On the technology front ...
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 13, 2011 10:26 AM PDT
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PrintFrom an article on thermal imaging cameras in baseball
World Series moments - such as Edgar Renteria's home run in 2010 for the San Francisco Giants - could be visually enhanced by new technology to be tested during this year's games.
Oh.
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Nice video but he missed the best one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiqkclCJsZs
No one here gets out alive.
I'll show you thermal imaging!
/crotch chop
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Someone is going to see that title and start are 500-comment subthread about cell phones.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
I UPGRADED TO IOS5!!!
now what
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Somehow without Steve it just seems like software.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLCULT
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
LIFE HAS NO MEANING
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
you just need to look at the bright side of life.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Incidentally, this record is available in the foyer
Is it pronounced “foy-yay” or “foy-yer”?
"Your curses do not compare to those of Houston fans or Detroit fans, and especially not to those of fans from the northside of Chicago. You are not Hamlet. You are Valerie Bertinelli. Your victim act is schlocky, and totally unconvincing. You fancy yourself tormented. You are merely insecure."
-- Scott Burton to Red Sox fans, 6/12/02
http://espn.go.com/magazine/burton_20020612.html
Is it worth it? I’m scared to do it because everytime Apple upgrades something, something gets messed up
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
It finally gives us wireless syncing and backup-to-the-cloud, and the new notifications screen is pretty nifty.
My favorite change is on the iPad: you can now undock the on-screen keyboard and even split it into two for easier thumb-typing.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t care about syncing and my dad is saying the Cloud part is a mess. Also, I don’t care about that either as I don’t know what it means for me or if I should care (PS- I’m old)
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t really care about syncing either…plug it to a wire…no biggie.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I thought you were touting that as something Android has had for years. Interesting.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Not me
I don’t have an Android…but Android has had the voice command for a while
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Well, so has iOS. There’s been voice control for years.
Siri is different. And frightening. And possibly the perfect wife.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
anyhoo I don’t have her, she is only on the new iPhone.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t get why someone would get the 4S.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Siri. It’s apparently a world-killer according to the reviews. It’s like talking to the Enterprise computer. I’m not sure if it’s an AI or not. It might be a Cylon.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re all Cyclon…
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I guess I just don’t interact with my phone that much..
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
O_O
so all these phone threads are just … for what??
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
My next phone…and I like technology.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
And you’re a lawyer and you like to argue for funnies, whereas I find it excruciating and the cause of constant loss of my temper.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry if that was the effect. I don’t think I was arguing about phones…I am just talking about my opinions.
I have a profound respect for Apple…I just wish it would be a little more flexible.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Siri says
take your hands off my husband!
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
How can you not care about syncing?
What about all the movies and music files?
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the thermal imaging camera idea. I’d like to see at least a pilot program to explore its utility in baseball.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
SL
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
The umps mask in this one
looks like an evil bug creature or anti-rabbit or something.
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
Hmmm....looks familiar
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 13, 2011 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Happy birthday to me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv-OYkGWOhE
Last year of being in my twenties…
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
Happy birthday!
I just left my 20s. Next milestone is 40 0_o
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
That’s why I’ve lost my gusto for birthdays.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Oct 13, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I just go by retired jerseys. This year I turned Scottie Pippen.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
I turned Gaylord Perry
Not that there’s anything wrong with that
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Oct 13, 2011 11:33 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I laughed entirely too much.
Thank you.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 13, 2011 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Nice!
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Oct 13, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I turned Rod Carew.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Oct 13, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
This year: Lester Hayes.
Next year: Brian Wilson.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
Happy B-Day!
I’m coming up on Don Drysdale
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Human Centipede 2 has more good reviews than Bucky Larson.
Also, there is going to be a Zoolander 2? Really?
Human Centipede 2?
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 13, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Human Millipede.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
by Solidarity on Oct 13, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I hate technology...
a lot.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
That’s just because you’re getting old.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
This is true...
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Oct 13, 2011 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d love to hear what the umpires’ union would think of this.
