Giants/Braves Series Preview
by Grant Brisbee on Apr 8, 2010 1:01 PM PDT
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The Atlanta Braves weren’t very good in 2008. Let’s all point and laugh at the 2008 Braves, a truly bad team. Hahaha, look at the 2008 Braves! They stunk! They had the same record as the Giants that year! Hahaha!
Great. I hope you got that out of your system, because the Braves are good again, and they probably will be for the next 18 years. They seem to "develop and acquire good players" at such a rate that when they totally screw the trickster coyote, like trading Elvis Andrus and Neftali Feliz for Mark Teixeria, they still come out on top. The Giants aren’t going to face Jair Jurrjens, but he was acquired for Edgar Renteria. Edgar Renteria! Not only that, but when the Braves had Renteria, he was awesome for them. Not fair.
The ultimate not-fair Braves story is Brian McCann, who was 21 when the Braves called him up. McCann had caught a total of 204 games since leaving high school, and while his offense was good for a teenager against older competition, it wasn’t that great. The Braves called up McCann without making a big deal about his pitch-calling, or how he handled a pitching staff. They handled it all weird and stuff. And then McCann went on to make the All-Star team every year.
When the Giants have a 23-year-old middle infielder in AA hitting .287/.336/.395, he ends up getting traded to the Red Sox for cash considerations. When the Braves have a 23-year-old middle infielder in AA hitting .264/.361/.346, well, obviously he becomes their franchise shortstop.
So screw the Braves and their creepy voodoo magic. Sure they can explain it away as "good coaching and player development", but that’s just a copout. And now they’re good again, dang it.
Hitter to watch
This Jason Heyward kid is somewhat limited – he’s like a Buster Posey who can’t play all nine positions. People are still impressed by him, though, and one scout described him as "Willie Mays making love to Mickey Mantle on a speeding comet that is passing through the orbit of Planet God before the comet crashes down in the past and eliminates the Axis forces, tearing a hole in the space-time continuum and warping into the future, where it blows up Cyberdyne Systems headquarters upon reentry." So watch out for this guy. You can’t miss him. He’s the future Hall-of-Famer who glows with a heavenly aura and shoots lightning bolts from his nipples.
Pitcher to watch
You can take Derek Lowe out of the Dodgers, but you can’t take the Dodgers out of Derek Lowe. He’s a scuzzy little pigman, and I hope the Giants put 15 earned runs on him in the first inning.
Tim Hudson’s kind of cool, though.
Prediction
Once every five minutes, I’ll grit my teeth and bemoan the fact that 7/8ths of the Braves starting lineup is better than the Giants’ lineup. And before you counter with a starting pitching argument, please note that Todd Wellemeyer starts on Saturday.
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Agreed. Fantastic.
I've given up on adding to my Giants family and am coming to grips with remaining childless.
by giantsfansince1981 on Apr 8, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Wellemeyer will shock the world
Becasue so far my gut has been right about the 2010 Giants.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
All hail Goofus’ duodenum!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Fun things that a "Becasue" could be:
-Slightly less awesome version of a kazoo.
-Exotic Moroccan dish
-Legal term for a preemptive lawsuit
-A typo
I am an American aquarium drinker.
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - 4.4 K/9 in AA. Don't expect to see him in SF any time soon.
by rhys on Apr 8, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think it’s an antonym to the word “segue”.
He meant to say,
“Wellemeyer will shock the world (pauses to do Goofus dance). So far my gut has been right about the 2010 Giants.”
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I don’t see how Wellemeyer can shock anything when he doesn’t even shoot lightning out of anywhere.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s electric!
/right, right, left, left, back, back, forward, back, turn.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m still not over 1993. Fuck the Braves. (And fuck you too Rockies)
These pretzels are making me thirsty
ah, repressed memories, thanks for reminding me ><
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
Why all the hatred for Scott Spezio
Dusty Baker is the one who knew that Rob Nen’s arm was falling off and pulled Ortiz after he gave up a couple of bloop singles. Then jinxed the whole damn thing by giving him the game ball.
Scott Spezio only had a chance because Dusty Baker was/is a folkin retard,..I’m sorry that’s not nice to retards.
**Remember “black players do better in the sun” – idiot.
Don't give him the game ball Dusty, you'll jinx it...
by The Neuschler on Apr 8, 2010 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
???
I know not of what you speak? Dusty Baker left the Giants shortly after the 2001 season, right before the space time continuum fractured and all of baseball was transported to 2003.
by Viva Jon Miller on Apr 8, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
You Are Overthinking This
Just hate the bastard, ok? He killed the dream. Save the rational approach for 22 Gigantes blog; you know, the one written by the guy who’s not a hater??
Jinx. I can’t believe that in the middle of all that reasonable analysis, you let slip the dogs of jinx.
and fuck Salomon Torres for having so much “potential” that we wouldn’t trade him for Dennis Martinez.
by FireBrianSabean on Apr 8, 2010 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
And Fuck the Padres for giving Fred McGriff to the Braves.
The San Francisco Giants must win at least one World Series before I die.
by vinScullySucks on Apr 8, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure...
they owe us an Adrian Gonzales for this one.
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Apr 8, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure we could get that cheap
Adrian Gonzalez, on the other hand… :)
"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
Hell yeah
I've given up on adding to my Giants family and am coming to grips with remaining childless.
by giantsfansince1981 on Apr 8, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I watched most of this series in my undergrad cafeteria for some reason.
I've given up on adding to my Giants family and am coming to grips with remaining childless.
by giantsfansince1981 on Apr 8, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
i live in Atlanta, and was at game 5 of that series. it was awesome!, too bad they canceled the world series that year. are we still running with that joke?
by travis j bagdad on Apr 8, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
ROBB NEN IS GONNA GET YOU.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
+1
Preach on.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
/Tom Glavine excuses for getting knocked around
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
You leave Britney Spear alone!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
This will never get old
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
you can see Aaron about to violently grab the back of Heyward’s uniform moments before the attack
"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
The Braves won me over with their winning ways. And, hell, it’s tough to hate on Bobby Cox. He pushes all the right buttons… baseball’s version of Scotty. The Giants, well… they’re the Pakleds, phasering veterans a la Geordi La Forge to get them to do what they need done (“Make our ship go.”)
That was a disturbingly insensitive episode….
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
/ignores all but like five episodes from before season 3
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
except when Data got lucky. that was a good episode.
The whole season two without Gate McFadden should be erased though.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
Data getting lucky was funny, but the episode overall was pretty bad.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
WHAT?!?!?
“The Naked Time” — episode TWO — was a good episode?!?!?! AGREE FAIL.
And season two had our first intro to the Borg.
Not a Polanski fan, eh?
I’m one of the few people who actually like that character.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
It’s Pulaski.
Guess you didn’t like her that much.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
I think the subject and the comment are not referring to each other. thehavenot is both interested in knowing whether jctgamer likes Roman Polanski and in telling us his feelings for the Crusher replacement.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m just going to assume that’s a picture of rape.
by Grant Brisbee on Apr 8, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Facerape?
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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Do not GIS that.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I read that as Farscape 9 times before getting it right.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Although I’ve never seen the show. It’s in our Netflix queue, though. At like #475, so.
Currently watching: Babylon 5 season two.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Hey now!
Good season! ‘The Long Twilight Struggle’ is a superlative episode.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
We’re watching B5 for the first time, and we haven’t gotten to that one yet.
Last night, we watched….I don’t remember the title. “The Long Dark” or something like that? Where they find a woman who’d been in suspended animation for a century, and her ship is hosting an invisible alien who likes to snack on people’s internal organs.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
That's an odd episode.
I’m not wild about it or the next few episodes. But things take a serious turn for the awesome in ep 207.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
If it's got anything to do with Babylon 5
and it’s on DVD, I own it.
That show was just THAT GOOD. I don’t think you need to be a sci fi fan to like it either; my wife sure isn’t!
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I have to admit, I was severely disappointed when I first watched Farscape.
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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Like jcb9, I’ve actually never seen it.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I've seen maybe half of an episode
It was weird.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
I was making a poorly setup “facerape” joke.
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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Pulaski is the second-season doctor. Polanski is the director/rapist.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
But he’s also a hall of famer.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate all of you nerds
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
What about Casmir Pulaski? He has a day in Illinois!
