A Thank You to Pat Burrell
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 11, 2011 2:02 PM PST
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I remember the first time that Pat Burrell was mentioned here.
My wife recently went to a charity fundraiser, where she met several baseball players, including Pat Burrell. Yesterday, I found a prescription of azithromycin in the medicine cabinet. Can you please let me know what that is normally prescribed for?
Whoops. that's his first mention on WebMD. Here's what I wrote on McCovey Chronicles after he signed:
That's about right. Didn't merit a mention. Posey came up the same day, after all. Burrell went to Fresno, where he was going to hit .230/.310/.450 and never be seen again. It was even a bit of a surprise that he signed at all. A recap of what Burrell did to get released despite accounting for 87% of the Rays' payroll:
| Year | Age | Tm | AB | HR | SO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 33 | TBR | 84 | 2 | 28 | .202 | .292 | .333 | .625 |
That was the line put up by a guy who runs and fields like he's giving birth to a Vespa. I'm not sure what that means, but picture a man giving birth to a motorized scooter, breathing frantically and crying out for help as a midwife holds his hand, and you have a pretty accurate visual. The year before? He hit .221/.315/.367. That wasn't good for one of the worst five WAR totals in the AL in 2009 -- that tier was reserved for Jose Guillen and Aubrey Huff -- but it was close.
I could write a detailed account of what happened next, or I could just let Pat Burrell talk a bit.
Pat Burrell, for just over a half-season, was the greatest hero in San Francisco Giants history, except for all of the other ones. In between seasons where the Giants featured a historically awful offense, Pat Burrell was the complementary middle-of-the-order hitter that the Giants had been looking for since, oh, Jeff Kent left. And he cost the Giants less than half of the salary they paid to Brandon Medders.
He then re-signed with the Giants for $1 million -- or what Todd Wellemeyer made as a Giant -- because he felt like it. He wanted to play and pulled a number from twixt his buttcheeks. The Giants chortled a little bit before agreeing, and he played.
Even though he didn't have the best season this past year (.352 OBP, though), or the best postseason last year, is there any way to remember Pat Burrell any way but fondly? Wait, put your hand down, Rays fans. Just meant Giants fa ... okay, yes, ma'am, that is a good reason not to remember him fondly. I'm sure those stains aren't coming out.
No, no. I said fondly not "fondling." Yeah, no problem. I can see how you'd make that mistake. Right.
There are a lot of ways to think about the crazy time when everything came together for the Giants, with Andres Torres coming out of nowhere, Madison Bumgarner regooding, and a rookie catcher to lead them all. But the Rays letting go a DH who couldn't H, and the Giants picking him up even though he wasn't supposed to be able to field, is pretty unlikely. The Giants shouldn't have been interested. But they were.
This reads like a farewell post because it kind of is. He's just a few months older than Ryan Vogelsong and Andres Torres, but his foot is too screwy to return. Also, he probably ages like Don Draper more than Julio Franco. Just a guess. Before last year, I thought that Andres Galarraga would hold the record for part-season Giants player who gets the most retrospective love from Giants.
It's not even close now. Burrell, Burrell, Burrell. Thank you, Pat Burrell. He had 202 games as a Giant -- the exact same total as Todd Benzinger! --but he'll always be a part of Giants history. Now pass the Kleenex, dammit.
Because I'm crying, you sick freak. Never mind.
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Adopted Giant: Mike Fontenot
He's like Grant, but fun size.
Occasionally, I tweet.
I like him.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
In spite of swinging and missing through a lot of pitches and playing 1.7 seasons in SF
He’ll be remembered for helping the team win it all…
…and also dressing up for some S&M behind Brian Wilson’s interview
I remember being very intolerant of him when he was with the Phillies. Something about not wearing underwear.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
You’re much more tolerant when you’re wearing underwear.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 11, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
I am proud to have been an original member of
the Pat Burrell to the Giants bandwagon!
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This may be the one thing you were right about.
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by speckops on Nov 11, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
True
Low risk. Let Burrell find his batting stroke down in Fresno and see if he can earn his promotion to the CIty. If so his RHH power bat off the bench could be useful.
by wilriv21 on May 29, 2010 4:11 PM PDT actions
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He then went on to post a picture of Lucy Liu and say something for no reason other than to stir everybody up.
by chilibean_3 on Nov 11, 2011 3:30 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
EWWW Lucy Liu
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Negative
I don’t think she is attractive at all.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
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Disagree. I think she is super cute, especially her freckles. Adorable.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 11, 2011 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed.
Freckles are cute, especially on non-white(-looking) women.
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by troymccluresf on Nov 11, 2011 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Hi there. How YOU doin.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 11, 2011 6:04 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I think she’s absolutely gorgeous
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 11, 2011 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
Wow. pretty high standards.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 11, 2011 7:22 PM PST up reply actions
She's not bad
and is pretty darn smart.
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When my daughter turns 18 and goes off to college or moves out
I’ll be tracking Mr. Burrell’s location on a frequent basis, just in case.
As a Giant though – loved the guy. Thanks, Pat.
"If you can’t make a profit, you should sell your team." - Michael Jordan (Owner, Charlotte Bobcats)
Thanks Pat
I hope you never pay for a Bud Light in San Francisco ever again.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Nov 11, 2011 2:09 PM PST reply actions 8 recs
I hope nobody ever pays for a Bud Light anywhere ever, but that doesn’t make it true.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 11, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
I’m 100% with you, but if Pat Burrell wants a Bud Light, the man gets a god damned Bud Light.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Nov 11, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
And nothin’s too good for the man who shot Liberty Valance.
Life is so much sweeter ever since TGWTWS
by kettlecorn on Nov 11, 2011 2:43 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
and if the rainy day fund doesn't pick up the tab
just send the bill to the McC
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Nov 12, 2011 12:01 AM PST up reply actions
That reminds me of a joke...
Man goes in to see his proctologist.
While in the exam room the nurse comes in and hands the doctor a bottle of beer.
The doctor looks at the bottle and then tells the nurse,
“No, no, I said bring me a BUTT light!”
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
I’d buy him one and I wouldn’t even make a face of disgust about it. That man has earned the right to drink whatever piss-swill beer he wants.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 11, 2011 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
I remember my main worry was that he was going to hit like he did for the Rays + bad fielding but Bochy would continuously march him out there anyway
I’m really really glad that didn’t happen.
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The year before? He hit .221/.315/.367. That wasn’t good for one of the worst five WAR totals in the AL in 2009 — that tier was reserved for Jose Guillen and Aubrey Huff — but it was close.
Sweet jesus how did we ever win anything
The first six innings are overrated.
All these players were full-time DHs in 2009 or 2010 or both, and all were awful
For more than a month the Giants were playing all of them every day in the field.
Year Tm Lg PA WAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos 2009 BAL AL 480 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1 $8,000,000 3D 2009 DET AL 117 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 D 2009 TBR AL 476 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 $7,000,000 *D/79 2010 TBR AL 96 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 $9,000,000 D 2009 KCR AL 312 -1.6 -0.1 -1.5 $12,000,000 9D/7 2010 KCR AL 438 0.5 0.2 0.3 $12,000,000 D9
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Pat Burrell
You’ll be remembered as a philly
but you’ll always be a giant to me
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Nov 11, 2011 2:12 PM PST reply actions
TWSS?
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That would imply only one, which is highly doubtful
"If you can’t make a profit, you should sell your team." - Michael Jordan (Owner, Charlotte Bobcats)
ah, patrick
When you first arrived in SF, I was worried you might be used as more than just a pinch hitter. Silly me.
Patrick!
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by shanghaijim on Nov 11, 2011 2:32 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I shall join this line of self-flagellation
I was fine with him going to Fresno, but the thought of him doing anything non-Guillentastic in SF was comical to me.
Imagine my surprise when in 2011 I was bitching when he sat on the bench.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 6:53 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks for 2010, Pat. Some of my best memories from my favorite baseball season were provided by you. I don’t think the Giants would have gotten there without you.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
Cosigned
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 11, 2011 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
So long and thanks for all the rings, dude. The ride was short, but it was awesome. Hope you hang around the clubhouse next year just for shits and giggles, and make some more commercials.
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I really hope he becomes a coach for the Giants.
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by CalBear949 on Nov 11, 2011 2:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
He was my adoptee...
…and I loveded him.
So long, Kiddo…
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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Wait a sec – you can’t just adopt Joe Panik – he’s not available until the annual adoptee draft in January.
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So I guess me adopting Yuni Bentacourt would also be improper.
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And I guess I’m going to have to let Alex Gonzalez out of the trunk of my car?
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 11, 2011 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
I remember the first time I saw a tight shot of him at the plate.
The jaw, the eyes, the profile.
“That,” I said, “is a fucking baseball player.”
I love you, Pat Burrell.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
by waelwulf on Nov 11, 2011 2:18 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
"That," I said, "is a fucking baseball player."
Hehe
by S. Pickford #25 on Nov 11, 2011 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
I said the same thing…about Todd Linden.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
That… is a fucking serial killer
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Nov 12, 2011 12:00 AM PST up reply actions
This is hawt. /ships you and pat
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by shanghaijim on Nov 11, 2011 6:14 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
You know how in every baseball movie, the actors always look a little too small and weak to be baseball players? Pat Burrell is the opposite of that.
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by troymccluresf on Nov 11, 2011 2:19 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
LOL – disinterested Durty sitting on the bench
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
“Shit. Does anyone know any good clubs in Kansas City?”
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
“Es un laaaaaaaaaaargo partido.”
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 6:54 AM PST up reply actions
YES
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 11, 2011 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
I loved this highlight
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12846117&c_id=mlb
Combined with Ibanez’s horrible fielding.
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And this
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=10465835&c_id=mlb
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I'm sure he doesn't
He’s too busy with his cat.
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LOL retrospective authorization
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 6:55 AM PST up reply actions
GOD EMPEROR OF DUNE
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by shanghaijim on Nov 11, 2011 2:32 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
haha
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 6:55 AM PST up reply actions
Hypospadias?
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Nov 11, 2011 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks Pat
Couldn’t have done it without you.
"Baseball is the belly-button of our society. Straighten out baseball, and you straighten out the rest of the world." Bill Lee
Future generations will look at his 2010 and wonder if that really happened
Yes, it did.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Tribute
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by bigboneded on Nov 11, 2011 2:24 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
This seems too on-topic.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 11, 2011 2:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Pat Burrell wasn't just a good baseball player
Although, incredibly, he was when there was no reason that he should have been. But he was also a larger-than-life figure, a smirking monument to major league excess who nevertheless managed to become the leader of a fractious cast. I feel like literally everybody from the Bay Area knows somebody who has a Pat Burrell story; he turned San Francisco into his personal party, and everyone was invited (as long as they had some hot friends.)
Lots of teams win the World Series. The 2010 Giants managed to do it in a way that was memorable and captivating and just ripe for hyperbole, and Pat Burrell, with his big-league sneer, his devastating swing, his checkered baseball history, and yes, his comically exaggerated extracurricular activities, was one of the poster boys for that.
I got to see him play once in a Giants uniform, against the Rockies this year. He pinch-hit for Eli Whiteside and walked on six pitches. Burriss pinch ran for him and scored the winning run, and I turned to my dad and said “Pat Burrell just won that game, and all he had to do was stand there and watch someone else suck.” That’s harder to do than it sounds, but Pat know how to do it.
