Post-game thread: Giants dominate Braves for 11 innings
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 6, 2010 9:42 PM PDT
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PrintIt would have been easy to do a three-word post-game after the eighth inning: "Oh, those Giants." As if the newly league-average offense was slowly reverting to its awful, putrid form.
But this isn’t the same Giants club that would roll into Milwaukee or Pittsburgh and get shut down by Rick Rangelburk or Range Rickelburk or something like that, winner of the Pacific Coast League’s "Best Sportsmanship Award," seven years running. This Giants team will get shut down by a pitcher like that only every other time. It’s a new era. Against legitimate pitching, both in the rotation and the bullpen? Yeeesh. It’s hard to imagine this team going against three top-flight pitching staffs in the playoffs and coming away with a championship. So as Tommy Hanson shut down the lineup inning after inning, it was like, well, yeah, that’s what a really good pitcher will do.
Then the Giants got a bunch of baserunners. And I’m not sure how. There were a couple of walks, an error or two, some sac flies, I think there were two or three catcher’s interference calls...heck, let’s take a look at the win expectancy chart from FanGraphs :
Confidence game. This was a confidence game. If they can win a game like this, they can win any game in which every single pitcher pitches beautifully. That’s all we ask.
Also, Barry Zito is good now. It was much better for him to start wretched and ease into good rather than start good and devolve into wretched. It’s all so clear now.
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Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Aug 6, 2010 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 12 recs
Dude helped us get Posey and Madbum by sucking so hard
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
by CB30 on Aug 6, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions 19 recs
He’s a saint.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
I’ll wear all sorts of things when I’m drinking.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 6, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
/waits for Lars
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 6, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I wear glasses even when I am sober
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Us old folk refer to them as spectacles.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
glad i dont party with the elderly's
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Monocle?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
by kdl on Aug 6, 2010 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
And a top hat!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
With a cane?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
by kdl on Aug 6, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Definitely. It is multipurpose.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Like your zucchini?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Bake or sautee.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 6, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Your zucchini is jealous
Yes.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Cain?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 6, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
So I put on my Robe and Wizard Hat...
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
mead spectacles?
"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’m wearing hard-cider spectacles right now.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 6, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
That usually gets you anything you want
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
I’m rec-ing this whole thread for yours and jponry’s comments
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
rec’d
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 6, 2010 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh my god. IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.
In that case, he’s worth his contract.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
..
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
sailor mars looks disgusted
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
that's mars
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Who cares what planet and/or moon they're from ....
they’re all fucking hot. :)
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
stay classy
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
Always!
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
oh lord
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
there's a problem here
i cant stop watching it
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
jponry ...
I hope you don’t mind, but that is going into my favorite quotes of all-time file.
When the Giants come to town,
It's BYE BYE BABY!
I will bleed orange till I die.
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
They did not deserve this game but I'll take it
The Giants don’t luck their way into too many wins. It is good to get one of these types of games every once in a while.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 9:43 PM PDT reply actions
I read “luck” wrong and it still made sense.
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!!!!!!
They deserved it as much as the Choppin’ Braves. Might was well take advantage of the bounce our way.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
ARGH
I hate the chop so much!
(Not to be confused with Walkoff Baltimore Chop, who I love.)
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
by kdl on Aug 6, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
The Tomahawk Chop and the Indians logo
The two most insulting things in baseball
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Wahoo definitely. But most other things (the chop, the Florida State Seminole, etc.) tend to offend white people more than the Natives.
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!!!!!!
The name is just as insulting as the logo. Chief Wahoo?
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- Republik of Mancunia
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 7, 2010 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
FSU fan here: the FSU band, the "Chiefs", have for a long time played a slow battle cry titled "Massacre"
Then in the early 80’s, some drunk college students attempted to sing it. Their version of the chant caught on throughout the stadium, and it wasn’t long before somebody in the band made an arrangement out of it, and the rest is history. The Braves liked it too, and to my knowledge they still pay the Chiefs composer and/or FSU royalty fees.
Much to the NCAA’s politically correct chagrin, the Seminole tribe gets along well with FSU. Probably has to do with the paycheck and scholarships that FSU sends to the tribe, though they do a good job of positive publicity on campus too.
Did anyone see the MLB section in the Museum of Natural History 5-6 years ago? They took the the Indians logo and switched it to similar representations of other races (black, latino, asian). Horrifying. I don’t know how they can keep it. If it looked like any of the others they would have changed it YEARS AGO.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
they still have that drunk Irishman on the Celtics logo.
"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.
Yeah, I really think it’s time to dispense with all ethnic mascots/logos.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Agree 100% on Tomahawk Chop
My friends and I used to comment frequently on how insulting it is to reduce a race to monotonous arm waving and low-pitched droning.
It’s really rather ridiculous and I hope one day the Braves organization will think of a better cheer and encourage their fans to drop that antic.
Here's to the Dodgers and their bucket of suck.
I liked how the Braves announcers said that when they have a lead in the 8th or something like that, they are 50 something and 2
They didn’t mention that we gave them one of the twos
That’s good, because Don Sutton doesn’t do the games anymore.
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!!!!!!
Their broadcasting is so LAME
I take back some of the stuff I said about Scully, at least you know what’s happening when he’s on, these people, I don’t even know. It was so boring. At least Scully is boring but recognizable. I had no idea what was happening a couple of innings. I’m just dumbfounded by it.
Joe Simpson.
I did like the Tom Glavine interview.
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!!!!!!
Last night, Ernie Johnson was singing Lincecum’s praises, listing all of his accomplishments, and as soon as he’s done, there’s a beat, and Simpson goes on to “Got arrested for marijuana possession. Charged. Good way to follow up winning the Cy Young.” I think he hates the Giants, Bonds, etc. I don’t think he’s wrong in hating them or even expressing that hate. I just want him to choke on his words every so often. Like tonight!
As if anyone really cares that he got caught with weed
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- Republik of Mancunia
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 7, 2010 12:40 AM PDT up reply actions
They are both so high in this picture ....
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 7, 2010 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Like Willie and Orlando Cepeda never sparked one…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 7, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Of course they did this is the bay area
Just like ricky henderson and his A’s lighting joints like candles.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
we gave them both
remember edgar renteria’s brilliant, late game home run to tie the game earlier this year at AT&T. The giants won that game.
by Sandoval Stays Suckafree on Aug 7, 2010 1:01 AM PDT up reply actions
How the hell did that happen?
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!!!!!!
1 GB
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’ve got a 64 MB around here somewhere
"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.
Fuck the dodgers
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on Aug 6, 2010 9:44 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Someone needs to remake the 'I believe in John Bowker' poster
For Pat Burrell.
My Son, the best outfielder in the National League.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
Burrellmania
For years, we knew he’d be a Giant. It was written.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Should read: Pat Burrell,
your about to have sex with him.
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 6, 2010 9:57 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Burrell was the only Giant position player to show up tonight.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Aug 6, 2010 9:45 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Andres did, for an inning
My Son, the best outfielder in the National League.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
I have an “I believe in Ryan Garko” poster that I can probably remake.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
I still believe in Garko =(
Would have been useful to have around.
My Son, the best outfielder in the National League.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
Garko in 2010
.243/.332/.413 in AAA
Weird. Maybe he peaked early?
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
by Gobroks on Aug 6, 2010 9:51 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Would have preferred him rather than Huff.
/oof
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 6, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I was mixed on the issue
I certainly would have been down with a platoon.
My Son, the best outfielder in the National League.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
I said that too
In the Huff predictions thread I compared Huff’s potential output to Jesus Guzman’s…
I wuz wrong
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
by Gobroks on Aug 6, 2010 9:54 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I think I predicted like
.270/.335/.465
And I would have been pretty happy with that.
Loves me some Aubrey. Sabes, load 2/12VeteranContract.doc and git r done.
My Son, the best outfielder in the National League.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
LaRoche is also really boring. Can you imagine not having the LOL that is Huff on this team??
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I can’t. It was so unexpected too, since I didn’t really know anything about him.
And I also hate LaRoche’s batting stance.
I was kind of aggravated for a bit since he turned us down, but now I find it hard to be mad at a guy stuck playing in Arizona
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- Republik of Mancunia
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 7, 2010 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions
He just needs to put up offensive numbers that will result in a big payday next year. That was the whole point of going to AZ.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 7, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I think love fests over Johnson have to end now. No good walking all the time if you really are never going to play.
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!!!!!!
You never know what would have happened
But hey, Huffs 2010 is better than Johnson’s ever would have been. Kudos to Sabes for having a good plan C I guess.
My Son, the best outfielder in the National League.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
better than good. Huff is awesome. Love that guy.