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
one more piece of nerdledge
Diana Muldaur, who played Dr. Pulaksi, also appeared in TOS twice:
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
But seriously
I thought her character was a better one than Crusher, actually (Dr. Crusher, I think it goes without saying that she was better than Wesley)
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Dr. Crusher wasn’t the best character, but I definitely preferred her to Dr. Has All Of McCoy’s Personality Traits But Is Much Less Interesting.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
The thing I like about her character
She was pretty much the only one who was not part of the “We’re so evolved now in the 24th century” mold. That was one of the reasons why the first two seasons of TNG aren’t as good as the later seasons (except the 7th season).
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Wow. I agree the quality declined in season 7, but it was nowhere NEAR as bad as the first two – especially than season one. Nothing from season one even came close to the good season seven episodes, like Preemptive Strike, All Good Things, Parallels, The Lower Decks, and Thine Own Self.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Thine Own Self deserves more love in Trek lore.
Also, Pulaski was openly hateful towards Data for like 12 episodes!
There were some pretty good ones in season 7
But there were some godawful ones, too. I don’t think anything from seasons 1 or 2 is anywhere near as bad as the episodes where they all de-evolve or where the Enterprise spawns a life-form.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
I’ll watch Genesis a thousand times before I watch the holo-lifeform episode.
Crusher taking acid to the face terrified 13 year old me.
that was awful
But methinks you’ve forgotten a lot of the first season.
Remember when they went to the planet of scantily-clad blonde bimbos who really, really love the death penalty?
Or when they went to the planet of big, scary black tribesmen who kidnap Tasha Yar because she’s blonde and pretty?
Or when they went to the planet of big, scary feminists, are Riker bones their leaer?
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
I remember all of those episodes. They were all bad.
Maybe I had just gotten used to better quality by the time seventh season came around and those horrible episodes just really stuck with me.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
The 7th season I would’ve mentioned as ridiculously horrible is actually not Genesis, bad as it was: it was Sub Rosa, where Crusher’s grandmother dies, and it turns out she had a ghost for a boyfriend, and Crusher is under the ghosts spell and quits Star Fleet so she can fuck her grandma’s ghost boyfriend. OMG TERRIBLE.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Genesis was a pretty classic example of so-bad-it’s-kinda-good.
Sub Rosa was irredeemably terrible.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
I’m not really sure where on that scale Threshold (or, as my wife and I call it, “the frog fucking episode”) falls. Maybe so bad it’s gone past bad and right back to good.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Nerds
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Worst episode of Star Trek ever
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Worse than The Savage Curtain?
No way.
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Apr 8, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m guessing you’ve never seen Threshold, because if you had, you wouldn’t be saying this. That’s how horrible it was.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
There’s a TNG episode that reminds me of Threshold. It’s the one where Geordi changes into some weird invisible/ultraviolet lizard thing.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Identity Crisis
That was pretty bad, but not on the same level.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Oh definitely
Threshold is its own level
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
I remember that one.
Or do I?
Was she the mute who killed herself by saving McCoy?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 10, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, that was another horrible one
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
I know!
We’ll have Crusher fall in love with a Scottish space ghost!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Brain? Brain? What is brain?
I played piano for Marj Dusay once. She was great. Dated Shatner, and kept wanting to rip his toupee off.
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
Wil Wheaton fans unite!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked Wesley Crusher when TNG first came on.
My excuse: I was was a nerdy 7-year old boy.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
C’mon everybody knows the most annoying character on that show was Troi.
The San Francisco Giants must win at least one World Series before I die.
by vinScullySucks on Apr 8, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
she was awful
And, unlike Wesley, she stuck around for all seven seasons, AND she never banged Ashley Judd.
Worst Star Trek character ever, though: Neelix. Ugh.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Best Star Trek character ever:
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Apr 8, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
you're both wrong
Picard and Data are clearly the best.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
I’m sorry, did I miss the episodes where Kirk, Spock, Picard and Data all wore Giants hats?
No?
Then you’re both wrong!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Apr 8, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That’s balanced out by Jake Sisko wearing a Braves hat in that episode, though.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Sometimes you can't control what your kids do
I mean, my daughter likes Miley Cyrus…
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
It always freaked me out when I saw her on Becker and she didn’t have those brown spots.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
She died in an awkward plot contrivance...
(for real life reasons,) but also had the coolest-looking Star Trek death…
Her head is enormous.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
And yet...
…you could fit any three of the Dax hosts in one of Bruce Bochy’s hats.
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in Boston.
One of my personal favorite moments in all of Star trek
The episode where Picard is captured and the fill-in captain comes and goes (paraphrased, of course) “WTF are you wearing? Go put on a real uniform”
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
yeah
His name was Jellico.
Apparently, Marina Sirtis had been asking for the character to get a real uniform. It’s pretty ridiculous that they kept her in that cleavage suit for so long. Made it impossible to take her character seriously. Of course, Marina Sirtis’s acting didn’t help on that front either.
There was one really good Troi-centered episode, though: Face of the Enemy, where she was kidnapped by the Romulan underground and forced to impersonate a Tal Shiar officer.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
What was the episode where she loses her empathic power, and in the middle of the psychiatry session with someone has to resort to, “No, I think you DO still feel bad,” until finally admitting, “Yeah, I can’t read you anymore, so… I’m kind of useless.” I loved that episode.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
I have no opinion on this other than that Troi was super hot.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
My personal favorite Troi moment is when her mother notices the 2 aliens beaming down to some planetary peace conference are assassins in like 2 seconds of meeting them, while Troi’s lame ass empathic abilities didn’t realize this for the entire episode. “Captain, there’s something wrong…it’s a feeling I have, I can’t pinpoint it but it’s there.” And this BS makes her a bridge officer?!?
The San Francisco Giants must win at least one World Series before I die.
by vinScullySucks on Apr 8, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
every empathic insight Troi ever had
“He believes what he’s saying, but he’s not telling the whole truth. I recommend caution.”
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 8, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I actually think she’s a bridge officer because counselors need to be on the bridge in TNG universe so that command officers have a quick easy access to conseling in times of crisis.
It was one of Gene Roddenberry’s late-life senile moments of reasoning.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
She was hawt
But by the time she was in TNG she looked like she aged 40 years when she only aged 20.
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Apr 8, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
SUBTHREAD: HOTTEST WOMEN FROM TOS
So many to choose, but I’ve narrowed it down to these three:
1) Andrea from What Are Little Girls Made Of
2) Marlena from Mirror Mirror
3) That red-headed yeoman from Shore Leave
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Apr 8, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Troi has to be on there.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
what, are you WalrusMan!?
Marina Sirtis was probably like seven when TOS was on!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
I’m, uh. Yes. Who cares about TOS?!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
1) Q-Who?
2) The Measure of a Man
3) Conspiracy
4) The Big Goodbye
5) Elementary, Dear Data
6) The Emmisary
Yeah, five’s about right.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Oh, I forgot Conspiracy
We seek peaceful coexistence!
Also, I liked A Matter of Honor.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Conspiracy is freakin' creepy episode
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Is that the one where maggot like creatures infect the brains of Star Fleet command?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Yes.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
How did I remember that? It was a particularly awesome episode. The best TNG kept the tension going from start to finish. The worst had lame conceits like a beam wall passing through the Enterprise.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Creepy
Riker eating worms
The leader guy getting blown to bits at the end.
/shudders
Also, it was totally set up for a sequel that never happened.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
I recently discovered, via IMDb, that the guy who got blown to bits is also a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. No, really
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
TELEPLAY AT BEST!!!!!!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Honorable mentions (IMO, natch):
11001001, Where Silence Has Lease, Contagion, Pen Pals, Peak Performance
wow, nerbs gone wild
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 8, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
i know, really, them…
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 8, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Apr 8, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
The Atlanta Braves can go jump in a lake.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
That actually sounds like fun. Let’s all go jump in a lake!
by The Double Deuce on Apr 8, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Depends on the lake
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
The Lake of Rage.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d rather they jump off a cliff.
The San Francisco Giants must win at least one World Series before I die.
by vinScullySucks on Apr 8, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
The Cliff of Rage?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
No more rhyming now, I mean it
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
You are the Goon Squad!
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
If you mess up the place, you’re going to have to clean it.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
In my early middle age, I read an interview with Will Clark in which he ridiculed the Braves for not taking the game seriously. Steve Avery and some other douche had been somewhere in the bowels of Candlestick shooting bows and arrows at god-knows-what while the Braves were getting creamed out on the field. Clark said it was embarrassing and he never wanted to be on a team like that.
Guess they were listening. Fucking turds.
by FreshStart on Apr 8, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Is this a Star Trek comment? Took a while to find this.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Personally, Im already tired of the Heyward is god talk.
