A once in a lifetime chance for the Giants
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 8, 2010 10:33 AM PDT
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PrintI was around in August. You know, last week. I was paying attention to baseball and everything. So if someone could explain how the Giants are just a game-and-a-half away from home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, I'd sure appreciate it.
| W | L | ERA | GS | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cain |
2 | 2 | 3.00 | 6 | 39.0 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 38 |
| W | L | ERA | GS | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Lincecum |
0 | 5 | 7.82 | 5 | 25.1 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| W | L | ERA | GS | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Zito |
0 | 4 | 7.76 | 5 | 26.2 | 38 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| W | L | ERA | GS | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Sanchez |
2 | 2 | 3.53 | 6 | 35.2 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| W | L | ERA | GS | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Bumgarner | 1 | 1 | 5.29 | 6 | 32.1 | 47 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com
Generated 9/8/2010.
That was the rotation. The team strength. The constant. The only thing we could count on for the past two years. When the pennant race started to tighten, three rotation members imploded. They pulled other starters into their gravity. They absorbed all light, reflecting none. They sucked. And how.
With three-plus weeks left in the season, the Giants are just a game-and-half back from the best record in the National League. And we may ask ourselves, well, how did we get here? This is not my beautiful rotation. This is not my beautiful lineup.
Of course, it's not time to start pouring champagne over each other just yet. If the season ended today, the Giants wouldn't make the playoffs. But I know exactly how the Giants would have gotten there. That road map is not a mystery. We all remember the limp offensive performances, the rough starts, and the bullpen meltdowns. We might tell ourselves, this is so our out-of-code shanty. We might tell ourselves, this is exactly our wife, looking like Julian Tavarez in pantyhose.
I have no idea how to describe this team. It doesn't feel like a league-chomping juggernaut like the 2000 team did in the second half. It doesn't feel like a team of destiny and luck like the 1997 team did. The 2010 team feels like a blank slate. They've blown our minds with thrilling wins, like the four-homer comeback win against the Dodgers and Jonathan Broxton. Remember that? That was awesome.
Sigh. So awesome.
Wait, sorry. Just thinking about the look of disappointment on Broxton's face as he turned to watch Juan Uribe's ball leave the yard. Remember that? That was awesome.
Anyways, the Giants have also crushed our spirits with brutal losses. They've lost a one-hitter, a game in which they rallied from nine down, and a 15-inning game against a division rival. They've often scored just enough to tantalize, but not enough to win, just like last year. Duane Kuiper picked up on it early. Giants baseball: torture.
That's why I'm just filled with optipessimism. I'm getting greedy, and starting to think that if the starters are as good in September as they were awful in August, maybe they will somehow end up with the best record in the NL. I don't know how they're in the position to even think about that, but they are. But I'm also thinking that the Giants blew their best chance by not winning more games during the Padres' losing streak, and that the Padres are still going to out-doink the Giants in their seven remaining games against each other.
I've never been this conflicted about a team since I've followed sports. I could write a 1,000-word essay on why they're going to be eliminated from contention next week. I could write a 1,000-world essay on why they're going to end up with home-field advantage. It's frustrating. It's really, really frustrating.
It's also pretty danged fun. No point, really. It's just kind of a weird season. Same as it ever was.
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Letting the days go by . . .
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I Prefer...
Well we know where we’re goin’
but we don’t know where we’ve been.
And we know what we’re knowing’
but we can’t say what we’ve seen.
Hopefully we’re heading somewhere instead of being on a Road to Nowhere.
TEH INTERNETZ: if you're wondering whether it's worth it, it's not worth it.
by lurkers UNTIE on Sep 8, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
You don’t have to wait for more instructions. No one makes a monkey out of me.
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Once there were tailgaters
Now it’s a peaceful oasis
(you got it, you got it)
This was a baseball park
Now it’s all covered with daisies
(you got it, you got it)
I miss the panda hats, splash hits, and five dollar churros
(you got it, you got it)
And as things fell apart
Nobody paid much attention!
(you got it, you got it)
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
TH to Whitesnake in one ugly little step.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
i maintain that pre-Slide It In Whitesnake is really damn good and will fight anyone what says different.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
We're not little children
and we know what we want
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
You may ask yourself, “Who is that slow running right fielder?”
Sabean may ask himself, “My God, what have I done?”
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
by jhiat00 on Sep 8, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sabes has NO self reflection gene. NONE.
Proud supporter of the Fightin' Hydrants.
by Little Napoleon on Sep 8, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
@SavvySabes Clubhouse manager Mike Murphy claims he didn’t order me this case of pink thongs and Huff says he’s only wearing the one, so… mystery. BS
I think eldingo is right
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
The Gibson!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Only hides the kook on the right
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Probably not, but . . .
. . . that is not the same as being good enough to start games in what so far is a tight race.
Sabean delenda est!
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Would need a 40 man move.
Hinshaw?
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Apparently the Giants are considering selling his contract to a Japanese team
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Hinshaw for Toro (and I don’t mean Miguel Del)!
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I feel like chicken tonight.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I feel like Hank Williams tonight.
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
Is it cold in there?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I asked Hank Williams
how lonely does it get?
Hank Williams hasn’t answered me yet.
But I hear him coughing all night long
a hundred floors above me
in the tower of song.
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
What’s this “for a chicken” crap? You got something against chickens?!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
/sharpens large talons
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
/waits for Gallo
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm still reading the tea leaves
of the blown call on Ishikawa at home plate in the Mets game.
I may be 3/3 in games at dodger stadium this year
but I’m 0/2 at AT&T, and that was one of the games I went to. Sooooo dissapointing.
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
i’m listening to the Carpenters, and I’m going to Saturn Cafe for lunch. I’ll probably get a veggieburger.
Someone said it yesterday: this is the most entertaining Giants team in years. Between the on-field performances and the off-field antics and personalities, being a Giants fan is fucking fun this year.
Now Bison B.C. is playing.
I’ll probably still get a veggie burger. And steak fries.
Hopefully good Zito will show up tonight.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Oh, man. I could sure go for a steak burger and veggie fries right now.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 8, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
OH THE IRONY OF SERVING STEAK FRIES AT A VEGETARIAN DINER
Prince Fielder is a vegetarian.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Clint Eastwood is a vegan.
Overplayed memes:
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by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
hey, i’m trying to keep this baseball-related.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
HEY HE IS SF RELATED!
Overplayed memes:
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by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
My roommate in college and my gf both tried vegan-ism at points and both dream about dairy products.
Overplayed memes:
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by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
i don’t understand this.
i also don’t understand the lineups Bruce Bochy constructs sometimes.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Wow, yeah. That made no sense. I had this eccentric roommate in college he tried to be a vegan while I lived with him. He ending up dreaming about eggs and dairy products. The same thing happened to my GF before I knew her.
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by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
interesting
i’ve been vegan for, jeez, going on 20 years, and I never crave or dream about dairy products. i do occasionally jones for a reuben, however.
hey, remember Ruben Rivera’s epic baserunning blunder?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I apologize in advance for this
Homemade:
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Not appetizing.
Overplayed memes:
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Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Reuben Rivera?
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
And that was the worst sandwich in the history of food!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
by jhiat00 on Sep 8, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Johnny, dear god
I am worried about your health. Please tell me you at least made it on whole wheat bread?
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
That is whole wheat bread (I didn’t have any rye on hand). I cured and smoked the pastrami myself. If it makes you feel better, the kraut is a lacto-fermented, living food…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
true fact: sauerkraut and cold pilsener are all that’s needed for a balanced nutritious life.
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that's good to know
It’s cool how you put so much time into it, it makes it taste so much better that way.
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
Usually. I have made… mistakes.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
well curing and smoking sounds complicated!
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
Mostly it’s just time consuming. And delicious.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Rye bread needs butter, but other than that looks great, but they’re even better with knockwurst sliced in half on there, kind of like a sailor.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll take 3
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Thats it I’m having one for lunch
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?
I had one yesterday.
Underrated sandwich.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
by whom?
pastrami and reubens are history’s greatest sandwiches atmo.
also hamburger i guess.
BASEBALL
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
But I’m hungry right now!
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
A little heavy.
I like me some chicken salad sandwich. A little pesto in there…. Communist, but delectable when done right.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I like the cutting board too.
Is that bamboo?
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Sep 8, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Yessir
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 8, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Finally, someone let me outta my cage!
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
now, time for me is nothin’ cuz i’m countin’ no age
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I’m good at repairs, and I’m under each snare
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Intangible
Bet you didn’t think so I command you yo
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Panoramic view
Look I’ll make it all manageable
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Wow
This song makes no sense. Or maybe I just cant grasp the symbolism.
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 8, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Most of Del’s stuff is like that.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I like the Gorrillaz though, especially Plastic Beach
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 8, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup, Demon Days and Plastic beach are great.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I saw him live this year in Santa Barbara, he was fucking unbelievable. When he finshed with Clint Eastwood, it brought the house down
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?
Was everyone ok?
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 8, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Seeing him or Hiero would be pretty cool.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
it's about an acid trip
you were expecting it to make sense?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
also
C-C-C-Combo Breaker!
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Their skinny fries are awesome. At least they are in Santa Cruz.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 8, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Huh.
I had no idea until just now that there was a Saturn Cafe anywhere other than Santa Cruz.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Neither did I.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
Does Saturn still have Chocolate Madness?
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
not sure what that is
a sundae or something?
(i can check in an hour and report back)
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I'm going to hate this team if they fall short of the playoffs
Or maybe hate baseball. I get a headache just thinking about all the boneheaded decisions that Sabean/Bochy have made since last season ended.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
No Worries
We have Buster Posey. We will end the season exactly as he allows. His word is done.
