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What's in a name?
by capn on Sep 8, 2010 7:34 PM PDT
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Over on the OT Fanpost about how this place is too OT, a small sub-thread evolved regarding the origins of MCC usernames. Well, the truth is that someone said that my name reminded them of Captain Crunch cereal and I responded by saying that the true origins of my name were quite complicated and that someday I would do a Fanpost on it. Well today is that day. I will go on and on now for a few paragraphs (maybe more?) about how I got my name. It will be interesting to pretty much nobody, but then I hope there is a long discussion of how other MCC users got their names. I am particularly interested in this "Grant" one.
The Story of Captain Roderigo
Although not a native, I spent my formative years in Baltimore. I went off to college and returned as a medical student at the ripe and mature age of 22. It was a strange dynamic because I was of two worlds. My high school friends were of the drink as many pitchers of beer in three minutes as you can variety. Don’t get me wrong, some or even many of them were very accomplished, but their sense of intellectualism involved discussions of how the National Bohemian (Natty Boh to the cognoscenti) label came to be. My medical school friends were ever so slightly different. Many had never had a beer. In fact, an astonishing number of my classmates were still virgins when they came to medical school. I do not say this with any malice – just shock that a 22-25 year-old could graduate from college in the early 1990’s without having sex. Hell, one of the first things I saw when I got to college was a couple having sex right in the (on the?) parking lot as we pulled in.
So in reality, I was a person not of two worlds, but of one world that was far from either of these other two worlds. Luckily, there were a few others like me. I very quickly figured out that the occupants of this small other-world could be defined by the fact that we somehow escaped the debauchery of our high school and college lives enough to at least put together a reasonable academic record. But we had also been raised in that world of debauchery and deep down wanted to carry it on at least in a modified and perhaps slightly more cerebral way. One of the things that unified us, but did not define us was that we would occasionally seek an escape from the rigors of medical school with a little harmless dope smoking. Yes, I know it will come as a complete shock that future leaders of American medicine would partake in illegal drug use, but it really should not.
One of our favorite activities was to get together after a big exam. I should digress here and mention that back in 1991, medical school was not what medical school is like today. We had class beginning at 9AM every day and going straight through until 5PM with the exception of Wednesday afternoon when we were excused at 1PM. This meant that in order to eat dinner and even think about exercising, one could not sit down to study until at least 8PM. In general, I would say that the average studying requirement was about 3-4 hours a night, so it is not hard to see how one might fall behind quickly and easily. This inevitably led to the cycle of doing nothing at all but studying for the week leading up to a test followed by at least a week of recovery – which meant that you were hopelessly behind for the next exam already. By December or January, we all realized that it was simply not worth fighting gravity so we saw the post-exam phase as a great opportunity to party. But again, this was geek-partying. Typically, we would celebrate by gathering in my apartment to play the latest version of a sports game on the ultra-modern Sega Genesis. We all had a passing interest in golf, and at the time, the golf games were at least quasi-realistic depending on what state of mind we were in. So we spent a great deal of time playing video golf on the Sega. This became a rather involved and serious thing. In order to play, one had to have a screen name. One afternoon, we mutually decided that our screen names would have to at least somewhat resemble the name of an actual golfer. For example, my real name begins with "E" so I took the golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez and made my Sega golf video handle name, "E.E. Roderiguez".
Around the same time, one of our group got very interested in Shakespeare. He did not have a TV, but he loved Shakespeare. So he went to the library and took out a Books on Tape version of Othello probably with Sir Laurence Olivier as Othello. This friend was and remains wonderfully quirky and one of the most interesting human beings I have ever known. He would spend hours in the tub listening to his Shakespeare tapes. Well, one day after a particularly brutal exam, we all gathered in my apartment to begin our golf game and this friend could barely contain himself. He burst through the door literally singing, "Rooodereeeeego" in an overly stereotyped British Accent. He said it over and over again, "Rooodereeeeego, Rooodereeeeego, Rooodereeeeego, Rooodereeeeego." We immediately knew what had happened and from that moment forward, my video golf handle morphed from "E.E. Roderiguez" to "Rooodereeeeego".
I should interject here that I warned you that this would be long and uninteresting, and there is a large part of me that wonders what the hell I am still doing writing it, but at this point, I have committed to it, and I am (thankfully) almost done.
When I moved to San Francisco in the late 1990’s, what little free time I had I spent either watching baseball or skiing in Tahoe. Back then, the wireless walkie-talkies were all the rage and those of us in my ski cabin all had them. Once again, we all needed handles, and "Rooodereeeeego" was clearly not amenable to the frozen walkie-talkie dialect, so I chose to change it to "Captain Roderigo" and eventually simply "Captain". Don’t ask how that happened. It is really something I still do not understand, but it became my handle, and it has stuck. So now, anytime I venture into a world where I need a handle, I am simply known as "Captain" or in MCC parlance "capn".
I will stop there. I have clearly already said way too much, but for the three of you who have read the whole thing, now is your chance to tell us about how you got your names. For the rest of you, feel free to discuss the relative merits and demerits of scrambling eggs versus cooking them over-easy.
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That was actually really interesting
I unfortunately have nothing to share. My handle is to be taken at face value.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
It’s not just my user name, it’s also my modus operandi.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 8, 2010 9:20 PM PDT reply actions
I think you should've stuck with Roderigo
no, j/k, capn is great and I loved hearing how it came about. Although, I still reserve the right to think of cereal when I see it :)
Mine required about 10 seconds of thought. and it did not involve an oddly-shaped pizza.
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
I was almost Lafayette Lewis.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
In the perfidious, lying world of tabloid journalism
… and other kinds of journalism, “tk” means something that’s not there yet. Art tk, story tk, hed tk, dek tk. It stands, because what we editors like is good spelling, for “to come.” Or “to kome.” Or “to kum.” Same reason “headline” is “hedline.” We don’t want spellcheck to let “headline” through if some schmo hasn’t written the hed. It happens more often than you may think.
Journalists are constantly late with things. Heds, stories, art, periods. Thus, many things are tk. Many things. It’s not there. It will not be there until five minutes until the deadline (which is somehow not very often “dedline”). Many elements you need for your page, or your web posting or your happy little Sunday package … some of these, at the time that you need them, will inevitably be “tk.”
So, what that leads to is an awful lot of confusion when you have a copy editor whose initials happen to be tk. As mine do. Which is why that’s my handle.
I just had to try to make this story as interesting as capn’s. I’m not sure it got there. But at least I didn’t miss the dedline.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
I don’t think it’s possible to tell an interesting copy editing story.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE
copyediting is fascinating to SOME OF US thank you very much.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I’m late even posting this comment. Ha!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 11, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Mine's pretty boring
My mother’s German, my father’s Creole. When I was a kid, no one could figure out what race I was. I used to say I was half-black, half-white, but due to my coloring, people would often question this, leading to a pretty big identity crisis. I started saying I was half-Creole, half-white but most people didn’t seem to know what a Creole was, or if they did, whether I was a Louisiana Creole or a South American Creole. Despite going to a very ethnically diverse school in one of the most ethnically diverse places in the world, I was teased A LOT for my race.