And I normally love prospect talk, and who is going to be the shit in the future, but im already kind of done with talk about Heyward.. and we havent even played them yet.
Idk, maybe im just bitter we dont have him :)
luckily ill be at the home opener so i wont hear the broadcast with any talk about him.
Its funny because fuck the dodgers
I still hate the Braves
Fuck them all violently.
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Apr 8, 2010 1:25 PM PDT reply actions
No Stuttering...
and I agree.
/Still holding a grudge about 1993.
Matt Downs MLB , Now with More STATZ goodness !Matt Downs Fangraphs The Juan Uribe of 2011 !
The unfair thing is that the Braves have a pretty nice starting rotation too. At least we miss Jurrjens and Hanson
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yeah, I think the Braves will be good for a while. At least Jones will have to retire soon. I think they’ll pass the Phillies in the NL East in a couple more years.
I've given up on adding to my Giants family and am coming to grips with remaining childless.
by giantsfansince1981 on Apr 8, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
They have a nice rotation
and they still traded away their best pitcher this offseason
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
Seriously Off Topic and I hope I'm not giving off a wrong vibe here
Does Hank Aaron openly display his affection like this and “pass the torch” if Jason Heyward is Cuban or Puerto Rican?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
I don’t know that Aaron was passing a torch at all as much as just meeting an exciting young prospect. As for your question, I think Aaron would treat Heyward the same way. I see no reason to think otherwise.
I've given up on adding to my Giants family and am coming to grips with remaining childless.
by giantsfansince1981 on Apr 8, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Does that really matter if he wouldn't?
I imagine Aaron would be friendly toward any Braves prospect as highly heralded as Heyward, but from his comments, I do think it is clear that he’s glad the team has a new African-American potential star. And I don’t see anything wrong with that.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I believe that Aaron was quoted as saying that Heyward can make a great Ambassador for baseball among African American youths. And I think that statement tells the whole story.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I know Aaron was really disappointed in 2008 when the Braves had zero black players on the 25 man roster. One was up for a short time (some guy named Jones) but otherwise none. Last year they had Garret Anderson and he was 98 years old.
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 think it was Brandon Jones
and now he’s not even on the Braves anymore
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
Well, I think the larger point here isn’t a matter of “Hank Aaron plays the race card” so much as “Hank Aaron cares about making baseball a part of underprivileged life in America.” And, sadly, that means black and African American communities. The simple fact that Aaron spent his formative years as a black male just trying to even play the game he loves surely paints his interests in the problem – and I don’t know that I can view it as a bad thing.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
usage varies
But “African-American” is often used to refer specifically to black people descended from antebellum southern slavery. In this usage, AA isn’t synonymous with “black,” as it wouldn’t include, for example, immigrant communities from Haiti, the DR, Africa, etc.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Some of them are fake blacks.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I get so sick of this. Every time I say I’m black, some asshole has to chime in and tell me I’m a fake black.
i’m jewish, get called all sorts of things (not that there’s nothing wrong with that)
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 8, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm Chinese
people call me Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and in Singaporean all the time.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
hey, thanks for pearl harbor, pal
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 8, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
In Singaporean?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
well, if someone called me “Lithuanian-American” I’d be, like, wtf?
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 8, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
“hey, you” is probably sufficient
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 8, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
So are ya Chineeeese or Japaneeese?
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’m from Laos.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, not me, personally… but… well, you see… dammit, Natto.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Another has fallen into my trap! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHAAHHAHAHAFHLFELKELFOJVLKE
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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louse
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 8, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
What ocean?
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
Don’t they know your name?
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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jct is pretty easy to remember.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that the authentic Japanese pronunciation?
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in Boston.
/canes you for spitting chewing gum on a sidewalk
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
/while wearing a leather bustier
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
/canes you for spitting chewing gum on a sidewalk
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
ha, that happened when I was in singpore
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 8, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I also got goosed by by a tranny
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 8, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!
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
Just when 2002 cured my 1993 against, they come out with a new reason to hate the Braves
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 1:31 PM PDT reply actions
bah
should be 1993 angst
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck that shirt.
I've given up on adding to my Giants family and am coming to grips with remaining childless.
by giantsfansince1981 on Apr 8, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Better to do that to a white or yellow shirt.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh no, I want it to be obvious.
I've given up on adding to my Giants family and am coming to grips with remaining childless.
by giantsfansince1981 on Apr 8, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
THINGS THAT OBVIOUSLY HAPPENED IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY NEVER ACTUALLY HAPPENED BECAUSE I SAY SO!!!!!!!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
755 BC or AD?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
If Mays owned the record
…and some guy had broken it with the use of PEDs, I’d probably feel the same way.
As Outkast once said, “I’m…just being honest.”
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
A recommended reading
http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2010/03/01/cheating-and-cheating/
In Hirsch’s book, Mays explains away this organized and premeditated bit of cheating by saying that stealing signs was "always part of the game — everyone did it." And that if he did steal signs that "they sure didn’t help me."
Everyone did it. The cheating didn’t help me. Wow, does that sound familiar?
Then there’s amphetamines. I have never understood why many people are so outraged about baseball players’ steroid use and so unperturbed by amphetamine use. I guess it makes some sense on a gut level — injecting yourself with steroids seems so much more villainous than popping a couple of greenies to get a boost. Steroids seemed much more in our faces as fans. The players unapologetically got bigger. A few of them hit an unnatural number of home runs. There seemed a much more direct cause and effect … steroids = bigger muscles = more home runs. And maybe the cause and effect did not seem quite as obvious with the widespread use of amphetamines.
BUT … is any of that true? Best I can tell, amphetamines (like steroids) were illegal without prescription in American society but were just a part of the baseball culture. Best I can tell, amphetamines are performance enhancing drugs that, many people feel, sharpen focus and increase energy levels and help an athlete overcome exhaustion. Best I can tell, amphetamines can have terrible side effects and can be difficult to quit (and can be extremely dangerous to quit).
In other words, it seems more or less the same level of cheating and more or less the same level of wrong. As far as whether amphetamines had a huge effect on the game … I don’t know. I don’t want to throw names out there, but there are records and performances — consecutive games played and huge stolen bases totals just as a for instance — that you could logically connect to amphetamine use. I remember having a conversation with a baseball insider about a player who was quite good for one year and then descended into an abyss.
"What happened?" I asked.
"He stopped taking greenies," he said. "He just doesn’t have the same spark."
Well … there you go. I don’t think there’s much question based on that quote that Mays used amphetamines in his day. Shoot, just about every player did. Pete Rose did. Hank Aaron admitted trying it. Hirsch, in his own words, believes there’s a big difference between steroids and amphetamines — the former, he says, builds muscle mass and enhances performance while the latter "restores energy and allows someone to perform at full strength." That seems to be the argument.
But I think there’s a much bigger difference: Steroids were not readily available when Willie Mays played ball.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
by jctGamer on Apr 8, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
i prefer real bewbs to fakes; same argument?
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 8, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
If you can touch them, they are real.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
/could use a reality check
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 8, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I only accept reality cash
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
what does that say about your bewbs?
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 8, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I know I'm in the super minority here
I’m the other way around
/hides in shame
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
Judging by the success of the pornography industry, I’m not sure you are in the super minority.
Fake boobs are everywhere, and I don’t hear a lot of complainin’.
by The Double Deuce on Apr 8, 2010 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
And Heyward can kiss my ass
I bet he doesn’t even wear stripped socks.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 1:33 PM PDT reply actions
if they are stripped
how can he wear them?
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
god I love the beginning of baseball season
Second in major league baseball in batting average is Vernon Wells. The only person he’s behind? Edgar Renteria.
Spring training stats don't count. Unless you're talking about Kevin Pucetas.
off-topic, but
I just noticed that there’s a PCL team in New Orleans.
Which means that, while I live in Florida, the PACIFIC Coast League and the SOUTH ATLANTIC League can both be found about equal distances away from me.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
pff-topic, but
I just noticed today that WalrusMan and Kenshin have the same surname.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Stupid keyboard…
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Young Necro was the butt of many jokes.
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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His brother Copro was the joke of many butts.
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Apr 8, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked how back in the day there were two NFC West teams that were in cities further East than Dallas.
This is not a signature.
Or, you know, when the Braves and the Reds were in the NL West.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
The Braves as a western division team is about as ridiculous as you can get
Er, well, actually Carolina being in the NFC West was about as ridiculous as you can get.
Then there was Arizona being in the NFC East.
Hmm. I guess that as kooky as MLB has been in the past, the NFL took the cake.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
The NFL can KEEP the cake.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
'cause we've got the
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Ya know....