"We can... feel the trade winds blowing gently through our hair... here's the pitch... or Dave can." - Jon Miller
Eh, the kind of calls that this tech would be used for aren’t really of any concern are they?
by chilibean_3 on Oct 13, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Where the ball hits along the foul line or in the case of those yellow home run lines could be helpful. Pointing them at the batter? Meh.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 13, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I really thought we were either going to get creepy Pat or Zito in the final close up.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
There hasn’t been enough creepy Zito around here lately.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Creepy!
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
Robot umpires, please
And by that, I do not mean just cameras and sensors to determine the strikezone. I want actual robots like Robbie from Lost In Space on the field umpiring games. Also, I want those robots to rip the heads off of any player or manager that argues with them and announce very loudly, “OBSOLETE!!”. I want those robots to completely intimidate every human on the field or in the dugouts. I want those guys playing and managing while fearing for their lives.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 10:47 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
The odd thing is, I agree with this stance.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
And for the Dr. Who fans out there.....
There’s also “EXTERMINATE!”
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Even robot dogs are wearing those ugly rope necklaces that baseball players wear.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Puka shells!
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Oct 13, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s Jerome Williams’ K-9 pet
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, I want those robots to rip the heads off of any player or manager that argues with them and announce very loudly, "OBSOLETE!!".
I would have liked to see Paul O’Neil meet this fate. I felt like that guy complained about every called strike.
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
Needz moar Gundans!
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
Would this robot be what you are looking for?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
No!
I want scary robots that look like they were transported out of a 60’s science fiction television show.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Ah, so I see that you did the same Google Image Search that I did.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
should have done my original one— there was nudity
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
This is correct!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
He is totally going to spin you over his head by your nads and heave you out of the stadium.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Pfffft...
I’d like to see him TRY.
Now, you bring in an armada of NS-5’s with their red lights on, all violating the 3 Robotic Laws, while Bridget Moynihan stands by and does NOTHING… Man, that’s some scary stuff.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
What movie was that from?
Some old Disney movie from the late 70s to mid 80s right? I watched it like 20 times as a kid, I forget it now though.
by Myemail21479 on Oct 13, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
A movie called “the Black Hole.” A movie that’s actually dying for a remake because the original was one of those could-a, should-a been a good movie
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s intimidating in the wrong way. G-g-g-g-girl!
by chilibean_3 on Oct 13, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
She tried to get the Cersie part in Game of Thrones but lost out. It would have been interesting. Probably bad English accent killed it.
I can’t complain because Lena Headley is great. It’s a shame, though, that Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff can’t get their Hawaii 5-0 show or whatever as both were great. Sadly, it appears that most women heroes in sci-fi shows are doomed to Big Bang Theory guest star spots
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
NOW! STAB HIM! STAB HIM!
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Charlie O. Finley installed a robot behind home plate in Kansas City.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
That was Ray Fosse.
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Oct 13, 2011 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
That feels like so long ago.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
For fans of Parks & Rec or Fire Joe Morgan or whatever
Michael Schur on the Red Sox: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7095696/the-collapse-red-sox
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
There was one beautiful line in there
An anonymous team source just going to town on the ideas of loyalty, decency, and propriety, and (perhaps more immediately harmful) the idea of organizational cohesion.2 This old narrative is stubborn, tenacious, and destructive. It ruins careers, forces bad trades, and drives free agents to other cities. This narrative has already, I would guess, driven David Ortiz away. It’s made Jacoby Ellsbury dream about his press conference in San Francisco in 2013.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
That part made me jump up and down
Brown in CF, Ellsbury in LF
/swoons
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Oooh, he would look good in orange and black.
by S. Pickford #25 on Oct 13, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
He already did, when he was a Beav.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
They had the date wrong. They meant 2023.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
HA!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Come over, Jacoby
You can eat as much fried chicken and be as Asperg-y as you want.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Oct 13, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Red rover, red rover, won't Jacoby come over?
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Wow...
