2011/2012 Free Agent Predict-a-thon
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 14, 2011 10:25 AM PST
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Last year's Free Agent Predict-a-thon brought you such gems as …
- Carl Crawford on the Giants
- Aubrey Huff on the Rangers
- Jayson Werth on the Red Sox
- Juan Uribe on the Cardinals
And the teams that did get those players are reading this* and thinking, man, if only. If only those players went somewhere else. If only the world were as stupid as McCovey Chronicles' predictions, we'd have so much money to spend right now.
Let's take a moment to think about what it would be like if the Giants had six years left on a Carl Crawford deal right now. Ahhhhh. I'll bet that sort of contract would make Sabean and ownership have to sit this offseason out, pledging any extra money to the eventual contracts of Cain and Lincecum. It would be awful.
So my predictions of 22 free agents. I'll put a little thing to copy and paste in the comments section:
Albert Pujols - Cardinals
Prince Fielder - Rangers
Jose Reyes - Marlins
C.J. Wilson - Rangers
Yu Darvish - Yankees
Edwin Jackson - Royals
Jimmy Rollins - Phillies
Aramis Ramirez - White Sox
Carlos Beltran - Red Sox
Michael Cuddyer - Phillies
Mark Buehrle - Marlins
David Ortiz - Blue Jays
Ryan Madson - Red Sox
Carlos Pena - Dodgers
Roy Oswalt - Red Sox
Heath Bell - Marlins
Coco Crisp - Rangers
Grady Sizemore - A's
Bartolo Colon - Yankees
Rafael Furcal - Cardinals
Cody Ross - Marlins
Ryan Ludwick - Giants
Raul Ibanez and Juan Pierre are just too obvious. Thinking it has to be Ludwick. And Clint Barmes. Please put a deposit down now for 2013 season tickets.
I'm not buying Pujols anywhere else, and I'm not buying the Rangers' claims that they're staying away from the big names. I'm pretty sure that if Yu Darvish gets posted, the Yankees will ignore the Hideki Irabu/Kei Igawa fiascos and dive right in again.
The rest I'm lukewarm on, except for the last one. The Marlins are going to be looking for a center fielder, and they'll be committing all sorts of untold billions elsewhere. For a team on a budget, Ross is a pretty sweet pickup as a center fielder, and even though the Marlins aren't on the same budget that they used to be, there is a limit to their spending. So they'll need to be creative. A one-year deal to a fan favorite like Ross seems like the best fit of anyone up there. And, yes, it was gross typing that. So gross. But at least Phillies fans will get to be annoyed all season!
Make your predictions, and then never, ever revisit them. Because they're almost certainly going to be really, really wrong. Pretty comfortable in not picking the Giants for any of them except Ludwick, though. This offseason feels totally Ludwick.
*The teams most certainly are not reading this. You aren't even reading this. You're in the comments already, talking about some crappy band that you read about on Pitchfork, aren't you, you little scamp?
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Albert Pujols -
Prince Fielder -
Jose Reyes -
C.J. Wilson -
Yu Darvish -
Edwin Jackson -
Jimmy Rollins -
Aramis Ramirez -
Carlos Beltran -
Michael Cuddyer -
Mark Buehrle -
David Ortiz -
Ryan Madson -
Carlos Pena -
Roy Oswalt –
Heath Bell -
Coco Crisp -
Grady Sizemore -
Bartolo Colon -
Rafael Furcal -
Cody Ross -
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 14, 2011 10:26 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
ugh. thanks for making sure I don't work today Grant.
Daily reading assignments are one thing, now you’re giving us pop quizzes?!
by djfivenine on Nov 14, 2011 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I was told there would be no math.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
I was told there wouldn’t be homework.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Cubs
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Red Sox
Yu Darvish – Yankees
Edwin Jackson – Nationals
Jimmy Rollins – Giants
Aramis Ramirez – Brewers
Carlos Beltran – Red Sox
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – Marlins
David Ortiz – Orioles
Ryan Madson – Nationals
Carlos Pena – Twins
Roy Oswalt – Giants
Heath Bell – Mets
Coco Crisp – Mariners
Grady Sizemore – A’s
Bartolo Colon – Yankees
Rafael Furcal – Cardinals
Cody Ross – Marlins
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
You really think Yu Darvish is gonna be posted and paid for?
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder -Cubs
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Yankees
Yu Darvish – Fighting Hams
Edwin Jackson – Rangers
Jimmy Rollins – Brewers
Aramis Ramirez – White Sox
Carlos Beltran – Cubs
Michael Cuddyer – Giants
Mark Buehrle – Marlins
David Ortiz – Orioles
Ryan Madson – Red Sox
Carlos Pena – Houston
Roy Oswalt – San Diego
Heath Bell – Accepts Arb
Coco Crisp – Rangers
Grady Sizemore – A’s
Bartolo Colon – Yankees
Rafael Furcal – Cardinals
Cody Ross – Phillies
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 10:33 AM PST reply actions
Stoopid Rangers.
It must be cool to be a fan of a team with a solid homegrown nucleus that can add big time FA when it needs to and stay at under 125MM payroll.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
That loses World Serieses.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Yes. Plural is correct.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
thank you, I try
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
So, yeah...
my post was extremely short sighted. Blinded by the recent excercises in Sabeymetrics.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
I’ll put a little thing to copy and paste in the comments section:
LIKE YOUR PENIS!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 10:34 AM PST reply actions
It is very good so far
Way more “IT” material is in this book than I originally thought.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
IT or IT? If IT I stopped reading the Girl Series b/c the way he described the computers in the book it was like an ad for Apple.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
“IT” the killer clown from Derry.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Oh ok, since it’s about time travel I wasn’t sure. Also my roomate in college grew up in Derry. He saw IT by accident when he was young and was terrified of Derry for the next 10 years of his life.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
i hope kenny lofton gets some love on that 2002 bobblehead
i am so high
by Larry Bamar on Nov 14, 2011 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
The Marvin Benard bobblehead will have him dressed in a Gilligan costume
Benard’s bobblehead will also feature groundbreaking animation of Marvin running in a figure-8 while tracking a flyball.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
running in a figure-8 while tracking a flyball.
