Giants/Diamondbacks Series Preview
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2010 9:10 AM PDT
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PrintHere’s how the rest of the season looks:
Arizona (3)
@ San Diego (4)
@ Los Angeles (4)
@ San Diego (4)
@ Los Angeles (4)
San Diego (3)
Los Angeles (3)
Milwaukee (1)
Chicago (1)
Arizona (2)
San Diego (2)
@ San Diego (5)
@Colorado (16)
Something like that. I didn’t look it up because I’m pretty sure that’s right. Except for a couple of games against the Brewers and Cubs, it’s N.L. West for the rest of the season. This is a problem, see, because the Giants have issues with most of these teams.
- Even though the Giants took the last Dodgers series, it’s been a few years since the team had reason to feel confident against the blue horde. The Dodgers usually pummel Giants pitching, even when the starting staff isn’t struggling like it is now.
- The Rockies exist to annoy the Giants, and they’re slowly creeping back into the wild-card race. Is anyone looking forward to a three-game set in Colorado with six games left in the season? Yuck.
- When the Giants sacrificed a unicorn to get the magic inside -- even though they had the right permits and everything -- the Padres tattled to the Forest Master, who enchanted the bats of both teams, and now the Padres are destined to get all the singles they need, and the Giants can only hit it to various Hairstons sprinkled around the field while the Forest Master laughs at our misery, for we should not have sacrificed the unicorn for selfish purposes, even though, truth be told, it was kind of an annoying unicorn as far as unicorns go, always asking the Forest Master for loans and such, but that’s not the point, and the Forest Master is kind of a petty jerk who went to boarding school with a couple of the Baseball Gods, so we’re doubly hosed, and even though Sabean knows how the curse is broken -- ...of outfielders and only outfielders shall thy team be made -- we’re running out of time.
It makes as much sense as any other explanation of the Padres, so I’m sticking with it.
That leaves the Diamondbacks. They’ll play the Giants hard. They’ll win some games in the season series. But they don’t have that same je ne sais dammit that the other NL West teams do this year. Maybe they will soon, but not this year. So while this isn’t a "must-win" series, it’s a series that the Giants should take if they want to prevent an ulcer. It would be a pretty good idea to take at least two out of three against Arizona considering the rest of the season is festooned with Padres, Dodgers, and Rockies games.
A pretty good idea. Doesn’t mean that it will happen. But it would be a pretty good idea. Heck, a sweep would be an even better idea. I have a lot of good ideas. The Giants should listen to me more.
Hitter to watch:
Stephen Drew is a pile of garbage. He was supposed to be some sort of superstar, but he’s just a boring shortstop with a strong arm, good range, and an OPS+ of 101. Boooo-ring. He’s about to get really expensive through arbitration, too. The Diamondbacks should just get rid of him in the offseason. Maybe in a trade. To the Giants. For Eugenio Velez and Chris Ray. Think about it, Arizona.
Pitcher to watch:
Oh, thanks, White Sox. Just keep shoveling your young pitching over to the NL West for a bunch of broken-down jalopies like Jake Peavy and Edwin Jackson. It’s a good thing the White Sox didn’t draft Stephen Strasburg, as he would have been traded to the Rockies for Aaron Cook in July.
This burst of anger was brought to you by Daniel Hudson, who’s pretty freaking good. He has a wicked slider, which means you are guaranteed to see Aaron Rowand’s spot start on the night Hudson pitches.
Prediction:
Will Clark will pass Matt Williams in a hallway. Williams will say something like, "Hey! Will! How’s it going, buddy?" Clark will quietly approach Williams, then put a single, accusing finger in Williams’s face. "Go back to your outfield swimming pool, bald Judas," Clark will say. And then he’ll kill another unicorn just because the Forest Master isn’t the boss of Will Clark.
Oh, who am I kidding? Williams is still cool. My prediction is that it will annoy me to see him in a Diamondbacks uniform. Again.
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Thanks Grant
I needed to be depressed first thing in the morning.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
and even though Sabean knows how the curse is broken — …of outfielders and only outfielders shall thy team be made — we’re running out of time.
This kind of killed me.
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Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I liked
the “Giants can only hit it to various Hairstons sprinkled around the field” bit.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
At first I thought you were making a Legend reference.
/NEEDZ MOAR TOM CRUISE
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
HAVE YOU EVEN SEEN LEGEND?!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Yeah terrible movie.
It was pretty sweet when I was 5 though.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
one of the worst ridley scott movies
maybe the worst ridley scott movie and i like ridley scott movies
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
Two Words:
Tropic Thunder
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
oh my god yes
sorry for the GIF, but
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
what's it like to be so wrong?
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You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Your Tom Cruise Bias Is Showing
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
It’s a good thing the White Sox didn’t draft Stephen Strasburg, as he would have been traded to the Rockies for Aaron Cook in July.
You probably wrote this pefore the news of Strasburg’s need for TJ surgery was announced. I am going to add it to the ever-growing pile of Grant jinx.
And yeah, Giants. Beat some NL West teams for a change.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 9:19 AM PDT reply actions
I was looking for news about the TJ surgery when I found this headline:
Albert Pujols, Tony La Russa to attend Glenn Beck rally
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Family Values = abandoning two daughters from a previous marriage.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 27, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Perfect timing – I was needing another reason to hate the Cardinals.
And how is it not political, Tony?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
LaRussa does a lot for troops. He is probably focusing on that. But yeah, this event is very political.
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 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Supporting the troops is cool, but yeah, Glenn Beck is doing a lot more than that with this rally. Whatever, Tony can support whoever he wants to support.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
and we can hate on him for whatever he wants to support.
1st Amendement rights for everyone!
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Hell yeah!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
NO SARAH PALIN SAYS EVERYONE HAS TO RESPECT AND LIKE WHO YOU SUPPORT!!! ITS TEH 1ST ADMENDMENT!!!!!!!!
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Word
"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 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m more surprised about Pujols. I mean, my understanding is that most ballplayers are conservative (especially with regard to taxes, for obvious reasons), but Glenn Beck isn’t exactly friendly to people not born in the U.S.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
twatted
KenTremendous
“The gist of the day is not political.” Anybody still not think Tony La Russa is a weird moron?
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
It’s spelled MORAN, geez
"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 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
wow Buzz Bissinger has a lot to say about LaRussa and Pujols
I thought the initial tweet I got about La Russa and Pujols attending Beck rally a joke. It is a free country, but I am sickened.
Beck is an Elmer Gantry snake oil former drunk and addict con man who doesn’t believe a single fucking word of what he says. All for $$$
How TLR can say the Beck rally is not a political event is beyond me. What are they going to talk about—why Cards play like gutless shits?
Would be the same w/.Beck, Limburger, O’Riled all bullshit froth-mouthed entertainers. TLR should be in locked room worrying about his team.
It does change how I view LaRussa. Beck is a racist Jew-hating bastard using his hate to line his pockets. How can TLR, Pujols not see it?
WHY AREN’T LARUSSA AND PUJOLS WORRYING ABOUT THEIR TEAM PLAYING LIKE SHIT. Their attitude is like LeBron after the fifth game vs. Celtics.
Leitch’s piece is bullshit. LARussa doesn’t live in a bubble. He knows exactly who Beck is. He is one of the few literate men in sports.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
heh
this makes me hate Bissinger slightly less
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
following him on twitter is an angsty experience
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I had to unfollow. He had just too much unjustified rage. The man needs some serious medication.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Bill Simmons did a podcast with him a few weeks ago that was really fascinating. It pretty much made me do a 180 on my feelings about Bissinger, who I had thought was a blowhard. He came across as really intelligent, very self-deprecating (he called the book he ghost-wrote for LeBron “the worst thing I’ve ever done”) and very observant about sports, and life.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Pujols is pretty religious and I would expect for him to be conservative
but since it’s not political…that point is irrelevant
This is exactly why I just unfollowed Jeremy Affeldt on twitter. I have no problem with us having opposing views when it comes to politics but then he started retweeting Rick Warren. I’m not having that come through my twitter feed.
"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 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow Jeremy Affeldt is very religious. I just checked out his blog. He’s calling for Christians to be less judgmental of gay people even if you don’t approve of “that lifestyle.”
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
Just be less judgmental, though, right? “Hey guys, take it down a notch.”
by Every6thDay on Aug 27, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
But in religious speak that means stop it.
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 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Wilson’s pretty religious, too
"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 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d join his cult.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s pretty cool, actually.
I love Jeremy. I’m not religious, but I respect how he is about it.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I’m in this line. I am not religious, however do what you want, just don’t involve me.
/Looks my father who been try to “save” me
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 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Same for those who mock religion. “Hey dude I’m not yelling at you and trying to get you to join the church. Don’t talk shit about my beliefs either.”
/Looks at Bill Maher
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
/looks at the God hates fags guy
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Huh? I hope my post wasn’t taken as agreeing with anyone who is hateful against gay people. That’s not the case at all.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Nah, just that I always find outrage over the relatively few people who actually publicly say anything bad about religion to be funny – the balance of pro-religious to anti-religious messaging in the media is pretty lopsided. I didn’t mean to associate you with that guy – more like point out how marginal Maher is in the media landscape. Sorry if that’s how it came across.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh ok. I guess in the big picture Maher is small beans. My point wasn’t to say that the media in general is anti-religious. It obviously isn’t. I just think that those who openly mock religion are equally as bad as those who tell you that you’re going to hell if you don’t join their church.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I always like the excuse of being pro religion to get out of something.
Officer asks lady in parking car in no parking section to move. Lady says “It’s OK I’m just running into the church!”
Officer: “Move the car”
Lady: “The Church..?”
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 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
why should someone's faith be off limits?
I appreciate that you don’t try to convert me, but what makes faith unassailable?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Not trying to say that faith is unassailable or that you can’t have a sense of humor about it. I just think that those who tell you that you shouldn’t be religious because it is ridiculous are just as bad as those who condemn you to hell.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
understood
I guess I disagree with that premise, but at the same time I am generally very respectful of the beliefs of others. I do think it’s odd, though, that there seems to be a pervasive sense (in the US, anyway) that someone’s faith is beyond reproach or even discussion. (I get that you can’t really explain faith qua faith, but maybe you understand what I’m getting at. Like, it’s completely unacceptable to question someone’s faith in public for any reason, even if it’s a completely innocent one.)
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
The problem is that lack of faith seems to be totally OK to criticize (not meaning to point a finger at jhiatt here).
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
concur
Basically, it’s not my business what anyone else believes, nor is it anyone else’s business what I do or do not believe. World would be better if everyone could get on board with this premise.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Yeah, if I get pissy about people I know who are religious, it’s because they talk shit about my lack of religion. I just want them to be as live and let live as they want me to be.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Really?
I have never seen someone criticized for not having faith in a higher power at least not in a public setting. No doubt this probably happens in private family settings where there might be a traditional expectation of faith…
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.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 27, 2010 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I take it back.
I have seen idiotic zealots with no dignity do this while holding signs that say things like “God hates F@gs” but I am talking about the greater 99.7% of the population, the ones you don’t disregard within seconds of seeing/hearing
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.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 27, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
It happens all the time
it’s damn near impossible for an atheist to hold public office
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You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I had a guy break up with me because of it. Though, I guess that’s more personal.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Yeah, if the guy is a practicing catholic, jew, mormon
and wants to get married in a traditionally orthodox ceremony it would require the partner be of the same religious commitment. So I think that’s explainable.
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.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 27, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow you added a whole bunch of facts that didn’t exist.
None of those things were actually true.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
All hypothetical...
So it was basically, “I believe in god more than you, so see ya later?”
It could have equally been, I’m a vegetarian and your not. It’s not a religious thing it’s personal belief thing
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.
I don’t know why I brought this up in a forum full of strangers. That was really stupid.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Plus there’s the issue of how are you going to raise your kids.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
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I guess my point is that I had no problem with his religion at all.
For the record, he tried to come crawling back later, and I told him to GFH.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
good for you
the thing I don’t get about it, is if faith/religion was so important to him, why didn’t he figure out whether you two were compatible religiously BEFORE dating you?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Go Find Heimy25?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
i'm pretty sure he can marry people
like how a captain of a ship can conduct marriages, i think the dude who throws shirts at a ballgame can officially marry you
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
A wedding reception with t-shirt cannons and booze would be awesome!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I would mix up the ammo
It would be my present to them.
Here is your beer coming at you at 30 ft per second and the tshirts are in the cooler.
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.
Just so long as I get married at AT&T, I’m good.
My dad and I made up a whole story once about how I was going to marry Todd Linden at AT&T. It had to do with the fact that our last names are similar, and I was going to hyphenate them (I’d be Kristin Lindgren-Linden). We’re geeks, but we had the whole wedding planned. I think you had to be there to get the joke, though.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
LULZ.
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.
understandable, sure
but you’d think that would have come up in some way before actually getting in a relationship with someone.
I really don’t like how the default assumption in this country seems to be “Christian”. I mean, I know why it would be demographically, but it just seems like a lot of people just assume I’m Christian, and when I tell them I’m not, they’re taken aback.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
dude, it happens all. the. time.
I say I’m atheist, someone tries to convert me, or tells me i’m going to hell, blah blah blah.
