Giants/Brewers series preview
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 17, 2010 9:56 AM PDT
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PrintThere’s a small, nay, large part of me that really pulled for the Brewers a couple of years ago. The C.C. Sabathia nuttiness was enviable. A hard-luck franchise builds through the draft and international free agency after years of dejection, and we’re supposed to root against them? Pshaw. This is ‘murica. We root for those underdogs. We’ll punch Ivan Drago right in his Rooskie face every chance we get. And whoever was playing against the Brewers back when they were contenders were the Ivan Dragos of the baseball world. Heck, maybe the Brewers are my second-fa....
Oh, come on. That doesn’t change a thing. I mean, it doesn’t change much. It certainly doesn’t change everything. Not really. Kind of. Wait.
Alright. The Brewers can go neck with a bag of yeast and hops for all I care. They are not friends of the program. It took two images to convince me of that.
Seriously, just stop. You’ve convinced me, stray images. Please, no more Bud Selig pictures. I know lawyers.
The once vaunted Brewers pitching staff -- Sheets! Sabathia! Gallardo! Uh, Manny Parra! -- isn’t what it used to be. And by that, I mean they allowed 36 runs to the Giants in the last series between the two teams. Thirty-six runs! Against the Dodgers, we like to call that "the ‘80s." It was an offensive explosion, a prelude to a fantastic, Posey-led July. It was a series that took the Giants from a team scraping against .500 to the team that’s contending for the division title. It was the least tortuous series of the entire season, and it isn’t really close.
More, please.
Here’s the fear, though: After the Dodgers were in town, here come the Brewers. Like, after throwing Emperor Palpatine down some sort of OSHA-unapproved shaft, we get to have an arbitration hearing with an Ughnaught about a worker’s comp claim. The Brewers have nothing to lose. They still have a bunch of good players. It’s not too wild to imagine Ryan Braun getting a home run at a crucial point in the first game, Prince Fielder doing something annoying in the second game, and To Be Announced shutting down the Giants in the last game. That’s baseball. Forty-six percent of the time, the team just under .500 wins every time. If they are wearing uniforms, they’re dangerous. Well, if they aren’t wearing uniforms, you should probably call security, but you know what I mean.
Hitter to watch:
Has anyone realized that there was a singer in the ‘80s who was named Corey Hart? That’s hilarious. I can’t believe no one ever mentioned that. Maybe we should make some sort of reference to "Sunglasses at Night" when he’s up. I get to do it first since I totally noticed it first.
For all of the rage directed toward the Jose Guillen deal, at least we didn’t give up Brandon Belt and Zack Wheeler for Corey Hart, or something like that. Hart’s a good enough player -- he’s also hitting well again after a miserable August -- but he was never a lineup anchor worth emptying the farm for. He signed a three-year extension with the Brewers, so Sabean’s going to have find another 30-slider-chaser to overpay in the offseason.
Pitcher to watch:
I don’t know why Carlos Villanueva has been so bad with such a good K/BB ratio. I haven’t watched him a whole lot. For the past calendar year, though, he has a K/9 of 11.4. He gots the stuff, and he’s only 26. I’ll take a wild stab in the dark and guess that next year is the year that he puts it all together and becomes a top-flight setup man. My confidence is justified because of my jerkish cynicism and pessimism.
Year Age Tm W L ERA G IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO ERA+ WHIP
2004 30 SFG 2 1 6.39 43 50.2 55 37 36 11 22 2 40 69 1.520
Yeah. That’s what we got for Villanueva. It’s not a colossal, Liriano-sized screw-up just yet. But have faith. Next year, I’m telling you. Next year. And when Villanueva shuts the Giants and the National League down in 2011, remember Steve Finley, man-buzzard, raising his arms in triumph while wearing a Dodgers uniform. That’s what the Giants received in exchange for Villanueva.
Maybe Villanueva won't ever amount to much, but he'll always remind me of Wayne Franklin and Steve Finley.
Prediction:
I mean, how did Mays Field not burn to the ground when the Giants traded for Finley? Was Edgardo Alfonzo that disliked? No. No, I can’t believe that. There was some sort of mass hysteria going on.
Oh, right. A prediction. If the Giants trade for either Wayne Franklin or Steve Finley during this series, Mays Field will burn to the ground. Them’s the stakes.
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Oh, God. I forgot about that man. That was a sad time.
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Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 17, 2010 10:02 AM PDT reply actions
Ah, 2004. Franklin. Cody Ransom. Yorvit.
AJ would have never called for a breaking ball, etc. Good times.
They could be Giants...but not really.
I have no idea how you remember a probably meaningless game in 2004 when an ump squeezed Hermanson, who I don’t really even remember
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I, for one, am not satisfied with a plunking in spring training by the Giants slowest throwing pitcher
Santiago Casilla, meet Prince Fielder, now drill him.
Also, Prince Fielder my indubitably SUCK IT!
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
Fail
*may
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I am satisfied with the spring training plunking. You know why?
B/c we are playing for a playoff spot and they aren’t!.
Also giving free bases is stupid.
Also, also unwritten rules are stupid.
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by say hey nation on Sep 17, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Also, also unwritten rules are stupid.
Unwritten rules are a part of baseball and part of what makes the game great. Baseball is a game of humility in which success is still failing 7 out of 10 times. Many of the unwritten rules have to do with sportsmanship and not showing up your opponent, if that’s not something people like they’re free to watch basketball for most of the year.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Many of the unwritten rules have to do with sportsmanship and not showing up your opponent
And others are about throwing a 95 MPH hardball at a human body because 30 year old men get pissy about perceived slights.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
in all fairness
Prince Fielder = 10 human bodies
The very bad man who traded my first son non-tendered my replacement son. F*ck you Brian Sabean. Leave my children alone.
Many of the unwritten rules have to do with sportsmanship
How is beaning someone on purpose and risking injuring them (Cain/Wright ) sportsman like?
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by say hey nation on Sep 17, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Because
They’re millionaires, monetary fines would have to be so egregious as to not suit the infraction itself that they would never work (and don’t), just look at football and basketball. As far as risking injury, these guys can paint the black on the outside part of the plate with breaking pitches, it’s not that hard to hit someone’s thigh (the appropriate place for a beaning) or their back, which has very little risk of any injury other than a bruise.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
BEANING SOMEONE B/C YOU ARE MAD AT THEM IS BUSH LEAGUE AND SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN. RETALIATION (OTHER THAN WINNING A GAME) IS A HORRIBLE IDEA IN SPORTS AND IS THE ONE OF THE THINGS I HATE MOST ABOUT BASEBALL.
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by say hey nation on Sep 17, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
You hurt my feelings, I'm going to hit you
Sounds like children to me.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
/disagree
Beaning someone because you’re mad at them, sure, that’s not always the right move. But if your team is getting thrown at intentionally, you gotta retaliate to protect them.
by GrooveGiant on Sep 17, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
1) if you are being thrown at more than once that probably means a warning has been placed so your pitcher will get ejected
2) Fuck them. Why get all pissed off if they want to give us free passes?
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by say hey nation on Sep 17, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, the idea would be that you are dominating anyway, cuz you kick ass and you’re the San Francisco Giants, so getting ejected or giving a free pass wouldn’t matter.
And to respond to #2, you get pissed because they are doing something intentionally that could injure your guys. You gotta send them a message that that aint cool.
IT'S NOT ABOUT ANGER
It’s about policing themselves and maintaining the integrity of the game. Poor sportsmanship, or breaking of the “unwritten rules” is detrimental to the game itself. Beanings—and more often the threat thereof—keep players from turning in to Ocho-cinco, and in the end protect the game. It’s also about maintaining a competitive edge, if there’s no threat of reprisal than why not peak at where the catcher is set up, relay signals overtly from 2nd base or any of the other “unwritten rules” that keep opposing teams from gaining competitive advantage.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Poor sportsmanship, or breaking of the "unwritten rules" is detrimental to the game itself.
Yeah, the NFL has really been struggling lately because of all those Chad Ochocinco types.
if there’s no threat of reprisal than why not peak at where the catcher is set up, relay signals overtly from 2nd base or any of the other "unwritten rules" that keep opposing teams from gaining competitive advantage.
You don’t think teams try to do this all the time?
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
by norcalnick on Sep 17, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
1. I’m not talking about monetary success, baseball has existed for well over a hundred years and if it were to try to be the NFL it would likely be relegated to a lower tier as a sport. It’s also part of the tradition of the game, which lends itself to the romantic nature of baseball that the NFL sorely lacks.
2. Of course they try, but if no one ever got drilled, than why not be overt about it? Point was that it would be a whole lot easier to do without the fear reprisal.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve never actually seen a beanball war start because of sign stealing and stuff like that. It always starts because somebody with a thin skin gets butt hurt because somebody watched a home run too long or something equally stupid.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Most likely you have
It’s not typically something that starts a “beanball war” usually if you get caught, you accept it and move on. You’ve actually probably seen it happen and just didn’t know it happened when someone was caught relaying signs. As far as peaking is concerned it is rarely, rarely done, because it’s easier to catch and almost always draws an immediate reaction.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
If fans can’t tell when it happens and gets a retaliation. . . then how do we know it happens?
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
A tree will fall in the woods.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
If a singer-songwriter
Plays a gig, and no one shows up, did it ever happen?
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
It’s usually discussed amongst players and word gets around the league, but like certain other topics is not something that’s usually discussed with reporters.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Football doesn’t really matter here. Completely different sport and culture
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by say hey nation on Sep 17, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes different culture
In part, because of the unwritten rules.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Fuck the integrity of the game.
Only winning matters. And free base runners for the other team doesn’t help us win.
There are always going to be Ocho Cinco’s. There is not much you can do that stop that.
Beaning Fielder would be beyond stupid. Say the pitch really got away and really hurt Fielder. The last think we need is a SP suspended. Or say they retaliate and hurt one of our guys.
For what? Some stupid unwritten rule. No thanks.
Unwritten rules take a back seat to trying to win the playoffs.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I find the idea that highly paid professionals can only police themselves with the threat of violence to be an extremely strange one.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Nerb.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Sorry, but this logic is faulty. Even when you adjust for inflation, professional baseball players were not making ludicrous amounts of money until free agency came around, and behavior of this sort has been going on for decades before then. Pitchers like Bob Gibson used to throw at batters’ heads if they tried to dig in in the box or if they hit a home run at all, much less pimped it or watched it fly away.
And as for pinpoint control, hitting a guy intentionally is pretty difficult if you don’t do it often. Just ask Shawn Estes.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Maybe I should clarify
I was talking specifically about the unwritten rules regarding sportsmanship, throwing at someone for digging in too much falls more in to competitive advantage. However, if your teammates are being thrown at then it’s your pitcher’s responsibility to retaliate and is part of the chess game that goes on during a game.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Ok, so your teammate is being thrown at, so you throw at them to get even?
Doesn’t make sense
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by say hey nation on Sep 17, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
NO
You don’t throw at them to get even, you throw at them to stop them from throwing at your guys and to let the rest of the league know that you’re willing to stand up for your teammates. While it’s not widely reported on, there are a number of pitchers who refuse to do this and their teammates not only suffer the consequences, but it creates a ton of dissension.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Ok.
