Post-game thread: Giants jump on Arizona early, hold on to win fourth straight
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 7, 2010 9:09 PM PDT
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PrintRumors of Tim Lincecum’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Well, they were embellished a little bit. Okay, fine, there was a huge, steaming pile of demise waiting back there in August, but Lincecum tip-toed around it. He's on the other side now. Rumors that he rolled around in the demise like a drunk beagle have been greatly exaggerated.
This was the "Good sign!" game. It was a game in which every KNBR caller, every would-be manager with a laptop, and every talking head can start talking about the good signs. Lincecum looked like the Lincecum of yore, even if Arizona hit some good pitches in the seventh inning. Aubrey Huff hit a home run after a little bit of a dry spell. Andres Torres only had one single, but he hit the ball hard in every at-bat. Jeremy Affeldt diffused a stressful late-inning situation instead of stretching out the torture even more.
Good signs!
Good signs.
Now let’s sit back and cheer on the Dod...let’s cheer on the Dodg...oh god...let’s...is that blood?...let’s root against the Padres and against a high draft pick for the Dodgers. Win/win! Good signs.
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I said this very thing in the 3rd inning
Rumors of Tim Lincecum’s demise have been greatly exaggerated
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
It’s nice watching Timmy strike out 10+ again.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 9:11 PM PDT reply actions
SIRM
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
What's longer?
Gibbons’ or Adams’ nose? That was a battle of the long schnozzes
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Sep 7, 2010 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck you Denorfia
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Sep 7, 2010 9:11 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Really?
Awesome.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
can I get a repost of the image. The one I saw in the last thread kept getting cut off. It wouldn’t fully load….pics or it didn’t happen.
Let's bring the...
Sweet.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
OMGWTFBBQ?!?!?
"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."
i need more
i need to see flem holding todays paper and with his drivers license OR birth certificate
CAN GRANT CHECK THE IPS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Oh, I so want to link to that tranny video/IP gag right now.
If you don’t know, don’t ask. Like a record, baby. Right round.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 7, 2010 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I KNOW THIS! I mean uh…I see what you’re saying.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Not that you would want to right
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I request that specifically for my next warning.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
HI FLEM!
"The Dodgers suck, the Dodgers suck, the Dodgers suck..."
-what passed for good radio when I was 12
by RichHerreraHomer on Sep 7, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Gonna need to zoom in on that screen more
ENHANCE!
Bowkermania runs wild...in Pittsburgh.
by rightcenterfielder on Sep 7, 2010 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Enhance!
"The Dodgers suck, the Dodgers suck, the Dodgers suck..."
-what passed for good radio when I was 12
by RichHerreraHomer on Sep 7, 2010 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
HI DAVE! ALSO BOOOO STANFORD
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Stanfraud, in a nod to their cheating the US Navy back when. I mean, that shows class.
by wcw on Sep 7, 2010 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Closing an embarrassing chapter in its history, the university said it had agreed to repay $1.2 million to the Office of Naval Research for payments it had received for research conducted from 1981 through 1992. The settlement brings to more than $3 million the repayments that Stanford has made to the Government.
The institution, one of the country’s leading research universities, had repaid $2 million for charging the Government for a variety of expenses, including flowers for the its president’s home and the depreciation of a yacht.
The university described the overcharges as errors.
by wcw on Sep 7, 2010 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh.
On the other hand, I’m sure I could find some blights in every university’s history. Certainly within any university that does research.
"scott"
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I have heard him say that Uribe “really jazzed up this crowd!” after a home run before. Is that good nuff?
Bleeding orange and black since 1987
by TehGreekStallion on Sep 8, 2010 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Surely. But I went to Cal. It is my duty to mock Stanfoo and all who went there.
Plus, you know, for a little while there UCB was a force for good in the world.
by wcw on Sep 7, 2010 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking more of a high quality education for very little money for all residents good enough to get in. Ended somewhere between Reagan (governator edition) and Wilson, but it had a good ride.
by wcw on Sep 7, 2010 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s really not your duty.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
GO BEARS FIST BUMP!
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
YES
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 7, 2010 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
But...Jon Miller proof!
.277/.399/.518 out of a shortstop?!
Keep on, keepin' on, Ryan Cavan
by ryanmiles on Sep 7, 2010 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
“Hey Jon, did you read the latest chapter of Home Runs and Western Suns yet?”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Sep 7, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
Hahahahaha.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
Holy shit, this could be an awesome caption contest. I’ll try to grab a screen shot of both of them.
.277/.399/.518 out of a shortstop?!
Keep on, keepin' on, Ryan Cavan
He's seen the video
It’s a CSN Bay Area Editor’s Top Pick!
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
SBNattion Bay Area, not CSN. Bleh.
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"M IN BOISE AND DRUNK SHUT UP
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
How could he not be where you’re in him?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
But if he’s out, and you’re in him, how can you not be out while he’s out, and you’re in.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 7, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
No reason for this not to be green
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 7, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Jon: "TWSS"
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 7, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe he was on a different sb nation site
"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
Repost: My Dave Flemming story
My wife and I did a NY/Philly trip in late May/early June of 2007 to see the G’s for the last time (for us) in Shea Stadium where I misspent much of my youth. After narrowly missing the Benitez balkfest (we were landing while it was happening), we saw the G’s and Mets split a pair of games (one, a brilliant performance by Zito), and then jumped a train to Philly for a Friday evening game (which the G’s won 13-0).
Saturday we went to one of Philly’s fanciest French restaurants Le Bec Fin for lunch before returning to New York where we had plans for the evening. We picked this placed because they had a good rep, good wine list, were open for lunch, and had an air conditioner (it was blistering).
We’re seated just after they open and have the place to ourselves. Shortly afterwards two other parties are seated, one of which had three people, and was just a small table away from us. The group appeared to be a couple a bit older than us, and a young man in a white cotton tee shirt. Upon closer inspection, the young man was none other than David B. Flemming, presumably dinning with his parents (who I believe live in the DC area).
I get up to use the rest room, and when I return, I say to him, "Excuse me for interrupting, I bet you get this all the time, but you look just like Dave Flemming." And sit down back at my table nearby. He has no idea how to respond to my greeting. He’s stuttering "Well that’s because I… wait, how did you…" I introduce myself and my wife and tell him we’re Giants fans visiting for some east coast games and that we admire his work, blahx3.