Schur brings some pretty strong A-grade rant with those small print footnotes at the lower right.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
The man gave us Ron Swanson. He is a truly a gift from the heavens
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
not sure I should be annoyed or excited by the constant stream of people dissecting the Sawx’s season
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
A team that talented and expensive flaming out so spectacularly is bound to generate a lot of press.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
The Braves did too but I don’t read report after report after report about how epic and historic their collapse was. Don’t get me wrong, I love the schadenfreude of it all but is there such thing as too much schadenfreude?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, yes, there is. It’s inevitable, really.
The Braves had a similar collapse but their payroll was not even close to what the Sawx spent.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
They also didn't have nearly the preseason hype that the Red Sox did.
I don’t think many people doubted that the Braves were a good team, but the offseason focus was nearly entirely on the Phillies and Red Sox (with good reason, considering the signings).
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Yes, it was supposed to be a clash of the titans in the post season.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
It was more of a Clash of the Titans (2010)
by Hyoton on Oct 13, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That wasn't as bad as I thought it would be
not great but not that bad.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Cue cries of East Coast Media Bias……..
The articles, actually, have been interesting especially on Grantland as there’s all this interesting stuff about how the Sox are now becoming the Sox of old (overpaid stars, bad team chemistry, super annoying fan base, shaky FO) and have gotten rid of the two guys who kept the Red Sox from falling into bad habits.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s amazing that I like Parks and Rec as much as I do because when I read that guy’s opinion pieces I generally end up reacting with ‘wow, that writer is a fucking condescending dickhead’. This is true even when I must admit to the rightness of what he’s saying.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Well
These are the episodes of P&R he wrote:
“Pilot” – Season 1
“Greg Pikitis” – Season 2
“Christmas Scandal” – Season 2
“Galentine’s Day” – Season 2
“The Master Plan” – Season 2
“Time Capsule” – Season 3
And the ones he directed:
“Rock Show” – Season 1
“Sister City” – Season 2
“Time Capsule” – Season 3
Maybe you hated those ones?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
and the Office hasn’t been nearly as good since he left to do P&R.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t watch season 1 of P&R at the time because I thought the pilot was too much of an Office clone, but I thought all of season 2 was great. Go figure.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
P&R started out almost exactly like an Office clone
It took most, if not all, of S1 to find its own voice (or whatever you want to call it).
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
nah
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
is this
where Fox introduces the flaming puck, but for baseball?
And while we’re on the subject, do Fox and TBS enhance the ball and bat sounds during telecasts?
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Oct 13, 2011 11:06 AM PDT reply actions
OH WRITTEN IN THE STARS
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Oct 13, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d rather have that than those times when you can hear one annoying person all game who seems to be right next to the mic.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 13, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Natto wins the thread.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
He's now both won the thread and lost the thread.
Natto is Schrödinger?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
LOL
Tim Mccarver and Joe Buck talk so close to each other’s faces, it looks like they’re going to make out.
That is some slash I would rather not read.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I know they have strategically placed mics.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I think YES does it for their games too, I just don’t get it. They should superimpose Batman-style words instead. “BLAMMO!”
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Oct 13, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
For those that don't get the reference (which is probably most)
by Natto on Oct 13, 2011 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 9 recs
hahahaha!
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
LOL U
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
For shame, Natto. Hotlinking is a misdemeanor in nine states.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
You got a no-hotlinking image
Refresh yo’ page son
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
BAHAHAHAHAHA
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
LOL
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Oct 13, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m going to go back and unrec your McCarver joke because of this.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 13, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
wtf
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
I feel like printing this out and posting it somewhere around my desk at work.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 13, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
lolwut
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
lol
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
Where are these from?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
aaaaaand it's green
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
HA!
What a loser!
いつも納豆、もっと幸せ!!
by Fermented Soybeans on Oct 13, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
yessss
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
I didn't get it
but that clears it right up, LEECH!
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Oct 13, 2011 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
This is an excellent idea!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I liked the "Hot streak" or whatever,
if for no other reason than because it made it easier for me to follow the puck while watching on TV. It was gimmicky, but hockey can be hard to watch if you don’t have a good setup.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
BtB did a Post-2011 NL West All-Star Team.
