Jed Hoyer Leaving Padres for Cubs
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 20, 2011 12:55 PM PDT
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PrintFor just a few minutes, I didn't know what the Padres were going to do for a general manager. They could have found somebody who made Billy Beane look like Billy Carter. Or maybe he would have made Mr. Bean look like Billy Beane, and he'd trade players for broken lamps and make faces while rectifying the situation in an amusing, haphazard fashion. Or maybe he would have made Mr. Bean look like Butterbean, and he'd just walk around the front offices in San Diego punching things and being all huge.
Forgot what I was getting at ...
Point is, it's not a given that Jed Hoyer leaving San Diego is a good thing. A new general manager might walk in and figure out how to make a winner out of the Padres. And while I was typing this, word came out that Eric Byrnes is going to be the new GM for the Padres.
Or maybe that's Josh Byrnes. Dang. That would have been awesome on a couple of levels.
All things being equal, though, the news that Hoyer is going to the Cubs is probably a decent thing. I don't like the divisional rivals having smart GMs, and most of what Hoyer did impressed me. He was a Theo Epstein cohort in the early days of Camelaht, and the only thing that was keeping him back in San Diego was the mandate from ownership to keep the payroll around an $8.50-per-hour average.
He still built the team that harrassed the Giants throughout 2010, and he made smart deals when he traded for Cameron Maybin and traded away Mike Adams. The Padres have a pretty nifty farm system, and I wasn't looking forward to Hoyer figuring out what to do with it.
Byrnes isn't a RBI-'n'-ERA guy, though. He was also a part of the Boston front office. He could be just as good as Hoyer. Seeing as he was in the Padres' front office for a lot of the moves I liked, and considering his pedigree, the transition could be completely seamless and unnoticable.
What I know about Hoyer is that he presided over a team that built a nice farm through trades, drafting, and international free agency. What I know about Byrnes is that he traded away Carlos Quentin, and he also dealt Carlos Gonzalez and Brett Anderson for Dan Haren, then got blamed for the Diamondbacks' collapse. He was gone before the Haren-to-the-Angels trade, or else I'd really like the transition.
In my role as a Giantscentric know-nothing, I approve Jed Hoyer leaving the division. But after an hour or so thinking about the state of general managers in the National League West, there's only one possible thing to think: Welp, at least we don't have Ned Colletti.
That doesn't make me feel better. I liked it more when I thought that Butterbean was going to be the new GM for the Padres.
But at least we don't have Ned Colletti!
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Camelaht.
Well done, Grant.
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!
by GiantPain on Oct 20, 2011 1:00 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The Bree Padres
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
TRADED YOUR BEST PLAYER AND LEFT A YEAR LATER!
SO LONG, SUCKERS!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 1:06 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah, everyone thought it was cronyism. Would it have been better to have just held onto Gonzalez and received the draft picks?
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 20, 2011 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
If only he had traded Gonzalez to the Cubs.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Oct 20, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Then who would pay Albert Pujols the money he wants?
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 20, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
#OccupyWrigley
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 20, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s the consensus on the Gonzalez trade? I know Rizzo didn’t do much, but what about the other players in that deal?
Saying that Rizzo didn’t do much is misleading. He wasn’t supposed to be ready this year; he only came up because he murdered the Pacific Coast League. The jury’s still out there.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
I doubt he actually murdered anyone.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
We’ll know for sure when the jury gets back.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Or possibly when he pays the victim’s family to drop the charges.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants wanted to leave Belt in AAA all year, but they had to keep bringing him so he wasn’t murdered by Rizzo.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Oct 20, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
And in the end he was murdered by Bochy.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I don’t think we’ll ever have to worry about the Padres becoming too big of a rival as apparently fish tacos don’t bring in enough revenue to field a decent team.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 1:07 PM PDT reply actions
LOL Ned Colletti
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
BILLY CARTER!!
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That would look wild on the FOX ThermalCAM™.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
Also, the Angels are talking to Tampa Bay's Andrew Friedman
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by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 1:10 PM PDT reply actions
VernLOLn WeLOLs
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Huh
I thought they were looking for someone to do whatever Scioscia says.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
Andrew Friedman with the Angels budget would be scary. But poor Tampa Bay (sort of)
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not positive a highly successful GM with a low-budget approach would necessarily thrive in a big-budget environment.
