Select a Scenario: Aaron Rowand
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 10:46 AM PDT
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You are the manager of the San Francisco Giants. One of your star players, Aaron Rowand, is in a slump. It’s not just a typical slump, either. It’s a soul-gnashing, gutter slump of biblical proportions. Everyone in the ballpark knows that Rowand will swing at the low, outside breaking ball. The pitcher can stand on the mound and scream with a Cockney accent, "With your permission, guv’nor, I’d like to throw a low, outside breaking ball" as the Jefferson Starship song "You’re About To See a Breaking Ball Out of the Strike Zone" plays over the PA, and the player will still swing and miss at the low, outside breaking ball.
What do you do?
Bench him (Page 26)
Let him play through his slump (Page 3)
Wait, how are you defining "star"? (Page 30)
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YAY!!
I love these!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 10:48 AM PDT reply actions
Bork:
“he had some good swings”
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 10:49 AM PDT reply actions
So that giff is of who many AB's? It just keeps going.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
rowand has an abnormally steep angle of repose for neck-to-shoulder muscles (whatever they’re called). i’d guess at least 45 degrees. how does that stack to other players i wonder?
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
It’s a trap!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Are you saying he's asleep from the neck up?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s also a metaphor.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Is this a Lost thing?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jun 2, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow...that's uncanny
That’s EXACTLY what I would do if I faced a major league breaking pitch.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
But would you be willing to do it for less than $60 million?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Absolutely not. I know what the going rate is.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, just WOW!
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
She looks way too classy to be a pick-up “good time” girl prostitute.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Jun 2, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
look closer...
you can see the whore in her eyes.
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
by lame-o on Jun 2, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
luckily
Hitler and Tojo were already defeated.
TEMPORARY SIG AWAITING FINAL SABEAN APOCALYPSE
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game in development
Funny you should mention that
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Classic values, veteran grit, etc. etc.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Jun 2, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
“had some nice swings”
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Your grandmother was pretty hot
Tell her I said hi
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Who in the world refers to their penis as "The Axis"?
And I can beat “The Axis” anytime I want.
"You can always recover from the player you didn't sign. You may never recover from the player you signed at the wrong price." --Billy Beane
"I am not an idiot."--Brian Sabean
by Sabean's_Folly on Jun 2, 2010 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
The pitcher can stand on the mound and scream with a Cockney accent, “With your permission, guv’nor, I’d like to throw a low, outside breaking ball” as the Jefferson Starship song “You’re About To See a Breaking Ball Out of the Strike Zone” plays over the PA
This is very funny.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Not even.
The
Let him play through his slump (Page 3)labyrinthe was funny because it was all too real.
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED
Page 60!
Goodbye, Steven Johnson, we hardly knew ye. Seriously, that was short.
It will never be a World Series until all borders are truly erased.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I freakin' love these make your adventures!
And would the team on Molokai be the Lepers?
Both historicaly accurate and fitting.. no?
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
Did you hear about the hockey game at the leper colony being cancelled?
There was a face off in the corner!
"You can always recover from the player you didn't sign. You may never recover from the player you signed at the wrong price." --Billy Beane
"I am not an idiot."--Brian Sabean
by Sabean's_Folly on Jun 2, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
tasty humor – check
bad pun – Check!
I got to love it!
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
Personally, I would
completely ignore the problem by continually repeating “Aaron will snap out of it, he’s just a hit or two away,” then blame the loss on the pitchers for not holding runners on better.
fixited
"Aaron will snap out of it, he’s just a hit or two hundred away,"
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
I took that as meaning he needs to be punched twice to get the savvy going again
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Jun 2, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I feel worse than the time I killed Batman in a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure...
No matter what choice I made, Rowand was still on the team!
So he would have repaid his entire slary this year after what 4 games?
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Kinky!
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
I would fine Roward $500,000 for every low and away breaking ball he swung at
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
I benched Aaron Rowand, persisted through purgatory and hell as a result, and the Giants still don’t win the World Series? How anticlimactic
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
But we get to enjoy a season of over 500 ball with out feeling we need to bath in tomato juice, lylsol and bleach to cut the stentch of failure off us. I would call that WIN!
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
I want to live in that room with all the stairs.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 11:04 AM PDT reply actions
I don’t know…
That room looks to be mighty dry.
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
SHOW US YOUR PAPERS
Please make sure your papers are securely sealed in a non – combustible parcel.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
THIS APPLYS TO ALL FORIGNERS! NOT JUSST TEH BROWNS!
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
BUIT WE MENT THEM
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 4, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
David Bowie’s in that room with a Tawny Kitaen hair-style. “As the world falls down..”
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
by Andrew Martin on Jun 2, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
The correct answer was "remind me of the babe."
But that’s ok.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Bambino?
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
nobody lead off with it
so I just figured I’d go for the loop
by Andrew Martin on Jun 2, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
*lcd
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
As long as David doesn’t have Tawny’s temper to go along with her hair style, I still want to live in that room.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I feel better now.
Thank you, good sir.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
I won the World Series on the first try! I didn’t even have to save a page with my finger to return to if I didn’t like the result.
I reached a fork in the road.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 11:05 AM PDT reply actions
I agree
It helps when you don’t want to eat with your hands.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I was looking for a spork!
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Now that’s the ticket.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
No it isn't
It’s a spork
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Somewhere in the world, it doubles as a ticket.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Airline Gate Attendant: “Excuse me, sir. Where do you think you’re going?”
Lars: “Fuck you, lady. I got my spork right here!”
Airline Gate Attendant: “Oh, go right in.”
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes and I seem to remember Harrison Ford saying “No spork!” immediately after throwing a Nazi henchman off of a blimp in The Last Crusade.
Let's hug it out, bitch.
Suck It, UT.
“She’s got a spork to ride but she don’t care”
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
This sounds like it should the wives antheme.
/ rimshot
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
It should.
/walks away muttering
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 4, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
The world needs more sporks.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Taco Bell- Helping the world get its sporks.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Don’t take it! It only leads to misery and clean hands!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Misery always leads to dirty hands. God that Kathy Bates is hawt!
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
…
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
We know you’re still sad about Bea Arthur being dead, but man, don’t rain on someone else’s parade.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Kathy Bates is a parasitic fungus under the nail of Bea Arthur’s smoking hot big toe. She is scum. Bea Arthur forever!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Gross
Bea Arthur’s smoking hot big toe
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Believe me: Once you treat the fungus, that toe is fapalicious.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Feet are gross
Toes especially so.
Now, tell Bea Arthur to wear a pair of closed toe heels and I’d hit it so hard that we would all wind up in a new universe bubble thereby proving chaotic inflation theory!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
We’ve had this conversation before, you and I.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
So which one keeps swinging and missing!
/ rimshot!
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
And if the site search function wasn’t continually fucked, I’d find it for you.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Huh… I guess it’s just glitchy in Chrome. Worked fine for me in IE.
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/10/22/1097045/alcs-game-five#23200746
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Not everyone has ugly feet Lars. Some feet are hot.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
All feet are ugly
If you have feet, they are ugly.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
He didn't say that hot feet aren't ugly.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
bengie has feet
bengie is part of the universe
we are part of the universe
we are part of bengie’s feet
we are ugly
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
There’s a whole volume of films exploring the scientific attraction of the female foot!
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Every one of those films
shows ugly feet and the men who overlook that fact.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Omnomnomnomnom
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
My eyes don’t lie!
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
They’re like your hips that way.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Hips that sway don't lie.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Mmmm nail fungus...
/fapfapfapfapfapfap
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
If only she could be hired to treat Rowand’s legs.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Drive Straight
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
whenever i read these i feel like the internet was invented for this purpose alone.
also…
/turns to page 23
I listened to Murph and Mac this morning, and they had Andy Baggarly on with them at 8:30. If I could have jumped into my radio and smacked him, I would have.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Good CYOA, by the way. Just wanted to mention Andy, because his love of Sabean and Rowand was a little disheartening.
In case anyone else feels like being angry today… Link.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
I think Bags was pretty straigh up. The DJ's though...
That kind of serious rimjob needs to have a NSFW label and a XXX warning. Hint: we aint pissed about 162 games. We are pissed about 300+ games. It aint about out thinking the GM . It is about 7 years of wretched failure and how no appearnt effort is being made to change that.
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
Yeah, one of the radio guys claims that commenters are going to feel proud about disparaging Sabean on a blog when they are dying on their death beds, but really the concern of many of us is that we’ll be on our deathbeds and still won’t know what it’s like to win a world series.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
THE LOOP
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Goodbye, productivity
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jun 2, 2010 11:08 AM PDT reply actions
haha
this is the most fun ive had on the internet since….google had pacman on their page.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
I kept choosing “Let him play through his slump” and he kept going 0 for 3 with 2 K’s or 1-5 or 0-4… what gives?!?!?! When does he break out of the slump? Surely Bochy must know, since he keeps playing him.
This whole, “when is Bochy going to bench Rowand for someone ever-so-slightly-better”, has dated back to Rowands first month with the team.
I ain’t scurred! Your threats only make me stronger
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 11:19 AM PDT reply actions
Only two and a half more years
Only two and a half more years
Only two and a half more years
Only two and a half more years
Only two and a half more years
Only two and a half more years
[…]
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
It's frightening to think
how bad he might be in 2012.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
SSS Comparison
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
1-5 with 6 K
Only Rownads could pull that off.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jun 2, 2010 11:24 AM PDT reply actions
Wrecked
Totally and completely
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Rowand needs a week off for sure
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Remember back in, like, early May, when we were all starting to wonder whether maybe Rowand’s every-three-years pattern was for real?
LOL us.
IT IS REAL DAMMIT!
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
every 3 dog years?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
Adopting Denny Bautista until someone tells me he's already spoken for.
That he sucks?
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
It's real-It's DAMN real
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
Back then, he was still in the best shape of his life. I wonder what happened.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
He must of gotten to close to Yucca Mountain during one his mountain biking excursions.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, he must have.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I still believe Scott will come out of it for...
4 games in June
6 games in July
5 games in August
3 games in September
and 1 game in October
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
Off day. Also, 1-4, 3K during the off day.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
Adopting Denny Bautista until someone tells me he's already spoken for.
/swings at slider in dirt while sleeping
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s hot here in my office.
I’m thinking of paying a pitcher to just stand by my desk and throw sliders. My logic is Aaron Rowand will arrive shortly and just start swinging and missing. The breeze should cool me off
bench him when his OPS+ falls below half of FLewis'
68 vs 133 at present
I like my beer cold ... my TV loud ... and my romosexuals flaming.--Homer Simpson
I had to let him play through it
there is just no one else who is hot right now.
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.
He’s right, you know. If they were hot, they’d be getting hits. Instead, they’re just sitting there on the bench, doing nothing. You can’t afford to start players like that.
by Evan on Jun 2, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
sadly, while we mock him in 'chasm...
i get the feeling this is being told to Bochy by Flannery and Dunston everyday.
Hansel!
He’s so hot right now
TEMPORARY SIG AWAITING FINAL SABEAN APOCALYPSE
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game in development
You know, several years before the park was built
someone involved in the effort to build the ballpark came to a party with a model of the phone booth, saying this would be the Giants’ new park. Upon retrospect, I should have smashed that model and said “What it this…BARRY BONDS IS NOT AN INCH TALL!”
"Skillet, we just spent $64,000 in that bar. So we're gonna have to get jobs to cover up the fact that we rob banks" -Mouse Fitzgerald
It needs to be at least three times this size!
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jun 2, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Page 39
:(
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.
I find it to be UNholy actaully.
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
The march towards .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.
So your saying we might be able to trade him to the Royals!?!?!
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
moving into LeMasterLand
Based on quantitative as well as less concrete indicators, former Giant shortstop Johnnie LeMaster, who played from 1975-1987 is my candidate for worst non-pitcher to have a real major league career. LeMaster’s numbers, .222/.277/.289 are sufficiently bad to ensure his candidacy on the short list. He is also one of only 23 players in the history of the game to have more than 3,000 plate appearances and an OPS+ of less than 65. ….
LeMaster was a shortstop so his dreadful offensive numbers should be taken in some context. However, that context was not really one of being a sharp fielding shortstop. LeMaster’s range factor per nine innings, 4.95, was almost identical to the league average, 4.96, over the course of his career. Similarly, LeMaster’s career fielding percentage of .961 was .004 lower than the league fielding percentage for shortstops during his career.
… The Giants management sought to portray LeMaster as a good fielder presumably because he was so obviously a bad hitter. However, few fans fell for this ruse.
Midway through his career, in 1983, the Giants moved LeMaster into the leadoff spot. This may have been based on the fact that he had managed a .274 OBP between 1980-1982. LeMaster responded with what was probably the best season of his career stealing 39 bases in 58 tries while upping his OBP to .317 with an OPS+ of 76. That this was the best season in LeMaster’s career, in which he was a more or less a full time player for seven seasons, is a good indication of just how bad LeMaster was.
I like my beer cold ... my TV loud ... and my romosexuals flaming.--Homer Simpson
Moving bad hitters into the lead off spot works. 100% of the time.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
What?
Wait…you’re telling me LeMaster WASN’T a good defensive shortstop??
Oh, I’ve been such a FOOL!!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
Does that mean that Rowand sucks at fielding too?
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by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
This is scurrilous yellow journalism at its worst.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Two Words:
Bill Bergen
TEMPORARY SIG AWAITING FINAL SABEAN APOCALYPSE
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game in development
I also find it funny/sad that it took him 29 games of hitting 248/287/442 to be removed from the leadoff position.
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by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Still problem!
So tradeing Lewis put him in this funk?
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
lol
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
acid in the wound
A certain left fielder now playing for in Canada has this line:
.305/.341/.518
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
Yes but don’t you need to multiply those numbers by .68 to get the US value?
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
The Giants really need to scout Europe then.
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by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn't it a lot higher now?
LOL ECONOMY
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
No, to the National League value.
But many make that mistake.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Worse than Randy Winn last year
This can’t be repeated enough.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
Worse than Randy Winn (though not from the right side)
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
Far less classy Randy Winn.
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I got "Aaron Rowand has Died Of Dysentery"
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
by DJ Tofu on Jun 2, 2010 11:47 AM PDT reply actions 8 recs
Bwahahhahahaha
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
LOLOL
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
HAHA
For great justice!
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jun 2, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
“Here lies rowand. peperony and cheese.”
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
“Raccons have gotten into your ceter fielder cache.”
/ cue pic of Scott after running into wall.
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
He should play through it.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
On second thought, I don’t think I want to eat this soup.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
But I just finished soaking my feet in your soup
EAT IT!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
What kind of soup?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
It was a canned Thai Hot and Sour soup. It smelled vile, and it had mushrooms with the exact texture of compressed styrofoam.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Ew.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
It was gross. I threw it out and made a ham sandwich.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
It tasted like feet
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Not true.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Some feet taste good.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Gross
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Like this one?
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by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Toe flesh mixed with lettuce and condiments
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
toe jam
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I think its a mis-placed merkin.
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by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
And leave.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
You eat your damn soup!
I just had jalapeno and corn chowder and it was delicious!
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
I wonder
if Dayton Moore would be willing to do a Rowand for Jose Guillen swap
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
While I'm just raging against the GIANTZ BRASZ
Per Henry Schulman:
Bochy told us the other day that Burrell might get 10 or so games in Fresno, but the former Phillie is hitting the ball well down there. He is 5-for-12 with a homer and four RBIs in three games and even had two hits in one inning at Las Vegas tonight.
If the Giants call up Burrell based on a small sample size of AAA at bats, after Sabean kept Posey down longer because AAA stats don’t tell us anything… Can we finally call Veteran Bias without being told we’re wrong?
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
AAAA
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
if you're vroom
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Sabean loves his veterans. Screw young fresh raw talent. Give him his glory days. (cue song)
by Skunkburner on Jun 2, 2010 12:07 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Maybe they are planning to do a wrist transplant for DeRosa and just got Burrell for his parts?
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Maybe...
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
THAT THREAD IS DEAD
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Howie is nothing if not environmentally responsible.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
to the contrary
there are now two identical sets of data out there in this site, plus untold thousands of copies residing on our computers across the world. not counting the permutations residing on his own computer. all these identical files take energy, bandwidth, and time to transmit over any given distance.
responsible? i say reprehensible!
also, rec’d
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE!!!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
After about 60 K's I got DFA him.
by Skunkburner on Jun 2, 2010 11:52 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Bengie must have been PISSED when that thing in DeRosa’s wrist ate the clubhouse spread.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jun 2, 2010 12:09 PM PDT reply actions
Nah, he was probably baiting it with the dip so he could fatten it up for the roast he has in his locker.
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by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
A fairly fun challenge that the baby engaged in
back before the internet or Elias was the effort to compile a list of the eight position players with the lowest career batting average in over 2,000 games at that position. Four or five of slogged away at it for a couple of weeks while communicating by phone and snail mail.