If someone tells me they’re Buddhist or Hindu or Christian, I don’t tell them I think they’re an idiot.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Well,
Even if they are sincerely concerned for your soul, replying like that wont accomplish their purpose. So those people are dumb.
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.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 27, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, the Westboro Church … I mean… I don’t think even Jesus would say Fred Phelps was Christian… those people are just plain nuts.
Seriously.
Did you know that they picketed my high school last year?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
why?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I can answer that
because they’re jerks.
"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
well duh
I meant besides that.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I don't think they need any reason besides that.
These are the folks who picket at funerals of US Marines killed in action, college students killed in a fire, a plane crash victim…all they really care about is attention.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
I wasn’t really trying to glean their motives off of it, I was just curious about the incident that prompted it
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Yeah I’m with a bunch of infidels who considered a counter protest to one of their Sacramento/Bay Area appearances but changed our minds due to that very fact… they are just in it for the attention and a counter protest would just draw more attention…
but they're funny
have you seen some of the counter protest signs?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
We're not gonna protest! We're not gonna protest!
/PCU’d
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
OK, this is kinda sick
At Gunn High (in Palo Alto) we had a pretty strong GSA and a supportive community for gays/lesbians, but that’s only part of the reason.
The inciting incident was the serious of 3-4 suicides by Gunn students that occurred at the train tracks last year. They jumped on that and brought signs basically saying that because our parents had not brought us up in a religious lifestyle, we were killing ourselves.
Perfectly tailored to try to instigate a counter-protests and eventually altercations to respond with lawsuits, no?
So what EliminateMe said, times a billion, man.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
wow. what utter dickery.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
If Fred Phelps didn't exist
radical atheists would have to invent him.
The guy is an over-the-top caricature expressing just about any hateful belief you could think of and justifying it all in the name of religion.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
Yeah.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
They picketed the Jewish Community Center in Dallas, where my daughter goes to pre-school. So, so lame.
The best thing about it was that there was a really healthy and robust counter-protest. It looked like Austin for a day in Dallas.
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 27, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Just an open question… personally every time i see picketers i just ask, “Do these people have anything better to do with their time”?
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Well, here’s the thing with the WBC. For them, it is a job. Most of them are professional lawyers, they take care to record every meeting, and if a single person steps out of line (even something as small as throwing stuff at them or saying something threatening), boom, they’re toast.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
It’s definitely one of those things that people get really pissed about. I think a lot of that is because many people just have been raised in a certain faith and have never given any thought as to why they believe what they do. When they are asked about it they get all mad because they don’t really know.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
i think you're 100% correct
excellent response.
high five.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2010/08/accusations-of-evil-questioning/
Applies to non-religious people as well.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I think "personal beliefs" could be substituted for "faith" here.
Why are you focusing on religion? If you think it’s okay to question or attack ones belief about life, afterlife and higher power, shouldn’t things like sexual preference or dietary preferences be just as open to question or attack?
I think these things aren’t necessarily apples and apples, but why is that?
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.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 27, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
one is a choice and the other isn't
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
with the exception of sexual preference,
i feel like those are all on the table. I’m vegan, and you’re free to question me about it. I’ll respond. I don’t think faith should get a pass or be somehow off limits.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I agree that Sexual preference isn't congruent to the rest of my post.
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.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 27, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
take that out, and I see all those things as equally open to criticism
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I think in general
most people just have a degree of respect and decorum for a persons closely held beliefs no matter what they are. Who knows what past has shaped them, and what’s the point in questioning it all as long as there isn’t any real harm at play
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.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 27, 2010 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t really know about most people, because I stopped telling people about my lack of beliefs after enough people treated me terribly because of it.
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Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
This really sucks.
Makes me sad to hear good people being mistreated simply because they don’t “believe” Helps me appreciate the angst that I see sometimes in people without religious persuasion.
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.
Just to clarify…I don’t see anything wrong with someone asking why I belong to a certain religion or even ask about the particulars. It is the “ZOMG UR DUMB FOR BELIEVING IN A FAIRYTALE STORY UR SO STOOPID!” that I don’t like.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
+1
Questioning it is fine, but degrading one for their belief or lack of it is childish.
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.
On a personal level I agree with you. But Bill Maher (who I haven’t watched lately) isn’t talking to you personally; he’s operating in a public arena where there are people essentially “yelling at you and trying to get you to join the church”. Pat Robertson’s been on TV a lot longer than Maher has.
"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 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
He is talking to us, personally, if he catches wind of our belief in a higher power. He does it to his guests, he’ll criticize his audience, it’s a pretty well-known trait of his. If he could, he’d make it personal to every last person, that’s how invested in it/loud he is about it.
by Every6thDay on Aug 27, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not seeing any real difference there compared to the Robertsons et al. All of them are still operating in the mass media, and you can turn off the TV or change the channel any time you like. That’s fundamentally different than at the personal level of a family gathering or social event or even a public, but ultimately one-to-one, forum like MCC.
"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 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s because Maher believes that religion is a force for evil. Whether right or wrong, to people like Bill Maher (and Chris Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, etc.) speaking against organized religion is like speaking against something like Nazism.
Here's to the Dodgers and their bucket of suck.
Wouldn’t he not have to believe in evil?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
This is exactly what I mean about the pervasiveness of religiosity… what about not believing in a mystical other world denies one the right to make judgments about good and evil?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Good vs Evil <> Right vs Wrong
I never said anything about his right to do anything. I thought he didn’t believe in good or evil. Perhaps I took Woody’s comment too literally when they said “force for evil.”
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Evil is not a religious concept.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Evil as a concept is not the property of religion but it is a pretty important concept for most religions.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
well yeah
I meant not solely a religious concept.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I think jhiat is conflating atheism and moral relativism.
“mystical other world”?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Anything other than the natural, observable universe… trying not to be too specific about any one particular belief system.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
absofreakinglutley agree
/don’t need saving. What I do is between God and me.
Adopted Son: !Matt Downs Fangraphs I'll miss you my son.
And, he uses it as inspriation to do good things. He’s really involved in that human trafficking charity.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I’m against human trafficking.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Agreed. It’s good to see him throw himself into this cause.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he’s saying that human traffickers don’t deserve a charity.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Someone gets me!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s how I originally read kdl’s post — I was very confused for a minute.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
+1
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I’ve actually read his blog and liked parts of it, especially his emphasis on charity. But I can’t get around the obvious uneasiness with homosexuality and I will not tolerate an adulation of Rick Warren and his bigoted views.
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
‘Uneasiness with homosexuality’ is one thing that doesn’t bother me; it’s the effort(s) to disenfranchise/outcast that does.
by Every6thDay on Aug 27, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm as un-religious as they come
And I know next to nothing about him, but I thought Warren was not that bad. Didn’t Obama meet with him or something during the ’08 election?
I thought Obama had him read some prayer or something at the inauguration.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
Yes and this is what caused a big stir. Warren is staunchly anti-gay marriage and has made comments comparing homosexuality to insest and pedophilia, not to mention he equated the removal of Terri Shivo’s (sp?) feeding tube with the Nazi’s treatment of the jews. Good guy.
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you have actual quotes- i.e. is that stuff on his website? LIke I said, I know nothing about the guy, but I assumed (probably falsely) that if Obama was dealing with him that he was at least somewhat reasonable…
A quick google search gave me this
But you can find A LOT more if you’re willing to spend a couple minutes on it
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
You can’t be sad on a Friday. That’s not allowed!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
true and i don’t really have time to be sad either since i need to pack and get in my car to meet my wife and kids in the wine country
Ooooo, fancy!
Although I have to say I always hated going to wine country with my parents as a kid. I hope yours are good kids and not little brats like I was
"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 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes. I also think they are “friends” and both respect each other.
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 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
He did, and I think it was controversial because of Warren’s public stances on some issues, particularly homosexuality.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I know, I’m just saying that Warren appearing at the inauguration doesn’t mean he isn’t a bad guy.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, Obama has made some interesting choices along those lines I think. I like Obama, but I find him very frustrating at times.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
i agree with this. I am finding myself more and more frustrated- nobody said this was going to be easy, but he is utterly lost right now.
i want to stop but i can’t- truth is i have pretty much turned off politics since the election. After years of active involvement in the democratic party, I am finding myself enjoying not obsessing about all this crap. Baseball is much better. Nate Silver got it backwards
Yeah we should probably stop. However, I am interested in civilized argument. My email address is posted in my profile. I understand why they don’t want political shit on here but it’s too bad because McCoven are probably the only people with which I could stand to do so.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I agree with this and if i was not really trying to get out of here, i would take you up on it… but in the future i would love to discuss
Stop having sex in the champagne room!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Well Obama has not exactly been winning friends there either a good president.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
john hiatt covered in sex and champagne
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I'm only noting it because that's what I would be if the discussion did not end
Let’s just say I have strong opinions on this matter
he's been a perfectly fine president.
that is, if you’re a liberal person.
depends how liberal
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
COULD NOT DISAGREE MORE STRONGLY
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Sorry, for the record, I wasn’t disagreeing with you. Rick Warren makes me sick.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I didn’t think you were! Based on your comments I think we probably have the same POV on this. Affeldt is a good guy and he does a lot of good based on his religious views. Rick Warren is a sack.
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I think we probably have the same POV on this.
Well, we are basically the same person! ;-)
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Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
So true! :)
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
O HAI TO BOTH OF YOU!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
It explains why Lars can’t decide between us.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Decide?
You mean I can’t have both? =p
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I think Lars doesn’t like those kind of limitations. He rather just have a harem of female McCoven
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Not really a harem
Just you two.
(Niblets is married so she is disqualified; otherwise RAWR!)
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
For some reason I didn’t think a person being married would be enough to stop you from being a shameless flirt. My mistake.
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
It doesn't stop me entirely
But I do tone my act down a bit with Niblets. =)
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Lars rocks. I’m just sayin’.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
He can’t really help it. You’re pretty hot.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
So true
"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 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m blushing here.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
No sex in the champagne room!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
This!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm pissed I won't be able to make it
I usually try to go to as many rallies/marches as I can since I live in DC, and I don’t even mind Glenn, so this would have been fun.
But it’s move-in day at my university, and the rally is from 10am-1pm. What kind of fucked hours are those?
"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
It's a trap.
Get you all out in the heat and humidity then hope you all drop dead.
Glenn Beck: Do not believe his lies.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Seriously.
I love rallies though. When I started at school, all the protests were anti-war, and those were fun. Now there’s a lot more tea parties than anti-war ones, and I think I like the tea party people better than the anti-war people.
"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
My take on Red vs. Blue
I think blind allegiance in any way, shape or form is the very essence of stupidity.
/exits champagne room
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Did you just say that blind people are stupid?
/revokes Lars’ 1st amendment rights
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
But is it really offensive if you criticize blind people in writing? Hmm?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
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The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
LOL
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, people who speak in absolutes inevitably know next to nothing about what they are talking about.
“All group-A are slur-B”
I just want to set them all on fire.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Wilriv
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I like it when Group A goes, “All members of Group B make unfair generalizations about Group A!” and have no idea that there’s anything weird about what they’re saying.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Exactly
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m intolerant of intolerance. I guess that make me a liberal.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Aug 27, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
In the 3rd Star Wars movie
When Obi-Wan says “Only a sith deals in absolutes”
I wondered if Obi-wan knew that was an absolutist statement.
/Obi-Wan joins the Darkside
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree with this in that one shouldn’t be tribalistic. However, those who just sit in the middle and say, “both sides are crazy,” are just as wrong IMO.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I would agree with you if both sides were not crazy.
They are.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
My take on Red Vs Blue
Blue vs. Red battles. No one says Red vs. Blue. It sounds stupid when you say it backwards.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Did you really just say that there is a correct (indeed preferabled!) way to use group-A vs group-B?
lol
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s a Red vs. Blue quote.
/nerdage
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Turns out
we are more of a “purple” country based on 2008 voting results (scroll down)
Adopted Son: !Matt Downs Fangraphs I'll miss you my son.
Always shades of purple – the red/blue meme is a divisive and inaccurate way to look at things. It does have the advantage of being simplistic and easy to turn into graphics on screen though.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
My take on Red vs. Blue
http://www.machinima.com/film/view&id=275
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 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I like the way you think.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
They never seem to acknowlege whenever I salute 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.
Because ALL blind people are without respect.
"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 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to have a bumpersticker on my car that read:
Blind Faith in Bad Leadership is not Patriotism
by Merope on Aug 27, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
BAM! Rec'd
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
what in the actual fuck
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Something very interesting and not surprising happened yesterday when i was on my way to pick up my roommate from class… i was driving next to the student center and there was this big stand that said “FIRE PELOSI” and i really am not surprised at all…
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Congress has like an 18% approval rating.
Pretty crazy, man.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
They lollygag to the podium, they lollygag to the committee meetings…
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
It's cuz they don't do shit
There are SOOOO many things wrong with the Congressional process that have gotten so much worse over the last ~20 years. The blind partisanism is unbearable.
