Post-game thread: Matt Cain learns how to win, dominates Dodgers
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 15, 2010 10:07 PM PDT
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PrintRight after Pablo Sandoval’s miserable at-bat in the first inning, the anger began to swell...
...and I began to make Low Run Support Matt Cain macros out of frustration. Pure frustration. And Cain didn’t help the frustration by pitching so brilliantly.
He just kept mowing down Dodger after Dodger. If I could humiliate Dodgers like that, I’d act like Carlos Zambrano on PCP. I’d dance, I’d point, and I’d yell "COME ON, SKIN IT; SKIN THAT SMOKEWAGON AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS" whenever someone struck out looking. But Matt Cain is a professional. He’s wise beyond his years.
Matt Cain is the most underrated pitcher in baseball. He’s underrated by statheads, and he’s underrated by people who still pay attention to win totals.
Matt Cain, you beautiful creature. One of these days, you’ll get the offense you deserve. One of these days, you’ll Rueter your way to a 19-2 record. One of these days.
Ah, but I didn’t need this one tonight. The bullpen was brilliant. Brian Wilson is allowed a home run every two months, especially when they come with two-run leads. And it's worth pointing out that Pablo Sandoval redeemed himself by making contact when he needed to. It was also nice that Travis Ishikawa picked a great time for his first hit in what seemed like a month. Mike Fontenot can sure broken-bat his way into our hearts, too.
Timely, timely hitting.
So true, Matt. So true. Hey, at least it wasn’t another 1-0 game. I never thought I’d get tired of those.
Also, Chad Billingsley is cordially invited to suck it. Go play cribbage with Mat Latos and cry in your beer. The beer will probably have a slice of lemon in it because you’re a weenie. Suck. It. Suck it.
Great win.
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I want to have a magic number.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 15, 2010 10:07 PM PDT reply actions
We already have some magic numbers, here ya go:
Bear in mind, these are to guarantee finishing ahead of, not elimination:
Phils 20
Braves 17
Reds 18
Cards 11
Padres 18
Rockies 15
Enjoy!
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 15, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
This
I hope they have some self-respect and play SD and COL hard
by giant4life83 on Sep 15, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Braves.
Magic is 17 but only 16 games left
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 15, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
BEAT LA!
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 15, 2010 10:07 PM PDT reply actions
(past tense)
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 15, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
(command form, too)
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 15, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
LA, BEATEN
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
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I'd like to be one of many to say that this is a huge win for the Giants
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
thanks for the insightful insight Pika. (no seriously)
"throwing out runners? I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey
by LincecumFTK on Sep 15, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: I've got to give my teacher my topic for a demonstrative speech tomorrow
I’m thinking of doing ‘How to tie a Bowtie’ (inspired by Timmy). But, some other ideas would be cool.
Only rules are: no use food, must have a prop.
Jeaaaggaahh
"How to fuck up the Dodgers"
Dress like Frank McCourt or Ned Colletti.
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to do that (TM)
I did “How to score a baseball game” for something like this before.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I feel like everyone would be lost.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 15, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, that’s what happened to me
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
How?
If a girl did a demonstrative presentation on how to score a baseball game in my class, I think I would have proposed.
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to do that (TM)
LOL
I’d enjoy it too, but I feel like everyone who isn’t a baseball fan (probably 90% of the class) wouldn’t have a clue why you would even fill one out.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 15, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
In my experience, doing really boring and oscure topics that nobody knows or cares about is a nice way to get a good grade.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
teacher Phil Cuzzi says-
“well, he appeared to put a decent tag on the assignment”
by giant4life83 on Sep 15, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Good thing Cuzzi wasn't behind the plate last night. . .
. .’cause Huff was a lot outter than Ishi was two months ago.
Huff beat the tag by a foot-and-a-half; Ishi beat the tag by nine minutes.
by betterthanbochy on Sep 16, 2010 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
why not
“How to use a buggy whip”
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How does one stretch that into a 5 minute speech?
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 15, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Lots of asides and anecdotes
On the one hand, I ended up getting the job. On the other, it was for Kaplan.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
God, I loved teaching
But working for that company made me feel dirty.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Worked for Princeton…better than Kaplan, but still felt like I was doing something wrong in getting people into Grad Schools that would suck another 100K of fees out of them. At gratduation they would still be unemployed or at best get a 10K raise.
Let's bring the...
I think they can help for the grad school tests — especially for people who have a hard time studying on their own.
Let's bring the...
LSAT is all about pressure and reaction
You can prep all you want but most people revert to their “old” way once the pressure is on…
Eh?
Test-taking is a skill. Sure, the better you are at it, the better you’ll be after you work at it, but working at it can improve the skill no matter the basic talent.
Oy. Not really.
Test-prep is basically learning how to improve your odds on questions where you have no clue about the right answer.
It’s kinda cheap, but there are patterns that test makers fall into them and test-prep companies exploit them for massive bucks.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
The SAT is a lot more about knowing how to take the test than it is about knowing the ‘content’ on the test. And you can raise scores by a lot by helping kids learn to recognize the kind of tricks they like to use to make you mess up.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It's a skill but nothing you can develop over 3 months
Most test taking is pretty much based upon reading comprehension…MCAT is the most obvious but LSAT, GRE, and SATs all focus on someone’s ability to read information and apply it…
I dunno. I test well, but I also remember taking a few practice SATs once and seeing my scores climb. Yeah, at a certain point practice is tapped out and it’s all about getting enough sleep and being ready on that day, but from nil to that point should do something for everyone, if only a tiny little bit for some.
Practicing is definitely good
but you don’t need a test prep class to help you…maybe it helps 1 out of 100 but most people will not benefit from it.
I dunno, dude.
I don’t think it’s anything particularly inherent to the class, but a lot of people need the boot in the ass that a test-prep class (specifically paying a shitload of money for that) provides.
Seeing this, I kind of wanted to start a boot camp test-prep tutorial where people would just pay me to yell at them.
The classes also provide you with some simple tricks which can marginally increase your score as well.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
+1
You can really boost your scores with a test prep class. I felt good helping get kids into grad schools. Unfortunately, I don’t buy the relevance of standardized tests for admissions, especially for graduate schools. The GRE is a downright joke of a test, and I think schools are actually worse off for assessing admissions through it.
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The GRE is a huge joke.
In all seriousness, the math section on the SAT is harder than that of the GRE.
But obviously when I'm applying to a PhD in Public Health
Knowing what the word “avuncular” means is FUCKING CRUCIAL TO MY FUTURE PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS
I don’t know how ETS hosed the graduate school community into accepting it as a valid performance measure.
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It’s my understanding that a lot of grad schools actually don’t give a fuck about the GRE. I know I completely wasted my money on the test.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 15, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I think a fair number of them probably use it as a filter, e.g. your application won’t even get human eyeballs scanning it if your score is below 500 on math and you’re applying to a chemistry program.
I just wish they'd develop a better screener than content most people haven't seen since 8th grade
I’d give a bit more weight to grades, which make up a significant time investment that more relevant to the subject matter.
Also, the lack of interviews for most Masters and PhD programs is downright scary.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
To quote owlcrowft,
Just so.
Liberal arts grad students really should be able to work their way through a problem logically (because logic is the basis of all higher study), but to force them to take a math section is stupid. And you’ve already pointed out the problem with the corollary.
There are better words.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 15, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe it’s the only word in English that functions as all parts of speech.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 15, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
For instance:
Mattcain mattcain mattcain, mattcain mattcain – mattcain – mattcain mattcain; mattcain mattcain.
That was a perfect sentence.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 15, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t imagine a more perfect sentence.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Especially as a verb.
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YOU ARE A VERB!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 16, 2010 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
bgunn = faps
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Syzygy
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
That is one of those words . . .
. . . like “zarf”, that you very probably know if you read widely.
I see by the flow of comment that the idea that a university graduate, or post-graduate scholar, should have a rounded understanding of most aspects of—as Douglas Adams so charmingly put it—Life, The Universe, and Everything is now considered antique, and that a knowledge of some narrow speciality adequate to work within that specialty suffices as the sum of a man’s or woman’s learning and understanding: “If you can earn big bucks with what you know, you know enough,” I suppose it goes.
For myself, I do not have an avuncular feeling toward anyone in or close to adulthood whose reading has not been wide enough to expose him or her to the word “avuncular”. I reckon it can happen that this or that particular well-read person might have missed coming up against it, but that will be the exception, not the rule. We might thus take knowledge of the word “avuncular” (and a few other like terms, to avoid the occasional freak miss) as being a proxy for being reasonably widely and well read in literate matter.
One could, I suppose, argue whether certain other words might make better proxies, though I think that one rather good for the purpose, but it would seem impossible to argue against testing for such rounded knowledge. But if that does seem irrelevant, then the barbarians are not far from the gates now.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Who would ever use the word avuncular? That’s just crazy talk.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 16, 2010 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I hated my SAT teaching job, but knowing that (for my last class, for example), I rose my students scores by an average of almost 400 points served as a nice “fuck you” to the College Board and their bullshit, overemphasized test.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’m actually kind of planning on getting an SAT teaching job for a little extra cash/experience. We’ll see. It’s on the docket right now.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
So the classes help?
I dont really want to take one, but I might retake the SAT
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Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 16, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Get a good education, Graham
Make smart choices!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 16, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I got a pretty good score the first time, and I’m really lazy and stingy. So, it’s not happening.
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 Sep 16, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I did how to play Dance Dancec Revolution
I am completely serious. I hooked up my PS2 and played a round of DDR.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Dance*
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I have a feeling some guy in the class is going to teach us how to play Guitar Hero/Rock Band.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 15, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
How to combine gasoline and common household products to cause mayhem and destruction.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 15, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I taught my speech class how to play Texas hold ’em.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 15, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought about that actually, I went back and forth on how long it would take to iron out the basics.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 15, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I did “how to shuffle a deck of cards”.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Hmmm...
I have no suggestions, but this reminds me of my final semester in High School, where our English class made the entire semester a ‘Senior Project,’ which basically meant write about any topic you want, and turn it into a huge-ass report.