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
More like one fluky year. He was pretty meh in AAA for two years (ages 24-25) before being called up. One pretty good year in the majors, then back to meh.
I was promised lasagna.
He was a league average hitter in 2008 and 2009, as well as having been good for a third of a season in 2006. I really don’t see how you can say this isn’t, at the very least, a surprising dropoff.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
But bad things happen when you believe in somebody with a poster. John Bowker. Ryan Garko. Harvey Dent.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 6, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing is wrong with Harvey Dent. The world screwed him over
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- Republik of Mancunia
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 7, 2010 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Don’t forget Lance Niekro’s “I Want To Believe” poster.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 7, 2010 1:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Big difference though
We made those posters for John and Garko before they had ever produced with the Giants… Burrell has.
My Son, the best outfielder in the National League.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
I'm kinda feeling a "Batman" for the Pat the Bat theme might be cool
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Zito’s always been a second half pitcher. This year he finally had a good first half as well.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Aug 6, 2010 9:44 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
HAHAHAHA
This game was hilarious. Hilarious as in, I laughed when the Giants scored runs. They should not have won. I like it when they win games they shouldn’t have won.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
I like this Burrell/Huff BFF subplot.
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!!!!!!
Me too. I figured Burrell would hang with his Philly teammate Rowand when he came here, but I guess he wanted to hang with a good player.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Aug 6, 2010 9:47 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I think there’s still a pretty good Burrell/Rowand bromance going on.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
by kdl on Aug 6, 2010 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep, after a pretty big bear hug.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
by kdl on Aug 6, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Lol, the hearts are multiplying. I love it!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I was feeling bad for Zito, so I needed to give him some extra love. It worked!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
by kdl on Aug 6, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm . . . makes sense. Maybe you should put some more in there so this team could get him an actual win, dammit.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Like this?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
LOL! LOVE IT!!!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I LOVE ZITO!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
I go back and forth, but I have to say I more like him than dislike him. And he did give me my new sig, so there’s something.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I go back and forth
TWSS
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL. This is how you stay awake to make your 2 a.m. conference calls, isn’t it?
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I am going to be so useless!
I slept about 30 minutes today
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Poor punkin’! You seem really awake right now, too.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
Yeah =/
Not sleepy at all.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
:( Can you sleep after the conference call?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
Yeah
I don’t have to start working tomorrow until 5pm.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Those are some crazy hours.
I’m getting my nails done tomorrow and… that’s it.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
5pm until about midnight. Typical fallout coverage all next week.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Yuck.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
Tell me about it
It only gets like this a couple times a year. I can slack most of the time.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Fallout: New Vegas?
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- Republik of Mancunia
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 7, 2010 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeesh. Don’t worry, you’ll be fine, as long as you don’t yell out “that’s what she said” in your delirium.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I just may start UNFing
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Again?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 6, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
"Lars, it is time to run your db conversion script"
/kicks off the script
Lars: “UNF UNF UNF”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Subjecting lining, but this is fitting for tonight:
Especially cuz I just spent too long finding a new image host. :p
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 9:45 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah, tinypic, imageshack, and photobucket are my three favorite hosts for gifs.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
Epic, Mr. Natto ....
Truly and beautifully epic.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
. . . awul obu duh wooooooorld.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 6, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Never mock...
the soulful croonings of Mr. Brook Benton!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
I listened to his country album over and over and over.
Still do.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Didn't know he had a country album
That’s versatility. All I know are his two duets with Dinah Washington, “It’s Just a Matter of Time” and “Rainy Night in Georgia”.
Sad, that he died so young.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
Zito pushed his K/BB over 2 tonight!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I don’t get how he can get this many swing throughs.
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!!!!!!
87 – 69 > 97 – 91 ?
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Pitching is first and foremost about fooling the batter. Having a good fastball helps a lot, but good stuff can be just as effective.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
:(
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
by kdl on Aug 6, 2010 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
When he's dropping that curve in the corner of the zone
I think it gets in hitters heads.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I missed the Jones error. Was it really bad?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 6, 2010 9:46 PM PDT reply actions
loltastic
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
He just seemed rushed. It was a back-hand.
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!!!!!!
Was it hit hard or was it a chopper? In between hop?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 6, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
It was a big hop and Jones couldn’t decide if he wanted to wait back on it or charge. So he kinda tried to do both and it resulted in the ball going under his glove.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
You wrote something? I skipped to the comments for once.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Cooky went to the bar. He’ll be back.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 6, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
A couple of drinks on the house and he said tell you who you are if you nail me to my car.
I was promised lasagna.
boy thanks for hesitating
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
dude yeah
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 6, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
And the lyrics are…interesting?
OK, the lyrics are crap, but it’s still a great song.
I was promised lasagna.
Not my favorite Bowie album. I’m a boring Ziggy guy.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 6, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Not mine either. I skip the German instrumental crap, and there are a couple of other mediocre songs there, but I love Joe the Lion, “Heroes”, and Blackout.
Ziggy Stardust is definitely better, and Hunky Dory is better than both.
I was promised lasagna.
Ever heard Heroes in German?
It is awesome.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
It is better
Seriously
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
It is!
SO THERE!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I said it's good!
But seriously, I could listen to Sie Liebt Dich 10 times in a row.
I was promised lasagna.
The anguish in his voice fits better in German
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll still take Ziggy, but Hunky Dory is awesome.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 6, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I cold never get into Aladin Sane. I haven’t heard it in a while , but I used to barely be able to get through all of it.
I was promised lasagna.
Sounds like you and I are on the same Bowie page. I couldn’t get into Scary Monsters either.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 6, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I really don’t get Aladin Sane. It’s like everything is boring and overproduced, and pretty much just not good. Maybe I should hear it again. But I don’t want to.
I don’t really know Scary Monsters, or almost all of 80’s Bowie. But I see it has Fripp on it, so it can’t be that bad, can it?
I was promised lasagna.
but ashes to ashes
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Eh
It would have been easy to do a three-word post-game after the eighth inning: “Oh, those Giants.”
I real English, that “O” would be lowercase.
Also, you probably meant to write “post-game wrap”.
I was promised lasagna.
lol
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I real English! I real English, so hard!
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 6, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I used to fake english. But as I got older, realing english was much more rewarding.
/reals your english!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
/points and ridicules/
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 6, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s been my routine for years. Don’t you remember my Byung-Hyung Kim Choose Your Own Adventure where you had to keep your can of Coke away from him lest he play a practical joke on you? It slayed around these parts.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 6, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
You mean "Select Your Own Scenario" right?
Or did that slip by the intellectual property gestapo before Rowand’s version hit press?
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
by short_shifter on Aug 6, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
It would probably work better if the story involved Cheng-Ming Wang as opposed to Byung-Hyung Kim…but I think we’re splitting hairs at that point
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
by short_shifter on Aug 6, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Clarification
http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2/coke/
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
by short_shifter on Aug 6, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Ironically childish. Like, I would never really say that joke, so that makes it ironic, which protects me from judgment.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 6, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
/esper cut-scene takes 13 minutes every time I want to use it
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 6, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
GRANT!
how could you???
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
They’re my most powerful weapon. Of course I’m going to use them. And what in the actual fuck, there’s a hour-long cut-scene? And all I’m trying to do is grind and level up? Fuck that, I’m going to go get married. I’ll show you. I’ll have a kid too, and shit.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 6, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
hahahaha, i know what you mean ...
those fucking cut-scenes get a little rediculous sometimes.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Poor choice
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- Republik of Mancunia
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 7, 2010 12:48 AM PDT up reply actions
all i gotta say ....
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I will visit creepygif.com!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I will not visit!
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
by short_shifter on Aug 6, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I WILL NOT VISIT
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 6, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
sorry guys ....
nevermind. tried to be funny. didn’t work. fuck my life. :-/
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Funny in a kind of “look at me, I’m funny” sort of way that didn’t work.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
this was the gif i was trying to show ....
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 7, 2010 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions
That's not that creepy!
Status: Feels so broke up. Wants to go home. || Still boycotting Johnsonville and Giants souvenirs or ballpark foods for repossessing my K Wall in right field.
CREEPYGIF IS NOT THE BOSS OF ME
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 7, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re still on the Mets game?
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!!!!!!
This
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
We should be tied for first.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Aug 6, 2010 9:48 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yea but...
Somewhere a dirty smelly Dodger fan is whining about Mattingly being forced to pull Broxton after the pitching mound “double-visit.”
Maybe it all evens out.
Here's to the Dodgers and their bucket of suck.
We're playing with found money now...
I’ll be in Atlanta the next two days to try and draw out my 4-1 record at Giants games that I’ve attended to a convincing series win :)
Vaya con Dios!