Step 1) They throw at/hit you….
Step 2) You throw at/hit them…
Step 3) They think they are at step one so they do step 2 to you
Step 4) Repeat.
Its stupid. If you want them to stop throwing at you then start making them pay in runs by scoring the guys the hit or walk b/c they are throwing at them.
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by say hey nation on Sep 17, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Because that’s easy. What if it is Bob Gibson out there and you’re having a hell of time just making contact because it’s hard to get comfortable with him throwing at or near your head?
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
And you think by throwing at his teammates is going to make him stop throwing at yours?
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by say hey nation on Sep 17, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Usually yes.
In Gibson’s case, maybe not immediately, but eventually.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
or how about
the umpires do their fucking jobs and eject pitchers who are throwing at people.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Damn them for not being psychic.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
wut
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Oh you mean control like this?
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTQ4NTg2OTky.html
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by say hey nation on Sep 17, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Such a fantastic at-bat, even with all the mullet action going on there.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Throwing a hardball into someone's back has little chance of injury?
Then put a 100 mph into Timmy’s. Little risk of anything but a bruise.
"Beaning" a thigh?
mrs. owlcroft screams every time someone says something like that (especially announcers, who—in theory—should know better). It’s called beaning because the ball is thrown at the bean—the head. You cannot “bean” a batter otherwise than by throwing at his head. It’s like referring to a ball thrown at the thighs as “chin music”.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Then the pathetic whiners who cry about a non-approved celebration while a complete asshole like Wilson is doing strange ancestor rituals to celebrate need to have something far worse than a mere beaning happen to them. Can crybaby Righetti stand in the box during warmups or something. I honestly don’t think teeth knocked in is enough. Oh and Bob Howry was upset. He should be brought back. That’s enough.
CALM DOWN
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
NO REALLY JUST CALM DOWN!
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
First day here?
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
she shows up every once in a while to be a dick about something, then leaves.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
IRL LOL
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 17, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
as
“probably” a guy?
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
Wow. Chillax.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Sep 17, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Check it before you wreck it?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Sep 17, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKJsSPATDLY
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This is obviously incorrect.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.tauntr.com/content/timmy-and-bus-episode-two-phenoms
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Never been able to finish an episode.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m assuming there’s an image here. Does anyone else have problems w/adBlock on firefox blocking certain imagehosts?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Not that I've noticed.
Mind, I’m not very observant.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Bill Waterson would not be pleased.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
This is one of my least favorite sports cliches
If you only have an OBP of .300, you’re hardly successful.
Kevin Pucetas: September long reliever extraordinaire?
by Sammy Danger on Sep 17, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
The best HITTERS fail to get a HIT about 7 out of 10 times. You don’t have to like batting average, but you should understand the terms of the saying. Also, using OBP doesn’t change the fact that even the best still get out more than they get on base. As long as failure is more likely than success, the idea of baseball being a sport of humility is still valid.
by 24 Willie Mays Plaza on Sep 17, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Fail to get a hit in 7 of 10 attempts, even if you look at OBP, in the non Bonds/Williams category, everyone else fails more than they succeeed, which is not true of any other sport. If a quarterback had a completion percentage of 48%, he would not be a superstar and you would call him Alex Smith not Joe Montana. Basketball players do not miss half of their shots if they are good. As far as cliches go, I’d still say it’s fairly accurate.
And a Shawon Dunston laughs at your assertion of a .300 OBP not being successful, because he did not cheat the game.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
It refers to Batting Average.
That’s all that counts, because Real Men® don’t cheat the game, and so no one counts walking as part of the game.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Ah, but real men do enjoy letting a ball bounce off them like it was nothing
and trotting to first on a HBP!
No. Unwritten rules are stupid. If an asshole like Dallas Braden can make up a nonexistent insult to his personal space and call it an unwritten rule, and then be celebrated for maintaining the tradition of unwritten rules, that’s how you know it’s a load of bullshit.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, risking suspensions in September is stupid.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d just as soon not open the door for serious injury to one of our key players over a year-old beef that was settled cleanly and got enough bad press six months ago. If you’re still mad at Prince Fielder, just remember that he’s Prince Fielder and that he will one day be lumped in with Mo Vaughn… and not in a good way.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I still feel like that was one of the best baseball celebrations ever
It sucks that it happened to us, but it was pretty awesome.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
by marcello on Sep 17, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
It was horseshit.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m in this camp, but I guess I would probably feel differently if I were on the other side.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
If the Panda did everyone here would cream themselves
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
I came
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
Doubt it
I’d call bullshit on it, even if the Giants did it. I’m sure others feel the same.
I guess I can kinda see both sides. Anyone who has played a team sport can see both the fun in it from a Brewers’ perspective, and how it might piss off a team that just incurred a heartbreaking loss.
Ultimately, I far more appreciate unscripted to scripted celebration.
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 would be embarrassed.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
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 17, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
it was bush league
It looked something a college team would do
by Countificus on Sep 17, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree.
I thought it was pretty funny and clever. And it was last year. I’m so over it.
Kevin Pucetas: September long reliever extraordinaire?
by Sammy Danger on Sep 17, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree
I hated that the Giants lost and the clip got replayed a bunch on the sports channels, but I still thought it was kind of funny. I also like that they got the beaning out of the way in spring training, where Zito and Sanchez both hit him, rather than doing it in a meaningful game.
My mom: "I see so many Giants fans on TV at Petco, it's like you're at Pac Bell."
Me: "Almost, just with a substantially greater amount of douchebags."
by Tay on Sep 17, 2010 12:07 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
If you'd just won the World Series...MAYBE.
But to make that kind of deal out of eliminating someone else when your season is pretty much over…not too classy.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
But I've never had the sense we ever had quite the sense of rivalry with Milwaukee.
I think Paul Molitor was the last Brewer I feared.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
"Try to act like you've been there before."
Sound advice to those wishing to avoid looking like silly children.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
But what if you haven't?
HOW COULD YOU KNOW HOW TO ACT??
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - SLC
I was pissed at the time
Because, I mean, we lost a 12 inning game while trying to stay in playoff contention.
But the pitcure in this thread made me laugh a little on the inside.
LOTI @ FIELDER
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - SLC
But
Mota has more experience hitting Fielder.
Oh yeah, MOTA...
WTF ever happened to him?
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
How about we get revenge by hitting a line drive walkoff that hits Prince Fielder’s stomach and shoots off into left field
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
BOING!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Prince annoyed me, but I have a soft spot for the Brewers
You know, just as long as they aren’t playing the Giants. It does seem weird to be playing the Brewers and Cubs at this juncture of the season though.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Obligatory
TWSS
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a bad feeling about this series
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
Don’t you have bad feelings about every series?
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 17, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if Corey Hart will be wearing his sunglasses during these night time contests between the Giants and Brewers!
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Would it be wrong
For the Giants PA to play that as his walk-up music? I know they don’t normally do that for opposing players, but it would seem to be appropriate.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Get the organ player to pound it out. That would sound pretty sweet on pipe organ, if you ask me.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
There has to be a way to make this in to a reality…
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Good thing we’re not facing Jonathan Sanchez in this series.
They could be Giants...but not really.
by esseffgeez on Sep 17, 2010 10:06 AM PDT reply actions 18 recs
Rec'd
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
The truth
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 17, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Freaking LOL
Like, after throwing Emperor Palpatine down some sort of OSHA-unapproved shaft, we get to have an arbitration hearing with an Ughnaught about a worker’s comp claim.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 17, 2010 10:12 AM PDT reply actions
In other news. My wife’s father has asked me to be his best man for his wedding (~2 weeks away) I know him well and like him but I don’t really want to do it. But “I” already committed.
So what does a best man do?
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 17, 2010 10:13 AM PDT reply actions
BACHELOR PARTY!
You get to plan the bachelor party! Wouldn’t it be awesome if you were getting a lap dance, and your father-in-law was getting a lap dance at the same time, and you looked over and made eye contact, and you were both like, “Awwwwww, yeah!”? I bet you’re excited now!
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 17, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Receiving that lap dance from Pat Burrell would be too much.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 17, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I completely disagree
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
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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 17, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
YOUR PRUSSIAN IS JEALOUS!!
YOUR PRUSSIAN IS JEALOUS!!
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
You know how they made three free Willie movies?
Lets just say he is trying to duplicate that with this, his third, marriage.
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 17, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
And the point of saying that is that we don’t enjoy the same type of women…
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 17, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
given he's your father-in law
that’s probably a good thing…
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
LOL
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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 17, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
She has a bent dorsal fin?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Sep 17, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
You should include stories from your honeymoon in your wedding toast.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
yes definitely include a long bit about how you really enjoy banging his daughter…
by capn on Sep 17, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
bwahahahah
rec’d
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Insert XKCD comic about guy who tells girlfriend’s parents that he licked her nipples.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 17, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I've been a best man three times (none recent)
and in each case I was directed on the day of the event to hang around the bride’s general preparation area all day before the wedding and do anything she bids done, trivial or substantial.
Is that done anymore, or have tyrannical mothers of the bride usurped all duties on the day?
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 17, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
You get to make a speech, plan the bachelor party, keep the bride and groom separate before the ceremony, and just generally be there for the groom before the wedding. I was the best man a few years ago at my former best friend’s wedding. He wouldn’t let me throw him a bachelor party, so we went out to dinner instead.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 17, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
"I was the best man a few years ago at my former best friend’s wedding."
this is why, even with the distinct aroma of petunias in the air, people get confused.
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
The other thread is too long, so I’m just going to say it here.
The Giants took the season series from the Dodgers, and when it was all over, the Giants were in first place.
Damn that feels good.
Fielder crushed Matheny at the plate, I think
Pretty much finished his career. Can’t remember if the play was dirty or not.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
(coughToddGreenecough)
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 17, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Whoops
Man, I don’t even remember Todd Greene.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/12631946/wid/7279844/
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
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From The Chron:
Cory Koskie laced a double into the right-field corner, and Fielder rounded third hard. When Greene caught the relay from Jose Vizcaino, the 260-pound son of Cecil “Big Daddy” Fielder raised his left elbow and hammered Greene on or near the head. Greene collapsed, and as he rolled over he held onto the ball. He then seemed to place the ball on the ground as he threw his glove off so he could hold his face with both hands.
Umpire Tim McClelland had to walk around the writhing Greene, saw the ball on the ground and called Fielder safe for a 3-0 Brewers lead. As Hennessey and Niekro attended to the fallen catcher and disputed the call, Koskie tried to sneak home, but Niekro alerted Hennessey, and the pitcher tagged Koskie for the third out.
They could be Giants...but not really.
How classy of those brewers fan to have that play posted up on their facebook
Its funny because fuck the dodgers
A lot of douchey behavior in that play. Fuck the Brewers!
My mom: "I see so many Giants fans on TV at Petco, it's like you're at Pac Bell."
Me: "Almost, just with a substantially greater amount of douchebags."
by Tay on Sep 17, 2010 12:12 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
This is one of my most-hated baseball traditions. Catchers should not block the plate. Runners should not go all Aussie-rules on catchers. Ugh. I would hope Posey is smart enough to take throws out of the baseline and apply the tag to a passing shoulder.