I initially chose baseball, and the teacher said it was too broad. So I looked at the schedule, and days I could get excused for school for ‘research.’ It lined up PERFECTLY. I chose ‘The History Of The Giants-Dodgers Rivalry’. And I got off school for the first home Dodgers’ series of the season. (which happened to include Hideo Nomo’s American debut).
Of course I got an A. :)
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by BruteSentiment on Sep 16, 2010 1:06 AM PDT up reply actions
GLB says WHAT A DOUCHE
That picture of Cain really makes it. Great game.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 15, 2010 10:09 PM PDT reply actions
He looks so sweet and innocent.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Gary, Llama Boss?
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 15, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Cain is fucking nails. And his walk-rate is down to 2.5 per 9. Did we ever think that was possible back when he was nibbling his way to high-3s/low-4s walk rates back in his first few years?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Did anyone ever prove that it was Steinmetz actually posting those comments? People that know him seem to think it’s not possible.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
I might see him on Friday at the Black Diamond thing; I’ll ask him.
FWIW, he may share his opinions but he’ll also admit he knows way less about baseball than hoops.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 15, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Cain is the coolest.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
He is the best.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
haha!
Grant, you make me LOL with your clever posts.
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Agreed!
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 15, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
+3
Grant FTW, again and again and again and again … we are blessed
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by SnowLeopard on Sep 15, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
ILOVETHEGIANTSANDMATTCAINANDFONTENOT/WILSONFORPRESIDENT
Play hard, then rock out even harder.
by TheBigLeburnski on Sep 15, 2010 10:10 PM PDT reply actions
This pitching is spoiling us
The offense on the other hand, is just spoiled.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
I’m glad Fontenot got that hit. I would’ve hated Velez forever if that run didn’t score.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 15, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s okay to hate Velez forever anyway.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 15, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
BORK just said in the post-game interview " - Giants baseball = torture!"
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
it was surreal
If only he didn’t help the cause by throwing crap like Velez out there. Why didn’t Pat play?
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
BOKR'S MANAGING=BONEHEAD
Play hard, then rock out even harder.
by TheBigLeburnski on Sep 15, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
deep breath
DId you see how Billingsly was pitching? I don’t think the lineup made a whit of difference. Dude was Deal-E-O.
So was Cain though, so yay
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this is proof that Bork is aware he is not an intelligent man. it wouldn’t be torture if it wasn’t so poorly executed
by giant4life83 on Sep 15, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Cain sucks his XFIP
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
BABIP unsustainable no strikeout stuff
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 15, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
hmm… why is Cain’s xFIP consistently higher than his FIP? Aren’t they supposed to be the same-ish? Or does he have some magic?
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
I could be mistaken
but I think his xFIP says Cain gets lucky with his HR/FB rate
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
He doesn’t give up as many HR on FB as other pitchers.
In other words, he does have some magic.
Matt Cain, bitch!
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Yay. Keep winning.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 15, 2010 10:11 PM PDT reply actions
Sad to say
I’m sorta glad you created all those Matt Cain images, Grant. We’re probably gonna need them.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 15, 2010 10:11 PM PDT reply actions
Nah. I’m not funny enough. I leave that to you and the rest of the McCoven.
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"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 15, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
oh this could be dangerous
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by GiantsBabe on Sep 15, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Why, yes. Yes I do.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 15, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
darn, I guess you can’t rec your own post. LOLME
ps. short-hair Matt Cain is pretty awesome, too, Letter.
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by GiantsBabe on Sep 16, 2010 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, he’s the best. I want to marry short-hair Cain.
Good morning, by the way. How’s the weather out there?
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
good morning to you, too!
It’s a beautiful morning here. The fog lifted about an hour ago so it should be a warm day. it looks like the city is still fogged in though…
How is it in Alabama? (that’s where you are, right?)
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
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That sounds nice. Here in west Alabama, it’s partly cloudy as a weak frontal boundary moves through. The day started warm and humid, and will continue to be such this afternoon. We’re expecting high in the mid-90s, slightly above average.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
I pictured you in front of a blue screen pointing to “L’s” and “H’s” as I read this.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 16, 2010 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions
If you are male, you definitely get a job down in Los Angeles then...
The “meteorologists” here are incredible…
of course, if you are a female…then you need to get plastic surgery, anime size breasts, and botox to be a meteorologist here.
I’m a dude, but I don’t wanna do weather in the Southland. Plus, it would be really hard for me to get a job in a major market like that.
Dodge City, Kansas, here I come.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
You can work your way up to the top...
besides…doing "weather’ here is pretty easy…Sunny with a high of 85…
Seriously, I just lol'ed looking at the seven-day for L.A.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
I actually saw a 7 day forecast
where we had the same high temp for the whole 7 days…
We do have “Storm Watch” when rain exceeds 1/2 inches and the Mega Doppler 7000 to detect any traces of rain that even threatens to land here…
IT'S RAINING IN THE SOUTHLAND
BREAKING NEWS!
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Mega Doppler 7000
Please tell me that is not a real thing.
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It sounds like one of those robots that are assembled from a number of smaller robots.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 16, 2010 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Channel 7: So why can’t I just buy the MegaDoppler for $100? Why do I have to buy the 10 individual Dopplers for $12/each?
Store Employee: I don’t know sir. I’m just here to ring you up.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
My favorite part is that they mention and show it
even when there is absolutely no rain (i.e. middle of July)…
I’d be interested to know whether it’s actually a station-owned radar or if it’s recycled NWS data. Many stations that brand their “exclusive” radar system are in fact using data from the Weather Service with their station’s name plastered on it.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Not sure but here's a description of it
We’ve turned up the storm-tracking power with LIVE MEGA DOPPLER 7000 HD. It’s now 1 million watts, that means our radar is the most powerful radar you’ll see on Southern California television.
More
High atop Oat Mountain, 3,700 feet up, Southern California’s only privately-owned live weather radar sweeps the sky, searching out the next storm.
“We have always had the only live weather radar in Southern California. Now we’ve kicked it up a notch, four times as strong, with 1 million watts of power,” ABC7 meteorologist Dallas Raines said.
LIVE MEGA DOPPLER 7000 HD can see through storms with greater accuracy, using high-definition radar. ABC7 Eyewitness News is once again leading the way for live weather coverage here in Southern California.
“We’ll give you the very quickest warnings, see through the storm with great clarity like we’ve never seen before. It will protect you and your property,” Raines said.
So sensitive, it can spot smoke and this year’s devastating fire season means every minute will count when the heavy rains arrive, ramping up the risk of flash floods.
“We will be able to see storms approaching Southern California during the rainy season coming up and in the burn areas with great clarity. We’ll see it earlier and give you quicker warnings,” Raines said.
Here’s how it works: LIVE MEGA DOPPLER 7000 HD sends waves of energy, 1 million watts of power in every pulse. Those waves travel at the speed of light, bouncing off clouds, rain, anything it picks up in the atmosphere. The waves reflect back to LIVE MEGA DOPPLER 7000 HD and you see it live at home.
Okay, there’s the answer. They do own MegaDoppler 7000. That’s legit.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
The real questions is why they need to own it
I can see a lot better use for 1 million watts of power…
Exactly what I was thinking. Especially for an area not known for the titanic clash of air masses that makes weather in the Midwest and Southeast so interesting.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Not according to ABC7
“Southern California has one of the most unique climates on earth, and the new and improved LIVE MEGA DOPPLER 7000 HD was designed with your safety in mind for when severe weather hits,” Kemp said.
Dallas Raines?
Who does weekend weather? Johnny Thunder?
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
lol!
you aren’t kidding! (I checked) that’s hilarious.
ps. my original Matt Cain hair joke is still not green…anyone…anyone?
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
why thank you, sir!
/curtsies
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
weekend weather?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
This is the perfect album title for Matt Cain
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 16, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
This is the 1st time I’ve used SBN’s “image auto-crop” feature…worked out OK.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
How does that work?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Sep 16, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I was kidding. I dont think I ever posted an image in the “maxed out right column” before.
SBN just crops off what doesnt fit in the column. What’s posted there is about 80% of the width.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Sam Sparks?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
HOLY SHIT
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 15, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
i just realized i have a friend that plays minor league ball, that looks suspiciously like Cainer
"throwing out runners? I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey
by LincecumFTK on Sep 15, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 15, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
rec
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 15, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 15, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
HOW COUL ANYONE HATE THAT FACE
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
He wipes the SD off the mound or something…
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 15, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 15, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s like a LRS Cain/AZN Dad mashup
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Sep 15, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Sep 15, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
omg.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I shouldn’t be laughing at this. But I am.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 15, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish I could find the original fanpost/shot where the guy made this claim. I remember so much “WTF” in the comments.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I cannot believe someone said that. Really.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 15, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 15, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
The best part is that you can go through the archives of all the ones you generated while searching the correct combination of words for one you could actually use. It’s a look inside Grant’s creative process! Is there a creative process?
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to do that (TM)
Man, you have no idea the stupid, little, insignificant edits every post has to go through before you see it…
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 15, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Testing:
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 15, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
THis is a very true statement
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
LOL
Actually, his wife had them.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 15, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d dance, I’d point, and I’d yell “COME ON, SKIN IT; SKIN THAT SMOKEWAGON AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS” whenever someone struck out looking.
Why, Chad, does this mean we can’t be friends anymore?
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 15, 2010 10:11 PM PDT reply actions
Okay, but
i get that Sanchez is a little dinged, and that Fontenot has hit Billingsley. So okay.
I get that with Torres out, we need both a centerfielder and a leadoff guy.
But really, Velez? An outfield of Velez, Nate and Ross?
Also, I’m getting to the point that I shudder when I see Panda coming up. He seems totally lost out there.
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
by Giantsfan4life on Sep 15, 2010 10:12 PM PDT reply actions
He reminds me of Matt Williams in '89
Everyone knew how talented he was. Everyone knew he was going to be good. But every at bat was the same. First pitch fastball, which he’d take for a strike because everyone was telling him how he needed to be more patient. Then, down 0-1, he’d swing at the next pitch, off the plate, usually a breaking ball. Then, down 0-2, he’d wave at a change or another slider. That’s Panda right now.
