What We've Been Reduced To
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 10, 2011 11:28 AM PST
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PrintWillie Bloomquist was almost the starting shortstop for the Giants.
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It's November 10th. The offseason has been officially going on for a couple of weeks. Giants fans were worried that the team wasn't going to spend money on free agents. That's not entirely true. They'll spend money, but it's going to be spent using the guidelines from the Brower-Eyre-Herges-Hermanson-Tomko-Feliz-Snow-Hammonds-Mohr-Tucker Doctrine of '02. Spread the money around to average-or-worse players, and hope they come together like Voltron at exactly the right time.
When Bill Neukom was deposed, the article on the move was chilling:
Neukom, it is said, believed that this was his money to spend as he saw fit -- and he did so, increasing payroll and buying new technology for the baseball department, among other expenditures. Instead, the Executive Committee wanted the money to be put in a "rainy-day fund" for use in leaner times.
Couldn't be more clear. Back then, it was a story based on unnamed sources, so we could just hope it was wrong. Now its an offseason strategy. The Giants aren't going cheap, exactly. They aren't slashing payroll, trading away Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain to get prospects, which is what several teams would have to do. I think that's important to remember. They aren't the '98 Marlins.
They aren't the '12 Marlins either, though. The Giants will spend just enough to put veterans on the field, even if those veterans are dinged up and from the Dollar Tree, where Sabean keeps leaving $10 bills as tips in the take-a-penny/leave-a-penny dish. That's the story of the offseason. I don't have an interest in going pirate radio on this. Just a post every couple of weeks will do for the rage quota. So it's time to start looking at how to improve the team under this rainy-day-fund paradigm, in which players will still be signed, but they won't be those players.
Okay. Let's turn chicken poop into chicken salad. Well, maybe not that good. Chicken poop into Chicken McNuggets? Well, maybe not that bad. Let's just look at this pragmatically, then. The Giants want a shortstop. And with good reason -- Brandon Crawford was terrible offensively last year. Terrible. He hit .204/.288/.296, which is worse than Neifi Perez's career line with the Giants. Crawford could get better one day. I'd rather not find out if he can do it next year.
So I'm glad the Giants are on the same page. And as much as I hate to admit it, I'd rather have Bloomquist starting 70% of the games at short than Crawford. Not on a ridiculous two-year deal that eats up some of the remaining budget, but all things being equal, Bloomquist is the better hitter right now. That's how little I want Crawford in the lineup without a full season of AAA numbers to evaluate.
But Bloomquist isn't good. He's not good enough with the glove to tolerate the bat -- think Orlando Cabrera, but not quite as abysmal. Even for a desperate team that isn't willing to spend more than a few million, the Giants can do better. I've seen posts that lump Bloomquist in with Clint Barmes and Yuni Betancourt. That's not fair to Barmes.
In this new world, where a beaten and cynical fan accepts that his team is going to do the same old crap, I'm a huge Clint Barmes fan. Huge. He's the prize of the offseason, if this is how the offseason is going to go. Barmes:
- Can actually field at a really high level, unlike Bloomquist or Yuni
- Has at least one offensive skill at a position where the Giants didn't have any last season
That one offensive skill is power, and Barmes is usually good for a dozen homers or so. Over the last four years, he's hit .253/.307/.413, good for an OPS+ of 85. If my math is correct, the Giants would have won 134 games last year if they had that production from Miguel Tejada. And whenever Barmes is at short for a full season, he puts up gaudy UZR numbers. If that's not your thing, the scouts love him too. The scouts loved Tejada's defense too, but only in the same way that we all love the Vernon Wells trade.
Baggs has encouraging news, then:
Giants are looking for a SS as a fallback to Brandon Crawford. I can tell you Clint Barmes has some big fans on the Giants coaching staff.
Encouraging in that Barmes is so, so much better than Yuniesky Betancourt. Barmes is a complementary player to Crawford, too, so if the Giants want to keep both on the roster, there would be an easy way to split the at-bats. For a normal manager, I mean. Bochy would obviously start Barmes every game. Which, considering the alternatives, isn't necessarily a bad idea.
Is it sad that this is what the Giants have been reduced to? Of course. They need a shortstop, and there's a 28-year-old star on the market, just waiting for a rich team to overpay him. I'd love for the Giants to be that team. But they're not. So considering the items in the bargain bin -- which aren't really bargains -- I choo- choo- choose Clint Barmes.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 11:33 AM PST reply actions
Gimme Carroll.
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
His age freaks me out.
So, so old. Ker-pooooof oh no his bones are dust poooooooof.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 10, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
His injury history is non-existent, isn't it?
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Gotta start somewhere. Who wants to be holding the bag when the music stops?
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
If the bag is putting up a .350 OBP, I'll hold the shit out of it.
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
by GiantPain on Nov 10, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
I’m not saying he wouldn’t be good. I’m just saying that age should be a factor to consider when looking at acquiring him. a .350 OBP would be stellar, unless it’s only for April and May, and then something happens. I can’t predict who will or won’t get injured over a season
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Yes, age is a factor
But I’m guessing Barmes and Carroll will cost a similar amount of money. If that’s the case, gimme Carroll.
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I'd like 38 year old Carroll if we needed a 2B
Not for SS. No one in his entire career has thought of him as a first option at SS, so it would be weird if we did when he was 38.
I’d prefer Barmes, who is younger and a much better defender.
That said, Carroll is a much better idea than Bloomquist.
by hammystyle on Nov 10, 2011 12:31 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
All the defensive metrics rank Carroll as a decent SS defender
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
In limited outings, at a younger age than 38
It’s just kind of wishful thinking to start a guy at SS when he’s hardly done that throughout his career.
by hammystyle on Nov 10, 2011 2:06 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
That is holding the bag only 35% of the time
But I will take it!
by Myemail21479 on Nov 10, 2011 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
Those two will make at least $7 million combined.
by Every6thDay on Nov 10, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
I picture this as your next album.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
OOooooooh Carrrrrrolllllllllll
It’s just a sign away, it’s just a sign away
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
5 years ago.
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Are you sure
Jamey Carroll 2006: 92 wRC+
Jamey Carroll 2011: 104 wRC+
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Yes. I am sure I would rather have his 2006-2011 production than his 2012-2017 production.
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Then I have good news
There is no one suggesting we give Carroll a 5-year deal.
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Here is the point ->
Here is you →
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That’s like less than half an inch away.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 10, 2011 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
In radius?
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ouch
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Jamey Carroll is so old...
…he sometimes gets confused and yells “Get off my lawn!” as he runs on to the field
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Jamey Carroll is a very whelming meh. Having watched him for two years now, he’s incredibly frustrating at the plate, and plays just-good-enough defense at just-enough spots on the infield.
and you figure Doomquist signed for 2/3.8, which is what Carroll signed for before 2010, so you figure he’ll get paid more than that this time around. Base for Carroll is probably 2/6, with something like 2/8-10 not being out of the question depending if someone really wants him to be a starter.
2/6? I'm in
Starts this year and cheap enough to be a utility next year if we upgrade
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Best of luck to him. He and Affeldt can cry together next year.
He’s good for what he is, but his role is something you hope to fill with your 26 year old AAA washouts, not someone you give prime bench money to.
I don't hope for my 26 year old AAA washouts to post OBPs with the best players in the league.
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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
hitting 8th, where he either got pitched around to get to the pitcher or pitched to to get to the pitcher (epending on opponent’s strategy). Hit him 2nd where you’d epect that OBP to play and it’ll disappear.
Interesting observation
Except that in 2011, Carroll’s OBP was actually higher hitting 1st or 2nd in the order than it was hitting in the 8th slot.
On his career, sure, his OBP is higher batting 8th. Anyone’s would be. But his OBP everywhere else is still .340+
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I’d give him 1 year/$4 million if it means only having him for one season. Even though two year contracts aren’t a killer, he’ll be 40 and there’s a good chance he falls off a cliff this year anyway.
What makes him frustrating at the plate? All the not making outs?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe the lack of power?
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
it’s really just roundballs that get through and slap singles that land in front of the RF. He’s the not going to steal any bas, so while getting on base and turning over the lineup is valuable, he’s stuck there.
Unless, you know, someone hitting behind him gets a hit
Which is kinda the whole point.
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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Lead what?
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Is now a good time to point out it's been only three weeks since the end of the season?
And that most things don’t happen to the GM meetings anyways. Or that most FA’s sit on their butts for awhile waiting to see whose offering what? And that the chances of Cabrera being the only offseason acquisition is probably slim?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 11:35 AM PST reply actions
It’s just we have to save our outrage for when things really start happening lest we’re too burnt out in January when the Pirates sign Reyes for $5 million a year and a lifetime supply of Honey Nut Cheerio
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Slim, yes. But the chances of any of the other offseason signings being good? That’s an entirely different question, altogether
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by say hey nation on Nov 10, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Dammit Grant
We were having an amazing conversation about food in the last thread. What is wrong with you?!
Oh wait, this is still a baseball blog, isn’t it?
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 11:37 AM PST reply actions
I miss Waffle House already.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Thankfully, I’ve missed it too.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Nice tires on that car, there. Sure would be a shame if something happened to ’em.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
If Sabes had switchblade shoes, then yes.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
It’s on my bucket list to get me a pair of those. I probably wouldn’t ever use them (probably) but I still want ’em.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
There really are switchblade shoes. Just not these kind.
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I’ve had chili-cheese hashbrowns at Waffle House. I liked them.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
The food item that you puke up may or may not be the one that caused the intestinal distress.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
Oh my.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
No. I’ve never had a GI problem with Waffle House. But obviously, that could vary with location.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I don’t trust anything that comes out of Louisville. Except Bob Edwards.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Or the sluggers
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Ew Waffle House
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I won’t even dignify this with a playful threat. I’m just angry.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
You should write a speech.
“It was LaRoche-Foucault who said: …”
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I’ve never had a good meal at the Waffle House. Maybe the 6th time will be the charm?
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You’d think they would have good waffles.
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It’s not about this restaurant?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Nov 10, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Ooooo, way to draw it all together. Well done. :)
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Any place with an Apple Store and a Williams-Sonoma must have its own magazine.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
I kind of miss getting the WS employee discount.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
hey did I ever tell you I had gumbo for lunch like the day after that subthread
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 10, 2011 11:40 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Which subthread? Where’d you get the gumbo from? What color was it?
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
the Zooey one
There’s a Creole food truck that parks near my office once a week. Pretty killer po’boys.
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 10, 2011 11:48 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Where is this truck? I must go.
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by Andy from DC on Nov 10, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
well, if you're in Seattle
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 10, 2011 11:50 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I make awesome gumbo. Brick red. Done right.
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Interesting
As far as I’m concerned, the very bet gumbos always come from a dark brown roux but that doesn’t mean I haven’t have some great gumbos from red or green rouxs.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
I thought it was that seafood gumbos are on the lighter side, where like a duck or chicken and sausage gumbo would be on the darker side.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Sausage and chicken will always add a little to the color, but I’d say 85-90% of it is the roux. If you start with say, a hazelnut roux, the end result will always be lighter and the flavor will always be more subdued. People of Northern Lousiana Creole heritage (like me) tend to go with browner rouxs (although there are plenty of exception to the rule) while Southerners tend to go lighter or hang more towards a green color. I just firmly believe that the longer you let your roux cook (i.e. the darker it gets) the better it’ll be. I think us Northern’s get it best.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
I do chicken and andouille and make it dark so you get that unctuous, roasty flavor coating the back of your tongue. GAWD I LOVE IT (my favorite food).
