Giants/A's Series Preview
by Grant Brisbee on May 21, 2010 10:14 AM PDT
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Did you wake up this morning with sweaty palms? Darting eyes? Short, rapid breathing? Emotional priapism? Save your time and money, and don’t bother going to the doctor for a diagnosis. You’re just suffering from...
Interleague fever!
Warning: interleague fever may cause heart palpat...hey, wake up! This is serious business. We’re talking about the Oakland Athletics here -- our bitter geographic rivals! Every year, this torrent of emotion makes it hard to concent..zzzx...zzzz...mmszzzzz....yes ms. pemberton?....zzznzzzz....no, i....i...don’t have the assignment....zzzz...no, i...i..don’t know where my pants went...szzzzz...the principal’s office? but ms. pemberton....
Whoa. Sorry, I must have fallen asleep in mid-sentence. So, fine, I guess interleague play is pretty dull in spirit. But what about the A’s? Pretty dull in reality. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still a fan. Kind of. When there isn’t anything else on, including any "Kate and Allie" reruns on Nick at Nite, I’ll probably watch the A’s game and root for them against their AL opponent. My like of the A’s is akin to my appreciation of a well-written piece of film criticism on a movie I like. My love for the Giants is like watching and enjoying that movie, even though it always ends with the head of the detective’s wife in a box.
The A’s can pitch, but they can’t hit, kind of like a poor man’s Padres. Gee, but it’s been so long since we’ve been able to watch a series filled with one-run games and viral frustration.
Hitter to watch:
Daric Barton was a young hitter with a promising minor-league track record. He struggled in his initial exposure to the majors. Here’s where it gets weird, though. Instead of relying on an old ‘n’ busted veteran to relegate Barton to the bench or minors, the A’s decided to let Barton play! He has an OBP around .400, and he’s been one of their better hitters.
Note this isn’t a requiem for Travis Ishikawa, but more of a "Why didn’t Bowker or Schierholtz replace Winn last June?" jab, conveniently timed to appear after Bowker’s first or second good game of the year.
Pitcher to watch:
Oh, I can’t single out just one. Let’s take a look at the possible narratives:
- Trevor Cahill - Young, wildish pitcher who relies on teams to put the ball in play and swing at bad balls.
- Gio Gonzalez - Young, wild pitcher who can overpower at times if he can get teams to chase.
- Ben Sheets - Old veteran with some life left in his arm. He needs to make a start to build up his confidence, against a team that will chase breaking balls in the dirt or pop up fastballs after working a 2-0 count. If only there were a match out there....
If it seems like they’re all bad pitchers for the Giants to face, congratulations, you’ve seen through the matrix. The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers. Whenever the "pitcher to watch" is a pitcher, watch out: those guys give the Giants fits.
Prediction
Flipping back and forth between the Giants and A’s broadcasts will make you think of Frank Stallone, Billy Ripken, and Roger Clinton.
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How I feel about this series/rivalry: Meh.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 10:15 AM PDT reply actions
Agreed. It’s not like there’s any actual rivalry to me. What, just because they’re nearby? I don’t give the A’s a second thought.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Hackers will hack
at bad pitches
if Freddie Sanchez, Mark DeRosa and Aubrey Huff are the answer, I guess I just didn't understand the question.
Damn straight
/gets too old for this shit
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
that made me chuckle
I found what I need. And it's not friends. It's...things.
by OneManGangTackle on May 21, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
SFSU FTW!
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Fosse is going to be on the Giants broadcast tonight
that sucks
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?
BLASPHEME!
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
ikr
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on May 21, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
ikr
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on May 21, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
There was this old lady who lived near me when I was growing up, who would yell and throw crab apples at kids walking by her house – even when they were not cutting across her lawn.
Ray Fossie to me is like that lady. Which really makes me wonder when A’s fans call up KNBR and complain that the Giants have so many more fans, and get so much more attention. I’m not putting it all on Ray Fossie, but somebody made a decision to hire him, and continues to keep him employed.
Wow, that old lady sounds terrible and awesome at the same time.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
To be fair, we hired Tim McCarver.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
only one year, part-time, though
And I didn’t live in the Bay Area at the time, so I got to miss him.
But:
J.T. Snow
F.P. Santangelo
Joe Angel
Ron Fairly
Greg Papa
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
BIP!!
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on May 21, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve actually never seen him as an announcer. All the games he did last year, I was listening to the radio.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
he was bad
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on May 21, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
So I hear.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
understatement
if Freddie Sanchez, Mark DeRosa and Aubrey Huff are the answer, I guess I just didn't understand the question.
How were her mechanics? Did she do the inverted-W thing? Was she a scap loader?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Love me some Calvin and Hobbes
Proud owner of the whole collection, and this one’s one of my favorites!
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I couldn’t believe it when Kruk kept saying he was excited to work with Fosse.
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on May 21, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Drunk Krukow is drunk
"Kenny Lofton, the man they love to hate in St. Louis has driven a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are DEAD!" Jon Miller
by Sabean's_Folly on May 21, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Thought it was going to be Bob Fosse
Kruk’s dying to sing Mr. Cellophane
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
wait, so what broadcast can I watch to NOT hear Ray Fosse?
by The Double Deuce on May 21, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Radio Broadcast
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
Interleague and the AL broadcast
Much more fun when the game is played in the NL park, and the AL team’s broadcasters feel compelled to explain the enigma of the DOUBLE-SWITCH in such a condescending, college-professor-like detail, as though they’re privy to some deep baseball insider knowledge that AL fans couldn’t possibly grasp. Fosse is particularly adept at this skill.
by BobSacamano on May 21, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
deep baseball insider knowledge that AL fans couldn’t possibly grasp.
In his defense, that’s perfectly possible.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
The A's have fallen on a bad stretch
Which is why this series scares me so much.
Here’s hoping Zito gets his first W against the A’s.
At least Wellemeyer is not pitching this series.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Lincecum can't make a new face
From the last two pictures posted, it looks like Lincecum is always being asked to divide 2,595,273 by 7,297,662.
by barenakedladies on May 21, 2010 10:18 AM PDT reply actions
0.35563
Duh.
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 21, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
LET'S GET MILD
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
GIRLS GONE MILD
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
GIRLS WITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
THESE SORORITY SLUTS WEAR THEIR KNEE-HIGHS UNDER THEIR JEANS! YOU’LL BE LUCKY TO SEE ANYTHING WORTHWHILE THROUGH THEIR SEXY TURTLENECK SWEATERS! IT SIMPLY DOESN’T GET BETTER THAN THIS – CALL TODAY TO ORDER!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Reminds me of a Happy Days episode where the guys find a dirty magazine and Potsy says “Man, that would look great in a sweater!”
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."
The thing is, it probably would have,
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
MILD THING
if Freddie Sanchez, Mark DeRosa and Aubrey Huff are the answer, I guess I just didn't understand the question.
It was then that Barry got the idea to get one of those bicycles with the baskets in front.
Ba ha ha ah ah ah ah ha
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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OT: Movie talk
This might sound a little like my half-hearted Titanic defense, but I think ET gets undue criticism for its Oscar win. I don’t think it’s as good as Blade Runner, but it isn’t just a piece of fluff!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
They are apparently making a prequel to Planet of the Apes
Don’t know how I feel about it…
BTW: Starting my petition to boycott the new “Karate” Kid..how can it be the “Karate” kid when it’s about Kung Fu.
JAMES FRANCO
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
The character took karate before moving to China! See, they’ve got it covered.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory
Or, rather, it wasn’t a piece of fluff until Spielberg went back and CGI’d in walkie-talkies for the guns for the anniversary edition.
SpielbLucas : movie classics :: SaBochyean : Giants baseball
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
True dat .
The only thing worse than filmmakers who rewrite history are the ones who rewrite their own fiction.
We all liked it for the first time and labeled it a classic for a reason; if it ain’t broke…
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
HAN SOLO SHOT FIRST!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
“Jabba, you’re a wonderful human being”
What?
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."
AND LUKE DIDN’T SCREAM WHEN HE CHOSE TO FALL DOWN THE GUTTER AT CLOUD CITY!
I found what I need. And it's not friends. It's...things.
by OneManGangTackle on May 21, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
....
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
HA HA HA
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on May 21, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
howie?
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory
by Natto on May 21, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 10 recs
So THAT’S why we have all these problems with the Middle East. It all makes sense now!
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
LMFAO
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
OH MAN
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, I dare you to make this your Facebook default.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
That would actually be pretty cool.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Better yet, I think I’ll steal it and make it into one of those FB pages that 100,000 people randomly like.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
My bike has one of those. Well, not 100,000 people, more like 200, but still.
"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
That’ll mean that Howie is on the face of two of those FB pages.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
WOOOO
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man, I got a “like” for the photo within SECONDS of posting it.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
BY WHO
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I’LL NEVER TELL
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked the fuck out of it.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m inserting a c into your comment in my mind.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I may have to friend you just so I can like it.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s a trick!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I read that as “tick.”
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
If you friend me, you can see ALL my pictures!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that supposed to be a plus or a negative?
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Fair warning.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll just give you this sneak preview, and you can decide for yourself:
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure I need more facebook friends that like to hump hippos. I mean 2 is enough.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
So I see you got the grenade
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on May 21, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Uhhh.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Well at least you’re not wearing your watch at your elbow in this one.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
LOL
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
That;'s one hippo that will never trouble us again...
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
ALL of them? Even ones that aren’t online? Like, it gives you the second sight, but it only works for howie pictures?
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Because if this means nekkid howie polaroids are going to start popping up in my dreams, I might have to defriend you.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Oh my.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m going to have to put some of my better offline pictures online. There’s some good stuff there.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I read that as "BEFRIEND" you...
jeez, jcb, a few nekkid howie dreams are all it takes? LOL
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I guess it won’t be too difficult to find you on facebook now.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
- Churchill
Never in the field of sports blogs was so much discussed by so many about so few facial hairs.
- the McCoven
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I can't see this yet =(
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
That photo caption almost made white tea come out of my nose.
By the way, excuse me while I go into Jerry Seinfeld mode, but——What’s the deal with White Tea? Is it for people who don’t like the taste of tea?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
ahem....
"I don’t know much about sabre-stats but there’s nothing better than white tea and poptarts first thing in the morning" - tk
Adopted parent of Nader Sherafat - Senior Accountant for the SF Giants; because without him, all hell breaks lose.
by Whiteteaandpoptarts on May 21, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t mean to be insulting to your way of life…but I could use some explanation!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
You dip one in the other. It’s simple, really.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
But why? White tea lacks flavor when you drink it on its own. I’d assume that the HFCS of a poptart would make it taste like water.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I was speaking actually speaking in somewhat less specific terms.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I say I say boy. I say.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I wouldnt go so far as to say flavorless...
Snow Geisha, for instance, is far from flavorless. Its a delicate taste, no doubt, but I find it to be very refreshing and light. Never dipped my PTs in. I dont think Im willing to go that far.
By volume, I drink way more iced tea than anything else. GT and WT are nice, lighter changes of pace and better on cold mornings. Though, like everything, not all GTs and WTs tickle my fancy.
"I don’t know much about sabre-stats but there’s nothing better than white tea and poptarts first thing in the morning" - tk
Adopted parent of Nader Sherafat - Senior Accountant for the SF Giants; because without him, all hell breaks lose.
by Whiteteaandpoptarts on May 24, 2010 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Why play these games in the shitty A’s ballpark? Why not play them all at ATT? Let the Giants’ bat first, use the DH, and give A’s fans first crack at the seats, but why play in that dump when they don’t have to?
Dumped Edgar Renteria and adopted Buster Posey. Biggest upgrade since George Jefferson moved up to a deluxe apartment on the east side!
Gotta pay for the tarp fees somehow.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Because
The parking is cheaper
The tickets are less expensive
They don’t have obnoxious fucking usherettes holding up signs pretending they’re fucking greeters in the Opera house
Ingress and Egress is faster and easier
Coliseum Dogs will feed a family of 4 UDAs for a week
If you whip out your cellphone in the middle of a play you will get your ass kicked
They don’t serve Chablis, Reisling, Merlots, Cabs or even fucking grape juice for that matter.
The weather is better.
Billy Beane is way smarter than Brian Sabean
Dallas “Go Fuck Yourself A-Rod” Braden pitches for the A’s
Barry Pie Throwing Unicorn" Zito pitches for the Giants
And while all of the above may be true, it is offset by white cleats and the cement shithole known as Mt. Davis reside in the noxious murder burg of Oakland.
by E Ticket on May 21, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Sheesh.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
He does make some good points, I have to say. I fucking hate those “Please wait here while the batter is in the box” signs.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t like the classist OH THEY SERVE WINE attitude that is prevalent in sports culture. It’s akin to subtly saying, hey, those guys over there, they wear dresses.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I don't get that either
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, but it’s cheap wine in brown paper bags
Dumped Edgar Renteria and adopted Buster Posey. Biggest upgrade since George Jefferson moved up to a deluxe apartment on the east side!
Well, you see, there are some dudes that like to wear dresses. On purpose.
You may have noticed people giving Giants fans a hard time for it. This is because our team plays in a city known for its parades of dudes in dresses.
How did this get by you, Lars? :D
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
REAL MEN DRINK BUD LIGHT AND PISS ON THE CHILDREN OF THE OPPONENTS' FANS
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t mind that too much.
This is kind of a tangent, but what I don’t like is when other sports do that. An usher told me to wait after going to get concessions at a hockey game. Only baseball deserves that kind of respect.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I actually don't mind it either
I am trying to watch the fucking game. Wait until the at-bat is over before you make the 8 people in your row stand up so you can sit your snack-getting ass down.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah! Impatient, snacky-assed bastards!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, the thing is, if you have good seats near the field, or VR seats, by the time the first pitch to the next batter is thrown, the people who were held until the previous play ended are just now getting down to your level.
So, they’re still inconveniencing people, but the ones 15 rows up or down. At that point, why bother? It’ll self-regulate with a few well-timed “DOWN IN FRONT”s.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I liked the ushers with the signs
Especially after having been in Dodger Stadium with persons of generous proportions waddling to their seats during the game.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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*I like
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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lol
a bit bitter are we?