Matt Williams in ’90 hit 32 jacks and was one of the best players in baseball.
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
by Giantsfan4life on Sep 15, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe Panda needs
one of those clock-cleaning tough talks like Clements gave Schilling in the weight room in 91, about wasting talent and needing to take shit more seriously
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Sep 15, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
ESPN had this stat for Matt Cain's last start against SD
He did not throw a single pitch down the middle of the plate. Every strike was on the corner.
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
Here it is
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’s real darned pretty.
If I were smart I would bang out a quick R script to make a density plot of that, but I am old and tired.
R script to make a density plot
/Inception’d
by Every6thDay on Sep 15, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
It is the pirates choice statistical package
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
it would not look much different
there isn’t enough data for the Z-axis. Maybe Cain’s whole season.
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
Grant doesn't understand these new-fangled graphs
Remember?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
I prefer parallelipipeds.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Awesome, but not exactly a stat.
Like many things that come from ESPN.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Oh man, putting lemon in your beer...
That means the beer sucks and doesn’t smell like anything worth drinking!
Don't know how you'd drink any Latin American national lager otherwise
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Anything that REQUIRES a garnish is probably something you shouldn’t be consuming in the first place anyway.
/sips AVBC Summer Solstice
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 15, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s still around, surprisingly, even at my corner store.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 16, 2010 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL!!
I just looked at the beginning of the GDT. LOL heimy!!! That typo had me dying from laughter. As did the replies.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 15, 2010 10:12 PM PDT reply actions
/looks at it
Damn, that was a pretty bad typo. /understatement
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
Wow....
If all the ‘food’ subthreads going OT were just to lead up to that, I am sorry for my previous comments about off-topic threads about food.
"The knowledge of the game is inversely proportional to the price of the seat." ---Bill Veeck. •Check out the new look of SFDugout.com•
by BruteSentiment on Sep 16, 2010 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Suck it, John Lindsey
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Sep 15, 2010 10:14 PM PDT reply actions
WHO WROTE THIS, ME?
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Sep 15, 2010 10:14 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I was sure the Giants were headed to a 1-0 loss on a Casey Blake homerun, but Matt Cain wouldn’t allow that to happen. I was throwing things at the TV when Bochy pulled him for a pinch hitter, but I stopped when Ishi came through. Great win. The good scoreboard news came early today, and the Giants did what they had to do.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Sep 15, 2010 10:14 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
So Bork can say it the people’s choice!
Uribe is Mang who cong tru een clush
by Buster-Jangle on Sep 15, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
CSN Bay Area poll
Who should bat leadoff for the Giants while Andres Torres is out?
Velez 31%
Rowand 19%
Ross 27%
Other 21%
/sees Velez at first, facepalm
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
Average fan is clueless.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 15, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
21% = DARREN FORD SPEED OMG
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
it's like
4 piles of outs, but one has a whiff of VROOM!
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
Matt Cain
is my favorite Giant.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 15, 2010 10:15 PM PDT reply actions
Mine too
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
Shhhh
Don’t tell GLB
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Sep 15, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Cain is my favorite baseball player.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Got this from a Bums fan
Back at the trade deadline, I wrote that the Pirates were big winners. A big reason for that was McDonald, who was acquired for only Octavio Dotel in what I consider to be the biggest steal of trading season. McDonald has rattled off eight fantastic starts for the Pirates since his arrival, striking out 44 batters in 49 innings, walking 18 and allowing only one home run en route to a 3.49 ERA and a fantastic 2.66 FIP.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/mcdonald-pitching-like-an-ace-for-pittsburgh/
LOL Bums!
+Andrew Lambo
Love Agent Ned.
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to do that (TM)
LOL
I can’t wait till that catching prospect they traded to the cubs turns out to be another carlos santana.
"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 Sep 16, 2010 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I enjoyed this game
but Greg Papa is trying my patience
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
He tried mine, too . . .
. . . but he broke it.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Yeah I try to avoid him when possible
but I was waiting for the wrap. But yeah he kept calling FP “Frank Paul”
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Underrated.
Player A: 217 IP, 179 Ks, 68 BB, 3.03 ERA, 1.18 WHIP
Player B: 204.1 IP, 163 Ks, 58 BB, 3.03 ERA , 1.10 WHIP
Player A: CC Sabathia
Player B: Matt Cain
.277/.399/.518 out of a shortstop?!
Keep on, keepin' on, Ryan Cavan
whoa
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
i mean
this is a bit misleading: NYS is a big-time hitter’s park and the extra innings are not inconsequential, but still.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Also not inconsequential:
CC Sabathia ’10 Salary: $23M
Matt Cain ’10 Salary: $4.25M
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Sep 15, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually
Yanks $23 M = Giants EDGAR RENTERIA
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Yes, as well as Sabathia having to pitch in the AL East. Just thought it was a fun thing to think about.
.277/.399/.518 out of a shortstop?!
Keep on, keepin' on, Ryan Cavan
Definitely. Matt Cain rules.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
is Cain up for FA in 2011?
he will command a price, and the giants better pay up.
by giant4life83 on Sep 15, 2010 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
He is controlled by the Giants through 2012, when he becomes a FA.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
All such questions can be answered at . . .
. . . the invaluable Cot’s Contracts site.
Cain is signed through 2012.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
thank you for the site. mucho appreciado
by giant4life83 on Sep 15, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
/flagged
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Unf unf unf.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
So you're saying Matt Cain should win the Cy Young?
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
The AL Cy Young.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 15, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I love Francisco Liriano.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Lincecum
Liriano
Cain
Sanchez
Bumgarner
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Orgasm of infinite length.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
You’re not doing the infinite orgasm right.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
/drools
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 15, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Cain = Wyatt Earp
Huff = Doc Holliday
Velez = that guy who gets dragged behind horses offscreen
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 15, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
WRECKED
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 15, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
“COME ON, SKIN IT; SKIN THAT SMOKEWAGON AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS”
I don’t know what that means, but it’s liquid awesome.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Sep 15, 2010 10:21 PM PDT reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7J6dRkJjOI
It’s a ways in but totally worth it.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 15, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow… THIS THREAD, FULL OF MATT CAIN AWESOMENESS
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
MATT CAIN AWESOMENESS IS THE SHIT
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
they’re drunk again
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 15, 2010 10:22 PM PDT reply actions
LOL
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 15, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
i think this is my favorite
slowly dying, one giants game at a time
by SirPsycoSexy on Sep 15, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit
The Twins are 41-16 since the ASB
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
LOL
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Holy shit.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 15, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
The Rockies laugh at that streak.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 15, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit
The Tigers are 16-41 since the ASB
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’m going to see them put the nail in the White Sox coffin tomorrow night.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Sep 15, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I just realized that they’re doing this without Morneau. Wow.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 15, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Say hello to Jim Thome!
And Denard Span!
And wow Danny Valencia?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
When Cookyman comes back, I want him to stop making fun of me for suggesting Delmon for Bumgarner two years ago. It’s almost reasonable again.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 15, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
You suggested Delmon for Bumgarner?
Hahahahahaha…
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
It was before he’d had a full season, so it was pick one of Bumgarner or Alderson and take Fred Lewis too. Made sense at the time.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 15, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh.
That makes more sense.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Oh wow, I wasn’t even on McCovey Chronicles when that happened…
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
This is from GLB...but hilarious
didn’t watch the game, but I didn’t need to watch it to know that the Rockies slyly started using the juiced baseballs in the third and fourth innings, instead of in the late innings as they usually do. They are a crafty lot… allegedly.
We should show him that post about how the Rockies aren’t cheating, everyone else is!
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 15, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t watch it. I just know it.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 15, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Aww, they don’t think the Rockies are bitches? They think every last Giant and every fan of the team is a bitch.
by Every6thDay on Sep 15, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
He just kept mowing down Dodger after Dodger.
I felt like I was watching some inappropriate. It was making uncomfortable, like, “HOW IS HE GETTING AWAY WITH THIS?” but Cain was MOWING THEM THE FUCK DOWN.
It was fantastic. I don’t care if Matt Cain makes me think of Mark Gardner… I think he might be in the running for my favorite Giant, too.
I was one of those who were “worried” about him a few years ago, back when his walk rates made me question his ace-itude. Matt Cain has dominated so much that I must now figure out a way to travel back in time and stab myself.
I thought Gardner threw in the upper 80’s?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 15, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought Billingsley threw a failed eephus today. It was 68 mph and hit the plate.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
In the postgame the guys made mention that maybe Grant will take ABs from Pablo at 3rd against righties. I am not too sure How i feel about this but he sure looked good at the plate tonight (and recently).
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 15, 2010 10:29 PM PDT reply actions
Just a day in the life of Mr. Frisbee:
Break a scoreless tie, go post an awesome writeup on a blog.
by Every6thDay on Sep 15, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Good fastball hitter. Plays fine defense at third. Not much power. I rate it wash-to-upgrade.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Every time Kuip says, “A huuuuge” I think it’s going to finish with “toilet bowl.”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
OT: Getting to the park from the Central Valley
How do you guys do it? Drive to the BART station, or just drive to the park?
Kevin Pucetas: September long reliever extraordinaire?
I used to park at the El Cerrito plaza BART for a day game, or on the street near the stadium if it was a night game.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
OT: What is Craigslist good for now?
Online classifieds website Craigslist broke its silence over the abrupt closure of its “adult services” section and said the shutdown was permanent.
Craigslist removed adult services ads on September 3 following months of pressure from state law enforcement officials and advocacy groups which had charged that they facilitated prostitution.
Dating robots and drug deals.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Getting it for free?
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 15, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Furniture
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
by shanghaijim on Sep 15, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG shanghaijim!
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 15, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Players of the game
Kruk – Silly Bastard Grant
David B. Flemming – Huff
Kuip – Cain
Jon – ?
Honorable Mention – Wilson
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 15, 2010 10:32 PM PDT reply actions
Jon took Ish and quoted Nietzsche.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 15, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks, I got distracted
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 15, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Kuip only quoted Hawk Harrelson.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 15, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Not Nietzsche
Plagiarized from a fortune cookie i believe.
