Why Giants baseball is like a John Cougar Mellencamp song.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 20, 2010 2:24 PM PDT
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I’m not sure if I’m having fun with this pennant race.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad the Giants are still in it. Heck, glad isn’t the right word. That’s a gross understatement. After living through the Jose Castillo Era, wondering how many replacement-level players it took to change a light bulb*, this has been a fantastic, thrilling baseball season that has already surpassed the expectations a lot of us had before the season started. It’s magic inside this thing we’re in. Or something.
Fans are buzzing, striking up conversations with complete strangers at the sight of a Giants hat. Co-workers who wouldn’t know Gaylord Perry from Dan Gladden are suddenly interested enough in baseball to ask a bunch of baseball-related questions. And it seems like everyone can agree on one thing: man, this pennant race is fun. It’s fun to be in a pennant race. It’s fun to think about the playoff permutations. It’s fun because every game means something.
Well, I object. This isn’t fun. This is weapons-grade stress. It was bad enough when the Padres were traipsing through the schedule, seemingly oblivious to the idea that they weren’t supposed to be good, but now the Rockies are up to their usual shenanigans, winning 24 out of 23 games whenever it suits them. The Rockies are even winning on the road, and even though I think there’s a simple explanation for that, it still freaks me out.
When I think about baseball right now, I’m not thinking about a pitcher throwing a perfectly placed changeup in a 3-2 count, or the smell of freshly cut grass on a sunny day, or whatever. I’m thinking about Seth Smith putting sugar in the gas tank of my soul. I’m thinking about Rich Johns coming out of the Padres bullpen and throwing nine straight sliders for strikes in his first professional appearance. I’m thinking about Candy Maldonado, Jose Cruz, Jr., and Neifi Perez. I’m looking at the Giants roster, wondering just who has the greatest capacity for being a franchise goat (GCORP).
I’m worried that Tim Lincecum will regress. I’m worried that Pablo Sandoval will regress even further. I’m worried that Aubrey Huff really is Aubrey Huff, and that he’s not in the final act of some zany ‘80s brains-switching-bodies movie with Todd Helton. I’m worried that the bullpen is going to be worked too hard. I’m worried that the starters are going to be worked too hard. I’m worried that Buster Posey is going to be worked too hard. I’m worried that giving Posey a day off will somehow cost the Giants a playoff spot. I’m worried that Jose Guillen will get his watch band caught on his hat when trying to field the last out of a game in Coors Field. I’m worried that my wife wants my beard to be as full and creepily dark as Brian Wilson’s, which will raise even more questions about my masculinity. I’m worried that Andres Torres will come back, only to have his table of contents rupture. I’m worried that the Pacific isn’t as blue as it’s been in my dreams…
I’m worried.
Yet at some point in the next week, some goofball is going to tell me how much fun this is. This isn’t fun. This is…torture. Yes, torture. Giants baseball: torture. It fits when they’re winning, it fits when they’re losing, and it’s summing up the entire pennant race. Duane Kuiper, you wise, wise man.
At the end of the season – win or lose – I’m going to say, "Thank you, sir. May I have another?" This is because I’m stupid, and I need to pick better hobbies. I think I’ll just sleep for a couple of months. Let me know how it all works out.
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80's switch
Is it Helton’s head in Huff’s body in a Giants uni, or the other way around?
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
Also
I demand that theletter2 write a little ditty ’bout Pat and Aubrey.
Two American kids done best they could.
The Giants drive me to Don Draper-like drinking. I know I’m not alone.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
he's cutting back, didn't you hear?
though now he’s having rum on his french toast
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Mrs Buttersworth brand rum!
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Poor sally
that girl…yeah it’s not going to turn out well for her.
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LOL people who thought that time was so much better
idiots.
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She’ll be smoking grass and hitchhiking to Dylan shows soon.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
…eventually will end up hanging out (living) in front of Amoeba at Haight and Stanyan with a mangy pitbull
No, that’s her grandkids.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Poor kid. No one to turn to about all this except that psycho kid on her block.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
wow, yeah that kid is...odd
feel sorry for him too though.
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I remember when I found out that actor is Matt Wiener’s son. Innteresting role for your boy.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
wow
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Who doesn’t enjoy a little rum on their french toast?
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I prefer Macallan Amber
/and I don’t understand the GCORP reference – somebody help me
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
It’s just a riff on VORP.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember 2002 being as stressful as this. Although the playoff games? Now those, those were torture…
KENNY MFING LOFTON
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It’s over!
We’re going!
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 20, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
god that was awesome
I really wish I was at my current level of fandom when that happened.
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Watched that from a motel room in Niles, Michigan. It was effing awesome!
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I was in Vegas and watched it from the MGM sports book
I was jumping around and hollerin’…I guess people thought I’d won a bet, but I didn’t have a dime on the game.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Had already been relocated to Reno..
All I could do in 2002 was watch TV, put signs in the windows, and cut an SF into the lawn. Pretty sure my neighbors thought my family was insane, with all of the yelling and screaming for two weeks.
Adopted Son: !Matt Downs I'll miss you my son.
I was in section 138
I was jumping up and down, and went to grab my girlfriend’s jacket lapels (she was also jumping). I guess I accidentally grabbed two tufts of her hair, too. We were jumping up and down, and she started crying. I thought it was because she was so happy, but it was actually because I was yanking chunks of hair out of her head. She forgave me pretty quickly, thank goodness.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
Is this what your defense lawyer told you to say?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 21, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
By the ninth inning of Game 5 in Atlanta, I had melted into a puddle of goo on the carpet. And this was just the Division Series.
by non sequitur on Sep 20, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Barry Bonds
And then Jason Schnidt. But, mostly Bonds.
by Every6thDay on Sep 20, 2010 2:40 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Easily...
We had Dusty to guide us through it
Buy High,Sell Lower- The Brian Sabean methodology to Running (Ruining) the Giants
by Mordy From Monsey on Sep 20, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Shut up grant
you’re harshing my mellow. Seriously, WTF? A san francisco-based team has a chance to make the fucking playoffs for the first time in 6 years. Just enjoy it. If they don’t make it, the world won’t stop spinning on its axis, and it still will have been fun to have been there for the ride.
Pansy.
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I always liked that guy
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I see what you mean
it’s obviously nerve-wracking, but just the simple fact that we have the right to get nervous about our baseball team in september is welcome to me. Since I’ve started paying attention, the Giants have finished over .500 exactly one time, so the fact that I have a chance to see them in the playoffs is awesome.
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Enjoy the game, Grant.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Half joking
but honestly, what’s going to happen is going to happen. so why not at least try to enjoy it?
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I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR ART
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I apologize, bl,
for my friends who question your sincerity.
Really.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 20, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
TORTURE!
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 2:32 PM PDT reply actions
LOL!
/reads past title
The Magic is inside all of us.
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Yeah I, uhh, laughed at that too...
/googles John Cougar Mellancamp
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
I think that’s the Talking Heads.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, I've heard of them!
And I actually have heard of JCM, but I probably couldn’t name of any of his songs
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
THISSS IS OURRRRRR COUUUNTRYYYYY
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Oh yeah
He did/does sing that. I forgot about that
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
others
“Little diddy about Jack and Diane”
“Hurt so good, c’mon baby make it hurt so good”
“I need a lover who won’t drive me crazy”
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
‘ditty’
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I've heard the 1st one and the last one
but I don’t think I know the middle one
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Sometimes love don’t feel like it should.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
John Cougar Melonhead?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I've been to Cougarcamp
It was exhilarating.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
He did a cover of a Van Morrison song.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
She was too old.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t want to be mistaken for Courtney Cox.
by non sequitur on Sep 20, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Too masculine.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe it was because the record company gave him the nickname
And he wanted to get away from that. But “Cougar” is a badass nickname.
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."
I’m worried that my wife wants my beard to be as full and creepily dark as Brian Wilson’s, which will raise even more questions about my masculinity.
Just wear a skin-tight, hot-pink lycra shirt with your beard, and there will be no questions.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
At the end of the season
Grant goes back to the chinese antique dealer, scarred, bloodied, but still alive.
He has picked an item off the shelf that seemed familiar, foreboding yet exciting. A shiny box with the word Giants written on it.
The chinese antique dealer sees it, and says to him, “What’s your pleasure, sir?”
Grant hands over the money his eternal soul, yet again.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
This is me.
It would be great if we had a 5 game lead or something. But we have a half game lead over 2nd place, and 1 and a half over 3rd.
This is downright stressful. Every game has to be perfect. We cannot lose a heartbreaker and go, well we will make that one up. There may not be that chance.
I am worried that the Cuzzi game may come back and bite us in the ass.
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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.
I'm almost 100% sure
That at some point this year we won a game because of a call that went our way, and we’ve all just forgotten it.
yeah,
but it still sucks.
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Look no further than the strike 3 that wasn't called on Burrell yest..
Buy High,Sell Lower- The Brian Sabean methodology to Running (Ruining) the Giants
by Mordy From Monsey on Sep 20, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure Dodgers fans would quickly point to Mattingly's return trip to the mound,
but that doesn’t hold a candle to THE OPPOSING TEAM’S CATCHER ADMITTING HE DIDN’T TAG OUT THE WINNING RUN.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Why does it matter that the other team admitted it?
Blown call is a blown call – happens to every team.
I'd chalk that up as good sportsmanship.
If Buster were in that guy’s place, and the ump was somehow able to change his mind/call, I’d be furious but still have a deeper respect for Buster in the process.
I realize this is toeing the line we’ve all beat to death about instant replay and so on, but it seems to me that if BOTH teams agree it’s a blown call, something could be done about it. At that point the letter of the rules defeats the spirit of the rules, IMHO.
I imagine there could be a whole fanpost devoted to whether the rules serve the umpire in any given situation or the other way around…
Yes, a blown call is a blown call, and everyone gets them, but IF both teams were willing to let reality win out over perception, I’d find it personally more satisfying on a philosophical level. (I know there are a TON of pragmatic issues wrapped up in that, just sayin’…) But to save everyone the trouble of RAGE replies over instant replay, changed calls, etc., I understand it’s too fuzzy to implement (e.g. do we argue every single pitch?), but it gets a nasty emotional response from me all the same.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I will be your therapist
How do you compare your feelings on Sept 21, 2010 to those on Sept 21, 2007. Let me help you:
San Francisco Giants (Sept 21, 2007 vs. Cincinnati)
Roberts lf
Winn ph,lf,rf
Davis cf
Klesko 1b
Molina c
Schierholtz rf
Munter p
Feliz 3b
Frandsen 2b
Velez pr,2b
Vizquel ss
Misch p
Messenger p
Durham ph
Hennessey p
Aurilia ph
Taschner p
Walker p
Wilson p
Kline p
Ortmeier lf
I think you are Misching the point.
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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.
Slams a double Hennessey.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
No, I’m Dave Roberts.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I de-kline . . .
. . . to engage in this silliness.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 20, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
MATT HERGES!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
That's cause you're old and forgot to bring your Walker
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
I’ve blocked out this period of Giants baseball from my mind.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
Rajai
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Chili
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
I played wow for those 3 years between 07-09
thank God for warcraft.
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It is pretty amazing that just three years later one could pretty safely argue that only one player in that box score really belongs on a MLB 25-man roster.
Ortmeier
amirite?
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 20, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll bite
who do you think is the 1 deserving player, because I count 3, maybe 4
There are some here who would debate whether you could call the Giants' 2007 season actual "baseball."
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Thank you
this is my point EXACTLY.
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This is also Apples, meet Oranges
Giants were 67-87 after this game. We knew we sucked, were out of playoffs, no expectations.
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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.
