Post-game thread: Giants score just enough to break our hearts
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 25, 2010 5:30 PM PDT
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PrintEvery time the Giants have been down by more than, oh, seven runs in a game, folks start thinking how the team could come back. Not just thinking about it, but actively plotting just how it can happen. I know I do. I start thinking, well, if these three players can get on, and that player can get a home run, and if.... And it never works. Of course, it doesn’t. It’s a one-in-a-thousand kind of shot, but it keeps a lot of us interested just enough to continue watching a terrible game.
This kind of game was almost the reward you expect every decade or three. If you quit on this one early, it’s not like you wouldn’t have enjoyed a win as much. But the people who watched every pitch, every inning of this game would have been stupid enough to stick around for similar games for the next few decades if the Giants had won. Heck, they still will be. Kids will become fathers and mothers, fathers and mothers will become grandfathers and grandmothers. Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of their lives. They’ll waste hours on pointless, impossible games. They’ll be disappointed almost every time. Almost every time.
Pretty much every time. Yeah, every time.
Two camps for this game:
a. The camp that thinks this was soul-rattling. This is a loss that saps the energy from a team. It was unbearable to climb up such a ridiculous peak, only to trip when planting the flag. Gah.
b. The camp that can’t believe the Giants came back at all. This is a loss, sure, but the kind of loss a team can be proud of. It was inspiring to come back, even if a brutal ninth-inning error gave the Reds a win, and the Giants should go into the rest of the season with a reserve of confidence they didn’t know existed.
Choose your camp wisely. This is the kind of thing that will tear Giants fans apart. Brother against brother. People you thought you knew betraying you.
So I'd like to point out that all of the people in Camp A are weenies. C’mon. That was a miserable ending, but an inspiring game. It was five hours of torture, but danged if it wasn’t one of the more exciting games I’ve watched in my life. The Giants didn’t win. Maybe they’ll miss the playoffs by a game, and someone will grumble about this one as a shoulda-won. I can think of about fifty shoulda-wons that I’ll lament before this one. They had no business being in this game. They came back with homers and two-out hits. They almost did it, dang it. They came so close.
Would have been a lot cooler if they had won, though. A lot cooler
Dammit.
Alright, maybe the people in Camp B will have free coffee and pie at their gatherings. Maybe I shouldn’t choose so soon.
I’m a gonna take a nap now.
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Me too. A good camp.
I’ll gather some fire wood, you get the stuff together to make s’mores
by Seasick fish on Aug 25, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Stupid baseball
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
by thehavenot on Aug 25, 2010 5:33 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm in Camp B
And I think that we should sweep the D’Backs
What do you mean I’ve been watching you all day?
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 25, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.mobileddl.com/files/image/Toonces-the-Driving-Cat.jpg
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 25, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Why is the bottle of Liquid Plum’r empty? WHY IS THE BOTTLE OF LIQUID PLUM’R EMPTY?
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 25, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
that was for daddy
in lieu of having to watch a gassed Barry Zito lob 84 mph torture balls
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Free coffee and pie and The Macallan at my house.
"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
this game makes me :(
a sweep of the D Bags would make me feel much better
by 49erEmpire on Aug 25, 2010 5:35 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I'm in Camp B
but I also feel like firing off a whole Bible’s worth of swear words.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Guillen you dung heap!
"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 25, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
MadBum you butt. . . . butt-patter.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
5 fucking errors!?
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
2 on one play by Ramirez
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Yeah, that's kinda ugly,
and likely what turned “stirring comeback” into “Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!”
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I’m definitely in Camp B. I admit I gave up on this one when it was 9-1, then got home from work and checked the score on my phone, fully expecting a 17-2 type final. When I saw it was 11-11 in the 9th, I put on MLB Network and watched the rest of it. It’s actually the least annoyed I’ve been after a loss in a while.
I'm in Kuip's camp
This was almost a classic
Instead it was classic torture
by Bochean on Aug 25, 2010 5:36 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
It don efen werk.
Still in despair.
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
Unfair pissed off rant time.
FUCKING BARRY ZITO. JUST ONE OR TWO FUCKING SCORELESS ININGS COME THE FUCK ON. 126 MILLION FUCKING DOLLARS, DUDE.
PANDA, MY FUCKING 2 YEAR OLD NEPHEW CAN MAKE THAT THROW.
GIANTS AS A WHOLE – YOU SCORED NINE RUNS TO COME BACK, AND YOU COULDNT SCORE ONE FUCKING MORE? JUST COULDNT GET THAT LAST ONE?
COME ON!
Great comeback. I’m hardly mad. Just a little disapointed. This went from an all-timer, to just a “oooh yeah I remember that game a little”.
Regardless, i’m sure the clubhouse enjoyed it. I hope it doesn’t wear on them at all.
The last time the Giants scored 11 runs in three consecutive games was June 3-5, 1953, against the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs at the Polo Grounds.
No Willie Mays either
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
LOL Mitch Moreland
Baseball is borderline enjoyable when you have no emotional attachment to the teams
Buster Posey>
FUCK THAT UMP
The zone sure did get wider in the bottom of the 11th. Ump wanted to go home.
(I say this having missed the entire comeback due to being in a meeting, and not picking back up until mid-10th)
by The Double Deuce on Aug 25, 2010 5:39 PM PDT reply actions
Some of the strikes on Ross in particular, and strike one to Torres, if I recall correctly.
by The Double Deuce on Aug 25, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL throwing error
Very inspiring loss
by iGotFiveOnIt on Aug 25, 2010 5:39 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Craziest Giants game I've ever attended
And I was here last year for the Edgar Renteria grand slam game against Colorado. BTW, I’m in Camp B. They looked dead throughout most of that game. I was thoroughly impressed they came back even though they lost.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
/sigh
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 5:39 PM PDT reply actions
IAWTC
This is the equivalent of getting blue balls in baseball.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
by DrDC on Aug 25, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m not sure how to respond to that.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Is there such a thing as blue ovaries?
"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 25, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
There is, and you don’t want to know how I found out.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I do!
"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 25, 2010 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
o_O
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Urban dictionary doesn't say much
the female equivalent to blue balls.
What a letdown
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
re3c'd!
"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 25, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
It was one of my favorite games of the year even with the loss. Nothing is better than not giving up on your team and they reward your patience. Though I must admit I lost all confidence in a win when Wilson gave up the tying run. It just felt like the bubble popped.
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
Particularly poignant are the disappointed drunken louts shambling up 2nd street in their Zito shirts.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 5:40 PM PDT reply actions
I'm in this camp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwPpfhPY7lc&feature=player_embedded
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
No camp poll?
How am i supposed to understand people’s reaction to such a unique game without simplifying it to a binary vote? I ain’t come here to read a bunch o’ words, I’ll tell you that much right now.
Then I’ll be brief.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 25, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Camp B
But I also think we’ve learned a lot about the new guys. Cody Ross, thumbs up. J-Lo, thumbs up. Guillen, not so much. Fontenot, yes.
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
yes.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 26, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Put me in camp B....
I was listening on my iPhone at work here in Cincinnati and turned it off when the game was “out of hand”. It was only when I got home and hadn’t yet received that dreaded push update from At Bat that I fired up the app and saw that they were only two runs down. I ran to the TV just in time to see the Giants take the lead in the 8th.
The ending sucked, but that was a hell of a game.
If it was backwards, that would be quite the drop.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 25, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Did we really have an 80% chance of winning with a one run lead heading into the ninth? That doesn’t seem right to me
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 25, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I knew the Reds was Bullshit
after how they choked away gigantic leads in Atlanta and Philadelphia amongst other places
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
I've known that they were bullshit.
They’re pitching really isn’t that amazing. If Votto weren’t there, they’d be out of it. Plain and simple.
Well to be fair
Where would we be without Huff?
Or the Twins without Mauer? Or Cards and Pujols?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Abbot without Costello?
"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 25, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL U got it bakwerdds
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
yeah Timberlake w/out nsync= wiildly popular, rich and across multiple mediums. Nsync without Justin, nothing!!!!
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Andres is better. If he was gone we'd really be fucked.
But I’m saying that they really don’t have any other big hitter or a great scary ace. We were doing pretty good without Timmeh and Pablo for a while.
Either one we'd be screwed
I’m just saying, you lose the most valuable player in the league and you’re usually fucked.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
To me the most frustrating part of this game was...
