Claim your Meme - or FAQIII
by Merope on Aug 26, 2010 11:53 AM PDT
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PrintOver the past two weeks I've just compiled a list of frequently used expressions that, as far as I can tell were not defined in the other two FAQ posts.
There were so many that I really didn't have the time to go through and define or explain each and everyone of them. If you see one that is your own claim it, 'splain it and link it if you can. I've found some but I may not have found their true beginnings... I know there are tons I've forgotten so please add on, correct or elaborate as necessary.
Various Player Nick Names:
Torres Cantaloupe/Gazelle
Huff and Burrell Waterbuffalo
Mole Fred Sanchez
Nova /Slowse Guillen
Grant Fonteyes Fontenot
FDot Fred Lewis
SIRM - if you don't know this one you are banned!
rectum face - victorino
Memes:
Eat your damn eggroll
zucchini
109
Hai gays
Maymays
My love is complete
lottery ticket
Flapping tendons
Vapors
gorecast
Billy Mays / RU5?
body bias [maybe?]
we are all pedro feliz
gameday: It's just, like, some guy’s opinion.
straw hats and ribeyes
due diligence
kick the tires
veteran grit
Images:
we're in this thing!
It's tragic inside
Win now
And if anybody has figured out how to use the SBN Search Engine and get reliable results, you might want to clue the rest of us, okay... me... in on what you do. Usually I find it easier to just use Google!
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Copypasta from old McFAQ that is still relevant
109: During Zito’s start in Florida in ‘08, someone asked what Zito’s pitch count was. Within seconds, a flurry of replies of 109s came.
“Scott”: Back when they had the outfielders reunion at Mays Field, Bonds joined KnK in the announcers booth for an inning and while talking about the ’08 squad, he referred to Aaron as "Scott Rowand". If he says it, it is true.
I usually keep track of strikeouts with two images:
and 
The former represents strikeouts swinging and is Korean singer/songwriter K who is a pop star in Japan and Korea. The latter represents strikeouts looking and is Agent Kay from Men In Black (because the batter didn’t see the pitch like no one can see the MiB). Sometimes I’ll use different pictures of the two, but they’ll still be K and Kay.
Whatever happened to the pictures of Charlie Brown?
or was that Goofus…?
I haven’t been on a gamethread in so long…We don’t dance after a win anymore?
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Go Roger Kieschnick! And son, please continue to break scoreboards on your way to San Francisco.
LOL
The “my love is complete” thing still makes me chuckle.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 12:06 PM PDT reply actions
Other than the “I’m very happy for you” response I got back from my boss that same day, the issue has never resurfaced.
For the record, I am moving offices again in November. I should send him that same message.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That happens on a regular basis
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
This is definitely one of my favorites.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 26, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
This one's been kinda dead, but just in case it's brought up again.
Of course she’s a girl. She smells like flowers.: I don’t remember who said it, but it was in response to when the McCoven learned I was a chick. This became the response for a while when a poster revealed their gender.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:06 PM PDT reply actions
I believe that was Graham.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 26, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
It does seem like it would be him.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Note to self: When on campus, follow the scent of flowers.
"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 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
You know me so well.
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 26, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Scott Rowand: Barry Bonds referred to Aaron Rowand as such while spending some time in the broadcast booth with Kruk and Kiep.
I’ve always like to assume that this was because Bonds thought Aaron Rowand and Scott Rolen were the same person.
This makes me laugh.
I’ve always like to assume that this was because Bonds thought Aaron Rowand and Scott Rolen were the same person.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I missed the “eat your damn eggroll” meme. Someone want to give me the elevator pitch?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL AND READ ABOUT THIS MAYMAY HERE
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/9/23/1052365/open-gamethread-9-23#21708804
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Let me shit in peace!
We are with each other 24 hours a day. We live together. We work together. We raise kids together. We do everything together. 99% of the time, this is perfect. But when you walk up to the bathroom door and shout "Are you taking a dump!?" I want to leave you.
How do you not understand that there are some things that I consider private, even after I have TOLD you that I feel that way? Do you have NO sense of courtesy? Do you find it funny that you prevent me from doing the most basic things? That’s right… your little "funny interruption" causes me to be unable to shit unless you are OUT of the house, or I managed to go somewhere without you! Imagine why I have constipation issues.
Do me a favor and climb out of my ass for just 5 minutes a day so I don’t resent you for this little should-be-insignificant annoyance.
