Reminder: McCovey Chronicles meet-up today
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 20, 2010 9:48 AM PDT
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PrintIt's at 5:00 p.m. at Public House, which is the restauranty pub at AT&T Park. We'll be watching the Giants play the Cardinals in St. Louis through the magic of cable television.
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I wish =(
One day I will live in the Bay Area again. And then I shall be there.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
I echo this sentiment
Isn’t there some way we can have some sort of McCovey Chronicles video teleconference meet-up??
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
by short_shifter on Aug 18, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s just not the same as meeting in meatspace.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 19, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm in this line,
though I do visit from time to time…with enough advance notice (that’s NOT the weekend before I start a new job) I might be able to catch one next year.
Though I’ll say this, if we’re still playing deep into October, I would absolutely come down with a temporary illness and be there.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Right with you. Whenever I’m done working in Los Angeles…. :(
by GrooveGiant on Aug 20, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll be in the corner pretending like I have no idea what McCovey Chronicles is.
by 49erEmpire on Aug 18, 2010 8:14 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I work in Folsom. If I left work at my normal time, I would get to Public House around 6 a.m. Monday morning. :(
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Folsom is only like 5 blocks up from there.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 18, 2010 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Open invitation!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
On my way!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 18, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 18, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Surprised you're not already there
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Where can I stick you?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 19, 2010 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Behind the shed.
I’m not some Nerd-fuck who’s measuring REAL accomplishments against hypothetical BULLSHIT modeling and mythical probability graphs. - hokysmkbbq
Emma Wa….I can’t
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 19, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s best that way.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 19, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Call in sick.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I’m going to 3 of the River Cats/Grizz games. :)
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Before the season started I considered buying a package of tickets for all of the Grizz games. I didn’t do it because I knew I’d probably have other things going on for most of the games but maybe next season. I’m a little bummed that I missed Bowkermania.
by chilibean_3 on Aug 19, 2010 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
as someone who has lived in sacramento for many years
you can understand my confusion regarding the folsom street fair
"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
"You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys." - Washington Senators First baseman Dale Long
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Try driving to a Giants game on a late September Saturday...
..with your new father in law visiting from South Carolina in the car and approaching Folsom Street only to see two men in thongs and masks swinging in a cage suspended over 9th and Folsom…
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
"Welcome to San Francisco."
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 19, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
lol
the thing is, they are constantly closing the main drag in folsom for various antique fairs, etc.
I thought “huh, that seems out of character for the city of folsom”
"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
"You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys." - Washington Senators First baseman Dale Long
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Take BART ...
you’ll avoid the Bay Bridge traffic and get there no later than 3am.
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
Huh.
Glad this was posted, I had no idea. I have a busy-ass Friday but I’ll see if I can make it.
Beer nerbs: Get Saison du BUFF!
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
I think I’d order the cask Magnolia Billy Sunday Bitter.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
A good choice, but that’s a standard at PH. BUFF’s a one- (well, three-) off Stone/Victory/DFH collaboration. Drink it while you can. Y’know, if you’re into that sort of thing.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 18, 2010 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Fine, then I’d have both!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
FINE!
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 18, 2010 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I will join you in this order
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
You won’t see me there.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
But you’ll be there, right? Lurking…?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I have a pretty awesome disguise lined up.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 18, 2010 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Fake beard?
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
by goGSW24 on Aug 18, 2010 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bobby Valentine impression
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 18, 2010 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Let me guess...
There will be a special appearance by Mike Fontenot?
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
No
You nerds creep me out.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
And . . .
you creeps nerd me out.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 18, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 18, 2010 8:31 PM PDT reply actions
Sorry, I won’t be there…I have a night shift I’m afraid.
"The knowledge of the game is inversely proportional to the price of the seat." ---Bill Veeck. •Check out the new look of SFDugout.com•
I'm more of a "morning after that first cup of coffee" man myself
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Can't make it.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
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 be there with bells on
So, I’ll be the guy lurking in the corner making tinkling noises.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 18, 2010 8:50 PM PDT reply actions
I’ll be there
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
But that can’t breathe in our atmosphere, can it?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 18, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Working till 6
And even then i live more than an hour away.