If you removed the letter “j” from his name, he’d be called Air Urrens.
/giggles
This is not a signature.
OT Masters
Anyone watching?
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 1:41 PM PDT reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7TJwgucr6I
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Possible commentary:
“Look at the shock on Woods’ face as people applaud his approach to the 18th hole.”
this was some kind of win
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by jctGamer on Apr 8, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
TWSS
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Did you just heimy yourself?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
But your not watching?
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll probably catch a little, and I’ll keep track of the results regardless.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Rooting for or against Tiger?
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I just want to see if he’s learned something.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
like how to not get caught?
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just riffing on the Nike commercial where they use old audio of Earl Woods being interviewed.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
ahh I haven’t seen it yet, thanks to not having cable.
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
that commecial is so creepy
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I felt irrationally bothered by it.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it seems so exploitative.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
LOL I FUCKED LOTS OF SKANKY LOOKING WOMEN!
BUY MOAR NIKE PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES!!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Nike condoms are swooshing off the shelves!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
i really just don't understand it... what's the point
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
To sell stuff with a swoosh on it.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
He certainly does a good job of that
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know that I have any rooting interest in Tiger Woods. I’m interested to see how he performs, but I’m not really invested in whether he performs well or poorly.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
For me I just want to watch greatness and he is the closest thing we have in golf to that at the moment. And I can appreciate how extremely hard the things is doing are.
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Did he ever resemble - to our eyes - someone promiscuous while in a monogamous relationship??
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 10, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope
I golf and really enjoy it. I just think it’s a terrible spectator sport.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I tend to agree except for the Majors, I will watch the Masters and British and maybe the U.S. Open if it’s on an especially hard or beautiful course
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve watched the Masters and the British a handful of times. I don’t know, it just doesn’t grab me. I’d rather be on the course or watching baseball.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I can understand that completely. But really the Masters and the British will be the only golf that I will watch and it is also good for napping.
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Golf on TV is excellent for napping. On this we can agree.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I like it
You actually see more non-stop action since they can bounce around from hole to hole. Somewhere someone’s always hitting a ball.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I already switched to College hockey, Wisconsin vs. RIT…. it’s only the opening round of the Masters so whatever
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I’m eagerly awaiting the show-down tonight. GO EAGLES!!!! WE ARE B-C!
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
LOL
REDDDDDHAWWWWWWKSSSSSSS
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Jerry York will poop on you. There. I said it.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
You don’t even want me to start with you about Tommy Wingels
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
No, Jerry York is the winningest active coach in the NCAA. And he will poop on you. This is a fact.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
RICO BLASI
SUCK IT JERRY YORK
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
BTW, here is that Tommy Wingels article I was telling you about. Pretty interesting; I like how they went into the team’s reaction to Brendan Burke’s death.
Also, LOL TIGERS
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
SO AWESOME, can't believe he's a shark
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I'd rather be on the course myself...
…hurling a 175g Frisbee.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 10, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
They are a lot of fun to attend, though.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
This Heyward kid reminds me of a young Barry.
Warriors:Nellie needs to go! but while we suffer....John Wall or Evan Turner please!
Giants: Wheres Buster and Freddie?
But not a stickman.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m sticking with McGriff on the comparison
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 8, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Totally agree with this. His swing looks VERY similiar
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Dustin Ackley hooked Jason Heyward with coke!??!?!??
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
BREAKING
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Did this ever happen before?
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
Ah more ’93 Braves memories.
/hate growing.
The San Francisco Giants must win at least one World Series before I die.
by vinScullySucks on Apr 8, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
SAVE US SCOTT SANDERSON!!!!!
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Apr 8, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
gee, thanks for the memory
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 8, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Manilow?
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
Oteri?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait...
Shit.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
get’s a vertigo pass
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 8, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I am so looking forward to Jonathan handing Heyward a hat and asking him to turn tricks.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 1:50 PM PDT reply actions
that’ll be a cool matchup
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 8, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
epic series for so early in the season
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 8, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah! I think Sanchy can take him!
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sorry, but when I see Heyward, in no way shape or form do I think of Posey.
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...
or Barry
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: LOL TEXAS
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Francisco?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
/pokemonz sadness
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I got that duech too, in my league. Blowing it.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Eff him
C.J. Wilson is in my Pokemonz. 7 shutout innings, 9 Ks, no decision. He’s my very own Matt Cain!
This is not a signature.
Ricky Romero got Cained in that game, too.
I have POKEMONZ JASON FRASOR, though, so it worked out well for me.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
I have Billingsley and Broxton and they won and saved today. YAY!!!
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
BANNED
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
also
Broxton didn’t get a save, the Dodgers won 10-1
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
/lights you on fire
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
You go to hell! You go to hell and you die!!!
The San Francisco Giants must win at least one World Series before I die.
by vinScullySucks on Apr 8, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
He is living proof that good physical conditioning and good umpiring are not mutually requisite.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
go die in a fire
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 8, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
/canes you for having Barbara in your pokemonz
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
/while wearing a Lasorda fat suit
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t unimagine that you know.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
That "YAY" is incorrect
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
lol
I’m a little overwhelmed by the congratulations, you guys!
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
I have irrational love for jason heyward
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
I BET HE IS GREAT FOR YOUR POKEMONZ!!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not just that
OK, it’s mostly that. But not ALL that.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
I heard a rumor somewhere that wcw was right.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I love it when 2 pitchers go against each other on my fantasy team
and one of them wins 2-1
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
Fred Lewis is in the opening day lineup!
In Fresno :(
1. Brock Bond (2B) 2. Matt Downs (3B) 3. Buster Posey © 4. Brett Pill (1B) 5. Fred Lewis (LF) 6. Ryan Rohlinger (SS) 7. Joe Borchard (RF) 8. Mike McBryde (CF) 9. Kevin Pucetas (RHP)
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Didn’t know Buster got into merchandising.
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
Did Ford go to Conn Richmond?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Fred is going to get his "THE PROBLEM" cooties all over Posey
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope he doesn’t rub off on Buster.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
why?
‘Cause that’s just hot.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
It would be a little too hot.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
And he handles the pitching staff so well.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
slashfic
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Please erase #2 from my mind. Thank you.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
What, you’d prefer Rumsfeld/Bolton?
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Two mustaches enter, one mustache leaves. Wait, that didn’t sound right…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
This is probably the worst thing to happen in baseball ever.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Ever?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, ever
(psst. Hyperbole)
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Fred Lewis: a worse Triple-A leadoff hitter than Brock Bond, a worse Triple-A cleanup man than Brett Pill.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
FRED LEWIS AND ROWAND FOR SIZEMORE!!!
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I was gonna say save that for the Damon Bruce show after the game, but he got moved.
You don’t pick a fight with Duane Kuiper and live to tell about it.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
Grady Sizemore’s the awesome!
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
His brother is ok too
except he can’t catch (like Posey AMIRITE?) relay throws
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
CLEVELAND IS GONNA LOVE ROWAND!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
it could get ugly when freddie comes off the DL
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 8, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Freddy should just stay put.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully Velez will go
to San Francicso, like his jersey said
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
I know I'm nitpicking (Sp?)
but why is Borchard getting PT over guys like EME and Copeland?
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
Veteran grit.
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
LOL probably
I’m really more concerned with EME to see if he can be a Jesus Guzman type player (IE can help the team on the bench if they need another warm body who can hit a little) although I’d like to see Copeland be more than Clay Timpner 2.0
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
Wheeler
Is wheeler the opening day pitcher for Augusta today. Trying to figure out if I want to listen to the AUG game or the Richmond game.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
So, no one knows?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d go with the Squirrels. Heston is pitching for Augusta today.
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
Thank you.
Augusta’s radio feed is broadcasting the gold tournament.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
*golf
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I hear it’s a tradition like no other.
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
and Richmond doesn’t have a home feed linked to their website.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m listening to the game right now:
http://www.sportsradio910.com/
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
Thanks. I just found it too. Was liked off the Bowie official website. Also am listening to the AUG feed, they took the golf off. Sounded pretty cool to hear that Joseph’s name announced in the cleanup spot.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
BTW, if you have a smart phone, this is handy:
http://www.iheartradio.com/cc-common/radio_app/index.html?tabs=0
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
Pretty sure
I have a dumb phone
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
/try’s to dial that url
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 8, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Bigger Money!
Don't give him the game ball Dusty, you'll jinx it...
by The Neuschler on Apr 8, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
No one's bigger than Bengie
(TWSS)
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
HE'S NOT READY!!!