But that 67-87 was a safe place. There was no risk. Which would you rather be? An utter loser who avoids risk at all cost so as to avoid the disappointment of failure or a risk-taking lover of life who understands that with joy comes the possibility (inevitability) of sadness.
YES
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting question
as it not only reveals one’s wants and desires, but their deepest fears as well.
I will take a mountain dew.
Also these two situations are still completely different. Everyone wants to win.
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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 FUCK THEM, THEN
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Most risk takers who love life are insufferable jerks.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 20, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
oh please
yeah, it’s so much fucking better to root for a team with no chance of making it. Give me a break. That’s all I’ve ever seen since I started watching sports: my teams being fucking terrible.
IM READY FOR ONE OF MY GODDAMN TEAMS TO BE GOOD, OK?! I’m having way more fun watching the Giants this year because, you know, the games actually fucking MEAN something.
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What?
My point was that the stress in these two situations were nothing alike. The stress in 2007 was “GOD THIS TEAM IS SHIT” there was never any worry about making playoffs, having to play perfect ball, etc. all the things we are going through now.
The point is that these are two different situations.
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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.
I prefer no stress.
Like I said, I would love if we were 5 games up. Being in the race is fun. Being in a race this close makes me want to kick a nun for every fielding error Uribe makes.
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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.
I don't think that was his point
I took his point to be “wouldn’t you rather have this year’s situation than that year’s situation”, and the answer is fuck and yes I would.
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the answer is fuck
I should play your game more often.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
oh shutup grammar nazi
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:(
I am faaaar from the grammar nazi. I just thought that was a funny response.
YOU USED TO BE COOL MAN!
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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.
HEY MAN IT'S ALL IN FUN GEEZ LIGHTEN UP WET BLANKET ALERT
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SHUT YOUR FUCKING PIE HOLE
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
WAIT I'M NOT DONE WITH THAT FUCKING PIE HOLE!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Nate!
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 20, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I need to do another rant of the day
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
OT
MLB
Ernie Johnson, John Smoltz & Ron Darling will be new lead play-by-play crew for TBS in postseason starting Oct. 6
They could be Giants...but not really.
uhhhhhh.....
better than chip carey I guess? Still sounds like it’ll be trainwreck, isn’t EJ a basketball guy?
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And golf!
Baseball-wise, I think he’s been a studio/anchor-type guy. I don’t think he’s done play-by-play.
They could be Giants...but not really.
yeah, not sure it'll turn out well
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This does not comfort me.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I know what you mean Grant.
We went 6-4 in the last 10 games, but it sure felt like we went 2-8 and someone punched me in the throat and then raped my cat.
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I really don’t see the Giants going all the way with this team, so I’m taking these last couple weeks as my moment to celebrate. These are my playoffs. If the Giants make it, I’ll just be happy they got there. I mean, have you seen the AL teams this year?
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This.
Especially in a 5 game series.
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ESPECIALLY with awesome pitching
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The Phillies should indeed be great.
by FireBrianSabean on Sep 20, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I always hated the “playoffs are a crapshoot” thing. Yes, the playoffs have a bit of a crapshoot to them. Sure, a less talented team will sometimes manage to win three series that they probably shouldn’t. It’s the any-given-Sunday portion of the baseball season.
But most given Sundays, being a better team is better.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
By ‘any team’, do you mean the Yankees?
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Bit of a reply fail there…
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Its being a better team at the right time.
Not saying it’s luck, you need to have decent and good players to get there. But really it can come down to anyone in the playoffs.
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Yes, it can come down to anyone in the playoffs, but your odds are still better if your team is inherently talented. Of course there is a lottery effect. But fans throw it around like the playoffs are just a lottery. And that bothers the crap out of me. The playoffs are not a lottery. The playoffs contain a lottery effect. If the Giants make the playoffs, I’m not going to go out and be like “Yeah, the Giants have a 25% chance of going to the World Series because the playoffs are nothing but a crapshoot!” No, I’ll be legitimately worried that we won’t be able to beat the Phillies.
It’s not a crapshoot. It just has crapshoot in it.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
inherently more talented, in that first sentence.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
we will fucking own halladay because we kill good pitchers, dammit
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No one's saying that those teams don't have the advantage
The Giants probably wouldn’t have a 25% chance of going to the World Series, but perhaps say, 23.57%.
The Baltimore Orioles were one out away from sweeping the Yankees a couple weeks ago, in New York. I think that tells you all you need to know right there.
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The Baltimore Orioles were one out away from sweeping the Yankees a couple weeks ago, in New York. I think that tells you all you need to know right there.
You just kind of made my head asplode.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
yes, regular season game TOTALLY= post season game. totally.
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...
Do the rules change or something? If the Giants make it to the playoffs do we end up playing cricket or something?
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ok what the fuck
so the orioles almost sweep the yankees in a meaningless september series where the yankees aren’t really playing for anything, and that’s supposed to prove something about playoff series? That is about the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. You have a LOT more actual evidence you could use. That’s pretty weak.
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Actual you don't need too much evidence
It’s a pretty simple argument. Anything can happen in baseball. There is so much luck involved in one baseball game. It evens out over 162 games, but there’s no reason for it to in a playoff series. The Giants could bloop their way to a World Series sweep over the Yankees if they got the breaks.
Are you really having that much trouble understanding or do you just prefer to bitch about technicalities?
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What you said was stupid
I pointed that out. Call it whatever you want.
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What you said was stupid
In your opinion. I think most people have the ability to comprehend what I said. Perhaps you’re not one of those people and can’t get past the technicality of the point I was trying to make.
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No, I get the point you were making
it was, IMO, a stupid way to make it. There’s a lot more much better examples you could use to make that point than a meaningless september series. Like, you know, actual playoff series. Playoff baseball != regular season baseball.
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See, it’s the rationalization that gets me. I’m not even really accusing the people on this board of it. It’s the whole “The Orioles almost swept the Yankees – so of course the Giants can beat anybody in seven games” or “Tom Brady was a sixth round pick – so of course Nate Davis can be a starter.” There’s this point of view shift that recognizing a lottery effect has on people. The whole center of the argument shifts away from “Yes, yes indeed luck is involved” to something more like “Luck is involved, so naturally the most unlikely things are going to happen.”
“It’s all just a crapshoot” becomes the motto of fans who want to ignore smart odds. Yes, luck is definitely involved. But, in the meantime, play the smart odds. Bet on the better team winning.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
you obviously have comprehension issues too
because you don’t agree with what he said 100%. Obviously it’s your fault.
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I don't think that is the total mantra
Sure you think that the better team is often going to win, but there is that possibility that the opposite could happen.
No one is booking that the underdog team is going to win because playoffs are a crapshoot. But that does not mean you can just assume that the best team will always win. Because they do not.
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yeah, but a lot of people don't think that way
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I don’t understand why you are agreeing with me as though you are not agreeing with me.
Except, I guess, the “no one is booking that the underdog team is going to win because the playoffs are a crapshoot”. Yes, they do. Fans mentally turn “The playoffs are a crapshoot” into “We should totally win this”. They do it all the time. And it drives me nuts. To the point that whenever I see anybody ever say “The playoffs are a crapshoot”, I want to strangle something.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
See, I do not think this is true for everyone.
I think it plants the hope of something, but that does not mean that everyone always jumps to the conclusion it will turn out their way.
That is a pretty broad generalization.
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I didn’t claim that it was true for everyone. Only the sith deal in absolutes.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean, for fuck’s sake, where in this entire conversation did I say “EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD TOTALLY DOES THIS”?
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by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Except, I guess, the "no one is booking that the underdog team is going to win because the playoffs are a crapshoot". Yes, they do. Fans mentally turn "The playoffs are a crapshoot" into "We should totally win this". They do it all the time.
Have you ever talked to an A’s fan when that team is making a run at the Wild Card? Boy, I wouldn’t want to be them at a craps table with the A’s rolling.
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And maybe you did not mean it as that
but that is how it came off to me.
The first being all fans, which is everyone.
The second, more specifically, in all A’s fans.
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FWIW, that's not how I read those comments
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Saying that “no one is doing something” isn’t true doesn’t mean everyone is doing it. I said that fans do this. I didn’t say all fans. I said fans. I didn’t say every single fan. I said fans. Just plain plural. More than one. I also said lots of them do it. And lots of them do, to my mind. Certainly not all. Maybe not most. But lots.
And why can’t I make fun of A’s fans? They suck.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, I will try to read your mind a little better next time. I read fans do this all the time, and that leads me to think he is saying all fans do this all the time. If you had said certainly not all then we would have gotten along fine.
As for A’s fans, that’s fine. Just using the example.
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But I never said all fans.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
But you also were not specifying it was most, or the crazy. Saying just fans did not transfer the info to me that you mean it. It read to me as a generalization. That is a combo of my reading comprehension as well.
You have since clarified, and now that moment has passed.
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But
if you say “fans do something all the time” doesn’t that mean there is no time in which fans don’t do it?
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But not that there is no time in which all fans don’t do it. There are always at least two fans doing this, no matter what time of day or night. They work in shifts.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it makes sense to cite what I assume is the origin of the word crap shoot – shooting craps. You’re trying to roll a certain number before rolling a seven. Seven is the most likely number that are going to roll. But now you have to roll a four. So you’re like “Yeah, I can definitely roll a four before rolling a seven.” You understand that it’s possible. Even maybe that the odds don’t completely suck.
So your says, “Heck, it’s all just a crapshoot anyway” and puts $200 down that you’ll hit that four. Sure, they only have $250. But it’s all just a crapshoot, so what the hell? Your friend starts getting this crapshoot idea in his head. Suddenly, he just knows that the four is going to come up. Because it’s a crapshoot. Because it’s possible. The whole point of view has shifted on how these odds work. Because it’s a crapshoot.
And baseball fans do it, too. A lot. Have you ever talked to an A’s fan when that team is making a run at the Wild Card? Boy, I wouldn’t want to be them at a craps table with the A’s rolling.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
OT:
Craps is supposed to be one of the easiest casino games to understand. Why can’t I ever understand it?
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THIS
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The basics are really easy. The person rolling hits a number. Assuming it’s not seven or two (I think – I always forget what snake eyes is about), that becomes the number you bet on. If they roll that number again before rolling a seven, everybody who bet on it collects. The betting weirds me out, though. There are a lot of secondary things you can bet on.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
So what happens if they roll a 7 or 2 right off?
Everyone wins?
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oh man- it is 7 or 11 and yes if that is rolled on the come out roll, everyone wins, but really just bet the pass line and ask the guys at the table. They are all really nice and will tell you how you can and can’t bet (in terms of odds).
Huh
Yeah I will stick to blackjack I think.
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I will stick to "keeping my money"
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seriously
it is the best game in the casino. next time you go to Vegas, just buy one of those little handbooks. it will take you about 15 minutes to learn. Then stand and watch someone play for an hour and then just play. I promise that you will have a great time and you will lose less money than in any other game in the place
I studied up before a Reno trip and played it one night. It was a blast. But for the life of me, I couldn’t tell you now how to play it.
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That depends . . .
. . . on how much you know about blackjack.
The days when you had better odds than the house are now long gone, but you should be able to break even (if they’re honest).
Sabean delenda est!
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Worst case, I can stretch $50 out for a good long time on the cheap tables, which I consider to be a good entertainment value (so long as the G&Ts keep coming). I never expect to come out ahead, so I don’t mind stepping away when I’m out of chips.
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This is a solid plan of attack
When all else fails, get drunk!
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Me: "Almost, just with a substantially greater amount of douchebags."
That raises a good point:
The “free” hootch is, if you take a little care, well worth the cost when coupled with the entertainment value. That is one advantage of craps over blackjack: in blackjack, you have to be alert and focussed to stand a chance of breaking even.
