Cody Ross and the 2011 Giants
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 24, 2010 2:12 PM PDT
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PrintCody Ross is basically Aaron Rowand, three years younger. Similar power numbers, similar K/BB ratios, similar defensive numbers, s…wait, don’t go! I didn’t mean to depress you – this is actually a good thing. Aaron Rowand, three years younger and not making $12M for the next half-century, is a good player for a team to have. With the salary Ross gets through arbitration, he isn’t exactly going to be a bargain, but he’s a decent player.
Actually, he’s only a decent player this year. The two previous seasons, he was much better. The difference between decent and pretty good: power. All power. If he’s hitting 20 or 25 home runs while playing good outfield defense, he’s pretty good. If he’s hitting 10 home runs, he’s decent. Hey, just like Aaron Rowand! Boy, they really are s…
Wait, please, don’t go. I like the Ross move. I’m not trying to make you angry. Ross makes a million times more sense for this team than does Jose Guillen. And with Andres Torres around for a couple more years, I’m pretty excited about Torres and Ross roaming around the Mays Field outfield. I wish I knew where Ross’s power went – he’s suddenly hitting way more ground balls this season – but if it could come back soon, that’d be swell, just swell.
On August 24th, 2008, the Giants played the Padres. They won. I’m not sure how. Here are the players who appeared in that game:
Lineup:Randy Winn
Ivan Ochoa
Fred Lewis
Bengie Molina
Aaron Rowand
Pablo Sandoval
Travis Ishikawa
Emmanuel Burriss
Kevin CorreiaReserves:
Eugenio Velez
Rich Aurilia
Omar Vizquel
That was two years ago. You look at that lineup, and…just, wow.
Where do you start? After five minutes of half-hearted rosterbation with a team like that, your brain melts, and you quit to watch arena football. Seven hundred and thirty days ago, there we were.
With the emergence of Andres Torres and Buster Posey, suddenly things aren’t as daunting. Those are two lineup spots you don’t have to worry about in the offseason. Maybe we re-sign Aubrey Huff, maybe Pat Burrell comes back on the cheap, maybe you shuffle this guy in, maybe you shuffle that guy out. It’s feasible. It doesn’t take a Charlie Kaufman script to create a world with a decent Giants lineup.
A free Cody Ross helps. If the Giants want to focus on shoring up the shortstop position in the offseason, they don’t have to worry so much about filling the outfield first because, hey, free Cody Ross. I think there’s a chance that the Giants can back into an okay offense next season.
Also, this is an experiment to see if I can jinx an entire season. Check back after 2011 to see if the Giants have won a World Series yet. If not, you can blame it allllllll on this post.
So welcome, Cody. Hit some dingerz. Make some catches. Spend some of the owners’ money. Drive down Lombard Street. Good to have you.
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Grant, Don’t you think it’s too hot for this!
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 24, 2010 2:16 PM PDT reply actions
LOLCHOA!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:17 PM PDT reply actions
Ivan LOLchoa
I had forgotten that dude even existed.
Christ, that lineup is depressing.
Yeah, Ross. Looked sharp last night, said all the right things in the postgame interview. I wonder if Guillen hears the footsteps…
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
beaten by LOLars
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Agreed. I totally forgot Ochoa.
"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 24, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Not only have I forgotten about Ochoa, I still can’t figure out who the hell he is.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
smiley middle infielder
young, couldn’t hit a lick, played OK defense
I realize that doesn’t narrow it down much.
/gets coat
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
he always looked like he was wondering if he’d left the oven on or something.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I think that’s what I must look like right now trying to figure out who he is.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Did you leave your oven on?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
OH NO! THE BROWNIES!!!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
MY PIZZA!!
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
Murderer.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
:(
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
Frozen pizza? It deserved to die.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
:(
But frozen pizza is the easiest and fastest kind!
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
WHY GOD?
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.
Voyager sent you a message. I am so jealous.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I should check twitter then.
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.
Haha
Awesome. Although, what will we have created once machine starts destroying machine?
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.
Ochoa
is Spanish for “Bocock”.
"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
But he was part of the Burchoacock combo. How could you forget that?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 24, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Having Cody Ross makes me wonder even more about why Guillen is on this team.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:18 PM PDT reply actions
+ 109
faster than guillen, better arm than rowy.
I don't remember Ivan Ochoa
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
I wish I was you
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Aug 24, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Dammit, Grant.
All I want to do right now is clean up that kitchen. I’m going to be so unhappy the rest of the day now. :(
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 2:19 PM PDT reply actions
You can clean up my kitchen. Housekeeper isn’t scheduled until Friday.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
AND MAKE HIM SOME BROWNIES
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Brownies would be good too.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
You wish you were that lucky. I make excellent brownies.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
And by “excellent” she means “weed.”
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
No, those ones are “special.” My brownies are extremely good even without the aid of mind-altering substances
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Now I will probably have to stop somewhere and get brownies.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
1)Heat brownie
2)Add ice cream
3)NOM NOM NOM
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Fixed
1) Heat brownie
2) Add ice cream
3) Smother with hot fudge
4) Serve to Goofus
5) NOM NOM NOM
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I think step 4 ruins the recipe.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I read step 4 as “service Goofus”.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
5) UNF UNF UNF
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Then my evil plan worked perfectly }:D
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Blueberry muffins?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I still have one left from my blueberry muffin craving a few days ago. Want brownies now.
BROWNIES!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I want chocolate chip cookies, but it’s too goddamn hot to fire up the oven. So now I am sad.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
That is why bakeries exist!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
They’re still never as good as fresh-out-of-the-oven cookies.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I’ve never used my oven. I would burn my place down if I tried. It would be pretty much like being mymclife’s roommate.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, the time with the actual fire with black smoke and flames and the fire department was my roommate. The first time with the white smoke was me. My bad.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
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Fools and Sages
Your apartment sounds like a Papal enclave.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
^^ lol ^^
that’s how she chooses her boyfriends
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Does spilling a gallon of whole milk on the floor mean anything? Because we did that too.
(BTW, totally on team 2%. It was one of my roommates’ gallons of milk).
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
Nah
It wasn’t my milk.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
LOL!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I live one block form the greatest little bakery. Thank God they are closed by the time I get off of work.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Or Costco
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
Okay, now I want Costco pizza.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
my wife makes an excellent batch of brownies
has creme fraiche and brandy-soaked cherries in it, and is dusted with cocoa powder on top. so moist and delectable.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
I know so many people who HATE that word. Doesn’t bother me at all but apparently there is a sizable minority who feel differently
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I for one am in favor of moistening.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I suspect your girlfriend and/or wife appreciates this about you
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
They both do.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I purposefully put the “and” in there; I don’t want to be accused of limiting you
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I appreciated the courtesy.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not that I enjoy cleaning, I just HATE the mess. Every time I stumbled onto that show Hoarders I have an anxiety attack. IT’S NOT OK TO LIVE LIKE THAT!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Brian Sabean is hoarding outfielders. It’s like those people who hoard cats.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
oh my god
you just reminded me of the episode of that show where they found like 3 cat carcasses amongst all this woman’s crap. She just assumed the cats ran away.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
As Prussian Creole says, THAT IS SO NOT OKAY.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I think we all know by know what I’d like to do to Brian Sabean. I’d throw him out with the rest of the crap that’s lying around that counter
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we all know by know what I’d like to do to Brian Sabean.
This worried me for a sec.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
lol
And all I asked for was brownies.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
This is exactly why I added that extra sentence at the end. I knew there was an obvious TWSS! in there, but I’m not going to make it that easy.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
TWSS
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s kind of the point of that show.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, but I can’t sit their an watch it because I find it too upsetting. And I don’t like how they rationalize it. It just makes me so sad for them, like there’s something broken inside them that they don’t understand clean
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s what is so sad… often, a loved one’s death triggers or worsens the behavior.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I can’t really hate on that. We all grieve in our own ways. But maybe after law school I can start a cleaning company that cleans up for hoarders?? Because it still bothers me
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
What I have ‘learned’ from watching that show is that you can clean for them, but until they recognize their own condition and genuinely start working on changing their thought processes, it won’t do any good (and may even make things worse)… it’s a sad thing.