First ever adoptee: Steven Michael Decker, our 2012 San Francisco Giants Manager/starting catcher.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
by redhornet78 on Sep 8, 2010 10:43 AM PDT reply actions 11 recs
Why the big suit?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
did anyone else read this? Even as an avid cyclist and Heads fan, I couldn’t make it through.
Aaron Rowand did some pretty serious cycling to prepare for the 2010 season.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
My friend
picked up a drunken David Byrne and Cindy Sherman when they fell off their bikes in the Meat-packing district.
And I wrote a string quartet for Byrne. He was great.
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
Well David Byrne is the fucking man, did you hear his quasi rap a few years ago?
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?
Totally OT
but I love this clip
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=59435851
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
Maybe that time would've been better spent in the batting cage...
Just sayin’
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Talking Heads recommendation
Do you have an album of theirs to start with for the (relatively) unfamiliar? I sometimes don’t necessarily like to start on the first album of an older band, but something in the middle and then go back to the beginning.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Sep 8, 2010 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Remain in Light
atmo
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
There will be debating this, start with Remain in Light, then go to Talking Heads 77 (their 1st), then More Songs... (their second). The live albums are good starting places as well (Stop Making Sense and The Name of the Band…)
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Thanks to both of you.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Sep 8, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
The Rhino reissue of the live Name of This Band
is friggin amazing. Much better than Stop Making Sense as a listening experience (though I love the film dearly).
by Duelling Brandos on Sep 8, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, this was vinyl only until just recently. (I was at the show that became side two shortly after my 18th birthday.)
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I saw them with Burning Spear at the Civic in 1982. Epic.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Dissenting opinion
Start with Remain in Light.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
YOU CALL 2-2 RECORD AWESOME!!!!!!! THERE IS A REASON YOU AREN"T A GM!!!!
Overplayed memes:
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by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Side note: As some of you know I have a anti-sabr borther in law who I go to Phillie games with. I went to the first game of the philly/fish double header with him and one of his friends on Monday. I made the mistake of saying the Stanton is one of the best young players in the league. They laughed and made fun of his .232 BA.
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 8, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
For the love of Dog
How hard would it be to change that T to a K?
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
I hope your nephews and nieces follow after your sister.
"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 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
In August, I started did something three time that was related to the Giants and they won all three games, I’ve now done that super secret superstitious thing three times in September; they won all three games.
Record 6-0. So what I’m saying is… sorry guys, I will pick more games for us to win this month.
You better do this during the Padres series.
"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.
Maybe ONLY doing the Padres series. Don’t want to tempt the baseball gods to smite you, and all of us along with you.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 8, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
fap fap fap
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
our team is streaky
the pitching staff is streaky as a whole and so is the offense.
the starters pitch shitty at once and then amazing all at once
the bullpen sucks together, and does great together.
the offense sucks ass together and then rapes together.
hopefully august was our shitty month and we will tear shit up in september
a request
don’t use “rape” in this context. it’s in extremely poor taste.
thanks in advance.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
by delorean on Sep 8, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 8, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
the pitching staff is streaky as a whole and so is the offense.
These two do not streak the same way.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Somewhat disagree
I don’t really think our pitching is streaky…we had a bad August but overall it’s been fantastic
Hitting is always streaky…even the Yankees/Phillies go through slumps however I think the Giants hitting is trending upwards since July…certainly it’s a lineup that makes opposing pitchers think..
Torres…one of the best leadoff hitters with pop
Sanchez….good average and takes pitches
Huff…Veteran hitter…good power
Posey…hitting deity
Burrell…big power veteran
Guillen/Ross…good average (not much power though)
Panda…still a threat…trending up
Uribe…power threat
I think this represents the season pretty well. The Giants are in the blue pant and the padres are in the red.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:02 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs
bingo
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
let them think they have success in their sights and then boom! take it away.
Overplayed memes:
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2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Charlie Brown thought the same thing about Lucy holding the football (handegg).
by non sequitur on Sep 8, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
This is basically how Jeremy Lusk bought the farm
Except his legs actually made it over his head…
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Can't.stop.watching.
"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.
Is this a Charlie Brown thing?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
If I were Charlie Brown....
I would’ve kicked the shit out of that bitch Lucy a long time ago…
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Charlie Brown’s parole hearing special is a classic.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Snoopy as the defense lawyer...
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
SnoopDogLawBlog.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I still say he should’ve just gone ahead and shanked that judge.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
This must come from a “reimagined” Peanuts.
by non sequitur on Sep 8, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
The hardest I've ever laughed at a GIF!
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Sep 8, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
One would certainly hope.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 8, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
hahahahahahaha
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Sep 8, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
And she looked so happy...
Lesson: never trust males wearing white belts.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I remember when the Giants were 8 games back or whatever or worst point was in August, my Dad said, you know what, the Giants will catch the Padres for the division this year. I looked at him like he was crazy, but he was born in the last year the Giants won the series so maybe he has crazy voodoo
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?
I like looking at this website
Season Summary 78-61, Final Rank:2, GB: 1.0
Farthest Behind 7.5 last on Sunday, Jul 4, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500 17 last on Tuesday, Sep 7
Most Games under .500 never
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/2010-schedule-scores.shtml
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
They haven't been under .500 all season?
Wow.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Houston sweep to start the season off, 2/3 from the Braves, all uphill from there.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Say Hey Nation...
Just read ur signature. As an East-coaster, I can tell you A) we’re biased B) We get together at weekly meetings to discuss how we can air more Mets games on TV
ElCartero read this http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/9/8/1676412/red-bull-flugtag-philadelphia-and
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh those articles are full of East Coast bias about the Giants trading players to Toronto and/or Pittsburgh, it’s worse than when they cancelled the 2002 WS.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I was joking. I am on the East Coast, miss the West/Best Coast and rock my Giants gear often. Sadly, it is really tough staying up til 1am watching the games and getting up for work. Though I did it last night.
OK, I am on the east coast too!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Me too, and I’m biased.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
more Mets games on TV
You should bring in the Yankees’ consultant..
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 8, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
OT: Fast Food Survey/Lunch
In-N-Out…okay…
McD is very underrated…good dollar meal, good ice cream, mcnuggets, and fries
Lunch: Left over mahi mahi with veggies and rice
Ultimate Cheeseburger is underrated
As are the tacos at Jack-in-the-Box
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
i once at 20 tacos from there during a chess tourney. Great day
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Sep 8, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
how was the day after?
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Sep 8, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't even have to use my AK
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Fuddrucker makes me laugh every time I see it.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Ruddfucker?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
That how I usually read it.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s how Paul Rudd prefers it.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
wendy’s is way too far down imo. Nothing beeats a baked potato, jr bacon, and a shake
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Sep 8, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I like that you’re actually eating decent food for lunch instead of the crap to which you devoted all that space.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
whataburger is a real thing?
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Big in Texas. It’s about where it deserves to be on the list.
by Duelling Brandos on Sep 8, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Whataburger is very good
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Sep 8, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It's alright
Better than most of the national chains
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
OH GOD WHITCASTLE ARE THE WORST!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Whataburger is terrible imo
I’m not a health nut but even I feel queasy and sick to my stomach after eating the greaseballs that they call burgers.
McDonalds is good to the extent you consider flavors created in a lab in Jersey to be good.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
One of my favorite passages from Fast Food Nation. But I would think all the major chains use chemical flavoring, no?
by non sequitur on Sep 8, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I expect that to be the case… I pretty much avoid major chains though.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I just honestly don’t see anything wrong with chemical flavoring.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Pet peeve: Natural is always good...
Things that are natural include: Mercury, Arsenic, Sulfur, Animal droppings, insects…
this
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
also
practically none of our food is “natural” anymore. Have you seen what a wild banana looks like?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
are those seeds?
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
yes
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I thought they were birds.
"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 actually a grill
this is a gangsta banana
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I read that as "girl"
I was going to ask where you lived.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
LOL
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
Thanks, I'm still at work and have to play it safe.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
The terms “natural” and “artificial” are themselves kind of arrogant.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Natural is meaningless… try ‘honest’.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, in some cases, predictable. We basically know what a steak will do to the human body. We aren’t really sure what a lifetime of McRibs will do.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
My point is that a lot of the crap in a McRib probably wasn’t ingested on a large scale prior to the 1980’s. We aren’t sure what a lifetime of eating that stuff will do to you, so no, you don’t necessarily know what you are getting yourself into.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Yes...yes I do...
it’s like smoking…inhaling burning objects is generally not a good idea…don’t need scientific evidence to know that
Actually, we did.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Except it wasn’t well known and was widely disbelieved until scientific studies showed it to be so. People smoked tobacco for hundreds, possibly thousands, of years before learning of its harmful effects.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
It makes inferior components taste like real food. You could be eating pressed dog’s vomit and going ‘man, I love the beefy flavor’.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
meh
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Science!
“Better living through Chemistry”
-from the folks who brought you napalm
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
Join our nuclear fueled utopia!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
nuclear power
is actually really really safe, and relatively clean.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
meh
it’s waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than coal/fossil fuel power.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
which is where a good portion of our power comes from.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
If humanity wasn't a collective paranoid dumbass we could get around that caveat pretty safely
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
this
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Until the disposal of toxic waste is handed over to the private sector to use to irradiate food, or attempt to profit from disposing/managing it more cheaply than their comptetitors.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
which is why you don’t hand it over to the private sector. That’s the “dumbass” part of “paranoid dumbass”
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Just stick it in Yucca Mountain.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
TWSS
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
by jhiat00 on Sep 8, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
TWSS is often funny, often overused, rarely LOL
This was LOL. Good work sir. Wrecked.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Sep 8, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Which is why, incidentally
It’s so important to defeat Harry Reid in this election – other partisan issues aside, he is the one who is preventing us from having a sane and scientifically-based nuclear waste disposal system in this country.
