The Five Longest Giants Home Runs of the Season
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 2, 2011 10:27 PM PDT
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PrintI always forget that Home Run Tracker exists, and then when I remember, I spend way too long there. There's just so much information. Did you know that Aubrey Huff led the team with six "just enough" homers this season? So comforting.
Now that MLB.com allows embedabble highlights, I can put the videos for the five longest home runs up here. There might be a weather-balloon-with-points penalty for watching them, I'm not sure. But here are the five longest of the season. Also, here's a surprise fact I learned while writing this post: the Giants hit five home runs this year.
5. - Pablo Sandoval, 4/15, 447 ft
Haha. Suck it, bottom-feeding Diamondbacks! Good luck with the rebuilding!
Bonus Krukow comment: "Wow."
4. Cody Ross, 8/16, 448 ft
This one might be one of my favorites because it broke up a no-hitter, and it came with a Cody hop that annoyed every Braves fan in the world.
Bonus Krukow comment: "Wow."
3. - Pablo Sandoval, 7/30, 449 ft
Ah, the Cincinnati series. The beginning of the end. That might have been the most frustrating series of the year. It's at least in the top 20. The top Giants highlight for July 30 on MLB.com: "Stewart scores on error." Yeah, that's about right.
Bonus Krukow comment: "..."
2. Pablo Sandoval, 9/18, 450 ft.
This one makes me think that Home Run Tracker just spit out a "The secret ingredient is ... love?!?" kind of error. It's not like Coors Field is 440 to the alley, and that one was just over the wall. Still, watching Sandoval tear apart the Rockies in September was one of the highlights of the season.
Bonus Krukow comment: "Inspired by Brian Johnson!"
1. - Nate Schierholtz, 4/18, 461 ft
More Coors Field. I've always liked that place. Also, you'll note that none of the homers on this list were hit at home. MOVE IN THE FENCESSSSS!
This was the home run you were thinking of when you read the headline. Schierholtz is a slappy gap-to-gap guy, but I wonder what he'd be like with a totally re-tooled, swing-for-the-fences swing. I'd guess Mark Trumbo, or something like it.
Bonus Krukow comment: "Wow."
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So apparently Sandoval is pretty good?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
LOL at the first video
Pablo with WAYYYYYYYYYY too many chains
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
This home run was my favorite though
by Ryan Matthew Riddell on Oct 2, 2011 10:34 PM PDT reply actions
hadn't even finished loading the second one yet
and I could already hear Volstad’s “FUCK!”
That no-doubt splash is probably my favorite hit of the year. It was like Belt’s own middle finger to the marine layer.
"I hate that mountain. I love baseball."
by Four Point Nine Eight on Oct 2, 2011 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
THIS ONE'S HEADING TO KANSAS!!!!!!
Ahh….still so much hope way back then…
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
that honestly, doesnt feel like that long ago
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
That was the one that landed a few feet away from Nate’s non-convict brother. I loved it.
Also, #2 from Pablo: a 450-foot opposite-field shot! Wow.
by non sequitur on Oct 2, 2011 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
God Nate is one of his cooler modes.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions
woW
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 HATE WOW
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
HE GOT BOTH CHEEKS INTO THAT ONE!
I feel like I want to rage. Right now.
by fjm on Oct 3, 2011 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
that was … noteworthy
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Do the five weakest grounders to the right side next!
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 2, 2011 10:37 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
More like:
Aubrey Huff’s fun fun follies!
by Ryan Matthew Riddell on Oct 2, 2011 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
It would be a 2011 Huff highlight reel
dude was awful. A one man wrecking crew in the middle of the lineup that Bochy refused to sit down. Think of it this way: Huff hit 4 of his 12 homers in a 24 hour span in a series against the Cardinals in St. Louis, 1 one day and 3 the next. He shit the bed leading up to that series and rolled in the bed after the that series. Truly awful.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Oct 3, 2011 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
NO U
Top Five swing-and-miss HBP!
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 3, 2011 6:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Now?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
CALL HIM UP
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
needs AT LEAST 3000 plate appearences
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
He'd just sit and be used as a pinch runner.
gotta get Coco Crisp those valuable ABs
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He's like Grant, but fun size.
Occasionally, I tweet.
May be short, but those deep down-the-line shots always look more impressive than they actually are, at least in terms of distance.
by non sequitur on Oct 2, 2011 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Burrell’s moonshot off the Western Metal Supply Co. building last year wasn’t even 400 feet.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
That’s the one that comes to mind in the last two seasons. The Giants hits 4 HRs that night, of which Burrell’s was the most visually impressive. But I think it was the shortest one hit that night.
by non sequitur on Oct 2, 2011 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Slightly OT
Jerry Meals, the umpire who single-handedly killed the Pittsburgh Pirates 2011 campaign, was the guy behind the plate for Game 2 of the Cards-Phillies NLDS? LOL BASEBALL.
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
There’s a whole clip up just about the players disagreeing with the ump’s strike zone. I’ve never seen mlb.com do that before.
by non sequitur on Oct 2, 2011 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
I’m shocked MLB.com would do this. Seems like they could upset the umpire’s union by an action like this, which could be perceived as undermining umpires.
Not that I disagree.
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 2, 2011 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
The pitch to Utley was ridiculous. I’ve seen pitchouts that were closer to the strike zone than that.
by non sequitur on Oct 2, 2011 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe someone has decided there’s way too much human error to go with the human element (at last)
I rhyme with freak.
I know folks here have many diff opinions about this
but I am so the fan of creating motion-detecting technology to call balls and strikes.
A central part of the art of pitching is fooling the hitter, with pitches that either look like their gonna be out of the zone but dart back in, or look like they’re gonna be in, but dart out. And umps and batters have a similar vantage point on incoming pitches …
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by SnowLeopard on Oct 3, 2011 3:01 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m a fan of having better umps. It’s clear to me that, properly trained and selected, human umpires are capable of calling consistent balls and strikes that don’t totally suck.
But we just have a bunch of umps who are bad at their jobs. And if we can’t manage better umps, then robots will do.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions
IAWTC generally
with a slight addition: if the system involves people like Joe West and Angel Hernandez and Gary Darling and so on making bad overrulling calls via closed circuit TV, I think they should save their money.
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I was just reading a book about how there’s really no future for wanna be umpires. Once an MLB umpire you hold the job “for life”. Sorry, nobody in today’s world holds a job for life. You suck? Move over, get relegated back to triple A, or go form your own company.
There’s also a complicated system for picking post season umps: not the series you did last year… LDS and LCS umps are different … WS crews come from LDS games, x number of new guys, y number of minority guys, z number of guys eat who cornflakes with water instead of milk. It’s a crazy “system”. It’s a 6 man crew instead of a 4 man crew, which can apparently mess up their timing / positioning on plays….
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
and
it’s entirely unclear how any of their review process affects who does what games. As you say in the regular season it’s just straight rotation and wackiness in the postseason.
Can’t they afford 6 umpires for every regular-season game? Considering how much MLB spends on other things, I imagine kicking down for more umpiring would not exactly break the bank. Maybe the additional jobs can be used to leverage the union to swallow more robust review/discipline/training.
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 3, 2011 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions
From the book As They See ‘Em MLB Admin/Management doesn’t seem to work real well, or think too much of it’s umpires. It’s as if they are a part of the field.
“I need a home plate, a bad of diamond dri and an umpire.”
I’m done with the book, if anyone wants to read it I can send it along to them….
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I’ll trade you for The Old Ballgame
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
We could do that.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I read this last off season
i really enjoyed it and had a new appreciation for umpires.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Oct 3, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant, July 19 2010
A Modest Proposal
How about a promotion/relegation system for umpires? Bottom three from each league go down to AAA. Three of the top ones come up. Make whatever concessions with the union you need to.
Sorry, Pacific Coast League. Here’s Phil Cuzzi, Joe West, and Angel Hernandez! Enjoy them for the next forever.
Even among all the Brisbeewsomeness, that stood out for me as a highlight.
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What kind of monster eats cornflakes with water instead of milk?
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great."
-Joe Posnanski
by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Surprised no one has posted it yet and apologies in advance for the large image
Yesterday’s Cards/Phils called strike zone:
Definitely not the worst zone I’ve ever seen. Surprisingly little left-hand bleed.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
that looks like a decent zone, tbh.