Also: the darker the roux, the thinner the stew.
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Yes, as you let the roux cook longer, the flavors get deeper, but the thickening power is reduced.
I have heard that the more delicate flavors of seafood do better with a less aggressively browned sauce, which might help explain the North/South thing (assuming seafood is more common on the Gulf Coast), but it’s all hearsay in my case.
I suppose this is where, in the interest of full disclosure, I have to confess that I am not a fan of green peppers and so have generally avoided creole cooking due to the presence of The Trinity (I do realize this is a personal failing on my part and not an indictment of creole cooking in general).
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
in the interest of full disclosure, I have to confess that I am not a fan of green peppers and so have generally avoided creole cooking due to the presence of The Trinity
As I am not a fan either, I will generally substitute New Mexico Green Chiles or Serrano’s. They work well and allow me to cook Red Beans and Rice, and Gumbo without bell peppers.
Both are fine choices to avoid the overly sweet disaster that is Green Bell Peppers. Serrano’s give the added bonus of heating up the dish a little as well. Just don’t include the seeds or the ribs. That would warm it up a bit too much.
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I personally don’t like green peppers either, which is why I dice them hella tiny and put them in anything early so as to cook them down so you don’t get little bites of green pepper. As to thickening, it’s not a problem I encounter because you simply use more flour as you cook the roux and later the pot if needed. It works wonderfully.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
Why use a green pepper when there's so many perfectly good yellow, red and orange peppers out there?
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
I normally use the heretical red peppers
/is not from Louisiana
IS it true that file will help with the thickening?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
A little, but if you use too much everything’s just gonna end up tasting like okra
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
I'm no fan of mayo
But I do love me some garlic aioli.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 10, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Hell yeah.
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I have a bad feeling about this.
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Also
I don’t have an interest in going pirate radio on this.
And rightly so. Mostly because you have a knack for keeping things in perspective. Best to leave flying off the handle to mooks like me.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 11:40 AM PST reply actions
I’ve gone 12 days without tweeting something positive!
by Every6thDay on Nov 10, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
/high-5
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Ew.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
No that's me.
Yellow on the outside, white on the inside.
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I think we should differentiate
Bananas are the ones that go bad
Twinkies endure forever
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You know what’s interesting? I learned years ago that Twinkies actually have a fairly short shelf life — the whole “they’re indestructible” thing is an urban myth.
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For some reason, I confused you with El Person for a sec and thought “I believe that”
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
they've really done something special
they’ve managed to go from WS championship to my least-favorite, favorite team in like 1 year. I still love the Giants, but I’ll be damned if the cheapskates in charge are getting any more of my discretionary income after this BS.
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
You should try being a Dodger fan. Our owner doesn’t skimp on expenses, he just spends it on himself instead of the team.
honestly, I think you guys are in better shape right now
You’re going to get a new owner and he’s going to have to spend to win back fans. You’ve got tremendous young talent in Kemp and Kershaw.
Giants are unfortunately going to be stuck with the bozos in charge indefinitely. Shiny waterfront stadium, WS championship, paying just enough to make people think you’re competitive without actually being competitive… In a weird way, I’d rather see my team bottom out (a la 49ers, Stanford) than be trapped in a perpetual cycle of mediocrity (Giants, Warriors).
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Good god… I just miss Neukom so much. In 20 years, the legend of bowtie is going to be one we’re passing on to children and grandchildren, isn’t it? The one time the Giants were run by someone competent for a couple of years and he won a world series, then was fired because he forgot to ask whether he could spend profits on improving the team.
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
BOOM.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
You say this until you actually bottom out. Bottoming out is never fun, and the hope of competition is always re enjoyable and more entertaining than having to suffer through multiple seasons of rebuilding.
I have bottomed out with my other teams though
so I know exactly what I’m asking for. As painful as it is at the time, sometimes it’s the only way to get better.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
for instance
I’m much happier with the complete meltdown of Walt Harris at Stanford than I was with the slow, death spiral of Buddy Teevens. Harris royally screwing everything up is what convinced the people in charge that the university’s priorities had to change if they didn’t want to be an NCAA afterthought in football.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
At least if they bottom out, you can divert your attention. I’ve always watched most 49ers games because there are so few and because there’s not much else to do on Sundays, but this is the first time I’ve been emotionally invested in them in almost a decade. I’ve never in my lifetime been emotionally invested in the Warriors.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
It's not all bad
UCLA can still be the Pac-12 South’s sacrificial lamb this year!
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Would love to see them win out, but I’m assured by all the USC people (TBLA’s own Eric Stephen among them) that UCLA winning out is impossible since they still have to play USC.
LOL CAL
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
USC beat Cal’s hockey team 19-2. The next day, they rested all their good players, so they only won 13-2.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
Remember, I was raised a Stanford fan as well.
But really, USC gets a bad rap.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
The penalties that USC got were totally unfair, but I’m okay with that because it’s USC.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
If they were consistent with their penalties to Miami, Auburn, and the OSU, I’d be fine with the USC penalties. But they weren’t, so now I feel like a Red Wings/Canucks fan and join in with the USC fans who say the NCAA is out to get USC.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
I would prefer not to.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Yuniesky is our destiny
Dewgongongong
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
I’m hoping for Gonzalez by chance!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 10, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Deskiny
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!
Yunieskiny.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
He is our density.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
He is my density
"If you can’t make a profit, you should sell your team." - Michael Jordan (Owner, Charlotte Bobcats)
...and I'll form, THE HEAD!!
hope they come together like Voltron at exactly the right time.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
Lolniesky is going to be the sphincter of the 2012 Voltron
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Posey will be the penis.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
ARE YOU CALLING HIM A DICK
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
I’m picturing Posey’s sunny weather face at the end of a giant robot dick. I’m not sure I should have admitted that to people though.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 10, 2011 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
It’s probably best that I’m at work and unable to photoshop this.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
God Emperor of Baseball
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
On topic
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
The aji must flow.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
How did that ever get published with that cover art? That’s so clearly a testicle-less penis it’s not even funny.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
The testicles are buried in the sand.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently Taiwan has a lot of baseball corruption
I didn’t know that.
I blame jctgamer
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
it means
you’ll miss the runway completely.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
or, rather, the airtraffic controller will
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Typical Alabama deadbeats, declaring Chapter 9 like they always do….
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
It’s a terrible story, one that’s been unfolding for years. Jefferson County was the center of our little universe as I was growing up, because it was the population center. Everything was there. I covered it as a reporter in Alabama, and now I’m watching it as an outside observer.
My colleagues at Birmingham’s public radio station WBHM have done an outstanding job of covering the collapse.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
by TheLetter2 on Nov 10, 2011 11:56 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
WBHM is teh awesome.
Jefferson County is still the center of my little universe. I grew up here, moved away for college and then work, and eventually found my way back. I work at the university and live in the Glen Iris neighborhood. This mess got started when I was in grad school in Tuscaloosa, more than 20 years ago.
by Grievous Angel 312 on Nov 10, 2011 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
Are you kidding me? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Welcome, welcome, my fellow Alabamian. We have a lounge I don’t tell the others about. Oh, this is marvelous, indeed.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Your end is near, Calirfornia.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Oh, come on. How come I can’t spell today?
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Sorkinize this
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
This needs to be an app
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
My new favorite verb.
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Nov 10, 2011 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Here's the sample scene (I could not morph this to fit a spelling mistake, alas)
DONNA
Okay. Well, I’m Donna Moss and this is my boss.
JOSH
Josh Lyman.
TOBY
Toby Ziegler.
DONNA
Anyway, we’re very crunched for time and we think that you…
TOBY
I work at the White House.
FRIEND 2
Wow, humongous whoop.
JOSH
Come on. He’s Communications Diretor. It’s a decent-sized whoop.
FRIEND 1
How many unborn babies did you guys kill today?
JOSH
Whoa, hey, danger, Will Robison. Tyler, no fooling around. We’ve got 15
minutes to get
to a plane that is 3 miles from here. That plane— I swear to God— is taking
off at 1:00.
TYLER
It’s taking off a 1:00?
JOSH
Yes it is.
KIKI
Are you guys stupid or something? It’s 1:45 right now.
JOSH
It’s 12:45.
KIKI
No, not here it’s not.
DONNA
Oh, my God, she’s right.
TYLER
See, we crossed over from Unionville to Dearborn County which doesn’t observe
Dalight Saving Time.
KIKI
I think it’s the other way around, genius.
TYLER
What did I ever do to you?
DONNA
It says on the schedule, “All times are local.” This is why I couldn’t get
anyone on their cell.
JOSH
Wait. Wait. No. No. You’re not… We changed time zones? We changed time… We
changed time zones?!
TYLER
It’s a-a common mistake.
JOSH
Not for the U.S. government!
TOBY
What kind of schmuck-ass system could this possibly…
JOSH
That’s good! That’s perfect!
TOBY
How did…? I don’t understand.
JOSH
Perfect. Just the break I’m looking for.
TOBY
What do…? What do…? People, they just… They reset their watches when
they commute?
JOSH
I can’t take working here.
TOBY
They just change their watches every time they cross a time zone? What is
this, a joke?!
JOSH
Serving my country.
DONNA
Okay, this is a whole new thing now. My guys are going to need to walk this
off a bit before
they can regroup. Kiki, you and your friends get back to school. Tyler,
you and I are going
to come up with a plan to get us to a commercial airport.
by Every6thDay on Nov 10, 2011 2:53 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Paradox
Before I read this post, I was thinking about how Barmes would indeed be a good fit.
Then I read the article and wondered: did I come to this conclusion solely because Barmes matches our needs, or because I’ve been reading McC since 2004.
/scratches head
Proud new co-dad of Travis Ishikawa. And ishikaBOOM Goes the Dynamite.
HIVE MIND, ACTIVATE
The first six innings are overrated.
Really?
I’m supposed to be happy with Clint Barmes?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Who said anything about people here being happy?
The first six innings are overrated.
Remember, no Reyes.
Lopez for 4.5 million, yes. Affeldt for 5, yes. Cabrera for 4, yes. Another 4 for Barmes? Certainly sounds like something they’d do.
That’s 17.5 million next year. But no Reyes. Screw you for asking.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
if they re-sign Beltran
I will forgive them for a lot of this other cheap crap. But I’m not getting good vibes there.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Where does it say we’re going to get Barmes or that’s the plan? It’s just more idle speculation
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair I am also propelloring so it’s not exactly idle.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
It’s all idle speculation. This one starts with the rather reasonable premise that the Giants won’t spend any money on big free agents. If you accept that premise and look for who is desirable if Rollins and Reyes are not on the table, that’s where Barmes comes in.
If you disagree with the premise, you don’t need to go mucking about with whatever the conclusion might be.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I agree there’s a whiff of sense to it but in the past two weeks the Giants have “signed” all sorts of players, causing all sense of vapors, and none of them happened. The one thing that did happen was something nobody expected. And again, nobody really knows what’s going on or if they’re thinking about Beltran and that it’s still way too early too assume the 2012 lineup is locked in and have already locked up 3rd place.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I don’t know who’s assuming that. I figured it was mostly a thought experiment. IF the Giants are going cheap, THEN [baseball player] would be a good option. It’s all speculation, and we still have to wait and see. I think it’s reasonable to want the Giants to spend on a good but pricey player (and I think they should), and I think it is reasonable to expect them not to (because they’ve given plenty of hints that they won’t).