I would assume that the NIMBY would be strong in all Nevada politicians, not just Democrats.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
yes but also
batshit insane.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Batshit deserves more of your respect.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
ha!
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
One senator can't really do much
Unless you’re a leader like Reid – Angle can’t do almost any damage, but Reid can imperil our entire nuclear future.
so lobby for a new majority leader
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Political junkies could correct me
But I don’t think there’s been a majority leader defeated for re-election to that post – they either lose their elections or resign their leadership positions, AFAIK.
but they can be pressured to resign
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
And it's not just that he's NIMBY
It’s that he’s a NIMBY who’s senate majority leader, so he can single-handedly stop the project, more or less.
I see the value in that issue, it’s just not worth the rest of the crazy, to me.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
so, so much this.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Perusing Wiki’s summary of her positions, she’s exactly the opposite of my views on 98% of the issues.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
but in any case
I live in California, so…
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
There is (in no particular order)
1) opposes abortion, including in cases of rape or incest
2) voted against fluoridating drinking water
3) eliminating the complete Internal Revenue Service code
4) quote : “I don’t, however, buy into the whole man-caused global warming, man-caused climate change mantra of the left. I believe that there’s not sound science to back that up.”
and then…there is this
[Angle] agreed in a 2009 interview that there are "domestic enemies" within the "walls of the Senate and the Congress."
[Angle] agreed in a 2009 interview that there are “domestic enemies” within the “walls of the Senate and the Congress.”
does she mean non-insane people?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Hey, I voted for Angle
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 8, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m kidding. I live in California and I can’t even vote here.
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 8, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe not individually
but collectively they’re pretty damning
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I suppose
Don’t get me wrong – I’m pretty libertarian, and I object to a lot of Angle’s views.
But Angle on her own can’t impose any of her views on us, she wouldn’t have that power even as a senator.
Reid on HIS own can impose his view on Yucca on the rest of the country, putting our energy and national security at risk.
There are only 100 senators...
these days…one senator can change the entire direction of the country…see health care bill
This is a surprisingly one-sided debate for this site. So I will bite.
A few points, and then the elephant in the room:
-If you live in CA, you don’t get much of your power from coal/fossil fuels.
-The risk of a meltdown occurring at a plant may be small (Homer Simpson notwithstanding) – I don’t know the numbers, but the negative effects could be catastrophic.
-Yucca Mountain has been studied for decades and billions of dollars and still hasn’t found to be adequate for long-term storage.
How do you deal with the waste issue? I would love to tell you the story about this project that a colleague of mine is working on where nuclear material has seeped into the groundwater in WA state because the containment units that the US Military used have been leaking for some time. These units are about 70 years old. Nuclear waste is radioactive for 100,000 – 1,000,000 years. One of the firms working on this project is modeling groundwater transport for a 100,000 year period. Ridiculous. Also, suck Russell Martin.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Sep 8, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry
-Yucca Mountain has been studied for decades and billions of dollars and still hasn’t found to be adequate for long-term storage.
That statement is false. The project has always passed scientific muster; the only reason it has been stopped is because Reid cut the funding in this years appropriations bill.
Even the current Energy Secretary, Stephen Chu, was in favor of Yucca. That is, before he joined the administration, which is going along with Harry.
Well I cant think of anything that doesnt happen to (see also: military/private security contractors)
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
ugh
don’t get me started. The US’s use of PMCs will go down as one of the biggest “WTFs” in history when all is said and done.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I think I inadvertently double-chasmed you guys.
Is that even possible?
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
You’re thinking of indoor plumbing.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
No I'm thinking of
penicillin, sterilization, vaccines, filtration systems, medical technology, plastic, and on and on
Well, good or bad, I’m a complete slave to chemical flavoring now.
The point of the book is not to pass judgment on chemical vs. non-chemical flavoring but to explain that it it is what makes the organizationally centralized but geographically dispersed agricultural system that has emerged to serve the fast food industry possible. Food is not cultivated and distributed locally. Its production is industrialized, and processed poultry, potatoes, and beef are then shipped thousands and thousands of miles to fast food restaurants around the nation and the globe. This distribution system kills any natural flavoring the food might have had, and chemical flavoring puts a strong flavoring back in.
100% artificial
nothing natural added
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
The super-nice guys at Phat Philly’s included a miracle bag of Herr’s Dill Pickle potato chips with my order last night. They prominently declare “artificially flavored” in a font bigger than Potato Chips.
Odd, I thought as I scarfed them down today (just to be polite).
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
To me...McDonalds is like Jose Guillen...
Cheap…don’t expect too much…
It makes me laugh that all these fast food joints are putting in “gourmet burgers”…they’re way overpriced and taste awful…
Example..Carl’s Jr. 6 dollar burger (hadn’t had one that wasn’t burnt to a crisp), Jack’s “gourmet sandwiches” (just horrible), McD’s “Angus burgers”
Carls Jr.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
At least you won't gain any weight...
Because you’ll just shit it out an hour later…
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
That’s not even their most heart-attack inducing. That prize belongs to the grilled cheese bacon burger.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
McDonalds is like Jose Guillen – worthless as a baseball player.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
McDonalds is like Jose Guillen – You don’t like the runs you get.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Molinabarrow
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
Wow, two greens in one thread. Feels like after I visit Tijuana.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
McDonald’s chief virtue is it’s speed, followed by it’s price. So maybe it’s more like Darren ford.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
do you give you the wrong thing about 1/2 the time? if so, then definitely Velez
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
If they drop your food on the ground and stare at it without moving, then it's Velez
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Actually the thing that makes McDonald’s so great is that you know exactly what you are going to get whether you are in Fresno or Taiwan. It is repeatable and consistent but bland and not very good.
American vendors are totally unimaginative
Foreign McDonalds are great at serving local favorites like porridge in HK…
Best example is 7-11…7-11 in the US have the worst food…7-11 in Asia = awesome
Spam Musubi is the staff of life
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
This has to be shopped.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I guess that’s not too far-fetched. I did have a McPoutine once in Montreal.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
As a poutine advocate
This both frightens and intrigues me.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Fries with brown gravy and cheese curds
I think the gravy is supposed to be from a can, and the fries are supposed to be soggy. It’s gross, yet good. Well, at least at the non-McDonalds places.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Yeah, part of the key is to have big, fleshy, blandish fries to soak up all the fat and juices and stuff. McDonalds fries are thin, oversalted, and supersaturated with crap, so they don’t work.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
WHY CANADA
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Sep 8, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
no, it's real
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPs6ocFO2PQ
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
What.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 8, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you know what the call the quarter pounder with cheese in europe?
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
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by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Royale with cheese
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TOO SOON!
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EASTCOAST BIAS
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Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
that actually looks really good
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You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
During a weeklong training seminar about ten years back
we had to read and produce a product marketing plan using concepts from the Wharton BSchool study of McDonalds Drive-Thru marketing plan of 1975. It was actually pretty interesting stuff, and a true paradigm shift for restaurant marketing. While none of us could imagine a fast food outlet without a drive thru today , this simple idea changed the country….and made americans fatter.
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That chart neglects
to either “make a run for the border” or to “think outside the bun”.
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Aren’t Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr the same thing?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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LOL, yes.
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EASTCOAST BIAS
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Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
EAST COAST BIAS!
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You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Hellman's/Best Foods
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- A. Bartlett Giamatti
McD is given a bad rap
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
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by slackersphere17 on Sep 8, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
by being terrible
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
and by being the reason that it costs so much to go to the doctor.
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holy shit
do you really believe this???
please, tell me how McDonalds can be healthy. I’m all ears.
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
don't eat a lot of it
don’t eat only it.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
i mean
it might not be “healthy” but you can at least make it “not unhealthy”
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
i gotta disagree. i mean, unless you stuck to the salads? without dressing? i fail to see how you could make a healthy diet out of McDonalds.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
well there's your problem
Incorporating occasional McDonalds into a healthy diet is not unhealthy. Eating ONLY McDonalds will be unhealthy pretty much no matter what.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Sure you won’t become unhealthy by only occasionally eating McDonald’s, but that doesn’t make it “pretty healthy”
Fruits are pretty healthy, that’s why I can eat them all day every day.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
right, exactly what I said
it might not be "healthy" but you can at least make it "not unhealthy"
Also, eating fruit all day every day is pretty damn unhealthy.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
ummmm
how is eating fruit all day “unhealthy”?
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
way too much sugar for one
not getting necessary nutrients found in other foods for another.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Obviously you eat them with other things. I think for something to be considered healthy,you should be able to eat it 3 times a day and not end up with health problems as a direct result.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
ehh, i disagree. there are plenty of people who do subsist solely on fruit. those people probably aren’t pictures of health, but at the same time, i eat fruit throughout the day and I’m pretty durned healthy.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
once again
it comes back to how much you eat.
I could easily eat a McDonald’s chicken sandwich, fruit parfait and soda every day and be a picture of health.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
good point
i still maintain that this statement
eating fruit all day every day is pretty damn unhealthy.
is on pretty shaky rhetorical ground
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Again, you’d be surprised how little nutrients you’d find in that diet.
Also, soda is totally terrible.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
yeah, the sodas are easily the most insidious things on a fast food menu
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
What sealed the deal for me was when I gave up soda.