But I don’t know what I’m basing that off of.
but Angels’ “fans” aren’t insane and the media could care less so they wouldn’t have all of Sawx Nation in their pink Sawx hats screaming at Theo to do something RIGHT NOW or else Doris Kearns Goodwin will write another book
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s like the difference between fighting large groups vs. single opponents. Different moves.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
When fighting large groups
You have to get them to agree to attack you one at a time.
This is what the movies have shown me.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I once went to a seminar that was largely concerned with how to avoid getting dogpiled by a group of opponents.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, keep moving was probably the most important point… also, don’t back up in a straight line and try to move in such a way as to interpose one of the group between yourself and the rest of them.
Easier said than done, especially if you are not facing a group of cooperative seminar-goers.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
did they get into how to avoid being eaten by a group of zombies?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes. They advised striking one of your companions about the head and shoulders with a blunt instrument, thereby incapacitating then. In order to buy time whilst you beat a hasty retreat.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
The dumbest one of your companions, presumably.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
If this is a Monkees reference, I heartily approve.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Mickey was my favorite. Peter was probably the most useless
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Namaste.
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I like Mickey, and I fight anyone who disagrees.
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Mayor of Smug.
Agreed, and he was kind of kick ass in the last S4 episodes. He was just written as a comic character and the schlub Rose keeps on bailing to be with the Doctor
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Poor man’s Rory who didn’t deserve the awesomeness of Martha
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
He certainly deserved better than ROSE, though. Yick.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
By far the worst of the newer companions.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
The fangirls love Rose because the Doctor and Rose are Twue Love. If you go on the occasional message board, they’re all but soar Eleven isn’t pining over her anymore
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
/loses interest
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s Micky – no ‘e’.
I’m slightly embarrassed that I know this.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Holy shit, you are correct.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
What an embarrassing oversight.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
and a homecoming queen?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
/is now watching the opening scene of Head because of this exchange
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Head with:
Sonny Liston—Extra
Ray Nitschke—Private One
Carol Doda—Sally Silicone
Frank Zappa—The Critic
June Fairchild—The Jumper
Terry Garr—Testy True
I. J. Jefferson—Lady Pleasure
Victor Mature as The Big Victor
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Man do I love that movie.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I think this tactic was covered in Among the Thugs. (new)
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Whoa.
That speaks to the anthropologist in me.
Anyone ever see Green Street Hooligans?
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 20, 2011 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
That speaks to the anthropologist in me.
Hawt!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it’s good. But Among the Thugs is fantastic in it’s realism. I couldn’t rec a sports book more (a no-brainer if youre a football fan).
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
I'm on it.
Thanks for the heads up!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 20, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Millwall bricks FTW!
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s easier to list the really good things to come out of Millwall.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
(please note that this is an unfounded attack on Millwall, devoid of evidence, and that rebutting the factuality of it is pointless)
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
So I have heard.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
well, like half of his budget is Vernon Wells right now
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Poor Tampa indeed
How the fuck are they going to be able to afford to keep Longoria after 2013?
“EXTRA CHEESE!!”
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THAT’S AMORE!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 20, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL! - Related Fanshots on McCovey Chronicles
What on earth is taking the Giants and Eric Byrnes so long?
Who else misses the CSN Bay Area Bot?
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 20, 2011 1:16 PM PDT reply actions
Cram it, Spammy.
PS WE HAVE A NEW ORANGE JERSEY WE KNOW YOU’RE GONNA LOVE! BUY TEN!
by satyricrash on Jan 20, 2010 8:46 PM PST actions
Well, I don’t remember this signature AT ALL.
AND WHY WASN’T I TALKING IN ALL-CAPS??
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
If it is the same person that runs the CSN twitter account
I am glad they are gone.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember reading this.
joined Oct 11, 2009 last login Jan 03, 2011
What happened?
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 20, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL So it was someone pretending to be CSN Bay Area to hurt it’s image? It was like whenever Urban or Ratto or whoever wrote something stupid they posted a fanpost of it? That’s some funny stuff.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 20, 2011 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Football players gets traded, takes physical, finds out he has a brain tumor
http://www.freep.com/article/20111020/SPORTS01/111020036/Reports-Lions-Harrison-has-brain-tumor-Best-might-sit-out-rest-season
The trade that wasn’t might have saved Jerome Harrison’s life.
According to ESPN, doctors discovered Harrison had a brain tumor during his physical Wednesday, voiding the Detroit Lions’ deadline deal with the Philadelphia Eagles for running back Ronnie Brown and sending Harrison back to Detroit.
Harrison’s agent has not returned phone calls and text messages seeking comment, and the Lions refused to confirm the report, which said the tumor is now being treated.