The 2,000 games really puts a spin on the search. In 1980, it required some serious page turning in the Baseball Encyclopedia. I don’t have my list any more. But I do remember the 3rd baseman and shortstop. Obviously, to play in that many games means they brought something else to the table.
Any guesses without using the internet?
Proud father of Alex and Fred Lewis.
I ain't denyin' there wasn't no bottle.
I have no clue, but am curious who they are.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Jun 2, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Chico Fernandez at SS, Eddie Yost 3b Wildass guesses
I like my beer cold ... my TV loud ... and my romosexuals flaming.--Homer Simpson
Very good guesses, nogood.
But Sr. Fernandez only played in 830 games and Mr. Yost hit .254 in his 2,100 games.
Now I’ve never gone back to confirm this with modern methods, but I wonder if anyone can beat Mark Belanger, who hit .228 in 2,100 games, and Aurelio Rodriguez (Goldenrod), who hit .237 in just over 2K.
Proud father of Alex and Fred Lewis.
I ain't denyin' there wasn't no bottle.
Through 51 games the Giants have scored 3 or fewer runs in 43% of their games. Above their 2009 record of 40%.
They have been held to 1 run or shut out 12 times.
That’s almost a quarter (23.5%) of their games played.
Based on the freelance writing post
I’m thinking Grant had Rowand play through the slump in order to juice his pageviews.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jun 2, 2010 12:18 PM PDT reply actions
This morning on KNBR Baggs said what is wrong with Giants fans
Basically, we are too negative. We are more interested in the contract than the score of the game. In other words, we are just too hard on Sabean. He said that we were just lucky that we did not sign Juan Pierre or Carlos Lee and that Alfonso Soriano was a bad FA acquisition as was Andruw Jones.
Incidentally Jones is currently hitting .230/.342/.508. I’d take that…
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
HES NOT THE WORST SO SHUT UP!
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by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, those teams have ONE BAD CONTRACT not two (I guess the Cubs have two) and they all suck
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by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
And the one team that doesn’t completely suck was at least smart enough to eat and/or dump those bad contracts.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jun 2, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It's our fault the Giants are losing
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Murphy is starting to bug the crap out of me. He’s also an on-air pervert. I don’t need to listen to you fapping to your intern, Murph. You’re a disgusting old man. Get off my radio.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I've listened to this guy rate young women on the air for the worlds largest bubble bath.
He even asks them what they will wear, I puke every time I hear him describing a 25 YO girl as HOT!
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, 25 is pretty over the hill…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve not really noticed the perv thing, and generally I can KIND of listen to him. Mostly when they’re interviewing someone worth listening to.
This interview made me angrier than E Ticket.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Any time there is a woman in the studio who is not also a journalist, it gets gross fast. It doesn’t happen that often, but it’s happened enough lately that I’ve noticed it. It’s gone up since they got the new intern.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Really, that’s a stupid thing to say. Last year was the first year this team was over 500 since 2003 and it was fluke. I mean really how are suppose to worry about the score if we already know how many runs the Giants scored (0)?
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by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thats got to leave a mark!
+109
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
“Just enjoy the game!”
Really, Baggs? Enjoy the game? How about if Sabean put together a fucking team that was enjoyable? What if, and this might be a little crazy, hahaha! But what IF… Instead of Sabean making excuses for why we don’t get the expensive top tier free agent talent to fill in the middle of our lineup, Sabean instead got off his fucking ass and traded for a player who could be a fucking difference maker for this team INSTEAD OF GIVING US ROWAND FOR 12 FUCKING MILLION A YEAR? HOW ABOUT THAT, BAGGS?
And how about if, instead of playing Rowand through an extended awful slump, BOCHY FUCKING BENCHED HIM AND PLAYED SCHIERHOLTZ??? Bochy said, “when you have someone else who’s really clicking it makes it easier, but our two other outfielders are struggling, too.” REally Boch? Schierholtz is struggling along with his .275/.357/.391 line? ROWAND IF FAR FUCKING WORSE!!!!!
FUCK!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Sorry, I mentioned money, and that’s a huge-no-no according to Baggarly.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
or douche-baggerly
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by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea!! Look at all the other contracts!! Except, these are all guys Sabean went after but didn’t get.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Here's the link to the bit...
I was so fired up listening to it that i drove around for 15 minutes so I could hear the rest before driving into the garage. I wish I had not.
http://www.knbr.com/portals/3/podcasts/murphmac/0602andybaggarly.mp3
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
That interview
infuriated me. You know who’s more interested in contracts than the score of the game? Bochy and Sabean, based on which high-priced, poor-hitting veterans they run out there every day.
At this point, for their sake, I hope Sabean trades Schierholtz and Bowker for pennies on the dollar so they can actually thrive on another team.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
IAWTC
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Yah we don’t pay attention to scores of the games were just angry. We’re angry because we’re a fucking .500 team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If we were in first place no one would be complaining.
3 GAMES OVER .500! THAT’S LIKE… (1, 2, 3) 3 GAMES OVER .500!!!
That’s one bad series away from being back down to .500. Are we REALLY supposed to be stoked that our team is horribly average?
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Way to go, Mr. Manager!
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Jun 2, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s right, I’m Mr. Manager.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 2, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Really, bochy fucks with this team routinely
its a big deal
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, it looks like his son made it.
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by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants Baseball: Why would they even bother building a trophy case?
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
Yawn... what's your point?
Dodgers
Split W L RS RA WP
April 9 14 117 129 .391
May 20 8 132 113 .714
Rockies
Split W L RS RA WP
April 11 12 121 95 .478
May 16 12 125 109 .571
Giants
Split W L RS RA WP
April 13 9 101 65 .591
May 14 14 109 110 .500
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
Sweet Fancy Moses, we’re in this thing because other teams are horribly average too!!!
Is it wrong to want the Giants to be a good team instead of a horribly average team? Is it wrong to want the Giants to be good on their own merits, instead of compared to the slack-jawed teams of the NL West? Average seems to breed average. We’re JUST a shade over .500, so that’s good! Now we don’t get to draft as high, we STILL can’t attract better free agents, and we STILL don’t have any players we can trade (majors or minors) for better players!
This is progress?
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Also...
Phillies
Split W L RS RA WP
April 12 10 115 99 .545
May 16 12 119 97 .571
Braves
April 9 14 85 103 .391
May 20 8 163 100 .714
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
"He works as hard as anybody"
That just makes him more pathetic with no room for improvement. Arghh!
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Jun 2, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Meh.
It pisses me off that they don’t think Giants notice Rowands effort. I admire for the guy for that. He could just take his money and say “F you” but he doesn’t take the easy wasy out. But seriously do those 3 think Rownad would have gotten as long a leash with the fans if that charactor trait was not so damn obvious?
Scott seems to"get it" that he is one the few that get paid to play a kids game and he respectful of that. Now his manager and GM they could learn that from him and yet they seem to refuse to and instist on throwing him under the bus instead of doing their own jobs.
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
HEY ANDREW, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW FUCKING THRILLED I AM TO BE IN FOURTH PLACE AND BE 7-14 AGAINST OUR OWN DIVISION.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I sorta agree with him. Please don’t hate me
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
I laughed, I cried, I saw an Escher print, and I landed on the Communist Party’s website.
Well done, Mr. Brisbee.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
That Communist Party site? It really GOT to me, man...
…they do imagine asocietybaseball team without the hardships, oppressions, worries, pressures, backwards thinking, lame excuses, stupid free agent signings and unbridled profiteering that are emblematic of and structured intopresent day capitalismthe Giants organization. They desire a future that bringsmaterial security and a sense of communityRUNZ, insist on some powerover their livesin the lineup, yearn for a new birth offreedomthe farm system and hunger for a joyous life, and they want alittle heaven on this eartha World Series champion.
It’s like…it’s like they’re talking to US!!.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
by tobias on Jun 2, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Epic FTFY!
"Skillet, we just spent $64,000 in that bar. So we're gonna have to get jobs to cover up the fact that we rob banks" -Mouse Fitzgerald
San Francisco Giants: World Champions
Great in concept but unpossible to execute.
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
I just want to say LOL Phillies.
Phillie fans are turning into Red Sox fans (I was in both places before the WS) and I now enjoy their misery.
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Stupid Braves couldn’t cover a run & a half.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
I always feel dirty when betting on baseball but I do it anyway since I usually win.
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
Why feel dirty?
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by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s because gambling is for degenerates.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Your gambling is tearing families apart!
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jun 2, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Your gambling new intern is tearing families apart!
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
With her feet
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Because he bets with his feet
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Betting on hockey is so much easier, none of this point spread bullshit, just over/under and straight bets.
"Skillet, we just spent $64,000 in that bar. So we're gonna have to get jobs to cover up the fact that we rob banks" -Mouse Fitzgerald
I got fucked a few times during the regular season betting on teams to win by a goal and a half… and they have a 2 goal lead and let in one with 15 seconds to go _ gambling ftl.
"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."
Yeah but
stuff like that goes in your favor as often as it goes against you…it just doesn’t seem like it.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jun 2, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, so last night, 11 Ks no walks? or 1 walk? you have to be kidding me
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
To be fair, they were facing Jason Hammel.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jun 2, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
They thought it was Cole Hamels. Or they thought Ubaldo Jimenez was pitching back-to-back games.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
Pretty much
they saw the name but didn’t notice Jason had two M’s
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
No walks. There were seven 3 ball counts and the net result was two singles (one by Zito), 3 GO, and 2K’s.
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
Why am i not surprised
good lord
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I think he threw like 40% balls too….
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: for those that missed it earlier
incontrovertible proof:
all feet are ugly
bengie has feet
bengie is part of the universe
we are part of the universe
we are part of bengie’s feet
we are ugly
all of us are bengie’s ugly feet
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
by lame-o on Jun 2, 2010 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Bengie hasn’t seen his feet since 1985, and neither have I, so they don’t even exist.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Jun 2, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw my feet for the first time in 1985, therefor I stole your feet!
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by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
ISWYDT
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Jun 2, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
/emails Bengie re most recent sighting
I like my beer cold ... my TV loud ... and my romosexuals flaming.--Homer Simpson
quiet gary
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
Better not show him any balls or junk
you know he will swing at them
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
/rowand swings and missed at pitch out
"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."
but man is that swing improved!
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
look at that rotation when going after the down and away slider
"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."
really improved balance
walking back into the dugout.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
+1
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Did anyone else have the Choose Your Own Adventure knock-offs in the 80s
that were sports-themed?
I had a football one and either a basketball or baseball one. In the football one, you are coaching the big game and your star QB (Scott Madison…?) is really struggling. If you leave him in the game, and endings result in you losing the game. If you take him out and replace him with the young unproven guy, you might win.
Win
This almost made me forget last night’s shitstorm of a clusterfuck
Mine ended with a change in the rules of baseball
Starting in the 2014 seaon, baseball will evaluate each at at in terms of its “goodness”.
A "good AB’ will be worth 1/4 of a run while a non-good AB is worth -1 runs. Walks, inherently bad ABs, will result in a lifetime ban for the player and -10 runs for the team.
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
"baseball will evaluate each at at"
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Jun 2, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
So basically......
we just need to release that thing in Derosa’s wrist and we win the world series. That seems simple.
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 Jun 2, 2010 12:59 PM PDT reply actions
/random knbr host mercilessly defends rowand, states he’s one of the best defender in baseball and that no ones better at throwing someone out at the plate than he is.
"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."
i mean, he's an OK defender, I'll take Nate over him anyday, i still think Nate is one of the best athletes
on the team
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
factoid:
Scott Stapp’s real name is Andrew Scott Stapp.
you’ll see why he changed. look closer.
yes, i know that is rowand in the pic, but i take every opportunity to rip on scott
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
turns and walks back to his table shaking his head
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
Dude, where is my Enterprise D ship?
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait!
This must have taken you a week to work up! How did you know Rowand slump would persist that long?
Or did you just save this up from the last “Baatan Death March” of slumps.
TEMPORARY SIG AWAITING FINAL SABEAN APOCALYPSE
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game in development
Schulman just responded to a tweet from “Timmymakesmecum”. The internet is a strange, beautiful place.
I wonder if that is LiceCUMinYOURface’s brother?
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Timmymakesmecuminyourface
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
DON'T EAT MY FACE!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
You ate his face?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
twss
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t get it.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Mmmmm, seasoning.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Timmylinceballsacrossyournose.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually like the explanation of why Derosa didn't play in SJ yesterday
“SJ faced side-winding P. Didn’t feel would help with his timing. Going to FNO on Friday.”
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
A better explanation would be
That he got surgery last week, to make sure that he can heal his wrist properly, because a real major league team wouldn’t let A GUY WHO’S WRIST TENDON IS EFFECTIVELY HANGING OFF THE FREAKING BONE TRY TO “GAMER” IT OUT!!! BYAHKFUCKTUFTA!
But I guess I’m living in fantasyland.
The giants aren't a real major league team
All they care about is appealing to the fans and media, therefore they think trying to convince people derosa is healthy and will be around makes it a good signing.
"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."
Sit his ass
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
Statistical Analysis from the MSM
hankschulman
.260-.270, 65ish RBI No, he’s worse than “normal” RT @NorthBankNorman: What’s “normal” production for Rowand?
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
/schulman writes article about rowands base hit last night, intracitely breaking down his “improved stance” and “crisp swing”.
"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."
/schulman doesnt know shit
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Anybody ever read anything by Micheline Marcom?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
Who hurt you?
Who?
/tear
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
Fuck yes Rowand was eaten by a Grue on page 86 and the
Marlins took Huff, Rowand, Derosa for Stanton and Cody Ross
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
apparently Rowand's new role as Grue shit made the deal more attractive
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
Eaten by a Grue?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow.
That is significantly taller than it needs to be.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
lol fred
http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8566751&c_id=tor
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
Where are those who wanted to get rid of FLewis?
I want to point and laugh at them.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
LOL DEFENSIVE LIABILITY
Keep velez he’s better!!! /B&S’d
sigh
"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."
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/team/front_office.jsp?c_id=sf
They could be Giants...but not really.
They’re the ones complaining about the preponderance of Fred Lewis references on this site.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
fuckin son of a bitch sabean
I hope you get the axe you fucken fuckity fcuker
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Sabean waz right!
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
not a good national league hitter
"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."
as the Jefferson Starship song “You’re About To See a Breaking Ball Out of the Strike Zone” plays over the PA
OK, that’s totally a Jefferson Airplane song—no way did Starship do that one!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
by tobias on Jun 2, 2010 1:33 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
OT: swinging at intentional balls
/rowand swings and missed at pitch out
got me thinking. is it against a set rule that you cannot swing at intentional balls? or is simply bad form/against unwritten rules to do so?
that’s four pitches. if you swing at two of them and they still intentionally walk you, that’s 6 pitches thrown. if they then decide to pitch for the out, you’re still potentially racking up the pitch count and improving your odds of getting a hit.
discuss.
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
I doubt the teams counts IBB for pitch counts. If they did they would also have to count warm up pitches.
Also, people do swing at them, see Pete Rose vs the Giants 1 in 1977 (I think)
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Will Clark once hit an intentional ball to the warning track. It drifted too close to the plate & he was ready.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Miguel Cabrera swung at an intentional ball a couple of years ago while with the Marlins. I think it was in the 9th inning and he got a hit to tie the game or take the lead.
wow
that is so awesome, better not show that to scott he’ll try and do that with every pitch LOL.
"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."
He already does.
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.
when I posted that
I had the same thought, then I realized rowand would swing at a pitch out and the next one as well. It’s not his fault though, looks like a fastball right down the middle to him.
"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."
now if his head wasn't so far up his ass...
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
so, there doesn’t appear to be a rule, written or otherwise, against swinging at intentional balls. players do occasionally swing at them and have had some success getting hits. so why not do it more often, even if there is no intent in making contact?
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
Because they deliberately throw it several feet outside. Usually it isn’t reachable without illegally leaving the batter’s box. An intentional ball close enough to swing at and make contact with is a mistake.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on Jun 2, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
One of Pablo’s goals is to swing at an intentional ball for a hit. No, seriously.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
OT: Buster and Ghostbusters
So if you haven’t heard yet, the Giants have decided to use the Ghostbusters Theme Song for Posey and they want “GO BUSTER” to be yelled during the song (instead of GHOSTBUSTERS)
Personally, I love it…your thoughts?
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Fans seemed to be loving when the song played, I don’t know if the GO BUSTER thing had caught on yet though
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I don’t know that many youngsters (20 years and younger) are too aware of Ghostbusters to begin with. I just think it’s stupid, so I guess it’s just me here.
I had a feeling it was more because everyone was getting into the song, more than necessarily knowing what the lyrics were or anything
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I’m pretty sure there are plenty of youngsters who are more than familiar with Ghostbusters.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m under 20 and almost everyone I know who’s my age knows of Ghostbusters.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I am relieved.
I already get weird looks when I quote early-season Simpsons episodes. I’m 29. I don’t know what KIDS THESE DAYS know about.