….not being able to execute a fucking intentional walk.
they tagged the runner at the plate trying to score
almost worked out in their favor
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
Almost
too bad it’s baseball and not horseshoes or hand gernades
It was just like hand gernades
"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 25, 2010 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
And then the tag
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Very bizarre play. Bochy called for an intentional walk with a runner on 3rd. Madbum threw it to the backstop. Posey retrieved the ball threw it to the plate and they basically had the runner tagged out at the plate. Then Madbum went to show the ump that he had the ball in his glove and in the process the ball flew out of his glove. The ump changed the call to safe and a run scored.
And that is toxic.
He plainly had control of the ball and it only left his glove—snow-cone, but gloved—when he swept the glove up to display it. Bochy’s head apparently weighs too much for him to be able to propel the body under it out onto the field and argue things when needful (and that was not the first time).
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
You know here's how this goes for me
I checked the score from work and it was 9-1. [b]Nine to one.[/b] in the fourth inning, with a blown bullpen. Pretty much had written off the concept of baseball today, and was having some serious worries about MadBum going forward.
Then I got home and it was 10-5. That’s a little more interesting, but, you know, whatever. Might as well go to KNBR.
The eighth inning was one of the most absolutely exhilarating pieces of baseball I’ve ever experienced. Like, 2002 excited. I was pacing around my apartment, cackling, absolutely boggling that this happened. I was basically riding the goddamn Fangraph (which I don’t even want to see.) It was unbeliveable that this happened, but at the same time, it just felt so right.
And then of course, the ninth happened. I knew it would be you, Pablo. You broke my heart.
But they had a chance to break my heart. They got into a game they had absolutely no business being in and made it the kind of contest where we can actually point at single moments and go “Why couldn’t this have gone just a bit differently?” That’s the sort of thing playoff teams do. And when you get down to it, the Giants took 2 of 3 from an extremely strong team.
It’s gonna be rough until September 1st. The starting pitching has some serious questions to answer; Friday is gonna be one of the most important starts of Timmy’s career. I still don’t know how the hell we build a roster. Buster picked a terrible day to be human. But shit. We’re in this thing. Seriously in this thing. I can’t even believe I used that phrase without sarcasm.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 25, 2010 5:46 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I knew it would be you, Pablo. You broke my heart.
This made me smile.
Good post.
by The Double Deuce on Aug 25, 2010 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
ouch!
"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 25, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
My wife and I have noticed the same thing on a few occasions.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 25, 2010 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
So, I missed all the interesting parts due to work.
Saw the video of the game-tying hit in the 9th and I have to say: did someone say Guillen had a strong arm? That throw was awful.
"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
Go Astros! Go Diamondbacks! Go Pirates!
"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
Clap, clap, clap clap clap
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Camp B.
And it sucks to live here in Colorado, where everyone keeps saying: “At least our team won THEIR 9 run come back.”
Proud supporter of the Fightin' Hydrants.
by Little Napoleon on Aug 25, 2010 5:50 PM PDT reply actions
Well, the Rockies have been better for a good long while
and if there’s one thing wealthy, religious folk are good at, it’s pointing out other’s deficiencies.
And ignoring their own.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I will say
I’m in camp B, but I think that’s only because I left work when it was 10-5 and by the time I got home (loooong communte) we had lost 12-11.
I don’t know how I’d feel if I’d watched the whole thing.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
so
now that I’ve calmed down.
I enjoyed this moment
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=11366239&topic_id=8878828&c_id=sf
and loved this one
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=11366371&topic_id=8878828&c_id=sf
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Can't watch
I can never bring myself to watch highlights in a game we lost, for whatever reason.
"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
If we had won
I’d be watching so much MLBN tonight. Now I won’t watch any.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
But I know what will happen in the future
I can’t listen to them be so excited when it’s going to end poorly.
"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 know many are pissed at Panda and Zito...
…but this one is on Madbum in my view.
He was horrible. The rest of the team did a great job to almost pull it out so kudos to them but our starting pitching continues to be a concern.
Volquez was much worse the other day.
MadBum was not so bad that he didn’t deserve a chance to retire Bailey to end the third inning.
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
Yeah, MadBum did look pretty bad.
Zito and Wilson both played unusual roles, so I’m not really annoyed with either of them. Everyone else pretty much did more than we could ask….
Oh, except on defense.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
What did Wilson do wrong?
He’s one out away if SAndoval makes the throw. Then he gave up a ground ball hit.
He pitched a damn good two innings.
As for Zito – it gets tiring.
Madbum's first truly bad outing
He’s 21. It happens. He’s been pretty solid. Hopefully he has a short memory.
This team is SUPPOSED too have great starting pitching. It doesn’t. Not even close. Still time for them to shine. But it better happen fast. I have no confidence in Zito, very little in Sanchez and I am waiting for bum to run out of gas. Hopefully that wasn’t the problem today. I hold out hope for Lincecum. Right now the guy I have the most confidence in is Cain.
If they had played defense like a professional baseball team
They would have won. At least, for the moment, every jackball in the lineup tried this new thing of not giving every swing the old yuckadoo, and just tried to hit the ball hard, like they should do in a spacious park. If the pitching doesn’t go all haywire, and the offense doesn’t revert to the achingly stupid notion that you can hit a five-run homer, then I’m in Camp B. Start getting half the runs they scored in these three games and don’t do dumb things like (for only one example) moonshotting a ball you should have eaten, thereby putting a runner on second who shouldn’t be there, and they can make the playoffs.
They would basically have to go like 34-0
There’s just too many teams ahead of them, in the wild card and the division.
"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'd be OK if they swept the Padres twice
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Unfortunately, I'm in camp B too. This Giants team has a lot of heart.
I must say no one can blow a 5-run lead late in a critical game quite like Dusty can. What was he doing not having any of his top three relievers in to start the 8th. Weren’t recently used because of two blowout losses and tomorrow’s a game off for Reds too. What an idiot!
Bochean and maysian are right
I feel bad now for what I said in the last thread. I only saw a few portions of the game. I really got to sit and watch from when Javier Lopez was pitching (the second inning). I guess that skewed my perception. Madbum, defense, Umpiring, 6 relievers, whatever, a loss is a loss. You win as a team, you lose as team.
Reinforcement for the torture ahead.
As a result of this game, we will become somewhat more hopeful than before whenever the Giants give up early runs. Woe are we?
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
Woe are we.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
stupid hope
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
It’s the hope that makes it sting worse.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I can see how this loss is sickening (didn't get a chance to watch it, and kinda glad...)...BUT
We have scored over thirty runs in three games against a first place team. Considering our remaining schedule, I see this as a good sign. The bats we’d just about given up on have sure been hot lately…if we can keep that up, we’ll be able to laugh about today.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Oh, and I'm in camp B, if you didn't figure it out.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
To be honest, I think you’d have a real hard time finding anyone who’s in camp A at this point.
..:Fear The Fin:..
by OtherKid on Aug 25, 2010 6:08 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Look up.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
More torture
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
Firmly in Camp B, this should be a great confidence booster that no lead is insurmontable and that they really can hit at times. I like the new (Guillen excluded) and the pitching is bound to get back on track, they are too good not to
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
This is also a game
That simply proves to me that there is no such thing as momentum in baseball.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
You come back from 10-1 to take an 11-10 lead
and still lose.
Besides, there’s empirical evidence that proves momentum doesn’t exist in baseball.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I don't believe that either
I believe they got 3 outs before we scored a run. That’s baseball.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I think you do
You say they had momentum, we took it back, and then they took it back again right?
There’s so much more than that.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
They sold out
They were better back when you could only get their music on cassettes that came in hand-decorated cases with weird personal notes from the band members.
"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
man
what Torres and Huff did to the Reds was unspeakable.
8 R and 13 RBI between the two of them. Collective OPS north of 1.2.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Whee!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
JESUS CHRIST I THINK THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED THE COPS AFTER THE SCREAMING MOTHER FUCKER
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
I live on the East Coast. There’s a 50% chance you’ve made the wrong choice.
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
I'm no expert, but I'm thinking that a verb would be nice.
"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 26, 2010 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Well
I was at work when I checked the game around 1:30 or so and noticed the Giants were down something like 7-2 or 7-1 one of the two. I thought man fuck this I’m going back to work so I did. For some reason I decided to check back and look on my phone for the score to see how bad the loss was. I saw it was 11-11 and I couldn’t believe the Giants came back. For me this is a good sign. I thought the Giants would just give up and chuck this in the loss column but they fought back in such an epic way that I can’t even be mad at this loss. I can definitely say I’m proud of the team. Camp B forever.
"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.
good news
Phillies 3 outs away from losing and Cards down 5-1 in 8th
by 49erEmpire on Aug 25, 2010 6:27 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Very good
I can haz Oswalt in LF again?
"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.
Come on Astros
Finish this
"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.