Sounds more like Magellan. Dude always had scary routes, even on routine fly balls.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
The 2002 World Series Team Members bobblehead set was just going to be a single one: Barry.
But Sabean realized if he did that, he wouldn’t be able to do bobbleheads of Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Tom Goodwin, Ramon Martinez, Chad Zerbe, Jay Witasick, and Aaron Fultz, and, well… he’s not stupid, you know.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 14, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 13 recs
Haha!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Well done.
/rec’d
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Obviously unable to field a competitive bobble, given his level of spending.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
LOL
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
very fine work
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 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Nailed it.
I’d totally take a Tom Goodwin bobblehead, though. Dodger Killer!
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 14, 2011 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
Late to the party
but rec’d like a muthaf*cker.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Broken elbow for the Nen bobblehead?
by 49er16 on Nov 14, 2011 12:29 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Shrugging Dusty.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
dowantallofthem
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.
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Cubs
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Cubs
Yu Darvish – Rangers
Edwin Jackson – Mariners
Jimmy Rollins – Giants
Aramis Ramirez – Tigers
Carlos Beltran – Nats
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – Marlins
David Ortiz – A’s
Ryan Madson – Blue jays
Carlos Pena – Red Sox
Roy Oswalt – Astros
Heath Bell – Marlins
Coco Crisp – Marlins
Grady Sizemore – Red Sox
Bartolo Colon – Yankees
Rafael Furcal – Brewers
Cody Ross – Marlins
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
Go Nevada Wolf Pack!
Jesus that's a lot of Marlins
Reyes, Buehrle, Bell, Crisp, Ross?
Also, RoLOLins!
by free f.p. #14 on Nov 14, 2011 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
They'll all be available and more!
Next year.
Go Nevada Wolf Pack!
by BacksThePack on Nov 14, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
I totally do not buy the Reyes to Miami talk
Not that I don’t think the Marlins will spend some money, but the very publicized, early offseason visit just smells to me like the team is trying to send the message that “hey, we’re really gonna try now!” then they’re going to miss out on the top tier guys and go back and sign a couple of mid level types instead. Something like a Beltran/Cuddyer + CJ Wilson combo platter.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 14, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
BUT I WANT A ZORRO CAPE!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
I really want one of these but they’re only for 14 and under. Since I don’t have a kid I can take it from, I’ll just have to buy it off ebay.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll rent you one of my kids for a small fee.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
LOL, so basically, babysit your kid but pay you for the opportunity?
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
YOU GET A CAPE
What else do you want?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I’m unemployed – so money.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:37 PM PST up reply actions
Well, poop. You just took the fun out of that.
Unemployment sucks. I solved that problem coming out of law school by hanging up my own shingle, sharing office space with a longtime family friend that would split fees with me if I worked on some of his cases, and I could get a few clients of my own. I made a teeny amount of money, but I got really great experience. With that being said, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.
Hope you find what you’re looking for.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Sure, pick on the pigeon toed / club foot guy
LookoutLanding Jeff Sullivan
Prince Fielder has more career stolen bases than Freddy Sanchez
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
That Jeff Sullivan is such a bully. A handsome, witty bully.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
He hits me because he loves me.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
It gets better!
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Ceej would never do such.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Ceej lurves japanese clubbin
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I’m learning to drive a racecar so we’ll have something to talk about at this year’s Strikeouts for Troops event.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I’m still working on Zeets. I know he’s messed up and fucked up but I still think he’s adorable.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
But isn’t that exactly your guy, then?
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
exactly.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
/Misery
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Semi-related note — I just found C.J.’s tumblr, and it is about sixteen kinds of awesome.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I follow it!
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
I’m going to have get one of these things, I guess.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Just reblog stuff. Acquiring and rearranging content is what the Internet is for.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
No, Ceej’s tumblr.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
Hamilton has one too, though I think he doesn’t personally update it. Still, it’s kinda cool.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
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 14, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
I tried to find Beyond Belief at a great local used bookstore the other day, and they didn’t have it. That surprised me, because they have such an extensive collection. I’ll keep checking back. How did you like it?
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I haven’t picked it back up. It pushes my drug squalor buttons.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
with awesome sweaters
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
Pshh! I bet they all acrylic blend!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
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Albert Pujols – Accounts Payable
Prince Fielder – Potato Farts
Jose Reyes – Jenga Rhino
C.J. Wilson – Chili Jam Weiner
Yu Darvish – Yo Dog
Edwin Jackson – Extra Jicima
Jimmy Rollins – Jalopy Rounds
Aramis Ramirez – Amber Rumba
Carlos Beltran – Coach Bork
Michael Cuddyer – Marble Counter
Mark Buehrle – Max Botox
David Ortiz – Dead Onions
Ryan Madson – Rancid Meat
Carlos Pena – Clammy Pockets
Roy Oswalt – Rolling Orbs
Heath Bell – Beat Hell
Coco Crisp – Crispy Cocoa
Grady Sizemore – Golgi Syntax
Bartolo Colon – Bilbo Colon
Rafael Furcal – Regal Fingers
Cody Ross – Crush Roy
Ryan Ludwick – Rope Log
Oh wait, I messed up.
