How the Giants season will end (warning: spoilers)
by Grant Brisbee on May 24, 2010 1:37 PM PDT
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PrintThe San Francisco Giants have had a mixed season thus far, with stretches of winning without hitting spliced with stretches of losing without hitting. And while it's still early -- the Giants are only 3.5 games back, after all -- the plummet toward .500 happened pretty quickly for a team that seemed like it was just 17-10 and on top of the world. No one's sure how it's all going to end, though some are more pessimistic than others.
I have a theory, tough, and I think it's airtight. Airtight enough, in fact, that I'm going to have to preface the rest of this post with a "spoiler warning", as I'm going to tell you how the season will end. If you read beyond this point, and when October rolls around you aren't surprised, you only have yourself to blame. Here goes:
The Giants offense has been dead the whole time.
I know, I know. It's a little anticlimactic. Some of you suspected this would be the twist five seasons ago, but the clues that I've found have shown a masterful job of foreshadowing.
When the team was hitting in the beginning of the season, it was confusing. They were second in the league in on-base percentage for a while. It turns out that was an alternate reality in which the Giants offense was in purgatory. The organization left little clues hinting at this. An anagram for "Bengie Molina" is "A Limbo Engine", for example. Another clue is that the hitters they acquired weren't that good. The Giants offense was being judged before it could leave purgatory. When the judgment came back as "awful," the offense was free to leave and die.
In the Russian folk tale "The White Duck", there's a passage that reads:
The witch opened the door quietly, and, seeing that the two brothers were sound asleep, passed a dead man's hand cut off at the wrist over them so that they might never wake.
The two brothers in the folk tale are what Mark DeRosa and Freddy Sanchez are supposed to represent -- the "dead man's hand" is a metaphor for the ailments that are preventing them from hitting because, again, the Giants offense has been dead the whole time.
I don't have time to flesh everything out right now -- I'm working on an essay about these theories for later. But there are constant clues being left by the team.
- There are repeated references to bad hitters being "sent down."
- Fans at the park are do an "Ooo-reeebay"-chant, which is in part a memorial for the deceased Jose Uribe.
- When pitchers talk to position players for a mound meeting, the pitchers cover their faces in a reference to Egyptian funerary masks.
- The Willie Mays statue in front of Mays Field only has four toes on each toe under the bronze cleats. Four toes on a statue somehow relates to purgatory or else I wouldn't include it here just to add filler as I slowly pull this theory out of my nether regions over a period of five-plus years.
- Freddy Sanchez's walk-up song is "Homecoming" by Kanye West, which includes the line:
Loyee oyeee oh, loyee oyeee oh
Coming home again
Loyee might be a reference to James Loye, who played Frodo in the Toronto and London production of "Lord of the Rings: the Musical." While Frodo did not die in "Lord of the Rings," the walk-up music might reference the Giants offense melting like a ring inside of an active volcano, and eventually dying, which would be the "Coming home again" referenced by Kanye, which represents a return to the abhorrent sucking the Giants offense has been guilty of for the past six years, which in fact constitutes an offense that has been dead the whole time. Pretty obvious, when you think about it.
So it's pretty clear that the Giants offense was never alive. The Giants will reveal that the offense was dead slowly over the season, with a final revelation coming in September or October. When they do reveal that the offense was dead the whole time, try not to think about how the Giants have wasted hours and hours your time for the past five-plus years, flailing away nonsensically. Just go along for the ride, man.
Dammit.
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WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 1:41 PM PDT reply actions
I really hope this isn’t what happened… I haven’t watched this season yet.
by kingofthacove on May 24, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, you're wrong
We’ll find out in October that the entire Giants offense was a figment of an autistic child’s imagination.
/St. Elsewhere
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
Worst. Finale. Ever. Seriously. Still the standard-bearer for how not to end a show.
"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 24, 2010 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
you mean you didnt enjoy 2 hours of montages?
and crying… good thing Lost has been dead for a few years now
WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND NOT SIGN FREDDY SANCHEZ AND MARK DEROSA
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
We don’t have the road to get up to 88.
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."
Delorean isn't 88. He's much younger.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on May 24, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s his weight.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 24, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
But what about the polar bear?
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."
HUH??????
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Obligatory Stanford Information
ATHENS, Ga.-No. 8 Stanford rattled off four quick singles wins after losing the doubles point for just the second time this year, ambushing No. 6 Notre Dame 4-1 on Monday afternoon in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship semifinals.
With the win, Stanford (25-1, 8-0 Pac-10) punches its ticket to Tuesday’s national championship match against Florida, when the Cardinal will have a chance to claim its 16th NCAA title.
if Freddie Sanchez, Mark DeRosa and Aubrey Huff are the answer, I guess I just didn't understand the question.
by nogooddeed on May 24, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
that's not information
that’s propaganda.
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 24, 2010 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
what's good for the proper goose is good for the proper gander.
if Freddie Sanchez, Mark DeRosa and Aubrey Huff are the answer, I guess I just didn't understand the question.
-1
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL PIKA'S HOCKEY TEAM
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
YEAH STANFORD
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 24, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
A girl (woman?) right across from my room plays for them, but she was nursing a minor injury so I don’t know if she’s playing right now.
if not maybe she could hit for the Giants
if Freddie Sanchez, Mark DeRosa and Aubrey Huff are the answer, I guess I just didn't understand the question.
The Llamas are watching post made slightly more sense
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 24, 2010 1:44 PM PDT reply actions
I think it's about that TV show
GILLIGAN!!!
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 24, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, the Giants offense was killed by the trees.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
The Giants offense was just living in a secluded village like they were back in the dark ages, while the rest of the world was living in the modern era.
Or
The Giants offense was incredibly frail and was searching for its opposite, the unbreakable offense.
Hmm. Apparently the Giants offense fits into any Shamylan (or however you spell that guy’s name) movie.
The Giants offense is a mermaid living in a pool.
Yup. It works!
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
Too bad this post has nothing to do with anything else that anyone is talking about
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
What a twist!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
So ...
Your saying the Giatns offense has abrother that can hit aliens REAL well?
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 34%
Prince Caspian or the Two Towers?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
its the only way to take the mound as a giant and stay sane, gotta be high as fuck to think you’ll get any run support.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Brilliant
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NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Don’t tell me that! I thought we still had Bonds!
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
I like that HJO is clearly acting in that picture, whereas Willis is more brow-furrowing than anything else.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
That makes me want to see the Bruce Willis gets hit on the back of the head in The Fifth Element GIF.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants will not win the world series in 2010.
There, I said it.
by AmorVincitOmnia on May 24, 2010 1:48 PM PDT reply actions
but pitching wins in the postseason
…and we have pitching. Now all we have to do is get to the postseason. That’s it – it’s so simple.
OMG YOU SPOILED EVERYONE
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
IT'S ALWAYS GRANT'S FAULT
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 24, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
The thing is, whatever happened, happened
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on May 24, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant always buys me whatever I want.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
He let me have cake for breakfast. With soda.