I’m willing to wait and see, though. It’s not like I really have a choice.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I think that’s kind of what I was saying or thinking or what have you. I just like trying to keep away from the ledge
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
We just offered Willie Bloomquist a multiyear multimillion dollar deal
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
What’s going to really hurt is when some other team signs some much better player for $4 million or less either because they waited and let the market play out or because they are much better at selling their team as a free agent destination.
by Every6thDay on Nov 10, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
JJ Hardy is looking pretty damn good right now.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
He looked damn good at the time
But Sabean threw up his hands and said. Fuck it, I’m going with Miguel Tejada.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Given how quickly the Giants signed Tejada, I’d say he was their target all along.
by Every6thDay on Nov 10, 2011 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
I wouldn’t be surprised if he never even discussed a trade for Hardy.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 10, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
In a word, no. If we traded for Hardy then we wouldn’t have been able to get Tejada and Cabrera – obviously not being able to field a team that makes you want to stab your eyes out and pour whiskey in the wounds.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 10, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
This is obviously hyperbole as I wouldn't waste whiskey in such a way.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Yeah that's fine.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
The Giants needed his informations about San Diego.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I subscribe to the theory that it would have cost the Giants more than what it cost the Orioles but even then he would probably have been worth it.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I agree
Maybe if we trade those pieces a) we’re still good enough where we dont have to trade for Beltran or b) Sabes feels our system is too shallow to trade Wheeler
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
The more I think about it, the more certain I am Craford won't be starting
Sabean doesn’t trust rookies, and I don’t necessarily mean that as an insult to him. Not every rookie is Buster, and Sabean knows that, so he has a long history of not just handing a position to a rookie. There’s always a back up plan, always someone who can take over if things don’t go well, some sort of training wheels. Buster had Molina, Bumgarner had Wellemeyer, Belt had Huff, and that’s just in the last few years. Those were all better prospects than Crawford too, so there’s no way there won’t be some kind of plan B, even if it’s Fontenot.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 10, 2011 12:09 PM PST reply actions
Bocock was never "Plan A"
He only got called up because Omar got hurt
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
He shouldn’t have been Plan B either.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
His name is "Brian Bocock". What plan letter did you expect?
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
N?
Not an option?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
But his name isn’t Nrian Nocock, lucky for him.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 10, 2011 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
I don't have the link.
But someone tweeted the Giants are actually looking for a back up SS. So I think there plan is to start Crawford and sign someone who’s actually worse than Crawford.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
Baggs talked about it.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
And there plan was to let Bumgarner be the 5th starter, and Nate was going to be a starting OF, no wait, Bowker, no, Nate. We’re starting a youth movement!
It’s always the plan; it’s never the reality.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 10, 2011 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
Shortstop is not in my top 3 list of worries. Crawford will be fine. Let’s worry about LF, and RF, who will replace Zito in June when he’s in the middle of a 6-game losing streak.
"He has maybe one of the best arms I've ever seen; he could be playing by the concession stand and he's not out of position." - Andy Skeels, talking about 3B Chris Dominguez.
LF is Belt, although he’ll probably be platooned with somebody else… just because
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Belt-Cabrera-Schierholtz
Sandoval-Crawmes-Burriss-Huff
Posey
is a young team, at least.
by Every6thDay on Nov 10, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
What in Crawford's professional history gives u hope that "he will be fine"
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
He's dreamy?
"If you can’t make a profit, you should sell your team." - Michael Jordan (Owner, Charlotte Bobcats)
He is SO FINE
mmmmm
But not a good hitter.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
A new Cain commerical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNhDwc7azg
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 10, 2011 12:17 PM PST reply actions
Cain’s grin is creepier than Mike Tyson’s. Imagine that.
by non sequitur on Nov 10, 2011 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
WHO IS THIS GUY I WANT MATT
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
That’s my stance, too.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
MATT CAIN 2020
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
If for no other reason that to see him in a suit. Daaaaaammmmmmn.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I wonder where he stands on a default by Italy.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
BLOG: CAIN PICKS UP HIGH-PROFILE ENDORSEMENT
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
by TheLetter2 on Nov 10, 2011 1:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Cain Linked To Man Advocating Reckless Spending on Infrastructure and Development
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LOL
Is that Murph right behind Bochy ? Check out that look.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
SOON
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I think Casilla knows about Barack dating his sister
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
You know what Funny or Die? This is a go-kill-yourself moment. The irony that they would use a convicted rapist and alleged wife-abuser to satirize a guy who is alleged to have grouped half a dozen women is apparently completely lost on them.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Regarding Funny or Die, mostly I just wish they would do one or the other of those things.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
It’s typecasting.
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Nov 10, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
I feel
That after the other big teams sign up all the big names, the Giants will be picking through the discount racks with the other non-spenders
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Nov 10, 2011 12:32 PM PST via mobile reply actions
If Orlando Cabrera is starting again next year I am going to throw myself down the stairs.
by wcw on Nov 10, 2011 12:33 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Do you love it? I got it for Ross.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
This made me laugh.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Nov 10, 2011 1:01 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
You know what’s nice? Watching YouTube videos of Bumgarner. They warm my heart on this chilly November day.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
He looks so much better with short hair.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Mid-length is good for him, circa late 2009 or shortly after that haircut in 2010.
As of the end of 2011 he looked like Fabio with no cheekbones.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
It really is.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
The last five minutes of the video though are really rather under-produced.
by non sequitur on Nov 10, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
One True Pairing
Original Transgressive Pairing (more limited use)
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Often in internet fandom, an OTP in the first sense is an OTP in the second
Like Buster/MadBum.
Or Jack/David in Newsies.
Of course, the original slash duo, for whom the term was invented, is an OTP in both senses: Kirk/Spock.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Hubby says he had a dream last night that for my birthday I got to get hit in the face with a pie by Brian Wilson, then I got to go home with him. Hubby & Kruk then went to have a drink at the Public House.
Why don’t’ I have dreams like this?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
This may be an apt point to bring up my brother, briefly in town, going to the opening of a women’s boutique in town and running into Mr. Wilson. They chatted a bit, and bonded as my brother said he felt a little weird going to the opening of a women’s boutique, and having Mr. W. finish his thought, “..then I realized: I’m going to the opening of a women’s boutique !”
What did you do at Brian Wilson's house...?
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Your husband dreamed that he casually shared a beer with Kruk while you went home with Brian Wilson?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 10, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
oh my!
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Blanche? Blanche! Wake up!
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
We should have an MCC Moonlight Madness party.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Kiss a fool
Help a holy man
Reveal betrayal of a loved one
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
You know what this means.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Mad Dirty
"I saw it coming," Sanchez said. "It’s been that way since I got to the big leagues in 2006 that they wanted to trade me. Nothing came out but, every year, it was the same thing. It was time for me to go to a different place and another team. My name kept coming up every trading deadline. It never happened. It did now."
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
BLOATED
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair
Every word of that is true.
I’m sure he’ll tell his agent that he’ll take a salary discount in exchange for a no-trade clause as soon as he’s an FA.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
He’s fiery!
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by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
I think after he criticized the front office, walked the tenth hitter in one inning, and then slacked off during rehab should give one a pretty good indication that they’ll be traded too
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
I wish him the best of luck
And honestly, it might just take a completely new environment and a new staff for him to get his mechanics together. And maybe a low pressure team in KC will do him good.
I’ll root for him except when he’s playing against us.
And maybe a low pressure team in KC will do him good.
Weather map!
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
...
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
by TheLetter2 on Nov 10, 2011 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 9 recs
I’ll help
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
I haz a sad
Better days…
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
by bigboneded on Nov 10, 2011 1:38 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I can see Sanchez’ bad attitude in that picture!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Thought bubble: “Ever throw a no hitter? I didn’t THINK so!”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 1:41 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
PALE TWINKY TWERP
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
“Ha! His eyebrows are not nearly as nice as mine”
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Soon I will be the ace of my own team! Bwahahaha
Oh, wait. Does it have to be Kansas City? Really?
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
SOON
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
He looks jealous of Timmy
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
/sigh
It’s nothing new that I like him. Hopefully he won’t be playing on tenterhooks in KC. Better luck to him.
Vroom. Walks. Five positions. Justin Christian
I've been fully suckered into the Twitterverse. Oops.
yeah, he's bitter now
wait until he has to pitch for that horrible KC offense
Wait, wut?
[Poorly Wrought THING] is what Brian Sabean would have made if he were a [THING-maker] instead of a MLB GM
lololol
"Tim Lincecum is so white that when he goes to Daly City he disappears"
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
My immigration lawyer: "I live in Daly City."
Me: “But you’re not Filipino!”
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Have fun freaking out over shortstops, nerbs.
I won’t be around much for the next week or two. Too much actual work at work. Happy dreams of [your favorite Giant or CJ Wilson here] to you all!
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I’m mr. Gamer
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
can of corn
by jctGamer on Nov 10, 2011 1:06 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
LOL Missing Barry
“Too much OT! Change to suit me!”
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
From Fangraphs:
At $4 million, Barajas is currently the highest paid player on the (Pirates’) roster.
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Yikes.
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!
This kind of stuff happens all the time though with teams like that
I remember reading last year than Orlando Hudson was the first FA signed to a multi-year deal by the Padres in like 10 years or some insane number.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
lol giants offer to bloomquist
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 10, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Of course, you could also look at it as one of the reasons why the Pirates haven’t been competitive since 1991
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
We should just keep taking their players.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
and that’s another reason why they haven’t been competitive since ’91
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
having lunch in another cafe right now
I feel like I’m cheating on my waitress
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
can of corn
by jctGamer on Nov 10, 2011 12:56 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
The Giants aren't unwilling to spend money.
The Giants are unwilling to spend money on good players.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
No, I still want Jimmy Rollins.
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 still think that could be the big FA of the offseason, actually. Probably should work something up on that.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 10, 2011 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
I’m thinking it all leads to Rollins or Cuddyer and maybe another 4th outfielder Fontenot type too.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
If Nate is our starting right fielder next year, Timmy and Matt are leaving and I wouldn’t blame them.
No one here gets out alive.
Wait, I thought we liked Nate? I’m confused now
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
You should talk about how he grew up really really close! I don’t think people know.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 10, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
I'm "working something up as" we speak
who wants to see?
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
You promised us a "Month Of Rollins"
And now we’ve just had a day of Barmes.
Must you be so unrelentingly disappointing?
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!
Age is overrated
There are lots of good middle infielders like Rollins who had a solid run through their 30’s. It’s his athleticism that sets him apart.
by hammystyle on Nov 10, 2011 2:25 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
His .329 career OBP
would have been 2nd among Giants who played in 100+ games last season.
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Rollins frightens me for some reason
It’s not entirely rational, and it might be Rowand PTSD related, but my gut does not want.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
I just realized that Beltran is totally Ellis Burks
Has this been noted?
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Na, Burks wasn’t SELFISH
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
although with all the time he missed with injuries, it felt like he only played for two months
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
Both RFs with 900+ OPS with SF
Mid 30s, bad knees, question mark whether Giants will re-sign.
Biggest difference is that Beltran is a switch hitter
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Crazy Crab was
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
True story
Sean Connery was at a Giants game and asked the Crazy Crab to throw him a ball. When he wouldn’t, Connery said “Don’t be so shellfish.”
