Mop-up Mania
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 21, 2011 10:19 AM PST
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The moment came sometime in December, after watching the World Series DVD for the sixteenth time. I was watching Renteria’s home run the only way I know how: Zapruder-style. Back and to the left. Back and to the left. Back and to the left. I’ll pick a different person in the seats behind home plate after the first dozen viewings, focusing on one at a time to see how long it takes to realize that, oh no, that ball was hit pretty well. I don’t see this hobby getting old for a while.
But somewhere during all this, I realized that I don’t care about roster minutia quite as much. Backup catcher battles were the first casualty, but now the indifference has spread to the last man in the bullpen. Maybe it was this:
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | G | GF | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 36 | SFG | NL | WS | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Yeah, that will do it. That’s the combined playoff performance of the last man in the Giants’ bullpen, Guillermo Mota. Sure, the Giants had a historic postseason run from their starting staff, and that obviously eased the burden of the bullpen, but for all of the debate and concern over the final playoff roster, the last man on the roster received two innings of garbage time in 14 games. Turns out Barry Zito could have made the roster off. It’s not like he could have given up nine runs in Game Two of the World Series.
Well, he certainly couldn’t have given up ten runs, so the Giants would at least have set up a thrilling walk-off win.
One area that hasn’t been affected by the Peter Gibbons-brand of arrogant apathy, though, is the rotation. The Giants have been so fortunate over the past two seasons to avoid injuries to the rotation, and it’s silly to assume that the spotless health will continue. So the offseason depth chart with Jamie Brewington and Gil Heredia as the sixth and seventh starters was a little disconcerting. Maybe it will turn out to be as pointless of a fear as the 12th-man-on-the-staff mania of ‘10, and maybe Eric Surkamp is already sixth-starter material already. But something just north of Todd Wellemeyer would be just fine as an emergency plan.
So the equation goes like this:
Don’t care about mop-up man
+
Kind of care about sixth starter
=
Keep Jeff Suppan as the mop-up man.
I’m assuming that some WAR-toting nerd will show up in the comments section, proving that the difference between Mota and Suppan in relief would be greater than the difference between Suppan and, oh, Henry Sosa in three spot starts. And that’s fine. I’ve never read the comments here, and I don’t intend to start now.
Comment starter for everyone else: Suppan as 12th-man in the bullpen? It probably doesn’t make a huge difference either way, but it makes me feel better for some reason.
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Also, about that WS DVD – was the sound really off for anyone else? Like the background music drowned out the narrative.
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The only thing I noticed about the sound was that the volume level was very low, especially on the alternative audio tracks. I’d have to turn the volume way up on my computer speakers, and then of course when the Windows alert beep sounded because of something else I was doing, it registered at 4,000 decibels and made my heart skip a beat.
by non sequitur on Jan 21, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
my "extras" DVD from the 8-disk set was messed up
The highlight reel soundtracks were off on several of them (especially those where they dubbed in KNBR audio over the TV losers)
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand.
by natteringnabob on Jan 21, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
The Rob Schneider Blu-ray?
That thing was mixed so badly that I had to turn off the DTS-HD MA track and switch to the two channel. PLII was way way better.
My World Series DVDs shall be opened FOR THE FIRST TIME this weekend. In the meantime, I’ve been watching World Series and NLCS highlights on MLB.com. Repeatedly. Loudly. Nakedly. At work.
nsfw?
slowly dying, one giants game at a time
by SirPsycoSexy on Jan 21, 2011 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
More Like NSAW (not safe at work)
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
I enjoy watching the expressions of those behind the plate
There was one classic facepalm happening when Edgar made contact.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 10:27 AM PST reply actions
I like the guy who is sitting in the aisle (2nd row left of Renteria, next to security guard)
He’s waiving to people on the TV and then Rent connects and his hand stays in a waive position but is just still.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
O
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by Natto on Jan 21, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I love how the guy in red has the same facial expression.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Does someone have the pic of Freddy Sanchez’ face in the dugout when Aubrey Huff hit the home run against the Rangers in Texas in WS game 3(?). His face was a perfect “O”.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
I have the gif...!
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
by Ceora on Jan 21, 2011 2:27 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
He’s so delectably silly.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
:) I know!
Heehee. I love him.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
by Ceora on Jan 21, 2011 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
He’s like a kid on the field. I love it.
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Jan 21, 2011 9:08 PM PST up reply actions
Who here was that kid in 2002?
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Is it bad that I take pleasure in the fact that that kid will be scarred for life like I was?
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
AR-ROW’S ARROW IS SHOWING
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Meant to make a .gif of this a while ago
but didn’t get around to it until now.
My favorite part are the two people in the bottom right corner saying, “Oh shit…”
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by Natto on Jan 22, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Blond gal and guy in red hat. Almost simultaneously. The guy in the middle with red cap slaps himself on the ears for some reason.
/feels unfettered joy at the distress of other . . . wants ellipses to go on forever.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 22, 2011 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
The guy next to him is ready for the Pledge of Allegiance
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Jan 22, 2011 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
I like how the rally rags go to half mast.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 22, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
Guy behind large texas man in lower center
Apparently reciting the pledge of allegiance.
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
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better watch his back . . .
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 22, 2011 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
Thank You Bill Simmons
The best under-the-radar rivalry is Dodgers-Giants. I had no idea how deep that one was until I moved to California… that one goes waaaaaaaaay back and both sides absolutely detest each other. Fights in the stands, fights in the parking lot, the whole thing. It’s every bit as bitter as Yankees-Red Sox without nearly the same hype.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
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I wrote an article about that in HS!
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by Gobroks on Jan 21, 2011 10:31 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Did you get an “A?”
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
I always figured you would be a Eric Chavez kind of guy.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
I ended up with a B+ in that class
"You think someone that big would be more well endowed" Aubrey Huff's mother on Pat Burrell
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by Gobroks on Jan 21, 2011 11:54 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I had no idea how deep that one was until I moved to California…
This is the perfect illustration of why people in California get frustrated by national baseball coverage. They don’t know but act as if they do. And when their lack of knowledge is pointed out by those that do know, they either ignore or go into a full rationalization bluster.
Then they move out here and realize that we were right all along.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Because fuck the Dodgers.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 10:44 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Those assholes.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
They are the entire ass.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
Does this include the taint? Because I think the Dodgers have a certain taint about them.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 21, 2011 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
The taint as well
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
wait… we don’t like the Dodgers? Damn it. Why did I spend all this time making and burning Zach Duke effigies.
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BTW: Is SIRM retired? I mean he’s a Red Sox now…is there a replacement?
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Yankee
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Dang it. I’m on a row this week. But I am trying to use less ellipses.
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Dang you grammar and punctuation police!
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I was just giving you a hard time. I even used the ellipsis to poke fun at myself.
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Really…
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There is a poster on another message board I use that uses ellipsis after every sentence. So it would “I was just giving you a hard time…I even used the ellipsis to poke fun at myself”
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
He also means “on a roll”.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Roll. You’re on a roll.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
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by can of corn on Jan 21, 2011 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
A kaiser roll. With mayo.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
Not a kaiser roll fan. Dutch crunch FTW.
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Ciabatta!
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Pan de leche!
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
Chewbacca
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
Ha, even when I try to read through to see if somebody pointed out the thing I’m planning on pointing out, I still miss it.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Sloppy posting, howie!
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by can of corn on Jan 21, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I like my posting like I like my Joes.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
G.I.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
Ewww…
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
One of my favorite things to think, but rarely ever actually say, is some variation of “Just like a [name of sandwich filling], I’m on a roll.”
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
creamy peanut butter
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
crunchy Trader Joe’s PB
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
crunchy TJ's raw almond butter
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Brett Buttler.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
Didn’t we vote Casey Blake in?
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
SICB? doesn’t have the same feel…
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
And how can we hate Notsantana? I personally love him, as a Dodger that is.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Casey Blake and Andre Either are on the top of my list.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
Maybe I'm just Latos intolerant
but SIML
by posey yaknowsy on Jan 21, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Latos isn’t a Dodger though. This is just the Dodgers.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
Right, but for mercenarys sakes…
ML deserves a SI
by posey yaknowsy on Jan 21, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
I totally agree there.
My dad called him the Mercenary Victim a couple of days ago. I laughed at that, but I don’t know if that would stick here.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
MLMV
sounds like a venereal disease. i like it!
by posey yaknowsy on Jan 21, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Pesci
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Reply fail…so badly…
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Dude, take 5.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
I do not like those candy bars.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
I hate Eithier more than I ever hated Russell Martin. I want him to fail spectacularly, again and again. I wish him an unpleasant and tragic personal life (no lives lost, ideally). I hope he develops an allergy for all that stupid food he writes about on his stupid blog. I hope he gets a venereal disease from those trashy LA groupies.
I hate that guy.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I guess this would be the wrong time to admit I kinda like Ethier.
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/flagged
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
I think I just ruined whatever goodwill I might have built up over the last two years.
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Well, even Jesus drank wine some of the time. I forgive you. Also, I know you’ll come around. He is a Dodger.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
or this?
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by calbearjd on Jan 21, 2011 3:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
He is dressed for the Commonwealth Club!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
LoL
have a rec, my chap.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
you mean
TheLatter2 years?
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
You people claim to be about tolerance, but you’re painting an awfully different picture.
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Tape-delayed for the West Coast
I already decided I’d do him, then tell him it was bad afterward.
LIVE EST
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Letter . . .
better keep the devil down . . .
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 22, 2011 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
But Eithier does deserve it.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
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I personally can’t stand Matt Kemp, but he hasn’t exactly been the superstar he was expected to be. So, yeah, I guess Eithier
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by Useful_Idiot on Jan 21, 2011 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
I will never retire Suck It, Russel Martin, and I will never adopt whatever new lame Suck It people try to make happen.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 10:56 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
It’s time to move on though.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
No it isn’t.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
After the Velez slide, I’ve moved on. You should to.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
Russel Martin can suck it eternally.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll agree to get over it if Russel Martin agrees to get in front of it, so he can suck it.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
But would you let him cut in line?
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Is there a line for that?
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
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If there is, he has a FastPass.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
he has a FastPass.
TWSS
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Russell Martin is the one true SUCK IT.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 21, 2011 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
STOP.
You’re making me teary-eyed.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Yes
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Jan 21, 2011 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
I like dodgers
Artful. Corn. Ram trucks. Lots of dodgers I like just fine.
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
by Giantsfan4life on Jan 21, 2011 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
I like Dodge Ball.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
NOW THEY TELL ME
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Jan 21, 2011 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Dodgers? Huh? Who are they?
I have a tumblr. I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
It can get ugly...
When I entered my dorm room in freshman year of college, I found my roommate pinning up a Dodgers flag on his side of the room. I wasted no time in getting mine out and putting it on my side while busting out my Giants cap.
Needless to say we immediately didnt get along (due to various reasons, but the Giants-Dodgers thing certainly didn’t help) and by mid-year he moved into another dorm after threatening me in front of an RA.
Fuck. The. Dodgers.
Not only could have Zito pitched in place of Mota, but I think he would’ve done better. I mean, look at his line from the series. He gave up fewer hits and fewer walks than Mota.
Mota:
Year Age Tm Lg Series ERA G GF IP H ER BB SO
2010 36 SFG NL WS 0.00 2 1 2.1 1 0 2 0
Zito:
Year Age Tm Lg Series ERA G GF IP H ER BB SO
2010 32 SFG NL WS 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Honestly, I can’t wait to see what Zito does in 2011. I hear he’s going to be in the best shape of his life.
Tsuyohsi Shinjo: Underwear model, winner of Japanese "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," Ham Fighter, and member of the Giants team that would have participated in 2002 WS if an asteroid hadn't destroyed Earth.
The best shape of his life????
Every season we’re promised a new and improved Zito.
Barry felt the pressure of the contract; we’ll be seeing Zito 2.0 in ’08.
Zito wants to put the last two seasons behind him; he’s going to step it up in ’09.
Barry’s new training regimen includes long-toss with Brian Wilson across a canyon in the Santa Monica Mtns; 2010 will be the year.
Face it – Zito’s biggest contribution to the Giants’ cause was sucking so bad in ’07 that the Giants were able to pick fifth and draft Posey in ’08, and sucking so bad in ’08 that the Giants were able to pick sixth and draft Wheeleer in ’09. Zito is shit.
Well, he certainly couldn’t have given up ten runs
Yes he could have. Zito is expensive shit.
by betterthanbochy on Jan 21, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
So what you are saying is
Zito is shit?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, he’s just expensive average.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Mercedes C-Class?