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 can have it, but you can’t eat it, too.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
That saying makes perfect sense. The person wants the pretty cake even after they’ve ate it.
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."
Grant, are you saying the Giants offense isn’t very good? Cause they have the 17th best BA in baseball, but they’re just not scoring runs. They should try bunting more.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on May 24, 2010 1:56 PM PDT reply actions
MOAR BUNTING
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
17th in BA, but only 24th in runs scored
Sabean is flummoxed.
Need more RBI hitters.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
This is Madness!
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 34%
The Giants offense is dead.
But Brian Sabean will still be GM by November. And, he’ll be promising to “kick the tires” on Paul Konerko.
Oh, and Buster Posey still won’t be ready.
The Fans are close to revolting
For every stupid SF Gate commentator, there’s a McCoven trained mind out there. And the Lunatic Fringe is getting stronger every day. Soon we might be ready to make our move.
Proud adoptee of Dick Tidrow the mastermind behind Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Buster Posey and many more. Also known as "The Reason".
Are we moving out of the basement? No one told me. I haven’t even packed.
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 am actually moving out of my parents’ house shortly. LOL 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.
I’ll also be moving out of an older relative’s home within the year, God help 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 24, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m moving back IN with an older relative soon… fuck me.
"Having potential is the worst insult you can give because it means you haven't done anything yet."
by DividedByZero on May 24, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
BUT… you are moving in to help THEM… because you are worried about them living on their own and being old and all…
Hopefully that is not an invite to the relative in question.
That’s a completely different kind of magic inside.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
The Pitchforks and Torches
They are being stashed at secret locations. Let everyone know. Quietly.
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HEY! Howie is a beautiful, beautiful man!
We have had frequent discussions about facial hair in this very public forum and everything…
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Behold: The Most Beautiful Man in the World!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Also:
Nice birthing hips.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Howie: he has nice birthing hips.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 24, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
GUN SHOW TICKETS, MUST AQUIRE
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Is he behind you?
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
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The most beautiful man in the world is a kite-surfer?
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Well, he’s dressed like one.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
You really seem to like water.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I’m dressed like 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 24, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I was talking more about the water bottle and water cooler in the background.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s dressed as someone who likes their water available at home and on the go.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 24, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
While they await the return of Mark DeRosa, the team is reportedly mulling moving Freddy Sanchez to third base, allowing Juan Uribe to play second base. Pablo Sandoval would flip over to first base, a promising development for ongoing duel eligibility. With Sandoval at first base, Aubrey Huff would move to left field. The biggest losers here would be John Bowker and Nate Schierholtz, as they would be benched in favor of the hot-hitting Andres Torres, who would start in right field.
Uhhhhhhhhhhh
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE DAMN 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 24, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 24, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE DAMN 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 24, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
FAIL.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on May 24, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup
Gritty Veterans to the rescue! Those damn kids are the reason we aren’t scoring runs. Nate doesn’t have no RBI’S!!!
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DUEL eligibility?
Will Pablo demand satisfaction if the opposing pitcher throws at him?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
Duel eligibility with guns or swords would be much more interesting than boring ole dual eligibility.
as Corky St. Clair sez
It’s like in the olden days, in the days of France, when men would slap each other with their gloves say, y’know…“D’Artagnan!”… y’know, “how dare you talk to me like that, you!,” and smack ’em.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on May 24, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
'Ello! 'Ow Are 'Ou?
Still working on that accent….
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Where is this from?
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 chronicle i believe
i copypasted from rotoworld
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Hmm. I think that’s just Rotoworld’s take on it. The Schulman article linked to doesn’t say anything about duels.
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.
Why not just have Juanderful play 3B? Why so many moves?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on May 24, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
For a second I thought you were talking about Juan Gonzalez. He used to be called the Juanderful One back in the early 90s as I recall.
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.
Na, but why not?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on May 24, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
/Sabes kicks tires on Juan Gonzalez
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
You heard it here 434th:
Freddy Sanchez won’t make it the rest of the year.
Also, Rowand sucks and is done.
Also, Panda is (near-) sophomore slumping.
Also, if you said that Torres is the Giants best position player, I might just agree with you. Sad.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on May 24, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm more worried about De Rosa finishing the year than Franchez...
…but the rest of these are disturbingly possible.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Ah, I see.
The key to creating an effective (or even low-average) offense is to play musical chairs with everyone’s positions.
It’s not enough to change up the batting order, now we have to switch up where everyone takes the field in a place other than where they played through all of spring training/their careers. I assume the remainder of this scenario is that Bengie takes over in center, Rowand moves to short, and Renteria is now our starting catcher. Makes perfect sense.
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by Prussian Creole on May 24, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Kyle Stratford, jaded Giants statistical analysts, approaches Brian Sabean, with a reasonably creative idea.
KS: Posey could get another start or two a week if we moved Huff into left occasionally, and that would allow us to keep both Molina and Posey in the lineup…
Sabean: Posey is a AAA player, and AAA player’s can’t play baseball, let alone drive in runs.
KS: …and Bowker would play against – wait, what?
Sabean: I got it! Huff in left, Sanchez at third, he played there once during the Taft administration I believe, Uribe at second, and that fat Mexican fellow at first! Posey stays in AAA to learn how to catch major league pitching, and everyone else under 30 is benched! Brilliant!
KS: … (blank stare)
BS: Well, don’t just stand there! Bring me a press release and some vodka! Let’s drink!
Eugenio Velez: Really fast... at getting picked off. SICK BURN!!
The conversation would never get that far
Kyle Stratford, jaded Giants statistical analysts, approaches Brian Sabean, with a reasonably creative idea.
Brian: “Get the fuck out of here. SECURITY!”
Kyle Stratford gets bum-rushed out of the gates and thrown on to Willie Mays Plaza
Brian: “Fuckin nerds…”
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott :: Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean
It’s conjoined fail, attached at the fiasco. - Grant
by jhiat00 on May 24, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Stratford: Who brought in donuts?
Sabean: Somebody got donuts for my birthday!
Stratford: Happy birthday!
Sabean: You didn’t know it was my birthday.
Stratford: I… guess I forgot.
Sabean: Well, I guess I forgot to give you a donut [closes box].
Straford: Are you serious?
Sabean: Mmm.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
SUSAN! WHO LET THE NERD IN MY OFFICE!?!
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 24, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Lars we should team up to write a pilot.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
That would be awesome
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
RENTERIA IS NOT A GOOD HITTER. I DONT CARE HOW MUCH WE ARE PAYING HIM HE DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE PLAYING. HE HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD HITTER IN 2 AND A HALF YEARS EXCEPT FOR LIKE 2 WEEKS IN THE BEGGINING OF THE SEASON. I FEEL LIKE IM TAKING CRAZY PILLS.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
MONEY DOWN STRETCH NERD
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
As many hits as Willie McCovey!