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It's like settlers of catan but you lose money!
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I like it because you can bet on the come. What’s not to like?
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especially if you press. You actually get true odds there! On of the only places you aren’t paying an edge to the house.
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Your crapshoot may require some assembly.
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Jose Guillen CRUSHES AL pitching!!!
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So how exactly is Giants baseball like a Mellencamp song?
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
When is a raven like a writing desk?
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That question has no answer
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"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 20, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
In fact, it has quite a few answers.
(Assuming we mean the original question, Why is a raven like a writing desk?)
- Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!
- Because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes.
- Because Poe wrote on both.
- Because there is a B in both and an N in neither.
- Because it slopes with a flap.
- Because they both come with inky quills.
- Bills and tales are among their characteristics.
- Because they both stand on their legs, conceal their steels, and ought to be made to shut up.
Among others . . . .
Incidentally, those last two are cheats, because they rely on homophones (for “tale” and “steel”).
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The ghost . . .
. . . of Martin Gardner.
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by gallo del cielo on Sep 20, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks a lot!
Little ditty about Jack & Diaaaaane
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Pat & Aubrey were just two kids………….
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Little ditty, bout Pat and Aubrey
Two Giants playing ball, in a park by the sea
Pat’s won a series – you know he’s a star
Aubrey just wants the back seat of Pat’s car
Suckin’ on gatorade, while takin’ BP
Pat leans up on the rail, puts his hand on Aubrey’s knee
Pat said “hey there Aubs, let’s run off to triple’s alley
take off those sliding pants, let me do what I please”
Aubrey says now
“Oh yeah, baseball will go on…
long after the thrill of hittin’ dingers is gone”
by GiantPain on Sep 20, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Well done sir
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I've said it before but I'll say it again
You have a future in parody song writing.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 20, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha
Oh yeah, I think that was after my ‘Stuck with low run support’ Johnny Cash/Madison Bumgarner gem.
It's not originally johnny cash
but I think “Hurt” is the Giants theme song.
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GEAUX 49ERS
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a) Listening to John Mellencamp is torture according to the Geneva Convention, and b) it hurts so good.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 20, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m worried that Buster Posey is going to be worked to hard
There are McCoven who would love to see this.
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Speaking of which
Where is Merope?
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Copy and paste fail
Do I have to wear a tu—tu, too?
Wins are still important for pitchers?
I thought this was settled last year with Keith Law pick of Timmy and Greinke’s Cy Young but apparently not
The hottest postseason debate is just starting to heat up: In an SI.com survey of baseball executives that may surprise some, a clear majority interviewed suggested they would ignore Seattle wunderkind Felix Hernandez’s historically low win total for a top Cy Young candidate and still make him the winner of the top pitching award.
What really struck me was the following quotes:
"I think wins need to count for something when you’re talking about the Cy Young. I lean toward Price or Sabathia because their teams are going to make the playoffs,‘’ one AL exec said. "I might even go with Price, but certainly one of those two guys.’
"The only way somebody without a high percentage of wins should get it is if it’s a down year for pitchers,‘’ the NL exec said. "And we have those two guys (Price and Sabathia) having quality years for contending clubs. Sabathia is the single biggest reason the Yankees are as good as they are. I probably lean toward Sabathia. Price is knocking on the door, but I think CC’s in the room already. Hernandez also has the park to help him. It’s hard pitching in Yankee Stadium. It’s just such a band box. And he wins big games.’’
"There are those in the game who don’t think wins and RBIs are important stats. That’s rubbish,’’ one AL exec said. Yet, that exec who counts wins still supported King Felix.
Stat comparison:
Stat comparison:
Hernandez:
12-11 2.35 ERA; 1.07 WHIP; 233.2 IP; 222 SO/64 BBs; 3.01 FIP; . xFIP 3.23; 221 BAA; 55.7 RAR; 6.1 WAR
CC:
20-6 3.05 ERA; 1.18 WHIP; 224.0 IP; 183 SO/69 BB; FIP: 3.58; xFIP: 3.83; .237 BAA; 41.6 RAR; 4.4 WAR
Price:
17-6 2.79 ERA; 1.19 WHIP; 193.2 IP; 184 SO/81 BB; 3.50 FIP; 4.01 xFIP; .222 BAA; 37.6 RAR; 4.0 WAR
To me, this is not even close…King Felix is a far better pitcher…especially considering how much harder it is to pitch when your lineup often forget to score…just ask the Giants SPs.
Opps there's your problem right there.
"I think wins need to count for something when you’re talking about the Cy Young. I lean toward Price or Sabathia because their teams are going to make the playoffs,‘
Overpaid idiots. Felix is the better pitcher. If he pitched for even a passable offense, he would have 17 wins at least. If not 20.
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GAH
Preview is not my friend.
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Sabathia is the single biggest reason the Yankees are as good as they are.
OH MY FUCKING LORD HOW THE FUCK CAN ONE PERSON HOLD ALL THAT STUPID?!?!?! WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK.
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My face hurts just trying to read that
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by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Must have been sabean
honestly, how the fuck? I don’t even…wha
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I think that statement gave me a headache. Christ I need an Advil or twenty now
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by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Come on...that's gotta be Colleti
I just found out that Colleti trade Dotel to the Roxs for a bag of dinosaurs…absolutely ridiculous…
Basically Colleti turned Dotel, Lambo, and MacDonald into a bag of dinosaurs…that’s epic failure
They traded for Dinger?
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Close
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded reliever Octavio Dotel to the Colorado Rockies on Saturday, shortly before the teams played each other.
The deal, for a player to be named, was announced less than an hour before Saturday’s game at Dodger Stadium. The Rockies are in the middle of the races for the National League West and wild-card spot.
/still wondering who the PTBNL for Guillen was/si.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Whoa.
I have no clue what happened there.
Also: I do love wasabi.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Oh
It was supposed to be was/is.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
PTBNL
In April 1962, the Mets traded catcher Harry Chiti to the Indians for a player to be named later. On June 15, the Mets received the PTBNL, who turned out to be Chiti, making Chiti the first player to be traded for himself.
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
That was a really Chiti trade.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
GO BACK TO ENGLAND
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
The English sure do speak English funny.
by non sequitur on Sep 20, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe he meant body bias?
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
LOL irl
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
He is a big dude.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Zito would probably be a 17-18 game winner on the Yankees :O
"People are getting the message, the right people are getting it, but the people we want to further attract, or make sure we hold onto, are being affected by what we consider the lunatic fringe. That's my frustration, that they don't have a bigger view of the world." - Brian Sabean
Tim would be on the Yankees
:o i’m sorry i couldn’t stop myself
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Good God
I’d jump out of my shoes to vote for Hernandez if I could. It’s not even debatable.
As far as those “execs”, I wonder how well their teams are doing this year…
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 20, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
They have to be execs from terrible teams
nobody that stupid could run a baseball team effectively
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
Is this joke overplayed?
I’m worried that Andres Torres will come back, only to have his table of contents rupture.
Who knows, but it makes me nerd giggle every time.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
You're not alone
That makes me giggle.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
nah, I lol'd too
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
His ToC will be fine
It’s his colophon that has me concerned.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Didn't see that the first time
But very funny
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I actually was conflicted about getting tickets.
It came down to 1159am today (1 min before the deadline) and I just. Couldnt. Do it. I want to, maybe Im just afraind me getting tickets will upset the balance, but I just couldnt pull the trigger.
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10am, yes?
by The Franchise on Sep 20, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
STH presale today 10-noon.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Yea season tix got first crack today.
Ugh Im still soooo conflicted! damn this team!
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by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Get the fucking tickets already… how many opportunities to see live, in the flesh, playoff baseball are you going to have?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Well to be honest
It’s a bit trickier than that. my bachelor party is in Vegas and of course the morons who organized it (no baseball fans) booked it for the 10-14th therefore the only way i can go is not only if the Giamts make the playoffs but secure home-field. It’s pretty tricky. Me being the fool I am was hoping that by this time it would be clearer, but of course its the Giant’s they simply dont make things easy!
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Plus
Getting married in 5 weeks is really putting a hurting on our budget. Man this girl better be worth it =p
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
A good test would be to see if she is willing to postpone the wedding until after the playoffs.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
As warpped up into baseball as I am
I think I have already severely tested her patience. Im lucky enough she still wants to marry me. Im hoping and praying that we make it to at least NLCS so I can go.
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I can’t give good advice on incomplete information… but still, even if there’s a conflict, I don’t think selling a playoff ticket will be much of a problem.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Also it should be noted that my advice is suspect in the best of circumstances.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I can imagine my fiance right now at work
Feeling a disturbance in the force and shuddering (ha that works great cause she works for Lucas Animation)
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
More like Sauron in Mordor
Enjoy your visit from the Nazgul…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I lol'ed
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
What really sucks is that most places
charge a basic fee to use a room/facility on top of the food and other things…
Wife and I found a great place in Orange County where they did not charge extra (just food/drink/etc.).
We only have 50 guests
And were rapidly approaching 5500 dollars and we are not spending recklessly ugh I want to elope!
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah...
I think we spend like $150 per guest…it basically boiled down to…do we like this person enough to spend $150 on him/her…
Ugh I know what you mean
And then everyone wants to bring insert gf or bf or dates name here. Kill me please
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I did that. Totally worth it.
After the honeymoon we threw a big party at the beach for our friends. Still came in under $2k.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I got married on Sept 28, 2002. I left for Europe on the 30th and missed then entire first round and games 1 and 2 of the Card series. I was in Paris for the NLCS so I was able to watch the games on ESPN intl. I think they started at 3am local. I got home in time to be there for games 4/5 as well as games 1 and 3-5 of the WS. I was going to go to G6 but decided not to and as far as I am concerned, there was no G7
My gf at the time (2002)
Left for a semester in Europe I still remember her joking that this would be the year the Giants make it to the World Series. We are still friends and she still is bitter about missing that post season.
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
As of right now, only single seats are available for game one.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Really? Is there a different set of tickets being released tomorrow for non-season ticket holders? Mr. Merope was going to try and get tickets tomorrow, he’s not going to be a happy camper if he took off work for no very good reason.
I guess we’ll end up with game 5 or 7 or something…
Only NLDS is for sale. I didn’t check home game 2 or 3.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
STH went first, then advance sign-ups at 2 pm
Put my name in about a week ago. At 2:01 pm, “best available” was View Reserved. Looks like “general public” is SOL tomorrow.
It's orange inside
For my thoughts on the issue....
Please just read my signature below
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My girlfriend does "fun torture".
For Valentine’s day she did a striptease to the entire record of Queen’s Night at the Opera!
Brings back memories when you guys start that song thread “Is this the real life?”
/sighs
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 2:58 PM PDT reply actions
We need more stories like these.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Please dont give my fiance any ideas
She’s evil enough as is
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I could live with fewer.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
How the hell do you strip nonstop for 43 minutes?
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 20, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Lots of clothes.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Live in Alaska
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Lorena Bobitt flashback.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
The only thing that worries me more than the Giants not making the playoffs is the Giants making the playoffs. I honestly don’t know how I’d react. I’m scared.
by Natto on Sep 20, 2010 2:58 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
“dont be.” said Pat Burrell. “I’ll be there.”
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
by jctGamer on Sep 20, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Jose Castillo Era, Era hit doubles.
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
"Because I don’t know what it means anymore, in the PCL. It’s almost like years ago."
