Post-game thread: Giants avoid the sweep
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 8, 2010 9:22 PM PDT
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PrintJust like the old saying goes: when your only run comes on a Freddy Sanchez home run, your only run comes on a Freddy Sanchez home run. Woof. Keep sending those good, young pitchers into our division, you White Sox jackasses.
That was a 2009 loss, packed in dry ice and mailed to us here in the future. Let us never speak of it again after tonight.
The worst part of this loss, and the corresponding failure of the Dodgers to do anything that might accidentally benefit society, is that the Giants will head into San Diego two games back. If they get swept, they’re six back. If they win one, they’re four back. Split the series, and nothing changes. Take three of four, and they’re only tied. Three of four in San Diego would be something that comes with an accompanying plague of locusts, but if the Giants manage to move the moon and sun to do it, they’ll only be tied.
Of course, every single other team in the playoff hunt won tonight. Bad night to waste a decent Zito start. Bad night to not mess with the Arizona bullpen. Bad night.
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Kick San Diego’s ass please. I’m tired of this shit.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
by DrDC on Sep 8, 2010 9:23 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Giants Baseball - We're Tired of This Shit!
by younghutch on Sep 9, 2010 6:33 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm gettin' too old for this shit.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Amen
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 9, 2010 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions
You're never to old for this shit.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 9, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
We are going to win 3 out of 4 from San Diego.
I promise. If I’m wrong, you are all welcome to come to my house and beat me with sticks.
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
That's all you broke?
I’m pretty sure I still have fractures and bruises on my hands from beating on everything in sight after game 6 and game 7.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I don’t want to talk about 2002. I am only just at the point that I can sometimes joke about 1993. Sometimes. Not often.
by wcw on Sep 8, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Dammit
Now they’re going to post the picture
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm in a good mood
I’ll let Natto do that.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
OMG, Rich Aurillia!
He looks like a giddy 5 year old who just won free ice cream for a year!
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s weird was that it was a Kline/Matheny battery, both of whom were later pretty okay Giants.
by non sequitur on Sep 8, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Matheny?
it’s all mental
"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.
/boo
Still booing.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
GODDAMMIT
Can’t you guys just start sending these to the perpetrators? I’m not denying the existence of 2002, I’d just prefer not to be reminded of it!
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Their intelligent manager would not pitch to our juicers
Not to mention pretty much the entire angels team was PED’d out where as only a handful of giants were but oh well.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
It’s the “2002 never happened” that is so irritating now. That meme needs to die.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I agree
but the pictures of the halos need to stop too
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
This.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I hated that meme before hating that meme was cool.
On vinyl.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
maymay
"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.
One day
jponry is going to figure out an image to post to try and train us out of saying maymay
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
If it’s not pronounced “maim”, then why did Merope rhyme it with “claim” in that FanPost?
"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 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Depends on what part of Dixie you're from
Some of us say maw-may while still others say mah-mah
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Or what percent Dixie.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Also true. Glad you kawt me on that.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I never did get my answer on the kawt thing.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
What was the question?
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Well they asked if you pronounce cot and caught the same. I didn’t even know there were other pronunciations.
Do you say it as it sounds? Cau-ga-ht.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Yeah, some people do sound a little different, but they’re really hard to find. I thought MonochromeGarden posted the wiki article on the cot/caught merger?
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah but I didn’t see different pronunciations, unless I missed it.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
You need to read IPA to understand. I do read IPA, and I only sort-of understand.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
IPA?
I assume you don’t mean the beer?
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
International Phonetic Alphabet
It’s sort of the opposite of alcohol.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
LOL
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Ohhhhh
Yeah, no clue. All I can really say is “kawt” doesn’t really encompass how it sounds. It’s more like Kawy’t?
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I’m right, that’s all I know.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
yeah, i love studying languages, but my brain broke trying to figure it out myself, let alone try to explain it. i think cot is more like “kaht” and caught is more like “kawt”.
"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 9, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Is “kaht” “cat?”
LOL, because kaht and kawt sound the same to me.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
um… i guess closer to the, like… yeah, and stuff… but then it’s sorta like that but not really.
basically they’re the same unless you’re from the East Coast, in which you’d pronounce/perceive them as different. you would also be wrong.
SCIENCE.
"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 9, 2010 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. You were in the 60% range, right? I was in the 40%. So maybe it’s just 40%’ers that say “mem-may”.
by non sequitur on Sep 8, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Good point!
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
You Dixies say “mem-may.” This one says “meem,” as it’s meant to be.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
by TheLetter2 on Sep 9, 2010 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I hate it because I actually like remembering 2002. That was a fun year.
I’ll admit that I did participate in it once upon a time, 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 9, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I have this book
and reading it is bittersweet, but I wouldn’t trade the memories of the team for anything (except maybe winning the WS of course).
Me too
And as that was my senior year in HS, I have a scrapbook trailing from the preseason signing of Reggie Sanders all the way to the last game of the year. I should really look back at that at some point.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I was a senior in the fall of 2002, and it would be another seven years before I started following the Giants.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Stop
You guys are making me feel LOLD
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 9, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
It was also my senior year of high school and first year of college. One of my first college memories is watching the last game of the WS with my roommate and him angrily shutting off the TV after the last out without saying a word.
My God man
Same exact story for me. Were we roommates? Weird.
Same here
Fall ’02 was not a good time to move to LA for school.
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
The only thing I haven’t been able to “make peace” with is the fact that Kirk Rueter never got a start. I don’t really think Livan’s prior Game 7 experience should’ve been as big a factor in Dusty’s decision given the fact that Livan really didn’t pitch like 1997 in 2002. I don’t know if the Angels would’ve made Woody look stupid out there, but I knew Livan wasn’t the Giants’ best chance to win game 7.
Trunk of failures
/sad
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I get that
I just don’t really want to see it. But whatever, it’s really not my place to tell you guys what to do so I’ll shut up now. Just know, you’re hurting me too.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Also
subject line, please
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like collateral damage
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
You are. Me too.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
:’(
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Well if the rest of you would just stop mentioning 2002
then we wouldn’t have to keep denying its existence!
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Agreed.
Isn’t this essentially trolling?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 9, 2010 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Ok, I get the rip-off-the-band-aid therapy idea, but at least put a subject line in.
by non sequitur on Sep 8, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Cognitive therapy? I’m not a believer.
Let’s repress that shit.
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by Useful_Idiot on Sep 9, 2010 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree
This has always been my approach to life
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Save me some time
And post your address here so I can look up directions now. I’m pretty busy this week.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
We'll split while the Rockies sweep the D-Bags
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
Ah, promises promises.
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You should post your address
as a sign of good faith
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Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
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Worthless fucking Dodgers are worthless
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This
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 8, 2010 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
everytime i follow the in-game threads we lose
i wont follow them from here on out i swear!
FUCK YOU SAN DIEGO
FUCK YOU LOS ANGELES
FUCK YOU COLORADO
FUCK YOU ARIZONA
FUCK YOU ATLANTA
FUCK YOU ST. LOUIS
FUCK YOU CINCINNATI
FUCK YOU PHILADELPHIA
FUCK YOU MONTREAL
I’m old skool
"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.
FUCK YOU BALTIMORE CANARIES
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
FUCK YOU BADBOY AS A STAFF, RECORD LABEL, AND AS A MOTHERFUCKIN CREW
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Oh God
They said “oppo taco” on MLBN.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
gag
/writes sci-fi novella about going back in time to kill FP Santagelo’s father to stop the madness
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"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.
Dear Dr. Stankus,
While you’re working on going back in time, can you stop djp4cal from writing that last post and giving me that mental image? Thanks.
xoxo
Prussian Creole
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t mess with time. Haven’t you seen Butterfly Effect? You might see him naked now!
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I don’t generally make it a habit of watching movies with Ashton Kutcher in them because I actually like to enjoy the movies I watch.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I feel like there have been too many of these ‘avoid the sweep’ threads.
where’s my Bulliet?