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah, it’s actually much closer to the rulebook zone than just about every other zone I’ve seen.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I enjoy
the charts with multiple pitches way off the chart. Juuuuuust a bit outside!
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Given all the bitching that was going on, this seems like a good example of why “the human element” isn’t always a good thing. Perspective != reality, TLR.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
I think all the bitching going on was because this is quite a bit bigger than the normal zone. lol rulebook!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I have no knowledge of strike zones in antiquity (lol), but I sometimes wonder how pitchers like Cy Young, Big Six, Old Hoss, et al would fare against modern hitters and modern strike zones.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
That and the mound being lower, and the ball not being made out of crap.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
lol
Not to mention pitch selection and velocity: Young was 6’2", Matthewson was 6’1"… Radbourn was 5’9".
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
I wonder what height percentile 6’2" was at the turn of the century.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Article of questionable accuracy says:
Though accurate height and weight figures from the first quarter of the 20th century are sketchy, most players stood between 5-8 and 5-11 and weighed between 150 and 180 pounds. Orioles shortstop Mike Bordick, considered one of baseball’s “little” shortstops, would be near the top end of that range, which illustrates how much the baseball athlete has evolved in a relatively short span of history.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Wow
I didn’t have much of a problem with any of those but the last one. Clearly a makeup call.
The Pirates went 25-47 in the 2nd half
Did Jerry Meals murder their entire 25 man roster?
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
DID LARRY BAER JUST GIVE LARRY ELLISON A 2010 WORLD SERIES RING???
WHUT
is he a part-owner?
WHUT
I rhyme with freak.
He has enough money to buy the entire team AND have a Yankees/Red Sox like payroll.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Do it! Then we can have Fielder and Pujols, and Tejada, and Beltran, and Timmy, and Matt, and….
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 2, 2011 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
He’d be our very own Steinbrenner and if another team beat us in the playoffs, he’d probably just buy them too just to turn them into the Pirates.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Mebbe it was the Larry Ellison who sits out in a canoe in McCovey Cove.
by non sequitur on Oct 3, 2011 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Must be Jason Ellison’s dad or something.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would for him to
be the General Partner…but he would seriously tick of every other owner.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
WoW!
"But here’s what I like most about the big leagues: the water pressure in the showers. The water pressure is outstanding. You get clean in half the time." - Brandon Belt
Impressive!
/has no clue
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Oct 3, 2011 6:30 AM PDT up reply actions
more than halfway to level 109
I feel like I want to rage. Right now.
by fjm on Oct 3, 2011 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Twilight Base Camp? Dawn breaks soon, I take it.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't get it
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
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Oh WoW
I get it now
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
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I'd like to see the one that Soriano hit this year
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
There might be a weather-balloon-with-points penalty for watching them, I’m not sure.
LOL. Awesome.
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
Let me apologize here for that
My wife and I took a road trip to Cincy to catch the first 2 games of that series. Little did we know that it would be The Beginning Of The End™. We now feel vaguely responsible for the team’s demise. Well, us and Cabrera and Tejada and Whiteside and Rowand and…
"He has maybe one of the best arms I've ever seen; he could be playing by the concession stand and he's not out of position." - Andy Skeels, talking about 3B Chris Dominguez.
It'd be pretty funny if the best Phillies team of the past four years ends up doing the worst of any of those teams.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
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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!
At the end of Panda's one at Coors
Kuip says “An the hitter will be… Aubrey Huff”
That pretty much sums up the season.
No Post Game Thread?
Just saw the ticker on the TV said the Giants beat the Cards 31-27? Good to see the offense come around, I ’m thinking it was probably a Zito start.
It’s October and we are still playing! We’re in this thing!
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Oct 3, 2011 6:36 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Cute
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
Regarding your post upthread about using technology to call balls and strikes, I am 100% in agreement. Assuming that technology can be created, I wholly support a move to that kind of system. I can’t stand basketball because of the way the referee’s opinions sway the games, and I hate it when various home plate umpires have different strike zones. You’d still have to have a HP ump to make calls at the plate, but let’s remove human error from the balls and strikes calls.
"He has maybe one of the best arms I've ever seen; he could be playing by the concession stand and he's not out of position." - Andy Skeels, talking about 3B Chris Dominguez.
Yeah, zigacktly
I am not skilled enough, watching TV or a game in person, to judge balls and strikes. But I trust Kruk, Kuip, and Jon Miller to know what they are talking about when they say an ump’s zone is off. And it drives me crazy when they say that an ump is repeatedly squeezing a pitcher – really crazy when it’s a Giants pitcher, and it leads to runs against us, but I don’t like it even when the strike zone goes our way in an unfair way.
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
Actually, Jon and Dave’s judgment of the strike zone is quite often off itself. It’s really apparent if you’re listening to the radio feed through Gameday.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
As in, live humans doing radio announcing over the internet, and not affiliated with either team? I was not aware that that exists.
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
Bring in the robo-announcers!
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Well, if speckops was instead talking about the little graphic that shows where the balls come in, I don’t trust it. It’s based, I believe, on a hypothetical batter – it’s my understanding that it’s not calibrated to a batter’s actual height, to whether they crouch or stand up straight, etc.
For a computer to be trustworthy to call balls and strikes, they’d either need to install signal emitters in batter’s uni knees and armpits , or they’d need to program complex algorhythms that would take motion detection data, and figure out where the batters knees and armpits were at the time the pitch came over the plate. The latter would be more complex, but also more trustworthy – the Rockies couldn’t cheat and fuck with it they way I imagine they would with uniform signal emitters.
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
Seems like it would be relatively simple to mess with the strike zone if it were dependent on transmitters attached to the body of a person who has a clear investment in manipulating the strike zone.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
They should just call me
And I can let them know if it was a ball or a strike.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 3, 2011 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe
MLB could hire someone to keep an eye on the Rockies’ equipment manager as he hands out the clean unis before each game …
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
Not exactly what I meant. How hard would it be to drop a few inches on a pitch high in the zone to squeeze the pitcher whenever you saw the opportunity?
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Isn’t that legal? I believe that if a batter crouches down a pitch comes in, and the incoming ball would have been at their letters but, cuz of the crouch, it is then at their shoulders, it’s a ball. That wouldn’t change, sensor or human ump. Yes?
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
That move also made pitching to Rickey Henderson a nightmare for opposing pitchers
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
Cuz
if the pitch drops back into the strike zone (which it often does/could), they are in a compromised position where swinging is impossible
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
Hmmm… that could very well be true.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, Henderson did it all the time. The ump would call the zone based on where he perceived Henderson to be at the moment the pitch was thrown rather than where Henderson was when the pitch was caught.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I remembering the move working much of the time.
I mean, Rickey is the number two guy on the career totals for walks, despite being just about the last guy that opposing teams wanted to see on the basepaths …
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
Are you talking about your distrust of PitchF/X or the version that’s on MLB Gameday?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Well
I trust that thing that measures how many inches of lateral and vertical motion a pitch has, and which direction it breaks in, because those things are measured on an absolute scale, not relative to anything.
And, for those little boxes that show where a pitch was relative to the strike zone, I trust them for lateral (in/out) judgement, because home plate does not move. But I don’t trust them for vertical (high/low) judgement, because it is my understanding that they are not calibrated to the actual location of each hitter’s knees and armpits at the time the pitch crosses the plate.
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
Yeah, the lateral accuracy is probably a good deal better than the vertical accuracy for PitchF/X. In terms of the announcers getting it wrong though, Jon and Dave aren’t immune to saying, “way outside!” even if it’s only a few inches off the plate.
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I meant listening to MLB Audio with Gameday open (for those of us who aren’t anywhere near KNBR or an affiliate).
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Primarily, they are making judgments based on the same angles we see, correct?
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
It's my guess that they
are watching the game live, and watching video feeds from at least one angle.
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
I understand that they watch live and have the television feed to inform anything that can’t be discerned from the booth. Balls and strikes most certainly cannot be seen from the booth.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
31-27 was actually the number of outs made by both teams in the game. As you can imagine, the Giants hit into a few of those two-out double plays. We lost .5-0.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions
ArrDev creator Mitch Hurtwitz spoke about the show at this weekend’s The New Yorker festival, stating that the new season will have a 10-episode run focusing on each of the Bluth family members. Jason Bateman even confirmed as much via Twitter late last night.