If failbook.com is to be believed, they know nothing.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Good call.
But I believe failbook only slightly more than I believe postsecret.
Maybe I’m just in denial that society has fallen this far.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
My gf teaches high school. I believe it.
These are two of my recent favorites.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I have similar fears because I'm a junior high teacher.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Another reason to not entirely trust "news" on the internet
…or anything else claiming to be authentic. Could be someone’s legit catharsis, could be Grant pulling your leg. Fifty/fifty call.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
not sure colbert is claiming to be authentic news. certainly it’s good satire and goes well with a side of parody. wash it down with spoof and you’re all set.
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
Oh, I'm positive Colbert isn't claiming to be news.
It’s the sheer number of people who believe he is (including relatively influential people he “interviews”) that scare me.
I love Colbert, and am a proud owner of “I Am America, and So Can You!” I just think that as pervasive as the media (especially the internet) is in lives of coming generations, it is even MORE important to teach kids how to think critically and distinguish among reality, parody, and hyperbole.
This opinion gets me in trouble at times, but I say let ‘em have less math classes; they’ll just use their calculators anyway in the real world (except for kids clearly on that track; I’ve got an eighth grader already building his own robots, and he could easily run circles around me in electronics.)
What they need is how to figure out when someone’s BSing or not, and you find that more commonly in literature/humanities/philosophy types of classes.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
What they need is how to figure out when someone’s BSing or not
that’s called critical thinking. it is a highly valued commodity/skill, yet isn’t generally taught as a specific topic in the lower grade levels. shame really
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
It isn't really taught until like college
Or if educators are trying to teach it, they’re (on the whole) doing a poor job of it.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
meh
lots of educators don’t want to teach it.
makes teaching class much harder.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
I disagree.
It’s WAY easier to teach a class of students who are up in arms about a topic they care about than it is to drill names, dates, and formulas into their skulls.
Sometimes they best ways we learn are when someone calls us out on our shenanigans and we are forced to defend the opinion we just threw out. Sounds like a critical thinking class to me.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Then maybe we should worry less about SAT scores and more about critical thinking...
“The thing is, it happened” is just as lousy a defense in education as it is in baseball.
I think your first thought was probably more on target. Most high school teachers today are highly pressured to teach to the various standardized tests, often to the detriment of the very subject they are being paid to teach.
Note to any high school age readers It’s entirely possible your teacher hates that class as much as you do, because s/he knows that there are more valuable things to be teaching you, and has been prevented from doing so.
Of course this varies from district to district, but there is some insanity out there in what, why, and how kids should learn.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
OH, I meant educators as in teachers, administrators, the people at the district offices
I was fortunate to have a few HS teachers who tried to teach critical thinking, but most of them really just taught to the test (standardized tests, AP’s, SAT’s, etc.)
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Wait, high schools teach students SAT’s? Doesn’t that go against the point of SAT’s?
I was promised lasagna.
Yes and no.
Most states have standards that all teachers are supposed to work into their curriculum. SATs tend to overlap those standards considerably.
How much that is a coincidence is up to you.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Are you going to be going to a U.S. university?
Or are you staying in that hemisphere?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I’m not going to any university for at least a year, probably two. We’ll see.
I was promised lasagna.
I mean, I could answer you, but it changes every week. I’m not sure if I prefer to stay here or not, though I’m slightly leaning towards the US, but I can’t afford that unless I have 95% of my expenses covered, which almost certainly won’t happen from what I understand, so there’s that. Maybe Europe, but I don’t think so. Who knows.
Glad you asked?
I was promised lasagna.
Haha, just wondering because I think GrahamCrakalaka and wbc are off to college this year
I thought you’d be too.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Nah
I’m a junior. I think WBC is my age, but she could be going off to college. I’m old enough to be a senior.
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Many senior citizens go back to college. Although I’m not sure if they ever get a job in thier field.
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
It’s hard to work a 9-5 and get to Denny’s in time for the Early Bird Special.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Do they get discounts?
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Discounts? On a secondary education? LOL!
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
I think my alma mater actually lets senior citizens take classes in certain departments on an ad hoc basis at little to no cost.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Some places do allow Seniors to take classes for free, the courses can’t count for a degree or anything, but I dunno, it would be interesting to take…say, a WWII class with someone who was alive during that time.
I twice had retirees sit in on my classes. Once, it was a modern dramatic literature, and she only stopped in two or three times, and the other was for “Political Change in Western Europe,” where the guy was there for every class. I thought it was kind of neat, actually.
Private liberal arts school of ~3000, for the record.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Maybe if they've filed for social security
And go to a public university?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Yeah, I’m going off to college this fall, but I’m currently on a gap year.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I am too!
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
That's right!
I forgot because I always think that you’re around my age.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
You're at UCLA right?
or did I imagine you saying that?
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
I'm in the LA area
But not UCLA. I’m at Claremont Graduate University, about 30 miles east of LA and I think 20 miles north of Anaheim.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Where are you headed?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
University of the Pacific
In Stockton
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
LOLOL UOP
I have way to many ties to that school for somebody who only ever visited it once.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Yeah
I’m going there cuz they have a sports MGMT major
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
Oooooh, that’s pretty cool. My parents both went to UOP got married while at UOP, went to McGeorge for law school. My grandmother went to UOP. And one of my best friends is going to McGeorge. I’m up to my eyeballs in UOP.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Wow
That’s quite a lineage-I only know 1 other person going to UOP
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
I visited and interviewed, but their theater program didn’t wow me so I never followed up or applied. After the deadline, they sent me a letter that basically said, “Look! We already filled out your application for you! Just sign here!” I was like, “It’s cool guys, my parents already give you money, chill out.”
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
my brother lives 2 blocks off campus
nice old house he’s renting.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
I think it’s you, me, and goGSW24 who are going off to college this fall.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Cool
Actually, I have to decide classes I might be interested in, today
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
Ah, sweet. I don’t think I get to choose that until August, but I did get to sign up for some Gen Ed class.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah-I think i'm supposed to sign up
and then they make a schedule for me -or something like that
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
Yeah, I think I read something like that in the info packet they sent me.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome! Are you going to UCLA, or did you decide to go elsewhere?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m going to Cal. It’ll be weird rooting for this side of the Axe rivalry after rooting for Stanford for a while.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
by imovermyhead on Jun 2, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ah, yeah, that does sound a bit awkward.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
REC'D!
"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 Jun 2, 2010 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel old
Going into my senior year =(
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
OSU is a great school and Columbus is cheap!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
As far I can tell
I have two ways to go to school in the US. One would be to get into really really top school, where they offer great financial aid. But that’s not gonna happen. I also don’t know if I want to go to a school like that, though that might be sour grapes.
The other option is to go to state school, so after a year I can establish residency and then it’s much cheaper. Though I still don’t know how I’ll pay for the first year.
I was promised lasagna.
Some of the Claremont Colleges will give a lot of dough
I’d advise you to try them out (especially Pomona).
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
The standards that teachers are supposed to conform to are ridiculous. And then the state-mandated textbooks used in public schools don’t help much, either. They’re boring and filled with superfluous material that look good to textbook adoption boards but are ultimately completely pointless. Plus, they try to please all sorts of special interests groups.
But of course, a good teacher can overcome any crappy textbook. But they don’t, and the students suffer for it.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
I find it most interesting that you begin by (accurately) listing every reason it's not the teacher's fault...
…and then blame the teacher.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Okay, re-reading what I posted does sound pretty bad. What I mean is that there are a whole bunch of reasons why the method of teaching (especially in public schools) is failing. Textbooks and standards compose a majority of those reasons. But a lot of the teachers that I have had definitely aren’t helping the cause – instead of trying to make what they have to teach more interesting, or trying to rely less on textbooks, they teach exclusively from the textbooks and standards. And at that point, they aren’t the teachers, the textbooks are.
I’ve had a french teacher who taught explicitly from the book. We did every exercise, every worksheet, every quiz and test from the book. It got to the point that one of my classmates bought the teacher’s edition and could ace the class just by memorization of the answers. I’ve had english teachers who make the students read the required books and memorize small details without thinking about the bigger picture. I’ve had science teachers who made us read the bare minimum from textbooks just to do well on the STAR or CAT6 or whatever they’re calling it now, and then show us Finding Nemo and Pirates of the Caribbean. Those teachers are not even trying, so even if they had more freedom or better standards and textbooks they still would not be teaching effectively.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
I’m glad I missed this! And I teach in the lower grades, but I can tell you the problem in teaching elementary school students is all the testing and standards. Every child has to learn the same thing at the same time. Advanced children get bored, slow children get lost. Whoever designed the current curriculum that’s in place would be great at manufacturing widgets: children, especially young children, aren’t widgets.
I know teachers that are forced to do things like have the kids express their whatever-it-is about a piece of literature by way of poster. Seriously, drawings and cut up bits of paper. In high school. Awful.
Rhetoric should really be a standard high school class.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Same here. It’s one of those movies whose pop culture influence lasts for quite a while. Hell, like 8 years ago Radio Disney played that song all the time, before the station was corrupted by the “musicians” that Disney has since signed (i.e. Miley Cyrus and the JoBros).
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Fools and Sages
If you don't know Ghostbusters even at any age
that’s just so stupid. Everyone should know Ghostbusters
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I’m sure my kid brother would kick a lot of ass if he heard that there are people who have never heard of Ghostbusters.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Relieved again.
I just assume that I have no concept of what kids like since, in Hollywood terms, I’m old.
I've found that replacing "New Kids on the Block" with "Justin Bieber" in many jokes doesn't change their punchlines hardly at all.
Youth culture doesn’t change much, just the faces. Every generation has its pop princess, boy band, teen-idol-at-14-forgotten-by-21, loud colors, and terrible fashion choices. Few of these are hard to figure out, but they can go a long way toward looking as if you know/care what’s going on.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
What kills me is that skaters and emo kids have had "Bieber hair" for years...
…and somehow he’s a douche.
Sorry, if you’re wearing your sister’s pants to look cool, you are even more a douche than the overpaid Canadian teen idol.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I think emo (and scene) kids are douches. And some skaters. So, really, the hair is just an indicator of douchiness.
"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
Just wait until Ghostbusters is re-done. I’m sure it’s in the works.
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
Ghostbusters 3 actually is in the works. They’re not going to remake it, though. At least not until Dan Akroyd is dead.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Ghostbusters 3 is almost mythical...
Tied up in legalities, financials, and a murky creative outlook. Obviously, Sony wants to RELAUNCH A FRANCHISE, so, they’ll need to cast younger actor to take the reigns… nevermind that it was the original cast that made the first movie what it is… probably the funniest summer movie ever made.
/signs Shia LeBeouf for 3 movie deal
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
D:
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
It's so terrifying.
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.
GOOD GRAVY WHY D:
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Who the hell are those people
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
At which point...
Huey Lewis will demand compensation for Ray Parker Jr.’s compensation.
Parker was later the defendant in a copyright-infringement lawsuit which claimed “Ghostbusters” was too similar in musical structure to “I Want a New Drug”, written and performed by Huey Lewis and the News (more specifically, the guitar riff which runs through the song). “I Want a New Drug” was a U.S. top-ten hit earlier the same year. The two parties settled out of court. Details of the settlement (specifically, that Parker paid Lewis a settlement) were confidential until 2001, when Lewis commented on the payment in an episode of VH1’s Behind the Music. Parker subsequently sued Lewis for breaching confidentiality; the lawsuit is ongoing.1 Ironically, Lewis had at one point been asked to record a theme song for the movie, but turned it down for other commitments.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
How about we all say CAN BRIAN instead.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I would love to get a “Fire sabean” chant going at AT&T, unfortunately 85% of the people in attendance think brian sabean is one of the best in the game.
"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."
unfourtunately sf fans at the ball parks are idiots. They boo’ed lincecum…wow.
Stephen Curry is the future.
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by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it’s kinda meh.
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Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
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.
I've seen things that'll turn your shit WHITE
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
YOU SUCK AT GOD OF WAR CHAINS OF OLYMPUS MY GOD YOU ARE SO FUCKING TERRIBLE AT THIS GAME WHY DO YOU EVEN TRY TO PLAY IT?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Call of Duty told me I sucked at the game when I tried to do the first training session...
I should get my money back.
Fantastic part in the movie
great quote
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
It sounds like something Purple Row would do
It is stupid
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, really uncool man.
I no does Buster anymore.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 2, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Says you
You repressed types are all the same. You do anything with a pulse; and some things without a pulse.
Which reminds me, have you ever met Bengie Molina?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice username.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m going to deny the motion.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
listening to the baggs interview.
baggs says “you go with your core group of guys, and if they are good enough then you make the playoffs, and if they arnt good enough….well then you dont make the playoffs”
WHAT THE FUCK
if someone in your core group of guys isnt good enough…then get another fuckin guy. its really not a hard concept to learn.
I really used to like baggs, but he is just telling us to accept mediocrity right here. What a fuck.
How did that workout last year when Winn, Renteria and Molina were in the bottom 15 of offensive players in all of baseball? This year it’s Rowand and Molina.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
I can’t believe you used the words “workout” and “Molina” in the same sentence!
(Also: workout = noun / work out = what you want)
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, in a six month season you should not use any of the transaction/roster change tools available to improve your team.
CORE GROUP IS CORE GROUP. END OF DISCUSSION.
I think he was quoting Jim Tracy, who’s going through the same bench him/play him decision with Todd Helton. He was saying that that’s how certain managers think.
They could be Giants...but not really.
point taken
but he was saying that because bochy is one of those mangers who thinks that way. And that quote was used in defense of bochy. So i stand by my original post
Was I the only one screaming at my radio, “AARON ROWAND IS NOT TODD HELTON!!!”?
Seriously, Rowand is filler. He’s not a “core” player. And even as filler, it’s not like he’s been very GOOD filler for the past few years. SO BENCH HIM!!!
WHAT THE FUCK!??!?!??!?
Man, I’m in a swearing kind of mood today!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Aaron road = blocking block
All he does is give teams free outs, GIDP’s, and easy doubles on balls that should be singles.
Did I mention this team signed him to be a franchise star player? They still think he is that, LOL B&S + LARRY BAER.
"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."
OK, I have to ask
.201/.252/.362 in 162 PA’s (.236 BABIP), average LF defense, gets benched: OMG BOCHY IS IN LOVE WITH SSS.
.228/259/.392 in 166 PA’s, (.262 BABIP, career .319), above average CF defense, keeps playing: OMG BOCHY IS IN LOVE WITH VETERANS.
Why?
I was promised lasagna.
He’s selectively in love with SSS, and selects to ignore it where veterans are concerned.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
OK. So everyone who wants Rowand benched electively hates SSS, and selects to ignore it where veterans are concerned?
I was promised lasagna.
I think people have been pretty frustrated with Rowand for almost two years now, and this particular SSS is just icing on that cake.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
This “SSS” Has made giants fans wish they could have the rowand of the first two years, this guy can’t even have back to back 1 for 5 nights.
"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."
I get that. Rowand was an terrible signing, and he’s got an awful approach at the plate. He’s painful to watch. But it’s really not clear he should be benched. The fact that Molina is still playing is a million times worse.
I was promised lasagna.
Look at it this way… Bowker gets handed the starting job in right field, doesn’t really fail at it, and is relegated to the bench. Torres starts cold but eventually starts tearing it up, and is made the starting right fielder. Then DeRosa gets hurt, Torres goes to left, Schierholtz in right, and Schierholtz holds his own. Nate gets hurt, with an injury that doesn’t require DL time, and he’s turned into a fucking defensive replacement. And Huff is pulled off first base to play left field, so we can keep Nate on the bench.
Then Bochy says, “Well, if our other two outfielders weren’t slumping right now, it would be easier to bench Rowand.”
Man… FUCK that shit! Schierholtz is STILL producing FAR FUCKING BETTER than Rowand!
I don’t want him benched because of small sample size. I want him to get a LOT more time off because SCHIERHOLTZ IS HITTING WAY FUCKING BETTER THAN ROWAND!!!
FUCK!
Plus, with all the “positional flexibility” the Giants have, there’s no damn reason those two wastes of roster space can’t get more time off in favor of guys who are FAR outperforming them.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
I don’t want him benched because of small sample size. I want him to get a LOT more time off because SCHIERHOLTZ IS HITTING WAY FUCKING BETTER THAN ROWAND!!!
Rowand with the Giants: .261/.320/.411.
Schierholtz with the Giants: .283/.324/.411.
That’s identical.
Unless you’re only talking about this year, in which case it obviously is small sample size. So I don’t understand what you mean.
I was promised lasagna.
Now pick which one you would rather have going forward.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Nate's bat and defense.
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by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
This year it’s still very close. I’m leaning towards Schierholtz but the difference is very small. Hell, even this year Schierholtz has only been an averagish hitter. And Rowand is better defensively.
I was promised lasagna.