5 Giants cracked the list.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 13, 2011 11:07 AM PDT reply actions
Wow.
Romo was even better, though, posting a ridiculous 0.96 FIP over 48 innings. His 70/5 K/BB presumably is one of the best ratios in MLB history.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I love that MadBum is his #2 starter.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Me too.
He’s probably my favorite Giant, as much for what he is as for what he could be.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
by Cody_ransom on Oct 13, 2011 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I think I take him for granted a little bit, but his career has already been unbelievable. That he is going to get better blows my mind.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Agreed
I love MadBum. His progression is up there with Timmy’s, and he is 3 years younger doing it!
by Myemail21479 on Oct 13, 2011 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, he might get better.
Might not, though.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
okay.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Well you said he’s going to get better. But he might not.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Okay.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
does the capitalization mean you're especially mad at me?
=)
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I mean, I’m so sorry I ripped off a quick comment on a message board that wasn’t exactly correct. If I could, I would go back and edit it to say “I THINK HE MIGHT GET BETTER MAYBE POSSIBLY I DON’T KNOW THOUGH BUT I HOPE SO BECAUSE HE IS SO YOUNG SO MAYBE OKAY,” but there is no edit function.
Thank you for pointing it out and taking all the fun out of talking excitedly about a player I really like.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
by kdl on Oct 13, 2011 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
kdl, GiantPain.
GiantPain, kdl.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
I know him and most of the time I love him.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
He ruined my love of musicals.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Truth
Cain just keeps doing what Cain does.
Adopted Giant - Carlos Willoughby, 2011 Sally League All Star
Which includes doing nothing for the Dodger children.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 13, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants in the KLaw chat
Norman (Columbus, OH)
You tweeted about Gary Brawn last night. Has his plate discipline improved in your eyes? he took more walks in High-A, but is that attributable to the low level?
Klaw (1:14 PM)
I’m chalking that up to the low level. Swing is fine – won’t generate any power, but should make tons of contact – but he’s a long way from a .375 OBP right now.
Jeremy (Lawrenceville, GA)
Do the Giants have any other prospective regulars in their system besides Brown and Panik? Also, do you think Adrianza will eventually be a league-average hitter to go with the defense?
Klaw (1:19 PM)
Panik’s not a projected regular – more of a utility guy. I’d add Jesus Galindo to the mix – got a brief but intriguing look at him in instructs. Adrianza has a chance but I’d bet the under right now.
Not Giants, but interesting.
David (Bethlehem, PA)
Fielder or Pujols for 7 years, same money. Who do you take?
Klaw (1:33 PM)
Fielder, because of age. Pujols is the better player right now, but even at his listed age I worry about his durability and potential decline.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
True confessions:
I have no idea who Jesus Galindo is.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
/lights FLA-Giant signal
Galindo is starting to get some buzz. I know nothing about him
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Must be a toolz thing
Stats aren’t very good.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Yah this is all that baseball prospectus wrote up on him in that blurb i linked to yesterday
outfielder Jesus Galindo breakout by stealing 47 bases over 62 games
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
THERMAL IMAGING!
Look Lars, HOT FEET!
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
Gross!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
/licks monitor
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Exactly
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
/coaches Jets
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
HAWT!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
You can see traces of the hot saliva from the licking.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
GROSS!!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
are you starring in a Tarantino flick?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Getting fitted for ski boots?
I've got 99 problems and the Boch is one
by milesntrane on Oct 15, 2011 1:24 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Because the LOL CAL Stadium was built on a fault line.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
It adds to the excitement.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Oct 13, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
it's being reinforced
with municipal bonds, stacked high around the stadium bowl, secured by ticket revenues. This plan cannot ever fail, especially in Alameda County.
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Oct 13, 2011 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
And the press box has been raised onto stilts that will sway during an earthquake!!
YAY PRESS
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
And give each other awards!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
/backslapping
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn't robot umpires
eventually be advantageous for the hitters once they learn the new zone?