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Alvin Dart.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
Somebody help me out here: is it “You got chasmed” or simply “you chasmed”? I think it ought to be the latter, but everyone seems to use the former.
How about “you fell in”?
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
/goddam covens don’t even understand they own memes goddamit
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
The chasmer is the one who creates the chasm, and the one who gets chasmed is the one who falls in.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
But the one who creates the chasm is the one who falls in. If he didn’t fall in, there would be no chasm.
Scott Chasmer?
Now with the Angels.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
or simply "you chasmed"? I think it ought to be the latter
I can’t believe nobody has made a joke about premature or chasm.
Cheap joke. And we won’t have that around here.
That being said, let’s have a shot of Black Bush.
Mmmmmm.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
well actually
his FIP has gone down every year he’s been here. And Ceora’s right, he’s expensive average.
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
SCIENCE!
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
TRENDY
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 21, 2011 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
I just realized how appropriate it is that I’m eating a slice of pie as I read this.
LIVE EST
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
What kind?
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
Apple. It was left over from last night’s volunteer appreciation dinner.
LIVE EST
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
I’m jealous now.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
inside?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
HAIR!
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Actually, that’s almost definitely not true.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
So you think this is going to make up for the whole Ethier thing, eh? WELL I’M NOT HAVIN’ IT. Unless there’s enough pie for me, naturally.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 21, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
My slice of banana cream pie from Nation’s has gone missing from the fridge. Someone is about to get killed
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Jan 21, 2011 9:12 PM PST up reply actions
The trophy needs to put it's seatbelt on.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 10:36 AM PST reply actions
OR THE PLANE WILL CRASH!
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
But it'll survive. You know why?
Because it has it’s tray table up, and it’s seat back in the full upright position/
I have a tumblr. I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
Hopefully they land near Albuquerque.
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The seat belt needs to put on cotton gloves before it molests the trophy.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Trophy joins the Mile High Club
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
If I was on that plane it would.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Now there's a trophy wife
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jan 21, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Airplane cabins notoriously cold.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
OMG BAER IS FLYING
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jan 21, 2011 10:39 AM PST reply actions
Geaux Baers!
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Does a Baer shit the air?
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
OT
But Wilson might just be crazy enough to get in the ring with some random “tuff guy” from Oakland. Keep your fingers crossed.
- Yahoo
/drives to Yahoo’s headquarters. Demands time back. Spends returned time only reading things published by Grant.
Tsuyohsi Shinjo: Underwear model, winner of Japanese "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," Ham Fighter, and member of the Giants team that would have participated in 2002 WS if an asteroid hadn't destroyed Earth.
Wait?
You read other websites besides this one?
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
Well… actually I don’t only read this one. Just the comments.
Tsuyohsi Shinjo: Underwear model, winner of Japanese "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," Ham Fighter, and member of the Giants team that would have participated in 2002 WS if an asteroid hadn't destroyed Earth.
I saw that too.
If Brian Wilson is a real “tuff guy” like he tries to promote himself to be
He does?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jan 21, 2011 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder if it's this guy
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 21, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Game/Moment (other than clinching moment) that you can’t believe.
For me it is Madison’s game. Even still when I watch I am shocked at how dominant he was.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 10:48 AM PST reply actions
LOL VLAD
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
This line.
I’m still completely awed every time I watch video from it. I mean, Matt was good…Timmy was good…but we kind of expect them to be that good. Bum? Not as much. And he might have been the best of all (‘cept for Timmy’s NLDS game). Wow.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
I expect him to be good. Dude’s dominant.
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
Anybody know what inning McCarver made the calf-roping comment in? Or the Nate’s dad skateboarding comment? I was trying to skim through the DVDs the other day but couldn’t find these gems.
at the end of the day it's all about kicking the tires
by duke_diligence on Jan 21, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
What about Nate’s dad skateboarding? I missed that one.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Something along the lines: “Usually it’s the kid that does the skateboarding and the father who looks on disapprovingly, but unlike his father, who is a skateboarder, Nate Schierholtz is a baseball player”
at the end of the day it's all about kicking the tires
by duke_diligence on Jan 21, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think anybody expects Matt Cain to be no runs over three games good.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
Gah. Nit-picker =P. Its not that I expected him to do that specifically…but…I wasn’t completely floored when he did. And I did expect him to dominate. That doesn’t mean I was expecting MadBum to suck…I just…wasn’t expecting him to go 8 shut-out innings and make Vlad look like a little leaguer.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
The ball off of the top of the wall in CF.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 21, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
Breaking news: Grant doesn't read the comment section
Let the inappropriate photoshops of Grant’s mom commence!
The thong is, it happened.
That’s not nice.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
When McCoven stop being polite...
and start being real.
I have a tumblr. I had some other text here but then the San Francisco Giants won the World Series
he reads it if
(a) he’s drunk
or
(b) needs some content for whoever reads the front page. Whoever that is.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand.
by natteringnabob on Jan 21, 2011 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Holy shit. Pat struck out 11 times and got two walks.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 10:56 AM PST reply actions
Put the ball in play, what, twice?
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jan 21, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
0
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Whoops
You are right 13 ab’s not PA
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Weirdly, the two walks are pretty important
both part of big rallys, at least one of them with two outs.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
I also like to think that
his 7 pitch at bat (K) in the 7th of Game 5 helped Renteria. He got to see more strikes as Lee tried to get Burrell out. So, on a 2-0 pitch, Rent anticipated correctly. Also, not sure if Lee was tiring. He left after getting Rowand out.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
I think this is true.
And Renteria gave him credit as well. It was a good at bat even if it ended in a strikeout.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
World Series DVD
Got it for Christmas but haven’t watched it yet. I need to buy some lune and Kleenex first.
The thong is, it happened.
Thanks for the image.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
I don’t buy it.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
BIT TORRENT FOR LIFE
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
lune? Sounds interesting.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
must be what the kids are calling it
by posey yaknowsy on Jan 21, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
He meant loons
Goofus will have sex with birds while watching.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
Wow. Did not see that coming.
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Neither did the birds.
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Brisbane!
Where the lagoon is pretty, the men are men, and the shorebirds are nervous..
Too soon?
Brisbane: where the lagoon is.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Jan 21, 2011 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
YOU MONSTER
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
He has no egret.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
I <3 boobies.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
barely . . . and you’re an actual person.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
BOOBIES!
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
by Viliphied on Jan 22, 2011 5:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
oh!
i thought you meant “luge.” now it makes sense.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
LUTE SKYWALKER!
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
LUTE OLSON
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Ok, that photo was definitely taken on a Virgin America plane.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
I wouldn't know
I don’t take planes. It’s just that you’re in a confined aircraft. When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft. That’s me. …
Tsuyohsi Shinjo: Underwear model, winner of Japanese "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," Ham Fighter, and member of the Giants team that would have participated in 2002 WS if an asteroid hadn't destroyed Earth.
WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER!
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
by deuce deuce on Jan 21, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
You have to put your head under to get food and sneeze on stuff.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
So, from my perspective, what it relates to is mitigation. If you’re out in the middle of a field when someone sneezes, that’s one thing. If you’re in a closed aircraft or closed container or closed car or closed classroom, it’s a different thing
Tsuyohsi Shinjo: Underwear model, winner of Japanese "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," Ham Fighter, and member of the Giants team that would have participated in 2002 WS if an asteroid hadn't destroyed Earth.
But a sneeze is rarely carrying anything that’s going to be a problem for you.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Eh. There are disgusting amounts of germs everywhere. I’d never sit in a theater if I was worried that my immune system wasn’t up to the task.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
troll fail
I was hoping you guys would get the references… but here you go
Tsuyohsi Shinjo: Underwear model, winner of Japanese "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," Ham Fighter, and member of the Giants team that would have participated in 2002 WS if an asteroid hadn't destroyed Earth.
Zing!
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
by deuce deuce on Jan 21, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Referencing something from real life? Well, I never!
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve never really thought about that before…
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Jan 21, 2011 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
That plane seat looks huge
/sad 6’7" fatass who wishes he ran an MLB club so he could fly comfortably
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jan 21, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
seriously...
I’m 6’5" and 260 lbs. My wife and I just flew back from Florida for x-mas, and I was in the middle seat. Of course the FATTEST dude on the plane sits down next to me. His “stuff” come over to my seat beneath the arm rest so I couldn’t even get into my own pocket. Awful.
by giantdonkey on Jan 21, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Assuming your wife isn't 6'5" and 250
Why didn’t you put her in the middle?
The thong is, it happened.
Maybe she didn’t wanna.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
ICWYDT
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
Nah
Wife is 5’4" about 117… didn’t want dude sweating on her.
Better than Grantenot?
The Cardinals announced that they signed Nick Punto to a one-year deal, according to MLB.com’s Matthew Leach (on Twitter). Agent Charles Schneider represents the longtime Twin.
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
He plays 2B, SS, and 3B decently…also OF…had the same oWAR in almost no. of PAs
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I like the way he looks like the trad Norwegian troll figures
my great-grandfather used to carve. Especially with the beard.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Does the fact the Giants have lost random position players to injury for significant time counterbalance the fact the no starter has lost significant time to injury? Cause if so, I think I’m cool with that trade-off.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
OT: This made me laugh
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
by 49er16 on Jan 21, 2011 11:11 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
Very incredibly superly wonderful.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Jan 21, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Quotation marks in speech bubbles is redundant.
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Not if they are quoting someone else!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Jan 21, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
...
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
They are watching.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
by Cody_ransom on Jan 21, 2011 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
That is just creepy
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
It's named Libby, but looks a lot like Tina.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
My wife has a coworker named Tina. Tina owns llamas.
I don’t think I could live with that. I would laugh too hard every time I heard her eat something.
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
needs more zito
I have seen the future of Major League Baseball, and its name is Buster Posey.
by atxgiantsfan on Jan 21, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Everything needs more Zito.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
Zito needs more Zito
you ever been on a real shrimpin' boat?
no, but i've been on a real big boat
by Larry Bamar on Jan 22, 2011 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
tl;dw
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jan 21, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
fail
Vader should have reminded him that he got to shack up with his babysitter, which is hot. Meanwhile, Luke is kissing his sister, which is weird.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand.
by natteringnabob on Jan 21, 2011 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
CAPTION STOLE MY JOKE FROM YESTERDAY
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Jason Stark posted his All Underrated Team
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=6044419
I told him on Twitter that he missed Torres
Wrong. One of my favorite stories! He was high on my list. RT @heimy25 @jaysonst You obviously don’t know the story of Andres Torres!
He also acknowledged that he missed out on Cain (of course)
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Needs moar Randy Winn.
Adopted father of the prettiest player in the organization, Nestor Rojas.
by stealth snail on Jan 21, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
1- Adam Dunn doesn’t play 1B
2- Braun, ZImmerman, Johnson, Soria and McCutchen are not under rated (infact MLBN just name McCutchen the best CF)
3- Castro was a rookie and how can you really under rate a rookie?
4- Kinsler might be underrated
5- Don’t know jack about Cuddyer
6- How can you underrate a non-closer RP?
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
DH now
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Fine, put Dunn in the not underrated category.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Ryan Braun?!
Who the hell thinks Ryan Braun is underrated
I think a better title for this list
is “underrated by people who don’t follow baseball closely”. Of course we don’t underrate Dunn or Braun, but ask your average fan to rank the best players by position and I don’t think you’re going to see Dunn or Braun anywhere near where they should be
Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
Trolls are like cockroach Nazis. Sure, you CAN try to reason with them, but they won't listen, and if you respond to them, they invade your Sudetenland.
Or something.
That metaphor got away from me.
speaking of the WS DVD set
and I’m talking about the 8 dvd set here that includes the 2 nlcs games.
I might be missing something really obvious, but is there a way to get KNBR audio instead of the fox guys? Would be damn cool.
Proud new co-dad of Travis Ishikawa. And ishikaBOOM Goes the Dynamite.
The audio tracks are not there for the NLCS games. That is one of my two gripes with the DVD set. The other is that they cut off the reaction shots of the players on the field immediately after the final out of the World Series (except for Posey and Wilson).
by non sequitur on Jan 21, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
This
That pissed me off that we didn’t get an audio choice for the NLCS games, especially since those are my two favorite Giants postseason games.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
It would be nice
if they had a DVD set of the entire 2010 post season.
A lot of the World Series games were closer than I remembered, with the Giants scoring late to blow them open.