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
I tried not to, but every time I read that, I read it in Sean Connery’s voice.
by S. Pickford #25 on Nov 10, 2011 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
This whole situation fucking sucks.
This team can afford top tier free agents.
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
I’ve brought this up before, but how do we really know they can afford top free agents? Especially when they’re paying off some of the other top free agents they signed?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Alas, it wasn't as fruitful as I hoped.
Given what we do know, there is evidence to suggest that the Giants could afford or stand to do a lot of the things you dismiss using the “how do we really know?” defense.
If they can't, they should be able to
They’re selling out and Giants merchandise is everywhere. Teams like that are the teams that get top free agents.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
3rd in Attendance in 2011
http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Note that the two teams above the Giants have much larger stadiums.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Note that their average was still 3rd highest
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
It isn't even just attendance
It is their cable deal, merchandising, national broadcast cut, Extra Innings, MLBAM web money. They are raking in cash. Anyone saying different is looking for excuses that aren’t there.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
Not saying different or making excuses
But I’d love to see their books before I say with such certainty what their P&L looks like.
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Which set?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
But we don’t know for sure. Everybody assumes that they can throw money all over the place but maybe they can’t? Or maybe they’re holding most of their money to resign Timmy and Matt? I really wish Baggs or Schulman can dig around and found it because whether or not we can become the next Sox or Yankees is really unkown. And with the exception of those two teams and the Phillies (who are spending way more than they can), every other team has budget limitations too
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Why would you spend money you don’t have? They are a business, after all. If they can’t afford a $180 million dollar contract, they why should they agree to it.
Again- I don’t know what they can or can’t afford and I wish they had an owner who didn’t care either way but unless we know for sure, we can’t assume things
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
AGAIN
So they had the third highest attendance and raised tickets prices
And payroll remains the same.
In what universe do you feel that is justified?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
AGAIN
We don’t know what their finances or how much they can afford or what they’ve decided to spend money on.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
I love that I provide at least some for of evidence for my statement
In addition to all the articles that came out after Neukom was ousted
And your response is
WE JUST DONT KNOW.
/closes eyes
/plugs ear
Lalalalalala
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
PROSECUTOR: “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we’ve shown you the weapon used in the commission of this crime. We have eyewitness testimony. The victim identified his attacker through a police lineup and then again right here, in front of us all, in open court when he took the stand to testify. There’s DNA evidence found at the scene. The victim’s wallet and credit cards were found in the defendant’s vehicle. With all this physical evidence we have shown beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime took place and that the defendant committed it. Thank you.”
DEFENSE ATTORNEY Dingoes Ate My Baby: “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I say again, we just don’t know. Thank you.”
And it turns out the jury is composer entirely of twelve GiantPains.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Declared a mistrial? The jurors could agree on nothing other than Jose Reyes.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 10, 2011 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
For starters...
Got any stats about how their TV/Radio revenue and how it compares to the other teams?
How about concession contracts?
How about parking revenues? Lots of teams have more parking than the Gs.
And there’s also the ballpark. There’s the mortgage, but there’s also revenue from other events. I have no idea what the net expense is.
In short, we don’t have enough facts to know with any certainty one way or another.
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Ok let me work on that 100 page presentation of the Giants revenue streams and growth projections
Do you ever come to a conclusion without every piece of evidence because it’s a reasonable conclusion given the evidence you do have?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Attendence =/= Total Revenue minus total expenses
Your narrative is like determining how good a player is based on just on batting avg. Since when is asking for meaningful stats a crime here?
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Just going off that Forbes report,
it’s entirely possible there’s no more money left.
$230 million in revenue in 2010 and $114 in payroll expense…
without knowing how much is their operating cost and their debt payment it still certainly seems plausible that they’re at the edge of payroll expenses.
And their revenue this year could only have increased, what 10%? That might be negated entirely with their revenue sharing payment increase.
And let's talk about that payroll figure
That’s just player payroll, correct? I’m pretty certain it wouldn’t include other employees (coaches, FO, ushers, janitors, ticket sales) salaries & benefits. I’m also pretty sure it wouldn’t include signing bonuses for draft picks and international players.
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
I would hazard that MLB payroll ($125 million) + plus other payroll and baseball-related organizational costs (academies, scouts, bonuses, etc.) doesn’t exceed $150 million. I mean, that’s obviously just an “out of thin air” guess, but it seems to make sense. It’s a nice, round number.
How much did they pay in signing bonuses last year?
I don’t know where to look.
A quick search revealed they have 1500 employees
Some of those would be part-timers, but let’s say half are ful-time, non-mlb players. If you figure those 750 average $100,000 in salary and benefits, that’s another $75M. If the other 750 are hourly, non-benfited employees (Game day people like ushers, groundscrew, ticket people, janitors, etc), they might average $10,000 each, which would be another $750K.
It’s very conceivable that they’re all-up personel expenses are upwards of $200M.
This is out of my butt, but my butt and I do have 25 years experience in business/finance.
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Ugh "they're" should be "their"
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
It seems to me that 100K is probably an overestimate for full-time non-mlb players. Aren’t analysts and the like notoriously underpaid?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
But Sabean/Bochy/etc are making a million or 2 right? That’s gotta bring the mean up a bit.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
Also, their website lists about 25 or 26 vice presidents.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
That's a lotta vice
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Yeah, but I figured salaries like Sabean, Bochy and Evans offset the cheap guys
All you need is about a $75-80K salary to get to $100K once you add benefits (health, dental, 401K matching
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Okay, then let’s be extra conservative in their revenue bump from 2010-2011 and say it was only a 5% increase. That’s $241.5 million in strictly team revenue. That doesn’t include anything from MLBAM or non-baseball promotions/events at the stadium. I suppose other advertising should be factor in as revenue, too, or marketing partnerships… I only know that they get about $2 million a year from the naming rights (wikipedia was my source for that, however). Let’s be generous with all that and say that the Giants’ total revenue per year, then, is something like $275 million.
And from reading this article, it would appear that MLBAM adds another $3 million dollars to the team’s coffers. I don’t have a number for what MLBN provides, if anything.
I didn't realize the $230M didn't include MLBAM or naming rights
Are you sure they don’t? Either way, you’ve still got a lot of other expenses like:
- Security/police/paramedics (someone’s gotta take care of jponry’s face)
- Electrity/water (lots of beer = lots of toilet flushes)
- Employee embezzlement
- Promotions/marketing/advertising
- Community/charity
- Mortgage
- Lease payments for land
And I have no idea what expenses they have in the minors and internationally.
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
The Giants are actually
just above average for club value (average is about $523 million) and only after they won the WS.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I just looked at that link
It appears the $230M was all income (less debt service), so that would include gate receipts ($140M) TV/Radio, mlbam, mlbtv, everything.
Knowing that. I don’t think they’re sitting on huge profits.
As you suggested, revenue might have gone up 5% r so, but we know they raised payroll by at least that much.
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Amazing bullet point
Security/police/paramedics (someone’s gotta take care of jponry’s face)
Poor jponry
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 10, 2011 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Also
litigation costs/settlement payouts
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I’m gonna say baloney to the $230 million in revenue. Let’s just do a quick bit of math. So, we know that every Giants game was sold out. That’s 42,000 tickets a pop. Knowing that, let’s adopt a fanciful world wherein every Giants fan in attendance pays an average of 30 bucks to get into the game and attend it in full, drinks, food, and all. Multiply that by 82 games. That’s $103 million for attendance alone. When we go from the patently ridiculous $30-dollar-per-game assumption and instead go toward an elevated but undoubtedly still conservative figure of $60 per fan in attendance, the revenue jumps to $206 million (fancy math!). So, $230 million…. Yeah, right.
I’m looking forward to the excuses when the stadium is paid off.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Okay. I guess Forbes does not know how to read a balance sheet.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I’m thinking it has more to do with MLB lies than Forbes incompetence.
And I would also like to point out that MLB has been lying about its total earnings for over 100 years. It’s not a leap of faith.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
$60 a game is way too high
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
According The Fan Cost Index, the average price for a family of four to attend a baseball game in San Francisco in 2010 was $220. So $55 a head. So definitely not ‘way’ too high.
Fun fact: in Sand Diego, the same night cost $120.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
This is factoring in food, beer, merchandise, etc right?
Adopted Giant: Mike Fontenot
He's like Grant, but fun size.
Occasionally, I tweet.
No, just beer.
/holds up hand for hi five
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
/misses high five
//falls into wall
///still moving better than Tejada
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 11, 2011 12:07 AM PST up reply actions
I attended 36 games last year and brought my own hooch and food. I have to admit to 32 lemonades with “extra ice” though.
I guess that I am the exception and DAMN!- families on the weekend are attending a “wait in line pay for food festival” with a baseball game theme.
2 inning long lines for a freaking $9 sundae.
I’d almost rather do the wave.
OK I TAKE THAT LAST PART BACK.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 11, 2011 12:06 AM PST up reply actions
For you, yes.
And for a lot of us who go often. But remember there’re a lot of people who go to just a handful of games, and it’s An Event every time. They have to get their Cha Cha Bowl, and they have to get their Widmer, the kids split cotton candy and a Red Rope, and every year they get a new hoodie, etc.
I mean, I usually go cheap on Stubhub to about 20 games a year, and I almost never buy merch (I have enough), and I can easily hit $60 a game. Especially if I hit Public House.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Golden Gate Beer Bars | Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Nov 10, 2011 6:36 PM PST up reply actions
Does the team sell concessions?
I thought they sell concession rights
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Seriously, hwere did you get $60?
I have Premium Lower Box seats and they’re like $45 a piece.
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Than You Goofus
for making my point a lot better than I did
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe that was phrased wrong
But from what we can see, the Giants have enough cash flow that they ought to be able to spend. What could be constraining them?
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
As I tried to show above
Determining their cash flow is tricky and total attendance tells just a fraction of the story.
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand how a simple statement of saying we don’t really know what the team’s budget is would cause such a stir unless everybody knows except for me. Among things we don’t know is how much is the team spending (you know, in scouting, the farm system, building up a presence in Latin America). Then there’s debt payments (which freaked out the team before) and are they still paying off Bonds’ contract? I do pretty much think they’re playing cheap and it sucks but I’m also saying I’ve never believed they’d make a play for both Reyes and Beltran because they’d never dish out the money.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
All of those numbers are easily looked up. The internet is a fun and informative place. Take a spin.
And I have seen you bring up the Bonds thing before. The amount of money they are still paying him on his personal services contract is relative chump change. 1 or 2 million a year. Debt service? About 17 million or less than Zito will make next year.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
Let's play your game
I’ve never met you.
I don’t really know that you aren’t Angela Merkel.
JUST SAYING. WE DONT KNOW FOR SURE.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
This whole back and forth has made me pine for going back and forth with GiantPain because even when it’s obvious that he thinks you’re an idiot, he is at least is respectful about it.
Also, if you see the debate above, you’ll see I have a point.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 10, 2011 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, my VPN blocks HardBallTimes.com…I wonder what it thinks it is.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Tough testicles?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I love that site, but I find the Eastern European accents hard to decipher.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
GagBallTimes.com
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
SOLD OUT!