It has been a while since I got a physical, but I don’t think they were ever thorough enough with mine to find a brain tumor. That is amazingly lucky for him, provided he pulls through it.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Oct 20, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Luckily, my brains are located where any thorough prostate exam will detect that sort of thing.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Let’s just say I indulge in stinkin’ thinkin’.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm afraid to go in for my STD test
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
Such a trendy tumor.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
How do these TICKETSNOW creeps already have tickets for sale for April 19th?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 1:25 PM PDT reply actions
Hoyer also took the assistant GM with him
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Jason Mcleod is the guy'sname
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Why do the Cubs have to compensate the Red Sox for Theo
And yet the Padres give away Hoyer for nothing?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 1:30 PM PDT reply actions
The Padres wanted compensation for Hoyer
When the Cubs said okay take Soriano the Padres said, “That’s fine. Enjoy Chicago, Jed.”
The Cubs actually think they are paying off some sort of “Curse Deity.”
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Because one is the Padres and one is the Red Sox
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They are getting something. Cheaper help.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Oct 20, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Deadspin story on LOLRussa
From Deadspin, a post about TLR actually being an old-fashioned styled manager, the overuse of the bullpen, and how game-time decisions really just come down to wherever Nelson Cruz reacts to a ball.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 1:43 PM PDT reply actions
The Classical?
Is that a new site for elitists or something?
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 20, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Yay, i gots an interview with Chabot
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Nice!
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
One problem... they want me to interview on Tuesday...
i’ll be driving out to Ohio on Sunday
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I guess it’s decision time for you then.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup, i emailed them about it, so we'll see what they say
i’m basically happy that i’m getting responses now, after getting none for the previous 7 months
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they said they'll have me interview tomorrow
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Good luck on 10/21!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 20, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Gracias
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wow, good luck!
What’s the job?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Oh, and if you are talking about Chabot College on Hesperian in Hayward…. leave yourself PLENTY of time to get stuck in traffic. I’ve heard they’ve fixed the freeway dealie there… but ….
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Chabot Space and science
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So then you just have to deal with the bottleneck that can be 580?
Good luck though.
Get there early so you can poke around and then when they ask “any questions you’d like to ask us?” you can bring up something knowledgeable and insightful about something you saw there!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yea, definitely! I remember going there as a kid a few times, absolutely amazing. Especially if you go towards the evenings, alot of fun. Should ask, “So what’s the best way to get here without any traffic? without taking 580?”
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
The questions you ask can be the tipping factor in an interview.
Maybe they’ll let you pitch a tent at the botanical gardens, aren’t they near there somewhere?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yea, you’re talking bout the Botanical Gardens near the CAL campus. But you’re right, got to ask some detailed questions, and i already have some, want to know more about the internship and what they expect me to learn
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thanks merope!
it’s at Chabot Space and Science Center. Environmental intern, i’d be working with kids and doing some activities and also studying sustainability and waste management. Research further ways to improve Chabot’s sustainability endeavors.
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Oh cool, that sounds like fun! And in your field!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
definitely!
however merope, i’ll be in Ohio and Detroit until early December, so if they offer this to me and say it starts in a week… gonna have to make a big decision. I promised my girlfriend i’d be there for thanksgiving and everything. Booked hotel rooms. Doesn’t pay real well, but it’s an opportunity, and someone responded finally
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plus, working with kids? LOLME
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
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Haha
oh, i’m saying i might not take the job if they offer it. But i’ll only be out in Ohio and midwest until December, then i’m back here. So hopefully they’ll say the internship starts in December. NO CUBS
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lol!! my girlfriend would be happy
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
It sounds like a great opportunity. Working with kids AND doing some researchy stuff maybe developing displays or programs or something. All good experiences for the resumé.
Hopefully it starts Jan 1 or something.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yea, especially with the resume, definitely. It’ll help with understanding how to work with kids and teach them, because i don’t have much. But you’re right, helps with giving me a better shot at a job in the future with that on the resume, hopefully it does start sometime in December or January
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Sounds like a really cool opportunity.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Let me know if you need help or anything. You know, just in case.
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Mayor of Smug.
Gonna have to ask you about those breweries again
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Now THAT I can be a big help about. I know a lot about Northern Ohio breweries. I haven’t been to many in Michigan outside of Ann Arbor, but I can at least pass long info from other beer friends about Detroit-area breweries.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
Ann Arbor, i know you went to Grizzly Peak
because i’ve been there a dozen times. Detroit? I’ve been to Rochester Brew, since that’s where we have family… where else?