OT: Mean Chinese Mom Amy Chua is reading in my city tonight
I’m totally going, because I can see that reading turning into an impromptu group therapy session (if there’s a lot of Asians there) or a protest (if there are more guilty white liberals).
I HAVE A LOT OF COMPLICATED FEELINGS AND ISSUES I NEED TO SHARE WITH HER.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jan 21, 2011 11:44 AM PST reply actions
Ask her how her parenting relates to the Israeli/Palestinian situation.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
/golf-clap
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jan 21, 2011 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
Ask her what her thought are on Timmy being Filipino and if she feels that is enough of an asian factor to satisfy the SF fans and if not why have the Giants been so reluctant to bring up Geno Espineli?
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Travis Ishikawa haz a sad.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jan 21, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, and ask why the Phillippines is spelled with a P-H, but Filipino is spelled with an F. What the hell?
LIVE EST
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
Sometimes they spell it Pilipino, which is total WTF.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jan 21, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Pilipino is the Tagalog for Filipino. Tagalog doesn’t have the “f” sound. In Tagalog the country is Ang Pilipinas (Ang Republika Ng Pilipinas).
Filipino comes from the Spanish, Las Filipinas, the legal name of the islands for the centuries it was ruled by Spain. “The Philippines” is the English name.
For more fun, the national anthem of the Philippines, “Lupang Hinirang” (Honored Land), was actually composed in English from a Spanish poem and then translated into Tagalog.
What really was done just to screw with everyone was Marcos’s late attempt to create a true national language, Filipino, which is basically Tagalog but with the “f”, “v”, “x” and “z” that are missing from Tagalog.
That never caught on. Everyone knows the true national language of the Philippines is adobo.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Jan 21, 2011 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
And karaoke.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Jan 21, 2011 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
None needed.
It’s why I left.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Jan 21, 2011 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, I need to eat something. I totally can’t parse that.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Jan 21, 2011 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Oh! Those are lyrics from “My Way”!
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Jan 21, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
… are you high?
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Jan 21, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Just overworked and imagining alternate scripts to Sid and Nancy
“X”, as in the way it’s used in English? That’s a weird letter to add. It’s completely redundant and doesn’t exist in any other language, as far as I know.
It exists in a bunch of other languages. Most languages that use the Latin script have it.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Not like that
At least not in most Latin-script languages, I think. In Spanish it’s a hard “ch” or a “sh”, in French it’s silent, in Portuguese it’s something weird, and in German it doesn’t really exist anymore. It’s a weird letter.
Then how do they show how Xtreme something is??
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In Spanish it’s the same as English, except before consonants when it’s the same as s. Same with most Latin-script languages that use it (see German), although in general it’s used mostly in Latinate words.
Agree that it’s unnecessary, though.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Shrug. It’s a fiction: a way of saying the country has a national language that isn’t Tagalog, which is the language of a specific people and region within the country whose cultural hegemony the other peoples and regions resent.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Ask her what is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow.
by non sequitur on Jan 21, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Ask her who put the “bop” in the “bop-she-bop-she-bop”.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
You did.
22 Fillmore.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jan 21, 2011 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
Ask her how she would have raised Lindsey Lohan.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
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She would have fed her to a tiger.
I think everyone can agree this is reasonable and prudent.
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"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Tiger abuse.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jan 21, 2011 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
/inserts Tiger Woods joke
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jan 21, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
I like to MCC with my sunglasses on.
this is why I shouldn’t
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jan 22, 2011 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
ask her
WHERE ARE THE SNOWDENS OF YESTERYEAR?
Brian Sabean: Sing His Praises To The Heavens!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that seems to have resurrected itself in my absence...
by zenbitz on Jan 21, 2011 12:22 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
this
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand.
by natteringnabob on Jan 21, 2011 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Ask her what she thinks of this poem by Grant’s boss:
Dali LLama – a poem by Grant’s boss
"I like cows," said the Dali Llama..
"I like moose!" said the inquisitive hunchback..
"That’s ‘Meese’, you jackass!" replied the Dali Llama
"No it’s NOT!!!" said the hunchback..
The end
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Ask her if she’ll give her number to High Expectations Asian Father.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Jan 21, 2011 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
I wish my mother had not broken her shoulder skiing (at age 70 — go, mom). She would take Ms. Chua apart.
You should know here that my mother comes from a part of the world where the inhabitants like the doggerel,Schaffa schaffa / huesli baua / katz verkaufa / selber mausa, which roughly means ‘work, work, build a house, sell your cat, catch your own mouse’.
That doesn’t look German!
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
It’s dialect. In deeper Swabia, you’d spell things Schaffe’, schaffe’ / Häusle baue’ / Katz verkaufe’ / selber mause’, but she’s from Vorarlberg, which culturally is Swabian enough for that particular saying, but linguistically more like Eastern Switzerland, which I tried to capture with my wackdoodle spellings.
Saying wackdoodle is pretty fun
WACKDOODLE!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
no politics plz
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I recall my infatuation with the Hawley-Smoot Tariff proved highly divisive.
LIVE EST
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
again, with the girls on the interwebnets
by son of ggf on Jan 21, 2011 6:15 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
uhhhhhh
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
This needs to be green.
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
Be more specific.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 22, 2011 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
Tariffs are Hawley a joking matter.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand.
by natteringnabob on Jan 21, 2011 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think yours is as punny as wcw’s response. But hi.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand.
by natteringnabob on Jan 21, 2011 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
Fred Smoot? Overrated DB…
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My favorite kind of sex cruise.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 22, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
What about the Laffer Curve?
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usually i wouldn't care
but it’s just interesting Re: suppan signing.
by kezargiants on Jan 21, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Oh well, there goes the Giants chances of repeating.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I was in the RF-CF section of the bleachers that day. I went home & studied the Renteria HR to check if you can see me on the clip. You can’t. Now I want to get some FBI-type sound editor to see if my “YYYYEEAAAAAAAAOOOOOHHH!” can be heard. Because at the same moment I roared like a wild animal, the rest of the stadium went dead quiet.
ps. The clinching 2010 WS game will now replace my sad stories of attendance at game 162 1993 and game 7 2002. I will be mentioning it here at least once a week.
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
Did you hang out by the visitors dugout after the game was over?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve seen a few pics that suggest that some fans got to go on the field much later.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Jan 21, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Yes I did (avatar). I had some of it tivo’d from MLB Tonight highlights where I was in the stands. But then I switched to directv & lost it.
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
It’s still on the Tivo box unless you erased it.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 21, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
I meant it was dvr’ed on the TWC receiver that we returned. One day later:
Me: “But… WORLD SERIES HIGHLIGHTS!”
Mrs: “But… MAD MEN!”
Jr: “But…CLONE WARS!”
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
/pours one out for ResDog
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 21, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
Don't cry for me Argentina
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
by ResDog on Jan 21, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
IT'S GAME 7 PEOPLE
MAKE IT GREEN!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jan 21, 2011 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
I rec it. And I am Gallo del Cielo.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
game 7 of what?
you ever been on a real shrimpin' boat?
no, but i've been on a real big boat
by Larry Bamar on Jan 22, 2011 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
There are more than 7 people.
So, that’s not right either.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
by yoyomonster on Jan 22, 2011 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
First two good, last one bad. My brother watches that show. I hate it so much.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I tried to watch that
I lost interest quickly.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
I liked the Gennady (?) Tartakovsky one.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Genndy
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To the azns here, especially the Chinese-flavored ones
I’m curious about your take on the “Tiger mom” controversey. Is it overblown or a really big difference? Are most Chinese mom’s like her or is she over the top?
/finally finds good use for McCvoen’s Asian contingent
The thong is, it happened.
The non-Asian coworkers with me commented ..
you don’t see her kids shooting up schools or Arizona Congresswomen.
Seems like the big problem that some Asians have with it is that it promotes the model-minority stereotype, but hell, at least she freaking CARES WHAT HER KIDS DO. Why do you think there are people running around shooting each other? There are teachers who can’t get some kids to do their homework (race-excluded) because nobody is at home to make sure they actually do it. That’s the real problem. Some people can’t handle the truth. Blame falls on the parents. When they don’t care about raising their kids, look what happens.
Favorite all-time Giants?
The MLB Record holder for the most sac flies in a season by a left handed hitter.
I think there’s a difference between “not caring about raising your kids” and “needing to work long hours to support your kids” that you are glossing over completely. Speaking AS a teacher, this is an extremely simplified view of the situation.
Furthermore, I’ve read that the ultimate conclusion of the book she wrote is actually that SHE SHOULDN’T have been raising her children that way and that the WSJ article skewed it because it’s more interesting and catchy to portray it the way they actually did.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I haven't read the book either
But my understanding is she has no regrets about how she raised her kids and is contending that it’s the superior way to raise kids
The thong is, it happened.
Yeah, I misstated – but I get the sense that while she believes it’s the “superior way”, she admits that she did make mistakes or whatever. And she has said that it’s not meant to be a parenting guide.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Isn’t the real problem poverty? I thought the data all had kids (as aggregate distributions, not individually) mostly performing in line with one another once you got about some reasonable level of parental income.
Inequitable access (which presents itself in a variety of ways) is an issue, yes.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I also think it has to do with parental expectations. I teach in a program that is for low income families (socio-economically challenged) and I’ll tell ya, I send out book orders 4x a year and it is ALWAYS, and only, my Chinese families that order books for their kids. I’m sure we could get a government grant to find out exactly why this is…
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Selection bias. There are plenty of non-Chinese immigrant families who would order, but they aren’t in your district.
I have at least 7 different ethnic groups, and definitely 5 different “home languages” in my class this year. Mexico, Thailand, Russia, South America, Vietnam, and China are all represented. I’ve been in the homes at least twice, I’ve a good idea who stretched the truth to get into the program and who is indeed poor. It isn’t the more well to do families that order, it’s singularly the Chinese families.
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My anecdotes about immigrant parents come from my own parents (Austrian, book-friendly), Mister Toddler’s ex-nanny (El Salvadorean, book-friendly), and a couple decades worth of my mother’s ESL students at City college (all over the map, self-selected by participating in ESL classes to be sure, and uniformly book-friendly).
Well, maybe if they are attending college they already have placed great importance in the value of education…and books.
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I did say, self-selected to be sure. Still, this was in San Francisco, and if there were serious Chinese overrepresentation, my mother would have mentioned it. Apparently there wasn’t. She seemed surprised by how many Vietnamese took her classes.
Let’s apply for a government grant! We could do an in depth study. As lead researchers I think we should pay ourselves what? say…. a million a year?
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250k
And I’ll proofread the shit out of the report.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
The thing is that according to her, the whole ‘tiger mom’ angle is not the point of the book and that article misleadingly used the most outrageous parts out of context.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 21, 2011 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
It did get her a lot of press though. Betcha she sold more copies than she otherwise would have.
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Oh, yes, definitely. But the fact remains that the controversy is manufactured.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 21, 2011 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
30% of its calories come from otherwise-indetectable high-fructose corn syrup.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
As do mine!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
You should remind your coworkers
About the guy who shot up Virginia Tech. Ultimate “Asian parents/Asian family” situation.
The answer is untreated violent schizophrenia, not parenting styles.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Jan 21, 2011 1:12 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
he took some funny ass photos though.
He was posing with his pistols in a Lara Croft get up. You’d think he was just gonna raid some tombs instead of what he did. I had a Korean co worker around the time it happened. And I remember he winked at me and jokingly said “Now you know not to fuck with me.” Stuck with me forever.
I guess.
My parents worked all the time. I don’t see why they should have been expected to hover over my shoulder.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Or if they even could have.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Good thing your father at least has some free time to hang on MCC.
Sucking up to Grant for a mod position since 2009
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
I could explain this, but, eh….
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He probably perches on his shoulder and occasionally pecks at him.
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To be fair, my dad did try and tutor me in Spanish.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
So you knew all the curse words?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Explains a lot
I don’t see why they should have been expected to hover over my shoulder.
The powers of levitation is an ancient Chinese secret.
The thong is, it happened.
This is as much as I'm allowed to reveal
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 21, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
But more so.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
YOU HAVE TO POST THE WHOLE VID I DEMAND IT!
Fulfill your duty to yourself,
And do all that you can,
For if you would do any less,
You'd be less full a man
No. I was young and foolish. And they paid me big bucks.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
TAKE ME AWAY!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Clean up on aisle 9.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
I wouldn't know, I'm Filipino.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
From a previous post
As the Asian father of a one-year old, I agree with half of Chua’s points and horrified at the other half.