FREE BUSTER POSEY
But on the other hand, can Buster Posey match Bengie Molina's spring training heroics? It's debatable.
Needs to work on offense.
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
2-2, we knew he could hit, but how’s he receiving the ball tonight?
Don't give him the game ball Dusty, you'll jinx it...
by The Neuschler on Apr 8, 2010 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
sarcasm…lost….
Don't give him the game ball Dusty, you'll jinx it...
by The Neuschler on Apr 8, 2010 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah
sarcasm parried with more sarcasm, seems to me anyways
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
I heard he told Pucetas to pitch from shortstop...
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
Didn't somebody mention this place just yesterday?
Lucca Deli featured in today’s 96Hours
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...
I think it was hokysmokes
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
holy toledo!
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 8, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought he said South City…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Little Lucca's in SSF
hokysmoky mentioned yesterday he was getting a sandwich somewhere in SSF. I told him to go here instead:
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 8, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Brett Anderson is awesome.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 2:36 PM PDT reply actions
I'm sure both A's fans are excited to see him
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
Also awesome
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
by esseffgeez on Apr 8, 2010 2:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
very much so, indeed.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
How do you get to be one of those guys?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
blow jobs
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Or learn to toss a salad.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
no subject line necessary!
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 8, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
A well tossed salad is a career booster…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, I am sure they all have degrees in lanscape architecture.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
landscape too!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Or may they’re good at building local networks.
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Apr 8, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
why does everyone think landscape architecture is gardening?
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 8, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Why does everyone think studying English means learning grammar?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
See, I think that this sort of understanding can impede usage as often as it enhances it. Knowing, and religiously adhering to, the rules of English grammar gets in the way of fine writing. Similarly, having an advanced understanding of seed dynamics or whatever landscape architects study could certainly get in the way or pushing the lawnmower around.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
My cousin is a landscape architect. I’m 95% that the only thing landscape has to do with a lawnmower is in telling a person to tell another person to push one.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Well, yeah, but there is a guy out there pushing a lawnmower, and if everyone on the Giants crew has a degree in landscaping…
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
my masters is in landscape architecture. landscaping is gardening, landscape architecture is the planning for, and the building of and use of materials in the outdoor environment.
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 8, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
/needs an english major to fix up that statement
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 8, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
ps—my first career was as an engineer, hence, Lars is a lemonhead (Heritage!)
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 8, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s the thing, though. Studying English is about understanding literature. It’s not about knowing how to write. Yes, you have to write and you have to either know how to or learn how to write to do it, but at no point is your education devoted to anything other than understanding how to think about literature (there is some history thrown in, too, for good measure).
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Nobody sits you down and says, “we’re going to learn AP style today!”
Nobody who is doing it right gives you a C- because you don’t know what the fuck a misplaced modifier is.
That’s not what it is.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess I misunderstood your point. Which means you fail at writing. Which means you fail!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Also, people did sit me down and tell me that we were going to learn AP style. I don’t know if they were doing it right.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Well, through high school it’s probably a necessary evil to pair English with language, but at the University level anybody who does that is doing it wrong.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Unless nobody at the high school level ever bothered to teach them, in which case you get all these exasperated college professors trying to teach literature to a bunch of people who can’t write. Then they get frustrated and have to do some remedial grammar teaching just so they can get a decent paper back.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on Apr 8, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
And that’s what they’re supposed to have writing comprehension pre-req classes for. I passed out of my writing comprehension pre-reqs with high school testing.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Which begs an obvious question...
…why call it “English” instead of “Literature”?
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in Boston.
Nobody knows the answer to that question.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess this answers the original question, anyway.
For the first 12 years of our formal education, we study something called “English” meaning reading and writing in the English language.
Then. some people go to college and study “English” which now means how to think about literature. So it’s understandable that the folks who only studied the first “English” might think that the college “English” has some relation to it.
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in Boston.
You should probably ask a Philosophy major.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
But why?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Because
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
They won't tell you that
but, they can point you to a lot of other people who asked that question.
"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
of course
you should know that you are using the phrase “begs the question” in a way that, although it is common, is not the correct way.
"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
Which itself begs the question: at what point does a common mistake become the actual rule?
(Yes, that was on purpose.)
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on Apr 8, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
nicely done
"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
Scotch tape.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 10, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Actuallly
the current term is English/Language Arts.
You don’t really see Literature at the high school level unless it’s an elective (though literature elements are woven into all “English” classes.)
Most English/Language Arts classes are devoted to just that, the mechanics of grammar and spelling in hopes that we can foster a new generation that can communicate without reverting to textspeak in a formal research paper.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Taking any kind of course that teaches you how to think seems like a waste of time.
Kind of like taking a humanities class! =p
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Spoken like a true engineer.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Also, doesn’t your statement imply that all philosophy is useless? All the way back to the Lyceum?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
As you implied, I am an engineer and don’t really grasp that sort of thing. When I was in school, the courses were more “this is how you do stuff” as opposed to “this is how you think about stuff”.
The “this is how you think about stuff” method didn’t (and still doesn’t to be honest) make sense. I mean, just show or tell me what it is and I will let you know what I think about it!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
But you’re not ready to think about it until you’ve been properly schooled.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Sabermetrics, for example, is about learning how to think.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I disagree
You already know how to think. Sabermetrics is just knowing how to properly use the tools available to you.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
sometimes you need to create the tools. needz moar thinking.
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 8, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
But what do those tools represent?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
pss—the company that designs most of the ballparks in the last 20-30 years, HOK, is primarily a Landscape Architecture firm
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 8, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
iirc, they’re roots are from a university (Kansas?) that specializes in building sports fields. I’m sure they teach this field prep stuff, chalk lines, etc!
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 8, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
their
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 8, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The data is there. It is a constant. Baseball happens and a bunch of numbers are the result. Parsing it doesn’t require a course in how to think.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
wow, that is dangerous engineering
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 8, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I was kidding.
But describing how those numbers work is important to the general understand, ie, thinking. If you are not taught about them, you may fall into the trap of believing the everyday happenings of baseball, and thus be fooled into “knowing” that a given player (say, Joe Carter) is better than he is.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
not sure about that analogy, but I see where you’re going
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 8, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll make it easier.
It’s like seein’ a lady in conjunction with havin’ Marvin Gaye sing to you about a lady. You know that a lady is fine when you see her, but you learn how to appreciate her by havin’ Marvin explain it to ya.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
in comparison to…
sigh
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Or by bedding down with her to some Marvin Gaye. That’s how it’s done.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve never done that, but it is on the agenda.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Numbers aren't the result of baseball
Numbers are the result of measuring certain events during baseball games. Someone had to think about how and what to measure to come up with something like UZR.
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in Boston.
Unfortunately
the generation born after the internet is rapidly showing signs of only knowing how to use tools to find an answer, such as google, wikipedia, and a calculator.
Put ‘em in McDonald’s and have them make change by hand, and they freak out.
Yes, thinking about thinking for its own sake is really philosophy and not something that EVERYONE MUST KNOW.
Learning how to think and process simple procedures in arithmetic or grammar in order to critically analyze, say, a news article or TV commentator to eliminate the bullshit, is quite another matter altogether.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I don’t think they’re telling you how to think about text as much as they are explaining the physics of text so that you can then think about it.
I mean, I can’t think about quantum teleportation without having somebody explain it to me. Why should I be able to think about chiasmic patterns without having somebody explain those to me first?
It’s just like science, but with really fucked up laws.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
(Also, I realize that I used the phrase “teaching you how to think about literature” above… that was wrong of me.)
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Philosophy IS useless
it’s a bunch of people sitting around doing jack shit except posing stupid questions about THE MEANING OF LIFE AND WHAT IF NONE OF THIS EXISTS?!?!
Yeah, that’s a great way to get something done. I’m not an engineer, but thanks to engineers I can drive on highways in my car, and watch the giants from 2000 miles away, and listen to music wherever I am.
What have philosophers given us?
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
What have philosophers given us?
Western Civilization?
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
SSS
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
I was about to post something similar.
Of course, many, many philosophers are also responsible for the basis for all sciences, mathematics etc.
There is a lot of modern philosophy that doesn’t have these underpinnings, and it is, of course, bullshit.
"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
Actually...
They gave us Eastern Civilization too, FWIW.
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
One of the pillars of engineering is logic, which was brought to you by? You guessed it, philosophers.
by Mister Merope on Apr 8, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa, it’s Mr. Merope.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
Doesn’t happen much.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
Geez
This must be how J.D. Salinger feels. Minus all the money from the one book of course
by Mister Merope on Apr 8, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
a mister sighting!