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
by iammclovin on Nov 14, 2011 10:37 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Jenga Rhino would be a great indie band name.
by free f.p. #14 on Nov 14, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Albert Pujols – Cards
Prince Fielder – Marlins
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Rangers
Yu Darvish – Yankees
Edwin Jackson – Colorado
Jimmy Rollins – Phillies
Aramis Ramirez – Pirates
Carlos Beltran – Red Sox
Michael Cuddyer – White Sox
Mark Buehrle – White Sox
David Ortiz – Twins
Ryan Madson – Red Sox
Carlos Pena – Astros
Roy Oswalt – Dodgers
Heath Bell – Padres
Coco Crisp – A’s
Grady Sizemore – Indians
Bartolo Colon – Yankees
Rafael Furcal – Cards
Cody Ross – Braves
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 10:39 AM PST reply actions
Mine
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Cubs
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Yankees
Yu Darvish – Yankees
Edwin Jackson – Rangers
Jimmy Rollins – Phillies
Aramis Ramirez – Rockies
Carlos Beltran – Giants
Michael Cuddyer – Twins
Mark Buehrle – Marlins
David Ortiz – Yankees
Ryan Madson – Mets
Carlos Pena – Orioles
Roy Oswalt – Orioles
Heath Bell – Red Sox
Coco Crisp – Cubs
Grady Sizemore – Marlins
Bartolo Colon – Royals
Rafael Furcal – Cards
Cody Ross – A’s
Ryan Ludwick – Mets
Proud new co-dad of Travis Ishikawa. And ishikaBOOM Goes the Dynamite.
Marlins.
Albert Pujols – Marlins
Prince Fielder – Marlins
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Marlins
Yu Darvish – Marlins
Edwin Jackson – Marlins
Jimmy Rollins – Marlins
Aramis Ramirez – Marlins
Carlos Beltran – Marlins
Michael Cuddyer – Marlins
Mark Buehrle – Marlins
David Ortiz – Marlins
Ryan Madson – Marlins
Carlos Pena – Marlins
Roy Oswalt – Marlins
Heath Bell – Marlins
Coco Crisp – Marlins
Grady Sizemore – Marlins
Bartolo Colon – Marlins
Rafael Furcal – Marlins
Cody Ross – Marlins
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
Ask me about my blog.
by xanthan on Nov 14, 2011 10:49 AM PST reply actions 4 recs
Savvy Sabes
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
We can call them PRINCE ALBERT!
Also never forget: PUJOLS CAN PLAY THIRD!!!!!!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Stick him back in LF
The Marlins dream of a 1B at every position can still be a reality!
Go Nevada Wolf Pack!
by BacksThePack on Nov 14, 2011 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Why call it the free agent list?
It is the Marlins player menu!
by Myemail21479 on Nov 14, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Or there's this-
Albert Pujols – Phillies
Prince Fielder – Phillies
Jose Reyes – Phillies
C.J. Wilson – Phillies
Yu Darvish – Phillies
Edwin Jackson – Phillies
Jimmy Rollins – Phillies
Aramis Ramirez – Phillies
Carlos Beltran – Phillies
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – Phillies
David Ortiz – Phillies
Ryan Madson – Phillies
Carlos Pena – Phillies
Roy Oswalt – Phillies
Heath Bell – Phillies
Coco Crisp – Phillies
Grady Sizemore – Phillies
Bartolo Colon – Phillies
Rafael Furcal – Phillies
Cody Ross – Phillies
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 14, 2011 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
I hate ESPN. I want to see their new Total QBR rankings they push whenever the are talking QB’s. You’d think that it would have its own column on the stats sheet right? But no, T QBR is found on its own page with no conventional stats to be seen.
Any thoughts on TQBR? Other than the name, why would the try and improve an old stat and call it the same thing!?!?!?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 10:49 AM PST reply actions
Well, the old stat is terrible, for one. It’s based on arbitrary values measured on an arbitrary scale. It has the advantage of actually trying to measure the right things (comp%, Y/A, TD, INT), but the striking disadvantage of improperly weighting each one. Used as a way of grouping QBs into general tiers, in their yearly context, it’s actually not so bad. But trying to look at it in more specific terms than that, or bothering to look at it after anything but a huge sample, will get you into immediate trouble.
Total QBR isn’t actually an attempt to improve passer rating. It’s based on a completely different set of concepts. The lie, which ESPN wants you to believe, is that the two are related, or that they are attempting to measure the same things. They are not. Passer rating works, largely, by weighting results – albeit in poor and confusing ways. Total QBR works, largely, by weighting situations (and not always in good or straightforward ways). It measures, most directly, efficiency of use, rather than efficiency of performance.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t think the equation is. They offered a layman’s explanation the day before it was unveiled. One of the things they seemed proud of was the inclusion of a way to account for clutchness.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Let's do this.
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Cubs
Jose Reyes – Nationals
C.J. Wilson – Phillies
Yu Darvish – Seibu Lions
Edwin Jackson – Rangers
Jimmy Rollins – Marlins
Aramis Ramirez – Cubs
Carlos Beltran – Red Sox
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – Yankees
David Ortiz – Red Sox
Ryan Madson – Red Sox
Carlos Pena – Indians
Roy Oswalt – Giants
Heath Bell – Red Sox
Coco Crisp – A’s
Grady Sizemore – Indians
Bartolo Colon – Mets
Rafael Furcal – Cardinals
Cody Ross – Marlins
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
As a Marlins fan,
I approve this message.
Go Nevada Wolf Pack!
by BacksThePack on Nov 14, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Damn,
was meant for Xanthan
Go Nevada Wolf Pack!
by BacksThePack on Nov 14, 2011 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
BUT WHERE WILL LIVAN HERNANDEZ GO??
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
They’ll offer him a lifetime supply of their new bacon-flavored Slurpees.
WHY IS MELKY
Mayor of Smug.
He’s already given them the idea of pairing the bacon flavored Slurpees with his patented Cheez-Straw.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
McDonald’s!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Say it ain't so, Agent Ned...
The Dodgers and general manager Ned Colletti, with his three decades in baseball, have gone sabermetric. In September the Dodgers hired Alex Tamin, a graduate of Johns Hopkins and UCLA School of Law, as Director of Baseball Contracts, Research and Operations. That was a confirmation that Los Angeles is joining the “new school” franchises with a strong belief — not just an obligatory nod — that quantitative analysis plays an important role in building a winning team.
“We’re becoming more numerically oriented,” Colletti said. "We’ve always kept it as part of the mix, but there’s so much more information now and its value is proven. It’s not just theory any more. It’s more of a foundation, along with scouting, as part of evaluation. For me it’s 50-50.