"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 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Okay when you go through a drive thru, know what you want. When we have to wait on your dumb fat ass to decide what you want, you are ruining our fucking drive times. Now when you need a sandwich special you can pick the shit off. If you dont want tomatos, pickels, or onions, just pick the shit off. Have your fucking money ready, we dont have time to wait on you, we have to get to the other customers too, so have your money ready so we can get your shit ready. Listen here: FAST FOOD IS NOT THE PLACE TO EAT A FOUR COURSE MEAL WITH YOUR FAMILY. First of all eating a meal is really expensive (its called a stove, use it), and its bad for your children. When we talk to you, we dont expect you to ignore us. So next time I say "hi, how are you today", just give me a fucking "pretty good, you?". You don’t need large, the drinks are all refillable, so just get a fucking small, save some money, and go along your happy way. Don’t reach behind the counter to take shit, thats called stealing you mother fucker, do it again, and I will call the cops saying that you are robbing me. Look if you eat out at a fast food restaurant, all you are is a worthless fat ass, so go eat a sub, and stay away.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Really? You called the POLICE to tell me my blinds were open and you could see me naked? Jeeez. You couldn’t leave an anonymous note or something? I didn’t realize they were open –or that anyone could see in that window, for that matter–fercryinoutloud and now you disturbed people in my building who will probably tell my landlord, who I would rather avoid. Thanks. I needed one more thing to lose sleep over. WTF?
by paboperfecto on Aug 30, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
if someone sees me naked when I'm in my house?
that’s their problem.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys." - Washington Senators First baseman Dale Long
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
So . . . where did you say you live?
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 30, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Holy shit...
You can search for it:
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
This link made me think of you
http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/24-things-you-might-be-saying-wrong/article184372.html
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I hate it when people say “could care less”. It makes me want to scream.
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to do that (TM)
This
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.
They could care less.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I could care less that they could care less.
"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 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
not sure if many people know this but
One time Barry Bonds (the former Giant) joined Krukow and Kuiper in the TV booth and referred to Aaron Rowand as “Scott.”
And that, children, is why there’s magic inside this thing.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
oh what the hell
i’ve been pronouncing meme as “meh-may” the whole time…
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 26, 2010 12:51 PM PDT reply actions
Claimay your meme.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I still think that’s how you ought to pronounce it. “maymay” may be right but it’s wrong.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
We've been through this . . .
. . . and it will not be resolved here or now.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I can dream (pronounced: dre-may), right?
by non sequitur on Aug 27, 2010 1:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you sure?
I thought it rhymed with “scream”.
"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 27, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Interesting...
According to the Wikipedia entry ,
To emphasize commonality with genes, Dawkins coined the term “meme” by shortening “mimeme”, which derives from the Greek word mimema (“something imitated”).
So I guess you could just go with mee-meh-may
On the Chronic, McCovey Chronic,
the Burrell sleeps tonight
a mee-meh-may, a mee-meh-may, a mee-meh-may, a mee-meh-may
"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
My cousin was a member of the old comedy group, The Screaming Memes, and they pronounced it “me me,” so I have to this day. Oops.
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
by The Wisdom Cow on Aug 26, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I was young, so I must have missed the joke.
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
by The Wisdom Cow on Aug 26, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
anything post of a Muppet should be encouraged.
Threat level that the 2010 Pads finish with more wins than the 2010 Giants is currently at: 61%
Spoiler: Grumpy older Giants fan is Grumpy.
I pronounce it “meem” because that’s how it’s pronounced.
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's pronounced "MEEM" you fucking charlatans
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Shouldn't references to Charlatan Heston be made in the Off Day/Off Topic Movie thread?
Not sayin’, just sayin’.
"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 27, 2010 6:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Zucchini is from Alex_Lewis posting that picture of himself holding a huge zucchini.
“Your zucchini is jealous!” was Lars’ play on that classic Pat Burrell rumor/story that I am too much of a prude to repeat.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Ok, open box rule on that
What rumor/story? Maybe I know it, but I’m drawing a complete blank.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
While having buttsects with some chick, Pat supposedly yelled out that her pussy was jealous.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
The story can be found here after the mom nip-slip.
I can’t believe I just wrote “mom” and “nip-slip” in the same sentence.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
That's pretty gross.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Yeah, I’m very conflicted now as to whether I really do want him to walk into my bedroom buck naked, dripping wet with a six-pack. I think if that were going to happen we’d have to set up ground rules first or something
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Witness to history
Oh, God. I remember that night. That was one of the odder gamethreads we’ve had recently. I still don’t buy the story, but I enjoyed shouting the alleged line when Burrell subsequently hit a home run.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Is this the "we're in this thing" image you're talking about?
It was originally posted after that backbreaking extra innings loss in Colorado last season.
Purple Pinstripe Dreams
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 26, 2010 1:28 PM PDT reply actions
This thread’s pretty awesome…I’m guessing that before it’s done, it will spawn a new meme of its own.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
/Awesome thread?