"That’s not to say Buster isn’t fully committed or all-in. He is. He’s smart and he’s got the advance reports. Anybody who said he’s not ready to catch in the big leagues is crazy because he’s a pretty good catcher, especially throwing." - Sabean 7/11/10
He never exsisted
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
-0.8 WAR
29 DOUBLES + 4 TRIPLES + 6 DINGERZ = 35 RIBEYES
/sorry for yelling
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
desperately trying to kill time before the niner game
boardwalk empire: anyone see it? im about to, hope it’s good because buscemi is awesome
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
I'm watching old Mad Men episodes
I’m re-watching the premiere episode for this season.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I don't know why but I just can't get interested in Mad Men
Just like I never could get into Entourage or the Sopranos.
Probably becuase you despise good tv.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I think I am Bowkering Mad Man
But Soprano was good for about 10 episode
Entourage is not good in my opinion.
I used to like Entourage
Then the show went into a serious decline, and I stopped watching. When I went back and rewatched the first few seasons, I realized it was a pretty bad show. Somewhat entertaining and a cool subject, but a lot of stuff that bugged me.
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."
yeah, that's some epic failure
I never watched the other two, but by all accounts they’re good. Mad men is amazing though. Seriously.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
yes true. and it is getting better too which is hard to belive. Only rival is the Wire, but I have high hopes for BE
no kidding
4th season and I’m not remotely sick of it. It’s incredible. And next weeks looks :0
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
"Stay away from one-legged reporters."
This season has been incredible.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
breaking bad, holy shit just started watching it
I do think it’s SLIGHTLY overrated, but god damn that is good TV right there.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
How far?
If you watch the season 3 finale I don’t think you’ll find it so overrated. It really picks up midway into the second.
When I try to explain Breaking Bad to people this is what I say:
Season 2 of Breaking Bad might be the best season of TV I’ve seen (up there with some of The Wire seasons).
Then they made season 3.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
oh wow, then I'm really excited
just getting done w/ season 2, and yeah it’s been pretty freaking awesome.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
top 5
1. Mad Men
2.Breaking Bad
3.Sons of Anarchy
4. Project Runway (don’t ask)
5. FOOD PARTY!!!!
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to watch PR with my mom and sister
wasn’t that bad.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
My girlfriend got me hooked
Pretty darned talented!
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Good god I hate that fucking show.
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m with you for 1-4. Probably go for one of the Chef shows (Top Chef), or the Simpsons for #5. Or Bill Maher.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Mine
1. Top Gear
2. The Daily Show
3. Chuck
4. House
5. Lie to Me
I love Mad Men
Entourage and Sporanos are overrated.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
Everyone has blind spots. For example, I’m not interested in watching The Wire, or Friday Night Lights, or Breaking Bad. No matter how brilliant they are, the premise of each show is an automatic turn-offs for me. By the same token, I can see how a story set in an advertising agency, in the 60s, can just not be someone’s cup of tea.
Our error would be saying that these shows are bad.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
I actually just got through Eastbound and Down
Loved every second of the first season.
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, I need to start watching that
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
Fuck you! You're out!
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
You're fucking out!
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
damnit I botched it
Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!
by prnkmonkie77 on Sep 20, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
It was really good.
I’m currently finishing The Wire, so nothing else seems amazing, but boardwalk empire was still very good and seems like it has endless storylines to explore.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 20, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
The pilot was okay, a bit trite as to the action (can’t be helped, most Mob things are inspired by the events depicted semihistorically here, and Scorsese is after all Scorsese) but it looks promising. Let’s say it’s far more Deadwood than John from Cincinnatti. Carnivale with a real-life hook.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
I was accidentally listening to Radnich this morning while Bruno was on. Bruno’s producer had an interesting analogy for the Giants’ season. In comparing this previous seasons where the Giants were eliminated by now, to this season, when the tease of a post-season run that seems actually achievable, she said it was like the difference between heavy petting and foreplay. They’re awfully similar, with one major exception: With heavy petting, you know it’s not going any further and you’re happy to get what you get. With foreplay, if it doesn’t follow through to completion, you are terribly disappointed.
If you don’t complete me this season, Giants, I will not be satisfied! (or something like that)
(Now I feel like this is entirely inappropriate, but I typed a lot, so I’m gonna hit post anyways. Deal with it, suckers.)
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Does anyone listen to Radnich on purpose?
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 20, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Just one person I know of.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I listen to his 2 minute thing on KRON in the morning…. plenty enough for the whole day I can assure you.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I enjoyed listening to him a few years ago
But I moved to Southern California so I haven’t listened to his show since 2007, I think. I think he used to be good, right? At least OK?
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."
I accidentally heard some of the 49ers preGame around 3:15pm. Eric Wright (?) was on. Wow what a fuckin imbicle. Who booked that? Do fans actually listen to that for 3 hrs before a game?
He said at one point: “This is the first home opener this season…”
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Just for a second.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I swear I’ll pull out in time.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel gross thinking that you’re thinking about an orgasm metaphor that Gary Radnich played some secondary role in creating.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
hey, I heard that this morning, too.
She was funny! I felt like that girl would fit in pretty well here.
And to make matters worse, considering the horrors of Gary Radnich discussing this topic, I heard the whole thing while in the shower.
Yes. I just admitted to listening to KNBR in the shower.
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Ewww, listening to Gary Radnich in the shower.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
haha, true! /turns red
I don’t usually but I wanted to hear the excitement of the callers and see what people were saying about the Giants.
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
I obsess over this team. Every day is built around its games. I feel the same way as Grant, we just finally have what we want, yet we’re weary of it not being that great. “Too Good To Be True” syndrome.
The other day, my non-baseball fan friend asked me what I would do if we won it all. I couldn’t even begin to describe it.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 20, 2010 3:08 PM PDT reply actions
I was thinking about this last night
Say the Giants had the season the White Sox have had. That would be awful. There’s something depressing about being in it for most of the season and then with two weeks left you’re suddenly 9.5 (!!!) games out, after you had been leading that team by about 5 games. I was watching SNB last night and I could just remember being mathematically in it, yet having no realistic chance (the 2009 Giants). It was awful. So I’ll take this. Sure, it will be bad, but, even if they’re eliminated in the last series I would have had 6 months of mostly free entertainment.
If something goes bad, I’ll just drown my sorrows.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I would like the Giants to make the postseason for one reason.
Everyone that lives around here KEEPS FUCKING BRINGING UP 2004 AND HOW THE GIANTS LOST AND KEEP RUBBING IT IN MY FACE ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE STRUGGLED THESE YEARS. So with the Angels and Dodgers failing this year I would like my team to go and theirs not to. I don’t care about winning it for Bruce or Brian, but win it for me.
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 20, 2010 3:09 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
"pitcher Wayne Franklin" anagram
AN INFERNAL, PITHY WRECK
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 20, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I never watched that ball land. As soon as Finley hit it I turned of my tv and went for a very long walk.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Didn't even need to leave the park
A sac fly would have won the game anyway. But a failure anything less than spectacular just wasn’t gonna happen.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 20, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
So…random poll: What’s the most painful memory you have of the Giants being eliminated from the post-season?
Mine is 2003, JT Snow with his head on home plate after being thrown out on the last play of the series. Marlins cheering all around him.
As painful as 2002 was, I was out of the country and have never seen Games 6 and 7. So 2003 is the image that hurts most.
They could be Giants...but not really.
Game 6.
I was 13, and I was a sobbing wreck after that game. Game 7 felt like a waste of time.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 20, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Spiezio’s shot hurt even more than Glaus’ double that actually put them ahead.
by non sequitur on Sep 20, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh shit, I didn’t know this :(
As the Marlins stormed out of their dugout to mob Conine, Snow, lying on his belly, buried his head in his arms. He became part of history, for this was the first postseason series ever to end with the potential tying run thrown out at home.
They could be Giants...but not really.
You know...
after the first two games of that series…I never thought the Giants were in it…don’t know why…just felt that the Marlins were playing better
Bah.
1971 … In Game 2 of the 1971 NLCS against the Giants, Pirates first baseman Bob Robertson becomes the first Major Leaguer to hit three home runs in League Championship history. He also drives in five runs and helps the Pirates defeat the Giants, 9-4.
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Games 6 and 7 in St Louis in 1987. We were pretty cocky asking people “how do you get to Minnestoa from here?”
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Giants sure needed that extra pitcher instead of EY in 2003.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Worse. They had two LOOGYs to face a team with Juan Pierre as the only left-handed-only hitter in the lineup.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 20, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t really remember the 2003 NLDS that well. I never thought the Giants had a chance. I don’t think I even saw the end.
2002 I’ve successfully suppressed. I didn’t watch or listen to Game 7. How could I?
2004 still hurts, and it probably always will, because it was the end.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
I need to double check my post before submitting. 2002^
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 20, 2010 3:34 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
i watched the '02 WS
with an angel fan, a very good friend of mine. the wound still smarts. i need this year to end well.
why would you do that
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
I was at game 7 of the 2002 WS
I really wanted to believe that the Giants would win but after game 6…the loss felt inevitable…must be kinda of what Red Sox fans felt in ’86.
painful
when I first moved to So Cal, my neighbor was a jerkstore die-hard halo fan and after the tragedy of the ‘02 WS, he never let me forget, ALWAYS USING THAT G.D. BOTTLE OPENER WITH THAT G.D. RECORDING OF G.D. ERSTAD’S CATCH!!! F my neighbor and F Darin Erstad (what a stupid name-GAH!)!!! Needless to say I moved :oP
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
My Angels' fan friend told me last year to check out ESPN Classic one night
They were showing Game 6, and I was so livid with the memories that I walked outside for a little bit. I came back inside to watch the Giants, and saw Jonathan Sanchez pitch his no-hitter. I like to think of it as the baseball gods being gracious.
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."
so very wrong
that’s just mean! some friend. Ahhhh, JSanchez’s no-hitter, a thing of beauty… slightly OT: you know, the whole ‘other teams/fans rubbing our bad luck in our faces’ thing gets me all riled up again about yesterday’s game-ALL the highlights of the game were punctuated by that gut-wrenching catch of Cody Ross’ almost HR, but yet I didnt’ see ANYTHING on Guillen’s GRAND SLAM! what’s up with that?
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
I couldn’t even yell at him, he texted me to tell me to watch it. But that night showed me why I love baseball so much, even when it frustrates and saddens me.
For the OT, baseball highlights are such short segments that they pick out the best play from the game. Guillen’s GS was more meaningful, but that catch was a lot more flashy and unlikely.
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."
I would have sent a big shouty text! ;o) I know what you mean, most of the games I (can) watch are through my fingers as I cover my eyes and usually on mute, but I’d be lying if I didn’t have the need to watch regardless of outcome-what can I say, I’m crazy bout my Gmen! Oh, what life would be like without the glorious torture?
oh, and BOOOOOOO flashy, unimportant game highlights! Where is the love MLBnet?
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
The MLBnet highlights didn’t show the Grand Slam? Usually they are pretty in-depth, I don’t know why they wouldn’t show that.
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."
I loathe MLBnet, for the plain and simple fact that on most of our night games, I get nothing because they’ve closed up shop since all the East Coast games are in the can. I must have had that Hazel Mae chick yappin on my tv for hours after our game ended and all I heard/saw was Ross getting robbed, over and over again. I got sick of it and turned it off. It may have popped up later, but by then I wasn’t watching. IMO it just seemed mean to replay that and not mention anything else (like, oh, I don’t know, that we WON) , and I thought there was plenty to show from yesterday’s game :o)
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
I like this post because of its non jinxy nature.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 3:13 PM PDT reply actions
If the Giants were a car, this is what it would be like
You have the pitchers with their foots mashed on the gas pedal
You have the hitters with standing on the brakes
You have Larry Sabean overbooking seats
Bochy and Sabean are steering by looking in the rear view mirror
And Krukow and Kuiper are playing with the breathalyzer
by Roy Hobbs Jr on Sep 20, 2010 3:15 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Brian Baer’s idiot twin…Larry Sabean. duh.
by Roy Hobbs Jr on Sep 20, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you, Grant.