I think I speak for everyone with sharp elbows who’s giving up 100 pounds on a man ready to elbow me at top speed when I say I would get out of the way, fast.
In some situations the catcher should block the plate.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
With his shin guard, not his body. And even then it’s usually against the rules, umps just don’t call it.
Carlos Santana
does not agree.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Ray Fosse
seconds that.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
If he has the ball, it's legal.
Same as any other defensive player.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 17, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
This rule differs greatly among various organizations
ASA (softball) and NFHS (high-school baseball) do not allow a catcher to block the plate without the ball. Catchers and other fielders are called for obstruction if the get in the way of a runner unless they are in the act of fielding a ball.
MLB, however, has a clause, where they consider a fielder who is waiting for a throw to a base in the act of fielding the ball. So catchers can block the plate without the ball as long as there is an active/on-line throw to the plate. It is a judgment call about if the ball is actually on line, etc. They let a lot go without a call and give a lot of leeway to both the runner and the catcher.
I personally don’t like the MLB rule.
Here is the clause on Obstruction from MLB
OBSTRUCTION is the act of a fielder who, while not in possession of the ball and not in the act of fielding the ball, impedes the progress of any runner.
Rule 2.00 (Obstruction) Comment: If a fielder is about to receive a thrown ball and if the ball is in flight directly toward and near enough to the fielder so he must occupy his position to receive the ball he may be considered "in the act of fielding a ball." It is entirely up to the judgment of the umpire as to whether a fielder is in the act of fielding a ball. After a fielder has made an attempt to field a ball and missed, he can no longer be in the "act of fielding" the ball. For example: If an infielder dives at a ground ball and the ball passes him and he continues to lie on the ground and delays the progress of the runner, he very likely has obstructed the runner.
Sort of.
See this discussion at baseball-rules.com.
Note that Rule 7.06(b) expressly states that—
The catcher, without the ball in his possession, has no right to block the pathway of the runner attempting to score. The base line belongs to the runner and the catcher should be there only when he is fielding the ball or when he already has the ball in his hand.Thus, the statement that “if he has the ball, it’s legal” is exactly correct, but the reality is that few if any umpires will ever call obstruction on a catcher who does not yet have the ball blocking the path to home plate, and many catchers set up well before receiving the ball.
It’s a bit complicated, and the discussion linked above will help.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
What?
Catchers should indeed block the plate. What’s next, should they switch to a foam ball so that no one ever gets hurt? Is there a risk of injury when they do that? Yes. Should you plow over someone in the All-Star game? No. Is there a proper way to block the plate? Yes
Should runners try to run a catcher over when the throw beats them there? Absolutely, and The Machine agrees.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Should you plow over someone in the All-Star game?
If it’s Fosse, yes.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Don't really like him as an announcer
But that shit was Bush League, and one of the many reasons why he isn’t in the Hall, because even though he belongs, he’s such an insufferable asshole that no one within the game will ever fight for him to be there.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
You'll probably feel quite different about this
if Posey is ever seriously injured on a play where the runner tries to bowl him over.
I think
that any player who throws an elbow at a catcher’s head (like Fielder did there) should:
1) Be automatically out
2) Be ejected from the game immediately
3) Be suspended for a week+
4) Be fined heavily.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Just keep playing good baseball
Just keep playing good baseball
Just keep playing good baseball
Just keep playing good baseball
Just keep playing good baseball
Just keep playing good baseball
Just keep playing good baseball
Just keep playing good baseball
Just keep playing good baseball
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 17, 2010 10:24 AM PDT reply actions
If you propeller wildly while repeating this,
it’d be kinda like the San Francisco version of chanting and turning a prayer wheel. Especially on Orange Friday.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Anagram of "sustainable"
BESTIAL ANUS
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 17, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
He is a top-flight Scrabble player, he is definitely creating these on his own.
My mom: "I see so many Giants fans on TV at Petco, it's like you're at Pac Bell."
Me: "Almost, just with a substantially greater amount of douchebags."
by Tay on Sep 17, 2010 12:15 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Actually
I use a program called Anagram Genius to make most of these. I’m really not that great a raw anagrammer.
And I am strictly a mid-level competitive Scrabble player. I’m not playing the Wiegands, Cappellettos or GI Joel’s of the world.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 17, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Modestly played, sir.
But the very fact that you play competitively at all makes you, compared to essentially all of us, pretty fuckin’ elite.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants just need to win tonight. With Mad Bum going, I like their chances. Worry about tomorrow after tonight’s game.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 17, 2010 10:27 AM PDT reply actions
I refuse to worry about Lincecum.
That part of the season is over.
I thought the Brewers celebration thing was hilarious.
People need to move on.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
by delorean on Sep 17, 2010 10:37 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
I thought it was hilarious too...
minus the whole “Walk off home run against the Giants” thing.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m with you.
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 17, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Although I am happy that its not a common place n baseball.
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 17, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
agreed
i enjoyed it because of its novelty.
i certainly don’t want to see stupid shit like TD end-zone dances in baseball.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I think teams
can do whatever the hell they want after a walk off … or K… or HR… or whatever.
As long as they don’t hit walk offs (or HRs, or strikeout) any Giants in the first place.
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It was funny and bush league at the same time. So, really, it was bunny league.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
SSSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLL
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Is that like the Lingerie Football League?
(NSFWishness obvious by the name, I hope; watch out for the autoplay video, too.)
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
You know...
The concept properly sounded a lot better in theory…but I caught a bit of it last year and players are wearing pads and helmets which in essence ruins the point of the whole thing…probably better to change it into flag football or something
WHUR’Z MAH TICKLE AN’ SLAP?!?
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Winz please
Tonight is my last game. Tomorrow I leave for the dreaded land of Boregon, for school. WIN.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 10:37 AM PDT reply actions
There’s actually a town called Boring, OR.
QED
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Welcome back to Oregon =P
As someone who currently lives here… I don’t feel bad for you, because I’m stuck here year round.
Damnit I want to live where there are people.
"But at this time of year, two plus two doesn't always add up to eight. Sometimes, it equals four." - Geoff Baker, Mariners beat writer.
Where in Oregon?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 17, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Poogene. UO.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Eugene ain't bad
my old roommate just moved up there.
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You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I'm just not a fan
I’ve lived in SF my entire life
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
San Francisco's problem . . .
. . . is that it is in California.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
"Ambience"
Yes, I think there are a lot of similarities. I’ve only been there once, briefly, but we had visiting relatives so “did” the usual tourist things. If the weather were nicer, and I weren’t long since fed up with urban living, it’d be a good candidate. Heck, even with the weather, it’s a very good choice for those who like the urban lifestyle.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Yeah I was only there briefly
but I really enjoyed it
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Too dank.
We live in the sunny rural eastern area of Washington state, where the strip west of the Cascades is commonly spoken of as “the rainyside”. People in rural areas aren’t noticeably better or worse than those in urban areas, but there are a lot fewer of them on the ground. Our nearest neighbor is well over a mile off, and the next nearest probably two or three miles. (Yet facilities from fire-fighting to an emergency room are only 10 minutes away.) We like it.
Also, no income tax. Zero. And a sales tax still a hair lower than California’s. And a state government consistently rated among or as the best in the nation. Yes, we like it.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Sounds nice
I don’t think I could live in such a rural area, but I understand the appeal.
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Property tax?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
WE DO NOT SPEAK OF THE PROPERTY TAX!
by BestHyperboleEver on Sep 17, 2010 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually it’s not bad. About in the middle of the pack in terms of % of home value.
by BestHyperboleEver on Sep 17, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
San Francisco treat property tax like a gambling addict treats a credit line.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Reasonable.
There are controls on it, so it can’t just be raised at whim; I’m not sure if they equate to Prop. 13, but something of the sort. Curiously, we are in a little pocket where property values are steady or even slightly increasing. (Which, as it happens, I wish they weren’t, but tax is still not a major issue.)
Washington has a resident tax nut who periodically gets up a referendum to lower or control this or that; when the case is good (as with the extortionate auto registraion fees, which used to be in the high three-digit range), they pass; when they’re just whacko, they fail. It seems a good system.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
University of Oregon?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 17, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice. Is this your first year there?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 17, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
No, fourth.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, i see.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 17, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Oregon's a really beautiful state, actually.
Only boring if rain makes you sluggish
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - SLC
I’d feel better about it if it came from somebody who didn’t have somewhat of a history of being an unprofessional, hotheaded prick. I can’t endorse it in good conscience.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
this.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Sep 17, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I haven't heard a lot of issues with him
But he does seem pretty short tempered, and has tried to go after players after the game:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/Brewers-Slugger-Mifted-At-Dodger-Pitcher-52539607.html
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
Are we really gonna hold his attempted Dodger ass-kicking against him? I mean really, isn’t that enough to at least beatify him and put him on the path to sainthood?
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a fair point
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
He tried to go after Sanchez once last season too, didn’t he? Or at least thought about it in a public way.
He’s shown on more than one occasion that he’s not above going out looking for a fight. Also, there’s untucking your jersey during blowouts, the walkoff deal… He’s done little to endear himself to the public as a person, from what I can tell.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
id like to see him fight barry bonds. fat v muscle
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
You're Obviously Blinded By Your Pro-Fat-Vegetarian Bias
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I think can only kind of remember one instance of him being any of those things.
by chilibean_3 on Sep 17, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Being from Milwaukee, I hate the Brewers. Prince Fielder is fat, Ryan Braun is the biggest douche/bro ever, and Corey Hart is the ugliest player in the MLB. Atleast it’s on TV…and I would totally trade Cain/Sanchez for any one of them.
moar runz n stuff
by wanna Ishikawa? on Sep 17, 2010 10:57 AM PDT reply actions
If Brian Wilson weren’t a Giant, wouldn’t he easily be all of our most hated player?
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
SIRM?
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Sep 17, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't think so
I’m not sure I’m familiar with any other player claiming to be a Ninja, but I would be an instant fan of anyone else who did. Also, anyone who claims to have been for “having too much awesome on my feet,” is pretty awesome in my book.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
fail
*fined
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Corey Hart is the ugliest player in the MLB
I’m not saying he’s not ugly — I mean, he could substitute for the Geico cavemen without prosthetics — but have you ever looked at Ronald Belisario’s face? It looks like a pineapple that’s been set on fire.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
not even in the same area code as Hart and Belisario w/r/t ugly
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
...
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 still take Jay Gibbon as the Champion
v.
I mean don’t get me wrong the first two are no prize but Jay is the winner
y'know
you make a pretty compelling argument here.
I think the takeaway is that all Dodgers are fucking repugnant-looking
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
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 17, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
OH DEAR CHRIST THAT CHIN
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
All-Time Ugly Champ
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
by RDreamer on Sep 17, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Oh dear
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
Mentioned in Ball Four
if I remember properly.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 17, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
He's not considered ugly on HIS planet
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
?
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 17, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I dunno, on his planet he's considered handsome?
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
VICENTE PADILLA
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Erubiel Durazo
He looks a little like “Sloth” from The Goonies.
Hey Sandoval, mix in a salad. Everyone else, mix in a walk.