(more steals than Chone Figgins)
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
First off, why not just move Uribe to 3rd? Hasn’t he played there before?
Secondly, Nate was hitting great before he got hurt, much better than HuffnStuff.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on May 24, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
re: #1 Uribe played thrid for the Pale Hose (hoes?) when Creede was hurt so he has played there before. Almost 1K innings worth.
As for why do it? It is the easiest way to down grade one of the fewnon pitcher positons on thefield the Giant might get above average production from over the coarse of teh season. It woul also speed Sabean along in his quest to became teh KC Royals of the West Caost!
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 34%
FUCK!
BEES!
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
BEADS??
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
LOL US
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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.
You got that one right
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by Sabean's_Folly on May 24, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
They were talking about this on KNBR last night and I kept running it through my mind to figure out who this plan was supposed to be benefitting
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 25, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe Pam will wake up and it will all be a bad dream.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on May 24, 2010 2:02 PM PDT reply actions
But what I really want to know is, who shot J.R.?
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on May 24, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL, well played!
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on May 24, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
But the offense is league-average because the old player’s career stats say they should be doing better.
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.
is there an alternate reality
in which the Giants don’t suck? I’d like to go there now
If you don't like Brandon Medders you're not a true fan.
That implies that reality itself could support the Giants not sucking. You’d have to skip the alternate reality thing and head straight for the realms of unreality to get what you’re looking 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 24, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
EPIC
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on May 24, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
You want it all but you can't have it
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
what is it?
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
LOL JCB9
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 24, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
It's (it) in his face but he can't grab it
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
There are also alternate realities where they moved to St. Petersburg or Toronto.
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.
No team in Toronto could ever win the World Series!
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.
Of course not.
They have Fred Lewis now, so they’re disqualified.
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
Who?
One does have to admire how HIEEAD/Sabean managed to deport their Problem™ out of the nation now that there is no MLB team in Guantanamo Bay. That is some SAVY Veteran Grit even Cheny can be proud of.
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 34%
Prepare to have your mind blown: In the alternate reality where they move to Toronto, Fred Lewis is still on the team.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
by Kitspool on May 24, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Dustiny?
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on May 24, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
So is Fred Lewis just playing on the REAL Giants?!?!
/has blown his mind
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I wish Sabean would relocate to Russia
"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 24, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
In Russia Sabean relocates YOU!
Oh, wait.. that is kind of what we have here already isn’t it?
/ akward quiet
Good Day to you, Komrade. Long live the Gritty Gamer Revulsion Revolution!
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 34%
Yup.
Brian Sabean was fired in the offseason of 2007 and replaced by Kim Ng of the Dodgers who was able to revamp the offense within to such an extend that the Giants own the best record in the NL in 2010.
Lincecum is 7-1 in that reality. Oh, and President Paul was able to eliminate half the national debt.
by Squire_Boone on May 24, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
/Shedding tears of joy
"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 24, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Or the hand, we could wave it over every other roster.
eh, fuck Sabean.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on May 24, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
The image on Schulman's blog is a little but horrifying
“Hey, guys, this picture doesn’t really show my features. It’s so small. Hey, I know – EXTREME CLOSE-UP! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!”
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 have a strong desire to punch this man in the face.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 24, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a soft spot for him because of his involvement in alt.sports.baseball.sf-giants years ago. But both he and Baggs have been kinda irritating lately.
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.
Whenever somebody says mullet, I always think of this:
I do not miss 90s hockey hairstyles.
"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
Holy shit.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 24, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
or Jagr!
/flagged
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 24, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Those Eastern Europeans really do love their mullets.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Potato Head
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Whenever somebody mentions Mr. Potato Head, my grandma always says that when she was young they had to use actual potatoes.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
true story
and the pieces (noses, ears, etc) had really sharp points on the end so you could stick them in the potato. Great toy for children. It was like shanks in a box.
If you don't like Brandon Medders you're not a true fan.
This is why the Mr. Potato Head / Cucumber Head joke from the Toy Story 3 trailer isn’t quite as canned as it looks in the trailer. That actually is how people used to play with that toy, using whatever vegetable happened to be handy.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Does this mean we can start jamming things into his cranium? Because if so I’m all for it.
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on May 24, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Neifi Perez!
"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 24, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants offense killed J.R.
And it’s Keyser Soze.
And Luke’s father.
And a sled.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 24, 2010 2:07 PM PDT reply actions
Also, the sultry and alluring Brian Sabean, who’s been sleeping with the IRA boss all this time, is actually a man.
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 in an alternate universe I remember that J.R. wasn't killed
Oops…
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 24, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
"Sultry!
The night was sultry!"
No one ever gets that reference.
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 24, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
YOU DON'T HAVE A COUSIN PADDY
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
So it turns out that Kevin Spacey actually was the Giants offense the whole time!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
The Giants offense is like Gweneth Paltrow’s head in a box.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on May 24, 2010 2:10 PM PDT reply actions
I think there was a thread already dedicated to this
An instant buzz is on the rise, the whiskey's for a big surprise.
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/5/21/1482060/giants-as-series-preview
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
That is so weird. I didn't read that!
Maybe Grant and I can use our powers of telepathy to save the Giants season.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on May 24, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this a long clever reference to a pop-culture phenomenon that I’ve never been exposed to? Sigh. Probably. I feel so left out.
Disfrute Los Gigantes every day at www.leftymalo.com
That's ok, so does the Giants offense!!!
ZING!!!
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on May 24, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Psh. Giants are lucky to hit as far as left field.
They are more often “ground out.”
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I'll post my comment again here to make everyone feel better
This is mind blowing
Emmanuel Burriss career: .262/.328/.301.
2010 Houston Astros: .227/.274/.323.
If the Astros had started the season with Burriss at every single position (including 1B, corner OF, etc.), they would have hit significantly better than they have so far. Through 1,500 PA’s.
I was promised lasagna.
by Cookyman on May 24, 2010 2:11 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Burris for Lee!
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on May 24, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
"Burris at first, leads. Medders looks in, throws, Burris swings and -- DOWN THE LINE..."
“Burris rounds second heading for third, Burris makes the turn to go to second, Bowker has trouble with the ball in the corner, Burris SCORES, Burris to THIRD and it’s suddenly 1-0 Houston. Likely, an insurmountable deficit, given the Giants’ perpetual offensive woes.”
Oh Giid Grief.
I knew the 2010 Astros are a bad , bad team. I had not fully understood just how bad tell this.
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 34%
I may or may not be getting sarchasmed here...
…but I don’t think Huff is as terrible as we thought he would be in the offseason.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
by breadfan7 on May 24, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
IAWTC
I thought Huff would be bordering on DFA worthy by this point
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’s not provided the power we were looking for, but as a hitter he’s been very valuable to the team, particularly with RISP.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Yeah
The good news is of all the major league signings he’s been the 2nd best behind Uribe. The bad news is that of all the major league signings this offseason Aubrey Huff has been the 2nd best behind a guy who was signed to be a utility player.