We chatted a bit about the G’s series in NY and the blowout in Philly. He and his parents were really nice.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I have studied it
and can declare it IS MCC!
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
Are you sure he wasn’t trolling on Gaslamp Ball?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
OH MY GOD
I WISH I WAS IN THE THREAD!
"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.
YOU ARE!
HE TOTALLY SEES YOU NOW!
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
OMGZ
DO I LOOK OK?
/changes avatar
"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.
Here… /fixes your sig
You look great!
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
Flem was looking for you.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I'm not surprised
"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.
Oh
Confident.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Just remember
I like to toe the line of confidence not cockiness
"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.
Funny, I almost said cocky
Nothing wrong with cocky, as long as you sprinkle in some humor.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
OMG
I LOVE IT!
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 7, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG Dave Flemming laughs at my comments.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Pfft, we all know he auto rec’s Grant’s posts.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 7, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
This is crazy
I sense a meme.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Sep 7, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
David "Z" Flemming (?)
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
I like that Lincecum
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
Jose Guillen was locked in tonight, wasn’t he guys?
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Sep 7, 2010 9:12 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
It was amazing and frustrating.
A just-barely-missed, oughta-have-been to each of the three fields. Talk about (pardon it) snake-bit.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Woot
Great start for Tim. 11 K, 0 BB. Awesome.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
It’s the 0 BB that’s really friggin awesome.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
The 11 K’s is pretty sweet too though.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the Fresno Grizzlies.
That must be a negative FIP.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The home run ruins everything.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
While it's always nice to see
Timmy’s been striking dudes out left and right even in his bad games. Having good control and keeping the pitch count down is, IMO, a better sign.
But yeah I also like 11 Ks. :D
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2010 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Let’s root for a Dodgers win that the Dodgers fans can’t even celebrate.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Dammit NotPadres don’t not win!
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
Heath
Coming in for 5 outs. Make them regret this LA!
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO
OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO OPPO TACO!
Choco Oppo Taco?
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
The Gallinas
are sprung loose toward Grant’s fortress of rectitude. They will arrive before morning to peck his eyes out.
Cruel, but fair.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 7, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
/flagged
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel sick when I cheer for the Dodgers ....
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
by busterbuster on Sep 7, 2010 9:14 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
wait, can the padres fans chant BEAT LA?
"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."
true
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
by GiantsBabe on Sep 7, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
The Celtics fans were doing it during the Finals.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
That’s where it originated isn’t it?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Is it just me, or
is it pathetically sad when the Padres’ fans cheer “Beat LA”. It’s like, they want to be a part of the Giants/Dodgers rivalry, or like they want to be regarded as a real baseball team. It’s just weird.
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
And yet, most of them are Lakers fans
by Rook Takes Pawn on Sep 7, 2010 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. That's the damn sad thing
I go to college in SD and anyone who lives in a “close enough” vicinity to LA cheer on the Lakers. Why? Because it’s damn easy to jump on a bandwagon of a winning team.
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
I sadly find this to be true with some of my former classmates here.
I mean, I’m a nut for a whole lot of things, but I at least stay true to my sports teams. But I know some classmates who, when we were still classmates, would never be caught dead at AT&T or even Candlestick and Oracle fully invested in what’s going on. However, one winning season and two Lincecum Cy Youngs later, I suddenly see them taking pics at the park in their Giants gear and whatnot. Not rooting or showing the game going on, but just… posing.
Now that the Giants have been in this thing for a while, the pic quantities have escalated. Yet when I talk to them about stats and why Bork is an idiot for starting Guillen or Rowand, they still look at me cluelessly.
I wish my classmates were like my sister: dedicated to the team and progressively trying to understand the sport. Her head almost asploded when I started trying to explain WAR (which I still cry over at night sometimes on occasion), but she’s not a stat junkie like me. At least she’s inching towards hardcore fan instead of hovering at bandwagoner.
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
What is wrong with cheering on the most local team that is on your television all the time and so you actually get to watch. I grew up in LA and since my dad never cared about basketball I grew up to be a Laker fan. Shaq and Kobe pretty easily captured the imagination of my nine year old self and I have been a die hard ever since. I dont think its bandwagoning to root for the team by you. Would you have them decide to be Bucks fans for no reason at all?
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Are you saying that San Diego started the "Beat LA" chant? while cheering for the Celtics?
If true, I didn’t know.
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
Yeah
That makes more sense. Your first sentence didn’t.
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
Read it again...it wasn't "wrong"
It was a little open for intperpretation
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
People from Boston hate things?
Tell me more.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Actually Not
Origin of chant is when Celtics had lost conference finals to Philly and in waning moments of the conference finals in Boston Garden fans began to chant “Beat LA” not to cheer on their own team but to encourage the visiting Sixers to win the title against the Lakers (they didn’t). “Beat LA” is a symbol of sporting solidarity, a universal expression of hatred for the city that so deserves it. Everyone gets to use it.
by whiteylockmandoubled on Sep 8, 2010 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't mind anyone who hates our arch rival...
…as long as they’re not in first place ahead of us with only said arch rival blocking the path.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Come on Furca..
I can’t finish typing it. Too gross.
They have an excellent box company there.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
And I used to work there. I lived on Mitchell St, just off of Red Hill.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 7, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
…
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 7, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
A sad state of affairs.
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
There was a hole
In the bottom of the bandwagon
BBell
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
Four high pitches a walk makes.
Still, LOLUMP
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
Irony is
We stole it.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
We have much more occasion to use it, though.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
according the gameday, ump’s strikezone is pretty garbage in the dodgers / pads game
balls for strikes, and strikes for balls
hunter wendelstedt
it all makes sense now
Did we really need a name?
What percentage of umpires are good at ball/strike calls?
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Most of them are quite good. That’s what makes the schmucks stand out.
by wcw on Sep 7, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Guys in Milwaukee.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
by DrDC on Sep 7, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ugh
Fuck off LA.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Loney Ks.