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
HA HA HA
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Hmm, I wonder if he and Brian worked out some I’ll let you interview if you promise to blow your teams chances of winning while helping mto world series and then we will reverse the role situation?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
I've actually met the guy
smart dude, knows his stuff, background in consulting with teams on guys about to go through the arbitration process… that said, he didn’t so much strike me as a hard core, numbers geek sabermetrics advocate. More like a strong negotiator who was adept at picking out the trends and numbers helpful to his client for arbitration purposes.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 14, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
No, the guy he hired… sorry, should’ve been more clear.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 14, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
It’s crazy to me that a team is just now getting on board with this stuff. Crazy. CRAZY!
by chilibean_3 on Nov 14, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
LOL ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE!
Research in the same department as contracts and operations? Headed by a JD? How exactly does that say “YAY STATS!”
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
by Cody_ransom on Nov 14, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
They need a fall guy for the bad contracts. SEE ! HE SAID IT WAS OK! IT"S ALL ALEX"S FAULT !
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Goes sabermetric, signs Mark Ellis. LOL
Croix De Candlestick: You'll be a better person for reading | My adopted Giant: the next Buster Posey, Johnny Monell
Holy shit
There are teams that still haven’t accepted this?
I assumed the GIants FO was using this, and Sabes was just reading it upside down or something.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 14, 2011 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
Actually
That would explain a lot.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 14, 2011 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
So it is in the books
Albert Pujols – Cards
Prince Fielder – Mariners
Jose Reyes – Brew Crew
C.J. Wilson – Yankees
Yu Darvish – Yankees
Edwin Jackson – Rangers
Jimmy Rollins – Giants
Aramis Ramirez – Cubs
Carlos Beltran – Red Sox
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – Rangers
David Ortiz Rangers LOL (I predict Ordonez over Ludwick, but since I can’t shake the template…)
Ryan Madson – Tigers
Carlos Pena – Pirates
Roy Oswalt – Padres
Heath Bell – Padres
Coco Crisp – Marlins
Grady Sizemore – A’s
Bartolo Colon – Royals
Rafael Furcal -Phillies
Cody Ross – Giants
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
Wait
Where did all those strikes come from?
by Myemail21479 on Nov 14, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
Don’t look at Jonathan Sanchez.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 14, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Happy Trails, Jonathan
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
VAPORS!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
..
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
I don’t think I’ve ever had veal.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
It's delicious, I highly recommend trying it sometime
Obviously assuming you don’t have a moral objection to it.
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
That’s actually why I never tried it; I was at an impressionable age when those ads came out. Is it like beef but a white meat?
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know how to describe it exactly, but it has a unique flavor.
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 think really delicious pork would be the closest comparison, but it’s chewier and. That’s not really right though.
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 14, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
It shouldn’t be chewier. Motionless baby cow is tender and delicious.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Is this some sort of hit list?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
LOL NBA
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Someday I will have to answer the question from my son
What was the NBA Daddy?
by Myemail21479 on Nov 14, 2011 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
officialBBWAA BBWAA
Hellickson, Kimbrel win Rookie of the Year Awards. bbwaa.com
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
RIP NBA Season
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Angels
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Yankees
Yu Darvish – Yankees
Edwin Jackson – Royals
Jimmy Rollins – Brewers
Aramis Ramirez – Rockies
Carlos Beltran – Red Sox
Michael Cuddyer – Nationals
Mark Buehrle – Marlins
David Ortiz – Red Sox
Ryan Madson – Marlins
Carlos Pena – Brewers
Roy Oswalt – Red Sox
Heath Bell – Padres
Coco Crisp – Padres
Grady Sizemore – Braves
Bartolo Colon – Retires
Rafael Furcal – Cardinals
Cody Ross – Reds
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Looking back over my predictions last year
I did OK on the teams, but I actually got most of the $ amounts pretty close, except Crawford who I was major off by.
Albert Pujols – Cardinals, 8/200
Prince Fielder – Rangers, 7/150
Jose Reyes – Brewers, 6/115
C.J. Wilson – Yankees, 5/90
Yu Darvish – Yankees, 30 million post, 4/60
Edwin Jackson – Red Sox, 3/45
Jimmy Rollins – Giants, 4/45
Aramis Ramirez – Yankees, 3/45
Carlos Beltran – Red Sox, 3/45
Michael Cuddyer – Philadelphia, 3/35
Mark Buehrle – White Sox, 5/50
David Ortiz – Red Sox, 2/25
Ryan Madson – Red Sox, 4/44
Carlos Pena – Cubs, 2/20
Roy Oswalt – Philadelphia, 1/10
Heath Bell – Accepts Arbitration
Coco Crisp – Oakland, 3/30
Grady Sizemore – Colorado, 1/12
Bartolo Colon – Yankees, 2/15
Rafael Furcal – Cardinals, 2/20
Cody Ross – Giants, 2/10
Ryan Ludwick – Pirates, 1/5
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
You think that the Brewers will go after Jose Reyes but not Fielder?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
That would be what my list implies, yes.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
You think the Giants will sign Jimmy Rollins?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Captain Morgan agrees!
GLUB GLUB
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 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
I’m just shocked. The Brewers just don’t seem like they want to spend 100+ million on any players.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
They spent it on Braun
And they need a shortstop much more than they need a first baseman. And, of course, Reyes will be cheaper.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I forgot Braun got a 100 M dollars.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
I thought the whole reason the Brewers weren’t going to go after Fielder is because they just spent 100 million on Braun. Of course that could mean they just didn’t want a 1B for that much.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Fielder produced at a high level
But
Easie0\cheaper to dumpster dive 1B than SS.
I also think Fielder will probably not produce in $ per WAR for what he wants.
by Myemail21479 on Nov 14, 2011 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Sooo
A-Rod is going to become permanent DH? Because that’s the only way Aramis Ramirez signs with the Yankees
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I see them splitting time
It’s one of the more out-there predictions I made there, but the Yankees are sans DH, and I can see them wanting to cycle the two of them.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Jesus Montero isn't their DH?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Or Jetah?