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Annnnnnnnd that’s all we can really say, there’s no debate at all here
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The fact that several members are certifiably batshit insane doesn’t help. Nor does the fact that way too many politicians are either a) woefully misinformed about the shit they’re voting on, or b) deliberately misinforming the voting public about the shit they’re voting on to try to score political points (cough death panels cough)
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I don’t really mind the partisanship. That said, I really don’t like the way the country is going. The bipartisanship promise by politicians seems to melt away once they’ve been elected. At least baldly admitting partisanship is honest.
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The thing I don’t like is bipartisanship = Dems cave in.
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that's what it pretty much seems to be.
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Another thing is how big the laws are. Why does everything have to be a giant bill?
I had an idea where it would be a law that a bill has to be under so many words long. I haven’t really thought it through though. Any idea why this wouldn’t work?
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i know why they're so big
so politicians can stuff completely unrelated crap into them. Like putting special interest subsidies in a defense bill so if the other side votes against it, they can say “ZOMG THEY DONT WANT TO PROTECT US!!!!”
I absolutely hate that shit.
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I’m support the line-item veto. Who’s with me?
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It really is a dick move. Because even if the person who voted against the bill says, “I voted against the bill so that taxpayers didn’t give $5 billion tax-free dollars to a loan businessman” the bigger issue would still be “WELL NOW WE’RE NOT SAFE. IF AN EXTRA $5 BILLION WULDA MADE US SAFE THEN YOU SHULDA DUN IT!”
Stuff like that is what made me think of it.
Also, in 2008 in AZ we had to vote on payday loan store “regulation” when it turned out that the bill was to extend their ability to operate in the state. So anyone who was against payday loans most likely voted for the bill when if they would have voted ‘no’ it would have shut them down completely.
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Actually not true
Or, anyway, that’s not the main reason. The reason bills become so large is because of the difficulty of getting anything passed. Especially in the current environment, where the minority has just decided to be maximally obstructive at all times, it takes so long to get a single bill passed that the only way to get anything done is to pack as much stuff as possible into each bill. The Senate, of course, is much worse, because it takes three days to overcome a filibuster even if you have the votes, and you can’t have multiple cloture motions ripening simultaneously.
All that said, I don’t mind partisanship. Partisanship makes it clear to the voters what it is they’re voting for when they see the® or (D) next to the name. The problem is that the US political system is poorly adapted to partisanship; if the majority party is not actually able to implement its platform, accountability is undermined because the voters are unable to fairly evaluate their leaders. Ideally, in a hyperpartisan environment you’d want minimal legislative veto points so the party in power can implement its agenda and be judged by the voters based on the results.
the thing about partisanship
is that people seem to be against something just because the other party is for it (or vice versa), even if it would seem to go against their stated platform. (Much more common among Republicans, who are WAY better at party unity. I wish the Dems had their organizational skills.)
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Much more common among Republicans, who are WAY better at party unity. I wish the Dems had their organizational skills.
I’d bet that when the Republicans were in control of all three branches and trying to pass, say, social security reform, they were saying the same thing about the Dems.
I don’t believe that the R’s are better at party unity than the D’s. A factor in their current near-united opposition stance is the radical nature of bills being passed, just as a radical right-wing overturning of social security is a perfect recipe for immediately forming a minority Democrat party into a united bloc.
I don’t know specifics about social security reform because I only started following politics thoroughly about a year before Obama’s election, so if there are any erroneous assumptions somebody please correct me. Or give a better example.
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The Republicans had lock-step opposition to a health-care bill that was modeled on the system created in Massachusetts by a Republican governor and a Democratic legislature. It was not radical.
Social Security is probably not a great example, because that issue is one of the few that could create near-uniform Democratic opposition, in large part because it is immensely popular. A better example would be something like drilling in ANWR, a long-standing goal of Republicans that they were never able to achieve despite holding the trifecta. But if they had had legislative majorities the size the Dems now enjoy, they definitely would have got it done, because the Democrats didn’t have total unity on that issue.
this
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and it's a really great example
because Romney, who modeled the system that the bill was modeled after, and signed it into law, came out against healthcare when it was a Democrat supporting it.
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Thanks for that info.
What I heard about the health-care bill was that the Democrats were very partisan in creating the bill, literally excluding Republicans from certain gatherings and discussions while writing and brainstorming it. No links here, sorry.
And I don’t mind that, in itself. I know it will get the talk-show hosts riled up and blathering about broken campaign promises, but really, who keeps those anyways?
If a party has sufficient clout to push through a bill without opposition party approval or contribution, more power to them. The fact that the Dems did this, Viliphied, is most likely the reason why the Repubs were so unified, much less so than party organization.
Much thanks taliesin for giving better examples of the reverse situation where Reps have control of Congress.
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they didn’t though, is the thing. That’s what some Republicans SAID, but they were, quite frankly, lying
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also this. They were invited to the table, but refused to come.
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Response below to taliesin applies to these links too (note, I haven’t made the response yet, it’s coming)
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That’s really not right. The Democrats were desperate to get Republican votes for the health care vote. Max Baucus in the Senate wasted months negotiating with the three moderates on his committee (Grassley, Snowe, and Voinovich, IIRC), trying to get a bipartisan bill, offering compromise after compromise, and never got anyone on board. And mind you, this was in a situation where the starting point was the bipartisan Massachusetts plan, which itself was based on what had been, back in 1994, the Republican alternative to the Clinton health care bill.
ugh
the whole healthcare debate pissed me off so much.
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it'd have been worth it
if we’d actually been able to get a good single payer system, or something like the NHS out of it, or hell, even a public option, but nooooooo we’re still stuck with these crappy insurance companies.
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Yeah, I don’t have the best memory of the event, because, frankly, I didn’t follow it at all.
But give me some time to read Vil’s articles and check it out.
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I’ve read the articles and these responses and the conclusion I’ve come to is, both what you said and I said are technically correct.
Yes, the Democrats pushed hard to get Republican votes for the health care bill, but that was after the core of the bill (however many pages) was written in essence while R’s were excluded. Thus, the R complaints.
Yes, Viliphied, they ran out “health care summits” and offered concessions, but on a bill that the R’s were fundamentally opposed to because they had no say in it.
A truly bipartisan effort (which I’m not saying they needed or necessarily should have done, obviously the result was successful) would have been to scrap the bill and include the Repubs in the entire proceedings. After all, it’s a window of 2 years on an issue that has a big impact on a huge number of Americans. They had time to “get it right” (in the views of both parties, not get it right in my personal opinion).
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I would disagree in that
the topic/issue has been debated for 40-50 years…with the most recent attempt made in Clinton’s first years in office…
It really comes down to the fundamental question of whether one believes that health care and access to health are fundamental rights.
It really comes down to the fundamental question of whether one believes that health care and access to health are fundamental rights.
I haven’t had a rights debate in a while! Fun fun.
I don’t believe that goods and services such as health care are fundamental rights. I do believe that all have the right to not be prevented by the government from getting healthcare.
I would say that health care is a privilege. The problem with calling a right is the same problem with calling food, bicycles, or Giants games rights in that they are inherently finite and must be rationed in some way, shape or form.
Whether you use a free market or another economic system to do this is another debate.
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I take exactly the opposite view. IMO, access to health care is a right (and the nation as a whole has agreed, at least on a basic level, for quite some time). I see it as a part of the right to life.
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Same thing as with my other comment. I still disagree, and I have rebuttals bouncing around in my head, but my computer can’t handle it and it’s messing with others’ likely as well.
So this would be a good place to let be.
P.S. Whenever taliesin and I show up at the same time, things get crazy, huh?
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that's cool
though a little disappointing. I like these discussions, and this one in particular has been remarkably civil.
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The Republicans would not have supported any health care bill, no matter what was in it. Opposition has been their entire legislative strategy, not only on health care but on everything else in this Congress.
This isn’t really correct. They had an alternative that was most allowing insurance companies to operate across state lines coupled with tort reform.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Which is completely ineffective...complete
Selling across state line is pointless if the insurance companies collude with each other
Tort reform is a tiny fraction of the costs and actually in the health care bill
Also, checkout the CBO score for the Republican plan v. the bill passed
The effectiveness of the alternative was not what I was addressing. I was addressing it’s very existence.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
blah blah
The statement was the republicans had no alternative They did, it just wasn’t very good and not really an answer.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
They had an alternative that was most allowing insurance companies to operate across state lines coupled with tort reform.
Which would have eliminated any state oversight at all and allowed continued abuse of their anti-trust exemptions.
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/shrug
That wasn’t really my point.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Apologies..
this particular issue makes me insane everytime people talk about it.
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Didn’t insure everyone, or even any significant portion of the uninsured. If the alternative does nothing to address the problem, it’s not really much of an alternative.
Fuck
I am going to drop from this because people have stopped reading.
That wasn’t my point.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
"universal health care" was the goal
any “alternative” which does not accomplish that goal is not really an alternative at all.
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“universal health care” was the goal
Who’s goal?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
The proponents of Health Care Reform.
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The proponents of Health Care Reform.
I don’t believe that the definition of “reform” is the same as “cover everybody”. They could have come up with some Rube Goldberg health care machine that covered 80 or 90% of people and that could be called reform.
Meh, it’s a done deal anyway. I don’t know why this is still such a hot button topic.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s not true. There were proponents of Health Care Reform who did not have universal health care as one of their goals. They did not support that particular health care reform bill.
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sorry
the initial proponents of HCR. For the most part those who didn’t support universal coverage weren’t pushing for reform in the first place.
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This thread
is a small microcosm of what actually occured during the Health Care debates :-). Got your point but the subject just brings out the wharrgrrrbl in people.
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if they'd included republican input from the start
(which, first of all, I would need another source saying that republicans had NO opportunity to give input during the process, which I find incredibly hard to believe, given the way Congress operates), it would have likely met the same procedural stalling it met then.
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There wasn’t any health care bill that Republicans would have supported. It’s as simple as that. If you’re negotiating with someone on a bill, and they say, “I’d like you to remove Provision X, and change Y to Z,” and you respond, “OK, will I have your vote then?” and they say “Nope,” well there’s no sense in including that person in the development of the bill.
very much this
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Yes, I also agree with this, but remember, the bill’s framework was already set.
On that framework, the Reps wouldn’t budge, but on a reworked framework, there was potential for bipartisan results. But the R’s weren’t let into that framework.
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Would you consider that if you know that the main goal of your partner in a venture is to scuttle the venture, it’s pointless to include them in the venture?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that’s what they should have done. I said so a few posts ago.
I think the Dem’s should have said “screw those guys”, made the bill, and forced it right through Congress. Instead they started the job, than did this silly stepback as if to give lip service to their campaign promises, and then went through with it anyways.
It’s a fragile majority, use it! Don’t waste time with a protracted debate. That’s my view, anyways.
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As long as you characterize the opportunity for Republicans be involved as giving lip service to campaign promises that makes sense.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure! I don’t like Republicans either.
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Sure, I agree with that.
I’m trying to clarify the event(s).
And judging by the responses (“if they’d included republican input from the start”) I am justified in saying that you both weren’t completely correct in saying I was wrong, but only in the sense that what we both said did happen.
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the thing is tho
the bills aren’t really all that radical. Even the healthcare bill had TONS of concessions.
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Healthcare in the US SUCKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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:( too true, sadly
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at least, if you're uninsured
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at least, if you’re uninsured
It sucks even when you are insured. Imagine that you are a relatively healthy individual. You faithfully pay your premiums over forty years or so, using only about one percent of your paid premiums annually, while also paying co-pays and out of pocket maximums that amount to three thousand a year.
Your insurer invests that money, multiplied by the number of subscribers, earning returns and making payments to shareholders and excessive bonus payments to CEO’s. They increase your premiums each year by ten to thirty percent which covers fifty percent of the amounts paid out that year, and are exempt from anti-trust laws.
insurance..how does it work ?
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yeah
insurance companies are shady as hell, but at least if you have (good) insurance, quality of care is pretty high, and costs are bearable.
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To get insurance for
one family member: $700+ a month
for the entire family: $1100+ a month…
And I work for a firm that has 50+ employees!
Well geez, my experience with Kaiser has been that if you don’t jump up and down, yell, scream and throw a fit they don’t want to actually DO anything to help you anyways.
really?
I’ve had a pretty good experience with them, including a major surgery.
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My mom loves them. I’m pretty much in “diagnose your own illness and just try to get us to treat it” land right now. If your lab tests say you are fine… you are fine… despite overwhelming daily life evidence to the contrary.
Mr. Merope isn’t too thrilled with them either. “A lot of people have that problem…yup… lots of people”
“Well are you going to DO anything about it??”
“Yup, lots of people… we can’t just surgically repair EVERYBODY’s bad shoulder now can we?”
Hate Kaiser. Hate.
If I had to go to Kaiser when I had my heart attack, I probably would have died.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
interesting
if my mom didn’t have Kaiser (well, more accurately, if she didn’t have insurance), she’d probably be dead
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Kaiser was one of the plans offered at UPS… the word on the street was they will either cure you or kill you, but they won’t bankrupt you.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
odd
I guess it just depends on who your primary care doctor is. I didn’t get any opposition getting my ACL repaired, though I was told a few times throughout the process that I’d be able to live an essentially normal life without the surgery.
