Giants/Rockies series preview
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 24, 2010 11:07 AM PDT
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PrintEver since it was established that there may indeed be magic inside this thing we’re in™, this series has been watching us. Judging us. Haunting us. We’d check out of a hotel, and this series would be in the lobby, leering at us. We’d pull up at a red light, and this series would pull up next to us and just stare. We smiled as the Giants went on the road against the NL West and ran the gauntlet -- two of three in Los Angeles, two of three in Arizona, and three of four in San Diego -- and this series just laughed as it picked its toes at the foot of our bed. And now it’s here. September baseball in Coors Field.
Yick.
First up, a little housecleaning: The Rockies aren’t messing around with the humidor. Just stop. That would be a conspiracy too vast to keep quiet. It’s still just a little ridiculous that the process isn’t monitored, though, because it leads to quotes like this:
MLB doesn't monitor the process in person, and Kahn said the umpires' attendant is a Rockies employee. So what's to prevent the Rockies from slipping in a non-humidor ball when the team needs a big rally?"The integrity of the manager (Jim Tracy) and coaching staff would prevent that," said Kahn, a former A's employee and graduate of Oakland's Bishop O'Dowd High School and Cal State Hayward.
Oh, gee. That should shut up the conspiracy theorists. If a team is putting a ball in a humidor, a mesquite smoker, a mud bath, or a delicious and spicy marinade with the express purpose of affecting how the ball plays, it’d probably be a good idea to have the process monitored. I don’t know if Jim Tracy is the kind of depraved man who would use the turbo buttons on a NES Max to break tackles in Tecmo Bowl. Appealing to his moral fiber isn’t exactly an infallible rhetorical strategy. "Just trust us" also doesn’t find its way into a lot of scientific journals.
But I don’t think the Rockies are substituting humidoctored balls for dry, super balls whenever they feel like it. Just, uh, trust me. I’m just glad that the days of nonstop, 10-8, arena baseball games are over.
Prince Namor: I would like to build a ballpark for an expansion team in Atlantis.MLB: Okay.
Prince Namor: It would be underwater, of course. And we would use oars instead of bats. And there wouldn’t be grass, just long, flowing strands of seaweed. Also, pods of dolphins would watch the game from the dugout, and they’d make horrific dolphin shrieking sounds while shining laser pointers in the eyes of opposing batters. Also, the game wouldn’t be determined by how many runs each team scores, but rather if it was the pitcher or hitter who could fit the most scallops in his mouth in the bloleventh inning. Also, there’s a bloleventh inning now.
MLB: Okay.
Rockies executive: I’d like to build a ballpark in Denver.MLB: Okay.
Both scenarios are equally ridiculous, yet one actually happened. For years, there were 29 baseball teams, and one calvinball team. You’d get all into a season, and then you’d have to go into Coors Field. Regular flyballs became home runs. Pop-ups became bloop singles as outfielders tried to cover the vast acreage of the outfield. You’d get a seven-run lead in the most important game of the season, and then you’d expect to blow it. It wasn’t baseball. If it was a variety of baseball, it wasn’t fun to watch.
So all praise the humidor. The Rockies had a crazy home field advantage before the humidor, and they have a crazy home field advantage now. Coors Field is still a pretty substantial hitter’s park. That’s fine. At least it’s baseball.
I still hate Coors Field, though. Evil things go on there. I watched a couple of decades worth of baseball that was played at Jack Murphy Stadium, but I can’t remember a single Padres home run there that broke my spirit. Coors Field tends to breed those kinds of home runs. They breed them in an underground lair, feeding them the blood they’ve secretly collected from ex-Giants catchers like Brent Mayne, Kirt Manwaring, Matt Nokes, Steve Decker, Jeff Reed, Scott Servais, Bobby Estalella, and Yorvit Torrealba. They breed the home runs, and then they release them into the ecosystem, where they threaten us all. It’s just not right.
Man, I hate when the Giants play in Denver. But I felt the same way before the Giants went into Petco Park, but then they took three of four in the most important series of the season. Well, what was the most important series of the season. The Giants have a chance to bury the Rockies. The Rockies have a chance to make up some serious ground. It’s on.
I’ll just be wretching in the corner. Don’t mind me.
Hitter to watch:
Yorvit Torrealba isn’t on the Rockies any more, but he’ll still get a bases-clearing double for them on Saturday night. Just watch.
Pitcher to watch:
Rafael Betancourt has a 3.90 ERA. Well, that’s okay. ERA isn’t really the best way to evaluate a reliever, but it seems like he...wait, an 85/8 K/BB ratio in 57 innings? What manner of witchery is this? That’s just freaky. I have no idea how his ERA isn’t 0.01.
Prediction:
The Rockies won’t pass the Giants during this series. I don’t know why that makes me feel more comfortable, but it does. At worst, the Giants will still come out of the series ahead of the Rockies. Sure, if they get swept, the Braves and Padres will probably vault way ahead in the race, but at least the Rockies won’t get the satisfaction that comes with overtaking a division rival. Ha! Still, it’d be a lot cooler if the Giants could win a couple of games in this series.
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THIS ENDS HERE!
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.
Read that as: The End Is Here!
Then I thought I smelled brimstone.
Pablo's not fat. He's just got body.
by LeMasterBlaster on Sep 24, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Naah that was just fire. Have had to ration the brimstone.
by iamwhatiam on Sep 24, 2010 3:24 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
if the rockies win out (they got 10 left), they will win 92 games. Giants would have to sweep ARI and SD to keep pace.
The Rockies won’t win out. That idea ends tonight.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
yorvit
I like Yorvit, and obviously if he’s been given a chance certain somethings would not have happened, but he’s kind of a whiner, and he always seems to do bad things against us.
I also hate Coors Field.
My thoughts:
DINGER, DIE IN A FIRE.
The Giants better take at least 2 out of 3 this weekend.
HI COLE!
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 24, 2010 11:16 AM PDT reply actions
LOL YES!
colemk
just tried joining #McCoveyCoveChronicles to respond toa post about me and it wont let me comment for 24 hours?? thats some tomfoolery.
"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.
24 hours, kid - it doesn't matter who your dad is in these parts.
(I just want to talk dirt while I still have a reasonable chance of not being called on it)
(also, I’m pretty sure it matters)
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 24, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
mccoveychron McCovey Chronicles
@colemk I activated your account. You’re behind the velvet rope now. Chew those nerds out.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 24, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow, Grant
SUCK UP
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
HE WALKS AMONG US!
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.
We're not worthy!!
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."
SONOFABITCH!
Grant you kowtowing bastard.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 24, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I just can’t abide being accused of tomfoolery.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 24, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
SHENANIGANS!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 24, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
In that case I accuse you of fooltomery.
(n.; fuul•TOHM•uree; mod. am. coll. : The art of running baseball plays while distracting opposing fat baseball manager with cheeseburger.)
by iamwhatiam on Sep 24, 2010 3:36 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
THIS IS AN OLIGARCHY!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
So are you really Duane Kuiper’s son?
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Doesn’t matter. The dude has great taste in videogames!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
over-rated
clap clap clapclapclap
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
clap clap clap clap
TULO
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
I’ve never played a FF game…
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Fatal Fury?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
I thought you would all be freaking out that I haven’t lived, I guess that’s a good sign that I didn’t spend hours on all 289389234 of the sequels.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Guilty Gear.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh wait, that’s one letter too late.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I never played fighting games as a kid, but I own a few now because it’s pretty fun. The sucky thing is that I don’t have any of that developmental muscle memory, so every time I pick up the games I’m the worst player to ever play all over again. No matter how good I get while I’m playing it, the second I put it down for more than a few weeks, all that progress gets lost. And suddenly I can’t even do a fireball anymore.
Guilty Gear is a lot of fun, though.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I suck at fighting games too. The only people I can play decently against are my friends because they aren’t any good as well.
It’s absolutely no fun to play fighting games (or really any games, for that matter) against people who are way better than you =/
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Yeah. This is why I never play fighting games online.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
yup
shooters too for me.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
also
more games need a good co-op mode.
Also also, What the actual fuck, Left 4 Dead 2?! Oh, yeah, play this game with 4 people for the optimal experience, BUT WAIT, only 2 can play on the same system.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
bull.
Pretty much every FPS has been able to handle 4 on 1 screen since N64 days, and that was before 40"+ HDTVs were common.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I meant in terms of processing since they’d have to add two more cameras to the game world for each player, which would have to render two additional screens. I dunno. I play L4D2 on my PC anyway.
idunno
if Halo: Reach can do it…
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
That’s the last Halo they (Bungie) are going to do though.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
true
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
they're going to Blizzard
to work on a game based on brand new IP. Knowing Bungie and Blizzard, it will be pants-shittingly good.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Actually they signed a deal with Activision, which owns Blizzard. I don’t think they’ll be collaborating on anything.
from Cracked, but still
Bungie, meanwhile, jumped from one industry monolith to another: they signed a deal with Activision Blizzard, aka The Largest Video Game Maker That Has Ever Existed, to create a brand new video game series from scratch, which presumably will not involve space marines or armed dune buggies unless they like getting the shit sued out of them.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Knowing Blizzard, it will never ever come out ever.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
no, it'll be out in 2025
and Koreans will still be playing it in 2050
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
/would play.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Now I don’t have to leave the house for anything!
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I kept reading this as
Bengie is full of wizards.
I kept thinking that there truly is magic inside.
Certified McC lurker since 2006
by DividedByZero on Sep 24, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Final Fight
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
Which is better or equally as good. I’m thinking about playing an old one. Maybe NES or SNES.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
FF iv is best
Followed by FFvi
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
it really is
It’s amazing how bad a lot of the games we remember as amazing really were.
I mean, don’t get me wrong, they were amazing for their time, but we’ve come a loooooooong way in 20 years
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Shadowrun on Genesis is still a great game, even if actual computer hacking does not really involve shooting lightning out of your hands at large geometric shapes.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Maybe not for you.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
No, it involves flying through oddly digitized quasi-cityscapes with a young Angelina Jolie.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I recently played an old Bond game that I used to love playing with friends.