Methinks I’ll be missing this one
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Moving, dammit.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 18, 2010 9:23 PM PDT reply actions
Age limit?
"Everybody loves Basketball-Reference.com. Except the Kobe fans".- DubsFan408
by GovernorStephCurry on Aug 18, 2010 9:31 PM PDT reply actions
Fuck
Guess I am out.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 18, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL U
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
It's more like LOL YOU
maybe Ewwwwwwww You
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I’m amused that the poll is running 3:1 for “lurking in the corner” over “yes.”
I hope the Giants play better on Friday or it’s gonna be a pretty gloomy group.
That’s what the beer is for.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Not enough
They do have liquor at that place, right?
Not enough
The Giants are on a heroin losing streak, man.
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
I give myself the hives.
In the end, we all lose. Except some people.
Both Mrs.oldjacket and I will be there. Probably a little late, though.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I wish I could but I already have plans! Have a good time, though, everyone!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 18, 2010 10:49 PM PDT reply actions
I wish I could but I already have plans!
I may be 10 or 15 minutes late. Don’t start without me.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 19, 2010 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, okay. You can start without me.
Just, you know, get it on video.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 19, 2010 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Ok, but be warned: Johnny Disaster and Sabes, fishnets, whips, and all will be there on time.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 19, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Sabes and I are pretty punctual.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 19, 2010 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Yay! I can collect on our Freddy Sanchez beer bet!
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I mentioned in the other thread...
…how jealous I am that I won’t be there. After all, I live in the devil’s back yard (downtown L.A.) and live in his jock-strap drawer (Santa Monica). I mentioned this all to my girlfriend (who uses the internet like Hit Girl uses a Benchmade model-42 butterfly knife) and she responded that, “There MUST be a group of Giants fans here in L.A. for you to watch games with. Give me 15 minutes and I bet I can find you a place to watch the games”. It’s been a week and the only response I got was, “Yeah… so… I think you’ll just have to watch the games at home until we make it to the Bay”. I love her but I hate L.A.
This won’t help you this time, but if there’s a playoff run next month, you might look into it. Going fast though.
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Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
FLY MY CRAPPY AIRLINE!
I’m not some Nerd-fuck who’s measuring REAL accomplishments against hypothetical BULLSHIT modeling and mythical probability graphs. - hokysmkbbq
GET HIS CRAPPY SARCHASM
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
JetBlue used to fly out of my city, but they don’t anymore. :(
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
visiting my aunt
… for the first time in three years, even though she’s just up in Davis. Bad nephew I am.
I'll be missing this one
I was going to the McCovey’s meetup but just plumb forgot. So that makes me 0-2 this year.
:(
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
I just wanted to let you guys know that I hate all of you.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. 0.00 ERA in Salem-Keizer...as a 24-year old.
in that case
I have a whole freezer full of It’s Its not 20 ft from my desk at work.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I’ve never had an It’s Its but I doubt it is as good as a Sundae Cone.
I’m not some Nerd-fuck who’s measuring REAL accomplishments against hypothetical BULLSHIT modeling and mythical probability graphs. - hokysmkbbq
/raises glass to jcb9
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 19, 2010 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll pour one on the floor for him, but it won’t be the Sunday Bitters.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Can’t we just have an extra round for him? It seems like a shame to waste the beer.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I think this is most appropriate, especially considering he’s not, like, actually dead.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
That’s Natto, always taking the longview.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 19, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you planning something?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 19, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he’s just assuming that jcb9 isn’t immortal.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 19, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Seems like a big assumption.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
he’s in Tallahasse.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I was thinking of just keeping an open place for him, Elijah style.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 19, 2010 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Dang, wish I could go! I’m flying in that day, but to the wrong airport. Beer’s on Grant though, right?
OT – very excited to have a Pleiny the Elder after what seems like forever. And some quality Lagunitas on tap.