You have completely explained what it’s like to be a baseball fan. It’s never fun to see your team head for post-season and it’s even worse when you’re there. It’s stress and anxiety and tension and . . . yes, it’s torture.
i think i need to see a shrink
Grant is stressed? I haven’t been able to even listen to a broadcast for weeks now. I’ve been following games on GameCast and holding my breath with every one of those stupid ball in play graphics.
OT
Does anyone else ever spend too much time reading all the comments on here, and then click over to Facebook and find yourself hitting “z” and wondering why you’re not scrolling through statuses?
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 20, 2010 3:22 PM PDT reply actions
Yes.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
aw, Grant, you're not stupid
you’re just a Giants fan :o)
Welcome to the Torture Club-Membership Dues: your ability to be rational, your dignity and your soul
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
OT:
I finally signed up for Netflix over the weekend. I dunno what the hell is wrong with me.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
It’s all about instant view. So much good stuff.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Sep 20, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah,
Plus being able to do it on my iPhone is nuts.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Good timing. I think they just signed a deal with some major studios so that they can stream a whole bunch of new content.
by non sequitur on Sep 20, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Streaming to your TV is great
The video game consoles can do that. If you don’t have one, get one of those Roku players.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 20, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
My Wii disc should arrive today or tomorrow.
Hopefully today if the Niners game starts to go sour.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Already wishing my disc had arrived today.
It didn’t
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
AVATAR ROKU PLAYER!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Did the trial thing a few weeks ago...
Wish they would put more stuff streaming, especially TV episodes.
The mail thing is pretty laborious..
EVERY EPISODE OF AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER IS ON THERE
WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?
WHAT MORE…DO YOU NEED!
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
In theory you can everything for free. The question is whether you are willing to do so.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
EXACTLY!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m just about done streaming the first 12 seasons of South Park.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 20, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just about to sign up for it this week, actually.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
You should let me give you a month for free. They send me emails all the time with an offer. DM me on Twitter if you’re interested, and I’ll see if I can find the latest offer.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Dungeon Master?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I have been bugging KDL with dungeon master references.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Awesome! Will do.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Netflix is pretty awesome.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Excellent, now we know who to blame
thank you
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
PLAYOFF TICKETS ARE ALWAYS A JINX!!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
They weren’t a jinx to Yankees fans. They weren’t a jinx to every team that’s won the WS since 1951.
I thought about the whole “jinx” thing, but ya know what? I thought even more about how fuckin’ SWEET it’s gonna be to go to a playoff game at Mays Field, then pulled the trigger and spent $300.
do you get that back if they don't make it?
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
It would pretty much be a crime if you didn't
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, who's mind is currently elsewhere
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
Enjoying it down there in the chasm?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
If they don't make it
Post pix of the tix so we can laugh at you.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 20, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m passing the time by imagining what brutal way the giants will lose the series in coors.
i bet they win game 1 11-2, then lose game 2 6-4, and then lose game 3 in a horrific fashion
Who needs an imagination when we have Ryan Spilborghs?
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 20, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
This place will go collapse if the Rockies overcome a large deficit in the late innings.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
AA's version of Aaron Rowand.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
So maybe he's not any good?
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."
Which will end higher?
Wood’s OPS or Carlos Gonzalez’ home BA?
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."
Darren Ford hit in AA?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
ooooohhh
Hurts so Good
that’s like one of two of his songs that I don’t instantly turn off.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
I kinda like "Jackie Brown"
Other than that, pfft.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 20, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Another Brilliant Blog, Grant...
but the part i enjoyed the most , was the link to the travelling humidor!! excellent!!!
Buy High,Sell Lower- The Brian Sabean methodology to Running (Ruining) the Giants
by Mordy From Monsey on Sep 20, 2010 3:37 PM PDT reply actions
I know this stress — I’ve felt in in every Tim Lincecum start since he won his first Cy Young award. This is why I can’t watch those games anymore except on mute, out of the corner of my eye. It’s a dumb way to live, yet I’m not brave enough to risk anything.
Don’t be like me.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
/shift-A
I’m going to take the rest of this season one game at a time.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2010 3:41 PM PDT reply actions
John Freakin' Mellencamp? No.
So, everyone had had it
Been waiting for the magic
That we were always promised was inside
But more often than not we were denied
Yet here we are again fighting for more than pride
It’s Giants Baaaaaaseball
A Maru Kobayashi
Giants Baaaaaaseball
Does anyone have some sake?
Can you recall a better time to drink?
We’re in first place and yet we’re on the brink
This is tooooorture
and I can’t even think….
Well Nuke and Sabes had done it
Timmy and Cain had won it
With Pat and Aubrey punching all the way
And statues who can hit the ball all day
And Buster Fucking Posey, finally here to stay
It’s Giants Baaaaaseball
As pretty as Dean Malenko
Giants Baaaaaseball
So FUCK YOU San Diego
The Rockies at some point have to fall
Either way at the moment we stand tall
Because we’re truuuuly
Relevant in the fall
/I just got off work at McDonald’s, and this was what came of it
//I’ll go be embarrassed now
Unofficial adoptive father of Grant. That sounds unbelievably awkward.
by Gabafnerhagen on Sep 20, 2010 3:41 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
applause!!!!
I approve (especially the 4th line in the last verse!)
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
the chance that this season will end in heartbreaking, tear out your hair and break something/punch a wall fashion is quite high
that’s why there’s stress. it’s difficult to enjoy the ride when you know that the only way to stop is to crash into a wall.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 20, 2010 3:44 PM PDT reply actions
just like the fucking 49ers apparently. fuck!
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 20, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
It's ok with me
At least I have Five fucking WorldChampionships to take the away the pain!!!
Fuck you Giants!!!
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m scared
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2010 3:55 PM PDT reply actions
fwiw
Odds of winning the WS according to a random Google search result:
Yankees +275
Phillies +300
Rays +350
Rangers +900
Twins +900
Reds +900
Braves +1200
Giants +1600
Padres +2000
Rockies +2500
Like every team on this list from the N.L. West, there’s a serious flaw that might preclude them from winning the whole enchilada. The G-Men’s flaw is the fact that their best pitcher is having the worst season of his career. Tim Lincecum’s ERA is 3.60 this season. That’s very un-Lincecum like. Matt Cain is supposedly their ace now and I just don’t see Cain having success in a 7-game series against either the Braves or the Phillies. Counting on their offense just isn’t going to work. The G-Men are an underlay at those odds.
They could be Giants...but not really.
Why are people still so down on Cain?
I really do not get it?
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
...question mark?
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Seriously
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Obviously written by a person NOT knowledgeable about the Giants
Cain is not the Giants’ ace…Timmy is…
I like the Science of " I just don’t see Cain having success in a 7-game series against either the Braves or the Phillies"…makes logical sense
There's 4 aces in a deck of cards
We have 2 of them
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."
awww!
makes me feel all warm and squishy inside :oD I ‘heart’ our SP staff (and Wilson & Romo too!)
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
It doesn’t even guarantee a playoff berth, but the pitching that we have been blessed with these past few seasons is amazing. The fact that we had to live through the likes of Benitez, Moss, Hermanson, along with the prospects of Foppert, Williams, and Ainsworth, makes it that much sweeter.
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."
so thankful, grateful, joyful, and continually amazed at how epic our pitching staff can be when they’re locked in-we are lucky they are in orange & black! oh, and you forgot Wellemeyer in the 5 spot-BLEECH! Glad we survived that!
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
I blocked Wellemeyer out of my memory.
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."
HE’S A HORSE
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 20, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, man, I just read a story about a horse. Don’t get me wrong, horses are beautiful animals, but man I get unbelievably bored when people start getting all poetic about them.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
for me: It's dogs
I think they are great and everything…but people who treat their dogs like their children really scare me…
I mind dogs less now thanI used to, but I must say, I saw an ad today for premium dog food — cooked beef with bits of pasta and vegetables, steaming as its poured out onto a porcelain plate for the dog to eat — and I just slip into complete moral judgment and condemnation, as in, starving children, old beggars, etc etc.
But that’s the way things are. The dog is loved, the old beggar isn’t. That which is loved is cared for. That which isn’t, is left to suffer.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
I'm happy that dog food keeps getting more delicious
so when my retirement fund goes bust, I can still get a cheap meal in a can
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Premium cat food is leading to overfishing.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
I had a vet who told me that fish-flavored catfood is bad for cats. Don’t think that applies to actual fish, but still…
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Seeing I’ve never had children, I treat my dogs (past and present) way better. In fact, animal shelters are one of my favorite charities to support.
Lest I be label a child hater, I’m from the “there are no bad kids—only bad parents” school.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Fred Clause really wasn’t that bad of a movie.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to think that. Then I met some really bad kids that came from good parents.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Sep 20, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Back when Jerry Seinfeld was a comedian . . .
. . . he had a routine about horses. All I remember from it is “heads a yard long, eyes as big as bowling balls!”
But let me tell you, the world looks different, and better, from atop a horse. Some years back, we had horses, which we would ride out to get the mail (between 2 and 3 miles one way); nice, very, very nice. (Then they died of old age, one not long after the other.)
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Looks ’shopped.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I invite you to do a google image search for horse penis- you will find many of these such members, but most of them will have a young naked woman attached to it which would make the image even less safe for work than this one…
No, thaat’s OK, I’ll let you troll the internet for horsecock. Thanks though.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Kid 1 is still quite excited about the day she was licked by a giraffe.
And also – not as gross as a horse penis. But if you want to see something really really really gross, check out a tapir dong. It’s articulated or something. We received quite an eyeful at the SF Zoo one day (and yes, I made a video; I R 5).
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
tapir dong
is also the name of North Korea’s new ballistic missles
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
by DrStankus on Sep 20, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
What in world is this Beach Party episode?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
Teen angst.
Lots of it. Helps build the characters to be more relatable(sp?) I guess.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
It’s freaking me out.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
They try to make Azula have some comedy lines
It’s weird.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Shit. I need to do my homework, but I can’t let the be the last thing I watched.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, this is the last one for sure.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay: That’s a lot better.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
It's one of my favorites
A little heavy-handed with the way the self-discovery is written (had to lay everything on the table for the kiddies) but that is some serious character exploration going on there. Also, watching Azula try to be a human being is hilarious, and just sad enough to be funny all over again. (And a bit scary.)
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 20, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Unlurking to Post This
It’s almost a picture of his abs. I hope Giants Babe is around somewhere.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
haha, I’m guessing this is the photo you were telling me about yesterday?
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
This seems very artisitc.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
It’s weirdly pixelated.
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
compression artifacts.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
also, HI!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
dream sequence
sweet, sweet dreams everyone! Natey, Nate!
AT&T Park and Disneyland-so much magic inside!
And the shading.
How the lights go back into the distance. Plus Nate’s pose
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
he is indeed a work of art.
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
OH WOW
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
(P.S. I’ve missed your posts around here!)
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG!
WE FINALLY GOT IT!!!!!!
Wow, it’s better than I thought it would be.
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
well, it's close!
and p.s. I MISS YOU!!! Come back, ok?
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Braves @ Philadelphia
Just started on MLB TV. Go Phillies!!!
/Hamels looks good already!
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 4:08 PM PDT reply actions
Heyward is batting 2 now?
Why is he not 3, Prado 4, and Lee 5 (or 6 or 7)? Lee has not exactly lit it up since being traded.
Boras: “My client Jayson Werth would have caught Diaz’s single if he was playing CF instead of RF Victorino.”
They could be Giants...but not really.