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 14, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
I think he'll get time there
But I’d guess they see him as a catcher.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
All reports are that they really hate his glove.
Unless I’m forgetting some end-of-season change in thinking.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 14, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Well nobody loved Posada's neither.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Everybody loves Raymond's.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
My prediction:
Dudes will sign with some teams and the RDF will grow, grow, grow.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
by jhiat00 on Nov 14, 2011 11:18 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
RDF
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
QUACK!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
This is how the Rainy Day Fund feels to me
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I am not a big fan of Dicknose Guy.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
This Is a Joke
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, not so fast. My joke still has five more minutes to go.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Fair game. You weren’t repeating it over and over and over and over.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
/trips while running, hurts knee on sidewalk
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
WAK
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Golden Gate Beer Bars | Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Nov 14, 2011 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
SFGiantsFans San Francisco Giants
Here’s the entire list of 2012 #SFGiants Promos: ow.ly/7ta4C Remember you can buy tickets on Orange and Black Friday Nov25 – Dec24
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
The prophecy
either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
I always hated that prophecy
because they both were alive and surviving for many years.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Yeah
But there are a bunch of logical and plot holes all throughout that series. Best to just enjoy.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I loved the last movie but I was wondering (SPOILER)
How Harry could stand up to an extended battle of duels with Voldemort? Was it because the Elder Wand just wouldn’t cooperate with Voldy?
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
I never saw the last movie
I’m a book dude.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
It was pretty dope! But, still. I was wondering this as I rented it last night.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
No idea
The book avoids this problem by never having them duel. Don’t they just, like, cast one spell at each other and then it’s over?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Exactly. It makes sense because it’s just one brief confrontation and the Elder Wand backfires Voldy’s curse back on him as Harry disarms him.
I mean, it makes for a great, exciting adventure film sequence, all the zapping and energy beams and whatnot.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed, that last battle was super exciting to see play out. Made no sense, but super exciting.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
It's because
Harry was the Elder Wand’s master since it had for some dumb reason attached itself to Draco and Harry bested Draco.
Which makes no sense, because what self-respecting wand would chose Draco over Snape?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Elder wand belong to Harry
Really stupid, but because Harry had defeated Draco and Draco was the one that defeated Dumbledore, the Elder wand “felt” it should be with Harry, even after Voldy killed Snape thinking it would bind the wand to him.
Oscar Wilde may have been a brilliant and talented man, but at the end of the day he was still a cocksucker, just like the Dodgers.
Also, he uses the snake to kills Snape and that would get him the wand? So like, you could just kill a wizard in their sleep with a knife/gun/rusty spoon and suddenly you own their wand? How does that make sense.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
The wand would belong to the snake, and then he would kill the snake.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
But also, isn’t the history of the wand consistent with that reading? Wasn’t the original owner knifed in his sleep, or something?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
Yep. The trick of the wand is that it only invites death by other means.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
Ok, well that’s fair. Stupid but consistent. Damn, death is tricky.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
One thing I really loved in the HBP movie was the way they implied that Dumbledore allowed himself to be dewanded. Draco expelliarmuses him, and he does this goofy doubletake of his flying wand, like “Whoopsie! Well, would you look at that?”
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, there are certain liberties the movies took that play better than the movies. There’s also shit they did that made no sense. That’s what happens when you write an 800+ page novel.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
I’m still trying to track down who died among the students.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
I imagine wikipedia has all that. That’s where I kept going when I’d get lost reading the books this summer.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
I hated that scene because it was too easy. In the book, Harry was tied up and couldn’t move and Dumbledore was sad and scared and the scene in the movie was anti-climatic. But, yes, both in the book and movie there’s a little Obi Wan vs. Darth Vader in there
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 14, 2011 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
I got that on my second watching, that they linked how Voldy could be matched by Harry to the Elder Wand recognizing it’s true master. It was just, “Huh. Harry is really matching Voldemort zap for zap.”
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
HOLY SHIT I JUST MISUSED IT'S
shame
SHAME
SHAME
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
Basically, yeah.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Example
It’s 19 years later and Teddy Lupin, who was born before the battle at Hogwarts is somehow on the train to Hogwarts. Did he just fail Transfiguration every year or is J. K. Rowlings just incapable of simple math? You decide!
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
LOTS OF DETENTION hahaha
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Janitor.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
I took it to be speaking both literally and philosophically. Neither shall enjoy the richness of life so long as the other exists.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
WTF ARE YOU POCKET PROTECTORS TALKING ABOUT?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
sorry let me get back on topic
Whatever happened to Rickon?
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS EITHER!
I am just going to sit in the corner and nod like I know what the hell is going on.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
/shrugs
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Cubs
Jose Reyes – Mets
C.J. Wilson – Rangers
Yu Darvish – not in MLB
Edwin Jackson – Yankees
Jimmy Rollins – Phillies
Aramis Ramirez – Pirates
Carlos Beltran – Giants
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – Red Sox
David Ortiz – Red Sox
Ryan Madson – Red Sox
Carlos Pena – Angels
Roy Oswalt – Rangers
Heath Bell – Padres
Coco Crisp – Oakland
Grady Sizemore – Marlins
Bartolo Colon – Yankees
Rafael Furcal – Brewers
Cody Ross – Nationals
Ryan Ludwick – Reds
Is it February 19 yet?
So Kemp stay in LA for 160M / 8 years
Pending physical
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
Good for him
I hope he goes and sits on his EZ chair again and LOL Dodgers for 8 years.
by Myemail21479 on Nov 14, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
Also, GM MEETINGS ARE NEXT WEEK GUYS
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
we we we so excited
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
You are so endearing.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Let's not go too far.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
/flop sweat
GiantPain is Ainsley Hayes?!
/nose bleed
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
That is when trades happen yea?