Baby Ruth?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
pineapple that’s been set on fire
Laughing out loud, seriously.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 17, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
i'm here all week!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
…the late show gets a little blue.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Much better now that the meds are dialed in though.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
VINCENTE PADILLA
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Let's all remember back
when people thought about trading for Corey Hart…
1st Half: 21 Homers 65 Rbis .288/.349/.569 28 BBs 70 Ks
2nd Half: 7 Homers 26 RBIs .265/.315/.475 12 BBs 53 Ks
that second set of numbers looks an awful lot like his career line… shocking.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Jose Bautista on the other hand
1st half: 24 Hr 56 Rbis 54 BBs 68 Ks .237/.361/.543
2nd half: 23 Hr 55 Rbis 39 BBs 38 Ks .300/.412/.715 (in 116 less PAs!)
Overall: 6.3 oWar
But apparently a huge clank in the field
-1.6 dWar
-9.5 UZR (although he had pretty good UZR for the past two years: 13.5 and 6.5)
went from 13.5 to 6.5 to -9.5 ???
that’s a huge drop-off. he sure is aging badly
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
or it’s just a blip on the radar (or he bulked up a lot before this season and isn’t as mobile)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
he wasnt even in the HR derby, was he? even an all-star?
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
hmm. it seemed like alot of really good players got All-Star snubs. Votto almost didn’t even make it.
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
RETARDED
AS game is.
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - SLC
and to give the “winning” team home-field, with the way they manage the game? rediculous
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
he hasn’t ever put up numbers like this so I wouldn’t trade off Sanchey for what might just be a fluke year. besides, the entire BJs team hits a ton of HRs, I doubt he’d have close to 47 if in SF
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
His BABIP is .240
I still don’t know if that’s good or bad…
Anyways…it’s a hard choice…a guy who came out of nowhere or a pitcher who has the stuff but inconsistent…
he may be on the path to consistency. he didnt have his best stuff, walked 7, and still didnt give up a run… is that the sanchez we know? i think his kid is getting a handle right before our eyes.
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe
that’s what’s to gauge:
Is Bautista going to be a perennial 35-40 homer .265/.380/.575+ guy or will he be his career .244/.342/.448 self who hit 59 homers in his career before this year…
Is Sanchez gaining consistency and become a no.1 type guy with high SOs or is he going to be up and down like he has been…
Tough call
I’d still take Sanchez any day. Bautistas stock is high right now, but i wouldn’t trade Sanchez for him this offseason. You’ve gotta have consistent numbers two years in a row before I’d trade a guy of Sanchez caliber (by that, I mean his raw stuff).
Sanchez hasn’t been this consistent, well, ever. 5 straight starts with such a low ERA? hopefully he’s turning that corner. The “old” sanchez would have fallen apart after 7 walks, or after that error in the 1st last night. Seems like he’s got his concentration down, but time will tell
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Hart is the ugliest player in the MLB.
I guess the retirement of Julian Tavarez does put that belt up for grabs. But Vicente Padilla is still around, and has a pretty strong argument.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Jovovich?
I’d hit it.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
When I looked at the schedule at the beginning of the season...
…I really dreaded these games against the Brau and the Cubbies. I changed my mind.
So....
Do I trust Arian Foster or Rashard Mendenhal this week?
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 17, 2010 11:15 AM PDT reply actions
Tough call, but I'd probably go Foster
I’d expect Tennessee’s defense to be a bit more stout in their own yard.
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've got to pick between Foster, Anquan Boldin, and Ahmad Bradshaw
To fill an RB and Flex position. best combo?
moar runz n stuff
by wanna Ishikawa? on Sep 17, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Indy has a weak rush defense, and it’s a PPR league, Bradshaw has appeal.
moar runz n stuff
by wanna Ishikawa? on Sep 17, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
yes but I like Flacco to go off this weekend and Boldin should be his main beneficiary
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
I guess, the Bengals have a nice pass D.
I felt bad enough sitting him last week…(good thing I had Foster). I guess I’ll play him, my other WR’s are R. White, and B. Marshall.
moar runz n stuff
by wanna Ishikawa? on Sep 17, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm completely clueless on flex stuff - my league's never done that
But off the cuff I’d say Foster and Boldin.
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
Which two of these should I start:
Ray Rice
DeAngelo Williams
Rashard Mendenhall
Knowshown Moreno
Brandon Jacobs
by kingofthacove on Sep 17, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
OT: Found this picture of my dog, got really weirded out, am now convinced that my dog = Aubrey Huff
Compare:
and
THEY’RE THE SAME PERSON
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 11:17 AM PDT reply actions 18 recs
I like it
Also, that bed looks really comfortable.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
sadly
PLZ POST BETTER PIC SO WE CAN MOCK YOUR DVD COLLECTION.
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
sorry
THOSE ARE BOOKS
AND NOT MY BED
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
dude
Your girlfriend needs a hair cut.
But she looks like Huff, which is kinda hot.
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
by zenbitz on Sep 17, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
These are not my beautiful DVDs!
This is not my comfy bed!
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Holleeee crap
Rec’d
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
Rec'd!
That’s an awesome dog
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 17, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
WTF? Eat your pancreas?
LOL
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
And now my dog is staring at this.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
omg
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 17, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
IRL LOL
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Sep 17, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow.
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 17, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
classy
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I thought they banned
the prostitution stuff on craigslist.
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
Stay classy Berkley.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I might email them and say “I need your pic before I send mine”
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 17, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Do it, then post their picture on here.
If they’re lucky, they can become an MCC meme!!!
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
You should send them a fake photos, tell them you won’t be able to make it until late, have them leave tickets at will call, enjoy the game.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Fuck my email bounced back. The ad was flagged and removed
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 17, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Flagged
Their mods are pros.
What did it say?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Bascially.
WE ARE A GROUP OF HORNY UGLY DUDES FROM CAL WHO CAN’T GET CHICKS AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME CHICKS WITH US AT GAME FREE TIXS AND RUFFIES, I MEAN BEER. EMAIL ME AND WE WILL CHOOSE THE BEST ONES!
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 17, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm looking forward to seeing this happen on Saturday
by Natto on Sep 17, 2010 11:35 AM PDT reply actions 22 recs
YES
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 17, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Hallelujah
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 17, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Happy First Place Friday Everyone!
First ever adoptee: Steven Michael Decker, our 2012 San Francisco Giants Manager/starting catcher.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
epic headline is epic
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Sep 17, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
OT: 10/30 Rally to Restore Sanity/ March To Keep Fear Alive
Finally a rally/march in D.C. that isn’t going to piss me off!
Maybe I’ll go.
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 17, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Fuck, I might not be able to. I always forget.
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 17, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Where are you going from?
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 17, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
that's gonna be awesome.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Not planning to attend:
Phony LaRussa y Albert PooHoles
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I’m pretty sure it’ll be apolitical. And I’m doubting the Cards will still be playing baseball that day. So there’s no reason LaRussa and Pujols shouldn’t show up.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
CAN'T WAIT TO...tone it down a notch?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Need I point out that reason is one letter away from ‘treason’?
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Villanueva
Is probably done as a Brewer. He spent a large part of this season demoted down to AAA Nashville. Prior to this year he was one of the best, WAR-wise, among set up/long relievers over the past 3 seasons combined.
His problem is that his stuff is middling at best. Average across the board with the exception of his change up. He gets through the order once and the next time around batters tee off on him.
I wouldnt worry too much about having lost out on him.
He gets through the order once and the next time around batters tee off on him.
But as a reliever, this really should never matter. I realize that he has his fair share or starts, but he’s overwhelmingly used in a role where he never has to see a batter twice in a game.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
OT: Internet Browser advice
Firefox 4 Beta v. IE 9 Beta v. Chrome 6 Beta
Experiences? Suggestion? Recommendations?
I used to love Firefox but the memory issues are awful…Chrome and Flash don’t get along and IE is well IE
Chrome has been fantastic for me
had lots of memory leak issues with FF as well, and Chrome seems to run lighter and more stable by far.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
it depends!
I love chrome myself, but I would.
Firefox and ie6 do way better with speed with the newfangled html versions.
Chrome has lots of awesome baseball plugins.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
this one is awesome:
Just downloaded!
Thanks! Can’t believe I didn’t know this before.
by Citizen Cain on Sep 17, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I heartily endorse this one – I use it almost every day.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Chrome guy here
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
Seeing a lot of Chrome love
As someone whose pretty much always been a Firefox guys can you tell me why Chrome is so much better ?
(I have a macbook)
i don’t know that it’s better, actually. I like Firefox a lot, and on my old crappy work Lenovo it actually works much better. if you’re comfortable with Firefox, I don’t think there’s any need to switch.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
Does this depend on the OS?
I run Linux and don’t see any performance issues. Maybe Windoze-only problems?
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
My experience w/Chrome
Chrome:
Benefits:
Minimal taskbar/address bar look
Built in Google tools (i.e. Gmail plug in, Google Translation (which I use a lot).)
Pretty stable
Drawbacks:
Flash crashes (very very annoying)
No auto updates
also
I’m on the bleeding edge Chrome version, and I haven’t had a flash crash in months
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
hey me too!
high-five
Flash been stable here for long time as well.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
The real bleeding edge is
7.0.517.8, no flash problems there either..,
Chrome kills FF at this point. I just downloaded IE9 and it works pretty well; the HTML5 support is cool too
by kingofthacove on Sep 17, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I haven’t tried FF4 beta. I’m using the latest stable Chrome
by kingofthacove on Sep 17, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
This
Chrome is pretty awesome and I haven’t had too many issues with Flash. I’ve heard mixed reviews on IE9 and Firefox is great for a lot of web-based business applications, because the security is slightly better and does a better of job of dealing with sites security certificates IMO.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
People really love her book club.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
But really, Opera is great. It’s fast and has a lot of built-in features that normally would require extensions in other browsers.
Plus, sometimes there will be fabulous prizes under your seat!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
firefox memory leak has been sovled
so long as youre using windows
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11922/
if your goal is to have the best internet browsing experience use chrome
if you want to do some crazy as shit firefox is better. foxyproxy, download helper, and no script are incredible
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Sep 17, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn't work for me...
I stopped using FF when it got up to 800K in memory after 20 minutes of usage…
Hopefully FF 4 will be better but it’s not compatible with a bunch of the plugins from FF 3.6 …we’ll see
Yeah, I used to use Firefox
And it seemed to becoming more of a usage hog over time. As a point of comparison, I’ve had Chrome running all day – have four “tabs” open, including one streaming video…and usage is about 335k.
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 hope FF truly figures it out
The whole it’s because of the plugins is getting old (sound like Microsoft)…FF 3.5 was great…FF 3.6 not so much…
I am appreciative of all these comments… I really, really like FireFox and I’m definitely warming up to Chrome… FireFox is just making my computer go nuts sometimes (Quad Core but an open game day thread and MLB.tv makes my fan lose its shit) and I’d prefer that didn’t happen. I guess I just need to get used to Chrome a bit more. I do like using the address bar as a google search bar, though.
there are some mods you can do to add that feature to the firefox address bar. Idk. theres nothing technically wrong with google chrome but it lacks to soul that firefox has.
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Sep 17, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
My impressions of the various browser emotions:
FireFox: FUCK YEAH I CAN DO THAT.