A friend of mine had a hoarder mom growing up. It’s tough on the whole family.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
What?? NO!!! We need to help these people.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
This is true… it’s just that the cleanup is pretty far from the first step.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok, new plan: you and kdl handle the therapy, I’ll clean. Everyone wins.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
The worst are the people who hoard live animals
IIRC, there was a woman in Santa Rosa or somewhere close by who had somewhere on the order of 200+ cats.
The animals are always ill and malnourished, too. It’s so, so unfair.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
And they never recognize how shitty they are being to the animals.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s weird, too, because it’s a form of OCD, where we normally think of people with OCD as people who are obsessed with cleaning.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Yeah, there are actually a ton of people with OCD who aren’t very clean. Most people think OCD is synonymous with “germ-a-phobia” or “Organizational Nazi” but it’s actually just about the compulsion. It can be a compulsion to do anything, like needing to touch a doorknob 50 times before you leave the room.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s no moon either.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I just read maybe three comments after this...
And got a third of the way down the page ignoring the rest. Wow!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Grant: You are doing it wrong
If you want to make us all feel better about where we are now, you should compare to the opening day 2008 lineup:
Dave Roberts LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .667 8 7 -0.056 0.91 0.036 -0.091 -0.7 0 0 CS
Rich Aurilia 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 15 8 -0.048 0.46 0.000 -0.048 -0.9 10 0
Randy Winn RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 12 8 -0.040 0.39 0.000 -0.040 -0.8 2 0
Bengie Molina C 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .500 14 10 -0.023 0.38 0.010 -0.033 -0.3 3 1
Ray Durham 2B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 18 11 0.005 0.32 0.023 -0.018 -0.2 5 4
Aaron Rowand CF 3 0 2 0 0 0 .667 1.333 10 5 0.047 0.65 0.064 -0.017 0.6 2 0
Jose Castillo 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 13 10 -0.127 0.89 0.000 -0.127 -1.8 0 3 GDP
Brian Bocock SS 1 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 16 6 0.017 0.43 0.042 -0.025 0.0 2 3 CS
Barry Zito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.018 1.18 0.000 -0.018 -0.2 0 2 SH
PS- we lost 5-0 (Shock)
i count 1, maaaaaaaaaaybe 2 (if you stretch the definition) big-league ballplayers in that lineup
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
the ghost of randy winn?
the ghost of dave roberts? the one that stole the base?
Zito
possibly Winn
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
ok with winn
that was bad zito, though. cheating the rosterbation!
Maybe
But Bocock and Aurialia count as -1 each and Castillo is at least -.5 so that leaves us at -2 in total.
i can't, and won't, argue that point
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Ray had a good season
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Durham and Winn were both good that year. Rowand and Aurilia were both below average, though decent enough to keep on a roster.
Not, you know, the Giants roster, ideally, but they weren’t godawful.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
That was one awful lineup, wow.
"I wanted to pick a Rockie. But I dislike the Rockies. They're not bona fide." — Jon Miller on the postgame wrap, 7/1/10
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Aug 24, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. Castillo and Bocock. In the same line up.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
LOL Zito 82-84 mph fastball
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Ross should start in right field over Guillen
Like every day.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
This
Instead, he’ll be in a platoon with Andres Torres in center field.
THIS WILL ANGER ME TO NO FUCKING END.
"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
Knowing Bochy
This will probably happen.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
you think?
with Torres moving to right when Ross plays CF? Cuz I can’t see not having AT’s bat in the lineup at this point.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Bochy will point to his lackluster numbers against righties
5$ says the outfield tonight is Burrell – Ross – 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 is basically playing Guillen over Torres. I will scream.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
it's funny that anyone thinks this isn't going to happen
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
Didn’t someone from the team actually say it’s what’s going to happen? Or was this just from idle beat writer speculation? I can’t remember.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
IDK
but I totally would not be surprised. Pissed? Yes. But no surprised.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
Beat writer Twitter Speculation
but the problem is that it was from more than one writer.
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.
And, because they’re so close to the team, their predictions probably have some merit.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
You would think. Yet it seems like they still talk out of their collective asses at least half the time.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Michael Urban's ass says "Hi"
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.
That’s why I qualified it with some. I mean, I’m not sure even Bochy could fail that hard, but there’s a possibility after his, “we didn’t acquire him to sit on the bench” quote.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I have no doubt
that tonight will be Burrell, Ross and Guillen. Let’s hope Sanchez throws all ground balls. Actually, with the Giants left side infield, lets hope he strikes out 15.
lol you
lineup’s been posted, no Guillen
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I love the way people throw hissy fits and curse Bochy for stuff he hasn't even done
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
If this happens I would laugh if a sniper were to shoot Bochy in his empty head
"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 24, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Andres Torres has been one of the best players in MLB this season. No way he gets benched. Starting Guillen instead of Torres would be catastrophically stupid. Even Bochy isn’t that dumb.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the Fresno Grizzlies.
this is what i'm saying
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
actually he is
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
WE DIDN'T BRING HIM HERE TO SIT
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
Haven’t they said that’s what they’re going to do?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Bochy said
That Ross will play tonight. But he didn’t say where, and he didn’t say anything about Torres. I’m just guessing.
"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
HES A PROFESSIONAL HITTER, MORONS
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
I HATE THAT TERM WITH EVERY PART OF MY BEING.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
EVEN THE PINKY TOE?
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.
EVERY PART!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Dude, she hates that term with her privates
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
BUT HE IS! HE IS A PROFESSIONAL AND HE HITS RIBEYEZ, NERB
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
FUCK OBP, HIS BAT HAS POP! FUCK OBP
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
Which begs the question: do you say “pop” instead of “soda”?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I use them interchangeably.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
IT'S CALLED SODA, KDL, JEEZE
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Fixed
HES A PROFESSIONAL HITTER, MORONS MORANS
"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 24, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Every time I find myself thinking that about Bochy, I pause, think back on stuff he’s done in the past, and remember….anything’s possible with Bochy, at least if it involves an old guy getting PT.
by Missing Barry on Aug 24, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Andres isn’t young though. Honestly, I think that’s been his saving grace. If he had been in his mid-20s, I don’t think he would have won the starting job.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the Fresno Grizzlies.
Disagree
Torres wasn’t a starter at the beginning of the year. He has his job because he hit well every time he was played. If Bowker or Nate had hit well, they might have kept their jobs.
"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
when i want to depress myself
i consider what would have happened to this team if huff, or torres, or posey had started their season with a 2-week slump.
Huff would still have been in there
We would have had to watch Rowand slump throught the season.
Posey would be back in Fresno “figuring it out”
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Thank goodness Posey started off going 3-for-4.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
And woah, I just realized that because Posey didn’t do so well in September, he was in Fresno for the first two months of the season.
IT’S SO TRUE.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
HE HAD HIS CHANCE
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Exactly
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Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
no no no
he was learning to put his shin guards on his legs instead of his arms.
ishi would have gotten two weeks or so
repeat ad infinitum
Huff did start out pretty slow this year. So did DeRosa, and he didn’t lose playing time until he was put on the DL.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Technically, Torres was a sucky hitter at the beginning of the season, to the point that many people here were openly criticizing his being on the roster and splitting playing time with John Bowker (myself absolutely included). He was batting a stellar .174/.269/.217 through his first 11 games, before pretty much becoming a full time starter.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
I remember he went like 0 for his first 11 or so.
"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.
or no
either 1-17 or 0-17
"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.
Yes, he IS that fucking dumb.
"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 24, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL NAIVE
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Agreed. However, I’m somewhat conflicted because with that patoon in center, Bochy has nowhere to put Rowand but the bench.
"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 24, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Do the math. 1 Catch, 1 Pitch, 4 OF, how many does that leave?