Like, once they adjust and know which pitch locations are 100% reliable strikes I feel as if the hitter will benefit in the long run.
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Oct 13, 2011 11:26 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
I don’t think so. I think the initial advantage to the pitcher would wear off as the hitters get accustomed though.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
but what if the MLB has the robots change the strike zone every few weeks or so to add intrigue? Or what if they get hit by a computer virus and start making the wrong calls due to it? Or what if they decide it’s the best place to start the robot revolution (starring James Franco) and start blowing shit up in baseball parks?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't know why that would be the case.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
If a hitter can rely on a 100% consistent strike zone won't he be
able to eventually just sit on certain pitches?
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Oct 13, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Unless the pitcher doesn't throw those pitches.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
The pitcher also has a 100% consistent strike zone.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I think they should also start calling pitches above the belt strikes. Basically, they should go to the strikezone as defined in the rulebook.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Man, it is Berkmaning like crazy out there. Glad I brought my umbrella.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
IT'S BERKING CATS AND DOGS
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
...But they still can't figure out
how to take my money in exchange for access to their video archive content.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
If they would
I would go looking for the Jeffery Leonard would-be-pitch-out-turned-homerun that I seem to remember but have never found whilst googling, nor heard mention of here. But I swear it happened because the picture is in my mind.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
by Cody_ransom on Oct 13, 2011 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Postseason commercial
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19241231
I love how they use Kuip’s “OUTTA HERE!” call at 0:39 and we’re not even in the playoffs.
"We can... feel the trade winds blowing gently through our hair... here's the pitch... or Dave can." - Jon Miller
It's one of the more distinct calls around
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I felt like barfing when I had to put up with Chris Berman on the radio during the NLDS
"We can... feel the trade winds blowing gently through our hair... here's the pitch... or Dave can." - Jon Miller
That was the worst thing I've ever heard
Just random, unintelligible screaming
The Giants finally won the World Series. Now what?
by jordanovich on Oct 13, 2011 12:11 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I love how they use Kuip’s "OUTTA HERE!" call at 0:39 footage of the Braves and Red Sox and wthey’re not even in the playoffs.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
lul
"We can... feel the trade winds blowing gently through our hair... here's the pitch... or Dave can." - Jon Miller
Josh should be holding a beer and a fried chicken leg.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
That sounds like a parody waiting to happen.
OH WRITTEN IN THE STARS
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
It should be a warning sign
This:
Leads to this:
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that’s more the fried chicken causing that.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I assumed it was the Buddha t-shirt.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 13, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Every postseason commercial must have shots of the Phillies, Yankess, and of course, the Red Sox.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
That promo was probably cut before the playoffs started, using content from last year.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
And probably using stuff from all of the likely playoff contenders for this year as well, to widen the appeal and prevent having to re-cut and re-distribute it.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I will never forget this moment:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=11722855
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coXgKF6DPV8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSfaqLDI_mY&feature=fvwp&NR=1
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL THIRD VIDEO
Dodgers be damned, that was an amazing game and Juan Uribe was a great Giant.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Jazz Hands was an epic meme
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I watched the game with my dad, and around the 6th or 7th inning, I had told him that if the GIants didn’t win, it wouldn’t be their season. When Uribe hit his home run I went nuts. After the game was over, I said to myself, this could be their year. That was how the season went, the Giants went to the bottom at times, but never went away.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I always remember this moment:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=10115281
followed by
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=10114325
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
The moment the view of Bochy started to change for a lot of fans.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Torres needs to bounce back next season.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
I was watching some of WS highlights and he made such a big difference in 2010.
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I like the Cardinals
I’m not ashamed to admit it. I wanted them to beat out the Braves for the wild card spot. I thought they were better than the Braves and deserved a ticket to the dance. I love their professionalism, especially when players on the D-Backs and Brewers act like clowns after every exciting play they make. They beat the Phillies, the best team in baseball, and should probably be considered the NL favorite. They were the hottest team down the stretch. Their pitching has really stepped it up. They have more potential left to be unlocked.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 11:51 AM PDT reply actions
1987
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
This.