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on May 21, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I love the Coliseum. It's decrepitastic! It's nastyriffic!
I like Corporate Communications Concern park too (at least through the RF fence… never actually been inside it)
Quality Jones is my kind of hero.
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 21, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, do you think when (haha) the A’s get a park they will not sell corporate naming rights?
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
F**k yes they will, and I will savagely parody whatever it is.
Quality Jones is my kind of hero.
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 21, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Why did you astericks-out your “fuck” like that?
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
He actually wrote “funk.”
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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Wh*t k*nd f stp*d fucking q*esti*n s tht?!
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Wine drinking at a ballgame is as appropriate as wearing a lid at the opera and chugging a six-pack at Symphony Hall. It has nothing to do with sports culture. It has to do with where you are, whose house you’re in, and what the traditions are.
It hasn’t a damn thing to do with one of the many “phobics” or “ists” tendencies that too many panty-wadders are too anxious to accuse too many of those with whom they may not share common viewpoints with.
Insofar as usherettes holding up airport chauffer-signs; if the affectated twits are so narcissistic or self-important or dimwitted to not know that its not nice to obstruct others views in the middle of a pitch, than that particular shit-heeled, shitbag probably has no fucking business being in a ballpark to begin with. A few STFD from the denizens of that particular section is generally quite sufficient to educate the miscreant. The dear old gals and gents at the Stick were more inclined to be helpful, chatty and friendly….not hapless retired hall monitors.
Unfortunately it is this particular breed of wine-sipping, blue-toothing, ticket-holding-status-seeker who cannot or will not intercede on his own behalf to whom the Giants seem to be catering to, with enough over-emphasis apparently to cause them to underestimate the damage to the actual team that the misanthropic machinations of the once-competent Brian Sabean, have caused.
by E Ticket on May 21, 2010 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
even though it always ends with the head of the detective’s wife in a box.
Nice Seven reference.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
It's Se7en, schmuck.
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
of Anaheim
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
LOL
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I heart Fincher movies Starring Brad Pitt! There, I said it!
Proud supporter of the Fightin' Hydrants.
by Little Napoleon on May 21, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Anagram of "Oakland A's"
ASK, DO ANAL
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 21, 2010 10:30 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
In that order?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s always polite to ask first.
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."
Yes, but no need to wait for an answer.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
rec
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
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by bondslegend on May 21, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Did You Know?
There are something like 9 or 10 MLS teams whose average attendance this year is higher than the A’s.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
If I were in the area, I’d go with a giant Giants flag.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I wasn’t even aware there were that many MLS teams total.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, I didn’t realize people are so meh on this. I have A’s fans in my family, so I need these games for bragging rights at picnics. CLEARLY IMPORTANT!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 10:31 AM PDT reply actions
bragging rights at picnics
Wait, what?
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I can’t have my brothers bragging about the A’s.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Specifically at picnics?
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, well that’s just generic for any interaction with those family members. It would really be the Facebook e-mail bragging of my brother that I need to prevent.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
We have hoe-downs.
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."
My family at a hoe-down would be pretty epic.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Ho-downs!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Matt-Downs!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
My music improv teacher spelled it like that once.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
music improv teacher
I hate the very idea of this. It feels like breathing lessons to me.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
It was comedy musical improv. It was like learning how all those musical spots on Whose Line Is it Anyway? were done and the foundations of improv.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Turkey in the straw!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Whiskey in the jar!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
HEY HEY HEY
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Hose-down!
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I only attend a gathering if it is a shindig or a hootenanny.
by chilibean_3 on May 21, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Shindigs are fun, what with all the girls in miniskirts and whatever.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Have you ever hooted a nanny?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Does an au pair count?
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Did she look like Juliet Mills?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know who that is, old-timer!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Bah...youngster
She played a character on a show called Nanny and the Professor. Her character name was Phoebe Figalilly.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
all I remember of her is that she had big boobs
Dumped Edgar Renteria and adopted Buster Posey. Biggest upgrade since George Jefferson moved up to a deluxe apartment on the east side!
Hooter Nanny!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
“Shindigs are fun, what with all the girls in miniskirts and whatever.”
I believe you’re thinking of a sock hop.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
No, a sock hop is long shirts and heavy petting. A shindig is shirt shirts and a shag in the toilet.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I think you got your tongue wrapped around your eye teeth and couldn’t see what you were saying.
Yep, that’s what I’d say if this conversation was verbal, not typed.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
A whole lot of hoot...
…and just a LITTLE bit of nanny.
(Please, someone get this reference…)
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Buffy?
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
DING DING DING
We have a winner! YAY! Oz was always my favorite character.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I feel ya....
Growing up, my whole family rooted for the A’s, cause they were winning. I stuck with the Giants through it all. Fuck my family, Go Giants!
Proud supporter of the Fightin' Hydrants.
by Little Napoleon on May 21, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like a moron
but I don’t get the caption
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
“Phone home” to get it.
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 21, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
lol
brilliant
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on May 21, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
brilliant
…which would explain why you didn’t get it
/ooo burn
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
z
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
haw haw
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?!
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
logistical question
thinking about heading out to the yard to catch one of these games, probably saturday. Possibly with a bunch of people. Is there any need to get tickets ahead of time? Will there be enough Giants fans overrunning the place that it might sell out?
If you don't like Brandon Medders you're not a true fan.
I highly doubt it, especially after being spoiled by AT&T Park for a decade now.
Plus a lot of SFcans are weenies and are scared of Oakland. (I say this as an SF native.)
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
There is nothing like a nice set of SFcans
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
The A’s sell out? That’s funny!
The only reason I’d go early is that there is some possibility you get relegated to shitty seats (there are many in that stadium). But honestly, I’d be shocked if these games sell out.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
It's a tarp!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
ok
I haven’t been to an A’s/Giants game in Oakland in quite some time – but before the tarp era they used to get pretty huge crowds for these games. I guess that was when Oakland was a decent team.
If you don't like Brandon Medders you're not a true fan.
Yeah, I’ve been to some crowded A’s/Giants games there, but they may have the lowest attendance in the league this year. It’s getting sad over there. I mean, they aren’t that bad.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Last year I went to Randy Johnson's start against the A's with my wife and her family (A's fans, I was all decked out in my Giants gear as well)
We showed up maybe 45 minutes early and got tickets to the sit anywhere first come/first serve RF “bleachers” We ended up like 6 rows back from the field.
Nate’s HR landed like 3 rows in front of me. Wilson got the save, it was a pretty awesome night.
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#2 in Fanshots
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
How True
relegated to shitty seats
Most of them are in fact shitty. Further away from the action than the STick. Even when you’re right behind the dugout, you still need binocs.
The only seats worth a shit are the vip seats right behind the plate. Specs use the same tunnel to the field as the visiting team. Its delineated by tape that “fans” must not cross.
The seats are costly but it is all you can eat and all you can drink including beer.
by E Ticket on May 21, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I went to an afternoon Giants/A’s tilt in Oakland and had seats directly behind home in the top row of the stadium. It was a pretty great experience, except for the Giants getting kicked all over the field.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Boston, NY and Giants games are the only ones where that is a real possibility.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Ummm... it might sell out.
Lots of Giants fans coming to see how the other half live.
Most of the good sections are already sold out for tonight and tomorrow, so you never know.
Quality Jones is my kind of hero.
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 21, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Good news
Howry signed with the Cubbies
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
That makes sense for the Cubs I think. Howry wasn’t that bad last year, so I think his early struggles are weird. They could clearly use some bullpen help.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
wasn't he a cub in 08?
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
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by bondslegend on May 21, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I do believe you’re right.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep. And my friends in Chicago are now pissed, lol.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
1908!
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by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
At which time, he earned the nickname "Bomber Bob"
or, “Big Bomb Bob” for his propensity to give up Home Runs.
Hector Sanchez: Underrated. Fighting body bias since the 2009 off season. I still love you, son, even if you're fat.
Didn't he used to play with them?
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
So what exactly is that thing on Zito’s wrist? Has he always had that or should he maybe get that looked at?
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on May 21, 2010 10:38 AM PDT reply actions
I think it’s just a birth mark.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
A mole, you say?
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
Good, the last thing we need is a starting pitcher going on the DL for melanoma
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on May 21, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I’ve heard that one before.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry to say, won’t be watching the game, i’ll be at the bar watching the Sharks game instead, thank God i didn’t go to Chicago today, was going to be a dumb idea
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
This is one of the few times that I would say the probability for heart break is higher with the Sharks game.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
if you're a bay area fan it is... but i'll be staying here at some bar in town with a bunch of friends
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I love how Giants fans are meh on this series and the A’s. While A’s fans hate Giants Fans, AT&T Park, and have no problems calling themselves the most successful baseball franchise in the Bay Area.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
Eh, my brother’s an A’s fan and he’s pretty meh about the whole rivalry, too.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I like that they seem to hate us for all the shit their own ownership keeps fucking up.
“We have a crappy stadium, no stars, no local commitment, and almost no reason to pay attention! You guys have ALL that stuff – WAAAAAAH”
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
NO SLPASH HITZZZZ
FUOR WULRD CHMAPYUNSHIPZZZ
LOLOLOLOLOL OMGWTF UR DUM
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 21, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve never really met any A’s fans that are all OMG OMG OMG GIANTS A’S RIVALRY!!! they just say whatever, and that’s about it. All my friends are A’s fans, and they just don’t care
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I’ve met a lot of A’s fans who think the Giants are the worst thing since sliced cancer.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
that's pretty brutal
It’s just because they think they’re second to the giants in the Bay Area in terms of popularity…
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I guess it's a AN thing
Check out this comment from over there.
For the next three days, all that matters is taking it to the SF Giants.
They’re limping in here with a ragged bullpen, tired pitching staff and anemic offense.
They can have their ballpark, overpriced beers & ridiculous coke bottle. The Giants are a marketing phenomenon masquerading as a Major League Baseball team. Any other club would have let go of Bochy/Sabean LONG ago.
Let’s go Oak-land!
by StrangeDaze on May 20, 2010 9:28 PM PDT reply actions
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
They’re like the little brothers that try so hard to prove they’re as awesome as their big brothers. It’s never going to happen. Let go of the inferiority complex.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL UCLA
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Huh... weird.
I don’t know where that came from.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL YOUR HOCKEY TEAM
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
WHY SO DEFENSIVE ABOUT UCLA WORM?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
GO WCC!
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
FRESNO STATE!!!!!
wooooooo!!!
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
HELL YEAH
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait, Fresno State’s in the WAC.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
GO SAINT MARY'S!!
my bad, epic fail there… given the fact i live less than a half mile from SMC
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Uhh, Fresno is in the WAC
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I’ve had just about enough of your guff.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Go back to your POS school
:)
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I don’t even go to Cal anymore…
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll take a trip there, though, if you want. The campus is beautiful, and I know some people in the library who would love to see me.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
so is miami U
and im not smart enough to even come close to cal… beautiful campus tho for sure
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Root for you POS school which sucks at every sport
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Not NCAA, but yeah.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I never give you grief for your stupid school’s stupid football team. It’s like I’m the Giants fan of our NCAA-sports arrangement, and you’re the A’s fan.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
it's probably
because i don’t really give a shit about the team at all, because at least i’ll admit they SUCK
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I never said Cal football was good last year.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
LIAR!!!!
actually i have no clue anymore, i think it was just me starting shit, because i’m just not a big fan of CAL or Stanford, since there were so many fans in middle school and high school it made me sick
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
You should have puked on them
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
almost did because of the bandwagoning
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
You should have puked on their bandwagon!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, something like the Tostitos Kevin Riley Sucks Invitational Bowl Game for Losers.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Howie's not even allowed in Cal
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Not the north side. They still let me in most of the south side building.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I always liked you
even more reason now
by aaroncallagher on May 21, 2010 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Truthfully, I have always wondered why Cal fans hated UCLA and not the other way around. UCLA fans don’t really spend time thinking about Cal. Maybe you can enlighten me?
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
I don't hate UCLA
it’s like a little brother that copies everything big brother does
Same fight song, same but yet inferior logo, same but inferior colors, etc.
Personally, I like the UCLA change to the fight song and colors, but that’s just me. UCLA plays “The Mighty Bruins” more than “Sons of Westwood” (which is close to “Big C”) these days, so I think that’s been changing.
I must say that I kind of enjoy that non-Pac 10 fans seem to think Cal’s playing UCLA’s fight song at football games, though, because of UCLA’s higher national exposure in sports. I do like Cal though – congrats for winning the Pac-10 championship in basketball this year.
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
I actually like UCLA. I just think it’s funny that they’re the baby bears, and that they wear baby blue and powder gold to prove.
I’ve actually been harassed quite a bit by UCLA fans and students because of my Cal ties, though, so my experience is not the same as yours.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone had the “great” idea of making every UC campus’s colors blue. At least UCLA has made some changes to that unlike other UC’s.
You were harassed for your Cal ties by UCLA fans AND students? I couldn’t imagine why students would do so, but I would like to apologize on behalf of them to you.
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
I know UCR’s is a royal blue. I think all the UCs have a different blue.
"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
YALE blue.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL not an arrogant rich jerk from Yale
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s whatever blue they use at Yale.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Not just blue: Yale blue.
And to be fair, those ties were pretty loud and didn’t exactly go with the rest of my outfit.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I will say that the one time I went to a Cal/UCLA football game down there, I sat in a section with some great UCLA fans. So my experience hasn’t been universally negative.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d like to go to a game in Memorial Stadium, but I guess that’s not possible this year. I suppose AT&T Park wouldn’t be a bad venue for football, though.
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
I don’t care a whit for college sports but I’d love to go to a home game at Cal.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I went to the Emerald Bowl this year – I can confirm that it was a pretty good place to watch some football. And as it was raining that day, I can also confirm that having the seats under the overhangs are awesome.