Way to copy the Giants, Braves
Single, Double, Single, SO, and GIDP…one run scored
At least they scored one…Giants would have been shoutout somehow
Augh
With no game today I’m just watching Andres Torres highlights on MLB.com.
COME BACK SOON. (but, you know, healthy.)
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 20, 2010 5:22 PM PDT reply actions
Let's do some greatest hits
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=11366371
One of my favorite Kuip calls of the year. Heeeeeere comes Ross! Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere comes FontenooooooooooooooooT
Why did you have to remind me of that game!
I’m scared that it will be a microcosm of the whole season
Giants go down big early (April-June)
Giants make heroic comeback (July)
Giants coughs up lead (August-Sept)
Giants lose in extra innings (October)
Scared…
I'm annoyed so much by this team
Natto’s post about torture is why.
But…THIS SEASON HAS BEEN FUN AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE SO UNTIL THE END
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
For those of you who are too young...
This is not a stressful year. Stress has a numerical value:
1993
Proud father of Barry Bonds.
LOL 49ERS
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Wait, what?
David Baas rushed up the middle for 15 yard loss. David Baas fumbled. Safety
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
At least Raye is getting creative with his runs up the middle.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
More like, David Baas snaps the ball up the middle for 15 yards.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yahoo is having fun with this one. They changed it again:
Alex Smith rushed up the middle for no gain. David Baas fumbled. David Baas recovered fumble. Safety
Oh. That totally explains it, Yahoo.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
But, how did he get the ball Yahoo!?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d like to talk to that Yahoo fellow.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
That dad-gum Yahoo!
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Yahoo is just some guy's opinion
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
I don’t care what some Yahoo commercial says.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Wow
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 20, 2010 5:45 PM PDT reply actions
That niners snap was amazing.
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
I hadn’t planned to watch, but now I might turn it on. I’m kinda uninterested in the 9ers with Smith at QB. He’s worthless.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I’m doing paperwork, I hate the beginning of the school year! I’m not sure Smith has had his hands on the ball for more than a snap or 2.
LOL NINERS
Play #1 : run up the middle for no gain
Play #2: run up the middle for a 1 yard gain.
Play #3: safety.
1 possession, down 9-0
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Boy, that escalated quickly.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
This might be the most disappointing start to anything Bay Area sports related
There was so much hope for this season and they look horrible.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
Having some time on my hands . . .
. . . I took a quick look at what one would have expected going into the season if one had a crystal ball that could show just playing time (plate appearances for batters, batters faced for pitchers). This is a quick and dirty look: it ignores managerially directed outcomes like steal attempts and sac bunts for batters, or IBBs for pitchers; but it should be fairly close anyway. (The numbers are seasonal wins; the second number, in brackets, is a pro-rating of current actual results, and the third is the difference between actual and expected.)
Colorado: 90 [89] -1 Los Angeles: 90 [79] -11 San Francisco: 87 [91] +4 San Diego: 84 [90] +6 Arizona: 77 [64] -13
SF is where it is now largely because its pitching has been dramatically above average at leaving runners stranded. Arizona’s huge differential is almost entirely “Pythagorean”: they have scored and allowed about as expected, but have suffered extremely poor luck in making typical use of their run differential. The Dodgers, on the other hand, were done in by the collapse of their offense, which is scoring hugely less (c. 70 runs) than one would have expected; at a glance, it looks like a few key players had awful years at the same time. San Diego, on the other hand, got a lot more out of their pitching than their records would have suggested.
Anyway, if it’s good for a few laughs, there it is; not exact, but close enough for bar talk.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Huh. Someone around here was claiming that your sims had the Padres as a 95-win team.
I think you have LA too high. But perhaps I just hate the Dodgers.
There are sims and there are sims.
The stuff above is just a rough hack at what player career stats indicate.
One has to keep very, very clear that randomness—luck—enters into results vs projections in several ways. A team’s offense may put down a stat line materially better or worse than its players’ histories suggest; ditto its pitchers; a team’s offense may score materially more or fewer runs than its stat line suggests; ditto its pitchers; and a team may win materially more or fewer games than its runs scored and allowed totals suggest. That’s five ways for variances to enter in. In most cases, the swings from the various components tend to at least partially cancel out, but sometimes they align in the same direction, and then we get big upsets (as compared to pre-season predictions).
San Diego, for the stat lines they’ve laid down, would end up winning about 90 or so games; for the actual runs they’ve scored and allowed, they’d win 93 or 94 games; and, as the numbers upthread say, based on their career stats, they’d only be expected to win 84.
I don’t exactly “have” LA, or anyone, at some level: the numbers are what proven reliable formulae crank out. LA appeared to have enough talent (had we known in advance their playing-time allocations) to win 90, but their offense collapsed on them. As the philosopher Didactylos quasi-famously said “Sometimes things happen. What the hell.”
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Oh man.
This is gonna be one of THOSE games isn’t it? Good thing I have to work at 7:30
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Oh good, another run up the middle.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 5:55 PM PDT reply actions
Creative! A run up the middle with Westbrook.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
5 of the 6 plays were runs up the middle…The other went for a safety.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe
there is a large hole between two rock formations that you have entered. here’s a rope.
Let's bring the...
No, I got it. I’m just frustrated..
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Listen: They TRIED passing. It didn’t work. Why would you want to try again?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Why, oh why did David Baas have to fumble.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think howie was being serious.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
It's ok.
With all the head trauma he’s suffered I’m pretty sure he forgot he was a Niner too.
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
WTF WILDCAT?
With Westbrook? Dude has the joint mobility of a suit of armor.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I’m kind of glad I’m only watching the 49ers on Yahoo! right now.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
Fixed again
LOL 49ers are shiting the bed today
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
A first down!!
LOL BANJO FAN
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
LOL
Is this real life?
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
LOL
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 20, 2010 6:09 PM PDT reply actions
LOL 49ERS
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I might be coming around on Smith
That was horrible.
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
"I told the family lovingly slide"
FUCK
This is like watching a team with 11 Rowands
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
LOL NINERS
I for some reason do not get filled with insane anger when this team does pathetic and predictable shit down after down season after season.
"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."
Because they don’t ever make you think that they’ll succeed. You know that they’ll suck, and then they do. Now if they ever decided to get a real quarterback, then maybe I’d adjust my expectations. But it seems like ever since the Yorks took over, nobody gives a fuck how they play. So I don’t, either.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
You hit that right on that head man ever since the yorks took over I've been a zombie to this shit
Clearly the niners were right in choosing not to draft aaron rodgers because he was “to cocky”. Maybe they should have checked the size of his hands before they made sure they were 100% on the alex smith love boat.
"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."
LOL
2nd week of the season and there’s your leading candidate for worst pass of the year.
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
LOL
That reminded me of velez in center field.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I MISS THE MOB TIES, THEY WOULD NOT STAND FOR THIS!
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Eddie would've shot Jimmy Raye himself
And Singletary would’ve woken up next to a bear’s head.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Help me San Francisco Giants; you're my only hope.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
Drew brees is 6 feet tall
And alex smith looks like mugzy bugz standing next to him.
"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."
A SACK!!!
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
/drew brees out for the season with a broken shoulder
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
He better not be, because he is on my pokemonz.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
by 1ManWolfPack on Sep 20, 2010 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
At least, the defense showed up.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 6:15 PM PDT reply actions
LOL
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
Tirico is a fucking idiot
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Mike singletary apparently really likes his job
As does jimmy raye.
"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."
LOL BULLSHIT
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Your San Francisco Rams!
Minus the good promising young quarter back.
"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."
Mike tirico is such a moron
Giant homer and even worse at play by play.
"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."
LOL Betty White commercial
Maybe the 49ers should pick her up
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Rowand Sucks
Happy?
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
No
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants have a better chance of winning today than the Niners.
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
/sigh
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank God for replay
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
LOL having to waste a challenge.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Score some runs GiantsNiners!
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 6:20 PM PDT reply actions
Alex Smith
Better RB than QB
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
POSITIVE YARDS!
Progress!
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Here comes the run up the middle.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 6:21 PM PDT reply actions
How did you know?
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
by 1ManWolfPack on Sep 20, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Nostradamus!
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
There's a good chance the giants may have scored more yesterday than the niners will today
/facepalm
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
The Giants scored the same amount as the Niners did last game LOL
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m talking about the day which both the Giants and Niners played last week!
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Which no one nationally talked about
I thought it was the most sensational piece of hitting from a pitcher all season a nice big middle finger to he who is to cool for two T’s.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Oh that's right
Clearly bork stole all the niners mojo!
"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."
They scored more actually
Unless the niners added in a garbage time field goal when I stopped watching after the jimmy johnson extense commercial that took over my 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."
You misspelled "cannon"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
why is there any controversy about getting the plays in?
if you don’t get the play, run up the middle.
it was the play, anyway
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
No shit
Alex smith clearly needs norv turner to hold his hand.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
what just happened?
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Pass for first down. Randal Gay hit by his own teammate.
Down with injury.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I still don't believe it
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
True fact
There was a time that a person could not customize a jersey with “Gay” because the NFL.com software considered “Gay” a dirty word.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
HELD THEM TO SINGLE DIGITS THAT QTR
Moral victory
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
on pace for 36-0
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
That sounds about right...
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Bip says that you just try to win the quarter.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
by 1ManWolfPack on Sep 20, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty close game if not for the safety.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL SAFETY
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Bondslegend’s twitter right now is pretty entertaining.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
link
I did not know he had a twitter, that man is my idol.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I am not gonna give it out for him.
Ask him for it.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Will do
I could google “corrosive nerd rage twitter” and it might come up with it but his words are truely that of greatness.
"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."
Could you at least post a few appetizers?
I imagine his thoughts on this game are quite positive.
"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."
YOU CANT EVEN EXECUTE A SIMPLE FLAT PASS ALEX. GOD WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME. I DEFENDED YOU
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Ahaha.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Oh my
This is absolute gold.
"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."
Twitter? LOL
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Nate Byham? Really? Where’s VD
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2010 6:28 PM PDT reply actions
Why is Alex Smith so bad at passing? It’s not like his arm is tired from a overloaded aerial assault.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
This
He can’t even grip a basketball with two hands.
"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."
That’s just the left 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 20, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Way to throw into double coverage.
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Another terrible pass to another wide-open receiver.
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GORE!
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GORE!!!
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
First TD of the year
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
z
That was a nice pass
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 20, 2010 6:34 PM PDT reply actions
Hey, we're in this thing!
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
jesus this is my main problem with this site, its never fun, every time the Giants go down a run its ballgame, and every loss its like EVERY THING I THOUGHT ABOUT THE GIANTS IS RIGHT. Every time we do win a game the writeup is sarcastic and snarky. The Giants have a chance to make the crapshoot that is playoffs and everything is doom and gloom.
The Giants have sucked the last few years so the rage has been acceptable, but this season has been incredible. Andres Torres has been like Ray Hobbes and Pat Burrell is like that bank robber pulling one last heist before he’s done, the robbery is pretty but next year he’ll feel the effects. I opened up this page expecting to see something I could rejoice in or be happy because this is so much fun, instead I end up depressed. Goodbye all, I’m done here
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?
WTF is Ray Hobbes
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
HE GONE!
"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."
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
were unpatient people man i been waiting 7 years!!! 7 fuckin years since i was a 6ith grader u know how painful that is not to go to the playoffs for that long im in fuckin college now. we have never won a championship. were pessismistic, unpatient but hey man thats love.
I experinced 2002 my freshman year in high school
You at least were young and stupid so the torture and brutality wasn’t as bad I hope.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I was a Frosh in college in 2002...
that still hurts.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
by 1ManWolfPack on Sep 20, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Well you at least were able to drink or timmy the pain away where I was such a youngster I hadn’t even started boozing yet.