I always felt like I didn’t fit in and it didn’t help that the nation-wide standardized tests I was forced to take every year as a child required me to bubble in simply “Other” rather than all the bubbles that apply. I came home one day so angry about the “Other” thing and my dad gave me a long lecture about the Creole people and their rich history. I got even more frustrated after that because knowing about my culture didn’t stop anyone from saying “So . . . what are you?”
Then one day we were in the grocery and I saw a bag of Creole Crackers. I turned to my mom and said, “HEY! This is me!” My mom didn’t like this for several reasons, but chose to focus less on the epithat part and more on the "We’re not actually in the group that the term “cracker” refers to" part. Somewhere in the midst of the lecture, she paused and got this smile on her face and said, “You’re a Prussian Creole.” Ever since them, that’s what I’ve been when someone’s asked me what my race is. I figure, they’re going to be confused anyway, I might as well enjoy it.
Long story long, I picked my handle because it’s my way of finally accepting who I am. Also, “Evan” was already taken.
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"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 10:36 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
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Awesome story, capn!
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry about that. There’s at least one other Evan here too.
The strange but true story of my screen name can be found here.
First come, first serve I guess (TWSS!)
And I LOL’d at your story.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Here’s the story behind my old screen name. New one should be self-evident.
by David A. Arnott on Sep 10, 2010 6:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Love this story!
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by Giantsfan4life on Sep 9, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm proud to be an Other-American!
(Anyone else remember those old KTVU PSA’s?)
As a half-white/half-Filipino, I always had some strange satisfaction filling in those “Other” bubbles on tests and surveys, like it would screw up their statistics or something. Hey, if you want more specifics, let me fill in more than one bubble! Though these days, I think they allow that.
Bowkermania runs wild...in Pittsburgh.
by rightcenterfielder on Sep 9, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
So Tim, what are your thoughts on lechon?
Bowkermania runs wild...in Pittsburgh.
by rightcenterfielder on Sep 9, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Is there any other possible thought than “delicious”?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 12, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m half-white/half-Filipino too!
And I get confused by those bubbles as well.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Nice.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Eh, I’m basically over it now, but I remember getting into a heated argument with a girl in class in high-school about the suck that was filing in other. Her argument basically went, “Why don’t you just fill in white” then “Fine, then just fill in black” then finally “Ok, then fill in other, what’s the big deal?” We ended up having to be separated.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I face similar indecision when attempting to reconcile my Asian Indian and white heritage before I stop giving a shit and attach the paper to the proctor’s face with my pencil.
In my mind.
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to do that (TM)
That's an interesting story
I’ve never heard of anyone objecting to “Other” before. I’m German/Irish and have been coloring the Other bubble all my life because I object to the impertinence of the question. In the last ten years or so I’ve run across bubbles that were Other/White.
My daughter is half Philippino and also checks in as “Other.” Once she had a magnet school app denied because Other was not an option, and neither was Biracial. We were told that unless she chose either White or Asian, her application wouldn’t even be considered. I threw up my hands an enrolled her in a private school that wasn’t so preoccupied with ethnicity.
Proud father of Barry Bonds.
What a great story! :)
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Sep 10, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Add me to this club…half Jamaican, half Norwgeian
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Sep 10, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m a quarter Lithuanian, and I have dark, curly hair. As a result, I get mistaken for jewish all the time.
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 half Lithuanian
- and that part is Jewish - but the other half is Irish and that’s the half I look like. So I get told I DON’T look Jewish all the time! :)
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Sep 10, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know why the Jewish part got struck out. I’m calling the ADL.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Sep 10, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
/thought you were jewish
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
When I first moved to So-Cal
People called it “Frisco” when I told them I was from San Francisco. People started calling me Frisco Joe in school. Especially since at the time I was listening to RBL Posse’s Hostile Takeover. DON’T JUDGE ME! I grew up in the HP and this these guys were from the hood!
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
Don’t gimme no bammer weed. We don’t smoke that shit in the S.F.C.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Now that's what I'm talking about.
I mean even if it is gangsta rap, you gotta love the fact that these guys were always decked out in Giants gear.
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
I work for the boy scouts of america
I have been involved in Scouts since I was 8
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.
But why the 6? Do they actually number scouts in every troop?
/knows next to nothing about the Boy Scouts
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh
6 was my number in any sport I played (Baseball, Basketball, Water Polo) so personal preference.
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.
OMG, YOU’RE JT SNOW, AREN’T YOU?!?!?!?!?
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
They are on the cap/ear protectors you wear.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
The first idea was numbered water wings, but nobody wanted to look like 5-year-olds
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
THEYR5
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.
I thought you were Nate Schierholtz.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Pedro Feliz!
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
interesting story
Is captain roderigo a reference to something?
Otherwise it’s like there’s a long story, and then you just added captain randomly, meaning that everything before it basically didn’t affect it. Which is still cool, just really random.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
Errr
Hm, I’m not creative at all. It’s just my name, but I like it because it’s still pretty unique, at least in countries that aren’t Italy.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
I always want to call you Marcello Wallace.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
That is actually a new one to me
And for that, I give you a gold star. Asking me if I play the cello gets you a timeout.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Negative ghost rider
I did get the nickname of Oboe for a while, from a few people who thought Cello wasn’t clever enough.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
I was wondering what you were referring to
Google probably would have helped.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Mine's cuz I'm not fat.
I’m like Pablo…
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
I AM PAT BURRELLZ'Z DADDY! (wait, that doesn't sound right)
HE'S NOT FAT HE'S JUST BI - Oh, got it.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
You are as smart as you are ethnically diverse.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
I AM PAT BURRELLZ'Z DADDY! (wait, that doesn't sound right)
LOL
Well played
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks.
/swishes dirt with toe and blushes sheepishly.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
I AM PAT BURRELLZ'Z DADDY! (wait, that doesn't sound right)
You're welcome
/finds you completely adorable
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I read the whole thing and enjoyed it immensely.
I like the number 24. And I started out on Golden State of Mind, hence my Warriors-related, really boring username.
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.
My real name is Nat. Written Japanese-style, it would be “Natto”, which also happens to be this:
Both it and I are acquired tastes.
Fermented soy beans?
At least your name isn’t “Balut” or “Century Egg.”.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
I AM PAT BURRELLZ'Z DADDY! (wait, that doesn't sound right)
I feel like you’ve had to defend century eggs a lot this year.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 9, 2010 1:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Seems like 100 years.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Natto, the food
So that’s what I was eating! I lived at a major Japanese Shinto shrine for two weeks last month and in the course of that, since I don’t speak Japanese, ended up eating a lot of mystery meals. This stuff came in a little box that had me wondering whether it was corn flakes or rice krispies before I opened it. A lot of the food was fantastic but the taste and mouth feel of this reminded me of something I couldn’t wait to get rid of — sort of the food equivalent of Armando Benitez.
by NearestNorwich on Sep 9, 2010 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Forgot to say
Handle reflects the Giants affiliate I was closest to when I first joined the Waiting for Boof community; it’s really an expression of longing because, living in NJ, even that one wasn’t near enough to drop in on easily.
by NearestNorwich on Sep 9, 2010 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I've eaten natto once in my life. Once.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 9, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
TWSS!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
this is an .88 Magnum
it shoots through schools.