And other than Great lakes, where else in Akron, Canton, Cleveland?
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Thirsty Dog in Akron is good beer, but I’ve never visited the brewpub. In Cleveland, there is a TON. Nothing in Canton. Toledo has one good brewery called Maumee Bay Brewing.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
Thirsty Dog...
apparently my girlfriend’s dad is best friend’s with the owner or some big guy at Thirsty Dog.
I think i have been to Maumee… not sure tho… I’ll definitely ask about Cleveland tho!
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Great Lakes, Market Garden, and Brew Kettle in Strongsville are my favorites in Cleveland. There are like 6-8 more of them in the collective suburbs, though, and I’ve only had the ones I mentioned (except for Indigo Imp—-that stuff sucks).
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
PERFECT
i’ll probably get around to checking them out, at least a few of them while i’m out there, i’m gonna go with my girlfriend i hope! if not, then i’m sure her dad and i would go
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/ADD engaged
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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Space and science
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This is an amazing story
As Philadelphia Eagles doctors were giving newly acquired running back Jerome Harrison his physical, they discovered a brain tumor that nullified a trade with the Detroit Lions, according to two league sources.
The trade might have actually saved Harrison’s life, the sources said. Without the deal being made, Harrison would not have undergone a physical. The tumor is now being treated, according to sources.
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
LOL not reading the thread
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
Breaking!
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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I keep looking for the iPod headphones.
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
or..
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!
Beat Street was better.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
!!!!!
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/8/18/2371483/thread-2-electric-boogaloo#75004709
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
That song makes me think of Pineapple Express now.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Short term memory…or something or other.
Wait, wut?
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 20, 2011 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Guess he was just being courteous
Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal
Sources express skepticism that Friedman will leave #Rays, with one saying flatly, “He’s not going.” #Angels #mlb
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
CROSSING THE LINE
LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
Never. I cherish each & every one of my #LoMoSexuals RT @AHolt12: LoMo are u upset with 72k followers? I thought you would have more by now
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
QUAKE!!!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 20, 2011 2:41 PM PDT reply actions
EARTHQUAAAAAAAKE
The first six innings are overrated.
Did not feel it at all.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 2:43 PM PDT reply actions
IF IT’S UNDER 6.0 I DON’T EVEN FEEL IT
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
/reading backwards, I see that someone got there before me
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
TWHS!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Really, here in the Mission I felt a sharp jolt, then a period of strong, rapid, side-to-side shakes. Felt close.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
My apartment shakes when cars drive by our the upstairs neighbors have sex so when something is shaking, this building really shakes
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Me either.
I’m on the 11th floor by the TransAmerica Building – and we had a good long shake. Looking out from my desk I could see the glass doors and panels of a conference room start to sway pretty good.
Just when I was thinking…uh…what’s my next move….it stopped.
Just outside of Berkeley is what I’m told.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 20, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
DIDNT FEEL IT, TWSS
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I’m a floor monitor and there’s no way I’m saving attorneys before myself.
by City Girl on Oct 20, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Holy crap, that’s right on the Clark Kerr campus.
by non sequitur on Oct 20, 2011 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Retrofit test numero uno!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 20, 2011 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Me neither
If it didn’t shake Santa Cruz, it ain’t no earthquake.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
NOTHING MOVES IN FRESNO
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
TWBBS!
(Brandon Belt)
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 20, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
ONLY 4.2? YOU ALL ARE SUCH WIMPS
/Virginia earthquake response
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
4.2?
You Californians have gone soft.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
To paraphrase R.E.M., It was a one-oh-nine, and I feel fine.
by non sequitur on Oct 20, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
try dealing with 50 wild animals on the loose
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i'll be out there in a week
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
IN AN EARTHQUAKE
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
That was a 35 Earthquake at first reporting
then downgraded to 30 after final report.
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
Hey, guys...
TWSS
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
/waves of relief
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Shift-A: Family drama and work
has caused me to ignore McC
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I’m sorry, dude.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
I know…missing out on discussions on McC really sucks.
Thanks
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
Even for a day.
I’m leaving the country tomorrow morning for 10 days, and I can’t remember the last time I went that long without McCovey Chronicles. I’m wondering what it’ll be like.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
Other than 10 new memes everything will be the same.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Real life sux.
Hope everything is ok.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Damn :(
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Work and everything else has consumed me over MCC over the last 7 months
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
but, i'm sorry dude :(
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Good, i’m about to drive out to Chicago, Detroit and Ohio Sunday
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
how are you?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I'm fine.