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 6, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Estamos contigo, macho o macha.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think the Giants deserved to win, but the Braves, with the kind of defense they played, deserved to lose.
Though if I were a Braves fan I’d be really pissed off right now.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Oh . . .
. . . you kids!!
Get off my fuckin’ lawn!!
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Up next: Cain
Go get um Matt. lets go Giants. I believe in a Guillen free run. Here we come Padres, were not going to stop.
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 6, 2010 9:48 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
So are the Braves like the Marlins?
Homers or nothin?
That was an extremely frustrating game
LOL DINGERZ
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
The Braves must feel like we did after the Giants lost a 1-hitter
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
LARRY? NO!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 6, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd like it better
if we (by which I mean “The Giants”) had performed virtuously at bat, which is where the game tends to be won. But they did not, and I wonder who will step up to make hits that matter.
Any of several could do it for a week or two. I wonder who will it be?
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully a series of overlapping hot streaks by several people.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 7, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
1 game back!!
Woohoo!
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 9:50 PM PDT reply actions
Not only did the Braves lose
But the late start canceled the post-game fireworks.
by MissingLink on Aug 6, 2010 9:51 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Yes
Apparently he hit .290 in 10 seasons!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
HE HIT .313 OFF OF GLAVIN, NERDS!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Every tweet is funnier than the last
BusterfuckingP
I GOT YOUR CANCELLED FIREWORKS RIGHT HERE ATLANTA #IAMPOINTINGATMYCROTCH
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
by kdl on Aug 6, 2010 9:51 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Totally worth it. I loved his Team Board Game Night series.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
To quote Dave
“Maybe this is our year”
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 9:52 PM PDT reply actions
We should have a theme song
I think “This Will be Our Year” by the Zombies is fitting, though, I don’t wanna jinx anything
I wish we hadn’t given up Bowker to get him, but it sure is fun watching lefties flail against Javier Lopez.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Aug 6, 2010 9:52 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Uh oh, BusterfuckingP told me that I have to sleep in a bathtub with PiKA. After we get hammered.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
by kdl on Aug 6, 2010 9:53 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
LOL
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
2 wins on the roadie so far
2 games to go. We can still go 4-2 and keep this shit up. 3 poor offensive outings in a row or 3 well pitched games in a row. Tomorrow we shall turn the tide.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 9:53 PM PDT reply actions
I want the Dodgers to lose the baseball contest they are currently playing
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 6, 2010 9:55 PM PDT reply actions
I want the Dodgers to lose every baseball contest they will ever play.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
i thought you meant better than kruk, kuip, jon and flem for a second and I was going to ban you
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Ha, no.
During the rain-delay and they were doing that stuff about Jon and showing the clips of them between games it just made me love them even more.
/accidentally banned
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 6, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
bc their in-game guys are so much worse.
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
KNBR or bust for post-games
My Son, the best outfielder in the National League.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
THE
Sports leader.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I only ever listen right after games
My Son, the best outfielder in the National League.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
the rain delay programming today was unbearable.
by the time the game started, Marty Lurie decided that he not only wanted the Giants to get Jose Guillen, he wanted them to claim him off waivers and assume the rest of his contract. To make sure that no one else got him.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I usually like Marty Lurie
but this is horrible
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
it almost seemed like trolling
he said that he was a better hitter than anyone on the giants not named Huff or Posey
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I should slap him in the face
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
It would be awesome if Agent Ned decided this was a good idea.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Aug 6, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
He also said
You can plug him in 5th in the lineup and leave him there, he is a run producer
Oh my
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
Old drunk guy in Texas
Im surprised they let him stay on the air that long
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
My favorite was the guy who said that Lincecum sucks now because he isn’t bunting enough.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Those guys were both awesome. If only we could combine them into a drunk guy who thinks pitchers need to bunt more…
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 6, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
He actually said "This is a no-brainer"
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
I think I like Marty Lurie, but his show can get really boring. And that’s a problem for a show that has been known to last 5 hours.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- Republik of Mancunia
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 7, 2010 12:52 AM PDT up reply actions
me, too!
even though I really don’t know how.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
gotta get one like that once in a while right?? That’s what good teams do, right??
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
definitely. they took advantage of the Braves’ bad defense. Oh. So, I do know how they won….
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey I was his lone supporter in that trade thread
when I said I wanted to see him pitch first. I like what I see so far.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Oh hey, Baggs says Rent has biceps tendinitis.
Good thing they’re carrying 13 pitchers.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Why do we need Todd Wellemeyer
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
for when Ramon Ramirez gets in trouble.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
To give the cardinals rotation pitching tips form the best
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude eats innings
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
NOM
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
..
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
by jctGamer on Aug 6, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
sad but true.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
This team has no concept on how to use the DL.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Sure they do. You use it for aging veterans you can’t bring yourself to DFA because they’ve given you the best years of their career and you’re the idiots who resigned them.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Good thing we optioned Rohlinger
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Would have been nice to have a right handed batter when Travis went up there and ground into a double play. But, Rent’s tendinitis is so bad that HE CAN’T SWING. He was up there as a deke.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
When can we bring him up again?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 6, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
If Rent goes to the DL then he can come up ASAP, right?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 6, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep. Otherwise 10 days, right?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
yeah, but when was he sent down?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 6, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Baggs says Rent can't even swing
WHY IS 13 PITCHERS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
why would you ever need 13 pitchers with how good our starters have been?
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Worth noting...
Thank you Brian Wilson for the 1-2-3 inning!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
I’m pleased that he hasn’t pitched since sunday and got a lot of rest after the back spams he experinced a week ago. I was worried he’d come back on that snday and have to be heavily used after that which wouldn’t be good.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
+1!!
that was fun. and not heart-wrenching
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just settling in for the torture and all of a sudden the game is over.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 6, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
In my mind, the Giants deserved to win this game, despite how it looked.
The Giants only struck out 4 times in 11 innings. And walked 8 times. That’s a lot of balls put in play, which..only resulted in 4 hits? That’s absurd. My napkin math says the Giants should have scored 6-7 runs easily considering how many balls were put in play, plus the large walk totals.
The Braves, in contrast, struck out 15 times in 11 innings, only walking twice. That’s not many balls in play, and not many men on base when those balls get put in play. They still managed to scrape a few hits (plus dingers, which don’t really count), but they scored about as many as they ‘should’ have scored.
If the Giants had won this 7-2, with the pitching staff K’ing Braves left and right, and the Giants peppering the field with well placed hits, we wouldn’t be going ‘lol luck’, would we? Let’s just take this as a game in which the Giants actually played reasonably well, and got the win. It’s better for our health.
both teams pitched well, with Moylan the only real meltdown and that only surrendered a run. The Giants played well on defense and the Braves didn’t. that was the difference. neither offense did much.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
That's the thing though.
The Giants only struck out 4 times in 11 innings. That means they put the ball in play 29 times, but only got 4 hits? That’s an amazingly bad BABIP. Contrast that with 8! walks. We had men on base, and we put the ball in play. It just happened to generally be hit right at people.
The Giants did not fail that badly offensively this game, they really didn’t. I’m willing to chalk up the low run total to luck more than anything else. 8 walks is excellent, as is limiting your strike outs to such a low amount.
Don't forget to subtract 3 for the GiDP's
only 26 balls in play
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If you look at the way Voxx calculated it, he used every out as its own ball put in play. Azmanz was just pointing out that because of four double plays, there were four less balls put in play.
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The grounder itself is a ball in play - but the second out it accounts for eliminates one of the other batters faced.
He’s correct in saying only 26 in play. Look at it this way:
11 innings = 33 outs.
4 strike outs = 29 outs not via strike outs.
3 Double Plays = 26 balls in play.
Fair enough.
Point still stands though – they drew a lot of walks, and didn’t strike out. When that is the case, you’re generally going to score a good chunk of runs.
right. it was a well played game. They didn’t really come through with the big hits, but they did enough to scratch out a victory. The playoffs are like that. They’re hanging in there against a tough team, with tough pitching at a tough place for road teams to win. I’ll take it.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
at the same time though,
i know this is a “MY EYES!” argument, but i don’t think the giants really squared many of those balls up. lots of lazy flyballs. panda hit one to the wall but other than that i can’t think of any instances where we “deserved” some of those hits.
Regarding 'squaring balls up'
Balls and play generally ‘are’ balls in play, without a huge bias towards the quality of the ball struck. There’s some of course, but there’s a reason it will gravitate towards the mean over larger sample size distributions, no matter the quality of the hitter or pitcher.
Freddy Sanchez had a good hit to right but right at Heyward
Uribe also hit one towards that gap that Heyward got to because he was positioned more towards center than normal.