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"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.
Or not enough
Winning every series would be great.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
FUCK LA
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Well that sucked
Beat SD?
Please….please? With a cherry on top?
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
you'll get a shit sandwich
if you want a cherry, you can have one
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"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.
Happy almost birthday!
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
less than 2 weeks til mine
"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.
Happy Birthday in a fortnight!
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
woo woo!
hooray careening towards middle age!
"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.
screw that!
im 21 at midnight! i guess still one year closer to middle age..
So your plan is to go get wrecked tonight, correct?
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
wait
that’s my plan.
No…stupid responsibilities.
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"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.
Better to be over the hill than buried 6 feet under it?
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I suppose
seems like it would be less stressful.
"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.
Just wait til you visit your doctor.
Dr: Go to the lab and have your blood drawn
Then hands you a urine cup
Dr: Fill this while your at it
Me: Well crap
Dr: Thanks for reminding me, here’s a packet, just follow the directions. Oh and happy early birthday to you.
It’s not til May.
Sucks getting old
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
Jon Garland vs. The Giants (career)
3-0 (4 GS)
29.1 IP
28 H
2 HR allowed
5 BB
13 K
1.125 WHIP
2.15 ERA
(via Baseball-reference.com)
So you're saying there's a chance?
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Those numbers aren't relevant
The team he’s facing tomorrow is completely different from other Giants teams he has faced.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Sep 8, 2010 9:37 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yikes, you ain't kidding.
4/21/10 @ San Diego — Giants lineup:
CF Velez
2B DeRosa
3B Sandoval
1B Huff
C Molina
SS Uribe
RF Schierholtz
LF Bowker
P Wellemeyer
Starting Right Fielder!
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Not a platoon!
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
/waits for people to note his position
/alternately laughs and cries
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Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
I know I'm not telling you guys anything you don't already know but your lineup is so different with Posey in it
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 8, 2010 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Can I ask how one becomes a Rox fan in Rhode Island?
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Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
I didn't like the Yankees or Red Sox growing up in New England and I also like NL baseball better
When I picked a new team when I was little I wanted one that I would be able to say that I saw almost all of it’s history so I picked the Rockies. It just grew from there.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 8, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
You made the wrong choice!
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LOL
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
not completely true
at least he didn’t fall for the real evil that is AL ‘baseball’, or whatever they call that stuff they play over there.
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I didn't say the worst.
If you’re asked what does 2 plus 2 equal, you can say 4, 0, wild buffalo, or 200. 200 isn’t the worst answer, but it’s still pretty bad.
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CANTELOUPE
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"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
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Hey
At least I didn’t pick the Dodgers
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 8, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Velez Nate Bowker
Velez Nate Bowker
Velez Nate Bowker
Velez Nate Bowker
Velez Nate Bowker
Wellemeyer.
MOLINA.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Bruce bochy'd
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I’m hoping that us losing so ineffectually and all the teams we’re chasing winning means that we expended most of our heartache in this game and it’s all uphill from here.
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I do too. And yet this is where my mind is. I guess they’ll just have to prove me wrong.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Since I can't say it on PR, I'll say it here
FUCK THE DODGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those MOTHERFUCKERS were playing a Padre team that had lost 10 games in a row and was playing like shit. May everyone of those Dodger bastards be sodomized by muppets.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 8, 2010 9:32 PM PDT reply actions 16 recs
Rec’d
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Now I know why you guys hate them so much
Those worthless pieces of dog shit are mailing it in
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 8, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
rec'd
But why muppets?
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
they are controlled by metal rods
do the math
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by DrStankus on Sep 8, 2010 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't even know actually
I’m just so pissed off with them and that’s what came to my mind as I was typing. I’m thinking it would be painful though so that would be good.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 8, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
mitigated by their fluffy fur
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With our luck they’d enjoy it.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
No
And based on this conversation there’s no way I will
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s directed by Peter Jackson.
At certain times, I will claim it is the best film ever made. It isn’t, of course, but it is something else.
by wcw on Sep 8, 2010 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
of course it isn't
the Highlander won the Oscar for Best Picture Ever
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what, not Species 3?
snob
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"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.
hold on
late contender. They made a Species 4.
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"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.
well
I have attempted to watch Manos, The Hands of Fate
That shit was unwatchable.
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"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.
Correct title:
“Manos” The Hands of Fate
I hate it when people don’t use that title, since it’s so much funnier.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
The thing is, based on the subject matter and filmmaker
it should be the best movie ever made, but it’s just not that good; boring in fact…
It’s a missed opportunity. I would have to re-watch it to see what I would have preferred.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Sep 8, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
note than an abnormal number of muppets are blue in color
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OH MY GOD. IT JUST BECAME SO CLEAR.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s a little known fact that, like cats, muppets have barbed penises and sex with them is horribly painful. It’s why the show is so G-rated.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait, you mean everyone doesn’t have barbed penises?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 9, 2010 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Not everyone can be such a cool cat as you.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 9, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry about the scratches you received when I humped your leg.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 9, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s cool. They basically healed.
"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 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
/kermit fapping gif
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 9, 2010 7:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Why don't you let Dinger have his way with them
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Sep 8, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
That would be the most useful thing Dinger has ever done
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 8, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
FWIW
This is how we felt about the Rockies in 1993.
What the fuck, Rockies.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
Seems like the Braves scored 20 runs a game.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Rec'd so hard
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
Some notes
1. Note to Krukow. It’s NOT a great pitch if it’s in the dirt or six feet outside and the batter swings and misses. It’s bad hitting.
2. Note to Jonathan Broxton. Why the fuck would you throw the pitch over the plate when you’re facing Juan Uribe?
3. Note to Dodgers. Fuck you. Show some fucking pride.
4. Note to self. I finally figured out in the ninth inning why Guillen is playing over Cody Ross.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Sep 8, 2010 9:34 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Point 3 is invalid. There’s no pride in being a Dodger or a fan of theirs. None.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
We already had one giant, screaming sub-thread. Personally, I thought it’d be better to shelve this one for later.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 9, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Zito needed to do better than he did. He may have pitched 4 good innings, but he pitched terrible in the 2nd and 3rd. Any half-decent team would have scored 6 runs off him. I don’t see any improvement over the last time- same deal. Walk a bunch, then give up a big hit. simple as that (in my opinion).
you are wrong
simple as that
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Normally I prefer a more well-reasoned argument, but in this case I agree.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate when pitchers strikeout 7, walk 3, and allow 2 runs in 6 innings too.
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Cool
And one of those runs scored.
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only because a hard-hit ball went right to Sandoval for the DP. and the next batter hit a double or triple i dont remember.
he has inning lapses just like Jonathan Sanchez used to. Yeah, the offense should have scored more, but this is the same thing we saw in LA. walk two to start off an inning, ensuing runs score.
not to mention he was staked to an early lead (one run, but still) and promptly gave it right back (and more) with mental lapses in consecutive innings.
He gave up two runs. He is not to blame.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
the boxscore looked fine. but we all saw him pitch. how many 3 ball counts? how many pitches thru 6 innings? I was following it here on MCC and you all seemed to feel the same way I did
You realize our feelings aren’t a legitimate form of player evaluation right?
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lol
this!
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It’s frustrating during the game, but when everything is over and you realize what happened in the game, you can’t blame him for not being able to win when he got only one run of support.
Any time a team loses 3-1, the pitching is not to blame.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Pretty much
I might have yelled at Zito a couple times during the game, but I know the offense is to blame for this one.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
from another perspective, then do you blame the offense, or just say the other pitcher out-piched him? at what point do you blame the offense over saying the other guy shut you down?
he was out-pitched and out-matched, evidenced by the outcome. Much, much more should be expected of him for what he is paid
Well that's your fault
For expecting him to live up to his contract. And if Zito throws 6 innings with 2 R allowed every start, I’ll be more than happy.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
please
everyone knows he’s overpaid
no reason to beat up on him when he pitches well and the offense lays an egg.