That last paragraph and all its double entendres were dedicated to Pat the Bat, who put my favorite team on his back and carried them to a division.
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 11, 2011 2:25 PM PST reply actions 26 recs
Rec'd
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so rec’d
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 11, 2011 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
In 2010 wrote a mockublog and a poem about Pat Burrell that got some love here at McC, and this post and comment just got right to the goddamned point.
by Wet Luzinski on Nov 13, 2011 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
many here
overstate the importance of, or make fun of, clubhouse chemistry, and I’m one. But if it were, say, Jose Guillen hitting those homers last year instead of Burrell, I don’t know that the team overall performs as it did. He may have been important in getting Huff to play his best too.
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 6:59 AM PST up reply actions
Tribute II
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by bigboneded on Nov 11, 2011 2:25 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
I love the fact that he was bochy's right hand man
Some rook or someone else would come on the team
and it would be up to burrell to teach them the giants way
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Nov 11, 2011 2:26 PM PST reply actions
Tribute III
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Nov 11, 2011 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
“I feel like Pat really understands me,” Huff said. “Not me the baseball player, but me the person.”
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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by jctGamer on Nov 11, 2011 2:26 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
One of the guys who brought the trophy to The City
Never to be forgotten.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 11, 2011 2:29 PM PST reply actions
Repost:
“It’s better to be 0-1, than 0-for-1.” -Pat Burrell
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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by bigboneded on Nov 11, 2011 2:29 PM PST reply actions 6 recs
I'm a slow student
It took me a second to get the brilliance of this
"Bruce Wayne is the Brian Wilson of Gotham." -DrDC
Man does that quote symbolize not the Giants way
by Mrbasepaul on Nov 11, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
that's why we want him back as a hitting coach
Barry can be the roving instructor
Don’t swing at the first pitch you see, basically. Even if it called a strike they still have to throw two more.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 12:51 AM PST up reply actions
In honor of Pat Burrell
Here’s some comparable players for the Giants over the years:
Rk Player Year OPS+ G From To Age PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Pat Burrell 2011 125 188 2010 2011 33-34 560 472 58 119 25 1 25 72 80 4 144 2 0 6 7 0 2 .252 .359 .468 .827 7/D
2 Moises Alou 2006 135 221 2005 2006 38-39 868 772 119 241 46 4 41 137 84 3 74 4 0 8 26 7 2 .312 .379 .541 .920 *9/7D
3 Andres Galarraga 2003 121 159 2001 2003 40-42 467 428 53 127 27 1 19 77 32 2 110 5 0 2 12 1 6 .297 .351 .498 .849 *3/D
4 Joe Morgan 1982 128 224 1981 1982 37-38 932 771 115 208 35 5 22 92 151 11 97 2 2 6 6 38 9 .270 .388 .414 .802 *4/5
5 Reggie Smith 1982 134 106 1982 1982 37-37 398 349 51 99 11 0 18 56 46 9 46 0 0 3 9 7 0 .284 .364 .470 .834 /3
6 Ed Bailey 1965 128 225 1962 1965 31-34 703 590 74 143 17 1 38 116 98 17 113 7 1 7 15 1 7 .242 .353 .468 .821 *2/3
7 Sid Gordon 1955 134 207 1949 1955 31-37 763 633 106 174 32 3 33 115 120 2 52 3 4 3 24 1 0 .275 .391 .491 .883 *5/793
8 Joe Medwick 1945 121 232 1943 1945 31-33 968 906 119 284 48 6 15 141 49 0 40 1 12 0 28 4 0 .313 .349 .429 .779 *7/3
9 Lefty ODoul 1934 131 275 1928 1934 31-37 848 760 125 239 32 8 26 127 77 0 32 3 8 0 7 12 0 .314 .380 .480 .860 *7/9
10 Hank Gowdy 1925 130 187 1923 1925 33-35 495 427 52 139 19 7 8 74 59 0 27 2 7 0 0 3 0 .326 .410 .459 .869 *2
11 Jack Glasscock 1891 121 221 1890 1891 32-33 972 881 137 261 44 15 1 121 77 0 19 14 0 0 0 83 0 .296 .362 .384 .746 *6
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 11/11/2011.
Sorry the formatting cuts off, I couldn’t figure out how to fix that. Just use the link to see all the stats. I tried to find a sort that would find guys who played for the Giants a year or two at most in the latter part of their careers and hit well. Bobby Murcer probably should be on there, too, but isn’t because his Giants career ended after his age 30 season. Sid Gordon doesn’t really belong, he just snuck in with the last part of his first go-round with the Giants.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
And yes, Pat Burrell did show up in a Play Index table with a guy named Glasscock. You’re welcome.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on Nov 11, 2011 2:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Heh...beat me to it
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
I’d like to see Joe Medwick snag two babes on Chestnut St. while pounding a Bud Light.
No, really. I would.
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on Nov 11, 2011 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
Put the preformatted text inside a blockquote and a scrollbar will appear.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Like so
Rk Player Year OPS+ G From To Age PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Pat Burrell 2011 125 188 2010 2011 33-34 560 472 58 119 25 1 25 72 80 4 144 2 0 6 7 0 2 .252 .359 .468 .827 7/D
2 Moises Alou 2006 135 221 2005 2006 38-39 868 772 119 241 46 4 41 137 84 3 74 4 0 8 26 7 2 .312 .379 .541 .920 *9/7D
3 Andres Galarraga 2003 121 159 2001 2003 40-42 467 428 53 127 27 1 19 77 32 2 110 5 0 2 12 1 6 .297 .351 .498 .849 *3/D
4 Joe Morgan 1982 128 224 1981 1982 37-38 932 771 115 208 35 5 22 92 151 11 97 2 2 6 6 38 9 .270 .388 .414 .802 *4/5
5 Reggie Smith 1982 134 106 1982 1982 37-37 398 349 51 99 11 0 18 56 46 9 46 0 0 3 9 7 0 .284 .364 .470 .834 /3
6 Ed Bailey 1965 128 225 1962 1965 31-34 703 590 74 143 17 1 38 116 98 17 113 7 1 7 15 1 7 .242 .353 .468 .821 *2/3
7 Sid Gordon 1955 134 207 1949 1955 31-37 763 633 106 174 32 3 33 115 120 2 52 3 4 3 24 1 0 .275 .391 .491 .883 *5/793
8 Joe Medwick 1945 121 232 1943 1945 31-33 968 906 119 284 48 6 15 141 49 0 40 1 12 0 28 4 0 .313 .349 .429 .779 *7/3
9 Lefty ODoul 1934 131 275 1928 1934 31-37 848 760 125 239 32 8 26 127 77 0 32 3 8 0 7 12 0 .314 .380 .480 .860 *7/9
10 Hank Gowdy 1925 130 187 1923 1925 33-35 495 427 52 139 19 7 8 74 59 0 27 2 7 0 0 3 0 .326 .410 .459 .869 *2
11 Jack Glasscock 1891 121 221 1890 1891 32-33 972 881 137 261 44 15 1 121 77 0 19 14 0 0 0 83 0 .296 .362 .384 .746 *6
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
So that’s how you do it! I tried just about every formatting possibility they gave me and couldn’t figure out how to get the scroll bar. Thanks!
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I don’t know why it’s like that. It seems like such a random combination of things that make a scrollbar appear.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Um, Moises Alou didn’t hit 41 HRs for the Giants.
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He did
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Never heard them referred to as “pods” before.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Nov 11, 2011 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
I really loved that. Pat practically choke-holds Huff off the pile.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Nov 11, 2011 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
<3
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I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 11, 2011 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
I love this pic. Two studs, two beers, and a thong.
by City Girl on Nov 11, 2011 2:47 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Two studs, who are buds with some suds
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
<3
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 11, 2011 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
I'm sure someone has a better version of this somewhere
Best quote on the game thread that night?
If we were to win the World Series, I think these two might kill each other in celebration
Juan “Doesn’t Cheat The Game” Perez, please keep hitting.
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by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 11, 2011 2:52 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
marcello!
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
I'M FAMOUS!
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
But only for correctly using the subjunctive.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Crap
I honestly have no idea what that means. I know it’s a grammar term, and I googled it, but I have no clue what it means.
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
Si
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 will miss them.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
November 1, 2010: Best/craziest/drunkest night of my life.
by GIANT stoner on Nov 12, 2011 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
I knew I could count on you having a better version!
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 11, 2011 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
Awesome
Thanks for all the sweet gifs everyone.
by Myemail21479 on Nov 11, 2011 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
If you look at it too long, it looks like Lincecum’s head is spinning around.
by Natto on Nov 12, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I kind of still hold the whole Bellarmine thing against him.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 11, 2011 2:42 PM PST reply actions
If we have to draw on high-school rivalry type situations, then I hate Tony Torcato and Dustin Pedroia.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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There's no way I can hate Kris Kristofferson
He’s legitimately the most interesting man in the world. A Rhodes Scholar who turned down an English professor gig at West Point to write folk songs, sleep with Janis Joplin and Barbara Streisand, and eventually act in Lone Star. Only Ian Fleming comes close.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 11, 2011 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
And star in films about a vampire hunter.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 11, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
I hated Barry Bonds while he was still in high school.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 11, 2011 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Hipster alert!
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I LOL’d
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 11, 2011 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
Bonds gets a pass, Tom Brady on the other hand…
by S. Pickford #25 on Nov 11, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
You are exactly wrong. Brady is a St. Gregory’s kid.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 11, 2011 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
St Gregory’s and Serra? Wow, thats a big 0 for 2 if you ask me.
by S. Pickford #25 on Nov 11, 2011 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
LUCKILY I DID NOT ASK YOU
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 11, 2011 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
BUT IF YOU DID ASK ME THAT IS WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID
by S. Pickford #25 on Nov 11, 2011 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
how did he avoid going to College of San Mateo?
aka the College of Serra Men.
Because he went to Michigan?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 12, 2011 8:35 AM PST up reply actions
I saw Bonds PLAY when he was still in high school.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
My brother played with him on the San Mateo American Legion team. While they were in high school.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 11, 2011 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
He was pretty good.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 11, 2011 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
Straight to Helle!
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 11, 2011 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
Hips Helles
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 11, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Someone at The Good Phight has "Ruben Amaro Jr. Delunda Est" in his signature
Not only is that misspelled, but owlcroft was there first.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Schoenfield does not like it
http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/18410/phillies-overpay-to-sign-papelbon
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He’s being accurate to what would have been written if the internet had been invented during the end of the Roman Republic. Somebody else should have a signature that says “O tempora, O morays!”
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
mmm moray tempora
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
Thank you Pat.
You always seemed to come though when we needed it. That homerun against the Dodgers still gets me pumped.
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 11, 2011 2:59 PM PST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
It wasn’t his longest, but the HR in Petco that almost topped the Western Metal Supply building is one of my favorites.