"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 REALLY RUFFLES MY FEATHERS
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep
that’s exactly what it looks like, just go out and fucking watch the game, have fun. This is what i do with the Dodger games, just go out and have some fun, watch the game and talk some shit with dodger fans, and just have fun
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Aren’t beers overpriced everywhere in MLB? And don’t the parks where it’s lower suck ass because of all the drunks? I never understood that high beer prices thing as a complaint.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t mind it much. What I think is cool is that at a lot of parks, good beer is only a little more expensive than cheap beer. For someone like myself, who likes to slowly savor one good pint of beer throughout a game, the difference between a $7 Miller Lite and a $8 Sierra Nevada (or the like) is an easy choice.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Public House is a madhouse before games but awesome beer for cheaper than the shit inside the park.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
But you can’t take it inside. I want to drink while the game is going on, not “pre-game” it.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Yes you can!
Just ask for it into a to-go cup.
Talked to one of the managers and they’ll sell you as much as you can carry in.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
!!!!
Duly noted!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Right?
Full disclosure: I have a friend who works there, but a new legit beer bar that’ll let you take Grand Cru into VR 327? AWESOME.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
WTF That bar sells cask ale. Cask ale at a ballpark. That’s ridiculous.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
(in a wonderful way, if that wasn’t clear)
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I (and my friend who works there) have been excited ever since we heard about it.
Like I said, it’s a madhouse before games but I want to go on like, a Tuesday night when nothing’s really going on.
McCoven beer geek happy hour?
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
This discussion has mostly been beersturbation for me. I live in the midwest! :(
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
These may help
http://beermapping.com/
http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/directory/0/US
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait!
That’s not beer porn at all!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, man, how do I trust I can click on this at work? I’m so tempted though…
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Hint:
Three cups, no girls.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Well now that’s just turning me on, in the beer way.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
this is good knowledge
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on May 21, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
It sucks to have to spend your whole welfare check on beer.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not like I was going to spend it on anything else, though.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, some A’s fans can be obnoxious, but I just ignore ’em like I ignore Dodgers fans.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
So what happens when we tell them we agree about the Sabean/Bochy comment?
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I still hate the A's for stealing 50% of the Giants's market
OK, 35%.
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
My only contention with the A's fans
is that they want an asterisk next to Barry Bonds and his homerun record, but they shrug it off if the same is suggested about the 1989 World Series.
It seems to me that they’re the same issue and should go the same way, regardless of your opinion on it.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Yeah, I can’t stand that. Anytime a fan comments on Barry Bonds, I figure out what team they root for and point out how many players from it likely roided.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
MEH!!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 10:56 AM PDT reply actions
A's fans
are just bitter in general. especially towards us, and im not sure why.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
It seems that way. At the interleague games, they are about 90% as obnoxious as the Dodgers fans——and at least those fans have a reason to be worked up.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
right?
sometimes i feel like they are out to prove something to us. what that is, i dont know.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on May 21, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
This group last year at AT&T spent the whole time choreography and drumming and chanting and dancing and had NO idea what was going on in the game.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
A’s fans are like that.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Not paying attention to the game? Gotcha ya.
The A’s do have some amazing fans- can’t deny that. But those clowns aren’t them.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
They definitely do. I think the A’s fan base is pretty smart in general. However, there are so few A’s fans in general, so it’s only by proportion that the truly good fans stand out more. There are probably even good Yankees fans, but they’re drowned out by the slavish masses.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Agreed. A shame that the A’s “fans” seems to PURPOSEFULLY be trying to drown anyone else out.
We have a few like that, too. I was an usher in 2000 and some of those guys seriously think they fucking OWN the bleachers.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you sure you weren’t at a Japanese baseball game? Because that’s what it sounds like.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
needs more stuffed toys after homers
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I have to say, Udon for 300 yen at the ballpark in Osaka was pretty awesome.
Being 17 and getting hit on by drunk OLs in the row behind me? Also awesome, but slightly off-putting.
Their highly conservative style of play at the time? Boring as hell.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Mmmmm. Udon…
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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I actually did go see the last WBC Final game at Dodger Stadium. It was INSANE.
But no, these Oakland fans were just being obnoxious. I didn’t recognize them personally but I imagine it was the group that’s usually above left field in Oakland.
Plus, Japanese fans actually reacted to the game. These yuks would start weird chants when the Giants were up with two on. Maybe they “upped” their game because they were in enemy territory but they came off as obnoxious, ignorant dicks.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
They disappeared for a couple years. I remember going to a game in 2003 or so. Sat behind home plate and asked some of the people who sat around there (they were season ticket holders). They told me that those people “Grew up” meaning even they hated the drummers.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
At the interleague games, they are about 90% as obnoxious as the Dodgers fans——and at least those fans have a reason to be worked up.
After a Giants-A’s game a few years ago, while taking the ferry back to Oakland, I saw a group of A’s fans with matching anti-Barry t-shirts. They had jersey-style designs, with the team name “San Francisco Balcos” and the word “Guilty” and a syringe instead of a number and name on the back.
Of course, such stuff is silly and hypocritical from any team’s fans, but from A’s fans, of all teams!? Hello, Jose Canseco. Hello, Mark McGwire. Hello, Jason Giambi. Hello, Miguel Tejada. For fuck’s sake.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I had a friend who was a Cardinals fan give me SO much shit in the early 2000s about Barry. Straight face and everything. He’s pretty much why I hate the Cards today.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly, I suspect most of the late 80’s A’s as having used. I know it’s without proof, and I’m not going to wear a shirt to proclaim it, but that includes Rickey.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
St. Patrick’s Day is almost there. Green for the Irish, and yellow for the pots of gold.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Not really a holiday for kids, so it sucks.
Which further explains the bitterness.
When you think of the A’s, think of annoying drunks pinching each other.
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
Trash Day!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Rubbish Hashanah!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
TARP MANUFACTURERS APPRECIATION DAY!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
LOL
wow. But i see it a raise you this
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on May 21, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
THEY MADE THREE OF THOSE?!
jesus
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on May 21, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
So BOW! Bow to her!
Bow to the Queen of Garbage!
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
looove that mooovie
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on May 21, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
yes, you're very smart. Shut up.
apparently the herb brooks kid has an imitator.
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on May 21, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
BOOOO! BOOOOO! BOOOOOO!
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahaha.
For my next stage combat cert, the instructor is adapting the Man in Black vs. Fezzik fight for quarterstaff. I am so disproportionately excited relative to the rest of the class.
“You mean you’ll put down your rock, I’ll put down my sword, and we’ll try to kill each other like civilized people?”
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I've asked the people over at AN why they hate us
Same excuses: Ballpark, Bay Area media shows more love to the Giants, etc………
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
yeah
i mean the jealousy is the only thing that is obvious to me.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on May 21, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Again, all things that it makes more sense to blame on the A’s ownership.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
“Bay Area media shows more love to the Giants”
Uh, yeah. The city’s team gets more coverage than a suburb’s team. No shit.
Not that Oakland isn’t a city in its own right, it just happens to be a city right next to a WAY bigger, more important city.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, more star players, better stadium, higher attendance, I’d say better team for a good stretch of the late 90s, 2000s. There are reasons the Giants get more media coverage.
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by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
The A’s had the most playoff-quality (not necessarily winning, but I think 90+ wins) seasons relative to their payroll of any team of the decade.
So, they’re like that slightly scuffed but really awesome pair of dress shoes you bought from the thrift store.
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I think it’s also part of their franchise bloodline. They had the same experience in Philadelphia, didn’t they?: more success, less love.
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by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Certainly more cost-efficient, but were they better overall than the Giants? I admire what the A’s did during that time. They were consistently good despite the lack of money. Their problem now is that (most of) the rest of the league caught up to the OBP-secret and now there are fewer undervalued resources to tap.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Well yeah, but honestly once you’re in the playoffs it’s kind of a crapshoot. I was thinking more about getting into the playoffs/regular season performance. I’m not discounting championships, just not valuing them as highly as others. Maybe I’m just bitter about the lack of San Francisco era championships to brag about.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I was supporting you. (Am I not conveying tone properly today?)
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No, I think I got your sarcasm. I was responding as if you were an A’s fan, as that is what they say. It’s role play, go with it.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
They’re probably still ahead on statistics, using stuff like UZR and other defensive metrics.
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
I agree, but I doubt there’s as much value to tweak from those as there was from OBP. Tapping a less valuable resource probably won’t get them over the hump. With a decent payroll, they’d be good. Until then, I doubt it.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
At this point, the A’s aren’t even beating other small market teams in the AL. The Rays and Twins make sure of that. I wonder what they have found?
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What other teams have found
Is that giving away Andre Ethier for Milton Bradley is a bad idea.
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Is Minneapolis-St. Paul really a “small market”? That’s surprising to me, since I took it for a large metropolitan area in the Midwest.
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The CSA (Combined Statistical Area) it’s part of is 3.6 million. That’s the 13th largest CSA in the country. Bay Area CSA = 7.4 million.
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I assume it’s more a comment about the Twins’ small payroll.
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Not anymore! Joe’s like 25% of their payroll now, they’re in the 80+ million range I’m pretty sure.
But yeah, they’ve really built a winning franchise on ~$60 million/year for the past decade or so. Not that it’s hard when playing in the Central division, but I guess keeping the spend-happy Tigers at bay is worth something.
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Afford to keep your good players.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I think basically that the A’s have done better in the Bay Area than the Giants have (count da ringzz) and yet are treated as afterthoughts, which feeds into the whole Oakland “there’s no there there” resentment against San Francisco that’s been there for a hundred fifty years or so, and, probably in the last decade, a simmering resentment about the downward spiral of the franchise in Oakland despite good performance and a brilliant GM while the Giants are more ensconced than ever in SF.
I can’t explain attendance. Is the Coliseum really that bad?
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by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Is the Coliseum really that bad?
Not that I disagree with the rest of your post, but YES. I’d venture to say it’s even worse than the Stick, transit aside.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks, as I’ve never been to the Coliseum and so that question was completely sincere!
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by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, the Coliseum is really that bad
It (apparently) used to be nice, but I never went pre-Mt. Davis.
That monstrosity of a seating section is the worst decision ever made by anyone about anything.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
I did go pre-Davis, but I must have been like 9, and it was only once. I do have foggy memories of a beautiful view of the East Bay Hills.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve never been post-Mt. Davis, actually; it was never nice. It was serviceable, I guess. Dull. In a terrible location, aside from the proximity to BART.
I actually suspect the location is a bigger problem than any of the Mt. Davis stuff. It’s not a nice area, there’s nothing to do, it’s not near anything, etc.
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San Jose is actually the major city of the Bay Area. It’s the San-Francisco-Bay Area, but the San Jose Metropolitan Area. I wonder how much that factors into the plans for a move.
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by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Largest city by population.
Not the major city.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Population seemed like a good basic criterion.
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by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
“A” good basic criterion, yes.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Plus, the joke is that Oakland has no there there, but that’s been untrue for some time now.
San Jose, on the other hand…
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Still, San Jose is developing rapidly, while IMO San Francisco is decaying.
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by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
"Decaying"?
I can pine for the good ol’ days as well as anyone, but seriously?
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s my distinct impression. Seriously. Outside of Mission Bay or the doorsteps of condos few natives can afford to own. Walking in the Richmond, the Park, anywhere north of Market … south of the Park
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by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
(con’t as interrupted by chores) the breakdown of public transportation, state of the roads, lack of leadership in City Hall (although that may be chronic), lack of order … there’s still no other city I’d want to live in, but that’s despite the politic-social entity of the city, not because of it.
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by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I was going to say: your criteria for a non-decaying city seems really high.
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Yeah, by those standards, every city is decaying.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
A lot of that is true of most major cities. Recent years have been awfully rough on city governments. While crime has been falling for the last few decades, most cities have some pretty serious infrastructure issues that are just getting worse.
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I would rather live in a decaying city than any suburb, any day, of any week.
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by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
So would I, and San Francisco above any city in the world, but I don’t want to pretend it’s an ideal city in most respects.
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Not to gang up on you, but
Above San Jose?
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I don’t like San Jose. When did I say that?
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That’s why I asked. You seemed to say that you didn’t like that San Francisco was decaying, and that San Jose, in contrast, was not decaying.
I just inferred that you were saying that San Jose was more desirable, as most people don’t compare two places, call one decaying, and then say that the decaying one is better.
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San Francisco is going down from where I remember it being, and San Jose is on the up-and-up. That’s relative to their points of reference, which is for San Francisco, a world-class city, and San Jose, an orange grove.
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HUSH!!
YOU SAN JOSE LOVER!!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
OK!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, everything sucks when we compare it to when we were a kid. It’s called nostalgia.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Don’t fucking lecture me on nostalgia. I grew up in Manila. This is such bullshit I regret ever opening my mouth.
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FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Sheesh, Jim.
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You guys misunderstood me and now are fucking bullying me and I don’t even know what I fucking did.
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At this point, I think it’s friendly ribbing. I don’t think anybody is trying to make you feel bad, and it’s best either way if you assume that nobody is.
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
“Trying”? I’ve been crying for the past five minutes.
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it's called "get a sense of humor"
sometimes you’re the but of the joke for no reason. Just roll with it. If you put up a stink, people dwell on it longer. Shit happens
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If you’d spelled butt right, that comment would have been ripe with puns.
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I know
I realized it after I posted. Opportunity lost.
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It’s kind of a rite of passage. I definitely enjoyed getting torn a new one by a gang of McCoven for accidentally implying that Pokeman was a kids’ game.
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/in b4 shitstorm
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HEY FUCK YOU ALREADY
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I definitely don’t. And I still don’t know what the hell I did wrong. I refuse to be made responsible for this.
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Seriously
I don’t understand why it’s such a big deal
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YOU SAID THIS? OMG I WILL ALWAYS HATE YOU, KNOWING THIS!!!!
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there's at least one bit of San Francsico that I'm happy has decayed since I was a kid!
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I loved that freeway because a – I was from San Mateo and didn’t have to look at it and b – at the end of it was the On Broadway and the Mab
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
goddammit I really hate being ganged up on based on a misunderstanding of what I was saying. I TAKE IT BACK, okay? san jose is a tiny tiny city with no meaning whatsoever.
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IF YOU LOVE SAN JOSE THEN WHY DONT YOU MARRY IT?
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LET IT FUCKING GO. i’m not even kidding anymore. FUCK YOU ALL.