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park."
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Aug 26, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn't the Pedro Feliz thing
Come from him being the only former Giant in the World Series? That was my impression.
"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
Nah, it was during the off-season when people were talking about who we should sign. It seemed there were several players (definitely Adrian Beltre) who detractors would describe as being basically Pedro Feliz. Eventually it seemed like every available free agent was basically Pedro Feliz. That turned into everyone being Pedro Feliz and it became more philosophical.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
Also, please don't confuse hkysmkes posting gross pictures before games
with an actual maymay
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
Don't forget
Once, when Bonds was in the booth with Kruk and Kuip, he referred to Aaron Rowand as “Scott”.
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to do that (TM)
Can someone explain to me the origin of the Scott nickname?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 26, 2010 1:55 PM PDT reply actions
It’s a Firefly reference.
"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
Simpsons reference
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
That's the joke
Adopted Son: Now with More STATZ goodness !Matt Downs Fangraphs The Juan Uribe of 2011 !
Bonds joined Kruk and Kuip in the booth once and referred to Rowand-2 as Scott.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park."
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Aug 26, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup
I started reading at the bottom and worked my way up, felt like a douche after I saw it had already been mentioned about 109 times.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Aug 27, 2010 7:21 AM PDT up reply actions
First comment in the thread.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 26, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Hai gays
This one is from jctgamer just getting to a thread and misspelling ‘guys’.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
It’s totally my favorite.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I’ll admit it threw me for a while until someone clued me in.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
I always worry about that, but it really is so freaking funny.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
that's part of the silly though, right?
aka “funny” visitors from other teams’ boards that make LOL TEH GAYS jokes here, more rare now that pre-yahoo grant bigtime
Kitspool first declared a meme in the post game thread
And we were joking about how PR might freak out if we do that regularly.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
GOD DAMN GAYS
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/5/27/1490515/gamethread-ii-attack-of-the-lolnes#38473418
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
And it's not the first time I've done that, sadly -.-
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/7/23/960281/post-game-recap-braves-donate#18589527
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Jose Nova – grew out of conversation comparing Jose Guillen’s acquisition to paying $1000 for a used car.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Another Guillen maymay is “ONE WEEK!” because calbearjd kept saying that 14 years of statistics wasn’t enough to convince him that Guillen sucked, but one week of him with the Giants would be enough to give him an opinion about Guillen’s abilities.
This also goes with “lottery ticket,” which was calbearjd trying to explain why Guillen was low risk, because he was like a lottery ticket. Basically everyone in the thread disagreed with these two theories.
Related maymays: “CALM DOWN,” to which Scout6 always replies, “THREAT WITH A BAT.”
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Yeah, I think the whole CALM DOWN thing has definitely grown into its own maymay
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
You've got to win every inning
Roving reporter and unintentional comedian Bip Roberts coined this phrase.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park."
Giants Front Office....Torture!
He was in the booth for a game once, and he repeated it just about every 5 seconds.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Wasn’t it an entire series where he filled in for someone?
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
someone asked how many pitches someone had thrown and on the next refresh there were like 20 straight comments of “109”
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 26, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
The answer to your question is manifest.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, does anyone know if people read the previous posts?
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
doubtful
"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 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I looked all through this thread and couldn’t find it, I swear.
by Murray, Present on Aug 26, 2010 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I invented "Timmy Day"
You may notice that this was early in the 2008 season before any Cy Young awards. It just felt right so I made that rather silly fan post. It caught on in a minor way. Not so much recently because Timmy Day’s haven’t been very much fun. Oddly, I hear it called Lincecum day on KNBR now..this started fairly recently.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 26, 2010 3:04 PM PDT reply actions
Needs moar jazz hands
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
FREE POSEY IS FREE
Which is what happens after Juan Uribe hits a ball high and deep, seriously …. just watch the hands. The earliest I found it was here.
Your sleuthing sounds like a dictionary reference: “Usage can be traced back to the fifteenth century…”
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
I have a difficult time with the SBN search engine, so I’m not ruling out the possibility that it was used before the first time I could find it.
was jazz hands before he was a Giant?
found a reference on southsidesox
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 26, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Bork..
the universal catch-all for almost everything wrong during a Giants game. It could include lineups, double switches, not bunting. One of my favorites.
Adopted Son: Now with More STATZ goodness !Matt Downs Fangraphs The Juan Uribe of 2011 !
Bochy is the Swedish Chef. Don’t remember if it was due to his large head, the way he looked, or his unintelligible voice. Whatever.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 26, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
This is maybe
the most apropos of all memes.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
It's also a name
which, you know, is where the verb comes from.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Bork is just an all-purpose word.