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 24, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I can jinx an enter season
It’s ENTER season!
It’s DUCK season!
It’s ENTER season!
It’s DUCK season!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:20 PM PDT reply actions
You know he’s just going to go back and edit that to make you look crazy
"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 24, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
But he will know.
Oh yes, he will know for the rest of his days….
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
He will wallow in the filth of his own awareness.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
And by “awareness” he means “farts.”
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
My new favorite movie: Enter the Grant
"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 24, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Who hasn’t?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean besides Howie.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
A Charlie Kaufman script where the Giants have an average offense isn’t necessary, but it would be awesome.
Just throwing it out there. Charlie Kaufman + Giants Baseball = Drooooool
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
With Ross on the team
That means Rowand will see even less playing time now.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
I hear that South America is coming into style.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Also a great song by Elvis Costello.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 24, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
And we’re stuck with him for two more years……….
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
/haz a sad
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 24, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
They let Dave Roberts go with about $12MM left on his contract over almost 2 seasons
So letting Rowand go for $24MM over two seasons is… FUCK!
I think Roberts only had a year left on his deal when they released him
and only ate $6.5M of his deal. Of course, the entire deal was a big waste of $.
Obviously, it wouldn’t happen this year, but I’m having a hard time seeing Rowand making it past May 2011 on the Giants if he hits like this again, which is likely. That’s a lot of $ to eat, but sunk cost, etc.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 24, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
His contract was from 2007-9. He played in about 110 games in 1007 and 55 games in 2008. So I fugure they got just over one season’s worth of him. Overall though, i agree. It is hard to imagine him being here in 2012 though short of an injury they will probably keep him around as a 4th or 5th for next year. What will be interesting though is if DeRosa actually can (or thinks he can) play.
1007 was a good year
Wasn’t Robert’s on Hugh Magnus’ softball team that year?
"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
WHAT DOES SLY HAVE TO DO WITH THIS?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
On the positive side, two years of Rowand might be more movable than 3+ years of Rowand!
Hey Pittsburgh, what do you have for a lightly-used Rowand?
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Does Cody Ross wear Cody Ross? (yes, LIIL)
Also of Note: Lars, Cody’s new fall collection includes red enameled horned helmets.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
So,
did they just realize immediately that they totally fucked up by signing guillen? Because Ross is fine, but why the hell would you trade for both guys?!
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
dumpster divers can't be choosers
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I said that same thing to that guy in the dumpster.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think they ever thought that the Marlins would let Ross go.
"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
pad blockers
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
It may be that Sabean’s most astute mid season move is accidental?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh
I would put the Molina trade and the Fontenot acquisition above this one in terms of astutity.
"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 not sure about the whys and wherefores of the Molina trade, but I’ll give you that one. Acquiring Grant is kind of meh for me.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I completely forgot about Fontenot.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
How could you forget Grant 2.0?
"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 24, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m overwhelmed with the 27,000 outfielders the team has gathered over the last few weeks okay! Cut me some slack!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
LOL, fair enough, but I still we’ve stumbled on a goldmine by having Replacement Grant around as backup in case we lose OG Grant
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn't think they would have a shot at Ross
My question remains the same. With Ross on the team, will Bochy actually start him over Guillen?
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
Acquiring Ross was pretty much an accident.
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 I had to predict the Giants 2011 opening day lineup
I would guess
Torres CF
Ross RF
Posey C
Burrell LF
Huff 1B
Sandoval 3B
Uribe SS
Sanchez 2B
Lincecum P
I honestly believe that the only moves Sabean will make this offseason is bringing people currently on the team back.
Not that I’m complaining about that, really – at least we won’t lose any draft picks.
"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
Beats the crap out of this year's opening day lineup as well
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Don't forget, Bengie's a free agent at the end of the season!
Buster might need someone to light a fire under em’
Add a real shortstop and give Uribe plenty of playing time as a super sub and it’s surprisingly palatable.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I would predict that
DeRosa would be super sub, and I bet Rohlinger makes the team out of camp.
We will also have Fontenot off the bench, remember.
"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 bet Rohlinger makes the team out of camp.
I worry he’ll get the Nate/Bowker treatment. But, I hope not.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Rohlinger will never hit at the ML level.
and he’s not strong enough defensively to justify a spot.
How much do you even know about Rohlinger?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
He’s an intense dreamboat.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I’m not sold on DeRosa ever playing again at a high level.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
This
and I am almost positive they are going to go into ST and the season predicting him to be a starter, without even paying attention to any questions about him being able to bounce back from this surgery.
He is going to be the story I worry most about this 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.
Holy shit. We have DeRosa.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 24, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
That's What Sabean Said
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.
Seriously, I keep forgetting that he’s on the team.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
I remember because
Every so often they do a shot of the dugout on TV and you can see him in there.
It’s cool that he’s still with the team hanging out, even though his family is in Jersey IIRC.
"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
this lineup
needs another lefthanded bat.
not disagreeing with anything you state, however.
Well
It has 3 lefties if you count switchhitters, Torres and Sandoval.
"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
right
unless old panda returns next year, one lefty short.
I'm okay with this lineup
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
Sabean will pick up a SS
No way its Uribe and Sandoval on the left side next year. Also – my bet is that Huff signs elsewhere. He will want 3 years and I don’t see Sabean doing that.
i'd take that bet
I suspect Huff will be back.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Banned
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you're right
It’s hard to imagine Huff not coming back:
- It’s been a three-way love affair between Huff, the team and the fans
- He’s publicly stated that he’s never had more fun in his career
- He’s publicly stated that in the past, he considered retiring when it wasn’t fun, so he must have enough money
- He’d break my heart if he left
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I would welcome him back on a 1-2 year deal.
I would prefer 1 year with a mutual or club option.
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.
Charlie Kaufman wouldn't write the Giants movie
It would obviously be a Joe Eszterhas joint
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
so that’s what James Carville looked like when he was younger.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 24, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I never pass it.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 24, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
METH HOG!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Meth-od Man
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
+1
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
How old is Hillary in that picture?
I need to determine just how creepy I am.
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Aug 24, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re plenty creepy.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
No doubt
I just need to gauge how creepy.
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Aug 24, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
she is deceptively hot
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
I live in Nevada so that's just fine!
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Aug 24, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
But that’s not her real body, face or hair, so it’s okay.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 24, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
OH GOD! I FORGOT THEY LET OCHOA HIT 2ND.
What the hell is wrong with this team?
Also, obligatory LOLGRANT. Now Ross will hit like Rowand for the rest of the season. Thanks.
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.
"because, hey, free Cody Ross." - memories
If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe
you’ll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey,
free dummy.
Deep Thoughts – By Jack handy
I usually find a place to reference that once a month.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 24, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
My favorite
One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. “Oh, no,” I said. “Disneyland burned down.” He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
by jhiat00 on Aug 24, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That’s funny, because that was the first one that came to my mind, too.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Probably because it's the best one!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Too bad when I was a kid there wasn’t a guy in our class that everybody called the “Cricket Boy”, because I would have liked to stand up in class and tell everybody, “You can make fun of the Cricket Boy if you want to, but to me he’s just like everybody else.” Then everybody would leave the Cricket Boy alone, and I’d invite him over to spend the night at my house, but after about five minutes of that loud chirping I’d have to kick him out. Maybe later we could get up a petition to get the Cricket Family run out of town. Bye, Cricket Boy.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 24, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
When you die, if you get a choice between going to regular heaven or pie heaven, choose pie heaven. It might be a trick, but if it’s not, mmmmmmm, boy.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 24, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
And my favorite...
Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someones neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing?
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 24, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s nothing so tragic as seeing a family pulled apart by something as simple as a pack of wolves.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Better not take a dog on the space shuttle, because if he sticks his head out when you’re coming home his face might burn up.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they’d never expect it.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
To me, clowns aren’t funny. In fact, they’re kind of scary. I’ve wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
...
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Dammmit!
Stop posting the clown!