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 agree with this.
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 34%
and starting on the last day of April, Bochy moved Molina to clean-up, probably because he felt Huff just wasn’t getting the job done
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on May 24, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
on April 28 Huff's BA was .227
he was NOT getting the job done but his career April BA was only .245 so a slow start should have been anticipated
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
Also
Brad Ausmus got 4 PA’s with the Dodgers this year. How did that happen?
I was promised lasagna.
Brad Ausmus is getting paid $1 million this year
How did THAT happen.
It just did, okay.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
The thing is, it happened.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 24, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Agent Ned had to be focused, he was focused
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
Oh wait
He’s on the DL, which means he’s still an MLB player. I was sure he retired.
I was promised lasagna.
I think he has an option for next year 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
Who would be the witch?
Sabean or Bochy?
I am the adopted son of Willie...Willie McCovey.
I think it will end with everyone realizing that they love each other
But none of the mysteries of this “hitting” and “run-scoring” will be solved.
by Murray, Present on May 24, 2010 2:37 PM PDT reply actions
Heck just getting to 2nd or 3rd base is mystifying to this group.
It is like watching a 6 month long bad John Hughes movie but without the humor and some real tragedy involved.
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 34%
It’s like if St. Elmo’s Fire (not actually John Hughes I know) was in real life and both Rob Lowe and Demi Moore’s characters commit suicide at the end.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
More evidence to support your theory: the Giants also have the Egyptian god of the underworld pitching in AAA.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
At first I thought you were confusing Anubis and Osiris. But then I realized you weren’t.
True story.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Anubis Matos?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 24, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this some sort of "24" thing?
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Ownership From The Beginning Until Now
The Giants ownership has proven over the last 50 odd years, that winning rings are not the priority for this organization. They have never hired good baseball people for GM and manager with track records of winning rings. How many stupid moves does Sabean have to make to lose his job?
It would really be nice if the Giants could be sold to an ownership group focused on winning rings and not marketing and putting butts in the seats.
Enjoy the ballpark because that is the best that these owners will ever give you.
Your handle always makes me thing of fish, and how I like them prepared.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Dehydrated, actually.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
You realize that, over the last 50 years, “Giants ownership” has been three completely separate entities, right?
Also, each of the two GMs the Giants had before Sabean had track records of winning the World Series – Bob Quinn with the Reds in 1990 and Al Rosen with the Yankees in 1990.
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.
err
Al Rosen with the Yankees in 1978, I meant to say.
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, saying "Giants ownership from the beginning until now," and tracing "the beginning" back 50 years, really doesn't make sense
As I said, ownership has changed twice since then. The owner in place when the Giants moved west – Horace Stoneham – had already been the owner for some time prior to the move. Before that, his dad owned the team.
As far as ownership is concerned, 50 years ago wasn’t the beginning of anything.
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.
So, summing up
While I agree with your basic premise that the current ownership isn’t doing a good job of hiring smart people to run the team, none of the actual content of your comment holds water.
So yeah.
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 24, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
So what you're saying is
None of the questions that I have right now about the Giants offense will ever be answered?
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
There and Back Again
Baggerly has already beaten the Giants/ Russian Folklore/ Canadian LOTR Musical thing to death.
C’mon Grant. This post was lazy.
Lazy Grant
Must be nice to be the overlord. You get your money for nothin’ and your chicks for free.
It’s conjoined fail, attached at the fiasco. - Grant
You are never going to make Mod with that attitude.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 24, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wait a minute, this post is very similar to the final plot of a popular show that has just ended.
The Ghost Whisperer, right? What with disappearing offenses and big boobs on defensive charts.
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
Those charts are pretty defensive.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Does that mean wan we get Cesar Milan as hitting coach? Oh, wrong whisperer, NVM.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 24, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
They're not defensive charts
they’re rally Christina Hendricks. (Whose image we should consider banning, since her weapons of mass distraction have yet to inspire the Giants offense as much as the male McCoven.)
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Plus it’s kinda dumb to post booby pics here IMO.
It’s conjoined fail, attached at the fiasco. - Grant
If that's the case
Ay doo knot one 2 bee smutt agian.
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on May 24, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Right there with ya.
I rather enjoy Christina Hendricks. Not often you see attractive redheads celebrated in Hollywood, much less ones that aren’t stick figures (btw they’re real, for all the haters/doubters), and as a redhead that makes me happy.
However, it has nothing to do with the game.
We should just stick to the more on-topic stuff, like the Sharks, Niners, Star Wars, etc. ;)
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
/married a gorgeous redhead
If y’all are lucky, I might even post a pic of us here as soon as I can figure out how…
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
might we be of assistance?
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Perhaps he was talking about your gorgeous redhead?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
upload the picture to a photo sharing site (flickr, photobucket, slide.com) and they should give you a image URL. then simply click the picture button (its the one with the tree) in the reply/comment box and paste the URL from the site you uploaded to.
make sure to hit preview to see if it worked!
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Also, it’s considered polite to provide a subject line for large or HAWT pictures.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 24, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, you want to copy the "Direct Link" URL.
And hit “Preview” before “Post” to make sure it’s all OK.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on May 24, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Me and Mrs. Breadfan7
I have red hair, too, but I’m too busy representing.
Grrr….still can’t get the picture to appear here, but hopefully the link works.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Maybe with this?
http://richandandrea.shutterfly.com/pictures/9
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
You're right.
I approve of the both of your head coverings.
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 24, 2010 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
And what's more...
…the new Malibu gets 33 mpg hwy!
I was going to just grab it and post it for you but apparently you chose one of the better protected sites for image management.
Congratulations. How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on May 24, 2010 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions
breadfan, meet Mr. Frankenstein.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 25, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Your wife looks exactly like a girl I dated in college.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I was watching a porn the other day that had a twist ending.
I never saw it coming!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
That would be a surprise ending
She never saw it coming until it was too late.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
He didn’t splooge on her face?
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
No, he did. I just wasn’t watching anymore when it happened, so I didn’t see 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 24, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Basically we are all dead.
Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.
McCoven: We're all happy to be wrong.
Pedro Feliz is dead??
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
His bat is.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Most tearful moment:
Vincent sits beside Tim Lincecum as he rests in the bamboo forest.
Matt Cain appreciates Hugo’s request for assistance, and Sanchez wonders why he just stood in a beam of EM energy for nothing.
Juliet scans Mark DeRosa in an MRI, and he has a profound flashback to his alternate life. “I, I remember,” he says. “I remember when I was a great player 5 years ago.” He breaks down crying.
by Murray, Present on May 24, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
It wasn’t when he put in the quarters; it was when he stuck his arm up in the machine trying to get the wayward Apollo bar.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I’m holding him to another Grant.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s like this whole Grant on Grant thing. Don’t worry, though. it’s not too weird.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
You can touch them if you want to.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
That action is reserved strictly for Grants.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
THROWING ONCE! THROWING TWICE! THOLD!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Truth.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Brian Sabean has a purpose
My theory is that the world would end if the Giants ever won the World Series
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on May 24, 2010 3:19 PM PDT reply actions
Sabean posted this story in Mark Derosa's locker
CHICAGO — After describing a dental scene that would make a horror movie junkie flinch, Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith said his incident wasn’t that big of a deal.