WithTorres was in CF and (a healthy) Nate in RF
The Defense is better.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I think Torres/Schierholtz equals, if not beats, Rowand/Torres defensively. And, if we’re talking about offense going forward, I’ll take the chances of 26-year-old with limited MLB experience over the 33-year-old with a lot of mileage.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you’re being a little to kind to rowand, I think the combiantion of torres in center with nate in right is a MASSIVE upgrade over any situation with rowand. Plus rowand has a noodle arm and we know what his “bat” does, I’d rather have nate and johnny bowker starting everyday.
"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."
“Going forward”…does this mean this mean in a few years? We were talking about this year. No fair changing the rules.
I was promised lasagna.
Fair?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I was kidding. But the post is about how Rowand should be benched now. All of the comments are about how Rowand should be benched now. This discussion was about whether or not Rowand is better than Schierhotlz and Bowker right now.
If we’re talking a few years down the road, obviously I’ll take the young guy, but that’s something else.
I was promised lasagna.
I can count on one hand
people who dsiagree with you. They all work for the giants, except for LOL MURPH AND MAC.
"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."
No lie, my name is Bryan Murphy (GASP! SHOCK! IDENTITY REVEALED!)… and Brian Murphy makes me sad on so many levels.
*my voice sounds like barbieri with steroids*
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I’ve explained pretty well why I don’t think Bowker is better than Rowand right now, and why I think the difference between Rowand and Schierholtz is not significant. If you think I’m wrong, explain how, and if you don’t want to, don’t, but what’s the point of a comment like this?
I’m not blind, I can see I’m in the minority here. I don’t need every single person who disagrees with me to let me know that.
I was promised lasagna.
Bowker in AAA please
Even though the pitching there is LOLTERRIBLE, he needs to play every day.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
TWSS!
Or TWHS!
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Sadly this is probably the best achievible option.
Though realisticaly I would slash Scott’s play time to 3-4 games a week tell he starts to get something resembleing a warm streak together.
It is a 162 game season and Rowand should not be counted on to play in 130 games. So a team might as well use those rest game when he sucks, like now, and see if that play time might strike gold on a un proven suspect/prospect. We have already been pleasantly surprised but Downs lets see if another kid can do something simmlar withsteady play time.
Alas with will on ly happen when the current managers have no other option.
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
Just a lame attempt at humor. Concept of fairness and so forth… should have probably compared it to truth or something…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I LOVE YOU MAN!
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
this may be a smaller sample size, but it’s still a sample that’s played out. Rowand will probably hit again, but why the fuck do we need to keep him out there every fucking day at the expense of Schierholtz getting more fucking playing time than as a fucking defensive replacement?
Damn, that interview made me SO angry this morning.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
I just don’t understand why people want Rowand benched and not Molina. Molina has only been slightly better this year, and unlike Rowand, his BABIP is right where it should be. He was significantly worse than Rowand last year. He’s 3 years older. He’s forcing the best catching prospect in the NL to play 1B. This is the guy who should be benched.
I was promised lasagna.
We're looking at reality
Do you think Bork will ever bench Bengie?
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by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m pretty sure that the people who want Rowand benched have significant over lap with those who want Molina benched.
Except for those who want Molina off the team.
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I’ve wanted both of them benched for weeks now, and I’ve seen many other mccovens who 100% agree.
"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."
Oh it is not one or the other.
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.
I don’t understand how this should be a one-or-the-other situation.
Quite honestly, Molina and Rowand should be platooned with each other. Rowand gets the day off, Torres in center, Schierholtz in right, Huff in left, Posey at first, Molina behind the plate. Then give Molina takes a day off, Posey’s behind the dish, Huff at first, outfield of Torres/Rowand/Schierholtz.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Or
Torres – CF
Sanchez – 2B
Huff – 1B
Pandoval – 3B
Posey – C
Uribe – SS
Schierholtz – RF
Bowker – LF
P
or
Torres – CF
Sanchez – 2B
Huff – 1B
Pandoval – 3B
Posey – C
Uribe – SS
Bowker – LF
P
Schierholtz – RF
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.
I’ll reply to all five of you.
I want Scheriholtz’s bat in the lineup instead of Molina’s, and his glove in LF/RF instead of Huff’s. This is the main problem. It can really be worth a game or two.
I don’t think Bowker is better than Rowand. Like I’ve explained below, I think it’s not clear that Bowker is the better hitter, and it’s very clear that Rowand is the better fielder. I still think we’re contending (our run differential is better than the Dodgers’ and the Rockies’ and only a game behind the Padres’), and I want the best team possible out there.
I wouldn’t mind giving Bowker occasional starts against RHP, but I don’t think he should replace Rowand in the lineup.
If in a month or two Rowand doesn’t show signs of recovering, and/or we’re out of the race, then Bowker can start.
I was promised lasagna.
I’m not sure if you already talked about this, but surely Schierholtz at least deserves a chance over Rowand. Send Bowker to Toronto, he will probably be a solid player, but what the hell, we are never going to use him.
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"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jun 2, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Again, I don’t see why Schierholtz needs to replace Rowand. It’s a non-issue.
BENCH MOLINA
I was promised lasagna.
bench both.
Please?
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Bench Rowlina!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
Adopting Denny Bautista until someone tells me he's already spoken for.
T shirt, please?
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Because Rowand has a .259 maybe?
That is terrible. Scherholtz has a .357.
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 Jun 2, 2010 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m guessing that’s OBP?
I think it’s a non-issue because they should both play. Molina is the one who should be benched.
I was promised lasagna.
Yes, sorry. And I agree, but between Schierholtz and Rowand, I don’t really see how you can see Rowand should be out there because Schierholtz is only a little better?
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"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jun 2, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
see = say
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s more that I see the difference as negligible, at least for now. And while Schierholtz is more important to our future, if we bench Rowand, we’ll never get rid of him. If he bounces back to 2008-2009 level (or maybe gets lucky and hits even better), we might still be able to trade him. I know it sounds impossible, but look at the Morris trade.
But if we bench him, it’s definitely over.
I was promised lasagna.
Do you really believe we can get anything for Rowand?
I don’t. Maybe that’s the difference between us.
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
From the Cubs?
Or the White Sox?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Yeah.
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Like when KW traded for Juan Pierre
I was like, “SABEZ WHERE WUR YOU?”
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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Yeah. I don’t see them doing that again, no matter how much they love him.
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh well, at least I haven't been sad about that contract since day one
Oh wait
D:
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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me either
oh wait
/vomits
"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."
Depends. I’m not expecting anything great in return, but again, look at Morris or Pierre. It happens.
I was promised lasagna.
Morris’s contract was nowhere near as bad as Rowand’s IIRC. And yes, Pierre is an example of it happening, but there are many more examples of it not happening.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jun 2, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
But we have no real data to prove that Bowker could not be an effective ML hitter.
Better or worse then Rowand.
I do not think the difference between the two right now is so terrible we should not give Bowker and ACTUAL extended look
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Like I said above, there is just as much data that says that Bowker in an awful hitter as there is data that says that Rowand is an awful hitter. 160 PA’s in both cases. And this is ignoring Bowkers’ terrible 2008. If Rowand is terrible, so is Bowker.
If we assume that 160’s PA’s are mostly fluky in both cases, then Bowker needs to be more than an “effective MLB hitter” to be worth starting over Rowand, because Rowand is much, much better defensively.
I was promised lasagna.
what about the idea that owlcroft has been throwing around (I believe he did a study) that players produce better with consistent playing time? I think he said 25% better or something.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
This right here is the real bugaboo of the situation. Bowker didn’t get consistent playing time to open the season, he was immediately platooned. Then he got blamed for failing to be awesome in his limited playing time, despite doing just fine. Now he’s relegated to the bench, and he’s not at all likely to get the playing time he’d need to re-adjust to the ML pitching that’s adjusted to him.
So how do we know that Bowker isn’t better than Rowand as a Giant? Is 513 inconsistent PAs all that’s really needed to prove he’s not a major league hitter?
And with Rowand struggling as badly as he is right now, why can’t Bowker get more playing time while Rowand gets used as a defensive replacement? If it’s not likely to be worse than Rowand’s current production, but has the potential to be better, then what’s the problem?
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Jun 2, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
One ticket please.
In all honesty i don’t think Bowker willl pan out well. But it could happen and we are litlerraly out nothing be trying it.
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
I agree both were terrible.
Bowker 2008 (with old plate approach) 350 PA .255/.300/.408/.708
Rowand 2008 (same approach as always) 611 PA .271/.339/.410/.749
Bowker changed his plate approach in 2009. He has the ability to improve. Rowand will give us more of the same.
As it stands right now, both players are about even on WAR. Bowker a 0.0 and Rowand a -0.1.
I do not think the difference between the two is so great. I think the Giants need to invest the time in Bowker to see what he actually is.
Bowker is still relatively unknown.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
You’re just ignoring defense. The difference between a good CF and an average LF is very big. If Rowand goes back to hitting .271/.339/.410, he is a solid starting CF. If Bowker improves to 271/.339/.410, he is a 4th OF at best.
I was promised lasagna.
True
And you as ignoreing the value a team controlled player that might be near 2 WAR with SLG ( Bowkersupside if he some how came together) could bring tothe team in either trade or in future rosters. for simplicties sake I would call it a wash and go forward.
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Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
I’m ignoring it because it’s not relevant to our chances of making the playoff this year.
I was promised lasagna.
False.
And in that presumption you error. If Bowker can put things mostly together, and is kept, he drastically improves the team OF production over what the non hot streak hitting Rowand provides that would in turn positively impact post season chances for 2010. If Bowker pulls things together enough he also becomes a tempting piece that could ge packaged with Madison, or Dirty, and get a true impact bat and thus indirectly impact the 2010 chances.
Of course this supposes Sabean and Big Head want to win and not just avoid admitting error. And that is the big presumption I am making that could easily prove false and derail my entire line of logic.
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 39%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
"False."
/peers at exile for signs of grmitude
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by victor frankenstein on Jun 4, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
The trading deadline is in a few weeks. Bowker can put things together all he wants, he’s not being traded for anything valuable this year.
And again, even if he put things together (i.e. hits .275/.340/.440, which I think is pretty optimistic), when you consider defense, odds are he’s not an improvement over any of our 3 OF (or 4, with Huff).
So no, he’s not likely to help us this year.
I was promised lasagna.
I’m pretty much off the Bowkermania bandwagon, but still — if you combine his dreadful major-league numbers for 2009-10 with MLEs for his Fresno performance, you get something like .265/.345/.440.
I’d like to see the two platooned, personally.
I’m not a fan of MLE.
But even if you compare that to Rowand’s line with the Giants – 261/.320/.411 – then yeah, it’s better, but probably not enough to make up for the difference on defense.
I was promised lasagna.
I’m not a fan of MLE.
There really is no rebuttal to this. Unless you expect someone to convince you to be a fan of MLE.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t expect a rebuttal, it was just a way to say that I don’t think Bowker will match that line.
The big issue with MLE’s is that in a way, they assume that the player is young and good. The formula is based on players who played and AAA and then went on to get significant playing time in the majors. But most of those type of players are under 25 (or odds are they wouldn’t be called up) and pretty good (or they’d suck and be sent to minors again). It’s a selective sample.
I was promised lasagna.
Rowand’s line over the same span (09-10) is .253/.305/.412. That’s gotta be enough make up for the defense.
Bowker is probably just the next Todd Linden, sure. But he might turn out to be pretty good, while Rowand just keeps getting worse.
If we keep getting owned by our own division, not for much longer.
Pretty soon nobody will care that we spanked Mr. Perfect Game Halladay and sent him on his way.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
no one has acknowledged that
halladay simply wasn’t “trying” – buster onley
Halladay got LOL’D that night by downs, whiteside, and flappy and it was barely mentioned. Why? because the giants did it so clearly it didn’t happen!
"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."
Technically.
But do you really think if we sat Rowand, moved Torres to CF and played Bowker we would plummet out of contention?
Our pitching has been keeping us in contention. This will not really change that.
Again, it’s sad that we still do not know what Bowker can do given adequate playing time in the Majors. This guy was the best hitter in the minor leagues last year.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Outside of trading Lincecum for Dontrelle Willis and actually letting him pitch, I can’t think of any move that would make us “plummet out of contention”. Baseball is a game of nuance.
I was promised lasagna.
Then we are in agreement.
DRINKS ALL AROUND.
Except for Pika, he has already had too much.
He gets a juice box.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
LOL JUICE BOX!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
It has nothing to do with stats really. Its his approach, it just flat out sucks.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Schierholtz has the third best OBP on this team, his OPS is amost a full .100 better than Rowand, and we’re looking at an OPS+ difference of 96 to 65.
Look, I get that Nate’s probably not the savior of the team… But if you want the Giants to put their best foot forward both in the long term and the one-season short term, don’t the goals of getting Schierholtz more playing time and Rowand LESS time coincide? Even if it’s small sample size, it STILL looks better for the short AND long term.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
so the giants dont like SSS all the sudden
Stephen Curry is the future.
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by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Even if it’s small sample size, it STILL looks better for the short AND long term.
I just don’t understand what this means.
I don’t understand why you suddenly want the Giants to ignore everything that happened before this year and just make decision based on 150 PA’s.
I was promised lasagna.
I’m not advocating DFAing Rowand, nor am I advocating never starting him again.
Bochy decided that Schierholtz is slumping and is a late-inning defensive replacement, while Rowand is slumping BADLY but is a good swing or two away from hitting out of it.
At no point since he’s been here has Rowand shown that he’s good enough that he’ll hit out of every slump, and should never be benched. In this thread, I’m advocating Rowand getting benched, as is most everyone else, because that’s been the topic of discussion on this thread, and in general lately. This hasn’t been about Molina, even though he should get more time off as well. But by benching either of them and giving Schierholtz more playing time again, they can actually determine whether or not Schierholtz can actually be a useful part of this team.
By the way, I hope you don’t think I’ve been swearing at you. Bochy and Baggs have made me so mad this morning, it’s carried over and now I’m just swearing like crazy. But not AT you, know what I mean?
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Ah, OK. I’m kind of a “pick your starter and stick to him for at least 300 PA’s” kind of guy, so to me benching someone means turning him into a back up. I wouldn’t mind Rowand getting “rest” more often. Hell, give him an X-ray, he might be hiding a broken rib again.
I was promised lasagna.
While you're at it show him an eye chart.
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by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree that Molina is a bigger problem, but at what point would you bench Rowand and let Bowker play? I assume you weren’t a fan of letting Randy Winn start all of last year. Rowand was not great last year, especially in the 2nd half, and it’s getting pretty ugly at this point.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
The Winn situation was different. He didn’t have a suspiciously low BABIP, and we knew Lewis can do better than him. This isn’t the case with Rowand.
I was promised lasagna.
I just mean if Rowand continues to be one of the 20 worst hitters in baseball at what point would you be willing to give Bowker a few weeks worth of starts? What’s a big enough sample for you to go with the alternative?
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
3:37 [Comment From B2BB2B: ]
Is Aaron Rowand tradeable?
B2B
3:38 He has $32MM remaining on his contract. Only for another overpaid player
I'll punch Greg Evigan in the beard if I ever see him!
I wish we had Crawford instead of Rowand!
And we’d also have a black guy on the team!
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BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
/jesse jackson pounds down your door with torri hunter by his side
"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."
/finds out renteria and uribe aren’t black, shuns them and calls them fake blacks
"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."
/Ted Danson appears at a Giants game in black face carrying a sign reading, “Rent and Uribe are my brothers”.
"You can always recover from the player you didn't sign. You may never recover from the player you signed at the wrong price." --Billy Beane
"I am not an idiot."--Brian Sabean
by Sabean's_Folly on Jun 2, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoopi green lighted this
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
or if Darren Ford can become a really good leadoff hitter
I’d be happy
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
He's what I am praying for
To bring our pathetic centerifeld back to relevance.
"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."
If not, i'll gladly do that as well as BROCK BOND
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I'm thinkin of taking Ishi
best pinch hitter in THE WORLD
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BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
ummm
may not be on the 40 man for long
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Really?
What. The. FUCK
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BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
sss
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
23 ABs… he’s only nominally on the roster as it is.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Hell's Kitchen
Is this the season the show loses steam?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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Also, why do I watch Glee anymore?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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You watch Glee? I thought you were cool man
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
That's harsh :-(
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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Hey, at least I thought you were cool at some point. Right?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
So because it happened once, it will definitely keep happening over and over again?
/Sabe’d
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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You cannot contain my grit
And I carry my RIBEYES everywhere.
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I don’t even understand the appeal!
/sobs
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m in this line.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too, man… I think as soon as the season ends, we’re taking it off the DVR. It’s a big fat goopy pile of poo. I liked it at first, but that Madonna episode pretty much ended it for me.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
The Vanilla Ice performance was the low point for me.
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I was down with Gold digger and Bust A Move, but Vanilla Ice was awful. It was impressive seeing them all dance like that, though.