Other than being the sole breadwinner for my husband and myself. And the Giants are not in the playoffs.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
oh man.
Yea, he looking?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Yeah, hubby is looking. There aren’t a lot of jobs right now. I wish I could afford to keep him indefinitely, he’s a great house husband.
We’ll be fine for a while, we have money in the bank, and he’s getting unemployment and odd jobs.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
yea, jobs are reallllllllllly tough right now. This is just so tough right now, and i’m sorry :( i really do hope he finds something soon, and that you’ll be OK. I just started hearing back about some jobs, so i think it’s starting to pick up slightly, this after not hearing from anyone over the past 7 months
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
thank you! it'll all work out
patience is the biggest piece of advice i’ve learned after being unemployed for a month now, and for 4 months at the beginning of the year. Just gotta keep going at it
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Yup. Can’t let it get you down.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Bet you’re real tired of writing cover letters.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
seriously, FUCK COVER LETTERS
it’s easy, but it takes so much time and, i’d bet they don’t really care bout your cover letter
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I hate thank you letters even more because I really don’t think anybody cares that you sent them yet they’re one more opportunity to screw it all up. One typo and…..
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
What about if someone sends you graduation gifts?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
For my current job, my cover letter consisted of “I saw this opening on Craigslist. My salary expectations are _. Please find my resume embedded below. Thank you in advance for your consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.”
I was fucking sick of cover letters.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Mine is:
‘Hey, fuckstick, read my damn resume before giving the job to some trust fund asshole the job has already been promised to.’
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think I have the gravitas to pull that off.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
My dignity lets me get away with a lot.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
..you must have a pair to have your salary expectations in the cover letter.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Hey, it worked.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
It would really save people a lot of time if part of the job announcement read:
We are posting this job because we are required to by law. We do however already have an internal candidate that we are planning to hire for this position. You may submit a resumé and coverletter if you’d like the practice. Thank-you and good luck.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
The thing is
sometimes that internal person doesn’t take the job. My husband was offered a job at the college where they laid him off, but it was for less money than he would have made on unemployment, plus no benefits, so he turned them down. At the interview, they were acting like he had already taken the job, so someone from the list did get it, I’m sure.
So just send the resume in anyway.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
“If I don’t get this job I will make you pay dearly in 5 years. That’s just how I do things.”
The first six innings are overrated.
I always wanted to write something along the lines of:
“Fine, okay, don’t hire me. But if that person leaves in six months or is a total screwup, just remember you could have hired me instead of them so suck it”
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
With my current job the person they initially hired (on the recommendation of the person leaving the position) quit after only 2 months so they gave me a call. Apparently I was the top candidate for it but they decided to give the other one a shot due to the recommendation. So that may not be the best idea.
The first six innings are overrated.
LOL! Are you serious?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Oh geeez this.
Damn things take hours to write, I ocd over them and I betcha no one ever reads them. I usually throw something in them about expertise in something uncommon. [like being CPR instructor certified] It’s never brought up.
I have until January to find something, and I wish I could just relax and enjoy not working… but it’s stressful!!! I’d make a terrible “live in the moment” person.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Seriously! They probably look over them, and don’t care. If they wanted to know more about you they’d call you and ask for an interview, all they care about is your resume. They don’t want to spend more time looking at a cover letter.
You have until January?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
budget wise. The Mr.‘s handling all the money stuff, keeping an eye on the savings accounts and etc. If I was doing it I’d be freaking out.
“OMG WE LOST $50 LAST MONTH!!!! WE’RE DOOMED!!!”
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yea, definitely can understand that, i’ve been trying to handle my own money, especially ever since walking away from Walgreen’s. I haven’t spent much of anything, and this is basically a test to see how much i spend on a trip, and how smart i am with my money.
My dad’s still out of work, very worried about cutting into savings as well, he’s i believe 58 years old?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I have a generic cover letter that’s been honed down and “perfected” by people who’ve helped. At this point, I just cut and paste it into every email, changing a few things here or there to fit the job, and send away. Takes all of five to ten seconds
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I wrote each from scratch. Probably dumb.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
THIS IS WHAT I DID
at first i did have a generic one, but yea… i caved in and did a cover letter from scratch each time
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I just keep all the cover letters and cut and paste from each according to what I think would be a good fit for the job. I’m applying for several different types of jobs so it all depends …
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Definitely should've kept doing this
but i’ve made mine so much more specific than they used to be
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I’m still convinced I got my current job after spending about 10 minutes of the interview talking about baseball with my boss, who is a big A’s fan.