16 pitches already for Bell, though.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
CSN Wrap
So how do we know when we get the wrap on CSN? Sometimes waiting through the FP pain is just mean when they don’t show the wrap.
Let's bring the...
They don’t show the wrap during away games.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think they did.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
turn on KNBR
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
I usually wait for the podcast. I’m always behind.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Padres have other teams that might beat them
But watching the Dodgers suck brings eternal happiness.
when the hell did gameday start showing ads
and why is brett favre trying to see me wranglers
The favorite brand of jeans for grandpas in the NFL.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Oh baby
I can’t wait til we get to lose 2-1 games in Petco later this week
anythig but one hit losses i can handle
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Freddie's "ya know" count=17 in post game interview
plus extra points for 7 “I means”
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
Those are always fun.
I need to start a count of the times my Philosophy professor finishes a sentence with “right?”. I’ll get back to you after next lecture.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I did that for my intro to philosophy professor
Through several classes, he averaged “OK” 19 times and “alright” 13 times. Counting these was the only way I didn’t fall asleep.
The 1st pitch is the best
by Tay on Sep 7, 2010 9:35 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
God fucking damnit Dodgers. 2B with 0 outs..
Stop stealing our playbook from last year / last week
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
everytime i tune into the padres/dodgers games the last 2 days i always seem to see loney striking out in a big spot
HES SO USELESS
Having him bat 3rd and NotCarlosSantana bat 4th prove that the Dodgers would rather not help us out. Ethier and Kemp have been struggling for months, but are still much better hitters.
The 1st pitch is the best
by Tay on Sep 7, 2010 9:37 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
LOL RIBEYEZ
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Oh just screw you.
Screw all of you guys in Petco Park.
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
Dodgers can't do ANYTHING right.
Act surprised.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2010 9:23 PM PDT reply actions
lameass useless Dodger crap.
Film at 11.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 7, 2010 9:24 PM PDT reply actions
Loney and Furcal removed from game… Ellis (hitting 2nd), pitcher hitting 3rd… gibbons stays in at 1B, carroll at SS
Leadoff double
Pathetic.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
WAY TO FAIL, BUMS.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 9:24 PM PDT reply actions
BUT LONELY HAS RBIS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
lol lonely
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
LOL
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
LOL
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
only the lonely
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
He’s a Loney Boy.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
you know whats hilarious
there are probably guys on gaslamp ball saying “fucking diamondbacks, they cant do anything!!”
there are probably guys on gaslamp ball
I doubt that very much.
Thing C
by markdash on Sep 7, 2010 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't think so
Considering they just got swept by the D-Backs.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
“They can’t do anything!
…except sweep us…"
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
burn
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 7, 2010 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
how could they be so heartless?
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
haha
never.
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
LOL The Fray
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
by Gobroks on Sep 7, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
still don't like Vin Scully
sorry all.
Let's bring the...
by Swager on Sep 7, 2010 9:26 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm amazed to find anyone who isn't . . .
. . . though a few pop up regularly.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Why would anyone think the greatest baseball announcer of all time doesn’t suck? WHY OH WHY?!
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
You’re the kind of guy who likes gritty gamery veterans 10 years after they’re washed up, aren’t you?
I don’t think Scully is washed up.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Do you think he’s declined at all? I don’t think I know anyone who thinks he wasn’t significantly better 20+ years ago.
Oh sure, he’s declined. But he’s not washed up.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
I disagree. The first time I ever heard him (last year I think), I indignantly asked my friend who the shitty-ass announcer is.
I can’t stand him.
I don't think he is washed up
I have never enjoyed listening to him….He makes me fall asleep…There is no intensity or enthusiasm when he calls a game
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Sep 7, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t feel the announcers are necessary in creating excitement.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
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Part of being a fan is the shared experience of cheering for your team. It creates a sense of community, or even communion.
When an announcer like Scully drags on and on in his sleepy, two-note narrative, it doesn’t really contribute anything to the experience. I’d just as soon watch Gameday.
At least that way, I know I’m getting all the names and calls right.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW!
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
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Dude
That’s the World Series…That’s a different animal than Scully’s call of a Dodger/Giant game on a Tuesday night in June
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Sep 7, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Vin Scully likes Buster Posey
He’s also a closets Giants fan. He’s OK in my book.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
That was also 20 years ago.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
That was also Jack Buck, I believe. Scully’s was the other call of that HR.
by non sequitur on Sep 7, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn’t Scully also in the box for the Shot?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Oh, no idea. The only triviata (just made that word up, do you like it?) I know about the Shot was that Willie Mays was on deck.
by non sequitur on Sep 7, 2010 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
The "I don't believe what I just saw" call
was indeed Jack Buck. I don’t know why the Dodgers insist on letting Scully embarrass himself and them. He even said he needed to spend more time with his beloved wife just two days before he said “I love baseball too much to just walk away”. Mrs. Scully must be thrilled to hear that. (I know I would be.)
by mrs. owlcroft on Sep 7, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
OK...good for you
I am telling you why I don’t enjoy him, not why you shouldn’t like him…
To each their own….
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Sep 7, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps because . . .
. . . at least for many, many years now, he’s been a terrible announcer. The definition of that is that everything he says is either canned from notes or wrong (or both).
If you don’t care what Scully is saying, no doubt his drone can be soothing. (You should hear Jon Miller, who is a superb mimic, doing Vin Scully in Japanese.) But if you are actually trying to follow a baseball game that he is announcing, you will acquire nothing but misinformation about the game, the players, and the teams. Including how names are pronounced.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
You should hear Jon Miller, who is a superb mimic, doing Vin Scully in Japanese.
I believe Jon did that on Talk of the Nation last year. It was superb.
Does anyone have a link for this?
It’s about as lionized as the Ruben Rivera call and I can’t find it online.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Think I got it for those out of the loop as well
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
The Japanese Scully slays me.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Sep 7, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Wrong.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Because Scully is still very capable and very enjoyable.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Kind of like Bengie was Bochy's guy because he was still very capable?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
How do you feel about the reanimated corpse they trot out there in his place nowadays?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Remember when the Dodgers had THE BEST OUTFIELD IN THE NL?!
