Giants/Cardinals Series Preview
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 20, 2010 11:42 AM PDT
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PrintI don’t like the Cardinals. Sure, this all goes back to the Ozzie Smith and Jose Oquendo taking swings at Will Clark when he was on second, not to mention the acrimony that went along with the ‘87 playoffs, but now there’s another reason to be annoyed. The Cardinals traded this guy...
...to the Padres. They did it so they could get Jake Westbrook, who was a solid addition, but there had to have been some way to get Westbrook without giving Ludwick to the Padres. So annoying. The worst part is that the Cardinals felt comfortable trading Ludwick because Jon Jay was hot. Jon Jay. You might remember him from last year, when he hit .281/.338/.394 as a 24-year-old in the PCL. He improved a little this year in AAA, got called up, and is now hitting .350/.399/.515.
What kind of reverse-Bowker crap is this? The Cardinals made room for a once-middling prospect at the first sign he’d possibly made some sort of developmental leap? No, no, no. That’s not how you do it. You keep the once-middling prospect in AAA and ignore his performance. When he struggles in 30 or 40 at-bats at the major league level, you bury him completely, and then you trade him for a guy who will give you seven or eight innings down the stretch. The Cardinals...wait, they did what? They let Jay hit .243/.243/.297 in his first 23 games, and then they let him play some more? Wha...just...I can’t even type. Everyone knows that a player’s first handful of at-bats are the oracle of immutable truth, and that they mean more than those fruity minor league stats.
I’m not even sure what the point of that sarcasm is. It probably wasn’t a sound decision to think Jay was a suitable replacement for Ludwick -- and since the trade, Jay’s hit .250/.291/.327 -- so I’m not saying "Gee, why can’t the Giants do that?" I’m just bitter that the Giants gave John Bowker the starting job because he hit well in spring training, then platooned him when they said they weren’t going to, took his job away after 48 at-bats, and then traded him for a LOOGY. I will always be bitter, and you can’t make me stop. I calm down when I pretend that Andres Torres is really Bowker after gene therapy.
Back to the Cardinals. They’re scuffling a little bit, losing four in a row at home, including two to the Cubs. They could only muster four runs in two games against the Brewers. So they’re kind of ticked off right now. They want to bury the Giants in an avalanche of home runs and stop their mini-slide. I’m not sure if it’s good that the Cardinals are in a little slump, or if it’s bad that they’ll be hungry for a win. After the series is done, I’ll come back and edit these last two sentences to make me look prescient.
Hitter to watch:
Oh, decisions, decisions. Randy Winn is on the Cardinals now, doing just fine as a fifth outfielder. He’d probably slap a few classy doubles against the Giants if he were given the chance to start all three games in the series, just because.
But, no, the real hitter to watch is Pedro Feliz, for whom the Cardinals just traded. Oh, the Cardinals fans will be watching him too:
I took a quick look at this swing and see a number of things that are a problem.
I just love that sentence. Cards fans are thinking, well, okay, maybe Feliz can fill in adequately. And he probably can. It’s not like the Cardinals are plugging him right into the middle of the order. That’s more of a Jose Guillen kind of thing. No, the Cardinals don’t want Feliz to do much more than play good defense and surprise with the occasional home run. Still, they have no idea just how frustrating he is to watch. I’d laugh about it if we weren’t saddled with a really, really, really expensive Pedro Feliz as a part-time center fielder.
Pitcher to watch:
Not Adam Wainwright, which is pretty sweet. It was pretty fortuitous for the Giants to play the Phillies and the Cardinals without seeing Roy Halladay or Wainwright. The Giants made up for it in Philadelphia by getting shut down by Joe Blanton, who has been awful this season, so let’s watch Kyle Loshe unloshe some magic on this lineup and turn in a Wainwrightian performance just because.
Prediction:
Obviously, Jay and Feliz are going to hit three or four home runs against the Giants now that I wrote all that. Sorry, but being TRUE to my ART means more to me than this series.
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There is no room on the 25 man roster for Hawpe unless you release either Schierholtz or Ishikawa.
Of course, Schierholtz could always go on the “Disabled due to need of roster space List”
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"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
by EliminateMe on Aug 20, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd take Damon
Love that OBP, and he’d play RF better than Guillen.
"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
That's so cute
that you think Bochy would actually bench Guillen to play Damon! I fear we’d end up with a Burrell-Damon-Guillen outfield for the rest of the season.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
by EliminateMe on Aug 20, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Well Damon is a lefty
He might consider platooning them, since he seems to be a platoony mood recently.
Fontenot!
"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
Recently?
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 Aug 20, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Guillen would destroy Damon in a snowball fight.
Have you seen these two guys throw? I’m just sayin’.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
Who would win in a footrace?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 20, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Watching Guillen attempt to evade a snowball thrown by Damon would be like watching real life in slow motion.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
A snowball thrown by Damon would melt before it reached it’s target.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I bet Andy Dick has a more masculine throwing motion than Damon.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
A quote from The Rock in your subject line?
That’s new.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
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Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
True story. Things I did Wendsday night between Guillen leaving the batters box and touching first base:
Left my seat, went to get a beer, wait in line, didn’t have enough money, called bank and transferred money, bought a beer, drank beer, bought hot dog, cried when I realized I was poor, went to bathroom, headed back to me seats.
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 20, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Called the bank to transfer money?
What is this, 1990?
"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
He sent a telex!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude I remember my father doing business using Telegrams and the only acceptable order is letter of credit, not purchase order.
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Dude Bugle Boy
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Ocean Pacific
Air Jordans
Hammer Pants
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
avia and diadora
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Ooo, soccer shoe reference. You are foreign-born (me too).
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
I remember when canvas Van’s “Off The Wall” shoes were 9 bucks.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Z Cavariccis
Reebok pumps
Whatever those clothes are that change color based on heat.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Hypercolor!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
L.A. Gear
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Asic Gels
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I think it was Asics
It’s nice to see Puma making a comeback though.
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
L.A. Gear wins.
"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 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
British Knights?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Body Glove!
Yeah dude. It was on the tip of my tongue.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
Those are back!
I still have my New Order color changing concert tee somewhere.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
/looks down at OP on shirt
Am I old or something?
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Even before OP was Hang Ten.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I still have OP shorts, and I must say that I look tremendous in them
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 20, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
No way in hell I could squeeze my hypothyroid ass into a pair of those now… I had the dittos, but my parents wouldn’t buy me the “satin” jacket to complete the ensemble.
Members Only?
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
I don’t remember the brand name of the jackets… I’m pretty sure Members Only was different. I’m not sure the jackets had one specific brand. I do remember that you could buy them at Gemco!
lol Gemco!
Zody’s!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
But could you buy them at Service Merchandise?