I hope Pat shows up in some staff role. (TWSS)
Me too.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Nov 11, 2011 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
Carroll to the Twins
BigUrbSports Mychael Urban
Have no fear, #SFGiants fans. Carroll is off market. Two years and $7 mil from Twins. Wow. #overpaymuch? Updated blog: tinyurl.com/bsf5lc4
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
And it looks like Reyes is going to Miami. Poor GP.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 11, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
how the fuck do they get good players what the fuck
1. they already have two world series
2. nobody likes them
3. fuck the marlins
4. everyone there who likes baseball is an old person from new york
5. now they’ll get andrew luck too
6. fuck espn for jamming the miami heat down our fucking throats
7. lol nba
8. seriously fuck miami
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
by El Person on Nov 11, 2011 3:13 PM PST up reply actions 7 recs
Is Boise State University going to join the Big East?
by non sequitur on Nov 11, 2011 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
I hope not
They don’t have any reason to, do they? That conference has five members: Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers, Connecticut, and South Florida. There’s basically no way it keeps AQ status. Why jump on that sinking ship?
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
I’m a little behind on these things — what does “AQ” mean?
by non sequitur on Nov 11, 2011 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
Automatic qualifier
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automatic qualifier conference
ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Blackjack
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That’s like David Robinson getting hurt one year, and so the Spurs get to have Tim Duncan, too.
by non sequitur on Nov 11, 2011 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
Right. Somebody in the AFC south needs to throw a game against Indy just to prevent the Colts from getting him.
I always thought it would be interesting had the Rams got the no .1 pick. Would they draft luck when they have Bradford?
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Bradford and Luck shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same sentence.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
They’ll trade away Bradford if they get Luck and not think twice about it.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Off the top of my head: Rodgers, Brady, Brees
Rivers and Vick, maybe.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Maybe “Big Ben” though I dislike him.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 11, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
Stafford, Newton, Dalton (maybe).
And according to Jim Harbaugh: Alex Smith.
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You think Harbaugh is going to come out in the middle of the season and say he’d prefer Luck to Smith?
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I'm kidding
It was a play on Harbaugh’s comment about Smith yesterday.
Quote:
“He’s every bit the elite quarterback as there is playing in the game right now”
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That's such a Sabean-esque quote
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In Harbaugh's defense
the quote came mid-week and no QBs were playing at the time.
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TIM TEBOW
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Luck is not worth 3 draft picks!
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He's worth at least 5
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by doubleteapot on Nov 11, 2011 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
it'll be funny if Indianapolis pick Luck
and “luck” into 25 years worth of Franchise quarterbacks
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Now
this is heresy
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TEBOW IS A WINNING WINNER WHO WINS GAMES
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by doubleteapot on Nov 11, 2011 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
he only needs two completions to win a game!
by 49GiantSharkWarriors on Nov 14, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
Not quite the same..
Duncan and Robinson were able to play in the same starting lineup. Even if Robinson was fading, he was still a really good complimentary piece to Duncan. I can’t think of any positive scenarios where those two are in the same starting offense.
by Ice Watter In His Veins! on Nov 11, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
What you don’t imagine Indy running the triple option with Luck and Manning in the backfield?
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They certainly wouldn't do that all the time
It’s a gimmick, and the value they would derive from that would probably be far less than whatever they would get for Luck.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
And with Peyton’s neck healing so poorly that nobody is willing to provide an honest progress report, they might need him.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 11, 2011 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
BUT WE CAN'T POSSIBLY KNOW EVERYTHING SO NO COMPLAINING ABOUT "POOR" TEAMS BUYING GOOD PLAYERS WHILE THE GIANTS DUMPSTER DIVE!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 11, 2011 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Certainly not compared to a LHH who will get maybe 50-60 innings.
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It is to Urbs because he thought Carroll should only get a million bucks for 1 year.
A year and a mil? Bring him on.
More Brilliance from Urbs latest blogpost:
Keppinger should be kept, in my opinion….Fontenot? Eh. He’s a non-tender in my book.
Got that? Carroll is worth 1m, Keppenger at least twice that, and Fonty should walk.
I am shocked that he’s no longer being paid for his opines.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 11, 2011 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
I'd rather carry
a third catcher on the roster than a backup 2B that can’t play any other position.
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:04 AM PST up reply actions
His views are probably similar to Sabean's.
Ron Paul 2012
by GovernorStephCurry on Nov 12, 2011 12:41 AM PST up reply actions
This is unintentionally funny since
the Giants paid Tejada about that much for 2/3 of a year.
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Tejada was an Oakland A previously, they’re always worth more Urb Bucks.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 11, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
If a guy names himself BigUrbs
He is probably compensating. Also, he probably thought the almost Bloomquist signing was a good idea.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 11, 2011 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
If he was healthy this year, we maybe could have made the playoffs?
He’s a good hitter still. Sad to see him go.
Ron Paul 2012
by GovernorStephCurry on Nov 11, 2011 3:12 PM PST reply actions
He did a lot of inexplicable sitting during the early part of the season.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:04 AM PST up reply actions
So long, Pat
One last time, a tribute to your greatness. (and TL2)
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This ought to be interesting
The Marlins have made “substantial offers” to both Albert Pujols and Jose Reyes, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (Twitter link). The team met with Pujols today and Reyes on Wednesday.
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if the marlins get reyes
they have to trade hanley right?
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by sadison bummedgarner on Nov 11, 2011 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
They don't have a third baseman, so Hanley can move there
It was bad enough that they were seriously considering signing Pedro Feliz and/or trading for Mark DeRosa (before he got injured, of course).
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Also they’ll get Carlos Beltran. Why? Because fuck you, that’s why.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
perfect
They should be declaring bankruptcy right about the time the season starts.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:05 AM PST up reply actions
wtf?
I saw rumors that they’re very interested in Pujols, Reyes, and Buehrle. I saw they’re also interested in CJ Wilson and Beltran…wtf?
OF: Stanton, Beltran, and Morrisson with Pierre in there
IF: Pujols, Reyes, Infante, Ramirez, and Buck
SP: Buehrle, CJ Wilson, Johnson, Sanchez, and Nolasco
RP: Sanabia, Webb, Dunn, Mujica, etc. (only part that still sucks…)
Wow…along with Guillen, new name, and new uniforms (ugly but still).
What is this bullshit?
Go Sharks!
No RDF in Miami
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 11, 2011 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
They’re instead making it rain.
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the strippers down there really appreciate it.
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LOL retractable roof stadium
keeps cheerleaders dry!
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:06 AM PST up reply actions
Well, see they’ve got all this money from record merchandise sales, 2010 post-season receipts, and an entire season of sell-ou…. oh wait, that’s the Giants.
I’m convinced that they area inviting big name FA out there and sending out their own rumors that they are close to signing some of them just to sell tickets for their new park. Coupled with the announcement and showing of their new uniforms, and the Marlins are just trying to create a media frenzy for themselves.
I doubt they have the clout and ability to sign these FA this quickly, if at all.
they should have enough
they have been dumping arb guys for a few years now.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:06 AM PST up reply actions
Pat will be a Giants legend forever
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.
Beautiful tribute
Grant says it all.
"Your curses do not compare to those of Houston fans or Detroit fans, and especially not to those of fans from the northside of Chicago. You are not Hamlet. You are Valerie Bertinelli. Your victim act is schlocky, and totally unconvincing. You fancy yourself tormented. You are merely insecure."
-- Scott Burton to Red Sox fans, 6/12/02
http://espn.go.com/magazine/burton_20020612.html
Papelbon is just a ridiculous contract
he is doomed to fail, only the Rays front office is good/smart enough not to make these stupid deals.
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It’s more or less impossible for him to provide enough value to justify what he’s being paid.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
It'd be hilarious if he chose to keep his Dropkick Murphys intro music
The first six innings are overrated.
Next year will be year 1
of the Ryan Howard extension.
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But
the Ibanez and Blanton contracts more than make up for that.
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That does not mean you give Ryan Howard 25 Mil
for the next 5 years.
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Yes it does
yes it does.
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Can’t imagine a 35 year old Papelbon having much value for the Phillies, but man, just realized Papelbon had an FIP of 1.5 last year (and 3 WAR acc. to Fangraphs). Definitely an overpay over the long haul but about right on for his WAR production. but man, a couple years down the road will be ugly.
maybe even 60 million!
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Per Fangraphs, Papelbon has provided exactly $50 million worth of value over his last five seasons.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Yah, so he probably won’t be worth his contract but he might not too far off either, whereas Madson was much less likely to produce the same value.
and
he starts this one at the age of 30.
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So what happens if Paps fails his physical?
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
My understanding is that the deal goes away.
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I mean can the Phils go back to Madson?
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
sure
He’s a FA…it’s going to cost them though.
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Luckily, the physical is a jig.
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by troymccluresf on Nov 11, 2011 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
yeah, right
Meltdown Man is melty.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:07 AM PST up reply actions
5 years 70 million!
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by doubleteapot on Nov 11, 2011 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
I sure hope Sabean doesn’t try to match that with Brian Wilson.
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 bet he tries.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 12, 2011 3:06 AM PST up reply actions
Thank you, Pat.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 11, 2011 3:36 PM PST reply actions
Thanks for the memories from the best season of my life, Pat.
good luck to The Bat
Just met Jeremy Hermida
Nice dude. Sabes is probably working on a contract as we speak.
by JSing on Nov 11, 2011 3:42 PM PST via mobile reply actions
What I don't get
Why GMs can make these obviously bad deals.
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This is extraordinarily accurate.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 12, 2011 3:07 AM PST up reply actions
I think GMs get hunkered down with their close circle of scouts/evaluators and get tunnel vision on players.
Obvious, RAJ felt that the closer was the most important hole to fill. It was either Madson or Papelbon for RAJ and he did want ever it took to sign one of the two.
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Where does the Carroll deal leave Nishioka
didn’t he sign a big deal with Minnesota last winter?
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2nd base
take that however you want to take it.
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oh
who played SS for Minnesota last year? Thought it was Nishioka.
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I prefer it well lubricated.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 11, 2011 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
isn't 2B kissing?
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
Annnnnnd confirmed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_metaphors_for_sex
Although details vary, a broadly accepted description of what each base represents is as follows: 4
First base – mouth to mouth kissing, especially open mouth (“French”) kissing involving the tongue.
Second base – aggressive stimulation between the neck and waist, usually shirtless or under the shirt.
Third base – manual or oral stimulation of the genitalia.
Fourth base (Home run) – the act of penetrative intercourse.
Barry Bonds!
King of the Swing baby yayaaaaaa
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Nov 11, 2011 4:08 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
If second base is kissing, what the fuck is first base? Longing looks from across the room?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 11, 2011 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
Watching Avatar: The Last Airbender together.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 11, 2011 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
Although, if this is true, that means that I only ever got to first base with myself.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 11, 2011 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
:(
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 11, 2011 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
what the hell would 1B be, then?
Also, HOW HAVE YOU PROCREATED
The first six innings are overrated.
He got to fifth base.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 11, 2011 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
not a twins expert by any means
is Terry Tiffee still in the Middle Infield picture?
2011: A Tejada Odyssey: 15-Day DL
he hasn't played in the majors since 2008... for the dodgers
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.
SFGiants San Francisco Giants
On 5/4/12 1st 20,000 get their every own #SFGiants Texting Gloves (Perfect for tweeting on a cold night) Tix on Sale 11/25 #SFG2012
What is a “texting” glove?
Ah. But what if my fingertips get the coldest?
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 11, 2011 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
fapgloves
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 11, 2011 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
shoot. No subject line. Sorry.