And seriously, can we end the fucking Lady Gaga craze? I mean seriously, how the fuck is it that we have a show that acknowledged Hairography as being theatricality to disguise weak singing, yet the same show did the stupid getups to celebrate a crazy chick that practices hairography with her weird outfits and other bullshit to cover the fact that her music is shit.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Oh man, I blocked that GaGa episode from my memory
And I don’t understand her appeal either. Maybe you have to be drunk, high, in a cramped club with hundreds of other strangers to tolerate her music.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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The season with Danny and Paula?
That was probably my favorite one. Although it does get annoying when you see pretty much every winner doesn’t get what they originally thought or they’re not at the job for very long.
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That’s because they pick a bunch of clowns to be contestants.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd say they probably pick ~6 people because of their cooking ability
And the rest of them because they’ll cause conflict. I just wonder what it would be like if they picked 16 good chefs instead of 6.
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I don’t even think the good ones are all that good… but yes, there are tiers of the clowns.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s probably be something like Top Chef, or Top Chef Masters.
"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
No… most of the Hell’s Kitchen contestants wouldn’t be qualified to be sous chefs for TC Masters.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
That said, I’m pissed my Tivo didn’t record it last night…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Hulu
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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Metaphor!
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Justified, 30 Rock, Party Down, It's Always Sunny, Archer, Tim & Eric
Those’re my jams
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
Adopting Denny Bautista until someone tells me he's already spoken for.
based on the fact that everything else overlaps
I’m going to give Justified and Party Down a look see.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
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I’ve been wondering about Party Down. How good is it?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I like it a lot. I hate Glee even more for stealing Jane Lynch. Megan Mulally is pretty annoying so far.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
HELLA GOOD
hella.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
Adopting Denny Bautista until someone tells me he's already spoken for.
Along with plenty of other people on this site, I highly recommend you watch “Community.” It’s teh funny.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
Did they finish season 1?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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I have high hopes for Season 2
But it’s always hard to keep it going.
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Too easy!
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Bochy attempting to understand BABIP?
“He works harder than anybody on the club,” Bochy said. “He’ll figure it out. What compounds it is when he hits the ball hard, he’s not getting any results. We’ve got to stay behind him. Aaron’s not quitting, believe me.”
Step 1: Bochy sees BABIP of .167 over last 14 days
Step 2: Bochy remembers Rowand was good 3 years ago
Step 3: Bochy translates- Rowand must have been hitting the ball hard a LOT lately
Step 4: Bochy forgets that “a lot != 2 times”
Step 5: Bochy ignores 13 strikeouts because of their inconvenience in proving how hard he is hitting it
Step 5: Bochy plays Rowand forever
giants attempting to avoid the sweep tonight
/bork pencils in rowand and molina in line up, moves molina up to 5th, rowand to 6th. Puts whiteside at 1st for his bat to give posey “much needed rest”.
Sadly my sarcasm feels all to truthful.
"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."
“I just stuck with my guys and they got it done and they didn’t quit and we won!!!!”
“Seeing how great this line up was today I gotta run it out there everyday and always have eli, bengie, and rowy’s bats in the line up!”
/demotes posey to work on “development”
"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."
OT: MLB 10 the Shown on PSP
Just threw a perfect game with Timmy had 18 K’s
If any of you have this on PSP what batting stance do you use for Panda?
also glory of this game, No Wellemeyer
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
to bad rowand is in the game
"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."
Benched him
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd have joel zumaya hit him in the face with some 104 mph love
"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."
The Shown?
so it’s already over?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
Adopting Denny Bautista until someone tells me he's already spoken for.
damn
hahahaha
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Meanwhile, Grant... I saw what you did over on Purple Row...
And I’m sure discussing a ban is a ban-able offense, but… thank you.
yeah i was thinkin the same thing
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
You can find the thread in the latest main page topic on Purple Row
If you do a CTRL+F (or the Apple equivalent) and type in ‘Grant’ you’ll find it.
is it after they say the Aaron Rowand adventure thing
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I just hate when he posts about his ban without context. It makes me seem like a dumbass. More so, even.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
i think you just referred to yourself in the first person from the third person perspective. ow my brain
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
so what happened on this night
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
IIRC it was the soul crushing walk off night and he posted the fan graph thingy and was talking shit.
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
why is this night different from all other nights?
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
abridged seder:
Thing is, it happened
TEMPORARY SIG AWAITING FINAL SABEAN APOCALYPSE
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game in development
Man fuck those guys.
Mondogarage is over there bad mouthing Grant and this site about his ban. Then Grant came in and posted his account
here:
http://www.purplerow.com/2010/6/2/1497448/wednesday-rockpile-say-goodbye-to#38862645
And he was responded too by this:
Actually Grant, I remember the night in question
And I am pretty sure Mondo just told the same account you’ve just given without any LOLOLOLs. If he was scornful of MCC at that point can you really blame him, considering the personal nature of the comments?
I may be wrong but I don’t remember him making any derogatory comments about you, or how the site itself is run.
Fuck their holier then thou shit.
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.
Damn formating.
Actually Grant, I remember the night in question
And I am pretty sure Mondo just told the same account you’ve just given without any LOLOLOLs. If he was scornful of MCC at that point can you really blame him, considering the personal nature of the comments?
I may be wrong but I don’t remember him making any derogatory comments about you, or how the site itself is run.
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.
It was my comments that they are referencing
And I would make them again.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
He was a douchebag trolling over here.
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.
It is simple, really
If you have stuff that is supposed to be out of bounds, don’t come here acting like you don’t.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m kinda curious about what happened that night. I guess I missed it.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
That makes two of us
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Ask mondogarage. Basically, the opposite of that happened.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
This sounds like what happens at
GGN (Gang Green Nation) and trolling dolphins fans at The Phinsider. It get really outta hand. One Phin fan actually called me a heartless N***** and i’ll stop from there
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Me as well
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
I believe the whole thread was deleted.
I think it was a fanshot or something. And it exploded overnight.
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.
I don’t know. Once you start taking it personal, it kind of stops being silly sports talk. I’m sure it wasn’t anything you would say to someone’s face at a bar.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I probably would
Then again, my mouth gets me in a lot of trouble anyway.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm
Was it after the Spilbourghs game? If so, he %100 deserves everything he got.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
That's the one
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah the next day poll should have tipped him off that it wasn't going to be tolerated
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
Grant is over there defending himself. Stupid 24 hour rule.
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
I usually don’t get into stuff like this…but for some reason that whole episode rubbed me the wrong way.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Howie. That’s why the restraining order is so ironic.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Howie is a gamer. Let him play through it.
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
You do know want to know where the alien bursts out of Howie.
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.
Wait what happened?
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I rubbed you the wrong way ONCE! Out of how many times?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
somewhere there's
an awkward “my mother rubbed my the wrong way once. ONCE!” johnny dangerously joke reference in there. hopefully someone will be kind enough to find it, post it.
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
SkyNet is self-aware!
If you go over trolling MCC I’ll ban you here.
Don’t start interforum drama any more than has already been started.
by Andrew Martin on Jun 2, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
like i said….as much fun as it would be to get a rise out of em….
We’re better then that….
by irishfever on Jun 2, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
it wouldn’t
It’d make us look like even more of a bunch of self righteous pricks than we already have the tendency to be.
I <3 PR, but seriously, we’re on a very high horse for whatever reason.
by Andrew Martin on Jun 2, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 2, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Format fail.
But you get the idea.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 2, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess I have no choice but to note that some of you can be really offensive, insufferable assholes.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
HE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU
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 FUCK YOU
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Thanks!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
FFS, it was ONE time! How long are you going to hold that over my head?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I prefer to think of myself as a dick
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
THAN!
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 2, 2010 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
i didnt realize
purple row hated us so much
one guy said he “doesnt advise people to read MCC comments”
and then another said “at least we have smart people here”
what a bunch of cunt muscles
by ir1shgiant on Jun 2, 2010 2:26 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Cunt muscles hahahahha
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
is that a gigantess22 quote?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
I have no idea...
Hating us (more than even the team we support) is understandable because this is the internet. Also, our site is much better than theirs but their team is much better than ours.
There has been a history of, let’s call it unpleasantness, when their posters come over here or vice-versa.
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.
Some of them have a hard time understanding jokes. Logic too.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Words too
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Sometimes they struggle with pictures
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
*sometimes=usually
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
How could they even possibly overrun our gameday threads?
Our active gameday thread members outnumber them significantly. And our image bank alone will make them grab their rosaries.
Fundies don’t have rosaries.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
dinosaur bone necklaces
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
oh, you mean the tainted evidence planted by god?
no wonder why he was thrown off the force.
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
I like how two of the most vociferous on either side are “ir1shgiant” and “irishfever.” It’s like Romeo and Juliet!
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
you'd have more if it wasn't for that damned 24 hour rule
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
This the exact reason for the 24-hour rule.
Everyone should just stay on this side of the fence. Trolling is just annoying.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
This.
Just let them be. They can bad mouth us all they want as we do the same to them here. The problems are when it crosses over.
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.
I think someone over there also called Grant a national treasure
I myself enjoy your profane approach, I got an official warning on VivaElBirdos for a little thing like saying that Rick Horton is a Cock-sucker, mother fucker, fart-fucking, tit licking, Christ-humping fucker ,Shit, bull shit, and horse shit. A good God-damn cunt-kicking ass-hole-sucking tit-fucking piss-shitter..
Talk about puritanical
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
PR has some decent people.
Some of them are very civil. Others are trolls. Others can die in a hot air balloon.
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.
What was the hot air ballon comment
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe Xanthan started that.
Told Mondogarage he hoped he “died in a hot air balloon accident”
It just kind of stuck.
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.
More fuel to throw in the basket...
But, in this case, banning only me, when the most vile and virulent of the commentors were less than rapped across the hands….well, seems like someone hit the panic button over there. Which looked an awful lot like the easy button.
I don’t care, the MCC can be whatever it wants, that’s their deal, not mine. That doesn’t make the posters there any less douchy. It just means I don’t have to bother myself with it.
He should learn to spell and form coherent sentences before posting.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I tried to explain myself. He still chooses to ignore that I didn’t ban him on purpose. I’ll close that tab now.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Andrew T Fisher tried to back you up
The thing though
is that he didn’t intend to ban you. He hid all of your comments, part of the huge insensitive thread. It automatically bans those whose full content are removed. It’s kind of a quick way to get rid of spammers.
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 2, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
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.
The comments above that are great too.
Two other PR posters (including Muzia) saying they WOULD HAVE banned him for that kind of behavior. Then he responds with the above comment.
No problem with the banning whatsoever.
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.
In Soviet Russia, MCC ban YOU!
oh, wait
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 2, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
ok this shit is to much
Giants, just fucking win tonight.
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
even in person
i never like to gloat or say “were gonna beat you” to the opposition because even if theres a high chance that we do, if we lose, then i just look like an ass and a dope
This is why I never trash talk with, say, a side of my family who are Dodgers fans. They’ll talk shit at me, but I don’t say anything until after a series, or whatever. By then, either they’ve shut up or they look stupid.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Not really for trolling purposes. He is trying to say that he came over and was like, “HAI GAIZ!” and then got banned when IIRC he posted the fan graph of the walk off right after it happened and then got offended because of the reaction.
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
Well there was a bit more.
He basically came over RIGHT AFTER a tough loss and gloated about it. You just should not do that with another team’s blog.
Then he went around to the other NL west blogs gloating about his banning, calling it a “badge of honor”.
He was trolling.
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.
solemn vow
if my wife is in a coma, and I somehow hear that the giants win a walkoff game, I hereby guarantee that I will not post a fangraphs game graph on the opposing teams blog.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
by DrStankus on Jun 2, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
rec'd
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
This.
His bleeding heart defense that he still clings to is bullshit.
God, the whole attitude over there is insane. Muzia is usually pretty cool and there is a few that are nice people, but my God.
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.
Excuse me, if I may, but I do not believe it is a crime, sir, to post graphs of
events that have occurred in a baseball match, sir! Further, no matter the outcome, it is indecent for you to respond vociferously, rudely, crudely or in any way negative to a simple statement of fact, sir! These are just numbers, this is just a game, and a little pissed off bravado never hurt anyone, SIR! Good day!
someone got their irish up
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
is that how babbys are formed?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
If you were my wife I would punch you for saying that
of course I would probably have punched you anyway
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
So, big Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes fan?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriosly if the cops show up to a gay household and both guys are a little roughed up
who gets arrested?
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
I get it!
everyone in sf is the gay!
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
LOL
Funny because it’s true!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
and they know where babys come from
you adopt them from overseas!
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Just like that TV show on ABC!
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.
OH MY GOSH
Is that true? I hope not; all homosexuals are pedophiles!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Denver has a huge gay scene, second only to SF per capita last I heard
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
then why did you come here to make bigoted statements?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
who is being bigoted?
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
“Seriosly if the cops show up to a gay household and both guys are a little roughed up”
That’s pretty inflamatory.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
what is "inflamatory" about that
in DV situations(the subject we were talking about “If you were my wife I would punch you for saying that”) someone gets arrested in traditional households it is the male 90% of the time. Besides the comment about punching a woman seems a lot more inflammatory, but I guess the whole SF=Gay thing makes you a bit more sensitive about that subject
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
your a homo
phobe
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
It makes the panties easier to bunch.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
It's bigoted towards policemen
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
thanks for letting me know,
how embarrassing glad I asked you first, if I had asked a cop I might have been plunger raped for insolence
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
please
this isn’t NYC.
Our drunk Irish cops are WAY better mannered.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Ooh the Irish what a difference 80 years makes
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
and in defense of those cops he had been resisting
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
This is just a profoundly tasteless joke, right?
You seem prone to them. Because there’s no defense for those cops.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 2, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes – just not tasteless in a way that is acceptable to this community…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
It is gallows humor
in response to a horrific act as if that is not patently obvious, so is every inflammatory thing I have said. If you and others on this blog cannot tell the difference then you have no right to call Purple Row names. If you cannot see the difference between me and the people who actually believe/do these things, you are engaging in the same self righteous action only in a more vulgar tone.
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
Wow, you’re still here, and your horse is higher than ever. You do dressage or something?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
western saddle thanks, dressage is hard on the calves
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
True dat.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I do not have an unhealthy fascination with getting the last word!!
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
See, now you just make me want to test that theory.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Fine weather we’re having.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
see there is no way a healthy
well adjusted human being with things to do would keep this up
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
I’m just watching the game and following the GDT. Checking this every five minutes ain’t no thang.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
We once conducted a liveblog of the Star Wars original trilogy when it was playing on Spike. Do not underestimate us.
"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
you seem like a cosmopolitan
group surely there is more important things to do
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
Nope. We’re all stat-nerds who live in our mothers’ basements.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
yeah but what is your xFip?
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
I never tell on the first date.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
you know every time
that Francis(9th pick) and Cain(25th pick) match up I die a little inside
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
2009 must have been very refreshing for you, then.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Nope then I had
Greg Reynolds(2nd pick) and Timmy(10th pick) to enjoy although in fairness everyone had us taking Longoria(3rd pick)
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
Brutal.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Interesting note on Reynolds the Y in his last name stands for “Why the fuck did you pick me over Evan Longoria”
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
Fun fact: The Giants gave away a first round draft pick for Michael Tucker.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
The Rockies gave away almost
every first rounder in the 1990’s to acquire Rockies legends Denny Neagle, and Mike Hampton
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
we also got Darrel Kile
and Ellis Burks
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
Expansion team-itis?
And Ellis Burks was pretty damn good for us, fwiw.
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Burks was great here
as well, Kile wasn’t but was a good player. The year the Rockies gave Hampton 7/140mil the Yanks got Mussina 6/60 and we gave the mets the pick that became David Wright
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OK
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
You are just saying that
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/shrug
If you get value, you get value.
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Burk's 7.6 WAR year
was worth a first round pick the others were worse than worthless
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As tends to be the case, but the Rockies are by no means alone in that tradition.
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Thankfully O'Dowd now
Values our players, prospects, and picks(some might say a little too much) and won’t part with them
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Sabean does too, but I think only because someone else is forcing him to, and because Bonds is off the roster.
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I love Matt Holliday
but I think Pujol’s presence made that signing have to happen and Boras knew that better than anyone
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The Cardinals did a terrible, terrible job this offseason. They were bidding against themselves, and still gave Matt a ludicrous contract.
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They made some good points
though the differed money helps, and if you drop down too low the Yankees and Red Sox have gaping holes in LF if Matt started to look like a bargain CashMan would have jumped all over it
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and getting Penny and FLopez
were both good values
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Penny was an easy sell because he wanted to play there, and it remains to be seen if he continues to pitch well after coming back (he’s a notiorious half starter. The Lopez signing was a steal, though.
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Er, a notorious HOT starter.
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I am not sad
to see Wellemeyer in the division instead of Penny and cannot believe Ely fell into the Dogs lap
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Take solace in the fact that the Dodgers’ farm system is more barren the desert they inhabit.