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
Dittos still win
I think Dittos are older than everything else mentioned after it. You want to get older than Dittos, I think you have to go to Calvin’s or flare jeans. Or maybe clogs and Candies for the ladies.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
OM… what were those chunky high heeled platformy shoes people used to wear. Candies were the sandals weren’t they?
/runs off to GIS – basic edition
Cherokee
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Cherokee is right
Candies were the slutty wooden shoes with spike heels and no back straps.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
by achiappanza on Aug 20, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
White Front!
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 20, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Old tymey
I remember that, and also black and white TV’s with no remotes.
But the thing that I think would baffle most readers of this blog are the oldest technologies still used in production at Pac Bell when I started: paper tape and punch cards. I’ll be surprised if there’s anyone else here who can even picture paper tape without a web search.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
wired remotes
giant top-loading VCRs
“word processors”
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Videotape rewinders.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
ahahahahhaha
yes.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
You and your VCRs
I had beta max in Taiwan.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Me too, as I was sure that logic would prevail in the marketplace.
LOLME!
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 20, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember being very excited when my sister got the duel cassette radio with high speed dub. You can copy tapes so much faster now!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
LOL, sounded like crap too.
My dad worked for Memorex just at the inception of cassette tapes. Sure was nice to not have to keep jamming Q-tips in my 8-track player to keep it from sounding warbly.
Portable 8-track players!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
my friend had that one
we rocked the shit out of “Songs from the Elder” on it
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
is that a pump on the top?
is that how it was powered?
"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.
You should have used match books!
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 20, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Ever place nickels or quarters on an crummy turntable arm?
Plowed right through those pesky album scratches.
Stacks of them
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 20, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah
8-track shimmying was an art.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
by achiappanza on Aug 20, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
EN GARDE!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
This is one of those words that I never read correctly. We should indict 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 20, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
THIS CORSAIR IS UNDER INDICTMENT!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I can.
First programming I ever did (in junior high) was on an HP 2000 or 3000. The console was a teletype with a built in paper tape reader (and writer, I think).
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
Winnah!
Happy to lose that bet, old fart.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
by achiappanza on Aug 20, 2010 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
No punch cards?
That’s what I started on. Paper tape came later, with the PDP-8 you booted by setting front-panel switches.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I’m pretty sure I’ve used carbon paper before.
"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 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Did a stint at First Interstate Bank a thousand years ago issuing standby L/C’s. We used to pass manual tickets for debit and credit G/L entries. It was the stone ages.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
When I went to college, we registered for classes by turning in our punch cards, after of course we traipsed around the gym collecting them all.
Yep.
And boy did I ever screw it up.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 20, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man I remember Chow Yun Fat holding those
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Doubles as a protective street bludgeon.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 20, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah, I went reliable.
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 20, 2010 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
That always reminds me of Zack Morris.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Honestly
I wouldn’t even think twice about releasing Ishi for Hawpe (or LaRoche)
All three of them are lefties who play 1B (please no Hawpe in the outfield) and Hawpe and LaRoche are waaaay better than Ishi will ever be.
"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
or release Guillen
/obv
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
Pedro Feliz
keithlaw
Had a user unfollow me for “bashing” Pedro Feliz. He didn’t explain how a corner infielder with a 49 OPS+ doesn’t stink. #goodriddance
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HEZ A LOTTERY TIKIT
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Cardinals fans hate KLAW more than any fan base hates any media member ever.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Really? Why?
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 Aug 20, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
He didn’t put Wainwright on his ballot for Cy Young last year.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Oh, well, WAINWRIGHT WUZ ROBBED!
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 Aug 20, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
He might deserve it this year though.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
I’m still leaning Johnson or Halladay, but yeah, Wainwright is good.
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 Aug 20, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Johnson was the clear favorite about a month ago, but since then his starts were mediocre until his last one… I think Wainwright is the most deserving atm
Jimenez doesn't suck, except lately.
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
No good reason
Weird b/c Klaw called the Cards the organization of the decade for the 00’s
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
My post on a Cards message board:
“He doesn’t just make outs, he is the master of the “soul-crushing” out.
He waits, lurking in the bushes, perhaps smacking a single or 2…he chips in with some nifty fielding…
then…
Just as you’re mounting a comeback, the crowd is going nuts, bases are clogged with Cards, opposing pitcher is sweating like a retard eating hot wings…Pete Happy strikes!!!! A low slider on the outside half of the plate, Pedro’s left foot bails as he strides in the bucket, his arms extend, his wrists roll over and BOOM! 6 (or5) – 4 – 3…end of the inning.
The worst part is the he won’t look like he gives a shit either during or after the play.
Luck to y’all."
Note – they sure are a downtrodden bunch.
We don’t use phrases like “retard eating hot wings” around here, so as not to offend howtheyscored.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
by EliminateMe on Aug 20, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not what he has against them
so much as what they have against him.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
by EliminateMe on Aug 20, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow those wings must have been hot! The sauce burned away most of his beard!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
LOL@HOWIE
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Those hotwings got my picture on an episode of Man Vs. Food!
"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 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Pictures of you turn up in the oddest places.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 20, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
GOTTA GIVE IT A WEEK TO JUDGE
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 20, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Mock Trial with J Reinhold!
"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
Isn’t Lars on that jury?
"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 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Hence the name.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Hung like a seahorse.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
TWKDLS!
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Hung like a bull…….frog
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t wanna know what Lars would be like pregnant.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
It would totally ruin my girlish figure.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Going to need a lot of hits to beat Cards
That Ludwick deal may be huge for the Pads down the road.
Ha, it’s always funny to see Peter Happy.
The FairWeather Channel - Sports Comics and Bandwagon Forecast
This series has me concerned. I would be very happy taking 2 of 3.
"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 20, 2010 11:48 AM PDT reply actions
Apparently 643 is like the Smith equivalent to Dominican third basemen
~Huh? What? They got WHO for Bowker?~
by HarshInFresno on Aug 20, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Saw a fun stat that Pedro Feliz is now five walks away from catching Bonds’ 2004 walk totals… in his career,
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
So, if he manages to hang around MLB for 2 more seasons, he might pass Bonds!
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
by EliminateMe on Aug 20, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes! The first justice was what I was thinking of. Although it’s “John” and he was kind of a douche. Like, he made his buddy Hamilton look pretty swell.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
antifederalists!
"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.
Funny story
Now that Jay John is a coach at Cal, I’ve played basketball against him a couple of times. Pretty intense and physical dude.
I’m not saying this is a MUST WIN SERIES! I’m just gonna imply it & let you run with it.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
It’s a must-not-lose series.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Considering the Phils are facing the Nats...