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to do that (TM)
5-tool
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 28, 2010 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
someone noted Bochy's resemblance to the Swedish Chef
and since some of his decisions are so questionable the idea that he also thinks and talks like the Swedish Chef came into vogue.
originally the pictures used the term “bort” instead of bork as there seemed to be some disagreement as to whether the Swedish chef says one or the other. Bort is clearly the minority view so after a few rounds of Bort, Bochy become known as Bork in honor of his resemblance (physically and mentally) to the Swedish Chef.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 1, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe that "Vapors!"
is mockery of Purple Row for their response to cursing. As in, "I declare, sir, your foul language has afflicted my wife with thevapors, and I demand satisfaction!"
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 26, 2010 4:15 PM PDT reply actions
And here I thought
it was a rallying cry for my fellow fans of early 80s power-pop.
"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
While looking for Jazz Hands, I came across TINSTAAPP which I don’t see too often anymore but it is an acronym for “there is no such thing as a pitching prospect”. Usually uttered when Sabes trades Aldersons for bags of rusty pretzels.
That one is fairly well-known across baseball discussion forums rather than being specific to this one.
But TAGSNG is all our own!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 26, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Believe me, we’ve tried.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 26, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
It's Its
for you non-west coast types that don’t know.
www.itsiticecream.com
Just something we use to torture jcb9
I’ve never had one of these. Are they really that good?
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
In a word: 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.
nah
i’d take an Eskimo Pie any day
or a chipwich
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
How does it feel to be so very wrong?
"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 27, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
it feels delicious
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Absolutely
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 29, 2010 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
BTW..Fun Fact
just discovered last week that there is an It’s Its Outlet Store in Susiun Long drive for me, but you could be there and back in about 90 minutes.
Adopted Son: Now with More STATZ goodness !Matt Downs Fangraphs The Juan Uribe of 2011 !
Outlet store?
Do they sell factory seconds or something?
"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 27, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Too much “It.” Not enough “It’s.”
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 two get fused together in the manufacturing process, would you have a They’s Them?
"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 27, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Founnd them for sale in NYC. Happy Day!
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
"Because I don’t know what it means anymore, in the PCL. It’s almost like years ago."
"That’s not to say Buster isn’t fully committed or all-in. He is. He’s smart and he’s got the advance reports. Anybody who said he’s not ready to catch in the big leagues is crazy because he’s a pretty good catcher, especially throwing." - Sabean 7/11/10
I can’t find the origins of the “What if I came here for the news?!?!” meme.
Wasn’t it like the day after a certain cyborg on the Rockies had a certain “this isn’t good folks” hit?
Yup, but I can’t seem to come up with the actual post. I know it was a front page revisionist history sort of thing but I haven’t been able to find it…AND IT’S PISSING ME OFF!!!!!!!!
I think it might be somewhere around this post/time frame but I can’t find it.
“vapors” might be around this time frame too
Pretty interesting read.
Jesus Fucking Christ
Tonight’s LOLineup worst of the year by a wide margin
Now Lewis gets a start. No Bengie. No Panda. No Garko. No F Sanchez obviously.
Velez 2B
Renteria SS
Winn CF
Schierholtz RF
Lewis LF
Ishikawa 1B
Uribe 3B
Whiteside C
Cain RHP
With malice towards the Dodgers
by heimy25 on Aug 25, 2009 3:52 PM PDT reply actions
I feel so much better about the Giants right now.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 26, 2010 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Nate hitting cleanup.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Fixed
LOL Nate hitting cleanup
"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 27, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't be sure,
but if someone was seeking there satisfaction on the field of honor for a verbal transgression, it might have been gallo.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions
/dear dear . . . “their” . . . which should probably be “his” . . . dear dear . . ./
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 26, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it was deleted, because Grant ended calling him a “dirty rotten pig fucker.”
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Well deserved.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 26, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't it after that soul crushing loss in CO last year?
I’m thinking Grant said something about how it never happened or the game was canceled or something. IIRC a PR’er came over to gloat and was mad that the headline was misleading. WHAT IF I CAME HERE FOR NEWZ??!!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
It was actually one of the front-page writers for PR, who seems like a really good guy. The Giants coughed up the fourth game of a four-game series, and I wrote something with a selective-amnesia hook — “Oh, gee, well, the Giants took two out of three this weekend…” He fell into the chasm, and wrote something like “What if I came to the site for news?”
Maybe the shirt slogan should be: “McCovey Chronicles: If you come here for news, you’re fucked.”
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 29, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
tease…
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 30, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I love the “gameday is just, like, some guy’s opinion” meme, but I have no idea what the origin is. Anyone?
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.