Jeffery Leonard.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
by Cody_ransom on Oct 13, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
There was, at one time (I think the 80’s) where there was a huge rivalry between the Cards and Giants with all sorts of bench clearing brawls and bean ball wars. I can’t remember that much of the details or when it all took place but it was rather nasty and old school. Like Tyy Cobb would be nodding his head of approval in hell
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
video of ’87 brawl:
http://www.veoh.com/watch/v20507715BxW3CJB2
There’s another video from ’88. Let me look for it.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks. I remember a really nasty one at night too but it’s all buried somewhere deep in my memories. I just remember that those teams really, really hated each other, moreso than anything the Giants and Dodgers had.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
If I cared for such things as class and poise, the Cards would be my rooting interest
As is, I don’t think I care anymore which team wins. All the ones I don’t like are gone. I guess I like the Brewers, but I wouldn’t be upset if the Cards won. I do prefer the NL.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
tomato, tomehto
Maybe it will rain enough that they’ll call the whole thing off!
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Oct 13, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Tony La Russa
Your argument is invalid.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
I like TLR
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Team Badonkadonk.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
They are the team of mystique and destiny.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s written in the Kuiper Belt.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Enough about Kuip's boiler!
Also, Mystique and Destiny:
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Oct 13, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the Cardinals
/so banned.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
by Cody_ransom on Oct 13, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't there McC
who was both a Giants and Cardinals’ fan?
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
this line...
I really tried to root for the Brewers. HONESTLY. I tried.
Can’t do it. I’ve watched all 3 games and can’t help but root for the Cards.
My Uncle lives out there, my first trip to St. Louis was in 1982…which was pretty exciting.
I wasn’t tuned in enough for the heart break of 1987…but I can appreciate those of you who were.
Perhaps the glory of Benito Santiago, Kenny Lofton, and “WE’RE GOING!” ringing out loudly to all of us at Pac Bell Park in 2002 has made it hard for me to root against them.
They beat the Phillies – I also like that.
addendum: I found myself rooting for the Tigers against the Cards in ‘06 WS…so, go figure.
When it’s not “my team” or “my rival” I seriously don’t know who I am rooting for until I start watching the game. Maybe that’s just me?
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 13, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Cardinals have Lance Berkman and Tony LaRussa
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Yep. And the Brewers have Prince Fielder and Tony Plush.
I’ll admit, I’m rooting for laundry. And it’s not sensible, I love rooting against the Cardinals! I rooted against them in the ’06 Series!!
But – I’m rooting for them now. Nothing I can do about it, short of shock-therapy.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 13, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
My main reason for rooting for the Brewers is they’ve never won it before and I want to see teams that haven’t won it win it. It’s good for baseball when that happens. But, I just haven’t found myself getting really into it and only my annoyance with all things LaRussa is keeping me tethered to the Brewers bandwagon
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Also…we need more weiner races in the WS
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Using actual wieners
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty boring though
They would just lay there…get up for a few seconds…and then go back down.
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
then they’ll bring in some fluffers
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
ROBOT WIENERS!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 13, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
MAYBE FOR YOU
My races would last quite a while, I assure you.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, that made me frown for Mrs. Calbear. A few seconds?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
TWSS?
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Oct 13, 2011 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
My main reason for rooting for the Brewers is they’ve never won it before and I want to see teams that haven’t won it win it. It’s good for baseball when that happens.
That is so sensible and correct. And intellectually, I completely agree with you.
However, once I start watching the game….I don’t get it, don’t understand it, but I’m rooting for the Cards.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 13, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
baseball traditionalism sometimes trumps all. The Cardinals are Stan Musial and Bob Gibson and the Brewers….have some guy slide into a mug of beer when a home run is hit.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Great point...
Hadn’t thought about that effect upon my subconscious, I certainly could be swayed by tradition. Would not be the first time.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 13, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that 1957 should count, which means that their streak is merely excruciatingly long rather than extending back to the beginning.