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
“I want to move it, move it. I want to move it, move it. Move it.” -Jon
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 9:29 PM PDT reply actions
aahahahahaha
Jon still wants to move it, move it.
This is the best postgame ever.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2010 9:29 PM PDT reply actions
Rather than root for the Dodgers, some suggestions:
We root for the Padres bullpen to have to work hard. For Heath Bell, for example, to wear himself out getting a five out save
We root for the Padres’ hitters’ sphincters to tighten even more
A pulled hammie or two wouldn’t go amiss.
Extra innings!
We root for a win or two. Unlikely as 10 straight losses were, 17 straight is completely off the charts impossible. But 10 losses, a couple tough wins, then losing 3 out of 4? Doable.
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
Or in Latos' jock strap
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
by Giantsfan4life on Sep 7, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
heck I do that for fun
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Kruk really, really likes that song.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
lulz
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
He’s not good enough to walk intentionally every time. But he is good.
by wcw on Sep 7, 2010 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
not an allstar?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 7, 2010 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Cool
MLBN taking shots at the west coast.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
and WHAT is with them always being 3 hours behind?! Amiright?!
.277/.399/.518 out of a shortstop?!
Keep on, keepin' on, Ryan Cavan
MLB Network Talking Heads
seem to be getting worse and worse. More ESPN. Talking about west coast wearing flip flops. Plus Harold Reynolds is awful.
Let's bring the...
The business model is the business model. MLBN isn’t a non-profit.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Why does any model work? Because that’s what the consumer wants.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Well why do you think it works?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
I don’t even know what the premise is, because I really really don’t believe in an east coast bias.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Agree
It is catering to your audience, the majority of which wants to hear about the east coast…It’s simple business….
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Sep 7, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
See, I don’t feel this is even true. The networks focus on the STARS, not the coast. That’s why the Cavs and Lakers have dominated basketball coverage. That’s why the Vikings have dominated football coverage. Now, in baseball who tends to get the most stars? The Yankees and Red Sox. That’s why they get the most coverage. Not their geography.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
/4th place Mets get more coverage than Rockies, Giants and Padres
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
When?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
I shouldn’t say more coverage, but rather the information is more accurate.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
as evidenced by mlbtv constantly telling me Pablo Sandoval is batting
…you know, because he’s our biggest star…
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Maybe...
It’s because by now the majority of the nation east of Denver is sound asleep??
It’s a matter of exposure (you know best what you see) as much as it is a genuine bias against anything non-east coast, imo.
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
by short_shifter on Sep 7, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Right. Time zones have a big part of it.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
I think that's a key thing
It’s much easier for people on the West Coast to know what’s going on the east coast than vice versa
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
harol reynol
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
swing the bat, Meat! useless Dodger crap
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 7, 2010 9:32 PM PDT reply actions
Let’s go not Carlos Santana.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Blake strikes out on three pitches, never takes the bat off his shoulder.
Kindred spirits with Jose Guillen.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Holy shit
Hit a fucking dinger Ethier.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Yeah, god forbid I want my team to make the postseason.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I doubt the Dodgers team really cares. They’re just trying to do their job and keep their jobs.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
They do it unconciously
"Yo Paul, if it hurts, don't swing." - Mike Krukow
Zito: 7 Yrs $126 Million
6 Pack of beer and a month of TV: $70
Sitting down to watch Zito Strike out Helton looking on a Curve four times: Priceless
Well yeah
They do like look walking zombies out there.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
It's like this
If the Dodgers had to lose 25 straight for us to not make the playoffs they’d do it.
"Yo Paul, if it hurts, don't swing." - Mike Krukow
Zito: 7 Yrs $126 Million
6 Pack of beer and a month of TV: $70
Sitting down to watch Zito Strike out Helton looking on a Curve four times: Priceless
I was just making fun of your use of unconsciously instead of subconsciously.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Chasm
I’m a ratard sometimes
"Yo Paul, if it hurts, don't swing." - Mike Krukow
Zito: 7 Yrs $126 Million
6 Pack of beer and a month of TV: $70
Sitting down to watch Zito Strike out Helton looking on a Curve four times: Priceless
oh for fucks sake why are we paying attention here
"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."
thank you, sir
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 7, 2010 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
HORSESHIT
FUCK THIS UMP
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 7, 2010 9:34 PM PDT reply actions
How will you know, if you don't try it?
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 7, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
WTF
There’s no fucking way he swung. Unbelievable.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Great subject line!
The 1st pitch is the best
by Tay on Sep 7, 2010 9:41 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
One difficulty . . .
. . . is the differing interpretations of a “checked” swing. The official rules (at 2.00, STRIKE) are extraordinarily vague on the subject:
A strike by definition is “a pitch that is struck at by the batter and is missed.” It is purely a judgment made by the umpire as to whether the batter “struck at” the pitch.
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Breaking the wrists or the bat moving beyond the front of the plate or the batter’s body, are factors that the umpire may use to make the judgment. Factors is all they are; not definitions.
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It is not automatically a strike when a batter holds the bat over the plate preparing to bunt and does not pull it back when the pitch goes by. The same judgment applies. Did the batter “strike at” the pitch?
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It is not automatically a strike when a batter is ducking an inside pitch and he spins around and the bat crosses the plate. The umpire must judge if he was avoiding the pitch or striking at it.
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— baseball-rules.com
Some umpires apparently use physical position as the chief or sole determiner: did the bat “break the plane” of home plate? The old classic definition—which, in my opinion, ought still to be the standard—is “Was the batter fooled?” While that is a complicated subjective judgement, so is the entire rule. Old-time umps used the “fooled” criterion and, I think, did a much better job than those who try to decide how far the bat went when the man was urgently trying to hold it back.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Yeah, I like the old-time subjective method more as well.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Very overrated song.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
It’s like, “Hey, I can’t really fit religion into this song, but hey! I can just throw in a little quip that doesn’t really fit but it will sure rile people up!”
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
I don’t care about that, I just think it’s kind of a dull song.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Well yeah, it’s not like there’s anything enlightening. Lennon in general is just way overrated. #TeamMcCartney
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Right about the name
Wrong about the song. It’s a meditation and meant to be modest in presentation.