I just opened McC and saw the box score
Holy shit.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Thank you, HOU
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 25, 2010 6:34 PM PDT reply actions
Be nice if Arizona could win at least one versus the pads
I’m not holding my breath.
I'm kind of irritated now with Colorado
4 games back of the Giants. Let’s hope they don’t start playing well. They won again today ugh.
"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.
I’m torn. I’m amused by the Braves’ loss, but frustrated by Colorado’s win. Life, huh?
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Actually I think Braves loss a good thing
They have a chance of collapsing. Lots of late wins this year. Luck may turn. I just think that sooner or later the Phils are going on a tear.
I think the Rockies and the Dodgers will play the Giants tough down the stretch. These last 9 games have been tough but it won’t get any easier with all the divisional games coming up.
Colorado is back to the old Rockies
Great at home, lousy on the road. Frankly if they catch the Giants it means the Giants didn’t play well enough down the stretch to get in the playoffs anyway.
My brain hurts.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Just got out of my seminar
WHAT
THE
ACTUAL
FUCK
HAPPENED
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I turned on At Bat expecting to see an 8-3 final or something and I see fucking 12-11? In 12 innings?? The Giants had the motherfucking lead at one point
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Pretty much
You forgot to mention that they were down 9 at one point in there too.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
it was like
ugh
then
blargh
then
huh
then
hey!
then
WOO!
then
WOW!
then
uh . . .
then
ugh
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
by oldjacket on Aug 25, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
What he said.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
It was more like
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 25, 2010 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly, after 5 errors, we didn't deserve to win that game.
But I sure as hell would’ve enjoyed it.
Oh well. Bring on the NL West!
Camp B here
But those who’ve been around here for a while probably would have guessed that
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Camp B and a half.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You know, actually I think I'm in Camp D
At least we weren’t the Braves today.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I turned off the radio feed when they were down 10-1. And I just checked MCC for the news. So…. what’d I miss?
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
nothing.
"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.
Pablo Sandoval
Camp A: Your error just bummed out every Giants fan.
Camp B: Good job today. At this rate, you’ll be the 2009 Pablo in no time.
Only if the Giants traded for Brett Cecil...
from 0-2 to 3-2 and then SO
just to torture Giants fans
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 25, 2010 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
a K against the crap pitching of AAA? no way Sabean brings him up in Sept.
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
by The Wisdom Cow on Aug 25, 2010 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Bochy shakes his head, vows to never play him
"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 25, 2010 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Uh oh…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
/2002 WS Pic
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
You mean this?
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
DDDDDDDD:
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
This doesn’t work. It won’t ever work. You and Natto know we’re never going to recover. You just continue to do this because you’re sadists.
by non sequitur on Aug 25, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Sadistic Giants fans.
Lest there be any misunderstanding, although they don’t have the intended effect on me, I nevertheless find these attempts at psychotherapy amusing.
by non sequitur on Aug 25, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll admit
I’ve recovered from that. But this still makes me sick.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Yeah...I hate this picture...
Only thing worse is if you posted a picture of that stupid rally simian
FUCK YOU ZITO!!!
Buy High,Sell Lower- The Brian Sabean methodology to Running (Ruining) the Giants
by Mordy From Monsey on Aug 25, 2010 7:14 PM PDT reply actions
The heroes and the villains are hard to sort out here.
Every one of our heroic hitters over the previous 26 innings had a chance or two to end it quickly, but most of them were too hungry and made outs in the old style. Even Pablo’s hit in the last inning was on a pitch he should have taken.
Uribe smote greatly, but he also swiped greatly afterword. Ross judged and threw wonderfully to get Rolen, but he forgot how to hit when a run was needed.
The circumstances were wrong for Zito to succeed. I don’t know who else was right, but fail was fresh in the air.
I won’t go on. Instead, I’ll consider the heroics and the determination. I’m glad to see that the Giants can dominate a pitching staff, though I’m not happy to see our own staff so touchable. I’m surprised to see the Reds so vulnerable in pitching and defense.
I like this feeling that the Giants are at least as good as those others in the hunt.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 25, 2010 7:18 PM PDT reply actions
To be fair, Pablo’s home run yesterday came on a pitch he should have taken.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Good points, well stated.
Looking above the immediacies of the game, one overarching point is the Sabean/Bochy axis’s refusal to comprehend the old baseball term “long reliever”, and thus to have and use one. Running middle relievers in for an inning or two is not the way to play a ball game in which the starter is knocked out early. If Hacker or some such person is not the answer, then they needed to go get one. It can be argued that Zito failed, but it’s not so easy to jump from starting to coming into a game very late. Had they had someone to relieve Bumgarner and pitch several continuous innings, matters might have gone rather better. But no, we need 17 outfielders.
It is amazing—well, almost, considering experience—how many game-situation problems come out of the wash as bad front-office work.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Yes
I know there are only a few days before the rosters expand, but what is Rowand’s role on this team now?
No one here gets out alive.
/swings at slider in the dirt
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously. I don’t know the rules that well, but can’t the Giants get Rowand through waivers and then assign him to AAA for a week?
No one here gets out alive.
I think he can reject that
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Rowand's been around longer
There’s a players’ rights thing somewhere in there. They either accept the assignment or get released (and paid).
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Look if Bochy has half a brain, we don’t have that problem at all.
1. Why pull Mad bum with no one on, two out and the pitcher on deck? Stupid, stupid. Might have even got another inning from thim.
2. Why make a double switch and then pull Casilla after one (two?) batters? If you’re going to double switch…. Duh.
3. Why pull Ramirez at all there? Let him finish the inning. You’re getting killed, he has two out and a man at first. At least let him pitch to one more batter. I don’t get it.
4. Why only one IP from Affeldt?
5. Why, oh God why, do you bring Wilson in in the 8th inning of this game? The 9th? Sure, but the 8th? Now you’re looking for a 40+ pitch outing from him to finish the game off? STUPID STUPID STUPID.
This loss is due to Bochy’s idiotic use of the pen.
I think when Bochy brought Wilson in
He was giving him work and conceding the game, considering it was 10-5.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
BUT, let him pitch the 9th. Why the 8th?? He was going to use Lopez in the 9th. Why not use him in the 8th and then Wilson in the 9th, juuuuuust in case you make a miracle come back. It was stupid and I said so at the time. BEFORE they came back.
Brain dead.
Perhaps
Lopez pitched in a couple straight days and he wanted to avoid using him? Perhaps he was going to go Wilson/Zito?
Hell I don’t know, he’s an idiot.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Right. Some of his decisions were perplexing but it’s easy to criticize in hindsight. No one could have expected such a comeback.
The loss seems more due to giving up 8 runs or whatever in less than 3 innings before he made any bullpen decisions.
Actually, I criticized ALL the moves above at the time. They were stupid at the time and stupider in retrospect. I’d LOOOVE to hear his lame reasons for the idiocy.
I’m right there with jothtejet on his reasoning, and was at the time as well. When I was boiling over about the use of Wilson in the pen, one of the guys sitting near me did say something that made some sense in Bochy’s defense.
He thought Wilson was brought in for a “shutdown inning.” Something none of the other relievers had been able to do.
In retrospect, if Pablo doesnt get all hopped up on adrenaline preparing to make that airmail delivery, it might have worked out.
Great performance in spite of the mgr.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
YES especially to #5
I hope there wasn’t “too much going on” for Baggs or… Rusty Simmons? to ask Bochy who he was planning on using in the ninth. No matter how many possible scenarios I play out in my mind, I can’t imagine any legitimate reason to have brought Wilson in in the 8th. Either Bochy was planning on bringing in Lopez in the 9th, which would be stupid, or Bochy was planning on using Wilson for two innings. Also stupid. He obviously wasn’t planning on using Zito. Even Bochy isn’t that stupid.
I think Sandoval’s error was more costly, as was MadBum’s pitching. But we all know that errors and bad pitching outings occur from time to time—even inopportune times. A good manager shouldn’t make the kind of silly mistakes Bochy all-too-frequently makes.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
I keep seeing people state that Bochy isn't "that stupid" when certain decisions or possibilites are being discussed.
I’m curious as to what empirical evidence anyone has to claim that he actually isn’t “that stupid”?
From what I’ve seen, and I’m no expert, is that Bochy’s capacity for stupidity surpasses most people’s ability to believe that a MLB manager could possibly be “that stupid” and retain his position.
"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 26, 2010 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions
So that sucked.
Ah well. I’m off to drown my sorrows with the Giants at Logan’s Freedom Ride Benefit. Have fun in your mothers’ basements, nerds!
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
by MonochromeGarden on Aug 25, 2010 7:33 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
What about this thing is a “ride?”