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and that they traded
The best guitar playing Catcher of all time to rent Casey Blake
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Seriously if the ChiSox
had offered to kick Colleti in the groin as the PTBNL he would have smiled and braced himself
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They also suck with internationl drafting. After Bellisario though, maybe it’s not fair to blame them.
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They somehow keep lucking
in to some amazing pieces REALLY BILLY ETHIER FOR MILTON BRADLEY?
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Billy Beane also gave you guys Gonzales.
So…
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He may have outsmarted
himself there but then again he got Bret Anderson, Gonzalez, and Smith for Haren who he got with Barton for Mulder
So really he got Brett Anderson, Michael Taylor and Clayton Mortensen for Mark Mulder
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lol Mulder
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Bean really is a genius
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again with the gay stuff?
j/k
Billy Beane is the A’s GM.
Bill Bean is a former player now a real estate agent, most famous for being gay.
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I was refering to Rowan Atkinson
I remember looking up Billy Beane after reading Moneyball to see if I recognized him(don’t remember him as a player) and seeing some mighty strange pictures
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He is on the winning
side of Dan O’Dowds best/worst day ever. O’Dowd got Jermaine Dye a 4.7 win player from KC for Neifi Perez who in 5000+ PA accumulated .1WAR
He then trades Dye at a time when our LF Platoon is Ron Gant/ Todd Holladnsworth
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Is there anybody who hasn’t played in your outfield?
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Bonds can you imagine what he
would have done during the Coors Canaveral years?
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per b-r
bonds 2001, normalized to 2000 Coors field environment shows 100 HR
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Career numbers at Mile High:
.513/.589/.949 – 4 HR, 1.532 OPS in 48 PA (1 HR per 12 PA)
Career numbers at Coors:
.336/.468/.693 – 26 HR, 1.162 OPS in 348 PA (1 HR per 14.5 PA)
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So not bad
Piazza and Sosa both seemed to hit HRs in every game they played here
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Career PA/HR: 16.54
Career line: .298/.444/.607 – OPS 1.051
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Between the Years 2000-04
Barry Bonds did things that were otherworldly to the baseball
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Indeed.
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In the Year 2002
Bonds did not have a single Sub-.500 wOBA. month that a stat that will never be matched
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Neither will 4 consectutive
.500 wOBA seasons
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a least never again
Ruth did it like 13 times
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Ruth did a lot of things that will never be done again. Different era, etc. etc. etc.
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Yeah his numbers
look a lot like what Bonds would have done with a Lou Gehrig in the lineup and pitchers who wouldn’t pitch around him
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Ruth was also so ridiculously ahead of the curve in terms of power production. He was utterly in a league of his own.
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the only hitter who was close
hit behind him in the lineup, The is a book called the year Ruth hit 120hrs about how Ruth had a lot hits that would have been long gone in todays parks
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Someone around here keeps a picture with the dimensions of the Polo Grounds on hand for these sorts of discussions…
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Some of those stadiums were
600 feet plus to CF
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Yup.
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Gives new meaning to hitting them
where they ain’t
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That’s what a lot of people don’t realize about “The Catch” by Mays. The warning track was forever and a day away, and he still made the throw back to the infield.
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I just finished 59 in 84
about old hoss radbourn 1300 innings in two years in 83-84 just excruciating pain in his arm, probably had a torn rotator cuff down the stretch
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Yeah, it kind of blows my mind how much these pitchers used to throw, and it makes me wonder what changed. Are we really throwing that much harder now? Were they just “built better” back then? Are we overreacting in the present?
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Well there were a lot of things
involved they were tougher, they built up more core strength, hauling water from a well, chopping firewood, clearing brush, digging ditches all the things we have a tool for now they did manually. The english longbow requires a 200 pound draw something only a finely tuned athlete could do today but 5’6" farmers all over england had no problem
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Radbourn said to someone
who asked him when he would get tired He said he had killed steers with a 25 pound sledge from 4AM to 8PM 6 days a week back home as a butcher so throwing a 5oz ball for two hours wasn’t bad at all
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How delightfully morbid.
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a picture of Big Macs
woman that motorboatin sonofabitch
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These things happen when you have lots of money.
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Yeah if women are telling the
truth that it is a sense of humor that attracts the how come chris farley was never the sexiest man alive?
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/cues Chipendale’s gif
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life would be better if we
all had our own production crew
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Zuh?
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you know someone to fetch gifs
songs images whatever
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Ah. Now
ISWYDT.
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Aaaaaand I think I won. McC, re’esent.
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At the same time, though, athletes are better trained, better equipped, and more specialized than ever.
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yeah they eat better and
have targeted workouts but they don’t just throw and throw like they used to. Supposedly Nolan Ryan routinely topped 200 pitches in a game
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this will never come again
Marichal’s line: 16 innings, 8 hits, 0 runs, 4 walks and 10 strikeouts.
Spahn’s line: 15 1/3 innings, 9 hits, 1 run, 1 walk and 2 strikeouts.
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Wow, this is way over to the right.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 3, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
was it the Commandant thing?
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Colonel Klink?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 3, 2010 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Hoooooooogaaannnnnnn!
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old threads never die
they just fade way
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Still trying to get the last word in?
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¿que?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 3, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It is time to stop now, Mac.
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You are doing great!
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 3, 2010 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It is? Time to stop now? Mac?
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'N Cheese?
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not to be read in a Jar-Jar
tone
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Thass racist, yo.
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unless I was a pittsburgh QB
then the proper response is
Thass rapist, yo.
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Touché.
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I think it was playing Touche
with drunken co-eds that got him in hot water to start with
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This has delved into nonsense now.
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So then you are saying
I get the last word?
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I must say, your trolling, it’s magnifique.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 4, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 4, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
how so? I am not
coming here after a loss talking crap. I am not writing BURRELL LOL OMG, I am not attacking anyone personally, I not attacking anything. If I am not attacking anyone, or attempting to inflame passions by insulting you or your team how could I be trolling?
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Don’t get me wrong… it’s subtlety and breadth are impressive.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 4, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Try to sum it up for me
stretch your incredulity enough to imagine me a complete idiot, and dumb down the explanation to where I can understand it.
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And try to make it take several
responses I am trying to push this thread to 3000+comments
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I see I am like the naturalist who unwittingly interferes with the system he is studying… my apologies.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 4, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 4, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh good
so looking down on me just comes natural?
Time is the best teacher; Unfortunately it kills all its students
just as I thought
eaten by a grue, shame
Time is the best teacher; Unfortunately it kills all its students
Nothing, because I'm still here.
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.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 5, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
and in defense of me, I did correctly interpret that as a profoundly tasteless joke.
Not to mention your tendency towards them.
Look, tasteless jokes are fine, but you seem to forget that a) tone of voice does not translate into writing, and b) you are not among those who know your style.
And I still gave you credit for just being bad at joke-making, not being a depraved asshole.
So stand the fuck down, cowboy.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 2, 2010 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
hence the type e proposition
had I gone Type A I would be dead wrong
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also the b) confused me as
I believe that I am actually one of the few who know my style, then I reread it to the correct interpretation
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Holy Crap I just got the way they were reading that, Thanks man
Seriously if the cops show up to a gay household and both guys are a little roughed up look like they have been scuffling
fixed?
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at this point
i think you should probably just fuck off.
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OK, I think I’m gonna pull the “doesn’t live in the bay are” card…
I think you’re overreacting. It very clearly wasn’t a “everyone in sf is the gay!” joke. That wouldn’t even make sense.
I was promised lasagna.
i didn't take it that way
Just that it was bigoted, ignorant, and offensive.
Seriosly if the cops show up to a gay household and both guys are a little roughed up
who gets arrested?
seriously, fuck that shit.
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think I am bigoted that is your right
if you think that statement is offensive you are misreading my intention, which is again your right. That said quit looking around for things to be offended by life is to fucking short
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I believe it was Howard T. Scored who said
“Uh, context is important. Or something”.
OK, apparently he changed his sig, and I don’t remember the exact words, but it was something like that.
Anyway, the topic was for, some reason, domestic violence. So it’s not a gay sex joke.
Stupid? Yes. Really really stupid? Yes. But not bigoted. I think. OK, a bit bigoted. But mainly stupid.
I was promised lasagna.
Alright I have said the same thing to some of
my gay friends, they didn’t find it offensive. Then again they know me so would not immediately assume I was out for blood. Look I guess Delorean was offended by my statement but didn’t bother chiming in on this one because…context?
Hey gays, this is actually a genius lineup. Rowand will see more good pitches because the Rockies are afraid to give Cain anything good to hit.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
by Kitspool on Jun 2, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
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I agree. I’m not a big fan of that meme, and I don’t think Tom was saying anything offensive in that comment, it was just kind of a stupid comment. However, he did say he was a wifebeater and a racist, which I think is pretty fucking stupid. You guys picked the wrong comment to get mad at him for.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jun 2, 2010 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I have to agree with Graham on this one
god typing on this speak and spell takes forever
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Yeah
I said above that the topic was domestic violence, but then I saw that he raised the topic in the first place. So that’s weird.
But I’m sticking to my stupid, not bigoted theory.
I was promised lasagna.
I think the evidence would support your position
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“Hey gays” is a recent meme on McC that is based on a typo and is context-dependent. That is, people who actually spend time here know what it’s about.
It’s normally a smart move to tread lightly when you come to post on a forum until you know the ins and outs.
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That is fair like I said if this was a BYU blog
I would be wise to stay away from polygamy analogies
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Yeah it was an Australian Joke, C'mon!!
I myself believe if you are going to be an obscene insensitive asshole most of the time you don’t get to turn around and be an oversensitive asshole the minute you perceive some slight. I realize now I should have used polyamory or polygamy to avoid hurt feelings
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are you saying that i'm an obscene, insensitive asshole
I’m trying to follow you here but you’re not making it easy
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Adopting Denny Bautista until someone tells me he's already spoken for.
It must because you’re not beating your wife enough. …Or something.
Yeah, I’m confused too.
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if you are a person who is sensitive to the
feelings, beliefs, and mores of those around you then you are entitled to be sensitive to anyone disregarding yours. So if you are a person who is incredibly sensitive towards everyone else(including Dodger fans) then I am deeply sorry if I offended some sensibility of yours
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Backhanded apology ftl
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I remember a few years ago in a group of mixed
company two guys who were of Hispanic descent were ragging on the African cab drivers and a few minutes later someone made a comment about the way people who are from Mexico drive in the states. Those two got really offended and made comments about how they had relatives from Mexico. I didn’t think they have the right to be offended in that situation.
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I think he’s the obscene, insensitive asshole, and he perceived some slight (you telling him to fuck off), and now he’s saying he doesn’t have the right to be an oversensitive asshole about it.
I think.
I was promised lasagna.
there you go
If in at least my internet persona I am not particularly sensitive to those around me, I am not allowed to then turn around the minute my ox is gored.
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Because he’s a hater.
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by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
that explains the denver nuggets
"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."
I dunno why
but the thought of “Gays per capita” makes me laugh.
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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.
used in a family guy episode if I remember, or maybe that ws “drunks per capita” reffering to my homeland 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."
LOL FRESNO
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I was talking about ireland, but fresno has a epic drunks per capita rate.
"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."
LOLFRESNOMEXICO
whats the difference?
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by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Two reasons for that come to mind. One is, it gets so hot in the summer. The other is from a remark my Dad made about being stationed there briefly during WWII. He said there wasn’t much to do there except drink.
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It was drunks per capita
The line was
Ireland has more drunks per capita than people
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Grab Some Pine, Meat
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wtf are you talking about?
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oh, you are a rockies fan
Go fuck yourself
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by DrStankus on Jun 2, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
quit being such a babby!
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ask the Stank something to do with Irish i think
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Sir
I humble suggest that you and your Hibernian wife take a ride in a rigid airship, where you both perish in route.
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
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If I had been educated to do something other than yodel and ski
I would probably be insulted by your keatsian prose, but sadly I never made it past 8th grade tators need diggin
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
McCovey Chronicles:
WE DON’T FUCK AROUND WITH TROLLING DOUCHEBAGS
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
OT: wtf bums snakes
on a day when edwin jackson and ramon troncoso start.. scoreless after 9 innings.
"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."
Monasterios started for the Dodgers.
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 Jun 2, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
oh my bad, I just knew it was one of the randoms they have in the bullpen. Regardless, suprising to see it scoreless after 9 with edwin jackson pitching.
"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."
Yeah, that is weird. I guess the D backs just couldnt pick up Monasterios because he is a new pitcher, I think.
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 Jun 2, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
The giant way?
"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."
LOL Rule V pick
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
Used to have the 2nd movement memorized
Never really learned the 1st and 3rd very well.
by D4P on Jun 2, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
G'day chaps.
Here’s to another splendid contest.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 2, 2010 2:47 PM PDT reply actions
Left, left.
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
Wellemeyer?
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.
DFA Rowand?
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
may the better contestant of the professional sports contest prevail over the lesser contestant.
who you callin “chaps”, mate?
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
The team from my area is superior to the team from your area.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 2, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I see.
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.
That sort of remark speaks to your character, sir.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
CHEERIO
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.
by scout6 on Jun 2, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
What’s your definition of splendid?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
over before 11:30 mtn.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 2, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
San Francisco Giants Baseball – We Swing at the First Pitch to Get You into Bed on Time.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Sabean's ERA lowering service
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.
Ground into double plays just in case we accidentally get on base.
"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
Key word being
accidentally.
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s gotta be something we and Purple Row can be happy about together. :)
They could be Giants...but not really.
lets stop talking about purple row
save it for when the next fan comes trolling over
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
NO WE CAN'T
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 2, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Torres RF
Sanchez 2B
Sandoval 3B
Uribe SS
Molina C
Huff LF
Posey 1B
Rowand CF
Cain P
FREE BUSTER POSEY
LOL. What the hell did Bengie do last night that deserves moving up
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Called a better game than Posey, duh.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jun 2, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I am hoping
That is not the line up for tonights game.
"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."
..............
WHY ARE THESE RETARDS EMPLOYED?
"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."
We should form a tea bagging party. Take back our Giants!!
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
great looking swings these fast few games, especially against jiminez
Bengie is really returning to star from, we as giants owners could not be more excited.
"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."
Molina back to 5th!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this a fucking joke Bochy? Why move Huff and Posey down?
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
WTF HOW DOES HUFF MOVE DOWN IN THE LINEUP?
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.
HOW THE FUCK IS THIS MAN EMPLOYED?
DOES ANYONE EVEN LOOK AT THE LINE UP THAT BORK MAKES? JESUS CHRIST
"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."
Jeff Francis pitches with his left arm. Your argument is invalid.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa whoa whoa
“pitches”? Let’s not say anything we cannot take back later.
God dammit the Giants better win one of these fucking games. Then a baseball game.
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.
Lefties can't hit lefties
Clearly bork is a genius, how did he become so smart?
"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."
So move down the better hitter Posey too, right?
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
On the bright side, the vortex of suck is split up. We only have two pitchers spots in a row instead of three!
"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
/bochy ignores rowand and molinas horrible stats and laxidasical effort.
"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."
/announces his intention to have them in all star game
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey gays, this is actually a genius lineup. Rowand will see more good pitches because the Rockies are afraid to give Cain anything good to hit.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
Well there are at least two offensive things and two true things in that sentence
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
Hey gays? thats a new one.
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
You guys have heard of Revis Island?
Huff and Posey are on Gamer Island.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Well that was pretty damn cool.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jun 2, 2010 3:02 PM PDT reply actions
God Damn
Do any Giants deserve to be All-Stars?
Cain and Zito?
Torres?
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
Freddy Sanchez will represent the Giants
/5 yr extension
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
clearly he doesn't deserve that ERA 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."
Jamie Moyer is unimpressed
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
/moyer looks at win total
I’m way better than cain I’m 5-3!
/looks at 5.5 ERA
"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."
/John Kruk eats big mac in spite of Era worshippers
/karl ravec whacks off on stage
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Timmy will rebound and be the representitive
Book it!
I'll punch Greg Evigan in the beard if I ever see him!
LOL Juggernate
.387 vs LHP and 2-3 lifetime against Francis
not in the lineup
by TimLaser and MattyC on Jun 2, 2010 3:15 PM PDT reply actions
not taking very good swings lately
"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."
“Rowands lookin good lately.Nate is strugglin’”
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Rowand will have a big “Fuck you, Grant” game. They always do.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
0-6 4 K's
but on 3 of the k’s he swings at bowling balls in the dirt and makes it to first safely, thats a big FU to grant 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."
Grant’s reverse jinx magic.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
BURRISS GOTTA GO
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.
LOLLAMAS
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.
/gives pity rec
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.
/flagged
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
MOOOOOOOOOOOO
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
I always forget that we can rec the article.
rec’d because of:
1. pity
2. love
3. arousal
4. laughs
5. grit
Okay, fine
I rec’d it. First because I did rec the llama thing too, and second because the Choose Your Own Adventure series really does deserve it.