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that wasn’t my point, i shouldnt have brought up his paycheck.
this is what I’m getting at here- at what point do you blame the offense, or just say the other pitcher out-piched him?
he was out-pitched and out-matched, evidenced by the outcome. By a rookie who we have faced before, no less.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
“Fuck you Matt Cain. How could you let the other pitcher shut you out AGAIN?!”
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Matt Cain’s got bad luck. we all know this. he matches up against pitchers, and doesn’t win, because the other pitcher held us down better
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you sure he just doesn’t know how to win?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
when the other pitcher pitches better, it takes out the “lack of offense” element, and makes it a dynamic of “who pitched better”
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Hudson pitched better than Zito.
THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT ZITO PITCHED POORLY OR THAT IT’S HIS FAULT THE GIANTS LOST.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
if hudson pitched better than Zito, how is it not Zitos fault we lost? he gave up more runs than Hudson did. goes back to “at what point does it become that the offense didnt score enough vs the other pitcher flat out pitched better”
This is fast getting way off topic from my original point and becoming a circular disagreement.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Because Zito has nothing to do with how many runs the Giants score off of Hudson?
Any time a starter gives up 2 runs in 6 innings, he gave his team an excellent chance to win. If they didn’t manage to win, it’s not his fault – it’s the offense’s fault for not scoring more than one run.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
but you can counter that with the argument that the other pitcher pitched better, not that the offense was lacking, therefore the pitcher got beat.
but that’s not the point of all of this
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
But we aren’t sportswriters who think Jack Morris deserves to be in the Hall of Fame because he “pitched to the score”, so we would not consider that counter to be relevant to the question of whether or not Barry Zito pitched well tonight.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
dude
just admit when you’ve lost
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lol
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Sick burn.
Is there a doctor in the house? This man needs first aid!
Did you happen to hear
that in 19 of Zito’s 29 starts this season, the Giants have scored 2 runs or fewer?
Zito’s been getting Cain’d all season. He’s pitched poorly at times, but tonight wasn’t one of those times.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
your orginial point where you said that Zito pitched a bad game?
or your original point where starters are always at fault if the team loses?
It gets hard to keep track.
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"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 said that “zito needed to do better than he did”. Walking two leadoff men is poor, no matter how you look at it. i never said he pitched a bad game. i never made an original statement that starters are always at fault if a team loses- the dispute circled in that direction, which was not at all my point here.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
You certainly started arguing that at some point though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I did, because it started circling around to that and got off the topic and point i was trying to make. Im trying to defend my point of view against 15 different posters, that means 15 diff opinions, so i cant cover every base
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
retreat, retreat
please then, enlighten the 15 plebes who are questioning you.
why did the Giants lose this game?
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the giants lost this game because- wait for it- they were outpitched. zito didnt pitch well enough. the other starter held us down better than zito held them down.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought you weren’t arguing that?
Tell me this:
Is the performance of a pitcher dependent on the performance of the opposing pitcher?
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
they are not dependent upon each other, being two seperate entities.
by giant4life83 on Sep 9, 2010 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
but they do interact with each other in a game where few runs are scored, in that one will pitch better than the other.
by giant4life83 on Sep 9, 2010 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Not to take away from him but did he really pitch better? Or did he just pitch well and happened to do so against an offense that didn’t show up? I mean, where do you draw the line? IT’S NOT ALWAYS JUST ABOUT THE PITCHING.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
that was one point i was trying to make, if you scroll down. where does it become “did the offense suck, or did the pitching dominate?”
by giant4life83 on Sep 9, 2010 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
retreat, retreat!
you are full of shit, m’man.
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no, im not. its my point of view, and i will defend it. i dont just give in when people challenge me, im not weak
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
this
especially when you are reduced to saying that you didn’t say things that you said.
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"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
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since it’s my point of view, I can’t say that you’re right, and im wrong, unless you can disprove my opinion?
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
ugh
when will we be rid of this relativistic bullshit.
You sir, are just some form of 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.
we’re not working with hard facts here. it is my opinion that Zito didn’t pitch well enough, and didnt improve upon his last outing. he still walked the first two leadoff batters of an inning, which is a huge issue for me
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
In Zito’s last outing, he gave up 4 runs in 4 innings, with 4 walks.
In this game, he gave up 2 runs in 6 innings with 3 walks.
How is that not an improvement?
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
cause it's a huge issue for him
"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.
just cause it is a ‘huge issue for you’ doesn’t mean that he didn’t pitch well.
This is a stupid hill to die on.
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"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’m sorry to bother discussing my opinion with you, i mean, who am i to be expressing my opinion on a site FULL OF OPINIONS?
and you know what Dr Stankus?
youll go far in the world by going around telling people that their opinions are wrong, and you’re right, and they’re FULL OF SHIT. youre a class act, alright.
im sorry that you seem to feel so poorly about yourself that you feel you need to put me down for defending my postion.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
If you post your opinion, you’re going to have to defend it.
“It’s my opinion” is not a valid excuse.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
Exactly
Have your opinions, but be ready to back them up with more than just, “Well that’s just my opinion”
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
i have defended my position, and backed it up many times as evidenced by this very long stream of posts of mine, but im not going to continue to do so when im getting personal attacks for it.
i dont play with others when they dont play fair- he’s not going to have an open mind about anything i have to say, obviously, and beyond that, its a matter of respect.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
You’ve taken several positions. Which one are you referring to?
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
my original position, that zito needed to pitch better than he did, and that i personally didnt see any true improvement.
the rest of the topics that i addressed were the result of other factors of the original which were brought into the debate by others, and by trying to respond to 7 different subthreads, i lost track along the way and somehow ended up in a circular argument about other related topics. had this all stayed in one long thread, it would have been much easier to clarify my position.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
retreat, retreat!
pitching matchups, though they are present the same way, are not boxing matchups.
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Well, first, I never let the outcome determine my evaluation of offense, pitching, etc. Yes the pitching was good, but it wasn’t insurmountable. The Giants had some opportunities; they either didn’t use them or Bochy handcuffed them
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
i agree, they did squander some opps, but that’s not the point. its how Zito got into the position where we had to score more runs in order to win.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
He put the Giants in the position where they (before Affeldt) needed to score all of one more run to tie and two more runs to win. Oh god, insurmountable.
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it wasn’t imsurmountable, no, you are right. and I never said it was, either. this got way off base from my original point, which was that zito didnt look like he had command.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
uh
this was NOT your original point.
It was that Zito pitched so poorly that it was his fault that they lost.
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Ok
Allow me to help you get back on point then. I thought he looked like he had fairly good command. Yes there was a little hiccup there with the two walks, but he then got a double play. Discuss.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
all his fault
mental
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"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
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honestly, I appreciate you giving me a footing, Prussian, i really do, but i don’t want to discuss this any further as Dr stankus, who has resorted to telling me that im “full of shit”, “some form of gameday”, and that “my opinion is a stupid hill to die on.”
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok, all I’m saying is, I’m happy to have this or any discussion with you, just please be ready to support your opinion. I do understand if you’re feeling personally attacked, though. I don’t think that’s the intent, but maybe you’re feeling a little ganged up on
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
i totally understand, and i have tried to support my opinion- its not like i said what i said initially, then refused to talk about it.
as for the intent of other posters, not to sound rude, but i dont know what other meaning “youre full of shit, m’man” could have.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I was speaking more generally of the intent of questioning your comments/all of us responding to you over and over. Personally, I don’t think you’re full of shit. I think you’re wrong in this instance, but that’s really far off from full of shit.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
from my POV, i had an opinion about zito pitching, related topics got brought up, i tried to keep up with a ton of comments and then got personally attacked, so i didnt feel like pursuing the issue any farther. the great thing about opinions- everyones got one
by giant4life83 on Sep 9, 2010 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
He didn’t have command in one inning. And he only gave up one run in that inning anyway.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
he got outpitched
they lost that inning
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Guys/Gals
I believe we have a new GRM.