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
The rides happen after all the drinking.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Pat is such a generous guy.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 26, 2010 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
He does what he can.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Camp B here
I feel better about the loss after my Tom Collins.
by Murray, Present on Aug 25, 2010 7:54 PM PDT reply actions
One of the biggest positives for me came early in the game.
Aubrey wasn’t injured on that screwy play at first.
My first thought was “Season”.
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
Good point there
That was scary
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
YOU CAMP B PEOPLE ARE LIARS
I find that I’m much more frustrated about losses when I’m only following the game on Yahoo! play-by-play (which, by the way, this year seems to frequently be badly off about what’s happening). I invent all sorts of happy scenarios in my head about game situations which then get destroyed when things go wrong, leaving me a bitter man. Within limits, I’m not as upset about losses in games I actually see (Kruk & Kuip) or listen (Jon & Dave) to.
if i hear
one more bay area person complain about the weather…i will buy their plane ticket to new orleans. it’s been 90 degrees for a solid two months now. with 80% humidity. youve dealt with triple digits for TWO DAYS.
"to me, the all star game is retarded."--aubrey huff
/volunteers to smack the first schmuck who says "Yeah, but it's a DRY heat!"
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
As a redhead, I typically hate the comedian Carrot Top,
but he had a great routine about visiting Vegas and people telling him about it being only a dry heat. His response was something along the lines of ovens using dry heat and nobody claims they are more comfortable to be in.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
LOL at referring to Carrot Top as a comedian
"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 26, 2010 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Or they could take a drive over the Coast Range to a Home Depot in the Central Valley and buy a new window air conditioner, I’m sure they’re in stock. With all due respect, if you can afford to live in the Bay Area, $300 shouldn’t cause you to lose any sleep.
We don’t live in the Bay Area we live in freaking Sacramento …and we RENT you can’t just go and affix a window a/c unit to an apartment that has central heat and air.
And it’s really no good to get into a “my weather is worse than you weather” pissing contest. Especially when you have no idea of other mitigating circumstances such as health conditions, or living conditions.
Too bad for you, yes humidity sucks…. it’s one of the reasons we chose not to live in Ohio. And yes, we have had a mild summer… but that doesn’t make 93º interior temperatures at midnight any fun.
BRANDON BELT DINGER!
"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.
No he doesn’t. Let’s not rush him.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
He’d be such a huge unexpected addition if he made the team next season
by BrianIsAwesome on Aug 25, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
With his LF transition
He could be Burrell’s replacement…
I get the impression that Pando Gordo is moving to 1B
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 25, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Would be a shame
Because his glove sounds great at 1B.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
So basically he’s not ready.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 26, 2010 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions
They might well bring him up and give him the Buster treatment just so when he comes up to actually play he will have been through it before.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
The mere experience of the big-league life, of just sitting on a big-league bench in a big-league park (much less the practical stuff like learning about luggage and tipping and so on) is well worth having a guy come up even if he never gets his butt off that major-league bench during his stay. It just makes the transition, when it comes, so much easier, and allows him then to focus on baseball, not on learning endless trivia of day-to-day life.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I was thinking he's be better as the celibate late inning guy.
"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 26, 2010 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions
spelling fail....he'd
"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 26, 2010 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions
The best part about Belt
Is that he was born on 4/20
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 25, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
The best part
is that he’s fucking awesome
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
If you remember me a few days ago being a negative nelly and a general dick aobut Belt
I wuz wrong. I believe. He’s the second coming of the Thrill.
"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
Glad you've seen the error of your ways
"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.
Why did the Giants do it?
They moved up next Wednesday’s game vs. the Rockies to accommodate Colorado. No one helps the Giants.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
With an RBI-laden outfielder to be named later.
/Sabes has a Guillen-gasm
“ANOTHER free outfielder wit der RIBEYEZ?!? Watch out, world, we’re in this thing with the magic inside! Hummm baby! Susan, send down Posey to AA to work on good pitching so we can make room for him!”
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
BRAD HAWPE
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
That was not a good game to watch during work. I got some weird looks.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 25, 2010 8:18 PM PDT reply actions
I am in camp B but I worry the players are in camp A.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 25, 2010 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I think the players are Camp B. On a team like this year’s they’ve got “Break My Stride” running in their heads on a continuous loop.
by non sequitur on Aug 25, 2010 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
This game hurt my soul a little but
But hey, they showed they could overcome a 9 run deficit
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
What was the reaction for Pablo's error in the 9th?
Sounded like Krukow was making excuses for him.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I mean errors happen
It was damn frustrating yeah, but it would be a lot easier to be mad at him if he wasn’t absolutely raking.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Implying he had to hurry the throw so much because the runner was quick or something like that. At least that was I thought he said.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
If you watch the replay
It would have been close even if it was a good throw, Stubbs is really fast…
Regardless, there should have been 2 out, nobody on…
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 25, 2010 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
We sit right behind 1b, and was staring across the diamond when Pablo loaded up to make the throw. It was obvious to me he was totally amped up on adrenaline when cocking his arm—the minute it left his hand it took off like a rocket.
I had the double-face palm in place by the time it landed.
PS: I got your back Pablo.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
oh.. is it the replay? I missed the first 10 innings of the game.
oh.. is it the replay? I missed the first 10 innings of the game.
by cybermaldonado on Aug 25, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
speaking of replays…. that is very weird.
by cybermaldonado on Aug 25, 2010 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Even rarer is the within-post reply fail.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
yes it’s the replay… if you hurry you can catch the last 10 innings of the game.
yes it’s the replay… if you hurry you can catch the last 10 innings of the game.
From now on I think I’m going to replay all my posts within the same post.
From now on I think I’m going to replay all my posts within the same post.
"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 26, 2010 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions
The Diamondbacks are useless
And hopefully continue to be useless through Sunday.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
All our players are in Camp B
I’m 100% positive about this.
Buster Posey ain't havin it... He aint.
by Caine Black Knife on Aug 25, 2010 8:26 PM PDT reply actions
We all come on to the camp B
My grandfather and me
Around nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Are you saying Brian Wilson is a Camp B-er?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Any comments with “TWSS”?
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I was at the game, sigh.
Such an emotional roller coaster.
From my seats, it appeared the ump was complete horseshit:
1. The guy was out at home after Bumgarner’s wild pitch, it appeared to me. Bumgarner tagged him and then the ball came out of his glove when Madison tried to show the ump.
2. That strike 3 call to Cody Ross on 3-2 seemed absolutely terrible. It seemed way inside.
3. A bunch of other missed calls by the ump. 2 curveballs down the middle by Zito were called balls.
Hershbeck was pretty bad for both sides
I saw a few pitches that should have been called strikes on the Giants hitters and weren’t.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
One thing to remember about Bumgarner:
Coming into this game, his actual quality of pitching was about a full run worse than his ERA. The Giants’ staff as a whole has been getting by with smoke and mirrors, and he especially so. (My greatest fear for this season has been, and remains, that Lady Luck will finally turn her back on the staff.)
Curiously, despite the huge (55 – 60 runs) discrepancy between the staff stat line and actual runs yielded, the starters other than Bumgarner are all roughly where they belong ERA-wise. Mota and Ray are the only guys on the staff with ERAs nontrivially higher than their stat lines normally generate. So—without troubling to examine the rest one by one—it looks like the short relievers are the source of the “magic inside” the staff ERA. (Wilson, for the curious, looks almost a run worse, maybe 0.9.)
ERAs per se are, of course, not good indicators of pitching quality, especially for relievers, but they are indicators of observed results. And the observed results are an awful lot better than the pitching that has generated them.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I'd imagine
Good defense and the park for the flyball pitchers has helped a bit, no? Not saying they’re still not outperforming, but the run gap could be a bit less?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
How are you measuring the 'worsity' of the staff?
Are you comparing FIP to ERA? Because Giants pitchers in general usually outperform their FIP, which probably has to do with park factors.
"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
No.
I’m just taking a runs-produced formula, known to be as accurate as any, and applying it to the stat lines. Converting the results—which are total runs projected—to an ERA is a tad sloppy; I think (I’d have to look into my old code) it just uses an approximation of unearned runs per inning, but for that’s close enough for government work.
The result corrects (well, that’s not really the wanted term, but let it go for brevity) for “density of occurrence” luck, but not for BABIP-form luck, which is a separate issue. By “density of appearance”, I mean the difference between 9 hits in a game one per inning and 9 hits in a game all in one inning.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
That last part
In other words it corrects for outliers in performance? Or at least that’s the idea?
Like if a team were to give up 30 runs in one game, and that would hurt their run differential, compenent statistics, etc. greatly?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Not exactly.