I’m not certain Giants are in the market for anyone but a SS…
Twitter indicated the 2B market is barren after the Dbacks signed Aaron Hill, maybe Keppinger has good value?
by Myemail21479 on Nov 14, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
This and the later winter meetings tend to have high rates of activity.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
OT:
Giants Welcome Mats will be a new giveaway item for the first 20,000 fans on Sunday, April 15.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
by bgunn on Nov 14, 2011 11:24 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Perfect.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Free Agents Unwelcome Mats!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Against perennial doormat Pittsburgh!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Rangers
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Yankees
Yu Darvish – Rangers
Edwin Jackson – Nationals
Jimmy Rollins – Tigers
Aramis Ramirez – Brewers
Carlos Beltran – Giants
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – Marlins
David Ortiz -Sawx
Ryan Madson – Sawx
Carlos Pena – Padres
Roy Oswalt – Rangers
Heath Bell – Marlins
Coco Crisp – Braves
Grady Sizemore – Tigers
Bartolo Colon – Blue Jays
Rafael Furcal – Cardinals
Cody Ross – Pirates
Ryan Ludwick – Indians
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 11:28 AM PST reply actions
Albert Pujols – Marlins
Prince Fielder – Mets
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – TheLetter2
Yu Darvish – Yankees
Edwin Jackson – Tigers
Jimmy Rollins – Dodgers
Aramis Ramirez – Giants
Carlos Beltran – Texas
Michael Cuddyer – Giants
Mark Buehrle – White Sox
David Ortiz – Red Sox
Ryan Madson – Yankees
Carlos Pena – Marlins
Roy Oswalt – Yankees
Heath Bell – Yankees
Coco Crisp – Giants
Grady Sizemore – guyswithiphones.com
Bartolo Colon – Giants
Rafael Furcal – Giants
Cody Ross – Rockies
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
Im beginning to think you didn't take this list too seriously
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I did it to the best of my baseball knowledge.
So yeah.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, Grady is a shortstop. I’ve seen it.
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Rude.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
It’s not that small.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Oh! is he a grower?
Romping with my school chums in the fens and spinneys while the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame.
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Didn’t he use a children’s tea set cup for it?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
I can believe this
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I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
I’m not even gonna attempt to do one of these things because half of it’ll just be guessing and then one of you assholes will ask if I really think Grady Sizemore is going to the Angels and expect me to defend the answer when it was really just a shot in the dark that I was going to totally rub your noses in later if by some miracle it actually happened. So basically, Coco Crisp.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 11:36 AM PST reply actions
Just say it in all-caps, people think you’re kidding.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
THIS IS CORRECT!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
/imagines you wearing a Giants superhero cape
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Just like every other female crime fighter
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
That’s funny, I’m imagining this too
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
It is done
50 million and 58 bucks, 4 years, extra year at 16 mil with 55 GF in 2015 or 100 GF between 2014-2015
Wait the option is for 16M!?
So if both the Lee (27.5) and Papelbon (16M) options vest they would end up paying 43.5 M for two pitchers.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Biggest. Tool. Ever.
Jonathan Papelbon‘s four-year contract with the Phillies is now official, as the team announced the deal along with one little twist: He’ll get $50,000,058.
That extra 58 bucks matches his uniform number, which he’ll apparently be taking from new bullpen-mate Antonio Bastardo.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Bastard!
O.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Oh.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Bastardo has always struck me as a rather aggresive name for a breakfast cereal.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
:O
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Ygritte’s pretty sure they’re a healthy part of a balanced breakfast
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 14, 2011 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
The fact that this is a gif only serves to make it unsettling.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 14, 2011 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
When I was in high school I bought my buddy’s car for $420.69.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Are you 16 years old and stoned?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
GRAHAM!
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
19!
And not stoned!
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 14, 2011 7:58 PM PST up reply actions
So basically, Jonathan Papelbon has the maturity of a high school boy. I can believe that.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
Louisianans. Pssssh. What do you expect.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
GURL
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
You think that’s the funniest thing, don’t you?
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
BOI
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
1. Mike Fontenot is a Louisianan
2. I refuse to be insulted by anyone from Alabama
3. Brian McCann is fat an ugly. Don’t play this game with me.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
THIS SHIT JUST GOT REAL
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
You got me all riled up. And I was all ready to discuss Rock Center with you today, too.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Also, I just noticed your new sig and I’m trying not to giggle because it’s funny but I’m determined to be fake angry at you at the moment.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
flee flee for your lives
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
/observes LA v. AL smackdown with sense of smug superiority
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
You’re from Ohio too?
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
“Yes, yes. That’s it, my Southern friends. Destroy yourselves with your petty arguments…then out of nowhere, Vermont seizes control!”
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
fucking vermonters and their syrup and their ice cream and their furniture.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
They should just go shooting for hares in winter in their snow shoes.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair, it’s a union made key. Made with real bat poop!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Has solar panels on it, and is capable of cranking only hybrid vehicles.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Please don’t them be watching…
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
This has turned into McCovGlee Chronicles.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a West Wing reference, when Ainsley Hayes thoroughly schools Sam Seaborn on Capitol Beat.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I spent pretty much the entire 3-day weekend holed up in my apartment tearing through seasons 6 and 7, so my brain is pretty well suffused with Bartlettmania.
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 14, 2011 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
its all coming together
muwahahahaha
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 14, 2011 12:47 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
speak for yourself, dude
Guys come quick
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
TGP
Will Phils find answers at GM meetings? | Philadelphia Daily News
If the question is “Are other GMs fuming at Amaro for settling an inflated market once again?” then I’d imagine the answer is “yes.”
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
Incoming
A Thank You to Pat Burrell – McCovey Chronicles
Another brilliant entry from Grant at McCovey Chronicles. I challenge all of you to find similarly dope images, gifs, and videos of Pat Burrell from his Phillies tenure, and post in the comments.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I'm totally buying tickets for
Sunday May 6- Giants Rope Necklace
NABOB WAS HERE /kicks chair
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 11:40 AM PST reply actions
These promotional items are so hilariously depressing you think we’re being trolled.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Heimy. He’s trolling us from inside the Iron Curtain.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
EAT HIS OWN DAMN EGGROLL
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
AFTER THE GIANTS REMOVE HIS RIB HE WILL BE ABLE TO
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
oh my!