Also, I’ve heard you can use Slim Jims as stylus pens on touch screen phones.
a lot of pitchers are unable to text on their iphone because of callus on their fingertips
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
Giggle
I love you equated me with slim.
Wait.
HEY
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 11, 2011 6:06 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
That 7 looks incredibly large
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Nov 11, 2011 5:18 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
twss
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 12, 2011 3:09 AM PST up reply actions
xxx
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
oh my lord ……. i remember this.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
November 1, 2010: Best/craziest/drunkest night of my life.
by GIANT stoner on Nov 12, 2011 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Texting gloves have metal inserts at the fingertips so you can text while keeping your gloves on.
by mrs. owlcroft on Nov 11, 2011 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
SUP DAWG
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Golden Gate Beer Bars | Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Nov 11, 2011 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
I PUT FINGERTIPS ON YOUR FINGERTIPS SO YOU CAN FINGERTIP WHILE YOU FINGERTIP!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 11, 2011 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
Someone at SFO stop him!
Despite renewed fears of player safety in Venezuela following the kidnapping of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, Giants officials have not asked Pablo Sandoval to call off a return to his home country next month.
The Giants’ All-Star third baseman had planned to leave Dec. 10 and play 10 games for Navegantes de Magallanes near his hometown of Puerto Cabello in Carabobo state.
“We are aware of the situation (with Ramos),” Giants vice president Bobby Evans said. “Everyone is cautious about the safety of their players.”
http://www.mercurynews.com/other-sports/ci_19316782?source=rss
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I am not worried about Pablo being kidnapped
I am worried about Pablo gaining another 50 pounds at home.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 11, 2011 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not worried about either.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 11, 2011 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
you're right
kidnappers couldn’t handle the food bill.
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:09 AM PST up reply actions
PABLO STOP PLAYING BASEBALL FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
PLEASE.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 11, 2011 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
When I think of Pat Burrell
the first thing that comes to mind was when someone asked Kruk & Kuip which Giants player they wanted to be, and before the question was even finished being asked, Kuip reacted with “Pat Burrell.” They had to turn their mics off for a bit.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I remember that
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Nov 11, 2011 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
ooh good one. That was pretty funny
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 11, 2011 7:38 PM PST up reply actions
Did we ever figure out
why he was in the StL locker room after the World Series?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Golden Gate Beer Bars | Tweetybox
does there need to be a reason?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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If you had a party wouldn’t you invite Pat Burrell?
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 11, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, no. Because I would have to beat him with a baseball bat after he hits on my sister.
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 should have expected all of these answers, and I cannot disagree with any of them.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Golden Gate Beer Bars | Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Nov 11, 2011 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
I remember that someone reported he knew one of the players in the Cardinals lineup
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Nov 11, 2011 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
Still, kind of weird to go into another team’s clubhouse at that time.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
LaRussa was Pat’s DD.
Giants Baseball: The road here was paved with good intentions.
by atxgiantsfan on Nov 12, 2011 12:16 AM PST up reply actions
That would have been an exciting ride home
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 12, 2011 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
Thank you Pat the Bat
For the memories and championship.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 11, 2011 4:17 PM PST reply actions
Thanks pat
Broxton homer, homer in lincecums last az start, and the lds homer were 3 of my fave moments of the ’10 season.
by haroldandsivakumar on Nov 11, 2011 4:50 PM PST reply actions
Thanks Pat for your epic clutch homers
and for being one of the only hitters on this team that knew how to take a freaking walk!
…damn allergies. /sniff
Buh-bye Pat … happy retirement, and thank-you.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
He only strikes out at the plate.
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
With the soul of a LOST HAWK
Is there a heaven for a Rap Cat, let's talk
by LostHawkGSW on Nov 11, 2011 5:04 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
But he really knows how to lay the wood on the ball
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Nov 11, 2011 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
definitely
a gap hitter.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Dude swings some impressive wood
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 11, 2011 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
Thank you, Pat the Bat
There are some players you just become instantly attached to. Though your tenure in SF was short, you’ve forever etched yourself into Giants lore. I’ll miss a lot about you – your clutch hits, your plate discipline, your antics off the field – but the thing I’ll miss most is how much of a team player you really were. Everyone else may remember you as a Phillie, but I’ll always remember you as a Giant.
Thanks again, and don’t be a stranger. I’m sure there’ll always be a place for you in the dugout at Mays Field.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 11, 2011 5:05 PM PST reply actions
lol
There are some players you just become instantly attached to.
Like two ships, docking.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
You can separate them by spraying cold water on them.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 12, 2011 3:11 AM PST up reply actions
BTW
Brandon Belt just homered for Escogido. His swing looks good. And he’s playing first base AGAIN. How is this happening?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 11, 2011 5:34 PM PST reply actions
Not playing for the San Francisco Giants right now?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
es verdad
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 11, 2011 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
DAMN, YUNALESCA! PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 11, 2011 5:42 PM PST reply actions
What who where girl?
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 11, 2011 6:11 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
So where’s the Marlin’s uni unveiling?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
they're not as bad as expected
http://shop.mlb.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=12337441&cp=12337441
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.
That’s because they STOLE OUR COLORS
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 11, 2011 6:56 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Belt with a double down the right field line. He turned on the first pitch he saw in the eighth inning and ripped it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 11, 2011 6:36 PM PST reply actions
News on Wilson Ramos?!?!
Panda just tweeted something [en español]
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
They found him alive
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 11, 2011 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
He's okay!
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.
Ooh baseball
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 11, 2011 6:54 PM PST via mobile reply actions
"I'm gonna f*** him up!"
Was there ever a gif of Huff saying that about Burrell after the homerun?
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
Put 'em up!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 11, 2011 7:18 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
No, no, no...
That’s a drunk octopus. I’m looking for an overly excited Huff.
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
I know exactly what you are talking about and I swear I had it but now I can't find it.
Will you take a celebratory ass pat instead while I continue to look?
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 11, 2011 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
Never Forget ...........
Regular season:
Post season:
Off-season:
You will be missed, Pat the Bat. You’re the fucking man.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
November 1, 2010: Best/craziest/drunkest night of my life.
by GIANT stoner on Nov 11, 2011 7:32 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
Pat Burrell is probably my only former White Whale who actually became a Giant. By the time he did, I was pretty sure it was too late for him to have any usefulness whatsoever. I’m delighted to have been wrong.
Pat Burrell: Good Giant.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
On Ramos
Now in english:
http://www.vivacolorado.com/noticias/ci_19317517
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Excellent news.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Es good
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 11, 2011 7:43 PM PST up reply actions
muy bien.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
November 1, 2010: Best/craziest/drunkest night of my life.
by GIANT stoner on Nov 11, 2011 7:45 PM PST up reply actions
Bon Bon
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
Eclair
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 11, 2011 9:11 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Profiterole
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
Black Sabbath announce new album, 2012 world tour
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/11/us-blacksabbath-idUSTRE7AA57Q20111111
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
The original members
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 went to go see them in Mountain View at Ozzfest 2005 but got sick and had to leave the venue. I then went to go see them with Ronnie James Dio in San Jose 2008 but had to leave before they performed their set.
I’ve got bad luck.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 12, 2011 12:59 AM PST up reply actions
I, on the other hand, would welcome your luck.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 12, 2011 3:15 AM PST up reply actions
Dude could walk.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 11, 2011 8:45 PM PST reply actions
Bought some honeycrisp apples
Let’s see if you guys are right?
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Nov 11, 2011 9:31 PM PST via mobile reply actions
We’ll know we’re right if you hate them.
The first six innings are overrated.
by apistat on Nov 11, 2011 10:09 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
What if I like them?
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by CalBear949 on Nov 11, 2011 10:30 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
They’re good.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 11, 2011 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty expensive for apples. $9 for 5 lbs
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by CalBear949 on Nov 11, 2011 10:34 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
They have to be handled carefully, they smush and bruise easily.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Stars has always been the team I dislike the most.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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by CalBear949 on Nov 11, 2011 10:48 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
A little devil’s advocate: I bought cheap apples the other week, and they aren’t very good.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 11, 2011 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
They’re good for applesauce, apple cake, apple pie, etc…
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:15 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks Pat
A Class act whether watching ball four, strike three or the ball you hit clear the fence it was evident that you enjoyed the game. I am hoping for a Coaching position in the Organization.
Go Giants
Thanks Pat, this cold one's for you!
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Nov 11, 2011 10:34 PM PST reply actions
Former Expos Pitcher, Charlie Lea who no hit the Giants in 1981 passed away today. RIP
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Nov 11, 2011 10:35 PM PST reply actions
ya know what sucks? being 14 and being one of few that really understand what music SHOULD be. and having other kids be like “…..wtf” when i say i like the beatles, the animals, michael jackson, simon and garfunkel, ect. These are the people play REAL music
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.
you’re 14?
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
the hilarity of youtube comments on classic rock/folk songs
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.
Ah, that makes more sense in context. Ignore my comment below then.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 11, 2011 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
You sound exactly like me at 14. (I think I even used the same artists).
Except I was complaining about Britney Spears and NSYNC. I guess you are complaining about the Justin Biebers and Taylor Swifts of the world?
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 11, 2011 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
You sayJustin Bieber-I say ACDC
You say Miley Cyrus-I say Led Zepplin
You say T-Pain-I say Slipknot
You say Flowers-I say Metallica
You say Pink-I say Iron Maiden
You say Hip Hop-i say shut up
You say Pop-I scream Heavy Metal!!
You say hanah montana-i fucking punch you in the face
92% of teenagers have turned to Hip Hop and Pop.If you are part of the 8% that still listen to real music,copy and paste this message to another 5 video
DON’T LET THE SPIRIT OF ROCK DIE!
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.
You say T-Pain-I say Slipknot
You mean those are my only two options? Can I pass?
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 11, 2011 10:50 PM PST up reply actions
haha, right?
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.
honestly
i’d rather listen to boots with the fur or w/e than any slipknot song
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.
REEBOKS WITH THE STRAAAAAAPS
The first six innings are overrated.
you say slipknot and iron maiden in the same sentence – i throw your fucking computer out the window and beat you about the head and shoulders with a blender
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 11, 2011 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
I still cant imagine people actually bothering to comment on youtube. I’ve always been partial to the unintentionally hilarious comments at songmeanings.net. My personal favorite was for pavement – zurich is stained:
So im going out on a huge limb here, but what i think it means is…..
Alright Zurich is in Germany, Zurich is stained by the holocost. If u know about the holocost u know that at first the jews were held in camps and then later massacred “hanging”. So i think the “with a watch, the light changed to hold, then hanging” is talking about how at first they were held and then killed after some time past and hitler got more intense against the jews. NEXT, in the second verse, i think a mistake or two is the fact that so many people stood by at first and allowed the holocost to happen while looking the other way. And that is a mistake that could not be traced to any person, but i think “sold it and held them hanging” is referring to people not caring as long as it didnt affect them. ALRIGHT now heres the big twist and really going out on a limb, i think that the chorus means: “You think its easy” to be able to stand up to a problem like this, but its not, and Malkmus is saying since Zurich’s being stained isnt his fault, hes just gonna be held back away from it, or hell run away from it. OK OK OK so im really sure that this explanation is probably wrong but i just had to try to find meaning in it cuz its one of my favorite songs, if anyone else knows what its about pleasssse tell me, cuz i dont really beleive my own idea, anyway someone else comment on this song please.
zurich is in switzerland…
alright im an idiot
damnit damnit damnit damnit damnit, i thought i might have had something going and im a fuckin idiot, cmon though, zurich sounds really german right? but uhh now my comment makes absolutely no sense at all. shit, damn swiss
The first six innings are overrated.
thats my favorite pavement song!