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Sep 15, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
he said it was nietzsche, I didn’t confirm it b/c he’s a HOFer.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 15, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s popularly attributed to Goethe, but he never actually said it.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Neither did Nietzsche.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
WHO SAID IT THEN???
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 16, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Basil King
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 16, 2010 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if urbs is thinking up another pro gino velez tweet at the moment.
"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."
Every time the ball was hit his way I screamed at the TV: “CATCH IT, YOU USELESS FUCK.” I wasn’t the only one, right?
by Every6thDay on Sep 15, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
When I yelled that at my TV my TV replied, "If I'm so useless, why are you watching me?"
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Sep 15, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
...
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 15, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Cain
You all need to find a better picture to do these things with. That particular image makes him look smug. Matt Cain is not smug.
Jesus
The Dodgers didn’t have a single runner in scoring position.
Why the crap can’t our offense and defense both be on at the same god damn time.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
W?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 15, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Because
that wouldn’t be torture.
It's orange inside
by TheAntiBork on Sep 15, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
During the sixth or seventh, I think Kuip said that Cain never allowed a Dodger past first base.
I immediately told my sister, “Neither has Rihanna.”
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
by L-Nova on Sep 16, 2010 1:16 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
LOLOLOLOL
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:28 AM PDT up reply actions
MATT CAIN
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 15, 2010 10:36 PM PDT reply actions
Formula
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
TOO META
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 15, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Rockies can’t losemore than 4 games to reach 92 wins.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 15, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
only 6 more home games.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 15, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
You so dumb. For real!
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 15, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
run and tell that! Homeboy!
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 15, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
WE GONNA FIND YOU
SO DUMB SO DUMB SO DUMB SO DUMB
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Sep 15, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
z
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Cain’s hair is awesome
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 15, 2010 10:41 PM PDT reply actions
Matt Cain as a whole is also awesome
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Wow, second half Matt Cain so far
83 IP, 62 H, 28 R, 25 ER, 16 BB, 75 K
that’s a 2.71 ERA, a 0.94 WHIP, a 1.73 BB/9, a 8.13 K/9 and a 4.69 K/BB ratio.
Matt Cain is nails.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Looking like the Matt Cain of last year, dude is a stud
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
But how many WINZ?
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Sep 15, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
MUH POKEMONZ APPROVES
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
write it on how awesome Cain is
win-win!
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
You too?
I have to analyze biblical references in Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”.
He should’ve alluded to baseball instead of the Bible.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
You're a woman? Having problems of any sort?
It’s hysteria. Don’t worry, I’ll just massage your vagina and it’ll all go away.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
fun topic
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
GRM sez
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
polite applause
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 15, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
AmyGGiants
Pablo Sandoval will not be in the lineup Thursday. #sfgiants
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
yeah BORK said as much
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
So Uribe at 3rd and Rent at short?
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
by Giantsfan4life on Sep 15, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
or Uribe at SS and Grant at 3rd
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Rather put his arm at 3rd than SS
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 15, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I can throw harder than all you twits.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 15, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Mister Toddler has a surprisingly good arm, just so long as you test it solely with throws of Thomas The Tank Engine products. He threw Talking James and put a pretty good gash in my BTW’s forehead at 18m, and now that he’s a year older…
My daughter has a fucking cannon at 22 months. She’ll put a stuffed Big Bird through a plate-glass window if you let her.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 15, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Can she catch?
Mister Toddler has real problems with the ‘catch’ part of ‘catch and throw’.
For a 22-month-old, she holds her own. And she’s as fast as Jose Guillen already.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 15, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
good, the guy is finally getting a rest, can't even square the ball up anymore
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
...
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 15, 2010 10:47 PM PDT reply actions
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Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
SHIFT A
Just got back and had to just sat WOOO HOO!! LA BEATEN!!! HALF GAME BACK!!!
OK, carry on.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 15, 2010 10:48 PM PDT reply actions
Is this the real life?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 15, 2010 10:49 PM PDT reply actions
IS THIS JUST FAN...
Wait, didn’t we just do this?
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 15, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
IS THIS JUST FANTASY?
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
I waited about 20 minutes in a game thread once, so I'm just doing this now.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Aubrey Huff
Just going about his business, picking stuff out of the dirt flawlessly, going oppo for a double, and ripping off Barajas’ leg to score the winning run.
It's orange inside
omg. Don Draper is on Jon Stewart!
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
So
Is Atlanta’s fall indicative of true weakness, or are they pulling some sort of feint?
I haven’t really followed them of late, and I’m shocked to see we’re only .5 back of them in the WC
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Could be weariness. Could be the way the Phils caught them and blew by and are in the process of wrapping things up. That can be disheartening.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 15, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
McCann?
I don’t know, their line-up seemed mighty fearful last time we met. Then again, Florida’s line up scares the crap out of me for no apparent reason.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
thats because a “down year” for ramirez is hitting .300 with 25 dingerz and 90 rbi’s.
"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 Sep 16, 2010 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Florida and Arizona are kindred spirits. Mashers from top to bottom, with some really good young talent. They’ll hit a home run or strike out. Except the Marlins have better pitching, and their young talent is better.
The Braves have some great players (or great single seasons, in some cases) from their players: McCann, Heyward, Prado, Gonzales. Their offense is above average. I think they are just seriously lacking in depth, have some overachievers, and have been getting by on the strength of walk-offs. Basically, the 2009 Dodgers.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Daniel hudson needs to regress
Or get traded back to the AL or something he’s a giants killer since day 1.
"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 Sep 16, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
They're like the Giants
Pitching can only get you so far, at some point, you have to push some runs across.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
And they are reliant on home starts.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 15, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
they seem like a better team than they’ve been playing like.
On the other hand, Martin Prado and Omar Infante?
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
I liked that CS. Good play, I thought.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 15, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s late on the East Coast and I’m going to bed, but I really didn’t like sending Fontenot with Huff at the plate. Just wasn’t a good risk/reward play, I thought. Obviously you can’t argue with the results, but at the time I was pretty mad at Bochy.
My opinion would be different if the pieces involved were different. Fontenot does not have plus speed, and Huff has extra-base power. Fontenot scores on a double with two outs.
And by your logic if Huff’s at bat is over and Fontenot steals it, it’s a lost cause anyway.
I think it's a no loss situation...
Fontenot on 2nd increases chances of scoring…XB hits are much more difficult to get.
And if Huff does get a fringe double, Fontenot is already in motion. Better chance of scoring from first.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
The loss is running yourself out of the inning. If it’s an 8th place hitter batting with a man on 1st 2 outs, I think you send him, but not someone from the heart of your order.
Now if it’s Ford or Torres running, it’s a slightly different story, but even then, I would personally rather stand pat and let Huff hit.
Yeah...but Huff is already down 0-2...
170/.167/.377 no so good…I think Fontenot has better than a 1 in 7.5 chance of making it to 2nd.
FUCK YES
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 15, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
The 15 padres fans on GLB are going crazy over them dirty ballz.
"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 Sep 16, 2010 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Are they
brushing their teeth with their dicks?
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
Just got back from the game
I’ve been going to Dodgers games since the 70s. My earliest Dodgers/Giants memories are the final two games of the ’82 season. I remember leaving that Saturday game early and getting home and it not even being over…and that was including a stop at the arcade to play Mrs. Pac Man.
Anyway, I’ve been to a lot of games and this is the first time I have seen a crowd so dead. Other than the bleachers getting really loud a couple times, the rest of the ballpark was eerily silent. Admittedly there wasn’t a ton to cheer about, though there was much to appreciate. I couldn’t believe it wasn’t sold out! There were 8k empty seats. Wow, just wow.
Still, I had a nice time. Other than Ethier in the 9th it was fast and sweet and I never worried that we would lose. That home run did not look like it was going to go when he hit it. Very impressive swing, there.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 15, 2010 10:55 PM PDT reply actions
It was probably fear.
Last night it was BUZZING like crazy.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 15, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd be pretty quiet too
if I have been shut out for 15 straight innings.
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
I was thinking that was part of it…but still, Dodger game that doesn’t even sell out in a pennant chase like this one? Very strange.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 15, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously. Matt Fucking Cain.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 15, 2010 10:56 PM PDT reply actions
LOL Padres offense
"If we score four or five runs a game the rest of the way," Adrian Gonzalez said, "we’re going to win the division. If we just score runs we’re going to be good."
Oh yeah?
Well I say to you Mr. Adrian Gonzalez, “What if you give up six or seven runs a game the rest of the way?” Yeah, you hadn’t considered that had you? Now play out your contract and sign a megebux contract with the Yankees.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 15, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
2nd DH
It’s the Yankees, they dictate the rules.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 15, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t work for the Dodgers outfield.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
“If we score more runs than the other team, I like our chances to win games.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Servus
Little old Edelweiss is leaving for the Old Country tonight, and will be gone for 12 days, with absolutely no baseball. Don’t cry for me, though – one of my stops will be the Oktoberfest, where there are six of the best beers in the world, served in krugs that are taller than Fontenot. I hope y’all clinch the division before I get back. I don’t need to bring you anything, because Chicago gave you it’s little good luck smurf, Hope he keeps getting clutch hits for you. See you at the end of the month.
safe travels, Edelweiss!
Have a beer for me.
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Have six for me . . .
. . . one of each of the best. Or more than one each. (Though I still prefer Dos Equis.)
Good voyaging.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I can’t imagine having no baseball for 12 days. Oi.
Take care, Edelweiss!
"Time for the laser show, boys!" — Aubrey Huff
Have an awesome time!
Be sure to eat and drink plenty for all of us
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
Not being snarky, but did you ever go to games at Candlestick?
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 15, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Just once, I was very little though. It was a Dodgers-Giants game. Giants won 18-6.
Kent and Mueller with grand slams. However, I don’t remember the loudness from that game and I’m sure it was sold out. It was either 1997 or 1998.