I did. I drank Flan’s moonshine and got to keep the jar. I’m working on a fan shot that no one will read.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
/plans on not reading it
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t read it before it was cool to not read it.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
I posted tl:dnr, but actually read it—and enjoyed it. Dont tell gah’s bong.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
I’m sweating moonshine and won’t remember.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
possible interest for you
A year later we had a rock and roll band, and the rest is pretty well documented
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
What MLB owns tickets.com?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 10, 2011 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
And I think it’s also fair to consider the increase in the value of the franchise as part of the value to the owners. If the ownership group buys the team for, say, $150 million, and sells it down the line for $700 million, investing an extra $15-20 million in an occasional year doesn’t seem so outrageous.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
How do the Padres have a higher avg road attendance?
by S. Pickford #25 on Nov 10, 2011 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Should have been more clear, why do they have a higher road attendance than the giants? It can’t be solely due to them not being in SD can it?
by S. Pickford #25 on Nov 10, 2011 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
I think that's the reason, actually
The Padres and Giants play similar road schedules, except that the Padres play a number of road games in San Francisco but the Giants play those games in San Diego. It makes a large difference, I would imagine.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
It just seems like even with that, the Giants draw far more fans at away games than the Padres do. Maybe Giants fans just all buy the tickets on stubhub.
by S. Pickford #25 on Nov 10, 2011 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
Also increased their ticket prices the most
The San Francisco Giants increased their prices the most from last year. Their average ticket went up 14.1 percent to $25.04 after they won the World Series.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Yeah. Just got my invoice. Ouch
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
No Reyes for you. You watch Crawford and eat your $7 hot dog.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I miss heimy.
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I like watching Crawford. In the field at least.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
So they had the third highest attendance and raised tickets prices
And payroll remains the same.
In what universe is do you feel that is justified?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
In this one...
Where the investors feel they have to make back the “rainy day fun” that Neukom spent, that bastard.
A twisted logic but likely 100% true.
Which top free agents are those?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Trade Rumors
“The A’s, Nationals, Mets and Indians could be interested in Norichika Aoki, the three-time Central League batting champion who will be posted this offseason, according to ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick. SI.com’s Jon Heyman suggests those same four teams could be interested in Grady Sizemore (Twitter links).”
Translation: The A’s are having a more ambitious offseason than the Giants.
/wrist
Don’t they always? Isn’t that how they ended up with Coco Crisp, David DeJesus aJosh Willingham? Guys wo have been good coming off injury seasons? Sizemore fits them perfectly.
GET OFF MY LAWN!
When I turned 35 last Spring I decided I no longer trust the Giants to sign a baseball player older than I am. I’m sticking by it.
I think Larry Baer thinks that if the Giants did nothing, the fans would show anyway at AT&T.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I disagree
They learned that lesson in 2008 when the sell outs began going away.
Giants ownership are not dumb. They understand the revenue generated after winning the WS was like nothing they have ever seen. They are not going to cut spending when they know they can double each cent they spend.
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Giants ownership are not dumb.
I’m not sure what makes you say this.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Because
they are made up of extremely intelligent people who are extremely successful at business.
The other good thing about this ownership is that there are no big egos (ala Frank McCourt). That could be a bad thing as well if the team is directionless.
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
In the business of picking their parents.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
they are made up of extremely intelligent people who are extremely successful at business.
Tori and Trina aren’t successful businesspeople. They’re the children and heirs of successful businesspeople.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
Contact the Burns Sisters.
Consult your rolodeces folks, can anyone here contact them by text, telex, cable, fax, phone, e-mail, semaphore, aldus lamp, smoke signal, or homing pigeon?
RE: rainy day fund — fact or fiction?
rolodeces?
Sounds disgusting.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
Didn’t the Burns sisters recently sell a large portion to other investors? I don’t want to kill a great McC meme, but I swear I read something about that somewhere.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
#OccupyFranklinGuy
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
he's in the 0.1%
The joke is, the bottom 0.9% of the 1% have more in common with the unwashed 99% than they do with the 0.1%.
It’s the Walton heirs and the Koch brothers world. We just pay rent.
Agreed.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
They should sell to Warren Hellman
Then we’d get free bluegrass too.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
Emmylou Harris playing 2B and batting second!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 11, 2011 12:16 AM PST up reply actions
What is SS heirarchy?
1. Reyes
2. Rollins
3. Crawford (or anyone lower) + Beltran singing
4. Furcal
5. Carrol
6. Barmes
7. Crawford
8. Yuni
Anyone I missed? Any changes? Assuming 6 years for Reyes, 3-4 Rollins, 2 or less all others.
*signing… Although Beltran singing would be hilarious
by Myemail21479 on Nov 10, 2011 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
1. Reyes
2. Rollins
3. Crawford (or anyone lower) + Beltran signing
4. Furcal
5. Carrol
6. Barmes
7. Crawford
8. Yuni
by Myemail21479 on Nov 10, 2011 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
Selfish Beltran only sings in the shower so only he can enjoy it.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Melky will lead us to the promised land
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I wonder how much crap the Reds' bullpen gave him for that
“Hey Melky, looks like you forgot to factor in the wind”
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
SABES IS JUST SANDBAGGING SO HE CAN POST FOR DARVISH!!!!
…sign Rollins…
…and that’ll be what Beltran needs to be convinced.
Darvish, Rollins, and a big glass of Melk.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
Why?
I mean, if the answer is that you think he’d be too expensive, maybe. But I don’t get why you wouldn’t want him.
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!
No Yu!
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I DON'T BELIEVE YU!
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
Yu gotta be kidding.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS OF WHAT SAVVY SABES WANTS
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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Job 1:14-15
Sitting in a courtroom in Hayward
What did I miss? Has the Giants signed Jack Wilson yet?
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by CalBear949 on Nov 10, 2011 1:46 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I'm like 2 miles from you right now
/commences stalking
The first six innings are overrated.
I am the Asian guy
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by CalBear949 on Nov 10, 2011 1:47 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Ha! I had the Angus Burger (which was quite good)
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by CalBear949 on Nov 10, 2011 1:54 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Whoa, league shuffle?
The players and owners are considering significant changes to the schedule in talks for a new collective bargaining agreement. The sides are considering a proposal that would split MLB teams into six divisions of five teams, ensure identical schedules for teams within the same division and boost inter-league play considerably.
In other words, they are actually giving serious consideration to the Jim Bowden plan.
Props to SB Nation for picking this up back in June but holy crap, they may actually do it? Thoughts?
Hasn't this been the plan for a while now?
Astros to the AL West?
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!
Yeah, but this was going to necessitate an interleague game every day. The quote says:
boost inter-league play considerably.
Doesn’t sound like the same thing.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
That would be boosting interleague play considerably, wouldn’t it?
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Without doing the math, I dont think it has to. Currently there’s 14 games a day for, what, two one week periods? If you play only one a day, it’s pretty close.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
That was my impression. Not boosting so much as spreading it out.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
Jayson Stark had a breakdown of the proposal:
18 games vs. divisional opponents (72 games)
6 games vs. everyone else in league (60 games)
3 games vs. corresponding division in other league (15 games)
3 games vs. one other divsion in other league (15 games)
So, for example, the Giants would play all AL West teams every year, and play AL Central or AL East teams in alternating years.
And unify both league vis-a-vis the DH rule?
Might as well get ’er done.
"If you can’t make a profit, you should sell your team." - Michael Jordan (Owner, Charlotte Bobcats)
No, I will fight to the death to prevent this. Absolutely no.
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I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
I'm resigned to it
I can’t stand the DH, but I’m at the point that I hate the disparity in the leagues more.
Plus, I watched Ramon Ramirez “bat” this year.
"If you can’t make a profit, you should sell your team." - Michael Jordan (Owner, Charlotte Bobcats)
So you're with this guy
Baseball Digest, 1974 “”http://books.google.com/books?id=mjMDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA45#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="new">Thumbs Down on the DH Rule"
well that was a link fail...
http://books.google.com/books?id=mjMDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA45#v=onepage&q&f=false
Copy & paste it instead
I don't know who I'm with or not with
What I do know is it’s ridiculous to such a huge rules disparity between two leagues in the same professional sport.
Of course, I’d love for the AL to abolish the DH. But back here in the real world…
"If you can’t make a profit, you should sell your team." - Michael Jordan (Owner, Charlotte Bobcats)
Let's be proper Americans and politicize it!
Several aspects of our findings deserve mention. Most important, and consistent with our expectations, we find that self-identified Democratic Party members are more likely to support the DH rule than are either independents or Republicans; the odds ratio of 1.90 suggests that, on average, Democrats are 90 percent more likely to support the rule than are independents. This implies (we think) that the values that draw the respondents to the Democrats are linked to those associated with supporting the rule. At the same time, the reverse is not true: Republicans are no more or less likely to support the DH rule than are political independents. Nor are self-identified political conservatives, once the effects of party are accounted for, any more likely to express hostility toward the rule than are liberals
I remember reading this
Fun stuff, even if this makes me sad:
the values that draw the respondents to the Democrats are linked to those associated with supporting the rule
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Confusing cause and correlation?
I haven’t read the study, but it seem logical to me that the biggest factor in support of the DH rule is whether your team plays with a DH or not… What are the biggest fan bases? Yankees and Red Sox? NY and Boston… not exactly conservative strongholds. Could it just be that these fans are skewing the results?
Would Philly and Chicago be enough to balance that effect out?
Uh, wasn’t that after Huff hit that monster dinger in Texas?
Nate Schierholtz wasn't born, he was built.
No, although the Huff shot did also provoke an “O” response from Freddy.
by non sequitur on Nov 10, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
No, it was after Denny Bautista hit a single (notice that the Giants are wearing their home uniforms).
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
Here’s the clip. Possible weather balloon hazard.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8494701&c_id=mlb
by non sequitur on Nov 10, 2011 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Nice try
but you can’t fool me. If Denny Bautista had pitched for the Giants in 2010, I’d remember it.
Next you’ll be trying to convince us that Brandon Medders was a Giant in 2010 too.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
♥ Mole n his O face
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
It is nice to have one reminder of an age when the leagues were real entities and not everything was subsumed into Selig’s MLB.
But the difference between leagues doesn’t matter to me at all. Why should I care if the A’s do things a different way?
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
I'm not saying you should care
Just saying I do. It’s bad enough in the World Series, but it really should have been cleaned up when they started playing inter-league ball.
"If you can’t make a profit, you should sell your team." - Michael Jordan (Owner, Charlotte Bobcats)
You're certainly entitled to care; I just want to understand why
Of course it’s stupid in interleague play, but then interleague play is stupid.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
This is stupid and wrong
You can’t have a league with an odd number of teams. That makes no sense.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
I don’t want more inter-league play, unless the DH is abolished. It’s fairly useless right now anyway.
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Union is never going to let it happen
The DH will go to both leagues and then kids who play little league will wonder why their pitcher is hitting, when they could have their coach do it instead.
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
I find it interesting that DH discussions inevitably have a "but pitchers hitting? LOL" comment in them
But no one ever points out Ortiz playing 1B or Vlad in RF or any of the hilarity those situations cause.
Hey, fat, old broken down guy, step away from the buffet, put your uniform away and give someone who can still play all of the game a chance.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
I love it when you find a pitcher who can hit.
But you find tons of DH’s who cannot field.