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That’s structural and I don’t see it going away. Since the Republicans are strongly pro-business (not to be confused with pro-free-market) as a group, deviant members are going to be able to be threatened with a withdrawal of corporate cash. Environmental, pro-consumer, and labor groups on the left just don’t have the same firepower, so the “centrists” are always going to tilt right on tough votes, because that’s where the money is.
Since the Republicans are strongly pro-business (not to be confused with pro-free-market)
I’ve never made this connection before. No wonder I don’t like them either.
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meh
the free market ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
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From the consumers’ point of view, it’s much better if government promotes competition rather than the interests of rent-seeking entrenched businesses.
generally true
there are a lot of good things about free markets, there are just a lot of bad things too.
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There are good and bad components of every economic system, but the free market is by far the worst of many evils.
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the free market is by far the worst of many evils
I was going to be amazed that I agreed with you before I realized that’s probably a typo :)
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
:)
Whoops.
That’s too concise, anyways. A better version would have been if I said:
There are good and bad components of every economic system, for example: feudalism, communism, fascist socialism, and free-market capitalism, but out of these options, the last one is the least bad.
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I would pick an ideal Marxist system over and ideal Randian system every day of the week and twice on Sundays.
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Definitions please. I’m still in college.
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my quick definitions
Ideal Marxism – no one owns anything, everything is shared equally
Ideal Libertarianism – no government regulations on business at all, a completely free market.
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Yeah, I’d pick the second. Pretty radical poles of thought you got there.
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the thing is
encouraging competition != free market. A true free market is a very very bad thing.
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Well not every free market is subject to monopolistic domination. And we can argue about whether laws that make some anti-competitive business practices illegal make a market more or less “free.”
I was using "free market"
in the way it’s usually used by libretarians, which is to say “regulation-free market”
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Yeah, some libertarians are more crazy than others. Some say, “Sure, we need some regulation, but what we have now is just overkill,” which is entirely reasonable. And then you have the guys who want to privatize the police.
Ha
one of my friends was a pretty hardcore Lib, I suggested he move to Somalia, where they have the freest markets of all!
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those people can’t be helped.
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one thing about a lot of Libs iv'e talked to
they’re against all government programs, except the ones they personally use. (I don’t want to say benefit from, because even programs like welfare, which they’re nearly 100% opposed to benefit them in some way)
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BUT OBAMA WANTS THE GUVERMINT TO TAKE OVER SOCIAL SECURITY
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my favorite sign from the health care debate
“Don’t steal from medicare to support socialized medicine”
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That last link does not follow, in that the US was long past a true free market at the time of the 1920s and the 1930s.
If the free market of the US was not eliminated by the strengthening of the central government to win the Civil War (a movement that was a net good in my mind, btw), the US market was clearly not close to a “true free market” after the progressive interventions of Roosevelt and Wilson.
This world hasn’t seen a true free market in an appreciably large country for at least a century.
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If you’re saying that China is a free market, you’re out of your mind.
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Sorry that was really harsh.
Bad language, I apologize.
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Is this true? I don’t think so…
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Why not?
Money trumps all in China…
personal rights non-existent
environment laws: none
consumer rights: none
consumer protection: none
litigation against business: none
contract enforcement: non-existent
Free market in the truest sense of the word
government regulation on business operation: absolute.
Market not free.
Somalia is a much better example.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Government does not care about regulations in China
They care about staying in power…no regulation enforcement whatsoever…bribery is insane in China.
Even when something serious happens (i.e. putting melanin in milk), the only result is some official and a patsy business person gets executed…
right
but that’s still the opposite of a free market. You can’t operate a business without government approval.
In a free market, if I wanted to open a business selling widgets tomorrow, I could.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
You can sell anything you want in China
you just can’t espouse ideas…pure business transaction completely open and free…ideological transmission severely restricted.
They aren’t separate… ask Yahoo.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
disagree
if the current widget monopoly in China wanted to stop my widget start up, they’d just bribe the gov’t more than I could possibly pay, and I wouldn’t be permitted to operate.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
But that's pure free market...
Anything goes…that’s no different with the Robber Barons who hired thugs to beat up competition/unions.
sort of
but still not really. Getting me to shut down via private “enforcement” is different than having the gov’t throw me in jail (or simply refuse to let me operate)
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
This is just so wrong.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
it's LOLworthy
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Somalia.
though I guess they’re not “appreciably large”
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
There’s three links there; the Great Depression I think actually is somewhat applicable, since most people would say lack of regulation of the financial system played a big role in the crash. The other two are about robber barons and the gilded age, which certainly do pre-date Teddy’s crusade against monopolists.
that's what i was going for
i guess you could really roll up the first two into just the Gilded Age, but yeah, though the “market” in the larger sense wasn’t “free” at the start of the Great Depression, the freedom of the financial markets was a big part of why the crash was so severe.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
the freedom of the financial markets was a big part of why the crash was so severe.
I’ll just say this, because my computer is dying. I disagree with this, and if there were a better forum we could have some pretty good discussions on it.
But right now I would like to let this rest and if we didn’t continue along this thread I would appreciate it.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The first two links are perfectly fine.
I quibble with the last one simply because Vili described it as “total free market”, or whatever phrase was used.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
"true free market"
yeah, it wasn’t a true free market then, but the point of that link was that lack of regulation can have some pretty disastrous results.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
What taliesin said.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Well, generally, bipartisanship seems to be: majority party caves in.
But also when the majority party excludes the other party from negotiations and formation of the bill, which is where the united minority party votes were coming from, then there’s lasting rancor that will last until the next election and that’s never good.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
lol
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
uh oh i fell into something...
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Tell me about it. I haven’t been following. What’s “giant gate”?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
lol
think of the greatest Return of all time.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
dude, I have no idea what’s going on. save me please
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Return of the Jedi
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
OH! I didn’t know that thing was called rancor. Weird
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
/Rancor Keeper sheds a single tear
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 27, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I never understand anything Beck does. What’s the point of all this? Doesn’t he do a Christmas special every year, too?
Invest in GOLD!!!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I never got past Odelay
"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.
i know you're kidding, but
Sea Change is as beautiful a record as you will ever hear.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
(it was the only Beck album I could think of quickly)
"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.
Sorry . . .
. . . but this is a must win.
/unsheathes sword for ceremonial purposes/
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 27, 2010 9:19 AM PDT reply actions
He. Took. It. Out.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
So playing out that schedule in my head…
Arizona (3)
@ San Diego (4)
@ Los Angeles (4)
@ San Diego (4)
@ Los Angeles (4) 4-0
San Diego (3) 0-3
Los Angeles (3) 3-0
Milwaukee (1) 1-0
Chicago (1) 1-0
Arizona (2) 2-0
San Diego (2) 0-2
@ San Diego (5) 0-5
@Colorado (16) 1-15
12-25 if I counted right.
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.
Well looks like I screwed that up.
Good thing I can edit it in po… oh. Nevermind.
Arizona (3) 3-0
@ San Diego (4) 0-4
@ Los Angeles (4) 4-0
@ San Diego (4) 0-4
19-33
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.
I didn't write that.
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.
Oh.
got it. Chasm’d
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.
BALD JUDAS!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 9:21 AM PDT reply actions
Hm
I didn’t think it was possible to feel this distraught about a team that would make the playoffs if the season ended today.
Is this series at home or on the road?
Either way, I predict a sweep – I just won’t say which team.
"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
It's never too early or too irrational
to feel distraught.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 27, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s at home.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Magic Inside.
"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
Since this an actual baseball thread: OT re Strasberg
The Washington Nationals announced in a conference call this morning that rookie righthander Stephen Strasburg(notes) likely will need Tommy John surgery.
Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said Strasburg has a significant tear in the ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Aqn163DBxrH8ewSFan8jwtERvLYF?slug=tsn-166444
When did Tim’s dad say that?
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 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
It was on Urban’s radio show “Father knows best”. He said he thought he would have issues about two weeks before his first set of problems.
Dude, the Giants need to hire Tim’s Dad.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Nice
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
TWTDS
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
LOL
This should probably become a new maymay.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
You just ruined its chances!!
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 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
TWTDS!
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ baetown415 ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
A forced maymay is no maymay at all
"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 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't know about that
Someone downthread is already having t-shirts made up with it.
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ baetown415 ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
I can't hear you!
/fingers in ears. LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA
"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 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Too late!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL ROB DIBBLE
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Such a doosh.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
You're not being fair to douches. They actually serve a vital purpose, while Dibble merely takes up space and uses precious water.
"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 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
not really,
As Adam Corolla used to say, that product should be honest and just come out with a barbecue flavor.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
PIE!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
My favorite douche is (name of pie flavor).
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the Fresno Grizzlies.
LOL!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, but for a reason
"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 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Should get fired.
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.
But then again
I thought Sabean should get fired for DeRosa.
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.
I was watching yesterday’s Nat’s game against the Cards and noticed a lack of Dibble in the Nat’s broadcast booth. I wonder if he was fired?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s taking a couple of days off, per a Yahoo article I read this morning.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Is that code for “Get the fuck out until we decide what to do with you”?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
No, its code for: “Get the fuck out while we pay you until we figure out how we can can your ass with out any further monetary liabilities.”
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 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
They’d probably have to pay out the remainder of his contract to get rid of him, but I bet a team of lawyers is analyzing the contract right now!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I’m rooting for the lawyers.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
They should call Al Davis for his advice
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
Possibly, though the article said that he requested the days off.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Well, I imagine that looks better for both him and the team if he “requests” the time off.
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 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully Strausburg tells him to suck it if he gets the chance.
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.
He may have overtaken the Hawk as worst commentator/announcer in baseball. Hawk still owns worst announcer though, Dibble can be worst color commentator.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Dibble
announced he’ll be getting long-awaited TJ surgery of the brain
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Aug 27, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
/The surgeon, upon opening Dibble’s cranium declares that due to the lack of tissue to work with, the surgery will be impossible.
"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 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Looking forward
What does TJ surgery mean for Strasberg? Lower velocity? No curveball?
Or can he recover and be a good pitcher…I heard about all these successful TJ surgery stories but does that mean he will have be a different type of pitcher?
Liriano has been a good story this year.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Hudson even better
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
But hasn’t he been hurt? Also, he’s not a pitcher.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
LOL@ME
I was thinking Orlando Hudson :D
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
A picture is worth a thousand words.
And words hurt, sir.
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.
could be
anything from Chris Carpenter to Jesse Foppert
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Brian Wilson!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Still throwing heat!
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 was always under the belief TJ surgery could very well make a pitcher better in the long run.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
I heard stronger, but better, but along the same spirit.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 27, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
The story is the arm should heal back even stronger.
He should keep velocity. But really there is no typical story.
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.
Yeah, if a draft prospect has had TJ already, doesn’t that make them look better in a scout’s eyes?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
I think Wilson had it at LSU, but i didn’t fact check this beforehand.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 27, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, Wilson went very late in the draft because of the TJ. He probably would have been a 2nd-3rd round pick otherwise
"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 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Tom Dibble thinks he should pitch while they perform the surgery.
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 Tom
Rob even. Tom Dibble probably agrees 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.
That Tom Dibble is a character
"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 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Football Pokemonz OT: All-time fantasy draft
Interesting read…even if you don’t play (like I don’t anymore)
Phillies vs. Padres series starts tonight. I wish there was a way both teams could get swept.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 9:38 AM PDT reply actions
LOL The Phillies just got swept by the ’Stros!
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 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
wasnt it a 4 game series as well? yikes.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Yeah.
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 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
The Astros are secretly Giants allies.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I think, ideally
I want the Phillies to sweep the Padres, and I want the Braves to get swept by whoever they’re playing so that the Phillies take the NL east.
Also, we should win.
"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 would much have the Braves take the East
Honestly, I want SD to sweep the Philies but in 16 inning games….
I think the Giants have a better shot to beat the Braves in the playoffs that the Phillies.
So I dunno who I want to win.
I would still rather the Giants win the Division first. So, boo Padres I guess.
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'm not thinking about the playoffs
I’m thinking about the wild card race – I think the Phillies will be better going forward than the Braves.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
...
I’m not thinking about the playoffs
I’m thinking about the wild card race
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.
He’s not thinking about what happens in the playoffs.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Right - just thinking about getting there
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
I am dreading the Giants making the playoffs
unless one of the starters besides Cain becomes reliable
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Aug 27, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I find this sentiment a little odd.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
What are the chances that they beat three of the Braves, Reds, Pads, Yankees, Rays, whoever? If Timmy were pitching 08/09-style, I’d be happy to take our chances on having a Big Unit/Schilling 2001 type of postseason.
But with Timmy pitching like he is, I expect more like a Giants in 2003 heartbreak.
I mean, of course I wanna see them in the playoffs. “Anything can happen in the playoffs.” It’s just that the non-Cain starters are 3-11 with a 5.50 ERA in the past month, and that doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence in not having my expectations dashed.
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Aug 27, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I understand what you’re saying (that you’re less confident if the Giants make the playoffs than you’d like to be). I just found the choice of word a little strange because it implies that you’d rather they did not make the playoffs because of your lack of confidence.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Gotcha
I guess a better way of putting it would be, in say, May, I really really wanted them to get in, and take their chances with Timmy and Cain and an anything can happen offense.