Ironically, I’m also convinced if I lose this job it’ll be because of spending about 1000 hours talking about baseball with you people.
The first six innings are overrated.
I think I got my job
by promising to knit sweaters for everyone interviewing me. Well, and getting a great score on the test.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
WHAT TEST
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE NO QUIZZES
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I got an hour long logic and math test thrown at me a few weeks ago. None of them had anything to do with the job and as an ex-English Major, I haven’t gone near division in decades, but there it was. The guy told me later he “wanted to see what my thought process was” what the hell that meant.
I’m pretty sure the guy saw “Inglorious Basterds” too many times and thought Hans Landa was the coolest because that’s what the whole thing felt like. By the end of it, I was ready to tell him where the Jews were hiding
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
There is a test when you apply to work for the courts. It’s on basic legal terminology and concepts.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Ohhhh ok
yea, we had to take a test to work at Walgreen’s…. SUCCESS
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Is it one of those “personality” tests that asks stupid questions about stealing? Like uh… if I was the sorto f person that was going to steal from you..I’d probably also be the sort of person that LIED ON TESTS!!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
YES, it is.
Hence why i thought this job was bullshit from the start, didn’t really have much meaning
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I work in marketing/advertising and those types of tests don’t exist or happen. He was testing people on theories and “how would you do this” type stuff but then grill me down on every answer I gave him to the point I started contradicting myself. There was no point in it (if you don’t do math in your position, how does he expect us to handle being asked to divide fractions?), he was just going overboard and seeing if I could handle the pressure. He even complimented me at the end on how well I handled the math stuff, not because I got it right, but because a lot of people freak out during it and I didn’t
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
The same thing happened to me- I’m pretty sure I got a really crappy job because the boss was a huge Giants fans and the 2002 playoffs were about to start and we were both pretty excited (he offered me the job during a game). The job was one of the worst one’s that I had but due to some sort of scam he was pulling, he gave me tickets to see one of the WS games here
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Did the same thing with my Walgreen’s job… but yea… that wasn’t really an interview… talked about Miami Ohio and why i went there…
Though i think alot of the interview is based on how well you communicate with others, especially under pressure
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
The ones I go on are always
How would you handle behavior problems?
What if a kid won’t stop crying?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
then you hand him some ice cream
maybe a choco taco
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
What do you do if a kid won’t stop crying? I guess it depends on why their crying. I feel for you teachers. It’s a tough job.
Yup, it does depend.
The kid part of the job is fine, it’s the paperwork part of the job that sucks.
Every time I start to get depressed about not working right now, I try to remember what I’d be doing right now.
End of October = all assessments and DRDP’s have to be done. That’s ~50 pages of crap on each kid. When I remember that I’m not sad anymore!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Then I’ll give them something to REALLY cry about.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s all really a matter of clicking with people you interview. You could have a better resume than anyone else but if there’s no clicking during the resume, it doesn’t mean anything. Which is why job hunting is pretty much exactly like dating.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
EXACTLY
this is exactly right. And i definitely enjoy interviewing, but the problem has always been GETTING the interview, like i said, this is my first interview in 7 months
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
The last interview I went on the principal of the school knew the interviewee before me and the one after me. So did the lady at in the personnel office who didn’t really even interact with me, but was all schmoozy with the other 2. I knew i wasn’t getting that job!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Definitely means
you have to sell yourself hard. And just make friends with someone in a matter of 30 minutes
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
We have one manager who has a pretty gnarly stutter. I’m sure they always have her interview people to see if they interrupt her or try to be too “helpful.”
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Shit...
well, that’s kinda me sometimes, and when i do that, i just take a deep breath and just tell myself to stop and slow down, be patient
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Sorry to hear about family drama, but I don’t for a minute believe that you prioritize work over McC.
The first six innings are overrated.
Sorry, guy
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
Sorry mate, hope it’s not too serious.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Listening to the Padres station
No word on Hoyer at all…maybe it was discussed earlier and I missed it.
So…being a 2nd fiddle at Chicago is better than being the top guy in San Diego.
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
OT
I’m listening to the rednecks on Behind the Cutting Edge talk about The Walking Dead, well, except it’s 10 minutes in and they haven’t mentioned the show yet.
Highly recommended podcast.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I didn't feel it
Which can only mean that I caused it!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 3:09 PM PDT reply actions
I am dead inside
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
you what?
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You geologists are to blame!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Lars is to blame
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Grant is a clone
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
Clearly
there would be no earthquakes if geologists had not discovered tectonic plates.