It was so terrible.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
NEW GOLDENEYE 007 WITH DANIEL CRAIG’S FACE
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
ok i never owned an N64
so take this for what it’s worth, but Goldeneye was fucking terrible. Sure it was far and away the best FPS on 64, but it was worse than ~95% of the FPS’s on PC at the time, mostly because the controls sucked a large amount of ass because Nintendo apparently thought people had 3 hands.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
It was all about mines and things. Memorizing the levels and setting elaborate traps. And becoming infuriated with the Klobb.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Rocket Launcher in the caves with suicides on is fun.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I was 8 and it was amazing!
Obviously I thought Half-Life was a lot better.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I found the N64 controls to be super intuitive for an FPS.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
whaa?
how?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
It made perfect sense to me. Move with the joystick. Strafe with the c-buttons. Shoot and stuff with the other buttons. Easy, peasy.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
joystick = analog stick.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
it was strafing with the C buttons
that fucked me up. I’d been playing on PCs for so long that actually turning with the same hand you move forward/backward with was completely counterintuitive.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I guess not having a history with PC gaming made it easier for me.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
No, the Goldeneye controls were pretty fucking terrible. I went back and played it last year and I was shocked at how bad it was.
I think people are just used to the two analog sticks now instead of the one back then. It’s hard to go back to.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
yeah
and if you’re used to keyboard/mouse, than 1 analog stick is a HUGE step backward.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
/wildly spins in circle (propellers?), firing randomly at the first hint that an opponent is near
//dies
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Once every few years I play through Super Mario Bros. with no warps just because.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
The what now?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that where you keep bouncing on a turtle shell on the staircase?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember hearing that if you accumulated too many guys it would be game over the next time you died. I never saw that happen though.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I’ve actually never tried, but I’m not sure it appeals to me, either.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I played Mega Man 3 on nintendo a few days ago. It was hard.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Any of the core Mega Man games are pretty much ridiculously hard.
Fucking Mega Man 9. Jesus Christ.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
There are a lot of people who still consider that game to be pretty much the best game ever made. I’ve never actually played it, but I do know who dies.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't play a ton of RPGs
but KOTOR and Fallout 3 are my faves
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Diablo II and Oblivion. The amount of add-on content in Oblivion for PC via mods is crazy…I played so many hours of that game.
KOTOR is also good though, I started up KOTOR II for the first time just last week.
Never could get into the FF series, maybe it’s because I’m a little on the young side plus my friends were never into it (unlike Diablo), who knows.
I can't wait for Diablo 3.
Going to Blizzcon this year, hoping the door prize is a beta invite.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
When Diablo 3 comes out, I’ll probably be in med school. About 3 months after Diablo 3 comes out, I probably will no longer be in med school.
well played
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
KOTOR 2 was a big disappointment for me
Because it was so cool, and just as engrossing as the first, and you get really in to it…
and then it ends way too abruptly, and you’re sad.
yeah, same here
but i’ve played it like 10 times anyways, just because.
i’m probably going to fail out of college when the new one comes out next year.
by Daniel McCracken on Sep 24, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
shin megami tensei
chrono trigger close #2
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
Can Grant be banned? Never thought it would come in to question, but than again I never thought Pablo Sandoval would get his own zip code.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
And what does he do?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
/raises hand
“Boys have a penis and girls have a vagina”
What? It was a kid’s movie!
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Huff-Daddy
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
lol mccoveyCOVEchronicles
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
i feel like i’m walking into a room with everyone cheering and Smoke on the Water blasting in the background!
i feel like i’m walking to a room full of people cheering at me while Smoke on the Water plays in the background.
excitement dwindles quickly around here. ex:
What?!?!?
Que Pasa?
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
colemk, whoever that is
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."
Cole Kuiper
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, ha! That’s pretty funny.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Glen Kuiper….definitely.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
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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 24, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
whats on second?
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Sep 24, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Yu Darvish
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
OHHHH OK... cool
effin dodgers
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Trust me.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 24, 2010 11:22 AM PDT reply actions
Is she related to Alex_Lewis?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
She’s my soul sister.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Hey soul sister, ain’t that Mr. Mister on the radio, stereo, the way you move ain’t fair, you know!
Hey soul sister, I don’t want to miss a single thing you do…tonight
Hey, hey,hey
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Thanks. My two duaghters have been singing that song incessantly for the past month and I finally got it out of my head just this morning…
Here is my retribution:
I love you, you love me
We’re a happy family
With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you
Won’t you say you love me too?
I love you, you love me
We’re best friends like friends should be
With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you
Won’t you say you love me too?
Not cool.
Punishment far exceeds the crime!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
The rest of the summer was the best we ever had.
We watched Titanic and it didn’t make us sad.
I took you to Best Buy, you took me home to meet your mom and dad.
Your mom cooked meatloaf even though I don’t eat meat.
I dug you so much I took some for the team.
Your dad was silent. His eyes were fixed to what was on TV.
Then the conversation stopped and I looked down at the ring.
Your folks were next to you and you were right there next to me.
Then I said, "Girl, if you’re wondering if I want you to, I want you to.
I swear it’s true!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
My grandpa was never an affectionate man until really late in life. He started to realize his family & friends were what kept him going and he really started to tell people how much he cared. One way to do this was to call up every family member, friend and sing happy birthday to them, and if he couldn’t reach you he’d leave it on your voicemail.
It wasn’t until his funeral that I realized he did this to everybody he knew. He didn’t miss a single birthday. One golf buddy still had his birthday call on his voice message and they played it. But instead of happy birthday, my grandpa was watching his youngest grandchild that day and they sang this Barney song. On the last line, with my grandpa’s crackly & now jolly voice singing “Won’t you say you love me too?” I broke down. As did most everybody else.
I don’t know why I shared. Where was I about demon porn?
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
that made me cry.
/wipes tears
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
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Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
That’s sad and really great at the same time.
As for demon porn, it’s hawt.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
For a team that's been accused of living and dying by the home run
There’s worse places to play than Coors.
I actually felt pretty good about last night. They didn’t just hit HRs to score, they were getting on base having pretty good ABs, walking and such.
"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.
But for a team that struggles when trying to hit the home run, Coors can put the whammy on you.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 24, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I would like the Giants to completely destroy any hope the Rockies may have.
"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.
and then sow salt onto their fields so that no new hope can grow for many years
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Sep 24, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Then piss on the salt just to rub it all in.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
So what if we do?
What are they gonna do about it?
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Whine
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Can't Nobody Hold Us Down Now
Wherever you get stacks Im a fix that
Everything mass big dreams.. I did that
Don’t knock me ‘cause your team’s borin
OUR WL RECORD soarin.. straight TORIN
Simply a lot of men be wantin to hand me
‘cause the Padres just don’t offend me
We threw cheese.. In the Friendly Wrigleys
And come home to Packed Full AT&T
You name it.. I can claim it
Young, stacked and famous
Wit’ Cy Youngs hangin out THE anus
And when you need a hit.. who you go and get (Posey!)
Bet against us.. NAW THATS NO bet
We made hits that’ll rearrange your whole set
And I got a Belt that I ain’t even worn yet
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 24, 2010 11:28 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
That’s just beautiful.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
the urban dictionary enties for yick is really weird. I would have stuck with yuck or ick
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Sep 24, 2010 11:28 AM PDT reply actions
Wow at all of those except 1.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 24, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Definition three: Whoops, sorry about that! It just slipped.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 24, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Combo of 3 and 4:
I just yiked on this girl and some dude thought it was yick and snorted it!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 24, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I just yicked on this chick’s yick and some dude thought it was yick and yicked it all up.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 24, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
another word for jizzing or ejaculating, mostly sudden and unplanned onto another unexpecting person
I can imagine a very limited number of scenarios when that could possibly be unplanned.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
lonely island just got their new single
jizz without pants
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Sep 24, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
When I was 12, maybe.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 24, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Mom walked in on you masturbating? Tell her it’s not yours, you’re just holding it for a friend.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
That’s what I did for the half-dozen marijuana plants in my closet.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 24, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey, don't blame me...you should have watched where you were going when I was coming.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
funny story
happened to one of my friends once.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I told you not talk about that!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
ha.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Vapors!
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
by ringleader3 on Sep 24, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Good point.
I started all my Rockies pokemonz this week so they will suck!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 24, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
/pours a li'l out for C&H. You know it's been over 15 years since it ended?
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Just saw this, this morning
7. San Francisco Giants (85-67; Previous: 9) – Surgeon can’t help but note similarities between Andres Torres’(notes) appendix and Giants’ offense: both small, irritating and ultimately useless.
Does Tim Brown really hate the Giants? What the fuck asshole
"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.
Tim Brown makes the worst attempts at jokes in those “Power Rankings” I have ever seen. Never have I once thought anything he said in those little blurbs was even remotely funny.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
by deuce deuce on Sep 24, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I read about four of his power rankings until I realized that he was actually trying to be funny. Somebody needs to tell him that he is not a good comedian. Should tell him he’s not a good writer, either.
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."
Also
must be removed or they could burst, causing sepsis.
Totally like each other.
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 time to end this Rockies September nonsense. The Giants have got to drive a stake through the heart of the purple monster.
At least then he won’t be behind the plate doing bush league nonsense.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 24, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Natto… guaranteeing the Giants take at least two out of three in this series?
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
by deuce deuce on Sep 24, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought he was referring to an actual stake and the damn dinosaur.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
by deuce deuce on Sep 24, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Just remember
Nothing can kill the Grimace.
Bowkermania runs wild...in Pittsburgh.
by rightcenterfielder on Sep 24, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know if Jim Tracy is the kind of depraved man who would use the turbo buttons on a NES Max to break tackles in Tecmo Bowl.
I don’t know about Tracy, but I know a few players cough Giambi cough who I think would.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 11:50 AM PDT reply actions
Wow, that came out looking weird.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
yick?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Definitely yick, in at least two ways, if not three.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, that came out looking weird.
-The crew of the Nostromo after dinner was ruined.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
They just put Lindsay Lohan back in jail
She should be sent to Coors Field instead.
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
Halfway through that read I had no idea what I was reading anymore
But I still laughed, because I think I’m supposed to.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Suck up.
"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.
meh... you don't HAVE to read it or laugh at it
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
basically you don't have to do anything
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I'm trying to avoid LOLing in the middle of class
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
by Kitspool on Sep 24, 2010 11:53 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs
It’s funny because it’s true.