I'd also like to point out that a lot of those non-strike-out outs were productive outs
They moved guys over and scored guys tonight with a lot of those outs
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Unfortunately
This team needs him to be hitting well
Would help if pablo was still an effective hitter.
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If he could hit .280 and slug .500 and strikeout all the time instead of the constant first pitch outs I’d be stoked.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Me too
It would be nice to actually win a world series
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
i'll move this to here
someone photoshop bochy in place of the leia hologram "please buster you’re our only hope"
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 6, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Torres
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
someone photoshop bochy in place of the leia hologram “please buster you’re our only hope”
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 6, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
reply fail
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 6, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
What did I miss?
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The lord Zito
He’s amazing tonight!
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by aras on Aug 6, 2010 10:00 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
lol nice
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 6, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
/notices that whiteside has twice as many dingerz as him
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Zito is the new spokesperson for Marlboro Lights.
That’s how badass he is.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
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by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Ultra Lights
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
those would probably be cloves or something
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 6, 2010 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Are those still around anymore?
I haven’t seen those in years!
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
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by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
They are still big in Asia
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Nate would have made it if he got even a decent jump.
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Should have broken it off
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Utter frustration and futility.
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Her?
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by troymccluresf on Aug 7, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I was arguing on the GDT that it looked like a busted H&R
People were busting Bochy’s balls over having Nate “steal”, but I really think Torres either missed the sign or just couldn’t bring himself to swing on that low-and-away pitch.
One thing I don’t understand; why players don’t try to get a better jump on H&Rs. I know you don’t want to get picked off, but why not give yourself a chance at a steal if the batter misses the pitch or the sign.
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Huff and burrell no contest
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Sabes and Baer
they’ve even got their own comic strip
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Indeed
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 7, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s easy to forget how hilarious Uribe and Pablo have been.
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Pablo’s a funnier guy when he can hit dingerz.
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LOL
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by DoubleDeuce22 on Aug 6, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I think they win. Huff is pretty funny, but Burrell seems… not that funny.
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I think Burrell’s probably hilarious behind the scenes but more reserved for the public, unlike Huff who seems like he’s the same guy all the time, no matter the situation.
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL BURRELL BEHIND THE SCENES!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
YOUR ZUCCHINI IS JEALOUS!
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As big as Alex’s thigh.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Oddly enough, I thought of you momentarily as I wrote that description of Huff. It reminded me of the story you told about you at your cousin’s wedding. I could see Huff doing that.
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
this is why i love this team
a mix and match of personalities
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Uribe and Pablo are probably a bit more amusing
Those dancing gifs of Bochy are priceless.
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I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
In what language?
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by slackersphere17 on Aug 6, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Groeschner and Murphy
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 6, 2010 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Kuiper, settle down
chicks like a sac fly
some like a slow ground ball
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extrabaggs
Edgar Renteria has biceps tendinitis and couldn’t swing. Was on deck as a deke once. “But Bobby (Cox) wasn’t buying that,” Bochy said slyly.
DL please
Bring back RyRoh and send an arm down and bring up Bowker. Oh w8
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the new sly bork much better than straight upon thick-headed dipshit bork
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 6, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Bochy +sly
does not compute
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Aug 6, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Bobby Cox invented the deke, dropped it from his repertoire because he thought of something better, than brought it back just because he felt bad that the deke started turning tricks.
The man's name is "Cox" for chrissake
He’s not going to be impressed by Bochy’s big deke
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new strategy against Gonzalez
if he takes a big hack and just misses, don’t follow it up with the exact same pitch. 2 days in a row he homered in that scenario.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:05 PM PDT reply actions
Please.
You have listened to altogether too much Mike Krukow. “Lift and separate” is a brassiere slogan, and a “scenario” is something rather different from a “situation”.
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WHEREZ TEH OFFENSE!!?!?!??!?!
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Bowkermania!!!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 6, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
he really Bork’d that one
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 6, 2010 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
setting up the GIDP – I mean, it is the Giants.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
you’re right. I was thinking of the 9th inning. so yeah, Cox made a dumb move.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Pitcher fell behind 2-0. I think that spurred Cox rather than give Pablo something to hit. But yeah, not sure I would have done it.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 6, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
still doesn’t make sense to me. Why not just keep throwing him slop and hope he does a pablo?
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree. The worst that happens is he walks, so end up in the same place.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 6, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, in the past, Pablo has been known to mash bad pitches
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I wish the giants could do that.
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too bad I left him on my pokemonz bench (worst decision of the year)
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
2 3 run dingerz off kershaw in 4 innings could have helped your pokemonz.
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uh…yea. instead i played mike stanton. I know, I know. NOBODY CARES.
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Thinking about it, I’m not really too worried about the hitting at the moment.
The last three games have been frustrating, but we’ve faced good pitchers in everyone, between Ubaldo, Jurrjens and Hanson. And if you look at the Braves bullpen stats, they’re pretty stingy too.
I mean, obviously you have to beat good pitchers too. But it’s not like they’re having bad games against the shitty pitchers of the world at the moment. And they’ve been pretty close in every game (the COL game got out of hand but that was a Bautista thing)
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agreed. said i wasn’t worried yesterday. Definitely not worried today. Still – if we make the playoffs, they’re all gonna be like this.
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd be happy with 12 like this
or is that 11?
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
This team’s weakness really shows when Posey goes 0-for 8. Thank God for Andres Torres.
If Torres and Posey go cold together, this team is in trouble.
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
i think there are enough good hitters in our lineup that this isn’t a problem (knocks on wood). I mean, if torres, posey, huff, uribe, burrell all go cold, then we got problems (especially if pablo never heats up).
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
totally agree, i'm not too worried about the team at all
I’ll be very happy with a 3-3 record on this trip, then come home and do some damage or hope to do some damage against the cubs
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Not worried???
Not worried???
I’m worried as hell that scoring 1/2/3 runs per game will result in a 9 game losing streak!!!
/but that’s me/
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 6, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
i think the point is, not worried that we’re gonna continue only scoring 1/2/3 runs per game.
been facing some great pitchers this trip
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
looks like we’re not facing a bad pitcher for a while
2 @ ATL
4 vs Chicago
3 vs SD
3 @ PHI
3 @ STL
3 vs CIN
even Chicago avoids putting a bad starter against us, except for maybe Zambrano, who I think typically kills us anyway
by kingofthacove on Aug 6, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully we can pull out some close wins then.
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The giants should feel somewhat more comfortable playing at home too
Mostly due to the fact Atlanta has the best record of any MLB team at home
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The TBS treatment is still in fine form.
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 6, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Silva is on the DL with heart issues
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Oh no... wow, i better check up with that
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Yeah, I think they're going to do a catherization
to get a look inside his heart. Not a dangerous or problematic procedure, but indicative of the concern over what the issue is.
by mrs. owlcroft on Aug 6, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
plus, he’s not very good.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Cubs starting pitching is that good. Only Dempster would be a good playoff starter. Although, Gorzelany and Wells are the kinda guys that typically shut down the Giants, though those type of guys haven’t been doing that lately.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
By the way, this game has changed my perspective. Let’s get the split and just get the hell out of Atlanta.
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by slackersphere17 on Aug 6, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
to be fair, hoping for a win against england (bastards) was a stretch.
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m looking forward to the Cubs series. I think they have the potential to do some serious damage there.
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by slackersphere17 on Aug 6, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I would be extremely pleased if the giants split this series and both the games don’t involve joe torre like bullpen use.
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time to move Freddy out of the two hole
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 6, 2010 10:11 PM PDT reply actions
Time for freddy to hit .300 and stop hacking at awful balls.
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he did hit that garbage time home run the other day
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Well at least that was a nice middle finger to all the purple row douches.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
dillweeds, you mean…don’t be so rude.
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
My apologies
Busters comments were so rude!!!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
who do we put there?
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
The Bat
Buster Posey ain't havin it... He aint.
by Caine Black Knife on Aug 6, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Posey?
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but he's our cleanup hitter!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm in this camp.
I wouldn’t be that upset to see something like
Torres
Posey
Pablo
Huff
as the top 4. I still think Pablo will start hitting like Pablo, especially if a bit more confidence is placed in him. Maybe.
Nahh.
Just do Torres-Posey-Huff and move everyone up 1
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Oddly enough, for maximum run creation
You want your best hitter second, and your second best hitter (usually the one with slightly more power) fourth.
not that this is necessarily PGT material…but can you elaborate?
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
The main factor is that the 3rd place hitter doesn’t see enough situations with men on base. Lots of 2 outs nobody on.
Somewhat, yeah.
2 and 4 will see the highest leverage situations, in theory, if your lineup is properly constructed. Ideal lineup construction ‘also’ has the pitcher hitting 8th.
are managers really so stuck in their ways that NOBODY does this? I mean, la russa does from time to time, but that’s about it, right?