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
My responses
6×5 – no
more playoffs – no
DH in NL – no
Remove DH in AL – Yes (lol never going to happen)
move the Astros to AL in case of change because they are changing ownership therefore we can stick it to them instead of Bud Selig’s crying baby Brewers who were there before – no
by Myemail21479 on Nov 10, 2011 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
I think it has to do with location, Houston makes more sense in the AL West than Milwakee.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
yeah
I think Milwaukee would rather keep their rivalries going with the Cubs and Cardinals… Houston on the other hand would be missed by no one in the NL Central, and you’d have a nice, budding rivalry with the Rangers for Texas supremacy.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
yep
And if the Brewers start to suck and the Cubs get good…Miller park becomes Wrigley North and they can lose 90 games while selling 2.5 million tickets.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 11, 2011 12:09 AM PST up reply actions
You thought the brain tumor thing was a come-on?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a common mistake.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
Frank Chu approves.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman
theres not much optimism now phillies ceo montgomery will approve $44M, 4-yr deal. so madson has good chance to go elsewhere
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
SABEY SABES SABEY SWOOP
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
John Daly had a meltdown in the Aussie Open
Playing in the event on a sponsor’s exemption, he had the opportunity to pocket a nice check at a world-class tournament in Oz.
But in typical Daly fashion, he found a way to ruin the tournament’s generosity in spectacular fashion. After knocking his ball into a bunker on the 10th hole, Daly inadvertently hit the wrong ball out of the sand — hard as it is to believe, the ball he hit was actually one from the range — to take a 1-stroke penalty. That’s where things went horribly wrong.
Frustrated with the penalty on the 10th, Daly came unglued after hitting his first ball into the water on the par-5 11th hole. After taking a drop, Daly then hit six more balls into the water. For a brief moment, it seemed like golf fans were watching a real-life “Tin Cup” moment.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 2:07 PM PST reply actions
He's gonna need some ointment for that burn
typical Daly fashion
This looks like the before image of a Project Runway challenge
“Designers, I need you to design an innovative fashion-forward garment out of professional golf and curling pants.
You will have 5 hours and a budget of $15 to complete this design. Make it work!"
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, those pants aren’t cheap. It costs somewhere between $75 to over $100.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
True. I am imagining the $15 dollars for additional fabric/fixtures that they need to make something out of the (somewhat expensive) ugly pants.
I might have just marathoned way too many episodes of Project Runway.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
That's pretty much
every piece of clothing.
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whoa
for a second there I thought the 2014 Marlins hit a home run!
[Poorly Wrought THING] is what Brian Sabean would have made if he were a [THING-maker] instead of a MLB GM
by zenbitz on Nov 10, 2011 3:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
HA!!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
The story is that
the range is right next to one of the holes and people hit balls over the range fence into the greenside bunkers on the hole.
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
I think it is more bizarre that after 3 or 4 balls into the water on a par 5
He didn’t decide to just lay up short of the water. KEEP GOING, JOHNNY! 7TH TIME’S THE CHARM!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
The story is that
he intentionally hits all of his balls into the water so that he has an excuse for withdrawing (i.e. because he ran out of balls).
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Every PGA event I've been to
There are pros on the range all the time. If they’re not on the course, they’re either on the range or the practice greens.
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Where did every1 go?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I am geting ready to close down shop and start my long weekend
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 10, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
Looting.
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
what did the boss drop?
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
can of corn
If you can't trust Jimmy Rollins' friend and random speculation from Jayson Stark
WHAT CAN YOU TRUST
Well, Jimmy Rollins‘ friend says he has interest from six teams. Jayson Stark says that the Phillies, Cardinals, Brewers, Braves and Giants are likely among those six. For the sixth one, I’m going to guess the 1947 St. Louis Browns. Which makes no sense because Vern Stevens is easily one of their best hitters, but that’s the hot stove season for you
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
If the Cards are after Rollins
That should tell us what we need to konw about Furcal
by Myemail21479 on Nov 10, 2011 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
So Jimmy's friend says there are 6 teams.
And Jason Stark tries to figure out which teams those 6 are? Why didn’t Jimmy’s friends just tell Stark the 6 teams?
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
Jimmy's friend asked Jimmy and he Perry'd
“You got the Phillies, the Cards…the Phillies, the Cards….the Phillies, the Cards…oops”
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
You should say this again
Or should I say, riposte it?
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Sixth team is the Edmonton Capitals
I hear they’re reloading to defend their title next season.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Looking for accessories for my cell phone on Ebay
I do not need 18 accessories! I just need a car charger, a handsfree headphone/device, and maybe a case
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bejeweled case
The first six innings are overrated.
Also, while you’re here go to Southland Mall! It’s so ghetto that the only things sold there now are shoes, cell phones and cellphone accessories, and enormous shirts with airbrushed pictures of Tupac on them.
The first six innings are overrated.
You are stalking me
I am sitting at the Panera Bread at Southland. There is like 10 cops sitting in the patio area. Southland is still better than Bayfair though.
Spoiled by the malls in OC, the malls in the East Bay have gone way down hill. Even Stoneridge is getting a little dated.
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my stalking abilities are unmatched
I’ve learned everything I know from jct. And yeah, Bayfair is definitely worse.
The first six innings are overrated.
geez, that bad? I mean I haven’t been there since like 1993… are the bumper cars and arcade still there? skating rink?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I have no recollection of bumper cars of a skating rink
I assume that arcade is still down there in the food court…
It also frequently has one of those weird little travelling carnivals where 90% of the employees are likely on some sort of list mandating that they can’t go within 200 yards of any elementary school.
The first six innings are overrated.
“down there” eh? so maybe they took out the bumpercars and put in a food court? There was no food court there back in the early- mid 80’s …
The ice rink was upstairs
mmmm well…
http://bigmallrat.blogspot.com/2006/09/story-of-southland-mall-hayward.html
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
It's really weird that theres a blog about malls
And that there’s 30 comments on the post.
The first six innings are overrated.
I have to admit to an intellectual fascination about malls, if that’s not too oxymoronic a concept. They’re about consumer culture and, on the other side, the organization of retail. In the 70s and 80s (when I was growing up), malls were everything. And now they’ve been dying for the past two decades.
by non sequitur on Nov 10, 2011 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Here’s a fantastic collection of photographs of closed retail operations.
I don’t know much about the photographer, but a friend sent the link as he thought it reminded him of my work.
http://notifbutwhen.com/projects/copia/dark-stores/#i1
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
nice
That Six Flags Mall was doomed to fail. It looks pixelated.
The CompUSA looks depressing.
Westland Mall is what the few old shopping centers in my hometown that are still on life support look like.
by non sequitur on Nov 10, 2011 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
I used to go to Stonestown every day, back when it was an outside mall. It had Emporium, Bullocks and Woolworth’s.
Yeah, malls were in part always about their “anchor” department stores, weren’t they. At Independence Mall outside Kansas City, MO, it was Macy’s, I think Woolworth’s, and something called Styx, Baer, and Fuller (sp?).
by non sequitur on Nov 10, 2011 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Emporium, Bullocks, Woolworth’s…
They must be out of business, or sold out to another business. I haven’t seen them around lately.
Didn’t Downtown SF have a big Emporium’s?
Yeah, on Market. It’s the Galleria now (I think, I loathe malls and chain stores/franchises).
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
I keep wondering where people like you actually shop. Probably those places where everything smells like hemp.
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cuts out the middleman!
The first six innings are overrated.
I shop a lot in Bezos-land. Scary thing is I’ve begun to look there — so far, just looking — for groceries and everyday household items.
by non sequitur on Nov 10, 2011 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘PEOPLE LIKE YOU’ ??!?!?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 5:09 PM PST up reply actions
I shop at Bi-Rite, Oliviers butcher, K&L liquors, aQuarius records, the smack dealer in Clarion Alley…
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Well, I suppose if it’s right there and the quality/service is good …
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first one is free
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 11, 2011 12:19 AM PST up reply actions
The “Emporium” sign is still at street level on Market.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Nov 10, 2011 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
And they kept the dome!
Here’s a history of the place I found researching it for my book:
http://www.plummersearch.com/blog/?p=880
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The Emporium was right across Market Street from the Woolworths.
Oh, you tots really need to get off my lawn.
by mrs. owlcroft on Nov 10, 2011 8:05 PM PST up reply actions
Imagine growing up without a Woolworths….
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Also
why are they showing me results from Australia? The wall charger won’t even work here!
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Former #Giants #Phillies Pat Burrell tells AP career likely over b/c of foot. "I don’t think I can play anymore. It hurts me to say that.
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
D:
Vroom. Walks. Five positions. Justin Christian
I've been fully suckered into the Twitterverse. Oops.
Maybe he can be a coach? He can be the anti-Dunston.
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"It's better to be 0-1 than 0-for-1"
Pat Burrell, on the importance of patience at the plate.
(I love that quote)
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
by Goofus on Nov 10, 2011 3:11 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
fabulous
Pat Burrell for minor league hitting instructor (and general swagger instructor)
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
/pounds BL in his honor
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Who BL? Better get her permission first. Perhaps woo her with a low-calorie brew.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Great line from the HardBall Talk article
If his career is over, he finishes it with a line of .253/.361/.472, which translates to an OPS+ of 116. He hit 292 homers and drove in 976. Word on the street is that he was a popular gent out on the town too.
Not a bad way to spend 12 years between your early 20s and mid-30s
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
They forgot "Legendary cocksman"
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
In the words of Brian Wilson
Never bet against the ’cocks.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
I really wish he was able to have a better World Series, given how much he did for the team during the regular season. I hope they find some role for him in the organization. Maybe have him fight Dunston to the death to decide who gets to work with the players on walks and OBP.
The first six innings are overrated.
Pat Burrel
More rings than World Series hits…lol
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Nov 10, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
:'(
Don’t leave us, Pat
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
2 videos
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=10465835&c_id=mlb
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19758593&c_id=mlb
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by CalBear949 on Nov 10, 2011 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
“I’m gonna murder him!”
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Nov 10, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
Never Forget
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
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I watched this like 10 times earlier this year when we thought Burrell was going to get DFA’d. Great video.
by fishmicmuffin on Nov 10, 2011 7:32 PM PST up reply actions
Never forget:
Your pussy is jealous
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
I’ll miss Pat. Even though he only played 1.5 seasons here, he was easily one of my favorite players.
Go Bells.
by S. Pickford #25 on Nov 10, 2011 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder if Sabean is kicking this tire?
Speaking of Pirates catchers, free agent Ryan Doumit has obtained multiple offers and expects to sign this month, according to ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick (Twitter links). The versatile 30-year-old is looking for a one-year deal.
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Grant is
mccoveychron McCovey Chronicles
Doumit fits the Giants’ needs so danged well, a switch-hitting guy to spell Posey on oh my god wait is that Yuniesky Betancourt’s agent????
by Myemail21479 on Nov 10, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
I thought there were some Doumit haters here.
He will ask for a lot though. Made $5.2 million last year.
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He is a weird piece
But he can play C and Corner OF. He fits well with splitting time with Posey and the current two LH corner OF we have (Belt and Nate) or moving Posey to 1b vs LHP (and spelling Huff)
by Myemail21479 on Nov 10, 2011 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
Same as last year.
I want Posey to only catch about 110 games, play another position in 30, and sit the other 22. Doumit would be perfect to catch the other 52, and maybe play a different position in 20 or so games. Too bad I doubt he wants to sign as a back up.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
I'm in
Sabean has to be thinking upgrade to backup C after last season, right? Right?
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Can Bloomquist catch?
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I sincerely hope he is
Doumit would be fantastic.. but just someone who could respectably fill in for a couple weeks or a month if necessary would be really nice.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
How can you hate a guy from Moses Lake?