It’s not outliers in performance, but outliers in distribution. A stat line comprises many events—hits, walks, extra-base hits, and so on and so forth. The numbers of those things are one matter, but the distribution of them is another, as the two 9-hits cases exemplify. The larger the data sample, the more nearly the distributions of those events tend to a regularity that is built into all run-production formulae. In the short run, say a single game, or even a single series, the distribution can be quite abnormal: lots of hits and walks can produce few runs, or almost every man who gets on can score. As one approaches a full season, normality sets in, but by no means reigns supreme: it is, after all, a Gaussian (“bell-shaped”) distribution.
Using a reliable runs-produced formula on a given stat line—whether of a man or of a team—tells us the number of runs that would normally, on average, result from this many hits and that many walks and so on; when the actual results differ from that calculation to any material extent, it is usually an indicator of bad luck in the distribution of the subject events.
I guardedly say “usually” because it is obviously possible that there can be a reason for “bad luck” in distribution—why a pitcher’s events tend to clump up. One such reason, and one that however obvious it took me quite a few years to really see, is a manager who regularly leaves pitchers in too long. A pitcher who is left in too long will pitch at his “normal” level of events distribution till he becomes fatigued, after which (if he is still in the game) he will give up events at a higher-than-normal (for him) rate. For example, a starter who gives up 4 hits in 7 innings might then give up 4 more hits in an 8th inning he should never have pitched. His stat line is 8 IP, 8 H, which looks pretty normal, but his runs yielded will not correspond to that.
But cases where that occurs a lot are unusual, especially over a whole-staff stat line, because relievers are not usually so abused, and for starters the abuse is only a fraction of their IP. When we see, as with the Giants, a staff that maybe 3/4 of the way through the season has already yielded almost 60 runs fewer than is normal from their stat line, we see a team that the green-eyed Lady has looked on with much favor.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Interesting
And yes, outliers in distribution is the term I was looking for and what I thought you were talking about.
Anyways, all good information as usual. Thanks.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Aw crap
Belt walked…he’ll never make it on the team now.
"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.
Does anyone know anything about Jesus Guzman's infield defense?
Because he’s very quietly hitting .306/.362/.481 in Fresno while playing at 3B.
Could be a sleeper to make the team next 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
He has none
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
The reason why he’s hitting that line so “quietly” is because it is not very good for AAA.
The MLE for that line is .264/.308/.387. Defense doesn’t even matter when you’re at that level.
And LOL when I went to minorleaguesplits the first thing that showed up for 2010 was his pitching splits.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I believe it was the Fangraphs prospect guru who said in a chat a few weeks ago
That MLEs are fairly useless.
And Guzman mashes lefties. Could have some sorta use. Though if his defense is as bad as you’re all saying, I guess he’s just org filler.
"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
Uh, a SLG under .500 from a first baseman isn’t good in any way.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
This I understand
Which is why I was clinging to some sorta hope that he could stick as a 3B, though that is apparently not the case.
"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
Cling to Brandon Belt, brotha.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Is this a Lost thing?
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
I was just going to say, “Bro” but then I said, “brotha”, cause why not.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Because, hey, free tha.
"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
Tell me about it.
Sounds like it could make some sense, with the prospect example coming to mind immediately being Posey, who vastly overperformed his MLEs.
However, it was the prospect guy who said it, and Guzman isn’t really a prospect at the moment.
What was his reasoning?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I think it was just a throwaway remark
Someone in a chat cited someone’s MLEs, and he just said to always ignore them, or something along those lines. If I had more time, I’d try to find it.
"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
Found the relevant quote
[Comment From JFCJFC: ]
Minor League Splits seems mostly to just lower BABIP when calculating their MLEs. This seems problematic. Has any research been done about effects on K% and BB% of a jump the the Majors? Where do you expect to see the biggest correction in a players line when you look at MilLB numbers?
Bryan Smith:
MLE’s are a mess as a projection tool. Don’t use them.
I’d be interested to hear more about their flaws.
"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
linkage
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/prospects-chat-81610/
"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
Me too.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Just think about it
They use empirical data, which means there’s a ton of variation from player to player. Going from the minors to the majors is a huge drop, and there’s certain types of players that can’t adjust.
I’ve actually read some stuff on it but I highly doubt I could find it without looking forever.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
That's far too sweeping a statement.
It imples that “MLEs” is some monolithic thing, like Newton’s Law of Gravitation. In reality, there are numerous ways to calculate MLEs (and, so far as I know, minorleaguesplits.com does not post their methodology).
Back in the day, using my own minor variation on Bill James’s original method, I got results that time proved to be pretty good. The thing to remember is that minor-league stats are like major-league stats in that a given season may be a freak either way—they don’t mean less than true major-league data, but neither do they mean more.
I don’t know, but suspect that places like minorleaguesplits.com are trying to do too much, and the various complexities, such as individual minor-league park adjustments, are just more places error can creep in. (The old way used just “run environment”, average number of runs scored; it has its obvious deficiencies, but they tend to even out, the proof of a pudding being in its eating.)
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Survivor bias, with no real way to correct for it.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
by oldjacket on Aug 26, 2010 7:29 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Does anyone know anything about Jesus Guzman’s infield defense?
It’s really really bad.
No? You…you want the joke? You’re sure? Fine.
Jesus plays infield like he has holes in his hands.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I think he's a clank mitt
FWIW I think he’d be a decent bench bat, but I doubt it will be with the Giants
Buster Posey>
I guess we know who's spot Belt took
Brock Bond assigned to Richmond Flying Squirrels from Fresno Grizzlies.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 25, 2010 9:22 PM PDT reply actions
PiKA won't be happy
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
well... gonna have to change my sig
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
neutered...
Patience is a virtue virgin.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
That’s not what I heard.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
by EliminateMe on Aug 26, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
He's still around
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
So Bond gets promoted!
"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
Oh no!
I like that guy.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
NOOOOOO.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Bond got a promotion!
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
IRL LOL
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
thefuckingweather!
69°?!
ITS FUCKING SEXY TIME
If you are given two contradictory orders, obey them both.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I don’t know why, but this made me laugh.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions
as i was going into my class madbum just got pulled, I came out and bottom 8 was starting. needless to say my commute home was very fun
2 BBs for Belt now.
Cheater.
"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.
Sup?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Playing some madden, still in shock over how awesome that game was today
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
It was pretty awesome.
Except for the heartbreaking inning in the end. But overall, it was cool.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
This is true, i mean, it definitely had a MEH ending, but WOW
never would have thought the giants would come back from 9 runs down… but yea… Pablo’s looking back in form
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Yeah. I got out of class and I saw that MadBum was knocked out of the game in the 3rd and that they were down by a shitload of runs. And, DAMN, I so did not expect them to even just tie it up.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
How was your first day?
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
It was good, aside from a building being evacuated in the freakin’ early morning and part of a branch nearly falling on my head.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
lolwut?
"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.
Fire alarm went off in the early morning. Dorm building ended up having to be evacuated, but everyone was allowed back in about 20 minutes later.
And then I was walking by the bookstore when part of a branch fell from a tree. If I had kept walking when I heard it falling, it probably would’ve hit me.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Did it hit howie?
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
I don’t think he was on campus today.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Not that you were aware of anyway.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
At first, I thought it was Howie I heard in the tree.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
It probably was. He caused the branch to fall.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
I knew I shouldn’t trust him when he says he’s only on campus Tuesdays and Thursdays.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
“Tuesdays” and “Thursdays”.
I guess you couldn’t see my air-quotes.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 25, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s hard to see air quotes on the internet.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
But not impossible.
Howie does post a lot of pictures of himself.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
I’ve never seen one where he’s air quoting!
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Must have been at Grant's house.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
I was not.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 25, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Uhhh…….yeah…..sure.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
Dorm Fire Alarms going off were the bane of my existence throughout college.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
LOL MYMCLIFE!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
FM-mc-L
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Get used to it, chop, fire alarm went off about 10 times my freshman year, half of it was our fault
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Oh, I’m prepared. Although, I totally thought it was going to happen again this morning, so I’m now on the paranoid side.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
pfffft… you’re a Giants fan… you were already on the paranoid side.
I’m sure a lot of the false alarms are set off by the students, but I wonder if they set those things to be super sensitive anyways. College students aren’t always real careful with heat sources.
One of the rules in our dorm was that you couldn’t tape a bowl to the ceiling (over the sensor) in your room. It was supposed to stop people from smoking pot in their rooms, but I’m pretty sure they just taped bowls over them anyway.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Pretty much.