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, and I get why a team that’s already successful is going to go with what works, but if you’re a team like the pirates or royals, how does it hurt you to just take a chance on someone that actually knows these things? That doesn’t make any sense to me.
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
It's just a handful of runs per year, for each swap.
For a team like the Pirates or Royals…a win or two over course of the season isn’t going to matter.
It’s a team like the Giants, Cardinals, Reds, etc that could really use that one or two wins over the course of the season, that optimal lineup construction could provide.
true – but then it might MIGHT catch on, no?
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, managers really are this set in their ways.
I’m a Cards fan primarily, and even the ‘revolutionary’ LaRussa is your typical veteran knob slobber for the most part. See: Aaron Miles.
Yeah. The difference there is like 2 runs over a full season though.
I believe the 5th hitter should be better than the 3rd as well.
5th and 3rd is a power thing.
You want slightly more power in the 5th slot, if the hitters are similar in quality.
I know that 3rd hitters should also be better situational hitters (if they can be), as opposed to the traditional view that it should be the 2nd hitter.
Right.
Not necessarily ‘situational’ hitter, but it should be someone who doesn’t strike out much, and puts the ball in play. Is why I don’t really mind seeing Pablo in that slot.
Torres – CF
Posey – C
Pablo – 3B
Huff- 1B
Burrell – LF
Uribe – SS
Nate – RF
Pitcher – P
Sanchez – 2B
Or something similar to that would be the general idea, with this sort of lineup.
I just don’t like Posey hitting 2nd though, that’s too many double play opportunities.
Carl Crawford should be hitting their next year. :)
I had a dream the giants got carl crawford in the offseason
Then I woke up and saw the yankees sign him to a 7 year 100 million dollar deal and turn curtis granderson into a bench player because they can.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Pretty much this.
It’s a pipe dream. Imagine an outfield with
Torres CF
Crafword LF
Schierholtz RF
Basically. Although I hate Nate’s bat so I wouldn’t mind moving them over and putting someone else in LF.
No, no, no.
Crawford is best in Left, Torres best in Center. If you don’t like Nate’s bat (I believe his defense more than makes up for it), then put Huff or Bowker (ohwaitlol) in Right.
Well obviously Crawford is best in left, every outfielder is better in left.
That doesn’t mean he should be in left.
Doesn't like playing Center, for some reason.
The Rays don’t mind, since Upton isn’t shabby there. Giants wouldn’t mind either, since Torres is more than adequate. The Yankees probably wouldn’t be terribly against it either though, as Gardner has shown improvement.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if the giants somehow got him? Unfortunately every team wants carl crawford and I think there will be over 15 teams after him during the off season. Unfortunately what that means is the yankees will out bid everyone like they always do and platoon gardner and granderson in center LOL YANKEES.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Probably
I don’t think that many teams have a realistic shot though. Angels, Tigers, Yankees and Giants seem to be the likely candidates.
Also, this is funny, I was looking at the Dodgers financial situation for next year. If they keep the same payroll, they’ll have 18 million to spend on 3 SP vacancies, a catcher and a LF.
This also means they’ll have Blake at 3rd, Theriot at 2nd, and Loney at 1st. Who knows how healthy will Furcal will be either.
I know I changed the subject but a LOL Dodgers moment is always appropriate.
Rent, Uribe and Huff's salaries will be coming off the books
I really think they’ll make an effort to bring Huff back. if they go after Crawford, it’s gonna leave a hole at SS that I don’t think they can fill form within
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
what are the odds of this actually happening?
Too early for post-season rosterbation?
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
It is
But I keep thinking about the giants getting carl crawford and it just makes to much sense.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I’m thinking Angels, Tigers and Yankees will be the main competition. If the Yankees truly want him then that would probably be that.
anyone know how much we’ll actually be able to spend in offseason? Are we really liable to open the checkbook like that?
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
If the Giants make the playoffs this season, it's a possibility.
If they don’t, almost no chance. The revenue incoming would be a large factor, I’d imagine.
I’m actually going to do expected payroll next year in the next couple days to see what we have to spend.
And like Voxx says below, the playoff revenue would make a big difference.
Like i needed more reason to hope we make the playoffs!!!
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a different take
Torres
Renteria
Posey
Huff
Burrell
Uribe
Sandoval
Sanchez
Pitcher
Best average guy hits 3, Posey, with a tremendous lefty to protect. Burrell gets nod over Uribe in 5 hole because he works counts and walks, and Uribe is more a DP threat. Sandoval is basically same hitter as Uribe, more DPs and less power. Renteria 2 because he is clutch. How often does 1 and 2 hitter get up with 2-3 men on base with 2 outs. And he controls his bat well, H and R guy, wont take stupid AB’s and gets less credit than he should. He isnt worth 10 mil no, but he aint used garbage either.
by Myemail21479 on Aug 7, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not too sure who I want hitting second, but I know it’s not Rent.
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 7, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Well
Best hitter second because he bats, theoretically, behind your highest OBP/speed guy. Plus, batting second, you get a lot more ABs over the course of the year.
Bat your best power guy 4th because you don’t want to have him come up in a situation where there is 2 outs and nobody on, which wastes him. Having him bat cleanup means he’ll either bat with runners on or at least no outs.
My Son, the best outfielder in the National League.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
any numbers on how many more ABs a 2nd place hitter gets over a 3rd over course of full season? Is it really statistically significant?
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
It's relatively significant.
Plus, the third hitter generally has less actual impact than the 2 and 4 guys do. It’s a little strange, and is why I really don’t like the Cards hitting Pujols third. I’d like to see him 4th, Holliday 2nd. But, won’t happen.
I’ve always wondered though. This is all based on empirical data.
Is part of it that teams typically always hit their best hitter 3rd skew the data? Meaning, if your best hitter is 3rd, then the 4th and 5th hitters will always have better opportunities than him anyways.
The math was done in a vacuum, actually.
Not using existing data. Or you’re right, the current ‘best hitter third’ philosophy would skew it greatly.
Yeah I don’t doubt it’s still true, but it’s impossible to put a specific run value on it IMO.
The logic of not having your best hitter hitting with 2 out and nobody on is perfectly sound IMO though.
OK…but does it really matter if they switch spots? I mean, if your best hitter gets on with 1 out, the next guy is just as likely to get out in this situation as he was with 1 out and nobody on, right?
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I was talking about the 3rd and 4th hitters in this situation, so it would be slightly different.
You always want to give your best hitter the most opportunities to hit with men on base, and the 3rd spot doesn’t do that. Neither does the 2nd.
The best hitter second over fourth
is largely an ‘extra plate appearances generated’ creation. The value of 1 at bat second vs. 1 at bat fourth is close, with the value slightly leaning towards fourth – but over the course of the season, having that high obp/great hitter second has a higher value return.
so, is the assumption that your best hitter has the highest obp, or ops, or some other stat?
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
wOBA, generally speaking.
If you’re unfamiliar with the stat, it’s like OPS, but instead of weighting OBP and SLG equally, it gives the proper weighting to OBP. Sort of. That’s the simple description.
Yeah
There’s no doubt that a part of it is what type of hitter they are. We say “best hitter,” but it’s never that simple. There’s other factors; lefty/righty, on base vs. power, players prone to the double play, etc.
Saying someone is prone to the double play is largely a misnomer.
BABIP is BABIP. There are certain types of players that are less likely to turn a DP into a forceout, yes – but your #3 guy is ‘always’ going to hit into a large share of DP’s.
No thanks.
Pablo just doesn’t have the OBP to justify hitting second. Even when he’s hitting ‘well’. Posey should be second, or 4th, if people are dead set against him being second. Not third.
LOLDGERS
8 games out of the division and 7 out of the wild card.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 6, 2010 10:14 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
But they split with San Diego – they’re still in that thing!
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 6, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
That Thing being
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 6, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Dodgers Lose
That looks like a team that needs Jose Guillen.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Aug 6, 2010 10:14 PM PDT reply actions
I’m glad the Dodgers were buyers at the deadline.
Buster Posey ain't havin it... He aint.
by Caine Black Knife on Aug 6, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
This
Unfortunately I liked the idea of pods coming off the bench and playing against righties :(.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
What the Dodgers did at the trade deadline was probably worse than when the Giants got Shea Hillenbrand.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Aug 6, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh Jesus
extrabaggs
Bruce Bochy said Giants probably won’t make a roster move to address their short, four-man bench. Said Renteria should be available tmrw.
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♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
EVERYTHING WILL BE OK NOW!!! WHEW
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
but…why? why do we think we need 13 pitchers?