I probably would rec more if I ever remembered that I can do that.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on Jun 2, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I wasn’t fishing for recs as much as I was expressing mock disgust for the site-wide encouragement of my boss.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
/humps desk
It’s hard not to encourage him. It’s so damn funny.
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.
He’s always fishing for recs. It gives him a rec chubby, which is quite unseemly.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
That can't be good-for you- if he's humping your desk
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
Sometimes I wish the Giants could see the shit their fans go through
and get pissed at the team. Kinda like when Jerome Williams got pissed about the pookah shells
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
but nonetheless you still remember that game right?
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it was against the Rays
the ump came out and said he couldn’t wear his shells, Williams got pissed. Shut down the Rays with a CG
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
If only he could have found that focus on a consistent basis.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn not a CG
Imma search hard for this game
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Boo Yah!
and the home of the.... JETS!
BEAT LA
MV3!!!
Dubbs
by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jun 2, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
and justin miller
with the tatoos. umps come out and say: “your tattoos are distracting”, then make rules.
/justing tearing off his skin
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
In the Dodger game today Scully made it known that Miller is…Cherokee? Something like that. The family changed its name to Miller to “fit in” somewhere back along the line.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on Jun 2, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
There is something wrong with this lineup.
Torres rf
Sanchez 2b
Sandoval 3b
Uribe ss
Molina c
Huff lf
Posey 1b
Rowand cf
Cain p.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 3:23 PM PDT reply actions
yeah
why isn’t Molina in his traditional cleanup spot
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
yeah
should lump the GiDPers together
by TimLaser and MattyC on Jun 2, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
yes there is
/bork moves molina into clean up, rowand into 5th spot puts uribe in 6th huff in 7th, and posey in 8th spot.
“Had to get the hot bats moved up in the order bork bork”
"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."
Did you see that ball he hit to the warning track last night?! I mean he is so close I can taste it.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
He really crushed that one with his improved batting stance and swing, if not for some wind and dew in the grass that would have gone out!!!!
"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."
Dammit, I just realized this was already posted.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
But you brought a fresh perspective.
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.
LOL Baggs
Trying to come up with a reason for the terrible lineup:
I think this move is about breaking up Bengie Molina and Aaron Rowand, as much as anything else. Both of them are trying to work out of deep funks, in case you haven’t noticed.
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.
I just hope something works out here
i don’t care what they do if nothing works, then fuck it, sit them both and just call it
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
But why move two shitty hitters to different parts of the lineup?
So they can better spread out their rally killing swings?
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.
Here’s a fun thought… We have TWO fucking guys “trying to work out of deep funks,” so maybe we could bench one or the other of them? Whaddaya think, Boch/Baggs?
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Breaking out of deep funks
That is so negative
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
LOL BAGGS
“In case you haven’t noticed”
More like, “I’m a journalist but instead I take from the company line and do it the 680 way”
"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."
Everyone better pray
that Molina gets some hits…Otherwise Bork will eventually move him to leadoff. “Gotta change things up a little, see if we can get him goin, bork”
Gotta get him going bork bork
"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."
borkborkbork\
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
wtf bums
How they have not walked off yet? Even the giants made quick work of the AZ LOLpen.
"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."
OT: We can't have nice things.
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.
I love it.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I want this bobblecat so much. Especially because it’s standing on a cheezburger.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
lulz
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.
OT: Interview
I’ve got an interview for a commercial copywriting position coming up tomorrow. I’ve never written copy before, so I don’t have a lot of product to put in a relevant portfolio. To be honest, I barely know where to begin. Anybody out there with some tips for poor, ignorant me?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
See if you can get Grant a freelance gig.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
“I don’t know what I’m doing here, but I know this really great guy on the internet…”
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
That’s the stuff!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
youre fucked
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I know that there are professionals who post here. At least, I think there are.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
professionals
professional posters on MCC. We are no help.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
16,000+ posts! WHOOOOO
Does that make me a professional?
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.
Wow.
Thats like twice what I have
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 Jun 2, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Professional nerds!
AMIRITE?!
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 Jun 2, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry brian and bruce don’t come around these parts, no “Proffesionals” around here.
"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."
LOL ALL ABOVE RESPONSES.
Good luck.
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.
Yeah, I'm probably boned.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I have no advice, but I wish you lots of luck!
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Be creative, make something up. I mean copy wise, don’t tell them a lie. A Google search turned up nothing?
It wouldn’t for me, I can’t find anything on the internet anymore. Last night I was searching for printable World Cup Round of 16 brackets, 75% of the hits were NCAA March Madness basketball. Huh?
Fox Sports comes through! I wonder why all the other major sports outlets haven’t come out with one yet.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
Yeah I found one offa some rinky dink web site, iirc the Fox one was too graphics intense to print out. I went with this one instead. Saving the tax payers money, I needed to run off 30 copies for a class project.
Oh, I'm a Googlin'
But it doesn’t hurt to get a variety of information.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
That’s a paddlin’.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
AmyGGiants
#sfgiants Emmanuel Burriss to join SJ after Pitt series to start rehab assignment. He will play shortstop.
They could be Giants...but not really.
Anyone else thinking they may be rushing him because of our lack of a back up SS?
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.
Also good for him.
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.
Well yeah its the giants, look what they did with derosa and renteria.
"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."
LOL Frandsen
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
by Gobroks on Jun 2, 2010 4:45 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Cool. His bat is more suitable for SS. Still probably not suitable, but closer.
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 Jun 2, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
He would actually be a decent bat to put at No. 9
if we go back to the LaRussa strategy.
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.
Closer is good enough i thinkith
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I like Manny
But I wish Brandon Crawford would hurry up with his offense already.
They could be Giants...but not really.
offense and giants should never be used in the same sentence
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
The deserved vitriol on Baggs blog is already beginning. Much deserved in my opinion for his comments on KNBR today.
I didn't realize so many guys in the Sunset District had access to the internet...
or could soberly log in.
This is a ban-able offense.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
sweet potato fries are ten times better than regular fries but I’m not much of a fry guy.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
how thick do you cut them
every time I try that I end up with either blackened char sticks or limp portions of nasty
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
Lately I’ve been buying the precut ones from Trader Joe’s. They’re about 3-4 inches long and maybe 1/2 – 1/4 inch in width.
OH, AND YOU FUNNY MONKEYS… GO TWSS YURSELF!!!
actually I probably enjoyed
the preemptive strike more than if it had played out
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
Sweet potato fries ARE a TON better than regular fries, and i agree with merope, olive oil works well
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
sweet potato fries
are a horrible blight on cuisine. However, I don’t blame them. It’s not there fault they are made of sweet potatoes. Ironically, “pie” is apparently immune to sweet potato taint.
TEMPORARY SIG AWAITING FINAL SABEAN APOCALYPSE
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game in development
wrong
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
don't hate me because I am different
TEMPORARY SIG AWAITING FINAL SABEAN APOCALYPSE
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game in development
Sweet Potato Pie from Goldies BBQ in Portland is
good enough to make me like country music
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
don't hate me because I click before I proofread
TEMPORARY SIG AWAITING FINAL SABEAN APOCALYPSE
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game in development
Wow
Baggs. You are dead to me. I expect this stuff from Schulman, I thought you were better than that. I was wrong. Brian Sabean’s "way" hasn’t got the job done. Maybe he is a mere puppet of ownership. He still is a stubborn old-school GM whom the game has passed by. He has ignored the farm for 13 years and its cost us. Take a look at the 2004 and 2005 drafts when we didn’t have a first pick until later in the draft. We had to sign Michael Tucker and lose picks. Take a look at who went in first round of those drafts. Sure hindsight is 20/20, but hell everyone knew Michael Freakin Tucker was a waste of cash. Woah I got to catch myself, I’m worrying way too much about player contracts. Those things that determine where the team’s assets go and restrict who may acquire at one point or another. I better relax and just enjoy the game. SUCK IT BAGGS.
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.
by scout6 on Jun 2, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Did a McCoven write this? Because I would like to buy them a 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 Jun 2, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
in that case, I wrote it.
I’ll just take a six-pack, if that’s cool.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
If it's Coors Light you'd KNOW if it was cool.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it’s a stretch to say that Sabean has ‘ignored’ the farm, but there have been a few blunders.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I meant to say 'quite a few'
But I give the man credit for developing Cain and Lincecum.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Lincecum didn’t really “develop” in the Giants farm system. He pitched in 13 games in the minors.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
How do you think a GM “develops” a player?
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
Wow Baggs is getting smashed by his commentors.
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 Jun 2, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
He kind of deserves it lately. I just find the tone he’s taken in his blogging recently to be kind of condescending towards the people who are his most loyal readers. Not saying he has to agree with everything people are saying about the team, but he looks like a fool defending Rowand and Molina being in the lineup.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
next time he’s in town, i’ll see if he has a spare 30 minutes in the PB to read thru a MCC thread together and then we can tweet the results of his reactions
Hopefully, this is after Grant installs the paywall...
So SBNation and the Frisbee’s can reap the financial reward.
Honestly, the part that annoyed me the most in that interview was Baggs saying “Enjoy the game.”
I can be critical of this team, its brass and ownership group, and still enjoy the game, enjoy the great players (past and present), enjoy the park, enjoy the broadbasters, enjoy being a fan. One does not preclude the other.
They could be Giants...but not really.
Isn’t Kent the one who said he’s never enjoyed watching baseball?
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 2, 2010 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I always liked playing basketball and played on teams from 3rd through 12th grade, but I don’t really enjoy watching it all that much.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Right, but the contrast between the two statements is still jarring.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 2, 2010 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I would buy you a beer if i was 21.
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder what would have happened if Posey were the catcher for the last three Lincecum starts. Seriously, I’m curious.
Posey DFA
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I sincerely wonder if the Giants would start thinking about moving him off catcher.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Start thinking about it?
They’ve already done it!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He does not play catcher.
He is a 1st baseman. Silly.
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.
904 SB's
26 throwing errors.
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.
Too bad we can’t know what the pitching staff REALLY thinks. They aren’t going to tell the media “Bengie blows goats, he can’t block pitches, he couldn’t throw Fat Albert out on a steal attempt, and he if he tells me to throw Pujols one more fast ball I’m going to put arsenic in his Eskimo Pies.” It can be tough when you have to work and depend on someone who drives you crazy. In most situations, saying something can only make the situation work so you just have to smile and nod a lot and say what things like “He calls a good game, he’s a veteran.”
He barely threw out Miguel Olivo.
MIGUEL OLIVO.
(I almost typed Olive, twice.)
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.
wow looks like I missed some fun.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Did not stop me.
I am still at work.
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.
Somehow I take it your work doesn’t include you being responsible for a room full of 22 4 and 5 year olds….
BTW OT: Yay!!!! The State Senate approved raising the Kindergarten start date to 5 years of age!!! Yippee!!!! Now the Assembly needs to follow suit!
I work for the Boy Scouts of America.
We start at 6 and 7.
But I am mainly with adults during the day.
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.
Use anonymouse
Or whatever those types of sites are called
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I don’t have time to be on this site when I’m at work. The one day I tried to access the site I was looking for the date of a meetup to see if it conflicted with something at work.
Phone browser!
/wishes he didn’t have to use IE on his phone
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Nerbs unite!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I’m still waiting for free dental, dag nabbit.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
LOL my Intrepid
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
LOL Yeah that’d be good. I’m always complaining to my supervisor about my “assistant” being on her phone at work. Apparently her husband losing his car keys for the 3rd time in a year is an EMERGENCY.
No phones at work unless you're doing business
I would be pretty rigid with that rule.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Also annoying: people who are constantly on their phones at dinner/the bar
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Also annoying: my father checking his email while driving
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
For real
You should only check facebook and sports, maximum, while driving.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
LOL
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Or you can be like someone I know who watches Sportscenter highlights while driving
I’m surprised he hasn’t gotten in an accident yet
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
TW...uhh, nevermind
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
TWSS
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
TWSS!
But seriously, I thought it would be inappropriate to put that after Merope’s response.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
and tweets from porn stars
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
We relived the day Mondogarage was banned.
Ah, memories.
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.
I always hate to miss PRers being self-righteous :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It's every day over there.
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.
I like it when they’re self-righteous about us, all “Oh Good Heavens, I’m so glad this place isn’t like McCovey Chronicles!”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
That’s funny, we say the same thing about them.
"Oh for fuck’s sake, I’m so glad this place isn’t like Purple Row!"
I enjoy the symmetry.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Just curious, how long have the two sites not…uh, gotten along?
They could be Giants...but not really.
I have been here since 2008.
so that much at least.
It definitely got worse over last season though.
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.
Well, I mean, last year, their team painfully reminded our team how shitty it still is.
And fan bases don’t need very much to start feeling too high or too low.
Check.
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.
/bobbles double play ball
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
FRED LEWIS HAS SINGLED
Repeat: Fred Lewis has singled.
Overrated!
"You can always recover from the player you didn't sign. You may never recover from the player you signed at the wrong price." --Billy Beane
"I am not an idiot."--Brian Sabean
by Sabean's_Folly on Jun 2, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
OT
this just showed up on a random, non-baseball, non-Giants-related tumblr i follow
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
Adopting Denny Bautista until someone tells me he's already spoken for.
What the fuck happened here?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
The visiting team
Gonzalez CF
Smith LF
Helton 1B
Tulowitzki SS
Hawpe RF
Olivo C
Stewart 3B
Herrera 2B
Francis LHP
They could be Giants...but not really.
WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?
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.
LOL REAL LINE UP
The 1-4 in that line up alone blows our entire line up away. Hell you could take ian stewart and miguel olivio and they’d be our 3 and 4 hitters LOL.
"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."
The D-Backs were just handed their 4th straight walk-off loss. They’re 0-9 on their road trip.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
What's the collective mindset on a comparison between Wellemeyer here and Willis there?
Which will do more damage?
/looks at NL West TempestTeapot standings
Never mind.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
@breakingnews Mariners manager says Ken Griffey Jr. is retiring – AP
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
Saving the Mariners some face.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Adios Junior
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
Reports are coming in that according to Mariners manager Don Wakanatsu, Ken Griffey Jr. is retiring.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Damn, Sol. You got pwnd by the Overlord for a sub-1 minute lag. And PR says we don't have standards.
by SF Pete on Jun 2, 2010 4:46 PM PDT reply actions
by Solidarity on Jun 2, 2010 4:46 PM PDT reply actions
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 2, 2010 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
All because I actually went to edit my post. Damn.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
AmyGGiants
#sfgiants Bochy on Affeldt, “not making the improvements we’d/he’d like to see. I’ll get w/Brian (Sabean) & make a decision.” DL probable
They could be Giants...but not really.
what should i do rabbi?
i really dont want to drop this fool from my fantasy team but i kinda feel like ive got no choice
in soviet russia, run scores you!....and giants still have terrible offense
by slackersphere17 on Jun 2, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
get with brian sabean?
You mean make affeldt play through injury, and then have nagging injuries throught the season and be ineffective?
Hmm, this rings a bell, DEROSA’D.
/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."
LOL AAA PITCHING!!!
Amy Gutierrez
#sfgiants Bochy says Burrell’s doing a “nice job down there (Fresno)” Burrell’s #’s in 3 gms w/Griz, 5 for 12, 2B, HR & 4RBI
Deadspin
Cover Band Drummer Is Far Too Intense For A Cover Band Drummer
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
Shift-A
Nerdz have made over 1200 comments in this thread already.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
Ken Griffey Jr.: The Giants New Right Fielder
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
Stash him AAA for a few games.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
so is it alright to start taking things
baggs says and making fun of it due to his recent terrible interview?
It’s been alright for a while now.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
alright then...
Andrew Baggarly
There’s a reason everyone called him Junior. Ken Griffey always played the game with the joy and excitement of a little kid. A great career.
umm baggs, im pretty sure he was called junior because his father was also named ken griffey.
dick
/joy and excitement
/leg injury
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
In reference to your above comment: You have to know when its a joke. Not everything he says is stupid. I like what he writes mostly.
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
ITS A FUCKING JOKE
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
A fucking joke? Or a fucking joke?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
So, a married couple and their three children walk into an agent’s office…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
So Mickey takes Minnie to court for divorce…
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Gross
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Oh, I was thinking of it in the subthread of “fucking joke” and thought “gross.” Because that is gross.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Ken Griffey always played the game with the joy and excitement of a little kid
He also took naps like a little kid.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLARS
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
And that’s how Lars got black-listed by his seventh major league organization.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
LOL
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
so it’s ok for us to talk about / jinx someone else’s no-no/perfecto, but not our own?
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
i purposefully didn’t use the words, because i want it to happen… only time all year i’d sink so low as to watch an American League game
twhs
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I should have been less blunt in my words, to be honest. I was posting without really thinking. But, I think it depends on which team/who is throwing one. Like, if a Dodgers pitcher is throwing one, I think it’s safe to say that most people here would try to jinx it. If Cain’s throwing one, no one here would like to see it jinxed, so everyone doesn’t want to talk about it.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I know it's baseball tradition/superstition
But I stopped believing in jinxing/reverse jinxing after the 2002 postseason was ended by that alien invasion.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
believing in it, and having fun with it / keeping up with the tradition of it, are often two different things. Fun is often free.