Now, honestly, I’m more like “meh”. I don’t think they can win this year, again, unless somehow one of Timmy, Dirty, FFFF, or Zito is somehow shut-down sharp in the playoffs. So, whether they don’t make the playoffs, or get sent home in the first round – I mean, I guess the second is better. But … “meh”.
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Aug 27, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I get what you’re saying. Honestly, I think the starters may need to step up a bit over their recent performances if the Giants are to make the playoffs at all. Unless of course the Phillies only play the Astros from here on out…
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
You would want them to make the playoffs even if they have little chance of WS because the young ’uns could get playoff experience.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 27, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, Good Point
And I guess teams make like $1.5-2m revenue per playoff game, or something like that. So – more money is better than less, amirite?
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Aug 27, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I honestly just want Huff to be able to play in the playoffs. I know it’s weird.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
What I’d like to see is benches-clearing brawl, with guns.
I would think the MLB would frown upon that.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 27, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, Saturday and Sunday become must-wins after Lincecum gets beat on tonight. Oh yeah. Lincecum starts are Wellemeyer starts until he starts pitching at least like Joe Martinez.
Enough of that talk!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
until he starts pitching at least like Joe Martinez.
I am both laughing and crying at the same time.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Really? Where could I find those? Do you know?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
There may even be pictures.
And some flu-like symptoms, too
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Aug 27, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
semi-OT
The lead singer for a local band I saw Wednesday night looks JUST like Lincecum.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Happy Orange Friday!
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ baetown415 ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
I am not sure how to interpret that sign....
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Where's the panda sex jpeg?
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.
yikes
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
NO.
But hey, there’s a guy in a Cal hat to the right.
GO BEARS!
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 27, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
More OT for air travelers
In the middle of an otherwise-peaceful British Airways flight from London to Hong Kong on Tuesday, a terrifying announcement blasted over the speakers.
The automated message warned the 275 passengers to brace themselves, because the plane was about to crash into the sea.
“We all thought we were going to die,” one passenger said.
Flight attendants quickly reassured the traumatized passengers that the message was a mistake, and British Airways say they are investigating how the incident could have happened.
Me, too.
I would have probably died of a heart attack anyway.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I have to fly quite a bit
I never enjoy it. Muscle relaxers help.
Oh by the way! The Phoenix airport has a terrific tequila bar in one of the terminals. I make frequent use of that place.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
The Phoenix Airport
has the most amazing rental car terminal I’ve ever seen
Maybe. But damn, it takes a long time to get there.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
It really does
But I light years better than LAX as far as delivering you to the car rental terminal.
LAX blows.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
If you are coming into Southern California
Long Beach is the best for getting you in and out…John Wayne is pretty good except it has no wifi…
LAX and Ontario are horrible.
If you come into John Wayne
I will pick you up. Rental car not needed. Of course you may never make it back.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Aug 27, 2010 12:52 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
NECROPHILIA FTW!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Burbank.
Saw Jose Canseco there.
But never watch NFL in the bar. Only bad losses are experienced there.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 27, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I saw George Forman in Houston. My dad got his autograph and talked with him like a hour in the same airport a different time.
Also when Joan Rivers couldn’t leave Costa Rica she flew out the same day and same airport I did. I never saw he though.
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 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I saw that jaws dude from 007 in the Denver airport once.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Saw Colin Quinn from old SNL at LaGuardia.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 27, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I saw Meg White at Heathrow
Just going through the metal detector, pleasant and unaffected as could be. A nice diversion after a long flight.
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 27, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I've seen MC Hammer, Huey Lewis, Rob Schneider, Tim Hardaway, Pedro Feliz and Jackson Browne at various airports
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
This sounds like the cast of a great "walks into a bar" joke.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
So you have seen us all at the airport?
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 can handle West Coast flights, but I’m flying to North Carolina in January, and I’m already trying to figure out how to get some xanax. ;-) I’d go with tequila, but I also get motion sickness, so I think I’ll pass. :-(
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I have a conference in Minnesota in a couple of weeks. Not really looking forward to that. I don’t have xanax, but I do have a neverending script for flexeril. =)
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Sweet! I hate flying in winter, but being a skating fan means that I end up flying in winter all the time. Portland in November shouldn’t be so bad, but flying into NC in the snow is going to freak me out.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I hate to fly too. One year (before Mr. Merope had moved out here) I went back to Ohio for the holidays. The day I came back was like the worst snowstorm they had had in YEARS. We weren’t sure if we could get to the airport, and if we could get to the airport… we weren’t sure if flights would be able to leave.
So we get there, I get on the plane, they de-ice the plane, we taxi out, and then sit for 20 minutes… 30 minutes into the sitting on the runway, watching the snow fly… the co-pilot comes walking back through the plane checking the wings. He gives a little shrug and goes back up to the cockpit. The passengers in my row were all “I’ve never seen THAT before!!” We did take off shortly thereafter, but man…
I would have had a full on panic attack, probably.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Then this one would have killed you..
I’m flying out of John Wayne in Orange County after a one day meeting in Marina Del Ray. Plane takes off at 8 PM heading back to SFO, heads out over the Pacific to make the turn, and loses all power, goes completly black, oxygen mask drop down and no sound at all for about ten seconds. It’s a strange feeling being fifteen thousand feet in the air with no sound but the wind rushing past the plane.
After about two minutes the pilot manages to restart the engines and proceeds to return to the airport under emergency status. They remove us from the plane, people go change their underwear and they start looking for another avail plane to get us home. After about an hour, they tell us they have a plane available and start boarding. The pilot boards after the passengers, discovers it’s the same freaking plane and refuses to take off. JWA has takeoff restrictions after 10PM. Dude sat there checking the water supply and anything he could think of until 10 PM. We all applauded him as we were leaving the plane. Hope he’s still employed.
Adopted Son: !Matt Downs Fangraphs I'll miss you my son.
Yea…. flying definitely sucks during the winter especially being here in Ohio… Also during the summer it can definitely get bad because when those summer storms come in, you could be sitting on the tarmac for a good 4 hours… that happened to me with my parents in Chicago, it was the worst experience ever, they started charging us for water
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I don’t mind flying but the return flight from the East Coast always kills me. I’m off to DC next Sunday so we’ll see how it goes, it doesn’t help that I’m flying on United.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Yeah, that does suck. Good luck. I hope you don’t have a layover in Dallas or O’Hare!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
No way
Flying on the company dime means I can afford direct flights.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
A supervisor I had in my last job was in a bar there when he noticed another patron was harassing the girl next to him. He got in his face and was punched out. The next day at work he was sporting a shiner. He was an ex-marine, but the guy got the best of him.
It wasn’t me!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
you and kdl go back a ways.
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 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
200 YARDS!
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ baetown415 ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
Meh about flying
but cannot stand flying on domestic airlines (except Southwest/Jetblue/Virgin America)…the level of service and amenities on domestic airlines is awful compared to Asian/European airlines.
Really?
I love flying and it’s incredibly safe. My favorite parts are when there is turbulence. Seriously.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
It’s a combination of two fears: heights and exploding.
by Every6thDay on Aug 27, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
/Lights match on plane
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 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
When I was learning to fly I heard a guy talking about how his instructor would kill the engine and hold a lit cigarette lighter in front of his face and say, "Fly or die".
"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 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I get killing the engine and making the student fly, but why the cigarette lighter?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Apparently to force him to concentrate with fire in his face?
"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 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, well, that makes sense then.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I am just a control freak, and I hate that I can’t just stop the plane and get off of it whenever I feel like it. It’s sort of claustrophobic.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I can get the claustrophobia thing
I am just too damn tall to fit in airline seats, so it’s always an uncomfortable trip for me and by the end I just want a little space.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Same problem. And of course a 5’4" person sitting in front of me always seem to lean their seat back. Never fails.
I recently flew in my uncle’s jet from LB to Laughlin, and it was the best flying experience of my life. That’s living in a whole other world. I could get used to that.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 27, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm a control freak about it to
I also don’t like riding when someone else is driving, unless I am very sure of their skill.
"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.
I hate bus rides, espcially the cheap Philly-NY/DC/BOS buses otherwise known as Bolt or Chinatown buses.
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 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm a control freak too
But planes are relaxing because it is all out of your control, so you can just chill. If the plane’s going to crash, there is just nothing you can do about it.
.
.
.
Also, as soon as we taxi on the runway, I’m instantly asleep.
/mmmmm, white noise.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 27, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
As soon as we take off I invariably think to myself, “Well no point in worrying now. We’re dead as fuck if something happens.”
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
When we take off I look around to look for the fat guys. That way I know which way not to go in an emergency.
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 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah you get used to it.
I think the trick is to fly just a little or a lot (100,000 miles per year). I actually took extra flights at the end of the year to get my miles…makes flying much more enjoyable. And you can feel like George Clooney.
I flew a lot as a kid (hooray having half my family in Italy), which probably made it seem like a trivial thing to me.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Actually this whole article is pretty tragically hilarious
Meanwhile, in one of the more ill-considered marketing moves in recent memory, Henan Airlines plastered a photo of a crashed, charred plane on its homepage this week, after 42 of its passengers died in the crash in China. The company has fired its president over the crash.
At least one of the week’s airline gaffes added a measure of adorability to the cavalcade of fear, safety fines and crash photos. A Thai woman was arrested at Beijing’s airport after she hid a drugged baby tiger in her suitcase, next to a stuffed toy tiger.
I was just reading this stroy.
Also: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW IT’S SO CUTE!
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.
Exactly
To have a pet like this is to reveal one’s utter lack of forethought.
"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 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
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 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Tigers love pepper. They hate cinnamon.
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on Aug 27, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
what do tigers dream of
when they take a little tiger snooze
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
/unplugs runway lights
Just kidding
/plugs them back in
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
THERE'S A SALE AT PENNY'S
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
Boat?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Nevermind. Context fail.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
I got it
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ baetown415 ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
But the discussion was about planes.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
What if I came here to get news about seaplanes?
"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 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
exactly.
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ baetown415 ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
I don't actually remember why I made this
I think it had to do with Aaron Rowand.
"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 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
That's
just what they’ll expect us to do …
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Aug 27, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I find it weird that there is an automated message for that.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I remember a similar story a while back
I think it was Air France or something and they accidetnally played the “brace for impact” message on French, but didn’t repeat it in English, so havlf the passengers were freaking out and the other half were all, “Doo doo da doo doo”
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
It’s nice to know airlines have an automated “we are about to crash” message.
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.
Well, presumably, the people who might say it would be too busy trying to prevent the crash or dead or freaking out and forget to say it.
by Every6thDay on Aug 27, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
We are about to crash. Have a nice day.
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 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Thank you for flying United Airlines
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
At least Timmy doesn't have to get Tommy John like Strasburg
Is that positive?
How can you type those words
We need some reverse jinx mojo stat!
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.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 27, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
how many phenom prospects are gonna have to get tommy john surgery before people start realizing that the “picture of perfect mechanics” may be wrong?
Didn't Prior have perect McChanics too?
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.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 27, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
but then he threw 3 million innings in a week and a half.
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.
Dusty Baker
knows how to handle a pitching staff: Robb Nen (2002 Giants Bullpen), Kerry Wood, Mark Prior
Did he? I always thought the USC pitching coach’s mechanics teachings were highly controversial?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 27, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Or just that there really is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
What’s the inverted W? Where the arm snaps from behind the back?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
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How did it become the inverted W
and not just an M?
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Is an M just too plain, and thus nobody would know when someone is talking about it?
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The outside strokes on an M are vertical; the outside strokes on a W are slanted. See?
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by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Depends on your font choice I guess.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Yeah, why not just call it a "Trebuchet M"?
Then everyone will know what you’re talking about.
"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 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Comic Sans
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I call it a sideways 3
and all my peers know what I’m talking about.
Here's to the Dodgers and their bucket of suck.
Looks more like the cingular guy.
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.
comes above their shoulders.
"Baseball is a game filled with moments of anticipation. The ones who can keep their calm while heading in to a storm can make their mark on a season. And what happens in those moments is what turns mere men… in to Giants."
My Son
Well played
"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 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I have to say
Tommy John is an incredible guy. To be a major league pitcher and a world renowned surgeon at the same time is amazing.
Wow.
He does both at the same time? WHAT A GUY!
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.
The conversation went something like this
Doctors: Tommy, you need Tommy John surgery
TJ: What? I’m not even a doctor and you expect me to operate on myself?
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
LOL!
"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 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Tom Waits is similar in this respect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Mw6b1T50U
"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 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Tom Waits is awesome...
…but I had no idea Timmy was in that video
LOL
While watching it I was thinking that this could be Timmy and Cain in 20 years.
"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 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
IRL
Ted Williams: fighter plane ace, inducted into the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame, and, well, Ted Williams
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Aug 27, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Cool.
I’m sure he was kicking himself about not getting into the arm surgery business once he found out about Tommy.
Busy
with the head cryogenics business
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Aug 27, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Anyone find it ironic
that Strasburg goes down with TJ surgery just as Jordan Zimmerman returned from having it?