Keith got hit in the mouth by the puck Sunday as the Hawks clinched a spot in the NHL finals with a 4-2 win over the San Jose Sharks at the United Center. As he skated off the ice to the bench, he felt teeth falling out. He lost a total of seven.
“I felt a chunk of some tooth,” Keith said. "Teeth were falling out as I skated off. I coughed one up.
“It sounds gross and bad, but it happens all the time to guys. Probably could have been a lot worse if I got hit in the jaw more.
Keith, an Olympian and Norris Trophy finalist, said he wanted to get back on the ice as quickly as possible. He missed only about 6 1/2 minutes."
Note on the bottom : Duncan Keith missed 6 minutes. You’ve missed 2 weeks.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
man, i really, really hate that construction:
Duncan Keith said his incident wasn’t that big of a deal.
It’s so ugly and lazy. How hard is it to recast that as “it wasn’t a big deal” or “Keith said the incident was no big deal.”
grinds my gears, i tells ya.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
To be fair, hockey players are insane.
"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
furthermore to be fair, teeth arent needed to play hockey, a wrist is pretty important in baseball
IN TIMMY WE TRUST
Kind of like how wrists are important in hockey.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
well we aren’t comparing wrist injuries to wrist injuries.. we are comparing wrist injuries to knocked out teeth. i’m not defending derosa at all, but the two injuries are not one in the same in the least bit
IN TIMMY WE TRUST
I completely agree
I’m just saying that if Duncan Keith’s injury had been to his wrist, he wouldn’t have been back out on the ice. You don’t need teeth to hold a stick.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Well, not the way you hold a stick maybe …
by Dan from NM on May 25, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
True, it’s like comparing apples to missing 7 teeth. Which means, in unrelated news, that Keith will never ever again eat an apple, comfortably.
Oh I’m sure you’re right, and it’s kind of a random thing to think about. I’m sure he’d rather sip champagne out of the cup than eat a candy apple, but it is crazy how his life will be different after losing 7 front teeth.
Okay, then there’s Mike Modano playing with a broken wrist during the Finals in 99. Or Steve Yzerman playing in the 2002 Olympics and Stanley Cup playoffs with no cartilage in his knee. Or Joe Thornton playing the entire 2004 post-season with the Bruins with broken ribs. Or Jeremy Roenick dislocating his shoulder and then coming back to play the next period. Or Peter Forsberg playing with all those concussions.
"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
Patrick Roy
didn’t need his appendix to finish a series v. Boston!
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 24, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
TWJJS
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 24, 2010 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
WAYNE GRETZKY DID IT ON HOT DOGS AND BEER
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
AND THEN HE ATE THE HOT DOGS AND DRANK THE BEER
It’s conjoined fail, attached at the fiasco. - Grant
HE HAS EVERY RECORD
"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
WAYNE GRETZKY DID IT BEHIND A NET!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow...
How do you play hockey with broken ribs??
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 25, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Badly.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Very similiar to danny heatley with a groin injury, a non factor putting it nicely.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on May 25, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Held scoreless through however many games they played. The other team’s players also made it a mission to hit him as hard and as often as they could, to make him more ineffective.
And from that series, Joe Thornton’s choker label was born. Seriously, a stigma that has lasted for over 6 years is because the guy didn’t play well with broken ribs one year.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
He’s also a terrible ventriloquist.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 25, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
For the last time, good ventriloquism isn’t about whether or not you can see the mouth move! It’s about the quality of the characters!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s just that the choking ruins it for me.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 25, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s part of the act!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Btw:
Here was the exchange between anchor Steve Levy and NHL analyst Matthew Barnaby on SportsCenter last night:
Levy: “And a final thought here on the Sharks, as we’ve got a couple of weeks to talk about the Blackhawks: Hey, San Jose, congratulations. You’re a great regular season team. I would’ve cut ’em a break ’cause they made it to the conference final but, hey, you know… See More what, they get swept. They scored seven goals in four games.”
Barnaby: “Not good enough. And I would’ve been the same way. I wouldn’t have said it’s a choke, but… it is a choke. You can’t lose four straight games when you’re the number one seed. And especially Nabokov. This is a guy that can’t carry you to the promised land. You can’t do that. You have to go with someone new going into the next season. I think he’s played his last game for the San Jose Sharks.”
Did they even watch the games?
Series could very well be 2-2 right now if a couple of bounces were different. What a bunch of Kawakamis.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
And the Giants would be more than a game over .500 if a few sizzling line drives hadn't been caught .
Them’s the breaks. Stats can paint an accurate picture, but there’s still dumb luck to warp it in one direction or another.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Furthermore, those bounces wouldn’t have mattered if Nabokov had been better in goal. Niemi stood on his head at least three times in four games. You can blame the offense if you want, but the guy giving up the goals is the easiest scapegoat.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Wait, Duncan Keith? Isn’t he the Spring Awakening guy?
/not serious
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 24, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
/stab
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
“So what smells worse, our offense, or this ’pit right here?”
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 24, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
“… here is my handle…”
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
The SF Giants heavy hitters.
Heavy on the heavy.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on May 24, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
the good news: with DeRosa out, the Giants are no longer on record GDP pace
the bad news: Pablo Sandoval is on a record GDP pace.
if Freddie Sanchez, Mark DeRosa and Aubrey Huff are the answer, I guess I just didn't understand the question.
Gross Domestic Product?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
though he may be gross, Bengie is not a domestic product
if Freddie Sanchez, Mark DeRosa and Aubrey Huff are the answer, I guess I just didn't understand the question.
more good news: the Giants offense surpasseth the Pirates' and Astlols' offenses
the bad news: not by much
if Freddie Sanchez, Mark DeRosa and Aubrey Huff are the answer, I guess I just didn't understand the question.
I know it’s hard to believe, but the Giants aren’t anywhere near as bad as the Astros. They are doing something very special this year.
I was promised lasagna.
But it feels the same when watching it
"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 24, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Upside: I dont expect Wade to end the season as the GM.
Or else their president is a complete idiot.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Obviously they’ve had a ton of bad luck. Lee, Berkman, Feliz, and Pence are all having by far the worst years of their careers.
But, I mean, their catcher has a career OPS+ of 57!
I was promised lasagna.
Oh lord, Pedro Feliz’s year to date….
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
True, but they do have a lot of bad players. Manzella?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
No doubt
Manzella is not a major league (I don’t think he’s even considered anything special defensively). Neither is
Humberto Quintero. Great name though.
I was promised lasagna.
I would have so much fun with that as a stadium announcer.