This is eerily similar to a debate I remember about Cain’s (I think) pitching.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Without the subject title fetish, of course.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
GRM? Global Range Missle?
seriously though whats that acronym
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
GiantsRainman
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
im not a ra-tard. im just looking at it from a different perspective
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Did anyone call you one?
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by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
giantsrainman was a poster here for a long time, just to clarify.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
When I said a new GRM, what’s exactly what you thought?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Considering his sign up date, I doubt he knew who GRM was.
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i just joined like 2 weeks ago or something like that- i was never much for forums but thought id give it a try
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
that you were calling me a retard, hence, rain-man reference.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you can be saved from GRM status.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
well, sure
GRM had bigger crimes than just pure pigheadedness
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"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’m just referring to political baseball opinions here.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
well, sure
GRM had bigger crimes than just pure pigheadedness
by DrStankus on Sep 8, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
at least i dont stoop to personal attacks to boost my ego, punk
by giant4life83 on Sep 9, 2010 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
You don’t know enough about GRM to understand where DrStankus is coming from.
Your response is not deserved.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
i dont think i deserved to be called “full of shit”, “just like gameday”, and that “my opinion is a stupid hill to die on”, either.
by giant4life83 on Sep 9, 2010 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think you deserve to be called “full of shit” either.
Don’t know about the gameday crack, however, “stupid hill to die on” isn’t something you were called, it was a comment on the opinion, which is fine.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I just wrote a long post trying to sort-of defend you/steer you in the right direction
But SBN ate it, so you are fucked. Good luck. Going to sleep.
/auto-defenestrates
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Sep 8, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
IRL LOL
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
id like to see it if you have the time. im kinda new to all this, didnt think id stir up the hornets nest like that
by giant4life83 on Sep 9, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
The Rain Man takes insult to your mistaking him for GRM.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Mental lapses?
How about the fact that it’s baseball, and you’re bound to give up runs?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I think when you walk 4 within a 2 inning span, 2 to start off an inning at one point, not to mention the 6 or 7 three ball counts, that qualifies as a mental lapse
Or it has to do with the fact that Zito doesn’t have great control. It’s not a mental ability.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
control is almost purely mental. he looked lost in those inning where he gave up the runs.
It’s not about the 2 runs he gave up. It’s HOW he gave them up that is my point
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Ugh
So what, was Zito’s mind control not focused enough allowing his pitches to hit the corners?
And why should you care how the runs scored? Better than giving up homeruns.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
control is almost purely mental.
this might just be the dumbest thing I have read.
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we have seen him have great control at times, even recently, so how would you classify it?
look, im not trying to start a war here- I just think you guys are giving him too much slack on this one.
and it is important in evaluating how the runs are scored. string together a few hits, that’s one thing. Walk a few to lead off an inning, that’s a whole other thing.
I think what you guys are looking at is his overall performance, while I’m looking at how that performance happened
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Who cares how that performance happened if, in the end, it led to 2 runs allowed over 6 innings?
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because it is being evaluated to determine his future starting spot in the rotation. We all know number can be misleading, that’s why you look deeper than the numbers. How the runs were scored, WHIP, walks/K ratio, etc.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
He had 7 Ks to 3 walks. That’s a good ratio.
He had 7 baserunners in 6 innings for a 1.17 WHIP
Am I missing something here?
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
His mental approach was lacking.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
so lacking that he pitched a good game
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"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.
He also let the other pitcher pitch better.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
i never said he let the other pitcher pitch better- i said that if he goes out, throws 7IP, 2R, and the other pitcher throws 7IP, 1R, that makes him outpitched. the other pitcher threw better. and when youre facing the diamondbacks, that’s not good enough
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
A pitcher's performance is not related to the other pitcher's performance.
Let me just put that out there.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
never said it was. they are individual entities, yes, but interact with another with regard to each teams offense
by giant4life83 on Sep 9, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I think you're putting way to much emphasis on the pitching
One pitcher has 7IP, 2R and the other 7IP, 1R. Why is the offense getting such a free pass? How is the first not living up to potential and the second great pitching?
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
i dont know that i can say the offense is getting a free pass. this circles around to the later argument- at what point does one say “the offense didnt come through” vs “the other pitcher just pitched better”?
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
The point is that even if it’s true that “the other pitcher just pitched better”, that still doesn’t mean you can fault the guy who gave up 2 runs in 6 innings for losing. Again, he has very little effect on what Daniel Hudson does. Even though they are ostensibly pitted against each other, in reality, they are pitching two games entirely separate from each other. If Zito pitches slightly more poorly than Hudson, that’s not a failing on his part. He did his job, but unfortunately, Hudson did his job a bit better.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
when the starting pitcjer gives up a number of runs that has, over the vast history of baseball, usually resulted in a win, and the offense scores a number of runs that usually resulted in a loss…
then the problem lies with the offense
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then this becomes a circular argument. because that would lead back to “if the other pitcher was straight dealing, then how can you fault the offense?”
by giant4life83 on Sep 9, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
If you have an offense that is historically shit-tastic (see: Giants of last year), they make a lot of pitchers look like latter-day Cy Young.
So last year when we got shutdown and some Giant’s pitcher took a 7 IP/2 ER loss, does that mean that the pitcher got outpitched, or that the offense was just shitty?
As for your other point "how the runs scored"
On the first one, he walked two batters, got a double play and then gave up a double. Unfortunate, but it happens. It’s hardly an abnormal way for runs to score.
On the second one, he gave up a triple (that could have possibly been held to a double if Torres had played it more conservatively), got a pop up and then gave up a single past a drawn-in Freddy Sanchez.
I must be missing the “meltdown” aspects of these two innings. Pitchers give up runs. It usually involves walks and hits.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
walking two batters to lead off the inning, had a hard-bit ball right to sandoval, then gave up a double. so, two walks to lead off an inning, and two hard hit balls. but i digress.
it is the two walks to lead off an inning that are the entire point here. pitchers with control do not do that
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, no good pitcher in the history of the game has ever had two walks to lead off an inning.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
you know that’s not what I meant. It happens to every pitcher, when they arent pitching well. when they are, it doesn’t happen
zito is not pitching well, and not winning games. he does not appear to have improved, as this is the second straight outing this has happened, and cost him big both times.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
come on, guy
you really think that Zito didn’t pitch better tonight than he did in some take your pick August start?
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Honestly, he lasted longer (6IP vs 4IP), which was good, but his control still seemed to be lacking. Let’s just hope he pulls a Timmy and comes out firing on all cylinders next time out. I’m not trying to rub you the wrong way here, but I do feel your “full of shit” comment towards me was unjustified, but it’s alright. I was later educated about Rainman, so that explains some of what you said.
by giant4life83 on Sep 9, 2010 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Zito is going to start no matter what so I don’t know why you’re arguing that this would determine his future spot in the roation. Did you watch Zito pre 2009 second half? He was pretty bad but he still has a spot in the rotation.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
I hadn’t really been this involved with Giants baseball from 2004-mid 2009 since I was in college, doing my thing, out with friends, etc so I really couldn’t tell ya. I just heard Zito was a failure for the money paid.
by giant4life83 on Sep 9, 2010 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions
too much slack when he has a good game?
a game that if the offense hits they win going away?
It was a good game pitched by Zito. Even broken down by it’s components, a good game. One that usually results in a win.
Zito was not the problem here.
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"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 seen Freddy Sanchez hit dingerz the past two games. Does that mean his lack of power is purely mental?
We’re not giving him slack at all, he pitched well.
