Mays, a little later Cepeda, McCovey, and Marichal,Jack Sanford, Johnny Antonelli, Mike McCormick, Later Perry, Jack Clark, John Montefusco, Ed Halicki, Gary Matthews, and Maddux. a little later it was Daryl Evans, then came the Will Clark, robbie Thompson, Kevin Mitchell, Rich Rueschel and Matt Williams along with John Burkett and Billy Swift, also Rod Beck, Then came the Bonds era, along with Rich Aurillia, Jeff Kent, Ellis Burks, Rob Nen, Russ Ortiz, K. Rueter, Sean Estes, Now we have the Tim Lincecum, Cain, SAnchez, Pablo Sandoval era.
Kirt Manwaring
He was a catcher, I was a catcher, it just made too much sense. Beyond him, gotta be Barry. For me, watching him play growing up, I understood what it was like for my dad to watch Willie Mays play growing up. I think that made us bond over baseball even more.
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on Apr 26, 2010 10:36 AM PDT reply actions
Bobby Bonds
"If we had signed Guerrero or Sheffield, we would have been without Brower, Eyre, Herges, Hermanson,Tomko,Pierzynski, Feliz, Snow,Hammonds, Mohr and Tucker–obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint"--B Sabean
Yes, mine was Will Clark
Who else is gonna be my favorite player when I was a kid who first became a baseball fan in the late 80s and I was a lefty who played first base in little league?
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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I still have this card somewhere…
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 Thrill
I recently got a PSA authenticated autographed Will Clark model bat on eBay for only $70. I’m sure the Giants store would try to get many times that.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
The Thrill
I used to have the ‘Natural’ poster with him hitting the cover off the baseball.
You have the ring, and I see your Schwartz is as big as mine. Now, let's see how well you handle it.- Dark Hellmet
by TheBigLeBowker on Apr 26, 2010 12:08 PM PDT reply actions
The thrill
I was flipping channels one fine April day in 1986 and I stumbled across the Giants opening game. To that point, I had not been much of a baseball fan, but I left the channel for a few minutes and saw Clark hit the home run off of Nolan Ryan. Since then, I’ve been a big fan. I even remember those first few games of 1986—sweeping the Astros and then going to LA and winning the first two games (the second on a dramatic comeback against Fernando Valenzuela). I remember Chili hitting a home run in the astro dome to get an important win in June, I remember sweeping the Astros in 4 games (the last two in a double header), I remember Kelly Downs major league debut, I even remember Randy Kutcher. Great baseball season.
This is almost exactly my story. To the point of being a little creepy.
Though you left out the great ending to that season — Krukow’s 20th win on the last day of the season against the Dodgers in LA.
Proud member of The Gentlemen of Leisure.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 27, 2010 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Armando Benitez
He got it done on the field, and he seemed like a great teammate. He was just so easy to root for…
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son
by lincecuminyourface on Apr 26, 2010 12:20 PM PDT reply actions
I thought he and A.J. were great additions for the team on the field as well as clubhouse chemistry.
"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."
Chili Davis
I thought it was so cool how he broke the bat over his knee after striking out.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
HA HA!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Poor Chili came up during the time where CF’s had to be the next Willie Mays or they were a disappointment.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
Chili hated it hear
I remember going to a California Angels game his first season there, the cover of the gameday magazine was Chili standing over Candlestick with with a bundle of dynamite.
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Apr 27, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
*hated it here
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Apr 27, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair, that could’ve been pretty much anyone who ever played at Candlestick.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least Salem-Keizer).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
BLB I became a baseaball fan in about 99 and Barry was just a beast. I modeled everything after him, i developed a very patient approach at the plate which drives all my friends wild during wiffle ball and little league I was an OBP machine (with 0 power). I also got a mistress before I had a wife and treated everyone around me with a complete and utter disregard. BARRY BARRY BARRY
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Apr 26, 2010 12:28 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Yeah, but we got the used Blue. Just like the used Johnson.
/knows what’s coming now, gets out of the way
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 26, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I was 4
So I didn’t know the difference
These pretzels are making me thirsty
by NuschlerFace on Apr 27, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
His first Giants stint was pretty damn good.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least Salem-Keizer).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
If the 1985 Giants hit like the 1986 team, Vida would have won 15 games.