“Now batting… number fifty-five…. catcher…
Hummmmm-BERT-Tohhhhhh
Quin-TERRRRRRR-ohhhhhhh!”
/all five remaining Astros fans applaud politely
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 24, 2010 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
While you wrote that, Manzella just received his 18th four-pitch walk from a Giants 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 24, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
IIRC Wade got a 5 yr extension last offseason
So he’s probably there
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
Oh shit really?
Well, if the Astros were to finish the year this poorly, you would have to imagine they would make some changes.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmmm
I thought I heard that, but now I can’t find a link so I could be wrong. I do know that a worse GM-Dayton Moore got a 5yr extension
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
Yeah, poor Royals fans.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Moore may be even worse with the press than Sabean
Not only with his “Trust the process” speech but he also said it takes 10(!) years to build a team that can compete for the world series. So I guess LOL Marlins
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
Is this one of those Giants things?
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on May 24, 2010 3:43 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Hopefully, Tea Party members will be in force this week...
to stop the Giants from being Nationalized.
The best thing about the Tea Party is all the tea-bag jokes that are built in.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
And the hyperbole.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 24, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
But mostly the teabagging.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m gonna dip my baaaaaaaaaalls in it!
/The State
It’s conjoined fail, attached at the fiasco. - Grant
Well played.
Almost as good as….monkey torture. :D
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Naturally, the teabagging comes first.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 24, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
God this team is bad at offense. Now on a 26-inning scoreless streak.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
They should resolve to not score for another 39 innings, just to make Orel Hersheiser look like an idiot. Or something.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
lol the reverse Hershiser
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
The Royals went 32 innings without scoring a few years ago. I haven’t been able to find the MLB-record yet, though. Baseball Almanac seems to have the best catalog of all-time team records, but they don’t include scoreless streaks.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
WE'RE IN THIS THING!
record book
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 24, 2010 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Your son is very enthusiastic, Mrs. Basepaul, but he has trouble paying attention in class.
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 25, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
can you imagine if we had to face Strasburg this week?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yes. I don’t even need to imagine. They showed what it would look like the past few days.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
9 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 R, 0 BB, 11 SO in 109 pitches.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
You're low on the strikeouts
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Nah
The best way to attack Strasburg is to swing at the first pitch. I’m sure the Giants hitters know that.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
If they don’t swing at the first pitch, they might not see another one.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Ah, the dreaded one-pitch strikeout, the Giants’ old nemesis…
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 25, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I really, really want to see how long they can go. There’s something magical about unfathomable futility.
+1
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on May 24, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, there’s something magical inside unfathomable futility.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure it's "only" 20 innings?
They pushed across a run late Friday night in the 7th inning and then stayed home for the entire weekend.
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on May 24, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Can Grant like write up an Email explaining how stupid this management is that we can all E-sign and send to Nuekom? Or at least Mychael Urban?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 4:00 PM PDT reply actions
subject
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory
by Natto on May 24, 2010 4:10 PM PDT reply actions 8 recs
It took forever just to make one. :/
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory
You need a special computer program. They are usually pretty expensive.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
DANCE MONKEY DANCE
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I don't think that's necessary
In this case, one word is worth 1,000 pictures.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
oh man, so great.
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Is this some sort of “Lost” thing?
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Hahahaha rec’d
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Why isn’t he doing better? Didn’t he go on a bunch of 100 mile bike rides during the off-season? What the heck?
best shape of his life!!!
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on May 24, 2010 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
rec'd so hard
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
So, I’ve spent the past 30 minutes watching Hugh Laurie’s songs from A Bit of Fry and Laurie (my favorite, I think).
Who’s more awesome, Fry or Laurie?
My answer: yes.
I was promised lasagna.
I loved when he performed his parody protest song on SNL.
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory
I didn’t see that. Which protest song, All We Gotta Do, or the one about kicking ass?
I was promised lasagna.
All We Gotta Do
I should quote myself in my signature too. -Natto
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory
I enjoy it when the larger fellow is making drinks.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 24, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
America... Americaaaaaaaaaaaa....
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
/Shift+A
I prefer when Grant mails it in.
/awaits ban hammer
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I remember seeing LaRussa send Ludwick in that epic Mets game with Pujols up and thinking “WTF? Is he trying to lose the game?” Actually, I thought that a bunch of times during that game. i don’t hate on LaRussa like a lot of folks, but hot DAMN he was off his game that night.
The lesson here:
Even when LaRussa is actively trying to throw the game, it’ll still take the Mess 20 innings to win. LOL Mess!
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 24, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
hold the phone...
the giants offense is bad?
it doesn’t make any sense.
they sent velez down and everything.
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on May 24, 2010 4:57 PM PDT reply actions
There's Velez
And then there’s Velezlike.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on May 24, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
OPS+ leaders
1. Eli Whiteside 124 (LOL)
2. Andres Torres 121
3. Aubrey Huff 108
4. Nate Schierholtz 106
5. Travis Ishikawa 104 (WTF?)
6. Juan Uribe 101
Everyone else is below 100 ( Sandoval 98)
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 5:05 PM PDT reply actions
Also, Matt Cain has a -62 OPS+
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
We need to find a way to get Eli more at bats. Has he ever played 1B or LF?
by Into the Void on May 24, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
All C’s should play 1B. Apparently.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on May 24, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Ishikawa has a homer and two doubles I, believe. And one single, I think.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I’m still holding out hope that he can become Carlos Pena
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 24, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
That would be awesome.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
These numbers prove
That Andres Torres should be removed from the lineup in favor of Juan Uribe and left fielder Huff.
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
Bench Schierholtz NOW!
"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 25, 2010 5:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I buried posey
I buried posey.
[you can hear sabean saying this if you slow down from 45rpm to 33 1/3 rpm during the part where he is saying “at the end of the day”]
HOW'S BARRY? HOW'S BARRY? HOW'S BARRY?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
he’s ok?
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
TELL ME ABOUT BARRY ZITO
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Is Urban having a chat right now?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish. He always has them while Im at school.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
THE LOU SEAL IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
That offense you like is going to come back in style.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Barry Zito remind me today of a small Mexican Chihuahua.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Are there LARGE Mexican Chihuahuas?
"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 25, 2010 5:08 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL Strasburg!
Gave up a run!
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 24, 2010 5:31 PM PDT reply actions
Dude sucks
he better get it together-I mean he was demoted from AA to AAA
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
B U S T
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Watching the Pitt/Cin tilt.
HARANGGGGG!
Taking a break from Hrabosky’s meanderings down Memory Lane.
Grant’s head: The Giants’ missing magic is inside!
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on May 24, 2010 5:32 PM PDT reply actions
Vic, are you sure it's Hrabosky?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on May 24, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
No.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on May 24, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it's Walk, because Blass only works home games.
And the Bucs, to their great dismay, are not at home tonight.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on May 24, 2010 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Only 3 games on right now and they all stink
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 6:05 PM PDT reply actions
3 now, 12 later, and so on
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 24, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
No, there were only four games scheduled today.