I heard that the cause of the alarm going off was because there was smoke on our floor. Yep.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Just wait till you get in the shower and then BRRRRRRZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ gotta get out and go outside… we did that once, pulled the fire alarm during finals week at 2 AM, people were out there in the snow after studying or in their robes, bath towels
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
They use vuvuzelas as fire alarms?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
they used whatever is most annoying that'd you have to leave
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Sooo… vuvuzelas then.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
The worst thing about the fire alarm is that it’s not subject to the sexile. It gets to intrude no matter what’s going on.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s the best thing about it.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Reminds me of one instance
Where I was in my room playing a game online (MLB) and my friend was just chilling there. My roommate was passed out drunk (Wednesday night) and the alarm went off.
I was like, “fuck, I can’t leave or else I’ll get a loss.” My roommate didn’t respond despite the fact that the alarm for our floor was right above his head.
So I locked the door, muted the TV and turned the lights off and we waited it out. My roommate still has no idea it even happened.
Truth is, if there was a real fire, I would have tried to survive in my room.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Wow.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Add in the Giants game and you’ve got yourself a quiet day!
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
No idea, but it makes for an interesting “first day of college” story.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha, it honestly does sound hard to top.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Mine basically includes not being able to find any of my classrooms and then going to soccer practice. Not exciting at all.
"I AIN'T HAVIN IT."
That sounds like a typical first day of elementary/middle/high school and college.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 1:31 AM PDT up reply actions
OT
Holy shit my books for school are expensive.
"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.
talk to me when you are dropping 250 per book
by OmahaGiants on Aug 25, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
been there done that, SIR, i've already had my 4 years of school
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I'm paying
$400+ just right now, I still have to buy a 40 dollar book and some lab equipment.
"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.
I think the most me or my roommate have paid is like 500-570
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
This semester
Because I’m taking my sciences, I have some hardcovers. Otherwise I usually spend like $200-$300.
"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.
Can you rent? That’s beginning to be an option here and there.
by non sequitur on Aug 25, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know
But I’m buying used books and I’m already at like $400+
"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.
Oops. It may just be Berkeley. (Are you at Berkeley?)
From the San Jose Mercury news (link):
UC Berkeley students may have a tough time finding a room to rent before classes start Aug. 26, but they won’t have any trouble renting another back-to-school staple: textbooks.
The Cal Student Store now allows students to rent select course texts for the semester, a less-expensive option that can save students nearly half the cost of new books and offers a significant savings over even used books. Most students spend about $1,000 a year on textbooks, according to campus figures.
“I’m renting this textbook because it’s cheaper,” said second-year student Natalie Fakhreddine, who plans to major in business. “It’s easy to do.”
For her and other economics students, the rental program means “Free to Choose” by the late Milton Friedman is $6.75 to rent, compared with $15 if purchased new or $11.25 used.
“Renting is much cheaper,” said third-year student Kseniya Lapina. “And it’s good to reuse the book.”
A 600-page text on social psychology, for example, costs nearly $140 new and $104 used; it rents for $62. A 1,200-page introduction to astrophysics is $172 new, $129 used, and $77 to rent.
Students can treat the rented texts just as they would books they buy: they can write notes in the margins and use highlighter markers on them, said Jeff Deutsch, director of the Cal Student Store.
Hopefully this trends spreads in time to be of use to others.
by non sequitur on Aug 25, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm at Cal State Long Beach.
So no :(
"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.
woa, i have a friend whos doing a teaching credential program there, first year is this year
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Oh cool.
I’m not doing credentials (I thought about it) but I’m doing Child Development & Family Studies.
"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.
If you want to go into teaching, you may want to consider getting a credential. If you are doing social work or therapy well… that’d be different.
I'm thinking
About opening up my own daycare/childcare center or opening up a pre-school/pre-school director.
"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.
That’s a tough road. The economy at large plays a huge role in your success. And the profit margins are really really slim. I know someone who did her Masters in ECE all on opening a preschool. She made it I think 5 years.
I took a class for my masters [also in ECE] where our assignment was to figure out how to open a school. We called it “The Big Spin Preschool” because the only way we could open a center, provide quality care, and pay a living wage was to assume that we had won the lottery.
I’m not saying it can’t be done, but it is a very difficult thing to do.
Well I know how difficult it is
And i know maybe I won’t do preschool yet I’ll probably open a daycare/childcare center but my friend was telling me about these grants that you get from the government to do specific things so I’ll look into that. But in all honesty I am definitely worried about what I’m going to do after college. Hopefully I’ll have enough time to figure it out and the economy slightly pick up by December 2012
"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.
December 2012, eh?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 25, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Who knows
I may not have to worry about a job the world could be ending.
"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.
The state has cut almost all the money they used to give to subsidize programs. Many school districts hire people to teach preschool, mostly HeadStart now as the State monies have about dried up.
Another thing to consider is Early Intervention. There is a GINORMOUS need for Speech Language Pathologists and Behavior Intervention type peoples. More and more kids are being diagnosed as delayed, or on the autism spectrum and there is a great need for people in that area. Special Ed Preschool teachers? Wow, you could get a job just about anywhere!!!
That's interesting.
I’ll look into that, I might take classes that works special ed in there, the problem is after this semester, I’m pretty much locked down in my major.
"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.
DIRTBAG!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 25, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
WOO!
"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.
Speaking of which
I’m definitely going to a baseball game this year, I want to see how the team has been looking.
"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.
Fridays are the best. You can also check out the intrasquad games in the fall, too. The way things look so far, they will probably be pretty meh again this year.
During my Jr. year I lived 1/2 block from the stadium and was very convenient to avoid driving after a game. You know, the crowd consumes a lot of beer.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 25, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah I'm sure
Man it would have been awesome to see back in 06? or so I don’t remember I wasn’t there at the time, to see such a team that had future mlb players.
"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.
Ah, yes. Googling around returns some possibilities. (“chegg?”)
by non sequitur on Aug 25, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm, I would rather buy. You notice they don’t mention anything about damage and or writing in them? I’d have to say roughly a quarter my textbooks got so badly damaged that they became worthless.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 26, 2010 6:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m scared to know what the total will be for me this semester.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Sciences get expensive b/c they’re hardcover. Usually I do amazon.com but I don’t have time I have reading due this tuesday and I need it in now.
"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.
Yeah, I didn’t get my class schedule until yesterday and classes started today, so I’m just getting my books at the bookstore once I get the syllabus. I want to get them off of Amazon, but I need to read them this weekend, so. ugh.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Huh. Never thought about doing that.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah good idea
They’ll do returns I think no questions asked for like the first two weeks.
"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.
English books FTW! Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much cheaper than the sciences.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
They just made me buy a $45 “reader” that isn’t even bound or hole punched. I probably could have printed out all of these readings myself for less than that.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
That’s what I would have thought, but it must be that not many people have their own printers. I used to make all my readings available digitally only, thinking that I was saving students some money, but they ended up just asking me to make a reader anyway. Buying a reader apparently still costs less per page than printing it out on a campus printer (they start charging you after the first 100 sheets or so, I believe) or of course going to a copy store.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Man, I used to get my undergrad readers at Copy Central on Bancroft, and they ran a total fucking racket on it. Their readers would regularly cost twice as much as comparable ones printed by other copy businesses in the area. And yet very, very few professors would go to different businesses for their readers. I always appreciated it when they did, even when it meant a 45 minute walk.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, they’ll do that.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Helpful tip. Don’t sell the books back to the book store, sell them on Amazon. I wish I knew this in college. I just discovered it last year while taking additional courses. I payed 125 dollars for a Stats book and just sold it for 95 (minus Amazons take ~15) while the book store would give me 40.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 26, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
OMG
I swear I heard someone yell 1-2 FBAL at the Grizzlies/Sacramento game. LOL
"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.
Velez is at the plate.
"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.
LOL
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I live in Chicago, and had to follow the game on MLB Gameday. It was torture, but any team that can come back like that ,even tho they lost, looks pretty good, and has potential. The Cubs were like that in ‘08. This year watching them makes me physically ill. If Mike Fontenot were due up, with a lefty pitching,, especially Arthur Rhodes, Piniella would have lifted him. He faced two lefties today, and did OK., I’m glad Mike got to go to a ream that doesn’t quit, because he fits in, and Bochy isn’t treating him like a child.
Don't you doubt Bochy just yet
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Grant, I can’t believe you let Bochy off the hook on this one. He was HORRIBLE with the pen today.
1. Why pull Mad bum with no one on, two out and the pitcher on deck? Stupid, stupid. Might have even got another inning from thim.