Forthright is hard to grasp in a cynical world. Thus speaks the cynical gallo . . . . sigh.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 7, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
#TeamGeorge
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
OH HAI GRAPE
:)
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
So who was worse?
The Marxist or the Veggo?
I happen to think the Beatles as a whole were overrated.
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
by short_shifter on Sep 7, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Chacun à son goût . . .
. . . as the old lady who kissed the goat said.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wow, now THIS is wrong
I agree that John tends to get more credit than he deserves in relation to Paul and George, but calling the Beatles over-rated is way off base.
Their body of work, done over a pretty short period of time holds up against anyone’s. They were both innovative and accessible in a way that no other band has approached.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
This
Although I understand where the overrated claim comes from. When you’re the best, someone will consider you overrated.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Fuck the Dodgers
I love it!
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
Wow, the Dodgers’ radio guy is also shitty. He sounds like he came straight outta the thirties.
“Bounced him like a lead time, Freddy! A lead dime, I tells ya!”
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Beard Fight!
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 7, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
i dont know grant...
That second pitch that you dubbed a “good pitch” in your little graph there looks like a pipe cleaner imo
by ncunningham on Sep 7, 2010 9:36 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Oh that's who they were interviewing
I couldn’t recognize the face
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Nah, I just couldn't tell who that guy was
I’ve never heard him talk either
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
If anything, he has an East Coast accent.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Sep 7, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I know right?
That interview surprised me
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 7, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
At least he didn't A-rod you
You tried it once and didn’t enjoy it
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
This is exactly what’s going through my head right now.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't want to do your homework either.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 7, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I intensely dislike you right now.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t have any either.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I intensely dislike you right now, too.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL U
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL US
/hi-5
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I don't have homework, either
Then again, I’m not in school.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I have homework every night, but I can totally choose not to do it on three out of seven of them.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t see you on campus today.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
What color was my hair?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Blue.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Wrong.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
That was creepy fast.
It was so dark brown that it looks black.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
DAMN YOU.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I’m good.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
TNWIS
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I know you didn't
I was disappointed greatly.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Apparently so was she
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey I did my part!
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
YOU FORGOT MY NAME.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 8, 2010 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
In this context, that sounds wrong.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 8, 2010 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Honestly, most things in this context will probably sound wrong.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
True.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 8, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah but...
Before that I loved you.
Or something.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
You cold hearted man.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 8, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know about all that.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Did the doctors say your heart was cold?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 8, 2010 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions
No, no I did not.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
WELL, THEY LIED.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 8, 2010 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I can’t lie to myself.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
…you clever son of a biscuit eating bulldog.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 8, 2010 12:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I like biscuits and I like bulldogs
I’ll take that as a compliment!
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I was in the computer lab for a while trying to figure out why my homework wasn’t printing. But after that I sauntered up to the Tea Shop, and then after that I sauntered back to Mills Hall, where I went to class.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
WHY DON’T YOU WALK LIKE A NORMAL PERSON
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s, like, fifty billion computer labs on campus, haha. But I was at the Tea Shop at around 6:15.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I was in Stern 10, I think, and didn’t get all printed up until right about 6:25.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah. I know where that is. And I think a lot of the printers have been malfunctioning around here lately.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
It had no toner, but it displayed no no toner message.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Hence the malfunctioning stuff.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
They have pills for that now.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL U
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Update-I just did my homework and my group member texted me at 9:45
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Well, then.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s good.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently, there was a great reading at Mills Hall tonight.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw them setting up for that after my English class. I wish I went.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
My workshop professor said that it was easily the best reading that she has ever seen at Mills.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
They have shop classes at Mills?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice. I might end up going to the next one, though.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Teddy?
Imagine being locked in a room and having to listen to him announce the Pads 2010 season back to back to back….
And you thought Giants’ baseball was torture…
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Sep 7, 2010 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
FUCK THE FUCKING DODGERS
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by sadison bummedgarner on Sep 7, 2010 9:37 PM PDT reply actions
fucking useless Dodgers. mailing it in.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 7, 2010 9:37 PM PDT reply actions
bluuuuugh
Can’t count on the Dodgers to do anything for us.
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
Fuck.LOLA.
I said it yesterday, Giants will just have to take care of business themselves.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
It’s a best of 7 series with the Pads. We take 4 of them, we should win the division. Padres have a tougher schedule here on out.
Let's bring the...
I think the Giants could do it even at 3-4. Can’t afford to lose 5 though.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Less than two weeks ago
Everyone was saying we’d need to win 5 of 7 at a minimum. What a difference a losing streak makes
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
The stupid Rockies are making it hard to enjoy that.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m much more worried about the Rockies than even the Padres. With Tulo back from injury, and with Ubaldo and CarGo, they’ve got three of the ten best players in baseball
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by Giantsfan4life on Sep 7, 2010 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Tulo is not top 10. I wouldn’t put him top 20.
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And is CarGo really that good? Something tells me even if he has been good enough so far this year, he doesn’t have the longevity of results to really place him in that echelon.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Tulowitzki is much easier to shove out of the argument; good power, overrated defender.
Gonzales is a tougher one to argue, so I didn’t want to start a war about it; he’s having a great season, but he’s still somewhat of an unknown quantity. I don’t think that Gonzales will win the Triple Crown or the MVP, and I think that once he comes down off this current hot streak, he will look much more human.
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He is. He has a legit shot at the triple crown.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
You just have to wait it out for a decade. Not looking so good know eh Todd?!
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess he does, but I still disagree.
His power is impressive, but he is running off of a .385 BABIP which is much higher than his previous career average of about .320-.330 and even then he is only 15th on the WAR leaderboard.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Actually, he’s 20th. I didn’t include pitchers.
Yeah, there’s no way he’s top-10 in baseball.
Given Coors, he’s probably not even top 25.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
CarGo's Home/Road Splits
AVG OBP SLG OPS
HOME .395 .439 .794 1.233
ROAD .288 .310 .450 .760
Hi Coors Field.
lol
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Have you read that fanpost on AN?
Absolutely meaningful.
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
I'll summarize it with a credit link at the bottom
Faded are ball movement outside of coors, in focus are movement at coors. Data drawn from colorado pitchers. The bigger the distance between the foreground and a washout mark, the bigger is the “Coors effect” on that specific pitch.