Ah…things were very different there. There weren’t any of the hoity toity lower box corporate season ticket people. There were fights all the time that led to a moratorium on beer sales after the 7th inning. Even the small crowds (which still happened) were loud. Filling that place up and it was perhaps the loudest non domed stadium in the league. 62k ppl in that bowl. It was fun.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 15, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I really missed out on those days. I am lucky to have gone to one there. I got sunburned so badly but it was the most fun I’ve ever had at a baseball game.
I dunno. I miss it, but not really. The Candlestick drunks were a little scary.
I do miss the cheap tickets, though.
I miss 62k ppl in the park. And…that’s about it.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 15, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
remember
kicking the bleachers. The metal really rattled.
Let's bring the...
by Swager on Sep 15, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
that is definitely one of my best memories
along with free tix for perfect attendance in the 4th grade. School rocks.
Aren’t there still moratoriums on beer sales after the 7th inning? I feel like that’s a baseball-wide rule.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I went to a 2-1 loss in 14 innings against the Reds my very first game.
Michael Tucker hit the game-winning home run into deep center field.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN200105290.shtml
I was there. Food stopped around 11PM. By the 14th inning the Seagulls were home wondering WTF are these people still doing here. I was cold. I was hungry, I was tired, but I watched all 18 innings.
The night before, the game went 12 innings. And I watched all 12 innings.
I hate Ryan Vogelsong.
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 yeah, I remember those seagulls! I was nine.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
That’s what I was saying up there ^
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 15, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Roar
Fontenot got roars like that in Chicago all the time, even when he was in a big slump.
is he our Eckstein? big hits, dwarf, opposing teams jinx…
what more can you ask?
by giant4life83 on Sep 15, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
i would expect nothing less than a better Eckstein than the original Eckstein
by giant4life83 on Sep 15, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
The BEAT LA chants were pretty sick.
Though I have to say, a couple weeks ago when I heard my first Go Bears in Memorial Stadium, it was stunning.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
by dregarx on Sep 15, 2010 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The beer will probably have a slice of lemon in it because you’re a weenie.
QFT.
I was walking past 103 with my Prohibition, and the guy in the Coors Light stand said “That’s a pretty tiny beer you got there.” I said, “Yeah, and it’s better and has more booze.” He shot me a look that was half “fuck you” and half “why did you just kick my puppy?”
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
Probably should have.
Pretty hard to do a good Hartman voice, though.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 15, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly, I’d still rather have 12 oz of something good and hoppy. S’why I haven’t really bothered going to Suppenkuche yet.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 15, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
The problem with Suppenkuche is that it is a little too accurate. Traditional fare in central Europe isn’t very interesting, and it really shows when the ingredients are not superlative.
Someone explain to me how Germany and Japan are like 10,000 miles apart
and yet came up with the same way to cut pork cutlet?
Something about WWII I think.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 16, 2010 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Axis Powers
A world conquering and recipe exchanging partnership.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 16, 2010 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I like the recipe-sharing part. More BAKE-O than NATO.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
I would be more than happy to exchange recipes with Natto.
/peace ensues
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
NATO Natto's Natto Recipes
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I think I will pass on Heimy's chicken recipe
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 16, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I'll make the sauce.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Dude, brunch is the way to go
I much prefer Waltzwerk (horribly misspelled) for German food. I once had Christmas Goose there which was obscene.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
just 'Walzwerk'
Maybe they’ve gotten better. The one time I went reminded me a little of the time my brother and I went slumming in only-barely-not-East-any-more East Berlin in 1989. I guess it was like East Berlin if they had been able to afford better sausage. But I didn’t go back.
God I fucking love Berlin. Best Damn City in Europe.
They have solid food (bacon + Spatzle stuffed chicken), decent beer selection, but I’ve never really tried critically lauded German food to be honest.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
I didn’t read the comments before yours and I was pretty sure you were talking about the band at first.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 15, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
I don’t know which public profession of love for a band is worse – Berlin or Europe
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Spatzle Stuffed Chicken is a great band, though.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 15, 2010 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Meh
They never lived up to their earlier work as Currywurst
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Oh sure, fall into that trap. They didn’t stop being Currywurst so that they could keep doing the same things they did as Currywurst. Sure, Spatzle Stuffed Chicken was divergent from their previous work, but I don’t consider it deficient.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I really love it when
The Giants win, and the people who don’t deserve to be in the line up suck up a storm.
Honestly, why is Eugenio.
/grounds out on first pitch of the game
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OT: Doesn't everyone love Chinese candy?
OS ANGELES – A Los Angeles company says it is voluntarily recalling ginger candy it imported from China because of an elevated level of lead.
Anhing Corp. announced Wednesday it is recalling DaiJyoBu Ginger Candy after it was informed by the California Department of Public Health that the candy contained lead above the state’s legal level. The company says the candy could cause health problems, particularly for infants, small children and pregnant women.
DaiJyoBu Ginger Candy is contained in a checkerboard patterned cellophone bag with a drawing of a sprouting ginger root. Each bag contains 12 foil-wrapped pieces of candy with a net weight of six ounces.
The company asks that consumers not eat the candy and return it to the place of purchase.
I remember a type of Chinese candy that had an edible paper wrapping. Well, I don’t know if it actually was edible, but my parents told me it was.
Also a few years ago here in the Bay Area the bigger stores had to stop selling those lychee gel cap thingies, because they were choking hazards to young children.
Mmmm … dangerous candy.
by non sequitur on Sep 15, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
White Rabbit?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit_Creamy_Candy
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 15, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Possibly! If this stuff has been around for at least 30-35 years.
by non sequitur on Sep 15, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, formaldehyde and melamine contamination. Excellent.
by non sequitur on Sep 15, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too.
I got it all the time when I lived in the Richmond (surrounded by AZNs) buit there aren’t a lot of Chinese markets in the Castro. :/
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 15, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I could be in trouble
On September 24, 2008, the UK supermarket chain Tesco pulled all White Rabbit Creamy Candy from their shelves “as a precaution” in response to the melamine-contamination reports. The Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety issued an advisory on the product after it tested positive for melamine in their laboratories, with more than six times the legal limit for the chemical.[ Australia issued a recall. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore issued a similar advisory, while also noting that although the level of melamine was high in the candy, it did not pose the same sort of danger that the contaminated infant formula did…Two reporters, using the Singapore test results, calculated that “a 60kg adult […] would have to eat more than 47 White Rabbit sweets […] every day over a lifetime to exceed the tolerable threshold” for melamine.
Assuming, of course . . .
. . . that that would be the person’s exclusive source of ingested melamine all life long. The other point is that “tolerable threshholds” are typically calculated with a safety margin to allow for those with above-average sensitivity to the substance. Some people might get sick a lot quicker than shown by jokester calculations.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
NO
I love just about everything about Chinese cuisine. But that nation needs to learn a thing or two about candy.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
I can't post my hilarious pics for this meme (pronounced: mem)
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Correct pronunciation!
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Without question.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Matt Cain said so.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Except for the times he correctly pronounces it “meem.”
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Wrong!
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
meMAY
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 16, 2010 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions
More about Cain's awesomeness
How Giants starter Matt Cain dazzled the Dodgers: – Fastball. The Dodgers were 2-17 (.118) against Cain’s heater. For the season, the opposition is hitting just .239 against Cain’s fastball. – Control. Cain didn’t walk a batter – the 3rd time this season he hasn’t issued a base on balls. – Moved it around. Cain threw at least 10 pitches to seven of the nine “sections” of the strike zone. Only “middle/up” and “up/in” were neglected.
Yeah
But he has no swing thru stuff.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Bud Black said basically the same thing about Cain and his fastball last week (link, go in to the 0:59 mark).
by non sequitur on Sep 15, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Kinda nervous to ask but
I’d like to know, when people begin a comment with the subject “Shift-A”, what does that mean.
Gracias.
¡Viva los Gigantes!
Instructions
Press C to tab to new comments, Shift-C to tab backwards, X to mark as read, and Shift-A to mark all read. The best: Z will simultaneously mark and tab forward, and R will reply to the comment that has focus.
Shift+A marks all comments as read
Usually people say it when a thread is longggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg and they don’t want to read through it all
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
And it's shortcut to say
Hey I’m making a comment that was probably raised before, but Shit A, I ain’t going to read all those, because my comment is awesome.
AKA — Hello
Let's bring the...
Gotcha
This could prove handy. Quite handy … (and save me some reading time)
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Sep 15, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
SHIT A!
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I love reading the threads.
I feel like I know you all.
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 15, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Just got back from SF
Two words:
Matt Motherfuckin’ Cain.
Bitches!
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It was also a very good game to go to with a Dodger friend fan.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Matt Cain, bitch!
Better?
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Quick contribution
Certified McC lurker since 2006
by DividedByZero on Sep 15, 2010 11:39 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
The BBTN guys said “…and matt kemp makes the play” on that roller off the mount Cain handled in a web-gemish fashion. stupid ESPN
LOL ESPN
They covered the NL West race, and then showed clips of the Giants.
The hitters, in order:
Pablo Sandoval
Edgar Renteria
Bengie Molina
John Bowker!
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Yeah when they were on Monday Night Baseball last time
they had a promo with Bengie and Bowker. Amateurs.
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
During the game they probably showed the Michael Tucker fight
and said: “earlier this year”
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
I have two things to say about this game
MATT CAIN
MARISA MILLER
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 15, 2010 11:51 PM PDT reply actions
if only we could erase that late inning HR Manny hit off him this year, and he’d be a great, lucky man
by giant4life83 on Sep 15, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Mattcain mattcain mattcain mattcain. Mattcain!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 15, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Marisamiller marisamiller marisamiller marisamiller. Marisamiller!
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 15, 2010 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know what the fuck you just said.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 15, 2010 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
CAUSE THIS
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 16, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Panda & The Giants
With RBI…..33-12
Without Ribeye….42-51
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 15, 2010 11:55 PM PDT reply actions
No, extremely meaningful.
Because I’d bet at least 10 of those games “without ribeye” were shutouts, where NO one had a ribeye at all. Fucking vegans.
So yeah, extremely meaningless.