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.
omg those comments are amazing
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.
There was one about the Rancid song “Tenderloin” that didn’t know that Tenderloin was a neighborhood in San Francisco. Their proposed “song meaning” was realllllly out there.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 11, 2011 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
dismemberment plan - eight and a half minutes
gives a lot of images of the end of the world, but what is this “Dead black disc” that slides silently overhead?
I think he may be making a reference to the giant saucers in the movie Independence Day… at least that’s what I picture when I think of “dead black disk slides silently overhead.”
That site was a goldmine.
The first six innings are overrated.
good choice
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.
Getting hungry from watching
Diner, Dives and Driveins
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by CalBear949 on Nov 11, 2011 10:44 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I thought you were eating apples.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 11, 2011 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
I just bought them. Have not ate any. Too late in the evening to eat. I will have some for breakfast.
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by CalBear949 on Nov 11, 2011 10:50 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I feel ripped off.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 11, 2011 11:56 PM PST up reply actions
No returns or exchanges
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by CalBear949 on Nov 12, 2011 6:42 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah
Very good but limited by it being an apple
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by CalBear949 on Nov 12, 2011 8:36 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
It was limited by being eaten by you.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 12, 2011 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
Touche
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by CalBear949 on Nov 12, 2011 9:09 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
THAT APPLE GAVE ITS LIFE FOR YOU
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 12, 2011 9:17 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks
Johnny Disaster Appleseed
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by CalBear949 on Nov 12, 2011 9:40 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
The apples up here in BC
are pretty fabulous right now, particularly the Ambrosia and Pink Lady varieties.
Sweet, crispy, and juicy…
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
I have nothing against apples, I just like other fruits more. Asian pears, pears, berries, watermelon, lychee, etc.
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by CalBear949 on Nov 12, 2011 9:54 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I prefer pears too, though I tend to burn out on pears pretty quickly. I think the perfect fruit is probably a large, very ripe blackberry that almost falls off the branch when you pick it. Frozen blueberries are up there as well.
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Raspberries are the perfect fruit, and I'm making raspberry scones right now.
/It’s hard to type with flour on your hands
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
You're a scone!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
What kind of scone are you?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofsconeareyouquiz/
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Butterscotch.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
I am a cranberry
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Me too
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 12, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Though I think they are gross
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 12, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently, I am a cherry scone, a white tiger, and am 38% skeptic.
/ damn internet quizzes !
http://www.blogthings.com/tenrandomquizzes/
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Hah, beat you! I’m 80% skeptic.
And my big bottom lip means:
People see you both as mysterious and exotic.
You definitely have cultivated your own unique interests and lifestyle.
Brainy and quick witted, you aren’t one for superficial friendships.
But if someone can make you laugh or think, they’ll likely be your friend for life.
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.
Hah, beat you! I’m 80% skeptic.
And my big bottom lip means:
People see you both as mysterious and exotic.
You definitely have cultivated your own unique interests and lifestyle.
Brainy and quick witted, you aren’t one for superficial friendships.
But if someone can make you laugh or think, they’ll likely be your friend for life.
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.
guy fiery
is documented to have killed appetites at 1000 yards.
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:16 AM PST up reply actions
Why not
Marlins apparently showing interest in Madson.
Sizemore allegedly is looking an one year deal for $6 to 7 million
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by CalBear949 on Nov 11, 2011 11:04 PM PST via mobile reply actions
oh my god ........
PHILADELPHIA (AP)—A person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press that the Philadelphia Phillies and Papelbon have agreed to a $50 million, four-year contract that’s the largest ever for a reliever. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday because the deal had not yet been announced and is subject to Papelbon passing a physical.
……. wow …….. they seriously need a salary cap ……..
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
November 1, 2010: Best/craziest/drunkest night of my life.
What I am worried about is how this will affect Brian Wilson and the Giants. Sabean may overpaid to keep him for several more years, well past his baseball expiration date (as a quality closer).
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Sabean is too smart
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Nov 12, 2011 12:46 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
the phillies are trying to be the yankees of the NL ........
stuffing these top free agents’ pockets full of cash and expecting them to win …… never mind team chemistry. who needs it? but seriously, a ridiculous contract for a RP past his prime and who can only throw 1 pitch. and $50 million??? 3/4 of the fucking city is impoverished!!! unbelievable.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
November 1, 2010: Best/craziest/drunkest night of my life.
by GIANT stoner on Nov 12, 2011 1:00 AM PST up reply actions
They are the Yankees of the NL, at least for now. All that spending and trading will really blow up in their face a few years from now.
I think what they are trying to do is win another championship. I think it was Roy Halladay who was quoted as saying that if he were the Phillies owners, he would do anything to win a World Series. Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt, are great veteran pitchers who have failed to get a ring.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 12, 2011 1:07 AM PST up reply actions
and at this point, it’s become humorous to me. I mean, Lee left Texas because he thought Philly would give him a better chance.
Just goes to show you have to let those good things come to you; you’ll never get a ring when you chase it that hard.
What's great about BABIP becoming mainstream is now the fan never actually has to admit his team flat-out lost.
<3 Kanani Madison
by giant4life83 on Nov 12, 2011 2:33 AM PST up reply actions
Karl Malone disagrees with this
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by CalBear949 on Nov 12, 2011 6:35 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
hey
that is good news. Sign ’em all, Phillies, sign ’em all!
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:17 AM PST up reply actions
I'm really late...
But thank you Pat, for being my victory .gif.
"But here’s what I like most about the big leagues: the water pressure in the showers. The water pressure is outstanding. You get clean in half the time." - Brandon Belt
by deegreentea on Nov 12, 2011 12:27 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
mlb.com Giants beat reporter Chris Haft inbox:
I would be very interested in your analysis of the Melky Cabrera trade. While he will fit in well, it seems like we gave up a lot for a solid but unspectacular player coming off a career year who will be eligible for free agency after this season. I thought we could have gotten a bit more for Sanchez, and certainly not have had to throw in a Minor Leaguer [left-hander Ryan Verdugo] to get a player of Cabrera’s caliber.
— David S, Sydney, Australia
This is potentially a good deal for the Giants, at least short-term. True, Cabrera’s about to leap into free agency, but his desire to set himself up for a big payday should drive him to duplicate his 2011 production. The Royals took on some risk, too, since Sanchez also will be a free agent after 2012. I share your surprise regarding the necessity for the Giants to part with a second player — particularly somebody like Verdugo, who I believe could excel in the relief role that Kansas City envisions for him. I also confess that I remain unable to comprehend how teams determine fair value when they engineer pitcher-for-hitter trades.
Those who insist that the Giants could have obtained more for Sanchez ought to remember that when they explored trading Tim Lincecum after his promising 2007 rookie season, the best offer came from Toronto, which offered outfielder Alex Rios. That’s all? For a guy who proceeded to win two Cy Young Awards? It’s conceivable that the Giants might have obtained the most that Sanchez and Verdugo would bring.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 12, 2011 12:51 AM PST reply actions
So much weird logic there I can’t even parse it.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
Okay, I'll try.
Cabrera playing for a contract = good.
Sanchez playing for a contract = bad?
Playing for a contract = anything at all!
And Tim Lincecum in 2007 was not a Cy Young winner. That’s when all the fear about his size and delivery were at the highest. Over the course of his career, his value has probably never been lower than it was then. That’s when Alex Rios was coming off of two impressive seasons with a combined 121 OPS+, and was only 26. And the Giants needed outfielders! Over the course of his career, his value has probably never been higher than it was then.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
For reference
This is what Haft had to say about Rios at the time of that proposal:
Rios’ talent is enough to arouse any team. At 26, he already has played nearly full four seasons in the Major Leagues and owns a .288 career average with 52 home runs and 254 RBIs. He hit .297 with 24 homers and 85 RBIs in 2007, garnishing those numbers with 114 runs, 43 doubles and 17 stolen bases in 21 attempts.
Rios could have aroused ANY team.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
this Alex Rios! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt9hRCthV8E
"We can... feel the trade winds blowing gently through our hair... here's the pitch... or Dave can." - Jon Miller
I still think
they could have gotten someone better had they traded him after the no-hitter in 2009. But I’d rather have a WS trophy and Melky Cabrera.
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:19 AM PST up reply actions
MLB Network video on Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes, and Florida Marlins
MLB Network crew talks about the potential impact of Jose Reyes on Hanley Ramirez and the Marlins
Very nice discussion about the situation. LOL Hanley’s Clark Kent glasses.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 12, 2011 12:56 AM PST reply actions
fixed .......
LOL Hanley’s Clark Kent glasses new uniforms.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
November 1, 2010: Best/craziest/drunkest night of my life.
by GIANT stoner on Nov 12, 2011 1:09 AM PST up reply actions
I would love to see Pat make a return (and do well) even if only as a PH for 2012
but selfishly, in my heart of hearts, I’d rather see him go out pretty much on top rather than risk watching him suffer through a Huff or Torres type nuclear meltdown. It preserves the memory as if it were a dream.
Thank You, Pat, for everything.
What's great about BABIP becoming mainstream is now the fan never actually has to admit his team flat-out lost.
<3 Kanani Madison
oh, and regarding Papelbon to Philly, which I also just heard about… that’s what Brian Wilson is primed to make- from the Giants. He’s already made near $9MM in 2011 with another arb to go.
No way Giants let him walk. He’ll get the same or more money
What's great about BABIP becoming mainstream is now the fan never actually has to admit his team flat-out lost.
<3 Kanani Madison
This is terrible, but the truth.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 12, 2011 3:20 AM PST up reply actions
Actually, if he has a repeat of last year, there’s no way that I can see the Giants overpay him. He was basically Jonathan Sanchez last year, and that’s the guy they just jettisoned.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
yup, he’s gotta prove that he isn’t damaged goods… on the field NOT according to the Giants “medical staff”.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I think they are stupid stupid stupid lucky stupid.
Check out Catch-28.com, a blog about Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants.
The Giants only give that kind of money to free agents from other teams, though.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
you ain't wrong
unless he’s unable to pitch, they’ll pay him.
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:19 AM PST up reply actions
one last thought, Giants should get Madson and just trade Wilson now, actually.
or they should have forgotten about Affeldt and signed Madson instead. We’ll need a closer very soon. I figure Wilson’s arm will blow up in ST.
What's great about BABIP becoming mainstream is now the fan never actually has to admit his team flat-out lost.