You’re right, it is important how the runs scored when looking forward. If the two runs were on solo homers then I’d be much more concerned.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
those solo homers would be the result of two location mistakes. he made 20 mistakes with his lack of control over the course of the outing.
when a young pitcher is evaluated, control is a key factor. Does he have control, or doesn’t he? And Zito did not look like he had control. How many 3 ball counts? how many pitches per inning? these are important numbers going forward
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Yet somehow he got 7 strikeouts against 3 walks. If he has that ratio going forward, I’ll be more than happy.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
against a hack-happy team that leads the world in Ks.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
if the diamondbacks were anyone else, id would have been a lot less Ks, and more walks due to plate patience. I say that because we wont, for the most part, be facing the diamondbacks the rest of the way, instead disciplined teams where those flaws will be much more noticeable
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
The Diamondbacks are 2nd in the NL in walks.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I've really missed these late night beatdowns
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Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
that I did not know. they have a rep as a swing-and-miss, or swing-and-get-all-of-it kind of team, and instantly I think i Uribe when I hear that type of assessment.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
well
everyone is hanging on your assessment before we proceed.
screw math
"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.
Well, that’s a problem.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
So Greg Maddux is just more mentally strong than Denny Bautista?
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
"control is almost purely mental"
My goodness, there are a lot of pitching coaches lacking that knowledge. Write a book, quickly, before word gets around.
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im not saying im a pitching coach, but i know enough to see when a pitcher looks to be in control of his pitches or doesn’t. And it sure didn’t look like he had much control tonight.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Cool
But why does it have to be a mental thing? Sometimes you just can’t find it.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
if you can’t find it, that’s because mentally, you’re not there. what would your explaination be?
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey it can be true.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Yeah for sure
I actually can kinda see what he’s talking about when he says it
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
He just talks about it every time. All the time. 75% of the time.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Inconsistent mechanics/release point?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
ALL MENTAL
"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.
Mechanics, release point, not having good stuff (so it doesn’t go where you want it), unexpected movement, bad umpiring, patient hitters.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
the thing is, he did have good stuff (this time and last), both times he still walked a bunch/gave up big hits.
bad umpiring should not hinder the success of a professional pitcher, though sometimes it seems to.
release point and arm slot are mental things. The mind’s power over the body is a powerful thing.
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Well when you put it that way
EVERYTHING IS MENTAL
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
3 walks =/= a bunch
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
(one intentional and of the 8th place hitter)
he lost his control for two hitters. it happens. he almost got out of it. he didn’t. it happens.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I expected a LOT worse of zito
I was frankly shocked to see that he only gave up 2 runs in 6 innings. I expected something along the lines of 4 ip 7 hits 6 ER 4 BB but it’s not his fault the giants can’t hit hanging change ups.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Zito did fine…the offense was terrible.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
I was going to write ‘How does it feel to be so wrong?’, but after reading this thread I don’t want to know.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions
The entire Padres series is going to be just like this game.
You know it’s true.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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torture weekend
starts Thursday
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I hate to be negative, but I think you’re right.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Sep 8, 2010 9:39 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
That is not being negative
You know for a fact 3 out of the 4 games will be 1 run games. That or hell will freeze over and the entire series will be filled with blowouts and jose guillens creating extra base hits by the dozen.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
with that said, i dont think we can afford to have Guillen turning doubles into triples in RF for this series. like you said, the games will be so close that his lack of range could cost us big time overall
by giant4life83 on Sep 8, 2010 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Except with more bloops and bunt hits and infield hits
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
and too many GODDAMN HAIRSTONS
"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.
Too many Ecksteins too.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
anything that even rounds up to a full Eckstein is too much.
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Carreer .250 hitters who bloop hits and steal 5 bags a game.
It's better to be lucky than good.
by Myemail21479 on Sep 8, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
He will, they all will
It’s in their contract with the devil.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Little did the Devil know that those sonsabitches don’t have souls to take.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
I was really excited about going to tomorrow’s game, but now reality and pessimism has set in. At least there will only be like 12 people at the stadium to taunt me.
The 1st pitch is the best
by Tay on Sep 8, 2010 9:48 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
LOL one game!
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I hope the team can actually score some runs for that Mark Cain guy.
The 1st pitch is the best
by Tay on Sep 8, 2010 10:00 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I didn’t possibly think the 3 game set in SF could be filled with more torture, but there it was…
I have no idea what to expect…I know at some point, the tables have to turn and the breaks have to start going our way against them….I hope that happens now and not next season….
Regardless, I haven’t been this amped for a baseball game since 2004, that’s a good thing….
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Sep 8, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
The magic inside is about to get it’s ass kicked.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 9, 2010 7:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I feel pretty good, actually. The Padres are playing awful. Sweeping ’em at home would feel lovely.
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A 1st inning freddy sanchez home run
Set the tone for all the pathetic long swings on display the entire game against mediocre pitching. Thanks white sox you fucking pieces of shit if you’d have not went after edwin jackson we’d have 2 more wins but NO had to pretend to contend in a division you have no chance in.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Well
Cant stop everyone else in the world from winning. But we won 2 of 3 on the road, and starters are on a roll. If you told me in April on Sept 8th we would be 2 out with 7 games vs first place team, I would take my chances.
I also find it interesting Latos felt in his words “fine” 2 nights ago, but now lines up vs Lincecum in game 4 of the upcoming series. So here is where the drama is, that game is big, no matter what the previous 3 were. Ideally we win 2 of 3, and take our ace out there for a magnificent pennant race pitchers dual. Our top gun vs hot up and comer. To make our run, we need to win those ace vs ace matchups.
Bad night to scoreboard watch yes, but we have our destiny before us on the field.
It's better to be lucky than good.
meh
We’re still going to get you, SD.
P.S., LA: You are useless.
Sad:
The August rookie of the month made the July rookie of the month look silly.
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The entire giants team looked horrible minus huff but that’s to be expected against a mediocre rookie in a band box this is giants baseball after all.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
And Guillen and Sanchez.
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Guillen doesn't count due to his defense being so bad he can't make up for it with his bat
Sanchez looked good but unfortunately I got a sick feeling when he hit the first inning dinger knowing it’d be a night of long swings and missing hangers. The giants seem cursed when they get a first inning solo shot because it’s usually the only run they score.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Give me one instance where Guillen’s defense cost the team even one base.
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SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Alex Rios was a quite good fielder
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Umm, he was talking about THIS game. SO you can SSSSSSSSSS all you want.
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Wasn't reffering to this game
I just direct all my hate after a giants loss towards the 2nd half bengie molina.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
He dropped a easy line drive from chad billingsley (when he wasn’t playing shallow with 2 strikes DURRR) that even bengie molina and jim thome catch. He also droppe a easy pop up against the diamondbacks that made it 6-0 in the first instead of 4-0. There’s many other instances of him turning doubles into triples and what not but regardless he’s been a singles / GIDP machine and really hasn’t done much for the team.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Okay, you don’t even know what you were talking about.
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Pretty sure everything he said is legitimate.
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YEP
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I was not reffering to todays game?
If you watch the giants and say guillen hasn’t costed the giants big time with his defense you are simply naive or blind.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I was referring to today’s game, and you said in response to me saying we had someone struggle against tonight’s pitcher that everyone struggled against tonight pitcher.
Nevermind.
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My bad
Wasn’t referring to today’s game but I wasn’t clear about that. Bochys love affair with guillen drives me insane just like every giants fan and there is no reason he should play over cody ross but RBI’s and dingerz with the kansas city royals say different to our wide headed manager.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I harped on it in the GDT a few times, but it’s worth mentioning again: pinch hitting Ishikawa with runners on the corners when Burrell was available was a terrible decision. There’s no way Gibson would take Hudson out just to play the matchups, not when the Diamondbacks LH relievers are terrible (did they even have anyone warming up at that point, anyway?) and not when we’re talking about TRAVIS ISHIKAWA.