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SHANGHAIJIM AND SAN JOSE SITTING IN A TREE
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
what the hell is wrong with you? I’m already begging you all to quit on me.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
You get all bent out of shape and you expect us to stop? Are you new here?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
What the hell are you doing to me? Haven’t I been here long enough? Guys, I’m seriously begging. Stop. Please.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Man, I think this dialogue is coming straight out of the last 10 minutes of a horrifying porno I was watching one day.
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
It was so horrifying that you watched it all?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
He has it on a loop.
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Well, I had to know how it ended!
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
SPOILERS:
Lots of spooging.
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
The "Big Money" shot
HA! NOW GET THAT VISUAL OUT OF YOUR HEAD!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
DO light a fire under my ass!
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That reminds me of a poem I wrote in college. I’ll have to post it to my LJ one of these days.
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Has anyone actually seen the last 10 minutes of a porno?
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."
They probably don't even have ending credits
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
A penis breaks thru:
“That’s all, folks!”
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by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
LOL
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
FADE TO OPAQUE!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Usually I skip to the last 10 minutes. It’s the best part, anyway.
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
The mrs works for a hotel. She says they get a lot of complaints about “How did that get on my bill?!?” Most common logic: “I couldn’t have ordered that, it was only on for 10 minutes.”
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."
If you’re buying hotel porn, it’s a total waste not to take your time with it. You might as well just bring your laptop, skip the fee, and watch your MS Moviemaker Compiled Greatest Hits Video.
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you’re taking this all too personally, dude. Take a breath.
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This is my personality, Solidarity. I can’t believe this happened again. I’m apologizing for being made to feel bad.
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pretty sure nobody was meaning to make you feel bad
whole thing seemed like a playful ribbing to me
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that's how I read it too
But I don’t think it ever does much good, and it often does harm, to tell people not to have their feelings hurt by something, regardless of the intentions. We all have their sensitivities, and they can seem strange to others, but they’re still real to us, y’know?
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yup
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You’ll be alright, fella.
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I CAN NEVER QUIT YOU, SHAGHAIJIM!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
You clearly haven’t strolled down Divisadero or Valencia or Mission or Geneva or Clement or Irving or the other part of Irving or 16th St in some time. And those are just the places that are actively improving (and no, that does not necessarily mean “gentrifying”). Places like North Beach are doing just as well as ever.
You can’t just say an area is either a new neighborhood and therefore good OR decaying.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, yeah, San Jose still has a lot of room to expand, but San Francisco is still the City of the area. It feels like a city, with an actual downtown where the tallest building isn’t 22 stories tall (LOL AIRPORT). There’s culture there with iconic images, and isn’t just a huge glorified suburb.
Maybe over the next fifty years San Jose can become a city on the same level of San Francisco, but there is too much history and iconography to San Francisco to have it dethroned as the metaphorical center of the Bay Area any time soon.
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Like, people want to go to San Francisco on vacation. People do not want to go to San Jose on vacation.
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See, that’s always been true, and that’s not a criterion I put much stock on. I look at livability, and while I’m sure San Jose is still miles down in glory terms, SF is getting relatively unlivable even by my standards (emigre with family money).
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by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
“SF is getting relatively unlivable”
Dude. I really don’t know what to say. Especially if you have money. SF consistently ranks high in almost every livability survey, up there with NYC, Chicago, Portland, and Seattle. You can go months without ever having to leave the city, or even your neighborhood, or even take a bus if you choose a good location.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t even know why we’re getting into an argument.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Discussion, really
Perhaps a mild debate, but I wouldn’t call it an argument
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When you look at major cities, there are usually some aspects of them that make you want to travel there. San Jose has what, the Sharks? The Tech Museum? The Winchester Mystery House? On the other hand, my family took a three-day trip to San Francisco and we just stayed in the Fisherman’s Wharf area, and we still didn’t see everything. Same with when I went to Chicago, New York, DC, Philly, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver.
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I surrender. I misused the word “major”. I should have said “San Jose is the largest city by population in the Bay Area and thus demographically dominates the metropolitan area”. I beg FORGIVENESS from San Francisco and hope not to be kicked out.
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GOOD DONT LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN, ASSHOLE
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Shit, I don’t want to go to San Jose for a Sharks game.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Going to SJ Giants games is fun, though!
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Been meaning to with an acquaintance from Santa Cruz. Every April we say we will “this season.” About 7 years running, that one.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Well now that’s just stupid.
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Sharks games are fun
and there are a lot of bars and restaurants within walking distance to the tank
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I haven’t been down there in a while but I seem to remember that area being really… non-appealing.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, come now.
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not unwilling to go back and be proved wrong, I just… don’t care.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
If it’s not on BART, it doesn’t exist.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
INVISIBLE MARIN COUNTY
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You’re right. Marin is “that place I go through to get to Russian River Brewing Co.”
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Marin is “That place I live in that is 30 minutes and a bridge toll away from all the interesting stuff.”
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San Rafael reprazent
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
The current plan is to escape in the fall and move somewhere that doesn’t have an average age of 45.
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HEY!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL LARS
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Moving out this fall, God help me.
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
HEY LET’S ALL DRIVE 35 MPH ON THE FREEWAY
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
FU!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
AND WALK SO SLOWLY THAT PEOPLE BEHIND US WANT TO PUNCH THEM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
FU!!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
URG!!
What is with people sauntering three, four, five in a row on a city sidewalk??Hey, this isn’t Sex in the City, hayseed!
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 21, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I got stuck behind someone doing that this very morning.
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It brings out my inner hockey player. Just hip their their slow asses into the street.
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I think it could be pretty bad if I did that with my car to another car on the freeway.
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Especially since there’s 9,000 cops on that stretch of 101.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
They’ve been everywhere lately
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I got a ticket two weeks ago. I’ve been ON the fucking speed limit ever since. I hate it, but I’m not putting out another $250 for this shit.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
250?!
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And people mock us for living in the midwest. HAHA
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Yup. He also pinned me with a fix-it ticket on top of the speeding, so that didn’t help.
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I was referring to slow-walking people. But I’ve lost all shame about tailgating people who feel the need to go 30 in a 45 zone just because there’s a couple of turns.
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ZOMG S-CURVE
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah well, just remember… if you rear end somebody… it’s YOUR fault.
That’s my biggest driving pet peeve right now: people driving on my bumper [I generally go 5mph over the posted speed limit- faster on the freeway] AND people coming up so close behind me at stoplights that I can’t even see the front of their car.
Which is annoying on a number of levels – if the car in front of you stalls and you, and the car behind you have all parked yourselves on their license plate… good luck getting out.
I used to get all righteous about people on my bumper on the freeway, and slow down and crap, but now I just move into the next lane because I’d rather be alive than righteous.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s fucking awful.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
So then I guess your answer to the person approaching your window was, “why yes, I am looking for a good time.”
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"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t really understand tailgating people. What does that do
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
There are really only two reasons for tailgating, and I’ve been the passenger for both of them.
1) The person is trying to bully their way through traffic.
2) The person really just has no idea what a safe distance is.
The second is actually a lot scarier to be the passenger for than the first. CONSTANT INVISIBLE BRAKE PEDAL.
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by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
CONSTANT INVISIBLE BRAKE PEDAL.
/two days of a mysteriously aching right foot
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"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve been in the car for #2. I was trying to impress this girl in high school and she was the worst driver ever.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
‘chicken brake’
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by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Good BBQ.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I only do it if people are single-handedly clogging up one lane roads, or the left lane of a high speed area. Otherwise, people never take the hint that they should be letting faster traffic pass. Otherwise, I’m the one who winds up getting tailgated. And if they’re driving erratically (random braking, etc.) I’ll avoid the car altogether. Way too many idiots on the road.
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I credit my mom taking me to Candlestick as a kid for my ability to navigate crowds efficiently. Maybe even too efficiently- people in NYC walk too damn slow for me.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
But city population is pretty arbitrary—-more based on the physical area of the city rather than its population.
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There's also "daytime population" to consider
Less than a million people live in SF, but the when you count all the people who enter it during the day, it’s a highly concentrated place.
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But isn’t that how cities are ranked and defined? By population? A map of California will show Los Angeles as the largest city, followed by San Diego and then San Jose (or maybe Long Beach or something.) San Jose is the biggest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is why I said it’s the major city of the area.
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I think his point is that he’s making an argument for population density. Cities like San Jose and Fresno are really big because you can just expand and expand and expand, but that doesn’t make them a “major metropolitan area” like New York or Chicago or Los Angeles are.
In my reckoning, the “Bay Area” is just one huge metropolitan area that stretches from Novato to Vallejo down to San Jose and beyond.
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I don’t understand where the disagreement is here. The Bay Area is one major metropolitan area, and IIRC it’s called the San Jose Metropolitan Area or something similar. That’s what I said my original comment.
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The San Jose Metropolitan Area is a statistical area within the San Francisco Bay Area. Unless you are talking about San José in Costa Rica.
Wikipedia sez.
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Is it separate from the San Francisco Bay Area as a metropolitan area?
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Curiouser, the link to the San Jose Metropolitan Area in the list leads to an article on Silicon Valley, which last I heard wasn’t a separate metropolitan area from the Bay Area … I don’t know anymore.
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I’ll just give you the quote, so I don’t mangle the article’s meaning:
The San Francisco Bay Area, also commonly known as the Bay Area, is a metropolitan region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. It encompasses the metropolitan areas of San Francisco (12th largest in the country) and San Jose (31st largest in the country), as well as four other smaller, surrounding metropolitan areas.
And for what it’s worth:
San Francisco is the cultural and financial center of the Bay Area, and has the second highest population density of any major city in North America after New York City6. San Jose is the largest city in terms of population, land area, and industrial development, and is the center of Silicon Valley, a well-known high technology region.
So, you’re right and you’re wrong. San Jose is the biggest city, but San Francisco is a larger metropolitan area. And both are part of the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
And rotoreuter is right that it’s all kind of arbitrary. :D
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City size is super-arbitrary, especially in the United States. San Jose is only big because it annexed everything for miles and miles around in the ‘50s and ’60s. San Francisco, on the other hand, hasn’t grown in size since California became a state.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
The article also points out that San Francisco is second only to New York in population density, which is a pretty good indication of a real city in the classical notion of an urban environment, whereas cities like Fresno and San Jose have miles and miles and miles of suburbs and strip malls.
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San Francisco is basically the absolute minimum size for a major city, in terms of land area.
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Well
New York used to just be Manhattan, which is a lot smaller than San Francisco (San Francisco is about 7×7 miles, while Manhattan is about 12×2).
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IIRC, it included the Bronx even back then.
In any case, it wasn’t really viable, which is why it was consolidated around the turn of the century.
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looking at Wikipedia
The West Bronx was annexed in 1875, the whole borough in 1898.
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Which is partially why I consider the Bay Area as a much larger urban area than the city limits itself. Go across the Bay Bridge, and there’s plenty more city to be had. Go north, suburbs. Go south, suburbs and then more city. It’s all contiguous.
San Francisco is small for a city, but the true size of San Francisco has grown well beyond its geographical constraints.
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There was a movement to create “Greater San Francisco” (along the lines of New York) at the time of the World’s Fair in the earlier part of the 20th century.
Nothing came of it, obviously.
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Not that it much matters. It just means that I have to tell a white lie when people from the east coast ask me where I’m from.
Though I guess it makes me a hypocrite for yelling at my friends who say. “Oh, I’m from New York City.” “Oh yeah? Where?” “Westchester.”
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True!
All the cities I love have density in common. If cities aren’t bounded in by geographical limits, they tend to become Los Angeles.
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LOL TRAFFIC
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We just have a different definition for “the major city”. Simply having the most permanent beds within an arbitrary area isn’t all that meaningful to me.
Jacksonville, FL, is bigger than Boston. But no one would say that Jacksonville is a more major city because there are much fewer people in the Jacksonville area.
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Aha! The classic crux of the heated Jaguars-Patriots rivalry!
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Well, yes, but everyone was imputing a qualitative assessment in my use of “major city” when ALL I meant originally was population size, which, I assumed, was what everyone meant by the term “major city”. I might have said dominant city, most important city, most historic city — and that would’ve been San Francisco. All I ever said in the beginning was that San Jose was the major city of the Bay Area, thinking erroneously that you also defined major city as I did: as a population descriptor.
My criticisms of San Francisco afterward were in reaction to what I feel is rose-colored glasses regarding the City. It’s no paradise, at least not for me. I still love it, but I find it difficult to live in.
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Jacksonville, if I recall, is geographically the largest city in the United States. Mainly because, some years ago, they just incorporated all the suburbs into the city.
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It’s a consolidated city-county like San Francisco, but unlike San Francisco, most of the county is rural.
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Yup. It’s kind of crazy when you drive to Jacksonville Airport from the west. You hit the city limits like half an hour or 45 minutes before you get to the airport.
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I thought that was San Antonio, for the same reason.
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"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
checking
Jacksonville = 885 square miles
San Antonio = 412.1 square miles
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Ah, facts.
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"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
this reminds me of another urban fun fact, though
Houston is the only major American city with no zoning laws whatsoever.
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Did you see the Drew Carey/Reason.TV thing about how that’s why Houston is paradise?
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Is that the Starbucks-across-the-street-from-each-other?
Or am I thinking of a Colbert sketch?
LOL me for confusing the spokesmen of the opposite ends of the political spectrum in comedy.
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"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Houston is the end of the world because there’s a Starbucks across the Street from a Starbucks. Time stands still, etc. It’s an old Lewis Black stand-up bit.
FWIW, I’ve seen the seen the same thing in Vancouver, B.C. And one of them was two stories.
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Anecdote:
I spent my freshman and sophomore college years at George Washington University.
The school library was fairly modest, with a few small study rooms located around the building, with a large one located on the first floor. The school decided that, rather than provide a quiet place for students to study, that they’d knock down the 1st floor study room and replace it with a Starbucks.
The best part about this: the Student Union was right across the street, and contained a full-size Starbucks on its first floor.
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In Almaden in San Jose, there’s a Starbucks next door to a Safeway, which has a Starbucks inside of it. I always thought that was really weird.