(i fuggin love natto (the food). (and also the dude.))
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
It was a weird high school nickname
I tacked on the area code too.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I was in a guild in Dark Age of Camelot, and we were rolling new characters. I’m really bad at coming up with character names, and I hate using the randomly generated ones. It just so happened I was listening to a Dave Chappelle stand up, and when it came time to put in my name, he said “I feel like I’m getting vilified up here”. I thought “Oh, vilified, that sounds kind of cool” changed the f to a ph because I think it looks better, and it’s been my online moniker ever since.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
So there was one thin, handsome relief pitcher a few years ago who was insistent that his universally loathed teammate, a gold glove shortstop, didn’t have the necessary range to back him up and that this incontrovertible fact explained his high blown-saves total. “I got the ground ball,” said the upstanding, appropriately paid gentleman. “I did my job.”
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
by i did my job on Sep 9, 2010 2:36 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Reminds me of 'the catch.'
‘54 series, Don Liddell goes in the game to face Vic Wertz, lefty on lefty. Wertz clobbers one, deep center, 440 feet. In the old Polo Grounds, dead center was like 470. Willie Mays runs it down, often called the greatest catch in history. Leo comes out, takes out Liddell. He goes back to the bench, and says to no one in particular, ’well, got my guy.’
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
by Giantsfan4life on Sep 9, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
For some reason, I think because I was in college, I didn’t ever hear this story. Now there’s another reason to hate Benitez.
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"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I was at that game
Blown save against the Rockies, so frustrating to watch, and his post-game comments made him my least favorite giant ever.
It’s from an old “Celebrity Jeopardy!” sketch on Saturday Night Live. For those of you keeping score at home, it aired on May 9, 1998 and featured David Duchovny as Jeff Goldblum. As Ferrell’s Alex Trebek checks the answers to the Final Jeopardy question “Write down a letter,” he reaches Goldblum’s lectern.
TREBEK: Let’s go to Jeff Goldblum, who appears to still be doing Tai Chi. Let’s see what your answer was…the number 2.
GOLDBLUM: Ah-hah ah-hah ah-hah.. the letter 2, my friend!
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
not the case
“Welcome back to Celebrity Jeopardy. I thought we were done with this, but Regis Philbin, that mongrel idiot, decided to have a Celebrity Millionare, so, network competition being what it is, I stand before you, a broken and miserable man.”
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
by Viliphied on Sep 9, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
aha
I always wondered about yours!
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
“Suck it, Trebek Russell Martin.”
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I always think of it as a bastardization of Negativland’s the Letter U, and the Numeral 2.
Me? First initial, last name. Boring, boring, boring [/JRotten_accent_from_Sid_and_Nancy]
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I just had to go back and watch this (took me a while to find it). Good choice!
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought it was an oblique Negativland reference.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Sep 10, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I like you even more now.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 11, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
There once was a man named Gerald "Buster" D. Posey
He was an amazing man that once proclaimed, “I ain’t havin’ it,” when another man tried to steal what was rightfully his.
I take strength from those words, therefore, IAin’tHavinIt.
by IAin'tHavingIt on Sep 9, 2010 5:08 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I’ve used this since I went on the intertubes back in 1995. Merope is a star in the Pleiades cluster. Yes, I know it’s also a name from mythology and I’ve been told it’s in Harry Potter [which I’ve never read, and have no intentions of reading] but I took it from the star.
From IRC: /Nickserv info Merope NickServ: Time registered : Mon 13-May-1996 06:12:25 UTC and I was using the name on Prodigy Classic [aka P*] in ’95.
So at this point in time, basically… habit…
You should give the boy wizard a chance. I resisted the national obsession as well for a few years, but after both of my college-age kids had started the series and said how good it was, I gave it a try.
Not sure what your preconceived notions are, but I expected way too much magical nonsense, hocus pocus, and anti-scientific crap. It turns out, it’s much less like Fantasy than I thought, and fundamentally it’s about the battle of Good vs. Evil (a pretty timeless concept).
Here’s where I got really hooked: there’s a title for each chapter in each book, and when I got the last chapter of the third book, the title was “The Beginning.” That’s when I realized that this was an audacious writer who had big, big plans. Other than the last book, I was very impressed with the series. Then again, I find fault with most concluding stories, "Lost’ being merely the latest.
While you were reading this, Carlos Willoughby just stole second base.
I still have a hard time pronouncing it with 3 syllables.
"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.
I haven’t ever read Potter either and also have no intention to do so. I saw one of the movies once when I was babysitting and couldn’t see what the fuss was about.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
The books are like 3 million times better.
Best thing my ex girlfriend ever did for me was get me to read the first couple books
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.
Books =/= Movies.
But I’m not trying to convince you to read them. If you don’t wanna, you don’t wanna.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 9, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I am trying to convince you.
They are amazing.
No, you’re right, I should have explained myself better. Based on what I saw in the movies, the overall world of Harry Potter, the idea of it, just doesn’t really appeal to me. So it actually wasn’t a judgment of other people’s reading habits, it was more of an “I’m personally meh about it.” But I can see how “couldn’t see what the fuss was about” came off bitchy. I hadn’t had my coffee yet.
Also, the overall premise of you can’t judge the book by the movie is also true.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I like them both in different ways. The first two movies were not good, but in the hands of decent directors they have achieved competence.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
El Cartero
Is my last name in Spanglish, but really it’s the Spanish word for mailman, which, obviously, I am not.
I feel like you mailed that in.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
A very long time ago, my L.A.-living parents were having trouble choosing a boy’s name (at the time, one did not have sufficiently-advanced medical technology to be able to determine in advance if the prospective child would have a Y chromosome or not). One evening (as the story goes), my mother saw an LA weathercaster whose first name was Lyle; when my father returned from his late-shift job later that night, she told him she had figured out what the boy’s name should be, and upon hearing it he (surprisingly) agreed. Unfortunately, state child welfare services weren’t alerted, so no one tried to talk them out of attaching an unusual first name to an unusual last name. Thirteen excruciatingly embarassing first-day-of-schools were the end result.
Also, when it came time to pick a username for MCC, I couldn’t think of anything else. Inspired by “RogerMetzger’sThumb,” I briefly considered using an anatomical appendage of a favorite obscure Giants player, or simply just the name of an obscure Giants player, but in the end decided that simplicity was the best option. Shockingly, no one else already had the name.
While you were reading this, Carlos Willoughby just stole second base.