2. Why make a double switch and then pull Casilla after one (two?) batters? If you’re going to double switch…. Duh.
3. Why pull Ramirez at all there? Let him finish the inning. You’re getting killed, he has two out and a man at first. At least let him pitch to one more batter. I don’t get it.
4. Why only one IP from Affeldt?
5. Why, oh God why, do you bring Wilson in in the 8th inning of this game? The 9th? Sure, but the 8th? Now you’re looking for a 40+ pitch outing from him to finish the game off? STUPID STUPID STUPID.
This loss is due to Bochy’s idiotic use of the pen.
I would have preferred the win, but I wouldnt be surprised at all if the loss gave them even more steam going into the next series.
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 25, 2010 10:52 PM PDT reply actions
To me, that was the best loss of the year. It might have been the best loss of the last five years.
Of course, I would have preferred a bad win, but I’m not all that shook about this one.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
Trust me, you don't want a bad win
That bad win was awful. Thanks a lot Cuzzi.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Nuke this if need be...
I saw that EA Sports has released a controversial (according to local news) FPS where you can be a Taliban agent hunting US soldiers. Struck me as an odd marketing ploy. What’s the word on this in the gaming community?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
My friend just told me she saw this on twitter:
The man they call Panda is dancing to California Girls. hahahaha.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:15 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I know someone who’s at that event. I expect a full report.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
I know kdl’s there.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Heimy too…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Now I want stories.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m anticipating some shaky phonepix at the least…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve seen a few.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Thought that said phonesex at first
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Why am I not surprised?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like there's a story behind this....
(I love the palpable sexual tension between walkoff baltimore chop and DrDC. Mainly because it doesn’t actually exist and I’m making it all up in my head)
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
Wait. Are DrDC and I now like mini-Lars and mini-kdl in your head?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man, I love the idea of chibi-Lars.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 25, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I would be prety adorable as a chibi character. Maybe even more adorable than usual.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Basically, yes.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
Except I don't think DC is even close to as inappropriate as Lars. But only you would know.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard him say anything blatantly inappropriate.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah probably not.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
If he starts saying inappropriate shit now, on the other hand…
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Then it'll probably be entirely my fault.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
I might have to leave your email address on the bathroom walls here, if that happens.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
lol
It would be a fair trade-off. And I’m sure all the people at Mills are more creative than normal “ENLARGE Y0UR PEN1S” spam.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
Hahaha, yeah, they’re more creative than that. Lars-like, maybe, but, yeah, more creative.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Lars-like isn’t necessarily bad.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
That is true. To some degree.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Actions speak louder than words
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I would tell you to prove it, but that might be awkward.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Sure. And i’m the bad guy!
=p
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
You dirty cat
or dog
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
They better make a damn good fanpost about it.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
I know kdl said she’d make a fanpost about it.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
legaleagle88
Pablo and Jonathan dancing is a train wreck. I can’t look away.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
IT MUST BE BEACH BOYS
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 25, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s a weird song to grind to.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s the best song to grind to.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 25, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t believe it unless Lars can prove it.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, a Helo episode. And I don’t hate it. Interesting.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
Oh shit, D.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 25, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Awww, I liked that one. :)
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 25, 2010 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s weird how they sometimes show scenes that never appeared in the show during the “previously on Battlestar Galactica” segment.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 25, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, poor Bill.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 25, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
This disc is 2 for 2 so far!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
OH MY GOD JUST BONE ALREADY
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d. And I have no idea who are what the hell you are talking about.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
kdl and Lars?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Most likely.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
Or you and DC
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
Your mind is a twisted place.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Haha….uh….yeah. I just won’t mention it anymore.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
LOL.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions
And also, what in the hella fuck, Starbuck???
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I keep getting worried that I missed an episode.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I was in Pittsburgh
With my family, waiting for the Pirates-Cards game. My son had told me the score was 10-1, then we watched the out-of-town scoreboard keep changing, adding on runs for the Giants. My son was also following the game on my wife’s Blackberry, so we were getting a play-by-play the whole way once the Giants started coming back in earnest in the 8th.
I guess I will be the only one to say that I’m definitely in Camp A. This game broke my heart. Again. I made the foolish mistake of actually believing the Giants would win once they took the lead. This despite knowing that Wilson was on his second inning of work and thinking for the upteenth time this season what a completely dead-from-the-neck-up idiot Bochy is.
Also, I’ve been wondering why we disabled a pitcher when Ross was activated. I mean, sure, Mota was useless and needed to be shut down, but we have too many outfielders now and not even relievers. A GM with half a brain and a thimble-full of courage DL’s Mota, brings up or acquires another reliever to take his place, then he DL’s Guillen (with his bad quad) in order to activate Ross. Somehow, totally obvious moves like this are completely out of the realm of our brilliant GM’s thinking.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
This was the greatest game I've ever witnessed live!
Well, my brother and I decided to go visit the yard for a sweep, but our hopes were crushed when Madbum wet the bed. Side note: We can’t really blame Madbum for this poor outing, he was due for one so it was better now then later on in the season when the games are more crucial for our playoff hopes. So my brother said to me “hey the giants are losing lets leave early around the 7th inning so we can pick up (brother’s name) from school”. So we were on our way down to the exit before I got out into the pomengrade level where we upgraded our seats since the seats were vacant we took em. The seats were near the 3B line which were amazing by the way! So, I begged him to stay just until the conclusion of the 8th, he reluctantly agreed. My biggest highlight of the game was Torres’s 2 run double in the 6th run eighth. All though saddening that they lost it was a great game nonetheless, and I’m glad that I was there to witness my first ever extra innings game! Also, it doesn’t hurt to see 2 of the 5 starting pitchers in the game (first time I saw Zeets pitch). Here’s to the Giants sweeping the D-Backs and having many more great games as this one in the near future. Sorry, for the super long post and I’m in camp “b”.
I also will keep on telling myself..
that the Giants have made a miraculous comeback for the win with Pablo walking it off in the ninth.
You do that. And go make yourself some waffles as a reward.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I honestly don't think I have been that excited about a baseball game since the 2003 playoffs.
Each pitch was like torture. It was awesome!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Giants Baseball: Torture. A Timeline.
1:47 PM: The runner was called safe at home after MadBum’s wild (intentional walk) pitch. I said,
That run is probably meaningless.
1:55 PM: I looked at the chart thingy on fangraphs and posted:
So we have a 3% chance of winning this game.
1:59 PM: I posted
TWSS
2:04 PM: Votto hits a solo homerun to put the Reds up 9-1. I posted:
OKBYE
[Commercial Break]
/Law and order sound
3:41 PM: While eating dinner my phone beeps, “Hey jhiat00 you have a tweet. Even though it’s rude as fuck to be on your phone during dinner, maybe you should check it out.” From extrabaggs:
You might want to switch the Giants game back on. Like, now.
3:42 PM: I put the game on via MLB.TV just in time to see Huff’s sac fly to take the lead.
3:43 PM: I texted my buddy:
HOLY SHIT! GIANTS WITH THE EPIC COMEBACK!
3:51 PM: I get called out by sarf_london_niner for saying earlier what our chances were.
4:26 PM: Bottom of the 10th. Buster gets K’d watching ball 4.
GODDAMMIT
4:44 PM: Votto singles to take the lead.
SHIT FUCK
5:05 PM: I use the C word.
5:11 PM: Giants lose.
6:00 PM: [speaking to bartender]
I need a tall beer. What do you have on draft?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Last year, there would have been no point in watching this game after the first inning.
I am not sure how it happened. I am not entirely sure why this group of guys are performing better than any one of us has a right to expect. But it is indeed happening.
Fucking baseball. How does it work?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 8:10 AM PDT reply actions
Fucking baseball. How does it work?
I think Susan knows. Its one of the reason Sabes keeps her around.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 26, 2010 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
79 winz!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Shift-A: Satisfied
After going through perhaps the toughest stretch in the Giants’ schedule…the team is tied for the WC. We basically have a bunch of games with NL West teams and 6 games with MIL and the Cubs.
The hitting looks like it’s going to be good but the pitching needs to return..there is no way the Giants are going to go to the playoff when only 2 of the 5 starters put in good starts.
I can't even think of 2
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Nobody mentioned...
The E1s on TWO PITCHES!
MadBum airmails an intentional ball (E1 1)
MadBum drops ball after tag (blown call) (E1 2).
MadBum replaced by RR. His first pitch is grounded back to him, booted, and thrown away (E1 3)
Also, I thought the HBP (forget who it was) should have been a swing, a fair ball, and a double play.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
^ The = Three
Proofread often?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I thought the 2 errors were on Ramirez, not Bum
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Hey!