It would still be cool if they got one.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
But it bothers me so much that the Brewers have the chance to win the pennant in both leagues.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
I don’t know if it should count as it was a whole other team back then. And ’57 years is still a lawwwwwwwwng time between championships
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I like seeing teams that haven’t won it before win it because it’s ultimately good for baseball. Just see how many Giants fans came out of the woodwork after last year, many of whom will stay on the bandwagon. If it happens in Milwaukee, that’ll be great for the franchise. It’s also a good reason to root for the Rangers but it’s Dallas and I don’t know if they’d even be a blip on the Cowboys/college football radar. Tigers haven’t won since ‘84 which is also a long and as bad as they and the Lions have been but they’ve also had the Pistons and Red Wings so they’re not exactly long-time losers
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Berkman?
Wait, why do we hate him again?
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
His face is rumored to be large.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
You're right
NOW I HATE SHREK. I was going to say Andre the Giant, but he’s a GIANT.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
because he is Berkman and this
OK, back to the hours leading up to the end of his 12-year career with the Astros. Two days before the July 31 trading deadline, Wade told him there were eight teams interested in trading for him, and he needed to know which ones he’d consider going to.
Wade went down the list. Berkman said yes to the Yankees, Padres, Rays and Rangers, and no to the Giants, Angels, White Sox and Tigers.
http://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Justice-Berkman-is-in-an-Empire-State-of-1609207.php
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Padres? Is he just a really big fan of fish tacos?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha
that was last year…in August…remember last year in August?
The Giants weren’t exactly all that and a bag of chips. He must have wanted to go to a “winner”. A team with a chance of getting into the playoffs. Nertz to him!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Actually
the Giants were only 2.5 games behind at that point.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Next time in Vegas I will not play craps with Mr. Lance.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 13, 2011 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
he wanted
to find that beach where Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards hang round and play volleyball.
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Oct 13, 2011 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
At the start of the season I picked the Brewers to do big things, but I just can’t stand them. The Cardinals won me over.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
1987
I went to all those playoff games and thought we can beat this team. When we lost , I became a ST. Louis Cardinal Hater. It hasn’t gone away, period!
I sit and await always faithful to the giants
by luved the stick on Oct 13, 2011 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Lights
Anyone who thought the squirrel showing up two games in a row was a coincidence, clearly wasn’t paying attention when the Giants visited St. Louis.
That’s why I like the Cardinals, even when they play dirty tricks, it has a campy feel to it.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That's enough.
Normal view.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Normal view.
Normal view!
Nor-mal vieeeew!
NOR-MAL VIEEEEEEEEEW!
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
by TheLetter2 on Oct 13, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thank you.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Shift-A: How's everyone doing?
Bankruptcy Court in Santa Ana is still there if anyone was curious.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Isn't Santa Ana
like the Chavez Ravine of Orange County?
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
by Cody_ransom on Oct 13, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty much
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I don’t want to see this used for fringe calls like foul tips and hit batters. Those things are boring.
I don’t want to see this used for analysis, because the tools are being given to broadcasters who would ruthlessly abuse it to fill the time normally occupied by their leaden personalities.
I want to use this for fun. White spots? Fuck that. I want full on thermal vision art. I want to see explosions of color as a home run flies off the bat like a fucking astronomy presentation. Show us the impact of cleats on the grass as an outfielder sprints back on a fly ball. Give me moving shapes and air displacement when a middle infielder is catching a line drive or turning a double play. Give me some goddamn fireworks.
Oh yeah, and robot umpires would be cool too, I guess.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
If you really want to see all of that, there’s always drugs
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
ot this is a hilarious list of historical burns
www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/wittiest-comebacks-of-all-time?s=mobile
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 13, 2011 12:08 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
12
is underrated
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...
32 is the best
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
It looks like Ben Cherington is the new Red Sox GM.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 12:09 PM PDT reply actions
Comeback Player of the year.
Fuck Lance Berkman.
Vogie came from nowhere to post a 3.6 WAR, slightly behind Cain’s 3.9. (Cain was 10th in the N.L.)