<3 Kanani Madison
We’d have to give up our first round draft pick (since the arbitration deadline hasn’t passed yet), and I don’t think that we’d get something of equal value in return. The time to trade Wilson was last year, when his stock was as high as it’s likely ever going to be.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I don’t think Wilson’s value has dropped to much, but I think it’s going to take a lot to sign Madson. I’d rather just give the closing job to Romo.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 12, 2011 5:41 AM PST up reply actions
Really? After 2010, he’d just gained himself the “battle-tested” title by being the closer for the WS winning team. After 2011, his strikeouts were down, walks were way up, and he was on the DL for a while. Sounds like a big difference to me.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Stop trading Wilson
It’s incredible to me that when listing all the reasons the Giants should trade Wilson, fans think that they’re the only ones who have thought of this, and rival GM’s haven’t. They’re all dying to add Wilson to their bullpen despite the fact that he’s losing velocity, ended the season injured, getting expensive, provides an overrated service, blah, blah, blah. Let’s not even mention that every year (including this one) there’s a ton of closers on the FA market that GM’s can sign without giving up proven talent or prospects. Guys, if you think Romo would make a better closer, there’s a good chance most GM’s agree with you. So why don’t we discuss trading Romo instead? Oh wait, that would be dumb.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
That’s why you trade Wilson mid-season
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by CalBear949 on Nov 12, 2011 6:33 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Why, because a contending team will want him? What if you’re a contending team? Can you see a scenario where the Giants trade Wilson to a contender and he comes back to close them out in the playoffs? Will you still think it was a good idea? I love rosterbating as much as the next guy, but I hate unrealistic rosterbating. Everyone who’s posting that the Giants should trade Wilson knows they’re not going to do it, so why waste your time? Even if your trade improves the team, they’re not doing it? He sells tickets, he sells fake beards, his entrance provides atmosphere and fun at the ballpark. That’s important, even if you don’t think it is. They didn’t sell out every game this year just because they won the World Series. Other teams haven’t done that after winning it all. They sold it out because it’s a fun group with some entertaining characters, and who’s more entertaining than Brian Wilson?
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Nov 12, 2011 7:14 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Boston and SD have tried to trade Bell and Papelbon a bunch in the past 2 years, with no results. I think all 3 guys are roughly in the same ballpark talent wise as well as salary.
Despite his faults, I can’t see Sabean throwing down a 4 year deal for Wilson like this Papalbon deal. But I could see him buying out his last arb with another year for a 2 year 24MM or something like that. Hopefully they make him prove to be healthy in the field before that happens.
Just please lock up Matt Cain first. Hopefully that is the priority at this point.
Who's more entertaining than Brian Wilson?
Why, Noam Chomsky, of course.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 12, 2011 10:09 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You’re not thinking like Brian Sabean: “Sell low!”
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
Pat
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 12, 2011 5:40 AM PST reply actions
I could not agree more
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Nov 12, 2011 8:23 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
RAJ at his best
According to mlbtraderumor, Boston did not want to give Papelbon a guaranteed fourth year. So, RAJ give him five.
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by CalBear949 on Nov 12, 2011 9:53 AM PST via mobile reply actions
If I were a Philly fan, I wouldn’t care less. None of these contracts they’ve handed out has impeded them in any way. Zito and Rowand’s contracts wouldn’t be such a sore spot with us if it didn’t stop them from signing other, better players. Teams like Boston, NY and Philly just buy others to replace their mistakes.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Nov 12, 2011 10:57 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Zito's contract didn't stop us from offering 2 years 4.6M to Willie Bloomquist though
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
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Please help me here. As far as I can tell, there were only two reports on this alleged offer:
- One guy from the Az Republic saying just that " the Giants offered more than Az" quoting “sources”
- Tim Brown (Yahoo Sports) said the G’s offered 4.6M; that’s all, not even saying “sources”
Anything else of substance?
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
Maybe the reason that they offered Bloomquist 2 yrs 4.6 million is because Zito’s contract prevents them from bidding on Jose Reyes and Jimmy Rollins.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Nov 12, 2011 11:20 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Do you not believe it when there are multiple reports, one with actual dollar figures? You can choose to not believe. Given Sabean’s track record and how much he paid for lefty relievers and loves veteran presence / hustle, I choose to believe the reports.
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
can of corn
And Adam LaRoche turned down the Giants offer too?
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.
didn't he say he did?
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.
Nope
Laroche
http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/NickPiecoro/75208
"I don’t want San Francisco fans to think that the Giants were just dying to have me and stayed in contact with me all winter," he said. "But I’ve been booed before, so if I go there and get booed, whatever. It is what it is."
He said talks with San Francisco took place in either November or December and that there was no dialogue after that. So although there was exactly one week between word of the Giants offer getting out and news of his agreement with Arizona, he says it wasn’t like he hung up the phone with San Francisco and immediately called the Diamondbacks.
"When I signed with Arizona, at that very moment, that offer (from San Francisco) wasn’t still available," he said. "If it was, I still can’t say what I would have done. But they make it sound like I had two offers. I had this one, either sign here or sign this two-year, $17-whatever it was. We’re talking about months."
But the initial reaction to the negotations was that he preferred the Diamondbacks over the Giants. My point in bring it up is that Sabean doesn’t go out of his way to confirm or deny any rumors during the hot stove season. I wouldn’t be surprised if Sabean made a one year offer and Boras countered with the 2 years/4.6 contract and then floated that this deal is being discussed.
I just don’t see Bloomquist turning down that much more money. And it gives Boras a better name by throwing it out there that he can get top dollar for his players if they want it.
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.
It is the offseason
People are down on ownership because a writer made a passing mention about a rainy day fund
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by CalBear949 on Nov 12, 2011 1:12 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
they haven't impeded them yet
but in a year or so when they have $120 million committed to 6 players, it might impede them a little.
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.
when i clicked on it, my computer froze :(
by tynandaly on Nov 12, 2011 11:16 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
Denial of Service Attack!!
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
I see the Dbacks are close to re-signing Aaron Hill. That returns Hill, McDonald and Bloomquist. I like it when a team comes in first, and it fools them into thinking they need to retain everybody, even the bad players.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Nov 12, 2011 11:25 AM PST via mobile reply actions
I like it when a team comes in first, and it fools them into thinking they need to retain everybody, even the bad players
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
That was my point, that they’re making the same mistake the Giants made. At least the Giants have rings to show for their mistake.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
Are you fucking serious
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/opinion/to-save-our-economy-ditch-taiwan.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all
I mean, how does this piece gets published by NY times?
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
can of corn
I thought you’d see that one.
NY Times publishes all sorts of crap in Opinion. It’s their biggest draw.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 12, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
it makes no sense whatsoever
you don’t just write off 1.3 trillion. China would go bankrupt and its currency devalued like shit. It makes no sense whatsoever.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
can of corn
two trillion-dollar platinum coins
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 12, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
LOL I just saw this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uNWzzt-n3s
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
can of corn
well you could start by signing Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran
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
It’s also dumb because Taiwan buys weapons from the US at superinflated prices and keeps China spending a crazy amount of money on their military.
Also Japan would never let that happen
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by CalBear949 on Nov 12, 2011 1:05 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
China spending money on its military is good for China and bad for the U.S.
Check out Catch-28.com, a blog about Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants.
anything
that makes war on the Taiwan Strait even .0000001% more likely is a terrible idea.
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:23 AM PST up reply actions
I'm so torn about tonight's game
On one hand, I fucking hate Chip Kelly. I want Pac-12 in the national championship game.
On the other hand, Stanford.
UGH.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
can of corn
As someone from Oregon,
I’m not so torn about the game. I suppose Stanford will probably win.
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Tonight’s game?
Go Sharks!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Did you say two “youts”?
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
by CalBear949 on Nov 12, 2011 1:08 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I happened to be in Oregon
and watched my first college FB game of the season. You’re welcome.
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:24 AM PST up reply actions
today's moment of timmy zen
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 12, 2011 11:55 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
I never liked crossing my legs like that. Top leg always falls off. I usually go for the undercross.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Although undercross is non-functional on that bench.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
but it keeps people from looking up your skirt
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I cross my legs like that even when I’m asleep. My mother and sister and I discussed this while at my father’s bedside a few weeks ago. Can’t sleep on our backs unless one leg is tucked over or under the other. Prefer to sleep twisted with one leg up. I like sleeping with my arms tucked under me supporting my chest and head, my back turned to the world. Kind of like when I’m awake.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 12, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
read this stoned...felt like it took 5 hours
so much detaillll
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Nov 12, 2011 1:33 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
ITS HOW I RITE OKAAAYY who are you every6day or something /runs away crying
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
It wasn’t at all confusing; don’t feel bad.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
TOO MANY DETAILZ
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Nov 12, 2011 4:39 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
FAME!
I’M GONNA LIVE FOREVER!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
biggest buster fanboi
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
This is where I meant to post this.
bcraw35 Brandon Crawford
#top5favoritebaseballplayers: Buster, Pill, @JoePanik , Belt, @DarRunFord
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
He’s preparing to audition for the role of Daniel Larusso.
by non sequitur on Nov 12, 2011 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Daniel LaRussa is going to pitch!
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
by CalBear949 on Nov 12, 2011 1:13 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
bcraw35 Brandon Crawford
#top5favoritebaseballplayers: Buster, Pill, @JoePanik , Belt, @DarRunFord
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
He has really white calves.
My adopted son, Brandon Crawford. Dude hits grand slams and plays defense.
yep
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
They all look like they have almost no hair on their legs.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Mine
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 12, 2011 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
GALOOT
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
Dave’s not here, man!
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:25 AM PST up reply actions
Oregon better win...
makes the USC @ Oregon game way more meaningful when I fly up next week.
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Nov 12, 2011 1:16 PM PST via mobile reply actions
It’s Saturday afternoon of what for most people is a 3-day weekend, the sun is out, the air is balmy, and no one is inside at their computers posting here? what gives?
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
I’m hereabouts. Feeling really lethargic tho.
by non sequitur on Nov 12, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
I’m inside trying to write an epic paper due Monday. I want to do basically anything other than this.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
Epic might be an exaggeration. Around 30 pages.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
It is Berkman here.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 12, 2011 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
Berkman as hell. I walked like two blocks to get Indian food and that was enough.
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 12, 2011 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
You two in SoCal? It is also quite Berkman-y in Westwood right now.
by free f.p. #14 on Nov 12, 2011 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, I wish
We’re at The Wall, aka Seattle.
Berkman is coming.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 12, 2011 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
goddammit
I feel like I knew that.
Well, the weather’s really crappy down here as well.
by free f.p. #14 on Nov 12, 2011 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
LOL take the ferry to Bear Island
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
I just ordered ADWD. OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 12, 2011 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
Which version? The one that is called “The Batman”?
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 Batman” is animated but is more recent.
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 watched a bunch from volumes 1 and 2 last week. Almost Got ‘Im, Heart of Ice, The Cat & the Claw (1&2), Two Face (1&2), Robin’s Reckoning (1&2), Beware the Gray Ghost, Nothing to Fear, I Am the Night, Cat Scratch Fever… I meant to watch the Harley episodes, too, but ran out of time.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
LOL JCTGAMER
keithlaw keithlaw
That is a crime against Oreos. RT @davidtiao: @keithlaw pic.twitter.com/tWIQJYVH
he came, he saw
He came again
Get it?
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.
by ResDog on Nov 12, 2011 3:29 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
He sucks.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
How dare they run on the grassy field!
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
But seriously, I’m sure it will be totally fine by the time the season starts. There is a long time to go.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
True, but I would argue that concerts are more likely to be destructive than football games.
Football games have like 50 people running around on the grass.