Errr, wait.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
by deuce deuce on Sep 24, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Humidor?
I thought that meant the entrance to a comedy club?
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
That one caused actual, physical pain.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 24, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
My Prediction?
Pain.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
Inflicted by Cain?
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
by deuce deuce on Sep 24, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
FTFY
My Prediction?
Cain!
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Sep 24, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Better yet.
Lincecum reigns
Zito feigns
Cain.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Sep 24, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll bet that 49er dude has a bad feeling about this series.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
what?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
That does make perfect sense
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I’m pretty sure Edelweiss is actually Mike Fontenot.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant is actually Brian Sabean
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I’ve met Grant. His shirts aren’t douchey enough.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 24, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I LOL'd
Wreck’d
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s Howie’s work. I just supplied the captions.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 24, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
A McCoven with the handle 49’er something or other always posts, “I have a bad feeling about this series,” in the Series Preview threads.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Am I the only one who’s noticed this?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
No, you’re not.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I always notice it
it’s kinda a personal meme
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
it’s kinda a personal meme
Oops, maybe I shouldn’t have said anything.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
/flustered
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Silly WIMMINS!
Or is that joke played out? I don’t keep up with this stuff enough.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
It’s played out.
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Damn, I missed the boat on that one. I missed the entire original conversation too.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Wimmins don’t get flustered, anyway. They get room changes.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
his OWN personal meme. Like a reverse-jinx, I think. Or he’s just really pessimistic.
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
I have a bad feeling about this meme.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
It’s no meme, it’s a space station.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
That’s way too big to be a space station.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
thank you, Natto
catchphrase is more accurate :)
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
OHHHH ok, yea, nevermind then
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Not where I come from.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Anagram of Jhoulys Chacin
Ha Clinch Joy Us
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
/golf clap
Good anagrams from names containing a J, Y, two Hs and two Cs (not to mention no Rs, Ts or Es) are usually pretty hopeless.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 24, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
GAME ON, ROCKIES!
/hides nervousness behind false bravado
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
. . . which results in a very real vibrato . . .
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 24, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
BP Postseason odds update
Giants at 63.58%, up a whopping 14.29% from just yesterday
Padres at 56.74%, down 11.27% from yesterday
Rockies at 4.89%, their chances were cut in half with the loss yesterday (thank god for those balsl going foul)
Braves at 74.85%, down about 2% from yesterday
These day-to-day wild swings are incedible…and would pretty much match a printout of my EKG
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/ps_odds.php
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
SUSTAINABLE???
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Sep 24, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Everyone knows that you need to keep your balsl in the refrigerator to keep it from going foul.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Or just use a decent bar of soap.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
I love how quickly the odds change. Now I just want to see a couple more sudden dips for the Padres and associated jumps for the Giants.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Grant
Actually thinks the Rockies are not cheating. I normally wouldn’t expect such naivete.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 24, 2010 12:04 PM PDT reply actions
I’m pretty sure they’re not cheating. But it’s way more fun to always talk about how they cheat and then watch Colorado fans go into conniptions.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
It really is just perspective. Pretty much if you have the opportunity to cheat and get away with it, you will. It’s just how things are done and always have been. That’s why the “honest” players often get lauded because it is not an honest game.
I really think the Rockies need to prove that they aren’t cheating more than others have to prove that they are.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Sep 24, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I think they need to store balls in an on-field humidor
Otherwise, the balls used in the bottom of the inning will always be fifteen minutes or so drier and warmer, and we are to believe that matters. Even a tiny little difference will out over the course of 700+ home half-innings.
They can't have their balls out in the open for everyone to see like that
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
It would be unbecoming to the Rockies organization.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Not if they were purple.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
“Giants sweep” will be the headlines.
9 games left we’ve been here before
G men have all the forces of nature flowing
We shall release all the demons of the past and slay that purple beast!
by Always Keep A Diamond in your mind on Sep 24, 2010 12:06 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Last line made me lol
"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.
Obligatory TWSS
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
We shall release all the demons of the past and slay that purple beast!
You stole this from a porn tagline.
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.
Eric (Philly)
Out of the Reds, Braves, and Giants, who is most likely to upset Philly in the playoffs? Personally, I think you’d have to take the Reds offense and go with Cincinnati.
Jayson Stark (1:07 PM)
Personally, I think the Giants are the scariest NL team in that group. The Braves’ pitching depth has disappeared, and they’re scrambling now just to find somebody to start down the stretch. The Reds just don’t have the pitching to dominate either the front part of the game with their starters, or the back of the game with their bullpen. But the Giants can shut down anybody’s lineup. I’m not sure why they score one run or none five days a week and double figures the other two. But their pitching makes them the team nobody wants to play.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
Their Halloween party last year was great.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
YES inb4howie
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Sep 24, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I refreshed when Grant deleted thingy. Mine was first!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, well then. I know when I’ve been beaten. A tip of the cap.
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Sep 24, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Number 1 in Halloween costume contest!
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Sep 24, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not going to refresh and just assume that my joke came first.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah man! Ignorance was pretty blissful. Now my comment on howie’s just looks stupid.
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Sep 24, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Your comment is first on my screen.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Thank you, jhiat. You’re my favorite poster now.
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Sep 24, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
What about that framed poster of Bread you keep over your bed?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope. I'm #1!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
STALKER! That’s only my second best poster.
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Sep 24, 2010 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Your joke wasn't the only thing to.... eh nevermind
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
HALLOWEEN!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I like our chances in short series too
Also saw today on twitter Heyman saying that Werth would make a lot of sense for the Giants in the offseason, which Stark had also mentioned.
why do the giants only score one or two runs for a week then explode for double digit
games a few times? IT’S CALLED TORTURE
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Eric likes the Reds…really?
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope:
You can’t mock Stark when he disses the team, then quote him when he praises it. He’s just a coin, randomly tossed by the need to produce something every day, and which way the coin turns up is immaterial—it’s still just a small, low-value dink.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I'm tired of the Rockies
It’s time for the Giants to step on their playoff hopes in some sort of heartbreaking fashion for once.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
Jay Mohr says:
The Rockies Mascot is named Dinger. He is a big, fat, purple dinosaur who sports a baby t-shirt that barely covers his nipples. According to the Web site, Dinger travels the land promoting physical fitness and literacy. Ahhh. There is nothing a dinosaur likes more than a good book. Maybe that’s why they are extinct. They were too busy reading the classics to notice the meteors falling on their heads. And — excuse me — physical fitness? Dinger looks like Barney after a bender. What is he going to teach me about fitness? How to stretch my neck before watching balls fly out of Coors Field?
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
lol, Barney after a bender!
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Dinger is more like Baby Bop than Barney.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Because she’s the Triceratops.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s one unhealthy environment for a kid to grow up in.
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Sep 24, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Cite.
I've been to the
Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. It’s pretty freakin’ cool.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Mohr was filling for Jim Rome this week
He told the story about the time he beat up Dinger at the All-Star celebrity softball game in Coors Field. Mohr wrestled in high school and he said the guy in the Dinger costume actually said “Stop you’re hurting!” in a girly voice.
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
/that one ’oh, fiddlesticks ’gif of Dinger watching the Rockies season fly out of the park last year
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm just glad we're going into the series as we are...
Even the worst possible scenario (which certainly isn’t unimaginable considering it’s Coors) would be us getting swept, SD sweeping the Reds (pretty unlikely), and Atlanta sweeping the Nationals (not too hard to fathom). Even if that all was to happen, the Giants would still be ahead of Colorado, still be in the Wild Card Race (statistically – not really), and, most importantly, still have a chance to take the division in the final series with SD. I’m almost hoping for something as small as a .5 game difference between the Pads and the Giants when we go into the last 3 games. I can’t even remember the last time I was watching regular season baseball and it had this much significance. I was actually thinking that on Sunday when the Baseball game comes on during the Football game, I’ll actually change the channel from Football to Baseball. I can’t even remember the last time I did that.
Hmm...
I suppose I should have mentioned something about the one other series, too (AZ), but for whatever reason it just doesn’t seem to have the same impact as the other too (although, of course, it could end up playing just as big a role).
Lest we forget, AZ did just end a CO hot streak with a sweep.
I’m not quaking in my boots, but I’m reluctant to think we’re just going to own the Diamondbacks with no effort.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
The Diamondbacks scored more runs in three games in San Francisco than the Giants have allowed in their past 17 or so games.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 24, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
You, Incrediboy, sit in the back.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
What the fuck? I just lost quotations and half of a comment.
Oh well, it’s still kind of funny.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
These things always amuse me.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 24, 2010 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
The kid on the bottom looks like he killed Zito and is wearing his face.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 24, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL!
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
♥ 2010 San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥
Ay díos mío.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 24, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
wow.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Giants can eliminate the Rox in this series.
This is the only thing I hope for. Everything else would just be sprinkles on this cupcake.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
I AM PAT BURRELLZ'Z DADDY! (wait, that doesn't sound right)
Job 1:14-15
I watched a couple of decades worth of baseball that was played at Jack Murphy Stadium, but I can’t remember a single Padres home run there that broke my spirit.
I bet most Padres fans can recount more than a few Bonds homers that broke their spirits in JMS.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
What?
When did the Padres get fans?
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Hello????
Phil Plantier anyone????
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 24, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
most Padres fans
LOL plural!
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember the first time Grant deleted one of my porn links. Ah, to be young again.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
subject line
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Didn’t mean it.
/hopes not to be banned
Sorry, Bro’s.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
I AM PAT BURRELLZ'Z DADDY! (wait, that doesn't sound right)
Job 1:14-15
I don’t know what I’d say if my boss walked in with something like that up.
Probably just something along the lines of, “I’ll pack my things.”
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Sep 24, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d go with, “So, what are you doing this weekend?”
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2006/7/27/17924/0645#1063222
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Re: Ignoring the obvious....
VISIT MY CRAPPY PORN SITE
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
David Eckstein’s in it?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Bring out the gimp!
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Did everything use the re: format back then?
That would be annoying.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
That cat looked like it was eating a sandwich
Hilarious!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
It’s technically not elimination though, right? The Rockies would trail the division by 6.5 but they would have 7 games left to the Giants 6 – so they technically could still catch up.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
So, will that too-easily-offended Rockie fan,
whose name I forget, be back for us to annoy?