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It's a good thing that all the stuff that everyone on that show has tried to do since has, largely, sucked.
Though I am somewhat enjoying Will Arnett’s new show, and I guess the show that Portia de Rossi was on was pretty good, though I never watched it. And Juno was all right.
But regardless, they wouldn’t be doing this if they were all super successful.
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!
Never saw that either
But it wasn’t that successful, was it?
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!
About as successful as any other of Edgar Wright’s films.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Apparently Juno made $231 Million but only cost $7 million to make.
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Yup
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!
Nuh-uh! Not successful! I read it on the internet!
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I said "since 2007"!
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 enjoyed watching Scott Pilgrim
I thought it was stylish, visually rich, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead/Ramona Flowers was brain-meltingly sexy.
However, it was not clear in the movie why any of the various hotties (Ramona, Knives, Envy, Kim the drummer) would be so into the whiny, insecure, timid, histeronic Scott Pilgrim. At the risk of being all the-kind-of-thing-people-talk-about-on-the-internet, after reading about half the graphic novel (it’s lawng), it became clear that anti-masculine Michael Cera was completely miscast. In the comic, Scott Pilgrim was slacker-cool, a charismatic low-key rock-star, having human emotions but also an super hero capable of kicking ass when needed.
(ps Deleuzian – of course, with a profile avitar icon like that, you would comment on Scott Pilgrim :)
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Scott Pilgrim made me feel old because it annoyed the crap out of me and I wasn’t sure if it was because it was annoying or because I didn’t start reading comic books and video games right out of the crib and have ADD
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Def a young people's movie
from the electro-ish and lo-fi music, all the video game references, the school setting, etc.
But I liked it, and I’m forty-two, so, who knows.
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I’m 44 and I liked it pretty well.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 3, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I just got through reading the books, so I plan to see the movie soon. Thought in reading the series, I couldn’t really see Cera playing Pilgrim.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Warning
His performance may bug the living shit out of you
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Whatever is lost with the performance of Michael Cera is gained twofold by the performance of Kieran Culkin.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
I thought that every single other person in the cast was great
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Brandon Routh is another high point, I think.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, hey. I forgot Captain America was in there, too.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Michael Cera has been very successful.
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Has he been in something since Superbad that's made a lot of money?
Maybe that Nick and Norah movie did, I dunno.
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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!
Is he in a blockbuster every 6 months? No.
Define a lot of money. Also, is that the definition of success?
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From a hollywood standpoint, that's absolutely the definition of success
Because if he was making a lot of money, studios would be breaking down his door to try to get him in more movies – which would mean less time for Arrested Development. I’m happy he hasn’t been financially successful. Means more AD.
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 think we are all happy about more AD.
What about critical acclaim? That doesn’t count in Hollywood?
You also never defined “a lot” of money.
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Here's a good article on it:
http://io9.com/5747305/how-much-money-does-a-movie-need-to-make-to-be-profitable
The short answer is, it depends on a number of factors, but a rule of thumb seems to be that the film needs to make twice its production budget globally
I don’t think Cera’s done a film that did that since Superbad. That’s all I was trying to say. I like Michael Cera. He just hasn’t been, financially, a successful film actor.
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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!
He's probably more successful financially than 99% of actors out there.
If you are trying to say, “thankfully they aren’t all giant movie stars now,” I can agree. But to say they (and Cera specifically) are not successful (by any measure) is incorrect IMO.
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By the measure of making movies that double their production budgets, he hasn't been successful since 2007
But this is a silly argument. My only point was that I was glad that none of them were busy.
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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!
By that measure there aren’t many successful actors but ok.
Also, from your article:
And of course, profit and loss are in the eye of the beholder — a lot of people were shocked when leaked financial statements showed that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix had allegedly lost $167 million, despite $967 million in global revenues. Studio accounting, designed to make sure people don’t collect on back-end deals, is a marvel.
That Daniel Radcliffe hasn’t made a successful movie yet.
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No, of course he has
Order of the Phoenix made almost a billion dollars and cost 150 million to make.
Whether or not the studio uses accounting to show a loss has nothing to do with how much the movie made or how much it cost to make.
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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!
well
studio accounting does have everything to show how much the movie made.
/is not intending to perpetuate the argument.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions
studio accounting is about as legit as major league sports accounting.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
The Padres went bankrupt again while you were typing that!
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by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Rainy Day Fund!
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by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
If you are trying to say, "thankfully they aren’t all giant movie stars now," I can agree.
This is why 57 Star Trek movies got made. It only cost a few bucks to bring the cast back.
scott pilgrim
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oh i didn't realize
it was kind of a flop
i guess because i only talk to nerds and they all loved it
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah that lost like 30 million dollars
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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!
/cult following
I feel like I want to rage. Right now.
by fjm on Oct 3, 2011 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions
so what?
As evidenced by the love of Arrested Development, not everything that’s great is successful. Fox tried cancelling that show multiple times and finally did, despite it being the best the thing on television.
I was very satisfied with Scott Pilgrim.
by Ice Watter In His Veins! on Oct 3, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
The whole thrust of this conversation comes from the fact that the actors are free to do this. The quality of their projects since is really sort of beside the point. The fact that their projects, for largely financial reasons, are not ongoing is the important takeaway.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for saying what I was trying to say better than I did.
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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!
Has he been in something since Superbad that’s made a lot of money?
Juno.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Fair
Anything since 2007?
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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 Kingdom! What would have happened if Michael Bay had rewritten Syriana.
by non sequitur on Oct 3, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Feature films Michael Cera has been in since 2007:
Superbad
Juno
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Extreme Movie
Year One
Youth in Revolt
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
He’s also done a lot on Children’s Hospital on Adult Swim (33 episodes).
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
"since 2007" would exclude Superbad and Juno.
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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!
Since can be inclusive of the year mentioned.
In fact, it’s typically used in such a fashion.
IMDB lists both movies as being released in 2007.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Fine
Anything after 2007?
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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!
So has Jason Bateman.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Oct 3, 2011 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, Batemen has had much more success than Cera
True enough. I lose, you all win.
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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!
/bookmark'd
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Bateman’s been in a lot of movies but has any of them been either successful or good?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
For a second there, I thought that said, “Batman’s been in a lot of movies…”
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
It’s true.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Batman loses his job at the auto plant and stays home to raise the bat children!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 3, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
checking...
Juno got some reasonable acclaim. Also, Up in the Air.
by non sequitur on Oct 3, 2011 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
He wasn’t really the focal point of either movies though. He’s been the lead of a lot of comedies and most of them were either mediocre to bad and none of them were really hits. “Horrible Bosses,” which wasn’t bad, was like the #1 movie for a week but it all the credit went to Aniston because she’s America’s Favorite Spinster
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I guess he has yet to “take the leap”, as they say. Might never happen.
by non sequitur on Oct 3, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I actually liked Up in the Air
And I, just right until this moment, completely forgot that he was in Up in the Air.
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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 hated it but I had been laid off and wasn’t really in the mood to feel sympathetic to somebody who lays people off for a living. I wanted the movie to end with him being eaten alive by radioactive weasels and as it didn’t, I didn’t like it.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
If they did, I missed it.
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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 thought they did too (SPOILERS)
but it still tugged at you. I like that they didn’t go the easy route and end the movie on a high note. They ended it very ambiguously, which is something I liked.
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by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
SPOILER
I totally didn’t see that coming, and it was emotionally devastating.
I liked Anna Kendrick in the movie. “No, I don’t even think of him in that way. He’s OLD.” She’s a little scene stealer, that one. Best thing about the Twilight series, too.
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by Murray, Present on Oct 3, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I saw it coming because it seemed like kind of an obvious twist. And Kendrick is the best thing about Up in the Air and Twilight, especially as she spends the whole time in those Twilight movies looking like she knows just how ridiculous the whole thing is.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked it too. Bateman’s role as Dingoes said wasn’t big, but he did it well.
by non sequitur on Oct 3, 2011 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
The Switch, Hancock, Extract
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Oct 3, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Don’t forget The Change-Up!