The half I agreed with was the expectation, instilling of discipline, and intense/direct involvement of Asian parents. I grew up with the expectation that I needed to get As, go to a top university, and get a "profitable" degree. For me, excelling at sports or art was not that important…academics were. The expectation level made me want to get good grades and do well in school. Having parents who cared about my school work/grades made it all that better. I also saw how hard my parents worked and wanted to "reward" them for their efforts.
My wife is a teacher and it’s amazing that some parents can’t even take the time to go to their back-to-school or open house…I know a lot of parents are very busy but it’s one night! It make a word of difference to the kids to show that education is important
However, I completely disagree with the half that was the borderline abuse the original authors talks about. You should never call your child a name or denigrate them. You should try encourage them to do things and have them continue to do something even if it’s hard or seems to be uninteresting (because most of life is)…but you should never force your own goals/aspirations on to them. I have many Asian friends who refuses to touch a piano or violin after the age of 18 because their parents forced them to play even though they hated it.
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I'm in this line.
Though I can only identify with the growing up part of it, as I’m not a parent myself.
The expectations, especially academically, are a good thing. The only issue I had (have) is the narrowness of what’s accepted within academics. I’m supposed to be an engineer. I don’t want to be an engineer. But because I spent so much time hearing about how I’m supposed to be an engineer and being exposed to engineering I don’t really know what it is I do want to do. That aside, I’m not complaining that academics always, always came first in my house.
On a side note, the music thing backfired on my parents. They forced me to play piano. I hated it for years. Then I picked up trumpet, and did a bunch of band stuff, and realized “hey! this music thing is kind of cool!” When they wanted me to spend LESS time on the piano and focus more on other things I had no intention of doing so. And I could always say “you started it”.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Who is this girl I see
Staring straight back at me
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Let’s get down to business
To defeat the Huns!
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Ha. Is it bad that I know all the lyrics to this?
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Knowing the complete book of all Disney musicals is never a bad thing with me.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
No, it isn’t.
(I do too)
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Did they send me daughters
When I asked for sons?
You’re the saddest bunch I ever met
But you can bet before we’re through
Mister, I’LL MAKE A MAN
OUT OF YOU.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
We must be swift as the coursing river
(Be a man)
With all the force of a great typhoon
(Be a man)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the darkside of the moon
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I consider the Jackie Chan version of that song (in Cantonese) the definitive version.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
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by Murray, Present on Jan 21, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Sing along!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGbg9KUAQIA
Cross-over!
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What?
Clearly it was ‘Hercules’.
BLESS MY SOUL
HERC WAS ON A ROLL
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Wrong
My favorite is Aladdin
But: Beauty and Beast and Lion King would probably on top for most people.
Mulan is middle of the pack.
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’chasm, just ’chasm
B&tB is ne plus ultra as a movie, although TLK would be a bit higher as a piece of visual art
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
TLK gets the nod for having a more memorbale score and songs
Beauty and the Beast had great music, but TLK might be the best Disney music ever, as a whole.
Also bonus points for “What’s a motto?” “Nothing, what’s a motto with you?”
The thong is, it happened.
But Simba is Ferris Bueller?
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Cameron killed Captain Kirk.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jan 21, 2011 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
Lies
The Jungle Book.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
by Alex_Lewis on Jan 21, 2011 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I can name two JB songs
Bare Necessities and I Wanna Be Like You (which is my all-time favorite Disney song since I’m a big Louis Prima fan). Are there really any others that are “memorable”?
The thong is, it happened.
Not that I can think of. But I’m with you on Louis Prima.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Kneel and signify ellipses . . .
. . . when you mention Louis Prima.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
I nominate it on the strength of those two songs alone. Robin Hood has a nifty, jazz style soundtrack. And we can’t forget Dumbo.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Hamlet with lions!
They even had Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in there.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
TLK2 was Romeo & Juliet!
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But a lot less dying
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That’s not what the antelope said!
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That’s what always bothered me about that movie. Most of those animals should’ve been running AWAY from the lions, not, like, paying tribute to them.
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Some say eat or be eaten
Some say live and let live
But all are agreed as they join the stampede
You should never take more than you give
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I seriously get teary-eyed at the end of that song when they hit the giant drum and it blacks out to the title card.
Also at the same point in the Broadway show.
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by Murray, Present on Jan 21, 2011 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
I like the female version of the song…Elton John’s voice is not as epic…
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My seniors are just starting Hamlet, and the issue of Lion King has emerged.
Don’t eat your own young. Eat those of others. It’s the rhombus of life.
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
I must disagree insofar as the songs — Elton John’s songs were not as exquisite as Menken & Ashman. The score by Zimmer … well, if you like Hans Zimmer, which I do, sometimes. I do think the contributions of Lebo M with the South African chants is great and why the stage musical is a better musical experience.
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Best soundtrack is from Aladdin
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Foo.
Best soundtrack is from Dumbo.
Foo.
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
Mulan
Fulfill your duty to yourself,
And do all that you can,
For if you would do any less,
You'd be less full a man
Reflections.
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Aladdin vs. Beauty and the Beast vs. Lion King is a difficult, difficult choice. They’re my top 3 for sure.
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I’d rank them
1. Aladdin
2. Beauty
3. Lion King
4. Little Mermaid
5. The rest
Mulan actually ranks near the bottom of the “New Golden Age” for me. I guess it’s not as bad as Hunchback or Pocahontas.
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by Murray, Present on Jan 21, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
Complete baloney . . .
. . . and I use the polite word here.
1. Dumbo
2. Cinderella
3. Lady and the Tramp
4. Sleeping Booty
5. Snow White
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
You are mixing up your movie collections here:
4. Sleeping Booty
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Oh . . .
. . . yeah.
Well, she was “sleeping.”
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
Murray is talking about the “new golden age” that started with 1989’s “Little Mermaid”, as was I.
Obviously if you’re including the entire history of Disney animated features, The Black Cauldron is the greatest.
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LOL. I thought I was the only one who saw that one.
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
How could you? That movie so utterly destroyed the amazing series it was based on. There will never be a proper adaptation of the Prydain Chronicles because of it. (I still find it horrific that more people associate The Black Cauldron with that movie than with the book(s) which are among the best pieces of children’s literature ever written IMO. (Just like there will probably never be a proper adaptation of The Dark is Rising sequence because of the idiotic movie that came out relatively recently.)
Little Mermaid is somewhere there
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Sad but true
My mother had forgotten the real ending the the Andersen story after years of the Disney version. This after she was the one who showed me an anime version of it when I was little that still haunts my dreams to this day.
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Yeah
A lot of fairy tales were a lot darker than the versions we have now.
The original LM was sad and disturbing.
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Andersen is hideously depressing.
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I’ve seen that!
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Heh, my story...
Up until I was, I dunno, 10 the only version of Little Mermaid I knew was the Disney version. So one day my grandma hands me a bunch of Japanese children’s books and I’m “reading” (my Japanese skills were pretty meh at that point) them to my little cousin (about 5).
We get to a version of the little mermaid. Everything is normal…and then BOOM. Ending. And I had no idea, and my cousin is looking between me and the illustration of Ariel dying with her lip trembling going "what’s happening? that’s not supposed to happen!’
My 10 year old self was absurdly horrified and had no idea what to do.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
And the whole dancing but excruciating pain part…
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omg that’s so sad :c
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Pochantas, Hercules and Mulan all feel like they were pumped out of the same manufacturing assembly line.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
GET OFF OF YOUR LAWN!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
You forgot “Hunchback!”
OUT THERE STROLLING BY THE SEINE
TASTE THE MORNING OUT THERE
LIKE ORDINARY MEN
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No way that was Disney’s best 2D animated movie.
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Third best 2-D movie, at best.
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Oft-overlooked classic
The Emperor’s New Groove
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I can’t get over the fact the David Spade did the voice
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He fits the character
Bratty, self-centered egomaniac.
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Annoying
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Counter point
Patrick Warburton.
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The mechanics of art type of question for you, Natto
Do you have a computer-aided graphics vs. hand drawn in general; and Disney in particular?
Is there a more organic feel to the old hand drawn animated movies or does it matter at all?
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Do you have a computer-aided graphics vs. hand drawn preference in general; and Disney in particular?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
I personally prefer hand-drawn animation, as it seems like most CG animation strives for realism, which tends to drop it into the uncanny valley. There’s a certain roughness to traditional animation that’s appealing to me, and somehow makes suspension of disbelief harder to break. However, recently folks have been experimenting more with CG and blurring the lines between the two (this for example: http://www.vimeo.com/17535548), so I’m looking forward to seeing what will pop up in the next few years.
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Now I need to get home so I can click that link.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
I'm with Natto
Computer generated animation often suffers from the “imitation reality” cliche and suffers in the creation of style. There’s little point in artists trying to do the job of photography, indeed, photography freed the artist for the imaginative jobs that photography can’t do. The early Disney movies are good examples (esp. Fantasia). Sadly, the later ones often don’t quite measure up as the studio began to grind them out with their much bigger production schedule and less use of multiplane work.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Is Kung-Fu Panda CG? I think that strikes a pretty good balance.
In Shrek, they purposely made it more cartoony to avoid the uncanny valley.
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I don’t think they succeeded in that with Shrek.
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*shudder*
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Did I mention I really dislike Shrek…
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The first one was good, but then the Squeakquels came.
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I “dated” her in college. Real college.
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
Pixar is really good at tackling CG with a traditional animation mindset. The folks there have an excellent understanding of when to exaggerate and when to adhere to real-world rules. There were some initial bumps in the road (the humans in the first TS were kinda creepy), but they learned how to adjust accordingly as they became more familiar with the medium.
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Sleeping Beauty is at the top for me, but that could be a nostalgia thing.
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Or an Anne Rice thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleeping_Beauty_Trilogy
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I didn’t know there were animated versions of those.
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Maleficent is flawless
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Pretty much.
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I still get chills when she decides that this whole Prince Charming thing was cute but now it’s time to go all dragon on his ass. Plus, her decision lock up Prince-O until he’s old and gray? Out evils pretty much every other Disney villain. Jafar and Scar were just cackling madmen.
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Ya got me.
I’m really Julian Assange. So mock me if you will, but I also know all your little secrets.
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Oh yay this is my chance
Are you an albino?
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The obvious answer is Fantasia. The qualifier “2-D” isn’t necessary; Disney’s 3-D stuff hasn’t been very good. Pixar doesn’t count.
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Fantasia has the highest highs, but a lot of that movie draaaaags. I’m thinking of the Greek gods scene in particular.
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I don't remember any Greek gods
I mainly remember Mickey and the brooms, which used to absolutely terrify me.
Steady, big guy.
I like the Greek gods sequence for its, um, placid rendering of, um, half beasts drifting off from the party to, um, talk about the fun they’d had. And the sky becomes beautiful.
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
Off the top of my head
“Snow White”, “Jungle Book”, “Beauty and the Beast” and “Lion King” are all better.
By the way, we finally went to the Walt Disney Museum in the presidio last week. It’s great! Not for little kids, but a fascinating look at a fascinating life.
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I'll add "Bambi" and "Winnie the Pooh"
The rain scene in the begining of Bambi is just stunning and Thumper is the as cute as an animated animal can be without making you want to barf
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At last week’s trivia contest in downtown Sac, one of the questions was “What was the name of the doe who becomes Bambi’s mate?” (Yes, Bambi is a buck)
No fair googling. Can you remember it cold? I couldn’t. Skunk and rabbit, yes.
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
WTF: Who gives a male deer the name Bambi?!
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Felix Salten. He’s Austrian.
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It was probably just a shortening of “Bambino,” the Italian for baby boy, except leaving off the ending makes it sound like a Hefner girlfriend.
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 22, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Fawn?
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Nope
But I knew it started with an F.
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Furya?
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Damned close, guys. Felina . . . hey, isn’t that the name of the wicked girl in “El Paso?”
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 22, 2011 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
Fawn Lebowitz
and she was from Fort Wayne, Indiana
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It all begins to make sense.
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 23, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
or was that Rudolph’s girl friend?
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Rudolph had a girfriend?
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Shaun the Sheep!
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Couldn’t be cuter. Simply couldn’t.
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
You obviously haven’t seen Timmy from Timmy Time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i7Zk1QEtSk
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I like how Matt Cain is wearing that oversized sweater.
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LOL – you made me go back and watch it to see which one was Matt Cain. And yup, that’s him.
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C’mon calendar, turn the page!
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Said to Mulan?
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I tend to agree with your points
What about things like not being allowed to go to a friend’s house? Seems like developing social skills is a big part of growing up.