I craved the stuff horribly for a month, and then never looked back. It was like going through rehab.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I’ve given it up for Lent 2 out of the last 3 years and have dropped ~15 lbs each time, but then after the 40 days it starts with one and then it goes back to being a daily habit. Definitely need to stop drinking it, but it’s rough.
Also, sodas are bad on the fast food menus, but the milkshakes might be the worst. I
ironically
unless you’re one of the wierdos who eats it without the dressing, the salads often have the highest caloric content.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I find that not buying soda is a lot easier than not drinking it. And then, you don’t drink it as a result of not having it. Which solves the problem.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 8, 2010 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
They give it out FREE here at work. It was really hard to quit.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Yeah, that sounds pretty sucky. Whenever soda is around, I want to drink it. If I don’t have it around, I don’t miss it, though.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 8, 2010 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s really the only way to do it. It’s a lot harder to hold back when you’re thirsty and it’s eyeing you every time you open the fridge.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
I don’t buy it, so the only time I drink it is when I’m eating out.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I find that not buying soda is a lot easier than not drinking it
This is exactly how I stopped drinking soda.
“Wait, this costs money! I have very little money! I should rethink my grocery shopping priorities.”
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
i drink
about a 6 pack of (diet) soda/day. All in all, I’m pretty damn healthy.
Meh.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Sure, but you’re unhealthy in spite of the soda, not because of it.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
well right
I never said that soda was the cause of my good health. Good metabolism, a relatively healthy diet overall, and working out are more responsible for that.
My point is that just because something isn’t healthy doesn’t mean it’s unhealthy
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
No, the point is that because you manage to minimize the effects of an unhealthy practice, it doesn’t mean it’s a healthy practice.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
REALLY!?
Goddamnit. I NEVER SAID IT WAS HEALTHY. In fact, I specifically said it WASN’T healthy
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I was with you until that last sentence. If something isn’t healthy, then it is unhealthy.
I get what you’re saying, and I don’t disagree that you can stay healthy even if you eat unhealthy things. However, in my opinion if a food has more negatives than positives, it’s unhealthy.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
it is possible
for something to be health-neutral.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
i don't disagree
but in that case, why put it in your body?
(i know, i know, because it tastes good/feels good/wahtever).
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I have to side with Viliphief on this one. I drink a substantial amount of (what I consider to be) health-neutral Microbrew because it’s delicious.
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LOL Viliphief
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Join my Viliphiefdom.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 8, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure
it’s MY Viliphiefdom.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Nah, different one.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 8, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
but again
having a limited amount of empty calories is not in and of itself bad for your heath.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
health*
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
absolutely
as far as your body is concerned, there are no “empty calories.” my body wants all the calories it can get hold of. if it can’t use em now, it’ll store em for later.
ie make me a fat fucker.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
yup
I’d MUCH rather eat McDonalds (for example) once or twice a week and go to the gym than not.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I don’t really have the urge to get McDonald’s because I don’t think it tastes very good. Personally I go to the gym with a goal in mind, and for me eating unhealthy at the same time is just counter-productive.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
to each their own
I don’t eat McDonalds very much because I only like like 3 things on their menu, but I do plenty of other unhealthy things.
My goal when I go to the gym is to offset those things so I don’t have to give them up.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
hey, i'm not making a stand here
i eat crap far more often than I would like. but i try to be cognizant of what I’m consuming. if it doesn’t have some nutrient/health benefit, then why am i consuming it? I at least try and ask myself that question.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I have
and I came up with the same answers you did. My verdict: for me, worth it.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
exactly
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
How old are you?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
25
though my dad, at 53, drinks almost as much
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I honestly hope that both of you continue in good health… my understanding is that drinking large amounts of soda (diet or otherwise) increases your risk of obesity related health problems like diabetes, and that the older you get, the more likely those problems are to show up.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
But that was in response to calbearjd saying it can be pretty healthy, which is why I said just because eating something in moderation doesn’t justify it as “pretty healthy.”
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
well right
but you were replying to me.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
That’s why I said
Sure you won’t become unhealthy by only occasionally eating McDonald’s,In response to you
and
but that doesn’t make it "pretty healthy"
referencing calbear’s post.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
Wasn’t there a guy in Super Size Me who had eaten a big mac every day for like 30 years?
It’s all about portions.
They have
salads, apple slices, milk, low-fat ice cream, a great yogurt/fruit combo (for $1), a fruit and walnut salad…
Much better than many of the options available in other fast food joins
lol
dude, we all know that that’s not “Mcdonalds.” NO ONE eats that stuff when they go there.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
that was actually a pretty legit lawsuit
the coffee was WAY hotter than it was supposed to be. The woman got 3rd degree burns.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
If you only get them a little, it’s pretty OK.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
but they're unhealthy, right?
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Sep 8, 2010 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s because McD’s superheats (or used to) their coffee to make the most of it, right?
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
my work here is done!
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
lol
I never said that. I said that people don’t eat that stuff when they go to Mcdonalds. Never said thing 1 about McD’s having any responsibility in the matter.
Your claim: McD’s is pretty healthy
Me: no fucking way
you: they have fruit
me: man, you know no one eats that shit. McD’s is burgers, fries, and “nuggets” (wahtever those are).
the shit ain’t healthy, full stop.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
also, milk? not that great for ya.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I made brazil nut milk and hazelnut milk last week. can’t believe how simple it was. good too.
WWRWD?
papaya milk sounds delicious but it looks like most recipes just add papaya and sugar to milk?
WWRWD?
Eat this...not that!!
listed non fat milk as one of the best foods to eat along with cantelope,kale and others
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to drink a lot of soy milk
But I was also having lots of tofu products. There is evidence that lots of soy can cause hormonal imbalances. I drink regular milk now – moderation.
I’m not implying that you drink soy milk, and you seem like a very educated consumer (of food, your music taste is shit), this just seemed like a good place to stick it to the soy lobby.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Sep 8, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Fighting with Kaiser is definitely a sign of some sort of imbalance…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously. Wilhelm is an intimidating man.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I’ll give you homemade nut milk
HEY OOOOOOO
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switched to almond
i take thyroid meds and the phytoestrogens were interfering with their uptake. so i eat far less soy than i used to.
i appreciate the concern and the tips!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
You don’t go there for those things though.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, McDonald’s is a place with 90% of their menu being unhealthy, and the only reason to go to McDonald’s instead of another restaurant/store is for the unhealthy stuff.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Again..that's a choice...
most restaurants have crap on their menus…it’s what people go to restaurants to eat…even a place like souplantation/fresh choice has to “spice” up their menu to include very unhealthy things…
My point is that the allegation that McD is the cause of obesity is unfair…it’s up to the parents and the individuals to make healthy choices whoever they go…fast food restaurants, supermarket, at home…
sounds to me like you’re bringing a whole bunch of McD-related baggage to this conversation. No one here has (yet) claimed that McD is responsible for obesity — just that it’s predominantly terribly unhealthy food (and I’m using the term “food” loosely).
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Original post
and by being the reason that it costs so much to go to the doctor.
Implication: McDonalds is the reason why healthcare costs are high by causing obesity
ahh, fair enough
i didn’t catch that.
nor would i argue against it, though. the western diet is going to be the death of us all here pretty soon. and of course it’s not McDonald’s fault — we’re hard-wired to crave that shit. McD and the other joints are just cashing in on it.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
True
But I actually think McDonalds “tries” to be “healthy”…I mean it’s never going to be Chez Panisse but it actually offers some reasonably healthy alternatives…
compare that to Carl’s Jr, KFC, or Burger King…
i don’t think they do, really. i imagine the vast majority of their margin comes on sodas, fries, nuggets, maybe burgers? if they really cared about health they wouldn’t sell the majority of shit they do. they care about making money, though, so they continue to sell us horse-trough-sized Cokes.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
They've never tried something like the Grilled Cheese Bacon Burger
QED
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
it's heart stopping
but delicious.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
It's relative
Of course McD’s bread and butter is the traditional stuff but compared to what it was 10-20 years ago, it’s light years ahead…
Like I said, look at McD’s competitors…only Wendy’s does a better job…
Eat this...not that
has McD’s at #1 for best fast food.
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
also
it’s pretty despicable how they market so aggressively to children. They are trying to get kids hooked early to create lifelong customers.
I boycott them for many reasons, this is just one, though.
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man, you make some of the wackiest logical leaps.
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"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
well
there’s more to it than that with McD’s but I do make a concerted effort with every purchase to buy locally, buy organic products, basically try and eat a slow food diet.
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"organic"
doesn’t really have a meaning.
Also, not directing this at you, your organic comment set off a tick in my mind because there’s a lot of overlap, but people who are against genetically modified foods piss me off something royal.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
My stance:
A lot of genetically-modified foods are sketchy.
Food isn’t necessarily sketchy just because it is modified.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
you are incorrect sir.
GM food saves a metric shitton of lives, because it can produce far more food per acre.
Also, pretty much all of our food has followed guided evolution since the advent of agriculture. Going the GM route just speeds that process.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Are you a Monsanto spokesman?
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by rotorueter on Sep 8, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree with all that...
my big problem is what will happen with GMO food mixing with “wildtype” species…salmon is a good example…
I’m not against GMO food per se…just unsure of what would happen
the problem is
that it’s Monsanto, ConAgra, and those other big ag firms who hold all the keys. they most certainly do not have my best interests at heart. they’re not interested in feeding the world; they’re interested in maximizing shareholder value.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
/buys Monsanto seeds because they are the only game in town
/comes back next year to find that my plants have been GM’d to not sprout 2 years in a row so that Monsanto can have more of my money
/kills self due to mounting debt
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
some people do
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Toys?