"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 24, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m reading that to the tune of ‘Send In The Clowns’.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
fer christ sakes...
lol, how do you post a picture?
Is there a “McCoveyCronicals for dummies” book out there?
-The Department of Redundency Department
Use the preview button to see if it worked, if not, try again.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Yes, preview is your friend.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
So the answer to your question, iHateBochy, is yes, yes there is.
"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 24, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
-hesitantly hovering over button-
I’m not sure if I want to press on something that wants me to “fag-harder”
Your going to have to get over that.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
while on this subject what does 109 mean?
"Imagine how many banners we would have if I was GM..." - Drew Remenda
Thanks for the Memories Nabby.
Agreed. Not about the clown kicking my dad, just about them being scary. They’re fucking scary.
"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 24, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I prefer:
You know what would make a good story? Something about a clown who makes people happy, but inside he’s real sad. Also, he has severe diarrhea.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 24, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling? Sometimes it seemed that way.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Rec'd hard!
My favorite!
"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 24, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant has just jinxed Ross
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
Beat you to 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.
BRETT FAVRE
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 24, 2010 2:32 PM PDT reply actions
Collecting OF's is a hobby, just like any other. Giants aren't hurtin' nobody.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 24, 2010 2:32 PM PDT reply actions
Ahh Skeeter leave 'em alone. He ain't hurtin' nobody.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I wonder if Sabes leaves them in their original packaging?
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.
Sabean: Cody, what the hell are you doing in that jersey?
Ross: I don’t know boss, what do you mean? The equipment manager just gave it to me, it’s my first Giants jersey!
Sabean: I didn’t get you for the damn Giants, I got you for my collection!
Ross: What?
Sabean: You put on a damn Marlins jersey! I want you in your originial form!
/Susan sidles in, gives Ross a meaningful look, and gentley caresses Sabean’s shoulder.
Susan: Now Brian, isn’t it time for your nappy nap? You’ve had a long day with your toys!
/Brian grumbles, shuffles out of the room.
Susan: I’m very sorry, Mr. Ross. Keep that jersey on and head out to the dugout. He gets a bit jealous when Mr. Bochy gets to play with the toys he’s acquired.
"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 24, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I like 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.
Grant, did you know Correia went to Cal Poly?? :D
"Bengie Molina - the quintessential double play possibility." - Jon MIller
I'd never heard that before.
I don’t think it’s ever been mentioned by anyone on the Giants broadcasting staff.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Krukow has never mentioned it.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
Just trying to give Grant some grief. He asked me about Correia being an alum and I didn’t know. I did know about Ozzie Smith and Krukow, but that’s it. In my defense, the list is quite small:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/schools/calpoly.shtml
"Bengie Molina - the quintessential double play possibility." - Jon MIller
If the list is small, you should know them all. Terrible excuse. I know that Andre Thurman almost made the Packers out of camp, and the only reason I know is because Southern Oregon University isn’t exactly spitting out a lot of NFL players.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 24, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
My old roommate used to work at Southern Oregon
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Mushrooms?
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
People in Southern Oregon stay mostly in place.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 24, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
It is a terrible excuse.
I wasn’t following the college sports scene much, and didn’t start to nerb out on baseball until last year. It’s all still very new to me.
"Bengie Molina - the quintessential double play possibility." - Jon MIller
Well, thanks. Now I’m trying to remember the name of that linebacker on the Eagles who went to Cal Poly and I feel bad about myself because I can’t.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
oh shit
um… goddamnit he was playing there while i went there
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Chris Gocong
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
to be fair though
they get 1-2 football players drafted every year.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
i'll never forget matt ryan
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
OT: I can't stop watching this at work today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JGiwGx6aQw&feature=player_embedded
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
I now know three people who’ve been on America’s Got Talent. This fact makes me vaguely uncomfortable.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 24, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Better than sex.
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Aug 24, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Have you seen them on America's Got Talent?
Even better with the lights turned down.
Also, did you see the sparks under their shoes? Holy shit
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
They have some cool acts
There’s another group called “Fighting Gravity” that is really cool/creative.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Miffed Sammy Sosa is miffed.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 24, 2010 2:44 PM PDT reply actions
http://backporch.fanhouse.com/2010/08/24/the-dugout-sammy-sosa-on-fire/
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
So, it's kinda hot out...the hottest day of the year. It's also the full moon.
And it is my birthday. I don’t know what this means, but I do know that I want the Giants to win today.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 24, 2010 2:47 PM PDT reply actions
Happy Birthday
And yeah, it’s hot today. 107 in Sacramento.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
"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 24, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Happy birthday to you!
"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 24, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks ^^^^^^^^
and any that follow, as well.
If today were a Friday the 13th, that would seem to hit the triumverate of “events.” Any others?
Hottest day
full moon
friday the 13th
?
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 24, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Happy birthday you heat bringing bastard.
It’s 108 in Fresno right now.
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.
It's around 100 in the Mission
my car said 108, but I think it was just messing with me. Internets told me 99.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 24, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Happy Birthday
104 in the East Bay.
Life was way easier when Barry Bonds managed the team. Just saying.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 24, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Happy birthday!
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
Yes, have a Sparkly Birthday!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
aged to perfection
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 24, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
happy birthday dude
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
OT: What is up with marginal NBA players and hot girlfriends/mates?
Sasha Vujacic is dating Maria Sharapova?
Marko Jaric is married is Adriana Lima?
Dan Gadzuric’s wife?
Earl Watson’s wife?
Because Bruins aren’t as good as Golden Bears.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
Wow...I wasn't even going to go there
Considering KAJ was a Bruin..
Best Cal Bear NBA player…Jason Kidd?
Jerrod Haase
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Aug 24, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Kidd’s the best Cal NBA player of all-time and is still the best active player today
by kingofthacove on Aug 24, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Active Bears
Jason Kidd
Leon Powe
Ryan Anderson
Francisco Elson
Sean Marks
Active Bruins
Russell Westbrook
Baron Davis
Darren Collison
Kevin Love
Trevor Ariza
Prince Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
Matt Barnes
Arron Afflalo
Jordan Farmar
Jason Kapono
Ryan Hollins
Dan Gadzuric
Earl Watson
I don’t consider Jrue Holiday a Bruin
by kingofthacove on Aug 24, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Money
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
And probably the hope that their junk is in proportion to the rest of their body.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s what gets the first date, anyway. Same for all the hideous rock stars had models for wives.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I imagine there’s more to it than money though. An ugly rock star has a different appeal than, say, an ugly investment banker.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Sasha Vujacic is dating Maria Sharapova?
excuse me, while i go on a shooting rampage.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Sharapova is about the 78th hottest woman on the tour
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
really?
I am an American aquarium drinker.
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - 9.21 ERA in Fresno through 28.1 innings. Yeah...
yup
I don’t find her more than marginally attractive, and there are literal scads of women more attractive than her in the ladies’ game.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Ana Ivanovic, Wozniacki, and Dementieva come to mind. Anyone else in particular?
I am an American aquarium drinker.
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - 9.21 ERA in Fresno through 28.1 innings. Yeah...
no one in particular
Just not a fan of Sharapova. Too skinny. Pick just about any of her thicker Eastern European sistren, though.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
yea but Sasha Vujacic is about the douchiest guy on the planet
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
this.
so much this.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
oh fuck that guy.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
That’s what she has implied.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s a terrible shirt.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
he's a terrible person.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
OT: If anyone ever suggests that you mix 1 pound of powdered sugar with 1 pound of saltpeter
Mix them together with a little water, then press them into a cookie sheet, then after they are dry cut them into little cubes and take them outside in a big metal bowl that was a wedding gift, then one by one ignite the 1 inch square cubes to see an amazingly tall column column of flame, and then in your happiness ignite another, only this time a spark jumps from the little cube into the bowl with the 2 pounds of the mixture, and then to see a 60 foot column of roaring flame that attracts neighbors and vagrants from 6 counties as well as 3 different fire stations, and then having to pay for the re-seeding of the five foot diameter circle in the lawn just ouside your apartment door, and then having to explain to your wife what why the molten piece of metal that sits on the kitchen table looks better as an avant garde piece of art as opposed to the bowl her mother gave us,
just think twice
"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 24, 2010 3:00 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
oh my god
rec’d so hard.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I think I saw this on Myth Busters.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
If you’re in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it’ll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 24, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Amazing...