READ MY CRAPPY FANPOST: http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/8/26/1651934/kdls-night-out-with-the-giants
No, seriously, read it. It’s about the Logan’s Freedom Ride event. There are picture. And a recap.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Despite the result, Wednesday’s Giants-Reds game was the craziest regular season game I’ve watched/listened to/followed online in at least 10 years. That’s why we all love baseball so goddamn much.
I’m in Camp B but I’m still upset about Bochy running out Wilson in the 8th inning. Blame Sabes for the roster clusterfuck that left Bork with only 6 relievers but it’s his job to use them strategically, even if “no one” could have predicted the 6-run bottom of the 8th.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Just wanted to say, i'm very proud of the fact
that i haven’t been around here as much and have actually been out and about, plus focusing more on watching the game itself than the forum here. :D
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Okay, the one really annoying thing about Windows 7 is that it restarts my computer on its own to install and configure updates without prompting me in any way, closing out every program I have without saving. That’s a real fuckjob sometimes.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
That is probably configurable.
I run Win7 and it installs updates when I shutdown.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I looked around the Win7 updates settings and didn’t see anything useful. I’m going to take a closer look around, but I wanted to complain first.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Complain first. RTFM second.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
For the record, I do know how to use the control panel. I just also know how to complain, and I want to take full advantage of my assorted skills.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Natto,
Are you going to put up a new FAQ fanshot soon?
I had said somewhere that I’d do something on the next off day, and then I saw you said something about it too.
I don’t want to step on toes, and I’m not going to any great lengths I have a list of stuff [names, phrases, memey stuff] that needs definitions and/or explanations.
Hmmm… well, maybe I’ll just blame my particular copy.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
So it doesnt give you an option to restart? so if you had something to finish, like a paper or something it’ll just restart without asking if you want to restart now or later?
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Yeah. Every now and then it will give me that “restart in 10 minutes / 2 hours / 4 hours” popup so I can finish my shit, but most of the time it seems to just forgo that step completely and restart on its own.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I think I’m just going to turn auto update off completely. It looks like there’s a setting where it can still notify me when updates are available, so I’ll just try that and manually install when I want to.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow.... you'd be screwed if you were away at class or for work or something
and you didn’t have something saved
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Well, MS Word is cool because it auto-backups your docs every, like, ten minutes. So at worst I’m down like a paragraph when doing schoolwork. It’s really annoying to have 15 tabs open, though, and then the whole thing just shuts down.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
yea… this is true, i mean, really though, if you had a pretty awesome paragraph, like you knew it was going to be awesome and then all the sudden your computer restarts and it’s gone? I’d be a little pissed… But yea, my browser sometimes gets overwhelmed with the tabs open, especially when MCC is one of the tabs, it’ll get pissed
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
You can change that
I am not sure what it is called in Windows 7, but their should be a place to configure your automatic updates and wehn they are installed. I don’t have a Windows 7 box around to play with, but check the control panel.
by Countificus on Aug 26, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s not when it updates that bothers me, though. It’s the fact that it restarts unprompted.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
And for the record, the current “scheduled update” time is 3 a.m. every day. It decided to restart on me today at 10:40, pretty randomly. So I’m pretty sure it’s not a scheduling problem.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Let me find a Windows 7 box around the shop
And I will tell you what you need to do.
by Countificus on Aug 26, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
No problem
Now send me some of those wings of fire
by Countificus on Aug 26, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I went down in a burning wing of fire....
La la la something something something something
"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 26, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not sure I like using Apple computers.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:12 AM PDT reply actions
I’m a little terrified to start school today.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
How so?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I haven’t been in school in three years and grad school is scary when you’ve never done it before.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll get over it once I’ve actually been in class for like a week. I just have nerves.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
We all do, Howie
I’m happy you are not a med student.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
So am I! I used to think about going into medicine, but frankly I think I would be awful at it. My sister is going to be a doctor, and it is (rightfully) intense.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey, that’s what I’ve got!
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Ah, I see. Well, everyone at Mills is really helpful and whatnot. There’s a lot of students here who’ve been out of school for a while and decided to return.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, orientation was really chill and the teachers seem great. They seem really tuned into the student experience there. It’s going to be cool. Don’t stalk me too much today, though.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve got classes for most of the afternoon anyway, so I doubt I’ll have time to stalk. And the same goes for you, dude.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I actually have a big gap between my two classes today, so I might get bored of not stalking anybody during the downtime. So I make no promises.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I feel like I should be paranoid now.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL no class from 5:00 to 6:45!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL, now I just need to know which part of campus I should avoid.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll have to find a nice place to eat my PB&J.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Adams Plaza, perhaps?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh man, I read that as Adama Plaza and I was just about to geek out about it.
I really like Toyon Meadow and it’s right by the Tea Shop, so I might hang out around there somewhere. I think I’ll need to bring a book, too.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL, if it were Adama Plaza, I know the people on my floor would’ve already geeked out about it.
But Adams Plaza is right by the Tea Shop. It’s the area between there and the cafe.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, that’s pretty convenient, then!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
And by the way, I’m basically done with season three and it is also really good.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Awesome. I’ll probably netflix it once I get used to my schedule.
Also, the Tea Shop has some good food. Somewhat expensive, but good. I’ve never tried the stuff at the cafe before.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I’m totally just going to brown bag a PB&J for dinner.
I’m sure I’ll spend more than a little bit of my money eating at the Tea Shop over the next two years, though.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
So if you do end up stalking me, don’t look for the scruffy guy with nerd glasses and jelly all over his face. That will definitely not be me.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Uh huh. Yeah, that’s definitely not you. Sure.
But it’ll be hard to miss the failbeard.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Howie will be the guy having his picture taken while eating his PB&J.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
That’ll definitely stick out.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s what … nah.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha, yeah, I usually don’t go to the Tea Shop unless the dining hall’s closed and I don’t have any food in my fridge.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Grad school was the easiest school since kindergarten!!! Easy because all the classes I had meant something. I knew waaaaay ahead of time what I wanted to do my thesis on too, so every paper I wrote in all the classes leading up to the thesis included some aspect of what was to be covered in my thesis.
You’ll get used to it. I have a macbook and a windows regular ole pc clunker. There are some things the mac does better, and other things the pc does better, even though the pc is < gasp > 12 years old!!!!! Great, pretty soon my desktop computer will be older than the people posting on this blog!
Your PC computer is older than two people in my family, and that’s only if you don’t include my girlfriend’s side of the family.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I have to work on a mac for my comp sci class and I totally have no idea how things work. Which is why I’m in the computer lab right now using one, so I could learn how to use it. It’s still hella confusing, but I should get used to it eventually. But I still think I like my PC more.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Just remember the little apple doodley key is the same as the control key on the pc. Oh and that you have to physically CLOSE all programs, you can’t just click the little doohickey on the top like you do in windoze!
When I’m typing up things in Spanish I love the mac cuz all the funky keys are alt+one other key. Alt-n is ñ
alt? is ¿ ….. so much easier than remembering cntl 00246 or whatever the photon it was on the pc. But I’m much more proficient at converting audio files to mp3’s on the pc – [mostly moving children’s books on tape/record to cd]
I JUST learned that one right now. It’s weird to click the doodle key+T for a new tab when I’m so used to the control key.
And, hm. Now I might have to do all my Spanish homework in the labs cause of that.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Apple-Q = quit… you don’t have to close all the windows of an application, just hit the key and it dies. This can be good or bad (hitting apple-q when I intend to hit apple-w to close a tab is seriously annoying)
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
That works just fine for me…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
How does he rate as a woman?
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Ugly.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Next question!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Alright, I’m out. Gonna get some lunch, then go to my classes. And maybe get stalked by/stalk Howie.
Keep the place clean and under control, nerbs.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:11 PM PDT reply actions
Lates.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope you 2 are carrying cameras on your persons… some stalker pictures would be very funny. Half a blurry Howie eating a pbj as shot through dense foliage….
I have a camera on my phone!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think that is the problem
It is when they return the favor that it gets legally complicated.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Getting rid of Pedro has had a salutary effect.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I was at the game, and I don’t think I have ever been more amped at a game in my life. I thought it was going to be just a nice afternoon of drinking after MadBum put us in such a deep hole, but my drinking was rewarded! Of course, I was also unreasonably angry after Pablo and Ramirez’s errors, but with some time to reflect, I can say it was entertaining, and not at all soul-sucking. It could have been worse?
Quietly hoping Brandon Belt develops into John Olerud, circa 1993.
by AndOnTheDrums... on Aug 26, 2010 1:48 PM PDT reply actions
the Reds could have scored 10 more runs in the 12th
and then we’d want to drink even more than before.
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