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 24, 2010 12:25 PM PDT reply actions
there are rockie fans that are easily offended?
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Maybe I’ll be banned from PR again
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
For banning a PRer here
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
That’s hilarious.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks. I hate the acrimony between McC and PR. The cultures are a little different, but sports fans are sports fans. You’ll have some jackasses on both sides.
by Grant on Aug 30, 2010 10:33 PM PDT
That’s like saying North Korea and Canada are “A little different”.
by UZ on Aug 30, 2010 10:34 PM PDT
That’s a beautiful simile. You are clever.
by Grant
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Stress Relief
For the inevitable torture that will ensue during this series make sure you have a teddy bear handy to strangle. Better than throwing the remote through the TV.
A real fan endures a Giants game
wearing a Red Teddy w/matching
red thong
by Always Keep A Diamond in your mind on Sep 24, 2010 12:32 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I had a friend walk in on me while I was watching a game alone in my room on mlb.tv
I was wearing a Giants hat, Giants shirt, a giants novelty bat in my right hand, no pants, and I was chewing on the glove I was wearing out of stress.
I was not embarassed.
by GiantPain on Sep 24, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
This is my favorite comment ever.
Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz
by lyricalkiller on Sep 24, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Direct quote from him:
I wish you’d been masturbating
by GiantPain on Sep 24, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
yick
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
Zito was watching from the shadows
They never could figure Zito out
Timmy and Cainer2010 = Unit and Schilling 2001
You are truly a fan.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
rec’d
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
This last week is going to kill me.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 24, 2010 12:44 PM PDT reply actions
Is too much to ask for them to just win out?
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
What kills you
only makes you stronger.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 24, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Bruce Bochy's coaching apporach to a series:
Game 1:
Alright guys, I’m really excited. Our offense was in a funk for a couple of games, but really seemed to wake up that last game. Lets carry that momentum into today.
Game 2:
Okay, yesterday was a tough one. Runs were hard to come by. Those 0.65 – 0 losses are the hardest. I think we need to just be a little more patient, make the pitcher work. Don’t try to do too much with the ball. Let’s go out there and get a win.
Game 3:
Fuck it…..release the Kraken
Monday Monkey lives for the weekend, sir.
They'd never release the Kraken with that many years and dollars left on his contract
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
DFA the Kraken?!
Doesn’t have the same rhetorical impact…
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
0 wins: shit
1 win: not great, but at least it means the Rockies still are pretty much out of it
2 wins: great
3 wins: amazing
by kingofthacove on Sep 24, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Will tickets for the final Giants-Padres series cost more than usual? Should we buy them now? I’m looking for the cheapest tickets I can get
"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
Already have my tickets
My parents will have our boat in the Bay during this time, and we’ve been planning on going to this series for months. What a sweet, sweet way for things to turn out.
Unless it goes badly, which will cause me great emotional distress.
May you suffer no emotional distress. Well, perhaps mild emotional distress that only makes the ultimate emotional triumph all the sweeter.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
well them
you’re golden
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game totally stalled and basically dead at this point
I truly hope that that game means nothing because the Giants have clinched the division before that point…..
by paboperfecto on Sep 24, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll be there Sat and Sun
Can I come party on your boat before the game?
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
According to GasLamp
Standing room only tickets are close to $40.
by paboperfecto on Sep 24, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
But they suggest you should either never stop walking or keep a wall at your back. Unless you’re… into that kind of thing.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
a moving target is hard to molest, or so i hear.
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
The idea is to try and lead them. Kinda like hunting pheasant.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
it’ll be an easy kill. all you gotta do is look for a Pads fan screaming homophobic slurs from the promenade, and you’ve got your kill
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait I’m confused…so we are killing fans and molesting pheasants?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
i thought we were molesting and then killing fans?
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I looked a few days ago and they were like $30 for the worst seat in the house.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I picked up a pair of great seats for 30 a piece. I bought a month in advance.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I expected Juan Uribe to mentioned, Grant
It was he who played for the Rockies from 2001-03
It was he who beat us on Sept.3, 2001 with a three run homer
It was he who effectively ended the July 9, 2003 game against us with a three run homer
Could “Jazz” be the “secret sauce”?
I’ll just be wretching in the corner. Don’t mind me. or,
I’ll just be wretching in the mind, Don’t corner me
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 24, 2010 1:06 PM PDT reply actions
I’m hungover. My stomach is in knots. I’m exhausted. I can’t wait for the game to start. I’m dreading the start of the game. I’m having anxiety issues. I’m excited. I’ve picked up a nervous tick. And this is the fun part.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Looks like you picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
The Empire Is Crumbling
The city has been under siege by the Visigoth for months leading up to this moment. Yet, in this time of desperation, Emperor Honorius still has no concept of the magnitude of the situation at hand. Why should he be worried? The Roman Empire survives. It has always survived. It has always thrived. There is nothing to fear but fear itself.
Rockies fans feel the same. They are the team, hand picked by Zeus himself, blessed by deity, and protected by the the Jedi Knights. They are not worried. Why should they be worried? Rocktober survives. It has always survived. It has always thrived. 10 game winning streak is status quo. Calendar turns, and the switch goes on. The Rockies will win. It will go 10-0. It has happened before, it will happen again. There is nothing to fear but fear itself.
But something went wrong this time. Something unforeseen, unaccounted for, and unexpected happened. The Visigoth did not grow weary of the standoff. It is the Romans, fearing starvation and questioning the orders of their emperor, that grew weary and panic. The gate was opened, and Alaric and the Visigoth came pouring in.
I often wonder that, as Emperor Honorius stood on top of Rome and witness the Visigoth pour in over the seventh hill, at what point, if ever, did he realize that the City of Rome was about to be sacked? That the Roman Empire, once proud and strong, is about to fall?
Gentlemen, this is the end of Rocktober. It ends this weekend.
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 24, 2010 1:26 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
Wreck’d
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Rec
But also this. Timmeh’s going in game one. And if we win the first game, I think they fold up their tents and go home. They’re thinking sweep sweep sweep. When it becomes clear that ain’t happenin’ . . . it’s over.
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
by Giantsfan4life on Sep 24, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s got too much awesome on it.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
+up
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 24, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I just read this aloud in John Kennedy’s voice, and it gave me chills. Well done.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
...
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I would like to also rec this. It is beautiful.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Greetings.
Welcome to Coors Field for the last time this year. Here’s to a fun series and may the best team win or something.
I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...
by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 1:28 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Did you know?
The Giants can eliminate the Rockies this weekend.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
That’s a fun fact. Of course, I, as a Rockies fan, think Coors Field will say “Sorry, wait til next week.” But it makes the series very interesting.
I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...
by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 1:34 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
At least you admit it’s the field that will say it.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Im not going to deny,
home field advantage has been huge for us, obviously cause we don’t play well on the road.
Yeah, yeah LOLHUMIDOORLOL, but just the atmosphere and the fans and everything have helped immensley. We have concluded that we as Rockies fans need to travel to away games so the Rockies will win. I tried it Aug 30, and it worked, but other than that, no luck.
I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...
by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 1:43 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, yeah LOLHUMIDOORLOL, but just the lack of atmospheric pressure and the fans and everything have helped immensley.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree, because, I, as a Giants fan am extremely terrified of Coors Field and all of the shenanagens and hi-jinx that ensues there.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, no elimination from the division this weekend, but they can come close.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
A fun series is SF taking 2 of 3.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Fixed
A fun series is SF taking 2 4 of 3.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
What's the mood there? Losing last night's game had to be tough
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
FTFY
What’s the mood there? Losing last night’s game Getting swept by a 59-91 team had to be tough.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
We're used to
failing against lower than mediocre teams. It has been our downfall this year.
I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...
by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 1:44 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
So you’re actually Cardinals fans?
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
It's...
split. There was a lot of “Oh golly oh noez, the season is dead, the season is dead.” for the 20th time, and the others still believe we are in it. All we have to do is win the rest of our game, is all.
As a former member of the optimist side, though, my mood have turned into “enjoy what’s left and if we win the rest of our games, cool”.
Everyone knows we have to sweep you guys or else…
I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...
by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 1:39 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Eh I dunno
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit!
-Doc Brown, Zito fan
by jordanovich on Sep 24, 2010 1:44 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
iPhone fail
My dentist is actually pretty hot
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit!
-Doc Brown, Zito fan
by jordanovich on Sep 24, 2010 1:45 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I have a pretty fun dentist.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Last time I went to my dentist he flossed my teeth…my gums hurt for like 2 days after.
"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.
I don’t like when the dental assistants floss my teeth because when they floss between my crowns it feels like they’re going to pull them out. And I don’t like that scraping thing when they use it behind my four front bottom teeth. But other than that, the dentist has always been an enjoyable experience for me.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
The dentist doesn’t usually bother me. Just the last time when he did a cleaning he was just really rough when he was flossing.
"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.
I remember when I was young and got braces and they tried to show me how to floss, and it was awful and made my gums bleed.
If that happened today, I’d probably say “do we really have to do this shit right now? Like fucking really?!”
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I never had them. They said I would need them because when I was young my teeth were super straight. My bottom teeth are a little more crooked but they spaced out when they removed my wisdom teeth…which I was awake for btw.
"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.
Yeah it was very strange, the pressure was what hurt and hearing everything is crazy. He broke one of them trying to get it out. I didn’t like it.
"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.
They didn’t let me take anything in.
"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.
I was completely knocked out during my extraction, and almost completely knocked out for the six hour following.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
ditto
All I remember is telling my mom that I “probably look like a badger” in the recovery room, and my girlfriend bringing me jamba juice.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
My wisdom teeth never grew in.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Same here. Evolution FTW
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by DividedByZero on Sep 24, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
So we're like the first XMen?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I get to be Wolverine!
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by DividedByZero on Sep 24, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think I could wear a speedo with a shirt.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks. :)
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I couldn’t wake up. And when I did, I vomited blood for a while.
Evidently, I have a problem with anesthetic.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
That sounds like an experience I would hate to have, but I story I would love to be able to tell.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently, the anesthesia is supposed to wear off fairly quickly. They take you back to a recovery room, leave you for a few minutes to come out of the haze and then discharge you.