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by Murray, Present on Oct 3, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
better of ted
portia de dossier other show
one of the best comedies ever made
almost ad tier
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Oct 3, 2011 10:12 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Horrible Bosses was awesome.
The Change-Up, not so much.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Who’s Grant?
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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!
He's
the guy buried in Grant’s Tomb
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AJ Piersynzki to appear on Fox's World Series coverage
The Chicago White Sox catcher, says Fox spokesman Dan Bell, will join host Chris Rose and analyst Eric Karros in on-site pregame and postgame shows.
- USA Today
I’ll never understand the desire networks seem to have to make their broadcasting as fucking terrible as possible.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Maybe the fact that he’s a jerk will make him a good broadcaster. He probably will say what he thinks without worrying about repercussions.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Oct 3, 2011 9:34 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I disagree with the suggestion that speaking without regard makes good broadcasting.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
And I agree with your disagreement.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Hey
Any thoughts on Andy Rooney’s last appearance on 60 minutes?
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Who does?
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Green is for vegetables.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
What about green tomatoes?
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Sometimes I fall asleep right here in the studio.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
/Morley Safer drapes blanket on you, turns out light
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I wish I remembered more of Rooney’s silliness, so I could keep this going.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
C is for Cat
MEOW!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 3, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Kiwi is one of my favorites.
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Not a fan of the green kiwis
but the new yellow kiwis are great.
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Kiwi's kiwis?
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 3, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t watch it. I hope they don’t stick another commentator in there, and instead use the time to expand the stories presented in the hour.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
They should give you the job
And then you can talk about stuff I am interested in!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 3, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
“Ya ever notice Mars? It’s up there, all right. It’s red, and red makes me think of hemoglobin, which sounds more like one of those crazy rock bands the kids listen to than the chemical that makes your blood red. But anyways…”
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
It would be nice if humans could make it to space one of these days.
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I think we should go to Mars so we could have sex on Mars. But we still haven’t even had the first manned sex mission to Moon…
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Can I just say the phrase “the first manned sex mission to the Moon” is incredibly funny?
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I saw it on Skinemax once and if it happened on Skinemax, you know it’s true
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
He earned his place as national spokesman for eyebrow overgrowth awareness.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I have three or six hairs on my otherwise naturally perfect eyebrows that grow out to something like an inch long. I trim them.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I always thought my eyebrows were okay, but last year someone here made fun of them and now I wonder every day if maybe they were right.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I didn’t know it was his birthday, okay?!
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I marked it on a calendar here in my office. Tuesday, the 25th.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Once I reached my 40s, weird things started happening with my hair
Hair on my head thinned while by eyebrow, nostril and ear hair took on a life of their own.
The thong is, it happened.
Gimme five
That was fun. Can you do five best dugout celebrations next? Maybe poll the Coven on what Five Bests it wants to see as we begin the long trip through the desert separating us from Pitchers and Catchers Report Land.
Speaking of desert.
LOL DBACKS
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Yesterday was a good day
LOL Phillies, LOL Yankees, LOL D’Bags
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Yes it was.
Also, yay Chiefs! LOLRaiders!
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Five Best Catcher Crotch Shots
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of Giants homeruns - Happy 60th to the Shot Heard 'Round the World
The Giants win the pennant!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 3, 2011 8:53 AM PDT reply actions
if it happened today...
“the Dodgers win the wild card! The Dodgers win the wild card!”
And if it happened next year: zzzzzzzzzzzzzz Cardinals 30 games out of first place look forward to post season play-in vs. 76-78 Boston Braves
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by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Which, wonderfully, always falls on my birthday.
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!
Is it? Happy birthday!
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Happy Birthday, GP!!!!
someone post a gif of a dancing chart or something.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Thanks, all!
Last year, they clinched the west on my birthday. That was a good present. z
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!
z yourself
Oh, the fall birthdays they have ruined forever with memories of 2010.
Happy 21st, too.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
22nd!
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!
Really? I was kidding. You’re in mid-life form already, and will be ready to tell everyone to get off your lawn in just a couple of years.
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
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by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
How old did you think I was?
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!
Old enough to vote for Ronald Reagan
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I thought you were 21, too.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I was, until just recently, as it were.
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!
Happy Birthday!
unfortunately, it’s also the anniversary of the Salomon Torres game
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
2010 Giants: World Series Champs
"Orlando before Zod" doesn't have the same nice ring to it.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 3, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Happy birthday!
How fucked are you now
How fucked are you now
How fucked are you now
You’re surely fucked now
/wow, in text and pic this scene suddenly looks a lot meaner than I thought it was
I rhyme with freak.
Grantland article
about one of my favorite books, which dedicates about 50 pages to the Shot.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Shift-A:
2 questions:
1) Is it that much better for a team to make the playoffs and get swept in the LDS?
2) Niners is 3-1 and was ever so close to 4-0? WTF?
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1)LOLDBACKS
2)LOLNINERS
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Although I say making the playoffs is better than not making them.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Correct
More Giants baseball is a good thing.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 3, 2011 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I dunno
2000/Mets and 2003/Fish were pretty soul crushing
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
and ’02 ended on such an upbeat note!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
2002 was crushing but at least the Giants went far. 1989 was similar. Giants made it to the WS but had no chance against the A’s.
2000 and 2003 were awful.
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Yeah
In 2002, we at least had the series victories over the Braves and the Cards – both of which left me elated.
I had big hopes in 00 and 03 – our team seemed strong, and built to dominate, both years. The way we got uncermonially dumped – twas a bummer.
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
2002 was the second funnest Giants season I have experienced
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series! ...ormaybe a game or two.
I think ‘97 fits better with the question because the regular season was as fun as a season could possibly be and everyone’s hopes were high and the Giants went out in three. Like that, an entire season was gone
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
that’s my thought…hope gets built up over an entire season and then all those hopes dashed…dreams down the toilet. It hurts
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Nothing’s sadder than watching the other team celebrate on the first home game of your playoff round, when the bunting and on-field logos are still shiny and new
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s like building up a relationship over six months, everything’s going great, everyone tells you you guys are great together, and you have high hopes for it.
And it suddenly ends in seventy-two hours, and you have no idea what happened.
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
Exactly
‘97 was discovering Jeff Kent and JT Snow, the Brian Johnson game, the White Flag trade and Dustiny. The team wasn’t supposed to be that good yet somehow was and all that amazingness, fun, and joy just came to an end in four days.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
1) As opposed to what? Not making the playoffs? Yes, it’s better. You get more money.
2) No idea.
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 don’t get any money if the Giants make the playoffs.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 3, 2011 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
You can spend more though!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
That’s not how the rainy day fund works! Or as Lyle recently put it, “these pockets aren’t going to line themselves!”
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by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Also not that far off from 0-4.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Score Differential: +19
So their average margin of victory is 4.75 points.
They’ve won one game by more than one score, and that was against the 1-3 Seahawks.
That said, the win over Philadelphia was a good win. I can’t remember the last time the niners scored 21 unanswered points in the second half.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Yeah, yesterday’s win was, arguably, the first time this year the Niners have been fun to watch.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
This is true
And they could very well fall apart the rest of the season. But I think it’s okay to be encouraged and positive about the season so far.
Talking about the quality of the opponents (Bengals won yesterday) is fine and talking about the way they have won is fine.
But they are still 3-1 to start the season.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series! ...ormaybe a game or two.
Oh, I’m definitely happy with where they are. I’m just not setting myself up for anything. This is a transitional year as far as my brain is concerned. Any positives that go beyond that are gravy.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Niner fans
Told me the team was great last year and they stunk. Then they tell me they’ll be awful this year and they’re 3-1. Don’t quit your day jobs!
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Oct 3, 2011 9:36 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Lot of games left in this season, and the Niners have looked good for all of one half. Don’t count them in yet!
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
still have a brutal schedule
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They’ll be 9-7 or 8-8.
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As somebody who enjoys the Niners only for the LOLZ, Niners fans (except everyone here) tend to annoy me (all that whining about not making the Superbowl throughout much of the ’90’s will do that to a person). The 3-1 start worries me and Facebook is already getting scary
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Man, fuck the Packers.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I still cry inside when I think about how Aaron Rodgers could have be on the Niners.