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Same thing at the shopping center at Church & Market.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not really comedy. It’s on the libertarian site Reason.TV, and its a big treatise stating that Houston rules because it has no zoning laws, and Cleveland sucks because it does. Drew Carey is brought in for star power and because he’s from Cleveland.
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I don’t want to see what’s going to happen to Cleveland when Lebron leaves. He’s like their reason for living up there.
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But isn’t Houston mainly known for being a shithole filled with fat asses? Or am I just being parochial?
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by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Some people like living in a shithole with fatasses.
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To each his own, I suppose…
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by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
My friend from Dallas told me that Houston was pretty hip/liberal relative to some of the other major cities in Texas.
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I’ve heard it’s terrible from an urban planning standpoint
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
"Quirky"
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I’ve heard spread out and you can’t walk anywhere. Although most of this is from a Bill Simmons article.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
So, it’s like “Teen Wolf.” Got it.
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It’s how the two yuppies met in Best In Show.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Urban Fun Fact
That earring is fucking stupid.
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Also
no taxes
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I don’t like zoning laws.
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Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
This is a shocker.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, from an individual standpoint they’ve inflated the price of my parents’ house, so I suppose the market distortion caused by these laws has resulted in a net increase in the wealth of my mom/dad’s wealth, so maybe I should like them.
On a related note, do you enjoy traffic?
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The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
I was referring more to the predictability of your political comments, but from my cursory searches regarding Houston, one of the more common complaints seems to be traffic. In place with no zoning laws.
But to be honest, from what I saw, their traffic is kind of tame.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s certainly A way cities are ranked. OTOH, how many people would start an off-the-top-of-their-heads list of California cities with San Diego, San Jose, and Long Beach? I think “major” is where the trip-up came. It’s a pretty vague term and open to interpretation. Because just as Brooklyn would not exist without Manhattan, San Jose wouldn’t exist without San Francisco.
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"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno
Brooklyn and Queens have much bigger populations than Manhattan, but most everyone thinks of Manhattan when they think of New York City. Plus the term “Outer Boroughs,” folks from those boroughs calling Manhattan “the city,” etc.
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Ah, good point.
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by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
just because I'm a nerd, the population by borough
Brooklyn: 2.57 million
Queens: 2.3 million
Manhattan: 1.63 million
The Bronx: 1.39 million
Staten Island: 492,000
LOL Staten Island
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Queens probably would have less of a beef than Brooklyn, since Queens is pretty much a bunch of towns and villages that ended up all being part of New York City in 1899 or so. Brooklyn was always the “other city” to New York until annexation. “Other cities” always suffer.
Nowadays it’s what, Trenton? Newark? All of southern New Jersey?
Tacoma, Long Beach … I’m sure the list goes on.
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by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
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by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Brooklyn still kind of has a “other city” mentality. Well, the part that’s not wall-to-wall hipsters.
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Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
1898
Old-timer Brooklynites call it “The Great Mistake of ’98.”
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
My whole family is from SI… at least until most of them ended up in Jersey. Last year when I was there my Dad’s cousin was still decrying the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge as the ‘guinea gangplank’ that ruined it’s bucolic splendor (even though my dad’s family is Italian).
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
*it’s should have been its.
Now I want an It’s -It.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s some stuff about Staten Island I kind of like, actually. It has Sri Lankan restaurants, which are very rare in this country!
But it’s a really weird part of NYC.
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I went to one in Santa Cruz that was pretty good! I guess that’s not valuable info for either of us right now, though.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
LOL Florida
LOL … uh, i forget.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, it's OH
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
It is kind of weird… my visit there to my giant Italian family reunion as a 13 year old pretty much cemented it into a lifetime status of ‘awesome’. It was 1980 and a lot of my older cousins were into punk and partying and were really cool to me and I had the greatest time. Not even to mention the Godfather-esque family gatherings.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
For much of my childhood I wanted to go to Staten Island
so I could see if there was anything under the Chaplain’s Assistants’ Motor Pool at Fort Wadsworth.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
HAHA
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Brooklyn’s awesome. Manhattan, not as much.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
No.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Disagree.
Well, with the second part. Brooklyn is indeed awesome.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m just saying Brooklyn>Manhattan. I mean, I could be wrong I suppose, but I highly doubt it.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
You are.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
You mean Brooklyn has a larger population than Manhattan, right? Because you have to be clear.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
It’s pretty lame to play the “Mr. Sensitive” card and then go making snarky references to people afterwards.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I realized that as soon as I posted it. For that, I really do apologize.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
I read it as you just trying to have fun with the whole thing now, which is probably the best at this point. Tis only the internet.
And to be clear, I prefered Brooklyn for living and playing. Well, more jobs are in Manhattan probably, but I prefered Brooklyn in general.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
That is what I meant, and I’m glad you got it, but I’m just not on my game today. Everything I say comes out wrong.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
You’re playing injured. Gamer through it.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants played in Manhattan. Brooklyn was... um... wait, don't tell me; I'll get it in a sec....
And culturally, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Lower East Side, Manhattan beats the tar out of Brooklyn (which is quite nice in its own right). And I’m a total Brooklyn snob (or was, until I moved in with the gf and she insisted on staying in Astoria).
On the other hand, Prospect Park >>>>> Central Park.
The lesson here is that both are far superior to the other three boroughs (and Jersey and Long Island and Connecticut, but those go without saying).
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Brooklyn is great but Manhattan is pretty awesome as well. You can like both
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
No! Cats or dogs! Men or women! Tastes great or less filling! One cannot like both at the same time!
Yeah, Manhattan’s great. I just prefer Brooklyn for several reasons.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Beavis vs. Butt-head
I’m a Beavis man, myself.
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I prefer Brooklyn as well. I lived there for 5 years and it was fantastic. Let’s agree though that the other boroughs are shit.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I never went to Staten Island. Queens has some good food I hear, but I never got up there (so far from my apartment).
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I happened to be at the tip of Manhattan one night right when the SI ferry was boarding, so I thought, why not?
Got a great view of Manhattan on the way out, and when I landed in SI, I saw lights like half a mile away. Walked over and it turns out it was minor league baseball, so I bought a $5 ticket and wandered around for a few innings. Lots of fun.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
The Staten Island Ferry is pretty awesome.
Also really cool: the Roosevelt Island Tram:
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Roosevelt Island! That place doesn’t feel like NY at all.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I really love it, though. It’s such a bizarre little place, right next to Midtown Manhattan.
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Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
It really is bizarre. A 5 minute tram ride and you’re back in Midtown like nothing happened.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Would never, never, never, never get in that thing.
The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
Yeah, too much of a chance for the Green Goblin to cut the wires to one to try and mess with Spiderman.
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Fools and Sages
My wife is terribly afraid of heights, but we rode it a couple of times.
After GISing that image, I showed it to her and said, “I don’t know how the hell I ever got you to ride that thing.”
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Oh, come now….
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I was scared shitless on the little Palm Springs tram up the mountain. I can’t stand ladders. I went skydiving to try to cure my fear, but was more scared when I was in the airplane with the door open than when I was actually falling.
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."
I had the exact same reaction skydiving. Once you’re falling, I think it’s hard for the brain to comprehend what’s going on.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s about as far as I ventured into SI as well.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
No shit – I wish I had known about that. That does sound awesome.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
The food in Queens is okay but the amount of time it took for me to get to Queens made it not worth it at all.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. The public transit in New York is pretty great by US standards, but it would take me over two hours to get home if I went up to the Cloisters area. And late at night, the trains would get wonky and extra confusing when I finally got into Brooklyn.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
The Cloisters is in Manhattan….?
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Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I think so. And if it’s not, then it’s still over 2 hours from where I lived. There were lots of areas in New York that were just too far for me to get to and from.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
they definitely are
You just confused me because the previous post was talking about how long it took to get to Queens.
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Oh yeah, well, that is slightly confusing I suppose. I couldn’t name a well-known landmark in Queens, so I went with the Cloisters. I suppose I could have said Citi Field or Shea, but I didn’t.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The Cloysters in Manhattan?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Filed under “Pokemon that resemble genitalia”.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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Georgia O’ Keefe-emon just doesn’t have the right ring to it.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Yeah. I stayed in Jackson Heights once. Nice and all, but in the morning, I basically had to pack for all day. It was May, so it was hot during the day but cold at night. And I was going to a Yankees game, where they don’t allow BAGS. So I just had to fucking carry two layers plus a jacket and a baseball mitt around Manhattan all day until it was time to go to the stadium.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
That no bag shit is so annoying.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
My buddy almost got us denied entry when they wouldn’t let my shoulder bag in, but were waving in women with those obnoxious suitcase-sized purses.
The Yankees are a douchey organization. Who knew?
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s the kind of seductive logic that causes people to acknowledge Los Angeles. Don’t be duped!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
YOU CAN ONLY LIKE ONE BOROUGH!
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Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
DAMMIT
Reply fail
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Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Well, technically the Bay Area is the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose combined statistical area. It’s made up of the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area and the San Jose-Santa Clara-Sunnyvale metro area.
San Jose is technically the largest city, but a lot of people think it’s either smaller than Oakland or near San Diego. San Francisco is still the defining city of the area.
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Fools and Sages
Correct. San Francisco is also the cultural, financial, and tourism and commercial center, owing to its history. Not to the point of exclusion by any means, but when you consider the opera house, the Embarcadero, the Filmore, the financial district, areas like Fisherman’s Wharf and Haight/Ashbury…
It’s the San Francisco Bay Areas because it’s the flagship city of a large, contiguous area. That, and as you pointed out, a lot of people have no fucking idea where San Jose even is.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I’m starting to get the “protest too much” feeling here. Four or five responses in a longish thread to the plain observation that San Jose has more people and thus by demographics will dominate the Bay Area. Why the umbrage and the defense? San Francisco is one of the alpha-class destinations of the world and will be for some time, but the demographics are significant and, while simple, are pretty much the most basic way to consider community size and impact.
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by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
“Why the umbrage and the defense?”
Because you call San Francisco “one of the alpha-class destinations of the world” yet call San Jose “the major city of the Bay Area.”
Also, people- natives and transplants alike- fucking LOVE San Francisco. Really and truly.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
But all I meant was San Jose had the most people! Why did that come across like an insult to the City? Jesus, man.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
It’s true, Jesus was a man by most accounts.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
HOLY PENIS!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy penis
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Aren’t they all?
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."
Usually only the one hole.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Olympic mascots!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
“All I meant was San Jose had the most people”
I… really don’t think that was made clear. Especially followed up with calling it “decaying.”
I’m sorry to take your head off. In my experience, most people don’t seem to like or care about their hometown or where they currently live like San Franciscans (or New Yorkers) do. And I disagree with a good chunk of your criticisms, so… yeah. It gets personal with us.
No hard feelings? :manly it’s-all-good-bro handshake:
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
What hurts most is “us”. I live/lived in the City too.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
“us – used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people as the object of a verb or preposition”
It’s not necessarily forging boundaries of “us” and “them.” Well, unless you’re harboring terrorists or something.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I’m a writer, S. I know what “us” means.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
My point is, I think you’re reading into things too much.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
You’re fabricating umbrage. People are jumping on you because you made an argument with somewhat vague terms that at face value was ragging on a city that a lot of people like, and is the home of the sports team to which this website is devoted.
I’m not pissed or anything – hell, I’m from the suburbs – but you kinda walked into it, and prolonged it by not saying what you mean clearly.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Agreed.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I tell people I’m from San Jose, and they think I’m from SoCal if I don’t say that it’s around an hour south of San Francisco. I mean, the rise of internet companies, the Sharks, and the potential A’s/Niners/Raiders relocations to the South Bay are doing wonders for nation-wide recognition, but it’s still considered secondary to San Francisco.
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I tell people I’m from San Jose, and they think I’m from SoCal if I don’t say that it’s around an hour south of San Francisco.
Of course, a lot of people from the east coast pretty much think LA is about an hour south of San Francisco.
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Yeah. People can be so unfair to those non-generalizing West Coasters.
;)
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Hey, I said “a lot!” Certainly not all.
But when we moved to New Jersey as a kid, I had a lot of friends and such who were baffled at the idea that San Francsico and Los Angeles were 8 hours apart. When you come from a place where states are as small as they are in the northeast, I think it’s pretty hard to grasp just how big states like California really are.
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Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I run into a lot of Texans that think it’s like Coruscant (one big city). Stupid southerners.
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."
Coruscant
Looking at that planet, I’m guessing parking there is worse than in the financial district
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Flying cars! Roof parking.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
WANNA BUY SOME DEATH STICKS??
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Ben Cartwright had a death stick
3 sons from 3 different wives who all died?
Ben fucked them to death.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
If I recall from my days when I was a walking Wookiepedia, Coruscant is layered, and the closer you get to the ground, the more danger you’re in. Sorta like Kashyyyk, actually.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, the ground levels of the city are the seedy underbelly, where, and the skyscrapers are the ivory tower blah-di-blah. Pretty predictable parable, really, but it makes perfect sense when you consider how little natural sunlight (starlight?) reaches the surface because of all the buildings.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Blade Runner for morons!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
GET A BRAIN MORANS
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Sneaky-great aspect of living in a major city: curb finds. Two weeks ago I was nearly home from work and found four framed posters put out on the curb with the trash: Blade Runner, Fight Club, Chasing Amy (with- ZOMG!- Kevin Smith’s autograph)(<- that ZOMG was sarcastic), and Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue.
Yoink!
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Coruscant is gonna to be in The Old Republic MMO, the parking might be bad but the freeways look pretty spacious
http://www.swtor.com/media/trailers/making-coruscant
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on May 21, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
One of them briefly mentions parking garages.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on May 21, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
That was pretty fascinating, if dipping at times into heavy-handed U.S.-vs-the-terr’usts analogy. It looks gorgeous.
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"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I always find it hilarious when my friends from the Midwest and East Coast are like, “Hey, I’m going to be in LA this summer! I should come up and visit you so we can get lunch together or something!” The look on their faces when I tell them they’ll need to embark at 4 AM is always priceless.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I just had this; a friend of mine in London thought I should come down to LA from Portland while she was there, like it’s not 800 miles away!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
To be fair
that’s because an hour drive in many East Coast states can get you into an entirely different state. The idea of driving from Truckee to San Diego and needing to split it into a two day ordeal blows some of their minds…
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
This is stupid
San Jose is not in a different metropolitan area from Fremont.