I awakened very briefly when my mom and I were on the interstate, heading back home. I later learned I didn’t revive when they thought I would. And was still asleep. And still asleep. The dental staff was all, “Well, he can’t stay here,” so the oral surgeon and my mother schlepped my limp body to the car and strapped me in the passenger seat.
And I’m not sure what happened with the blood thing, but yeah. I spewed red gore on the highway shoulder on the way home, and again when we got home.
Funny thing is, once I did pull out of the drug-induced fog I was perfectly coherent and resumed normal speech and behavior. I don’t get it.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
My first time under was a miserable “coming out of it” experience. My second time under, I came completely out of it within a few minutes of when I was supposed to, and could walk and talk and interact with things in perfectly normal ways.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
My 2nd time under
was for knee surgery, and I had to have the nurse remind me that I needed to breathe in the recovery room.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Most people I know had your experience. A friend of mine who’s knowledgeable about this stuff said simply, “Oh, you’re one of those people who can’t handle anesthesia.” And she’s probably right.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Well aren't you special!
How do they do that awake? Is that when they’re already grown out? Or do they just numb your entire mouth? Man, waking up felt so amazing. Then halfway home I said “Okay, you need to drive faster. Get the Vicodin!”
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I didn’t swell like…at all it was good.
"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.
Yeah, my mouth felt completely normal pretty much as soon as the anesthesia wore off. I mean, except for the stitches. But no swelling and no pain to speak 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 24, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
My stitches came out on their own like a few days later. Didn’t hurt just felt weird.
"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.
I don’t remember having stitches.
I do remember bleeding for a day though.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I remember because I felt him stitch the wound up but it didn’t hurt just felt strange. I didn’t bleed for too long either.
"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.
Lucky Man
I had swelling, dull pain, and a little while later sharp excruciating pain in the gums of my incisors from my nerves.
I, too, was knocked out for the operation.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
They just gave me like a bunch of Novocaine i think and my whole mouth was numb and they he just puts all this pressure to pull them out.
"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 sounds extremely fun...
Especially if you’re the one doing the surgery.
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by DividedByZero on Sep 24, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Not to be a prick but...
no dentists these days use novacaine anymore… it was probably either lidocaine or septocaine if the lidocaine didn’t work.
/is a dental student
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by DividedByZero on Sep 24, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Well gamve me some drugs but they didn’t work the first time because when he started working, it hurt a lot so he had to give me some more drugs.
"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.
For my other crown (the one the dentist could prep for a crown because the tooth was only mostly shattered and not completely shattered), the dentist was drilling or shaving the tooth down or whatever they do, and kept asking me if it hurt. I kept saying no because, yeah, it was uncomfortable, but it didn’t really hurt.
Then, he asked me if I could feel it. I said yes. He said, “Then it hurts,” and gave me another shot.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember my experience fondly.
They got everything set up to knock me out, and then they told me to count down from ten. And then they told me to get up and leave. I was so confused, because I expected them to take out my teeth. But something must have gone wrong. Maybe there had been an emergency and my procedure had to be pushed back.
It wasn’t until I got home that I realized why my chin felt so weird and why I was having so much trouble staying awake.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
The counting down from 10 thing is so creepy
I always feel like I make it to 0.5 and then I’m out.
That stuff is amazing.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I had to go back to the same surgeon to get one of my shattered teeth prepped for a crown (because it was too shattered for the dentist to handle). I tried really, really hard to pinpoint the moment I went under. But to no avail.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
they had me count back from 100
I remember thinking “what will happen if I make it to 0!?!?!”
I made it to 97.
I also don’t remember leaving the OR, I woke up on a bed in the recovery room.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I woke up in the middle of mine. I remember that part, they were still working, and there was this huge pressure in my mouth. Someone said something, and I woke up at home.
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Sep 24, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
something" probably = "OH FUCK HES WAKING UP
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You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
COOL SBN AUTO FORMAT
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You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Hahaha yeah, something along those lines.
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Adopted parent of good old Wendell, he tries so hard. You'll get a hit someday son!
by theghostofjasonellison on Sep 24, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I was knocked out during mine. It was in a room with a huge glass wall/window looking out at the street. The first thing I talked about when I woke up was how nice the road was compared to the ones by our house.
Once I got home my throat was super dry and it hurt really bad to swallow, so of course I wanted water. My mom was pouring bottle caps full of water into my mouth, but since I couldn’t feel the majority of my mouth it all just dribbled down onto my shirt. I felt like a big baby.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Same
But I suppose I was lucky I didn’t have to wear them for more than about a year and a half. And now I can’t complain.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
Yeah there are some bad cases. Especially the people who end up having them twice. That would piss me off.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
My teeth were really crooked, and I have an overbite. I had to get braces for the top teeth to straighten them out. Then I had to get braces for the top and bottom teeth.
I had braces, headgear and even a palate spreader. THAT thing was ghastly.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 24, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a bite plate and headgear, but I never had braces. Once those things were done, braces were just going to be aesthetic, and we didn’t really care.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Just thought I’d pop in to say that my teeth are perfectly formed.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I didnt.
But they gave me free coffeee gift cards for brushing and flossing good. And it was cool picking colors. When I first chose purple and silver, the Rox went to the playoffs in 07.
I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...
by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 2:07 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Epic this.
I had braces/retainers from 4th grade through 12th. Eight fucking years of the wires shredding every bit of soft tissue in my mouth, of the wax not doing a thing, of sitting in class fantasizing about taking my teeth out with pliers to reduce the pressure, of trying (and failing!) to go to my Happy Place while seeing (and feeling!) sparks fly as some medieval bandsaw or something is shoved in my mouth by a guy thinking about what brand of yacht my teeth will buy him.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
8 years of getting your braces tightened? ouch.
i only had them for 1 year, lucky me
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
The tightening was up top.
My lower jaw was so constricted, I had a front tooth coming in behind the others. Do you know how much effort and agony it takes to make a one-tooth gap in between adjacent teeth?
A shit-ton, give or take.
Funny story (subcategory: Not Funny At All Story At The Time)- My lower retainer had a little wheel in it that, once a day, I was supposed to “give one turn” with this little wire key they gave me. Well, after months of searing agony, I go back to the orthodontist who is surprised that I’m hurting so much from such a gradual process.
It turned out that when he said “one turn,” he meant “one quarter-turn,” as in, “advance the wheel one position.” I had been expanding my jaw at four times the proper rate because that money-grubbing fuckwit was spending too much time staring at his assistants (all female, all blonde, all so pathetically obvious) to be precise in his terminology.
Gah.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
then you tell an 8-year-old 1 turn, that means a 360 turn. when you tell a 40-year-old 1 turn, that means a 360 turn.
what a dumbass that doctor was. so by “getting your braces tightened” every day (which i would imagine is the worst thing ever) did you end up making it worse, thus having them for longer?
that’s funny in retrospect
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
orthodontists
you don’t have to be a sadistic pig, but it helps.
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Epic This!
That’s What She Said
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
That’s terrible. I thought there was going to be some awesome, happy conclusion.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Well, my teeth are ok now and dude has a yacht, so I guess everybody won.
Oh, I forgot to mention- the smell of garlic bread is inextricably linked to orthodontic mouth-agony for me, because this jackass’ office was (is?) right over Biba in Sacramento.
Giants baseball: Orthodontic mouth-agony.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah but that’s because Arizona cheated with their Humidor
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
Hey Pretty in Purple, it was pretty courageous of you to come here so I give you that,
…but I also give you this!
NL WEST COLORADO
DIV – chance of winning the Division Red
WC – chance of winning the Wild Card Blue
POFF – chance of making the Playoffs Black
Uh, I think you got those colors wrong
Shouldn’t POFF chances be higher than either DIV or WC? It looks like POFF is Red – but I don’t know the other two.
that can't be right
div = blue, wc = black, poff = red, i think
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Ah...
the road trip from hell of late July. I can make that out.
Ya see how it looks like a heart beat graph? Ya see Aug and how it goes flat? That’s where we died. But ya see Sept? Ya see the heartbeat? That’s where we ressurected….AS ZOMBIES!!!!!!
I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...
by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 1:49 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Wat?
You guys haven’t killed him yet?
What are you waiting for, you have our permission!
I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...
by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 2:05 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
If determine “best” by measuring “most orange worn,” then I’m all for it.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
The Colorado-San Francisco series is over, and the Tampa Bay Rays have won it!
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
LOL @ BBTN: “in the 2nd innings of the last 44 games, the Giants had only scored 9 runs. They did that all in one inning this last night.”
With no mention that our pitching staff has given up 33 runs in 20 games (all-time record), and next closest is the Angels with 59 runs in last 20 games.
Yeah, but
They played a lot of those games on the West Coast, so they didn’t count.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Our pitching is good
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/giants-on-the-mound/
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
And then there’s the bullpen. In 50 innings pitched, they’ve allowed three runs. Seven of the nine relievers that have pitched for San Francisco this month have an ERA of 0.00. Brian Wilson (1.00) and Jeremy Affeldt (1.50) are the slackers who have dared to allow a run.
Holy shit.
"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.
IKR? He needs to get his shit together.
"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.
IIRC Wilson’s run was a HR to Eithier, Affeldt gave up one in game 3 ARI 2 weeks ago, and one the other night game 2 MIL.
Wow, I can actually tell you off the top of my head who and when every BP run was given up this month. That’s impossibly rare.
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Bullpen has been phenomenal
Did you see Baggs’ little exchange with Wilson about it earlier this week?
I asked Brian Wilson to summarize the bullpen with just one word.
"You usually like `delicious’ or `phenomenal,’" I suggested helpfully.
Wilson thought for a moment.
"Standard," he said. "Standard bullpen day. Come in, 1-2-3, get the job, don’t make it interesting. I think each guy is going out there with the mentality that their stuff is the best stuff at the moment. Then roll it on to the next guy."
NINJA FTMFW
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
A friend of mine got so nervous
once during a football game he was watching ofn TV that he hid under his bed. He was about 45 at the time. I understand how he feels. This weekend is going to be the poster child for Kuip’s tag line. We’ve been tortured plenty this year. This weekend will be like being on the rack.
I hid behind the theater seats
during that scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom when the dude grabbed the heart out of the chest.
I think I was like 10 at the time.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
That was a Giants fan that had his heart ripped out
It happens all the time!