This is not to say that Burrell would have guaranteed a win, but he gives you a better shot there than Ishikawa.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I completely agree
I think Bochy was looking at Ishi’s pinch hitting numbers for the year and just relying on that.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I think his logic was more that he wanted to save Burrell until the last possible moment…
…too bad that was right after the game ended.
by kingofthacove on Sep 8, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I can see that too, but there’s no guarantee you’ll get a better scoring chance than a runner on third, down by one. You’ve got to put your best hitter possible up in that situation.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I liekd that they played the ad showing Burrell hitting that grand slam.
made it so much more poignant
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yeah I would have hit Burrell there too
by kingofthacove on Sep 8, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I think
He actually thought Gibson would take Hudson out. Bochy thought he could outsmart another manager. He probably had a big smile on his face.
Then, he blinked and the inning was over.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Of course he was.
It’s simple (read “simplistic”) and it’s stupid. What else would he do?
Sabean delenda est!
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Classic Bochy
No surprise the guy who brings in defensive replacements when he doesn’t have a lead also saves his best bat on the bench until after the game is over.
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by Josh from Hollywood on Sep 8, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
1998 world series LOL
Easy 4 game sweep due to over managing and defensive replacements without a lead.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
That at bat was the whole reason I wanted Burrell on the team in the first place.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Random thoughts about the Giants
-Guillen starting over Burrell is killing me.
-Buster, put on your cape.
-Tomorrow feels a lot like a must-win.
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
I think it was more of a day off for Burrell than choosing Guillen over him
by kingofthacove on Sep 8, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone said that Bork stated he put Ross in LF to “upgrade the OF defense”
by giant4life83 on Sep 9, 2010 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions
or something like that. had nothing to do with Burrell getting an off day, or so i heard
by giant4life83 on Sep 9, 2010 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions
The Dodgers couldn't beat the Padres
On the other hand, I love that the Dodgers suck.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I really enjoyed all the shit talking the dodgers fans did in the first half
Unfortunately they’ve been non existent since the yankees series.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Dodgers have two on with one out now.
Our love is all of God's money.
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WE'RE GETTING TOO CLOSE
/Torres PHs 33 year old career minor leaguer
by kingofthacove on Sep 8, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Ethier is up to fail miserably again.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
John Lindsey is a Dodger I can root for.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
LOL ETHIER
GO FUCK YOURSELF LA
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Dodgers
Disgrace.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Depressingly, 2011 is a great year to have a good draft position.
by wcw on Sep 8, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
The pirates are on a mission
Watch them fail to sign the pick next year lol.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I thought Arizona was clever this year. Pick a guy who’s hurt. Then don’t sign him and take your pick.
by wcw on Sep 8, 2010 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Indeed
Let’s hope they don’t get another random pitcher that eats the giants alive.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I HOPE GUILLEN GETS CAUGHT IN A BURNING HOUSE!
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Or has to have season ending calf surgery and saves giants fans a lot of screaming.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
See, this type of thinking is disgraceful.
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Well it would help the giants big time
Trotting cody ross out there everyday would be much more valuable based on defense alone.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Okay, if you think wishing injury on someone is worth helping the team, maybe it’s time to stop watching baseball for a while.
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You realize that jose guillen is playing with a hurt calf and needs surgery?
I’m not wishing anything on anyone the dude needs surgery and should not be playing there is no way a human being is that slow that’s not a molina.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
GET THE DAMN SURGERY
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/Derosa’d
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
His calf is fine jose has been there he just needs some time to get settled in
After all those dingerz and RBI’s hitting clean up for the kansas city royals are that of a proffesional slugger that the giants can’t win without!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
You mean rubbing dirt on it will not make it better?
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
It would make me feel better.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
How so
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
Rubbing dirt on Jose Guillen.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Well I wouldn’t be the one to do it he doesn’t look very nice.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
So you won’t do it? Damn.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
No…no I don’t want to but feel free I’ll provide the dirt.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
I’ll purchase a dirt projecting device.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Will it be like on of those t-shirt cannons cause if so I’d totally do it.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
That would work the more dirt being thrown the better.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
Fuck it
Let’s just shoot watermelons at his ass.
We can do it from the LF bleachers.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I first read this as “Let’s shoot watermelons in his ass” and was about to say “Well that’s just uncalled for and won’t help his running AT ALL”
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t mind if Latos got another stomach flu.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Or holds back another sneeze
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 8, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
there's no way he can out run fire
he can barely outrun earth. even when the earth doesn’t move
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strange bedfellows
"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.
The deck was stacked against the Giants tonight
Hudson is a beast. Good to see Zito pitching well, though.
It sucks to have to rely on the Dodgers for anything.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I like this sentence because it combines
I can’t help but laugh at my ex girlfriend and the fact she is a Dodgers fan
And
I can’t help but laugh at my ex girlfriend and the fact she is a Dodgers fan
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
The Dodgers don’t care about the rivalry.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I dont ask for much
Bur I want a god damn sweep of the Padres
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
The Padres still have a 4-gamer in St. Louis. The way CIN and STL are each playing, STL wont be out of it yet, and that is the Padres’ house of horrors.
/mat latos CG shutout and solo dinger in a 1-0 final
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
The Pads might not start Latos in that Sunday game because he threw 113 pitches last night
They may hold him back for the Colorado series because they are trying to give him extra rest between starts as a way to limit his innings
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 8, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I highly doubt that they would hold him back against the Giants.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I think it might depend how the first couple games of the series goes
If the Pads do well, they will probably not start him in the last game. If you guys are beating up on the Pads, you will probably see him on Sunday.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 8, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
They will pitch latos regardless
Because he will throw 7 shutout innings against the giants with 0 stress innings in about 80 pitches.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
They'll pitch him
but it’s time to deal on that arrogant asshat.
Seriously
It would be nice to say we’ve scored more than 1 run off latos all season.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
That would be amazing
Then again knowing the giants they’ll lose the first 3 games and then beat up mat latos to drive giants fans to levels of insanity never thought possible.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Whatever, tough to be upset about taking 2/3 on the road, even if it is the Dbacks.
Go beat San Diego and Colorado. This is the first round of the playoffs right here. If we can’t beat the Padres and the Rockies, then we don’t deserve to be in the playoffs anyway. We control our destiny.
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by jctGamer on Sep 8, 2010 9:57 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I really agree with this statement. Normally when a team is chasing teams they aren’t playing (like the Phills and Braves) it’s hard to say they control their destiny, but in this case, whooping on SD and the Rox would probably guarantee a playoff spot.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
/high five
Utter frustration and futility.
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Playoff money is due on Friday
Man, the Giants are making it tough to decide.
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I used one of those "ticket partners" to share 4 seats between 4 ppl
2 ppl decided not to pony up for the playoffs, so my friend and I doubled down. We ended up with 2 seats each for the world series.
The other guys came crawling back and begged for tickets. Tough.
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I say 92 wins takes the NL West or WC
Giants can stand 10 more losses in 22 games. Seems do-able.
OT
Not the person you want backing you up. A video on Yahoo Sports with Pete Rose supporting Barry.
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ugh
in related news, Hitler says ‘Joran Van De Sloot a Good Guy’
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Some good news
This weekend will probably be the last time the Giants will have to go to San Diego this season (unless the Giants face the Padres in the NLCS).
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or some abominable tie situation?
have the related coin flips happened?
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No more coin flip. Head to head now.
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See ya Giant fans
Beat the crap out of the Pads tomorrow
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 8, 2010 10:11 PM PDT reply actions
Shift+A
Come Sunday night, the Giants will be six games out.
Thinks were looking good for a while, too…
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You’re predicting a Padres sweep. I see a split.
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And winning the games against the D-Backs, Brewers and Cubs.
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OT
ESPN today did a top 10 NFL storylines. Guess what #1 was. And it wasn’t about their favorite team the Dallas Cowboys.
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The 2010 cowboys are one of the most overrated teams of all time
Then again you can say that every year about the cowboys because they get yankees treatment.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Well I guess I'm just used to the massive sucking and sugar coating the cowboys get every year
The experts will talk all season about a “home game for the cowboys in the super bowl” only to see tony romo choke again and wade phillips get assassinated.