CG swung at more than 100 fastballs while playing away games this year. He managed to put less than a quarter of the ones he swung at in play, while the league succeeds at it more than the half of the times.
* Different pitches move differently due to their respective spins
* Visiting pitchers throw similar pitch selection in Colorado as they do elsewehere
* Colorado pitchers throw less fastballs at home
* Fastballs are the pitches most affected by thin air, as they lose a big part of their movement, unlike breaking pitches
* Carlos Gonzalez is being pitched more fastballs on the road than at home
* He struggles with fastballs on the road, yet is successful against them at home
* His performance on breaking pitches is pretty similar home and away
This is only a summary. read the whole thing. It’s very very cool.
Credit here :
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2010/8/8/1611852/carlos-gonzalez-a-god-on-a-mountain
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
From Athletics Nation?
I can only imagine how they feel about Gonzalez….
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
This wasn't meant as a bias thing
Its just if Bowker was CarGo, I can imagine the ire of this place. You could cut it with a knife.
I think that other blogs are a bit less prone to hysteria…
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They are, but they are also way out of line with his H/R splits earlier in his career.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yeah, I don’t think those are anywhere near his H/R true talent splits. But the dude goes from being Pujols at home to being…Rowand?
Everyone should read Sky Kalkman's piece
If they’re going to pull out H/R splits.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Is this the same Tulo we are talking about here. The guy that has a legit claim to best SS in all of baseball, especially cuz HanRam isn’t much of a fielder. He’s at least number 2 in the game at his position and that should make him top 20
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Three of the top 10? Seriously?
I wouldn’t put any of them in the top 10, and Ubaldo isn’t even a top 5 pitcher.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
3 of the top 10 in baseball?
Not even 3 of the top 10 in the NL
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
hey, we got Torres apparently out of his slump, same with Huff, Sanchez hitting, Guillen (you know Guillen is going to play, so might as well mention he is heating up too), Burrell still driving the ball.
Most important is Torres and Huff getting hot right now
Guillen hit some pitches in strange places, places even Natto wouldn’t go.
They didn’t go out because he tomahawked them, with topspin. Sure, that’s how he hits, but I can’t call it “bad pitching.”
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 7, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
We got the old freak back on Monday
I think we match up good. Padres are out of their Majick Vodoo 1-0 wins.
TRUE TO THEIR NATURE TILL THE END
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 9:38 PM PDT reply actions
WORTHLESS FUCKS
I hate everything about the Dodgers.
All is right with the world
I have the least confidence in Zito out of our whole rotation
Come on now… six innings.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
WAIT
WE CAUGHT FLEM ON MCC?
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by sadison bummedgarner on Sep 7, 2010 9:38 PM PDT reply actions
Singing
Rollin’ down, The Embarcadero
Big nasty redhead at my side
I was born to ride …
I hate LA
I hate LA
LOL
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
um..
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
I didn’t know Tim practices Kabalah
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 7, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
"Where's my choco taco?"
“Wait……
…..
…..
did I eat it already?"
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
About Tim Lincecum:
I mentioned this on the GameDay thread, but suspect it got lost. There is a most interesting article about Lincecum’s performance over at Baseball Prospectus, and (amazingly) it seems the whole thing can be read without a subscription: “Freaky Concerns” by Eric Seidman. Recommended reading.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
can you just summarize it
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 7, 2010 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Basically
His September 1st (good) outing was more a relief to Giants fans vs. what we expected
He was horrible in August
His struggles this year more may be more magnified than otherwise b/c the Giants have an actual chance at the playoffs (he argues they didn’t last year)
He then looks at his 5 worst spans in terms of runs allowed from 2007-2009 and finds they all happened in 2007. But over the last two years at his worst was an above average pitcher.
But what is concerning about 2010 struggles is not the poor results that all pitchers experience but his inputs (stuff and velocity)
- Fastball has lost velocity and horizontal & vertical movement
- Curveball has lost horizontal movement
- Change up has remained steady
- Slider has more movement now
So the big concern is the fastball is moving less and has almost no horizontal movement. He also states that hitters may be less intimidated given the above.
Moving forward he will have to do what other great pitchers such as Maddux and Martinez have done – use their intellect to evolve as a pitcher.
My take: the write up isn’t particularly ground-breaking (kind of states what we have been seeing) but the data is cool that shows the specific changes in the movement of his pitches. I also think he could come back next year with a new fire and actually gain some of his fastball back (although probably not back to where he was). Time will tell.
Dinner: pasta
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Pizza.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Chicken a la penne… fuck!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Same here but it's dinner number 2 for me
I really dislike vegan potlucks. Also, it’s an abomination for Chili to have cashews in it.
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People can be vegan if they want but don’t make me become one.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Yuck!
Srsly, chili with cashews in it? Yikes.
by mrs. owlcroft on Sep 7, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Just cashew butter.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Nachos.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
If you're in LA
Big mistake not going to Baby Blues
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lol
Not sure if the LA comment was a joke, but either way it’s funny
Guess I should have said “Venezia, bitches!”
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Indeed
Also, why is the Anglicization (?) of Italian words so crappy?
“Firenze” is awesome.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
In that particular case, it probably had something to do with how awesome "The Brady Bunch" was
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Firenze Henderson?
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Sep 8, 2010 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I read it after you posted it
Great article and I totally agree with it…
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Sep 7, 2010 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Does it sound a bit like ...
Tim is re-teaching himself to pitch, so he will last longer, whether it hurts this year’s effort or not? Perhaps after fooling with ideas of slower fastballs he is coming back for the pennant race? Or am I reading too much into it?
by GiantMalcontent on Sep 7, 2010 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
He does do really well down the stretch typically.
Might not even be such a new thing.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Thinking he was deliberately losing velo is probaby over thinking it
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
If the Padres won a game tonight at PETCO Park but nobody was there to see it, did it really happen?
WHICH DEDICATED POSTGAME THREAD AM I IN???
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by sadison bummedgarner on Sep 7, 2010 9:43 PM PDT reply actions
THE ONE WITH KITTENS AND NINJAS AND FART JOKES.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
I've been wanting to post this since I heard about his debut today
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
Eh?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Dillon Gee.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
He absolutely needs to petition to change his walkup music to Gee.