Chrome: Oh yeah. I can do whatever, man. When I feel like it.
IE: I really, really want to help you. Can you just tell me what it is that you want me to do again? I forgot. No, no, I’ll write it down this time so I’ll remember. Trust me.
Safari: Hi, I’m a Mac. If I crash it must be something you’re doing wrong.
Yeah, the resource issue is a bitch on Mac. And it takes a lot to tax my laptop. I use FF sparingly – usually only if Chrome can’t handle a website I’m trying to use.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
All 3
Use each one for different things.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 17, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
CHROME CHROME CHROME
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 11:49 AM PDT reply actions
CHEETAH
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL DODGERS
latimes
Breaking: Torre out, Mattingly in as Dodgers manager
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 17, 2010 11:53 AM PDT reply actions
I wouldn't mind having Torre as manager
Though, interestingly, Torre’s weakness is Bochy’s main strength – he sucks with bullpens.
Can’t wait for the press conference where Mattingly speaks to the press, walks away from the podium, then turns around and walks back to say a few more things.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
by Kitspool on Sep 17, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 10 recs
yes
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 17, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
It says in the caption.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Sorry, I live in Orange County...
I don’t get Giants coverage :(
Also I’m used to a different Bumgarner fact…the FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF face
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Chasm?
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
that’s the most normal face MadBum has ever made.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
also the happiest
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
He’s happiest when he’s batting.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Headline sounds like a Burrell & Huff couples weekend.
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 17, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Pulsating!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 17, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
That's chapter five!
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Hanson's looks the funniest
Latos’ looks like the bitch of the group.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
“Where the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and all the weekends are pulsating.”
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
OH HAI EARLY POST!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
After the Dodgers were in town, here come the Brewers. Like, after throwing Emperor Palpatine down some sort of OSHA-unapproved shaft, we get to have an arbitration hearing with an Ughnaught about a worker’s comp claim.
I admit, I had to google Ughnaught. Seriously , how the fuck do you come up with analogies like these?
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
If you don't know about Ughnaughts,
Our educational system is going to shit.
I suppose you don’t know about Orions raiding the Coridan system for dilithium either…
Don’t they teach kids anything anymore?
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Speaking of Alfonzo
Man, what the heck happened? Alfonzo the NY Met was one of the best second baseman in the league, and then poof he makes Neifi Perez look like a decent hitter. Well, not really, but that’s what it felt like.
Oh, and hey – did you guys know we’re in first place now? By half a game! I know, kind of out of the blue, right?! Maybe we’re in this thing!
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
injury?
his WAR hovered between 5 and 7 most years (with a 1 and a 2.6 mixed in there), but he never got above 2WAR after signing with the Giants in ’02.
Certainly makes you wonder.
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Back issues. Those never really go away.
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kind of out of the blue, right?!
Wrong. You mean “Blue is out of it.”
LOL Dodgers!
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
/lurking
I’ll be there too. Can’t wait!
Everything else in the world may be about to fall down around our ears, but there is baseball, so I am happy.
by KyrieEleison on Sep 17, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
A misspelling
The apostrophe goes on the side where the contraction happens: ’80s
by wcw on Sep 17, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
boom
roasted
welcome, fellow pedant
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Sorry, wcw,
but I’m on delorean’s side here, and so is my trusty Warriner’s English Grammar, and so is the Holt Handbook. When numbers or letters or words as words are pluralized, they general take an apostrophe, not to show contraction but to avoid confusion.
I’m at school, not at home, so I don’t have the Gardner’s Usage at hand, but I’ll check it when I get home.
And we could always summon owlcroft by shining the owl beacon on the clouds, but I think he’d agree. Nobody likes roasted delorean. Most prefer him stir fried.
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by gallo del cielo on Sep 17, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s “generally” . . . sorry, another goddam class is coming in and I’m a little hurried.
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by gallo del cielo on Sep 17, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually did not know this was a rule, but I should’ve known. I am now reconsidering my preferred profession of writer.
Once you understand the basics of punctuation, there aren’t a lot of hard rules in grammar. Just a lot of common sense.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Indeed.
For all the foofaraw about the “complexities” of English grammar, it is surprisingly regular—it is the occasional exception that gets the spotlight. Consider that English has only four lively cases (there is a moribund fifth, the instrumental), two of which, the accusative and the dative, are alike in appearance, and then think of Finnish with—depending on who is counting and how—about 17 cases. (Despite which Finns have no trouble expressing themselves in their native tongue.)
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you don't need grammar to be a great writer
It just helps a lot of decent writers
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A knowledge of grammar . . .
. . . may reasonably be taken as a proxy for one’s general feel for the language—what one might call one’s ’ear" for good English. Good writing is rarely if ever done in bad grammar, but bad grammar permeates bad writing.
“I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.”
—Benjamin Disraeli, while correcting proofs of his last Parliamentary speech
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“I don’t give a damn for any man who can only spell a word one way.”
— Mark Twain
by BestHyperboleEver on Sep 17, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
A hypocrite.
Twain was very careful about style and grammar. Look up his denunciations of James Fenimore Cooper (more at his writing, but even so).
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He was absolutely a champion for a healthy knowledge and respect for the rules. But clearly not in the sense of mindless adherence. As I mention below, a nuanced knowledge of the rules allows for the purposeful fracturing of those rules.
by BestHyperboleEver on Sep 17, 2010 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
To repeat myself, there really isn’t much in the way of actual rules. You have a lot of tools. Punctuation is just one tool. You wouldn’t use a period in the middle of a sentence, just like you wouldn’t use a hammer to spread concrete. Know what the tools do, and what they can do, and you can do great things with them. Don’t have a nuanced knowledge of the “rules”. Have a thorough understanding of the tools.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
In general I agree. But you can’t just know the hammer. You also have to know how to swing it.
by BestHyperboleEver on Sep 17, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, yeah. But at least you won’t try swinging it in an attempt to smooth concrete.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I like this analogy.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
In my opinion, there is a distinction to be drawn between great writing and correct writing. A great writer manipulates language, grammar and even spelling to paint the desired picture. Though in my opinion, knowing the rules helps you break them with precision and intent.
by BestHyperboleEver on Sep 17, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
True but misleading.
The occasional James Joyce is a phenomenon largely irrelevant to the great mass of literate, masterly writers, who know and use the tongue with a nice regard for its conventions—assuming, as they do, that their readers are likewise equipped with such a regard and the consequent understandings. Language is a form of communication, and the more exact and diverse one’s knowledge of its conventions, the more exact and diverse is the degree of communication possible (and, manifestly, vice-versa).
Writing in exact accordance with the conventions of the tongue does not, indeed cannot, make one a great writer; but writing to some degree out of accordance with those conventions makes it more difficult—in proportion to that lack of accordance—to achieve greatness, or even tolerableness.
It is my belief, founded on considerable experience, that the extent to which a given person downplays the significance of knowing English grammar, style, and idiom is the extent to which that person is lacking in those skills, not a novel concept.
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Sorry, no, he wouldn't.
For confirmation, The Chicago (14th) at 8.40, “Centuries and Decades”:
Decades may be either spelled out or expressed in numerals with apostrophes.
.
the ’80s and ’90s
.
Note that no apostrophe is needed between the year and the s.
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There is no confusion at stake when numbers have an s at the end, so no apostrophe is ever necessary to avoid confusion. Just letters. Like A’s. Without the apostrophe, it’s just as.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
The modern rule . . .
. . . is to never use apostrophes in pluralization unless it is absolutely necessary to avoid confusion or difficulty (as in “mind your p’s and q’s”); usually that will be single-letter forms ((“All the Type O’s report to the bloodmobile next.”)
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You are right, owlcroft, about it being the "modern" rule,
and I am clearly a victim of my own “age,” though I mean it in the sense of “era.”
You’ve quoted Garner before, and I esteem his judgments in most American usage issues. So I quote from page 460 of the 1998 edition.
“Decades. As late as the 1970s [when gallo got his MA in English], editors regularly changed 1970s to 1970’s. Today, however, the tendency is to omit the apostrophe.” The same point is made on page 186 regarding “dates.”
But various style manuals disagree here. I made my judgment (which I admit is “wrong” in the sense of “outdated”) based on my New Yorker allegiance and my age. Sometimes it pleases me to engage in bad behaviour of many sorts.
Thank you all for the discussion. I reckon I’ll change my practice in this regard. But I shan’t ever embrace the DH, nor shall I abandon the PN.
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by gallo del cielo on Sep 17, 2010 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions
NO ONE embraces the DH.
At least plastic grass is now mostly gone. But they’ve brought in inter-league play. No wonder Superman’s battle was “never-ending”.
I generally like Garner, but I quote him commonly chiefly because he is the most recent of the major authorities. My own preference is Wilson Follett, author of Modern American Usage (I reckon the title of Garner’s work to be an homage to Follett). Follett’s book was completed after his death by Jacques Barzun, who was well in tune with Follett’s style and beliefs; that was in, I believe, 1963 or so. Follett remarks that the apostrophe is used “to make plurals for special occasions”, and cites “the 1920’s” as an example. But he then goes on to note that “in recent years the stylebooks of certain editors and publishers have tended to enforce ‘the 1920s’, ‘the three Rs’, and even ‘the Montgomerys’.” So it looks like the transition began somewhere after the war (to the sprats hereabout, that phrase unequivocally means World War II) and picked up momentum through the latter half of the last century.
My own feeling is that the look is cleaner without, save those instances where comprehension is lessened by the absence. Of the examples Follett set out, I would always use ’the 1920s" and be torn over “the three Rs”; the issue of describing a collection of several members of the Montgomery family puzzles me, inasmuch as using an apostrophe makes it look like the genitive rather than a plural.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Question about Torres
Baggs said in his Blog last night <<Torres, by the way, is walking around like the bundle of energy he always is. I can’t believe the guy had his appendix out Sunday. He’s in tremendous shape and that should help to speed his recovery.>>
Is Torres expected to return this season / post season ?
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Sep 17, 2010 12:35 PM PDT reply actions
yes, he's expected to be back
normal recovery for the procedure is about 14 days. you don’t want to rush it, because there’s a risk of hernia.
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i think he had it out on the 12th or something, so maybe a little sooner than that.
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Silly Question:
Why isn’t he placed on the 15 day DL?
That wouldn’t apply this late in the season?
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Sep 17, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
probably no need to
rosters are expanded already, plus there’s a (slim) chance he could be available sooner than 15 days.
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And,
No chance we will see DeRosa back reg / post season?
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Sep 17, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Not THIS year ever
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find all six Balls and wish for it
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Don't know if you would know
But thought there’s enough lawyers around here maybe you’re a doctor or something, but if Torres is in exceptional physical condition—which he is—is there a chance he could recover quicker and play sooner without risking a hernia? Also, is there a way for Dr’s to check?
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I know of a way doctors can check for a hernia.
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video or ......
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
even with laproscopy, you have to go in through the abdominal wall. If you exert yourself too much too soon, you’ll herniate. Torres’ excellent physical condition will almost certainly help in in his recovery, but it’ll still probably be 2 weeks minimum before he can go all out.
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Thanks!
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
That was impressive medical knowledge. Do you write scripts?