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Bob Davidson ejected fan because of homophobic remarks
Veteran umpire Bob Davidson says he ejected a fan at Miller Park because the fan used a homophobic slur aimed at St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina.
Davidson said he decided to throw out 44-year-old Sean A. Ottow of Waukesha, Wis., in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday night because he wanted to make sure Molina wouldn’t do something to escalate the situation. Davidson spoke Wednesday before the series finale.
“Molina, I thought he was going to go toward [the fan] and I said, ’I’ll take care of it,’” said Davidson, who was the plate umpire. “I was going to wait until between innings and not be so obvious, but I figured after he said that, he was very intoxicated, I needed to take care of it.”
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If that’s true, good for him
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+109
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I didn’t realize umpires even had the perogative to eject fans.
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prerogative
I correct you only because my brother lost a Spelling Bee on that word when he was in, like, fifth grade.
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I stand corrected
Maybe I spelled the way Bobby Brown did in his song.
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I think he meant “purgatory”. “I didn’t realize umpires even had the purgatory to eject fans.” Yes, I believe so.
by non sequitur on Sep 8, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Pejorative.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2010 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t either. Seriously, though, where were the ushers? I’ve seen people get removed for way less than this.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, I said the same thing when I heard about this
It should never have gotten to the point where the umpire had to take care of it. The usher and stadium security should have kicked the guy out way before it got to the point of the HPU having to toss him.
Who the fuck is Cory Luebke?
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Nolan Ryan when the Giants face him.
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Padres 2nd best pitching prospect
- overall coming into the year IIRC
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
Dammit.
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On the plus side
if you told me in June that the G’s were on track for 90+ wins, I’d ask to meet your dealer.
Me to
I’m also going to need to see my dealer after the giants win 90+ games and fall short and the sabork gets a massive contract extension.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
be honest
you are seeing your dealer anyway.
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Pretty much yeah
But I’m gonna need a timmy style offseason work load in order to deal with the pending extension of the reign of terror and no good draft picks of playoffs.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Dear San Diego Padres Baseball "Club",
I hate you guys so fucking much. From that little fuck Eckstein all the way down to your starting pitcher tonight, Cory Luebke ( WHO THE FUCK IS CORY LUEBKE????) Stop taking horrible, below average baseball players and making them into hall famers. I refuse to believe that your team is more talented than this Giants team, its in-fucking possible. You guys are the luckiest bunch of SOB’s in the history of baseball, and I hope you lose 100 games next year. Again, the moral of the story is FUCK YOU PADRES.
Respectfully Yours,
LincecumFTK
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by LincecumFTK on Sep 8, 2010 10:40 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Well the thing with the padres is
Their manager doesn’t show blind love to injured veterans that do not belong in the major leagues when he has much better options on his bench.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I was extremely pleased when I learned tejada would be playing SS for them everyday
Then bruce bochy begged sabean for jose guillen so he could replicate the feat.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
And to think that I was happy when the Giants didn’t get DeJesus…
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
to be fair, guillen has smoked the ball.
Sadly, it seems like every time he does, he expects it has gone out.
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He gets to everything hit right to him! /kruk'd
Hey man he’s been there the only way to fix his defense and calf is to give him as much playing time as possible to get used to it bork is doing a genius managing job!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
nobody else in MLB would play an injured OF in September, so this must be a contractual thing, like Guillen has to start X games, right?
Not a single manager in major league history would play a injured DH in the outfield
Let alone go out and demand his GM pick up a injured DH to play the hardest right field in the majors everyday and hit in the middle of the line up on a team that’s in contention without proving jack shit. Clearly bork is a mastermind of offense and knows exactly how to get guillen going – shove him in your face until he’s so bad he drives the team out of contention and gets released or gets injured and can’t play anymore (derosa).
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Dunno about winz man but look at those numbers!
16 home runs and 62 RBI’s for the kansas city royals I’m shocked he wasn’t instantly hitting clean up with those ferocious slugger numbers.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
The best part about the entire situation
The giants get a younger outfielder for straight up cash who’s a better hitter than guillen and has always been a good defender. Did I mention he can actually run pretty well? Where as guillen runs about as well as bengie molina with a torn ACL and no contract incentives to go after. All good though cody ross just doesn’t have the veteran grit that guillen has, plus he’s never been there so he’s of no use to the giants they need guillen LOOK AT THOSE RBI’S!!!!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Well at least it makes bork look like a fucking clueless veteran biased moron
Except bill nuekom determines the contract extensions and the only thing he looks at is wins and he himself probably thinks jose guillen is a perfect addition to the giants.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
that and Guillen wears a bow tie EXTREMELY well
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My major bitch, Giants will probably go 90+, and Bow-tie will declare the “major” improvement that he’s “always” been looking for. And I get another inane piece of g’s propaganda in the mail, and we’re stuck with endless fiddlefucking of the lineup for 2 more years.. YEAH!
Bow tie will be so happy, he says that they need to increase ticket prices to help keep the 2010 team together.
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And that the giants have to pick up renterias 2011 option because they can't let him test free agency becasue he's to valuable
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
This is a joke, right?
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Scary thing is
Is that it’s tough to be unsure if they’d do something like that.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I don’t think so. It’s $10 million. Sabean would have to be literally retarded, and he isn’t dumb, just backwards.
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Sad thing is Sabean would likely think about it if Rent got uber-hot for the rest of September. I’d be happy for him, but he should just retire on the up-note
Fat chance
Renteria will play as long as their is morons who will give him a deal based on his past numbers. He’ll finally be gone from the giants after this season but don’t think for a second we won’t see him again. Maybe he’ll come back to die as a giant in the 2013 or 2014 season.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
January 21, 2011 – San Francisco Giants sign C Bengie Molina to a 2 year deal. Terms undisclosed.
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There’s no way Renteria comes back this year…no way
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t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
Oh I wasn't saying for 2011
Probably 2012 or 2013 so we can have the omar visquel experience for the 2nd time. I’m pretty sure we all thought he was dead as a giant, now he’s hitting .300 in the 2 hole for the sox.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
No way the contract option is accepted.
Once we’re on reasonable dollar terms, though, he might not be a bad player to have around.
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Now that he is a free agent, Renteria is perfectly serviceable as SS depth for the league minimum for most teams in the league.
They wouldn’t be morons to sign him to that contract.
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No, Sabean wouldn’t. It’s $10 million!
Renteria probably wouldn’t get half of that even if he ended up MVP of the World Series this year.
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I could see him trying to bring him back for cheap.
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And that would be a reasonable thing to do.
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Depends on how they work out the starting SS situation. With Fontenot around and the few plausible MiLB options (Bond) limited to 2B defensively as well, the Giants don’t have much SS depth beyond Uribe, who may start anyways.
Of course, there are other options. Players will want to sign for a team that has played this well for two seasons.
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I really wish we overpayed for marco scutaro
That dude is an extremely annoying hitter and has some pretty damn good pop for his small stature not to mention he’s an excellent lead off hitter and defender.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
;)
The focus has been on the corner outfield and 1B because the young unproven guys are there, but the really blatant sinkholes last year were at 2B and SS, so the cheapest way to improvement would be to get a guy at short. Scutaro on a one-year deal should be discussed, but that’s not even been considered (even by the rosterbating fanposters) because everybody knows Sabean isn’t going to accept Renteria as a fixed cost.
You wish you were named Frederick Deshaun…
by dregarx on Nov 17, 2009 8:53 PM PST
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/11/17/1162110/a-note-on-the-giants-offseason#25777244
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by dregarx on Sep 9, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
LOL @ sabean going into the year with a 36 year old injury prone short stop coming off surgery as his starter. Bengie molina was also part of this line up along with mark derosa and that shit bag in center field who was batting lead off. ROWAND AT LEAD OFF? SERIOUSLY? JESUS CHRIST WHAT A SEASON OF FAIL.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
For sure
I’d love to have burrell, huff, uribe and lopez back but if jose guillen is back I will not watch this team until he’s released.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I said that about Bengie Molina. Two days later he was traded.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Nice.