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 Aug 19, 2010 8:49 AM PDT reply actions
I’ll be there. So I’ll be looking for a group of people all crying into their laptops, right?
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Nope, we'll have a whiteboard instead of a Gameday thread.
People will walk up and write stuff when they think of something to say
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
That would actually be hilarious, esp. if Natto drew cartoons in real time.
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
I used to know a guy who would show up to parties and do an oil painting of his impression of the party and then give the painting to the host as a gift.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 19, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
That is awesome.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I don't know what's worse:
this idea, or the fact that I nerbed out and LOVED it.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
gonna try
no promises
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Don't bother
…unless you’re bringing Mrs. Delorean. (Mrs. Goofus will be there.)
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I’m leaving for Hawaii on Friday, so I won’t be there. I live in NY anyway. Besides, if I wanted to hang out with a bunch of losers, I’d be in St. Louis on Friday.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Aug 19, 2010 10:21 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
You live in NY and are headed to Hawaii on Friday...
So SF is on your way. You just don’t want to see us.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Li'l Mikey's Bobble
Greetings from Chicago…….When a player gets traded to a new team, he doesn’t come with an owners manual. Your new little guy just committed 2 errors in 2 games, and I can just imagine what you Giant fans are thinking. Those of us who have watched him since 2007 have noticed two things about his defense.. One…as the season wears on, his defense gets better as long as he plays, and by season’s end his defensive numbers are much better than average. Two…..in new situations, he tends to make glaring errors in the beginning. In 2007 and 2008, he made errors at the beginning of the season, so much that fans thought he was brutal. By the end of 2008, he had only one error, and a.995 percentage. Last year he messed up when first transferred to third base, and then again when he went back to second, but as the season wore on, his defense got superior, even though he had his worst season at the plate. In July, August, and September, he had aweb gem in almost every game he played. This year, he was error-free until he got benched, in June. Then he got so little playing time, that he kept starting from the beginning each time he played. Also, Lou Piniella had told his infielders not to dive for balls, so as to make Ryan Theriot look better, and thus, more tradeable. Fontenot was benched to showcase Theriot. Trust me, you guys got the better Cajun. If Fontenot gets enough playing time, he will dazzle you with his glove.
One other thing…..Fontenot has a unique physical challenge, that no other player in MLB has, and I am NOT referring to his being the smallest guy in MlB. He should never have been able to hit ANY kind of pitching, at any level,nor been able to field, but his records say that he has. So, don’t be too quick to think the Giants made a mistake, After you see enough of him, you will be his biggest fans.
Also, Lou Piniella had told his infielders not to dive for balls, so as to make Ryan Theriot look better, and thus, more tradeable.
lol.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 19, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
This is kind of a weird place for this comment, yes?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
He’s from Chicago.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Sooo…. I take it you won’t be at the meet-up?
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
by goGSW24 on Aug 19, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Soooooo…what is this unique physical challenge?
I’m not some Nerd-fuck who’s measuring REAL accomplishments against hypothetical BULLSHIT modeling and mythical probability graphs. - hokysmkbbq
No worries. Every player we trade for has at least one of those.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Look at the last guy we got. He can barely run!
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of Mike Fontenot. Does anyone watch that TBS sitcom, My Boys? Fontenot is featured heavily in the season 3 finale. Kind of funky.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 19, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Grant can act, too!?
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
Oh god, now he’s going to tell you about this play he was in.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 19, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh crap I forgot about that!
We get it, Grant! Jets!
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
omg words
so, so many words
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 19, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Renteria
Edgar Renteria and Mike Fontenot have another connection besides the current one where the Giants stepped up the bidding for the Cajun Hobbit after Renteria got hurt again. In June of 2007, Mikey was playing his first major league game at second. The Cubs Ted Lilly hit the Braves’ Renteria with a pitch, a day after there had been other incidents between the teams. Renteria stole second, and while doing so, punched little Fontenot in the face. I don’t know if he ever apologized, but now might be a good time.
OKAY
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 19, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
/scratches head
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
This is fun.