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Because two of them are Bautista and Casilla…
Buster Posey ain't havin it... He aint.
by Caine Black Knife on Aug 6, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
wait Bautista isn't gone yet??
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Because two of them areBautistaWellemeyer and Casilla…
FYP
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Terrible starting rotation.
Need deep bullpen to compensate.
So they don't wear out by September?
Only reason I can think of
Wilson has only thrown like 40 IP or so. No one has thrown a bunch. We will have a rested and relatively strong staff
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
i think our pen has thrown close to the fewest innings in the NL
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I think you are right.
Hopefully they drop back to 12 man soon, tho.
12 man, lol. I remember when an 11 man staff was kinda odd.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Their plan is to get to September with all these pitchers. At that point the roster will expand and the team can keep everyone they want!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I bet they will have a 4 man bench even in September
WE NEED TO CARRY 27 PITCHERS DAMMIT
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I think you're right
and that’s part of the reason Affeldt won’t be back until Sept. I wonder who gets cut when Runzler comes back.
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
Chris Ray has an option IIRC
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Yeah, but he’s too decent to be off the team.
Does Ramirez have an option?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I think so
but I’m not positive
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
They’ll Option Bumgarner after he makes a start to limit his innings, Wellemeyer will then make the next start, and at exactly 10 days they’ll option Ray to bring up Bumgarner to make the next start. Then roster will expand and Ray will be called back up.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
But if they do that, wouldn't that keep Ray off the post-season roster?
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I thought it was that you just had to be on the roster before Sept 1
so I think it would be OK, but I’m not entirely sure
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
His should needs to calm down
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
shoulder!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Should = shoulder = biceps.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
Yeah
/shifty eyes
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
His zucchini needs to calm down!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
It really does
Really.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, who are we talking about now?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
Pat's zucchini
LOL AT MY ZUCCHINI EVER CALMING DOWN
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Duh.
It’s like I don’t even know you or something.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
Heh
Can’t argue that point at all
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Deep burn!
Buster Posey ain't havin it... He aint.
by Caine Black Knife on Aug 6, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
This is silly
Uribe looked like he was really hurting out there as well.
No good reason.
With that, I go back to my chores.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 6, 2010 10:18 PM PDT reply actions
Renteria, self-aware
extrabaggs
Renteria, joking about his deke that didn’t work: “C’mon, guys. I don’t scare anybody anymore.”
My Son, the best outfielder in the National League.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
Roar!
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 6, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I just love their leathery little snappy faces
Buster Posey ain't havin it... He aint.
by Caine Black Knife on Aug 6, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
this quote is familiar…
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
That is what Mrs. Lasorda said
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
All things considered
I think I’d prefer having Matt Downs to Todd Wellemeyer.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
Me too
I’m still confused at dropping Bautista for Wellemeyer. Wellemeyer is awful. Bautista was just wild, but relatively effective.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
They're gonna need Wellemeyer when MadBum reaches whatever inning limit they've set for him
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
i got a Sierra Nevada OLD CHICO beer
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
nope, it's just something they have ONLY
in Chico, so they only sell it in Chico
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
iiiiinteresting. what kind of brew is it?
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
like, crystal wheat
it’s very very good, one of their best beers in my opinion, although i’m very excited now, since i’m going to the brewery tomorrow to eat
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
nice…will have to look out for that if i’m ever in chico!
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Definitely do, but if you are in chico,
and if you’re willing to throw down a lil bit of money, go to the brewery and grab a bite to eat or even just get a sampler
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I think your name says it all
I ain't havin' it
by NuschlerFace on Aug 6, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Johnnie Walker Gold Label it is…nice and heavy pour too :)
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
TEQUILA
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
oooh…doesn’t seem right to pour tequila shots when i’m on my own…
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Bourbon is a solo drink
Buster Posey ain't havin it... He aint.
by Caine Black Knife on Aug 6, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
You and I are NEVER drinking together if you’re about the Tequila. No me gusta.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
fact
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 6, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the problem is I spent most of my adolecence drinking very bad tequila. So now I can’t go near tequila unless its very well hidden in a margarita or long island.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
haha, i went through that phase too…wouldn’t touch it through high school, until junior yr of college. Now i love the stuff!
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Well maybe it’s time to get back in the ring. Recommendations?
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
hmm…patron is an easy and obvious choice. the silver is smooth and goes down easy. don julio pretty good too.
now if you go to la pinata or any of the tequila bars around, ask for recs there (la pinata has siepte leguas which is pretty delicious)
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm, looks like its time to go shopping. I’ve been to a few wine tasting parties. I hope it’s socially acceptable to do a tequila tasting party.
Note to (0)sega.master(0): Based on your description below of yourself drinking tequila, you are NOT invited to the party.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
absolutely socially acceptable! (depends on your friends I suppose)
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
My first night of college I drank tequila until I threw up on the floor near my bed and passed out just as I was getting ready to call an ambulance for myself in panic (first time, room was spinning, etc.) . Now if I even smell that shit, I get a headache.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- Republik of Mancunia
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
I like to have a margarita every now and then. That’s it.
If I’m going to get wasted, redbull/vodka, kthx.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
redbull-vodka only in vegas. tequila shots (patron or better only) with a group, anywhere. scotch or beer when alone. easy rules to live by!
i am not an alcoholic damn it!
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
lol defensive
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
i'll take a tequila shot if that's ok with you
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Here, have 5!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
umm… what if i have to drive home D:
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Bathtub!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
as long as that things goin all night long, i'm good
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I don’t know what this means.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
LOL
PiKA’s already drunk. :)
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course your not an alcoholic ....
AA is for quitters.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
You had me at vodka.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I have vodka, malibu rum, tequila, red wine, white wine… That’s about it. Party at my house?
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
malibu…you’re definitely a chick.
my bar>>>your bar :D
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Any type of scotch/whiskey thing is not for me.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
even crown and coke? or makers? Bourbon is still whiskey and better for american’s sensitive tastebuds
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah, I like my girly drinks.
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Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
+109
I was gonna put +1 but I Zito-ized it just for you.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL, your grocery supply sounds very similar to mine.
PARTY AT KDL’S!!!!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
That would be a lot more fun than what I’m going to do tonight (fall asleep watching White Collar)!
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥♥♥BARRY ZITO♥♥♥
Weird, that’s what I’m doing. Get out of my head, kdl!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I love tequila, BUT ....
It’s a really weird drunk for me …. I go from happy to depressed to “I want to fucking fight someone right now” to “I fuckkinn love you, man” and then eventually, “hoolyy fuckkkin shiit, it’s commmin backk uuup … MOOOVE!!!”
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
My ex roommates still have video of me singing and rapping at the top of my lungs to people over Xbox live while playing Halo 3 (and single-handedly losing matches, causing everyone to hate me).
Also, apparently I once took a piss in a tin drum of caramel popcorn that my roommate’s mom had sent him. Shit, he hated me
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- Republik of Mancunia
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
My roommate this upcoming year (neighbor last year) would always want to play drunk COD if we came back and didn’t have anything to do.
He would always cuss people out online (even his own teammate one time who was like 15-1).
And then he would always brag about almost having a 1:1 K/D.
Ahh, good times. Your post reminded me of that.
It was exactly this week last year
that I went to SF to see a Wed-night/Thurs-day combo against the Cards. Spent an hour before and an hour after each game at Tres Agaves on Townsend, a damned civilized place especially if one is drinking serial boutique tequilas and buying them for whoever wishes to join in.
But . . . all travel before and after was on foot. Walking back to Cow Hollow after the night game was a true adventure. The wind was savage.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Tila?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
sharing in the weekapaug groooooove
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:24 PM PDT reply actions
lol
http://baysickclothing.bigcartel.com/product/baysick-clothing-co-buster-tee
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Just no
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Aug 6, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
This time tomorrow
we could be tied for 1st
Dare to dream!
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:28 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
THIS!
I hate the Dodgers, Patriots, Dolphins, and terroirsts
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 6, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Bochy used up all his dumb luck tonight
and I emphasize the “dumb.” This offense is bad enough without a retarded manager throwing away opportunity after opportunity.
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
Knowing Rent was unavailable and assuming Nate getting thrown out was a busted H&R...
…what exactly did Bochy do last night that pissed you off so much?
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Turned on the WIi for the first time in six months. Waiting for a system update.
/wanted to play 8-bit Ice Hockey
//two skinnies, one fat, one medium
Wii=Most fun i've had with a friend in a long time without spending money
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
thinking i’ll be playing mario kart in a bit
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
tweet that shit
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- Republik of Mancunia
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
guilty…also listening to a live stream from berkeley
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
wtf
BusterfuckingP
Someone called the cops because Jonathan Sanchez fell asleep on their roof. #THATROOFWASNTTHEREWHENHEFELLASLEEP #HESTRUCKOUTTHECOPSANYWAYS
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
/drunk
also probably /high
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
BTW anybody follows the_real_batman?