"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 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
But, in this specific context, you’re just talking about toys. You’re not talking about toy tie-ins or things like that. Just toys. Kids shouldn’t have toys?
"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 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
So we should boycott 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 8, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
But it’s not the same. Toys are chidlren’s products. They should be marketed toward children. McDonald’s is not a children’s product, which is where marketing it toward children gets fishy.
"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 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Kids are a vital part of the market...
they have great influence over their parents as to where they go…
Toys is probably not the best example…scratch out toys…
Don't take away my
Fruity Pebbles at midnight!
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
If it didn’t have such a negative stigma surrounding it, and probably some pushing from somewhere, it probably wouldn’t offer the healthy stuff.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Why does the reason they’re offering the healthy stuff matter?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I just read “tries to be healthy” as them doing it for the good of society, or something like that.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, I took the quotes as them not being very good at it.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
You let them off too easily
They (not just McD of course) are spending millions and millions of dollars on producing the most effective ads modern behavioral science can produce to reinforce the natural sweet/fat cravings and to instill irrational beliefs about the health of their food into the public.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay...
but it’s no different that Nike/Gatorade using MJ or beer commercials with beautiful women…if someone believe those things then..it’s on that person
I don’t have a belief that McDonald is healthy but it can be healthy..
Advertising toys (happy meals) as a way to simultaneously sell them unhealthy crap is a little worse.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
But that's how I started
collecting baseball cards. The 3-d cards of Rose and Mays were cool!!
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, I consider much of advertising to be evil. And I am Satan’s minion.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
THEY ARE MARKETING HOPE TO CHILDREN! I MEAN, WHAT THE FUCK McDONALD’S?
"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 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Again, where are the nutrients? None of those fruits and veggies are fresh, so the fragile Vitamin Cs and thing have long been leeched out.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Depends on what you mean by fresh...
Salad:
3 grams of fiber, 130% of Vitamin A, 50% of Vitamin C
Fruit and Yogurt Salad:
2 grams of fiber, 170% of the daily value of vitamin C
But those are the values early on, not after the product has been on the shelf for a while.
My doctor tells me that one the most misleading foods out there is Orange juice, just because Vitamin C is such a fragile nutrient, that once you buy a bottle of orange juice, there’s no way to know how much has survived.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
For orange juice it
is lost during pastuerisation, but re applied to the juice for public consumption.The more pulp the better.
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
culvers is grossly overrated imo, so is sonic
I have seen the future of Major League Baseball, and its name is Buster Posey.
What about Diet Hanson's soda
No sugar
no sodium
no calories
and Splenda
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
all those artificial sweeteners are spooky, to me.
i don’t tolerate sucralose at all. you do not want to be anywhere near me if i’ve consumed that stuff.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Artificial sweeteners weird me out, too. But more than that… I like the taste of sugar more.
And, to some other extend, I don’t want to get no calories. I just want to not get several thousands of them per day.
"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 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
unsweetened ice tea is my jam. i get the caffeine without the sugar.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
the best!!!
but I like carbonation once in a while
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
seltzer?
i too enjoy the bubbles, so I bought a sodastream machine. fuggin rules.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
optipessimism
This could be your very own “truthiness”, I love the term and who knows it might land you a Peabody.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
one of these?
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Sep 8, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
and his boy, Sherman.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Wayback machine!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
This guy?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Moral of the story is be a dork
Shermanator got the girl.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
everybody got a girl...
or a mom
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 8, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
2010 Giants are like:
Like watching a friend pick up a drunk chick at the bar. Could work. Could end up a big disaster. Still have to watch.
by phillas on Sep 8, 2010 11:18 AM PDT reply actions 6 recs
Wreck'd
So true, so true.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
And we're in the background...
Cheering him on to swing for the fences and go for the HOME RUN!
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Actually, we’re in the background cheering him on, while secretly hoping he makes a colossal ass of himself and/or the girl smiles to reveal she only has three teeth.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
No teeth = a plus
Depending on what you’re shooting for, that is….
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
by ToddCommish on Sep 8, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
shooting for
I almost wet myself.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
You should see a doctor about that.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
That ain’t the only surprise she has in store.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Does her surprise rhyme with block?
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh no!
I hate crocks!
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on Sep 8, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Spock!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Spaaaaahk
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
Balk?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
/golf clap for bringing it back to baseball
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Jose Guillen could pick up the drunk chick, then drop her. Then she’d feel like she was about to vomit, so he’d run away, but so slowly that she’d still throw up all over him.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
This is such a good analogy!
I’d just add one thing, though: The friend has an ugly history of ruining hookups at the last moment in legendarily horrific fashion.
"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 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Premature Elimination? I think there are some performance-enhancing drugs that can help.
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
If we looked at every team in baseball
we would see games where that team SHOULD have won or lost, but that’s part of the beauty of the game. Some say 162 is too many games, but each one matters so, so much.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
if the nfl expands to 18 games we should expand to 200 games. almost year round baseball baby
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Sep 8, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I think that the Triple AAA season should be held in the fall/winter and be televised.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I think we should have a team in europe, asia and oceania!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Oceania
Is that where the Lost flight went down?
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
chasm?
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Just a little…
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Aren’t we at war with Oceania?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
also the bad guy in 1984
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Sep 8, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Didn't Asia do "Heat of the Moment"?
Loved that song!
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
We are at war with Eastasia. We have always been at war with Eastasia.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Might part of the answer be...
…weaker competition in the NL vs. years past?
I get the feeling (but bring no data) that there isn’t a powerhouse team in the NL this year that will easily claim home field advantage.
The Phillies offense has looked like the Giants at times
The Braves are not that good on the road
The Padres have finally shown some vulnerability
The Reds haven’t been that consistent either
So home field does feel up for grabs.
And, as we know, the NL gets home field in the WS this year. I still believe that in 2002 (had they not canceled the WS), if the NL had home field advantage the Giants would have won.
Best case playoff scenario for us is Reds in DS followed by Rockies (who pass the Pads for the WC) in CS.
Not that I care about playoff matchups very much since I’m so god damn desperate for the Giants to just make the postseason.
Really?
I see two playoff match ups that the Giants probably can’t win
- ATL on the road
- The Padres anywhere
I think I’d rather face the Phillies than the Padres.
Not with the Phillies' pitching staff
Halliday, Hamels, and Oswalt are pretty darn good…Phillies lineup is getting back to full power…
I think we have a chance to win series against ATL, SD, and Reds…teams that scare me the most are Phillies and STL
For what ever reason we have always seemed capable of hitting Oswalt.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
We’ve hit each of their big three this year. And I think our strong contingent of LHP might help neutralize their power. As long as they could limit their exposure to RHP other than Lincecum, Cain, Romo and Wilson, they’d have a decent shot. If playoff experience is as overrated as I hope it is.
"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 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
braves are the team tha scare me the most in a series
they whomped us when we played them at turner field. Plus theyre a very similar team with decent starting pitching. that spells all sorts of trouble for us
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Sep 8, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I think the team that has home field advantage wins between SF and ATL.
The Padres scare me more than the Braves (unless the Braves have home field).
Honestly...
Padres don’t scare me as much because
1) They have one legitimate starter (Latos)
2) Their bullpen is overworked
3) The lineup is not power heavy
Maybe but I still wouldn’t want to face the Braves this year in the playoffs if they have home field. It may be irrational, but that seems like a series that would be tough to win.
Atlanta’s an easy ticket though—everyone in Atlanta watches college football in October.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I don't buy this for a minute
Considering that for a long time this season, the best road record of any NL team was a few games over .500, I think home field advantage will be a huge deal in the playoffs.
The Padres scare me too
the Giants just don’t seem to be able to beat those guys. Maybe the pixie dust has worn off, and all the unicorn urine is long since drunk., but I am real worried about this weekend series and meeting them in the playoffs.
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
"Because I don’t know what it means anymore, in the PCL. It’s almost like years ago."
"That’s not to say Buster isn’t fully committed or all-in. He is. He’s smart and he’s got the advance reports. Anybody who said he’s not ready to catch in the big leagues is crazy because he’s a pretty good catcher, especially throwing." - Sabean 7/11/10
I have a feeling that of the 5 teams in the hunt (SF, ATL, PHI, CIN and SD) the playoffs will look like this.
PHL at SF
SD at Cin
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I can’t get behind this. It’s SF or SD or COL, still too soon to know, obviously, but ATL is absolutely in there.
in what scenario do COL make the playoffs tho?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
As my Padres fan friend has been saying, I can gloat all I want about the Giants catching up to SD, but while we fight each others, you know the fucking Rockies are going to sneak past us before we know what hit us.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 8, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
They’d have to win the division. The Giants are only one game out of hte wild card and division leads, but I think the WC is still a PHI/ATL thing. Out of all the possible ‘implodables,’ I don’t count Atlanta or Philadelphia among them. Giants and Pads absolutely have implode potential.
i don't see it happening
some extra special voodoo fuckery would have to occur for COL to sneak in
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
74-88?
/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism
by Scooter Ellis on Sep 8, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Those statements are at odds with each other. Do you not think that Rockies are entirely capable of voodoo fuckery?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 8, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
they’re entirely capable of it, but i think the odds of it happening are slim.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
That is exactly what I’m worried about. I hate Colorado voodoo doctors.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
are they better or worse than Illinois Nazis?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Depends on the playoff picture.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Semi-OT
It always bugged me that Jake mentions Wrigley Field when Elwood tells him the address they used. That ruins the joke later when the Nazis get there.
Shoulda gone like this:
Jake: The cops have your name, your address…
Elwood: I put down 1060 West Addison as my address.