…and Jason Marquis (he of the 0-5 record and 14.33 ERA), I would say it is safe to assume that tonight would be a good game not to lose in order to not be 2 games back in the WC
And Halladay for the Phils, no?
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Don't get swept
Please for dear god Win 1, and Yay if win 2. No way we sweep.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
I’m gunning for two. The Giants can win two from the damned Cardinals.
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 Aug 20, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope this series is more fun than the last one but I’m not optimistic.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Cards are worse than the Phils
especially right now
I have a good feeling.
"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
That’s why I’m feeling good too. Of course, that could be like the Giants facing a rookie pitcher.
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 Aug 20, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
What’s “optimistic”?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 20, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
You can try the best you can, you can try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
You can get it if you really want
but you must try, try and try, try and try
(Hmm, that’s one of those lyrics that looks really dumb in print.)
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
by EliminateMe on Aug 20, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting Breakdown of Pedro's swing
<<A third troubling thing I see is a suggestion that Pedro Feliz adjusts to low pitches, at least in part, by dropping his hands rather than by tilting his shoulders. This is another inefficiency that will cost him power and average. >>
I just remember when the ball hit the dirt in front of the plate he still would swing at it. :-)
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 11:57 AM PDT reply actions
He’d be an awesome cricketer.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
by EliminateMe on Aug 20, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know why but it restores my faith in mankind that anyone, anywhere in 2010 would bother “breaking down” Pedro’s swing.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Pitchers have been doing it 2000
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Pedro Feliz
Just swung at that post.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park."
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Aug 20, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Pedro Feliz, Professional Golfer.
In the end, we all lose. Except some people.
by rain.TheMist. on Aug 20, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, I'm going to hate that Ludwick trade for a while...
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
How many years is he under SD control?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 20, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
IIRC, 2 years
But I should double check that
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
So I imagine the GDT is going to be lighter than normal this evening
Between the Friday night usual quietness and the Public House thing?
"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
They are all just going to live blog the meet up.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
So we can look forward to
20 simultaneous comments reading “what a bunch of losers”.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
by EliminateMe on Aug 20, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
/Lars tries to talk to KDL IRL
/Nato posts K pic
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I would enjoy watching that first one.
But at some point, Natto would get thrown out for raciscm… we better hope that Madison doesn’t get stuck on 3 K’s for a while.
"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
Laser sight aimed right at the target with the safety off and failed to pull the trigger.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Restraining order: 200 yards minimum
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Lars will be at Zeke’s.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 20, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Do they have fake IDs?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 20, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I brought my 8 and 5 year old daughters to the meet up at McCoveys, but that was more of family-friendly place.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
lol
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
If only. I’m stuck having to take out my ma for her birthday.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Yeah take her out next year.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I’d actually consider that. But my niece is visiting her from Arizona, and I’d like to at least see her while she’s here.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
So what you’re saying is that you don’t want the McCoven to meet your family?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
That’s the best part of my family. The rest I’d rather keep hidden.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I'll be tweeting
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
The list!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll bring the List too
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Sabean will bring his many lists too
Most of them start with
Acquire Right Fielder
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
I thought they were all bringing their laptops to the Public House?
Screw talking in person, talk on here while you’re right next to each other.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 20, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate the Cards
Hate.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 12:07 PM PDT reply actions
Pedro Feliz
Also can play catcher so he has that going for him.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
which is nice
He should maybe try the reverse Ankiel and try to pitch. He has always had a great arm.
I’m not sure if it’s good that the Cardinals are in a little slump, or if it’s bad that they’ll be hungry for a win. After the series is done, I’ll come back and edit these last two sentences to make me look prescient.
I look forward to returning to this thread to check that out.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Bowker: if bitter, try Pepto-Bismol
Bowker: no one wanted him. He must have been heavily scouted for his AAA performance, and Sabean would have been happy to have got someone good for him. Everyone scouts other teams’ cheap prospects. Apparently, though, no one offered anything good, not any one of the many GMs of the other teams. No one wanted him, except as a throw-in. So will people quit bitching about the Giants’ apparently almost universally shared decision about him or pretending that it was based on nothing more than his ABs as a Giant?
Dude, I don't think Bowker was worth much either
But for christsakes, DO NOT BRING UP JOHN BOWKER HERE. It will not end well for you.
"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
Ugh, I will say this then leave it be.
If no one wanted him, YOU DID NOT HAVE TO TRADE HIM AT ALL.
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.
Fresno was in a playoff race!
"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
Sabean...
Is an idiot, so making assumptions like
Sabean would have been happy to have got someone good for himmakes you look like an idiot. Remember this is the guy who traded Fred Lewis and Kevin Frandsen for a bag and a half of balls. Fred Lewis is having a better season than Jose Guillen, so the Giants essentially gave something of value away for something of little or no value (the money they received) only to have to spend something of value to receive something of lesser value (Guillen).
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park."
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Aug 20, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Doesn't mean other GM's can't be wrong too.
Sabean isn’t the only GM that makes mistakes. Were you also one of those persons who got tired of the Fred Lewis talk. Other GMs didn’t seem to want him either, yet look how many could have used him.
As stated previously
THAN DON’T FUCKING TRADE HIM!
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park."
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Aug 20, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Then.
"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 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Every now and then I like to honor his blogging memory.
"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 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Is the Mayor ever coming back? I believe he said he was giving up his season tix. I miss being crossed off the xmas card list.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
I think he’s just very busy with his family and his professional life.
"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 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL comment two up looks funnier now.
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 20, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Oops ... I should have done a reply to campanari.
My point was that just because other GMs weren’t knocking themselves over to get Bowker doesn’t mean he has no value. If we think Sabean makes mistakes, wouldn’t it make sense that other GMs also make mistakes.
1. I wrote, "no one wanted him, except as a throw-in. When he was wanted as a throw-in, he got thrown in. That is why he got traded.
2. There is no contradiction between Sabean’s having made bad trades and his preference for getting something good. If he had been offered more than a bag and a half of balls for Lewis and Frandsen, he would presumably have taken it. If he had been offered something for Bowker, he presumably would have taken it. He may be a poor judge of the value of certain ballplayers, but to assume that he would prefer $75,000 to something more substantial would be genuine idiocy or more likely, hysteria or paranoia once removed. I don’t believe, Giant Torture, that you genuinely think that if S had been offered a good AA prospect for Lewis or Frandsen or Bowker, straight up, he would have said no. I am guessing therefore that he was not approached by another GM for these guys, and therefore he—mistakenly or not—sold them on the cheap because that was the going market price for them.