I’m listening to Springsteen’s version of “War” (live) as I read this post.
War..what is it good for?
SMALL PUMPKINS!
I would like to hang out with you sometime. Sounds like you know how to party
"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 24, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I party HOT
"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 24, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
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Torres CF, Posey C, Huff 1B, Burrell LF, Ross RF, Sandoval 3B, Uribe SS, F. Sanchez 2B, J. Sanchez LHP
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
You hate Ross...
but you’d be okay with Guillen as a starter?
Does not compute.
ONE WEEK! CALM DOWN! HAVE SOME PERSPECTIVE!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Always a wise investment.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm hoping it's for some random reason, and not actual belief that Guillen should be a starting outfielder on a contending team.
Protip. He shouldn’t.
Clank.
Without starting another discussion
My view was…lottery ticket…nothing lost in the trade and Guillen should be given a chance to show what he can or cannot do…
I never wanted him to be a starter…spot starts and PH…
I actually like the Ross pickup but wanted to rip it just to be contrarian
So, you agree that Guillen doesn't belong in the starting lineup, and should be limited to
pinch hitting for the pitcher in high leverage situations. As long as there’s not a better bat on the bench at that time. And should pretty much never be in the field.
If that’s the case, then we agree.
People leaving the second 'x' off the end of my name in response
makes me raggeeeee.
And stuff.
Yay!
It’s our best lineup!
Looks like I owe someone 5$ upthread. Happy to pay it for Torres to be in the lineup.
You get a 1 day reprieve, Bochy.
"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
But...Sanchez Whiteside
I don’t understand? This lineup looks….good?
How tragic for Guillen to go from playing on an epically losing franchise to being traded to a contender in the heat of a pennant race to DFA’d all in two weeks time.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
He got DFA’d?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I expect to see this on MLBTR within the hour
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
This would be awesome. How many backup RF’s does the team need, anyway?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I like Guillen as a PH
His bat looks pretty live to me
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I was speaking hypothetically, yes.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
YEAH!
I could hug Bochy.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I want to hug everyone! And very much looking forward to hugging about 6 beers while sitting in shorts and a tee shirt in my seats in sec 119 in about 2 hours
6 Beers = +$70, can I be your friend?
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 24, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
life is short- and compared to the $$ of the tickets, that is nuthing
sure- come visit. i am taking my 20 year old cousin to celebrate his birthday (his 22 year old sister and her boyfriend are coming too).
Capn, I hope you had a great time!
I was just kinding.
You are right — life is short, and what is the point of making money if you don’t spend it, especially on your family, like it looks like you do.
I wish I could have met you, maybe some other time.
Please, no offense intended.
Go Giants.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 25, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Torres isn’t being platooned… I can breathe
by kingofthacove on Aug 24, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
THANK THE GODS!
I could get used to this lineup.
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 hope Votto gets another AB against Lopez tonight.
You think he’s been studying the video?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I like that we’ve gotten to the point that freely acquirable talent > Aaron Rowand
Ask me about my blog.
by xanthan on Aug 24, 2010 3:06 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
WHY DO YOU HATE THE GIANTS, XANTHAN?
WHY?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
enjoy the game man
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
and brownies?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
They tend to get crumbs on the charts.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I won’t be impressed until you show me a graph about the graphs about Rowand’s terribleness.
"Bengie Molina - the quintessential double play possibility." - Jon MIller
should be
- terrible
- runs into walls
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Rowand, schierholtz, ross, torres, guillen, burrell
das a lot of OF
"Imagine how many banners we would have if I was GM..." - Drew Remenda
Thanks for the Memories Nabby.
We still can't hold a candle to the Nats from last season
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Also, you missed franchise cornerstone Eugenio Velez
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
That makes sense
What I’ve never understood was what that face means.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Huh?
Crazy Asians!
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Question: why does that little blonde kid have whiskers?
"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 24, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Makes as just sense as any other explanation when it comes to anime
My favorite is Raman 1/2:
Main character: Switches between male and female depending on the temperature of the water thrown on him
Main character’s dad: Switches between a man and a panda bear.
Same great Ramen taste, 1/2 the calories.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Well, there's
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
oh wow
Themes: dogs, inner demons, troublesome kids
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
One of main character’s many fiancees: switches between female and cat.
That fiancee’s other suitor: switches between male and duck
Main character’s rival: switches between male and pig
I’m sure there’s more, but it’s been a while.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
There is of course any Anime that depict Asians good at sports other than baseball
Slam Dunk is my favorite
Ranma was great
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
he’s like part fox or something
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Thanks!
that probably makes about as much sense as it can to someone not familiar with the storyline
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
More detailed explanation
He has a demon fox trapped inside his body because his dad put it there in order to save the world.
that’s…..not any better.
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 a really big fox.
Is that show still going? I tried powering my way through it once but quickly became exhausted.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
It is
The manga looks like it’s getting pretty close to the end, but the show adds crappy filler episodes.
Those are what wore me out. The good episodes were entertaining enough, but I couldn’t handle the filler.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Like you do.
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.
And now I’m confused again
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
See? There really is no place for Bowker
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
Cody Ross is basically my new favorite player, solely because he is taking playing time from Guillen. Nice fuck up, Sabes!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I'm just hoping that ends up being the case.
And it’s not ‘taking more playing time away from Torres’
In all honesty...
I don’t think that Sabean thought that Ross would be available..I agree with you that the Ross pickup force Bochy to sit Guillen more…
That’s why I referred to it as a “fuck up.” Are you actually arguing with me even though we agree?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
That’s how they do it at Cal.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
FANTASTIC
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
kdl:stalkers::sabes:outfielders
(hope I did that right)
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
How many do I have?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Not as many as you will have.
/inserts creepy grin
You are creepy.
/files more restraining orders
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
It’s okay. Lars is required to stay 200 feet away from me at all times.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Really messes with his schedule
Having to be exactly 200 feet at all times. You move around so often.
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! FUCK YOU GUYS!
I was commuting and you take the opportunity to disparage my innocence.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
YOU ARE JUST JEALOUS CAUSE I AM ON SPEAKING TERMS WITH VOYAGER 2!
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 AM! YOU BASTARD!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Riiiiiiight.
"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 24, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a housecleaning outfit for you and everything. Won’t you clean my kitchen?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
IT’S A TRAP!
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
No kidding. I’d probably be safer walking into a men’s prison in a mini skirt
"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 24, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Basically.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Lemme guess: It involved stiletto heels
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
That is just not practical. It was baseball spikes.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Hawt.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I know, right?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Totally. Sorry to have interrupted, though. Carry on.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I have no game today
I am getting shut down.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re just sad you weren’t here last night for the MCC After Dark thread. Somehow I ended up admitting to a rather colorful adolescence and a penchant for stilettos.
I blame PiKA.
"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 24, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
You are lucky I didn’t know you back then.
And I am unlucky for that very same reason.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Handles.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Exactly
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Love Handel?
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.
Phineas and Pherb!!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL, I told Chop if we were friends back then I would have gotten her into a lot of trouble. I wasn’t kidding as much as I wish I were
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh
I can relate. I really can.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
NO U!