Jake: :chuckles:
That way, we know something’s up, Chicagoans immediately think it’s funny, and then later on, they open the scene with a shot of the “W Addison” street sign, pan down to the Nazis in the street, then pan out and up to reveal that they’re at Wrigley Field.
Yes, I have thought about this far too much.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 8, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Good note.
"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 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
before we denounce atlanta’s implode potential, let’s not what they are curretly experiencing, especially in pittsburgh. anything is possible.
Well, Atlanta is having a mini-implosion right now
losing 5 out of their last 6 (with 3 losses in a row and 2 of them to the Pirates).
That said, if my counting skills are correct, they have 13 of their last 23 games at home where they are very hard to beat.
The Rockies are just annoying enough to make a go of it.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I just don’t see them above SD, SF or ATL. I think SF takes the WC
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Honestly
The Rox are the MLB team I hate the most. Other contenders: ARI, LAA, LAD, NYY, and then ATL, CHW, and NYM. But, in the end: Rox take the shit prize for me.
¡Viva los Gigantes!
I don’t think so.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I would rather play the Reds since we’ve seemed to do well against them this season.
"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.
Agreed
We played well in Cincinnati and we’re definitely in their heads after blowing them out twice and coming back from 9 runs down in the last series.
by scotterduder on Sep 8, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Reds would be my pick as well.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
It all comes down to who’s playing the best going into the first week of October, doesn’t it? I think if the playoffs started today the Giants could win the World Series (there, I said it). But they need to be hyperaware of fatigue, tired arms, heavy bats, and Bork leaving Guillen to play the outfield anytime after the 5th inning.
That’s my big fear: that we lose a 1-0 playoff game because Guillen misplays a long single into a triple, and the runner scores on a sac fly. I’m pretty sure Cain would be the losing pitcher in that scenario.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
This.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
that we lose a 1-0 playoff game because Guillen misplays a long single into a triple, and the runner scores on a sac fly.
I’m pretty sure that’s why Candy did this in 87…what are the odds of it happening again? Or to paraphrase Laurie Anderson: “That’s why I always carry a bomb onto a plane—what are the odds of there being two?”
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
by bgunn on Sep 8, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
ARGGGGGGH!
I had almost forgot about this one! Fucking John Tudor.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
I still have this magazine!
I was at my mom’s place in Sonoma this summer and I was going through my old shit — baseball cards, Sporting Green’s from great Giant wins, and magazines. I had several old Giants magazines from the late 80’s when we had a ticket plan. I had this one, and one of Krukow standing at a canvas painting a masterpiece.
"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 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice! There are some great covers from the past.
I still wish I had the one where Will Clark was riding on a cable car:
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
I’m not sure if I had that one or not, but i definitely had the SI’s with Will on the cover:
/homoeroticism
"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 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure if you did some basic searches on the internet, you could find many examples of two people engaging in the same activity.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Sep 8, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I still have the one on the left,
and a Giants magazine with Will sporting a molestache and a caption that says “Toast of the Town!”
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
If the playoffs started today...
We wouldn’t be in them.
I believe that the Giants could win the WS, but that’s because i think the playoffs are mostly luck – any team can look good over the course of 20 games.
Not many low scoring scenarios in which I’m not pretty sure that Matt Cain would be the losing pitcher.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
That double negative made my head hurt.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Giant’s baseball: Torture. It’s in his name.
by non sequitur on Sep 8, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t mean to—because I’m not that bright—but a double negative kind of sums up the Giants season.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I just gave up on the whole sentence.
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
"Because I don’t know what it means anymore, in the PCL. It’s almost like years ago."
"That’s not to say Buster isn’t fully committed or all-in. He is. He’s smart and he’s got the advance reports. Anybody who said he’s not ready to catch in the big leagues is crazy because he’s a pretty good catcher, especially throwing." - Sabean 7/11/10
Actually, Cain only knows how to win in the postseason.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure that the first week of October determines home field. I think it’s either the team that plays very consistently (while others don’t) or a team that gets really hot over an extended stretch that gets home field.
And of course any team in the playoffs can will the series but it’s hard for me to argue for an NL team winning.
All I know
is that I’m dying for a Giants playoff appearance the Giant’s playoff hopes are going to be determinted by the way they play San Diego in their last series. They need to go 5-2 or 4-3.
"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.
Cue cheesy but oddly endearing music
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Reminder for STHs: invoice is due 9/10.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I just put my $$ down yesterday. Rice and beans for the next two months it is!
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Can I borrow a cup of rice?
OT: I tried canned black-eyed peas (with squid) over the weekend and they were really good as compared to the effort to soaking them overnight.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
i find that’s generally the case with canned beans. they’re just a lot more expensive.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I agree. Canned beans taste good (because they are salty, like all good beans) but I rarely buy them due to the cost.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
I've been wondering lately
What would happen if the season ended in a tie between the Giants and another contending team? Considering the theme of torture this year, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it happen. Who would we rather face in that situation?
A lot would have to happen in the next three weeks.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Nightmares of ’98.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 8, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I could see us tied with the Padres and the Braves
Creating a three-team cluster fuck for the division/wildcard.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Yep and I could see the Giants finding a way to not make the playoffs.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
One thing I’ve been thinking lately is that if the Giants end up missing the playoffs this year, it had better be by at least two games. Missing it by one game would be frustrating under any circumstance, but if it happened this year, I think I’d be raging about the blown call in that Mets game for the rest of my life.
I think I’d be raging about the blown call in that Mets game for the rest of my life.
This is a very centric frame of thought.
Example:
If we lost by one game say to the Phillies who are two games back of the Braves, then we say BUT WE ONE THAT BLOWN CALL GAME AND WE ARE REALLY TIED. Then the Phillies say WAIT WE LOST TWO BLOWN CALL GAMES AGAINST HOUSTON SO WE SHOULD BE TIED WITH BRAVES!!!!!!!! And so on. EVERY SINGLE FUCKING TEAM has lost and won games on blown calls.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, believe me, I know. Every team can claim blown calls over the course of the season, and I’m sure there were other game-changing calls that went against the Giants this year that have already slipped my mind. It is in no way a logical or reasonable thought. Still probably something I’d get hung up on, though, even if I know it’s stupid and wrong to do so.
by Seasick fish on Sep 8, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
centric?
i don’t think that word-fragment means what you think it means.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I had a brain fart and couldn’t think of anything better.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Because of the smell.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Resisting the urge to wreck this
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
True to an extent
However, the Giants lost on a call that wasn’t even close and the Phillies also won a game on a call that wasn’t even close. It’s one thing to say that upon replay the umpire blew the call, but a whole other thing to say that the umpire blew a call that was obvious to everyone sitting in section 328. I agree for the most part, but disagree in this instance.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
there isn't not magic inside
there may also be a cat, or the corpse of one.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
when does the actual quantum state stop being a linear combination of states, each of which resembles different classical states, and instead begins to have a unique classical description?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Why do you always answer a question with a question?
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
why don’t you ask Schroedinger?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Socratic trolling?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Hemlock down the stretch, nerdz!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Hemlock rocks.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Yup
My friends played there last weekend for a rescue dog benefit.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 8, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll be at the Rot Fest there on Saturday night.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
awesome.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
This is pretty sweet. I knew a kid in college that had a bad called The Uncertainty Principle. Great name, bad band.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I don’t wanna alarm you but there may be a boogeyman or boogeymen in the house
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
How about a boogywoman?
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
BOOGYPERSON
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t want a boogyperson, I want a boogywoman in my house who may or may not run around naked.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
...and Boogie
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Hey!
Isn’t that Jose Mesa’s?
¡Viva los Gigantes!
by SnowLeopard on Sep 8, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wreck'd
For the wonderful awesomeness of its terribleness.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
You nail the windows shut, I’ll get the gun!
Bowkermania runs wild...in Pittsburgh.
by rightcenterfielder on Sep 8, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
“I’m Idaho!”
“Sure you are, Ralph.”
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Remember when I let that escaped lunatic in the house because he was dressed like Santa Claus?
Well, that’s nothing, becuase you have a gambling problem.
Bowkermania runs wild...in Pittsburgh.
by rightcenterfielder on Sep 8, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I just wish I could enjoy watching the Dodgers season crumble before their eyes more.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 12:07 PM PDT reply actions
True
If the Giants were up by 5 games it would be more enjoyable, but it’s still enjoyable nonetheless.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I was eating dinner in Potrero Hill on Sept 22, 2000
And we heard a huge (I mean huge) roar at about 10PM.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/09/22/SP6835.DTL
I want that to happen again!
Helluva year.
I graduated high school that year, so I was broke and I knew the only way I’d be able to catch any games would be to work there, so I was an usher. Surprisingly crappy job but I did get to see some awesome baseball.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 8, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
and the unanswered question still remains
Who let the dogs out?
Bowkermania runs wild...in Pittsburgh.
by rightcenterfielder on Sep 8, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
“I don’t know who let ‘em out, but man, they’re out.” — Dusty Baker
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
This
I truly enjoyed his time with the Giants. He was on the Red Sox while I was going to school in Boston, and on the Rockies while I lived in Boulder. I got to see what a great guy/player he could be, so I was really ready to appreciate him on my team, but it didn’t hurt that he totally raked. Still has the highest single-season BA since the team moved to Mays Field, non-Bonds division.
"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 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Chez Papa?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Don't think it was open yet
Actually, I think we had a late dinner at Eliza’s and then were going down the street to that tiki bar place. Is that still there?
OT: But an important one for parents
2010 IIHS BOOSTER EVALUATION RESULTS
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Harmony Baby Armor (dual backless)
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Thanks for the subject line…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Where do you figure McDonald’s belongs on this list?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Thanks
That is great. Amazing how times have changed. My dad had to have rear seat belts custom installed in our car when i was a kid.