3. Of course, ErodCal, other GMs can be wrong too, and they may all be wrong in the case of Bowker. We’ll see. My point was that one has a shaky case in using Bowker to bash Sabean for foolishly in letting small samples determine his judgments about a player. This is so, first, because the evaluation of Bowker, be it right or wrong, apparently went way beyond Sabean to the GMs and scouts of all the other MLB teams, for the reasons I gave, and second, because the evaluation of any minor league prospect by any team takes into account a great many plate appearances, in the minors and the majors. If B’s minor league excellence didn’t lead anyone from another team to covet him on the cheap, then I think one must suppose that all the other teams, along with the Giants, made judgments on a large body of evidence, and especially so because B did so well in the minors.
you'd have a point
if Bowker stood alone as the only time they let SSS determine their evaluation of a player.
See:
Velez, Eugenio.
Burriss, Emmanuel
Lewis, Fred
Schierholtz, Nate
Frandsen, Kevin
Ishikawa, Travis
Note: Not all of these are examples of players who got sent down or benched for having slow starts, some are examples of players who were starting for far too long because of a hot couple of weeks.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
hot couple of weeks
Yes, I agree that a hot couple of weeks encouraged the Giants to play some people much longer than they should. I don’t accept that SSS in the major leagues alone poisoned their evaluation of players, and that they were incapable of taking the players’ MiLB performances into account. That their judgment may have been wrong, no one could dispute. But again, if some player whom the Giants don’t prize looks to some other team on any scouting basis as though he’s valuable, one would think that the other team would angle to get him. When that doesn’t happen, I’m going to bet on the collective judgment (as I infer it) of the whole body of teams in this competitive profession, rather than on the judgment of even so well-versed fans as those on this site.
I think that just as the Giants would have jumped on Ludwick had they realized he was available, so would other teams have jumped on Bowker had they known just how little the Giants were asking. What can the scouts say when Bowker is crushing AAA? He can’t hit a major league curveball? Neither can Corey Hart, but he makes up for it.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 20, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Never shopped?
So your hypothesis is that Bowker was never shopped (or Lewis? or Frandsen?), signalling his availability? And that no team was enterprising enough to ask, even though they knew that Bowker had had bounced up and down from and to the Giants over the last couple of years, and therefore might well be cheap?
As to Ludwick: if the Giants had been ready to jump on him, whom would they have jumped on as a starting pitcher to send to St.L in exchange for him?
Dan Ortmeier was one of my favorites. Of course he’s ready to hit like a 1B for a major league club!
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 20, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
You see! We gave a young guy a shot and he FAILED! Lesson learned.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
oh man
how’d I forget about that
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
whoops
My last argument should read, "If B’s minor league excellence didn’t lead anyone from another team to covet him on the cheap, then I think one must suppose that all the other teams, along with the Giants, saw serious enough flaws in him to discourage them, especially so because B did so well in the minors. They would have done so based on scrutinizing a large body of evidence through several levels of MiLB and MLB.
Giants claimed Cody Ross?
Good – I was afraid we’d run out of RH OFs.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Rowand better come up with a phantom injury.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 20, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like
Cody Ross is the kind of player that an actually good team has on the bench.
He’s an average-to-above-average fielder, and he’s got decent career offensive numbers, even if he’s scuffling a bit this year.
He’d make the team better if he was on it, which is good.
"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
Well he would be the 2nd best outfielder on the team, non Huff division
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
Rowand and Guillen. Final offer. We’ll throw in $3M.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 20, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I laughed, I cried, I cried some more. Then I went and chopped some onions. Why couldn’t I have been born a mariners fan? At least then this time of the year would feel more like a given, not soul crushing heartbreak.
Man, some onions don’t care if I chop them. It’s all like, “chop chop chop chop” and nothing happens.
But this one onion I chopped like two months ago was some serious shit, the kind of onion you have to back away from if you ever want to see again.
"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 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Explain.
"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 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
If you use sharp knife to cut onions you’ll cry less, because the knife will break fewer of the onion’s cell membranes, thereby releasing less of the relevant eye-irritating compound.
Makes sense. Does the compound itself get stronger if you leave the onion out, or does it vary by… breed…? Or something?
"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 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Allegedly the lower the water content of the onion, the more tears. So I guess it makes sense that one left out for a while would gain potency.
This articlealso claims that most store-bought onions are dry-cured, which increases the potency, but sweet onions like Vidalia are not.
Um, whoops
Allegedly the lower the water content of the onion, the more tears. So I guess it makes sense that one left out for a while would gain potency. This article also claims that most store-bought onions are dry-cured, which increases the potency, but sweet onions like Vidalia are not.
So wait, does that mean those dried onion flakes in the back of the spice cabinet, that I keep on hand for emergencies would make me shed tears at an alarming rate?
If you cut ’em up and snort ’em.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 20, 2010 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
definitely varies by the onion and
more so by the method of cutting. You can probably find a good youtube video on it, but there is a “right way” to cut an onion and pretty much nobody does it this way
Kitty!
"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 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Cody Ross looks kinda like a cheaper Aaron Rowand
which would be cool if we didn’t already have the expensive version on the payroll.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
The Fish will pull him back. I doubt anything gets done.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Doubtful
They have a hotshot OF in AAA who they want to give a chance to play (imagine that!).
I think they’re fairly motivated to move him.
"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 disagree. The Giants already have a bunch of Cody Ross on their 25-man.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
We can never have enough average outfielders.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 20, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Brian Sabean
Will never stop acquiring CFs.
And he’s probably better than Nate?
"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
All I know about Cody Ross is that when I saw his face on the jumbotron I wanted to punch it.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
AND HIS NAME IS
oh wait wrong marlin
"Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Aug 20, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks like it might have been to block the Padres
Ross would have made a lot of sense as a replacement for Gwynn and his broken hand.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Dry Humper Strikes Again!
"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
Any one brought up the fact that the Giants are claiming Ross to block him from going to
Brave, Phillies, and the Padres?
Apparently Braves wanted Ross and Padres may have wanted him because of Tony Gwynn Jr.’s injuries.
And also, Paulino suspended 50 games for PEDs
LOL
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
The former Giant catcher of the Pitcher? Im assuming the pitcher
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
Former Giant catcher.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 20, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Says it was a diet pill to control his weight.
I’m still surprised that guys take stuff without checking the banned substance lists.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 20, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Bengie knew to check. He stayed away from that stuff.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 20, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
pro tip
it wasn’t a diet pill
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
they all say that
they’re all lying.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Manny's was the best
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Kyle Loshe
Have a hard time hating him. He is from butte county and I had his mom as my P.E. teacher at PV high in chico.
"Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Aug 20, 2010 12:30 PM PDT reply actions
He is from butte county and I had his mom
Who hasn’t?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
HAD HER IN THE BUTTE YOU SAY?