Oh I see
I just know some people who (seem like, at least) that really believe they can cause good/bad things to happen on the field.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Kind of like how Bochy knows Rowand's good
He just needs to get him going
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
ITS CALLED THE POWER OF PRAYER AND WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME MY GODS AREN’T REAL?!?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
And the NY Times
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I stopped believing in the jinx last year when I said to my brother, “lol Jonathan Sanchez is throwing a no-hitter.” But I basically agree with what mlb22 said.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Not that you asked (did that ever stop me?)...
…but my take is that some folks hold tradition and superstition dear.
You know, being supportive “the right way”.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s exactly it.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Have you figued out your 7/24 logistics problem yet?
I have a suggestion, available by e-mail..
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Logistics problem?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Getting there.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 4, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, if I hadn’t decided to rush with the post once I heard the news, I would’ve said that he was throwing something special.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish I could watch!
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Armando Galarraga throwing a perfecto.
Man, those things don’t seem to be special anymore.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:20 PM PDT reply actions
Holy Shit
Dude WTF
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
My thoughts exactly.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Except pitchers used ’em too….
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Not against the Indians, anyway.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Not as long as we have Eli Whiteside!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
we need his bat in the line up every day
"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."
68 pitches through 7 2/3
Jesus, even the giants aren’t that fail.
"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."
i remember when maddux pitched for the dodgers
and faced the giants….he threw 68 pitches through 9 and got taken out after 9 innings and the dodgers won in the 10th….schmidt also went 9 innings
I was at that game
I hate Vinnie Chulk
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
Geez
If it does end up happening, this will officially become the craziest month-long period of pitching in baseball history.
"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
loleveland
someone drank jobu’s rum
in soviet russia, run scores you!....and giants still have terrible offense
by slackersphere17 on Jun 2, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL GIANTS
Just saw a stat on espn, “Giants won 9 of last 11 games when scoring 2 or more runs” LOLOLOL
"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."
That's fucking spectacular!
"You can always recover from the player you didn't sign. You may never recover from the player you signed at the wrong price." --Billy Beane
"I am not an idiot."--Brian Sabean
by Sabean's_Folly on Jun 2, 2010 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
The bad news is, those other two games have been Lincecum starts.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Just saw another stat
Matt cain has a 0.68 ERA over his last 3 starts.
All he has to show for it was a win (in his cg shutout) a loss, and a ND. Nice sabean, you should be proud having 2 pitchers on your squad with sub 3 era’s with losing records LOLOLOL.
"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."
THROUGH 8 INNINGS
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:32 PM PDT reply actions
God damn
I guess people have been watching giants games late at night and picking up their “FPOM” style.
"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."
There's no way
That there have ever been 2 this close to each other… much less 3… right?
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
Well this is the first shitty team to get perfecto’d / no hit, but then again the giants haven’t so I guess we’re to bad for that.
"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 does that have to do with my question...
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
First non-Florida team to be victimized, too.
"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
Atlanta, Florida is really underated as a vacation hotspot
Stats are like a girl in a bikini, both would agree that Joe Morgan is an idiot
I meant with perfect games this year – it’s been the Rays and Marlins so far.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
The last time there were two in a SEASON was 1880, but those were actually thrown only 5 days apart. I think this would tie that span, but be the most ever thrown in a single season.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Didn't I read somewhere
That those 1880 PGs were somehow relatively illegitimate?
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
They’re technically before the modern era, but I hadn’t heard that before. I’ll look into it and see if I can dig up anything.
Via Wikipedia, RE: the first perfect game:
Three outs were recorded on “foul bounds”: balls caught after bouncing once in foul territory (the foul bound rule was eliminated three years later).
As for the second, this is a bit odd but wouldn’t make it illegitimate, I don’t think:
Monte Ward threw his perfect game at the Grays’ park in Providence, but Buffalo, by virtue of a coin toss, which was the custom under the rules at that time, was officially the “home” team, batting in the bottom of each inning.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
The first two ever, in the 1880s, were five days apart.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 2, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL me for replying before reading.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 2, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
ssshh
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jun 2, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Lower the mounds!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:37 PM PDT reply actions
Mmm...Mounds
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Almond Joys are better
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
You are just a fan of nuts
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Guilty
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
"GRAHAMCRAKALA HERE, for the Slap Chop"
“You’re gonna love my nuts”
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
A little slapping is ok
Chopping is out of the question, however.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Round Mound of Rebound
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
"What about CHICKEN FOR DINNER?"
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
1471 days
Shortest distance between 3 perfect games.
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
shortest time?
unless you have a new mlb:relativity theory you’d like to share
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
Oh, yeah. Right
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t Buerhle throw one about a year ago?
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
July 23, 2009.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Is mlb.com so cheap that they close the free live look-in when Detroit is batting??
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
Bad time for a Tiger rally
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:40 PM PDT reply actions
yep
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jun 2, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
OT:
Volstad has a no-no through 3!
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
LAKE VOSTOK IS CHILLIN!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
With all these perfect games and no hitters this season
The giants will be victimized, at least once. Knowing the giants though, their offense is so bad every night has become an event of breaking up no hitters.
"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."
sad but true
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jun 2, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok, here comes the ninth!
Anywhere I can watch it?
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
mlb.com
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
hopefully…
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
MLBN and mlb.com should be showing it.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
GO BIG CAT!!
Who knew that fat guy could pitch?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:45 PM PDT reply actions
OH MY FUCKING GOD
GREAT CATCH
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:46 PM PDT reply actions
LOL INDIANS ANNOUNCER SCREAMING
WHAT A CATCH LOL
"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."
HOLY SHIT AUSTIN JACKSON
Play of the year?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
HOLY SHIT THAT CATCH
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:46 PM PDT reply actions
LOL FLORIDA
Victims of the last three perfect games.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
So a career minor league journeyman
is about to experince perfection.
/sanchez
"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."
/shakes fists at sky
URIBEEE!!!!!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
well uribe
personally made it up second half of 2009 and this year so far, <3 uribe.
"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."
Balls to Uribe?
I’ll make sure to go to Jonathan’s death bed and remind him that Uribe made that up to him…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
If I paid that much for a seat, I’m damn well gonna sit in it.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
HAHAHAHAH
SAFE AT FIRST
"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."
WOW!!!
Infield hit
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:49 PM PDT reply actions
HOLY HOLY HOLY HOLY HOLY SHIT
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Ahahahahahahahaha
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
/detroit fans rush the field
"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."
Shit, he was out by a foot
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
*stride
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
OH MY GOD HE WAS OUT
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
BY A FUCKING FOOT
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
Wow
HE LOST IT ON A BAD CALL!!!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:50 PM PDT reply actions
HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:50 PM PDT reply actions
I’m sad that I wasn’t listening to the tigers radio broadcast, they must have been screaming.
"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."
The Tigers’ TV announcers were so sad, they didn’t have the energy to scream. Sounded like they’re going to cry.
I was promised lasagna.
Seriously.
They were like “oh…oh man…”
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
"Why is he out?"
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
OOPS
Cookyman thanks for the correction.
Brain fart.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
The announcer said
“This is the most disappointed I’ve ever been after a tigers win”
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
FUCK JIM JOYCE
THAT WAS FUCKING STUPID
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
Terrible call
That ump probably needs a police escort back to the hotel.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
Oh man, that umpire is gonna here about that one…
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
BS Call is BS
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
i dint want it to be a perfect game, but thats a fuckin travesty
in soviet russia, run scores you!....and giants still have terrible offense
me either, but thats fucking bullshit because he was safe.
"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 a mile
but still a 5 star stache
in soviet russia, run scores you!....and giants still have terrible offense
by slackersphere17 on Jun 2, 2010 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Just enjoy the game!
"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."
I think Joyce would have been much wordier than that.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
lol umpires
Great call, LOL RAPING MLB HISTORY.
"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."
GET HIM, SPARKY!!!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:52 PM PDT reply actions
If I’m a Tigers fan, I’d be throwing shit at Joyce.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
in Philadelphia people would have rushed the field
"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."
And projectile vomited all over that sorry sonofabitch.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
There has to be some type of disciplinary action after that, right?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:53 PM PDT reply actions
Witness protection
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
rec
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously. If that play was even close, Galaraaga should have gotten the call.
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
You, they’re all blaming the ump, but we know it’s walkoff baltimore chop’s fault.
I was promised lasagna.
Oh shit, it is my fault.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I BLAME BALTY!!!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL WBC!!!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
:(
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
It's the pitchers fault
—Bork.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
needs to throw more strikes
"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."
subject line
in play: out
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
This will become a famous image.
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 Jun 2, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
good thing there's instant re-
wait…..
in soviet russia, run scores you!....and giants still have terrible offense
by slackersphere17 on Jun 2, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Cue instant replay now available for plays at 1B.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Looks like this:
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 2, 2010 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
“And Leyland has thrown the red flag”
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
Do you think that there could be any process by which the official scorekeeper can change that ruling to an out and give the PG to Galarraga.
And more importantly, should they? Open debate.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
They won’t change the call. The most they can do is give him an error so that he gets the no hitter
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess what I really meant to ask is, “If not, should there be?”
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Yes.
There is absolutely no reason why this shouldn’t be changed. I know, rules prevent it. But this is disgusting.
by yankeessuck8991 on Jun 2, 2010 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Absolutely.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
so much schadenfreude
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
They are much less visual than I think a gameday thread here might be…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
oh no – I feel for that ump. he may not live this down. ever.
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 Jun 2, 2010 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
If I had to guess, I think the umpire was thinking he juggled the ball, not that the runner beat it out… in which case, the scorer should have ruled it E-1 (and still might)
Scorer should have done this in game.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
That was an absolutely horrible call. That was a perfect game.
If it’s a close call on the last out of a perfect game, you err on the side of the pitcher.
"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
if this happend to the yankee's
They’d allow a one time ruling for video review of the play, bud selig approved on the spot.
"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."
yea
in soviet russia, run scores you!....and giants still have terrible offense
by slackersphere17 on Jun 2, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you see the runner throws his arms up after the call? Even he was thinking “Oh my God, he blew the call”
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
I give him a lot of credit for showing Galarraga respect by running out that play. It just turned out all wrong.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Haha OMG
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
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 Jun 2, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I totally liked that page.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Gary Darling says
“Jim Joyce isn’t a very good ump”
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
To Baggs:
Never tell fans how to be fans
by TimLaser and MattyC on Jun 2, 2010 6:03 PM PDT reply actions
To baggs:
Don’t tell anyone how to do anything when you are a “journalist”, yet all you write is front office approved slobber peices, fucking puppet.
"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."
LOL Miguel Cabrera
He should have fielded the ball better.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
Wow.
Just tore my empathy muscle. I have no idea what I would do if that happened to the Giants.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Horrible, horrible things.
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 Jun 2, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
URIBE did it.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Ha. Legit error. It happens. That’s part of the deal with a perfect game. This was just bullshit.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Yeah I know it's not really comparable.
Not like Uribe wasn’t trying.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Yeah, Uribe’s was a legit error. No bad call on the ump there.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man!
Volstad’s no-no is over too!
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
LOL Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_game#Major_League_Baseball_perfect_games
Scroll to the bottom of that list.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Also, that was would have been the second least number of pitches ever thrown in a perfect game.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
This was pretty interesting from that page:
On June 23, 1917, Babe Ruth, then a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox, walked the Washington Senators’ first batter, Ray Morgan, on four straight pitches. Ruth, who had already been shouting at umpire Brick Owens about the quality of his calls, became even angrier and, in short order, was ejected. Enraged, Ruth charged Owens, swung at him, and had to be led off the field by a policeman. Ernie Shore came in to replace Ruth. Morgan was caught stealing by Sox catcher Pinch Thomas on the first pitch by Shore, who proceeded to retire the next 26 batters. All 27 outs were made while Shore was on the mound. Once recognized as a perfect game by Major League Baseball, this still counts as a combined no-hitter.45
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
That’s fucking awesome. Nice catch!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
# On June 2, 2010, Armando Galarraga of the Tigers gave up an infield single to Jason Donald of the Cleveland Indians. However, replays showed that Donald was out by at least one foot. The call was blown by Jim Joyce. Joyce has been fired immediately by Bud Selig, and has been recommended to go get vision tests as well as a complete psychological exam.
I was promised lasagna.
That Lee Richmond guy is like a steampunk heartthrob.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Bill Simmons' tweet:
Look out Detroit, Jim Joyce isn’t done. He just ran his rental car over Kid Rock and Bob Seger.
one could only hope
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jun 2, 2010 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Follow-up:
Silver linings: Instant replay now a lock; Galarraga’s 28-out perfect game becomes legend; Hulk Hogan’s mustache finally goes out of style.
only the 2nd 28 out perfect game in history, yeah Uribe, we all still remember
by TimLaser and MattyC on Jun 2, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Kid Rock.
Too bad it wasn’t ICP.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
FUCKIN’ PERFECTOS
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Detroit:
“Meh”
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
I think the pitcher didn’t catch the ball cleanly “enough” so the ump called safe.
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 Jun 2, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Not a long line of people lining up wanting to be umpires there, im sure. He blew it, but man, nobody deserves the fate that awaits him.
Closing the circle on this epic thread
This just in: Aaron Rowand swung and missed at Jim Joyce’s safe call.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
lol
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jun 2, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, tumblr is just exploding with “FUCK YOU JIM JOYCE” posts.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 6:14 PM PDT reply actions
Just inches from 5 perfect games over 11 months
Sanchez
Braden
Halladay
Latos
Galarraga
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Latos doesn't count
versrus a giants line up with a nose to tose strike zone that the umpire was calling.
"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."
Forgot about Burhle's
6 in 11 months.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
From Galarraga's Wiki:
Jason Donald hit a ground ball to 1st baseman Miguel Cabrera, who tossed to Galarraga, but first base umpire Jim Joyce, who was recently arrested for impersonating an umpire, called Donald safe, ending the perfect game and no-hitter.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
Jim Joyce Sucks
664 likes on Facebook.
It’ll be 10,000 by tomorrow.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
so what
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 Jun 2, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Just a measure of outrage.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
it’s a measure of a lot of things, including internuts
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 Jun 2, 2010 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to follow it
because I feel it is interesting to see how quickly a movement can spread in a short time.
Do you have a problem with that?
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Now go back and read every one of those comments. We worked hard on those.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Every. Single. One. Read them, and then I expect a detailed summary in the morning.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 2, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
ITT
Cookeman disagrees with everyone on everything.
Some more PR/McC war crap.
Jim Joyce murders a kitten.
I was promised lasagna.
Did you just misspell your own name?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
COOKEMAN!!
FRIENDS WITH DUSTIN ACKLEY!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
is that an invitation?
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 Jun 2, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
This was an amazing Post, I really like it!
by The Montana Giant on Jun 2, 2010 6:34 PM PDT reply actions
LOL Grant getting upstaged by a crappy umpire and PR.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I really did like the post though.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
that guy was clearly safe
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
Sure, a guy with glasses and a hat like that isn’t going to be very dangerous.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
if you look at the replay from center field you can see that the ball was not cleanly caught, so maybe that’s why the safe call.
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 Jun 2, 2010 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
this call is serious business
so much in fact joe morgan phoned in wensday night baseball for a “cameo experience”.
"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."
LOL ECKSTEIN
/francisco rodriguez blows save on eckstein 36 hopper up the middle
"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."
lol eckstein thrown out at plate, EXTRA!
"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."
eckstein thrown out of a 50 story window would be an EXTRA
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jun 2, 2010 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Surprisingly . . .
. . . Rowand is not doing that badly for Rowand. Of the balls he has put in play, he has been shorted probably 8 hits by an unusually low BABIP. Granted, sometimes those things have causes, but when he does hit the ball, it doesn’t look awfully wrong so much as it does like an at-‘em ball. He has been striking out when he would once have walked, but I was suprised when I plugged the numbers to see that it is only 4 PAs: that is, convert a mere 4 Ks over his however-many games into BBs and he’s at career levels.
The problem is not Rowand’s current results, because in time he’ll have A Hot Streak© and get back to more or less his norms. The problem is that his norms are not good: barely major-league, and certainly not what one wants from even a defensively-expert CF (which he assuredly is not).
But if we presume that we want four quality outfielders, after Torres, Schierholtz, and the Bowker question mark, who else is there? Had DeRosa been healthy, Torres’ (delayed) recognition could have forced Rowand to the bench or off the team somehow, but not now.
(Unless we accept that Posey will never catch an inning this year, putting Huff in LF and making Rowand as disposable as he should be.)
Accept Molina and bump Rowand, or accept Rowand and bump Molina (which gets my vote).
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
This is hilarious.
I’m so happy.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
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