This was my first time at a Giants-Dodgers game, as well as my first time at a September playoff race game. Lots of great energy there tonight, which people kept up even during the…quieter moments (of which there were many). Very fun. Some of the other games I went to this year were much more interesting, but I think this one was probably the most exciting and memorable.
Favorite thing I heard tonight: “Bochy is one of those stat guys” (said with conviction and contempt)
Least favorite thing: The pained groans and angry boos after Pablo’s AB in the first. Not because it was undeserved, it’s just rough to hear the frustration in person. Really hope he plays his way back into people’s good graces soon.
Beat LA.
Well, Bochy is kind of a stats guy. He’s kind of a hardcore stats guy a lot of the time. He just uses some pretty psychotic stats.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 15, 2010 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
/Bochy refuses to bunt again
Goddammit!
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unless you had a meatball sub in your pocket
you were safe to stand up to the lasorda charge.
Next time, make yourself big with your coat, stand your ground, and slowly walk away backwards. Playing dead will only encourage an attack.
This would be my lineup until Torres returns. Swap out Fontenot for Renteria depending on matchups
Scheirholtz CF
Sanchez 2B
Huff RF
Posey C
Burrell LF
Uribe 3B
Ishikawa 1B
Renteria SS
Mattcain CF
Mattcain 2B
Mattcain RF
Mattcain C
Mattcain LF
Mattcain 3B
Mattcain 1B
Mattcain SS
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by dregarx on Sep 16, 2010 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
rec'd
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
POSEY
POSEY
TIMMY
CAIN
POSEY
POSEY
TIMMY
CAIN
rowand
by giant4life83 on Sep 16, 2010 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Rowand batting ninth! It’s like TWO leadoff hitters!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
267 words
Need to make this essay 750 words by 7:30 AM tomorrow.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
Good luck with that.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Help from Howie
Mattcain mattcain mattcain mattcain. Mattcain!
“I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs.” – Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 15, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Martin Luther King, Jr. systematically, logically and respectfully responds to each claim made against him by the eight Alabama clergymen and then after his counterarguments, mounts his own argument in an attempt to not only refute the claims of the clergymen, but also to persuade the community at large that his cause is right. In doing so, he employs all manner of allusions, figurative language and a host of rhetorical strategies. For this essay assignment, you must address the following question:
How do King’s allusions to biblical figures and events contribute to his appeal to both ethos and pathos and assist him in building a compelling argument for his cause?
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
750 words???
That’s like two full pages double spaced, assuming your essay has lots of dialogue. Enjoy your ten minutes of writing that you’ll need to do.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
owlcroft just wrote 750 words while taking a five-minute break from writing 750 words.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions
(that was meant all in good fun, to everyone I may appear to be mocking)
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions
(also, why do spell checks hate the word dialogue?)
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
(and bachelorette?)
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions
(and poo, for that matter?)
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Because . . .
. . . they’re meant for people who need spelling checkers. That is a shame, because even for folk like me, who are poor spellers, their substantive value is catching typos. If they were designed as typo catchers, they’d have a wider range, but they have built-in assumptions about their users’ (presumably limited) vocabularies.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I kind of get your point, but I don’t quite see how showing a squiggly red line underneath an actual word that is also not spelled wrong is good for people who are poor spellers. It seems like negative reinforcement to me.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions
It's not useful.
I think I was unclear. Spelling checkers as they usually are made are, to my thinking, not much use even for poor spellers, because words one uses frequently are rarely a problem, while words one uses infrequently more or less force themselves into one’s attention, so that—with web lookups a click away—it’s easy to verify one’s idea of their orthography. But they’re also not much good for decent or better spellers, because they do, as you note, flag perfectly proper words that just happen to be outside their limitations.
As typo finders, they are reasonably handy. There are a certain few words in which my fingers very commonly reverse some letter pair, and the mind flies right over them just because they’re common; and the same can happen with any word (that “flies” originally came out “files”, but I have no spell checker in my browser, so I try to keep my eyes open). But as typo catchers, their usefulness is limited by their meager vocabulary: anyone who is much past the Dick and Jane and Spot level is likely to use words that the checker doesn’t recognize, so there will be a lot of false positives.
The number of false positives one can stand before turning the wretched thing off will vary from person to person, but it does reduce their real utility, typo flagging.
Also: it was more like 250 words. A full 750 would be three posts’ worth; I could still do it in that five minutes, except for the time wasted catching and fixing typos, which doubles or triples the actual composition/typing time.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Thanks for taking the time there. I do agree with you, and it’s pretty unfortunate that these squiggly red lines aren’t really any more useful than those almost entirely useless squiggly green lines (though, in some ways, those are far worse for poor grammarians than squiggly red lines could ever be for poor spellers).
Also, you’re a good sport, so thanks for that too.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Although, I guess grammarer might be a slightly better word there than grammarian…
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions
i’M A grammarisn…stop being racost
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
by DrDC on Sep 16, 2010 1:23 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
you are a grammarisn racost!
/squiggly red lines
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Sep 16, 2010 5:52 AM PDT up reply actions
The customary term . . .
. . . is “grammarian”. The AHD does not show “grammarer”—let me check the OED; nope, not there, either.
Nor do I think it works as a word for an expert in gramarye (older grammarie), which is the practice of magic (the term comes from the same roots—language skills, especially reading from a scroll or book, were of old intimately associated with magical power, as the very ability to extract words from a physical thing seemd magical).
But I like it anyway.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
ha
try having to use the word “endogeniety” regularly. Or use the word “regression” to its fullest.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
English is replete with technical terms . . .
. . . mainly from the sciences: for instance, the American Chemical Society has a registry of over 84 million named chemical substances (some of which names almost fill a page), and there are about a million named species just of insects—or, as someone pointed out, if you were to count every number between 0 and 999,999 as a word, you’d have a cool million right there.
But even without counting those sorts of things, English probably has a much larger vocabulary than any other language, something on the order of a half-million.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
That's nothing.
I’m currently at 63,939 words in my novel. Believe it or not, that’s just 241 pages…about 265 words per page. So yea, make that three full pages.
Also, Sunday night I ended up typing a 2,000 word first chapter for another book on a whim. Took, eh, about 2 hours, including some historical research.
"The knowledge of the game is inversely proportional to the price of the seat." ---Bill Veeck. •Check out the new look of SFDugout.com•
by BruteSentiment on Sep 16, 2010 1:30 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s about time for me to go to bed.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, who am I kidding?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:34 AM PDT up reply actions
The one I’m mostly done with is a story about a couple of kids at a distant family member’s funeral, who get told a teen-romance-style story by one of their cousins to keep them occupied, but the undercurrent is about storytelling and why we do it.
The other one? Emperor Norton, and all the fun characters in San Francisco around that time.
"The knowledge of the game is inversely proportional to the price of the seat." ---Bill Veeck. •Check out the new look of SFDugout.com•
by BruteSentiment on Sep 16, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
405 words now. I think I’ll just add a lot of quotes from teh Cotton Patch Version of the Bible and call it a night.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
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"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
howee gotta go
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
But I don’t have to go right now.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I was yelling ‘Burriss gotta go’ when they put him in to run… I suspect the people around me thought I was advocating for him to steal.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 16, 2010 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
You should add quotes from Block Testament.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
A knife sharpener. Which I don’t say to be sarcastic. That’s what they’re called.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I guess knives are also sharpened with whetstones and knife steels (also called sharpening steels).
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/culinarytools/ht/honing.htm
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
A whetstone or a steel.
A knife steel is a rod with fine grooves along its length; the knife is passed over it, at an angle that is critical and takes some time to learn properly. See: http://www.cutleryandmore.com/wusthof_sharp.htm
For more, plus a whetstone in use, see: http://everydayfoodblog.marthastewart.com/2010/01/knife-sharpening-basics.html
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
...and I'm done.
806 words, 6 paragraphs, 4098 characters, 26 sentences, 19% passive sentences, Flesch Reading Ease of 37.6, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level of 15.7.
I have to take notes on a forty-page chapter for history and do a couple dozen math problems, but I won’t.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
Good job!
"The knowledge of the game is inversely proportional to the price of the seat." ---Bill Veeck. •Check out the new look of SFDugout.com•
by BruteSentiment on Sep 16, 2010 1:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't complain:
at least you have hairs. Though as my lady’s late father was wont to quote, “God only made so many perfect heads—the rest he covered with hair.”
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Use the code BEATLA I posted in the fanshots like a week ago. $15 plus fees
by m34josh on Sep 16, 2010 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
46/6 K/BB ratio for Cain in his last 7 starts
not bad at all
lol not bad…
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 16, 2010 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Cain pretty much got cain'd tonight
Then the david eckstein of the giants induced padre like magic.
"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."
Billingsley’s really the one who got cained.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
He did
But fuck chad billingsley if it weren’t for a bengie molina like creature in right field he wouldn’t have won his last start against us.
"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 Sep 16, 2010 12:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Doesn’t count when it’s him. Seriously, fuck that guy.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I think I got under the skin of the Dodger fan in front of me by loudly referring to him as Barbara all night.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 16, 2010 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I was in 102, and there was a bit of “SHERRRRR-uhhhlllllll” going as he came in.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 16, 2010 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Nice.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Yes, obnoxiously so.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 16, 2010 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you know what my favorite play of the night was?
The Buster Posey hit after Theriot argued being called out at first base. Theriot sprinted for it, laid out, and whiffed.
Buster P!
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LOL DEREK JETER
What an absolute bitch. Just because you’re hitting .260 doesn’t mean you have to be such a sore loser.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12117903&c_id=mlb
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 16, 2010 12:45 AM PDT reply actions
LOL YANKEES
Why can’t the rays go away our payroll is nearly four times as big as the one they have the AL east should be ours!
"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 Sep 16, 2010 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Team leader! Mr. Class!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Also lulzy
For some reason, when Rapuano throws out Maddon, the YES Network’s radar gun goes off. Clocked Rapuano’s ejection motion at an astounding 89 MPH.