"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
by GiantPain on Aug 20, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
OMG IRL LOL
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 20, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
This used to be such a family blog…
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Manson family.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
The Family Stone
Hitting 74 on the radar gun but hitting my spots.
by VidaWantsYourCar on Aug 20, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I am everyday people
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
ACP
"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 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
How does it work?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 20, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
what’s this about Emma Watson?
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
This really is a bit of an unfortunate callback.
"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 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t have her in Butte County. But yeah, I had her.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
I’m going to watch these games very closely because I hope to learn a thing or two from observing the BEST FANS IN BASEBALL. I have heard, on rare occasion, that Cardinals fans are the BEST FANS IN BASEBALL, which must be true, because why else would sports commentators (bright and insightful folks, all) call them the BEST FANS IN BASEBALL if they weren’t the BEST FANS IN BASEBALL?
It should be an enlightening experience.
Are these the same people
Who think that Joe Buck is THE BEST ANNOUNCER IN BASEBALL as decided by the BEST FANS IN BASEBALL?
Cardinals fans can suck it! and so can Jose Fucking Oquendo, who may also suck it!
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park."
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Aug 20, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
This is because St Louis is a BASEBALL TOWN
Translation: the Rams suck, the Blues suck, and they don’t even bother to have an NBA team.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
by ToddCommish on Aug 20, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not really
St. Louis is a great baseball town. The Rams won the Superbowl and were still second fiddle to the Cards. They do have great fans. They never boo their team, and they will show their appreciation for an opposing player who deserves applause. I have been to some games their and can’t say a bad thing about their fans or their passion for baseball.
Well.
We have boo’d certain players at times. We might make an exception if Pedro Feliz continues to hit like Pedro Feliz, for example.
But going to a game in St Louis is a genuinely enjoyable experience for the most part.
Incredibly OT (but cool): Promiscuity and the evolutionary transition to complex societies
Published in Nature this week…
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7309/full/nature09335.html
A phylogenetic analysis of breeding behaviour in birds shows that cooperation is more likely when promiscuity is low — a circumstance in which helpers can be more certain that they are offering aid to relatives. Intermediate levels of promiscuity favour the ability to distinguish relatives from non-relatives. At high levels of promiscuity, no form of cooperation is favoured. Levels of promiscuity therefore provide an explanation for differences between species in levels of cooperation.
don’t push your heteronormative monoganzai agenda on me
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
that was supposed to be “monoganazi”
i just made that up, do you like it?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I liked the first iteration better
It sounded Japanese.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
In context, it seemed like the Japanese equivalent of ‘bourgeois’.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 20, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=heteronormative+monoganzai
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Aug 20, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't get 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.
Your search – http://tinypic.com/r/m804yv/4 – did not match any documents?
"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 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, now I get 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 20, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I love Pedro and wish him well. I’m glad he’s no longer an Astro.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I’m in this line. I’ve always liked him irrationally on the Giants. I thought he had a chance to be our own Adrian Beltre. :(
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
I'm in this line
Especially Pedro pre-beard, I realize that I liked him irrationally, but that irrational like greatly decreased after he grew the beard.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park."
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Aug 20, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I was never a big fan. I’m just surprised to see him still playing.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
great with the leather
nicest guy you could ever want to meet
glad he’s no longer a Giant, either
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
'02 pine rider while Shinjo DH'd
I will be on my deathbed uttering that over and over again.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
exact phrase
“FeLOLiz”
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
It will be your "Rosebud"
Only it will be a hell of a lot more interesting a story than
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
A sled.
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.
Phils prospect Tyson Gillies arrested for coke posession.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Not Dustin Ackley?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Your comment just made me decide that I’m eating a cheeseburger for dinner.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Oh man I was just reading the story of Jung Dayeon
it’s pretty amazing that a 43 year old interior designer can one day decide to get in shape after having 2 kids, then lose 30 lbs in 3 months and start her own fitness company.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
OT: Dinner Plans
Club Sandwich Cheeseburger, Fries & # beers.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
+1
Maybe I’ll start basing all of my meal choices from threads here!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
They make greay curly fries!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Get them as a side with the short ribs.
Just ask for a “short & curly”.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
Common mistake
Confusing “The Public House” with “The Pubelick House”
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I was in philly last night for the game
had my first ever authentic philly cheesesteak. ’twas delicious.
"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
Velvetta cheese...
I used to haunt South Street after the games many moons ago watching Michael J. Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Bob Boone, Larry Bowa, Manny Trillo, Garry Maddux, Greg Luzinki, etc.
Where did you go?
Pat’s, Geno’s and Steaks on South are all overrated IMO
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 21, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
How did I miss this comment?
"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 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you suggesting that Dustin Ackley has a cocaine problem?
I for one am shocked to hear that Dustin Ackley has a cocaine problem.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I keep thinking about what it would be like if Dustin Ackley read this blog without context.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
McC: Context free since 2003.
When did McC start anyway?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
2008, before that it was waiting for boof. I lurked for quite a few years while posting on the old ESPN board.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
yeah you’re right.
Those were dark years for me, lost in the lands of Azeroth protecting the Light.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
EQ2
Consumed me for almost 3 years. Now its this. I could have learned every dialect of Chinese with all the time I spent on video games and baseball in the last 5 years.
No one here gets out alive.
U BAI SKULFLAME?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
It's Chinglish for "you want to buy skullflame?"
or you didn’t start early enough. Back in vanilla wow days, Chinese gold farmers would peddle their epics to new players. The skullflame shield was a BOE epic that was sold often. It really wasn’t very good, but it was PURPLE!
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
you still play some don't you?
My roommate just got me to reactivate my account a week ago.
Bye free time, was nice knowing you.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
not anymore
acct has not been active for quite some time, gave 200K gold to the guild bank.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
holy god
where’d you get 200k gold?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Selling skullflame.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
U BAI! U BAI NAO!
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
6 level 80s
with 3 other level 68+
4 Alchemy Transmute Timer, 4 level 80 jewel crafters, 3 tailor transmute timers, plus various other auction hall playing. I was the first person on the server with all 50 of the new scribes from books, dumped 80K in acquiring them.
Let’s just say I am glad I stopped playing before mobile auction hall happened. My productivity at work would go to negative between that and this site.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
there's a mobile auction hall?
oh dear god you shouldn’t have told me that
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
HE PLAYED IN THE MARINERS ORG LAST YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OMG OMG OMG
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 20, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I always told him to stick to Pepsi.
"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 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn’t it spelled Lohse?
Not saying, just asking.
"Notre Dame will win the BCS national championship. Count it." -PiKAgiant
and so it is
I dont think ive ever seen any one spell it correctly in my life
"Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Aug 20, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
"Adam Wainwright" anagram
WITHDRAW, I’M A NAG
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 20, 2010 1:14 PM PDT reply actions
WITHDRAW, I’M AANG
"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 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Avatar!