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
Nope. Still don’t get it.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Baby.
Face.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
/fell in
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
And I didn’t even get it.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
DO I HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT
GEE GEE GEE GEE BABY BABY BABY
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
Obscure K-Pop reference is obscure.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I can't read Korean, so spelling it out won't help.
I can say ‘start’, ‘Stop’, ‘Thank you’, name a few body parts, count to ten and that’s about it. My wife is wondering what the hell I’m listening to as I type this.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought for sure somebody would help me out by now..
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
NOT ENOUGH AZNS
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Sep 7, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I HATE THAT SONG JCT WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Let's be honest
We want the Padres to lose but deep down laughing at the Dodgers losing.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
BREAKING NOOZ
The Dodgers are now a sub-.500 team.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
LOL
Awesome. Although I wouldn’t mind them having a worse draft pick. I’d rather be awful than mediocre.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
i kinda wish they don't have a protected first round pick
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
Wow
All of our HRs were on first pitches from Enright
Also, is Guillen the only man in baseball that could make that shot into a single.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
How quickly we forget Bengie Molina
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
Dude hit a triple. Right now, I don’t think Guillen could hit a triple unless someone put a pinball machine out in left.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
he almost did that one game!
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
But I saw Guillen hit a triple in his first game as a Giant
Except it was scored a “double – thrown out at 3rd by a mile”
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
You’re forgetting our old friend, Bengie.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry
I just hate it when players don’t even try to run out HRs. I have bad memories of that Pablo one against the dodgers last year
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
It always bugged me that Bonds never ran out anything
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
This
I could reconcile everything else, but not that.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Sep 8, 2010 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
His HR balls or groundballs?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Everything
It must’ve annoyed Kent too, because after he left the Giants, he let that soft liner drop in front of him just to embarass Bonds since he knew he wouldn’t be running it out
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Meh
I really don’t remember that well, perhaps at the end of his career I do, but I don’t remember before that.
I suppose when you’re that good, nobody has any right to complain.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Absolutely we do
I don’t think it’s asking too much for players to give as much effort as possible
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Bonds never quit on his team (say like, Manny Ramirez), and not running out a harmless ground ball isn’t going to change many people’s opinions of him.
I can’t remember of him not hustling on a regular basis at all, so it’s not something I’m going to accuse him of.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
He not hustled on a regular basis as a teenager playing American Legion ball and, like with his professional career, his production was so overwhelming nobody could really say shit about it.
He also has said that Willie Mays drilled it into him that he was so valuable to his team that pulling a hamstring running out popups was more damaging than not running out the popups. I’m actually inclined to agree.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't remember him not running out easy outs until like 2005
When he came back from injury. I just thought he was gimpy from 2005 onward
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I remember him doing it at Central Park in San Mateo when he played with my brother. And I also remember him hitting the building across the El Camino from there with a home run.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I was wondering . . .
. . . if someone would bring that matter up. I concur with Willie.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Thats no good
Especially in a park that makes flyballs into homers. What happens when he goes home to a park that makes homers into flyballs?
It's better to be lucky than good.
by Myemail21479 on Sep 7, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
There are reasons.
Meulens told them that Enright was likely going to try to steal a lot of first-pitch strikes, so for once, be aggressive and go after the first pitch if you like it (check with me after the first at-bat). That man needs his salary doubled, retroactive to the dawn of time.
Guillen was not the only person in the park, or watching, who though the ball was clearly out. That’s not an excuse, but better men than him have made that sort of error.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
You might as well just make “Sabean delenda est!” your sig if you’re going to append it to all of your posts.
wait, it is not part of his sig?
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
It's not in this post
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/9/7/1675814/post-game-thread-giants-jump-on#46236156
Unless he changed his sig for that one post.
I think it is in his sig.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
It’s not – it’s too big and too far away from the rest of his sig.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Can you bold words in your sig?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
No, we've discussed this:
It would be in a small, faint font, and the last thing I want is that message to be small and faint.
Unless there is a way to size and boldface sig-line text: if there is, someone please tell me. (For that matter, I can’t even figure out how to size ordinary body text—HTML codes don’t seem to work.)
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
What episode of Firefly is “…delenda est!” from, anyways?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
It was War Stories. You don’t remember because that wasn’t a very good episode and you haven’t watched it since.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Meh
The war flashbacks were awesome but the main plot was kinda hackneyed.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Are you thinking of The Message?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry
I must have been, but what was the main plot of war stories?
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Mal got captured by Niska (sp?) and Wash had a tiny gun.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm
I actually like that one. Mostly, if I’m remembering right, they went and offed either Niska or a memorable subordinate at the end of it which kind of raised the stakes on the series. I was expecting a bit more of a serial with recurring characters getting thwarted and returning and this made it a bit more heavy.
Also, it was quippy.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Yeah, 14 episodes and we still had Reavers, Niska, and Saffron show up in two each. Quite the universe they were building.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 7, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Take me, sir. Take me hard.
that wasn’t a very good episode
YOU SHUSH!
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 7, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
It wasn’t! It was a very poorly written episode!
“This is something the captain has to do for himself.”
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Chasm?
“No! No it’s not!”
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 7, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
So the captain is fighting for his life, and Zoey is going to crack jokes while actively endangering his life further in the process?
No, she’s going to shoot the motherfucker and make jokes after.
It’s bad writing. Realism completely fucked for the sake of a punchline. Bah.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
And don’t get me fucking started about Shan Fucking Yu.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry: Zoe.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, maybe they really had to shoehorn in that joke, I’ll give you that. But if we’re talking about faults of Firefly, I’m going to go with a) why was Book not dumped on Whitefall and 2) why was Jayne not only not airlocked but allowed to stay with the crew?
Also, War Stories has “I’ll be in my bunk.”