Concerts have thousands of people standing, shuffling, and trampling the field for hours. Not to mention all the heavy equipment that makes up the stage.
Unfortunately, they have concerts scheduled for the off-season again.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
There is a concert scheduled for next May.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Japan World Series Game 1
Wei-Yin Chen : 8 IP, 4 hits, 11K (!!), 2BB 1ER.
Chunichi Dragons won 2-1 in extra inning.
SIGN THIS MAN SABEAN
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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9dEDDHkxyw
from last night’s game
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
can of corn
who?
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
Red Sox could be out on Beltran
Their GM said today if they retain Big Papi they won’t look for a big bat for the outfield.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
The marlins will sign him anyway
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
Marlins are going from 45 to 80 million dollars, supposedly. Reyes is their first choice. I can see them doing Reyes and Beltran, but hopefully they’ll do Reyes and pitching. I know they’ve had a few guys in for interviews, but I haven’t heard that Beltran is one of them.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
Damn. That is a huge increase. It will be hilarious if no one shows up still.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
The owner’s an idiot, but I think those Latin players have to love the closeness to home. In the case of Beltran, this is why the Giants should strike quickly. Beltran is obviously someone the Marlins will be interested after they fry the biggest fish, so the Giants should act right now.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
He sucks.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:19 PM PST up reply actions
Good against Oregon St. is relative.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:20 PM PST up reply actions
Boise State out of the national title picture losing to TCU today.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Back to back years of field goal heartbreak!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 12, 2011 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
Nightmare fuel
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2011 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
12 Galaxies
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 12, 2011 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
Oh Stanford.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I know.
UCLA is about to get upset by Utah too.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 5:54 PM PST up reply actions
They just missed an XP D:
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.
Tavecchio is as good at extra points as Maynard is at quarterback.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:21 PM PST up reply actions
OMFG
UFC Heavyweight championship on Fox! Cain vs. Dos Santos
Then Sunday Niners vs. Giants.
Niners haven’t allowed a single rush TD all season…break out the hashtags
#defense
#veterans
#patrickwillis
#frankgore
#mvpalexsmith
#Harboss
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Nov 12, 2011 5:55 PM PST via mobile reply actions
My thoughts on Pat the Bat
Pat Burrell broke into the big leagues during my inaugural year as a Giants fan. The Phillies were still a laughingstock; Barry Bonds, for all his greatness up to that point, was about to enter his prime. Baseball stretched before me like the Kalahari. I wanted to know it all; I wanted to impress my father with my easy expertise; I wanted to be that guy, that guy who knew the prospects, the history, and could name all thirty players on every ball club without pausing to think about it. For whatever reason, and long before I learned of their shared history, Pat Burrell and Aubrey Huff caught my eye. From the very beginning, I had a soft spot for lean-back-and-hack sluggers.
It isn’t always clear that I’m in like with a player. I need to rely on my subconscious acts to make things clear. For baseball, it’s the guys I hyperlink on (this happens without my thinking it). The ones I measure every hit for how it affects their BA, every walk for how it affects their OBP, and what they need to do to improve. Ichiro is one of these guys. Carl Crawford was, for a while. Pat Burrell and Aubrey Huff were two of the first.
They were there from the beginning. In 2010 (that wonderful year), Pat was there to help me shepherd friends into the wonderful world of baseball. Game after game, I’d kneel next to the television, expounding on my knowledge of Pat the Bat, the Panda, Timmy, Bengie, Buster, Matt Cain (MATT CAIN), Freddy Sanchez and Jeff Kent, Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry, Nolan Ryan and Felipe Alou, and on and on, answering every question and tying every story to a new fact or bit of history. I was that guy; I was the one who knew the numbers, could answer the nightly trivia, and would happily riff on and on with anecdotes about that wonderful slugger out of the University of Miami….
Predictibly, my friends latched on to Pat the Bat or, as he quickly became, Pat the Fuckin’ Bat. T-shirts were purchased. Chants were composed, revised, trashed, fished out, and then composed again. His clenched jaw became our banner; his at bats were must-see TV; his every public appearance was a cause for celebration. When the parade came, I stood shoulder to shoulder with a Giants convert, and as Pat rode by with beer in hand, we shouted as loud as anyone. He pointed, beer aloft, and for that brief moment we shared his glory.
It isn’t some transcendental thing, but Pat was there all the way: from my moments as a desperate nerd, trying to comprehend the vastness of baseball; from my time in college, suffering through those Giants lean years while the Phillies gradually blossomed into a powerhouse; from those confusing first few years in the real world, stumbling this way and that, finding reliable trade winds only during my baseball summers, watching (and feeling pleased) as Pat roped his first ring; from, finally, 2010, that wild, unbelievable year of championship, personal transition, and much else.
This will sound trite, but Burrell’s career strutted (Pat the Bat can only strut) parallel to my own growth from boy to man (I can only scamper, though I now do so in a manful manner). His departure is as good a marker for this transition as any. All baseball fans have that player, I think. The one you grow up with, and then watch depart from the game just as you are entering it, so to speak. Soon it will be players of an age with me, growing old at the same pace, entering their middle years and that next journey just as I do; then players of an age with my children; and at last my dotage, the gradual confusion of my hard-earned knowledge, with names overlapping one another, and the rookie infielders of my youth entering into their fifteenth year as a manager….
Pat will be there until the end. When I’m old, I’ll wink a twinkling eye and share the same stories I shared in 2010, laugh my same lecherous laugh, and perhaps prod the brood about what they’ve been up to around town. I’ll point at the TV and hearken back that great year when a broad shouldered left-fielder flew in to Northern California, back to his home town, and for a few months electrified every Giants fan lucky enough to see him play. The kids and grandkids will wonder what that was like; I’ll have the joy of actually knowing.
So thank you, Pat Burrell. Thanks for everything. You’ll never know me, but all the same, you meant a lot. I’ll miss ya.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
by Alex_Lewis on Nov 12, 2011 6:10 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
I just skimmed.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 12, 2011 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
This keeps happening to me too…
Vroom. Walks. Five positions. Justin Christian
I've been fully suckered into the Twitterverse. Oops.
Wow.
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.
Yay. .500, here we come!
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:21 PM PST up reply actions
Horrible tackling.
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.
Tackling? I saw no tackling..
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Now this is laying someone out:
(warning link may contain hockey)
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 7:07 PM PST up reply actions
Man, that was terrible. It was so terrible that it was far off the screen and i didn’t know what i was looking at and thought it may even be on target.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 12, 2011 7:16 PM PST reply actions
Dude, that doesn’t even make sense. Pipe down
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 12, 2011 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
Just another ahahahahahahahah… slaugher.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:26 PM PST up reply actions
I actually don’t like it when Krukow does that.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
To say the least.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 12, 2011 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
RIP national championship
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 Phil Simms, et al, overrated nonsense is going to be so tiresome this week.
I’m no Stanford fan, but Luck is amazing.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:28 PM PST up reply actions
Let’s just say I won’t be listening to KNBR.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:30 PM PST up reply actions
This means he might drop down to the Niners’ draft slot!
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 12, 2011 7:34 PM PST up reply actions
Shift-A LOL Stanford
On the bright side, with no NBA and Stanford out of the BCS title game, there will be much more Giants talk at work and on the radio.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 12, 2011 7:26 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
LOL U
You forget NFL
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Doh!
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Nov 12, 2011 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
I hope the Niners win tomorrow.
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 feel like tomorrow is their first test since Philly.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Tomorrow’s kind of nice because a win would be awesome, but a loss – at least in the short term – really wouldn’t sting very much either.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:33 PM PST up reply actions
They’re sort of due for a loss.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I picked the Giants to beat the 49ers
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 haven’t looked it up, but I imagine the line favors the Giants.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
49ers are by 3 1/2
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Oh, there you go.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:37 PM PST up reply actions
Huh. Go figure.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
The Niners are a better team, and at home.
The Giants may be pretty good, but they’re also +14 on the season as far as points go, and the Niners are +88.
I think the Niners will take it; it will probably be close, but the Niners may win handily. Of course, it’s the NFL, so there’s an OK chance Eli pulls it out.
yeah, I think the Niners are able to take this one
the Giants are probably the best team they’ve faced thus far, but they’ve had some rough games against inferior competition this year.
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.
yeah maybe
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’m scared the Niners might lose this one, but that is mostly based off of the natural paranoia I have built up being a Bay Area sports fan the past 10 years or so plus watching the Giants upset the Patriots last week.
The odds seem to favor the Niners (the Giants poor defense against the run, the line favoring the Niners etc) but I remain skeptical.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
Well, they're playing a not terrible team.
And that usually means the not terrible team has a pretty good chance to win, so yeah.
I have confidence in the team, though.
I think the Niners opened as favorites, but I haven’t seen it since.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:37 PM PST up reply actions
I’d be kind of shocked if they win with the Alex Smith in a Bottle gameplan tomorrow. It may come down to whether or not he has the kind of day where his throws stay down.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
The 49ers are playing home
Also, apparently the New York Giants have been poor at run defense this season so that favors the Niners big time. I don’t see why Alex Smith would be forced “to win the game” if he doesn’t need to.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 12, 2011 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
Boy, Twitter really doesn’t want me to tweet to jim about Daniel Radcliff’s wand.
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Ah, the deed is done.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 7:34 PM PST up reply actions
twere well it were done quickly
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 don’t think they even get a BCS birth
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
We might, but I doubt it. They could still end the season as a top 4 BCS team. Hell, they could even still probably play in the Rose Bowl, but it would take some crazy losing on just about everyone’s part but Oregon’s.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I'm really looking forward to that Niner game tomorrow
especially since this game is such a furd
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I’m guessing you Cal fans are happy.
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’ll be pretty happy if we beat Arizona State in a few weeks.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
A few observations
fuck college football
fuck the 1-3-1 trap
fuck the nba lockout
I cant wait for the hot stove to start heating up
even if the giants strike out in free agency
its way more interesting than that other shit
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 12, 2011 8:47 PM PST reply actions
So many bandwagon Oregon fans. That’s what annoys me most about them. They’re exciting to watch, can’t stand the fans.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
Do you live in the Pacific Northwest? I can’t say that I have ever met an Oregon fan who didn’t go to Oregon.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 9:17 PM PST up reply actions
chico is full of bandwagon oregon fans
mostly the chico state college girls
i dont know why
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 12, 2011 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting. I have met a lot of bandwagon Stanford fans in the Bay Area (Which is understandable. The prestigious name, the prospective #1 QB, the until now unbeaten record) but not any bandwagon Oregon fans.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
If I have to root for a big school in the Bay Area, I’d root for Stanford. I played soccer in college and whenever we played Berkeley they were the biggest whiners, cheaters, stuck up bitches on the planet. The Stanford women were always really cool, friendly and helpful. On that bias I base my fandom.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
That's where I'm at
I know this family who all of a sudden decided to take a trip to the game today and become Duck fans. And many other kids I went to high school with too. I just wonder how long it will last.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
youre in chico?
excellent
there are few more chico mccoven on here
and pika has loose connections to the city as well
we should do a chico mccoven meet up for opening day at the grad or something
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 12, 2011 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
I feel like the longer I pay attention to sports, the less bandwagon fans bother me.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 9:22 PM PST up reply actions
some do some dont
I dont mind bandwagon fans if the become fans when the team is good and stay a fan
Im glad that the team winning made them interested and I dont hold it against them they didnt like them when they were bad like some fans
what i hate is people who have a new favourite team every few years based on who is good
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 12, 2011 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
I just get this really weird feeling when I start assigning negative value to somebody’s enjoyment of a sport. It feels specifically like a way to arbitrarily assert my own superiority in an arena where a value judgment is based entirely on something without moral or ethical significance, and that makes me uncomfortable.