LOL Census Bureau
El Person!!!
I’m still confused why they’re separate. It’s solid metropolis all the way down both sides of the Bay.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to go pretty often as a kid, since we lived in Albany
When I was nine or so, I had a bad experience with a drunken bleacher fan – we were heading up the stairs to leave the stadium, and this enormous drunk guy was in front of me. All of a sudden, he called out, “Shit! Forgot my ice cream sandwich!” He spun around, knocked me over so hard we thought I’d broken my leg at first (my dad had to carry me back to BART because I couldn’t put weight on my leg, but it turned out to be just a nasty bruise), and didn’t even notice (or if he did, he didn’t care).
After that, I swore I would never, ever go back to the Coliseum. I did once – in 1996, when my grandmother had a free ticket and gave it to me. Actually, that might have been post-Mt. Davis – I’m not a football fan so I don’t really remember when that all happened.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I’m a little sad MCC hasn’t immediately taken up, “Shit! Forgot my ice cream sandwich!” as a catchphrase. :(
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
/jcb9 it's-it joke
My adopted son is RHP Steve Edlefsen, currently above Gerald Posey on the catching depth chart.
The context isn’t very funny. Dude injured a little kid.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Funny thing: now, all the stories from my childhood where I got hurt seem funny to me.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Deadspin did a good breakdown of the place
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on May 21, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I could see that. It would be frustrating to be an A’s fan at this point. They deserved to garner more fans than they did during their late ‘90s/early ’00s run. Honestly, I think the stadium hurt them a lot. It’s not a great place to see baseball, especially in contrast to AT&T.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit
Epic and dramatic subthread is epic and dramatic. That was exhilarating to read. Standing ovation for all concerned.
/Citizen Kane gif
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
And I’m still wondering about the various ways the demographic population size of San Jose will improve the A’s if they move. It’s not like they’re guaranteed to become A’s fans.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
I think the hope is
…that the entire south bay will find it more convenient to head to SJ games than drive all the way up to SF.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
The A's have been carpetbaggers since Connie Mack sold them.
I think they should just become the ronin of the major leagues, playing 162 games on the road, traveling with a caravan of crazed drum-beating fans. You know, like the Grateful Dead.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
A’s fans hate the Giants for the same reason that West Coast fans hate East Coast teams. Giants fans don’t give a crap about the A’s for the same reason that East Coast fans don’t give a crap about West Coast teams.
Fin.
I was promised lasagna.
A’s : Giants :: Giants : Dodgers
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLKLAND!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I hope Schierholtz sees some playing time in this series.
I think he injured his shoulder when he made that great diving catch.
On another note, Lincecum was responsible for both victories against the A’s last season (he went CG in both). The lucky bastards were able to avoid Lincecum this time, but I can’t complain about the rest of our pitchers going today and during the weekend.
Bandwagoners are the prostitutes of fandom.
He gets his $ from the Rays, because the contract was guaranteed. So whoever he signs with will sign him for the league minimum, which will be subtracted from the amount that the Rays owe him.
Hector Sanchez: Underrated. Fighting body bias since the 2009 off season. I still love you, son, even if you're fat.
If he replaces Ishikawa it makes sense. Otherwise, I see no reason to take ABs away from Bowker and Schierholtz for a guy who seems well and truly cooked. A team much smarter than the Giants is paying him $7M and had the option to keep him on their roster or not, and chose not. If he contributes any value in the majors this year I’ll be surprised.
He is definitely not worth 7 million but the league minimum
I am all for it.
If he comes to the Giants, he will largely be a PH with some spot starts…he can’t field so it won’t affect Bowker or Schierholtz much…
There’s no way Bochy will be able to resist starting Burrell.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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Bochy needs to go to Veterans Anonymous meetings.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
TWO teams much smarter than the Giants. The Phillies gave up on him too.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I still root for the A’s against all other teams. This “rivalry” is pretty funny.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the A’s. The very first baseball game I’ve attended was an A’s game. My dad got the tickets for free, so we went and watched one of their games. I normally root for the A’s except when they play against the Giants.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
Agreed
like my Dad was the one was all, if the A’s make the playoffs, i’ll root for em, same goes for the Raiders, you just want a Bay Area team to do well
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Exactly
I want all the Bay Area teams to do well, except the Warriors.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
Yeah, except you’re way off on the Raiders. To hell with the Raiders.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
LOL ALEX SMITH!
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."
I’m not banned yet?
The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
You just wait!
He is going to throw for 217 touchdowns and 93,000 yards next season!
/Howie
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow, I have quite a reputation for effusively lauding players and programs that I’m pretty sure I’ve only ever been realistic about.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
I’m more effusive of Smith than you. Not sure how it gets pinned on you
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
by bondslegend on May 21, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Raiders fans are the inexplicably loyal domestic abuse victims of sports fandom.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Where do we fall in that spectrum?
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re like my grandmother who put up with my drunken grandfather for all those years, but never kicked him out.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
He had his moments.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
He wasn’t a bastard… just couldn’t put down the drink.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Your San Francisco Giants!
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I was always a Raider “fan” (didn’t really follow football) that grew up in Oakland while they played in LA. Move to Southern California, start following football and become a big LA Raider fan. Then they move back. Dicks.
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."
Same here.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Kinda how i feel about the Tigers, i root for the tigers
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Yeah I have always liked the Tigers and Rays
Partly because I lived close to Detroit and the Rays are just awesome
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
oh shit, really? what part of Detroit? I have a ton of family up there, and was just there, i just loved the Tiger logo and the team, not a big fan, but i’m a fan, they got some good young talent
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
It was actually Ann Arbor, but about as close to I live from SF now. It was when the Tigers were legendarily bad, but I have a soft spot still
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
oh that’s cool, i’ve wanted to go to Michigan since i was a kid. Used to be a huge wolverine fan, plus would go to Kilwins all the time, plus Grizzly Peak Brewing company. But yea, i own a bobby Higginson jersey from their worst season, and oh my, the giants fans were such ass holes
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Yeah it was a pretty cool college town, even at a young age. Boy the 2003 team was bad. Unfortunately I went to a couple games that year.
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
IAWTC
the only time i root against the A’s is when we play them.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on May 21, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, me too. But I do want the Giants to do better than the A’s.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Newly acquired Javier Vasquez making his first start for me
/ascared
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
by Useful_Idiot on May 21, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Hernan Crespo #10
Certified Argentinian Badass
That isn't Maradona?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I remember a Felipe Crespo
Switch hitting utility man for the Giants; didn’t do much but I believe he has a splash hit.
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on May 21, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember his brother Cesar Crespo
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
he had two
He was the first Giant other than Barry to accomplish that.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I'd be scared too
if someone made me wear one of those unis. What’s with the yellow, uh, polka dot stripes?
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in...Anaheim?
so the game is on NBC tonight
that means… Fosse, Miller, Kruk? or…
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Miller and Kruk already is not my favorite combo, now Fosse too? I think I’ll be audio only tonight.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah
I like Kuip on the radio.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on May 21, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I like Miller and Kruk as a combo. I like Kuip and all, but he can’t touch Miller as a play-by-play guy.
Banned.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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Wrong.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Incorrect.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
you are OUTTA HERE.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah
“HE GONE” from the White Sox announcers is old & lame. “Got him” sounds just right.
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."
Everything from Hawk Harrelson is lame.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Truth
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
PUT IT ON THE BOARD
YES
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 21, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
PUT IT ON THE BEARD
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, sorry but you're wrooong
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
Would you prefer...
put it on the board?
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on May 21, 2010 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
FAIL BEARJD
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Take out the J and you're talking about Howie
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
I do not like the dynamic is all. Miller is different on TV. He’s so great on radio, no one can touch him. On TV and with Krukow he’s not really the same. I like all other combos, though!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I agree I don't like the combo
Krukow seems more relaxed with Kuip-like 2 friends watching a game. With Miller, Krukow seems like he tries to be more serious and he’s not as good when he’s really serious.
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Which is weird considering how absolutely goofy Miller & Flem get.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Those two are great, Kruk and Kuip are great, Kuip and Flem are great. (Flem and Kruk I guess not.)
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Yeah, Kruk and Flem don't really work either.
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Really?
Maybe Kruk and Fosse will throw down?
by out machine on May 21, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I sorry to say it
But I’ll take Fosse in that fight.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
Probably
Although Kruk got charged by Dave Winfield!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
And then the catcher took down Dave Winfield.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
To Kruk's credit, he did go running into the outfield when it happened
Which is probably what I would have done.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
err...didn't go running into the outfield
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah, Kruk is like Bugs Bunny – he may look like he’s easy to beat, he’s got something up his sleeve.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Just like Bugs
He probably has a dress, high heels and lipstick up his sleeve!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on May 21, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I am sure they will merely engage in some awkward trash talk of sorts.
by out machine on May 21, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
looking forward to this
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on May 21, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm still pissed about yesterday
Isn’t the reason those asses built a retractable roof so that they could protect their $$ paying fans from high temperatures? So what do they do, they leave it open deliberately to fuck with their opponent in spite of their fans. This is really inappropriate behavior, in my mind. Nothing will come of it, but it is playing really dirty.
It is one thing to soak the area in front of the plate, to tilt the lines, to let the grass grow long or to only use the humidor for opponents at bats, it is quite another to do something that make your paying customers uncomfortable.
Rage rage rage.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on May 21, 2010 11:20 AM PDT reply actions
That’s their home field advantage.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
sounds like emotional priapism
if your rage hasn’t abated after 4 hours, consult your doctor, or go to Sabean’s office and choke the shit out of him
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
I got similar “choke the shit out of” advice for another problem I had that was lasting more than four hours.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
If you have shit coming out of it
you should see a doctor
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Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Bad Gobroks!
Bad mental image!
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
How does having the roof open result in a competitive advantage?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
melts Lincecum
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that’s an old wives tale, but at least now I get the point. Thanks.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
He doesn’t pitch well in the heat. This is pretty well established. There are outliers, but in general high temps = mediocre Timmy.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on May 21, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Hell, makes sense to me. I’m Irish and from the Richmond District. When it gets above 80, all I’m good at doing is lying in the bathtub.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think it’s that well established, but it does seem like his worst showings come on hot days… I was thinking it was 82 rather than 92 though, so IDK.
Anyway, if that’s his weakness, I don’t really blame them for exploiting it. I’m sure the fans would be happy to trade a little heat for seeing HRs hit off of Timmy. Maybe if he cut his hair he wouldn’t wilt so much?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Why are people discounting that a kid who grew up in the NW and lived here his whole life is not accustomed to living in heat much less pitching in it. It’s rainy and cold here 18 months out of the year!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I realize you are much more familiar than I am, but I’ve been visiting my sisters in Hillsboro every other year since about 1980 (which was a very gritty year I can assure you) in the late summer and it’s been plenty warm. Seattle I guess is more rainy and chilly?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I completely buy it. I can barely function when it’s gets over 80
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
It's cold in San Francisco
It’s hot in Arizona.
It’s not Arizona’s fault.
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
They did it to Randy Johnson last year. When he was with Arizona, he always wanted the roof closed and they accommodated him. The day he returned they had the roof open.
Yesterday, radio side of the game said the temp was 92 outside and 77 inside at game time.
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
The decision has always been up to the starting pitcher.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
THE EAGLE FLYS AT DAWN!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I AM GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Since it appears nobody else got this…
Nice SE7EN reference — much higher degree of difficulty than Grant’s, which could be recognized by anybody who’s seen the movie, and some who haven’t.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
ZERO SPLASH HITS FOUR RINGS GNATS FANZ!!!1
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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i actually hope one of them hits a solo shot into the water when they play here
so that they can just shut the hell up with that
It still would not be a Splash Hit.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
OT
Anyone check out Google’s logo for today? It’s pretty cool.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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Playable Pacman!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t realize that was playable!
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."
Insert Coin!
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
This thing is hard to control.
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."
TWSS!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
why are there two of them?!
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
Saw this in the morning when I got to work
Level 7 is the highest I’ve got so far
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on May 21, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
An effective day at work.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
shit-A
I’m still depressed about last night.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
There was no game last night.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
YAY YOURE RIGHT
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Here's a blast from the past
My drawing of Giants vs A’s circa 1988. Don’t worry. Will Clark made it to first base despite bouncing one over to second.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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by Natto on May 21, 2010 12:25 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The remake was better.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
/starts working on a knockoff.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Clearly, he should have gone opposite field! They must have the shift on or something.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Your Roots!
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
reply fail.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on May 21, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder how many reply fails there have been on McC. There might be enough to match Bengie’s at-bats last season.
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
912 comments so far
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Why didn’t Bowker or Schierholtz replace Winn last June?
This has been the thing that chafes me in the worst way… the paucity of position player development and an unshakable belief in the value of veteran-ness that defies reality.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 12:43 PM PDT reply actions
I always thought the veteran fetish was Dusty Baker’s … but then I realized he was part of the fetish, not its source.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on May 21, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought that was every manger who used to play in the bigs.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on May 21, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Panera sandwich and lemonade.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing
One conference call after another all day today.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
MARKETING! SOLUTIONS!
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
BUY SELL BUY SELL
FUNNY MONEY BOOBAH!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Tillapia, rice, spinach
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
Leftover Safeway pepperoni pizza, some flat coke, strawberries, and some red vines.
"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
Salmon and quinoa.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on May 21, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Breakfast Pizza
It’s sauceless, but it also has eggs on the inside-it’s amazing
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Leftover kalbi and rice
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
OT: Deadspin's Olympic Mascot Photoshop Contest
They’re all really good, but this one’s my favorite:
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
LOL
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
Padres Sign Duanel Jones
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/05/padres-sign-duanel-jones.html
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
INVISIBLE PLAYER
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
“I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don’t know what that’s about, but enjoy the game tonight.”
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on May 21, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
“Odd, there’s a hole in this box… I wonder what it’s for….”
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Crotch in a package?
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on May 21, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Could they have gone with a different take on Pitt’s last few lines? It was unwatchable acting at the end of a great movie.