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
Today in Misleading Stats
Derek Jeter: .698 OPS
Edgar Renteria: .700 OPS
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Sep 16, 2010 4:11 AM PDT up reply actions
/injures himself faking injury
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Wow. He could make a living in as a flopper in the NBA.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Not ready for the World Cup though.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 16, 2010 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
He's not Dutch enough
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 16, 2010 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Not that it wasn’t still a crappy, hammy move, but when you loosen your grip on a wood bad, it hurts your hands when the ball hits it.
I wouldn’t be surprised if his hand actually hurt, and then when he saw it wasn’t clear why his hand hurt, he just decided not to tell. And to ham it up.
So, like I said, still a crappy move. I just think we have his thought process wrong. I don’t think he went “Oh, the ball is close to me, it hit the bat, I better pretend like it hit me” all in that 1/5 of a second period. I think he went “Ow, my hand hurts! Oh… they think the ball hit me… okay.”
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I would agree
except he was acting as though his left arm was hurt. The one that let go of the bat before the ball hit as shown in the above pic.
He never had them check the one that was still holding the bat.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Interesting….
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Jeter's quote after the game
"There was some vibration," Jeter said. "And acting. My job is to get on base."
And Jeter knows about vibration
Maddon’s take
Replays proved it, but all Rays manager Joe Maddon needed to see was the ball screaming into the infield as if Jeter’s wrist was made of titanium steel.
"Oh my god," Maddon said after the game, "I thought it would be a line drive into right field." Maddon knew the ball hit the bat, but he wanted to hear an umpire tell him the ball hit Jeter.
Good
I was trying to find one that showed this. Thanks.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Looks like Jeter is getting a bit of a gut.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Looks like the bat boy is working on half a chubby.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 16, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
But who wouldn’t if they had a front row seat to AROD and JETER!!!!!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 16, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Eyes fixed firmly on Jeter's backside.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I don’t understand why people have a problem with this. I have no problem if a player does this. He’s trying to get on base, which he did. Good job Jeter.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 16, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
-109
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I don’t have a problem with someone letting a pitch hit them or even leaning into one. What Jeter did was pretty weak IMO.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Meh.
It’s not Jeter’s job to make sure the umpires can see things they’re looking at. I mean, I’d be pissed if I were a Devil* Rays fan, but it’s not like the Mets should’ve pulled Cuzzi aside and said “Actaully, it looks like Ishikawa was safe.”
*-I know. I just don’t care.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 16, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
watching bits of the game on MLB.tv
Velez takes odd routes to balls hit right at him.
Fixed:
Velez takes odd routes to balls hit right at him.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
After seeing Velez, I said at the ball park to a friend of mine “I’d rather see Rowand out there instead of Velez”.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I really wish choosing between the 2 was a false dichotomy
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Where was he playing down in Fresno? The infield or the outfield? I was watching the final out of the eighth — an easy, can of corn, routine fly that Romo induced from John Lindsey (their Scott McClain) right out to where Velez had been standing. Eugenio took halting steps in three different directions or something before finally deciding the ball was going right to him.
Roy Oswalt looked more natural playing left in that game a few weeks ago.
by non sequitur on Sep 16, 2010 1:47 AM PDT up reply actions
He played both in Fresno, though toward the end of the season, it seemed like he was playing 2B more.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Shift A
I’m sure this was mentioned during the in-game threads, but Gary Thorne on the ESPN broadcast kept saying, “Fly ball to Valdez in left…” I heard this at least twice in the 8th/9th (only innings I got to see).
by Duelling Brandos on Sep 16, 2010 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL GRANT
THAT WAS FUCKIN AWESOME POST. BEAT LA THOSE FUCKING BITCHES FROM LA. I HATE THOSE FUCKERS. FUCK YOU BILLINGSLEY, WE FINALLY FUCKING BEAT YOU PIECE OF SHIT.
HOLY SHIT I LOVE COLLEGE TOO. I WISH I COULD READ THId this thread because you guys make good posts but im drunk. i hope this doesn’t (hey i used an air comma!!!) piss u guys off to much with all the caps but i turned the lock off. oh well, time to shower and hit the hay.
BEAT MOTHER FUCKING LA.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
by DrDC on Sep 16, 2010 1:14 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs
I’m probably gonna be embairassed by this tomorrow but who gives a fuck right?
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I’m Ron Burgundy?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I can’t get drunk anymore without being pretty self-conscious. And that’s in a no-matter-how-drunk-I-get way. At my drunkest, with the possible exclusion of blood poisoning, I’m a self-conscious lout. I used to think that being drunk meant out of control. But there is a definite line between “uninhibited” and “out of control”, and alcohol doesn’t cross that line unless you let it, or you have a problem.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I have no idea wat the fuck you just did
But you had me till drunk anymore if that helps.
All I know is, I’m only self-concscious if i realize that something i say might have future consequences.
for the last 4 hours, it did not.
BEAT LA!
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
No, I mean being self-conscious is a good thing. Being aware that you’re in control doesn’t stop you from being uninhibited. The fun part about being drunk is being uninhibited. Being out of control – not being self-conscious – is not fun, and if it is, it will eventually stop being that way.
I’m saying ur doing it right.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:29 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well fuck yeah
rec’d
I agree with what you said. I feel like I’m in control. Assuming I’m not driving or doing anything useful for society.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Ha, well, you know, not in control of, say, your motor functions. That would be crazy.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Some people are extremeley tanelted.
I bet Buster Posey could drive drunk…while dead…while also not having it.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Now I’m going to agree with El Person. If you made it through all those ground commas I just used, you’re not drunk enough.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:35 AM PDT up reply actions
No I’m probably not. This is my first night out in a while and they had all these bitch ass flavored drinks. I thought I was in LA or some shit.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Oh man, one time when I was out I asked the waitress what Vodka drink is good. She brought me a Porn Star.
Fuck. That. Shit.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I should have just asked her to bring me a cup full of vodka.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:41 AM PDT up reply actions
That actually would have been pretty tacky.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:45 AM PDT up reply actions
My first time getting drunk (AKA Saturday morning)
I had 2 cups of Vodka mixed with Grape Juice and Fresca…after 2 shots of 99 proof
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
when u say morning…do u mean late night or like u woke up wand was like “fuck im getting drunk”
cuz if so, inta-recd
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Late night
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
by Gobroks on Sep 16, 2010 1:54 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Had that problem too
But a little pot with my drinking tended to render me into an uninhibited childlike state.
Man, I miss college.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
i have trouble doing pot when drtunk…but it’s worth it of you can
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I'm not talking about doing a gravity bong
Just a hit or two would get me in the right place.
Wow, gravity bong. This thread is bring up all sorts of repressed memories of an irresponsible adolescence.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
You know what's funny?
I’ve moved in to my apartment but none of my friends are here yet and they always get the stuff so I’m just sitting here on McC.
One day I’ll do both tho!
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Godspeed, sir
All I gotta say as a master of public health is just stay off the smokes.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Youre not gonna arrest me are you?
or are you ntalking about tobacco?
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Tobacco
Makes me wish I could kick my old 16 year old self who thought it was cool to look like Bogey.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Back in my youth . . .
. . . at, oh, maybe 14 or 15, when I would get fairly drunk (hanging around with an older, college-level crowd), I remember the mother of a friend of mine, who sort of baby-sat me after one of his parties, remarking of me to him “He’s sick as a wet dishrag, and perfectly lucid.” I gave that sort of thing up at around 20, when I got out of college. In a perverse way, I envy people who can get drunk without getting sick (at least at the time).
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
There is nothing older . . .
. . . than yesterday’s newspaper, or post.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
That reminds me of that show Early Edition
I loved that show when I was a kid
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
I’m dying at the phrase “air comma.”
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:30 AM PDT up reply actions
HI CHO[
HOW WAS SCHOOL
i know, i couldnt think of the word. apostrophe or something? I think that’s it. Maybe it’s MATT FUCKING CAIN!!!
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
That’s going to be my asian restaurant name in a parallel univers.e
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
LOL univers.e?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions
That reminds me of J.K. Rowlings internal monologue when she decided to create an Asian character.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Fuck. Invisible air comma.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure if I could ever call them “apostrophes” again.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure what you’re taslking about so ill reply to the next reply
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
“So I want to write an Asian character. What should I call her? What sounds Asian…? Asian…? I got it!”
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:37 AM PDT up reply actions
At least it wasn't Lee or Wang
On this note, apparently almost all of the population of Vietnam shared around 10 surnames.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
I said Asian, not German.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Or is that more Swedish? I guess I’m no J.K. Rowling.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:46 AM PDT up reply actions
You want to go rowing?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:47 AM PDT up reply actions
wow.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Of?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:50 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:52 AM PDT up reply actions
why?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:53 AM PDT up reply actions
No.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:54 AM PDT up reply actions
oh this is when the replies stop going further right…
oh im jealous because u have millsbians around…that must be fun
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
They’re cool, but I hardly talk to them.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:57 AM PDT up reply actions
i would say “hey there ladies”
You should apply yourself more choppie.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I’m not a guy, though.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 2:00 AM PDT up reply actions
If you’re not a guy, what does that make you?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 2:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Most drunks like chicks.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 2:05 AM PDT up reply actions
This is why I like drunk wimmins
they just cant live together tho
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I DON’T GET ALONG WITH MY ROOMMATE.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I can curve the ball, but not with my thumb in the hole.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:49 AM PDT up reply actions
No, you’re probably right.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Drunk DC is hilarious, not gonna lie.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:32 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s not what she said.
And LOL what did you do?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:36 AM PDT up reply actions
oh i didnt do anything
they just came by to tell people to stop doing illegal shit…i was just like…aiite…bi ladiesw
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
LOL.
I’m starting to think drunk DC is more amusing than sober DC.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Can a city get drunk?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Chico, maybe.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:44 AM PDT up reply actions
chico just blazea ALL THE FUCKING TIME
LIKE SERIOUSLY, DO THEY EVER GET ANYTHING DONE.