Like, what does it mean for a person to enjoy a team only in times of success? Is there any way that actually signifies some kind of real personal deficiency? I don’t think so, and so getting down on them feels less like identifying something legitimately negative about the subgroup than it does inventing something arbitrarily positive about myself.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 9:38 PM PST up reply actions
I’m agin’ it, but more as a passive nonparticipant.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 9:46 PM PST up reply actions
That’s “against” not “aging”.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 9:47 PM PST up reply actions
Serious reply
Like, what does it mean for a person to enjoy a team only in times of success? Is there any way that actually signifies some kind of real personal deficiency? I don’t think so, and so getting down on them feels less like identifying something legitimately negative about the subgroup than it does inventing something arbitrarily positive about myself.
Seeing these bandwagoners swarm around a (our) successful team conjures thoughts of other, less pleasant moments — grim hours of a life wherein those person you had once thought to be friends and loved ones suddenly vanish in the face of trial and torment. That’s what I think and feel, watching this new crowd: that theirs is a lesser sort of human frailty, one which is of a kind to another, far more agregious trait. Still! Let them pump money into the Giants Baseball Apparatus…. My resentment is mild at best. Full crowds are loud crowds, and it’s hard to argue against that.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I can appreciate that reading, though I’m not one to share it.
Maybe it’s the side of me that has been one of those people you mention, though. It was once my reflex to retreat in the face of my friends’ problems – though, ostensibly, it was as much a reaction to not being able to externalize, and therefore adequately manage, my own, as it was to hide from theirs. I was not dedicated only to being a friend in the best of times, but developmentally incapable of being one in the worst. Perhaps I am only sympathetic, then.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
tl;dnr
Actually I did read it.
A fan is a fan is a fan. How can one dare to be on such a high-horse to classify fans? And even then, who really gives a rat’s ass about what “class” of fan somebody is – enjoy them for whatever level of common interest exists.
Everybody’s life is in a constant state of flux and sometimes priorities shift – often out of direct control – and sports can take a back seat until it’s really compelling.
That doesn’t mean that’s somebody is “good” fan a,“bad” fan or a “bandwagon” fan……
What about the type of fan who is rooting for the Packers this year but would root for the Bears next year if they started out 9-0?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
they seem like kind of a strawman to me
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.
How does rooting for the Packers mean you can’t also enjoy/follow/cheer for some other team? We see examples (even on this board) of folks who have more than one team they follow fervently. I do not value their opines less.
Ancillary to my mild distaste for banwagoners is a buoying certainty that for every thousand among the transitory attendants there shall be at least one who eats the pomegranate seeds, drinks the water, and remembers naught before they became one of the People. Is it worth suffering philistines in order to gain a convert? I say yes.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
It’s never the ones sitting near us playing with their beach balls, doing the wave, gabbing non-stop on their phones and asking really STUPID questions “What’s the K for?” “Why isn’t [starting pitcher who pitcher yesterday] playing?”
Getting in and out of their seats 109 times a game for food, beer, bathroom, more beer, visit a friend, back to the bathroom… SIT THE FUCK DOWN ALREADY!!!!
We went to far fewer games in 2011 than we have … I’d say since the new park opened.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Good weed?
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 12, 2011 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
Some people are bandwagon friends too. They’re only around when things are going good. Nowhere to be found when you’re in the dumps.
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.
Shoulda kept reading
What Alex Lewis said.
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 don’t really think the two are analogous, but if I were going to run with the analogy, I’d refer you to my response to Alex.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 13, 2011 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
I was just watching a particular episode of LOST
Where Ben reveals to Jack what happened in the 2004 World Series, and I thought, “Is Jack the only pure Red Sox fan left in the world?” (Note that I did not say, “Is Jack the only non-arrogant douchebag Red Sox fan?”)
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 12, 2011 11:28 PM PST up reply actions
I hate the new Red Sox type fans because it gives the rest of us who followed the team for decades a bad name. Because of these new fans, I AM called a douchebag because I like the Red Sox even though I followed this team when Carney Lansford was playing 3rd base for the team. Few of today’s fans know (or even know who he is) that Jack Clark played for the Red Sox.
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 type of bandwagon fans that bother me are some of the type mymclife comes across. She mentions one woman in her dorm who likes the Cowboys, Yankees and Lakers.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
only needs the Detroit Redwings for the cycle
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
Totally. The unholy alliance of entitled fans.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
O U BANDWAGON HATERZ
You have so much less to worry about in 2012. I haven’t yet seen a Melky Cabrera poster.
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:28 AM PST up reply actions
so y'think somebody would pay money to see me in gay porn?
i need money. :(
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
That’s where the money is for male porn actors.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
Do people still pay for blood / semen donations? You could always try that.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 9:58 PM PST up reply actions
i've heard donating plasma can be kind of lucrative
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.
This fucking sperm bank wants anyone who is over 5’8". FUCK YOU HEIGHTISTS
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 12, 2011 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
At least you aren’t a red head.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
mutant scum
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 12, 2011 10:22 PM PST up reply actions
kissed by fire
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 12, 2011 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
How much do they pay for semen donation, anywya?
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/etc/2697015879.html
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 12, 2011 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not clicking on that.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 12, 2011 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
The price per sperm is criminal.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
The real money is in ovum, anyway.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but it is a crazy involved process that takes months of hormone treatment.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
Well, there’s a reason it gets good money. If you could vigorously stimulate a vagina and within a few minutes produce a gooey cascade bearing millions of eggs, the going price would be not so good.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2011 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
god the mental image D:
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.
WHYYY
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 12, 2011 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
you'd also
be a salmon.
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:29 AM PST up reply actions
also, FUCK YEAH NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM
when chuck norris needs saving, he looks to neville longbottom.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
Wow. The Sharks just got shut out by the freaking Coyotes.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 10:02 PM PST reply actions
help us sf 49ers
you’re our only hope
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.
hey the Bears are bowl eligible or soemthing
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
Ah, but they will probably fail in embarrassing fashion the next two weeks + the bowl game (probably the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in their “home” park of AT&T).
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
There’s always the Warri—
—oh.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 12, 2011 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
You're shitting me?
@SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman
despite wishes of folks outside SF, no evidence #SFGiants would trade lincecum or cain. one GM: no point even asking
Earlier this month, both Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports and Dave Cameron of FanGraphs explored the possibility of the Giants trading Lincecum for multiple pieces to improve their roster overall.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 12, 2011 10:07 PM PST reply actions
LOL MY ALMA MATER
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
mmm
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 12, 2011 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
As a Cal alum told one of my friends via Facebook, “At least you guys have a bye next week.”
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Flipping back and forth between the Cal and Stanford games last night.
It was like the difference between college and high school ball.
I am now rooting for Oklahoma State to run the table. An Oklahoma St. loss and there could be a rematch between LSU and Alabama for the BSC er BCS title.
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'm looking forward to his postbaseball career
Pat Burrell: Life Coach
Monday Monkey lives for the weekend, sir.
Will he warn kids of choices that will lead them to live in a van down by the river?
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 12, 2011 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
Because Stanford lost tonight, next week’s Cal-Stanford’s game will be on at 7:15 PM PT on ESPN. Had Stanford won, the game would have been on ABC at 5 PM PT (regional coverage). Oregon now gets the ABC game vs. USC.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
“An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters. Because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water has taken so long to recede, many trees have become cocooned in spiders webs. People in this part of Sindh have never seen this phenomenon before but, they also report that there are now far fewer mosquitoes than they would expect, given the amount of stagnant, standing water that is around. It is thought that the mosquitoes are getting caught in the spiders web, thus, reducing the risk of malaria, which would be one blessing for the people of Sindh, facing so many other hardships after the floods.”
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
You gotta link for this anywhere? Gotta friend who is innerested in spiders
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I actually just found this on the Rogan board
and copy/pasted :/
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Nov 13, 2011 1:41 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Gallo story
Gallo is pretty loopy from all the drugs and what have you. I peek up from trying to memorize all the countries of Europe only to see him in the middle of concocting some manner of meal. There’s small portion of old tortilla soup. Trying to be helpful, I pull a can of lentil soup from off the shelf, open the can, and then deposit it into a pot. Now it can be a full meal! I combine the elements, including a few diced tomatoes that Gallo had prepared, and then head back to my important task. Just agitate and then serve when ready, I’m thinking. A minute goes by, and I feel obligated to check on status. Sure enough, Gallo’s attempted to use a microwave cooking cover as his basin for the soup. This would be okay, but the cover is riddled with holes (read: vents) to release steam. In this case, they released soup.
I sprang to my feet and did as much damage control as possible. Much of the soup was lost to the counter and the floor, but I saved what I could and then sponged up the rest. Gallo has fortunately gone prone, and is no longer a danger. I’m allowed to clean in peace. The soup remains a factor, smelling so nice as it does. My thinking was that the broth is looking a little watery. I grab some cheese, butter, a bit of olive oil and huck that stuff into the mixture before turning up the heat. My cleaning goes on as long as it needs to before I feel comfortable hauling Gallo to his feet. He agrees with me that it is perhaps time for bed, however lovely the food may smell.
And sleep he does. I am left with the illadvised but surprisingly tasty confection. I reckon I’ll eat it and go to bed.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Thanks for the update. Tell Gallo that he is missed!
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
by CalBear949 on Nov 13, 2011 7:16 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I miss Gallo, and wish him only the best.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 13, 2011 9:07 AM PST up reply actions
Tell Gallo we're all thinking of him
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.
hang in there dude
best wishes for the caretaker as well as the caretakee.
Joe Nobody: The slugging speedster the Giants need, at an irrationally low price.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"That one's on me."- Madison Bumgarner
by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 7:31 AM PST up reply actions
Tablet computers are a game-changer in professional sports
With 11 million iPads recently sold, according to Apple’s financial report, app developers are scrambling to get the attention of young professional athletes who are accustomed to Apple products.
One of those developers, Bloomberg Sports, decided to give iPads to professional baseball players so they could review its newly developed app, “Pitch Review,” created exclusively for professional baseball players.
“We didn’t have to,” said Bill Squadron with Bloomberg Sports. “Because every player had an iPad.”
The front office management of 19 out of 30 baseball clubs have adopted apps like Pitch Review, which features statistics, averages and video clips that can be customized.
Oh Brodie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V29oOXnbNAw&feature=youtu.be
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
Go Niners!
cu Giants fans are automatically 49er fans, right?
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
GO PACKS GO
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
Awesome post, awesome thread, for an awesome player.
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Nov 13, 2011 10:01 PM PST reply actions
Tremendous
Lots of laffs, post and comments.
We’re prepping our own Burrell tribute over at The Good Phight. Legend.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
Do keep us posted.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Without his blood brother, what the heck can we now expect from Aubrey Huff? Burrell and Huff were the water Buffalo team.
They made a great team in 2010, in 2011 not so much.
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