Forecast, no bueno
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
Oh, thanks, White Sox. Just keep shoveling your young pitching over to the NL West for a bunch of broken-down jalopies like Jake Peavy and Edwin Jackson. It’s a good thing the White Sox didn’t draft Stephen Strasburg, as he would have been traded to the Rockies for Aaron Cook in July.
And it’s a good thing Beane didn’t draft Colby Rasmus, or he would have already shipped him off to a NL West rival for a bag of balls.
(Carlos Gonzales/Andre Ethier reference …)
¡Viva los Gigantes!
LOL explaining your joke
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I never know
what people know, and what they don’t …
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Aug 27, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it weird that I’m actually sad about Strasburg?
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It is kind of a bummer.
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IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
It was just so exciting to see him pitch. And now, how can anyone ever get excited for a pitching prospect again?
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Isn’t that what we said after Prior?
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
So now we’ve been fooled twice.
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And Wood.
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
And I imagine they said that after Gooden,
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
after Prior?
I think we also said that before Later
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Ouch!
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
No...it always a little sad to see talent being waste
Unless the talent is on any team in the NL West other than the Giants
I do feel bad for the Nats
They looked to be building something there. Apparently, Harper was there yesterday and was jacking bombs too
It makes me appreciate how lucky we've been to this point with Cain and Timmy
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Aug 27, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m sad about it too. He was a lot of fun to watch, and it gave the locals here in DC a good reason to talk about baseball.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the Fresno Grizzlies.
Does this mean that he’ll be able to pitch with his “poor” mechanics after TJ surgery? Aren’t the ligaments artificially stronger after the surgery? I don’t know much about it.
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Aug 27, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Absolutely not.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I feel bad for the Nats and for Strasburg
I’m a little bit upset at networks like ESPN though. It might not be rational, but their obsession with Strasburg and his impending MLB debut put tons of pressure on him. The bottom line news crawler showing the “Countdown to first pitch” and the ridiculous media hype was a little unfair for the kid. He probably felt like he needed to throw every single pitch like it had to be perfect.
Here's to the Dodgers and their bucket of suck.
There seems to be a belief floating out there among a certain demographic that Will Clark is or was racist. Thoughts?
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Do you think a racist dude would last as a 1st base coach? A team would can him or hide him in the front office. I don’t think he is a racist, he probably has said some racist things. I have too, it just the nature of being raised by a parent who was born pre-busing.
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Racists have been able to exist at every job possible.
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For sure, I just don’t think he would be able to get away with it now.
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I think you’re right.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Yeah I am mixed up. But the other points still stand.
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
That word
means a lot of different things to a lot of different people.
So, probably, by some definitions, the answer would be “unmistakably so”, by other definitions, the answer would be, “don’t be ridiculous”.
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Aug 27, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I doubt "racist"...he would have had a hard time getting by with that.
But I bet he was the least “politically correct” player on the roster.
This probably the best way to phrase it.
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Sigh...
He has a wicked slider, which means you are guaranteed to see Aaron Rowand’s spot start on the night Hudson pitches.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Are we sure Rowand is still going to get spot starts?
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Pretty sure
But it would be nice if he didn’t.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Aaron Rowand: Official DPHD
Designated Pinch-Hitting Decoy
Here's to the Dodgers and their bucket of suck.
FULL ON PANIC MODE
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Yeah, brown did something for me
Brought my replacement lamp so maybe I can actually watch the game.
Don’t ever buy a Samsung.
Does anyone have a Vizio? If so, do you like it?
I like my open box insignia TV.
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I really like my Panasonic plasma TV, except for the large amount of heat it generates.
This makes it inconvenient for an upstairs room lacking A/C.
"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 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I doubt that. Maybe in the beginning but not now.
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah
just did more research on it…
…samsung doesn’t actually make vizios, but vizio uses components from samsung (and LG, too) and then builds em.
substantial difference between my 1st statement and this one. ha
My Samsung TV is also on the fritz
Stupid lines on the right side appeared about a few weeks after the warranty expired…possible bad panel or board…but apparently it happens with LCDs (Sonys are actually more notorious for this problem)
With that said…the pictures on the TV were great…Vizio are okay but not the same level as Samsung or Sony
Just FYI for everyone, on woot.com, they are selling refurbished 32’ TV’s for 299.00
It’s a Phillips TV….
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Aug 27, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Here is the one I am looking at. It actually has excellent ratings above Samsung and Sony. Are they high?
http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/vizio-xvt553sv/4505-6482_7-34122871.html?tag=lia;rcol
I don't know specifically for this model
Except ratings for Vizio TVs are usually curved higher because they are cheaper than Samsung and Sony…Cnet puts a lot of emphasis of value…
I think of Vizio like the Hyundai of TVs where Samsung and Sony are like the Lexus, BMW, and Mercedes…Hyundais are great value and excellent cars but there is something different when you sit/drive a Lexus/BMW/Mercedes…
The Rockies exist to annoy the Giants, and they’re slowly creeping back into the wild-card race. I
May God damn the fucking Colorado Rockies.
They seem to be having another one of their suspiciously huge home-road split seasons again – .672% at home, .385% on the road.
Most teams of course have an advantage coming home – home team fans, sleeping in their own beds, team is designed to take advantage of quirks of the home park, etc.
But Rox opponents are scoring 109% runs per game at Coors this year compared with Rox away games, but the Rox are getting a 165% offensive boost by coming home. <sci fi movie doctor voice, with horrified look> That’s … just … not … natural …</voice & look>
Yet again – he that controls the humidor, controls the games at Coors field.
One of the best teams in the NL? More like the Pirates plus a bunch of cheating.
¡Viva los Gigantes!
the Rawks are never out of it so long as the magic number is higher than their home games remaing
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
I want to repost Huff’s whole new blog on here, but I’ll go with just this:
What are your hobbies when you’re not playing baseball?
My kid! When you’re a father of a two-year-old, you don’t have much time for anything but him. Before Jayce was born, I liked to paint. Oils and airbrush. Mostly landscapes. In a high school drawing class, I drew a portrait of Barry Bonds from a photo in a magazine. When I was with the Rays and we were playing the Giants, I sent the drawing over to Giants clubhouse through Dustin Mohr. Bonds signed it, "To Huff. God Bless. Barry Bonds.’’ I have it hanging in my memorabilia room at home.
He also talks about his tattoos. Go read it. Now!
http://aubreyhuff.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/08/fearlessness-and-confidence.html
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Me, too!
Makes me think of Brett Tomko, lol. Who is, apparently, with the River Cats now? He was interviewed for an article I was reading about the River Cats/Grizzlies rivalry and the series this week.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I find this both creepy and adorable. More adorable, but kinda creepy.
I also can’t imagine Huff as an artist, for some reason. It seems like he’d get made at the canvas at some point and completely destroy it
"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 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Getting mad at the canvas and completely destroying it makes him sound a perfect artist.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 27, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
“This pictures so beautiful! I’m gonna fuck it up!!!”
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s probably one of those kids who’d draw viking cyborgs fighting dinosaurs on his math homework. And penises.
LOL
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
HEY!
FUCK YOU, NATTO!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I paste viking cyborgs fighting dinosaurs and penises on all my work email.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I want to work with Lars. Most of my work emails were terribly boring.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
You would hate me
I am very much like Grant’s boss.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
You hump desks and post random shit on your employees successful blogs? Sounds like fun.
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, you would have to stay away from my successful blog.
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Like we didn’t all know already that you were the kid in grade school drawing detailed pictures of various sex organs all over your notebook
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Pee Chee Folder!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
What are the general feelings of Contemporary Art?
I only ask because I need some good insults when this douche bag Contemp Art Gallery owner yells at me again.
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
This is the current center piece of the gallery
.
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Looks like the start of the background for the Huff pictures.
by Every6thDay on Aug 27, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey I can use that one!
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Will Clark?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Everyone loves gradients.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually that is just the flash from the camera. No Gradient.
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Now I hate this piece.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
TWHS
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
oic
I was OK with it as pictured. But if it’s really just solid? Um.
Oh no
My wife and I are both of Irish descent, so we got engaged three years ago, we decided to both get four-leaf clovers. (Hers is on her wrist.)
Their relationship is doomed.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
/shift-A
I hate Friday classes.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 27, 2010 11:33 AM PDT reply actions
Me too. That’s why I refuse to take them
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 27, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I was seriously hoping that I wouldn’t get a Friday class this semester, but Spanish 1 is on MWF, so. Fuck. That plus the price of my textbook (used) is enough to convince me to not take Spanish 2.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 27, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Math classes
have the worst textbook prices, IME. Usually they’re around $100 even used.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Those exist?
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The registrar has them filed under “spite.”
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
That’s sadistic.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 27, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I originally went to SRJC which is on MW, TR schedule. I thought that was awesome, until I went to UNH and took MWF and TR classes. It really allows you to take extra course and get done early.
When I transferred only one semester (out of three) transferred with me and I still completed college in 4 years.
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by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Bryce Harper: “If Strasburg can’t stay healthy and stay on the field then we don’t want him on this team.”
"Notre Dame will win the BCS national championship. Count it." -PiKAgiant
For real?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
yeah
i can’t actually believe even Bryce Harper would be stupid enough to say that.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I can. Nobody like Bryce Harper.
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Bryce Harper big idiot. Hulk no like Harper
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Bryce Harper isn’t even on ‘this team’ is he?
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 27, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
just to clarify, he didn’t actually say this
"Notre Dame will win the BCS national championship. Count it." -PiKAgiant
by HoosierGiant on Aug 27, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
SI_JonHeyman
white sox won the claim for manny
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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.
Honestly...
No NL teams were going to claim him (pretty much a DH now) and no losing AL teams were going claim him due to the price tag and age…
lol guillen and manny
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
extrabaggs
So, wait. This means the Giants DIDN’T put in a claim on Manny Ramirez? What will they do without that all-important eighth outfielder?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 27, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
YOU BASTARD
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.
Haters gonna hate.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 27, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
HATE I SHALL, COLLEGE GIRL!
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.
FINE BY ME, FRESNO.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 27, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
WITHOUT FRESNO YOU WOULD BE NOTHING! OR SOMETHING!
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.
GAHDDAMMIT, MAN.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 27, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Chop was created in a laboratory in Fresno?!
It all makes sense now.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, don’t tell the religious ones, but Lamb Chop is a test tube sock.
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 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
And so my secret is revealed.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 27, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s why she smells like flowers. They could never get rid of that side effect
"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 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Also Snarky Baggs
Andrew Baggarly extrabaggs
So, wait. This means the Giants DIDN’T put in a claim on Manny Ramirez? What will they do without that all-important eighth outfielder?
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.
Schilling
Did anyone see Curt Schilling break down Strasburg’s motion on ESPN? It was interesting, I guess. Alludes a little to what Chris Lincecum was saying about how he doesn’t throw the baseball at full extension. But Schilling doesn’t mention anything about Strasburg’s stride, which was Chris Lincecum’s main concern.
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Aug 27, 2010 11:47 AM PDT reply actions
I would take Schilling’s commentary more seriously if he wasn’t utterly full of shit.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
He can do some solid analysis.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
He can, he just chooses not to. Before Strasburg was even called up, Schilling was calling him the best pitcher in the major leagues right now, before he’d ever thrown a single pitch to a major league hitter.
Don’t get me wrong, Strasburg has great stuff, but it’s off the cuff proclamations like that which epitomize Schilling’s penchant for yammering when he should be keeping his mouth shut.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
This.
I would be ok if Schilling were stricken mute.
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.
Actually
The video is pretty solid when it’s muted. Thank god for graphics.
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Aug 27, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
OT: Can someone help me figure out what this means?
Chip tha ripper…. Goes ham on the whole fuckin cleveland show drop.
Someone posted that as their FB status.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
It means you need new friends.
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 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Barbara Billingsley could probably tell you what this means.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
They are looking for a good ham sandwich in Cleveland.
Duh.
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.
he's a rapper from cleveland
associated act: kid cudder
So by “Cleveland show drop,” he means, “the concert in Cleveland?”
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
And by “goes ham,” means gets all anti-semitic?
by Every6thDay on Aug 27, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
to quote the scholarly journal Urban Dictionary:
a derivative of the word mayhem v. meaning to raise mayhem
Shelley hit me in the balls and ran, I’m going ham the next time i see her.
Surprisingly, it’s a rare Urban Dictionary entry not also defined as a sex act.
Bowkermania runs wild...in Indianapolis.
by rightcenterfielder on Aug 27, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Mmmm...ham
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I do not care for ham.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Me neither. But bacon!
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Bacon is like candy from a pig.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
"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 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, just trust me on this: chocolate-covered bacon is so wrong its right
"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 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven’t tried that, but I’d like to.
Also, a friend has a recipe for bacon peanut-butter cookies that sounds like it just has to be awesome. Haven’t made them yet, but I will have to.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
We need a Bacon-Recipe Thread someday.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 27, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Bacontini
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Hmm.
That doesn’t look too good. When I saw bacontini I was thinking it would be something involving bacon-infused bourbon, which I have been meaning to make for some time.