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I was in rage mode last night… owl talkin to me about death and stuff
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Yes, that comment thread was unfortunate. I prefer happy, drunk PiKA!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea… sorry bout that last night, it wasn’t nice of me to say things like that on an open thread
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
You were a little grumpy, but it’s okay, it happens. If that were the most regrettable thing I’d ever done, my life would be a lot less complicated.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
truf
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Ambien could have been involved, for example.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
oh god ambien
that shit is redic.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
i mean, yea… this is true… i wasn’t too drunk when i got back, i think whatever owl said just set me off
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
you really didn’t seem that bad. You came off as way more melancholy than angry imo
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Are you serious right now? Please tell me you’re not serious.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Someone help me. Please.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I’m not touching this one (TWSS)
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Lawyer nerds.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
HOW COULD ANYONE THINK THAT I WAS SERIOUS ABOUT THE RESTRAINING ORDERS???
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Cal.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Stop it
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Excellent news!
/gets 150 feet away now
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
50 feet short.
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 know people who went to Cal. None of them spend their day pointing out how every thing anyone else says or does is wrong.
And, also, I’M NOT SO FUCKING IDIOTIC THAT I WOULD THINK I COULD ACTUALLY GET A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST LARS EVEN IF I WANTED ONE WHICH I DON’T FOR CHRIST SAKE.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
When I asked you if you were serious, that would have been the time to speak up, instead of telling me about your experience with restraining orders.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Sorry...I didn't know where you were going with your comment
I thought you knew that I was kidding…it’s not like I really believe any one here deserves a restraining order…
I was kidding about it being because he went to Cal.
Mostly because it’d be impolite to post what I think the real reason is.
Just to bring this full circle
Christ does have a restraining order on me.
I mean, who could resist those abs?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You work out with Nate? Makes sense, you both live in Danville.
Now Nate’s going to get a restraining order against me.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
lol "going to"
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Why do you think I’m a Christian? I like a man who can turn water into wine . . .
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I might be the only person on this board who follows you on twitter but not around town in dark sunglasses
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
You wear those sunglasses that are not actually glasses?
They look more like window shades?
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’d like to find the person that invented those, and stab them in the throat with a dull pencil.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Hey!! Some of us who went to Cal have the utmost respect for kdl
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks! (Or were you not talking about yourself? ;-)
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
LOL
Yes I meant me!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m bummed you can’t come to the Logan’s Ride thing. It’s going to be so fun!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I know, don’t rub it in! I have class until 9 and then in the am at 8 :(
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Yikes. But, I have to work the next morning in Folsom, if that makes you feel better. I’m going to get home at, like, 3 a.m.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Don’t even bother going to bed. just get to work early, power through and leave early
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Except I have to leave early tomorrow to get there, so I won’t be leaving that early. Probably about 5:30, because I’m going to the Grizz/River Cats game on Thursday. LOL ME!
(Sitting in the front row, too. Watch out RyRohl!)
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Well, well, well. Looks like the girl with 1,000 restraining orders is going to get hit with her own
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Why wouldn't he be available though?
Conventional wisdom is that Sabean was only trying to block Ross going to the Padres. But there’s no real reason to think the Marlins were going to pull him back; he’s not in their plans for next year, and they didn’t want to offer him arbitration. They’ve stopped pretending that they’re in playoff contention, so why would they pull him back?
The more I think about it, the less likely it seems that this was an accidental acquisition.
"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
Yep
His name is not Guillen or Rowand so I like him.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I LIKE JOSE GUILLEN!
TELL ME WHY I SHOULDNT!
"Imagine how many banners we would have if I was GM..." - Drew Remenda
Thanks for the Memories Nabby.
Happily!
Bad bat. Bad glove. Bad wheels.
Bad. And old. Which means won’t be any better than bad.
His bat is not good.
Arm is pretty strong, but not…the most accurate.
but dingerz!
BUTT DINGERZ
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Thought it would be fun to bring this back out.
This was from ESPN’s Hot Stove 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.
That I did.
I also originally had an arrow pointing to Nate on the right (you can see the part I forgot to erase) but at that point that one actually looked like it was going to happen.
LOL NATE
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.
Finally...
A little Nate respect…and it’s from…never mind.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Whoops!
SF_Giants
Matt Kinney (0-2, 9.64), relief pitcher for @FresnoGrizzlies, was suspended for 50-games after testing positive for amphetamines #SFGiants
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.
dude looks spun
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU
/slider
Ask me about my blog.
by xanthan on Aug 24, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That looks about right
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 24, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Read Stephen King’s short story “Head Down” about the Bangor, ME Little League team that won the State Championship. Kinney is featured prominently.
No mention of greenies.
dude is 33 and still slogging it out in AAA
i’d be doing meth as well
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Meth isn’t that picky.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Slight OT: Is it wrong for me to wish for me to wish for Mexico to win against Japan in the LLWS
so that the two would have to play again on Thursday?
SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Hey...I come from Taiwan...
There’s isn’t a lot of I can cheer for athletically! Freaking Kuo is on the Bums
You can cheer for Wang
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
It’s never good when your Wang is injured.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I know a lot of Taiwan ren who cheer for the bums because of Kuo.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Is it wrong for me to wish for me to wish for Mexico
What kind of multiple-personality crap is this?
"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 24, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
No, check my sig. I think I have ;)
"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 24, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I N C E P T I O N
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I like Cody Ross a hell of a lot more than Jose Guillen and I hope Guillen goes into the role he should have had from the start (pinch hitting).
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Or gets booted off the team.
I am for either of them.
Because Guillen’s value is from his bat. Once he is on base however he is dreadful and usually is needed to be pulled for a PR.
So I prefer giving him the boot.
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.
Even with his bat, it’s basically been all singles so far. Which isn’t that useful if he can’t run.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Exactly
Burning two players for something I trust Nate to do alone.
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 trust Nate to hit?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I trust Nate to hit about the same rate I trust Guillen to hit, going forwards.
And Nate has plus defense and decent wheels to go with the similar bat.
Just sayin'
ZIPS Rest of Season projections:
Nate – .334 wOBA
Guillen – .325 wOBA
I don’t think Nate’s bat is as bad as people think, and I think Guillen’s bat is worse than people think. And the defensive difference between the two is MASSIVE.
that ZIPS projection
is unreasonably optimistic.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Eh. He profiles as a 310ish BABIP guy, not .270ish.
The offensive difference between Nate and Guillen going forwards is very small, if any – and the defensive difference is huge.
he has a career .313 BABIP
and a career .308 wOBA. The projection is unreasonably optimistic.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
you're pretty optimistic on Nate
I think the offensive difference + the defensive difference ~ 0
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I think the defensive difference is about 10 runs over the course of a season
Meaning that you think Guillen has 20 points of wOBA on Nate? (In terms of true talent level)
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
10ish points of wRC+
yes.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
actually
I remember from the discussion before, I called Guillen as worth 15 runs of offense more than Nate over a full season, which is about in line with their career difference in wRC+, and Nate, at best, a 15 run defensive improvement over Guillen.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Did you factor in aging?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
yes
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Yeah
I am one that still believes he could be a productive member of a ML roster.
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.
"productive member of an ML roster"
sure, but he’s probably not even going to be an average hitter.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I think he could live up to being a .275/.330/.450 kind of guy.
He is not going to be a .300 hitter by any means.
But that is something I think he could do over a season. If in the lineup consistently. I just do not believe that is going to happen in SF
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 agree. We haven’t been awful since the trade, but we haven’t been good, either. I really felt, at the time, that it was a bad move and so far I feel vindicated. Things were going fine, why break em?
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 24, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you suggesting there’s some sort of causal relationship b/t picking up Guillen and dropping 4 of 6 to the Phils and Cards?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I'm suggesting that there very well may be a possibility that
GUILLEN IS BAD AND SHOULD NOT BE IN A STARTING LINEUP, but that he has the potential to be a somewhat useful tool as a pinch hitter for a pitcher late in the game in high leverage situations and barely even that and shouldn’t probably even be on the roster and oh god whyyyyyyyy
and 2 of 3 to the Pads..yes, I am.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 24, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
really?
not just that the Giants’ pitching was lackluster and they lost to really good teams? I find it hard to lay any of that at Guillen’s feet.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Pitching was lackluster, but also any time you introduce a new element (player) to a team, it changes things a bit. I don’t think this was a good change and the results seem to show the same.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 24, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
SSS
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
seems like a stretch to me, but my position is equally unprovable. yes it’s correlates, but i don’t think it causates.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
It’s really impossible to measure. It kind of boils down to how did his arrival impact the other 24 players. Did it distract in any way. Did it motivate.