Also, on a side note: I’d hate to be a Chinese kid with a learning disability
The thong is, it happened.
That happened to me.
Going to a friend’s house was the ultimate “OMG FREEDOM!” It didn’t happen often.
I remember in Junior High my friends wanted to have a sleepover. I was 12 or 13, my parents knew these friends, but my dad said no f’ing way. They only agreed to it if they came to our house.
We didn’t have birthday parties where we could invite friends over – we only invited over family. The first birthday party I had with friends over was when I turned 16.
I am not an engineer, lawyer, or doctor. My parents realized engineer or doctor wouldn’t happen with me, and REALLY hoped for lawyer but that didn’t work out. I married one, close enough! (good thing I didn’t, I’d probably be unemployed!)
However I did do school plays and play sports (ok fine, tennis) in high school. The school plays part I didn’t even ask – I said it was part of my class. HA!
The side note to my life is that I think my parents got tired of all the begging by the time my sister was in high school (she’s six years younger) and they let her do whatever.
Ah, the other common type yet to be discovered by the greater media: the crazy Asian younger sibling.
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I don’t have a crazy younger Asian sibling. Now I feel like I’m being left of a great trend!
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Yeah, my younger sister definitely had an easier time than me. But that could be due to a lot of factors.
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by Murray, Present on Jan 21, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
She may be over the top — and I strongly suspect that the WSJ excerpt that started this whole mess took it out of context and deliberately framed it provocatively — but I think there’s something there. I haven’t done studies or anything, but I think there is something Tiger-ish to many Chinese moms. My suspicion though is that it has as much to do with being an immigrant or 1st/2nd-generation than with being ethnic Chinese, per se.
One of the objections as someone mentioned it is that Chua’s story perpetuates the whole Model Minority Myth. This has been the main narrative offered by Asian American social advocates since the 60s and 70s and while I think there’s something to it, it also blocks off a lot of useful discussion. The more important controversy in my mind is the question about the psychological well-being of the child and just how we define achievement in society. But of those questions I’m afraid I have no clue. I’m a freaking bachelor.
by non sequitur on Jan 21, 2011 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
At first, I thought it was satire.
Then I realized with growing horror that she was absolutely serious. My third reaction was to be completely floored when I found out that she was not a first-generation immigrant, but a second generation American-raised Chinese. Most of us tried to get away from that type of parenting, but she embraced it.
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by Murray, Present on Jan 21, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
From the interviews I read and heard since the WSJ, it seems like Chua meant it to be a satire.
http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2011/01/18/chinese-mothers/
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It’s self-congratulatory bullshit and way exaggerated besides.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
The WSJ article took her book way out of context and her book was not a self congratulatory instruction book on parenting. It was a memoir in which she reflects on the upbringing of her kids and she admits that she made mistakes.
I hope I find out more of the real story at the talk tonight
Her daughter (the “good” older daughter) wrote a piece in the NY Post in her defense. She sounded pretty well adjusted, but she’s still 18.
My own feelings on this are, as I said above, complicated. I feel that a lot of my upbringing is similar to what Chua describes. Not the extreme parts like not doing school plays, or being allowed to play wind or percussion instruments. I think my parents were fairly cool with wanting me to be more social. They just didn’t understand how to do it themselves. And I was always good in school anyway.
But my mom regularly would verbally abuse me for half an hour at a stretch for minor infractions like watching 5 minutes of TV instead of writing an essay, calling me “stupid”, “garbage”, and wishing I had never been born because I ruined her life. I finally figured out the pattern a couple of years ago. If I endured it for that time, a few hours later she would be apologetic and say she loved me and only wanted me to be the best. I’m 31, and this still happens. The last time was over Netflix (I mistakenly said that I Netflixed a movie, and they flipped out because I was spending $15/month on entertainment.)
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True Story
A Chinese gal I dated was raped by a stranger as a child. Her parents reaction was to blame her, tell her what shame she brought to the family and tell her now no man will ever want her.
That blew me away like I’ve never been blown away.
The thong is, it happened.
It’s a hard line to walk…
I cringe everytime I watch a kid walking around with his/her head buried in a DS. I’m also trying to minimize TV exposure but it’s difficult.
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I played DS for like five hours the other day.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 22, 2011 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
heh
well, I’m not Chinese, but “The last time was over Netflix (I mistakenly said that I Netflixed a movie, and they flipped out because I was spending $15/month on entertainment.)” really sounds like the sort of Catholic guilt situation that I got.
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Today’s Chronicle had a long article on the talk, plus a review of the book from a knowledgeable person, in Datebook.
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 22, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
My mom is like the complete opposite of Chua. I pretty much got to do whatever I wanted growing up.
I’ve ended up a ダメ人間 though so maybe she’s on to something. I certainly wish I had been forced to go to Chinese school in retrospect. My Mandarin and Japanese would be much better at least. My math skills would probably be much better developed as well (lol Computer Science major that’s bad at math).
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Speaking of Asian moms
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Mom's cute!!
Would she like a date with a rooster from heaven?
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by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
Late to the party here, but I'll try to put this as concise as possible
There is a Chinese Saying “物極必反”. It literally translates to “Taken to the extreme, everything turns opposite.” There is another Chinese saying “水能載舟 亦能覆舟” which translates to “Water can carry a boat, it can also capsize a boat.”
The Chinese “disciplinarian” style of parenting stems from our political and cultural background. I’m going to drop a couple more Chinese phrases on you.
“青出於藍而勝於藍” — Green is born from the color Blue, yet it is superior to Blue.
“虎父無犬子” — A Tiger does not have Canine Offsprings.
With each generation, your job is to pass on, not only the family fortune, but also the life lesson and knowledge accumulated up to that point to your kids, with the sole purpose of making sure that he is more successful than you are. Success can be defined in many different ways. It is, however, most tangible in the collection of power, wealth, and respect.
Ever since I was a little kid, I was taught to carry myself the right way and do the right thing. I was blessed with a parent combination of a strict mother (who, not surprisingly, tried desperately to talk me into becoming a Medical Doctor.) and a less strict father (Be what you want to be, but make sure you can sustain yourself in the world.) My father was a business man, traveling around the globe and was home 3-4 weeks out of the year. He went around the globe 60 times over the course of 15 years. My mother had the burden of raising my sister and I. This was my weekly routine for the better part of 8 years while I studied in Taiwan.
Monday – Class from 8:15AM to 4PM, Math Lessons after school from 5 – 6:30, Dinner, Piano Practice from 8-9, Homework to 10. Shower, sleep.
Tuesday – Class from 8:15Am to 4PM, Piano Lesson from 5-6, Dinner, English Lesson from 7:30 – 8:30, Math Tutoring Homework, School homework.
Wednesday – Class from 8:15AM to 4PM. Grandma’s house. No extra work.
Thursday – Class to 4PM, Math Lessons after school from 5-6:30, Dinner, English Lesson from 7:30 – 8:30, Piano Practice from 9-10. Math Tutoring Homework, Class homework. Shower, sleep.
Friday – Class to 4PM, Writing Comprehension / Chinese Calligraphy Lesson, Math Tuturing Lessons, Dinner, Piano Practice, Homework.
Saturday – Class to 12 PM (yes, we had school on Saturdays). English Lesson, Piano Practice, Extra Math Homework, Test Prep. This is the catch up on coursework study day.
Sunday – Day Off.
Two things my Mom insisted : 1) Wednesday is Grandma house day. No additional classes. Spend time with Grandparents. 2) Sunday is day off. Sports, TV, junk food, or catch up on Math / Piano / school work.
Did I hate this daily grind? Well, Sort of. For one, I didn’t know any better. Why? Because everybody else went through the same grind. My sister took Piano, Violin, AND Flute lessons. I had the Math and Chinese Calligraphy classes. It was a grind, sure, but when it is treated as “the norm,” it was not a big deal at all. Everybody did it. If you don’t do it, you fall behind.
Another huge factor is the prevalence of standardize tests. When I was growing up, high schools had entrance exams. It is a standardized test for all middle school students. You are assigned priorities based on the result of that test. Top 500 students gets to go to the best school, second 500 gets to go to the 2nd best school, and so on and so on. If you didn’t get into one of the top 3 high schools, you can pretty much kiss any chance of going to a decent University goodbye. And then, at the end of the high school years, you are given another test. You are then assigned Universities based on that test result.
One test determines your future. 3 years of studying means nothing if you fail that test. That was all that mattered. This was a system that was in place since the emperor age. The Annual exam to pick public officials. You see, in a sense, this was the great equalizer. You could come from a rich family, a poor family, a family of influence, or indentured servitude. None of that mattered.
Everybody is equal under the test. The best moves on. End of story. That was the path to a better life. Many parents never got that chance, and when they raise their child, they made sure that come hell or high water, their kids are going to win that race in the end, go to the best Universities, and have a chance at the life that they never had.
When I look back at my youth, I am grateful for the chance to learn basic English at 4th grade, giving me a chance to come to the US and study in high school. I am grateful that I took those math lessons, I was Calculus ready by freshmen year in High school. My parents gave me a chance to succeed. I can play moonlight sonata for my daughter whenever I want to.
That’s because my parents knew limits and bounds. I was not pressed into endless cycles of “99% is not good enough, you must get 100%.” I had Sunday off. But I was also disciplined heavily whenever I did something wrong. I stole money from my Mom’s purse to buy a pocket video game. I was caught. I was taken off school that day and my Dad, who had never hit me in my life (my mom hit me plenty though with the bamboo stick), made me kneel in front of the bed and hit me until the bamboo stick broke. He broke down and cried. And I cried with him. It was then that I realize how much I disappointed him and I never ever did it again.
If that happened in the US, somebody could have called social services and took me away for child abuse. But I am thankful and grateful that he disciplined me. It taught me a life lesson, and an important one at that. I can be poor, but I can never be dishonest or a thief. When you strip away everything else, your character is all you have.
So in the end of this long ass ramble, I’ll bring the point back to the two quotes above. “物極必反”. “Taken to the extreme, everything turns opposite.” and “水能載舟 亦能覆舟” “Water can carry a boat, it can also capsize a boat.” I believe in discipline and pushing my kids to succeed in life, and giving them every chance at a head start against their peers. I also know that, taken to the extreme, it will only create the backlash that defeats the purpose in the first place.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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by jctGamer on Jan 21, 2011 4:10 PM PST up reply actions 7 recs
/sniff
Good story.
You were well trained to become a vigorous and well respected McC poster.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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(obligatory) tl;dr
Very good explanation. Thanks for sharing.
Do you think it woud have been more difficult if you’d grown up here and that schedule you described wasn’t “the norm”?
The thong is, it happened.
Perhaps. One thing I will never compromise on is the celebration of mediocrity. I believe in failure, and learning from failure. TOo much attention these days are given to make sure the child is always feeling “successful,” as if failure will doom his/her interest forever and ever and his confidence is now shattered and is useless for life.
No, fuck that. You failed. Now let’s analyze why you failed. What can you change? If the conclusion is random events / unforeseen circumstances led to that failure, then accept it, take the lesson in life that some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you. Otherwise, fix what’s wrong and make sure you don’t fail the same way twice.
I am a firm believer in learning through failing. If you are not making mistakes, you are not solving difficult enough problems. Learn and grow.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
by jctGamer on Jan 21, 2011 6:35 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
Hell yes! I work with a woman who never wants to let anybody fail, at anything. “Ooooooh they might get hurt!!!!”
This is why somebody in your family calls you at work once a week to ask you where they left their keys.
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"I believe in failure, and learning from failure."
How true. I truly loved two games growing up, Baseball and Chess.
In baseball I was blessed with enough raw skills to usually be the best or second best on my teams though Babe Rule. However my teams usually sucked, luck of the draft and all that. However I learned that failure of the team didn’t prevent me from playing, improving to the best of my abilities, and learned to love the game for the rest of my life.
Chess was taught to me by my grandpa at age 8. I couldn’t find many my age or older to play with regularly, so I taught my 5 year old sister to play. Of course I never lost to her and thought I was hot stuff. Upon starting high school I joined the chess club and learned how much I sucked at it. But I took that failure as a challenge and found out that chess is not a game you can improve at unless you are getting your ass kicked regularly. Luck has no factor in that game, just mental failures between the players. So I found chess books in the library and studied hard but kept losing, only not so badly. Over that first year or two I slowly improved and by the end of the second year I was #2 board for the club.
So the lesson the failure taught me is that it’s only a failure if you don’t learn something from it and move forward.