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
Lars' falt line
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
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I think you meant
Lars’ felt line.
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
It forms to the left
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
lol!!! twss... wait...
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Holy Shit
http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/10/80s-sitcom-predicted-year-of-gaddafis-death
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
Eh
I bet a psychotherapist and a fund manager could’ve predicted it more accurately.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Jesus fuck is that terrible television.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Staring at my time lapse photo of Timmy's pitching motion.
sniff
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
People still use travel agents? I kinda wish I had used on for this trip I am currently taking.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
I use my travel agent all the time
Whenever I need him I just page him 911 and he’ll find the nearest pay phone to give me a call.
The first six innings are overrated.
i want allen craig on the giants.
what would that take?
He doesn't really have a position other than 1b
He could maybe fake LF.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
How in the hell is today Thursday already?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
BECAUSE I CANT WAIT TO DRIVE TO ELKO NEVADA ON SUNDAY
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
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Look on the bright side, it’s one more day away to when we can partyin’ partyin (yeah!)
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t feel that quake at all
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I know nobody cares about the NBA... but...
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Talks on a 50-50 BRI split broke down, and labor talks have ended, source tells Y! No new meetings scheduled. Huge setback in this lockout.
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
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no season
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Thinking probably around New Years?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I'll probably agree with this, about the time the players start missing checks
and they’ll probably cave in… Definitely not a fan of Stern
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Ew
Stern is unbelievably evil. (From a former Sonics fan)
by Mycroft's Brother on Oct 20, 2011 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
That is what I said during the NHL lockout
I was wrong…
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 20, 2011 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks like I'm wrong to
jmikeNBAusat J. Michael Falgoust
News conference about the doom-and-gloom details of today’s 5 hour meeting coming soon. It looks ugly folks #nbalockout #RIP
Don’t think the Stern and the Owners want to blow up hockey as much as Bettman and the NHL owners did
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Are the playoffs threatened also, or is it just the exhibition season?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The exhibition season is too long already.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 20, 2011 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
honestly right now it could be the entire season that's threatened
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I wouldn’t miss it. For us it just means not having to figure out WTF happened to the Sharks when the Kings are playing.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Basketball Related Income
The amount of money the players receive in salary is set, in the existing collective bargaining agreement, at 51 percent of “basketball related income” or BRI. BRI includes just about every revenue stream, from tickets to parking to broadcast rights to concessions, though revenue-sharing payments and expansion fees are excluded.
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
From About.com... should've pointed that out
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
and they wanted what, 53/47?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I like the NBA
But don’t care as much as I would if MLB or the NFL were on strike for a significant period of time.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
agreed. Think more people will now be interested in the Sharks?
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I think teams like the Dallas Stars and the Coyotes that traditionally have attendance / viewership issues are likely to benefit more than the Sharks.
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 20, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea definitely
it’ll help in Minnesota too… but for teams like Portland and Milwaukee
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You'd have to have basketball fans in those places first for them to migrate to NHL
The first six innings are overrated.
In Portland, i’d say there’s a quite a few basketball fans up there.
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Then you have one happy MLS soccer team
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL, THE TIMBERS!
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Phoenix should not have a hockey team
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Probably not, no
But they do have a huge population, so I can understand the rationale for putting one there.
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 20, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I think its a good opportunity for the NHL as a whole to get more eyes on it
I’ll probably check out more regular season games. I always watch the playoffs.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Good point, i’ve slowly been watching more and more NHL, and i think i just would stop watching alot of it when the warriors would play, but now, it’s all sharks
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
The Sharks players and broadcasters are quite a hoot to follow on twitter.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
The thing between …was it Hahn and Baker? yesterday about the “airplane slippers” was amusing.
There were several Sharks players tweeting from the plane yesterday.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I don’t really like basketball all that much to begin with but I find that most stories about the NBA aren’t really about the game as much as it is the personalities (Do Kobe and DWade like to eat dinner together? Is Kobe or LeBron better than Jordan and Bird and an ostrich combined?) and all sorts of other nonsense having nothing to do with the actual games. So if all the white noise that the sport brings with it goes away, I’m fine with it.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 20, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
trick question
Bird was an ostrich.
The first six innings are overrated.
they're tied for 1st place dude, SUCK IT
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LOL owners talking bout how the NHL is a model for the NBA
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
jeeze...
KBergCBS Ken Berger
Silver. Says league made several significant compromises. “We’re saddened on behalf of the game.”
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And...