"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."
lol that sux man. but i was so innocent in that not too be name world series 2002 so i cry all day when we blew that 5 run lead.
I still wake up crying
Or punching the living shit out of my wall.
Then I remembered that it never happened and the world series was cancelled and I smile and breathe a sigh of relief.
"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."
IT NEVER FUCKING HAPPENED
NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!!!!!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I'll open the champagne now!
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
by 1ManWolfPack on Sep 20, 2010 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I was sXe at the time...
so no booze could help me.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
by 1ManWolfPack on Sep 20, 2010 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
lol you.
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I guess...
I wasn’t really sXe, I just wasn’t into drinking. I wasn’t a dude who put "X"’s on his hands or anything.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
by 1ManWolfPack on Sep 20, 2010 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
ah, ok.
those folks freak me out.
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Me as well...
I got hammered twice when I was in 7th grade and decided that drinking wasn’t for me for awhile. I started again once I turned 20ish and I haven’t looked back.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
by 1ManWolfPack on Sep 20, 2010 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh that's good
I thought for a second you were insinuating girl pants and getting your hair done at a girls place.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
What About Minor Threat Though?
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
by 1ManWolfPack on Sep 20, 2010 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have liked some dr stankus that night
As well as 2 handles of jagger and crown royal.
"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."
7 years?
I laugh at your 7 years.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Also at your textspeak.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I go back to the 1970’s. I’ve felt all the pain.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
"i been waiting 7 years!!!"
Dear me. I’ve been waiting as long as the team has. That’s 56 years. How difficult for you and your 7; I am lorn.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
And Grant wants sympathy for his inability to feel the joy of the moment.
No way. I’ve got your sympathy right here.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 20, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsaTElBljOE
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Never fun? Dude, there has been some veritable ecstasy on this site after some recent wins. And we have every reason to look at the team’s chances over the next couple weeks (and potentially beyond) and see some real pitfalls.
And also, the agony expressed on this site after Torres went down should tell you how much many (if not most) of us have enjoyed his play. And his downtime may well cost the team its playoff possibilities. So there’s a bit of “Yay!” and a bit of “Crap!”
But if you don’t enjoy the discussions here, no reason for you to make yourself stay.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Nothing against ya, man. The negativity gets to me sometime to, but this isn’t really the post to be calling it quits on, since the message is ultimately a hopeful one.
We’re a franchise that wallowed in a half-decade of mediocrity; we have suffered disappointment after disappointment in the decade before that. You can’t be surprised if people expect the worst until they are proven otherwise.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
yea and grant wrote the greatest blog i have ever read. the most interesting team or something. but that shows how amazing this season is and im thankful for it. This team is the best team i have ever watch and ive watch great ones in the past. Its just to painful and disappointing if they don’t make it. theres goin to be chaos!!!.
after we had the best player in the game for 15 years and one of the best records in baseball and were in the postseason year after year. And to can of corn, there is some joy here but its mostly negativity and that makes me sad. This post from Grant is a guy complaining his team is good. If you can’t enjoy a Pennat race, why watch sports. If there is going to be chaos because they don’t make it, fine, wait until they actually do not make it. For the record I think Grant is a fantastic writer and runs a great blog, its just too negative for my personal tastes.
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?
ENJOY THE GAME
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how can we miss you
if you won’t fucking leave?
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I’m just finishing this discussion man, chill out
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?
Dibs on Wheeler!
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
lol not my kid, we were just both born on the same day. I think I have Quirarte, so you’re probably good
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?
people complaining about the “negativity” are way more annoying than any “negativity”.
want relentlessly positive information on the giants? go read their official page.
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Year after year? We have made the playoffs 4 times in the last 20 years. Three of those times we were knocked out in the division series; twice by the Wild Card Marlins, and once by the Mets. We had one of the greatest hitters ever for 15 years and failed to win a world championship.
After 52 years in San Francisco, we have almost nothing to show for it. You can’t blame the fans for being pessimistic. Every goddamn game is harrowing. People are stressed out. They want the Giants to do well.
I’m not calling you a bandwagoner or a fairweather fan, but most of the people here are pretty hardcore. It’s just kind of a fact of a blog dedicated to talking about the Giants.
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3,000,000 fans through the gate
Neukom and Baer says “GIANTS HAD A GREAT YEAR!!!!”
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
They would still say the same thing if they drew 3 million and finished 78-84.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
They make money WHEN THEY SELL THE DAMN TEAM. It’s money OVER winning.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
well
they aren’t Loria.
But sports businesses should be more about ego gratification for rich people, not ways to generate positive cash flow.
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I’m pretty sure they want the team to win. They may have a misguided plan at times, but their goal is to win a championship.
I think Neukom and Baer care about profit over championship. The two who did care more about winning were Magowan and Harmon Burns.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Yeah but they don’t think that way.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
more downside risk
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but again, they spend a lot. Spending money and without trying for a championship is not a profit maximizing strategy.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
Damn, I hate those Marlins.
And also, to add on: for me it’s a self-protection mechanism. I silently hope for the best, but expect the worst. The better to minimize the pain of disappointment that seems all too certain. I let myself hope in 2002, and now I’m much more cautious (which I suppose could be construed as negative).
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Eh, I can see both sides of this argument… the bitching and moaning can get a little out of hand. In any case, I’ll let all you whiners enjoy MNF.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m pretty hardcore too, I watch 90% of the games now that I have mlbtv and as a kid I would scour the boxscores religiously. I accepted that we had bad teams for the last few years but now we are actually good, and its disheartening that no one seems to be able to enjoy the season. Even if we don’t make the playoffs this has been a great year, full of thrilling wins and close games. Our ace hit the first bump in his inevitable road to greatness and came out fine, our franchise prospect has surpassed expectations. Torres came out of nowhere to lead nl CFs in WAR for a while (probably still), Pat Burrell has been a revelation hitting a home run seemingly whenever we need it. This comes off as a rant but its not, I’m just going through everything I have loved about this year and that makes me happy. I could name about 6-8 more things really. And the only massive disappointment was Sandoval
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?
Speaking for myself, if I saw a lot more stone cold killers in the Giants that I would like to see from them in the position that they are in right now, I’d have a lot less angst. How they got to this spot hasn’t exactly been a blitzkreig. Those sort of results can start anytime now, preferably today.
I was just trying to say that I was nervous.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 20, 2010 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t even think this post was negative or positive. It was just one dude writing about his upset stomach. Read it again.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 20, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man, there’s homework? Nobody told me there was going to be homework.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
/mopes
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I think for a lot of us olde tyme [since the 70’s] people… we’ve been disappointed and let down so many times in the past, you approach the playoffs with fear and trepidation, hoping it won’t happen again but fearing that it will.
Gee I think I’m in an abusive relationship with my baseball team!
You’ll be back. We always come back.
I for one get tired of this pose as well, and Grant, you are much too wordy in everything you write (except for that one postgame post the other night.) But, it’s your site, we’re just the polloi, and the comments are always funny. My perspective is always based on the fact that I was approached by SBN in the way back when to be the Giants blog guy, and I refused, because I would suck at it — tyrannical, autocratic, mirthless. Kind of like the Padres blog.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
you are much too wordy in everything you write
No I’m not.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 20, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Game, set, match.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
huh. I did not see that coming.
Weird post to be pushed over the edge by.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
LOL
Livin on a Prayer takes us to a commercial break
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
See, Alex Smith has a higher completion percentage, and a higher yards per attempt than Drew Brees. He also has the same number of touchdown passes today. Alex Smith is better than Drew Brees.
No counterarguments, plz.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
and he’s taller
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and better looking
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
which one can grow a better howie?
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Alex Smith can.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
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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.
Defense is getting better...
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LOL JINX
"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."
QUIET, YOU
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LOL peabody
good memories.
"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."
Now if they would create a turnover...
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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I have some apple turnovers in the freezer.
Too bad I have to leave in 10 minutes.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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Cool
Now people can pretend reggie bush is good and mike tirico can suck him.
"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."
WILLIS!
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
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no time to talk
he’s too busy kicking ass
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Patrick willis should play CF for the giants.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Put him in as a pinch runner at 3rd and squeeze bunt him
And let him hit the catcher into next month
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
He'll send em to the DL
SIRM would retire before play the giants again with pwilly charging down on him.
"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."
Since when did Singletary coach New Orleans? They are out of time outs already.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
The 49ers rat has infiltrated the Saints camp.
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL I SMELL A RAT
Must have been in derek fishers pre-game speech.
"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."
Brad lidge
Throw pitches around the plate you’ll get anything thats within a foot and please don’t blow it.
"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."
Hey – that’s not football talk!
But yes, this would be nice.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
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Wait, you are rooting for the Phillies?
WRONG
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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why not
They’re facing Atlanta.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I would rather Atlanta sweep them, put them in the wildcard
Then have them not even make the playoffs.
I fear them a lot more than I do Atlanta.
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I dunno. The way Atlanta manhandled us on their home turf makes me worry.
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Why
Phillies are winning the division. Atlanta is our worry.
If Atlanta wins
They take the division. Phillies would be wildcard. I think the phillies are more dangerous in teh post season. Anything to try and ensure they do not make it there would be nice.
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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.
Lets worry about the Giants making the playoffs
Doing that means rooting against the Braves
If the Giants beat the team in their division they will make the playoffs.
I really do not want the Phillies to be there.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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LOL HOWIE
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There is more discussion going on here...
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
by 1ManWolfPack on Sep 20, 2010 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Here its the opposite
Pessimism and discussion.
Of course the discussion is about cats holding invisible items, but still the point is valid.
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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Certain factions are. If you have a specific complaint, though, it might serve everyone best if you e-mailed Fooch so that he knows what people don’t like about the site. Only way to improve.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
The overall attitude of the community. Fooch can’t fix that.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
a new name couldn’t hurt.
“Nation” is 1) associated with 2 other fanbases, including one across the bay b) is “played out” iii) was stupid to begin with.
The 49ers have a rich history. Couldn’t they draw on that?
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The Mcelhenny Missives?
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 20, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Erickson's Erotica?
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Tittle Treatises?
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Sep 20, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I could ban everyone.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 21, 2010 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
DO IT!
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 21, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
/loads up banning gifs.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 21, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I like 1st downs
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OK football fans.
Enjoy. I am out of here…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 6:53 PM PDT reply actions
Is this the same niners I saw earlier?
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they should just retire his number next to Rice's
First ever adoptee: Steven Michael Decker, our 2012 San Francisco Giants Manager/starting catcher.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
LOL
Ofcourse
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FUCK
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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.
They are
The most disappointing team in the world.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I disagree
We at least have history and expectations.
"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."
Still
If this half ends at 9-7 that would be much different than I thought halftime would be.
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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.
Me too.
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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
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LOL
Candlestick garbage being used as the wind meter.
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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.
The noise chris berman made when dez overrated bryant returned that TD
Ridiculous.
"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."
LOL Sports Science
This stuff is so retarded at times.
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That last factoid was so nonsensical, it wasn’t even funny.
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Doesn't come close to being as stupid as this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9zQr3lZIuI
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by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF
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Scraping the bottom of the
who gives a fuck barrel.
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
SACKED!
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rally Christina Hendricks
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Breaking News!
Even hot women can occasionally look not hot!
or like a woman!
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by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Breaking News!
Much of what you refer to as hot is an elaborately crafted illusion.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
They're just like us!
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Sep 20, 2010 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I commented about her a couple of threads ago saying
“Joan Harris is a big girl”!