We just ran around the stationwagon. Or flew around in the back of the pickup.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
We had a light blue Pontiac station wagon, complete with wood paneling on the sides.
My sister and I used to fight over who could sit in the “way back” where the seats faced the cars behind you.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
fuck yeah
the turret gunner seat
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Padres realized they are the Padres
We’re not not in this!
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
They've yet to get a title...
…our waiting period might be longer, but we can at least say it’s happened. That being said, the Padres can wait a few more decades as far as I’m concerned. I want the Giants to win a World Series in my lifetime, and there’s no time like the present.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Hmmmm....
tough call. If we throw out all New York-related history, we seriously shortchange ourselves on bragging rights. But yes, as I mentioned above, I’m far more concerned with seeing us get a Series soon than anyone else.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
It’s kind of hard to brag about things that happened more than half a century ago, IMO.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
Bragging rights was a poor choice of words. But if Mays had played his entire career in NY, I'd still be proud he was a Giant.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
FUCK YOU GOOGLE! FUCK YOU AND YOUR STUPID INSANT SEARCH FUNCTION!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
Actually its pretty cool. Might get annoying though.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 8, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Better option:
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
HA!
funny story, a mormon coworker of mine tried to use that site, but got the spelling wrong. All of a sudden I hear a scream, look over, see porn on her monitor, and her with a hand over her eyes desperately trying to find the power button for the monitor
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
What is this?
My internet isn’t doing it?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/09/google_debuts_instant_search.html
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
OT: speaking of internet
Video from the upcoming Amazing Race season – sorry guys – have to share.
/somehow ties video of epic fail into metaphor about Loldgers
This is amazing.
Thank you Grant.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Old meme. Not mine, but I’ve always loved it.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 8, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: New Kindle
Like it.
Suck it, paper nerbs.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys." - Washington Senators First baseman Dale Long
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
There are more than two virtual books available, you know.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Hey, if they tried to burn e-books
maybe they would all succumb to toxic plastic fumes.
We can hope, anyway.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
22gigantes!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
i thought i was in this line
but i’m reading Infinite Jest on my iphone now and loving it.
I plan on reading THE BOOK next. By Tom Tango.
BASEBALL.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
the e-ink is so much easier to read than the iphone.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys." - Washington Senators First baseman Dale Long
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
what's e-ink?
i’m pretty new to this whole e-reader dealie
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
it’s what the kindle, the nook and other e-readers use, rather than the LCD screens on other devices.
it’s nice and crisp. Not backlit. It reads much more like print on paper.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys." - Washington Senators First baseman Dale Long
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Playoffs in 2002
It’s amazing how I’ve repressed that whole playoff season due to the WS debacle…but 2002 was the epitome of “Anything can happen”.
The Giants got in as the wild card against the number one seeded, 101 win Braves. After tying the series at 2-2 at home, they went to Atlanta and beat them 3-1 in game 5 to get to the NLCS.
In the other series you had the D-backs coming off a WS win with Schilling and Johnson—who both got beat at home in the first two games. They got swept 3-0 in the series, but maybe just as important was that Scott Rolen blew out his shoulder on a play at third.
I remember thinking, “wow, perfect scenario, the Braves are out, the D-backs are out, and the Giants get to face the Cards without arguably their best hitter….”
Yeah I remember
We also were about 7 1/2 games back of the D-backs at this time in 2002.
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
1997 is still my favorite season...
coming off of an horrific 1996 season…Matt William traded for Kent, Tavarez, and Vizcaino…JT Snow…Darryl Hamilton…
Trade with the White Soxes
Brian Johnson homer
Completely unexpected…of course…it ended in typical SF Giants fashion but what a ride.
I loved the 1971 Giants!!!
Mays,McCovey,Perry,Marichal. Bobby Bonds, George Foster(AHHHH!!!),Dick Dietz! A really old reliever named McMahon that saved our ass. My first game was a great win over the Pirates 15-11 in which Kingman hit a grand slam. They had no 20 game winner, no .300 hitter , no twenty save guy and Marichal beat the Dodgers on the last day of the season to clinch the division. We win the first game of the playoffs(best of five!!!) against the Pirates then Bob fucking Robertson sent me on to the Boulevard of Broken Dreams ( a little early since I was nine).
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I've got bad memories from the end of that too, dick,
but I was in my second year of college in LA and not able to listen/watch regularly.
It’s never too early to become disillusioned.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 8, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes I grew up
such in awe of these guys…all the greats sucking it up one last time for the Giants. I remember touching Willie Mays’s elbow as he drove out of the lot in his pink Cadillac!!
Later in the year my newly divorced mom took me to a Giant’s Mets game and she ended up talking to this hot young outfielder from the Mets…Don Hahn(mom was hot to!),this was the earliest known cock-block at Candlestick Park (no Mets!!!).
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Little could one suspect at the time that Mays would soon be a Met.
Hahn was a no hit outfielder who was actually born in San Fran. He only lasted 5 years but had a great ’73 series, which I missed because I was in Spain.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 8, 2010 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Hurt like hell
But I loved the ‘93 team, great defense, decent pitching (which the Giants almost never had) and they were better than the Braves, but sometimes the bounces don’t go your way and Dusty Baker in all his wisdom decided to start Salomon Torres. The thing I forgot about until the other night was how spectacular the defense was. 4 GG’s (Bonds, Thompson, Williams and Manwaring) and 3-4 others who could/should have won GG’s (Clark, McGee, Clayton and Darren Lewis)
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not just that those other could/should have won — they did, just not that year. Clark, McGee and Lewis all won GG’s in years prior or following that year, and Clayton finished 2nd.
"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 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Good point, pretty spectacular defensive team, plus almost all of those guys could hit, with the exceptions being Manwaring, Clayton and Lewis every other player posted MVP type numbers at some point and time in their career.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
And if the G's had won Sunday in LA
we would have had a one-game playoff at the ’Stick … Swift vs. Glavine (I think).
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
Not Glavine...
Would’ve been an unproven righty named Smoltz.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
Thanks I wasn't sure about that ... Glavine pitched on Sunday
Looks like Smoltz would have gone on 3 days rest, since he gave up 6 runs (5ER) in 4IP on Thursday, losing to the Astros.
I would have liked our chances in that game.
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
I don't know about you guys
But I’m actually pretty excited for 2011 also – a full season of Buster and Madison, Belt either on opening day or shortly thereafter, maybe a Neal mid-season callup, Pablo perhaps returning after a sophomore slump. I’m pretty optimistic we’ll be able to bring back our Buffalo Brothers too, which would make it really fun.
I think this team is set up to be pretty fun to watch for at least a couple more years – especially rotation wise.
Brandon Belt says
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAdaQhitdKg
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Not so fast
Should Belt be in the Big League’s next year—YES, will he be in the Big League’s next year….maybe. Remember Brian Sabean is still GM of this team and Belt needs to quit cheating the game and also start acting like he’s 30.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
So the Padres purposely wanted to line Latos up with Lincecum right?
because thats their best chance to beat us that day, and didn’t want to punt one to us?
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Seems like it
I dont know, it was a weird idea. All their country club pitchers have the same chance to beat him
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
What about their Culture Club pitchers?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
thank you for providing a subject line
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
So people can hide the photo if they don’t like it or it’s loading too slowly on their computers.
by Natto on Sep 8, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
One nice thing I will say about the Padres is that they do give away a lot of tickets to active duty military, not discounted tickets, but free tickets. I went to Jack Murphy a few times while I was in the Marine Corps courtesy of the Padres and the seats were usually pretty good, once were excellent and they paid for all of your food while you were at the game. I still hate the Padres, but that’s pretty classy.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 8, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree.
I don’t think every park should be required to follow suit, but it’s a win-win situation: they’re honoring those who serve our country (which could stand to occur more often) and they’re becoming a part of the community they’re in. Very smart PR. The vibe I get when I’m in San Diego is that while they’re not all necessarily at the park , most citizens feel the Padres are definitely THEIR team and a part of the cultural identity.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Fair-weather fans of a team whose ownership group doesn’t care about winning.
Buster Posey ain't havin it... He aint.
by Caine Black Knife on Sep 8, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
oh snap
the gauntlet has been thrown the fuck DOWN.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I just vomited in my own mouth.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
NO
Not like that.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I know they're not connected, but it's funny to see a guy in camo with a red hat.
/reaches for gun
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Here use mine -——————————————————————————————→
Dont hunters ofter wear camo and those bright orange hats so other “sportsmen” don’t mistake them for game?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Hunters gonna hunt.
"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 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Our July was the best explanation I could come up with for our August.
Sort of a Murphy’s law of regression, or something.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
pro tip
don’t read the comments on imdb, or most other websites, unless you want to become enraged.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
IMDb is fine, compared to Yahoo! and Youtube comments.
Buster Posey ain't havin it... He aint.
by Caine Black Knife on Sep 8, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
sfgate and other news sites
are the absolute worst. they make the youtube people seem like Rhodes scholars.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
ugh
I made the mistake of reading some comments on CNN.com the other day. How is it that people can be so stupid? It’s absolutely terrifying that those people are allowed to vote.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I’ve been to Iowa. Trust me it’s not that cool.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
it’s still better than The Departed.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Never read the comments
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
79% Dixie
"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 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I assume that you posted this because Bochy’s head is the size of a watermelon.
BASEBALL
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
the connection was so obvious that i didn’t even feel the need to point it out.