RogerMetzger'sThumb
was not only a great handle, but he contributed some very funny posts. Not many of them, and not for very long, but funny.
Hitting 74 on the radar gun but hitting my spots.
by VidaWantsYourCar on Sep 9, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I own a couple vintage jackets.
the end.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I always thought two things wrt your name:
- Elbow patches
- That it could refer to a book’s jacket (cause youre pretty smart, and well read—put an extra comma in there if applicable)
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I want to buy jackets with elbow patches
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
my college roommate is a professor
he wanted to buy one of those jackets when he first started.
"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.
Homer, it’s supposed to be leather patches on a tweed jacket!
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
by oldjacket on Sep 9, 2010 12:35 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
yeah
thank you.
I have lots of books (pain on moving day), and people have told me that I basically have the personality of an English professor.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
You give yourself too little credit; that was an interesting story.
Mine comes from me studying neuropharmacology. Also, between college and grad school I spent some time playing in a band, and was slowly writing some songs that wouldn’t really work with the band I was playing in at the time. So, I had started planning out a solo album, which would be called NeuroFarm. The album cover would either be a farm with brains growing out of the ground, or a giant brain with rows of crops growing out of it… I couldn’t decide which was “cooler”. I recorded some songs, but going to grad school kind of put an end to it. So in a sense, my username is sort of a promo for an album that never happened. However, this year I’ve written a couple songs, so I’ve been considering reviving the project. I’ll just see if inspiration continues to strike.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the Fresno Grizzlies.
May I suggest a farm with dendrites growing out of the soil in rows?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Not a bad idea, though they may be less recognizable than actual brains. Although if the dendrites grew in rows, they could combine to form some nice networks, with GAP junctions and dendrodendritic synapses! This definitely deserves some thought….
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the Fresno Grizzlies.
I went off to college and returned as a medical student at the ripe and mature age of 22
but going to grad school kind of put an end to it.
there seems to be a lot of us on MCC who have advanced degrees, yet our convos keep returning to LoLcatz
Long ago, there was a Giants shortstop named Johnnnie LeMaster. When you watched him play, you got drunk faster. Over the years, he earned the name Disaster. I spelled it wrong because I’m a stupid bastard.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
Story win because you made it rhyme
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I read it as a rap.
♥ NATHAN ♥ Posey ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥ Eli ♥ Travis ♥ LarsTheWanderer ♥
Buster Posey ~ "He’s like a hot, Georgia-bred Stonehenge." TheLetter2
I thought of doing it as a limerick.. too lazy.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
There one was a shortstop, LeMaster
Who’s play made my dad get drunk faster
I’m the on who
took the name of John Boo
It’s spelled wrong ‘cuz I’m a dumb bastard
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I really ought to review these more carefully before posting.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
dumb bastard
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 9, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
tl;dr
So it’s from Captain Crunch cereal right?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I was born with it and since I have no imagination, there ya go.
Adopted father of Brian Bocock, Brad Boyer, Sharlon Schoop, Shane Jordan, Jeremiah Luster,Trey Webb,David Quinowski, and Jeff Arnold.
"GM Jack Zduriencik is one of the sharper tools in the shed. Elsewhere in that shed, Brian Sabean continues to pound screws into bricks with a garden rake."
I thought you had made your fortune selling heroin.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Born and raised in San Diego, lifetime Giants fan, employer relo’d me to Nevada in 1994, hence nvsfg.
/yawn
Adopted Son: !Matt Downs I'll miss you my son.
Oh
I thought you were “Not Very Safe For Grant”
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.
delorean was the name of a band/solo project i had for a while. it ended up being my screenname for lots of things around that time.
borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Doc Brown lives on Endor?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 9, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
"Where we're going, we don't need roads!"
“We do, however, need tree trunks we can suspend from vines and smash into imperial walkers!”
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Sep 10, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I always thought it was because you were a Back to the Future fan
"I wanted to pick a Rockie. But I dislike the Rockies. They're not bona fide." — Jon Miller on the postgame wrap, 7/1/10
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Sep 9, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
When I was born in 1990 my parents believed they were gifting me with the wonderfully imaginative and interesting name Walker. Then in 1993 Chuck Norris came along and created one of the most terrible shows to ever grace the airwaves and reach syndication Walker: Texas Ranger. Ever since then everywhere I go I get called Chuck Norris, Texas Ranger, or TR. When Talledaga Nights came out this only increased the amount of people calling me such. Luckily I never grew to resent it and it is so much a part of my identity that I didn’t even think confusion would arise if I joined a Giants baseball blog with the username of another team.
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?
it's ok
Walker told me I have AIDS.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
then got shot right as he was proposing to me
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?
or was it the girl that got shot, I can never remember
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?
It’s Walker.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
God I miss Conan’s Walker lever
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?
It was soooo awesome!!
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.
YES
slowly dying, one giants game at a time
by SirPsycoSexy on Sep 10, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a big head. It’s a favorite of my old buds from high school to rag on, so I eventually used it for the team name of my Pokemanz, and made it my handle here. No relation to Bochy.
I imagine you must have to introduce yourself like that a lot…
No relation to Bochy.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
A few times on MCC, mostly when I was first posting last year, I was assumed to be some kind of Bochy apologist, haha
I’m still waiting for my apology.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Any relation?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Quincy is the name of Jason’s iguana in the Foxtrot comic strip. It’s not capitalized because he writes his dialogue in all caps, and I didn’t want people to think I was shouting, so I just put it all in lowercase letters. I was born in January 1991.
I’ve never seen Bleach, which most people find hard to believe. I’ve had this for almost ten years now, and I don’t think Bleach has been around that long – if you don’t know why that matters, apparently there are characters on Bleach called "Quincy"s or something.
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to do that (TM)
I’ve read Foxtrot for a very long time, so I got the reference. Of course, the avatar helps too. I read Bleach, but I never made the connection with Quincy’s in that because they were introduced just a few years ago.
I probably shouldn’t have had to give an explanation because of the avatar, but I don’t pay attention to people’s avatars so I forgot.
I can’t play games online without someone talking about Bleach. It took a few times before I figured out they were talking to me.
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to do that (TM)
I just thought it was your name. I’ve seen the first arc of Bleach, but it didn’t even cross my mind.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 9, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I knew what you were getting at because of the avatar.
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.
Dr Stankus is a real guy. He came up one time when my wife worked at an insurance company.
Since IR5, I immediately asked if he was a proctologist.
I feel like this is a good name for calling people “full of shit”, which is my #1 passion.
Oh, there’s also a math professor who has this name. I have been asked if I am he on baseball websites.
"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.
that’s like gameday
"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.
and whom i always traded for Adrien Beltre and built a dynasty with!
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?
Always trade two free agent pick ups for Joe Mauer, trade Alfanzo and Rushton or Krukow for ARod and renegotiate his contract for one year, same amount of money (you can offer $7mil less the follow year).
Let to many a WS championship.