I did that for the Last Crusade during the grail scene. I was five at the time. I’m not sure why my mom brought me to the movie.
I hid my face in a pillow when Mufasa died in the stampede
"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.
I didn’t cry I would just run to the couch and cover my face until it was over.
DAMN YOU SCAR!
"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.
I timed a really loud laugh into the caught-breath silence of a theatre in Loomis (or Roseville or somewhere shitty) packed with kids as Simba was walking up and saying “Dad? Dad?” It brought on a Noah-level flood of tears.
I was 13 or some shithead age around there.
(But I’m still kinda proud of that one.)
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve never looked at the screen during the sidewalk scene in American History X.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t watch that part….that was ugly.
"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.
They drew it out just long enough for you to say “Oh crap I can’t watch this”.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
I’m pretty sure I’ve never listened to it, either.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
me either
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
That scene is tough.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I laughed more or less all the way through The Exorcist. There’s nothing funnier to a 16 year old boy in 2001 than the line: “Your mother sucks cock in hell.”
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, the story I was told in a psychology class was that they painted devil images on frames of the film so that people would be frightened subliminally. This is why so many people freaked out during its initial release. I’m told that this is one of the reasons they changed the laws or made laws about subliminal advertising.
I slept in your mom's bed for a month after seeing "9 1/2 Weeks"
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Boom! Roasted!
/delorean’d
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I saw Childs Play when I was 3 at my neighbors house.
the whole thing. Stabbing and all. slept in my parents bed for about a year and a half.
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, I saw Nightmare on Elm Street when I was about 5. I walked in on the part where the girl was getting thrown around the room & stabbed when her attacker (Freddy) couldn’t be seen.
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seems like we’ve all be scarred by these types of movies as kids.
AMERICA’S PANDEMIC!!!
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I sat about three inches away from the screen
at far too young an age to be watching Robocop and had nightmares about Toxic Waste Guy hitting the windshield for weeks.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gaaaaal…
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I hid behind a couch
when my parents made the very questionable decision to let me watch Alien when I was 7
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--Daisy Owl
I hid behind the couch for the last two minutes of the ’88 Super Bowl and wish I would have done the same for Game 6 in ’02.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I ran into the other room just before Terrell Owens made the Catch 2.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
See I’d be upset that I missed it, so I always watch.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha true, though I was about 7 at the time so I cut me some slack.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I was there. And there was an obnoxious Packers fan behind me. And she had her head in her hands while we were all celebrating the salvation of humankind. And her tears tasted delicious.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 24, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
OT
15 best things about our pubic schools.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
So pubescent
Awesome.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 24, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Where do I find those 15 things?
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Right here!
/grabs crotch
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Atlanta
They have a big schedule advantage. 3 versus Nats and Marlins (w/o Hanley in all likelihood) then end the season at home with 3 versus a Phillies team that will be resting for the playoffs.
Surprisingly, they’ve had some trouble against the Nats lately, I think.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
OT -- Ichiro or Ricky Henderson?
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This
The BB’s do it for me – Ichiro doesn’t really walk that much. Plus Henderson was a better baserunner, hit for more power… actually, other than AVG, there isn’t really anything Ichiro does better than Henderson did.
Perhaps
But Henderson was no defensive slouch – not to mention he played a few hundred games in CF too, a more premium position.
We don’t ahve UZR for most of his years, so it’s hard to compare.
But I still think peak Rickey > Peak Ichiro, and it’s not very close.
Respectfully, I disagree
Despite playing a fraction of his career there, Rickey really wasn’t a CFer. He didn’t have the arm for it. Rickey was a good OFer, especially for LFer, but not an exceptional one.
Ichirco, on the other hand, lies somewhere between “exceptional” and “sensational”. He has similar speed as Henderson with an arm that is far far far superior. In addition, Ichiro is one of those guys who always puts 100% into his defense. There were times when Henderson seemed disinterested in playing D.
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Wiat, what are you disagreeing with?
I concede Ichiro is probably better than Rickey on D – but I’d rather have Rickey’s peak than Ichiro’s.
Per fangraphs, for instance, Ichiro has never eclipsed his 6.1 WAR in his first year – though he’s had a couple 5+ WAR seasons. He’s good.
But Rickey posted multiple 10+ WAR seasons. He was a monster.
Ivan Ochoa or Rogers Hornsby?
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by NuschlerFace on Sep 24, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that even debatable?
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I didn’t think it was, but I was surprised to find that Rickey (57 WAR) is only slightly ahead of Ichiro (54 WAR) from age 27-36, the 10 years we have for Ichiro.
Of course, Rickey was otherworldly from 21-26.
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by lyricalkiller on Sep 24, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s interesting. I’ll still take Rickey though.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Rickey.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 24, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm. Interesting question, in a large part due to the situations. Rickey has his awesome career numbers, and is historically great in the two things he did well – walk and steal bases. His others skills are, I sometimes think, slightly exaggerated because of how good he was with those two things. His career counting numbers are better than just about anyone. His rate stats suffer because of a prolonged (VERY prolonged) decline.
Ichiro is also ridiculously good at defense and base hits – again, I wonder if his other skills are overrated as a consequence. However, his career MLB stats suffer because he didn’t show up here until he was already 27. If he stays in shape, I could see him lasting into his forties and padding his counting stats a fair bit more.
There are some definite unknowns there. I think Henderson has the edge, but overall value could be similar, and possibly lean toward Ichiro for their age 27 seasons on. Probably depends on how you slice the defense.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Well, for what it’s worth, here are Rickey’s numbers for his age 27 through 36 seasons:
.286 / .408 / . 452 / . 861 / OPS+ 140
238 2B, 23 3B, 160 HR, 576 SB, 2080 Total Bases.
1258 G / 5607 PA
For Ichiro:
.331 / .376 / .430 / .806 / OPS+ 117
256 2B, 71 3B, 90 HR, 382 SB , 2898 Total Bases
1578 G / 7292 PA
So Ichiro has about 800 more total bases in about 300 more total games. But Rickey definitely looks like the better hitter over that same age range.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
TB doesn't count walks
where, pretty clearly, Rickey had a huge advantage
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It doesn’t count walks? Well, that’s a pretty crappy name for the stat, then. They should call it “Some Bases”.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, during that period, Rickey had 931 BBs, and Ichiro had 455. So, damn.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I know Rickey is the better hitter. That’s pretty clear. But Rickey dropped off substantially after that, and Ichiro seems to show signs that he could stay good for a while. Like I said, there are significant unkowns, mostly involving Ichiro. We have more of Rickey’s career to judge him by. We don’t have Ichiro’s early years, and we don’t have his twilight years yet.
For what it’s worth, Baseball-reference credits Rickey with 57.7 WAR over that period, Ichiro with 54.7. Don’t know how that stacks with Fangraphs because I can’t click the mouse a couple times to have it conveniently calculated for me and I’m too lazy to do it myself. BB-ref then credits Rickey with 9.9 WAR for the rest of his career. I would think Ichiro has a shot at surpassing that.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
ICHIRO
most overrated player of our time?
or most overrated player of ALL time?
He’s like a short quirky Dwight Evans
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Rickey.
On personality alone.
But also from a stats POV.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Rickey, easily in my book.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Dear Dinger
(With apologies to the original image creator.)
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dammit, preview is your friend
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by iammclovin on Sep 24, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ugh, I hate that thing so damn much. It really just makes me want to punch babies.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
In 1993 it “ate” the Giants hat off of my head. You know that feeling when someone takes your hat and you want to punch them?
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No it really happened. My buddy’s grandparents took us to Denver and dropped us off hours before the game every game of the series. I remember thinking that was really cool because we were only 12.
Other things I remember from that series:
- Bonds hitting 2 home runs in one game
- Bonds getting tossed for arguing balls and strikes
- Matt Williams signed my baseball wearing snakeskin cowboy boots
- Charlie Hays not signing autographs at the players entrance and then getting his face broken by Salomon Torres’ pitch.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I have this dream. I want to get the entire area behind home plate in Coors to be Giants fans. And then when Dinger shows up in the 9th like the bandwagon fan he is, we mob him and destroy him.
"Catch that, Eckstein!" - Duane Kuiper
I support your dream.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
I'm a BelieveR!!!
This is R year!
Uh, yeah, about that...
by prettyinpurple on Sep 24, 2010 2:09 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I was pissed I missed half of Fringe last night.
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t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
I chose to watch The Office instead
I heard Fringe was good too.
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LOLINEUP
Friday lineup: Fontenot 3B F Sanchez 2B Huff 1B Posey C Burrell LF Guillen RF Uribe SS Ross CF Lincecum SP
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Not too bad.
"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.
I think Bochy saved it in his laptop
13runs.txt
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by jctGamer on Sep 24, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah I’m pretty positive this is the reason behind this lineup too.
"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.
Not a surprise
Bochy is a hot hand guy as we all know. He shouold have gone to this lineup about 10 days ago. Fontenot at the top at least gives the semblance of a leadoff guy and Pablo has looked like a little leaguer. Against De La Rosa just swiitch Renteria with Fontenot and move Uribe to 3d. Pretty simple at this point.
Anyone know when Torrez may be able to play???
rent is still out (biceps tendonitis?), torres will be available to PH tonight (or so they say)
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
he’s talking about retiring. there was an article on sfgate last night
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
i would have wanted him back next year, as a bench/utility/been there before kinda player, but what with his health issues, if he can’t be had for $2mil, it’s not worth it.
I would prefer that he retires on his own terms though, for what that’s worth
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Took BP Yesterday, might be back this weekend probably not till Sunday.
"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.
considering he was taking flyballs and BP, Bork is being on the safe side not playing him tonight, but you can bet if we lose tonight, Torres will be in the lineup tomorrow. Bork will be pulling out the stops
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
We'll all hold our breaths the first time Torres belly-slides
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honestly, id tell him not to slide. dont steal bases, dont dive for balls. just run, and hit.
not that he would listen, but point stands
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Weren’t we making jokes about Burrell and Guillen in the same outfield at Coors?
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 24, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
When your lineup scores 13 runs one day
you get a pass for writing the exact same one the next day. Even at Coors.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Coors eh? Lineup should score 26 runs then!
Science!