What else you got?
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
YOU CONFUSE ME!
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I’m assuming you must not have a wife…
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
/punches cornball in the face/
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 20, 2010 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
You, sir, are off topic. This thread is about Mike Fontenot.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ooh, you’re right. My bad.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
I think the transitive thread property is in effect.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 19, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve heard AF (no, not Agnostic Front) is absolutely phenomenal live. I imagine yer in for a good show.
I feel like I should like Calexico, but their recorded stuff has always left me with a meh-y aftertaste.
In other news, Snailface has booked a show at the Hemlock for 11/20. I hope you can make it out.
Also, random Mike Fontenot comment!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Probably a better time than the tixs I have tonight.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 19, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I really don’t get the Arcade Fire love. Heard nothing but good things from folks about them. When I finally heard them my reaction was, “Wait…really?”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 19, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
first album was good
second one was ok. the single was very solid.
this new record is supposed to be better. A coupla quick listens suggest that this is likely the case.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Will Mike Fontenot be there?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 19, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
What else you got?
Actually, I live next door to a guy whose brother is in the Cubs front office. I watch the Cubs games with the two of them when the Cubs are on the road (he doesn’t travel with them). I have heard a lot of stories about goings-on in the Cubs clubhouse, and have seen a video, taken with a smart phone of some of the players playing a batting game with no pants on, using a Nerf ball. I know some things about some of the players that
I am too embarrassed to say in print. (I am a 67 year old widowed lady, with four grown sons, and am a former US and Italian Olympic skiier). The brother of my informant is gay, and likes to shock old ladies.
Let's eliminate the bullshit and get down to the real point
What color underwear do you have on right now.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 19, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
And do you like propellering penises. Y/N
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 19, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m gonna assume (as I do with everybody I meet) no underwear.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
This is usually a good assumption.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
I always like this:
I am a 67 year old widowed lady
So we are to respect/trust you b/c you are an old widow lady? Ha.
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 19, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
This is more important, as far as I’m concerned:
am a former US and Italian Olympic skiier
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
traitor!
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I immediately regretted my “What else you got?” comment.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
For me its Sound of Music
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 19, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
@ Lars the wanderer
You are assuning I have a pair on. I am an old lady and like to shock gay men.
Lies
I have never assuned in my life.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 19, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Why does everyone revert to gay jokes when SF is mentioned/involved in the conversation?
Overplayed memes:
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Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 19, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL TEH GAYZ!
I’m not some Nerd-fuck who’s measuring REAL accomplishments against hypothetical BULLSHIT modeling and mythical probability graphs. - hokysmkbbq
One of my favorite terms in the whole world is "gay enclave"
We’re going to Europe in a couple weeks. While in Greece, we’ll be visiting the gay enclave of Mykonos
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I loved Mykonos when I visited! Beautiful. Although the windmills are completely overrated.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 19, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Stupidity.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 19, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
@Natto Where is this supposed “reply” button?
I’m not some Nerd-fuck who’s measuring REAL accomplishments against hypothetical BULLSHIT modeling and mythical probability graphs. - hokysmkbbq
This thread needs more J_dy St_ff_s
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
CHOOSE YOUR OWN STEFFES ADVENTURE!
/double lawsuit
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 19, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Edelweiss is your maiden name Steffes?
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Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 19, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Also can someone give me the run down on the judy story.
k Thx
Overplayed memes:
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Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 19, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. I just read the FAQ yesterday and clicked on the original Judy Steffes fanpost and I still don’t understand it.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2008/8/13/592806/rohlinger-called-up
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
“SOLID GLOVE AT THE HOT CORNER”
This pretty much explains my RyRohl love. If you know what I mean, and I think you do.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
I wanted to link to the facebook post. Has it been purged?
by chilibean_3 on Aug 19, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
http://www.facebook.com/pages/McCovey-Chronicles/214487544278?ref=ts#!/topic.php?uid=6545350263&topic=10883
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 19, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I have no idea why I couldn’t find that.
by chilibean_3 on Aug 19, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Whoa, I didn’t know this part about Steffes
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 19, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
That explains it! Wow…just wow.