(My 5 year old is totally geeking out on the animated series. It’s her absolute most favorite thing in the universe right now.)
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I’m going to start watching it pretty soon on Netflix as a way to avoid my schoolwork.
"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 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
It is so awesome.
I will never watch the movie though.
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.
watched it the other night
I enjoyed it, although I thought it could have been more derivative, simplistic, and predictable.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
The Shyamalan twist is that his career was dead all along.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 20, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
One of his movies is actually the devil.
"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 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you sure we are not playing the Cubs tonight?
That guy really freaked me out from the previous thread.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 1:31 PM PDT reply actions
I believe that was a 67-year-old woman.
"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 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
speckops = a tailor?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
And just my luck, too! I’m running out of pants.
"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 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish
there was video of that fight at second base between the Giants and Cards. I would love to see it again.
No one here gets out alive.
I think I actually have a VHS copy of that game.
Now I just have to find it.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
I need one of those fancy converter thingees.
I was in Italy that summer, and my mom kept recordings of some of the more memorable games. I gotta find it.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
Does the fact that the Giants are potential buyers on almost every waiver player say something about the team we fielded on opening day?
No one here gets out alive.
espn is retarded
http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/insider/news/story?id=5479041
they call torres “an adequate” center fielder, while rowand is “above average”
Rowand’s all-out style of play had sent him on the 15-day DL with a fractured cheekbone
Also, a fastball to the face.
Sorry, Baseball Info Solutions. If your metric says Torres is an average center fielder, I’m not a fan of that metric.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 20, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Dusty Baker managed in Chicago for a time
He messes with fans heads.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 1:38 PM PDT reply actions
+reply is your friend.
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’ve been trying to train my 2.5 yr old daughter to do that.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Children Doing Chores
When I was a kid I loved doing the laundry (because I could watch the clothes spin) and washing the dishes (for some reason). One day, I broke a plate. I refused to do the dishes for like 10 years after that. Laundry isn’t as fun now, either.
"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 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I hated the dishes when I was made to do them. I bitched and moaned and did a crappy job until my parents stopped asking me to do them.
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.
I think with me, I liked doing the dishes because I could show how responsible I was. Then, when I broke the plate I was totally scarred by how irresponsible I was to do that and how I just been fooling myself the whole time and oh god why.
"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 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Get help, Howie
Posting on MCC is really no substitute for a qualified therapist.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
Wow, if we didn’t do a good job on the dishes we had to keep redoing them until they were “done right”. Hooray for dishwashers!!!
If we did a particularly bad job, the clean dishes were emptied out of the cupboard and added to the pile.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Even today, I don’t trust dishwashers. If there is food on the plate, I must scrub it off.
"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 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
This
The reason I like dishwashers is that they use really hot water. Other than that I may as well do the dishes myself.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Like any good Chinese
Dishwasher is used for storage of hand washed dishes, allowing them to dry.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
This is a great idea! I hate that stupid dish thing next to the sink. It never holds enough dishes!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
In coming years when clean water becomes more expensive
than electricity it will be cheaper to run the dishwasher than to do them by hand.
Because the dishwasher uses less water? Only if you’re doing it wrong. Or is there another reason?
"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 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
“don’t rinse your dishes before you put them in the dishwasher” is a good way for the dishes to not get all the way clean.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Time for a new machine.
I never, ever pre-rinse, and my 2-year-old Bosch machine gets everything sparkling clean.
My old GE was more of a “dish-dampener” than a dishwasher.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I live in an apartment
“new dishwasher” isn’t really an option
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I actually think the dishwasher as storage is a great use for 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 20, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Also can cook fish in it.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 20, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
hooray selective incompetence
You’ll make a fine spouse one day.
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
I’m using a time machine to send this comment to past jcb9.
"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 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Also
Toy Vacuum: the greatest invention ever.
“Oh look! you got a toy, see how fun it is to push it around? It makes noise too!”
A few years later, you switch for the real thing.
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 loved doing the laundry (because I could watch the clothes spin) and washing the dishes (for some reason)
The dishes, you’re doing them wrong.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
/shift-A
I’m still trying to figure out of it’s a good thing I’m not gonna be able to watch this series.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 20, 2010 1:43 PM PDT reply actions
Not if he’s hitting homers against us.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 20, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck the Cardinals
That’s all I have to say, but it had to be said.
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.
by jcb9 on Aug 20, 2010 1:46 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
rec'd
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 20, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
CF – TORRES
C – POSEY
1B – HUFF
LF – BURRELL
RF – GUILLEN
3B – SANDOVAL
SS – FONTENOT
2B – SANCHEZ
P – BUMGARNER
I really hope fontenot starts hitting soon so that Boch stays with the platoon.
"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
Ignore my last comment
I totally just noticed Fontenot is playing SS. Whoa.
"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’m… still… okay with it…. ish.
"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 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously, though. It’s a weird and stupid combination. But it gets Uribe a day off, so I care less about it being weird and stupid.
"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 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean
With the range—challenged gentlemen we’ve had at SS so far this year, Fonty can’t be that much worse.
"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
“Wanna bet?”
-Mike Fontenot
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Heh, sure
Fontenot’s career UZR at 2B is actually quite good. He should certainly be passable.
I’m more bummed that we’re exposing Freddy to RHP, but with Uribe needing a rest, this is the best configuration.
"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
Looks like Bizarro Grant has played 4 games at SS this year. This will be interesting.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 20, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn’t Sanchez’s defense > Grant’s defense?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Not according to UZR, I don't think
I think that Fontenot has played SS more recently though.
"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
He's a better 2B defender than Freddy
At least according to UZR.
"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
Really?
Huh, so he is. Fontenot probably doesn’t have quite enough innings to really trust that UZR, but I guess the safe bet is that he’s at least roughly as good as Sanchez. He hasn’t look that good to me, but of course that really is a SSS.
After watching Fontenot his last two starts
It is very hard for me to believe anything that claims he is a better fielder than Sanchez.
UZR is some bullshit anyway
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
/sigh.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I always thought it would be cool if Bonds did that.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
The crazy thing with Bonds is
Even if he bunted down the 3B line every time the shift was on, I think other teams would be fine with that and wouldn’t change their strategy.
Ha! Never thought of that.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Bonds theoretical OPS if he did that with 85% success:
1.700
Bonds actual OPS in ’04:
1.422
Considering he’d have had 0 HR, plus he wasn’t exactly the most fleet footed on the basepaths at that point in his career, I think a lot of teams would have taken it.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Yeah it’s basically an IBB with a faint chance of getting him out.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 20, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I thought so too.