Pablo Sandoval, however, was 7th in the league in total WAR (6.1), was the best 3rd Baseman in the N.L., and raised his OPS+ by 54 points over 2010, from 99 to 153.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
This
It’s a shame Vogelsong missed the first month.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Or that Pablo missed 6 weeks for that matter.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, as much as I like Vogelsong
Pablo would deserve the comeback award over him. The Comeback player is usually a player who was good once before, then became bad, then good again.
Vogelsong was never that good.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
mlb.com:
The Comeback Player of the Year Award is officially sanctioned by Major League Baseball, and is presented annually to one player in each League who has re-emerged on the baseball field during the season.
That’s all it says.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
BUSTER POSEY 2012 CBPotY !!!!!!!!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Why would you want to ruin him like that?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I just want to see him in a suit on Meet the Press.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
but he could come out as a Republican and we’d all have to think past our little black & white ways of seeing things. I don’t know if I can do it.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Buster could do anything. He could lead an army into battle, or run the country, or ask Susan to get his wife on the phone…anything.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Susan would actually lift Buster’s wife up and try to get her on the phone.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
In Berkman’s defense, it’s not like he lobbied for it…and according to Rob Neyer, Vogelsong could still win the BBWAA’s Comeback Player of the Year Award – which is the more established award anyways.
LOL, just noticed bigboneded is all over the above link. Good stuff for anyone else who missed it though.
Hope Ryan can win the BBWAA CBPY award!!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 13, 2011 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I pointed this out elsewhere, but Berkman’s “resurgence” is wildly overstated. 2010 was the worst full season of his career, hitting only .249 and slugging only .413. But he still had an OBP of .368, and his overall numbers were good for 117 wRC+.
wRC+, 2009 through 2011:
Berkman: 138, 117, 159
Sandoval: 145, 93, 142
Berkman certainly had one of the better seasons of anyone in baseball: 6th overall in wRC+, 6th overall in OPS 9th overall in wOBA. Almost everyone above him on that list is an MVP candidate. But it’s hardly a comeback.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
by Solidarity on Oct 13, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
wrecked.
excellent post.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 13, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow that is bullshit…..
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Oct 13, 2011 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Panda 70 RBI.. Berkman 94 RBI!!
pretty obvious who was better…
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
are we talking Quadrophenia and the Wall or are talking Kilroy Was Here and Queensryche?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Pink Floyd’s new remasters sound like crap. I think I’ve purchased The Wall three times.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Me
I received Queen’s “A Night at the Opera” Audio DVD for Christmas several years ago for some reason I’m not aware of.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 13, 2011 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
On the whole they tend to be bloated...
but I LOVE “Tommy” by the Who. Their version of that album for Live at Leeds is one of my favorite records.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Oct 13, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I know someone who claims to be writing a rock opera based on the Donner party.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
well
Howie better hurry up if he wants to use it as his thesis.
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Oct 13, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Tommy’s sort of redeemed by the Live at Leeds version. There’s some good songs on there but the story is sort of….ridiculous
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 1:04 PM PDT reply actions
I agree the story is ridiculous, but isn’t the story out of control on most concept albums?
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Oct 13, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
yes, but a blind, deaf, and dumb kid who plays pinball all day and eventually becomes a messiah like figure with a camp where people hang out and play pinball is a little out there.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 13, 2011 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
You obviously never been to Tommy’s Holiday Camp: The camp with the difference, never mind the weather, cuz when you come to Tommy’s the holiday’s forever.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Oct 13, 2011 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
If there’s one thing that’s useful when thinking about rock operas from the late ‘60s, it’s expecting linear storytelling and realism.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 13, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
BY-TOR AND THE SNOW DOG DISAGREE
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Oct 13, 2011 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha!
That and the whole first part of 2112.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 13, 2011 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
To be honest....
THIS made way more sense when I was 14 and on amphetamine.
Oooh…R.I.P. too, I missed that back in 2007
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 13, 2011 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
MATT CAIN!!! (New Thread)
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/10/13/2488447/community-projection-rejection-matt-cain
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
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