I BET I COULD CURE CANCER RIGHT NOW
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
SO DO THAT.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I'll give you a hint
Start with the Ras subfamily.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
No, he watched COPS, on TV. It’s hilarious when you’re drunk.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t know.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions
lolstraightarrow
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:40 AM PDT up reply actions
/cue Asian father meme
But, really, though. I like watching drunk people while I’m sober. I’m weird.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:41 AM PDT up reply actions
You forgot some air commas there.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah. The first time I got drunk was two weeks before I turned 21. I don’t really have any room to make fun of straight arrows. In fact, I like straight arrows. They remind me of that movie Broken Arrow. And that makes me smile.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve never seen that movie.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:44 AM PDT up reply actions
It has John Travolta.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Okay, then.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:47 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s probably the only vaguely positive thing that can be said about it.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Now, Face Off – that’s a fucking movie.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Alright, dude. I’mma bounce. Lates.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 1:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep. I was gonna go crash, but I’m gonna stay up just to watch his drunk posting.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not falling for that again.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:52 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s a comma flying period.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t see it.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:54 AM PDT up reply actions
NO U
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:54 AM PDT up reply actions
carefulll…im on suicide watch right now
actually i just need a shower…but i feel like if i take a shower everyone will leave me
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
It’s 2 am, dude. Everyone’s going to sleep.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 1:57 AM PDT up reply actions
No, it doesn’t.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 2:00 AM PDT up reply actions
ok well chop you keep making me more depressed…you’re telling me all this ridiculous stuff…
next you’re going to tell me i cant have nice things
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
You can’t have nice things. Especially when you tell someone you love them and forget their name.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 2:03 AM PDT up reply actions
You still can’t have nice things, though.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 2:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
You definitely had more game when you were drunk.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 16, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
/insta-rec’d
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
by DrDC on Sep 16, 2010 1:14 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Young man, don’t you ever sleep?
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Not really
I have class in six hours, though, and I finally finished my essay. I’ll be off soon.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
Hey gays, MCC Afterhours is fun, but so is sleeping, and I’m seeing a lot more of the former than of the latter. I think I’m finally leaving now.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
I'm not gonna lie
I never thought I ould love Matt Cain more. But that mother fucker is the greatest thing since fucking oxygen. I love that guy, he deserves to have anything he wants, but he’s un-selfish and all he does is win (except the times his team sucks ass, which was also tonight, but he was even better than that!
What was his final line? 37 IP, 4500 K, -5 BB, barry bonds?
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Since I had to get up before noon today . . .
. . . it’s an early night for me. Sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I just got my first Blink 182 song on my IPOD
And after listening to “feeling this” I’m really gonna crash.
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
by Gobroks on Sep 16, 2010 2:01 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
I’M REALLY FEELING THIS
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
So when does Matt finally get to the .500 career W/L level? I’m taking June 12, 2011.
"The Supreme Court voted 17-11 today to uphold the multiple personality insanity defense in criminal trials."
by Panty Inspector on Sep 16, 2010 5:54 AM PDT reply actions
December 22, 2012
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 Sep 16, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Cain is in an abusive relationship with the Giants
And/or has Stockholm Syndrome, because he tells reporters he LIKES these kinds of games.
The lies he tells himself :(
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Sep 16, 2010 6:00 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
LOL SHERRILL!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
My favorite Dodger
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I think he should get Giants MVP votes at the end of the year.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Seriously though
Why are the Dodgers still keeping him around? And using him in 1-0 games?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
SHIFT-A
Wow this thread has 1000 less comments than I expected.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
FEWER!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Ooops. Sorry!
Wow this thread has 1000 less fewer comments than I expected.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
lol reply fail
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Does anyone else find it alarming that...
…the Giants are first in the league in strikeouts, second in ERA, but dead last in walks with 537 (over 200 more! than the Twins, who are first with only 325)? Aside from letting way too many runners on base, they’re throwing way too many pitches, both of which could spell their undoing in the playoffs. On a positive note, they’ve done an admirable job of limiting the damage, which suggests how dominant their stuff is across the board when they’re throwing strikes.
by Ike Wa the L Hater on Sep 16, 2010 7:39 AM PDT reply actions
Walking a lot of ppl is fine as long as you strike out a lot of people
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
Something of this sort has been an issue . . .
. . . for most of the season. The Giants’ pitching has been hovering between being 55 and 60 (currebtly 58) runs better than their bare stat line would normally indicate. That is a whacking lot—the average error differential is +/- about 15 runs. They have been very, very fortunate in leaving runners stranded in numbers wildly beyond normal. It remains to be seen if they can keep it up for at least the rest of the season.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
LOL'd when I read this on mlb.com
“Don’t ask me what pitch it was. I have no idea,” Ishikawa said of the 1-0 pitch he hammered.
Robb Nen on KNBR right now
8:11am
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
great interview.
also, it’s cockle-warming to hear ex-Giants talk about how well they’re treated by the team. I appreciate that about the ownership group — they really make a concerted effort there.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Hey Delorean
Nice cockles!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 16, 2010 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Cockle-warming
Thinking about Schierholtz’ abs does that to me, too. Sometimes twice.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Did he talk about how
Dusty Baker basically ruined his career by using him having him throw every 35 minutes?
Hey Grant,
Long time lurker here, and I was just wondering if you do any writing besides mccoveychronicles? You have a really absurdist/ intellectual/ humorous style of writing that really makes for a fun and unique read. I just wanted to point this out because I found this post game absolutely hilarious.
Grant will be along shortly (LOL SHORT) to rec this post.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 16, 2010 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
/flagged for sycophancy
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 16, 2010 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
That is low even for you Grant.
Resorting to puppet accounts to praise yourself.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I think he did like two pieces of writing for CSN’s website, but he hasn’t directed the rest of us to anything else he’s worked on.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
So you’re saying there’s a chance?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Thoughts?
Burrell should’ve pinch-hit for Velez in the 7th, with Burris at 2nd. Don’t even need to think about a defensive replacement.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
Picture OT:
That “reporter” is a joke…has the first four buttons of her top unbuttoned in just about every interview I have seen of her…
And for which station does she work?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
TV Azteca
Same “news” station that sent a “reporter” in a wedding dress to the 2009 Super Bowl to “propose” to Tom Brady and then proceeded to jump in his arms.
I think she was the same reporter in the wedding dress that proposed to Brady?
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
I think if Cain is your No. 1, he’s not as good as tons of other No. 1’s throughout the league. But if Cain is your No. 2, well then, like I’ve said you’ve got a heck of a staff.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
LOL
Matt Cain is the 9th best starter in the NL according to Fangraphs.
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=nl&qual=y&type=6&season=2010&month=0
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
This is awesome.
Also, Giants have 2 of the top 10. Suck it rest of the league!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
NINTH AT BEST
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I find their rankings . . . curious.
Mat Latos at #18? Lincecum at #5? I guess they have their formulae, but I rather disagree on not a few. But I do see Cain as around #8, so that’s OK.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I think we dealt with this before...
If Cain was a no. 1…he would be about middle of the pack for no. 1s…definitely in the top 5-10 for no. 2 starters
It would be interesting to see Cain compared to teams’ #1’s. My MegaGutDopplerAnalyzer2109 says he would be better than 1/3 of the League’s #1 starters.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
No D:
/walks away with head down and hands in pockets
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
That's what she said.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
the thing
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
it happened.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 16, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Alcohol may have been involved.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Not so!
Kevin Mitchell ordered to stand trial in Southern California assault case
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 16, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Mitchell was apparently upset the golfer, who says he suffered a concussion, had spoken disparagingly about him earlier.
THIS.IS.WHAT.HAP.PENS.WHEN.YOU.SPEAK.DIS.PAR.AG.ING.LY.A.BOUT.ME.
/punches with each syllable
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I had time to think it over, get some sleep, come back with a clear head and I think I can say with confidence:
MATT CAIN.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
by scout6 on Sep 16, 2010 11:04 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Mattcain mattcain mattcain mattcain, mattcain.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
If I was talented (and had the program) I would make Bochy eat the umpire.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 16, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I love how the Gas Lamp Kids HATE Matt Cain...
Its like they have to dig deep and try sooooo hard to find something to not like about Cain.
Whereas I am justified to say Mat Latos has a douche face and few could argue.
so i saw the lineup before i went to the park
so i got pretty drunk before hand because well. LOLVELEZ but i sorta remember us scoring and matt cain being awesome. and they kept showing someone who looked like marissa miller on the screen. turn out it WAS marissa miller. now im re-watching the game on DVR because i don’t remember it.
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Sep 16, 2010 11:22 AM PDT reply actions
I'm guessing she's a model...
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
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Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
San Francisco Giants SF_Giants
RT @MLB_PR: The #SFGiants lead @MLB w/ 52 games in which starter went 7+ IP with 2 or less ER.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Giants starters have 6 wins in those games.
by Natto on Sep 16, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m recommending this comment because I want everybody to feel the misery. (Doesn’t care if that number is made up. It “feels” true.)
by Every6thDay on Sep 16, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t need the stats.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Statistics can be made up to prove anything. Fourteen percent of all people know that.
by Every6thDay on Sep 16, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
9 out of 10 doctors think the 10th one is an idiot.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
As Archie Goodwin once said . . .
.. . there are two kinds of statistics: those you look up, and those you make up.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
THEY ARE STILL CLEARLY THE PROBLEM
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
That explains why Timmy is so confident.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 16, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd like to know what I did last night
Because my computer didn’t have a desktop when I woke up. I had to do a system restore.
I also couldn’t find my shorts.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
The desktop left quietly this morning.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Sometimes you change the desktop and sometimes…well, the desktop changes you.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
by jhiat00 on Sep 16, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 16, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
/Mixes_DC_a_bloody_mary
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 16, 2010 12:42 PM PDT reply actions
Cite?
(No, seriously. The movie’s been “in production” since before the show started.)
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 16, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Brought to you by Maybe productions.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Her?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 16, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 16, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
What is it going to be about?
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 Sep 16, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
You lost me at Jason Bateman.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 16, 2010 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
im re-watching last nights game
HOLT CRAP SERGIOS BEARD
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Sep 16, 2010 1:14 PM PDT reply actions
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Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
by scout6 on Sep 16, 2010 1:27 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
Best one so far.
Rec’d
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
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