Also didn’t know this. That’s such a cool handle. I just thought your name was Jon Dowd.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I lived in Singapore for nine years
Moved back to Menlo Park last year and discovered I can’t change my handle without losing all the history.
"I wanted to pick a Rockie. But I dislike the Rockies. They're not bona fide." — Jon Miller on the postgame wrap, 7/1/10
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Sep 9, 2010 10:23 AM PDT reply actions
Because Timmy is my hero. And because FTW is dumb.
The Lincecum part is self explanatory— Timmy is a God. FTK is a play on the silly term FTW, which means For The Win, and is quite lame. Not wanting to be lame, I decided to tweak it to FTK which eloquently means For the Strikeout.
Because a “K” in baseball refers to a strikeout. Duh.
You see what I did there???
"throwing out runners? I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey
You must be kidding.
All these years I’ve thought that FTW was the clever inversion “Fut the Wuck.”
Really. I did.
Don’t look at me like that.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 12, 2010 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
! ? .. zz
糸色 望 (Itoshiki Nozomu) from「さよなら絶望先生」(Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei) often says 「絶望した」(Zetsuboushita) which means “I’m in despair!” or alternatively “LOLGIANTS.”
Still in despair.
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
Rhys is my actual name. It’s the original Welsh version of the American-ized “Reese” or “Rece.” It was supposed to be a male name, but has evolved in the other direction recently.
And, yeah, I’ve heard the Peanut Butter Cups and Reese Witherspoon jokes a few thousand times.
Our love is all of God's money.
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - Back in Richmond after a horrific stint in Fresno.
What about ‘I hates Rhyses to pieces’?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Yup, although it’s pretty rare.
Rhys also rhymes with only bad things (obese, grease, lease, etc…)
Our love is all of God's money.
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - Back in Richmond after a horrific stint in Fresno.
Increase the Peace
then vacation in Nice!
Whatever you do
Don’t trade for Feliz.
by NearestNorwich on Sep 9, 2010 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone ever call you “Rhys Darby”?
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 this as: It was supposed to be a male name, but “I” evolved in the other direction recently.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
We’re partly responsible for girlifying your name. I gave my oldest daughter “Reese” for her middle name. Her first grade teacher than used it to name her baby daughter.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I actually really, really gender neutral names, and the act of making names gender neutral. I got a real kick out of it when my grandma complained to me one day that “Avery is a boy’s name” (because a girl in our family is named Avery). I’ve actually never known any boys named Avery.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 12, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
You gender neutral the fuck out of those things.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 12, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m naming my first daughter Matt.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 12, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
One too many “t.”
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
What the hell is a firs 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 13, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
a tree!
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?
by TexasRanger on Sep 13, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
My other daughter is named Daryl. Girlification for the win!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
How about Avery Brundage?
Or the more famous Avery Pocket?
I really like the name, but I don’t recall a single male student who had it.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 12, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
my father's name: Leslie
next brother: Lynn
Seems they learned their lesson. Next brother: James Richard
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Avery Johnson
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I don’t know him, 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 12, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s actually not uncommon, though, right?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 13, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
“If you’re ever eating a peanut butter cup and you meet a guy named Reece, you better give it to him.”
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.
Dammit
*Reese
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.
awesome.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
R.I.P.
:(
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to do that (TM)
.
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.
Which one are you?
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I always found it weird that Legendary Creatures didn't have legendary subtypes like planeswalkers...
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
Rhys
There was (is?) a kicker in the NFL named Rhys Lloyd, I always thought it was a cool name. So whenever you’re having a bad day just remember some random dude on a Giants blog thought your name was cool. It will cheer you right up I promise.
Shit happens when you party naked
Well, I played second base in college so that’s the first part. The second interpretation comes from the term for a really hideous woman. A onebagger is a girl so ugly you’d only be with her if she put a bag over her face. A twobagger is one who is, presumably, doubley heinous. For some reason I think naming myself after a truly disgusting looking human being is funny.
were you, by chance, spawned in November?
"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.
November Spawned a Monster
"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.
I’ve been listening to what is likely an unhealthy amount of Morrisey of late.
"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's no unhealthy amount
or rather, any is an unhealthy amount.
i love his music so much. his politics, much less so.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
Actually
A two bagger is one for them and one for me, in case theirs rips.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Let me tell you what Like A Virgin is all about…
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
‘Reservoir Dogs’ is actually my pokemonz team name in a league I’ve been in for… a long time. One guy, who only knows me through the league, told me he was on this site so I went with this so he’d recognize my handle. He never really posted here much.
Oh, and it’s a cool movie. Guns & shit.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
The actual origin of my name has been documented elsewhere – it’s also fairly un-PC and kind of embarrassing, so I’m going to pretend it’s not actually the origin of my name and make one up here.
J is because my real name starts with a “J”
Pon is a bastardization of “pawn”, because I am a pawn of Grant
Ry, pronounced “ree”, is a reference to “Sound effect made in the MLB 06: The Show video game on a called strike”, according to Wikipedia.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
so bad you can taste it
"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.
lol racist
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.
This is the line I’m in.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Aw, who cares if it's un-PC?
Still the best username origin story.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 9, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't believe that Mrs Jponry
but, then again, what do I know………
cough……signature…..cough
Hating jponry since 2006
What the hell?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Someone who joined yesterday but has apparently been paying attention to the site since I started posting here enough to hate me. Cool!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’m hoping it’s not a certain disaffected former poster.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 10, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
The IP doesn’t match, so I guess there’s someone else who hates me too.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Not to mention a drastically different writing style
Although, maybe that would be easy enough to fake. Plus, the date doesn’t make sense: 2006?
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
I disagree, Marcello,
the writing style is the hardest thing to fake, especially over time.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 12, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
This is the persistent one who makes racist user names and hated Natto before it was cool too.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 11, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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.
In Little League
there was only one place a coach could showcase such a speedy player with an iron glove when the bench wasn’t an option. VROOOOOOM!
Bowkermania runs wild...in Pittsburgh.
by rightcenterfielder on Sep 9, 2010 12:08 PM PDT reply actions
Friends have called me Corn since high school (if you remove several vowels from my name, that’s what it becomes). This is a basebally site, so I found a related baseball term. And voila! can of corn was born.
Exciting, I know.
Sidebar: when I was applying to the FBI years ago, one of the questions inquired about nicknames. I had to list Corn. The head of the SF office was delighted and insisted on calling me “Agent Corn” anytime I was in for application activities. Yes, I was hired. No, I was never an agent – I was a week late on a student loan payment a month before my Quantico start date (with permission from the lender), and terminated from the program before I started. A sad tale, indeed.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Corina?
So what’s your profession now? Law enforcement?
/hides glaucoma medicine
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Just a plain old lawyer.
/you can take your medicine without fear
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Dang – I was going with Corrine.
While you were reading this, Carlos Willoughby just stole second base.