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heh
no, just played nursemaid to an athlete wife with a rupture appendixices
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multiple? the appendix is not a paired organ in the ordinary human.
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
nah it was just the one
i just find “appendix” to be an amusing word.
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similar to pencildicks but larger
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
But the plural form . . .
. . . is traditionally appendices, though appendixes will pass muster in some quarters.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Ultimately in my mind most things end up back at Animal House :-)
Otter: Point of parliamentary procedure!
Hoover: Don’t screw around, they’re serious this time!
Otter: Take it easy, I’m pre-law.
Boon: I thought you were pre-med.
Otter: What’s the difference?
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Sep 17, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
But . . .
. . . would they not routinely—since the opening is already made—insert the mesh normally used in hernia repairs? So that any potential hernia is, so to speak, already repaired?
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can't comment on that
IANAD, thank god.
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
mesh would probably not be used in connection with appendicitis
there is an increased risk of infection with mesh. Besides, the muscle is generally not weakened as it often is in hernias.
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
That makes sense . . .
. . . but does it not also vitiate the idea of an above-average post-appendectomy hernia risk? (Which, I believe—climbing these thread tracks is a mess—was what the original expressed concern was.)
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I'm sticking w/ my original prediction:
He’ll be back in Chicago or Colorado at the latest.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 17, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
if he did that twice… that would be epic
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: 5 Best Peanut Butter
I know it’s not a hot topic around here but it’s Friday
BEST CRUNCHY: Tie between Jif Extra Crunchy and Skippy Super Chunk
BEST CREAMY: Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter
BEST NATURAL CRUNCHY: Krema Natural Crunchy Peanut Butter
BEST NATURAL CREAMY: Adams 100% Natural Creamy Peanut Butter
Personally, Traders’ Joe PB is the best.
Krema is made where I live!
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/GRABS CROTCH!!!
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
that Jif and Skippy shit is fucking foul
gotta be natural, non-hydrogenated for me
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http://www.krema.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PBCRU1
It’s good stuff, and the factory is just down the street from my apartment.
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This is the correct answer. If it doesn’t have to be stirred, I ain’t having it.
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yeah, but peanuts are now verboten in schools due to allergies
So you really need the best non-Peanut butters.
We are fans of the old standby Sun Butter, but I am open to ideas.
Vegemite!
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Ewwww. Slathered that on some toast my first day in Australia. Looks like apple butter. Tastes NOTHING LIKE apple butter. Ugh.
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by can of corn on Sep 17, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
that shit is VILE
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bottom 5 yeast product
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Trader Joe’s almond butters are great
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They are, I’m also a big fan of the Justin’s almond (and peanut) butters. They are a staple of my backpacking meals since they come in individual serving packages.
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apple butter
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There’s a little place out in Chicago Park (up 80 near Grass Valley/Nevada City) with the best apple butter ever.
I can’t tell the difference between brands. I like to eat crunchy more but I don’t buy it because it’s not worth the hassle.
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wait, wherein lies the hassle with peanut butter
i feel like I missed something
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Skippy Super Chunk is the best. You can feel the gritty sugar in the Jif. And also, it’s called Jif. That’s a stupid name.
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by can of corn on Sep 17, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Why is Skippy a superior name?
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Say it out loud. “Skippy.” It’s fun!
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by can of corn on Sep 17, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I tried that. Ick.
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by can of corn on Sep 17, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
is that the soy stuff?
i’ve tried that before, I think, and was unimpressed.
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Not soy. Extremely reduced fat PB. It might be more for those of us old and diabetic who have to keep weight off.
Home version
My wife is on a low-fat kick so she buy TJ Peanut Butter and the dump out all of the oil when it separates…try spreading that…
ugh
that is made of fail
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Kinda of used to it
Wife does it to just about everything…Pizza, Beef Stew, Spaghetti…you can used to it after awhile…it’s like drinking non-fat milk
Wife’s low-sodium kick is way worse
wtf?
I love fat. How could you consciously try to avoid something so yummy?
Get up every hour on the hour all night for a month to pee
Find out your blood sugar is pushing 400, lose 70 pounds. Avoiding fat sort of follows this process naturally.
eek
If there’s a good reason. You probably still want some fish fat in your diet, though.
True
It’s in freaking everything.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 17, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
low-fat diets are hella '90s anyway
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mmmm….. carbs
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I could never do Atkins
Being AZN…I love rice and noodles too much…how do you eat Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Thai food without rice?
Pretty much in this boat
I don’t eat that many sweets, but avoiding the noodles/pasta is a lost cause.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 17, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
OT?
For some reason I read this as “Favorite Peanuts Character” and had already come up with Schroeder. Cool, calm and always the voice of reason. Adult Schroeder is probably in a band, and is the type of guy you go to for advice over a cold beer.
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by ResDog on Sep 17, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
OT within an OT: Love it
Schroeder would just talk your ear off about Beethoven…
Snoopy is number one by a mile, Linus is two…that’s it.
...and Janis
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by bgunn on Sep 17, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
OT: (OT within an OT within an OT!!!)
Anyone ever eaten at Charlie Browns…I’ve always been curious about that place…like Nations
the place that was in Emeryville?
it closed up after its namesake died.
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Charlie Brown's was similar to Black Angus
That’s ANGUs, wiseguys…
With a “g”
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Charred animal flesh > vegetarian food
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Correction:
Charred animal flesh <<< food
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I think you meant “Good grief”
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
RERUN!!!
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
ot running to perpendicular an ot
least favorite peanuts character: Rerun
dood seems like a hipster douche
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Sep 17, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, now my favorite Peanuts character is #5.
by non sequitur on Sep 17, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
A lot of those brand name PB’s are fulla crap like high fructose corn syrup, or other sugars, and partially hydrogenated yaya oil… Make sure ya read the labels!
Also, Dude,
the preferred nomenclature is corn sugar.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Still on my high from last night.
This is where contenders prove they deserve to play in the postseason. Beating teams they should especially at home. We control our own destiny this year which feels great. Go Giants, bring home the west.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Sep 17, 2010 12:43 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I’m somewhere between over the moon that we’re in first place, and terrified that it won’t stay that way. I suspect I won’t feel relieved about any of it until the last out, and I probably won’t believe that the Giants have won the WS right away, either.
Getting burned your whole life by heartbreaking losses and teams fizzling to nothing hurts your ability to trust. I need a reason to believe again! ;)
Everything else in the world may be about to fall down around our ears, but there is baseball, so I am happy.
by KyrieEleison on Sep 17, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d say we got a pretty good reason to believe again. Trust in Buster Posey. Hey, it should say that on the new $3 bill!!!
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Then may I be first
To kindly request that Joe Torre SUCK IT….even in retirement.
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
OH-VER-RAY-TED!
clap
clap
clapclapclap
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wreck’d
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by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
At least he had nice things to say about our players. He’s given high praise to Sandoval and Posey in their respective breakout years, and I can appreciate such a tip of a cap to your rivals.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I’ve never borne him the antipathy I hold for most Yankees and Dodgers; I’ll give you that. But a) I never got the impression that he was really dialed into the SF/LA rivalry and b) considering the amount of slobber his knob has received over the last 15 years or so, it’d be hard NOT to be overrated. I mean, his managerial track record sans the highest payroll in baseball is… not so hot.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
His use of pitchers has been much criticized.
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Shift A
I want a sweep. but 2 of 3 is acceptable.
Also, the Dodgers better not just lay down against Colorado.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
well, it’s good to know that Torre ISNT a jack-off, and DIDNT rearrange his pitching staff so that we would face the brunt of it and our competitors, who they face next, WOULDNT get weak pitchers.
“in all fairness”, what a joke.
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
RIP Brian Wood.
May everyone know you were a brave man.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Sep 17, 2010 1:01 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
If you're looking for other reasons to hate on the Brewers (sorry, Baron), don't forget about the statue.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:03 PM PDT reply actions
HEY EVERYONE LOOK AT MY RED TIE
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
IT'S POINTING RIGHT AT MY JUNK
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Mr. Selig you have a massive erection!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Red ties on white shirts always make me think of... (searches for non-gruesome image)
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it wrong that I think that’s kind of hot.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 17, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
OT Rosterbation
I wouldn’t be surprised if Ryan Ludwick were non tendered after this season – he’s got another year of arb, and the Padres are cheap, and he’s sucked ass for them.
He’d be a good pick up, I think, in the offseason – if non-tendered.
LOL PADRES
Torrealba hit a liner that appeared headed for the gap in left center only to be run down by Cardinals center fielder Colby Rasmus. Headley, who opened with two singles following a day off in the wake of a 12-for-72 slump, drilled a liner to right that Jon Jay gloved.
"I thought that ball was in the gap, but it stayed in the air longer than I thought it would," Torrealba said.
"It’s a little frustrating. We hit some balls hard, but with runners on base we couldn’t come through. It makes it hard because Tim really worked hard and they get those last three runs on some bloopers."
Padres players complaining about losing to a team because of “bloopers” LOL irony.
"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."
torrealba LOLOL
Almost as hilarious as him complaining about poseys “lucky home run that barely went out” in the 1st inning of sundays game.
"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."
There’s no way that he really did that, is there?
My mom: "I see so many Giants fans on TV at Petco, it's like you're at Pac Bell."
Me: "Almost, just with a substantially greater amount of douchebags."
by Tay on Sep 17, 2010 1:57 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
so he hits the exact same “lucky home run” the day before, that wins the game, then complains about Posey’s HR after they get routed?
Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we have a new 2010 class of whiners. They play the 2009 class of whiners tonight, in a battle of the whiners.
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
A big salty tear? that’s not a tear, I was swimming in the ocean!!
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
This is how I feel
Go fuck yourself San Diego Padres, no one gives a flying fuck, not even your fans.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Any of you elitists going to the winetasting in triples alley before the game tonight?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
MCC
A wine and cheese blog!
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
GLB Hilarity
A good thing about GSB
…its mods don’t abuse the "Green" feature on comments.
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/9/16/1694026/post-game-thread-giants-take#comments
Jeez, MCC. . .you’d think the Giants had won the World Series. Don’t get too ahead of yourselves.
It’s hard to get something green when you only have 5 people visiting your site
Again
I point to the fact that many of these Giants fans aren’t accustomed to success. This is a first for many. Or at least since they were kids. 7 years can be a long time between playoff appearances, especially for a passionate fanbase.
Really…cuz Padres have been fantastic the last few years…
by calbearjd on Sep 17, 2010 1:26 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Sour grapes are sour.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
I AM PAT BURRELLZ'Z DADDY! (wait, that doesn't sound right)
Job 1:14-15
and green!
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
unless i’m missing something, the second post actually sounds earnest. maybe i’m naive, though.
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I agree
It has been a while since te team has made the playoffs, and some of those seasons were atrocious. We shouldn’t be used to success like this, and there’s nothing wrong with being passionate.
My mom: "I see so many Giants fans on TV at Petco, it's like you're at Pac Bell."
Me: "Almost, just with a substantially greater amount of douchebags."
by Tay on Sep 17, 2010 2:00 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I like how they distinguish us from them by labeling us a passionate fanbase.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
If/When the day comes when the World Series is won by the Giants...