Perfection never takes any chances
Hard to make advances without chancing failure. Sometimes it doesn’t happen.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
I'm not Chinese
So I won’t comment. I’m not a fan of lumping Asians together (and I’m not directing this at you, Goofus, it’s just something I’ve been thinking about for a while.)
Aaron King, please pitch better.
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Yeah, the only reason I lumped them together in the question
…was because it seems from my experience that pushing kids hard academically is pretty common among Japanese and Koreans as well.
The thong is, it happened.
McC Meetup?
http://sf.funcheap.com/llama-walking-tour-berkeley/
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Eric Surkamp Interview
http://24daysofmagic.com/2011-articles/january/eric-surkamp-interview.html
Good stuff.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
He also has been mentioned as a possible spot-starter should one of the Giants’ starters go down to injury or, in Matt Cain’s case, just decide they’re tired of not having anybody score runs for them.
A meltdown from Matt would be pretty funny.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
“GOD DAMMIT! I’VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS BULLSHIT FOR YEARS AND I’M SICK OF IT. I HATE YOU ALL.”
Like that?
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
More like [lower lip wibbles, face falls, trudges alone to the clubhouse to watch ‘The Notebook’ on a half-broken Panasonic portable DVD player]
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
24D: So let’s say you get called up and you’re pitching against the Cardinals and Albert Pujols comes up. What would you throw him?
ES: (laughs) I think I’d throw him whatever Buster Posey tells me to throw him.
And now I really want to see this happen.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jan 21, 2011 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
Soupcan's agent says something weird
Whatever his role may be, as a starter or coming out of the ‘pen, his goal is to earn a spot on the roster," Leventhal said. "I think there are a lot of positives in the fact that they’re the defending world champions
Defending world champions?
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Dude must have made a mistake. I’ve got no idea what he’s talking about.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Surfing OT:
Not a surfer but this looks incredible
http://www.grindtv.com/surf/blog/23749/surfer+becomes+first+to+ride+giant+jaws+waves+at+night/
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Whoa!
I can’t imagine surfing Jaws…surfing Jaws at night is beyond scary.
For those not familiar with Jaws, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U66qW7kBVnM
The thong is, it happened.
The only Jaws I know is the movie and the former football player who works for ESPN.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Bond villain.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
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Vernon is a lot better player than Zito or Rowand though…
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Every other year, he’s better than Zito, but Wells has put up some cask-strength suck over two of the last four years.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 21, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t see how you can discuss baseball at this moment.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
With 4 years and $86mil on his contract…
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
He’s really Jekyll and Hyde:
oWAR: 2006-2010
4.6
0.9
2.9
1.5
4.4
Pretty much a clank on defense but 1:1 BB/K ratio with good power…
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Ha. Oh wow, so if you could sign him to a contract for all the even-numbered years you’d be good…What we really need to know is how much of the contract the Jays are covering.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
WTF are the Angels doing
Are the Blue Jays paying a lot of his salary?
I wonder how much (if any) of Wells' contract the BJs are paying
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
and they get napoli
impressive
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jan 21, 2011 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
An Angel fan at my office told me that he is glad to be rid of Rivera…Angels also has a bunch of catching prospects.
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
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From Halo Heaven
This is sickening…
A Quick Career Comparison:
Juan Rivera = .280/.328/.461
Vernon Wells = .280/.329/.475
Difference = $81 fucking million!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wells and Drabek for Napoli and Rivera
There still has to be cash sent with Wells, right?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
Tweet from Keith Law on the trade
Love how the Wells trade includes a Napoli physical, as if Jays would walk away. Doctor: “He has no legs.” Jays: “Yeah, we’re OK with that.”
Also, not sure if Drabek is included or not.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
Nothing credible
Off of a post on another message board. It’s probably bullshit.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
Latest
Ken_Rosenthal Sources: Wells and cash to #Angels, Napoli and Rivera to #BlueJays. #MLB
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LOL latest latest
6:47pm: The Jays might not be sending any money to Los Angeles in the trade, tweets Shi Davidi of The Canadian Press.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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what the FUCK is wrong with the Angels?
Why do they hate Mike Napoli?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Is Napoli the one that isn’t shitty?
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Alex Anthopoulos is looking like a really good GM so far.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I hate the argument that the divisions need to be changed because of the competitive imbalance created by the Yankees and Red Sox.
Yes, it’s not fair to the Jays, Rays, and Orioles, but it’s not really fair to anybody else, either. It’s just more unfair to the rest of the AL East. Realignment is just a band-aid on a much bigger problem.
Et tu, Ribe?
I say we just send the yankees and redsox off to play each other repeatedly on a 109 year tour of Europe. That way nobody else has to deal with them.
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If, for example, the Rays are the third best team in baseball, shouldn’t they be in the playoffs?
by kingofthacove on Jan 21, 2011 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
Jays are my AL team and I’ve been really happy with the job he’s done. You’d figure they could’ve gotten more for Halladay but they were really in a bind and you never know with prospect deals.
Fulfill your duty to yourself,
And do all that you can,
For if you would do any less,
You'd be less full a man
Mychael Urban breaking news all over the place today
1. Giants about to avoid arbitration with Andres Torres.
2. KNBR shit canned him. He’ll still be with CSN Bay Area though.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
why did the knbr fire him?
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jan 21, 2011 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
not "fired"
Just not on the weekends and still available to “fill-in” when needed…..
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jan 21, 2011 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
According to Urban, the higherups didn’t like his show.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
by rxmeister on Jan 21, 2011 4:24 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Now he has extra time to carry Zito's luggage
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
“luggage” ? …that what you kids are calling it now-a-days?
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lol kids...thanks!
I suppose I could have used sack or bag.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
Urban has a different style than the KNBR jocks, he’s not so much a rah-rah, gee whiz, golly superfan,or a contentious create a controversy out of nothing shock jock. He probably didn’t draw Drunken Dave from Mountainview or Stupid Steve from Stockton who wants to trade Cain for Pujols.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
what about freakee enrique from walnut creekee
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jan 21, 2011 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
Or someone who don't just fucking make up "decent source" in Milwaukee
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Small font is small. I thought that said that “he definitely needs to pound nighties…”
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. . . something elliptical about who’s on first . . .
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
tho’ I suppose it’ll just be 16 hours of Martie Lurie.
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I would not object to this.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jan 21, 2011 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
They could hire Olbermann.
He’s available now.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
I could see it now
Spend 5 minutes talking about the Giants and the rest of the hour talking about Bill O’Reilly.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Before his initial ESPN gig, he was the local sports guy in LA
If they wanted someone to crap on the Giants for 4 hours, they should just bring back Damon Bruce.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
Dinosaur Preview
he biggest spending splurge in baseball this offseason didn’t add a free agent. It didn’t involve a trade. Instead, it will keep one player in a Rockies uniform through 2017 and another through 2020. Undeterred by the folly of previous lucrative long-term deals given to Mike Hampton, Denny Neagle and Todd Helton, the Rockies committed $237.75 million to shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and right fielder Carlos Gonzalez
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;ylt=AtvSzqCrVlrMZxlVFnaAiARvLYF?slug=sh-earlybirdrockies012011
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In my next life
I may want to be the world series trophy. It could be my only chance to fly first class.
Buys free champagne . . .
. . . . . :::::: for TT.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 21, 2011 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
Rays making their moves
Rays Agree To Terms With Johnny Damon, Manny Ramirez
By Mark Polishuk [January 21 at 7:07pm CST]
The Rays have agreed to terms with both Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez, tweets Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated.
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
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Both?
Did the american league decide to add another dh?
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
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by operation carrot on Jan 21, 2011 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
I'd like to hear the meeting they had with Boras
“Alright, I’ll give you a discount on Manny, but only if you throw in a little Damon on the side”
Buy one get one 50 percent off coupon?
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BOGO'd
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
I think a lot of people forget
Just how ass-awful their production from the DH spot was last year. It wasn’t Mariners-bad, but it was baaad. I think Damon in LF and Manny at DH more the compensates for the loss of Crawford, and goes pretty far in replacing Pena’s.
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
For instance
Rays production at DH last year was .238/.322/.391 according to B-R. Putting Manny in there is huge.
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Mmm, depends on how well you think Manny will produce in the Trop. In 1000+ career ABs as a DH, he seems to hit about as well as he has as a LF, and he seems to have done just fine at the Trop (300+ AB).
I think Manny’s getting reeeeeal close to the precipice – close enough that I wouldn’t offer him much money – but the Rays might get one or two productive years out of him.
Have we seen any contract details yet?
Et tu, Ribe?
Yeah
Damon is like 6 million and Manny is like 3 I think, with incentives.
And Manny had the worst year of his career ever last year… and had a .400 OBP.
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I think if he stops being a 300 hitter, though, and his power numbers continue to drop, you’ll see an accelerated shrinkage in his OBP, too. If he falls apart and starts hitting .260, I’d be surprised if he puts up a .360 OBP.
That said, $3 million for your DH is nothing to sneeze at, considering what a black hole it’s been for them.
Et tu, Ribe?
Heh, well, that makes sense
On his career, his OBP is ~ 100 points over his AVG. So, yes, if Manny hits .260, it’s fairly likely his OBP would be around .360 – which would still be a significant upgrade over last year.
Oh, and the last time Manny hit .260 was, uh, never.
Manny isn’t great anymore, but at least he’ll finally be the full-time DH he should have been for years but was blocked by Ortiz and the National League.
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
And Jeter had never hit .270 until this season. People get old.
Patience doesn’t really erode, but I could see pitchers getting more aggressive in the zone against him in the coming years. If getting on base becomes the worst thing he can do to you, then make him put it in play.
I’m not saying now, but he’s getting close. This will be his 19th season, and he’ll be 39 this year. DHing might extend his longevity, but it’s not like he was in great shape in Los Angeles; and that’s while he was still playing the field.
Et tu, Ribe?
Plus, he’s being watched more carefully for PEDs. So no hope there for him.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
If what they were saying on MLB Network today about his power being gone is true, I agree about pitchers becoming more aggressive in the zone and his walks drying up.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 21, 2011 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
Ramirez and Damon
They really should make a reality show depicting the “competition” for first base.
Now entertaining potential titles.
by JSing on Jan 21, 2011 9:48 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I don’t think I understand who could be the 7th man other than Suppan. Wilson, Romo, Affeldt, Casilla, Lopez, and Ramirez are 6. Who am I forgetting?
Free agent, but he re-signed with an invite to ST.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/12/giants-to-sign-guillermo-mota.html
Et tu, Ribe?
Runzler?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
The world jitters nervously at the prospect.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Debatable.
Didn’t Sabean say a few weeks ago that he would probably make the team out of ST?
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
I don’t know why he would. Lopez and Affeldt are both going to be on the roster, and we don’t need 6 lefty pitchers on a 12 man staff.
Et tu, Ribe?
Not saying he should be…just that I remember reading that. Something about him being ready for the bigs and he doesn’t need time in Fresno. Personally, I’d rather him be in Fresno getting stretched out.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
I think he will be regardless. Even if he’s ready, we also don’t need to waste service time on him if he’s not going to be useful. It’s not as though he’s wasting away in AAA; Lopez and Affeldt will be FAs after this season. He’ll replace one of them sooner or later, or stay a starter, and him being in Fresno is what is most useful to the team. He can get ready for both those things and not take up an important roster spot.
Et tu, Ribe?
Nice raise
SF_Giants San Francisco Giants
#SFGiants Rumors: #AndresTheGiant will finalize a 1-year deal worth near $2.1MM on Saturday. Torres made $426K in 2010. via @CSNAuthentic
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
That is about right
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
Good. They split the difference, which is about right. Arbitration is such a pain in the ass and both sides have to say crappy things about the other which does nobody no good. Both sides don’t want that. Andres is worth it and the team has to hold the line on budget, this was the way. A good deal is when both sides are happy, or equally unhappy.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Good deal.
Glad it didn’t go to arb. That always sucks.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Well put Deadspin
The Angels traded away dependable if unspectacular backstop Mike Napoli. In return, they receive negative 86 million dollars over the next four years.
And, yes, I suppose a new center fielder in Vernon Wells, the man with the untradeable contract. Well, we thought it was untradeable. But that was before the Angels missed out on Carl Crawford and Cliff Lee and Adrian Beltre and every other free agent. Wells will earn $23 million next year, so the Angels had better hope he repeats his “bounceback” .273, 23 HR, 88 RBI 2010 — and then repeats it over again in the second half of the season.
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
Reports now are saying no.