I should make that 23…I think Timmy would have been a mess either way.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 24, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
chilling, correcting your grammar
sup with you
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
i see that! and i'm just hangin, got no homework really since it's the first week
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Not much
avoiding doing work my last hour in the office, eatin some grapes, waiting for the gates to open to go watch BP.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Love grapes… and oh sweet, have fun with BP, i gotta get some reading done for class
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
got no homework really since it’s the first week
i gotta get some reading done for class
Hey man, if you don’t want to hang out with us, just say so.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
an update
I moved from my cubicle to the patio so I could enjoy the weather. Best decision of the day
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
eating this: http://steamykitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/vietnamese-chicken-pho.jpg
drinking this: http://shop.belgianshop.com/acatalog/St-Bernardus_Abt_12_beer.jpg
and watching this: http://www.cisci.net/movies/film_91/scene_0/The_Fly_II.jpg
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
It has never been good for me. The chicken has always been dry or chewy. I can conceive of it being delicious, though. Also not a fan of the meatballs, brisket or tendon.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Speaking of former Giants
Did anyone see that Scott Munter was listed by Kevin Goldstein as one of 10 bullpen arms that could impact the pennant race?
All because he’s suddenly getting some K’s in AAA as a 30 year old. Rafael Cova for the Flying Squirrels was listed as well.
Honest to god...I had no idea he was still playing
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Bowling ball sinker, you know
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
Munter :-(
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I remember looking at his stats about a month ago
Of course he’s in the fucking Padres org.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Herman!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
My car said it was 107 degrees on the way home
I told it to shut the hell up.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 4:04 PM PDT reply actions
Still, don’t call it that.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
then why not just
“OC”? What’s with the SoCal compulsion for putting “The” in front of everything?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I never called it “the” OC while living there. I would call it OC, though.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 24, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve noticed that most cities use the phrase “City of…..” Rather than just the city name.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 24, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
80 here in Oxford... LOL DANVILLE
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
OT: If you though your commute was bad
Triggered by road construction, the snarl-up began 10 days ago and was 100 kilometers (60 miles) long at one point. Reaching almost to the outskirts of Beijing, traffic still creeps along in fits and starts, and the crisis could last for another three weeks, authorities say.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100824/ap_on_re_as/as_china_traffic_jam
I was back in SoCal this last weekend
First time I’d been back since leaving. It didn’t take long for me to proclaim there was no way I’d move back without my own personal driver. Fuck that place.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 24, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to commute from Fountain Valley to Long Beach every morning. 90 minutes. I left at 5:30 to be at work at 7. Seriously, fuck that place.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 24, 2010 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't read these threads.
Let me just say that it’s hot and I don’t want to think about Cody Ross.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
But, thinking about Cody Ross
means you aren’t thinking about Jose Guillen.
So there’s that.
LOLineup
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Albert Pujols is good at baseball.
He’s currently leading all 3 triple crown cats, as of this second.
why don't you marry him?
did you enjoy Joey Votto’s failswing last night?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Skip, hop, jump, swing!
I’m sort of surprised he didn’t bloop it over second or something, though. He seems to sacrifice small children to the babip gods.
I'd like to see you try doing that to "me" because I said it, and i stand by it
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Perhaps.
But that was probably the nicest way anyone could word a response to someone claiming Votto > Pujols.
I'd have gone with fucking moron
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Aug 24, 2010 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Good decision
I was kidding. Kind of.
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Aug 24, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope Votto wins MVP, just to make Charlie Manuel and the all-star voters look even dumber.
by kingofthacove on Aug 24, 2010 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
It's so freaking hot!!!!!
96 degrees in my house and 103 outside! To top it all off I’m fasting and reading all the comments regarding the matter of food. I will be really pissed off today if the Giants lose. http://weather.yahoo.com/united-states/california/castro-valley-12797345/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGDCqWGjdSE&feature=search
Oh, man, now I want some waffles… covered in syrup and with some bacon on the side…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah, it’s made out of wood.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Remodeling would be delicious if it were really waffles.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
It took me nearly a year to do the remodel on my house… if it were made of waffles I’d be even fatter than I already am.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
=(
Could you kill yourself for me please? Pretty please with 2 of timmy’s cy’s on top!
Hey, you’re the one who chose ‘waffles’ as a handle and then complained about fasting.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Plus, waffles are delicious.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m going to make some pancakes when I get home. My waffle maker is broken. :(
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
waffles >>> pancakes
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
by j14 on Aug 24, 2010 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Startup waffles is on Thursday morning…
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Can I pretend to have a startup? Because, dude, free waffles.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Sure
I don’t work for a startup, nor am I an entrepreneur, I just know the dudes that put the event on.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Are the waffles good?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
The price is right.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I’ve been standing outside all day and I think it’s about 95+ here. FFF.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 24, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
lol Mannywood
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
/shift-A
To go through and read all the comments or not. Hm.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 24, 2010 5:11 PM PDT reply actions
will mexico celebrate Victory over Japan day?
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
Vajayjay Day?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Ron Mexico conquers Japan!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Is this the new maymay?
"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
"Why don't we just bring Dr. Lyle Evans in here?"
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
Stopped at Lunardi’s and got brownies!
LOL YOU BROWNIELESS PEOPLE!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 5:16 PM PDT reply actions
I might buy a waffle iron on my way home.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Do you have waffle making stuff?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I have all the ingredients to make them from scratch, and I also have Bisquick if I’m being lazy.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Okay, just checking. Don't want you to buy a waffle iron and not make waffles
I only know the Bisquick stuff.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Buying Tickets on Giants Website
Am I the only one that can never figure out what the 2 words are that they make you type in for security purposes? I ask for 2 more words, still no clue. I listen to the audio rendition — no chance of understanding.
One more time. The second word was Pompur which isn’t even a word.
Why do they make it impossible to read? I maximize the screen, and the “words” look worse. Geez…
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 24, 2010 5:16 PM PDT reply actions
Sorry, I’ve only had a problem with it once or twice.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
you are magical !
because they put a i next to a capital Z next to a u, or maybe it’s a v or a w…
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 24, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Try it 5 times, I bet you only get 2 out of 5 at regular screen size.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 24, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
you are spambot
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Beat me to it.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I just read about it in Wiki, you may be right. Super…
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 24, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
2011 Lineup:
CF: Torres
SS: Drew (Stephen Drew in a trade with the Diamondbacks)2B: Sanchez
C: Posey
RF: Huff
1B: Belt
3B: Sandoval
LF: Neal
2B: Sanchez
P: Lincecum/Zito/Cain/Sanchez/Bumgarner
With Cody Ross as a utility outfielder.
How does that sound in 2011?
by ryanstrtddafire99 on Aug 24, 2010 5:29 PM PDT reply actions
Nice trick!
You traded 2B Sanchez and still have him in your lineup. Awesome.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Kemp just hit a homer off the scoreboard in Brewers Land
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 5:34 PM PDT reply actions
I'm excited to say
I don’t give a shit about the dodgers because they’re fucking awful and I don’t care about them because they’re so bad.
"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 forgot to mention the poor W-L record.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Really?
Everyone was pretty dumb then, since the Padres have been in first place since mid-April, except for a couple days in June.
"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
are they still in the league?
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I heard they moved to Montreal.
"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
Yeah, but I bet he passively ran the bases.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
OT:
has anyone here ever hit up their connections to find their friend a job?
I’m doing it for the first time and it feels weird and awkward.
also, TWSS
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
DANGER, OLDJACKET ROBINSON!