We will all subscribe to GLB and rec that post so it has like 5000 recs
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Nice SD
How many Hall of Fame players do we have?
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on Sep 17, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
what did the mcc mods do about the green feature? Do other sbnation sites set the bar for green higher than 3 recs?
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
I'm not sure if this has been announced yet
Individual tickets to certain games that we haven’t earned the right to play in yet are scheduled to go on public sale Tuesday, September 21 at 10:00 AM.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Guh.
I hate this part. Can’t we all agree that nothing is happening until it actually happens? I know that’s not how money gets made, but… as you say, WE HAVEN’T EARNED THE RIGHT TO PLAY AT A CERTAIN POINT IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCHEDULE.
Bye everyone!
I’m off to pre-game festivities before the game. I hope MoMo’s stocked up on their Patron, lol :) Or maybe I’ll have a dirty martini in honor of Jonathan!
Have fun in the gdt tonight!! GO GIANTS ♥
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
LOL Pirates
Pirates fall to 50 games under .500 with loss.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
It seems really poisonous there.
In a game against the Mess this week, Chris Snyder foul-popped out and took longer to walk back to the dugout than most home run trots.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
I thought about using one of the AD riffs there.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
They’re on pace to break the 1963 Mess record for lowest Road Winning Percentage, too.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
didnt they take 2 of 3 from the Padres and Braves over the last month?
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
They are playing very, very well. A strange season where their fans probably wanted to just quit the team, but now they’re actually probably going to be decent before long.
- BERKMAN
- OSWALT
-———————————
= WINZ!!!
Addition by subtraction.
They could be Giants...but not really.
Well if they didn’t want to come here it really doesn’t matter.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I heard that about Berkman
Never about Oswalt.
But Berkman just wanted to play for a contender – he probably could have been convinced.
The .388 OBP he’s put up with the Yankees would have been nice to have.
He was only willing to waive his no-trade for the Yankees, Red Sox, or Rays, which smells like some Karl Malone-style coattail ridin’ to me.
OTOH, the Dodgers expressed interest and he told them to eat it, so…
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I would NEVER want Berkman
Once said San Francisco doesn’t deserve a baseball team because of “all those gays” or something like that.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
well
that’s all we need to convict. a half remembered bit of hearsay.
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
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Convicted.
I trust you, you’re a doctor.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
he's actually not
But he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Trade Jonathan for Oswalt and Berkman
Torres CF
Sanchez 2B
Berkman 1B
Huff RF
Posey C
Burrell LF
Uribe SS
Sandoval 3B
Lincecum/Oswalt/Cain/Zito/Bumgarner
HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING?
unless chasm…then lol me huh?
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - SLC
The Astros are playing . . .
. . . farther over their heads than any other team in MLB. Right now, they calculate to finish 11 games ahead of where their quality of play merits. (The next closest are the Angels at 8 over and—wait for it, wait for it—the Rockies at 8 under.)
Sabean delenda est!
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The Padres have good pitching.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
The magic phrase is "quality of play":
I use it to mean the statline actually put up. That is, I think, what other writers usually use as the basis for “sabermetric projections”. But you are quite correct about flukiness: the stat line the Padres’ pitching has put up—their “quality of play”—is wildly out of line with their established histories. That is a sort of “second-order” level of luck.
Those curious can look it up on a daily-updated basis:
—for “quality of play”, here meaning runs scored and allowed and games won based on actual stat line, there’s this page (particularly the large table at the bottom, which is complicated enough to have a link atop it to a fuller explanation of what it’s showing); and,
—for “expected results” stat lines, there are these pages, one for batting and one for pitching (those links are to portal pages from which you can select a particular team).
Note that the “TOP” referred to on the “quality of play” page is mis-named, because it’s an actual real total-runs calculation, whereas the TOP referred to on the other pages is a slightly idealized calculation, which zeros out managerially directed plays (SH, SB, CS for batters, IBB for pitchers), so there will usually be minor discrepancies between the two. But the “Runs Differential” shown in the small “Assorted Team Stats” table below the main listings will give one a pretty good idea of the extent to which variances in the stat line from historical expectations has helped or hurt the team.
As an example: for the Giants, the “expected results” batting page currently shows that the results are 17 runs below what would have been expected (a lot of that will be just De Rosa and Sandoval); meanwhile, the “quality of play” page shows the Giants’ offense doing 9 runs better than their stat line suggests. So, net the batting is doing -8 (-17 and +9) runs from what one would have calculated pre-season knowing only (from a crystal ball) the plate appearance figures for each man.
For the Padres’ pitching, they are 20 runs under their stat line, and their stat line is 55 runs under expectations: that totals to a staff that is a jaw-dropping 75 runs under what one would have expected of them at this point.
But . . . San Diego’s runs scored are 10 fewer than the stat line suggests, and the pitching is 20 runs better, for a net of 10 runs—about one game’s worth, virtual identity—from their actual stat lines. So their luck is mainly in the stats they’re posting, not the effects on wins those distorted stats are having.
(By the way, for what it’s worth, their batting is 31 runs under what history suggests, so they’re “only” net 34 runs of R-OR diffferential better than what pre-season analysis would have suggested, something like3 or 4 games’ worth.)
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They've been good since they traded their good players
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
MUH POKEMONZ NOOOOOOOO
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LaRussa is throwing it in. Fucker.
though it probably has something to do with his elbow injury
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
MVP candidate Carlos Gonzalez and San Francisco first baseman Aubrey Huff are the only hitters eligible for the batting title with positive runs-above-average values against fastballs, curveballs, sliders, changeups, cutters, splitters and knuckleballs
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Fixed
MVP candidateCarlos Gonzalez and San Francisco first baseman and MVP candidate Aubrey Huff are the only hitters eligible for the batting title with positive runs-above-average values against fastballs, curveballs, sliders, changeups, cutters, splitters and knuckleballs
thissssssssssssssssssssss
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FWIW
Poo-holes is out of today’s Pads/Cards game.
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FWIW
Pads will lose regardless of who is in the Cards lineup
"I ain't havin it!"
THAT BALL IS GONE! GOODBYE, HEADING FOR OAKLAND!
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
Good move, Bochy
Henry Schulman hankschulman
Lineup is the same as yesterday, except Ross in CF for Rowand. I’ll post the whole thing in a bit. I’m going on MLB network at 2:40.
I can dig it.
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Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Maaaaybe
HR/9
Lilly – 1.57
Wolf – 1.30
HR/FB
Lilly – 11.5%
Wolf – 10.9%
They could be Giants...but not really.
Guillen is known to be streaky, so if he gets hot, I’ve got no problem with him being in there
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Bumgarner should be hitting eighth
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
fixed
Bumgarner should be hitting eighth cleanup.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
So should every pitcher.
Or so says Tom Tango.
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Not that I have any problem with this lineup (in fact, I wholeheartedly approve of it)
but out of sheer curiosity, when was the last time we had the same lineup two days in a row? May?
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 17, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
i think we had one for awhile before Guillen.
Torres
Sanchez
Huff
Posey
Burrell
Sandoval
Uribe
Ish/Nate
pitcher
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually kinda like it
I mean, I’d rather Ross bat further up the line than 8th, but with a bad Sandoval, have to go with the bats that are actually working./
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
If Ross is going to hit lower than 6th - might as well have him at 8
He’s quick enough to be bunted over easily – or hit and run with MadBum.
I still think we can do better than Guillen, but if Rent continues to light up the night, I am cool with this.
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New marketing slogan?
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
OLLLLLLLLLLLLD
McCC slogan
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Close Captioned
for the humor (or humidor) impaired
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
Stretch those hamstrings Cody
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
OH WOW YES
Even if this lineup gets negative shutout, at least I’ve got some bit of evidence to argue that Bochy might be watching the same team. I’ll take Guillen because this seems like a compromise necessary to pass legislation.
TWIB-Giants
Like the video but wish they didn’t focus on Panda as much (Huff and Burrell may be PG but Torres would be good.)
OT Torre comes to his senses
http://www.mercurynews.com/athletics/ci_16103336?nclick_check=1
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
I say the offense the offense keeps rolling from the last MIL series and last night.
Sound like a plan?
Good.
Less torture than normal, too!
Thanks
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Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 3:26 PM PDT reply actions
Fucking Buzzkill McGee (ray ratto) on KNBR earlier saying Giants will still not make the post season
Walrus like bastard. That is all.
dude is just trying to sell papers. or radio spots.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
by which i mean
don’t listen to or read him if you can help it.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
The guy certainly strikes me as a self-important jerk, but I try not to get too upset when any of these guys say anything “controversial.” They’re all just trying to sell ad space (which definitely contains a “look-at-me” aspect by definition.
I’m not casting aspersions on you or saying you shouldn’t get upset, I’m just saying that I can no longer even muster any indignation about shit like that.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Bingo.
Ray has been a professional shit-disturber all his career. (And I mean that kindly, with an emphasis on the “professional”.) I think the respectable words are “contrarian” and “provocative”.
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Rec'd
They will be in the playoffs
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on Sep 17, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Walrus like bastard
So he’s the one.
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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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.
Too far
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
No, still funny.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 17, 2010 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
all he is is negative, all the time, ever since he got here. He wrote 5 pages about how much the A’s sucked, and now is has been doing this about the Giants too…
He’s a sportwriter for a Bay Area station, hence he shouldn’t be pissing us off. Yeah, we don’t want organizational ass-kissers like Schulman, but Ratto is not objective about his arguments. He’s just stupid
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
He could never even muster up a positive word about the sharks
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on Sep 17, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
the Padres and their wussie fans can suck it
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
lol
extrabaggs
Giants have all their speedsters (and Pablo Sandoval) on the field working on bunting skills. E. Renteria provided great example last night.
They could be Giants...but not really.
Oh man
I was just about to post this.
Does this mean we are gonna see every one of them try this in the next two weeks?
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
LOL “speedsters”
Ford
Velez
Burriss
How many ABs can that be?
They could be Giants...but not really.
We are one 0-4 Rent night from one of them being the lead off guy.
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I vote Ford
by default
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Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 17, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
i think bork will stick with rent, even if he goes 0-4.
i dont see much in the way of a better leadoff option. velez, burriss, ford can’t hit for shit
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Hence, bunting practice.
I’d still be surprised if one of them led off, although Bochy has been kinda surprising of late.
They could be Giants...but not really.
i totally see the bunting practice angle, but you cant bunt to get on every time, teams will be the wiser, esp if youre practicing it on field in front of them.
i hope rent has another great night, and is our leadoff hitter in torres absence, for the sake of the well-being of the team, and getting our moneys worth on rent
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
At worst, it at least puts it in the 3B head and draws him in a few steps.
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Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll take a few more doubles down the line than usual
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
If anyone was listening on radio . . .
. . . Kuip and Flem said—right off, at the time—some things about how some other Giants could take a lesson there, and ask Renteria (whom they called the best bunter on the team) for advice and help.
(Actually, I guess that’s true even if no one was listening. Oh well . . . .)
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janchez is the one that needs to work on it. timmy, matt, zito are good bunters, esp zito.
bumgarner doesn’t need to bunt. he’ll just smack doubles
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
i was just thinking about that 2-strike bunt with Ford in the COL game recently.