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Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 19, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
This is pretty much the greatest thing ever.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
I just goggled her.
Aside from biking, running and being active in her community, Judy is known as someone who is “very, very thrifty.” “I get candles for Christmas. My friends call them my space heaters because I normally keep the heat in my house at 40 degrees during the winter. It’s not that I can’t afford to turn up the thermostat, I just hate paying for heat.”
Judy said her “conservative attitude” plays a part in her bike tours … not needing to pay for gas and frequently spending nights camping inside churches. “First of all, it makes me feel safe since I’m traveling alone and second all you’re doing is sleeping, so why pay for that. It’s no wonder I can’t ever get someone to travel with me.”
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 19, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Giants fans
Say Hey…..I live in an area of Chicago, known as Boys Town, Nuff said? Anyway, it is 1;20 here, and the Cubs game is coming on. I am weaning myself off the Cubs. We are lucky here, right now. I saw the Giants game last night (unfortunately), and will seeanother on Friday, Saturday, and Monday on national TV. The Cubs suck!!!
With Schadenfreude, I like to see them lose, but, as they are playing the Padres, I hope they win today. Now I can hope for them to beat all your rivals. My maiden name is Meissitzner; who the hell is Steffes?
I can’t believe Edelweiss just dropped “Schadenfreude.”
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
Thanks to Google translate, I know what you said.
It’s because “Schadenfreude” is used quite often around these parts and seems to be one of McC’s favorite words, along with “LOL” and “Shit.”
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
Isn't this the start to that Def Leppard song?
and Offspring too?
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
allllllright
I got somethin’ ta say!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I've always said
you’re pretty fly for a white guy
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Boys Town, huh? Whats your profession?
Also I work in West Philly, nuff said.
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 19, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
West Philadelphia born and raised?
I’m not some Nerd-fuck who’s measuring REAL accomplishments against hypothetical BULLSHIT modeling and mythical probability graphs. - hokysmkbbq
I still remember every word to that song.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 19, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
On the play ground I spent most of my days
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by say hey nation on Aug 19, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I am retired, but used to be a teacher in a Chicago suburb. Boys Town is walking distance from Wrigley Field. I am a straight old lady. One of the players, currently on the Cubs is thought to be gay, but I ain’t saying just who . He lived in my building last year, but has sometimes been seen with a girl. I really must be going, as I am misssing those magnificent Cubs.
Servus!!!!!!!!!
I am not retired. Anyways the only thing Magnificent about the cubs is their stupidity. I know which one is stupid, but I’m not saying. I heard he used to live in a house. Someone saw a book once in his so I don’t know if that means anythng. Citizen Bank Park isn’t walking distance from where I work. I hear Jim Hendry from a source, my friends son’s kindergartner friend, that Hendry is a drunk and likes to have sex with other human beings. I lived in a house last year, but I have an apartment now. Thanks for conforming the orgins of the name “The Windy City”
RETURNED!!!!!
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 19, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you shave or are you the owner of a wild crotch thicket?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 19, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I like an old broad who is clearly shitfaced in the early afternoon.
welcome.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
by delorean on Aug 19, 2010 11:33 AM PDT reply actions 6 recs
Please save your fetishes for another site.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
why?
I parade around my masochistic tendencies here all day, every day
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Ok
You’re invited too, delorean.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 19, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure my 7 year old daughter spiked my OJ with PCP again this morning
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
Again?
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 20, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the St. Louis Browns and the NY Gothams make it to the series this years.
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 19, 2010 11:36 AM PDT reply actions
"where am i...."
In the end, we all lose. Except some people.
by rain.TheMist. on Aug 19, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
wow...
venable just ran from 3rd base to home on a dead play…
In the end, we all lose. Except some people.
by rain.TheMist. on Aug 19, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLineup
Rowand CF
Sanchez 2B
Posey 1B
Burrell LF
Guillen RF
Uribe SS,
Sandoval 3B
Whiteside C
Sanchez LHP
Posey’s Bataan Death March!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Bork: Ugh- gotta put whitey back together with Sanchy
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
Posey can’t catch every day. I’d prefer that he wasn’t playing at all today.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
yeah. if he isn't going to start, just give him the day off.