Close! Spelled with one r and two n’s, and you’ve got it.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
So, apparently I know the name, but can’t spell it. Terrific. Thanks for at least saving me from that social gaffe. I had some trouble remembering how to spell “Colleen” when my son dated a girl by that name. Maybe it’s just those “Co- – -” names that get me.
I presume your name is pronounced to rhyme with “win”?
Jose Guillen isn’t one of the best 90 outfielders in baseball. (Grant, 09-11-10)
Au corntraire. There is nothing plain about you.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Sep 11, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
MAYOR! HELLO!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 11, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I liked your name anyway because it’s basebally (similar to Chop and Howie’s) and then when I started stalking following you on twitter I figured out your real name and decided that was even more awesome.
To be honest, I was pretty crushed when I found out Howie isn’t really Howie’s real name.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I was pretty crushed when I realized that, too.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 12, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m one of those people that change their usernames every three years or so. I’m actually kind of surprised this one has lasted this long, although it helps that it has become my identity at SBN, much more so than my other usernames have elsewhere.
mymclife is not a misspelling of mimic life, as some people have asked. Nor is it a commentary on the over-commercialization of society. It’s actually a line from Grey’s Anatomy, where Meredith is complaining to Cristina about Addison: “She has my McDreamy and my McDog. She stole my McLife!”
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
What was your old name?
(I actually tried to change my username once, to aroundthehorn, but for some reason I couldn’t figure out how.)
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
I meant my general username that I use everywhere. I’ve used mymclife the entire time I’ve been on SBN.
But if you’re really interested, my entire list of usernames: ACSAnnF (my first email address on AOL, haha), kittycookie, wittlekitty59, funky_mishap, spellhex, funkyspellhex, annwitch, and mymclife. Okay, not entire; I’ve probably used 20 more usernames for one-off things I didn’t care about, but the ones I listed were the ones I used for at least two years.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
Better than wittlekitty69.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I was 9 and didn’t know any better. Also, wittlekitty was taken. Don’t know what was up the 59. I am very glad that it didn’t end up being wittlekitty69, because at the time I was innocent and pure and had no idea what innuendo was.
The sudden departure from cat-related usernames happened when I discovered that I was extremely allergic to cats.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
OK, fair enough
Sorry about the cat allergies, they can be pretty awesome.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Yeah, I should have expected it seeing how both my parents are crazy allergic, as is one of my brothers. Didn’t stop me from being obsessed with cats and collecting every cat beanie baby ever up until the point of revelation. I am quite sad about being allergic to cats; I’d probably have one if I could breath/see/not sneeze when they’re around.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
I think if you change your username, you loose all your old info (posts, etc.). Ask DFARowand about it. He used to be DFAAurillia (I think).
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
There used to be a user here named groud. He was so cool that I wanted people to confuse me for him, so I chose groug.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
by groug on Sep 9, 2010 12:23 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
That guy was fuckin’ awesome.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
He sucked.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
by EliminateMe on Sep 10, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
This is my favorite story
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
Was “supposed to be dissertating” early on, but graduated right around the time of the SBN overhaul and we had to pick new usernames anyway. I opted for a more generic username that did not follow (get it?) from the previous one.
I also enjoy a good non sequitur every now and then.
holy shit i didn’t realize you were “supposed to be dissertating”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
IKR? I wondered what happened to that guy.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 11, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
One time during a game, Lon Simmons brought up the Alou brothers (Felipe, Matty and Jesus). He said there was another one nobody had heard of. The punchline is my name.
Live in Anaheim near the stadium. Not very clever, and I wish I could change it.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 9, 2010 1:51 PM PDT reply actions
Probably means nothing to you, but I like it.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, thanks :)
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 9, 2010 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed with Prussian
I like it and think it’s actually pretty clever.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
I like your user name. It reminds me of Anaheim & then I think of places you should eat at….
There was a Luigi’s off of Ball or Lincoln just a little east of Disneyland. Good, authentic Itallian food. It’s probably been 10 years since I’ve been there though.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
It’s on State College Blvd. That is really really close to where I live. We’ve talked about trying it a hundred times but never have.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 10, 2010 6:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I believe the original was (still is?) next to the Goodwill in Garden Grove. It had more of a hole in the wall vibe, but the food was still the same at the Anaheim local. Try the Tortellini D’Angelo. That’s what I used to always get.
Geez, no wonder I’ve lost so much weight since moving out of SoCal. All I can remember is the food.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Damn, ResDog,
Luigi’s used to be my favorite joint in OC. I’d make excuses to go by there when I lived in Laguna Beach (not close) just to get some take out.
About 6 years ago I was thrilled to spend two weeks at the Hilton doing duty for the State Dept of Edu. I walked over to Luigi’s every night. By the second week they’d all shout hello when I entered. I hope it’s still there.
Giant among Angels, I was one also for many years . . . 25? It got to where I actually could have been called an Angels fan. I saw the second game ever played at Angel Stadium . . . against the Giants. (Exhibition, three days before regular season.)
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 12, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
/wonders where Butt Pee got his name from.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 9, 2010 1:52 PM PDT reply actions
Taco Bell
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Mine’s pretty self explanatory
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
Your name is Crakalaka?
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
He likes crack.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh
butt.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
It's like the Before and After puzzles on Wheel of Fortune
I merged one of Howard Stern’s lackeys (Stuttering John) with a Giants catcher from the late 70s (John Tamargo).
Moggeee (whom I wish would return) said it best – “Shock jock meets shocking mediocrity.”
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 9, 2010 3:17 PM PDT reply actions
Ah, but that opening day game-winning home run was beautiful.
By Tamargo, of course. Stuttering John couldn’t hit the floor with his hat.
Hitting 74 on the radar gun but hitting my spots.
by VidaWantsYourCar on Sep 9, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Mine just is a shortened version of my nickname when I played WoW. I was called ‘Chrome’ a lot which is the first syllable of my characters’ names. Usually when I sign up for things, Chrome is already taken so I just went with Chro. I change usernames every few years but I’ve stuck with this one more recently. Don’t wanna use those old embarrassing ones from middle school!
"Time for the laser show, boys!" — Aubrey Huff
Just call 800-818-5223
That’s 800-818-5223
Hitting 74 on the radar gun but hitting my spots.
by VidaWantsYourCar on Sep 9, 2010 3:56 PM PDT reply actions
Last three letters of my first name.
First three letters of my last name.
X
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Wait…it’s not Doctor Egarx?
/crushed
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Dr Ega, Rx.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha
My dormmates have started calling me Dr. Dre because I’m pre-med.
They’re imaginative.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I don't know why
I assumed it was a Stata command.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
If your name is Andre Garfield, I think my mother went to prom with you.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
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Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Mine is from a Xiu Xiu song. Chosen for the following reasons:
1) It’s a good song
2) It’s unique enough to not be in use in most places so I dont have to add numbers
3) It’s easy to remember
4) If you google it you’ll get links about the song and not links to stuff I’ve said on the internets.
I have more than one phase.