KBergCBS Ken Berger
Holt: “We’re still pretty far apart. … We want to get to the point where all 30 teams have the opportunity — nothing guaranteed …”
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tribjazz Brian T. Smith
Holt: “It could be tough [to meet again soon.]”
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WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Adam Silver: “They made it clear if we wouldn’t move off 50 percent, there was nothing else to talk about.” He said players moved to 52.5.
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Uh oh
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
As NBA tells its side of story, union is waiting to get its crack to spin things its way. This promises to get even uglier.
can't wait to hear what the union says
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darrenrovell darren rovell
Yes, I’m saying the players need to cave. They don’t have leverage & shouldn’t act like they do. The math doesn’t work for them.
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Veteran players have leverage because they signed backloaded deals. The middle class players are the ones getting screwed.
WE ARE THE SLIGHTLY LOWER PORTION OF THE 1%
The first six innings are overrated.
They have way more leverage than NFL players do
since they can actually play overseas and not lose much income
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 20, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Right, I'm just saying that (like NHL players before them) they have the possibility of other options
which gives them better bargaining power than NFL players (hence the quick collapse of their demands)
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 20, 2011 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
The NFL bargaining was easier
The NFL just wanted a fair split of the pie. The NBA wants to blow up their entire system.
OH NO, NFL EUROPE IS DEAD?
What am I going to do with all this Barcelona Dragons merch? I’ll look like a fool if I wear this jersey now!
The first six innings are overrated.
LOL. I bet it is totally hipster-cool,
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 20, 2011 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
lol hipsters
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What the hell
In NFL Europa, however, the overtime period lasted for 10 minutes with the requirement that each team must have the opportunity of possession at least once. So, in NFL Europa, it was possible for one team to score in overtime then have to kick-off to the opponent and give them a chance to either equalize or win the game. The winner was the team with the highest score after both teams had had possession. If the score was even after the second team’s possession, the overtime would continue as sudden death. If still tied after 10 minutes, the game ends as a tie.
God dammit NFL, why did Europe get the logical overtime rules?
The first six innings are overrated.
lolololol
With association football (or soccer) being the traditionally popular sport in Europe and American football being a relative newcomer, the rules were changed slightly to encourage a greater element of kicking which was intended to make the game more enjoyable for soccer and rugby fans. The league did this by awarding four points to field goals of more than 50 yards, as opposed to three points in the NFL.
The first six innings are overrated.
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS
EXCEPT EUROPA
ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE
by non sequitur on Oct 20, 2011 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
SpearsNBAYahoo Marc J. Spears
Silver says not just about money, but putting NBA in position where all 30 teams can compete.
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This is sounding like a whole season might be gone
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
it's looking more and more like it
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Yeah, I took the Forbes 2011 data and graphed out the profit/loss for the Big 3 leagues. Although there’s internal disparity in all three, only three MLB teams and two NFL teams actually lost money this year. By contrast, 17 of the 30 NBA teams were in the red.
by non sequitur on Oct 20, 2011 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
No they are not
The idea that NBA teams are losing money is an accounting fiction. The NBA would have us believe that NBA teams are businesses that hemorrhage cash even as they become more and more valuable.
This is a bizarre argument
What unique skills or assets do the owners have to offer? Team names? Arenas? Those things don’t seem nearly so hard to replicate as the ability to score on Tim Duncan. I continue to think the players should form a co-op like the tennis players have with the ATP and the WTA.
I think the result of that would be hilarious.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 21, 2011 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Stern home sick, does not attend mediation
I absolutely read that as “Stern homesick, does not attend mediation”. Really confused for a second there.
The first six innings are overrated.
I read your misreading as
“Stern homesick, does not need medication.”
It is like telephone!
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 20, 2011 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe its a psych profile
“Stern; homesick; does not need medication”
The first six innings are overrated.
I thought it said meditation
And I was really having a hard time picturing David Stern as a meditation guy.
David Lynch on the other hand….
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 21, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope they lock out for 3 more years
The NHL can use more popularity. It’s the better game.
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
Well, I prefer hockey
But having been there, I wouldn’t want to inflict the pain of a lockout on any fanbase
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 20, 2011 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure you’ve all seen the “talking” dog video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
LOL BASKETBALL!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 5:00 PM PDT reply actions
LOL LARS' FELT LINE
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/throws rocks at Natto
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 20, 2011 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
/throws a skillet at Natto
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
KNOW!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
oh snap
KBergCBS Ken Berger
Fisher: “They’re interested in telling you one-sided stories that are not true.”
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Hopefully...
They take Bud Black too!
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