Big Lebowski reference. But I have no idea who said it first.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 26, 2010 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
This is the first time I found it, via SBN search, but I thought it was used before that, maybe in a different context?
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/7/20/1579327/open-gamethread-7-20#42530727
Your response in that thread to Cookyman saying “Chasm?” makes me think it had been used before.
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 did NOT occur to us, dude
at the end of the day it's all about kicking the tires
by duke_diligence on Aug 30, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
the origin
was from GDTs when people would say something like “oh that wasn’t a strike according to gameday” and someone who doesn’t know how gameday works would say something like “But Gameday is just some guy in a room watching on TV and putting the ball where he thinks it was”
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
One of my friends actually ran that for MLB.com for a while, for A’s & giants games.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 29, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Found it.
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/5/2/1454695/open-gamethread-5-2#36577795
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
LOL
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.
“_________ Bias”
Body, Bochy, Sabean, etc…
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 26, 2010 6:37 PM PDT reply actions
Gem. Blinded by your anti _ bias
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
by oldjacket on Aug 26, 2010 7:06 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
This Can Transition Into The Phrase "Flat Ass Wrong"
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 26, 2010 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Dead Nuts
Flat Nuts
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
"Bochy is loony; flat nuts" is mine
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
blinded by your x bias is
but Body Bias is something completely different, stemming from people saying Pablo will have to move to 1B NOW because he’s LOLFAT.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
but also GRM related.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
big time timmy jim
did that start at McC? i admit i haven’t seen it clearly defined before. i assume it is euphemism for “boner for timmy” or something
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
Except that it was truly hilarious. Their ads are usually pretty good.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
I’m partial to CoC’s I DON’T BELIEVE YOU
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 26, 2010 8:06 PM PDT reply actions
what was it you didn't believe exactly?
I know I was one of the people you didn’t believe, but I don’t remember what it was about.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Something about Edgar Renteria being good? It was something like that, definitely related to Edgar.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Yup. It was Edgar.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
oh yeah
Edgar’s defensive ability I think
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Agreed. I yelled that at my broken dryer the other day before I realized what I was saying (background: the drying keeps stopping and sounding the alarm to let me know the clothes are dry by they are not dry!)
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
IIRC it was Lars who first described DeRosa's tendons as flapping.
"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
I believe he also would use the “BONE CHIPS!” phrase, too. But that one has almost disappeared.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 26, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it was actually the word used in an interview with DeRosa. If not flapping, then at least “flopping.”
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I made up WIN NOW
But as will all things I “make up,” I stole the kernel from Lars’ original “concept”. That off season, Lars was posting Veruca’s picture anytime any dope would come on with wild rosterbation rabidly insisting the Giants empty the farm for a washed up slugger or two or five in order to return the franchise, what, to the successes of 2005, 2006? I dunno. So that was there, and it was a thing (!!) for all that time. But it was the photo of Durty walking into the clubhouse after her no-hitter, I noticed on the door a sign that said 25 Guys, one Goal – Win Today!" and I just took that and made a crack (I think) that said it should say WIN NOW instead, and then I was rich.
Lars also invented “Susan”, but I made it into a thing, (she said).
I’M SURE I MADE UP LIKE HUNDREDS MORE.
YOU’RE WELCOME, N00BS.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I miss these. We were spoiled for a while.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 26, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
that meme strand was about my favorite thing ever.
BUY THE T-SHIRT
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I want to know who started the Zito meme. Never has one picture brought me so much amusement.
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
Grant posted the original picture once. Then I started posting it at the beginning of every Zito start because it amused me. I decided to spice things up and began editing it into random photos. Other people began to follow suit, but I was the originator.
Those Zito’ed awkward family photos will be McC’s lasting contribution to the world.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
FUCK WORK, LET'S DRINK
Some bloke runs into Brian Sabean at an airport/on a plane and says, oh hey, you’re Brian Sabean from the Giants, and starts talkin’ about the team – and Sabes is drinkin’, right – he cuts the other guy off when he starts asking about the team and says “Fuck work, let’s drink! Fuck it, it’s free!”
Then nine months later Buster Posey was born.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Lol!
I didn’t even know that was a meme. I thought it was just a great suggestion for a time-honored McCoven online group activity.
I feel embarrassed that I’ve taken that literally so many times.
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ baetown415 ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
I think the Fanpost was called "Sabes on a Plane"
But I can’t find it right now.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I've often wondered if this story is actually true
I so want it to be.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
I dunno. But I like kdl’s report that Buster doesn’t know what it means.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I can confirm this. My wife continually tells me that I've said things that I don't remember having said.
"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 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
YOU SAID THEM
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions
He has NO IDEA. He looked at my friend like she was insane. Like, “you freaks even made a t-shirt out of it?”