My son is Madison Bumgarner, the Invisible Shark of pitching prospects. My other son is a Porsche.
Heimy has been my nickname for as long as I can remember
because of my last name.
25 for the great Barry Bonds
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Carried over from another message board
Sniff, I miss you Brian K Vaughan’s message board and comics.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
For those who are too young to remember (man, that's depressing to type)
Mike Benjamin was a 2B/SS who played for the Giants in 1995, one of the most depressing Giants’ seasons of my lifetime. Because of his innate hitting talent and amazing intangibles, he amassed 14 hits over a three game period in June which was, is now, and always shall be a ML record. During this period, he definitively proved that it is possible to tell exactly how good a player is just by looking at his performance over three games worth of ABs.
Mike Benjamin was not re-signed by the Giants after 1995. The Giants have not won a World Series after 1995. Coincidence? You be the judge.
The last part is a reference to Pete Rose who loves to wear a hat that says “Hit King” on it in his interviews.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Sep 10, 2010 5:55 AM PDT reply actions
This made me lol
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.
in ur saws
givin psuedoplasticity
Still in despair.
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
by Zetsuboushita on Sep 10, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Tail of The Wisdom Cow
Picture six 18 year olds drunk on a dorm room floor underneath a giant size poster of Atom Heart Mother (Pink Floyd album cover, pictured), making fun of one of the guy’s room mates obsession with all things zen. So, we made up fake zen, SNL’s “Deep Thoughts” years before the SNL skits (sigh) left and right, deciding the author of these bits of wacked out wisdom was the massive bovine above of our heads. I kept using the character for occasional works of fiction, (once regularly posting bits of non-zen daily by Central YMCA’s lap pool as a lifeguard, lol) and couldn’t resist using it as an avatar when internet postings evolved a decade or two later.
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
How could I forget to add my real tag line (the Zep quote is just on my mind too much lately – because, you know, sometimes words have two meanings, . . .c’mon you doctors, help figure the riddle that is me out).
All take heed in the words of The Wisdom Cow. For one day, you too, shall moo.
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
by The Wisdom Cow on Sep 10, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Mine’s from a bottom-of-the-hour filler sketch from the first season of SNL. Belushi and guest host Peter Boyle sitting on stools under the spotlight trying to one-up each other with 10-second Brando impersonations—Belushi is better, but Boyle’s pretty excellent too (this is right around the time of Taxi Driver). It wasn’t the most amazing bit or anything, but it must have been in my head when faced with the life-or-death pressure of choosing a screen name.
Strangely, I couldn’t find the video online when I just searched for it, but I just found a still to change my avatar to.
by Duelling Brandos on Sep 10, 2010 8:35 AM PDT reply actions
After years of picking handles and screen names after Joy Division/New Order/Depeche Mode/Cure/Smiths songs, I thought I’d shake it up a little. “Monochrome Garden” is my favorite song by melodic hip-hop producer Uyama Hiroto (a contemporary of the late-great Nujabes). I only belatedly realized it doesn’t make me sound any less morose. Oh well.
"Reynolds struck out as many times as I did in high school, and I’m not talking about baseball." - Duane Kuiper.
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Sep 10, 2010 9:25 AM PDT reply actions
PiKA…. umm, i’m a dumb/drunk frat boy as said by a few people here, so i’m part of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Also “giant”? I’m a giants fan, best story ever
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I’m nominating this for a Peabody Award.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 10, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Possibly even a Sherman.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 12, 2010 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
i thought you really liked Pokemon
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?
He still might.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 12, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I always thought it was “Pick A Giant”…as in you like them all? That’s dumb. What was I thinking.
Here's to the Dodgers and their bucket of suck.
For a long time I thought it was “pika” as in “pika-chu” (sp?). Basically, I thought you were a really big pokemon fan.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 11, 2010 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions
That totally makes sense. I wasn’t sure what PiKA was, like, “pick a Giant? How about Buster Posey?”
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 11, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
J is the first letter of my first and last name.
I was in college when I joined the site and 14 was my uniform number in lacrosse.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis who is stuck in the baseball purgatory called extended spring training.
jj
it was a pleasure to meet you at the Grizz game.
Go Catzz.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 12, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I was trying to come up with a user name....
…..looked down at my breakfast…..
"I don’t know much about sabre-stats but there’s nothing better than white tea and poptarts first thing in the morning" - tk
Adopted parent of Nader Sherafat - Senior Accountant for the SF Giants; because without him, all hell breaks lose.
by Whiteteaandpoptarts on Sep 10, 2010 10:48 AM PDT reply actions
Guess.
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
I suppose it's obvious
that my username is a tribute to Nate Schierholtz inspired by his season in Connecticut, which is when I became a “major enthusiast” of his play. Sorry about the typo.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
I came up with this name
because I live in the state of Tennessee, and my name is Fred.
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
Double-meaning
Easy nickname for the last name Wood.
And also…the winningest left-hander in San Francisco Giants history: Kirk Rueter…Woody Wins.
Here's to the Dodgers and their bucket of suck.
I was an unmitigated Star Wars geek in school, and I really liked the Rogue Squadron series. When it came time to pick my first screen name for AOL, I tried names like “rogueleader,” which was obviously taken by someone already. I chose IanRogue because it was available and I liked the sound of it.
Now I use it because I feel like I march to my own drum and do things my way.
And I still like Star Wars
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
It's a Grant original
From here: http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2006/5/12/152257/357 Coincidentally, the post also contains warnings about nipple chafing.
I’d met Grant, Goofus, Giant Jim (anyone remember him?) et. al. at a Giants/Cardinals game in May, a few weeks before that post. I’ve known TK for years—we met in a rather embarrassing sort of way, on a weird free-for-all parody baseball RPG Livejournal community. She impersonated/role played Noah Lowry, and flirted with me…IRL me. Then we met and had a laugh about it.
So she told me about this cool Giants blog called McCovey Chronicles and I was kinda meh about it. She told me to come to a game with her and meet some people from the blog. I did, and we got along well. I checked out the blog, found that the writing was hilarious and that the community was a good mix of intelligent baseball fans and internet tomfoolery, so I signed up.
I did not expect the Baron Von Current Events tag to take off like it did. It’s led to people assuming I’m male—not only the name, but my profession in sports journalism also lends itself to that. It’s become such a runaway train that my boyfriend is referred to as Boyfriend Von Current Events, or Boyfriend VCE (BFVCE?).
I usually just go by Baron or The Baron here, but I’m a Baron like Baron Davis is a Baron.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 11, 2010 10:50 PM PDT reply actions
I still flirt with you
Wanna go out sometiiiiiime?
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
I won’t put out unless you buy me dinner.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 12, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m disappointed that Bruce Jenkins’ Boner hasn’t popped up in this thread.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
BOIINGGGG!!!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 12, 2010 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn’t that a wine? Cheap, but not that bad?