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
at the risk of being a sexist asshole
I’d still punch that ticket
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I did once, she said
“Did you cum or just pop that zit on my ass”
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't agree with random people start talking about the Giants, phonies
They weren’t talking about them 3 years ago.
Hell, some douche was in my Viticulture class said the Giants suck and were in last place.
And he didn’t believe me that they were in first.
What a world we live in.
CRABTREE!
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DAVIS!
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Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
YESS!!!!
TD NINERS!
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gore limping...uh oh
also, thank god glen coffee said prayers for us today
LOL GLEN COFFEE
“I don’t enjoy playing football anymore”.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I love me some anthony dixon
I also hope frank gore was faking limping to get him a touch.
"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."
Are they allowed to have more points than the other team?
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Temporarily, yes. It’s like the Giants.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder what’s in it.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Phantom roughing the passer calls are always cool.
"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."
dumbass
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I fucking hate kim kardashians 500,000th boyfriend
"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."
Shift A: Cal League Championship Open Thread
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/9/20/1701075/sj-giants-vs-rc-quakes-open-gdt#comments
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Nice job Clements
You are the Barry Zito of the 49ers
Since I have no interest . . .
. . . in what overweight men do with an inflated pig bladder, or whatever that silly-shaped thing is, I am departing for the evening. Too bad its fans don’t have forums of their own. Nighty-night.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Is it just me, or has owlcroft been particularly snarky lately?
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Not just you
Also, lately?
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Yes, he has,
but I don’t mind it about football. Football and I had a falling out a decade ago and really can’t get along anymore. Makes for a long winter of History Channel and TCM.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 20, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
History channel has become a lot of weird, crappy UFO shows these days.
They are basically advertisments for their crappy little books on how the Mayans clearly met ET
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Just took a look at it: Gore is nearly 200 yards from sole possession of third place on the 49ers all-time rushing list. I’m going to geek out a little when he gets there in a few weeks.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
Well, that's the ballgame
4 turnovers ftw
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by positiveuphemism on Sep 20, 2010 8:26 PM PDT reply actions
It’s hard to win sporting events when you are poor at keeping possession of the ball item of choice.
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Well 2 were tipped passes which suck but are part of the game. The other two were mental errors. Prolly would have won this game, otherwise.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 20, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
How about the offsides call that killed an offensive drive?
If you play sloppy, you’re not going to win many games in this league.
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The nice part of watching the niners for me
Is that I do root for them to do well. I just don’t get bothered if they lose. I’ve seen them win many times so that doesn’t really matter as much. I’ve seen (arguably) the greatest player, WR, Safety and QB ever. On the other hand, I don’t like ownership since Eddie. The new guy isn’t so bad, but the team is still badly run, I think. I also feel that our OC and possibly coach don’t have a modern mindset.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 20, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
8 points back, two minutes to play, all hope isn’t completely lost.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
This is true. I didn’t expect them to have so much time to work.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 20, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd LOL if they get the TD but miss the 2pt. on a dropped pass or something silly like that.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 20, 2010 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
ILOL@U
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 20, 2010 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll be okay with an onside kick recovery and a field goal…
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
I said that before the call was reversed, but missing the two-point conversion might have actually been a better result, since it would have forced the 49ers to try to keep their own offense on the field..
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit, call reversed. Tie game?!
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See that, Niners? That’s what a team looks like when you don’t make stupid mistakes.
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LOL Niners
I confess, when it’s football season, I get very distracted by the 49ers. No misery with them, though. I’ve already seen them win a Super Bowl. Back to the Giants misery.
Singletary looks like he’s gonna choke a bitch.
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played well
outside of the fatal mistakes.
I can’t believe that ball went through
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Played well, except when they didn’t.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
perfectly average
the niners are really improving
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Off to a great start, too. They’ll coast right to 8-8 again this year against a shitty division.
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Wonder if people say this after the 0-4 start (Arrowhead’s a tough place for them, traditionally, anyway, and the Falcons will obliterate them, as is now customary).
I was being at least half sarcastic. They’ve handed away their first two games, and while they put up a great fight against the Saints, progress without getting a win doesn’t mean much in a 16-game schedule.
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LOL bondslegend
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
If they lose to the Chiefs, I’ll be very, very sad.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, I will be very, every sad.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
You won’t even be sad that I’ll be sad?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 21, 2010 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
You say that like KC isn’t 2-0.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
They might be 2-0, but they’re still not a very good team.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 21, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
You're probably right.
But their 2-0 record affords me a certain amount of shit talking. TBH I will be happy with .500 but with their weak schedule a playoff berth may not be unreasonable.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Are they average enough to win the NFC West this year?
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progress!
but hey, I did see 5 super bowl wins, so…
Just one WS, Giants. You can do it.
Whoa, what happened? That seemed like positivity.
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Yeah, me too.
I am overly mindful of the “glory years,” so anything short of dominance doesn’t seem like progress to me.
But a World Series win, that seems like a mirage right now. But I must have it.
Nah. It’s a crapshoot, you know.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I would think a one game series is a bigger crapshoot than a seven game series in any sport. LOL Steelers/Seahawks Super Bowl.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
That said, the better team will still win most of the time. And since the weakest wild card team will theoretically play the toughest competition in the first round (and beyond, if they get that far), it’s a pretty bad place to be.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Not really
There’s nowhere near as much luck in a football game as baseball.
You play the Yankees vs. the Pirates in 20 games, and the Pirates will win a couple. Play the Saints against say, the Bills and they’ll win every single time.
There is no BABIP in football, and in baseball, the team changes so much with the pitcher on any given day.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
And if the Chargers played the Chiefs 20 times, the Chargers would win that game ever single time.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 21, 2010 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not saying that there isn’t less variance in football. But I think you’re swinging that pendulum a little too far.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 21, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, 8-8 teams have a lot of luck in the NFL playoffs.
(stupid source: answers.com)
Here is a list of 8-8 teams to make the playoffs:
1990
Team: Outcome:
New Orleans
Lost 16-6 to Chicago in wild card
1991
New York Jets
Lost 17-10 to Houston in wild card
1999
Dallas
Lost 27-10 to Minnesota in wild card
Detroit
Lost 27-13 to Washington in wild card
2004
Minnesota
Beat Green Bay 31-17 in wild card; lost 27-14 to Philadelphia in divisional round
St. Louis
Beat Seattle 27-20 in wild card; lost 47-17 to Atlanta in divisional round
Eh, I was making a callback joke to upthread.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 20, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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FFFFF
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
hm
im trying to make sense of this picture
Your explanation.
I was just about to post this as a fanshot.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2010 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Best part
“Honestly, the most unbelievable part of this whole box score,” Normandin said, “is that no one gave up any hits in a game where Barry Zito made an appearance.”
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by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I was about to post that
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
That’s now two people I’ve beaten to the punch!
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by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't understand
How did both Tim and Zito get the win?
by GrooveGiant on Sep 20, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s… interesting…
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A lot of questions here. But I will only ask one: What game is this?
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
MLB 10: The Show
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by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
By your timing...
I take it you went to Deadspin after the football game ended too?
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2010 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
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Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 20, 2010 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
by scout6 on Sep 20, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
LOL
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LOL
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2010 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
this got me to go check out deadspin, where I got to read about this great Cross Country runner
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UGH
A 30 for 30 to avoid: “The House of Steinbrenner” airing Tuesday night.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
LOL steinbrenner
The guy spent more money than everyone else in ridiculous amounts and ruined competitive balance in baseball what a hero!!!!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Sep 20, 2010 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Also on the calender
Into the Wind (about Terry Fox, a person who ran across Canada to fight bone cancer until he had to stop due to tumors found in his body) by Steve Nash and Ezra Holland on Tuesday Sep 28
Four Days In October (about the 2004 Red Sox run from game 4 to 7 of the ALCS) by MLB Productions on Tuesday Oct 5.
Once Brothers (about Vlade Divac and Drazen Petrovic) by Vlade Divac on Tuesday, Oct 12.
Tim Richmond: to the Limit (race car driver who died of AIDS) by Rory Karpf on Tuesday, Oct 19.
Catching Hell (about Bartman) by Alex Gibney on Tuesday, Oct 26
Marion Jones: press pause by John Singleton on Tuesday, Nov 2
The Best that never was (about Marcus Dupree) by Jonathan Hock on Tuesday, Dec 11
and Fernando Nation (about Valenzuela) by Cruz Angeles.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I’m thinking about Seth Smith putting sugar in the gas tank of my soul.
/nods
I’m ready for this, by way of not going to be able to handle this beyond a shadow of a doubt event.
hopefully someone will trim Tulo’s mullet.
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I'm not sure where you are going with this
but I will say, “Heeeey, Uncle Charlie”
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Curve ball
shadow of a doubt event.
by Every6thDay on Sep 20, 2010 9:40 PM PDT reply actions
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I just noticed
that the permalink for this story is
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/9/20/1700508/why-giants-baseball-is-like-a-john
I’m still trying to figure out whether “Giants baseball is like a john” in the excretory or prostitutional sense of the word.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
OT: Louis CK's stand up
does offensiveness right
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 20, 2010 9:50 PM PDT reply actions
"I’m worried that the Pacific isn’t as blue as it’s been in my dreams…"
this is brilliant.
I'm a man
Can someone please explain to me how someone can claim they’re a diehard Giants fan but also like the Rockies a lot?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2010 10:34 PM PDT reply actions
Little Giants game
6-6 in the 6th…they’re starting to fall apart.
FUCK ITS A REPEAT OF 2002
"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.
Its the 7th
And in case you guys didn’t know. Its against the Angels minor league affiliates. Blew a 3 run lead.
"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.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I love this shit!!
Most consecutive seasons 43+ doubles
Medwick 5 ‘35-’39
Speaker 4 ‘20-’23
MARKAKIS 4 ‘07-’10
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 10:47 PM PDT reply actions
DUCKY JOE
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Last triple crown winner in N.L.
Have a tin sign of him selling tobacco in my bathroom.
/softball lob
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s awesome
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That's my bathroom design
tin signs of old ballplayers selling shit.Ruth-underwear,Mathewson-baseball game,Joe Jackson-shoes(say it ain’t so),etc.
/Half bath only I’m allowed. lol
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Who would buy tobacco in some dude’s bathroom?
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Sep 20, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I knew you would go there!
I’ve been worse.
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t want to disappoint you.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Sep 20, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
SAN JOSE GIANTS BASEBALL
TORTURE!!!!!!!!!
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Sep 20, 2010 10:56 PM PDT reply actions
Whoa
AmyG answered me on Twitter. I have reached Lars status.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Don’t fool yourself buddy.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
An excuse me triple!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 11:11 PM PDT reply actions
Best silent treatment ever!
Will Rhymes of Detroit, his first MLB home run! Best teamwork all year for Tigers.
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 20, 2010 11:21 PM PDT reply actions
Charlie Culberson, chestnut curls cascading heroically from his batting helmet, just struck a majestic drive, soaring into the night and sacrificing in the go ahead run in this, the fifth and final game of the California League Championship. Well struck, Mr. Culberson.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 11:25 PM PDT reply actions
Hey, SJ Giants won the championship.
That is pretty cool.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Little Giants win back to back Cal League championships!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 20, 2010 11:32 PM PDT reply actions
link to the box score?
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Sep 20, 2010 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Doubt very many of you care but for you pokemonz nurdz
http://www.sbnation.com/2010/9/18/1696205/fantasy-baseball-joe-mauer-or-buster-posey
Interesting article and I love me some gerald posey love.
"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."
A couple of morans!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
The ol' LOL
Ross cf,
Sanchez 2b,
Huff 1b,
Posey c,
Burrell lf,
Guillen rf,
Sandoval 3b,
Uribe ss,
Cain p
Road Pablo better do well.
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