That guy is fucking hilarious.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
sorry god_damn_batman
If at first you don’t succeed, you’re probably not The Batman.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Should I watch:
Death at a Funeral, Operation Endgame, or The Jones
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
Death at a Funeral, if it is the original
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
not that then
My Son, the best outfielder in the National League.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
I dont know
But the trailer made it look like a trainwreck
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
Have you seen the original? If so, just look at a trailer for the new one and you will answer the question.
I haven’t seen the new one, btw.
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The old one is subtle british humor. The new one seems like in your face slapstick humor
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
Subtle? LOL. What? Subtle?
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEWqhTD2aSk&feature=related
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
subtle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E9oto3gWk8
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess I meant more dark than subtle
I should rewatch it
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
I love Miller’s Crossing.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
washafuzzidrivemetofirenze
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:39 PM PDT reply actions
I’m pretty sure i’m the most non hippie looking hippie ever. But fuck phish and their asshole move of playing in a venue that has 1/10 the capacity of the demand
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Art imitating life
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
you sure it wasn't this dude?
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
it’s a god damn llamasaurus
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
That damn Turk ....
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
nice!
you always gotta watch out for that fucking “Bull Charge” of his. gets me every damn time. pisses me off so much.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
pretty sure it was mentioned
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
What? Where?
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
NM. Saw the link below. I liked his reaction.
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Aug 6, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep it was very subtle and I think only a handful of people who know the song got the jab, nonetheless it was very clever.
maybe somebody should clue the poor guy in on : 1) the reply button, 2) chasm :(
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
but more importantly
what music was playing in the clubhouse? linkin park???
I've decided we should win 18 games this month
Sound good?
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:50 PM PDT reply actions
/shift-A
I missed the entire thing, but I enjoyed the outcome of this game.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 6, 2010 10:50 PM PDT reply actions
FUCK YEAH
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 6, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
i missed everything as well... but i didn't miss yosemite
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
How was Yosemite, by the way?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 6, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
there's no words to describe how awesome it was.
the hiking, and the climbing of the rocks and waterfalls? so much fun
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
any bear encounters while in Yosemite??
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
rowr
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Now I’m imagining a confused tiger halfheartedly roaring, but as a question, because it’s not sure that’s the right thing to do.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
poor thing thinks it might be a cougar but it's not sure
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I love cougars too ....
…… oh wait …… you meant cougar like the animal, right? yeah, they’re cool too.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
hahaha. no, wasn’t talking about the animal. but man…wasn’t talking about her either…
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
ahhh ....
i see. well, there are hotter cougars out there. trust me. LOL!
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm hot, sticky n' sweet ...
from my head to my feet, yeeaahhh!
Def Leppard for life.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
HOT
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 6, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
/burns down a house
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 6, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I said last year I was gonna do a trip there this year. Still never been and failed at planning this summer. Next year it is…
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
One thing i have to say
we should feel so lucky to live next to such an amazing place, and we’re only 3 or 4 hours away really from the place as well
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
yea, just about everyone i know has been and say i gotta go. so i’m going. just gotta plan it out.
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
don't be one of those people who say
OH YEA, I’LL GO NEXT MONTH, i’ve said that about going to alcatraz, and i’ve still never been
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
LOL.
That’s why i normally don’t say anything, just do it. Unfortunately no time…was supposed to be in UK right now but bloody immigration ruined that, and I can’t take off THAT much time
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
haha, you said “bloody”, but screw that shit dude, so when you headin across the pond?
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
ehhh…could be another month or two. was supposed to be for a friend’s wedding, now will just be to visit family, and apologize to my friend for missing out.
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
That sounds like a really awesome day.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 6, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
now, i hope ur day was just as entertaining over in SLO
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
It was. Went down to Pismo for the afternoon. It was gorgeous.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 6, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
NICE!!!! but djp, come on, we got better things goin on than that stuff in Pismo
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
LOL, I went to some random dive of a restaurant and played arcade games.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 6, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s actually pretty sweet, glad ya had some fun though! sounds like ur havin fun on the beach
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Thanks! Yeah, I’m having a lot of fun. It’s a nice change from yesterday.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 6, 2010 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Hiking up from the valley floor to glacier point (after I’d already been hiking for half a day) is probably the most physically strenuous thing I’ve ever done. Awesome, though
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- Republik of Mancunia
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
HI DJP!
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 6, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
For the most part, yeah. Some meh moments, but I’m alright.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 6, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I will.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 6, 2010 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Arizona run differential:
-109
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:53 PM PDT reply actions
lol
Mark Reynolds K Watch? has he struck out 150 times yet?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
129 K's so far this year
I think upton has more than him now which is insane to say the least.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
152
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8030
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by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Him and upton have combined to strikeout 278 times that is inredible to say the least. David eckstein might have a heart attack if he was ever informed how much the diamondbacks K as a team.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
The way Burrell's swinging the bat now
makes me wonder how he was so bad with the Rays. After they DFA’d him it seemed like he was done, but with the giants now his slash numbers are pretty close to his career averages. Just another Giants reclamation example I guess
NLOL
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Hey, I seem to remember someone here arguing (and probably swearing)
that there was a good chance he’d turn it around. Also, that person is extremely good looking and talented.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
Thanks!
/oh . . ./
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
i think he hits worse as a DH.
I think the same type of thing applies to Jason Giambi.
I guess sitting around all game waiting to hit dulls the senses?
He claims it had to do with his DH'ing and not playing the field
and I think even if it was all just in his head it could be the reason. He also may have been pressing because of trying to live up to the contract he was given.
I think hitting is a lot more between the ears than many would believe.
How the hell did we win that game?!
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
more runz!
what’s the latest on favre though????
by scottishgiants on Aug 6, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
almost as hilarious as this ....
i know that gifs aren’t allowed here, but this is pretty fucking funny.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
yo hows the new apartment workin out for ya
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Name this (former) Giant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_8eU47hcbQ
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
lol you randomly lifted 4 words from the comments
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Those four words are a clue that will lead you to the correct answer that you’ve been seeking.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 6, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
STOP ASKING ME WHY I THREW IT THERE. I DON’T KNOW WHY I THREW IT THERE
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
that’s a really bad translation. “comedy gold” doesn’t make sense in Chinese.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
幹你媽的雞巴
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Did you get what I was going for in the second part? The translation kind of butchered it.
I was promised lasagna.
the part you ask Grant why he has so many mountains?
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Dude. I don’t speak Mandarin and/or Cantonese. I’m just copying and pasting your comments in a random order.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 7, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
If this is true, that’s amazing. You sort of managed to make a “your mama” joke in a language you don’t understand.
I was promised lasagna.
Seriously, though, no rhyme or reason. I figured I was pasting in something that translated to “That wallaby crunk pistol were were to jogging the if.”
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 7, 2010 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit, sorry.
I meant “those wallaby crunk pistol were were to jogging the if.”
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 7, 2010 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, sure
You’ve shown us who you really are.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
कुछ इसे कॉल आलस्य, कुछ कहते हैं यह कमाल किया जा रहा है
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Теперь слушайте меня, людей, я не понимаю эти языки, которые Вы говорите. Так будьте тихи, все Вы.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 7, 2010 12:48 AM PDT up reply actions
تجاهل الرجل الجديد. الآن ، على محمل الجد ، من هو الشخص المفضل لديك هنا؟ الأقل المفضلة لديك؟ لقد اعتقدت دائما أن ناتو كان مبالغا فيه بعض الشيء.
I was promised lasagna.
Iay ovelay ogurtyay
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 7, 2010 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions
this is why you are the Overlord.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 7, 2010 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
i so feel like
right now.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
you feel like visit creepygif.com to view this GIF animation?
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
goddammit
my bad. nevermind.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe it’s time to just use the preview.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 7, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
CREEPYGIF.COM IS NOT THE BOSS OF ME
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 7, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
which one is it???
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 6, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Jose Castillo?
No, Sandowski?Damnit, Tom Sellick?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 6, 2010 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Jose Castillo is the Correct Response
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Why does this guy have his own era?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 7, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
He is a metaphor. A synedoche. He is what we fear. He is ourselves.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 7, 2010 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Speaking of his own era
I miss this guy. Check it out. Nothing says FUCK YOU like a game winning hit off of IBB thrown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLG_6vjbGAo
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
茂野吾郎君はこれをやりアウトになりました
Tom Sellick?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 7, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
This is where i rec what you put right?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 7, 2010 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Really?
Jose Castillo is now equal to Correct Response?