Don’t believe my numbers?
Here’s my worksheet.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on May 24, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
oh, I read “3 games out”
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 24, 2010 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I switched to BOS/TB before the Reds game was out.
Didn’t finish the Boston game either.
I really don’t want to watch other baseball games.
But the ones I do want to watch create searing bolts of pain in my optic nerves.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on May 24, 2010 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
watching the intense frandsens versus freddys game, franden with the only hit for the angels and is ironically hitting .438 in 18 at bats.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Is that Hobson’s choice or Morton’s fork?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 24, 2010 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
yes, it is!
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 25, 2010 5:30 AM PDT up reply actions
The Science Channel is awesome, they are talking about what’s going to happen when aliens visit us. Apparently the aliens are going to give us all blankets full of alien diseases and we’re going to all die.
Ask me about my blog.
and save us from our oil slick, etc?
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
by greatgiantfan on May 24, 2010 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
They caused our oil slick!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
THE BRITISH ARE ALIENS!!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 24, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Turns out that there's a possibility that BP's leak estimates were slightly off.
What’s 95, 000 bbl/day between friends?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on May 24, 2010 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
don't worry, their crack scientists are on the case
figuring how to capture and sell as much of these valuable assets as possible, rather than wasting them in the swamplands and swamp creatures of the Gulf.
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 24, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
The head of BP was quoted the other day as saying they’d spent $700 million and had 23,000 people all working to cap the pipe.
I’m not sure trotting out those figures had the desired effect .
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on May 24, 2010 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
/Neukom makes note to self to attempt to get BP CEO as new Giants GM.
"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 25, 2010 5:05 AM PDT up reply actions
And Dr. Baltar is forging the test results so we don’t even know which ones they are!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS WHOLE TIME!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
LOL HUMANS!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait… I’ve seen this….
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
The aliens look like us. They’re also robots. Also, we made them.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
0_0
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
why won’t the aliens die from earth diseases? Does it even make sense we would be susceptible to microbes from another planet?
Just get the damn surgery, Mark DeRosa.
Just spray them with water
/Cruise
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
This is also the M. Night Shyamalan method.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahahahah (That's evil laughter)
Our only weakness is water (and doors)! We will now take over this planet covered with it!
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
I think evil laughter is spelled ‘muhahahahah’.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 24, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
You mean...
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 24, 2010 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
/microbes wander around
FUCKING IMMUNE SYSTEM
HOW DOES IT WORK?!
Just get the damn surgery, Mark DeRosa.
MIDICHOLIANS!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Let’s start with a refresher course on V(D)J recombination and how this generates the vast diversity of antibodies and T-cell receptors. The IgG loci are on chromosomes 2, 14 and…oh. No one is listening. MAGIC! That’s not as boring, right?
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
You are lying and pissing me off.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 25, 2010 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Chasm?
I think his point was that the microbes would be confused by an alien immune system.
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 25, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I am an alien
from the planet Ks980scsakjl. You guys may know this planet as Howie’s Ass.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
you live in Howie’s Ass?
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 24, 2010 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Only when he is drunk
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Basically, every Tuesday and Thursday.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 24, 2010 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
that stinks
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 24, 2010 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps the should change their name to "The Bad Science Channel"
"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 25, 2010 5:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm actually glad that there's no game today
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...
Really?
The Giants stopped playing baseball a week ago, at least everyone on offense and Timmy for an inning.
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on May 24, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not
Orlando vs. Boston is BOOOORING.
by Into the Void on May 24, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Definitely
At least Fred will be on at 7.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Murtz
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Montreal vs Philadelphia isn’t, though.
"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
Those little Canadiens just won’t go away.
"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
Flyers win
We’ll be having the 3rd overall team versus the 18th overall team. Only the NHL, eh?
"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
Also, twitter right now:
OMG HE TOUCHED THE TROPHY!!!
"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
Who would ever believe that human/dog hybrid thing is real?
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
77.7% get this question wrong!
CLICK OUR CRAPPY LINK, YOU ASSHOLES!
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 24, 2010 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Goddamn Hawk Harrelson is annoying. “GET UP! HE GONE! YES!” Seriously, dude, you need to shut the fuck up. You are an embarrassment to baseball announcing.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Stop trying to make “so fetch” happen. It’s not gonna happen!
by Murray, Present on May 24, 2010 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Regina George punched me in the face once...
…it was AWESOME.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Four for you Glen Coco! You go Glen Coco!
And none for Gretchen Weiners goodbye.
"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
Ish.
“Yeah, he’s kinda an embarrassment, but he’s our embarrassment.”
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 24, 2010 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL US
Our organization cannot admit that ONE (just one, not several) of the contracts they have doled out in the last two years was a mistake. They refuse to sit either worthless pile no. 1 (Rent) or most likely to be worthless pile no. 2 (Mole) to keep one of our best bats in the lineup (Uribe)
Instead they would rather destroy our team defense, which has not been bad, to shift people around to unnatural positions and remove one of our best bats (Nate).
LOL US.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
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.
hey pal
who you callin “us”? I don’t work for the Ginats.
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 24, 2010 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
fredemption continues to say fu giants :(
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
to bad he got B&S’d and mailed it in playing for the giants, he’s been one of the best lead off hitters in the game since joining toronto.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
when did he mail it in? Was it when he had the one 2 week bad stretch and was never heard from again?
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
Sorry, I only watch good television
Is there anyway someone can relate this to The Wire?
Alternatively, Frontline references will suffice.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
The Giants offense is Johnny Weeks.
- Occasionally entertaining but eternally doomed.
- When he tried to pass off counterfeit bills to the dealers in the low rises he was beaten. When the giants tried to pass off Bengie Molina as a DH they scored 1 run in a 3 game series.
- Johnny was addicted to drugs, the Giants are addicted to hacking vets on the downside of their career.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
McCoven Nerds living in mothers' basements = Bunny Colvin
Willing to try innovative methods that actually work, but get shot down by defenders of conventional practices that perpetuate failure.
by D4P on May 24, 2010 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
My mom doesn't have a basement
I live in her converted garage. It even has a window!
"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 25, 2010 5:01 AM PDT up reply actions
McCovey Chronicles= Hamsterdam
Other than that, it’s pretty tough. I don’t think David Simon ever conceived of an organization this messed up.
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 24, 2010 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Sabean is like McNulty, always trying to do the right thing, but the way the organization is structured, he can’t do it and has to go outside of normal channels to get his work done. Sabean will probably be arrested any day now
Plus, drinking problem.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 25, 2010 7:39 AM PDT up reply actions
The LOL FREDS are leading the LOL FRANDSENS 2-0
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 8:27 PM PDT reply actions
lol us
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 24, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Alex Gonzalez already has 10 home runs with 33 rib-eyes. Guaranteed sabean goes on “We’re going to trade for the impact bat and clean up hitter we’ve lacked all along!”. Then he proceeds to trade a bucnh of good mid level prospects that end up being ethiers and we get alex Gonzalez, ryan garko all over again lolol.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Even I get the emptiness of RBI totals.