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 8, 2010 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
If I had even one math student who could function without a calculator
I would agree with you.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Ooh, ooh!
I’m a math student who can function without a calculator.
I hate calculators.
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 are welcome to come to my classroom
and set my students straight anytime…
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I’ll avoid the hit to my street cred.
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 bullshit
when I was in school we had to do trigonometry. Now, I knew the formulas and COULD have figured it out myself, but if we did it that way then all the smart kids would be done in 5 minutes and it would take the rest of class for the stupid kids (yes, they exist) to figure out the first problem. It’s not a practical way to run a school.
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
I don’t really understand what you are saying here?
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
That's trig.
I don’t think it’s asking too much for your average high school student to convert .5 to a fraction if necessary, but I have students who can’t.
Sure, if you’ve ever played catch, you’ve done AP Calculus without realizing it, but should we all be able to work out the proofs on paper? Probably not.
I’m not saying we all should have slide rules and chuck technology out the window, but at least one primary goal of an education should be to cultivate a mind that can function when other tools are absent.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Not being able to convert .5 to a fraction shows that they don’t have any understanding of what those numbers mean.
Missing the concept, getting by on memorizing things.
"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
Why does everyone think since I'm a software engineer, I can fix their computer?
It’s true that being a software engineer requires a certain professional familiarity with computers. Just like landscape architects, I’m sure, need to know a certain amount about gardening, and the other kind of architects need to have some understanding of building construction.
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in Boston.
Isn’t building construction a little redundant?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, he’s a software engineer, not an English major.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
As opposed to sentence construction, which they don’t need to know about. And which, according to Howie, the English majors don’t need to know about either…
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in Boston.
I said English majors shouldn’t be getting instruction in it in their college English courses. I didn’t say they didn’t have to know about it.
I swear, Classics majors don’t have to deal with this shit. And their education is the exact same as mine was, except with more limited material.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLCLASSICS
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, fuck those guys!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
half-steppin
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
You need a degree to operate a field dry line marker?
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
That’s bigtime.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
gotta figure out the chalk requirements
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 8, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
/doesn’t remember seeing these courses while in college.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
They were probably there. You were just too drunk to notice.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Could have been. I would have enjoyed taking classes on a baseball field. Though the Dirtbag field is off campus.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously.
That would be my dream job, Head Groundskeeper for a MLB team.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I would want to be a scout
So I could wear straw hats and carrying around a stop watch.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Being a scout is pretty cool.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
Do you have an extensive collection of straw hats?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I do, in fact, have a sweet straw hat.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I’m not that kind of scout.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
An extensive collection of merit badges then?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Except for the long days on the road. Unless your into that.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Truck drivers?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
They collectively own into that?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
My company has a couple show trucks that we use to go to motorcycle rallies across the country, and one of the drivers has some great stories about what he calls, Lot Lizards.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
They are all over Vegas.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
/spits
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d love to be a Giants groundskeeper for a few seasons
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Wrigley Field June 1999 - Nice Hose!
speaking of groundskeeping, this is from a visit I made to Wrigley; it was an off day.
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 8, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe it's just me, but I find them amusing if not interesting
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 8, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
the funny thing was that I drove from Detroit to Chicago thinking I’d be seeing the Giants-Cubs that evening, but it turned out to be a day game, so I missed it. I stayed over and kinda snuck in the next day. On that trip I saw three ballparks that were closing—Astrodome, Tiger Stadium, and Milwaukee County Stadium.
The Houston game was the one when their manager, Larry Dierker, collapsed, so the game was called around the 7th inning. I went to my car to listen to the radio and the announcers were gushing about Tony Gwynn, who had missed the team bus just so he could continue signing autographs for the throng that was waiting for him.
The Astrodome was kinda weird, seemed small, and the seats were all cushioned like in a movie theater. I asked the ticket sales manager if I could get a refund on my ticket because the game was suspended, saying that I’d driven all the way from California—he basically told me to piss off. nice.
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 8, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
/haz a sad
zero
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 9, 2010 1:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate the first week of baseball in some ways because it’s always SO exciting when everything finally gets started! But then there’s always one horrible off-day in the middle of it all to ruin the momentum.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
That’s why god created the A’s. For boring offdays.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Not shown in Sacramento, for some damn reason…
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
They were showing poker on CSNCA in Sacto...
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
Really? Huh. I might be way wrong on the channel. It just seems like those jerks are always on one of those channels.
Yeah I was trying to find the game
because Golf is boring and college hockey is…hockey. But they didn’t have it on
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
haz a laf
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 8, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Shift+A
Going to Timmy Day on Sunday. Cannot wait.
The Braves offense scares me though. Can’t we just play Houston 162 times?
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
Ed Wade put a high-quality team on the field this season. He is Petey Feliz.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Ed Wade put a high-quality team on the field
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
That's true
I guess, relative to all the teams in Texas-the Astros are in the top 2
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
At best.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
Yeah only a good day
I mean the longhorns have a good team this year…
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
I hate getting meeting invites 10 minutes before the meeting is supposed to start.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 2:50 PM PDT reply actions
don’t they know your 11 minute rule?
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 8, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it in the same building at least?
I get some for a lunch meeting ACROSS TOWN.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
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Conference call. I am on mute waiting for it to start.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man I cannot stand those. Every time someone here tries to plan one, someone on staff tries to sabotage it. Cause we all hate them.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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lol office work
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 8, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
NOTHING GETS ACCOMPLISHED IN A MEETING!
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."
Which is precisely what happened
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 9, 2010 6:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Grizz starting lineup
Looking pretty solid.
1. Brock Bond (2B)
2. Matt Downs (3B)
3. Buster Posey ©
4. Brett Pill (1B)
5. Fred Lewis (LF)
6. Ryan Rohlinger (SS)
7. Joe Borchard (RF)
8. Mike McBryde (CF)
9. Kevin Pucetas (RHP)
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
Meh. Only Buster is solid.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
The rest are gaseous.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 8, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
McBryde is kinda liquidy.
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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Borchard is a gel.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Is too!
I’ve seen gel, and it’s clearly matter. So take your anti-gel bias back to Singapore!
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in Boston.
Pill is at absolute zero.
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
Timmeh’s already up with the big club.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Buster is copywritten.
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Copyrighted indeed.
It deals with the right to copy. Copywriting is what ad agencies do.
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in Boston.
Wow, that just sounds wrong.
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Yet it’s completely correct.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Not unlike
“Brian Bocock, opening day shortstop for the 2008 San Francisco Giants”
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in Boston.
It sounds right to me (and it is)!
I’m always confused by “copywritten.” How do you get from right to written!?
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Maybe its just the part “righted” that sounds so horrible to me.
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“Righted” is a word!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Enrightened.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Now that I’ve actually read that out loud, I hope nobody assumes the shitty interpretation.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I’m glad you didn’t assume the shitty interpretation.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, that was the shitty interpretation… I was looking down on you for something else.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I know that I’m not very tall.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I know! I am just saying I don’t like that word. It doesn’t sound right TO ME
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Perhaps it needs to be righted for you.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s becuase he’s clearly not ready to catch.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s what I do!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
There is a lot of meh in that line up
With Posey being better , Borchard being worse and Lewis being the problem
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
Matt Downs
Third Baseman
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Downs: Future PTBLN or cash.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
LATER NAMED!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
later’d
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
You take that back
He’s not as good as Kevin.
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in Boston.
But…But last time Renteria had 5 hits in a game he was with the Braves and he was awesome! So he’ll be great this year too, it’s science.
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
SUBJECT
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by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 8, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It works, bitches!
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I have the shirt
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Apr 9, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know what a scuzzy pigman is, but Derek Lowe definitely is one
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
That Teixiera trade cycle always makes me LOL
They had Adam LaRoche as their 1B.
Then they got rid of him and got Teixiera for Andrus, Feliz, Matt Harrison, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, & Beau Jones.
Then they traded Teixiera for Casey Kotchman.
Finally they traded Kotchman for Adam LaRoche.
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
honestly
thank god they did that Teixeira trade or the entire NL would be screwed right now
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Apr 8, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah their line up would be stacked
a middle of the order line up of Jones, Teixiera & McCann would be amazing. Not to mention Escobar, Heyward and maybe even Nate McLouth
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
nice work there, gobrokes. I’d like to see that for Sabean’s entire reign
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 8, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not ashamed to admit
that I’ve already done some 2011 rosterbation
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
I remember the fans and media in Anaheim going apeshit when the Angels traded for Teixiera. They thought the Angels were making a huuuuuge mistake. Kotchman — so much upside and potential! To give that all away for a short burst of Tex was CRAZY TALK!