At least throw it down once a month, it might cause the defense to make the shift a little less extreme.
Amy G's twitter line-ups always confuse me
cause I think the position is on the right
TORRES C
POSEY 1B
HUFF LF
BURRELL RF
GUILLEN 3B
SANDOVAL SS
FONTENOT 2B
SANCHEZ P
BUMGARNER
well
he does fill the hole nicely.
(TWSS)
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
Torres does call a good game.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Fastest catcher ever!
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
2nd fastest
Whiteside, of course, is #1
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 20, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Amazingly, 5 of these positions are completely believable
Kevin Pucetas: September long reliever extraordinaire?
by Sammy Danger on Aug 20, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
VERSATILITY
"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 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Not that anyone asked for it,
My list of Comcast ladies in order of my own choosing, combining competence, knowledge, and cuteness:
Jaymie Sire
Amy G
Mindy Bach
Kate Longworth
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
The fan confidence graph is cracking me up right now. I could see that thing wavering anywhere between 10% and 95% during any Giant’s season.
I like the severe nosedive.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
And you wonder why you can’t be trusted.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
jporny is doing coke with Dustin Ackley??
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
It’s actually a Greenland/Iceland kind of thing. jporny is sweet — jprawny is the coke-addled mess.
jponry isn’t to be trusted.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 20, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Me, Myself, and JPorny
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Who says "jumbo shrimp" is an oxymoron?
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
don’t forget jprony, the san francisco treat
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
and of course
jporny, the adult film star
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Already covered!
It’s actually a Greenland/Iceland kind of thing. jporny is sweet — jprawny is the coke-addled mess.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
It’s the opposite of what you’d expect.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I don’t get it.
You’re from Greenland?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Iceland
Jponry is actually Bjork
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
This is why she can’t be trusted.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
JPorny does Nuuk.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I dunno
Shrimp people do tend to deal with their problems with drugs.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
When I made the first post of this mini conversation
This is exactly where I expected the conversation to lead to.
haha you guys are the best
Don't believe her lies?
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.
Fucking Cardinals
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yes
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh my word Jason Whitlock’s radio special oh my word.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Summary: He’s leaving the KC Star because he just couldn’t take the atmosphere because his new sports editor got the job for sleeping with the boss and the one before that would get drunk and then kiss random guys on the neck “in a non-sexual way” at a bar, and then they cut immediately to a commercial break before he could finish that story.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Poor Mr. Merope… works with a Cardinals fan….
Apparently he’s spent the whole morning arguing over which division does better when playing against each other.
extrabaggs Juan Uribe out with left foot issue. Fouled a ball off it in 3rd AB last night. Hobbling badly. Will see doc and get X-ray.
If the Giants have to go with Fontenot for the rest of the year, they are screwed.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 20, 2010 3:03 PM PDT reply actions
/Sabean calls up Rohlinger
/Sabean sends Rohlinger down to Fresno so he can bring back Burriss
/Sabean sends Burriss down to Fresno so he can bring back Downs
/Sabean sends Downs to Fresno so he can bring back Wellemeyer
/Fontenot starts every game until August 29
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
August 30
Jose Guillen starts at shortstop
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Wasn't Gerald a SS in college?
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
OT: gift request
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtMweQ3cIIQ
can be used for winz or just when Pablo does something awesome
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
that said
If you feel like giving me a gift, who am I to stop you? My birthday is on Monday!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Hey, I found this dancing panda video on Youtube
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
You shouldn't have!
No, really.
You shouldn’t have.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Cubs killing me on Yahoo
First yesterday’s “W. Venable scored on fielder’s indifference” puzzler, and today… I swear I saw “R. Ankiel strikes out swinging”, Marmol’s stat line reading one scoreless inning, and the inning listed as “Mid 9th”. Then, an hour later, I saw “Rick Ankiel delivered a bases-loaded triple with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to propel the Braves to a 5-3 win over the Cubs on Friday” on Rotoworld and was baffled, and not just because the Braves were the road team. Stupid scoreboard watching. Stupid Internet.
"Robb Nen is going to get you" – Benito Santiago to Chipper Jones, 10/7/02
...
you know, MLB has its very own website that tends to be just a bit more accurate than yahoo.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
but then where would I get my Jeff Passan columns?
"Robb Nen is going to get you" – Benito Santiago to Chipper Jones, 10/7/02
It’s an easy, two-step process.
"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 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=jeff+passan+columns
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.
SHIFT-AYYYYY
Oh, is baseball still going on??
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
WINNOW
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
WINNOW
"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 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting: A GIS of “WINNOW” accidentally led me to your website.
"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 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
It was no accident, you STALKER.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
ACCIDENTALLY!
"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 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I donno man.. PR looks legit
3 Valentins in the lineup, they got that veteran presence. Should see them in the Giants lineup very soon.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
Also...Germans (really kids of American AF servicepeople) are not good...
PR will have a hard time with Japan…
Prolly..
I’m surprised PR is leavin their best pitcher in in a 7 run game.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
It depends how many pitches he's thrown...
He exceeded the 35 pitch count anyways…
He has to wait 2 days and will probably pitch against Japan on Monday.
Any one posted yet: If so...sorry
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=5479224
The San Francisco Giants’ leading run producer is no Aubrey-come-lately when he has a song in his heart and some tender lyrics on his mind.
Aubrey Huff was attending a friend’s wedding a few years ago when the karaoke machine cranked up and he wowed the assembled guests with his rendition of George Strait’s “Amarillo by Morning.” One thing led to another, and, in 2005, Huff recorded a track alongside Omar Vizquel, Coco Crisp and several other major leaguers on a baseball CD titled “Oh Say Can You Sing.”
“It’s such a cool culture,” Huff said. “I’ve played on the East Coast my whole life, and I got quite fed up with it, to be honest with you. There are only so many New Yorks and Bostons you can do. Everywhere you go in New York, it seems like there’s constant jackhammering and horn honking and people are miserable. On the West Coast, people are happy. There’s just a different feel in the way everybody walks around.”
“He deserves every right to be considered as a player we’d like to bring back. He’s shown us he can play first, left and right. As long as he’s in the lineup hitting every day — against righties and lefties — he’s happy.”
Same article:
Once the season ends, general manager Brian Sabean’s first order of business will be to determine how the pieces fit. Mark DeRosa will return from wrist surgery in 2011, and he could slot in at third base and prompt the Giants to move Pablo Sandoval across the diamond to first. Rowand still has two years and $24 million left on his contract; Torres and Nate Schierholtz are very affordable outfield pieces; and Burrell has made a strong case for himself with 12 homers and a .549 slugging percentage since the Giants rescued him from oblivion in June. So there’s some creative strategizing to be done.