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
OldHossRadbourn Old Hoss Radbourn
I visualize the GM of the Angels announcing the V. Wells deal by silently walking to a podium, turning about, and bending over.
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
Why didn’t we trade Rowand for Napoli??
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we should try wood for rowand
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
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by operation carrot on Jan 21, 2011 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
or not. wow those are some ugly numbers.
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jan 21, 2011 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
You hold him down and I’ll smack him with a 2×4.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
I have absolutely no wood for Rowand. He’s very unappealing.
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/clears throat
I will have sex with Aaron Rowand, for whatever reason they were talking about upthread. He will be my daddy bear, and all will live happily ever after.
LIVE EST
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
Napoli is pretty darn good for a catcher...
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
keithlaw keithlaw
Was told Jays aren’t sending any money to Angels – just the albatross.
53 seconds ago
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
Oh Keith Law and your snarkiness.
Now that the Giants are Champs (and I have proof!) what do I have to bitch about....oh yeah, I also root for the Browns!
by Cant_buy_a_run on Jan 21, 2011 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
mikeaxisa Mike Axisa
retweeted by oldjacket
If they send Napoli and Rivera to Toronto, I hear the Angels will fill the extra roster spot by picking up Albert Haynesworth.
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Confirmed by Morosi
This is just epic stupidity. Even Brian isn’t this dumb.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 6:25 PM PST up reply actions
be careful what you say
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because
the Giants won a dangerously-pointy trophy?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand.
by natteringnabob on Jan 21, 2011 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand what their thought process could possibly be.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Have to bring in a big name after missing out on everyone this offseason? Maybe hoping that last year wasn’t a fluke for Wells? I can’t really defend it but I’m fishing for possibilities. I don’t get why they were so down on Napoli all the while either.
Fulfill your duty to yourself,
And do all that you can,
For if you would do any less,
You'd be less full a man
Mike Scioscia is in love with Jeff Mathis
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Which totally screwed my fantasy team. Of course, by the time I dropped Napoli and his lack of playing time, Morales does his fantastic celebration and Napoli starts getting some playing time. And I was stuck with SIRM.
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Also, you’d think that with a full year of Kendry Morales they would be competing for the AL West crown even if they stayed put. I guess that having to compete for a market in LA makes it so you have to do at least something to remain in the spotlight while the Dodgers are in some trouble.
Fulfill your duty to yourself,
And do all that you can,
For if you would do any less,
You'd be less full a man
Yanks did it this year, why not the Angels? This offseason has just been ridiculous in general, I’m really glad we won the World Series and are happy to just sit tight. I hope this hot stove season isn’t a sign of things to come in the future.
Fulfill your duty to yourself,
And do all that you can,
For if you would do any less,
You'd be less full a man
Everybody’s panicking because we won the Series.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
THE SKY IS FALLING!!!
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 21, 2011 9:46 PM PST up reply actions
WTF is this?!?!? And does it mean we can dump Rowand?
Rowand in the next 2 years: $24M
Wells next year: $23M
Someone call up the Angels. Now.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
/takes deep breath
I’d rather have Rowand for two more years at 24 mil than Wells for 4 more years at 83 mil
I think the point was to have Rowand and his suddenly apparently reasonably priced contract join Wells and his absurdly overpriced contract at the Angels. Not get Wells on the Giants.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Hahaha. Yeah. No way in hell was I proposing trading Rowand for Wells. I just want to dump Rowand on the Angels.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Do the Angels need a back-up outfielder?
(Serious question. I haven’t really been paying attention to them.)
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Between Torii Hunter, Bobby Abreu, and Borjous (the guy supplanting Hunter in CF), they didn’t really need Wells to begin with.
Et tu, Ribe?
And Mike Trout isn’t far away either
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Damn. What do they need. Maybe we can convince Scioscia that Rowand can play 3B or something…
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Maybe they need pitching? Zito for Kazmir and Trout!
(Note: This is not a real suggestion. Unless the Angels think it is. In which case, go for it!)
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses a lamp-post - for support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang
They had a guy named Salmon and now they have a guy named Trout?
Is there a guy named Pompano in their farm system?
Fluke?
Roughy?
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Crappie.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 21, 2011 9:47 PM PST up reply actions
He’s apparently their GM.
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jan 21, 2011 9:48 PM PST up reply actions
Zing!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 21, 2011 9:54 PM PST up reply actions
That would be Fisher.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
Bangus!
Timmy’s half-cousin.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
Successor to Tim Salmon!
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new Parks & Rec was wonderful.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Jan 21, 2011 6:22 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
you could just write "Parks &"
and then get people to green it
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jan 21, 2011 6:25 PM PST up reply actions
Not really related
The apartment number of Rich in Community is 109.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
i'm watching 30 rock next and then community
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yes. Yes it was.
“Break time’s over, MoFo’s!”
And Leslie showing up followed by Ann’s “Holy Crap” required a rewind and re-watch for its awesomeness.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Barry Bonds
Just saw him going into court on the news. He looks fit. Fit enough to turn on a fastball? I loved his L side swing…
Was he spinning around? Or dropping the bat and raising both hands in the air?
Fulfill your duty to yourself,
And do all that you can,
For if you would do any less,
You'd be less full a man
This is just fantastic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POyFvDgV2cU
Absolutely fantastic
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OT: Iguanas Burritos are the world's perfect food
And yay for the fella for picking one up for dinner for me.
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LOLOLOLOL THIS MAKES IT ALL BETTER
SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman
update: hearing now $5 million is going from #bluejays to #angels. covers a month and a half of wells $, but it’s something
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
wtf
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
they should have waited a year and used the 20 mil a year they’re going to spend on wells to go after pujols
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Classic panic trade. Beltre turned them down, so they panicked and used the money they were going to give to him on Wells.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
Keith Law concurs (for Insiders):
http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/blog?name=law_keith&id=6046947
Et tu, Ribe?
I have to imagine they could have gotten Toronto to kick in a little more than $5 mil though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
it's the kind of trade
I thought only happened in online OOTP leagues, where some 10 year old is running a team. LOL 10 YEAR OLD ANGELS GM.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand.
by natteringnabob on Jan 21, 2011 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
Billy Heywood would never be dumb enough to make that trade.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Jan 21, 2011 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
Upon hearing of the trade
my wife asked, “Is Vernon Wells a friend of somebody in the Angels organization?”
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses a lamp-post - for support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang
bruce_arthur Bruce Arthur
BREAKING: Alex Anthopoulos just traded two nickels to Anaheim for a quarter, and also Disneyland.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
bea_arthur Bea Arthur
BREAKING: Grant once traded a Matt Williams baseball card to look at my boobs, and also Disneyland.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 7:24 PM PST up reply actions
Was he satisfied?
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants
Did he actually get to ride the rides or just look?
Fulfill your duty to yourself,
And do all that you can,
For if you would do any less,
You'd be less full a man
And I’m not talking about the Disneyland part.
Fulfill your duty to yourself,
And do all that you can,
For if you would do any less,
You'd be less full a man
LOL halos heavens lifted the no cursing ban for tonight
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Wow. Shit got real.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
The thread is fucking awesome
I hope we get vernon wells
that would make this deal sooooooo great
“Don’t turn the channel, … no matter what the score is.” -David Eckstein
by princeton11loveshalos on Jan 21, 2011 2:55 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Note the time stamp.
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Yes, they too multiplied wavefunction by its complex conjugate
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
The Angels GM has clearly not read his Virgil
Never trust a Greek bearing gifts.
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses a lamp-post - for support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang
MORE LULZ!
Angels GM Reagins confirms #BlueJays sent no money in Wells trade 10 minutes ago via web
BillShaikin
HAHAHA
Reagins:
HELLS NO I DIDN’T ASK FOR ANY MONEY! STOP PRINTING SUCH LIES IN SUCH A SHAMEFUL ATTEMPT TO SULLY MY NAME
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
LOL omg
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I feel like their personnel decisions have been a mess since Stoneman retired. But isn’t he still involved in some capacity?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
And don't forget
Stoneman was the one who gave Gary Matthews that contract
I wonder if he's gonna do a Brian Cashman tomorrow
“29 GMs in this league would love to have their owner shove Vernon Wells down their throat”
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
What the hell is going on!?
This is absurd!
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
I wonder what other GM's are thinking of this deal?
Or are they too busy ROFLing to be able to think?
Fulfill your duty to yourself,
And do all that you can,
For if you would do any less,
You'd be less full a man
Falling out of their chairs again...
Like the Werth deal
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
“Cool, now it doesn’t matter what fool move I make!”
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This makes it as worst move of the off-season, right? I mean…the Werth deal was bad…but this is…beyond comprehension! =P
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
At least the Angels got another real black person for Torii Hunter to hang out with.
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jan 21, 2011 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
Ah! Now that makes it all worth it!
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
You remember what happened when Sabean was bit by the spider?
Looks like Reagins went through trash and picked up a black suit.
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
I just thought of something
Hasn’t Wells and his huge contract been placed on waivers for the last couple of years? If so, they could have just picked him up and kept Napoli and Rivera.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 8:08 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Don’t tell Halos Haven that.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
That place is in full melt down mode right now.
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I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Come now, worse than the accidental DFA thread?
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Does it match our Freddy-for-Tim2 freakout? Because I like to think we freak out the most and the best.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
pffft they haven’t even broken the 2500 comment threshold….
3rd rate freakout at best
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The thing is, the Freddy freakout wasn’t as enjoyable to me because I liked Sanchez and didn’t know or care much about Tim2, so I couldn’t empathize.
But the OMG TIMMY’S INJURED thread that became the OMG THEY CALLED UP BUMGARNER FOR TONIGHT! thread? Oh, man. Now that was a freakout.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
I remember the Bengie trade threads. Rational exuberance at its finest.
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I really hope Wells tears it up this year and gives them something to cheer about. Having experienced some terrible contracts recently I would not wish this deal on any fan. Eh, maybe Dodgers’ fans.
Fulfill your duty to yourself,
And do all that you can,
For if you would do any less,
You'd be less full a man
Remember the 2002.
No love for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Anaheim.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
Huh
I went out for a day on the town in NY, and the Rays got much better, the Angels moved laterally for the low low price of 84 million dollars, and nothing interesting happened with the Giants. Oh well.
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Do it again. I want to see what happens tomorrow.
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses a lamp-post - for support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang
I'm thinking about going to that sports bar to see the trophy.
If I’m not doing anything else.
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
In 2010, the Giants won the World Series
That eased the pain (somewhat) for 2002.
I think I am all good now.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 21, 2011 8:18 PM PST reply actions
JPosnanski Joe Posnanski
Hunter, Abreu, Wells, Piniero … Have to say it. The Angels are absolutely favorites to win the 2002 World Series again.
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Shut up Posnanski. I usually like you.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Actually, it was. I just don’t want to think about the 2002 WS.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
I’m over it because the Giants won the 2010 WS.
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Yup.
The Angels can win the ’02 series all they want.
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I saw a story on Eckstein on MLB Network. It was really hard to hate him.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
This still makes me sad. I thought I was over it, but I guess not.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Though it's been a while now
I can still feel so much pain
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
Kinda like when I found out my Ex was cheating on me
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When the Angels do something stupid to their own detriment,
I feel better about myself.
I don’t care what that says about me.
I do care, however, about this Suppan fellow.
Is he rakishly handsome? Does he gamble?
What kind of girls does he date when he’s feeling down?
What happens if he doesn’t make it out of camp?
Look out. I'm having a thought.
At first . . .
I thought “curtel sonnet,” but it’s a villanelle, a French verse form calculated to give an impression of simplicity and spontaneity. Except there’s no rhyme scheme, so it would be blank verse. Startling imagery, though.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 23, 2011 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
Ha-ha Baggs
Vernon Wells traded to the Angels? Wow. That gives hope to every GM with a highly toxic contract on his hands. (Or two.)
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That caption made me look up Larry Baer’s bio. I had no idea he went to Lowell! Why is his picture not on the alumni wall!?
That's pretty cool
I feel like they’re probably missing quite a few reasonably famous people up on that wall, including myself :)
Fulfill your duty to yourself,
And do all that you can,
For if you would do any less,
You'd be less full a man
My dad was in the same graduating class as him.
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Aww, poor person on HH needs to think about changing his handle
Fuck
Vote Napoli and Hunter for the 2012 election
by M.Napoli For President in 2012
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
So... apparently there was some pretty interesting trade today?