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Re: Statz vs Straw hats
I read this in a Skeptical Inquirer interview about perception and intuition, and I thought it was interesting, and provides kind of a different perspective to the whole “Stats vs My Eyes” argument.
Let me just amplify one thing about this: we’re not saying that people who [believe vaccines cause autism] are in any way dumber or less educated or less intelligent in comparison to anyone else. This is just what all of us do naturally; we reason based on anecdotes and stories and examples. And it’s very hard to reason based on statistics; it’s not something we do naturally, any of us—even scientists. So, if you look at the people who are the proponents of this link between vaccines and autism, at least in the United States, on average they are better educated than the general public, and they’re higher income [earners] than the general public. So, these are not people who are lacking in education or resources. It’s something we do very naturally because we accumulate anecdotes really well, and in many ways it’s a lot like accumulating this belief that you’ll always notice unexpected things because you’re only aware of the [situations in which] you noticed [them].
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Putting On My Tin Foil Hat
First up, a little housecleaning: The Rockies aren’t messing around with the humidor. Just stop … So all praise the humidor. The Rockies had a crazy home field advantage before the humidor, and they have a crazy home field advantage now. Coors Field is still a pretty substantial hitter’s park. That’s fine. At least it’s baseball.
Grant, love respect and appreciate you and all, but gonna have to disagree pretty damn hard with you here. To the best of my knowledge, I started the “humidor cheating” meme back in August 2003, with this article . I wrote the article because I noticed something funny in the numbers (and, thankfully, Simy thought that my analysis had merit, and published it).
I have been gratified to see that the meme has gained traction since then. I think that people are talking because something unmistakably funny still shows through in the numbers, really funny. Fuck the Rockies, fuck em right in the humidor.
As everyone knows, throughout modern major league history, the home-field advantage decides about one game in ten – teams are, on average, about .450 on the road, and .550 at home. And yes the Rox home field advantage pre-humidor, 1993-2001, was unusually high: (.546 – .411 = .135). I would imagine that they had the largest HFA in baseball over that period.
Since the humidor was installed, though, the extremity of their home field advantage has more than doubled (.572 – .389 = .183). So, for the nine humidored seasons combined, 1,449 total games (pretty damn huge sample size there), the Rox home-field advantage has been almost double the established norm. Has a team ever before in MLB history had a .183 HFA over a nine year period? I wouldn’t be surprised if the answer is no.
I can think of no viable non-conspiracy explanation for such an extreme, unprecedented advantage – what, the Rox have magic outfielders that can cover the big Coors gaps ten times as well as Randy Winn could or Andres Torres does? And their HFA up to almost three times normal this year (.686 at home, .408 on the road, .277 advantage). People are talking because they look at the numbers, and they’ve noticed that they’re weird, really weird.
Also, since the humidor was installed, the Rock-Heads have scored 4.04 runs on the road, and 5.82 runs per game at home. That’s an Coors-field improvement of 144% in average runs per game for the Rockies. Meanwhile, visitors have only been improving from 4.79 runs per game to 5.35, an improvement of 112%. Why, since the humidor has been installed, does Coors still play like the old high-scoring bandbox for the Rockies, but only like a slightly above average park for visitors?
In the nine pre-humidor years, Coors inflated offense for the Rox by 169.5% and visitors by 142.3%. So, yes, post-humidor, offense is down for both teams, and, as you wrote, that’s a good thing – it’s closer to normal baseball. To me, the fact that both offenses have been suppressed just shows, they can’t make sure that every single ball the Rockies hit is dry and every single pitch they throw is wet.
But more evidence of messing around: the installation of the humidor decreased the Rox “Coors scoring advantage” by 84%, and visitors by 78%. When you’re talking about numbers like that spread over 3,000 games, it’s a massive effect.
That would be a conspiracy too vast to keep quiet.
My guess all along is commissioner’s office and the GMs of the rest of the NL West teams all know, but they let the Rox get away with it, since its better for all involved to let the Rox cheat than have them contract.
My guess is that the comish’s office told the Rox to stop fucking around before the 2004 season. That’s the one year, post-humidor, that visiting teams have gotten a Coor’s field offensive boost remotely close to what the Rox have got. It’s also the only post-humidor year that the Rox had a normal-sized home field advantage (.099 – they had several HFAs like that during the pre-humidor years). They also set a team record for home losses that year, as they finished 25 games out of first, and then they saw attendance plummet into the 2005 season.
My guess is that the commissioner’s office, and the rest of the NL West was like, “Ok, jeez, you guys are pathetic. OK, I guess – go ahead and cheat. At least you’ll have some fans.”
(Incidentally, while watching news reports of the rolling blackouts in California in 2000, I said: “I’ll bet the energy companies are doing that on purpose, to make money, and also especially to fuck with California, cuz they think we’re all environmentalists.” My parents (also watching TV) said: “You are utterly and completely nuts.”
Years later, while watching “Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room” with them: “HAH!”)
Timmy and Cainer2010 = Unit and Schilling 2001
by SnowLeopard on Sep 24, 2010 2:24 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
TL;DR
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
ONE OF US
ONE OF US
ONE OF US
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
..
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 24, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I rather enjoyed your article, even if I don’t agree with it 100%. Sure, I like the idea that there’s funny business with the humidor, but I tend to settle on the notion that they all swing for the fences because the air is thin and the ball doesn’t die there as much as other places. (Or, in AT&T’s case, third-term aborts them).
Thank you
I appreciate the engagement
(and yes of course there are many possible interpretations to the numbers, and come combination of several of them are probably true. I just enjoy being polemical about this issue)
Timmy and Cainer2010 = Unit and Schilling 2001
Possible explanation: Altitude
Whether it’s the NFL, NBA or MLB, Denver has always been tough on visiting teams because adjusting to the altitude is really tough.
I think the Rox have always had a big advantage, but it was partially offset in those pre-humidor days by the fact that their pitching staff was always overworked.
Now that the humidor has “normalized” the playing conditions, the Rockies are getting the full advantage of their greater home field advantage.
I think
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1. I didn’t say you are coherent. For all I know, you have parts missing that you store in the fridge. My accolade of coherence were in reference to “your ideas put forth in the post above”. :)
2. Also, hey, if you haven’t noticed yet. there certainly are enough incoherent idea in the world of online baseball fandom.
Timmy and Cainer2010 = Unit and Schilling 2001
What about home-field effects for the other extreme parks in history? Are there any other parks that were as close to extreme as Coors? That’d be a better comparison than just every team in history to find what the typical homefield advantage is.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 24, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't think of parks that extreme
Polo grounds? Fenway?
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The correct answer is
that the Rockies are just better than us. Not just the Giants, each and every one of us. On the planet Earth. Maybe even this solar system. Even when they are down in the standings, they are still better. They know how to build a real team. Ryan Spillborghs is better than Justin Miller. Neifi Perez is better than Robb Nen. The Rockies are just better. That’s also why they’re a mile high. Kings live above the unwashed masses.
Well, they ARE handpicked by Zeus, blessed by Deity, and protected by Jedi Knights. Didn’t you read?
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Checked it out for 65-74 Astros in the Astrodome
HFA varied from -.033 on the low end to .284 on the high end. Overall ten year average, .124
Timmy and Cainer2010 = Unit and Schilling 2001
SUMMARY
Also, since the humidor was installed, the Rock-Heads have scored 4.04 runs on the road, and 5.82 runs per game at home. That’s an Coors-field improvement of 144% in average runs per game for the Rockies. Meanwhile, visitors have only been improving from 4.79 runs per game to 5.35, an improvement of 112%. Why, since the humidor has been installed, does Coors still play like the old high-scoring bandbox for the Rockies, but only like a slightly above average park for visitors?
This is your key argument. And it’s pretty weak.
What’s the Standard deviation on park effects?
2nd key:
Has a team ever before in MLB history had a .183 HFA over a nine year period? I wouldn’t be surprised if the answer is no.
Poor research. Either look it up yourself, or don’t claim .183 is extreme. “might be extreme” is weak fucking sauce.
What is the standard deviation on HFA? Hell, at least show us the year-by-year HFA for Rockies/Coors since the Humidor was installed.
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standard deviation over one season
probably very large.
Standard deviation over a 9 year period? probably much much smaller.
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But besides that, you liked my post?
Poor research. Either look it up yourself, or don’t claim .183 is extreme. "might be extreme" is weak fucking sauce.
You’ll never fucking believe this, but posting to McC is, amazingly, not a full time paid job for me
Hell, at least show us the year-by-year HFA for Rockies/Coors since the Humidor was installed.
1993 0.136
1994 -0.028
1995 0.153
1996 0.333
1997 0.136
1998 0.086
1999 0.074
2000 0.173
2001 0.111
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2002 0.259
2003 0.296
2004 0.099
2005 0.160
2006 0.148
2007 0.140
2008 0.148
2009 0.123
2010 0.277
(again – aggregate .135 before humidor, .183 after)
Timmy and Cainer2010 = Unit and Schilling 2001
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Says the guy who just dropped an 800-word dissertation.
An 800-word dissertation that asks us to believe
that the commissioner’s office, and the rest of the NL West was like, "Ok, jeez, you guys are pathetic. OK, I guess – go ahead and cheat. At least you’ll have some fans."
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Right
Hey, none of us get paid to do baseball research. But if you are going to post a bunch of numbers that say “THE ROCKIES CHEATED”… then you maybe owe a little more due dilligence.
If you were trying to say " hmmm this is peculiar, I wonder if perhaps maybe something fishy is going on, but me or someone else with more free time than sense needs to check it out" – then fine, but the tone of your dissertation is all wrong.
Well, unless it torques some Rockies fans – in which case, “objection withdrawn”
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that does not
appear particularly significant. Hell, I’ll even paste it into excel and calculate SDs for you (unpaid, but it is friday afternoon)
SD pre-humidor 0.096
SD humidor 0.073
SD combined 0.087
AVG combined: 0.157
So, if there is no effect of the humidor on HFA, then you can combine the samples – .277 is <2 SDs from the combined average. Not really significant. At. All.
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yeah but that's a minor point
the major question is, is .183 statistically significantly off from other teams’ HFA splits over a 9 year period
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahem
5.82 is 144% of 4.04. Which is not the same as as a “144% improvement”
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specifically
it’s a 44% improvement
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which is still pretty substantial
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absolutely
but, I’d lose my Pendants Association card if I didn’t point that out.