LOL
The Angels apparently were high on Kendry Morales-that ended up being a great call on their part.
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
Yeah he is
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
I don’t know why the Angel’s fans would question moves they are making. They seem to be doing things right. With this last offseason being the only questionable one. And even in doing nothing they still have a great shot of winning their division.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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I think the fans didn’t want to give up one of their potentially great homegrown prospects for a guy they didn’t even know and knew wasn’t going to be around for very long.
Posey for Texiera?
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 8, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Joseph!
Dude knows how to drive in RUNZ!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 4:12 PM PDT reply actions
Ugh, Natinals.
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They are merely in the process of failing. It hasn’t been done quite yet.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Capps has a neck the diameter of Neptune.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
is that big or small?
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 8, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Big? I consider Neptune big.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Most planets usually are.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
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But Neptune is relatively small on a planetary scale…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
either way, I suppose that’s large for a pitcher
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 8, 2010 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
philly phailure
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 8, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
YEAH, GO TO HELL, VICTORINO!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
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SJ Giants lineup
SS Adrianza
2B Culberson
CF Peguero
1B Belt
DH Mazzola
C Monell
3B Biery
LF Fairley
RF Simmons
P Surkamp
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
Leadoff, eh?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd move Biery up in the order
and WTF is Culberson doing in the 2 hole? Dude can barely hit his weight
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
if MLB were smart...
…they would have more days like today in which games were played pretty much throughout the day and night. There are enough teams. GIT ON IT COMMISH!
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...
I’d appreciate it.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Great idea...
But it would probably cost me my job.
Don't give him the game ball Dusty, you'll jinx it...
by The Neuschler on Apr 8, 2010 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Am I nuts or is Ernie Johnson doing play-by-play for the Braves?
Also, Hanson, god damn it…
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
What the hell is a “Tyler Colvin”?
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
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North Coast Bias!
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
Former 1st rd draft pick
LOL CUBS
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
YOU HEAR ME ERNIE?!?!?!
FREE BUSTER POSEY
But on the other hand, can Buster Posey match Bengie Molina's spring training heroics? It's debatable.
Ernie...Sit!
that’s my dog’s name, Ernie Banks.
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 9, 2010 1:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Kieschnick
ROCKET ARM! Throws out first runner that tests him this year.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 4:40 PM PDT reply actions
Is it better than Schierholtz’s?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno, but THT has it as one of the top 5 in the minors
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s the point of clicking?
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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well, I guess there isn’t one.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Season ticket holder
of the Richmond Flying Squirrels.
Don't give him the game ball Dusty, you'll jinx it...
by The Neuschler on Apr 8, 2010 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
OT
Wow. Butler coach gets 12 year extension
12 years?
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
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What, is Joe Paterno year to year?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t bowtie want to give one of those to Sabes?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Neukom Shabazz?
"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
Notre Dame football laughs
then cut a check to Big Ol’ Charlie annually for the next decade.
Win the inning.
Adopted home of Renteria - celebrated World Series hero...of 1997
by Scooter Ellis on Apr 8, 2010 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Neal with the first hit in Flying Squirrel history
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 4:58 PM PDT reply actions
Sounds like a big deal.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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That’s very fitting.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Apr 8, 2010 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
But was it real?
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Double down the RF line. Sounded real
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Imagine
Panda, Posey, Neal, Bowker in the middle of the lineup soon. Maybe next year? Sprinkle in a little Ford, Crawford, some FA banger stud at 1B and I guess I can see why the FO locked up the pitchers so quickly…oh and Zito too.
Win the inning.
Adopted home of Renteria - celebrated World Series hero...of 1997
by Scooter Ellis on Apr 8, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I also like that all the money that we gave to Cain/Lincecum/Wilson/etc this offseason is going to stop us from signing mediocre free agents from blocking those guys
That dude is real
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
So he has the first Flying Squirrek hit
and first hit off of Strasburg in the AFL? I’m beginning to think he may, in fact, be real.
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
Lineup for the game here in Reno tonight
GIRZZLIES
Brock Bond, 2B
Matt Downs, 3B
Buster Posey, C
Brett Pill, 1B
Fred Lewis, LF
Ryan Rohlinger, SS
Joe Borchard, RF
Mike McBryde, CF
Kevin Pucetas, P
These pretzels are making me thirsty
very interested to see what Bond does this year.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Apr 8, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Not sure if its been said
But Happy Birthday PikaGiant!
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
I am sure for his BDay he would like a Miami Frozen Four win.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
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yea… this would be very nice… i would like Miami to win the Championship, their first ever… But thanks graham! appreciate it!!
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
And you’ll celebrate your birthday with a beer or five.
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'll be in Gatlinburg, TN for formal, so who knows what'll happen
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
FUCK YOU PIKA!
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 8, 2010 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
dude, gatlinburg is a shithole
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
wut? that was just a random flame
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 8, 2010 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s “interesting” that’s fer shure. We went there to hike in the Smoky Mountains and stayed at Zoder’s (neat little hotel with a little creek running through the place). That was almost 10 years ago now, and it looked like the town was suffering a little bit from economic troubles or the proximity of Dollyworld, lots of boarded up buildings etc…
well now it looks like the las vegas for hillbillies
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Mr. Merope wants to know if the hillbilly golf course is still there. He remembers going there when he was a little kid.
i’ll check when i head down there tomorrow!
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
He says it’s a pee-wee/putt-putt/ miniature golf course on the side of a mountain. That’d be fun while drunk.
Wait, yea, it’s still there, i saw it last year!
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Yeah a childhood memory preserved!!!
Unlike Santa’s Village, Frontier Village, or The Red Baron on the Emeryville Mud Flats…..
lold
ha… my only childhood memory in moraga would be the Rheem Bowling alley… GONE
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Growing up in Benicia, I used to go to the Marine World USA in Vallejo all the time when I was little. I’ve heard it’s a six flags or whatever. :(
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah well… I remember when that was located in what? Redwood City? off of 101 on Marine World Parkway.
I REMEMBER THAT
the best ride was the elephant or the ball pit.
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Its now Six Flags Animal Kingdom and it’s one of the worst amusement parks in the country now. The last two times I have been there I have had terrible experiences. Horrible service from their staff, the park was dirty. A bad day there caused my wife and I to pack up that evening and take a weekend trip to Disneyland so we could experience fun.
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Well that sucks. That was a great place in the 90s when it was just a little zoo/aquarium/amusement park thing. And another tid bit about that place. I don’t know if any one here watched Cheap Seats on ESPN Classic but the SuperDogs SuperJocks episode took place there, all kinds of awesome
Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams
by BleedBlackNOrange on Apr 8, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
A PikA specialty?
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
why’re you always raggin’ on the kid? are you a teetotaler?
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 8, 2010 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
All in good fun.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
This comment is awesome.
I literally wrote out the exact same thing, then deleted it, thinking “you know, SFGuy will probably say it better than I can”.
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
Bad news
The forecast for Sunday is for a 70% chance for rain. KRON 4 says that during the day there will be moderate amount of rain. I think this could put a damper on the reunion but the Giants will try and get the game in because the Braves don’t return to SF (one of the reasons why I hate the unbalanced schedule. 19 vs. San Diego but 6 or 7 vs. Atlanta?).
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
they could start by slimming down the interleague exhibition games
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 8, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
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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This. And we have really good seats just for the reunion, too. :(
Maybe the forecast will change tomorrow.
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
Friday we are under cover …. stupid Sunday we’re up in view reserved. Do they allow umbrellas in the park?
If I decide to go, I might have to bring my club pass that came with my season tickets so I could avoid the rain. I want one of those magnet schedules.
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
I paid a lot for these tickets and the wife and I are taking my Mom too. We are preparing for a typhoon.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
yeah,
fuck the Braves. I hate those assholes.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Apr 8, 2010 6:07 PM PDT reply actions
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Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Apr 8, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
What's your opinion about the Braves?
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Uh oh, Poor Pika.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
A couple of angry, violent teams.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
all you need to know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TyLZDGuE2M
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
That is terrible hockey playing. They’re’ not even using sticks.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
That has me imagining what a boxing match with hockey sticks would look like.