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I’ve let that one go by now.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Hand Egg.
A paradox if there ever was one. It seems the most controlable of sports, yet it seems to be the most random in it’s outcomes. Anecdotaly speaking of course.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
I think of the NBA as more controllable and more predictable
Football seems to have a lot more variables
The thong is, it happened.
Again, annecdotally speaking
While there are far more variables in Football it seems they are more controlable than in basketball. In football you are always competing against an opponent. Your outcome is always determined by another human being’s ability to stop you. In Baseball and Basketball, that’s not the case. A batter could get a perfect pitch and pop it up. Half of NBA players shoot 73% or less from the free throw line where there is no defense. In Football if you take away defense, you score 100% of the time. And it seems to me that in football teams are getting better at playing away from the strength of it’s competition. Statistics are almost completely irrelevant in the NFL, except for maybe, completion % for QB
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But increasing the dependency of outcomes on direct human opposition does not decrease the rate of human error. Statistics are not less important in football because of the interdependency of events, but rather because it’s a sport more than any other which functions on the basis of small samples.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes and Yes.
Agreed the SSS thing is the biggest factor, but I think interdependence is also a factor.
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I guess golf also deals in some ridiculously small samples, but that is mitigated quite a bit by the rather extremely small margin for error that the sport calls on.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
A quarterback, by contrast, can throw upwards of 30% of his passes in error without suffering much relative to the league.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess what I am trying to say is that football can be "gamed" more than
baseball, and probably more than basketball.
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Some of it could be due to parity and the salary cap. Even the Saints and Packers have weaknesses and every team beneath them has bigger and bigger holes. The Pats, for instance, have a really bad secondary and the Steelers no offensive line. Therefore, it’s harder to predict because there’s no completely and totally solid team like there was in the 90’s and 80’s and so any team can beat the other if they know how to exploit that team’s problems.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Because there are so few games,
there is a lot more volatility in quality of play vs. actual record.
There’s also unbalanced scheduling, impact of coast-to-coast travel, injury issues…
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Yup.
Sample size always sucks in football, except with Comp% but that too has been skewed by the conservative short passing game that has sadly supplanted true rushing offense, overran the NFL and turned it onto boringville.
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I don't know about that.
I’d be hard-pressed to think of anything more boring than watching Singletary have Gore run it up the gut three times for six yards and then punting 12 times a game.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
On a per-play basis, passing seems clearly superior to running. There are, of course, arguments to be made for time management.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Time management and conservative play definitely has an important place in the sport. Unfortunately, Singletary tended to run out the clock while his team would be trailing by twelve points in the third quarter. Hard to win if you can’t get a first down.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Point taken.
But not sure it’s any more boring than a three yard pass to the sideline with no YAC. I guess if one is a better correlator with scoring, then that ends up being more exciting for the fan with a rooting intrest in who wins. But if you just want to be entertained and don’t care who wins, I’d almost prefer 9, 2-yard runs and one 45 yard run than 10, 7-yard passes.
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The 45-yard run is exciting, no doubt, but as a fairly casual fan I am pretty frustrated by short gains in the run. You can’t really see much of the footwork, tackling, and choreography that goes into the plays because everyone is piled on one another. With the pass game, it’s frequently easier to see the routes, coverage, pocket pressure, etc.
I obviously want my team to win too and recognize that the boring stuff is an important part of the game and is critical to success, so I can live with boring winners. But if you’re boring and you suck like the 2010 49ers, then why the hell should I turn on my TV?
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Movie OT:
Scent of a Woman is a great movie. I caught it over the weekend on AMC and even with the censoring and the commercial, the movie is incredible. Pacino at his best. Even O’Donnell was tolerable.
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It's so funny to see this post up today
I woke up from my slumber last night with a dream so realistic I was convinced that it was real. So much so that I actually grabbed my phone and did a quick search just to confirm it didn’t actually happen.
I dreamed that Barry Lamar Bonds came back for one final at bat in the last home game, and hit a pinch hit HR into the waters. I can even recall every detail of it from my dream. It’s like I’ve watched that swing 762 times or something.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Would have the 3rd highest OPS+ on the 2011 Giants.
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did you watch that hush hush video I linked for you and natto a couple of days ago?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Maybe…which one is that?
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The quiet one.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7FXILY4dMI
And that’s why I think they have a chance to make it in this market. Because Some of them are actually fantastic singers. I don’t think Nicole Scherzinger herself can do better than that. Especially from 1:55 to the end.
Here’s a bonus one. Remember, all these are live. I’ll submit that there is a definite drop off from TaeYeon to Sunny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io-gy2SMU6o
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
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I haven't seen this one
I think TY may be able to make it but not as a member of SNSD. I thinking that some of the solo artist (Son Dambi is my personal favorite) have a good chance to make it here but they need to work with the major studios, not stick with the korean ones.
Sunny always looked weird to me.
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We’ll see with “the boys” debut. SNSD is one of those rare groups that pulls off every concept successfully. From flirty to innocent to hip hop to sexy they’ve done it all so far. Most of the other groups fail when transitioning or simply stick to what they do best. (See : AKB48)
I really think they have a chance if marketed and packaged correctly.
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
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Maybe
of course AK48 can be any thing since they have like 1 million members.
I think SNSD plays very well in asia but the US is a completely different vibe. I still think something in line of Destiny Child is more likely to succeed.
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I dunno, I mean,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_SoWqitvqY&feature=related
I think this plays well.
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
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
OT: Attention Tortured, Lies and Perfidy:
BREAKING BAD HOLY SHITTTTTTTTTTT!
So excited for the season finale next week! Gonna be awesome.
On another note, did anyone watch the premiere of Homeland? I was pleasantly surprised, I quite enjoyed it.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great."
-Joe Posnanski
I just started season 2 :(
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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
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Season 2 is awesome
I mean, every season is awesome, but S2 is no exception.
How did you like season 1?
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great."
-Joe Posnanski
by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
How can I not like it?
I’m a Chemical Engineer!!!!!!
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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
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
LOL NO SHIT
Lundgren found the entertainment business more attractive and rewarding than chemical engineering so he decided to pursue a career in acting despite having no formal training
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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
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
dude
if he would have played Radioactive Man he would have known the goggles would do nothing!
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by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
My wife and I are at the end of Season 2…. every episode gets more omg omg omg omg by the minute
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
It only gets worse (better?).
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great."
-Joe Posnanski
by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
SPOILERS
I was thinking this as well. I remember sitting in my buddy’s room, watching that episode, and just thinking “holy shit, he’s really gonna do it.”
Definitely the turning point for Walt, in my mind.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great."
-Joe Posnanski
by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
That was messed up…. Also Ted is a huge douche
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Just wait, Ted gets way douchey-er.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great."
-Joe Posnanski
by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Holy Shit indeed
SPOILERS, DON’T BLAME ME IF YOU’RE ON SEASON 2 OR SOMETHING:
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Aaron Paul gets another Emmy for that one.
Isn’t Jesse gonna be in a heap of trouble since he mentioned ricin? Whether Brock was even actually poisoned, which I kind of doubt.
It’s weird, but the plot arcs of S3 & S4 are almost identical. Think about it: Hank and the cartel get annoying but Hank is neutralized and Gus makes a power play against the cartel and kills a bunch of guys. Jesse stands up to Gus on a matter of principle, and Gus seems to acquiesce, but a child’s life is snuffed out or threatened under suspicious circumstances which implicates Gus. Jesse flips out and goes hunting down those he thinks responsible. Walt saves Jesse from an impulsive murderous rampage. Walt & Jesse team up to eliminate a threatening individual. Plus, Jesse is manipulated by his latest mentor into becoming an assassin, and there’s a tense conversation with Gus where ambiguity saves the day (in S3 with Walt and in S4 with Jesse).
I think Gus is a gonner, with Mike possibly helping and perhaps Gomez getting caught in the crossfire.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
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Interesting, I hadn’t thought of the similarities before.
I think there’s no way that Brock got poisoned, at least not by the ricin. But the fact that Jesse mentioned “poisoned” to Gus, coupled with Gus’s walking away from the car at the last possible second, leads me to believe that maybe Gus realizes Jesse isn’t on his side after all.