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
He is flexible!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve actually just assumed you were behind the Sergio Romo bobblehead because you know what big romosexuals we are.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
Friday May 18 – Giants coin purse night
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
These have the Burns sister’s faces on them!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
Their mouths are the coin slot!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
I was thinking on a much less classy level.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 12:14 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
NO SHOCK THERE.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
LOL JD'S SENSE OF DECORUM!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
perhaps
the loudest IRLLOL in a while, at this whole string. You should all be ashamed. Wait, I mean you should all be promoted.
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 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
I guess the Giants management is predicting a miserable season.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Blue Jays
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Yankees
Yu Darvish – Mariners
Edwin Jackson – Nationals
Jimmy Rollins – Phillies
Aramis Ramirez – Brewers
Carlos Beltran – Giants
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – Yankees
David Ortiz -Red Sox
Ryan Madson – Red Sox
Carlos Pena – Cubs
Roy Oswalt – Rangers
Heath Bell – Dodgers
Coco Crisp – Athletics
Grady Sizemore – Indians
Bartolo Colon – Blue Jays
Rafael Furcal – Giants
Cody Ross – Pirates
Ryan Ludwick – Indians
"What makes you think you're Jesus Christ?"
"Well, when I pray I seem to be talking to myself"
I would be extremely happy with Beltran and Furcal on the Giants.
Also, extremely surprised.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Via Buster Olney on the CBA
One idea discussed is a ceiling for draft bonuses based on slot recommendations for the first ten rounds, reports Olney. There would be no need to adhere to slot for individual picks, but if a team exceeded the recommended ten-round total they’d be taxed the first time and would “lose a top pick” the second time.
Interesting concept.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 11:46 AM PST reply actions
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I am not a fan of draft slotting
Anything that could potentially drive multi-sport athletes away from baseball is a bad idea.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
I agree but I think telling a team that you have this x amount and you can spend it on the first 10 picks any way you see fit is alot better than saying Pick 1 gets this much, pick 2 gets this much and so on.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Hard slotting is seriously the worst idea ever
This idea isn’t that bad, although I wouldn’t be for it. It would be better if good teams had less money to spend than bad ones.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Sounds to me that late round draftees might go unsigned to avoid penalties as the high picks are given above slot contracts. I wonder if those players later sign with teams that didn’t draft them, will their contracts count against that team’s ceiling?
This could create a whole new free-for-all pool of unsigned free agent draftees after the signing period. And it’s not clear to me if it will benefit small or big market teams. My gut feeling is that it will help the small market teams who have aggregate cap room.
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
You want prediction about the Offseason?
I’ll give you a winter prediction: It’s gonna be Coco, it’s gonna be Crisp, and it’s gonna last you for the rest of your life.
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Nov 14, 2011 11:59 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
Random
Read Me At: Twitter/Blog/MLBBonusBaby /Giants Nirvana
by Gobroks on Nov 14, 2011 12:08 PM PST via mobile reply actions
...Guesses
Albert Pujols -Cardinals
Prince Fielder -Rangers
Jose Reyes -Marlins
C.J. Wilson -Angels
Yu Darvish -Yankees
Edwin Jackson -Orioles
Jimmy Rollins -Brewers
Aramis Ramirez -Tigers
Carlos Beltran -Giants
Michael Cuddyer -Twins
Mark Buehrle -White Sox
David Ortiz -Orioles
Ryan Madson -Marlins
Carlos Pena – Brewers
Roy Oswalt – Rangers
Heath Bell -Angels
Coco Crisp -Rangers
Grady Sizemore -Phillies
Bartolo Colon -Yankees
Rafael Furcal -Cardinals
Cody Ross – Nationals
Ryan Ludwick -A’s
Read Me At: Twitter/Blog/MLBBonusBaby /Giants Nirvana
by Gobroks on Nov 14, 2011 12:15 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
This makes my brain hurt.
I’m a lot less interested when the Giants aren’t involved, and since they aren’t involved, I’m not very interested.
This makes my brain hurt.
oh when did you need the feedback by?
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Whenever.
Ideally, this week, but at worst, end of the year.
by Every6thDay on Nov 14, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
okay
i’m remapping my own character arcs based on your feedback BTW.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
The Dodgers are on the verge of a two-year deal with second baseman Mark Ellis, tweets ESPN’s Buster Olney.
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Ellis is actually somewhat of a SABR darling for his defense.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-great-bargain-of-2009/
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
SCOOTERMETRICS!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Perhaps Agent Ned
is just using sabremetrics as the excuse for why they can’t sign any decent players. Moneyball does make dumb people think it’s only about getting guys on the cheap.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Excuse me?
@LookoutLanding Jeff Sullivan
If I had a time machine I would use it to talk to Angels fans in the past
@LookoutLanding Jeff Sullivan
“You’re going to win as many games as the Giants!”
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 12:15 PM PST reply actions
Wow, he’s gotten bitter.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
If I were a Mariners fan, I would be too.
by free f.p. #14 on Nov 14, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
TIMMY NO
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
/disappears into drizzly mist, never to be seen again
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
/goes to Cafe Nervosa
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
/accidentally sets father’s chair on fire, shoves it off balcony
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
/implicated in society crossbow murder
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
This could be a thing, you know. Tim as Frasier has real potential. I like it,.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
He looks more like Lilith though.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Scoring fewer runs than the Giants while having a DH has to kill a man inside.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
He should make sure he doesn’t go back before 2002 or he won’t have anyone to talk to.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 14, 2011 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Per MLBTR
Elliot hears that the Blue Jays have been “shocked” by the asking prices they’ve received when contacting the representatives for free agent closers. Anthopoulos sounds wary of signing closers to four- and five-year deals. Noting some research he did on injuries long-term deals for relievers when he was still an assistant GM, Anthopolous said: “…basically if you were giving out a five-year deal you were only going to get a player for four seasons.”
When asked what the club’s greatest surplus was, Anthopoulos replied “prospects,” which Elliot speculates could hint that the Jays may try to acquire a closer via trade.