So no prosciutto for you?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Prosciutto is excellent.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
My 5-year-old son will hoover up any prosciutto within a 10-yard radius. He’s going to bankrupt us. I love the stuff, but seriously it’s the one thing that I know he’ll eat. That and a plate full of lox (which will double bankrupt us).
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 27, 2010 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, new movie called The Town featuring Don Draper with a machine gun.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Didn’t she take her shirt off after winning a soccer match?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Quick search on Mia Hamm shows her with Nomah??
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
She’s been married to Nomah for a long time, I think.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
have you tried it in a box?
with a fox?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Chip tha ripper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Hn0yM00Fo
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 27, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
uhhh translation:
-The Cleveland Show was canceled on Fox.
-Chip tha Ripper is very upset about it.
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Aug 27, 2010 11:52 AM PDT reply actions
whoa, you are amazing
I can’t believe you actually parsed that!
Also, the Cleveland Show was the worst thing since… since the last terrible thing FOX tried to shove down America’s collective throat.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
The show hasn’t been canceled. That whole Sunday night animation block is doing well for FOX. I don’t know how/why, but it is.
by Every6thDay on Aug 27, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Old people trying to young, young people trying to be mature.
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 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
well
it’s still a fucking abomination.
i still watch the Simpsons (i know, i know), even though only 1 in 10 episodes is even remotely funny.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I don’t think I have watched anything Fox (other than MLB and NFL) in the past 3 years. And then it was only 24.
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 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
My TV gets used for baseball or DVDs
Otherwise it is off.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I watch a few HBO/Showtime shows but not much else.
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 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t even watch the Simpsons anymore. It’s an embarrassment.
by Every6thDay on Aug 27, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
If you kill off one Seth MacFarlane show
Fox will just spawn five more to replace it.
Bowkermania runs wild...in Indianapolis.
by rightcenterfielder on Aug 27, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Check out this new Seth MacFarlane featuring [Overweight Dad], [Nagging Wife], [Two Kids], and [Talking Animal]!
/shudders
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
You know, some of his adult only stuff is pretty funny. His G-rated stuff is just crap.
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 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
That was him? Those are great. I was talking about family guy and the Cleveland show and American Dad. I guess they aren’t G rated but they are crap. His shorts he posts online are pretty good though.
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 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, he was a writer and animator on them. He didn’t create them. That would be Genndy Tartakovsky and Van Partible respectively.
someone should hand Genndy Tartakovsky a big pile of money and fame
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
How come the Giants didn't claim Ramirez off of waivers?
They could have used another veteran outfielder.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
DO WANT
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
In a purely baseball sense that it.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Tim Lincecum Listening to some music and getting ready for tonight
7 minutes ago via Text Message
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Timmy has a Facebook?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 27, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Ghost written
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s funny, because Huff admitted that Joan Ryan writes his blog after interviewing him. Take a note, Bengie!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Ha!
Bengie’s mom writes his. When she’s not crying about the mean things people say about him.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 27, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
He told you that on Wednesday?
Because I can’t imagine him saying that to the press.
Then again, it’s .
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 27, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
- it’s Huff.
/Dam slow computer.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 27, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
No, he said it when he was on Murph & Mac the other morning.
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 awesome.
makes me love that crazy fucker even more.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Me, too. The unadulterated honesty is so refreshing.
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 didnt think it was really him but apparently it is.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 27, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Another fantastic article by Will Leitch.
http://deadspin.com/5623743/tony-la-russa-isnt-lying-about-being-apolitical-thats-the-problem
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
I could not care less whether Tony LaRussa attends a Glenn Beck rally or not. I just think he’s a major douchebag for having his runners steal with a 7-0 lead.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
by Kitspool on Aug 27, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
9,000,000 pitching changes over 2 innings
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I noticed the base stealing in Sunday's game against the Giants.
Yet LaRussa seems like the type that would whine if another team did that to him. Didn’t he throw bats at a reporter once. He’s so clearly a big baby and very self-righteous.
Yes
He’s a lawyer.
/ducks
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Please, like I haven’t heard 1,000,000 disparaging lawyer jokes in my life.
Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending upon how you look at it), I am far too confident to let little jabs like that derail me. ;-)
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
What do you call 1,000,000 lawyer jokes at the bottom of the ocean????
.
.
.
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
What kills me the most is when he bitches on behalf of Chris Carpenter.
Chris Carpenter is more than well equipped to bitch for himself, thank you very much.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
This has never bugged me
Considering that two days ago, 9-run leads were erased in two separate games, it’s hard to argue that a 7-0 lead is so insurmountable that you should stop trying to add to 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
Cool
Dontrelle Lincecum pitches tonight!
by projectmayhem713 on Aug 27, 2010 12:41 PM PDT reply actions
Seriously? I’ll be there.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Oh, wait, I totally misunderstood your comment. NM.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Your douche filter needs an upgrade.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
DOUCHE IS NOT USEFUL
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2010/08/summers-eve-ad-douche-more-earn-more.html
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Man
I sure hope Lincecum snaps out of his little slump.
Chris Andersen could be in a porno with his 'stache. Too bad he still wouldn't know how to box out.
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
Quitter's Proud United Member #11
Grizzlies pitching match up tonight: Waldin vs. Tomko. LOL.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Waldin = Waldis Joaquin. I am not very smart today!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
For a second there, I though BF Skinner was going to take the mound.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Skin box?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Wow, sorry my Goldmember is so huge.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Super Nintendo Chalmers?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I just made up a new name: Waldin. It’s like how I call us “Kars.”
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
lol
This brought to mind that “Kars 4 Kids” commercial. =o
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s a good thing I don’t really refer to us as that, then, huh? ;-)
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
It takes a lot to embarrass me but I think that would probably do it.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL KARS
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
And just like that, a new meme is born…
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
appropriately cutesy
for the meaning
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
In that case…
Just kidding. :-)
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
No worries. ;-)
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately, I seem to have inadvertently made this into something that is not going to go away. Whoops.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
‘Larstin’
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL associating Walden with Skinner and not Thoreau!
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
ouch.
who will suck more?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
russel martin
of course
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
by lame-o on Aug 27, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’ll probably see a lot of home runs!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
RYROHLD!
Doesn’t really have the same ring to it.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Or the same chance of happening.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Hey, watch it!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Sorry I’m just mad about Matt Downs.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I gotcha. I think the Giants like Ryan, though, so deal with it. :-)
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
They loved that bunt attempt.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Hey, you’re usually on my side in these conversations!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Haha
I am, I am all for RyRohl, but I could not resist that jab.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I am going to use the last of my voice to cheer for him tonight. :)
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I just remembered that the last time RyRohl faced Tomko, he hit three home runs. I can look forward to an excellent night tonight!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
I wonder if Tomko will remember that and try to knock him down?
Same seats as yesterday?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
If Tomko so much as touches a hair on Ryan’s head, I’m charging the mound myself. ;-)
I’m a section closer to the dugout, but about 5 rows back. Nothing’s going to compare to that front row seats I had last night.
Speaking of, did I tell you I got Eugenio’s autograph? I didn’t give him a hug for you, though. Sorry!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Speaking of, did I tell you I got Eugenio’s autograph? I didn’t give him a hug for you, though. Sorry!
DAMN IT!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
That would have been terrific:
/Hug,
“That was from my friend, Lars. You remind him of Abraham Lincoln.”
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.
There was another random lady who he hugged twice. Did you send her?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
Unless you overheard a “Oh, Lars!” I admit nothing. =p
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
It was actually really cute. He was obviously really excited to see her, and I felt bad because I waylaid him on his way over there. I really only stopped him because my mom wanted to say hi to him, lol.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
If you get your mom to start calling him Zorak, I am going to have to propose to you right here and now! ;-)
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
She already calls Rowand “Scott.” Also, I think she’s used both the term “Velezbian” and “Romosexual” on different occasions.
What do I win?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
A weekend getaway? ;-)
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
You’ve already got an awesome mom, what more could you want?
"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
Hush you!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
So that means you won’t be very talkative at the game tomorrow?
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
LOL TOMKO
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I am not going to get to watch any Giants games for the next 6 games.
Do well Giants.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
No MLB at Bat?
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 27, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Tonight thru tomorrow I will be in the mountains working a camp, cell service spotty.
Sunday thru Tuesday night I will be at Disneyland.
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.
Whoo, camp.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Meh. I would rather watch the Giants.
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.
Its the first weekend of family camp for our council.
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.
SCOUT6
Get it?
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Monday we hear from scout7, “HAI GAIZ!”
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
“Anyone know a good laundromat that does not ask questions?”
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.
scout me 1 through 5 times, shame on you. scout me 6 times, shame on me
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
This sounds like a pick up line.
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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiMHTK15Pik
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Strasburg is injured and out for all of next season what the FUCK?!?!?@!?!?!
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I remember reading an article
About how Yuniesky Betancourt sucked so bad that he cost the M’s a chance to draft Strasburg. Perhaps he just saved their franchise.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
SJGiants
OF Francisco Peguero and LHP Eric Surkamp were named to the California League Postseason All-Star Team today. Congrats to both players!
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.
Looks like Timmy activated his real Facebook again and I’m still friends with him. It hasn’t been active since 2007.
not this one? http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/TimLincecum?ref=ts
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
I think that’s just his fan page. He has an actual profile that he was using before he blew up.
by kingofthacove on Aug 27, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: HA!
Man Sues Baseball, Claims condensing games to highlights was his idea.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
/Shift-A
What’d I miss?
Religion and politics?! No, really.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
i really didnt start it or was a part of it really
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I'm amazed at how civil that subthread stayed
good job us!
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
For the most part
and no matter what other blogs think of us, we all are pretty civil and not assholes to each other.
One of the more cool things about this place, and why I love it.
Also that I can talk cartoons with other adults.
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.
but fuck the Padres, right?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
fuck them right in the ear.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Of course. That goes without saying.
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.
true
not assholes to each other.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Hey,
if people from other blogs come in and are not complete ass hats, then we are pretty civil to them too.
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.
true
but still, fuck the Padres
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
by Viliphied on Aug 27, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Actually I think there’s quite a bit of the “That’s my brother/sister and I can beat the crap out of him/her anytime I damn well feel like, but if anybody else tries to mess with him/her look out!!!!” mentality here.
I’m a fan of AZ leaving Stephen Drew and Mark Reynolds in SF after the series is over.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
A lot of you guys seem to be Stephen Drew fans. Any particular reason (besides our gaping hole at SS for next season)?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
That's it for me!
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Aug 27, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, looking at his numbers he’s pretty much league average or slightly above league average… But I’d imagine there’d be a drop in some of those numbers going from Chase Field to AT&T… especially given that all his HRs this season have been to right field.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Yeah. My friend and I spent all summer musing in our private delusional bliss that the Giants would trade Aaron Rowand, Eugenio Velez, and two other minor leaguers for Hanley Ramirez or Elvis Andrus.
A boy can dream.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Oh hai, I was looking for the Aaron Rowand Lost gif earlier. Is it not in the McImage director?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 27, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s a gif section! This is most excellent
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 27, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Is the Castillo tombstone in there?
I was looking for it when he came up the other day but couldn’t find it.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
dude hit doubles?
i think i have that somewhere
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
please mark this OT
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
What do I hell do I do with my day now?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 27, 2010 2:33 PM PDT reply actions
Maybe I’ll start watching BSG but howie has ruined that for me.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 27, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't like the movie
cartoon Ang is BA
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Thing is...
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
...to me?
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
MOST DIVERSE CAST IN HISTORY!
MORE ETHNICALLY ACCURATE!
Also: you can post that again.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
LOLAZNS... me WHITE AMERICAN and Armenian
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
white american
contradiction in terms?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
i mean if we’re talking about ancestry
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
nah
this continent was referred to as “America” long before the US of A was founded
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
nah
since they didn’t maintain an ongoing presence here
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
And it wasn’t yet called America even before they were run off.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
tell that to Lars
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
We came. We Saw. We said “fuck this place”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I gave up on hollywood depicting AZNs properly
when they casted three Chinese actress for the lead character in Memoir of a Geisha…
Also…Hollywood also manage to always get Chinese to play Japanese characters and Koreans to play Chinese characters
Well, at least that’s a step up from John Wayne in facepaint.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
I can see that
but I also think that’s splitting-hairs. Why is it ok for Bryan Singer to cast Ian McKellan as an ex-Nazi in Apt Pupil, then cast him as a Holocaust survivor in X-Men, and no one bats an eyelash – he’s neither German nor Jewish.
"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 27, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, that usually doesn’t bother me much considering we’re limited in the roles we can get to begin with. But in the case of Geisha, where the characters had to speak Japanese, it didn’t make sense to cast Chinese actresses. Same with Tokyo Drift.
I think the issue is that from the outside...AZN are all alike
when in fact they are very different culturally.
This is especially true in Memoir where Japanese culture is basically the key theme of the movie..
That fuckin’ Jackie Chan….
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 28, 2010 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Believe me, I understand
I consider myself an activist in the API community. I’ve heard the arguments. When I was in school, I’d be the first one with the rally cry. But Asians/Asian Americans are so underrepresented in general, I’ll take what I can get.