That being said, she gave him a silver sharpie to sign the t-shirt, and he couldn’t get it to work. But, bless his heart, he tried like 15 times to sign that shirt. And, he just kept saying, “it won’t work.” He seemed to feel really bad. He’s great.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
The pen wasn't havin' it.
"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 27, 2010 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Well played.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I never noticed how much the batter lunges over the plate after his follow through.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 26, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
A futile attempt to distract Gerald … WHO AIN’T HAVING IT.
by non sequitur on Aug 26, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Auto-freaking-REC
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
He looks offended that the guy tried to steal.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni8-yiq1HB4
1:18 or so
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Suck it, Russell Martin
McCovey Chronicles can’t stand it/So bad I can taste it
Mike Fontenot is Grant
There are no girls on the internet
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 10:43 PM PDT reply actions
Oh And Capitolizing The First Letter Of Every Word In The Title When Responding To GiantsRainMan
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
We need the “So bad I can taste it” graphic from 22Gigantes. That was the only funny thing that guy ever did.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Here ya go
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thank you! I forgot about the TWSS. So funny.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
The TWSS makes it.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Heimys a girl
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 26, 2010 11:07 PM PDT reply actions
I was just thinking of this one
And also the whole “I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’” one
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
SO YOU ARE NOT SAYING!
That’s all Lars.
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.
Wow, I totally didn’t realize that was someone’s thing. I’ve written that a couple times. My faux pas, Lars.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
It’s not like you’re not allowed to use it. That’s exactly how it becomes a maymay
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, also the “Heimy is a girl” stuff is all thanks to drstankus. I believe it was in some thread when I said that I read comments from girls in a nicer tone than comments that you hooligan guys write…and the Doctor thought I was a girl
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I tease you about that maymay, but I never knew how it started. I love the story!
By the way, I swear I’m not just saying this, but EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL is my favorite maymay ever.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
And if I recall correctly, Dr Stankus was the one who kept replying to Chop by saying she smells like flowers. Basically if you want to get to the bottom of a maymay look to either Lars or Dr Stankus
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Graham said it was him who started the flower thing.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 26, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh you’re right. Apologies Chop, I have very tired eyes tonight and I lost my reading glasses so I’m basically just skimming everything
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 26, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
S’alright.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 27, 2010 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I remember that!
Afterwards we had a cuddle party :) Lars was there, you, kdl, the WheretheresaWillietheresaMays guy! haha
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ baetown415 ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
TWSS
"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 27, 2010 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions
OMG YOU FORGOT SOME!!!!!!!!!!
EAST COAST BIAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2002 WS CANCELED!!!!!!!!!!
WE GIVE THE BLUE JAYS ALL OF OUR PLAYERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
there was some sort of meme relating to weed and resisting authority but I forget what was now.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I think it was the SWOOP guy
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 27, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
YOU"RE A SHEEPLE XANATHAN!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
MayMay in the making!
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/8/27/1654024/giants-diamondbacks-series-preview#45336760
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 27, 2010 10:52 AM PDT reply actions
You can’t create maymays by decree.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I just did.
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 27, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
EMPEROR NORTON CAN
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
There’s an Italian restaurant near my house called Emperor Norton’s. Cracks me up whenever I pass by it. Or get pizza from it, as we did a couple of weeks ago.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
YOU WILL FIND THIS PIZZA-PIE DELICIOUS
OR ELSE!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Can someone tell me what TWSS means?
It’s a big one and it’s really hard for me. I feel like I’m blowing it. I don’t even know where to put it.
"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 27, 2010 10:59 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Are you sure you have enough room for it? It takes a lot of space.
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 27, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Give me everything you’ve got.
"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 27, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
This is really awkward.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I’ll just relax and hope it’s over quickly.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
"Taking a whopping shit, stupid"
TWSS is what you answer when someone knocks on your bathroom door.
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
It’s just like watching the defectives.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 1, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Tongues Wag So Stupidly
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s only used here and on “The Office”. Sadly, it’s no longer funny (wait for it) -——- boom!
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 28, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
My favorite thing about this Meme/FAQ thread is it mostly just lists the Qs without the As. I am mostly more confused for having tried to read it.
And I just now realized what SIRM (Suck it Russel Martin) stood for.
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
"Because I don’t know what it means anymore, in the PCL. It’s almost like years ago."
"That’s not to say Buster isn’t fully committed or all-in. He is. He’s smart and he’s got the advance reports. Anybody who said he’s not ready to catch in the big leagues is crazy because he’s a pretty good catcher, especially throwing." - Sabean 7/11/10
SIRM took me awhile b/c you are just as likely to see spelled as your are abbreviated.