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
Matt Williams then Snow
Barry was always a favorite but he was everyone’s, I had to have my own.
Jeaaaggaahh
This
Maybe that’s a better way to put my Speier love. The big five (forgot Gaylord Perry in my first post) had enough love.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
When I was young
I always loved Matt Williams. I used to rub my chin on my shoulder when I hit in little league. I remember going to the bay bridge series the first year we had Barry with my little league team and Matty and Barry hit back to back jacks. Its amazing how that season on than that memory never happened.
That was the weirdest thing this side of Joe Morgan's bat propellering.
Williams wasn’t so much rubbing his chin on his shoulder as he was actually biting at it.
Hey, whatever works.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 26, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Marvin Bernard
for no reason
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.
As a kid, Williams
After that trade, Bonds
When I started really getting into baseball: Munter :-(
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Jack Thomas Snow
"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."
Hmm
Aurilia ?
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 26, 2010 2:45 PM PDT reply actions
I always loved Mike Matheny
he was a great catcher, probably the best defensive catcher ever
"Who Wants some pudding pops?, delicious and nutritious!
I enjoyed and appreciated how well he would block balls in the dirt. Really seems like a lost art these days (with a few exceptions).
"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."
Candy Maldonado
He wore the same number as my birthday, which was a big deal to my 5 year old self. A close second was Robby Thompson.
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by rightcenterfielder on Apr 26, 2010 3:34 PM PDT reply actions
Bobby Estallela. Guy hit the first grand slam at Phone Booth and I was there, at one of my very first baseball games, and it’s kind of hard not to like a guy after that, no matter how juiced he was.
Goodbye, Steven Johnson, we hardly knew ye. Seriously, that was short.
Shawn Estes
I loved that guy when I was growing up.
Adopted Giant: Mike Krukow.
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Jeff Kent
yes it hurt to see him in Dodger blue but I loved him as a Giant
by 49erEmpire on Apr 26, 2010 3:51 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Jeff Kent
yes it hurt to see him in Dodger blue but I loved him as a Giant
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"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 26, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I join the crowd
Will Clark.
I also liked Brett Butler. Until the Dodger thing.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Russ Ortiz.
I am unique!
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
Or not.
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
Before I was a Giants fan: Matt Williams
I respected Clark, but he seemed like a jackass if you weren’t a Giants fan. I liked the way Williams put his head down and ran the bases after a HR.
After becoming a Giants fan, Ray Durham was probably the first guy I called my “favorite Giant”. Omar replaced him and now it’s Panda.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Velez
VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooM………..haha jk vizquel
by slackersphere17 on Apr 26, 2010 4:50 PM PDT reply actions
Exceptionally long vroom in bold with letter capitalization varation= a real-life laugh from me.
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
Mays,Thompson,Clark,Mitchell, Mueller,OV
Matt Downs MLB , Now with More STATZ goodness !Matt Downs Fangraphs The Juan Uribe of 2011 !
I always wanted to play SS for the Giants
So, Jose Uribe was my favorite. But he was always an underdog kind of favorite.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Apr 26, 2010 5:16 PM PDT reply actions
Oh, and Wes Westrum too.
Whitey Lockman. Before The Shot Heard Round the World. Well before.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Robb Nen
Finally picked one of these up, been meaning to since 2002.
"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."
by Azantor on Apr 26, 2010 5:31 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I am Josh from Hollywood and I approve of this comment.
Proud member of The Gentlemen of Leisure.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 27, 2010 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Why, Thank you Josh. Finally wore down the wife and got it -
Me: “Hey, remember that Robb Nen jersey I wanted to get, the #31 for my birthday a couple years back?”
Her: “I thought you always wore #24 when you played.”
Me: “Well, yeah. 24 is an OF number – I was a CF; 31 is more of a pitcher’s number anyway, and Nen was my hero when I was a kid”
Her: “I thought number requirements were only in football… DON’T explain. Whatever. Fine.”
And now I have it. Win!
"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."
When I was about 9
I was a pitcher in little league and used to tap my toe like Nenn for one season, I stopped because I pitched horrible when I did it.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Apr 27, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I used to do that too. Ended up having shoulder problems – go figure.
"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."
JT Snow.
Class act. Great guy. Wish I could meet him in person.