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
LOL Onion:
Report: 43% Of Yankees Fans Forgot They Won World Series Last Year
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
I admit, the irony of the guy saying, “Obviously Miami’s got to score the next goal,” and as soon as he finishes the sentence BC scores.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
*The irony is hilarious, I meant to say.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Barry Melrose… this game is so typical of the last few years… good lord, i might have to shoot throw my couch out the window if they lose again, it’s bullshit
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Hahaha Barry Melrose, should have expected the Mullet.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
this game is terrible… playing like shit
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Seriously. I don’t think Miami’s had sustained pressure in BC’s zone the entire second period. And the speed of BC is really surprising them.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
yep… this is the first time they’re really spending time in their zone… it’s unreal, Rico i bet is just flipping a shit
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Someone, Wingels perhaps, needs to take over the game. Because right now they just seem like they don’t know what to do with an offensive opportunity once they get one.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
i just think they need some fire right now, i mean, they played with heart throughout the season after Burke passed, and all the sudden they ran into a team that just looks like they want it more
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
That was a good chance right there. Made BC’s goalie snowangel. Do more like that. Except having the puck end up in the net at the end of that sequence.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
basically, they need to score on this power play, or it’s fucked
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Shot from the blueline into another guy’s feet. They’re lucky that didn’t turn into a shorthanded goal.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
man… get ready for a fucking shit show this weekend if they lose
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Hey, they had some good sustained pressure at the tail end of the PP and for a good 30 seconds afterward. It’s looking up.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Ahhhh, no-touch icing. I’ve forgotten about you.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
haha… i mean, that’s good and all, point is, they have to score here, at least once, AT LEAST ONCE
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Well, it’s not like the goalie is standing on his head; if they get a lot of traffic around the net and go top shelf, I don’t think he’ll stop it.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
I’ll just go up to the goalie and tell him to allow a goal
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Or jinx him by mentioning how he has a shutout right now.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
HE HAS A SHUTOUT!!! NO WAY!! JINX! ha… we just changed it, it’s over
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Haha, mentioning a shutout is like mentioning a no-hitter; you only do it if you’re on the other team.
WOAH that was a nice hit.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
nobody fucks with Miami, glad they started a little something
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Yeah, shooting after the buzzer is kind of bush league, especially when you’re up by three after the second.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
any idea the number of the guy that hit that dude that shot it?
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Sorry, no idea. I’m watching a small, slightly blurry online feed right now.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Haha, is Bip the play by play guy for this game?
“If they win one more period, they will win the game.”
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
I don’t follow hockey at all but for some reason I remember last year’s final result.
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 Squirrels game is suspended due to rain. Nuts.
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
glad i didn’t hightail it on over there
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 8, 2010 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
That mouse over there in the bottom-right corner of the screen doesn’t stand a chance.
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
Unnoticed
With the losses this evening by the Braves and Phillies, the Giants currently have the best record in the major leagues.
For one day at least, the Giants stand alone.
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
Wire to wire, baby
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"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
They’re using Fred’s old Fresno picture on Gameday. He looks so young!!
FREE BUSTER POSEY
But on the other hand, can Buster Posey match Bengie Molina's spring training heroics? It's debatable.
Only undefeated team in baseball
lawl
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
Buster Rakin'
3-4 , 3 singles
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 8:32 PM PDT reply actions
OMG HE HAS NO POWER
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
and was hit in his last PA. OBP MACHINE!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Apr 8, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Chipper Jones might not play this weekend.
The San Francisco Giants must win at least one World Series before I die.
That’s a start.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
that guy was old even when he was young
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 8, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants FIRST IN THE MAJORS IN BATTING!!!!! 3rd in OBP!!! 4th in SLG!!!!
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
Sustainable.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
GIVE SABEZ THE CREDIT HE DESERVES YOU HATERS!!!
/22gigantes
FREE BUSTER POSEY
But on the other hand, can Buster Posey match Bengie Molina's spring training heroics? It's debatable.
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by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 8, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Mat Palmer starting for the Angels tomorrow night against the A’s.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
Awesome. Thanks for that. I needed a pick me up after learning about Nujabes’ untimely demise.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Pardon me - whose untimely demise?
I bit on something a couple of days ago. I do that.
Just checking.
If I read it on the Internet it’s got to be true, and if I read it here it’s got to be truer.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 10, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Opening Day first pitch to be thrown by...
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Jerry Rice
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
Bengie Molina
currently IsoD-ing negative 36, which is impressive even for him.
do they block the live radio stream through the knbr website?
is mlb.tv the only alternative?
By the way, why did my FanPost section disappear from the right sidebar. What do I need easy access to all these FanShots for?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
YOU READ YOUR DAMN FANSHOTS
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 9, 2010 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh wow… they’re all the way at the BOTTOM of the page now? I don’t think I approve of this.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 9, 2010 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
And now it’s back to normal…
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 9, 2010 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
They have a thread going on the braves site for pick-ems
with attendance..etc.
Some of the fans were picking 26K or 31K for the opener.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
There's unbeaten inside
Lineup 4/162
Rowand CF
Renteria SS
Sandoval 3B
Huff 1B
DeRosa LF
Molina C
Bowker RF
Uribe 2B
Sanchez P
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
This lineup hasn’t lost yet, therefor they won’t lose. Science.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 9, 2010 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I approve of this lineup
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I kind of wish that John Bowker was more of a hit and run type player, but what can you do?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 9, 2010 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
If they hit like they did against the Astros I am fine with this.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
Oh and Cainer on XM Radio, hanging with the Ripkens.
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
Obviously talking about the new Miley Cyrus movie.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
Carlos Marmol
Struck out Heyward last night on 3 straight sliders at Jason’s back foot.
Carlos made him look like Juggernate.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 9, 2010 9:13 AM PDT reply actions
We should offer them Schierholtz in a trade. Same player but more experience!
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 9, 2010 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
If you haven't read the front page story at ESPN about the Giants,
you should. It’s…well, something. A few tidbits:
the Giants seem to be more well-rounded than ever.
Let’s start by discussing the Giants’ offense. Center fielder Aaron Rowand and infielder Edgar Renteria have been superb. Renteria is a guy people have discarded as a premier shortstop, but he still is consistent and always makes the routine defensive plays. He is the type of player who is important to the organization because he makes the team better both on and off of the field.
And this:
Giants manager Bruce Bochy dropped catcher Bengie Molina down in the lineup. He has hit cleanup in the past, and to have him hitting sixth in the lineup is very important. The adjustment provides a lot more balance throughout the batting order because he is the type of player who drives in runs.
Wait: there’s more…
Another welcome change to the lineup is former Baltimore Oriole Aubrey Huff. Huff is one of the most underrated ballplayers in the league. I played with him in Tampa Bay, and that’s when I realized he could absolutely hit. He is very consistent at the plate, hitting righties and lefties equally well. His career batting average is hovering around .280. As long as he melds well in San Francisco, he definitely can improve his team by hitting in the cleanup spot, and he’s far from a defensive liability. The bottom line is Huff is going to be key to the Giants’ progress and success this season.
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/4/8/1412438/baseball-tonites-claims-aaron#comments
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
TOPNOTCH ANALYSIS!!!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
The look and feel of the site seems to be changing.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 9, 2010 9:38 AM PDT reply actions
It’s back to orange for me, thank god, that was UGLY.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
WAIT NO IT'S RED AGAIN
AAAUUUUUGH
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
HOW'D IT GET BURNED
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It looks absolutely terrible.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 9, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t notice anything different.
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
For some reason, this one post seems to be exempt.
/clings to this post
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
looks like someone changes their CSS
From firebug it looks like this file, line 27 the color is red ?!?!?
http://www.sbnation.com/stylesheets/admin/tinymce_extend.css?v=307
For fork's sake
If I wanted to look at all that damn red I’d go to Halos Heaven.
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in Boston.
It looks like I ate the website and pooped it out and there was blood in my poop.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 9, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
SHIT THATS FUCK
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
RED SABOTAGE
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
OH LAWD
Fix the site. Someone, anyone.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
#2 in Fanshots
Please look into the recent CSS change
Maybe a type or something but
When I am on the main page, I used firebug to see what the heck is causing the red color for links.
From firebug it looks like this file, line 27 the color is red ?!?!?
http://www.sbnation.com/stylesheets/admin/tinymce_extend.css?v=307
i need spellchecking myslef
*Maybe a typo or something but …
RED SACRE!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Henry Schulman Agrees : Chris Haft is a tool
Yes, Baggs is a wonderful guy. Now, Chris Haft is a tool. RT @dortenberg: @hankschulman are you and baggerly friends? or at least friendly?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
Said one hammer to the other.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Apr 9, 2010 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s probably joking.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 9, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
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