Even if so . . . that’s “synecdoche.”
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I love the Giants
And McCovey Chronicles. This whole thread is amazing both for the fact that we won and every post is hilarious. This type of win is a real moral booster for the team and us fans. Gigantes and the playoffs are meant to be!
by nhlogan on Aug 7, 2010 12:04 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
We love you too. Don’t forget to check out the Google Image Search of McCovey Chronicles before you go.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 7, 2010 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
my personal favorite ....
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 7, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Z
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 7, 2010 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
oh my christ ....
my inner nerd just leapt for joy.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 7, 2010 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Damn
heres another one of my rec’dits (b/c i lol’d 4rl)
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 7, 2010 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I so so don’t get it.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions
i regret it
rec’dits was suppose to look like credits, but instead looks like profanity
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 7, 2010 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions
so
I googled boba fett (no idea what this referred to) – there’s a wookiepedia???
by scottishgiants on Aug 7, 2010 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions
there's a wiki for pretty much everything these days
obviously, star wars is going to have an extensive one
yea…never seen any of the star wars movies…
/ducks
by scottishgiants on Aug 7, 2010 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
To be fair, you don’t have to have seen any of the Star Wars movies to recognize some of their most iconic characters.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 7, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I watched the first inning
then I drank a bunch of bourbon
turns out we won
SCIENCE!
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Grant's sentences made me think of this:
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
...... ummm .......
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 7, 2010 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions
No there isn’t.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 12:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Science!
Oldjacket, do you get the previous joke they find so funny?
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions
which one?
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Never mind . . .
creviced.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Because any other day, there is time to fool around!
There’s no messing around at 12:45 a.m.," said Giants closer Brian Wilson, who worked a clean inning to record his NL-best 32nd save. “It’s time to get the game over with. That’s not a time to fool around. It’s like, why wait eight hours at the park to come in and lose it?”
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Correction MLB leading 32nd save
awwwwe winners
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 7, 2010 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I still think most McCoven would love this.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 7, 2010 12:26 AM PDT reply actions
LOL mlb
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=5442704
Good article by stark on the phil cuzzi fest that took place yesterday.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
If I start following Dexter in season 4, am I going to be lost?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 7, 2010 12:40 AM PDT reply actions
you should start from the beginning
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Well I don’t have Netflix, so that isnt really an option.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 7, 2010 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Seriously dude, learn to Internet
If you Google watch dexter online, you’ll find it.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
hulu.com
amazing website for all of your television needs.
Zito was just saving his good pitching for the years when the rest of the team would be good too.
-- jponry
by (_0_)sega.master(_0_) on Aug 7, 2010 1:06 AM PDT up reply actions
That where I watch everything, but it only has the fourth season.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 7, 2010 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I've been meaning to watch arrested development because (LOL ME) I've never seen it.
Season 1 is finally up on Hulu! YES!!
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
download
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
from where?
I don’t really like downloading stuff
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 7, 2010 1:09 AM PDT up reply actions
What is that?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 7, 2010 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions
You can watch stuff for 72 minutes or something for free
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
I give up.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 7, 2010 1:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you have to download them?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 7, 2010 1:32 AM PDT up reply actions
here's a protip
just google dexter s01e01 (and so forth, changing seasons or episodes) and then one of a few other words: megaupload, rapidshare, hotfile, depositfiles etc. you will guaranteed find a free, quick download that will not be caught by the feds.
Virtue prevailed, and that is a good thing.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 7, 2010 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit Facebook people
Patrick T Powers Dude, 9th inning bases loaded 1 out, we shoulda had ishakawa squeeze bunt, if doesn’t work it’ll still be bases loaded 2 outs. They need to try some squeeezes
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
…..
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 7, 2010 1:14 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s saying Dude
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 7, 2010 1:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I say “dude” all the time, thanks.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 7, 2010 1:35 AM PDT up reply actions
LOLFACEBOOK
Read my Cal blog: http://since59.blogspot.com/ Go Bears!
Ryan Verdugo, my adopted son, is currently boasting a 10.8 K/9 for the San Jose Giants. CALL HIM UP!
Hurf
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
Nerf.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 7, 2010 2:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Franchize needs to summon his inner dustin oedroia and start raking.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Who would have thunk this at the begining of the season?
Last night, 6 of the 8 starting position players have OPS+ of 100 or better and the the two that don’t are Sanchez and Sandoval.
that’s pretty “wow”
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I see your Jonny Venters and Raise you a Kuo
Hong-Chih Kuo : 37.1 IP, 0.96 ERA, 47K, 12BB, 0.777 whip (WTF), 405 ERA+
Left handers has one hit off Kuo all year.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Yea. I think the craziest part is Venters is a relative unknown with numbers like that.
Buster. Posey.
another friar reliever?
Ernesto Frieri
by iloveddickdietz on Aug 7, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Probably because he is a rookie and nobody knows if those 50 innings is a fluke or not. But yes, I agree he should get more attention the more innings he gets under his belt.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
It's funny
I was going through my prospect handbook, and he was like the #30 prospect in the Braves system. He had like a 5 ERA in AAA. Unbelievable to me.
Read my Cal blog: http://since59.blogspot.com/ Go Bears!
Ryan Verdugo, my adopted son, is currently boasting a 10.8 K/9 for the San Jose Giants. CALL HIM UP!
Wow I have never seen Ichiro this mad before
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsY6YnWXsVk
He was right though. That pitch was not a strike at all.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
ProTip for Ichiro: a line in the sand, will get you banned
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
Karma
This game was awesome. It took 17 innings vs the braves, but I feel like the Giants put up good abs in the 9th vs wagner and carried that. The Braves seemed to get hazy strikezone calls, Giants working the count were down 0-2 all series so far. Needed that win. I personally threw my house keys vs the wall when Chip got that HR. I was glad to see Zito snap a little. Pick the guys up, motivate, pick Zito up. He’s pitched brilliantly this year, quietly.
This game is the break even game from the 1 hitter we threw vs SD this year and lost 1-0. I was at that game. I went home totally dejected. No more Karma left, we gotta win straight up now on.
The braves got the TBS treatment with the strike zone all night both on offense and defense
The called strike 3 to ishikawa in the 7th for example was not close but the umpire couldn’t help himself since its just the giants.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
JP Arencibia:
First pitch, 2 run homer. What’s with rookie catchers hitting this year?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
3 HR for Toronto already in the 3rd..
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
WOOOWWWW 4-4, 2 HR, triple away from cycle.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
A-Rod out of today's game
Berkman nails him below the knee during BP.
First solid hit for him since the trade.
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
LOL Cubs
They one-up the Giants by scoring 2 runs in the 9th without a hit, just 4 BBs and a HBP. However Cubs, while being the Cubs, still lost by a run leaving the bases loaded.
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
Not really one-upped ...
if you include the tying run the Giants scored in the 9th as well, that’s two runs w/ no hits.
… and they won!
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
I was referring to just one inning
Yes the Giants won because well, they are NOT the Cubs.
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 7, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Cum RISP stats for 1st two series games:
ATL: 0-11 .000
SFG: 1-19 .053
Kruk: “Like a soccer game”
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
LOL Eric Karros
Talking about Rangers going from 1st to 3rd and somehow I heard the words “Dodger organization.”
lol @ eric karros thinking the dodgers are still in contention.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I still laugh at how he was raving about what great trades they made getting a soon-to-be FA pitcher and The Riot.
I still break into a fit of laughter everytime I hear joe torre say “Theriot is one of the best 2nd basemen in the league and he will be my everyday second baseman hitting 2nd for the rest of the year and many years to come” LOLDGERS.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Of course
Just like he said garret anderson is a great pinch hitter and is playing “much better than the numbers show”.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
So nick swisher goes crazy over a called strike 3 and starts yelling at a umpire in his face and showing him up and pointing at him… and doesn’t get ejected and the umpire just looks at the ground and takes it. Seriously? Must be nice being a yankee and having the MLB on their knees for you at all times.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Lineup
RF Torres
2B Sanchez
1B Huff
C Posey
SS Uribe
LF Burrell
3B Sandoval
CF Rowand
P Cain
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
lol scott
Great career numbers against huddy!!!!
/3 years ago
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Why is rowand playing CF?
Oh that’s right we have a dunce for a manager that thinks rowand plays a better CF than torres does and it would hurt the team defensively if torres was in center with rowand in right or left. It’d be nice if bork possessed any common sense and realized that rowand is a defensive liability in center if torres is in the game but hey row’s a gold glove center fielder he’s the tori hunter of the NL!!!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
yeah you tell 'em
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Rowand hit the walk-off infield single in the game Hudson pitched earlier in the year, thus Rowand hits Hudson well.
SCIENCE.
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