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."
Perhaps this is the time to again mention I’ve never seen a movie with Brad Pitt in it so that I can become the target of mockery.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
NOT EVEN OCEANS 13??
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
The Dandy Warhols/Brian Jonestown Massacre movie? Not a fan.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
That’s an interesting reason to boycott Brad Pitt films.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I would’ve expected this reply to come from Howie.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
This is the second time Johnny Disaster has zinged me on an ambiguous/misplaced clause this week!
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I’m clausetrophobic.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll try and remember to send it through him next time.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
There were many re-writes of the end of SE7EN, each with crazy (mostly bad) endings you can’t believe they even considered — I have a copy of a draft where Mills (Pitt) shoots Somerset (Freeman), who ends up in the hospital. They even storyboarded the whole thing out that way (available with the DVD)
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, look, I just got a Simpsons DVD set in the mail!
20th season, so to recent to be great, but still.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I really feel this past season (or current, if it hasn’t ended yet) has been the best in a while. It’s nice to see the writers find their fastball again, or at least a fair approximation of it.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m getting Butch Cassidy vibes from Zito in that picture.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
Butch Cassidy: Ah, you’re wasting your time. They can’t track us over rocks.
Sundance Kid: Tell them that.
Butch Cassidy: [after looking for himself] They’re beginning to get on my nerves. Who are those guys?
Proud supporter of the Fightin' Hydrants.
by Little Napoleon on May 21, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Butch Cassidy: I couldn’t do that. Could you do that? Why can they do it? Who are those guys?
Proud supporter of the Fightin' Hydrants.
by Little Napoleon on May 21, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Funny that that dialogue was written by the same guy that wrote this.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Bill Goldman has written some seriously classic stuff.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
No doubt. I just find the similarity amusing.
Butch Cassidy: Ah, you’re wasting your time. They can’t track us over rocks.
Sundance Kid: Tell them that.
Butch Cassidy: [after looking for himself] I’m sure it’s just a local fisherman, out for a midnight cruise through shark-infested waters.
Butch Cassidy: Inconceivable!
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
of MCC memes
Right now, my wife and I are watching a tv show called Trailer Park Boys via Netflix – it’s a Canadian mockumentary-style comedy about, well, guys who live in a trailer park. In Canada. They’re dumb and always go to jail and nothing they do ever works out. Anyway, the other day an episode featured this character:
Wearing a Rush t-shirt. I was going to get a screenshot and put in the caption, “TYPICAL RUSH FAN” for use on this site, but I’m a moron and put the DVD back in the mail before I got around to it. :(
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
A friend of mine loves that show and is always trying to get me to watch it. I watched a few clips online, definitely seems funny.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
It’s pretty dumb, but very funny.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I aspire to be more like Julian.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, he is probably the smartest person on the show.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Also, never without a cocktail, yet never visibly drunk.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
He actually got drunk in the episode we watched last night!
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
OK, almost never…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Bubbles is smarter than Julian.
by Into the Void on May 21, 2010 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I’ve heard good things about this show.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
OT
I hate when you open the thread on accidentally hit a link while it’s loading up and it takes you to some other page and you have to nav back and you lose all the new comments to “Z” thru.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
You’ve defined one of the biggest problems of my life. OK not really, but it’s a pretty major problem.
My adopted son is RHP Steve Edlefsen, currently above Gerald Posey on the catching depth chart.
if just hit the back button aren’t the unread comments still yellow?
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
I now habitually right-click (or, to be accurate, two-finger click; Mac FTW!) and Open In New Tab, even when I know it will anyway, like overflow GDTs.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
From The Drumbeat:
Drumbeat regulars know that every year when the Bay Bridge series begins, we open up the discussion to
smack talkserious, unbiased opinions of the two teams. Usually Oakland Athletics fans talk about championships, San Francisco Giants fans focus on attendance.
Now that the Giants have four starting pitchers performing well,why the heck can’t they beat San Diego?it’s not as easy to make fun of them as it used to be. But still…
Promising young players in the A’s system, like Daric Barton and Kurt Suzuki, know they’ll get to the majors fast if they perform. Promising young players in the Giants system, like Buster Posey, know they may someday get to help carry Bengie Molina around the bases.
You hear the Giants canceled their Fourth of July festivities? Yeah, they read all that stuff about rebellion against colonial masters and were afraid the folks in San Jose would take it seriously.
Those orange jerseys the Giants wear on Friday nights may look hideous, but there’s good news. When Caltrans put them on their road crews instead of the usual orange vests, they got in 17 percent fewer accidents.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/athletics/index
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
OK,
Promising young players in the Giants system, like Buster Posey, know they may someday get to help carry Bengie Molina around the bases.is pretty funny.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s so offensive that reading it nearly made me spit out my Cabernet Franc!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Franc? SHAVEN DA HAVEN!
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
meh
I don’t care enough to formulate an opinion about this
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Bold stance
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
“San Francisco Giants fans focus on attendance.”
I’ve been a Giants fan for 25 years and cannot recall ever discussing attendance about any team other than the A’s.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
The Rays.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Nope.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
The Expos?
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Never.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
The Marlins?
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."
Not even once.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
GIT ER DUN, SABES!
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/05/roy-oswalt-requests-trade-from-houston.html
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
man I’d kill to add him to the rotation.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Lefty-Righty-Lefty-Righty-Oswalt?!
It’s like batting Andres Torres 9th.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
This gives me an idea.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Who is Brian Sabean, Alex?
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this different than the previous information about Oswalt being willing to accept a trade if the team found a taker?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently, this is Oswalt out and out requesting to be traded before July 31st. Reported by the Chicago Tribune.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Link links to a link
Houston Astros ace Roy Oswalt, a three-time National League All-Star, has asked owner Drayton McLane Jr. to be traded, a source said Friday.
Not sure how a writer from the Chicago Tribune would have the inside info on this.
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."
rather have Berkman
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on May 21, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Package deal!
But of course they will want Posey, Bumgarner and J. Sanchez in return so maybe Huff isn’t so bad…
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on May 21, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Berkman would never come to the Bay Area. He’s on record as hating hitting in SF.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
he’s hit .266/.367/.532 here in 109 at bats, which isn’t that bad. Also, he wouldn’t be facing our pitching anymore. I’m sure he could be convinced for a chance to be on a winner.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on May 21, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmmm.
Crawfish Boxes seems to agree. The writer says the Giants are among the four most likely traders for Berkman- along with Seattle and both Sox teams- and would offer the 5th-most appealing deal.
San Francisco Giants
Why they make the deal: The Giants aren’t deep at first base. Prospects like Travis Ishikawa have yet to come through and this is the easiest way for them to upgrade the position. The problem would be that they have the prospects and the inclination to go out and get an Adrian Gonzalez or Prince Fielder instead of Berkman.
Would Berkman Waive the No-Trade: The Giants have a good shot to get to the playoffs and Berkman would be playing with a pretty good pitching staff. He’d also have a little protection in the lineup, but again, I’m not sure how much Texas Boy could handle the West Coast.
Who’s not here: C Buster Posey, LHP Madison Bumgarner, C Tommy Joseph, RHP Zack Wheeler – The Giants are lousy with good catchers and starting pitchers. While it’s tempting to try and pry someone like Wheeler out of them, it’s not really practical. Any pitching the Astros could get would be worth more than Berkman looks to be. So, the Astros would have to pay his entire freight just to get a chance at a one-for-one trade. I’m not so sure Wheeler or Bumgarner will turn out enough to do that.
Jewel to the trade: OF Roger Kieschnick, 3B Conor GIllaspie – These are not your typical jewels to a trade. Kieschnick is an outfielder. The Astros have a ton of outfielders. But, I think Kieschnick’s bat is good enough to play well at first base if needed. Gillaspie is just a Grade C guy, but was a high-profile draftee who suffered from some bad luck in 2009. He’s “Bill Mueller-like” according to Sickels, which is fine with me.
Intriguing throw-ins: 2B Nick Noonen
The Deal I Like Best: Kieschnick and Gillaspie for Berkman – Power and protection at an important position are both needed additions to this system. Is Gillaspie much different than Jonathan Meyer? Probably not. But, he does give the Astros one more chance to develop a solid third baseman. That’s a good enough reason to take a chance on a guy like Gillaspie.
The Deal I Hate (b/c It Could Happen): Noonan and Kieschnick for Berkman – I don’t love Kieschnick enough to accept him as the only jewel to this trade. Noonan is another tools guy rather than a production guy, but is still young at 20. He’s not a guy I’d want to get in this trade, because his chances of breaking out are not great.
Chances it Happens: 30 to 1
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"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d do Kieschnick and Gillaspie for Berkman in a second.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Would you rather give up Gillaspie or Noonan? I could understand arguments for either.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I have a soft spot for Noonan because he was good for a few years in my OOTP game.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I have a soft spot for him because I went to Noonan’s one time.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
/Sabean trades Bumgarner and Neal
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
FFFFFFFFUUUUU
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
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Signed, sealed, delivered
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Me too
wow. Wouldn’t even think twice
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
It’s reasonably fair, though. Berkman is kinda achy-breaky, and VERY expensive.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
yeah
I just mean it would be worth it for both parties
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’d rather the Giants look for bats. Oswalt would be great and better than any other 5th starter options, but still, I wants offense.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 21, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
This is
The best way to immediately and tangibly improve this team (Buster aside).
Want. Want hard. Want so bad I can taste it.
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
Roy Oswalt is much better than Pedro
In roughly a third of a season last year, Pedro was worth .6 WAR, which translates to a 1.8 WAR pitcher. If past performance is a guide, Oswalt will be at least a 3 WAR pitcher this year, and probably more, as he’s pitched well this season. Not to mention that Oswalt is free of the stamina questions that would accompany a Pedro signing.
And, when you consider his rather large contract, you probably wouldn’t have to give up too much to get him.
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I don’t think Pedro wants to pitch anywhere but Philadelphia. Why would he? They’re prohibitive favorites to win the NL pennant, they’re in the ESPN-spotlit northeast corridor, they’re desperate for pitching, and they score tons of runs. And the experiment already worked once.
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"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I know there was a lunch thread earlier, but since I'm in EST: dinner talk
I’m making Shrimp Creole. Trying a new recipe.
I’m chopping lots and lots of vegetables right now.
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Inspired by the NO trip? Ever since I got back, I’ve had a hankering for etoufee. I know how to make it — I once managed the kitchen at a restaurant with it on the menu — but it’s so difficult and daunting, I can’t bring myself to try.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, the recipe is from a Times-Picayune cookbook I got while over there.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
And I’ve been wanting to try to make crawfish etoufee. I need to figure out if I can get crawfish tails, though.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
The hard part is the roux — first it’s tough to get the flour/butter mix right, and then you’re supposed to stir until it’s a mahogany color, but it goes through so many shades of brown, it’s tough to tell exactly when that is. And if you screw up the roux, the dish is shit.
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by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll be attempting a roux shortly, once I finish choppin’ the trinity.
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
"Hey, watch where your chopping"
WHY IS BENGIE?!
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
we'll see how it tastes
But the roux LOOKS good, at least!
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE
I’m really pleased with how the shrimp creole turned out!
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Cannibal!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
You better have brought enough for the whole class.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
There’s probably about half a cup left – maybe a whole cup!
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I’d like it packed in ice. And please ship it via UPS—-wanna support the unions.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Seafood is gross. You should just throw it away.
It’s conjoined fail, attached at the fiasco. - Grant
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"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m probably gonna go here.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Man, that sounds good.
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Oh, that looks fantastic. Have you heard of Curry Up Now?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
No, but googling and it looks pretty awesome.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It is! If you ever try it, my advice is to go with the regular spiciness. Unless you have a really high tolerance. Even the regular destroyed me.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, my ex got this hot sauce in Mill Valley that was so hot that my mouth burned after I kissed her, and she could not handle the desi spice from Curry Up Now.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
YES
It’s awesome.
I don’t work in downtown SF so I can almost never make it but O how I try.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
They have a few trucks now so it makes it easier. But, damn, it took me a few tries to catch them.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Only time I actually made it was when I had to drive to SSF for an appointment and stopped in Brisbane on the way back. That’s how bad I wanted to try it.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
That looks delicious. I hate that the minimum cost for a decent burrito here in NYC is $9+.
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"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
What the actual fuck?
9 dollars for a burrito?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
And they suck comparatively, too.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
New York is basically an entire city of ballpark concession prices.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
There’s actually a surprising amount of ridiculously cheap food if you know where to look.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
LUCKY!
I was unable to find a decent burrito in NYC!
/manhattan, anyway.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
This place is good. It’s at the corner where Mulberry kinda merges with Lafayette at Bleecker.
But this place is a great argument for those in the Brooklyn>Manhattan camp.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I was gonna sublet an apartment from another Giants fan on Mulberry, btw Spring and Prince, was that you? Who was it… I ended up just bailing NYC and coming back to Portland.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
No. But I work a block east of there, on Elizabeth btw Spring and Prince, at Public Restaurant. Fans of the Food Network will recognize Exec Chef Brad Farmerie as being the third chef eliminated on this last “The Next Iron Chef.” It’s an interesting address; there’s a sizable film studio in the basement and the Gawker media empire on the top floor.
Interesting story: The building used to be the site of a workshop of Thomas Edison’s, and there used to be a stable for retired cart-horses just down the block. During his war with Tesla over whether the US would go Alternating Current or Direct, he’d bring bigwigs in, and do these demonstrations where he’d zap the horses and say “look, if you’re shocked by my product, you’ll just get a jolt, but Tesla’s {zap} {thunk} will just kill you.”
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome anecdote is awesome (and assonant).
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
this is why i’ll never live on the east coast again, tbh.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
two things I miss the most right now, food-wise
1) Decent Mexican
2) Dim sum
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Don’t forget the climate, though!
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Yeah, that’s a deal-breaker for me. I don’t do “seasons.”