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 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
More questions than answers!
I hope the McC finale explains all this.
Bowkermania runs wild...in Indianapolis.
by rightcenterfielder on Aug 27, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
THE SITE WAS ALWAYS ABOUT GRANT, NATTO, AND GRM!
THAT WAS THE POINT! You don’t need to know WHY everything was said or WHAT every meme means, it’s about the Aliases!
by Every6thDay on Aug 27, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I have no idea where the "Goofus has a big penis" came from
Oh yeah, from the fact that I have a big penis. :-)
Actually, I think it started when someone was saying how rough it is to go through life being teased and mocked for being overweight. I joked that I could empathize, having had to go through life with a big penis.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
A conversation in the other thread made me think that I need to see the: “Oh yes, Lars” photoshop of my picture with FBAL. I don’t know who has it. That was a classic, because the speech bubble was supposed to be coming from my mouth, but whoever made it had the speech bubble coming out of Eugenio’s mouth, which made it so much funnier.
.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
It's Tragic Inside
I know I made this one:
Dunno if it really ever caught on though.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
CLAIM YOUR MAIM
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 4:15 PM PDT reply actions
Sabean and the Minor leagues
Specifically the pitching comment… started here?
“Triple-A baseball isn’t very good,” Sabean said. “I’m going to tell you that right now. Especially from a pitching standpoint. Anybody who can pitch is in the big leagues.”
Yes, that’s it. Way to encourage your young pitchers in AAA!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Oh yeah, this one definitely has to be on the list
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I read this in BA recently and I laughed/cried thinking about Sabean
“The last three years, (Adam) Rosales, (Chris) Valaika and Frazier really struggled early at Louisville,” farm director Terry Reynolds said. “I guess the lesson there is Triple-A pitching is better than people think.”
Buster Posey>
AA is better than AAA.
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.
See line 3 of my too long signature.
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
"Because I don’t know what it means anymore, in the PCL. It’s almost like years ago."
"That’s not to say Buster isn’t fully committed or all-in. He is. He’s smart and he’s got the advance reports. Anybody who said he’s not ready to catch in the big leagues is crazy because he’s a pretty good catcher, especially throwing." - Sabean 7/11/10
I'm not your [friend], [buddy]
which usually results in a long stream of consciousness train wreck of: “I’m not your buddy, compadre…” etc…
I didn’t have time to look but here’s an example, if somebody can find the 1st instance …yay for them
It's a South Park reference
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
specifically, this
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/165191
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
IT IS??
Fuck.
/slits wrists
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Aug 28, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
My Favorite has always been "Situation Tomko"
when Giants starters gave up too many runs early in the game.
But maybe I’m old fashioned.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 28, 2010 12:45 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah, you know, that one is so old I just assumed it was covered in one of the other FAQ’s … but it doesn’t look like it is! I’m shocked I tell you, SHOCKED!!!
Also I never used it, but many a female would write “Dreamy” about a certain SS.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 28, 2010 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup, Natto’s got that covered in FAQ1
- Omar Vizquel: Dreamy – coined by kenshin who was enchanted by Vizquel’s defensive wizardry when he joined the Giants
and I always thought that it was Omar’s tight pants :-)
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 28, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahhh, yes, the Billy Mays/Are You Five?/Meet Me At the Ballpark Thursday meme absolutely cracks me up.
Ah, it was a simpler time, before glenn beck had replaced Goofus as a civil rights leader. I’m nostalgic.
Also, interestingly, on OxyClean television commercials, the current round starts with a very big picture of Billy Mays, and the new spokesperson saying, “Billy always said…” DAMMIT, DON’T THESE PEOPLE HAVE ANY RESPECT??? HE HAD FAMILY! DO YOU HEAR ME? FAMILY!!!
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
Holy Shit it's Mayor!
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
MAYOR! HELLO!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 29, 2010 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
the lol-iest.
SHANKAPOTTOMUS!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
I AM PAT BURRELLZ'Z DADDY! (wait, that doesn't sound right)
Haha, Baseball-reference
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
"Because I don’t know what it means anymore, in the PCL. It’s almost like years ago."
"That’s not to say Buster isn’t fully committed or all-in. He is. He’s smart and he’s got the advance reports. Anybody who said he’s not ready to catch in the big leagues is crazy because he’s a pretty good catcher, especially throwing." - Sabean 7/11/10
Reference to Armando Benitez right? Still known to some as Blownitiez.
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
"Because I don’t know what it means anymore, in the PCL. It’s almost like years ago."