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 7, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually think there are a lot of problems and hiccups with that show. It makes up for it by being really good when it’s good, though. And while I would have really liked to have seen it eventually hit its stride, there is a storyline with Inara they were going to pursue that Tim Minear described that I’m fairly glad never got filmed.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
They might have decided not to do it, though. Stories like that (as in, ones that were set up without specifics so they could be anything) get changed all the time.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
That’s true. I’ll leave it at “if this was going to happen, I’m glad it didn’t, but if it wasn’t going to happen, I really would have loved to see what would have happened.”
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 8, 2010 12:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a problem with the third act break in that one, where it’s “Mal is dead.”
But he’s not, of course. I know it and you know it, writers. Stop insulting my intelligence.
There was something else I was going to mention, but I forgot it in the process of writing this comment.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
That’s probably my least favorite episode overall.
/Checks episode list.
Yeah. Without watching them again, I’d put that as my least favorite. Bushwhacked is probably second.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 8, 2010 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Tell it to Cato.
Oh, wait, no, he’s dead. Well, tell it to the Marines.
Sabean delenda est!
(I mean is there someone who actually disagrees?)
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
With the sentiment? Or the de facto super-sig?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps you’ve already explained it, and I apologize if I’m stating the obvious; but for those who don’t know, owlcroft is taking a page from Cato the Elder’s playbook and calling for Sabean’s head after every speech (or post, in this case), the way Cato called for the desctruction of Carthage. It doesn’t work quite the same if it’s just part of his sig.
If it succeeds, I’m guessing owlcroft will sow the carpet in Sabean’s office with salt, or something. Whatever you do to an office so it can’t be lived in again.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
What you do . . .
. . . to an office so it can never again be occupied is let Brian Sabean use it for a time. It becomes ineradicable.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
"Post Game Live"
As heard, and reported to me, by mrs. owlcroft. She cannot remember who said it.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wouldn’t stealing a lot of first-pitch strikes be something you should expect every pitcher to try to do? Why should the team try to hit differently against Enright because they suspect he is going to try to do something that every pitcher, by rights, should be trying to do?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't write 'em, I just read 'em.
Perhaps their scouting sensed that Enright was doing this more, or perhaps more directly (meaning with pitches right down the middle) than is normal. Moreover, meulens has been preaching all season about the importance of taking pitches, especially early in the count, to see what the guy is doing just then—so this was an “ignore previous telegram” sort of advice.
But beyond such speculation, I only know what was actually said.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
That makes sense. I made the mistake of taking his words for your words. And the results do seem to suggest that the team was taking advantage of something on first pitches that was out of the ordinary.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Adjustments chess match
Opponents previously: The Giants have no discipline. Throw first-pitch crap and they’ll chase.
Muelens: They’re throwing you guys first-pitch crap and you’re playing into their hands. Take a pitch.
Opponents: They’re taking first pitches now. Steal a strike.
Muelens: They’re trying to steal strikes. Jump on it!
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
by Goofus on Sep 8, 2010 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
/Miguel Montero reaches for a twelve-pack of “high fastball.”
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
No, I think that to steal first pitch strikes would be just laying them in the zone rather than try to locate. I think thats what Sanchez did his last start against the Dodgers. He pounded the strike zone on the first pitch by putting fastballs right over the heart of the plate. The Dodgers probably had the gameplan of taking as many pitches as possible and failed to adjust. Enright tried to get ahead by putting pitches in the middle of the plate
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
One game back of the Pads
One game back of the Braves. LETS DO THIS
OMG Goofus is a closet wow fan?
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
Not at all, but that clip on youtube is the funnist thing I've ever seen
Closest thing I’ve done to WOW is playing D&D when I was in Jr. High (late 70s)
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Not me: I googled "Goofus MCPenisbutter"
and this blog didn’t come up. I figured I was needed here
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
LOL Thong
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
BAD PLACE FOR ROMS BRO
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I’ll upload Fester’s Quest, and SBN can’t stop me.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 7, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
oh but that game sucks so much
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
oh
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
oh I get it
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
:-O
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
/searches for “Grant Brisbee llamas” and repeatedly clicks link
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Sep 7, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
DID YOU MEAN GRANT BISBEE
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 7, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually LOL'd
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
Dammit Grant, where’s my Angel Villalona update?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
sorry
not everybody is a perfect speller, okl!
I also cop to “brian wilson giants girlfriend”
whatevs
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
inorite!?
thenks, bocheon, u r a nise persen!
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
I had no idea there was so much interest in Brian Wilson's dating habits
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 7, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m not so sure the guy “dates” per se…
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Sep 7, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Plowing habits . . . whatever
But yeah, I don’t get the interest. I mean, I would, but I’m not going to go internet stalking him to find out he he’s currently hooking up with
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 7, 2010 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
agreed. and besides, his public persona interests me a lot more than his private life. if there’s even a difference.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Sep 8, 2010 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, he’s a hilarious, albeit weird, interview and a good looking guy. But mostly I just think he’s really damn good closer. I’m most interested in him getting saves for my team.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
i like him getting saves for my team too!
but can’t say i’m ashamed of winking when i took a picture with him ;)
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Sep 8, 2010 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions
And you shouldn’t! That picture was of you was adorable!
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
/leers
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
LIKE A SOW!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions
They are who we thought they were.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
- Yay Giants win!
- Yay Timmy, especially through six!
- Yay bats!
- Yay Romo & Affeldt closing it out to give Wilson a breather.
- I had no idea Mike Hampton was still alive.
Can't stop here!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
This is bat country
It's better to be lucky than good.
by Myemail21479 on Sep 7, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
What is this a reference to? My pop culture-fu is limited.
by non sequitur on Sep 7, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Fear and Flying in Los Flaygas
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
God damn it
So tantalizingly close to 1st place.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
So close I can floss with its pubes.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That is actually not as easy to do as it sounds. Pubes would rather break than slide between teeth.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean… wow, that’s pretty close….
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
this reminds me of that quote from gaslamp ball
so now we’ve brushing and flossing teeth covered
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Cuzzi-close.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Fuck, I was at that game.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Just keep winning. Just keep winning. Just keeping winning.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 7, 2010 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
A’s coming close to humiliating the Mariners. Two outs in the ninth, no one on, down by five, and now the tying run is on first.
Aardsma coming in for the one out save!
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
I’m going to be in the bleachers tomorrow. Don’t burn Aardsma!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.