If Affeldt pitched to him, it would be the only I-90 battery in history.
by mrs. owlcroft on Nov 10, 2011 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
Doumit would be nice to have as a pinch-hitter and backup catcher/outfielder/first baseman/whatever, but he’ll be too expensive.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
“Welcome back to the Giants…ELI WHITESIDE!!!!!!!”
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Nah
Stewart
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Based on last year I would take Stewart over Whiteside.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
I would as well…he’s also cheaper and has a cool kid.
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Most of would but we are talking about the Giants here. A team who was interested in Willie Bloomquist.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
the choice to sign Stewart over Eli is pretty easy
Eli is arb 1…Stewart is league minimum
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I think I might be the only person here who wouldn’t have a problem with that.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Except he's too expensive
and is replaceable
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My gift to you all
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Kes quote
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I forgot to mention this earlier, but NPR’s Juan Forero filed a piece on Wilson Ramos’ kidnapping. It will air on ATC again at about 5:25 p.m. Pacific. Here’s the story info page.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Something tells me that I-don’t-want-sports-in-my-NPR listener who wrote reamed you the other day will keep his/her mouth shut on this one.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
I was listening to the Madeline Brand show
this morning and they stated that Pete Rose gambled while he coached the Montreal Expos.
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Pete Rose gambled while his heart was beating.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
It would’ve been pretty impressive if he’d gambled as a zombie
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
Pete Rose would take action on that proposition.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
You know what I would've been intrigued by?
Seeing if we could have swapped for Andruw Jones instead of Melky Cabrera. If you believe Torres is still a worthwhile CF (which I do, even if the Giants don’t), and Nate can be the backup, Jones would have been a nice compliment to either Belt or Schierholtz or both. 200-300 ABs against mainly left handed pitching with good power, and all for just a couple million? I’d take it.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I thought the Yankees exercised an option to keep him. But I’m just going off memory, so I could be wrong. If he’s a free agent, there should be some tire-kicking going on.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
If only there were some tracker, with a list of all the players that are free agents. Maybe it could even by alphabetized by first name, so I could easily find out if Andruw Jones were on the list…
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Agreed. Such a thing would be perfect
Jones is an interesting option for the Giants. I’m ok with the idea of him as the designated lefty masher.
Is it February 19 yet?
I'll only do it if we get Chipper as well.
We’ll even find a good home for Ryan Klesko again, too.
The first six innings are overrated.
Ok, so after looking it up, you seem to be correct. I amend my wish to, “Seeing if we could pick up Andruw Jones for what we offered Bloomquist.”
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
2 years and $12 million?
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That’s, what, almost triple what we offered Bloomquist? He was paid about $2 million last year. He’s obviously settled into a lefty masher/4th outfield type of role, I don’t think it would take too much.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I'm kidding
just playing the rumored offer from the Giants to Bloomquist.
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I'm cool with that.
Since Belt will likely be platooned anyways.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
Who called it? Prussian?
teachmetodugi11 Ryan Verdugo
tomorrow @equirarte come to the boot for some good times and football..now only missing #twitterlessjohnnymonell to bad tripod couldnt unite
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 10, 2011 3:33 PM PST reply actions
There’s no way they could’ve let it slide
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 10, 2011 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
This would be interesting
JERUSALEM — Three Jewish former major leaguers have joined Israel’s bid for the 2013 World Baseball Classic, a move that could transform the baseball backwater into a legitimate contender.
Shawn Green, Brad Ausmus and Gabe Kapler met this week in Los Angeles with Israeli baseball officials and committed to helping Israel field a competitive team in next year’s WBC qualifying round, the three players told The Associated Press.
Wait…so Jewish players can play Israel regardless of nationality?
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well, if you can prove your Jewish heritage, you can get almost automatic citizenship in Israel…that may be part of it
reticulating splines
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In the last WBC, all you needed to play for the Italian team was a last name ending in “i” or “o”.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Basically, you can play for a country that you are able to be a citizen of, regardless of whether you’re actually a citizen or not. Since anyone with Jewish heritage can (basically) become an Israeli citizen, any Jewish ballplayer would be able to play for the Israeli national team.
by free f.p. #14 on Nov 10, 2011 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
I believe the last time the WBC was played anyone with background in the particular nation could play for them. Like that Cardinal guy with the long Italian name playing for Italy. Alex Rodriguez for Puerto Rico or whatever.
The Philippines used to be a baseball powerhouse in the Far East. Before the war destroyed everything and introduced basketball. I wonder what we could do with Tim Lincecum.
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Agent Ned!
The Dodgers are “aggressively pursuing” infielders and are also interested in acquiring a catcher and starting pitchers, Major League sources tell Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com. Los Angeles is targeting Clint Barmes, Aaron Hill and Mark Ellis to play second base and/or a utility position.
Juan Rivera’s new contract with the Dodgers could be worth as much as $9MM over the next two seasons, according to Hernandez. The outfielder is guaranteed $4MM in 2011, with a $4MM option or $500K buyout for 2012, and he can earn as much as $500K in each of the next seasons depending on his number of at-bats.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
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When the Dodgers get new ownership will Ned finally be able to come in from the cold?
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by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
$9M richer, informant unmasks himself
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9QRU8C02.htm
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Wrong, Joe. In a lot of ways.
But I will say that I am sickened, absolutely sickened, that some of those people whose lives were fundamentally inspired and galvanized by Joe Paterno have not stepped forward to stand up for him, have stood back and allowed him to be painted as an inhuman monster who was only interested in his legacy, even at the cost of the most heinous crimes against children imaginable.
Shame on them.
http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/11/10/the-end-of-paterno/
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!
Yeah
he’s wrong on this.
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I love Pos
But he’s too close to the situation because of the book he’s writing
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
The key flaw in his reasoning
is that one bad decision can ruin a life of goodness.
See Benedict Arnold.
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this strikes me as more than one bad decision
Like JP I do not know the facts, but I have an opinion on the likely shape of the facts, and they do not look good.
True
but the key decision is the one he made in 2002.
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There seem to have been entirely too many people who knew about this for Paterno not to be one of them
Especially given the way he quit abruptly in 1999.
The first six innings are overrated.
exactly
I think he’s too close to the situation and he’s honestly not looking at it clearly.
We don’t know anything but I feel like it takes an awful lot of suspension of disbelief to come out of this with Paterno not looking pretty bad.
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.
It’s really amazing that Posnanski picked this year to write a book on Paterno. I have faith that when the book is final, it won’t be a puff piece and will paint Paterno for the man he is, including his shameful inaction on this.
But I do think it’s going to be okay to remind people of all the good Joe Paterno did, too. Not that it will cancel out the stain on his reputation or balance the moral books in some way… hell, I don’t know what I think, yet. It’s hard to reconcile everything we thought Paterno was with what he failed to do. But I guess what I’m saying is that there will be a time to remind people that Paterno was also a great coach and did do a lot of good before this… even if, ultimately, all that serves to show is how good people can go bad, make mistakes, and fail to do what’s right. And how those bad decisions (or indecisions) can cause such horrible, unspeakable damage, no matter what you’ve done previously.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 5:50 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I agree with this, basically. Have a rec, sir.
by free f.p. #14 on Nov 10, 2011 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe he's a bad person.
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!
NO U
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Maybe he is… or maybe he’s a good person who made a horrible, terrible mistake of not acting when he absolutely should have. How you choose to view it isn’t all that important so long as you acknowledge the terrible harm he caused by not acting and that what his decision not to act was a terrible, morally reprehensible choice.
I do worry that if we just label him a “bad person” that somewhat trivializes the choice that he made. To think that only bad people do bad things, it seems to me, might make people less vigilant in making sure they’re doing the right thing in their own lives.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 6:12 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I do worry that if we just label him a "bad person" that somewhat trivializes the choice that he made. To think that only bad people do bad things, it seems to me, might make people less vigilant in making sure they’re doing the right thing in their own lives.
Speaking as a bad person, this is correct.
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maybe he’s a good person who made a horrible, terrible mistake of not acting when he absolutely should have.
That would make him a bad person, to me at least.
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!
Have another rec.
We’ve all done good and we’ve all done bad. Sometimes the bad stuff, rightfully, overshadows everything else, but it doesn’t mean the rest of it never happened.
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I've been fully suckered into the Twitterverse. Oops.
,
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 Nov 10, 2011 9:50 PM PST up reply actions
I think this could be a bad weekend for Bay Area football fans
I could easily see 3 of the 4 teams losing (only Cal I could see winning).
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
lol cal winning
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I say this as a Cal fan:
Cal does not deserve to go to a bowl game. (winning would make Cal bowl-eligible)
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
I miss the Cal I grew up with in the '70s
The Cal whose football team sucked, but where tuition was peanuts and the education world-class.
You don’t want to know how cheap my father’s MBA there was.
Please don’t tell me. It makes me want to commit violent acts.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
wanna hear something funny?
In the ‘70s, they called the UC system ’the house that Reagan wrecked’ because in the ’60s, it had beeb even better.
Now that just makes me want to break things.
had beeb?
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
can of corn
It's not like the UC system is unique in this regard, though
Colleges in all states and at all levels are getting more and more expensive, and continuing to price the middle class out of higher education or saddle them with ridiculous student loans to repay for decades.
/somehow got out of Cal only $6k in debt
The first six innings are overrated.
::Checks bank account.::
::slams head into table repeatedly::
::sobs::
::sells kidney to pay off student loans::
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
some guy in China sold his Kidney for an ipad2
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
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But what will he sell for his iKidney?!
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
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That education bubble has GOT to burst someday…. Particularly for law school.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
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I have 150K in student loans after going to Cal in state for undergrad and law school.
So wrong.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
Well, that is really only law school. I got through undergrad without loans.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
but you'll make that back first year out right
i mean that’s what they promised
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
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Well……not if you count taxes and living costs.
But the starting salary is pretty good if you get a big-law job.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
Boalt and even Hastings might be worth the tuition. Most law schools.. aren’t.
I did undergrad without loans.
Hastings doesn't have the greatest reputation.
I think it’s probably worth it, though.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
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~40 last I heard. The word of mouth is poor.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
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I believe it was ranked around 40th when I went there (early 2000’s). That’s still considered top tier and the third best law school in the area (after Stanford and Cal).
WWRWD?
Yes. Unless you count UC Davis, which is in the mid 20s
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
UC Davis has improved a lot in the past ten years or so.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 5:10 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Generally, if you get into the top 14 schools it is 100% worth it
The odds drop off after that
The ranking generally goes:
Yale
Harvard
Stanford
Columbia
Chicago
Berkeley
NYU
Michigan
U Penn
Virginia
Duke
Northwestern
Cornell
Georgetown
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
The median GPA range for those schools is 3.45-3.96
The median LSAT score is 166-176
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
Some say top 14
some say top 20. Honestly, I’d never heard of the top 14 thing until I started going to the No. 15 ranked school (UCLA). I was a little pissed at this new arbitrary cutoff that managed to position itself right there.
It really all depends on if you actually want to be a lawyer. If you do— go for it. If you don’t, but just think it’s a good, safe job where you can make good money, you should think twice. It’s not a great market right now and I promise you there are better, easier ways to make more money out there.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
I agree the 14 thing is stupid, I was just repeating the so-called “conventional knowledge.”
Anywhere in the top 50 or so is probably fine. But your odds increase exponentially the higher ranked the school you go to. Which is silly but seems to be the way it works.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 6:20 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
oh absolutely
Just pointing out that the conventional knowledge of how deep that top tier is seems to shift around somewhat. But you’re right in that the higher up the list you go, generally the better off you’ll be.