"That’s not to say Buster isn’t fully committed or all-in. He is. He’s smart and he’s got the advance reports. Anybody who said he’s not ready to catch in the big leagues is crazy because he’s a pretty good catcher, especially throwing." - Sabean 7/11/10
Who started Pokemonz
in reference to fantasy leagues?
Please don’t ban maymay.
by Murray, Present on Aug 28, 2010 9:48 PM PDT reply actions
My Suspects
1. Howie who used to be king of the hijacks.
2-2,000. Then all those other people who can talk about Pokemon silver blue red and so on.
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
"Because I don’t know what it means anymore, in the PCL. It’s almost like years ago."
"That’s not to say Buster isn’t fully committed or all-in. He is. He’s smart and he’s got the advance reports. Anybody who said he’s not ready to catch in the big leagues is crazy because he’s a pretty good catcher, especially throwing." - Sabean 7/11/10
I will cop to this...
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
by tobias on Aug 29, 2010 9:31 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Ah hell no! That was all me!
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 29, 2010 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, nope, that was you. Weird. I posted that before I had ever seen it and a bunch of people reacted like it was new. I just looked it up, it was you.
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 29, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Timmy making it rain
I made this:
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
BTTJ: This must be where “Big Time Timmy Jim” came from.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 30, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Chasm?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Wheres the Cain and Zito one?
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 30, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I have no catch-phrases, witty memes, or smart ass replies. I’m here to talk baseball.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
I made this
But I am not responsible for the AubreyHuff meme.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Dont know if it has the legs to be an official meme(tm)...
but I love that this thread was created while this meme/FAQ thread was also posted:
What the heck are you guys talking about?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I'll add an old one...
BREAKING NEWS: Jerome Williams signs with A’s.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Go Roger Kieschnick! And son, please continue to break scoreboards on your way to San Francisco.
absolutely love this one.
it was GRM-related, was it not?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I still think that was the funniest moment in McC history
For those not aware, OGC was surprised to discover that Williams was with the A’s. Then someone searched the archives for where the news had previously been shared and it turned out OGC was the one who posted the news.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I’m not sure if OGC did post it or not, but I’m sure he did comment/write an essay on the topic in the thread. Perhaps it was Diaries then as well?
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Go Roger Kieschnick! And son, please continue to break scoreboards on your way to San Francisco.
Ahhh.... The Days of Diaries..
/my lawn, get off of it.
Adopted Son: !Matt Downs Fangraphs I'll miss you my son.
NATTO IS OGC!!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 2, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I brought this to a game last year
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
/fake bunt
//double play
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Get Richie in the booth and get FP out....
Richie was a good Giant.
Adopted Son: !Matt Downs Fangraphs I'll miss you my son.
OBS
I don’t remember who thought this was a real stat.
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.
Mike Fox?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Mike Hawk?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 1, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
What 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.
F Dot is Sanchez, not Lewis
Lewis is FLew.
Sanchez is F Dot b/c we have 2 Sanchezes (Sanchi?) so he’d be F. Sanchez, which was shortened. Because he has a big mole, that’s the Dot.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 1, 2010 2:56 PM PDT reply actions
I'm so confused now..
was the Fred Lewis blog on CSNBA and Fred used to have F.LEW on the back of his shoes. I tried to GIS the shoes, but all that comes up is McC images of Fred Lewis "the problem. "
F(ragile). Sanchez is only “mole” at the nvsfg pad. Even Mrs. nvsfg calls him “mole”.
Adopted Son: !Matt Downs Fangraphs I'll miss you my son.
Yeah, F Dot is definitely Lewis. So if FLew.
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.
Freddy Sanchez is Franchez.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Sep 1, 2010 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
‘Filthy’
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 2, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Can someone explain to me the Dirty Sanchez nickname?
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
It has to do with facial hair.
…
No, not his half beard.
at the end of the day it's all about kicking the tires
by duke_diligence on Sep 2, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Don’t take anything too seriously when it is typed out IN ALL CAPS!!!
’Cuz usually people around here are spoofin when they say that.
BRING BACK BENITEZ!!!!
VELEZ FOR SHORTSTOP!!!!
CAIN FOR ABEL
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
ive always liked the 72 win team from last year.
also the power rankings that had us as the worst team in baseball one from last year too
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Sep 2, 2010 4:14 PM PDT reply actions
Buster Posey
Gerald.
Also, Buster Posey, that’s why
"Yo Paul, if it hurts, don't swing." - Mike Krukow
Zito: 7 Yrs $126 Million
6 Pack of beer and a month of TV: $70
Sitting down to watch Zito Strike out Helton looking on a Curve four times: Priceless
It wasn't mine
But one of my favorite memes was “No, that’s Yu Darvish”. Whatever happened to that guy?
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
HAWT BOTHAN BONING ACTION!!
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.
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