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
remember “the prediction” game? janchez couldnt get the bunt down, then erin got picked off?
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
mlb.com gives ten reasons why the Rangers are doing well
No. 9:
Ray for Bengie Molina: This was a head scratcher at the time. Ray was pitching well out of the bullpen, the Rangers were winning, and they were professing much happiness with the duo of Treanor and Ramirez behind the plate. It is clear now that the Rangers had deep concerns about Treanor holding up physically over the course of the summer. They felt they needed another veteran catcher to share the load, so they traded Ray and Minor League pitcher Michael Main — a former first-round pick — to the Giants at the beginning of July for Molina. The addition of Main made it a high price, but Molina helped stabilize the Rangers’ catching situation. The team’s fears were also realized when Treanor missed a month with a knee injury.
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
So
Molina was a warm body they could park behind the plate? and they are doing well because of it?
Whatever you say, guys
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Wow
The sad part of it is that most of that offense was from that one game where he hit for the cycle.
honestly it was more like a HR, a single and two errors, but who cares.
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
his defense absolutely sucked in the weeks before he was traded, wonder how it’s held up.
i, for one, am so, so happy that he is gone (and not hitting cleanup anymore- shivers). the posey era is where i want to be
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Ray pitched an inning last night
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the 9th inning was a blur last night for me too :)
runzler, i dont know why he hasnt pitched, he’s been off the DL since sep 1
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Didnt Ray pitch yesterday?
Affeldt and Runzler are back. Are you feeling alright?
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you are on the internet
how do you not get the same news we do?
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn lazy internet.
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Then don’t blame your location. Just say “I’m lazy – please tell me everything so I don’t have to read any other sites.”
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
They’re all on the active roster.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 17, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing like stabilizing a catching situation with an OPS+ of 43
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'm in San Diego
And I now know why no one goes to Padres games.
There’s this place called Ocean Beach and it has this strange round yellow thing hovering above. I think the locals call it the Sun or something like that.
We have Ocean Beach in SF too that we can sometimes find when the fog goes away.
But, we are in first place so FUSD.
by Bochean on Sep 17, 2010 4:07 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I'm in San Diego too
and I’m going to go ahead and say that the sun has nothing at all to do with lack of attendance at Padres games. It’s simply because there are very few true fans down here. It’s more of a brand of the city that people like to sport. Everyone has there Padres and Chargers stickers and wears the gear, but is it because they really care about their team? To me it’s more of a fad than a true fan following.
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It is really surprising though
not to even be able to get fans excited about a pennant race. Every one of those Giants games should have been sold out.
I don’t buy the whole “good weather” argument. In fact, that should make it even easier to get fans out to enjoy the games.
the good weather argument has no ground
No one has ever said, “man the weather sucks lets go to the baseball game” or the opposite. I was at every game in the Giants series down here and the number of our fans at the park was great. Obviously we were greatly outnumbered, but the whole place seemed to be be chanting “lets go giants” and you could hear the uribe chant across the stadium. The SD fans just aren’t into it. They don’t have chants or anything else to really get each other excited.
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Man the weather sucks. Let’s go to the baseball game.
There. Now someone has said it.
by Bochean on Sep 17, 2010 4:36 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Good informed reasoning on your part.
But I’m sticking to my theory. Its the Sun. And fuck the Chargers too.
by Bochean on Sep 17, 2010 4:23 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I almost moved to Pacific Beach with an old high school buddy my soph year of college, his parents have a condo down there. been down a few times since- theres a lot better things to do in SD than go to a game
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Party with a bunch of white trash at a bunch of really shitty bars?
by kingofthacove on Sep 17, 2010 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
surf
and that too. its just sunny and warm down there year-round, people want to be outdoors doing things (not sitting at a game). that’s just SD for ya
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Why would people rather want to be sitting at games when the weather is shitty and cold?
I’ve lived in LA and SD, and LA has many more (and better) “things” to do than SD, but they still get good attendance numbers.
by kingofthacove on Sep 17, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I honestly can’t answer why SD just doesn’t have fans. The team doesn’t have much of a storied history, and from the people I’ve met in SD, it just doesn’t seem like a baseball town nor is going to the games their priority.
In SF, when it’s foggy and cold, the stadium fills up because what else are you going to do? Going to AT&T is like an event, not just a game, but it’s not that way in SD.
Maybe it’s just, the Padres have been crappy for so long that no one cares anymore. Take this year as an example. They are in first, no one expects it, people start to believe, and they collapse. At this point, you need fans to cheer them on, get them out of their funk, but instead the fans say “that’s the Padres we know”.
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Yowza
Sacha Baron Cohen inked a deal to play Freddie Mercury in biopic that’s set to start production in 2011.
I, for one, am not in favor of this.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
They already announce a director, etc?
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 it’s still too early to know if it will even get to production, I’m not even a fan of the idea. No director yet, though. But it sounds like all the financing is in place, and many of the song rights have already been cleared.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome.
That is good casting.
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I really don’t care for Baron Cohen, and I love Freddie Mercury, so I disagree.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Cohen is good at character acting
I think he could play a very decent Mercury.
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Cohen’s a bit of a ham, and Mercury was a bit of a hammy guy, so I totally understand how it works. It’s just tough to see “guy I don’t like” getting to be “guy I do like.”
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by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
ARE YOU HAVING THAT TROUBLE WITH ZUKO?
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It’s not the voice actor I dislike, though. It’s just the stiffness of many of his line readings.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 17, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
There are some truly bad moments in Book 2
Where the line is supposed to be very passionate but he reads it like he is announcing a bus schedule.
But you know, RU FI OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
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Sounds like it could be Jim Carrey playing Andy Kaufman, although I never saw that movie.
by non sequitur on Sep 17, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not a Cohen fan either
But I think I can see how this might work. Hopefully it will…
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
I agree with this
I think a lot depends upon the direction. With Peter Morgan’s involvement in the project it’s certainly not likely to be played for Borat-type laffs. By the way, did anyone see “Damned United”? Am I the only one here who loved this film?
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
Cohen played an "Italian" barber in Sweeney Todd
And did a very good job with very little screentime. There’s no reason to think he can’t do Freddie Mercury justice.
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Wat.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 17, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
i'm alittle partial to Mcgehee
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by slackersphere17 on Sep 17, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
GO METS!
3-0 over ATL
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 4:50 PM PDT reply actions
yayayayayay!!!!
ATL can’t win on the road, haha. Can never get too far ahead of the WC either… that’s backup plan numero uno
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t even give a crap about college sports, but you are single-handedly turning me into a Stanford fan with the incessant remarks.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL me.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Bah
3-1 NYM
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 5:10 PM PDT reply actions
3-3
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Heyward HR. 6-3 ATL
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
did you see how that inning went? 5 runs, unearned
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I saw the throw by Wright.
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
david wrights fault, throwing error blew the inning open
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Did we ever learn who the PTBNL was in the Guillen deal?
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Nope. I heard it was supposed to be announced a few weeks ago, though.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 17, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks like we’re gonna have to win tonight to not lose any ground, considering the way the ATL and SD games appear to be going
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Tejada HR?? impossible, how many he seems to hit
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
6-4 Atlanta
on a home run by something called a Duda?
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I have a Lucas Duda story that really shows my baseball nerdiness
I was at a rental car place waiting because all the cars were being washed or something so we had time to kill. Anyway I had my mom read names out of the index of the BA prospect handbook, and I had to guess the team. Lucas Duda was the only one I got wrong
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
2-1
FC Holliday!
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
3 - 1
Suck it Padres!
The San Fransisco 49ers, where we got Dix, VD and Crabs!
by Badly Browned on Sep 17, 2010 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
MOLINA!
Base hit. 3-1 STL
Eat one, Mat.
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
with SD’s ace getting pummeled, their spirits have got to be crushed.
i think he’s hit a wall in IP
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
someone said pujols wasnt playing tonight… thank god they are wrong
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
3-2 Cards. Their pitcher sucks. The Cards better fucking win this one
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
colemk
it’s so cute when my dad tries to teach me how to use his iPad.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 17, 2010 5:36 PM PDT reply actions
The wisdom of Colbert Kuiper
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 17, 2010 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s pretty awesome.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 17, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
CSN
pimp those cheerleaders
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ALBERT!!
4-2 STL
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 6:07 PM PDT reply actions
Poo Holes ftw!
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
HOLLIDAY!!
5-2 STL
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Latos- 2 straight starts 5+ runs scored within the first 4 innings.
Kid hit a wall… We need to be careful with Bumgarner
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
i think he’s 60IP over his previous season high
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope only 40
Jeff Fletcher JeffFletcherAOL
Mat Latos, who is having a second consecutive bad outing, pitched 123 innings last yr. He’s at 168 now. #padres
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good lookin out. seeing as how he is 15 over the 30 line, it would be surmiseable that both his bad starts in the last 4 months (SF, STL) were in the “30 over previous IP” category.
madbum is closing in on that marker quick too I believe. You think there is a significant correlation here? he was so good for so long that it could just be the numbers catching up with him, i mean he set a hell of a record for good starts.
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
MOLINA!!
7-2 STL
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Latos grabs some pine
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
8-2!!!
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, its only the bottom of the 2nd? rofl
The San Fransisco 49ers, where we got Dix, VD and Crabs!
by Badly Browned on Sep 17, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
the pads dont have the offense to make a stand and come back, so id consider that game done already
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds good to me. 6 more innings of the Cards pounding the piss out of the SD bullpen sounds even better.
jsut as good as a 15 inning game, but better :) it only takes its toll on SD
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLATOS
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 17, 2010 6:20 PM PDT reply actions
this is definitely the preferred way to limit Latos' innings
by TimLaser and MattyC on Sep 17, 2010 6:21 PM PDT reply actions
too bad those 6 unearned runs in ATL seem to be holding up. Whatever, fuck it, SD losing is priority one
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Really should be the only priority...
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 17, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd prefer the Rockies to lose as well
They are still too close for comfort
EXCEPT FOR THOSE ORANGE GUYS!
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Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 17, 2010 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
there are. if showalter stays, i wonder what 2011 has in store for them.
both oranges need to win, though, as the O’s are playing those damn Yanks (and I want Tampa to get home-field, sick of the Yanks in the WS)
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Not tall enough.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
SALT TABLET
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 17, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
damn. thats pretty strenuous activity for something that cut his stomach muscle in half-
very, very good news.
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm no expert
But I had my appendix out the old way almost 40 years ago, and I was laid up for a while. Had my gall bladder out a few months ago and was good to go back to physical work in a week. Laproscopes are wonderful things.
Are we not missing something?
Like an open gameday thread?
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
LOL FONTENOT!
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 17, 2010 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Yesterday my Dodger fan friend was texting me and he asked if I had seen the Its Always Sunny episode called the Gang hits the Road. I said no but I am watching the Giants hit the Dodgers, his only comeback was well done.
Suck it Dodger fans
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
the D.E.N.N.I.S system is my fav episode of all-time
by giant4life83 on Sep 17, 2010 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I cant decide if I like Charlies or Franks approach better in that episode. I think my favorite might be Mac and Dennis break up, but there are too many good choices
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
The episode when the waitress gets married
Is, quite possibly, the funniest shit ever!
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
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