There are exceptions to that in some places… for instance, geographically, if you want to live and work in CA, you might be better off going to a slightly lower ranked CA school rather than something higher up on the East Coast (say, USC over Duke). And some schools have better connections to various legal specializations. But overall, the higher up the list you are, the better your chances for a “Biglaw” job.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 6:31 PM PST up reply actions
You’ve told me good stories about those prospects! I’ve heard other stories less good. Take it and run if you can get it!
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
This is why I'm so hesitant to go to law school
I’m thinking of just seeing where I can get in and jumping ship if I don’t get into anywhere in the top 20, but even then that’s still a lot of money and effort invested into that.
And that’s not even getting to my ultimate fear of graduating, being in debt and then realizing I hate my job.
The first six innings are overrated.
just be an engineer like so many of us
and slave away for that steady paycheck!
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
can of corn
But I'm white!
automatically disqualified
The first six innings are overrated.
They are playing Oregon State at “home”.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Cal hasn’t beaten Oregon State in forever. Even when they were sort of “good” they lost to Oregon State.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
AURGHDSFGJGHGHHH GOD DAMN THAT GAME
No. 1 rank is theirs for the taking and they completely fuck it up. I was so angry over that one.
The first six innings are overrated.
Fuck Kevin Reiley
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
can of corn
by jctGamer on Nov 10, 2011 4:41 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Don't remind me.
The hope was awesome. The comedown was painful.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 10, 2011 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
At least after that they had the decency to stop even getting our hopes up.
The first six innings are overrated.
I imagine the feeling was like taking heroin. I’ve never been so angry after a sporting event before or since.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 10, 2011 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
I feel good about the Niners' chances
I am terrified as a Stanford fan. At least they got here undefeated… in some way, I was more worried that they would screw up their once in a lifetime chance before the test really came. If they lose this one because Oregon just beats them with the kind of speed that the Stanford defense has a hard time defending, I can live with that. It will hurt, but I always kind of knew it was a possibility.
But lord… if they win. My God… that would set up the biggest month and a half in the history of Bay Area college athletics. That would potentially set up Andrew Luck to be remembered as the greatest QB in Stanford’s history, and at least among the pantheon of all time college greats. And it would be happening at Stanford… a program that was a laughingstock just 4-5 years ago. And was generally mediocre, for a long time before that.
I have no delusions about Stanford morphing into a perennial national title contender. I’d love it if David Shaw could keep the team in the hunt for Pac-12 Championships, year in and year out. But man, in some ways that makes this year all the more exciting, and this weekend all the more potentially damaging for my health… the Cardinal literally has one shot at this. That’s probably going to be it. And they’re playing a team that’s almost certainly more talented than they are this week and happens to be a matchup nightmare. But Stanford has the better OL, they have a grind it out style that could keep the ball out of Oregon’s possession for most of the game… and they have Andrew Luck. This really is his moment… hopefully it’s the first of many down the stretch, but there are no guarantees.
And I apologize for how long that was… combination of being really nervous and being stuck in a tremendously boring 2 hour class.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 6:24 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Unfortunately, Stanford’s defense has looked shaky of late. Combine that with the injuries and I think that Oregon will win, which is a shame.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Like I said, I’m terrified of this week. Stanford’s only hopes are that 1) they have the offense to stay with a team in a shootout, 2) they play Oregon at home.
I wonder if Vic Fangio would be willing to come back for just this Saturday to call the defensive plays? Couldn’t hurt.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 6:34 PM PST up reply actions
OT - I made an awkward fanshot
Spoiler: Andres Torres story included.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 4:48 PM PST reply actions
hey y'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.
Tim Flannery wants Andres Torres back in San Francisco next year.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
and hey!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
this will be my default greeting from now on
The first six innings are overrated.
LOL
It’s more personable than “This is Dog.”
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
somewhat related
I want so badly to own insanity puppy:
http://www.quickmeme.com/Insanity-puppy/
The first six innings are overrated.
by apistat on Nov 10, 2011 5:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
bookmarked.
and barked.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
Your Grace,
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 10, 2011 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
I'm gonna try making my wife call me 老爺 from now on
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
can of corn
My mom calls my dad “lao xiu.”
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 10, 2011 5:08 PM PST up reply actions
Bumgarner AND Romo bobbleheads!?
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 really hope madbum's is expressionless
Either that, or FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
The first six innings are overrated.
moonshine.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 10, 2011 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
lagunitas ipa
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.
Sabes strikes me as more of a Hamm’s man
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Nov 10, 2011 7:58 PM PST up reply actions
I'm about to get a beer
but last I checked the fridge was full of Bud Light and Mike’s Hard Lemonade
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
Expecting PtB over?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll call my dad. Should be no problem for him.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Your father is Pat the Bat?
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
I guess it had to come out sometime. Yes. Oh, he says he’s all right with the gay thing, but I know he secretly wanted a son that would contract STDs from women, as a man should.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Some things are sacred. You non-hets just don’t understand.
by non sequitur on Nov 10, 2011 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
There’s a lot of things I don’t understand about heterosexuality. However, apparently my fictional romances are engaging!
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
One of my co-workers has found quite a bit of entertainment in my actual relationship failures.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I'm still at work. :(
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Tea
Green
Vroom. Walks. Five positions. Justin Christian
I've been fully suckered into the Twitterverse. Oops.
Heritage
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 10, 2011 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
I had a pint of Sierra Nevada Estate yesterday that was excellent! Probably just Wild Cherry Pepsi tonight, though :(
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 10, 2011 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
Also had a co-worker pickup 3 pints of Stone 15th Anniv. Imperial Black IPA for me. Sold out at a lot of places
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 10, 2011 8:30 PM PST up reply actions
I don't drink alcohol at home
So water.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Don’t know yet. Going out around 8.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Golden Gate Beer Bars | Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Nov 10, 2011 6:31 PM PST up reply actions
Sweet berry wine
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 10, 2011 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
Where the photon are they hiding the football game? or does it start at 6? Damn moving everything around all over the fleeping space/time continuum…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Just caught the end of the NPR piece on Ramos. So sad.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Audio in its entirety: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/10/142220835/major-league-baseball-player-kidnapped-in-venezuela
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
OT
Drew Remenda was on KNBR last night and he mentioned he was doing some hockey clinic in Mexico City a few years ago when he across a young man who was kidnapped and kept in a car for 2 days. The way Remenda phrased it, it was a way of life down there and other Latin American countries.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
It’s like a growth industry in some parts of Latin America.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
shill for a good cause
the Chronicle Season of Sharing fund is asking people to “like” their facebook page and will donate $1 up to 25k for each “like” until Thanksgiving. This is a terrific charity, as all the expenses are paid by the Chron, so 100% of the donations go to the recipients.
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Pretty uneventful.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
nothing like yesterday…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
What a terrible time to divest in pitchforks and torches.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, oh, just remembered: no more Western black rhinos.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
Doh, why didn’t they kick a field goal there? duh.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Isn’t the -ae ending in “Chrysopylae” indicative of plural? So, Golden Gates? Wouldn’t Golden Gate be “chrysopylos”?
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
Wow, that was a nice catch.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
So what's for dinner?
I’m having a pan fried boneless pork chop and a baked potato.
Adopted Giant: Mike Fontenot
He's like Grant, but fun size.
Occasionally, I tweet.
leftover pizza and beer
10/10
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.
What is 10/10
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 10, 2011 6:32 PM PST up reply actions
pizza
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.
oh….
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 10, 2011 6:34 PM PST up reply actions
random gif
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
Hmmmm silly me, I told the Mr. that with all the injuries there was no way the Raiders win this game. At this point…I guess SD is worse than I thought they were.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Oakland is dominating
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.
The Chargers’ terrible personnel decisions in recent years have finally caught up with them. And Philip Rivers, while probably still a very good QB, is not good enough to singlehandedly carry a crappy team, a la Peyton Manning.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
Oh here we go…
dum da dum dum…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I dont know if this is breaking or not but this reminded me of you guys
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 Nov 10, 2011 8:22 PM PST reply actions
I know to which party I'm going
Also, anyone with half a brain knows JFK invites his own strippers.
403 Forbidden. This file removed due to violation of ImageShack Terms of Service or by user request reminds you of us?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
What's the perfect food to have after 9:00
I’m hungry, but am paralyzed by indecision.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Cereal?
Pancakes?
Breakfast food, in other words.
Vroom. Walks. Five positions. Justin Christian
I've been fully suckered into the Twitterverse. Oops.
cereal, it’s light and the milk might help ya sleep
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
a third for cereal
specifically honey bunches of oates
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 Nov 10, 2011 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
microwave a brown potato
cover with butter and cottage cheese
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 Nov 10, 2011 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
Bacon
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Winner.
This is always the right answer.
Vroom. Walks. Five positions. Justin Christian
I've been fully suckered into the Twitterverse. Oops.
Like
What is the last name of the actor who played Ren in the movie Footloose?
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
You should snort a line of protein powder.
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
You should snort a line of protein powder.
I’ll take “Directions completely misunderstood by Darryl Strawberry” for $500, Alex.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 11, 2011 12:28 AM PST up reply actions
mac and cheese
always a winner
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
make on of these
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 Nov 10, 2011 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
so, Norv Turner has the look of someone about to get fired
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
if the niners former head coaches assumed their former roles we could a pretty amazing staff
nolan as dc
turner as oc
singletary as that guy to get lazy pieces of shit to starting playing football
jimmy raye as parking attendant
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 Nov 10, 2011 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
Skyrim time!!!!
Woooo!
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
so excited!
I pre-ordered, but from a store that doesn’t open til 10 a.m. I feel like an idiot.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 10, 2011 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
I know
seriously frustrated at my lack of foresight…
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 11, 2011 12:17 AM PST up reply actions
skins is such an insane show
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 Nov 10, 2011 9:33 PM PST reply actions
Sportsphone 680 had Romo and Wotus on today. Wotus pretty clearly likes walks. He must be very disappointed most of the time.
No wonder he’s not getting any managerial interviews, no one hires a cutter.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 11, 2011 12:30 AM PST up reply actions
My favorite hockey player name Kyle Clutterbuck….
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
It would be so easy to say Clusterfuck.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
what about Coach Wolf Stansson
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 Nov 10, 2011 9:51 PM PST up reply actions
When Ben said he super did Model UN in high school, I made the Aziz Ansari face
He’s pretty much the coolest fictional character ever.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
This might as well been written in Greek because I have no idea what this is.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Who do you think wins that war? I think Finland’s lions would end up being the margin of victory for Denmark.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 10, 2011 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
That was by far the most realistic depiction of Model UN I've ever seen
The scene where Denmark decides to merge with Russia and China, leaving Peru’s name off the list? 100% true to reality. Every time you represent a small or medium-sized country in a large group and you try to make a resolution with other similarly sized countries, some douchebag will take the resolution that you all wrote together and decide on his own to merge it with the resolution that Russia and China are making. That douchebag gets his name up on the list of sponsors of the resolution along with Russia and China; you get nothing, but you get to hear Russia and China be assholes about it. Sometimes the United States will take the spot of either Russia or China, but usually it’s those two. This happens every time.
That the writers recognized this and got this right is incredible. I can’t believe that a show like this is really on network TV.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
I really appreciated Ron’s reaction to the Model UN.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 11, 2011 12:19 AM PST up reply actions
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