I agree with you in that I think Gus goes next episode. Not sure about Mike, but Gomey is probably done as well.
Also, that scene with Walt and Jesse was freaking incredible. “DO IT!”
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great."
-Joe Posnanski
by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I mean Aaron Paul’s performance was so intense, so believable. That young man is going places.
I like that the scene in the chapel with Gus & Jesse was ambiguous enough for fans to think Gus poisoned him or didn’t. It could really go either way. Either he didn’t and he’s just figuring out by Jesse’s answers that he believes Gus did (“the doctors don’t know”), or he did do it, and realizes that Jesse didn’t go after Walt like he planned and Walt is still out there gunning for him. Either way, it explains the “spidey sense” when he realizes his car is unsafe.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Aaron Paul has been even better than Bryan Cranston this season, IMO. Either way, that show enjoys an embarrassment of riches in terms of acting talent.
And it will be interesting to see how this poisoning situation resolves itself. Did anyone think that the ricin cigarette idea would end well?
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great."
-Joe Posnanski
by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
They’ve given Aaron Paul way more to do this season than Cranston, and boy does his step up every time. Giancarlo Esposito is also amazing, and he rarely even speaks.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
SPOILERS:
Jesse gets his throat slit after he scuffs Gus’ jordans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA3oxE4X5w8
The first six innings are overrated.
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I still don’t really know what’s going on with the poisoning there (which was probably their intention). Gus doing it makes very little sense. I know Jesse doesn’t trust Walt at all right now and the poisoning certainly made him a little desperate and crazy, but even he has to realize that Walt wouldn’t do something like that to a kid just to punish him. Gus seems too shrewd to bet on the possibility of Jesse blaming Walt, especially when there’s history showing kids are sorta fair game to him. Is nobody going to go the occam’s razor route and think the kid just got into his cigarettes? Through the whole confrontation with Walt I thought it was just Jesse lashing out and looking for someone else to blame; I was surprised they ended up on the idea of Gus being behind it.
Also, making a pipe bomb to blow up a car in a parking structure of a hospital? I see Walt keeps finding brand new lows still.
The first six innings are overrated.
I think you’re right about the ricin. Either Jesse is mistaken about moving the cigarette to a new pack and Brock is just sick, or Brock got into it on his own. Either way, he said the word “ricin” to Andrea, and if she told the docs, he’s going to have something to answer for, whether Brock is poisoned or not.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Brock didn't get into it on his own
When Jesse is accusing Walt he provides a timeline that he still had the cigarette after seeing Brock.
I think the Occam’s Razor explanation makes the most sense too, but Jesse did say that he had the cig that morning before he went to work…maybe he’s just misremembering.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great."
-Joe Posnanski
by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m with you. Not really sure what’s going on with the poisoning but jumping to the conclusion that it was Walt/Gus just seemed weird to me.
WWRWD?
I can see why Jesse did it, he doesn’t want to shoulder the blame himself. He still feels guilty enough about Jane. Ironic that he’s blaming Walt for something he (probably) didn’t do, while the one thing Walt could have stopped he knows nothing about.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I can also kind of see why Walt goes there, too, because he’s spent the whole day (hell, several months) thinking Gus is going to send a good to kill him. Given Gus’ scheming powers of awesome, of course Walt would go there immediately and blame him. Plus, it’s something Jesse will believe about Gus, given their history.
I’m guessing none of them did it deliberately, and the big problem is Jesse has put everyone in danger by jumping to conclusions.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I was relieved to see it was being blamed on Gus. I felt terrible when he was tearing through the cigarettes in the parking lot because I assumed he was going to blame himself for it and it would be Jane all over again.
The first six innings are overrated.
You missed it?
What could be more important than an episode of Breaking Bad?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Don’t you watch? I could have sworn you’ve participated in these discussions with us before.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great."
-Joe Posnanski
by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah, you're thinking of someone else I'm afraid
Or thinking of me talking about a different show. It’s on my list for sure.
by Lies and Perfidy on Oct 3, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
He may have gotten me confused with you, on account of my frequent lies and penchant for perfidy.
The first six innings are overrated.
That must be it.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great."
-Joe Posnanski
by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
The garage scene was just bad. Really disappointing ending to what had been an incredible three episode run where each week topped the previous.
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Oct 3, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Not as good as last week, but even if he didn’t poison the kid, Jesse gave him enough information to figure out they were just getting him to the hospital to do him damage. Jesse should never have mentioned the poison, or should have said something about blaming Walt to throw Gus off the scent.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
O/T SJ Giants Playoff Tickets
Did anyone buy SJ Giants playoff tickets for the games that didn’t happen? It’s been almost 3 weeks since they were eliminated, and I still haven’t received a refund, and I can’t find any information on it. I sent an email, but was wondering if anyone here has heard anything. Thanks!
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
The San Francisco Giants refund took 4+ weeks for world series
not sure if the SJ Giants are the same..
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
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Seriously, you didn't get the memo from "Larry's Desk"?
Mine said “It was unfortunate the SJ Giants exited the playoffs early. Thank you for your contribution to the Rainy Day Fund. Yours Truly, Lawrence” WT Flying F??
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Oct 3, 2011 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
To satisfy my need for Giants' playoff games
rewatching Game 1 of the 2010 WS…
WTF was Lincecum thinking running Young back to 3rd and not throwing the ball????!!!!
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Jitters. I think he’ll overcome them and do well later in the series.
by non sequitur on Oct 3, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Dang it
Rangers just scored…game over especially with Lee pitching.
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
14 consecutive innings without giving up a run!
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
Hit the one in the middle
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
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
there are four lights!!!
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
YOU SEE YOU SEE
HE’S NOT A MACHINE. HE’S A MAN.
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
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW
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
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Wow
Vlad looks awful playing RF at AT&T.
WTF is San-Chaz?
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OT: oh my
Good. I’m tired of the sunshine (I’m weird). Also, my car needs a wash.
by non sequitur on Oct 3, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m tired of the heat.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
rainy days and mondays blah blah blah blah
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
NWS Sacramento says the first of two cold fronts will move through the area today and tonight. Light rain totals expected in the Central Valley.
The other event is projected for tomorrow night and Wednesday, as a second front sweeps in from the west. Not much rain for the valley, some snow in the Sierras. But definitely gusty winds with that system, and much colder. The NWS says ten to twenty degrees below average for this time of year.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Good! I’m tired of running the a/c. Maybe the cold and wet will keep the smokers in their apartments or cars or something.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
It can get cold (excuse to buy new sweaters and boots!), but I hate rain.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I don't mind it
if I’m not planning in going to any ballgames! And, sadly, I ain’t.
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 3, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
It makes me cranky. :(
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Forecast for 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
by TheLetter2 on Oct 3, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I thought Madbum was overcast. Showers should be someone like Rowand or Bochy.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
<3
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
This is reminding me of that tumblr from last night.
I stayed up til after midnight reading that. Well, and Breaking Bad reviews.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
What tumblr?
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
You’re in for a real treat.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Uh oh
I’m scared.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
No, no. It’s the good kind! Does anyone have that link? I’m away from my home computer.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
What was it called?
That thread is now way too long for me to open at work.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Which thread?
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I was just asking the same…
Was it “ishipithard”? That may not be right.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I found it!
And it’s amazing!
It’s ishipitgood.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I am now compelled to go throught the whole thing again.
There’s a gif of Crawdad that is just heavenly.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I just found the Crawford/Ford hug. That is a serious embrace.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Yeah, I should stop looking at this at work.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Someone called it a “woman sending her husband off to war” embrace
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 3, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
The umpire is still the best part of that gif.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great."
-Joe Posnanski
by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s a Giants-themed weather map. Smiley Buster is clear skies, frowny Madison is cloudy conditions. As I get better at creating those cutouts, I’m thinking Wilson for stormy weather, Bochy for gusty winds and Belt for up-and-down temperature swings.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Yeah we’ve got a bad gutter / leaky window situation that makes me dread rainy weather. We were hoping to be out of here before the rains hit this winter…oh well.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
It’s supposed to be raining all week in NY this week and I’m not looking forward to it.
Adopted Giant - Carlos Willoughby, 2011 Sally League All Star
You on vacation? or bizzness?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Da bizzness through Friday. Though I’m hoping the Yanks/Tigers go 5 games so I can get to the game on Thursday.