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QUICK!
Say something similar about Guillen!
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think it works like that. I seriously have to mean it. I literally did not watch the Dodgers series, and that was the first time I had ever purposefully abandoned the team in my life.
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You guys are pretty young. I lived through guys like Kim Batiste.
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Yeah I’m young. WHAT’S IT TO YOU?
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GET OFF MY LAWN
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I don’t think Guillen comes back. I find it very difficult to believe that no matter how dumb Sabean is he won’t be bringing him back.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
But, he’s been hitting cleanup.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
And look at those RBI’s he had with the royals its only a matter of time before he matches that production with the giants!!!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Not as sure with Guillen as I am with Renteria.
Sabean could bring him back.
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Slogan for next year?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Not sure
“There’s Fiddlefucking Inside” will get a lot of FO support.
“THERE’S VETERANS INSIDE!”
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Fixed
“THERE’S GRITTY, GAMER, INJURED, IN-NEED-OF-SURGERY VETERANS INSIDE!”
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 8, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Are we sure inside will be there?
Last year it was “we’re in this.”
Now “it’s magic inside.”
Maybe the guy who thought of it will get fired and it will become “BUSTED.”
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If it involves pictures of Buster Posey, I'd consider it.
Oh, wait, you were kidding. My bad.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I never kid about Buster Posey.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I agree
I wasn’t to excited to see him get injured even though it saved us from getting sabean’d. Unfortunately I did not know that we’d get bork’d and end up with the worst possible pick up and all our worst nightmares coming true.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Probably because of what he thought we were going to give up for him.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
So, what
If you have this attitude, are you happy every time the Giants DON’T trade for someone?
That’s kinda silly.
i had typed up a large post defending Sabean
but I deleted it, because, hey, I’m not convincing anyone here, and I’m tired.
suffice to say I always want the Giants to trade for good players.
I don’t see it that way. Take Ryan Howard. By all standards, he’s a good player. Would I want him? No. The Phillies would certainly want quite a bit for him, and then the Giants would have to take his exorbitant salary.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
Well come on
I’m not an idiot, and, famously, neither is Sabean. No one is suggesting that it would be smart to trade for Ryan Howard.
But would it have been smart to trade for DDJ? That’s a much more open question than you’re giving it credit for.
I’m on the east coast though, so I need sleepies.
If you have this attitude, are you happy every time the Giants DON’T trade for someone?
oh yeah. Definitely. I was screaming for them to make no moves.
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.
That’s the thing, they’re not turning them into Hall of Famers, they’re just using them at the exactly right time.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
yeah well I still hate them. and their 5 fans.
"throwing out runners? I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey
Hey be nice man
That’s 15 fans now that the losing streak is over!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
SPACE MADNESS
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
i never thought Family Circus was at all funny to be honest
"throwing out runners? I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey
did anyone ever?
Man, you’d have to be a real humorless sob to find the Family Circus funny.
"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 could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
by Kitspool on Sep 8, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
LOL
I love this website
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"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 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean, I liked it when I was 5. Because COLORS! and PICTURES! and WORDS I CAN READ!
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 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
and trails of dumb ol Jeffy wandering around.
but now, Jeffy’s in charge.
"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.
WUT
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 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I never found it funny
but I did gain a new appreciation for Jeff Keane after reading this.
"Guys, here's 20 wins right here" - Aubrey Huff on his red thong
Was it ever meant to be funny? I thought Family Circus was meant to be cute.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
pika hasn’t been around much since he returned to school. Imagine if he were here, the amount of comments in the post-game thread would be massive.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I read an interview with the guy who writes Family Circus (I only read it for the lulz because of how unfunny the comic is). Some random dude expressed his sadness at his inability to find the comic funny, and the guy who writes it said something along the lines of “you must not have a sense of humor.”
Long story short, it’s supposed to be funny. I don’t know how.
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.
Shift A
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.
OT: Movies
I can’t believe that I paid to see Sliver in the theatre
"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.
Silver lining: Freddie Sanchez almost doubles his season HR total in 2 days.
As long as weird positive signs like this come, I have shreds of hope to bring with me to Petco this weekend.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Bleh.
I couldn’t watch or listen to the game, owing to the fact that I was at the A’s game… But I did follow some of it on Gameday.
It seemed like the Giants were hitting a ton of fly balls and not getting anything out of it. Did we just get shafted tonight, or were they not hitting the ball hard?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
How many people were at the game tonight?
I turned it on briefly after the giants game made me vomit and it looked like there was about 2000 at best.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Twelve-ish.
I’d honestly guess under 10,000, but it’s hard to tell with everyone so spread out. Also, I was in the upper part of the reserve level in the second deck, so I couldn’t even see Ichiro in RF, much less how crowded the bleachers were.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
It looked like the outfield stands were completely empty
I did enjoy watching andrew bailey close it out in the 9th though that kid is a beast and will be a yankee before A’s fans blink!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
LOL Oakland fan
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=11880383&query=&game_pk=265896
Hilarious.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
LOL!
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Ouch
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 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
ROFL
Amazing dive, bork would be proud. The best part about that situation is he tracked down the ball after that and then dropped it again and lost it. Not to mention he was also the only fan within 500 feet but hey now that’s what I call a sense of urgency!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
/starting every day hitting 5th
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Probably a little of both
He probably felt like a dumbass noticing there was no one within 500 feet of him in all directions.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
500 feet?
More like 500 miles.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Well at least eric chavez was in the booth tonight
“Billys done such a great job all these years putting a competitive quality product on the field he’s really one of the greatest GM’s ever”
/thinks about bank account
“I love the A’s and will be one for life!”
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Lesser Kuip and Fosse are pretty good at making fun of fans trying to make plays. This happened on August 2nd (have to wait for the slo-mo replay).
by non sequitur on Sep 8, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
The thing I like most about kuip and foss
Is how they go out of their way when on the road to point out how empty the stands are and how the team doesn’t have any “real fans” like the A’s do.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Kind of OT
But LOL at my boyfriend who is a Dodger fan. He’d been avoiding me since Saturday. And I finally saw him at work yesterday only to tell him how useless the Dodgers were. He said “Shit I was avoiding you but I knew you’d say that when you saw me.”
Oh it’s nice being able to rub this in…somehow I’ll convert him from the dark side.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
You’re parents must be proud. You’re dating a Dodgers fan.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
He’s actually really nice just think about every Dodger fan you’ve ever seen and imagine the opposite – that’s my boyfriend. My dad doesn’t mind though being from LA as a little kid he used to like the Dodgers before turning to the Giants.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
My suggestion is that you dump him. These kind of mixed relationships never work.
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 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
He sounds like a bad person.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
meh He’s alright.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
Haha
That sounds funny considering he’s your boyfriend. “Meh.”
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I was kidding he’s really nice I’m usually the one who picks on him for being a Dodger fan not the other way around.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
Wait, so you’re dating Matt Cain? Matt Cain is a Dodgers 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 8, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately I’m not dating Matt Cain…when my boyfriend gets 1 run of support he has shut down innings after shut down innings…he knows how to win
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
I didn’t realize how weird that was until after I posted it….
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
He gets the job done, everytime.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I didn’t mean it in that way
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
LOL
Your intent never really matters here when it comes to TWSS
Also, TWSS!!!!
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"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 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m having a hard time figuring out any other way for you to have meant it.
Fun fact: "Mota" is Bengali for "fat".
BTW
This is what I thought of after reading your post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGfSLzNX24E#t=0m11s
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I haven’t seen this one yet
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
It still applies.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
In a joking manner of course ;)
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow