Community Projection Rejection: Cody Ross
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 27, 2011 2:10 PM PDT
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PrintCody Ross.
Every five minutes, a Phillies fan reads that name and punches his or her computer, possibly losing control of their bowels in the process.
Whoooooops. Just lost another couple. Get some wet naps. And it's not just Phillies fans: just google "I hate Cody Ross" and compare the number of returns with the results for more famous players, like David Ortiz or Chipper Jones. He blows them away. He's actually closer to Derek Jeter and A-Rod than he is to most of the stars in baseball. People hate Cody Ross.
Except for here! If it were up to me, this place would be Ross Chronicles -- why couldn't that other guy have hit the ball just three feet higher? -- and it wouldn't just be non-stop Friends talk. It would be an ode to Cody Cody Cody, sweet Cody Ross.
But it's not like we expected him to keep hitting like Frank Robinson in the next regular season. From the projections in March:
ProjectedAB: 550
AVG: .273
OBP: .329
SLG: .470
HR: 25Actual:
AB: 405
AVG: .240
OBP: .325
SLG: .405
HR: 14
Some pretty big whiffs on this one. The power wasn't there for the second year in a row. Last year it was an anomaly. Now it's a trend. His batting average was the lowest it's been since his first full season in 2006. But batting average is an awful imp of a stat. It's totally the coyote trickster of all the mainstream stats, and it might just run off with the moon and stars one of these days just to mess with you.
The power is concerning, but look at that there OBP compared to the batting average.
| Year | Age | PA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 25 | 298 | 21.8% | 7.4% | 2.95 | 17% |
| 2007 | 26 | 197 | 19.3% | 10.2% | 1.90 | 21% |
| 2008 | 27 | 506 | 22.9% | 6.5% | 3.52 | 20% |
| 2009 | 28 | 604 | 20.2% | 5.6% | 3.59 | 20% |
| 2010 | 29 | 569 | 21.3% | 6.5% | 3.27 | 21% |
| 2011 | 30 | 461 | 20.8% | 10.6% | 1.96 | 17% |
| 8 Seasons | 2683 | 21.3% | 7.3% | 2.90 | 19% | |
| MLB Averages | 17.4% | 8.5% | 2.04 | 19% | ||
Last year, he walked. He took more pitches, and he ended up with a walk more than the average player. It feels like he's so close to putting it all together. One year, he has the power. The next he has the eye. Never in the same year. Always teasing. It's like when Limp Bizkit would release a song with wicked riffs one year and then another where Fred Durst had sick flows, but they didn't it together until they released their masterpiece, Name of Album I'm Not Even Going to Look Up for This Joke.
He's close. Here's the thing, though: At every point in his career, he's been worth a spot on a roster. Not just as a 25th-man either; he crushes lefties and he plays a decent center. The Giants need someone just like that for next year. And, lookee here, that guy's a local hero.
Said it last month, saying it again: Ross should be back. He fits too well here. If there's a team willing to promise him a starting job, well, can't do much about that. I don't think that'll happen, though. I think he's spread his production evenly enough around to where he's going to be underrated.
The Ross of 2008 with the eye of 2011 would be a five-win player. The Ross of 2011 was a disappointment, but not a disaster. He's probably somewhere in the middle. But he'd be a cheap gamble -- the Rowand signing, but for a mere $55 million less.
Oversold him last year, and probably overselling him now. But I want Ross back, dang it.
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Every five minutes, a Phillies fan reads that name and punches his or her computer, possibly losing control of their bowels in the process.
I know one person in particular who hates Cody Ross.
/Roy Halladay opens browser window, soils self
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
by TheLetter2 on Oct 27, 2011 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I personally liked his gigantic homerun against Atlanta
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
...
But he’d be a cheap gamble — the Rowand signing, but for a mere $55 million less.
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
by jctGamer on Oct 27, 2011 2:15 PM PDT reply actions 6 recs
Yeah, but..
He hasn’t won us a World Series in almost a year now.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
Also, Never Forget
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150105299181323
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 - Another Giant's-related show @ Yoshi's SF:
John Waite with Raquel Aurilia – Dec 8
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
OT - Another Giant's-related show @ Yoshi's SF:
John Waite with Raquel Aurilia – Dec 8
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
I ain’t missin’ him at all.
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 27, 2011 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I am still a little miffed
That Cody pouted when the Giants traded for Beltran. If he wants to be a bench player for the Giants, they should try to get him for as little as possible. If he wants somewhere to get a chance at starting, he needs to go to another team.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 2:19 PM PDT reply actions
He isn’t good enough to start. Let him aspire on another team.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
He was good enough for a while there, and Rowand got more AB even though he sucked. I’d be miffed, too.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I want all the guys to aspire to a starting job. I just don’t want them to be pouty if they don’t get it.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
To be honest, I don’t know if Cody was among the pouters (Rowand definitely was). My comment was intended to be more of a general statement.
I do seem to remember that he was making comments that he thought he should have been the starter that weren’t artfully phrased. Not sure if that’s pouty-level.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Well if he meant instead of Rownads I’ll let it slide!
Slide
slide
slippety slide…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Just forget about your troubles and your 9 to 5
And just sail on (That’s what you do), just sail on
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Well if he meant instead of Rownads I’ll let it slide!
Who wouldn’t be pissed? Bring Cody back.
Don't believe everything you think.
Neither do I.
I just remember Beltran not wanting to play left field.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Cody was the pouter? I must’ve missed that, I just assumed it was Rownads.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 27, 2011 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
It was.
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 27, 2011 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Have you ever played kingdom of loathing
its an amazing rpg
anyway one of the classes is seal clubber
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
If Ross goes, it’ll be sad. He probably symbolizes the crazy-ass 2010 ride more than any other player and with him we lose that. It happens to every winning team and all the players on that team but it’s still sad.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
As some who spends a lot of time on the flyers sbn site
let me tell you its not just philly baseball fans who hate ross
its all of philly
I mean it will be in the middle of a close flyers-penguins game
their number one rivals
and theyre talking about how much they hate cody ross
still
its hilarious
it would be like next year if during a dodgers-giants game we talked about how much we hate Jagr
also im in full support of the BRB moment
Bring Ross Back
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 2:20 PM PDT reply actions
The Sharks would have to lose to Philly in the Stanley Cup finals on a Jagr shorthanded goal for Bay Area fans to hate Jagr as much as they hate Ross
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 27, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Jagr is a traitor- should have stayed with the pens
by orange velvet on Oct 27, 2011 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably. Didn’t he take less money from the Flyers than the Pens were offering?
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 27, 2011 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I forget, but now he’s played with the Pens, Caps, Rangers, and Flyers. That’s like if, say, Pablo left the Giants and played for the Phillies, Rockies, and Dodgers after winning two World Series with us. Very bittersweet relationship.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
he was so young and cute and had his own peanut butter
but apparently jags didnt care about the money either. as long as he wasn’t a pen again
by orange velvet on Oct 27, 2011 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Crap, just got an email that the PTB are putting in some “web security” software. I’m guessing the McCoven will be on the list of bad websites. It’s been nice knowing you all.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Pat The Bat is putting in security?
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 he does know a lot about viruses.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
by jhiat00 on Oct 27, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Blah blah blah Pat Burrell joke
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
by TheLetter2 on Oct 27, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
HR sent a memo around my office the other day about Internet usage and how everything that employees view should be work appropriate and not personal. I wonder how much of that was directed at me.
Is it February 19 yet?
Probably more the guy in accounting playing WoW all day.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Oct 27, 2011 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The filter limits I put on my employees are : Facebook for it’s malware and…. that’s it. I monitor time online. If it gets out of hand, then it gets ugly. I am a believer that if you take away things it only generates resentment. Just be accountable.
After that I have to tinker with the filters every now and then. For some reason the Snakepit and the Crawfish Boxes are blocked. Photobucket is blocked, but not imageshack. My IT Director will get cranky if I unblock Photobucket. Apparently some folks ( OK…me) were abusing it with photos and animated gif files.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Looks like they received my note about your attitude.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 27, 2011 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't believe you
Pat Burrell never uses protection
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh . what a fucking shit -.- this destroy the grait song!!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
LOL Youtube comment:
Giant Bomb.
19 thumbs up
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 27, 2011 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I just checked it out. I read the tag line at first as “Giant Bomb is the world’s largest edible video game database,” which, I must admit, was more intriguing than the reality.
by Monkeyking42 on Oct 27, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
They have good writeups and videos as well. I could not stop laughing while watching this one: http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-hulk-hogans-main-event/17-5118/
Wikipedia
The website was voted by Time Magazine as one of the Top 50 websites of 2011.
Based out of San Francisco.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 27, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
How did Ross end up with a .9 WAR according to fangraphs and Rowand a .7? I swear Scott sucked and sucks way more than Cody.
that's how much Rowand played!
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
Rowand played more CF.
Positional adjustments.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
You couldn’t have written a post about how we should be savoring the last day that we’re still the champs?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
He's not here to talk about the past
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
a year ago we were starting the WS and now we are jabbering about ross. how we have fallen
I am hoping we can do better than ross
I’m ashamed to admit that I saw Limp Bizkit live. It was the 2003 “Summer Sanitarium” concert at Candlestick. He had just been booed at the Texas concert and had publicly professed his love for Britney Spears.
I was also there! The Limp Bizkit set is when we went and bought shirts. Still got our way to the front of the crowd for the start of Metallica’s set.
/
I got dehydrated and had to pull out of that thing. I sat in the seats for the Metallica set. I have to admit that Limp Bizkit brought a lot of energy with them. The crowd was really into it.
Deftones, Linkin Park, Metallica. You will never see something like that again. All local groups.
I was really into Linkin Park before everyone else was.
The Deftones drummer is from Sacramento. He wears a Giants hat all the time, even in music videos:
I see the Metallica members all the time. They live in Marin.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 27, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL No. If he’s been in the area recording, I’m sure I’ll hear about people seeing him.
I know where their studio is. I discovered it by accident. I would jog by it at night all the time and would hear them playing.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 27, 2011 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea, I saw that. They performed together at Rock N Roll Hall fame show together in New York.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 27, 2011 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s what he meant.
/rimshot
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
HEYO!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 27, 2011 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Wikipedia says Agoura Hills. I wonder why I thought that?
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 27, 2011 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
It might be my favorite show I've seen.
You see the Deftones dudes every once in a while around Sac at bars and shows.
I became a Mudvayne fan because of that show. They walked on to the stage like no big deal and just went ahead and kicked some ass.
I believe that was when Meteora was brand new? That was likely the height of my Linkin Park fan phase. You know, just being out of high school and all.
One of my friends spent the Metallica set at the medical tent due to his finger tip falling off. Dummy.
Mudvayne was big at the moment.
Meteora did just come out. The song “Numb” hadn’t become a single yet, I think. That song made them very mainstream.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 27, 2011 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That was when Mudvayne had just stopped wearing stupid masks and all that garbage. One dude in the crowd was all dressed up like the band for the show and then they came out without any makeup and just rocked. I remember a bunch of people around me not even realizing it was them until the they took there places and started playing.
I was a LP fan from release of Hybrid up until a bit before the remix album. Just listened to Hybrid way too much on my own and then got tired of hearing them whenever I turned on the radio.
They were/are very good at releasing their singles slowly over time, stretching out their freshness.
“My December” was a gem. You could only download it on Napster as it was a B-Side. It reminds of Pearl Jam’s “Let Me Sleep”.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 27, 2011 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I did think it was strange they didn’t have their makeup.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 27, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I get tattoos from the Deftones' official tatt artist. She did one that's on an album cover. Also: I was into Deftones before anybody else.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
a lot of talk in this subthread about liking music before it was cool
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
That dog is wearing my glasses
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: What breed of dog is that?
It is a adorable.
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 27, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you!
Because by the year ’03, all of those bands were not new and most people had discovered that their music was shit.
I'm not feeling witty enough right now
That there was a time when Limp Bizkit was at one point the biggest band in the world and Fred was such a big star that he somehow managed to bang Britney Spears is still utterly confounding.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Whole era has to be up there in terms of worst periods of pop culture in modern times.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
70's pop was atrocious
I don’t think it will ever be matched.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude. Yacht Rock ruled.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 27, 2011 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I challenge anyone to top anything released by Captain & Tennille
I mean Muskrat Love? What the everloving fuck!?!?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
How can you hate any song that has lyrics like this:
Muskrat Susie, Muskrat Sam
Do the jitterbug out in muskrat land
And they shimmy
And Sammy’s so skinny
And they whirled and they twirled and they tangoed
Singin’ and jingin’ the jango
Floatin’ like the heavens above
It looks like muskrat love
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
That song went to #4 in the nation
And people wonder what sparked the punk movement.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll give you 3 worse songs right now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALFXrMW8jqo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOrD5kqyov0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqf2-5AHapU
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 27, 2011 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I wanted to give you more variety, but man, Yung Curt is awful
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 27, 2011 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Worse than this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCCG7QkM_c
?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Thank God I was born in the 80s.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I hate you people getting to skip through 70’s music and most of the 80’s music and become aware of music only when music got really good again. Then again, us old folks appreciated Nirvana that much more because we to suffer through the Boston, Toto, Journey, and Motley Crue eras to finally get there
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you for getting that damn song stuck in my head for the rest of this Sunshine Day because once it’s in there, it never, ever, ever, ever leaves
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey I coulda posted something by the Partridge Family or the Monkees….
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
The Monkees were great.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 27, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I love the Monkees too. Even have them on iTunes
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think that counts
It’s sung by 8 year olds
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 27, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Not even close
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Because they are so much worse?
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 27, 2011 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That is Mozart compared to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBYV_7a0FQs
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
If you can’t get into a song about Muskrat Susie and Muskrat Jim falling in love, you have no heart.
And besides, both of you are wrong as if you’re talking rap nastiness, there’s nothing that can compare to this:
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I consider it garbage.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Okay, okay. I like Kansas.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
THERE WAS A SONG CALL 'DISCO DUCK'!!!
DISCO FUCKING DUCK! AND IT WENT TO #1 IN THE NATION.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
That would be the 98 percent I consider garbage, yes.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
It was a cultural barren wasteland
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
But that very same year (‘76), the Ramones released their first album, and Songs in the Keys of Life came out. And I hate it, but I’m sure other people don’t, so did “Hotel California” and “Boston.” And one of the Greatest Albums of All-Time, 2112.
So it wasn’t all bad
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes it was, it was a horrible, horrible year. So horrible Punk happened.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
And one of the Greatest Albums of All-Time, 2112.
Punk happened because of albums like this.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Christ, Frampton Comes Alive came out in ‘76 and Kiss was super-popular. The mid 70’s definitely is in competition with late 90’s, early aughts in terms of cultural suckiness.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
What I'm trying to figure out
Apparently there’s someone who likes the Ramones and Stevie Wonder and thinks Rush made one of the best albums of all time. The mind reels.
Maybe not 2112 but Moving Pictures and Signals are pretty damn awesome.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Pop(ular) music of the 70s was garbage, tis true
But the late 70s was probably the best period in rock history.
Yep. ‘77-’79 were as good as any period in music
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Rage Rock. That’s what was horrible.
Rap rock/metal started with Anthrax, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More…
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 27, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Bizkit, Korn, Linkin Park, and……Kid Rock were considered “Rap/Rock” Faith No More was at least partially punk and definitely not the type of band to unironically name an album after a euphimism for anal sex. Chili Peppers on the other hand….
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Dan Uggla’s nookie.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
SEKSUAL ESCAPADES!!!
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Oct 27, 2011 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Original Projections
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
I didn’t even comment in that thread. Looks at date of post…..I would have been just starting up the league season for the girls. I was trying to set projections for my own players.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Apparently Japan was having bigger issues at that time than the Giants were. Man, that was this year? Seems like ages ago, then again 2011’s been a laaaaaaaaaawng year.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Apparently, I didn't make one either
But I did post this as an answer to the question of what the Giants would do if AT&T Park was deemed unsafe:
They would build a brand new stadium shaped like the World Series trophy
And they would call it "FU DODGERS PARK AT NON-TARP POINT". It would be constructed entirely of cement mixed with Phillies and Rangers tears.
I would be called to throw out the first pitch.
After AT&T was fixed, the Giants would leave the stadium empty and refuse to let the A’s play there.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Ross
Hurt part of the year
Threw his bat a lot (more on days he had bad games)
Occasionally would put together a few hot weeks with the bat
Solid defense, arm and range, can play all OF spots
I like him, but not at a high price….
If he resigns
next years projections need to include umber of bats thrown. and then we need to keep count
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 2:53 PM PDT reply actions
It was just hanging around with nothing to do this Fall.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
They haven't heard of the Rainy Day Fund yet
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Yahoo is a local company. They just showing some love….maybe.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Oct 27, 2011 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
texeria, gonzales, no money
It should basically be the cubs logo three times
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea, I would like that
It would be as aweful as see Bonds wear the Blue, or Oral Hershiser wear the Orange and Black.
by Myemail21479 on Oct 27, 2011 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Oral Hershiser wear the Orange and Black.
Heh
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder how long till we see this on Yahoo!
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
There is a team on the moon?
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Oct 27, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
THAT'S NO MOON!!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
by Merope on Oct 27, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
THAT'S A ZITO FASTBALL !!
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
The team actually plays in a hollywood sound stage
The first six innings are overrated.
it was more about the random teams yahoo and others will throw out for rumors
might as well be a team on the moon for all the research they do
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
BREAKING NEWS: Matt Cain signs a 7 year deal with the Death Star Planet Blasters
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s blasphemy- he’d never work for the Empire. He’d probably do special missions with Bothans
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m going to rec that photo just because of the sheer all round awesomeness of it all
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Cody could be a right-handed Matt Stairs
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
OT: This tv show is going to be awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MnSCkpHGqz0
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 3:28 PM PDT reply actions
No one makes fun of Tim Allen on my watch!
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 27, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Ive spend way too much time on youtube today
Ths fan made short about a possible VOLTRON movie is so fucking awesome its ridiculous
I really hope it get the MK fan made movie treatment where its used as a basis for an actual feature film
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
So my Mac is like 3 months old
And it’s been really slow lately. Any suggestions* on how to speed it up? I just went to Activity Monitor and quit “diskimages-helper” which was taking up a gaudy amount of space. That seems to have helped.
*Anything involving semi-complicated computer jargon is over my head.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 27, 2011 4:08 PM PDT reply actions
Triple threat
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 27, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
i’ll be interested in diagnosis. similar problem.
by MadisonBumpleganger on Oct 27, 2011 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, you need to reboot it every at least a couple times a week; the resources get low, and everything sloooooows down.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Oh
Its been…a while.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 27, 2011 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
ONYX
You guys went through all of that (see below) and no one suggested Onyx ? For shame
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx or the developers site http://www.titanium.free.fr/index.php
You do need this utility. I have been using it for quite a few years. Cocktail is good as well, but only available as a paid version.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
So my Mac
problem identified
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
by jctGamer on Oct 27, 2011 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 27, 2011 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, the Jobsians are headed your way with torches and pitchforks
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm a PC
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
That’s a handy feature since Dell’s customer service sucks donkey balls.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 27, 2011 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah not partial to Dell at all
been building my own (with some pointers and help from nataku) ever since college.
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’ve actually had pretty good customer service with Dell – when I had to replace the motherboard on my laptop, the representative allowed me to buy a warranty that cost less than the motherboard itself that also came with a technician who’d actually come and fix my computer.
Of course, the computer itself sucks.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
I try to stick with sony but theyre just so damn expensive
so i usually get an hp laptop from costco
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Thus far on my laptop I’ve had to replace the battery twice, get a new cord, and replace the motherboard. And now it doesn’t play video for longer than 5 minutes at a time and overheats constantly. I don’t know what’s wrong with it – I’ve heard it’s either the hard drive or the video card – but either way, something needs to be replaced. Oh, and I’ve had it for 2 years.
Dells suck.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
yeah. I had a dell once
never again
I replaced it with an hp
Ive had it for three years
nothing has broke on it
I just replaced it last month with a newer hp
gave my old one to my brother
it will prolly last another few years
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I always get Dell laptops at work and I hate them with a passion. Completely and totally hate them. My last job I had an HP lap top and thought it was much better and pretty decent. Not as my decent as my Mac laptop but…..
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I bought a Dell XPS laptop in 2009. Haven’t had to repair a thing since I purchased it. The screen isn’t as good as it used to be, but that doesn’t really bother me.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I would say something but I dont want this to happen
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it St. Steven's Day again already?
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 27, 2011 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I really don't know if you have a laptop / desktop
but the last time my computer was running slow and I was getting cpu overtemp errors, this was the reason
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
Good lord.
Do you live in a vacuum cleaner or something?
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Cans of Compressed Air...Buy Some
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
ONYX
You guys went through all of that (see below) and no one suggested Onyx ? For shame
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx or the developers site http://www.titanium.free.fr/index.php
You do need this utility. I have been using it for quite a few years. Cocktail is good as well, but only available as a paid version.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
I am reading this website, and still can't figure out what this application actually does.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
And this year it could be the end of the World Series. Maybe.
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 27, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
WRITTEN IN THE STARS
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Oct 27, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
In mine, she let me wear my Giants hat and I was wearing a Giants hoodie.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
For a moment, I am not a fan of Disneyland
Disneyland
This Day in #DisneyHistory – The Disney-owned Anaheim Angels defeat the San Francisco Giants to win the World Series – 2002
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
For a moment, I am not a fan of Disneyland
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
YOU ARE HISTORY'S GREATEST MONSTER
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
Seconded.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 27, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
YOU ARE THE SECOND GREATEST MONSTER
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 give up
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
Not if you work there.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 27, 2011 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
2nd happiest!
/grabs crotch
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Mr. Lars' Wild Ride!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 27, 2011 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man, at this rate my dad is going to put my history’s greatest monster report card on the fridge to shame me.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 27, 2011 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not a fan of the Disney money grubbing empire.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Disney could have cared less about the Angels as they just saw them as some marketing tie-in with their movies. And yet, they won. When they were bought out by Artie Moreno who at one point was called the Best Owner in sports by, I think, ESPN Mag, they’ve done shit.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I am considering walking around with a fire extinguisher and hosing down every smoker that comes within 500 ft of my apartment.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Try a fire extinguisher filled with muriatic acid.
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 27, 2011 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Let us know ahead of time so we can have the bail money ready.
by mrs. owlcroft on Oct 27, 2011 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you…
I can’t wait for it to start raining again, less smoke when it’s raining.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Also, when it’s 27F outside. Like this morning.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
For me it is worse when it is raining. When it isn’t raining people smoke far from my windows. When it is raining they huddle under the overhang under my window.
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 27, 2011 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I think when it is raining they aren’t outside as much, and I think too the wind blows in a different direction [or there’s just more of it] so we don’t smell it as much.
I keep saying I’m going to go on an all cabbage diet and then park myself outside of their apartment. Noxious as that may be I guess 2nd hand p00t isn’t a health hazard.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Cannot unseen from LSB...
http://www.lonestarball.com/2011/10/27/2515133/world-series-game-6-game-day-thread#81334994
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. Can’t. Stop. Not. Watching. It
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
this will help you unsee it
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
what.the.fuck...
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
GAHHHHH
Thank you for the subject line
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 27, 2011 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll never be able to look at Christina Hendricks the same way again. Thanks Carrott, thanks.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
My new gay girlcrush
The Delta Safety stewardess
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgpzUo_kbFY
Very Joan.
I rhyme with freak.
Good call- I’ve noticed her before. There’s something about her that makes her look like she’d be a lot of fun to hang out with. I think it’s partly because she looks like even she knows those things are stupid
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Oct 27, 2011 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
hmmm must be adblocked or something.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Oct 27, 2011 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
But that's not even Christina Hendriks
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'm saying the original pic from LSB is Vica Kerekes
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, don’t click on any of jct’s links. They are probably NSFW.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 27, 2011 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Gamethread?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/10/27/2519419/open-world-series-gamethread-game-6#comments
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/10/27/2519419/open-world-series-gamethread-game-6#comments
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/10/27/2519419/open-world-series-gamethread-game-6#comments
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I prefer the second one.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 27, 2011 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Jamie McGinn’s appears to be rooting for the Rangers…. or he’s just sick of baseball season.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Interesting. His rooting is weird. He is a Raiders/Rangers fan?
by WhatsAMataHari on Oct 27, 2011 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
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