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, decent Mexican and Japanese was brutally difficult to find in Ohio.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Not if you have the right info: http://tacotruckscolumbus.com/
And there’s also a great Japanese food scene in the NW side of town due to the Honda plant nearby. There’s a number of great sushi places, and one really high-end Japanese restaurant that was originally opened to service the top Honda brass.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Again, I was in Oberlin without a car. We found a fantastic Japanese place in Shaker Heights one time, but the transit and the prices relative to an Oberlin students’ income (roughly zero dollars) made returning impractical.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Again
I totally forgot that we discussed this before!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
It was a while back. Most of my Ohio friends were from Columbus, etc. etc.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
The fact that most Giants games start at like 10pm here is also annoying.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
i hated that
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’ve many times been really tired the next day because I couldn’t turn the damn game off and just go to bed, especially when it takes 12 INNINGS FOR THE GIANTS TO FINALLY BEAT THE PADRES ONE FRICKING TIME.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
I should buy some scallops and muscles and shirmp and make some paella.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
mmm.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I should prpably also clean the kitchen, it looks like a coffe-grounds bomb went off in there.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I’m going to The Republic for dinner tomorrow.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m trying some BBQ place. Supposed to be purdy darn good.
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."
We got really good barbecue driving through Moline, Alabama. I still miss the place in our neighborhood in Oakland, though. We were on a first-name basis with them, and the kids adored them.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
I’m headed down to North Beach tonight.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I have no idea.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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I’m having whatever my mom’s making for dinner. And whatever my brother doesn’t threaten to throw at me during the game.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I would do anything for meatloaf.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
But I won’t do that.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
This subthread was beautiful.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s a job listing on craigslist from the people who designed those ugly “Freak” t-shirts. I’m tempted to apply.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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Change 'em from the inside
Agent Natto!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I don’t think I’m familiar with these ugly shirts.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
http://www.grimyink.com/product.html?ID=1000&
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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I don’t hate this. The Zig-Zag logo isn’t exactly gorgeous, but it’s awesome anyway. But I grew up with parents that had a couple of Zig-Zag logo pillows, so it might be the nostalgia talking.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
The same shirts
where that one guy made a fanshot and went crazy on here?
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Yep.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
LOL that was a crazy post
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I never got to see this thread before it was deleted. Thank you for saving bits of it.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I think Grant deleted it
but everyone wanted it up.
I could be mistaken though.
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
fun with screenshotted MCC comments!
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
by jcb9 on May 21, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
YEAH!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
LOL
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Let's beat the Mehs
OK, I’ve made my lame pun.
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Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
As a Mehs fan, I can proudly say
Go Mehs!
Y’all got a nice site here, almost as funny as Royals Review. Keep it up.
Have fun this weekend, win or lose.
Quality Jones is my kind of hero.
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 21, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks-you as well.
I occasionally check out AN and that’s a cool site as well.
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Shift-A
Holy crap people… 1000 posts?
Is there a Reader’s Digest Condensed version?
I can guess: who cares about interleague, a general Lincecum freakout, an umpire freak out, and a why did Uribe swing at those pitches thread. (Along with the requisite Rush does/does not suck and What’s for [insert type of meal here]? )
Anything else?
Actually most of it was a San Jose vs San Francisco argument
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Which evolved into something else altogether.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Truth. Awkward, awkward truth.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, all that stuff.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Duly noted
Now when does Lincecum get demoted? (mwahahaha)
SFGiants
Giants have purchased contract of RHP Santiago Casilla and have placed RHP Brandon Medders on 15-day DL with rt knee inflammation. #SFGiants
"We're the kind of team people can identify with," Flannery said. "Our best pitcher weighs 150 pounds. Our shortstop is old. Our best hitter is ... big and our catcher is old and big."
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Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Oh cool, another guy that can’t throw strikes.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 21, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
oh
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
JAIRO GARCIA!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
The Giants seem to be quick to DL pitchers, but when it comes to position players, they wait until they absolutely need to.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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Not only that, but they keep them in the starting lineup.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Fixed
The Giants seem to be quick to DL pitchers, but when it comes to position players, they wait until theyabsolutely need tohave been out for 15 days, so they can put them on the DL retroactively and then back in the lineup all on the same day.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Zounds! Over-Foodied Again.
Two separate foodistic tangents in the same thread.
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
this interleague fever--is it anything like Dengue Fever?
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...
but valley doesn’t end in gue like interleague does
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 May 21, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
“In-ter-lee-gway… must be Italian.”
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man, now I’m flashing on the musical version of Reefer Madness.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
2010 Logo
It’s conjoined fail, attached at the fiasco. - Grant
by jhiat00 on May 21, 2010 3:43 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
After all this thread you spell “San Francisco” wrong?!
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh brother!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
WHARGARBL
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
BLUBT
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
LOL@ME
It’s conjoined fail, attached at the fiasco. - Grant
by jhiat00 on May 21, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
San Fransisqo
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
LOL
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
It's Velez's uniform from that one game, right?
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
rec'd for spelling.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
#2 in Fanshots
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
ISWYDT
or do I?
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on May 21, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
That's the ticket!
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Shift A
Wow this thread.
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#2 in Fanshots
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
So I got the garlic fries from Gordon Bierchasfdsafdsfch last night at Chase field. I’m definately regretting it today.
It’s conjoined fail, attached at the fiasco. - Grant
Return of the Butt Pee?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
That doesn’t seem like a terrible trade off.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
haha
and this is regretful… how? use it to your advantage.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
What do they normally smell like?
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually usually enjoy it when mine are like that.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Not me. When they are excessively foul I get paranoid that they are an early sign of food poisoning.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
When mine are bad I try to come up with reasons to go hang out in my roommates’ rooms. Difficult, because they’re usually in the living room.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
The more distinct, the better.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
As opposed to all the other times when your farts do not stink?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
jhiat eats rose petals, drinks perfume, and shits glade plug-ins.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, two outta three ain’t bad.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
jhiat00's toilet
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"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
It's good to be back!
Wow, the Dodgers now have a better record than the Giants? That’s sure depressing…
At least my day at Great America is enough so far to keep my spirits up; though my energy bank is expended at the moment.
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
Rowand CF
Sanchez 2B
Sandoval 3B
Huff 1B
Molina DH
Uribe SS
Bowker LF
Torres RF
Whiteside C
Zito SP
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 4:18 PM PDT reply actions
Yay Bowker.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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This might replace “In play, out(s).”
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I blame Howie for the DH situation.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I WANTED SANDOVAL!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
The idea of Molina at DH had its genesis with you.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I WANTED SANDOVAL!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Just for the sake of argument, if Sandoval goes to DH, then who goes in to field? Downs, Rohilinger, or Travis?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I DON’T CARE JUST LET THE MAN’S LEGS HAVE A BREAK
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I know, I know. But who would the groupthink prefer?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Groupthink wants Bowker DH. But with Nate out, Bowker is LF.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
STOP AVOIDING MY QUESTION
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
So, just to review, what’s everybody having for dinner tonight?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Rose Petals
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
oh i am glad we are using the DH
to get Whiteside’s bat into the lineup
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I am glad we are using the DH
to get Bengie’s defense off the field.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
That’s the only solace I take here.
/stabs glove wildly at ball down the middle.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Bengie, at least, would have been wide enough to block Affeldts wild pitch yesterday.
by Uncle Russel on May 21, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Best Giants DH evar or BESTEST Giants DH evar?
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Switching gears to what should have been done:
I wonder which was the better defensive upgrade: Lofton to Shinjo, or David Bell to Pedro Feliz?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
That’s really the most useless use of the DH we could have possibly gone with.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t worry. Bochy will double switch him out anyway.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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He’s done it before.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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Can’t remember the exact game, but it was a couple years ago.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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I think it was one of the games in Cleveland.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
Oh yeah. I believe Rich Aurilia was involved somehow as well.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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Yep, Cleveland
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
WAIT WHAT
DH??
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
The AL does not play real baseball!
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
Then how do you explain Eric Byrnes?
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
But how will pitchers know which pitch to throw!!!!???
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 21, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
/Zito sees lineup, gives “Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth” speech, walks off the field
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
That’s Livan.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants’ twitter feed has both Molina and Whiteside at C. I figure Bengie could use someone behind him to get all the passed balls he’s too damn lazy to get to.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
WHAT THE FUCK?!
so what happens if whiteside gets hurt?!
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
A 10,000 comment thread about Posey coming up.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Andres Torres at catcher.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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seriously
dave mentioned this possibility (molina at cleanup) on the radio last night, I thought there was no way because they wouldn’t have a backup. You can’t move someone from DH to catcher can you? You lose your DH? So the pitcher would hit 5th?
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
Yes, you lose the DH.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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Affeldt disappointed about not being DH: “Have you seen my batting average!”
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 4:23 PM PDT reply actions
as much as i dislike the Athletics, i really cannot stand the sight of those SF-A’s half-and-half caps. Those are an atrocity of mankind.
You’re on the BANNED wagon.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 21, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh WOW. Anybody see Rajai Davis’ non-Web Gem? He leapt for a ball at the warning track, it popped out of his glove and went over the wall.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
OT: HOLY SHIT GREY'S ANATOMY
I doubt many here actually watch the show, but I just finished the finale and holy shit it was the most intense thing I’ve ever seen.
"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
It really was. Emotional, intense, and it wrapped up some season-long storylines while creating a hook into next season. Eliminated some superfluous characters while giving emotional resonance, forced characters into decisions they’d been wishy-washy about for years, and managed to pull out a happy ending without it being completely happy. Christina, Meredith, Torres, and Bailey were absolutely amazing.
"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
THERE'S A SHOOTER IN THE HOSPITAL!!
/dodges slo-mo bullet
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Nobody actually dodged any slo-mo bullets, which I think is a first for anything made post-Matrix. I think every bullet that guy shot, it hit someone. And usually killed 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
That’s one way to cut down the cast budget for the show.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
More like Grey’s a-shat-omy.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 21, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
“Hey, what’s the score?”
Huh? Oh, they play tonight.
“No, they’re playing right now in Arizona!”
At this point, for a split second, I actually wondered if we’d all thousand commennts we’d all posted today, not to mention Grant’s post, were in error. No, we’re in Oakland tonight!
“We’re in Arizona. The game is on right now.”
No dude, that was last night. Oakland is tonight.
At this point, he’s driving off, making a turn, yelling “ARIZONAAAAAA” over his shoulder at me.
How is it even possible for baseball to be happening in AZ at 4:30 Pacific time?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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Er… conversation I had with a guy yelling out his car window on Divis 30 mins ago.
Context fail.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
The sfgate.com main page just triggered one of my random pet peeves
The phrase “fried calamari.”
Calamari, by definition, is fried squid. It’s like “chai tea.”
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
PIN number!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
ATM machine!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
…And fools never differ.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
ATM = Automatic teller machine
ATM machine = Ass-to-mouth machine
There was an awesome FARK headline that said “ATM inventor dies; Sasha Gray inconsolable”
Kids, don’t Google that name at work.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
ATM machine!
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Great minds think alike.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
/tips his cap
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
yuk
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 May 21, 2010 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
So should “VIPs” be “VIPple”?
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by troymccluresf on May 21, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
No, I think that one is correct, in that it is Very Important Persons, meaning that there are individuals who are important, rather than a group of people that is important.
But that’s just been my understanding.
"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?
Abbreviations don’t always correspond strictly to the thing being abbreviated. That’s why the abbreviation of “Misters” is “Messrs.”
El Person!!!
I'd say . . .
. . . the telling fact is that many, probably most, baseball people say it as “ribbies”. The initialism “RBI”, pronounced “ribbie”, is virtually a word now (and so pluralizes with an “s”).
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Calamari just means squid in Greek IIRC.
Then again I speak about a sentence of Greek per year, on Easter.
Just get the damn surgery, Mark DeRosa.
Wiki says “The word Calamari is the plural form of the Italian word for squid, Calamaro.”.
So jcb9 is wrong. Again.
I was promised lasagna.
Is jcb sitting in a restaurant?
Because he just got served.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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And if we were communicating in Italian, you would be 100% correct.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
OK
Squid is a popular food in many parts of the world. In many of the languages around the Mediterranean sea, squid are referred to by a term related to the Italian “calamari” (singular “calamaro”), which in English has become a culinary name for Mediterranean dishes involving squid, especially fried squid (“fried calamari”).
Especially =/= Exclusively.
I was promised lasagna.
Deal with it.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
This is just utterly amazing.
Giants have purchased contract of RHP Santiago Casilla [after placing] RHP Brandon Medders on 15-day DL . . . .
Even for those painfully accustomed to this front office, this is jaw-dropping. I mean, look at it.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Manny Burriss transferred to 60-day DL.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 21, 2010 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
The link doesn't seem to work . . .
. . . so I’ll try it again:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garcija01.shtml
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
worked for me. I kinda wish they had brought up one of the AAA starters to work the middle relief role.
I wonder if Medders is really hurt.
Just get the damn surgery, Mark DeRosa.
It would be nice to know.
It would certainly explain his otherwise curious results.
One of the many things I don’t know is how DL transactions are vetted (if at all). Does the team have to send a signed-off doctor’s report to the league? (Oops—I guess it’s to MLB these days.) It will be interesting to see how the story concerning Medders develops. At a glance, it looks like it has to be one of three cases:
1. It’s a faked-up thing to sit him down without wasting a roster spot.
2. It’s real and he should have reported the problem long ago.
3. He did report it and was told to soldier on.
None of the three is notably pleasing.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
In my opinion, “elbow inflammation” is pitcher-speak for “pulled suck muscle.”
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
My wife’s elbow is inflamed right now. I wish this were a delightfully naughty comment, but her actual elbow is inflamed and I get to do all the infrastructure maintenance because she can’t use her right arm. Nothing to do with pitching, but there you go.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
"pulled suck muscle."
That’s about as delightfully naughty as it gets.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I can clearly see that he has plenty of Major League experience… what could be more important?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 21, 2010 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
ERA+ of 162!
In 2005. In 3 IP.
Proud parent of Will the Thrill, standard-bearer of The Giants Way.
"I was jacked leaving that room. I didn't even want to visit another room. It was not enough time," Tebow said. "We were excited, we were enthusiastic. There was passion. It was just intense, and it was ball, and it was juice. The juice level in that room was high, and it was awesome."
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on May 21, 2010 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Y’all don’t know baseball. Look at his AA numbers!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
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