In the end, we all lose. Except some people.
by rain.TheMist. on Aug 19, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree but subbing Ishi for Posey would make this one of the worst lineups Bork could put on the field
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
The lineups will get a lot worse if Posey gets overworked and goes all Russell Martin on us.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
No team can win a game with Rowand, Guillen, and Whiteside in the starting lineup
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
Over/under on PHI triples
15.
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
over by about 10 triples
In the end, we all lose. Except some people.
by rain.TheMist. on Aug 19, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Returning to the original topic of this post...
I’m planning on being there, should arrive around 5:15 or so, can probably only stay until 6:30 or 7. But I’ll have run out of awkward conversation starters long before that point.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Well….That was weird.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 19, 2010 10:44 PM PDT reply actions
I’ve been downgraded to a definitely maybe. Damn non-internet based friends trying to convince me to do other things.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Stop bye early for just a little bit
Want to discuss details for the 8/27 game with you…and show your driver’s license to people! :-)
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Ha
Fine, I’ll at least come say hi to you nerds.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Until there's a series preview thread...
1. Can we snicker at the Cards “upgrading” their 3B position? Viva El Birdos is pretty hilarious right now in their discussion about Feliz
2. Pitching matchup: No Wainwright or Garcia
Today: Westbrook v. Bumgarner
Sat: Carpenter v. Timmy
Sun: Undecided (Lohse) v. Zito
Will there be a reading followed by a Q&A?
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 20, 2010 10:57 AM PDT reply actions
This same thread showed up again with the same comments?
WITCHCRAFT!!
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
Grant can do that because he has “trusted” permissions.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 20, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Grant Frisbee: He Knows Allll the Safe Words
by Every6thDay on Aug 20, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
He just doesn’t stop when you use them.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
That's okay.
I don’t really want him to stop.
by Every6thDay on Aug 20, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Random numbers. If 90 wins is the goal, then Giants must win 55% of games remaining, while Padres only need to win 40% of their remaining games.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 11:17 AM PDT reply actions
Dudes and dudettes
I wish I could make it, but I am playing a show at Wente Vineyards tonight. Gotta put food on the table and whatnots.
Quietly hoping Brandon Belt develops into John Olerud, circa 1993.
by AndOnTheDrums... on Aug 20, 2010 12:05 PM PDT reply actions
I'll be in the city tonight!!
But not until 9:00 or so. Driving up from Sacramento to see the Impressionist exhibit sometime on Saturday. Shame that I’ll miss out on the get together. I hear the Public House is pretty sweet.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Going to try to make it
I didn’t think I’d be able to make it, but now the possibility has been upgraded to a solid “maybe”!
I’d really like to come, despite the sneaking suspicion that I’ll be the least interesting person at a table full of nerds.
Looking less and less likely for me. I was hoping to take the day off; that didn’t happen. Hoping to work a half day; that didn’t happen either. Was hoping to leave by 3:00 p.m., but that’s looking less likely…you can see where this is going…
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Um yeah we’re gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Saturday.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I know, and likewise! I’m so sorry. Still at the office, still fighting this new FTP server…now I’m feeling all guilty AND overworked!
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Well, if you free yourself from the shackles of "the man", do your best
We’ll be there until the final out
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I'd love to
but I already know what Goofus looks like, and I can’t imagine beer improves it. ;)
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
I'll have you know...
That Mrs. Goofus thinks I look much better after she’s had a few drinks, so there!
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
This is true.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Gallo del Cielo wishes he could be there
on this day, his second 29th birthday, but Alas!! He must tend to the gallinas. Such is the price.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkJ6OScQshI
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 20, 2010 4:22 PM PDT reply actions
Happy (possibly belated) Birthday.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2010 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions
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