I swung by a Macy’s appearance a couple of years after he retired and was surprised to see a line many times longer than I would be willing to wait in.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
On an off day before a visit to the latrine, I saw JT & fam at Disneyland in line for Pirates of the Carribean.
The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
Baseball stars! They’re just like US!!!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Apr 27, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
JT Snow
Even though objectively he was somewhat frustrating, that endeared him more to me.
Honorable mentions:
Kirk Rueter
Rich Aurilia
I liked Jeff Kent before he revealed his massive douchery.
by Murray, Present on Apr 26, 2010 6:28 PM PDT reply actions
Will Clark
though I was also very fond of Jeffrey Leonard and Jose Uribe.
Mark DeRosa knows that it's hard to sound intelligent with a Jersey accent.
Bobby Bonds
Courtesy of an NBC Game of the Week one Saturday afternoon in ’73 or ’74. He just looked like a ballplayer. Even in that weird stadium with the chain-link fence.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
We are at war with Los Angeles. We have always been at war with Los Angeles.
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
well actually I have like 10 favorite giants
I loved Visquel, Matheny, Durham, Jason Schmidt, JT Snow
"Who Wants some pudding pops?, delicious and nutritious!
Jon Miller … Listened to him when I was sick with pneumonia for three weeks during the playoffs and WS of 2001. I didn’t know a single Giant except Bonds, but Miller was my favorite. Still is.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
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Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 26, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Gary Matthews at age 6. When playing ball in the backyard or the street, I’d yell, “I’M GARY MATTHEWS!” with each swing of the bat. The next week (I’m guessing), it changed to John Montefusco.
My first favorite who lasted a long time was Willie McCovey, once he came back from the Padres.
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Jack Thomas Snow
lol@young me.
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...
Matt Williams was the first favorite player I ever had and he still his my favorite of all time. Will Clark was a close second in those days. After both of them were no longer on the team I liked Nen, Aurilia, and Kent. In the new generation of Giants I think my favorites have to be Cain, Sanchez, and of course Pablo.
Bleeding orange and black since 1987
by TehGreekStallion on Apr 26, 2010 9:59 PM PDT reply actions
Read a book by Gaylord Perry in grade school and thought he was coolest and funniest dude ever (though as a 6th grader I had no idea what this “K-Y jelly” stuff was that he loved so much). Wore many a Little League hat with Vaseline under the visor…
Everyone's running
The whole field bursts to life, man
Best play in baseball
-Buck O'Neill describing a triple
Barry Lamar Bonds
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 27, 2010 12:23 AM PDT reply actions
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
If we do "favorite ever" Giant I might have to get in this line
And that’s out of 40 years of Giant fandom. He’s that awesome, on and off the field.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
Robb Nen is my #1
earliest favorite? Will Clark.
Honorable mentions:
Rich Aurilia, JT Snow.
Shout out to cry-face David Bell!
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
A good question...
Let see…Chili Davis/Jeffrey Lenoard were the first 2 players that I rooted for…
But I think my biggest favs were Will Clark & Kevin Mitchell. Yup the Pacific Stock Exchange. To this day my beloved poster stil hangs on my wall. Do you guys know this poster? Cant seem to find it on the net. I should take a pic of it…
it's hanging in my garage
awesome snapshot of the 80’s in the background…
First Giants Game: 4/79.
Heartbreak ever since.
by johnniedisaster on Apr 27, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
first in a long list...
Darrel Evans. So bummed to see him go to Detroit and kick ass. It’s tough for a 12-year-old to understand free agency. Especially when we would only get guys like Al Oliver and David Green.
First Giants Game: 4/79.
Heartbreak ever since.
by johnniedisaster on Apr 27, 2010 10:33 AM PDT reply actions
Dravecky. And Jeffrey Leonard. Krukow was fun to watch. When Will Clark came, it revived the whole Bay Area.
Jack Clark? Too young to remember him as a Giant, but I remember how loud the boos were when he visited in a Padres uni. It was kinda like Jeff Kent of that era.
"The mind plays tricks on you. You play tricks back! It's like you're unraveling a big cable-knit sweater that someone keeps knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting..."
~~Pee Wee
Hack Man
Jeffrey Leonard…one flap down…handle bar stache…the scowl…the all-black bat…that was my dude…First A’s game I went to was to see Hack Man after he was traded to the Brewers.
The Moon Man
Greg Minton.
My Mustache Idol even to this day.
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
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