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
probably nobody actually good… By the way, merope, got a call for a job out in Cincy not sure yet about it tho, just the beginning of something special maybe
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
i’m pumped, first call back about a job, so i’m hopeful
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I bet that would make the gf happy. Job hunting can be so dilemma making. Do you take the first job offered? Do you wait and see what else is available? If nothing else, once you get some experience it makes the next job hunt session so much easier.
Is it something related to your field?
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Yea… would make her happy, we talked about it, and if i do stick around the bay area, she’ll come out to visit in June, since she graduates next year. But yea, it’s such a big dilemma.
I have another 15 applications that i sent out, so we’ll see, and i totally agree with the experience part, that’s basically what i need, experience.
And really it’s not something in my major, it’s logistics, and they were looking for all majors within arts and sciences, so they called me and i basically called them back telling them to call me whenever
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
UPS is a pretty good company to work for. Lots of mobility.
and logistics will always have a local component, so outsourcing is not as much of a worry.
I traded some mixed nuts for chocolate mousse at lunch today at work…
Fulfill your duty to yourself,
And do all that you can,
For if you would do any less,
You'd be less full a man
I traded a thin crust pizza for a deep dish pizza
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
If by interesting you mean incomprehensible, then yes.
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
holy hell, set to earn 23 million next year? OH MY GOD
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Amazing
08:$0.5M, 09:$1.5M, 10:$12.5M,
11:$23M, 12:$21M, 13:$21M, 14:$21M
So the Blue Jays ended up paying Wells $14.5 million for 3 years. He put up 5.5 WAR in those 3 years, so they actually underpaid for his performance. And that’s ignoring any value they get from Napoli and Rivera in the future.
THE THING IS, IT HAPPENED - 11/1/10
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jan 21, 2011 9:05 PM PST up reply actions
I think my head just exploded.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
I thought this was a fabulous point until I learned that the Jays gave Wells a 25 million dollar signing bonus.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
More proof Grant can do no wrong...
I don’t know another self-edited blogger (it hurts to use the term) who could tap out “…and maybe Eric Surkamp is already sixth-starter material already” and not make me wonder if it’s a gaffe.
Pablo's not fat. He's just got body.
by LeMasterBlaster on Jan 21, 2011 8:57 PM PST reply actions
Ideas for a first date in San Francisco
I need them. The more creative, the better. I have some thoughts, but I’m not completely sold on anything yet.
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
All of them. I live in SOMA but she goes to Cal.
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Jan 21, 2011 9:22 PM PST up reply actions
Top of the Mark. Problem solved.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Depending on age group top of the mark could be a little too “uptight.” But in general it is a nice place.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
With a martini at sunset? Mr. Scales at the piano? Pure victory.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Obviously Giants Fanfest. You'll quickly know if she is the one.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Hmmm…
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Jan 21, 2011 11:15 PM PST up reply actions
You know where I took my first date in high school?
To watch Major League II. I’m not kidding. 1994.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Nightlife at the Academy of Sciences on Thursday
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I went to that last winter. Fun/novel, but the booze there is predictably overpriced and awful. I’m not much of a pregamer, but if I was going to go again, I’d pregame.
Et tu, Ribe?
I go for the actual museum
but if you seek libations, Pacific Catch on 9th and Lincoln is a cool place to hang out before or after.
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It’s a lot cheaper and less crowded than going during the daytime, isn’t it? My recollection is that planetarium tickets are the only thing that are a little iffy because of the demand.
Et tu, Ribe?
Actually I got tix for 10 bucks here: http://arestravel.com/4188_attraction-tickets_a790.html?ticketID=2995
And they have different things going on for Nightlife like a DJ and some special exhibits.
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If you want to empty your trust fund, perhaps! The Little Shamrock is the place for drinks if you want them.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Well… my friend knows the bartender, so we get free drinks.
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Mmmm-hm.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Nothing like getting drunk
and checkin out some fish and learning a bit or two about science on a Thursday night
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
by PiKAgiant on Jan 22, 2011 12:54 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I think I may have to completely remove your quote from context and make it part of my sig.
Et tu, Ribe?
rec'd
come on people.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand.
by natteringnabob on Jan 22, 2011 7:24 AM PST up reply actions
Just went on a behind the scenes tour of the Academy last Thursday. Jimmy took us around on a short tour ~1.5 hours. We looked at life support for all the aquarium exhibits. Ours was free. He invited us back to do the whole behind the scenes which would take about 4 hours, it encompasses all the exhibits.
Although I wouldn’t mind having a reception there, I think it would be pretty neat.
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.
Get dinner somewhere near Castro & Market and haul some booze up to Corona Heights.
Look out. I'm having a thought.
you didn't reply correctly
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
He can do what he wishes . . .
. . . for he’s a poet.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 23, 2011 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
Wow. Just wow.
By acquiring the $86 million that Vernon Wells has left on his contract while shipping out Juan Rivera ($5.25 million) and Mike Napoli (~$5.8 million or so), the Angels essentially agreed to add $75 million to their books over the next four years. Just for fun, let’s take a look at what they could have bought with $75 million this winter.
Power Hitters.
Adam Dunn ($56 million) and John Buck ($18 million) would have given them a lefty thumper to use as an OF/DH type and allowed them to replace Napoli with another catcher who could hit the ball over the wall. Sure, they would have had to play Bobby Abreu in the field for one more year, but the difference between Dunn’s bat and Wells’ bat would have compensated for the difference, and they wouldn’t have had to start Jeff Mathis at catcher.
Detroit’s off-season
The Tigers acquired Victor Martinez ($50 million), Joaquin Benoit ($16.5 million) and Brad Penny ($3 million) for $5 million less than the Jays just paid to "upgrade" to Vernon Wells.
An entirely new starting rotation
Jorge de la Rosa ($21.5 million), Jake Westbrook ($16.5 million), Carl Pavano ($16.5 million), Hiroki Kuroda ($12 million), and Javier Vazquez ($7 million) signed for a grand total of $73.5 million this winter. This isn’t quite as fair, since it’s almost all 2011 money rather than being spread out over the next four years, but still, the total dollar figure for Vernon Wells is about the same as buying five of the best free agent starting pitchers available this winter.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/what-does-75-million-buy-in-2011/
GIANTS BRASS!
at least this pretty much blocks trout for several more years.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain’t got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Jan 21, 2011 8:41 PM PST
Naw, he’s part of the trade package Reagins is assembling for Barry Zito
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I’m fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Jan 21, 2011 8:44 PM PST
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
I still think Obi-wan wanted them to hook up & raise some genetic freaks with midichlorians firing out of their ass. - ResDog
ELLIS!
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jan 21, 2011 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
LOL H8R
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
One of the Fan Fest features
“NEW! Run the bases on the field or play catch in the outfield”
I wonder if this means the field will be intact this year.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
But we always do that when we’re allowed on the field.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Jan 21, 2011 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
But in previous years, the field was torn up.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
And the KNBR stand was in the middle of the field.
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Not quite
It was closer to home plate.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I meant the infield.
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So…. a normal day for you then?
FtF: Welcome to Opposite Season!
McC: Don't get it? Try the McWiki wiki.
That’s what I would expect. You seem like a good-natured dude.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
http://amandarykoff.posterous.com/caution-photo-of-att-park-should-not-be-viewe
Since the supercross show is at the CoLOLiseum this year, they’ve had time to work on the field since the bowl game.
Et tu, Ribe?
They want to put on a good show. It won’t just be the diehards showing up for fanfest this year. I’d imagine way more people and way more media this time around so they want to look all sparkly and nice.
FtF: Welcome to Opposite Season!
McC: Don't get it? Try the McWiki wiki.
OT: I would very much like to see Aaron Rodgers get OWNED Sunday
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
nah
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
postseason POKEMONZZZZZZZZZZZ
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
they seriously have that? hah
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
http://games.espn.go.com/gridironpc/en/frontpage
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
oh snap!
Yea, that aint mah thing, i’m more of an inseason guy myself
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
REGULAR SEASON* not "inseason"
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
OT: "Juan Uribe leaves bigger hole than Edgar Renteria"
Well, that’s a tad personal don’t you think, Mr. Schulman?
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
LOL
Random Dan Szymborski sighting way back in the Gil Meche thread.
Posting re: Jim Caple being the only decent writer on ESPN.
Et tu, Ribe?
He's always watching
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
I’m the sabermetric equivalent of one of many Police songs. My niche is projections, MS Paint doodlings, and granting people the right to summon a Szymborski familiar.
by D.Szymborski on Jan 22, 2011 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
You have a script for SBN that alerts you to comments with your name in them, don’t you?
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 22, 2011 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
A number of keywords, actually. ZiPS, projections, lots of random keywords like Francoeur. Blogs are way more populated than usenet, so scanning for topics can be hard.
by D.Szymborski on Jan 22, 2011 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
Does this mean I can summon my own personal math wizard?
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
Depends on the level. If it’s graduate work, you gotta call in the big guns and harass Forman.
by D.Szymborski on Jan 22, 2011 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
..
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
by jctGamer on Jan 22, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
This is totally my twitter background now. Do you have a twitter handle for me to give credit to?
by D.Szymborski on Jan 22, 2011 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
@davidtiao
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Dammit, Jim, I’m a poet, not a doctor!
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 23, 2011 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
Today I had my chance to tell Brian Sabean exactly how I feel about his organizational philosophy
At the World Series trophy lovefest in NYC. Instead, I shook his hand and mumbled thanks. A rare outburst of socially appropriate sanity from me. My one-year-old daughter seemed to find Sabean’s face fascinatingly shiny.
Well done
A World Series trophy viewing is hardly the appropriate forum for an airing of grievances.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 22, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, if you enjoy crying.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 22, 2011 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
Well, do you?
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 23, 2011 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
Well, I think the thing is that the movie tearjerks so often that there will be people who hate it because they think it’s manufactured sap and people who love it because it’s beautiful and touching. I thought it was dangerously close to manufactured sap but not quite, and essentially just beautiful and touching and I loved it.
I tried not to cry, though.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 23, 2011 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
Punk.
It looks like dancing frog in the sky because it's green.
by howtheyscored on Jan 23, 2011 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
lol ur a gurl
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
. . .
To follow up on the post’s main photo. . .
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
It’s only a matter of time before he loses it in a teen sex comedy-esque setting. I’m gonna say Cozumel, spring break, this year. Book it.
LIVE EST
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
I’ll assume this was a really funny photo.
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I tried to find this the other day when we were talking Dwho
but i couldnt. I stumbled on to it again today though
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jan 22, 2011 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
It’s not showing up? D’oh.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Jan 22, 2011 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
SFGiants We love this image of #Buster from @djp4cal http://twitpic.com/3sj3eh #ROY #SFGiants
Et tu, Ribe?
Woop Woop
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 23, 2011 12:43 AM PST up reply actions
Wow that’s cool, maybe Buster will see it.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 23, 2011 12:46 AM PST up reply actions
OT: Just finished the 2018 season in MLB: 2010 The Show career...
And Stephen Drew and Cody Ross just retired from the Giants. I don’t know how Ross got on the Giants, but at some point he did. Also, Matt Cain was a FA and retired because of “Poor Free Agent Market” and Barry Zito, also a FA, retired because of age.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
But the real wit belonged to Herman Franks.
Fucking juiced ball bullshit.
by gallo del cielo on Jan 23, 2011 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
Sour Grapes are Sour
From Troy Renck of the Denver Post, as retweeted by Baggs:
TroyRenck According to those at Fanfest: O’Dowd made it clear his dislike for Giants, saying "it was payback time.’’
TroyRenck There’s lingering animosity because of the Giants’ humidor complaint last September. The timing of complaint was not accident
Yes, damn us for asking for proper oversight of suspicious activity during a playoff race.
Et tu, Ribe?
HEATED RHETORIC
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
im sorry someone complained about your cheating so late in season
next time we’ll try to make it more convenient for you
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jan 22, 2011 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
the important thing is
the san francisco giants won the 2010 world series
some other stuff happened too but thats ok
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jan 23, 2011 12:27 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe Dan will start sending the mascot down late in the games to try and distract the pitchers in a completely unprofessional way. Oh, wait, he already does…
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 23, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
U MAD?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Big Time Payback
…saying "it was payback time.’’
$o that explains what they did with Tulo and CarGo.
“I’m so mad at those $^&^ Giants, I’m going shopping.”
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
Got one of these?
I didn’t think so!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 23, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
Damn it...
I thought you were serious for a moment and I was about get super excited.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
It's a shame, yes, but
That guy has such an uncanny resemblance, doesn’t he?
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