I really think the Giants should be cautious from jumping right into relying on DeRosa. Until he has shown he is healthy and can bounce back from the injury he should be slotted as a back up versatility jack of all trades Giants special.
I think you keep Huff on another 1 year deal, with an option for 2.
Burrell I am still on the fence about though.
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.
As much as I love Huff and Burrell...
I don’t want the Giants to pull another “Winn” by falling in love with a player because of one good year…
Huff is a safer signing than Burrell…
Rowand still has two years and $24 million left on his contract;
AUUUGHHHHHHH!!!!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Huh
for some reason my mind totally skipped over that sentence.
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.
What sentence?
"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 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
.
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.
Hey, that’s a DOG’S collar. What is this, Halloween??
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
TRUE FACT:
That is a cat’s collar. The TAG however is usually for a dog. It was the only Mickey Mouse one we could find.
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.
Oh! You have tied me up with my own words like some lawyer on the Law and Order!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I have tied up nothing.
Are you hitting on me?
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.
We’re both men of the law. You know. We get after it. You know, we jabber jaw, we go tit for tat. We have our little differences. But at the end of the day, you win some, I win some, and there’s a mutual respect left over between us.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Only two?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 20, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the idea of moving Pablo to 1st next year.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't
I would rather the Giants put their foot down and make him lose some weight in the off season.
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 also don’t.
"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 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
DeRosa is an injured question mark until he comes back.
I think its a bad idea to rely on him as the starter when we do not know how he will be after rehab.
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.
you're right
he’s not good, but he’s passable. The positional hit from moving him to first is likely to be greater than the defensive gain
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Yeah, that would be nice (if it happened), but don’t you think with his range he is still a 1st baseman?
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Playing 1B diminishes the usefulness of his bat, though. It’s a trade-off, and I’m not sure that it’s a favorable one.
"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 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Close your eyes, picture Pablo, as an infielder, where does he fit? 1B — I think.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
BODY BIAS!
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
It's true, really
Unless something drastic happens, he’ll end up in the Beer League.
His bat was playing well at 3B, but I’m no longer sure it would play at 1B.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
This is my thought
If he loses some weight he could be a really good 3B. Even at his weight he is still pretty adequate.
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.
If he can hit like last year...
…then his bat plays anywhere.
If he hits like he has this year, he’d better learn to play shortstop.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
Don’t worry, the front office can still sell Panda Hats
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Bad reasoning.
"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 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Aubrey Huff bringing the West Coast Bias.
"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 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Amarillo by Morning is one of my favorite songs ever. As if I couldn’t love Aubrey any more…
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
That last sentence doesn’t make any sense. Oh well.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
wat
makes perfect sense atmo
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
CARDINALS ARE ONE OF THE DUMBEST BIRDS EVER INVENTED BY JESUS
They can’t drive a car! They can’t calculate a restaurant tip! They can’t paint the Moaning Lisa! THEY CAN’T SHOOT BUFFALO FROM A TRAIN. Cardinals are plain STUPID!!
EASY WINS!! JINX!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
HEY
What’s this new meme about j-porny making a list and not being trusted? I haven’t read the GDT in a week because of all the dumb n00bs.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Chillax and Bromance are official words. My spellcheck still doesnt like them
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
OT: Just putting it out there
http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1094845
Satisfied with Cal at 38
/flagged
/banned
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Tulane
I work @ Cal, but don’t give a fuck about handegg
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
K
I don’t give a fuck about what people eat for lunch. Let’s ban everyone who participates in those subthreads too!
(I know you weren’t serious about banning people)
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
i wasn't serious
but let’s ban those people anyway
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
don't know
but i’m willing to find out
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
these rankings are terrible
Nebraska at 5? Boise State at 3?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I’d been hearing Oregon at three from a lot of people, so four doesn’t surprise me. These things never last, anyway.
"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 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Umm
Andrew Luck is probably the best qb in the nation, stupid pass in last year’s big game notwithstanding. And though we’ll miss Toby, I feel like we can make up for it with an improved Luck and improved D. I can’t wait to win the last Big Game at the ruins you guys call a stadium.
Tiger Woods
His presence at the game cursed us last year, and if they had just run in the last play the game would’ve ended differently. I think Mohammad, your OLB (?), had the pick to win the game. Thank god that wasn’t the last Big Game during my collegiate career.
That was pretty funny re Tiger Woods
BTW: Cal lost all 4 of the Big Games while I went there…of course…that’s was during the Tom Holmes era when I believe De La Salle could have beaten Cal.
lol Andrew Luck is not the best quarterback in the nation.
"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 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Good luck with that.
"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 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
See what I did there?
"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 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Stanford has improved every year lately — I’d pick them higher than USC this year.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Stanford has a good team, but I’d only pick them higher than USC if the latter had to forfeit their right to be picked or something.
"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 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully Cal can edge into the top 20 by year’s end. They have a pretty light schedule this year, so idon’tknow. I’m not really counting on anything beautiful until Riley is gone, but I’ll hope for continued adequacy.
"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 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Hi.
Your friendly Cardinals (and Giants) fan stopping in to wish you guys good luck. I had been hoping the Cards would have stomped the Cubs and Brewers, but, unfortunately, the Cards find themselves in a similar position to the Giants – superior in talent to the over-performing team ahead of them in the standings, but having trouble making up ground. Because the Reds/Padres never seem to fucking lose. Ever.
At least we can beat the Reds, I guess. Just not any of the other shit-tastic teams in the Central.
Anyways. I’m hoping for a good series, and hope that either the Reds or Padres slump mightily so that both teams can slip into the playoffs.
Enjoy Pedro Feliz
He’s a good dude.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Thanks.
I’d just managed to put the thought of his sub-replacement-level-ness out of my head for a few minutes.
I’m sure he’s a good guy, but much like Aaron Miles, Nick Stavinoha, and Jeff Suppan, has zero place on a major league roster.
while you were typing that,
Pedro just struck out on a low-and-away slider.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I think it was a inning ending GIDP
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Winn has some value as a 5th outfielder, at least.
Respectable defense, positional flexibility, and a decent enough bat for limited playing time.
Feliz…. can be replaced by random people off even our AA roster. I mean, totally random people. I’d bet the pitchers have better walk rates. While hitting.
Better to decover Happy P. as he unfolds at the Plate.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 20, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
is this game gonna happen or will it be rained out?
any word yet?
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 20, 2010 4:38 PM PDT reply actions
nevermind
I guess the Thunderstorms passed thru
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 20, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
True to your ART...
I am an A’s fan who tunes in here just to read Grant’s way with the English language.
by Chilango on Aug 20, 2010 6:44 PM PDT reply actions
He has his way and the language loves it.
You should see what he does to Spanish; let’s just say words should not go that way.
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