They should be banned,
BANNED, I say!
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on May 24, 2010 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Brian sabean should not be allowed to view the statistic. Then again, brian sabean should not be employed as a GM, or be employed at all for that matter.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Sabean would be the guy fucking up your order at the Taco Bell drive-thru
"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 25, 2010 4:59 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL FRANDSEN has the only hit for the LOL FRANDSENS
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 24, 2010 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL BREAKIN UP THE NONO’S SINCE 2006
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
1.163 OPS
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
B&S
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
This IS Fred Lewis Chronicles
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I do, he’s 1 for 5 tonight with a triple and a run scored. I always check his stats every night to remind myself of how mentally challenged sabean is. Then again everytime I see anything giants related I am reminded of that, but fredemption is still a glaring example of B&S.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
What's wrong with doing the dew?
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
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.
slump
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
shut up nerds AAA pitching is garbage and he needs to develop and cant catch velocity!!! /sabean’d
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on May 24, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
4 for 4 in AAA translates to like 0 for 8 in a good league…Sabes is still not impressed
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on May 24, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
somehow they only scored one run…on 8 hits. Pure Giants baseball
guillermo mota: adopted for his veteran relieving savvy
Yeah, Fresno has been scoring as many runs as the Giants lately. But they are somehow still winning.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on May 24, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
non useless bullpen?
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on May 24, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
/sabean texts derosa and tells him to go on ralph and tom and lie and talk about dragon naturally speaking and how he’s a gamer veteran thats gonna be productive.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on May 24, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
THE MARCH TOWARDS .300 .200 CONTINUES!
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
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.
there will be a time this season when molina hits a light drive single to right and gets thrown out at first. I was convinced it’d happen in new york with francouer but he didn’t hit anything that weekend.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on May 24, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope it happens at home and he gets booed off the field.
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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 25, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
As to Posey being ready, Sabean said, “There are a lot of sides to it. He is catching, he is playing first base and he is swinging the bat in a (hitters’) league where it’s tough to evaluate a high average.”
At least Sabean’s saying the appropriate thing (two weeks later) to the media instead of outright bashing minor league stats.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
by imovermyhead on May 24, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
not good enough apparently
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on May 24, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Umm...
Maybe you could, y’know, HIRE someone whose JOB it is to do those TOUGH evaluations? It’s not magic, Sabes. It’s just finding the MLEs for the Pacific Coast League.
JFC.
"The problem with the Giants is Brian Sabean's ongoing disconnect between the quality of the performances and the reputation of the performers. He's signed all these former All-Stars! Runs will ensue! Surely they must! ... It's like having how an offense scores runs explained by creationists." -- Christina Kahrl
he's a gamer, this is what we signed him for /sabean
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=3584770
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on May 24, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Radouche continues to add to his dunce legend, he just stated “I enjoy giants games even when they lose, it’s just such a fun team to watch!” I’m sure he’ll be dancing with joy and raising his voice while welly (proffesional pitcher bork bork) is giving up pond shots and the giants get 3 hit in a CG by livo.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Wait, why the fuck is Wellemeyer pitching today when with the off day it is Timmy’s standard rest?
Good thing I can’t watch tonight.
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Apparently, Tim’s last start was scary and they want him to get the extra day. It’s probably not a bad idea in the long run, though I’d rather see Joey than Toddy in this situation, tbh.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Tonight's game should be pretty funny
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 25, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m looking forward to needing the emotional pick-me-up of a post-Giants shot of TNG.
“Why is Geordi still not getting any?”
“loltachyons!”
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Many things the giants do make giants fans say what the fuck and face palm.quite a bit. Things like this make giants
According to Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle, the Giants will wait on Posey and are hoping that Mark DeRosa will be back relatively soon from wrist tendinitis and give the team a much-needed offensive boost.
Another issue is struggling catcher Bengie Molina, who has two RBI this month. Schulman says the Giants don’t want to push their star catcher aside after one bad month.
face palm
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on May 25, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait… It’s wrist tendonitis now? Is that really what you call it when the god damned tendon isn’t even fucking attached anymore?
Damn it, Henry….
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, tendinitis.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Mark DeRosa walks up to the team trainer holding his wrist
DeRosa: "My wrist really hurts. I am getting no power behind my swing.
Trainer: “Well, let’s get an MRI done so we can find out what the deal is.”
DeRosa walks up to Sabean and Bochy holding his MRI results
Sabes and Bochy (in unison): LALALALALALALALLAL TENDONITIS WE CAN’T HEAR YOU
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 25, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
DeRosa: “So I’ve been playing through this tendinitis like you guys recommended, but now I can’t feel some of my fingers.”
Trainer: “That’s odd… maybe we should run a few more—”
Sabes and Bochy (in unison): LALALALALALALALLAL EXCITED NERVE LET IT CALM DOWN 15-DAY DL THAT’S ALL YOU NEED LALALALALALALALLAL
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
There is 3 things extremely wrong with that article, all a product of brian sabean arrogance.
Mark DeRosa will be back relatively soon from wrist tendinitis and give the team a much-needed offensive boost
Schulman says the Giants don’t want to push their star catcher aside after one bad month.
And of course the retarded giants front office continuing to pretend they don’t need posey and that everything will be ok, fire brian sabean.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on May 25, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m pretty sure whoever told Schulman it’s tendinitis is full of shit. That thing ain’t irritated. It’s fucking torn motherfucker.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
this
This is yet another bold statement that brian sabean is a arrogant lying peice of shit. It also shows that the giants front office doesn’t give two shits what sabean does, so long as the whine and cheesers keep buying tickets and merchandise. This mark derosa debacle should be the last mistake sabean is allowed to make, but we all know he’ll have thousands more oppurtunities.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Isn’t there two different problems? The flapping tendon and some kind of nerve irritation from getting hit in the elbow?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 25, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/5/24/1485231/how-the-giants-season-will-end#38302052
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
We haven't quite flushed all the losses out of our system.
Once we get back to .500, we can start playing baseball again. BORK
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
does it matter?
losing 2-0 (LOLpen) is no worse than losing 8-0. Actually it’s less painful
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Spot-On.
Grant, your analysis is spot-on. Have you ever read Nabokov? Vladimir Nabokov. No not the Sharks player Nabokov and no not the DH Guerrero. Read “Pale Fire” for a satirical treatment of literary critique that’s only half as engaging as yours … perhaps because it goes on for 100 more pages.
I’ve always found Nabokov to be a very weird kind of overrated. It’s hard to say that he’s overrated because Pale Fire and Lolita are so damn good, but at the same time I think that his entire library gets way more credit than it deserves based on the brilliance of such a small percentage of his output. So much of what he wrote was total crap.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Over/Under on Nyjer Morgan referred to as a "San Francisco/Bay Area native" on radio and TV broadcasts
10.5
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