Adopted Giant - Carlos Willoughby, 2011 Sally League All Star
That’d be cool, well assuming you don’t get a seat behind a pillar or something.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Or a cement wall (though they do have those TV screens to watch!).
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
haha
I’ll take “stay in the Village and watch in a bar” for $500, Trebek!
I suppose you could walk around the stadium without sitting down, but the ushers are pretty quick to shoo you out of any counter-level seating or even standing room if you’re not supposed to be there.
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 3, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Ew. That sounds not fun at all.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
It’s not the end of the world since I will be at the Javits Center most of the time, but it does put a damper on wandering the city in the evening. I’m really hoping there is a clearing so I can walk the high line before I leave.
Adopted Giant - Carlos Willoughby, 2011 Sally League All Star
Walk under the High Line! Then you won’t get wet!
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 3, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
And don’t forget those scenic tunnels connecting the 42nd Street stations, no rain in those!
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 3, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh hey, I can wear a sweater today! This is great!
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I bet you look great in a sweater. Some people can just carry off that look, you know?
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Like Jeff Sullivan.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Right. For years I hated wearing sweaters because I though they made me look too skinny. Then I hit the freshman 15, ballooned to 120 pounds, and I look all right in them.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I wear sweaters quite often in the winter. I like ’em.
Adopted Giant - Carlos Willoughby, 2011 Sally League All Star
I do now. That, and sweater vests.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Are they argyle?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Most are. Some are solids, and I got a few stripes.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I didn’t wear sweaters at my old job, too difficult to get the boogers and/or playdough out of the fabric.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I know. I look at myself in the mirror and see a manatee. I hate my bloated self.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
That was my skinny weight, and while I miss it, I’m not freaking out over it.
go back to that tumblr and read what she says about Ali Bumgarner.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I never knew what she looked like before I saw those photos, and I gotta say, way to go, Bum! He and I share that in our taste for partners. I like it.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
That’s 40 pounds below my target weight.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
80 pounds below mine.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 3, 2011 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Posted by my mother on Sunday (monday morning in Manila)
Place: Peking Garden. Date, today, lunchtime
scene 1, act 1: WIB 3 orders of harkaw.
waitress: mam, one order has four pieces.
WIB: i know.(smiles)plus 2 orders of shao long bao,
OL (older lady): one steamed chicken in wine, handmade noodles with beef n soup, one order steamed veg dumpling.
scene 1, act 2:WIB: miss, this is not our order. but ok, serve it na din. add na lang the noodle with soup.
scene2, act i: WIB: miss, one more order of handmade noodles with beef and one more shao long bao
OG(old gentleman) oh also one order of tofu with seafood hotpot.
scene2, act 2: headwaiter to waitress: are you sure? (checks with table.)
headwaiter to waitress, unbelieving: but they were only four. and one is a child!
LOL LOL LOL. welcome to the Gambols!
I rhyme with freak.
WIB (woman in black) would be my elder sister. OL is Mom, OG is Dad. The child is my niece. They would later be joined by my brother in law, the triathlete.
I rhyme with freak.
I’m not exactly Belt. I’m 5’7".
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
That’s taller than me by fractions of an inch.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m a hair under 5’7", yes.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Watching Renteria play in the WS
makes me almost want the Giants to re-sign him in the off-season last year.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
OMG...the Giants have knocked Lee out of the game!
Uribe up against O’Day.
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
That can’t end well.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
JAZZ HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Moving on the game 2 of the WS
Scouting report on Matt Cain
1) More of a pitcher than a thrower
2) Ron Washington “He has power, we like power”
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
No way the Giants can win two in a row….
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
How did that ball not go over the fence?
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
Still, a man on second and no one out. No way Cain gets out of this unscathed.
by non sequitur on Oct 3, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Ooooooh it’s cloudy outside now…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Alright folks, the laptop battery is about to kick the bucket so I will see you on the other side.
Adopted Giant - Carlos Willoughby, 2011 Sally League All Star
OT: how do you direct your cover letter to an anonymous HR person
without saying “To whom it may concern?”
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Oct 3, 2011 11:45 AM PDT reply actions
“Greetings!”
I say that a lot. Quirky, but some risk of putting off people.
by non sequitur on Oct 3, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Seriously though… there’s no internet snooping you can do to find out a name? Make a phone call with some mundane question about hiring policies and get a name? or at least the titular designation of the person “Head of HR” “Director of Recruitment” “God of all Things”
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
‘To whichever soulless corporate HR lacky it may concern,’
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 3, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Dear "Person who will fire me someday"
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
“Dearest” would really show how much you want it.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
To HR Rep-thingy:
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting note from Schulman, if anyone wants to talk about baseball
Last night, I appeared on the NBC Bay Area sports report after the Jets-Ravens game. The show included an interview with general manager Brian Sabean that was taped Thursday, after an initial meeting with incoming chief executive officer Larry Baer. Sabean revealed that 2012 payroll will be "in and around" $125 million, which means no increase over last year.
That would make it extremely difficult to keep all the free agents and arb-eligible players they want, take care of Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum and go after new free agents. However, Sabean did note that he could go to ownership and ask for more money based on a specific player they are targeting. So, what I get from this is, we’re not going to see another 25 percent bump in payroll like last winter, but if Sabean wants to re-sign Carlos Beltran and needs more payroll room to do it, ownership will be willing to listen.
Hank also links to the latest Brandon Belt blog, here: http://veteranandrook.mlblogs.com/2011/10/01/summer-school-brandon-belt/?partnerId=aw-7047637910099017399-1069&partnerId=aw-6549356518387865910-1123
I have to say, Belt’s blog posts have been the best I’ve ever read from an athlete in terms of candidness, writing ability, and depth.
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!
Giants will keep both Lincecum and Cain…they just have to backload the deal for Zito’s salary to come off the books. There’s an extra 20 million already.
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
Maybe Zeets will win all our hearts by walking away. do it, Zito, be a good hippy and all that.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Instead of OM... everybody chant:
Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche Gil Meche
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
He’ll open up a hippie breakfast bar which will also employ Shawon Dunston and attract a bunch of wacky regulars.
I rhyme with freak.
Somebody offer him a sitcom! Quick!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
a minor league baseball team would be a good vehicle for a sitcom… I nominate Zito in the role of coach, in the off season he can run a breakfast bar.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Oh those wacky bus rides and sprinkler system hijinks!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
DeRosa, Tejada off the books after 2011.
Rowand, F. Sanchez, Huff off the books after 2012.
Zito (minus buyout), J. Sanchez off the books after 2013.
It feels like loosening a corset.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
eh
that’s nothing a few panic signings can’t take care of.
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 3, 2011 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
two of these name are not like the others
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Oct 3, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Not sure I follow you on that.
In any case, all are $6MM+ contracts.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Sanchez and Sanchez. These are not bad contracts nor are they players that are wastes of money. All of the others are one or both of those negative values.
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Oct 3, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Makes me like Belt even more
The main thing I’m going to work on in the Dominican, though, is my swing. Over this season, I’ve made adjustment after adjustment after adjustment so that it all kind of clustered together into one big complicated muddle. There’s so much going on during the season that you can’t really step back and press "reset.’’ You’re just hurtling forward. My mechanics have always been the same, and I lost them somewhere along the way. So I need to untangle the mess and get back to my original form because that’s where I’m at my best. The simplicity will take over and I won’t think about the mechanics as much and I can just go up there and hit.
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
Maybe he lost his mechanics when
Bochy held his future PA’s as ransom for less patience. Maybe this is also the plan with sending him to the DR. Like the locals say, you can’t walk yourelf off the island.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
RAINY DAY FUND
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Oct 3, 2011 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Toronto.
Seriously though, I hope they make him into a right fielder. I think he could do it.
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!
Nate to third, Pablo to first, Posey to second, Panik to shortstop, Crawford to bullpen, Casilla to left field.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Who’s catching?
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
Yeah, the Blue Jays are going to be interesting next year:
C Arencibia
1B Belt
2B Kelly Johnson (?)
3B Encarnacion
SS Escobar
LF Bautista
CF Rasmus
RF Heyward
Is Kelly Johnson an FA?