"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 27, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I personally don't like that view
because it basically says that AZN will be stereotyped and we will be happy with it because we get exposure…
There needs to be an AZN “Tyler Perry” movement
Perhaps losing the AZN thing would help your cause? It seems to me that if you lumps yourselves all together, everyone else will as well.
But then again, who am I to talk? I can’t even get a Norwegian Heritage Night!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
ALL YOU NORDICS ARE TEH SAME!
"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 27, 2010 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
If by “the same”, you mean AWESOME, then yes, us Nordics are all the same.
Now where the hell is my Norwegian Heritage Night?!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I'm not sure if that will work
ironically because there is no clear-cut definition of Asian American culture. That’s not to say there is a clear-cut definition of African American culture and that Tyler Perry represents them justly.
If every Asian American actor waited for a role in which he/she played someone with the same background as him/her, you’d see far fewer Asians on TV/film than the already limited amount you see now.
"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 27, 2010 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
honestly though
ditto for whites.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I’ve been meaning to watch that too. Put it on the list!
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 27, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
That show rules
Then watching it again with the ’extras" on Nick Toons was also awesome.
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.
Nick > Disney
I mean CatDog, Hey Arnold, AHHH! Real Monsters, Rocko’s Modern Life, Rugrats they where sweet
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
were*
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I was not down with Hey Arnold or AHHH Real Monster.
Rugrats and CatDog were great. I was aware of Rocko’s Modern Life, but not as much as others.
Phineas and Ferb are my kids cartoon of choice right now. Well, ones that have new episodes anyway.
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 love Hey Arnold, like Ahhh Real Monsters and Rugrats (old episodes anyway), and am meh about Catdog. I just started watching Phineas and Ferb.
Phineas and Ferb is the greatest thing to happen since things were things.
There are so many references that kids would never pick up. Plus Doofenschmirtz may be one of the greatest characters ever created.
Doof you, Doof me, Doof everyone!
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.
Plus,
the songs are really catchy.
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.
Rugrats was good and then I felt began to stop when Kimmy came in
I may have to start watching Phineas and Ferb
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
P&F was co-created by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh
Or: The guy who created Rocko’s Modern Life.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
This sounds great
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
This piece of information is what got all my friends to start watching.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
voice of Rocko:
Carlos Alazraqui. Also voiced the Taco Bell chihuahua, and is a close personal friend of mine. And a Bay Area native.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Haha
Awesome.
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.
absolutely hilarious
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Those are all the same guy! Awesome!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Er, that first exclamation was meant to be a question. Bleh.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
He also voices Lazlo in the show Camp Lazlo, which happens to be from the creators of Rocko’s Modern Life as well. It’s a fun show.
huh, never hearda
is it a current thing?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
rad, will track it down
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
the who in the what, now?
j/k
thanks
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Hey, he was in Reno 911 with biff pocoroba’s cousin. Six degrees, and all that.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
What about Doug?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I think everyone watched Doug.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
:D
I loved it Skeeter Patty and Porkchop <3
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I was Quailman for Halloween last year.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
one of my favorite shows ever
"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 27, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked the pre-2000 seasons of Hey Arnold
and my little brother always liked Ahh real monsters and I remember laughing from time to time
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Also Angry Beavers!
I stopped watching Nick right before Spongebob hit. I’m pretty okay with that.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Spongebob is mediocre at best
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel that it tries to hard to be funny
and the main reason I feel its Mediocre now was because it had a dull first two seasons to me.
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
although it's mostly going over the same ground now,
i loved it early on. super subversive, weird, and funny.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Not in the Bay Area
Is the weather back to normal?
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
Yep.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Good
SHIT BREATH
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Aug 27, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
PISS FACE!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s amusing seeing people on Facebook complain about the cold after complaining about the heat earlier in the week.
I’d never complain about the cold.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 27, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
As a Teamster, I learned the value of finding something to complain about in any situation.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Why did I read this as
As a Teamaster…
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.
JD has a part-time gig in a maid cafe.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to… I’ve put on some weight the past few years.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
All i got to say about the heat, is DEAL WITH IT, never had air condition
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
that suuuuucks
i don’t know what i’d do if i didn’t have AC in the central valley summers.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
didnt live in the central valley... but if you live in the Bay Area and complain about the heat...
comeon people
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
oh yeah for reals
when I lived in SLO, i got pissed when people bitched about the heat.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
i mean... for real... you live in the best possible location in the country
and people still complain about the heat? it gets up to a 100 about 5 days of the year
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
in SLO?
i think you mean about 5 days out of the decade.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
OT: Last Exorcism is possibly the worst movie I've ever seen in theaters
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 2:57 PM PDT reply actions
Push is the worst movie I've seen in theaters.
The only time I have ever walked out of a movie.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I avoided seeing that
when I saw it on dvd I turned it off, lately any movie that was nominated for an academy award gives me no interest. Except Inglorious Basterds
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
for some reason i thought it was nominated for an award
got movies confused
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah but
why would you NOT see a movie if it had been nominated for an Academy Award? i don’t understand your selection process.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
well I was watching movies that were nominated
and some of them I found no interest in and others I thought were complete garbage. My views and critics views about movies aren’t compatible
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you of the Joe Bob Briggs school of movie criticism?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I have no clue what this even means!
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 27, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Blood, Beasts and Breasts.
Pihrana sounds perfect
"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.
worst movie i've seen in theatres
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Mark Ruffalo, man
Dude was in some amazing stuff early in his career — You Can Count on Me ruled — but he’s been in some of the worst Hollywood rom-com bullshit too. So bizarre.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
OT: This announcer's call is hilarious.
http://thebubble.msn.com/video/?id=ca824843-55bc-43df-9c97-7c2d6030b1f1
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
LOL YOUR SIG
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.
This animated gif looks very unanimated.
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.
/still watching…?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 27, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Manny awarded to the White Sox (acording to CBS Sports advert)
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
"awarded"
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.
AmyGGiants
#sfgiants Friday lineup: Torres CF Posey C Huff 1B Burrell LF Guillen RF Sandoval 3B Uribe SS Sanchez 2B Lincecum RHP
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 miss Cody Ross already.
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.
Facebook Gems
Troyr Oh shit…… I wonder of Lincee will pitch left handed tonite, if he does he mite olny give uo 4 runs insted of 10, help the era a little… Go Giants!!!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Ben Sheets Done?
JohnSheaHey
Ben Sheets visits A’s in Texas and says he’ll miss 2011 and doesn’t know if he’ll pitch again. "My arm is gonna tell me. I’m not (CONT) . .
JohnSheaHey
Sheets: “I’m not going to pitch like I did this year — results-oriented — but if my arm feels great, I’ll give it a shot. Up in the air.”
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.
the champagne room
they should just rename it the sex room
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Ladies and gentlemen.. of the G.E.D. class of 1999
I have one piece of advice for you
No matter what a stripper tells you
There’s no sex in the Champagne Room.. NONE!
Oh there’s CHAMPAGNE in the Champagne Room
But you don’t want champagne.. you want sex
And there’s NO sex.. in the Champagne Room
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
It looked pretty orgy-licious up above.
“CLEAN UP IN THE CHAMPAGNE ROOM!”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
The meteor.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
OT: HEALTH CARE AND POLITICS
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
like i've said 1000 times before
SBN needs a ‘hide subthread’ feature (for everyone, not just mods). I’m enjoying this particular discussion, but I can understand if some people aren’t comfortable with it
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I skimmed it. 75% BS and hyperbole free. Not bad.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
by oldjacket on Aug 27, 2010 5:22 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
NOT PIKA'S FAULT!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
OT : Phillies or Padres tonight
What’s the lesser of 2 evils? I tend toward looking for the Phillies to lose and we’ll deal with the iPads later….
I know we hate the Padres
but the Giants are only 0.5 games ahead of the Phillies…why would we not want them to lose over the Padres?
Depends on if the goal is to win the division or not.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
If the Giants win
Nothing but good can come from this series.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Brock Bond will be the next Freddy Sanchez
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
What was your reaction to Bond being demoted to AA? Did you have a sad?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
put it this way... i was thinking about sending a letter to Brian Sabean asking him
WTF ARE YOU DOING
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
You should still do it.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
dude had some pretty legit numbers in AAA
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
His answer would have been “Drinking”.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
“I’m getting hammered, Pika! LOL UR HOCKEY TEAM! – sincerely, Sabes”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Schulman just reported that Timmy is wearing striped stirrups with white socks for BP.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
dunno how 60 Minutes hasn’t SWOOPED on Schulman yet. Dude breaks the big stories.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
It IS a big story. To me, anyway.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
really?!
I cannot wait to see this!
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ baetown415 ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
The actual story is that he plans on wearing 3 socks but only two will be visible.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
left foot, right foot… where the hell is he wearing the other sock?
no nevermind…I don’t want to know…
two socks on his left foot
duh
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
duh
obviously!
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ baetown415 ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
Just saw them a few minutes ago. They look pretty nice on him!
Live BP right now if anyone is interested: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=7270758
"Time for the laser show, boys!" — Aubrey Huff
Cody Ross is talking about how great the Giants fans are.
And now about how many ‘crazy characters’ are on the Giants. He mentions Wilson, Huff, and Lincecum.
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ baetown415 ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
I could watch this all day…
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on Aug 27, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I am in the minority, I like Amy G.
"Notre Dame will win the BCS national championship. Count it." -PiKAgiant
by HoosierGiant on Aug 27, 2010 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
hot
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants record is a lot better when Amy G is in attendance
"Notre Dame will win the BCS national championship. Count it." -PiKAgiant
by HoosierGiant on Aug 27, 2010 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Jaime Sire > Amy G
Also Amy’s husband did not vote Tim for CY
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Aug 27, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
i'm sorta meh on her
but at the charity event on Wednesday, i will say that she has lots more personality when not in front of a camera and is much more attractive in person.
"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 27, 2010 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Tito?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Daisey?
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Don't know why the Angels didn't shop him before the trade deadline
Left Handed…4-1, 23 saves, 4 BS, 3.52 ERA, 1.2 WHIP, .201 BAA, .132 BAA against lefties…
“sorry Tim, you just haven’t been getting it done.”
"Notre Dame will win the BCS national championship. Count it." -PiKAgiant
by HoosierGiant on Aug 27, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
It's funny cuz there is a huge discussion on LA sports radio whether the Bums should trade Manny because they are within 5 games for the WC
I guess the team doesn’t think it has a chance.
Giants BP anyone?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 27, 2010 5:30 PM PDT reply actions
I need to go there and tell him to stop limiting my monthly music consumption.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 27, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Never mind. Already pointed out.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 27, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey guys, new member here!!
I live in Petaluma and have been a Giants fan since forever it seems. Well, that’s not true, only all 26 years of my life, lol. anyhow, didn’t see if you guys had posted the lineup, so here it is:
CF Torres
C Posey
1B Huff
LF Burrell
RF Guillen
3B Sandoval
SS Uribe
2B Sanchez
P Lincecum
why is Guillen playing over Ross? Didn’t we see how good and accurate Ross’ arm was on Wed, and how un-accurate Guillens was?
Ross can’t get RBI’s like Guillen. Just ignore the clank mitt.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 27, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I love llamas. Those pouches are awesome. Wait, no that’s a kangaroo…
by giant4life83 on Aug 27, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL GRANT!
Coup!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know...
but after watching the first season of Ikki Tousen…I want one of the minions to bump off Grant and start some blog power struggle
Guillen seems to be a singles hitter so far, what, 2 XBH out of 15? thought he had power?
by giant4life83 on Aug 27, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just joking, most of us here dislike Guillen.
Also, Santa Rosa> Petaluma
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 27, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
This is true. however, I went to college in Monterey, hence Monterey> everywhere else
by giant4life83 on Aug 27, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Napa is lame, just a ton of wine.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 27, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
and a couple doubles that could have been triples if he had any speed, IIRC
by giant4life83 on Aug 27, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
personally, I’d rather have Ross in there since Guillen will clog up the basepaths.
by giant4life83 on Aug 27, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
i think it was game one of the CIN series, first inning, Ross hit that single he turned into a double and scored on Sandovals single. Guillen would have been at first (had he even gotten a hit there) and probably thrown out at 2nd on the pandas single.
by giant4life83 on Aug 27, 2010 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you!!! Good to be here. I’d been looking for a Giants forum for a bit (a good one, that is).
I, for one, hope to see Ross as the starting RF in 2011
Apparently Jerry Hairston Jr is out 2-3 weeks?
Strained right elbow
HOW DO THEY WORK?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 27, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
so do we root for SD or PHI tonight? I’m torn
by giant4life83 on Aug 27, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoever you root for is going to win, so make sure it’s the right one.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 27, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s not til 2012. we still have time
by giant4life83 on Aug 27, 2010 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
No, ’94
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 27, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
7-0 Marlins over Braves so far
I guess that’s good for us?
so long as every contender is losing, I’m happy.
by giant4life83 on Aug 27, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Nationals useless tonight
They’ve left a ton of runners on base
A game thread should be posted pretty soon.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 27, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
All the beautiful people are there already.
/sits in the GDT by myself
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
You’re still comin out to Cincy, right?
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
thanks a lot Cubs
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on Aug 27, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
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