OBVIOUS LIKE BUSTER POSEY’S PRODIGIOUS TALENT IN THE SPORT OF THE BASED BALL
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
LOL
OLD JIMMERS IS GOING TO MASH WATERED MELONS
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
The Russians invented Based Ball
Russians would divide into teams of five to ten players on a natural field. One player would throw a ball toward a member of the other side, who would try to hit it with a lapta stick and then run to the opposite side and back before the thrower’s team could retrieve the ball and hit him with it. “Games resembling lapta, such as cricket and baseball, also exist in a number of foreign countries,” notes an old Soviet encyclopedia
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
The exploding melon makes it delightfully gruesome.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I like how the host said “Right in the kisser”
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 9, 2010 6:26 AM PDT up reply actions
1,000-world essay
that would be freaking huge
This was Zito's song at the beginning of the season:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1D9wWxd2w
It’s time for good Zito to return
by ThePasswordisWillieMcgee on Sep 8, 2010 2:56 PM PDT reply actions
You lied to me.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
This video just showed up in my Twitter feed. First I'm seeing of it, too...
so sorry if I’m reposting. This is, easily, the greatest “at the game” video I’ve ever seen.
@knbrmurph This is epically, pornographically good #SFGiants RT @Hankola this video
is almost like the “double rainbow” video http://bit.ly/bzmRnA
It’s Uribe’s home run at Dodgers Stadium.
“Oh my gooooooooooooooooooooood!”
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
"It's so beautiful"
/cries
Bowkermania runs wild...in Pittsburgh.
by rightcenterfielder on Sep 8, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I was there!
Here’s a view from the bleachers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coXgKF6DPV8
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
ISO Wilson Interview Video
Does anyone have the link to the Wilson interview (some FOX sports show) with the bondage dude in the background? My search showed it’s not on their site any longer.
TIA.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
A different look at the Uribe HR from Saturday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSfaqLDI_mY
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Look about, 4 posts up.
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 8, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
extrapolated from Baggs, by the sound of it
Also in the notebook: Pablo Sandoval got benched tonight after an 0-for-5 yesterday, and he might rest more on the road, where he’s just been terrible all season.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
hey guys check this out!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSfaqLDI_mY
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Or LF Lowry Zito
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 8, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Replace Guillen with Pat, then switch positions with Ross and this is probably my optimal lineup.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Pat 8th?
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 8, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Err, I meant position-wise. My lineup would probably go
1. Torres CF
2. Sanchez 2b
3. Posey C
4. Huff 1b
5. Pat LF
6. Pablo 3b
7. Ross RF
8. Uribe SS
9. Zeets P
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Why does Pat sit for Guillen?
WHY IS GUILLEN?
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
this, this aaand
THIS!!!
BUT HE HIT THE BALL HARD 4 TIMES LAST NITE GUYZ
"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 thought Bork’s rule was
“Hit a TATER last night, you’re automatically in the lineup today.”
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
OPPO TATER!!!!
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
tater tacquitos!!!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Dropo eater . . . from the 50’s.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 8, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
TATERZ
Bowkermania runs wild...in Pittsburgh.
by rightcenterfielder on Sep 8, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Huff will be on @ 4 with ralph & tom
"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."
Please talk about the thong.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I love how you exaggerate, Grant. A game and a half out of having home-field advantage, hee! Yeah, right, too bad I looked at the standings and…what the hell, you’re right.
That is the weirdest thing I’ve seen all day. Now my hopes are all raised, which means more therapy if the Giants crash and burn now….
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
OT:
Did anyone else notice that Flem was on MCC yesterday when they showed the two of them on TV?
Doomed to a life sentence of disappointment and sadness.
- In other words.... I'm a Giants fan.
thank you soulbrother
Doomed to a life sentence of disappointment and sadness.
- In other words.... I'm a Giants fan.
by DoubleDeuce22 on Sep 8, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
large image is larg
Doomed to a life sentence of disappointment and sadness.
- In other words.... I'm a Giants fan.
by DoubleDeuce22 on Sep 8, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Stole it from yesterday’s postgame.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
o i missed it
Doomed to a life sentence of disappointment and sadness.
- In other words.... I'm a Giants fan.
by DoubleDeuce22 on Sep 8, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
i wanna hear Flem bust out a “sit the fuck down” someday
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
by delorean on Sep 8, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I want to hear
LOLROWAND
or
JAZZ HANDS
or
109
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Sep 8, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m still not convinced.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
i bet it's the Stanford SBN site
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
says
calbearjd
Doomed to a life sentence of disappointment and sadness.
- In other words.... I'm a Giants fan.
by DoubleDeuce22 on Sep 8, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m tired of the truth. It’s so . . . dull.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 8, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
"The truth is
that there is no truth." P. Chayefsky
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
i do
Doomed to a life sentence of disappointment and sadness.
- In other words.... I'm a Giants fan.
by DoubleDeuce22 on Sep 8, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I know. I recognize it as an SB Nation layout but that’s not the way I ‘experience’ McCovey Chronicles so it’s not completely familiar.
how do you not see people's avatars?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
EARLY SCOREBOARD WATCHING
Verdict: Not good
Braves up 3-0 in the 1st
Phillies up 2-0 in the 2nd
lol
Doomed to a life sentence of disappointment and sadness.
- In other words.... I'm a Giants fan.
by DoubleDeuce22 on Sep 8, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I see the resemblance.
"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 looks like it's snowing...
and yet he’s in short sleeves.
puzzling.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Midichlorians
"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 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe last year bucsdugout nicknamed his "No relation"
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Someone probably already posted this but
BusterfuckingP
Yes yes the “Buster I hardly Knew her” joke is gross. It was originally a Doug Fister joke #FILLINTHEBLANKS
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
Anyone hear what Larry Jones said about Carlos Gonzalez?
“I’d give him respect if he could hit on the road. But that 80% of his stats come from Coors, it makes me wonder” or something like that.
I just upgraded my AT&T cable so I get every single game now- those Rockies pre-game guys are stroking Carlos, lol. “He doesn’t like sleeping on hotels, that’s why Gonzalez doesn’t do well on the road.” LOL what idiots
Padres Lineup Tonight vs. Billingsley
WOW. Just, wow.
Durango (CF)
Headley (3B)
Gonzalez (1B)
Tejada (SS)
Stairs (LF)
Torrealba ©
Venable (RF)
Cabrera (2B)
Luebke (P)
What's significant?
It looks shitty like usual, but they’ll somehow win.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
The list of unusuals… beyond the normal unusual Padreness:
1. Durango in lineup
2. Durango leading off
3. Tejada hitting CLEANUP
4. Cabrera playing when he hasn’t hit in weeks
5. Venable playing when he hasn’t hit in weeks
6. Luebke making 2nd ML start
7. Headley, struggling, hitting 2nd
8. Matt Stairs
They’ll win.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
For about five years now
I’ve been surprised every time I see Matt Stairs is still in baseball.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
I'm just disappointed he's playing for the Padres.
Though if he plays for one more year he has a chance to break the Major League record for most teams!
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
/readies the Kleenex
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Not enough punctuation or capitalization.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 8, 2010 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Or we would've won the war!
/uses Q-Tip
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Why are they fielding a car in the outfield?
"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 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Pad/Bums are on ESPN at 7 tonight, so after the Giants win, we can watch the division fall into a tie.
That’s why the Pads won yesterday and Monday- so a national audience can see them lose the division lead.
Dang
They went and copyrighted Torrealba©.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
well, Zito IS pitching, so….
if he doesn’t want to get kicked out of the rotation, he better show up tonight
I do feel about this game tho
/slides Scoresby under the chair with foot
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Anybody got any good "get rich quick" schemes?
I don’t think I’m going to make it through the school year.
From Will Rogers ...
It’s easy to make money in the stock market …
Buy low, sell high
And if the stock goes down, don’t buy it.
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
pretending to be a homeless man in SF, sitting at interesctions begging, will pay around 80-100k a year, tax free.
Must be nice having the reds, cardinals, phillies, and braves schedules.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
this is why I don’t think teams should spend the last month playing only thier divisions. there is too much disparity between good and bad in some divisions, hence making the wildcard a tough get for some teams in good divisions (like us)
Nah
Wild card is a consolation prize, you shouldn’t schedule around it. Head-to-head games against your division makes for a better division race.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Cards are out imo
No days off rest of season!!!
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I saw that a week ago
How the hell did they end up playing 25 straight games?
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
OT
Aubrey Huff was on his KNBR show with Razor and Mr. T. He told them Pat Burrell says hello and also mentions “he’s naked, by the way” just out of the blue.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Huff’s the kind of dude you love to have on your baseball team, but you wouldn’t leave him alone with your daughter.
If she were my daughter I'd...
What would you do daddy? Zappa 1966
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxODte13OYg
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
if you post the link in the comment part instead of the subject line then people can click on it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxODte13OYg
WWRWD?
I’d be okay with it. He needs somebody to discuss his unrequited love for Burrell with. It might as well be my daughter.
"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 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
How bad was it?
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Ah
Sounds like just a pre-cautionary thing.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
He looked like
The Incredible Mr. Limp-it running around third base
by iloveddickdietz on Sep 8, 2010 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I think hawk harrelson just had a heart attack.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
He’s not working the Tigers series.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I know
But I imagine he went home to relax after a 7 game winning streak and I imagine he’s been quite the cool customer the last two days.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
White Sox games are a lot more bearable without him in the booth even though it’s his former partner in the booth with Frank Thomas.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Steve stone isn't bad at play by play I watched some of yesterdays game
I’ll even go as far to say he’s great compared to the hawk.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Alright, put your money where your mouth is
and lets see those two 1000 page essays.
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
How did the rest of you feel?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions
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