Be sure about this guy before recommending him for a position at your current place of employment. He fucks up, it is your ass.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m super sure of him, and it’s not my current place of employment. It just feels weird to becaause at these places this dude would be coming in as a reference from a reference.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
As someone who has seen many a secretary come and go (usually fired), I can say that I would prefer to obtain employees based on a referral from a friend or acquaintance rather than Craig’s list.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
yeah, I agree. These are pretty technical jobs and I wonder how much weight “Yeah, the manager’s friend said this guy was solid hire” carries.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
What do they do that makes them so fireable?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
My guess: root for the Dodgers.
"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
That’s more of a capital punishment offense.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I did it for my mom, and that wasn’t too bad.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I read this pretty wrong.
And it was pretty…bad.
it felt weird and awkward?
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
If rotorueter did his mother, I'm sure
it felt weird and awkward.
Dude, really?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I said I read it wrong, y'know.
and it felt weird and awkward.
I think that would really depend on rotoreuter’s mother.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
That reminds me, can you hit up your connections to find me a job?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
here, put this on.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
That's so demeaning!
Could…could it be more demeaning?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
and this
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I’m getting ready to apply for a job and I hate trying to find references. I’ve got some great ones, but I still work with most of them at my current job and that makes me a little ehhhh about it.
Ask me about my blog.
Yeah, that does suck. It’s like “I’ve got these references, but I’d prefer that you didn’t call them”
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
most employers are willing to wait until you’ve pretty much got the job to call your current business.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
That’s good to know. I don’t think anyone could hold it against me but you know how offices can be.
Ask me about my blog.
I still wouldn’t chance it. People can be really stupid.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Yeah, that’s my worry. I don’t think these people would be, but you never know unfortunately.
Ask me about my blog.
How important is it for you to work for stupid people?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s really no work without it.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Insert joke about the government.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
don't hand them out right away
“references available on request”
i suppose it depends on the industry… i think in education reference letters are supposed to go with the initial application.
references are overrated and dumb anyway. why would someone list a negative reference? and anyone with brains will say “worked here x to y and earned z salary”.
I was in the midst of considering that! Don’t think I know anyone who fits the bill, though.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Phillies losing
Cards/Pirates tied
Dodgers and Lolorado winning
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 5:58 PM PDT reply actions
Stomp the Reds into the ground this series, and you won't have to care about what the Cards do.
Just the Reds.
Yeah, no offense or anything
But I am not exactly a fan of the Cards.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
That's fine. I'm just saying that what the Cardinals do likely won't effect the Giants in any way until the playoffs
if the Giants take these next two games.
Here, let me try this again
It is almost regrettable that beating the Reds helps the Cards in any way, shape or form.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I much rather have the Reds take the Central...
The Cards have a good chance of dominating a series with Wainwright, Haliday, and Garcia.
A. You mean Halladay, not Haliday
B. You mean Carpenter, not Halladay
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
LOL!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
OT: Speaking of stupid offices....
There’s staple remover in the copy room that I take weird pleasure in using. Extremely effective. So I’m using it on a document, and this lady who works in the same building walks in to do something or other. I make a funny face and say, “Is it wrong of me to love this staple remover as much as I do?” Her expression blank, she replies, “No, you go right ahead.” Then walks out of the room.
I’ve never had a jokey comment fall so hideously flat (in person, anyway – happens to me on here all the time). Really takes the air out of one’s sails. Now I know how all the plebes feel.
I mention this because you care.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Cool story, Hansel.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Thanks Broseph.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I would really love to hear her version of this story.
"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’m also curious. Maybe she has an extremely dry sense of humor. Or thinks I’m a creep. Either way, it’d be good to know.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
So, I went into the copy room today
and the office spaz was in there making ‘o’ faces as they tried to remove a staple from a piece of paper. I rolled my eys at them, and they actually talked to me, and said something stupid about a staple remover, lol!! God I hate my job
hahahaha
I like how we am plural.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
This story would be funnier if you replaced the staple remover with a zucchini.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Are there staples in the zucchini?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 24, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Problem solved!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
LOL Nationals
Shutting down Stephen Strasburg(notes) now could cost the Nationals later. If he doesn’t pitch again this season, Strasburg will finish with 123 1/3 innings, which means he’ll be under a tighter innings limit in 2011 than the team had anticipated.
Of course, having their phenom right-hander pitch again this season could cost the Nationals even more later.
Strasburg is headed back to the disabled list, but the Nationals twice now have avoided serious injury with their former No. 1 pick. A strained flexor tendon in his elbow should not require surgery. Enough rest and rehab and he could be good to go again.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AolNk8em9TUxTk9yLO1GUKA5nYcB?slug=tsn-166232
According to WAR, the Rockies have the best pitching in the majors
http://www.fangraphs.com/teams.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&type=6&season=2010&month=0
Eh, not that much.
Fangraphs uses FIP WAR, iirc, and Jimenez has outperformed his a good bit.
Who is?
Aren’t Torres and Huff Top 5, albeit from different sources?
Or is that UZR. I can never get all those statcronyms straight.
Oh, the places I could have gone if my middle name was Yungo. I coulda been somebody.
I'm aware of that
I just know I was reading a Posnanski blog the other day and he was referencing one of them, I can’t remember which.
/keeping cool by drinking beer for the past 2 hours is taking it’s toll.
Oh, the places I could have gone if my middle name was Yungo. I coulda been somebody.
I just dropped a TWSS on a member of Xanthan's family that I have never spoken with previously
The possibilities of social networking via the internet are wonderous to behold.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 6:20 PM PDT reply actions
lol
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
… zucchini?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
The computer has a bean as a family member?
This is incredible. How that connection happened is the seed of a great story.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, those two? They’re two peas in a pod?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
By the way, how's your cousin Pinto?
"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
if any of you were real, I might be offended that you have not yet added me to your facebook.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
No one knows your name. Unless it is actually Alex Lewis.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
That would be a clever twist.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Note the title of the thread.
Many comments here about what is happening right now seem to be missing the fact that in a week the roster will be much expanded, so carrying a multiplicity of outfielders means nothing save for this next week. The team has “solved” the problem by running short in the bullpen, which is probably unwise, but clearly they just want to break the tape on September 1 and then be able to use the panoply of OFs as they see fit.
Looking ahead, it is impossible to say what Ross’s role will be because there are too many open questions about re-signings (not to speak of Belt’s possible arrival, or even Neal’s later on). But if the organization re-ups Burrell, things are clearer.
An ideal OF has four everyday players used in a rotation that gets each about 3/4 play time (give or take a day a week), with a fifth guy as emergency backup lest two guys go down in the same game or it strings out to 17 innings. Assuming Burrell, two of those are set: Burrell and Torres. I would not be unhappy were Ross and Schierholtz the other two: I still think that given steady, regular play time, Schierholtz can deliver creditable offense. The fifth guy could be Rowand, because the Giants never have understood and never will understand “sunk costs”; that would be harmless, unless they keep Bochy, who believes that Rowand is still something better than an emergency fill-in.
Any of these configurations, in the field and at the plate, would sit well with me:
Burrell – Torres – Schierholtz
Burrell – Torres – Ross
Burrell – Ross – Schierholtz
Ross – Torres – Schierholtz
Guillen can and will be kept for the rest of this season; that is harmless and probably beneficial if he is restricted to use as a pinch hitter. If, as we all hope, the Giants go on to the Big Show, he might make a good DH.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
That is correct, Hooters
No one knew rosters would expand on September 1st until you said something.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sarcasm . . .
. . . as a wise man once remarked, is a blunt club: it may occasionally raise bruises, but never cuts or pierces.
Many a post on this thread seemed written oblivious of that fact. I don’t suppose anyone was or is ignorant of it, but people often manage to think right past things they actually know. If not, there would be zero drunk driving.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I don't see what on this thread was oblivious of that?
Most of the comments (baseball-related) are about either how bad the 2008 lineup was or how bad and useless Jose Guillen is.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Yeah, I'm not really a fan of Guillen regardless of our roster situation
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Beer guys tie it up.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 24, 2010 6:44 PM PDT reply actions
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