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 12, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I attempted to make mine an inside joke
But it’s so esoteric, I think people just assume it’s extremely snarky and that I’m a douche. Which I don’t like. Oh well. I guess it’s appropriate because I still am a bit of a “lurker”.
I was JUST a lurker on the site for much of the 2009 season, and at the beginning of this season, some dude decided to make some Fan Post titled something like “Lurkers Unite! Not all McCoven are Haters!” Turns out the post was total spam, and he got appropriately flamed for it. Around that time, I finally got around to creating an account, and had the “brilliant” idea to make fun of it in the same vein of this T-shirt I once saw “Dyslexics of the world UNTIE!” Har har.
TEH INTERNETZ: if you're wondering whether it's worth it, it's not worth it.
This sucks. I want to play.
I picked Floyd Thursby for my internet alter-ego because he’s an unseen character in “The Maltese Falcon” whose name kind of sounds like my real name, and he was killed in Burlingame, which is where I grew up.
On Fark, I’m “therealfloydthursby” because I was drunk when I signed up, and there was already a “FloydThursby.” So I was, like, “hey im the real floyd thursby wha’ts up?”, so instead of putting an underscore or a space, I put the “thereal” in front.
It feels good to come clean.
Right,
he’s the guy who was carrying the falcon from the ship to the Fat Man when he got offed. I guess the dame set him up. Ain’t that always the case.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 12, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, coppers, I'll come clean . . .
just loosen the cuffs.
I can’t remember who spotted it when I first posted last year (bgunn maybe?), but gallo del cielo is the title of a Tom Russell song about a fighting rooster.
If you don’t know this song and, instead, have spent your life listening to Morrissey or Linken Park or some other crap, then you need to just grow up. And get off my lawn.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 12, 2010 9:59 PM PDT reply actions
I thought it was Joe Ely.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2010 7:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Covered by Ely
but written (and performed often) by Tom Russell.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 13, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait a minute . . .
we’ve come full circle.
It was Captain Thursby who brought the falcon from his ship, only to be killed..
Cap’n of the original post, I salute you for a fine spark.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 12, 2010 10:06 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah, right.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 13, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Jealous much?
/can’t grow mustache
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
I always hated the phrase 5:00 shadow because if I shave in the morning, my face is still smooth at 5:00 that same night. They should call it 5:00 two days from now shadow. You know, for accuracy.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 13, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not from Shanghai and my name isn’t Jim.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
Aha!!!
I knew it!!
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 13, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Hi!!
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 13, 2010 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for all the great stories! Mine doesn't match up well...
…like some of the “older” folk here, I was (un)fortunate enough to be in college as the internet began to explode upon civilization.
My parents had recently divorced, and I was quite angry about it, listening to hour after hour of Mandatory Metallica (do they still play that in the Bay Area?)
Metallica’s cover of Budgie’s “Breadfan” was my favorite song for a long, long, time.
The 7 is my quasi-lucky number. I was supposed to be born on 7-7-77, but I was 7 days late, born at 2:32 in the morning (2+3+2=7.) I’m the 7th grandchild from my dearly departed grandparents, and both my first and middle name have 7 letters in them. I could go on, but you get the point.
Around the same time in college, I dabbled in exploring the mystical significance of 7 in world religions and so on, and so it’s always been my favorite number, for lack of a better term.
So it was the obvious solution when creating my first online handle lo these nearly 15 years ago, but it’s always come as a quick default when I’m in a hurry and/or I can’t think of something immensely clever. As mentioned above by another, it would have been a new permutation of Will Clark on this website, because he is absolutely the first Giant I would honor in such a way.
My only regret has been explaining the “breadfan” portion of my name over and over, as people alternately assume I’m either into a high carb lifestyle, or into 70’s love ballads, neither of which is true.
…actually, I really like bread. But that didn’t occur to me till after I’d made the name.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I really like bread, too.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Sep 13, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
That's one area where I'm amazed at how long I've avoided the foodie discussions here.
I LOVE sourdough bread, or the smell of anything fresh in the bakery. Hawaiian sweet bread, a good honey wheat…ah…..maybe my name is closer to home than I’ll admit.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
You could adjust your appelation for spelling
and become a true 7-7-7, which would be cool, and would no doubt impress people in bars when you proved it with your driver’s license. Discounts would ensue.
Why do you think Ronald Wilson Reagan was elected president?
I’m a 5-5-5.
Extra credit everyone: name the tennis player of the past who was/is a 7-7-7. Yes, all three names were frequently used. No googling . . . though I don’t know what you’d google.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 13, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
No.
Hint: it’s foreign.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 13, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Second hint . . .
. . . tennis player.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 13, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Seven is an awesome number. It’s almost as awesome as three.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 13, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
True. If we exchange those numbers within your signature Aubrey Huff becomes Aaron Rowand.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Back in 2008, I was watching the highlights of an A’s/Angels game with my kid brother, since he’s a big A’s fan. I had been looking up old baseball terminology at the time. Baseball Tonight (or something similar, I can’t recall) showed the bottom of the 9th inning where Cliff Pennington hit a high chopper, landing it over the mound, and resulting in the A’s winning on a walkoff. I yelled out, “HOLY SHIT, A WALKOFF BALTIMORE CHOP,” simply because a) I had never seen a baltimore chop actually happen, and b) it happened on a walkoff, no less. When I went to sign up on SBNation, I remembered that. Thus, I am walkoff baltimore chop.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 13, 2010 5:44 PM PDT reply actions
Back in 2008!!!
Jeez, how do you even remember it?
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 13, 2010 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
When it's practically 10% of your lifetime ago, it's the distant past...
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I feel young now.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 14, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, 'Chop, that was more for his reference than to be condescending to you.
/pats head
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I’m pretty sure the humor in that statement hinges on Gallo’s awareness of Chop’s relative age.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
The hint was in the joke, but yes.
Or have I been chasmed?
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Don’t feel too young. When 8 years is the most you should reasonably expect to ever be 10% of your lifetime, 2 years doesn’t seem so short. 10% of an 80-year-old’s life ago was 2002.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Et tu, Howie?
I knew at least one of the numbergasmic folks around here would point that out, but as a fellow literary nerb, I feel a bit betrayed…:D
And it’s good to “see” you again; I haven’t been able to be in as many GDTs lately, and I always enjoy your insights.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
My posting has been more erratic of late, too. Primarily because Midnight’s Children takes approximately 730 hours to read.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I like extinct animals
Not seeing them go extinct, I’ve just always enjoyed dinosaurs and Ice Age critters. So one day a long time ago I was choosing a handle at a forum, and almost went with Triceratops. At the last second I chose Sabertooth, and have used it since. Glad now, given that other unfortunate purple dinosaur.
Years later I was looking at some old family pics, and found one of me from Halloween at age 5, dressed as…
a Sabertooth Tiger. Go figure.
Proud father of Barry Bonds.
AYAYAY!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Expos!
Senators!
"A new day will dawn for those who stand long." - Led Zeppelin
by The Wisdom Cow on Sep 14, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
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