I wouldn’t mind having him. Should be cheap too.
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!
He’s a Type A…also I think the Jays like him quite a lot.
Also, what would the Giants do with another 2B?
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
DFA Manny Burris, please.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
He made $5.85 million this year.
And, I do believe he is arb eligible again. Looks like he has 4 years of service time.
I thought that it was super cool that Alex Smith was wearing a Giants cap postgame
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Favorite comment by the Fox broadcast team during the Niners game yesterday:
“These coaches aren’t asking Smith to do things he can’t do, and sticking to his strengths: short passes, running the ball…”
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Asking Smith to do things he can't do:
“Alex, be good at football”.
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!
it’s amazing what some good play designing and decent o-line work will do
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
See also: Newton, Cam.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Considering I just read my second article mocking Andy Reid’s playcalling (I said this earlier but he’s such a bad coach he’s entertaining to watch) I’d have to say it’s also amazing what playing a worse coach than you can do to
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Let’s not, though, confuse bad gameday decisions with bad coaching.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
On Reid or Harbaugh? Reid’s well known for being unable to make the right calls at the most important moments, for not being able to manage the clock, and never getting the right players to fix whatever problem there is in the offense. He’s great at assessing talent (which he does with the GM) but there’s a reason the Eagles have always had that great talent but have never really done much with it.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, I’m talking about Reid. His silly gameday choices are hardly a reflection of his coaching at large.
When you say that they haven’t done much with their talent, you seem pretty clearly to mean that they haven’t won a Super Bowl. Because they’ve done a great deal in terms of success in the last decade, if your bar isn’t set to the ultimate endpoint.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed, in a way. I think you can say he’s a great coach in getting a team into the playoffs and getting the best out of his talent but a lousy game-day strategist. The loss to the Niners was definitely an example of all of that. They had three chance in the NFC Championship to make it in and got upset in the first two, only beating the Falcons to finally make it into the Superbowl, where they choked away the game. They’ve also had far superior teams get into the playoffs (like last year) only to get blown away in he early rounds.
Reid drives me nuts when I watch an Eagles game so imagine that ten-fold if you were a die-hard Eagles fan (of which I’m definitely not). Things have been thrown at the TV during games
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
So Amanda Knox...
that’s it.
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Good the Italian justice system is a joke..
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Glass houses and so forth…
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 3, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL NO… The US legal system is not bad compared to others around the world
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This opinion is not shared universally.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 3, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Its not an opinion its fact. Anwar Ibrahim, Corruption in Kenya, India, Thailand, Columbia, China etc etc etc… People in the US have it far far far better than most do in the world. Now if you are only comparing to other leading nations the US system does need work.
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Yes, what Italy did to Anwar Ibrahim is disgusting.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 3, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
He didn’t even order meatballs with his pasta pazool!
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by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Natto is not amused!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 3, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
She should have gone free because purely based on the evidence brought against her in court wasn’t enough to convict in my opinion. The Italian police really screwed this case up. I don’t know if she did it or not but any chance they had of pinning it on her the police messed it up.
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It's funny about where people in the US stand on this
cuz it’s basically the same issues in the OJ and Casey Anthony case.
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Funny is probably not the right word…interesting.
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With the Casey Anthony case to me i don’t think there was a lot of real screw ups by the police. The body wasn’t found in over a month so whatever evidence might have been collected wouldn’t be there anymore. Sure they could have probably found her sooner but forensic evidence wise I think the Kercher murder and Anthony murder are very different. The Italian police had a lot to work with evidence wise, they just screwed it up.
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In the end, it’s still a lack of evidence.
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Are you licensed in Italy too? Or any civil law country?
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by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
No
Just California…most other countries have a complete different legal system than the US…no juries is the big difference.
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Or “boring.” That works, too.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Anderson Cooper is on line 2 to discuss your role on tonight’s program.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe that Letter2 would welcome such a call.
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He’s still on hold, something about a weather event in Northern California, and hoping you hae an umbrella and hip boots you can wear as you talk about the coming inundation.
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by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Who?
Based on the replies, I assume this is the scandal trial du jour.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 3, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Retrial
American college girl in Italy convicted four years ago of murdering her roommate with her boyfriend. Evidence very sketchy. Lots of flamboyant Italian lawyers. Sells lots of tabloids.
I rhyme with freak.
I turned on Today at 7:00 a.m. to see what the top news was. Matt Lauer said “Amanda Knox,” I turned off the set, rolled over and went back to sleep.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Apparently all the people who find news involving sex, murder, and pretty girls to be must-consume entertainment.
I rhyme with freak.
Sure, but not in that order.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
well
I’m sure her, and people involved. It’s really pretty horrible that they spend more energy on that than that nation’s debt crisis. Or any other crises you could pick in Italy.
Maybe achiappanza will happen by to regale us with scary tales of Napoli!
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by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s in your neck of the woods! English, American, Italian, and some dude from Ivory Coast…sex orgy…English girl ends up dead.
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I hate that it’s so damn long until we see the Giants play again. How will I distract myself until next Spring?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
My friend just got me into that. I’ve only watched season 2, parts of season 4 (that was the John Lithgow season, right?) and then the first episode of season 6.
I like it, its entertaining, but I’m not sure how I feel about this whole faith storyline.
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by free f.p. #14 on Oct 3, 2011 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
She’s just a messed up teen who doesn’t know how to manager her great power being influenced by the wrong people. Eventually, she straightens up and finds redemption. It’s just a pity all those people had to die in the process.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Manager? Dangit.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
damn auto-complete
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I know. Stupid auto-complete fingers.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm really looking forward to March
Giants and Mass Effect 3.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series! ...ormaybe a game or two.
First Soup Day of the Season
yay, soup!
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HOTPLATE HARASSER
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
My wife bought some Boudin clam chowder
So of course we are having rotisserie chicken
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series! ...ormaybe a game or two.
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Pablo 7
Cody 6
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Nate 4
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I think a righty masher might be a better use of money than Coco Crisp this offseason.
he's due!
And his veteran gritsavvy must be off the charts after this year!
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by natteringnabob on Oct 3, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Smartest Franchise in Sports- those Moneyball Red Sox
From Peter King, of all people:
• Terry Francona, who managed the 2004 and 2007 World Series winners, parted ways with the Sox and their GM, Theo Epstein, whose major free-agent signings since 2005 are Edgar Renteria, Julio Lugo, J.D. Drew, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Marco Scutaro, Mike Cameron, Carl Crawford and Bobby Jenks.
• You can look it up: Since 2005, Epstein has signed those nine players to contracts totaling $462 million, with an additional $51.1 million paid to a Japanese team to acquire Matsuzaka. Of that $513 million spent, and those nine players, only Scutaro has been worth every dime of his contract — and his deal was only for two years and $12.5 million
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 1:40 PM PDT reply actions
Oh and the Yankees!
they’re geniuses as well!
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Giants. Cubs. Mets.
so many teams fail in the FA market.
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I would guess that when you look at cost/production FA is almost certainly the least efficient
means of acquiring players. Only because one Barry Zito throws your success rate off for a decade.
I wuold further hypothesize that there is a direct and negative correlation between future WAR and contract value for MLB FA.
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I think that economic freedom and highly efficient operations are mutually exclusive.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
What I don’t get is why the teams are so willing to go so high on FA contracts. It’s a seller’s market, but it doesn’t seem like it’s warranted in the great majority of cases.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
fear is a great and often costly motivator
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Look at the Sox. They supposedly played a “truer” Sabermetric type team and didn’t make the playoffs. So…..out goes the huge contracts to Gonzalez and Crawford. Yankees don’t make the playoff so Sabbathia, Texeria, and Burnett were signed.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 3, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I love how people have already decided that Carl Crawford is a total bust.
Something tells me that his five seasons of 4.8+ fWAR weren’t a Trop-based illusion of some sort.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Panda’s cycle #10 on MLB’s plays of the month.
I haven’t seen any other Giants highlights, though I’m not really paying attention.
LoL and SIRM’s triple play was #9
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Justin Christian’s foul ball catch was #7
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Open AIDS thread? Good lord, no.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 3, 2011 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Brandon Crawford
Just wanna thank all of you guys for your support! 2012 is closer than you think.
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