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Your card, please.
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He left it in his other pendant.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 24, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, he just left that one on a tee, didn’t he?
Like the “Ninja Ass.: Silent, but Deadly” joke the other day.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I think those numbers are misleading
Your method for measuring HFA goes up when either home winning percentage goes up, or road winning percentage goes down. Your post-humidor numbers show that both happened – home wins up 26 percentage points and road wins down 22 points. Humidor shenanigans could theoretically account (in part) for the former, but not the latter.
If the Rockies home win percentage went up and their road win percentage stayed the same, that should be a stronger indication of potential shenanigans, but using your criteria it would be a weaker one.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
not really
you could look at it like “these rockies teams are actually getting worse (as evidenced by their road record), but their home record is IMPROVING! suspicious….”
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and honestly
I’m not sure at all how this is true
If the Rockies home win percentage went up and their road win percentage stayed the same, that should be a stronger indication of potential shenanigans, but using your criteria it would be a weaker one.
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Well, my thinking is that alleged humidor shenanigans (AHS) would be expected to improve the Rockies’ home record, but could not affect their play on the road. That assumes other factors being equal. You’re right to point out, though, that all may not be equal.
However, I’m also not convinced that road record necessarily reflects the true talent level of a team.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
well, obviously
in that no single season sample, much less half a season, reflects the “true talent” of a team
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Right
but your statement above about the Rockies getting worse as evidenced by their road record assumes that is the case.
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Especially when we're talking about the Rockies.
As hard as it is for visiting teams to adjust to the Coors effect, it’s just as difficult for the Rockies to adjust away from it when they get to sea level.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the problem is there is no evidence of actual misconduct. I know the stats may provide some evidence, but I’m thinking about evidence of Rockies personnel actually moving balls around to give them an advantage. If there’s any of that, I’d find it much more believable. Based on stats alone, I just assume it’s statistical noise.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 24, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
On a more serious note: So, here we are. 153 games in the books, and 9 to go. Here we are, entering the final stretch of the season, playing our direct competition head-to-head for two-thirds of the rest of the season. Our destiny in in our hands. But… win of lose, it’s been a hell of a season. Some heartbreaking games, some heartwarming games. No matter how it goes from here on out, remember what we’ve been treated to this season- a team that’s played their hearts out, and given it everything they’ve got.
There’s only so much baseball left, and barring the playoffs, when everyone WILL be on edge, remember that this is the last of the season until next April. Next APRIL. So, with that in mind, I fully intend to enjoy what little baseball is left. And I hope you do too.
Feel free to share your favorite moments of the season if you’d like to.
and as always, Go Giants, forever <3.
And Spring Training. Ah, idyll.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m gonna miss you guys so much after we graduate.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Let’s make a promise that we’ll meet up every Summer!
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
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Oh God, remember that time was trashed the freshman float right before Homecoming? We were such hellions!
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
oh yeah! How could I forget?!
We had way too much tequila that night! I still feel badly about the Vice-Principal’s car, though….
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I’ll never get over the time you dared me to hit on that kid from the baseball team…Nathan something-or-the-other. Wonder whatever happened to that guy.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
I kinda remember him
He was always so quiet. I’ll always remember his gorgeous, thick hair, though! Eh, I still can’t believe I went to Prom with that other baseball player, Pat. Speaking of him, I gotta run—he asked me to pick up a prescription for him. Hope it’s nothing serious!! Been fun catching up!
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you’re getting drugs for Pat??? im ashamed
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
ointment
for some kind of rash.
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why dont you keep that as your lovers secret, yeah?
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
another turning point, a fork stuck in the road…
they played that at my graduation, lol. as im sure they did at everyone else’s.
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll probably be killed by my own troops in Vietnam
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by Goofus on Sep 24, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
omg LOL
/feels guilty that I turned you down for Prom
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Hey I just signed your crack!
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Me too
My jaw starts aching right away.
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2 cool
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Call me!
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
THANK GOD
We have the 49ers to torture us until December or thereabouts.
No comment on Warriors fandom based torture. I gotta draw the line somewhere.
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Ordered up a new case of Maalox for the last week of the season ...
Checked the stuff I had left from 1993, but it was past the expiration date.
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Hopefully, things work out better than in 1989/1993 this time.
… at least we don’t have to depend on the Rox this year, just beat them.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 24, 2010 2:53 PM PDT reply actions
was flem reading actually ever confirmed, or was it just that pic in ARI?
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it was just the pic.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 24, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I will never be convinced he wasn’t reading it.
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why dont you just call in to his radio show and ask?
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I should!
/puts that on to-do list
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you hadn’t thought of just asking? lol
its just funny because of all the speculation surrounding it
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think he would admit it, anyway. And also
I’m usually in the shower when I listen to KNBR
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well, im in the shower, slathering myself with warm soap, and was just wondering…
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
/Pat Burrell walks in with 6 pack
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by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
YOUR LOOFAH IS JEALOUS!
YOUR LOOFAH IS JEALOUS!
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s the best time to call if you want to weasel a straight answer out of him
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
The Reds Are Useless
#Padres, apparently, catching a break in that Joey Votto (sinus infection) is out of the lineup for third consecutive day.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Note that I still go to work when I have a sinus infection. /gamer
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Fixed
Note that I still go to work when I have asipenus infection. /gamer
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i hear the pads fans favor that kind of infection, so be sure to stay near them if possible
ah, the gift that keeps on giving
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
VOTTO
Redeems himself by sneaking into Pods locker room and blowing his nose on everything.
This would even be smart for Reds, as they might face Pods in playoffs.
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It’s nice that no matter what happens this weekend we will not fall behind the Rockies in the standings. The Braves and Padres are not playing well, and we get the Pads at home next weekend. I am very confident in this team, and holy shit MadBum looked good yesterday. LETS GO
moar runz n stuff
by wanna Ishikawa? on Sep 24, 2010 2:54 PM PDT reply actions
no matter what happens, we won’t fall behind the Rockies. However, it could end our season getting swept, so let’s think positive. You’d think finishing ahead of the Rockies is not priority one- finishing ahead of SD is.
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
A win tonight would be huge
It would eliminate the “worst case scenario”, calm everyone down, and set them up to really do some damage
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you said huge
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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TImmy is going to come up huge. I have that feeling, also it was good to see Uribe hit two dingers last night. When he gets hot he gets HOT.
moar runz n stuff
by wanna Ishikawa? on Sep 24, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
yes, he does. he carried the team for awhile in may, safe to say without him, we may be 5 games out.
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
and yeah, i have a really good feeling about timmy too :) its a gut fee…. nevermind
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Tomorrows start is big for Zito too, if he pitches like shit I would rather have MadBum in his place. Zito pitching in Coors is such a scary thought.
moar runz n stuff
by wanna Ishikawa? on Sep 24, 2010 3:05 PM PDT reply actions
I’m nervous as hell thinking about this game. I have a bad feeling about this series.
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Sep 24, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we will win the series. Cain/Timmy ftw, Zito, maybe.
moar runz n stuff
by wanna Ishikawa? on Sep 24, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
if Guillen is in RF tomorrow, I’d be shocked because Zito is a contact pitcher, and that OF is so huge. But yeah, i feel great about Timmy and Matt.
Barry, on the other hand, may be trouble. But, he faces off with a guy who has lost his ability to locate due to “extreme dead arm” so perhaps if Zito can hold them down, we can put some serious runs up.
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Hooray for an extra $20/month and not having to watch 9/10 games on my computer! Hopefully every Giants game will be broadcast on national TV next month!
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k
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what does Jew have anything to do with Jazz?
by giant4life83 on Sep 24, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Not that the Bronx fails to bring the game, but...
Brooklyn is usually considered the most Jewish borough.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
well that certainly seems racist
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not you
the cover of that movie in the link natto posted
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not too much thought, just the “U” in Uribe, kind of has the same “EW” sound in Jew. So I dressed Juan in Rabbi wear and…. I’m not sure that Judaism has any significant relevance to Jazz music, but see now I’m over thinking this.
IT WAS BASICALLY THEY WINNER BETWEEN “RALLY JEWRIBE” or “RALLY MOUNTAIN DEWRIBE” OK..
LOL
you’ll never gain political office with such insensitivity
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by slackersphere17 on Sep 24, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
they used to be the New Orleans Jazz. Switched cities, but not names.
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JEWRIBE SAYS
Let there be knowledge! :)
Like the whole “No Lakes for the Lakers in Los Angeles” I’m always amused by sports teams and there irrelevant mascots!!
Let's not forget
the Memphis Grizzlies, which seemed much more appropriate when they were in Vancouver.
I find it hard to even imagine any combination of location and nickname less appropriate than “Utah” and “Jazz”. Maybe if the Nordiques had kept their name after moving to Colorado…
Or hypothetical future moves…
Miami Celtics?
San Diego Canadiens?
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Atlanta Yankees? Oakland 76ers?
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Sep 25, 2010 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
valid question
Judaism obviously predates Jazz music. The “LET THERE BE…” portion is reminiscent of the the Old Testament. The JAZZ is just…URIBE
I got 24, but I only feel bad about missing Mantle, Ortiz, and Prince. Those ones should have been among the first to come to mind, and I blew it.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh… also… that last comment contains SPOILERS…
Dang.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I only got Prince
Because I typed his last name only.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 24, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
spoilers
I pride myself on my ability to remember Kiner on Sporcle quizzes, but I fell short here.
Also, I never remember Hack Wilson, which I really should. Oh well.
I do not feel bad about missing Albert Belle.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
No one misses Albert Belle.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 24, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
34
Somehow I forgot Howard and Ortiz.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 24, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
hide for spoilers
31. I’m just surprised I missed Luis, the guy whos doing it now, and that one dude’s dad! I thought both Bash Brothers did it though.
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Sep 25, 2010 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Only the CFL
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 24, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
OT
Who were/are the longest-lasting battery in baseball by pitches? Posada/Pettitte? Ford/Berra?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
Posey/Lincecum
/I’m from the future
//And I’m not havin’ your skepticism
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 25, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, the Energizer Bunny’s gotta be one of the two, that’s for sure..
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 25, 2010 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions
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