How awesome would it be if Sabean defied every tendency he has ever had and traded Wilson for some of the Jays top prospects? Ahh, to dream.
I actually think Baer would be the one to shoot this down
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
This is correct.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
It's gnomes now.
Please keep up! ;-)
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
BEHOLD!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
And then, in a mysterious twist, the Giants find themselves trading Wilson to the Blue Jays for Vernon Wells.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
No problem
I don’t think the Angels would be at all reluctant to return Wells to the Jays, no questions asked.
No Lopez or Affeldt, use minor leaguers instead
Non-tender Sanchez or trade him for prospects or someone who won’t take up major league payroll.
Trade Wilson for prospect who won’t take up major league payroll.
Hey, I just found 18 million dollars for next year! 17 for Reyes and a million for the rainy day fund.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
This woman stole her stolen bike back.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
She’s hardcore
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
It's not really that hard core but it is pretty funny.
She found her bike on craigslist.
On Sunday, Lucas went to the man’s apartment complex and asked if she could test ride the bike.
"I started riding it and knew it was my bike, so I just kept riding it," Lucas told KMGH. "I rode it to my car and then threw it it in my car and then drove away."
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I was referring to mymclife, but this is gangsta too.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
It would be funny if that was really her bike.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Nov 14, 2011 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Albert Pujols – cardinals
Prince Fielder – dodgers
Jose Reyes – marlins
C.J. Wilson – angels
Yu Darvish – not posted
Edwin Jackson – brewers
Jimmy Rollins – phillies
Aramis Ramirez – angels
Carlos Beltran – giants
Michael Cuddyer – orioles
Mark Buehrle – marlins
David Ortiz – red sox
Ryan Madson – red sox
Carlos Pena – twins
Roy Oswalt – dodgers
Heath Bell – mets
Coco Crisp – mariners
Grady Sizemore -a’s
Bartolo Colon -yanks
Rafael Furcal – cardinals
Cody Ross – orioles
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
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 14, 2011 12:24 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Oswalt to the Dodgers? I won’t allow it.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Yeah. I like Oswalt. He uses short, easy words like “How about lunch?” and “Help yourself, Ott.”
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
oh my
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
"How about lunch?" and "Help yourself, Ott."
I BET HE DOES!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
I’d clarify by saying he was just talking about his honey pot, but knowing you people that would just make it worse.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
oh jeez coffee spluttered everywhere
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
…but he always called me his honey pot. :(
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Ever since that drunken orgy with Clemens after the NLCS, Roy had to keep that side of himself secret.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
I would never tell. Ever.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
the beer pouring down his back, spilling out of his mouth
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
“beer”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
I WANT HIM
Not the coach; the skinnier grinning guy.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
He’s small and compact, but broad-shouldered and badonky.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
I love him for this. I do this too.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF
http://i39.tinypic.com/9u6fer.jpg
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
LOL waelwulf is so srs
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Where the hell are Lies & Perfidy and jctGamer??
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
also omg
MICRO SHAWN ESTES IN THE BACKGROUND
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
stalker?
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
You sure bought a lot of stuff.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
He basically bankrupted himself during his vacation.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
THERE WAS SO MUCH COOL STUFF OUT THERE YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Dude I got a Matt Cain bobblehead at Walgreens for $19.95
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
On Sunday I bought myself a Cody Ross bobblehead on eBay and had it shipped to my grandparents’ house so they can give it to me for Christmas. What is wrong with me?
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
My mother once made me add up how much my Giants merchandise (not including tickets but including clothes) was worth and it was over $1000 before I stopped counting. This was like my second year in college. They hadn’t even won the WS yet.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
This reminds me of when I went to game 1 of the NLDS and ended up buying a dugout jacket even though I already had one. THOSE SUCKERS ARE OVER $150 EACH
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
My SJ Giants sweatshirt ran me $100
No regrets on that purchase though.
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 would be afraid to hazard a guess. I could basically have afforded a kidney transplant if I’d never gotten into baseball.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
But without baseball, why bother replacing the kidney?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
by GiantPain on Nov 14, 2011 1:09 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
You’re only saying this because it’s the offseason.
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Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
I have, like, one sweatshirt and a hat. And a few pennants and posters.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 14, 2011 8:05 PM PST up reply actions
Get to work, slacker.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:07 PM PST up reply actions
I clicked on that and McAfee gave me a big red warning page that you wanted to do harm to my computer
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
it’s like Greinke x 10
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
I promise I’m not trying to kill your computer.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
A Louisianan cannot trust an Alabamian
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
Fie! We are brothers and sisters!
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I want a new flag. One that represents southern pride in a way not inextricably linked to slavery and racism. I don’t think I’m asking too much.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
I think that’s a fair request.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Look at us, working together.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
I think we’ve always made a fine time.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I say we hash out designs for the new flag over a pitcher of sweet tea while we sit on the porch wearing our antebellum attire.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
Whah, Ah thank that’s a fine ideuh, miss. Let us retiah to the veranduh.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I see PC surrounded by beaux including Buster, Matt, and MadBum, all in antebellum attire.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
Whenever someone uses the word “beau,” I just think of Confederacy of Dunces. “There sure were a lot of balls on that beau…wait.”
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 14, 2011 1:23 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
“Well mahy mahy, I do declare, you’re just the sweetest three gentleman to ever call here at Hollingsworth Manor. Colonel Buster why don’t you and Captain Bumgarner just sit on down right here next to little ole me and regale me with tales of your service time. Major Cain I do believe your presence is desired in the drawing room, on the fainting couch.”
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
“That boy had exceptional control . . . he was always up for extra innings . . . and his delivery? Ohhh!”
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Great, so we all agree that America needs a new flag.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Composed entirely of tributes to the South, yes.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Like the fatal blossom of the lowly jimson weed?
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
And magnolias and such. Maybe a nice picture of Dolly Parton.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
“Look here, fatal blossom . . .”
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Republic of sweet tea!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Our national drink
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Never!!!!!!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
/strengthens garrison at Fort Sumter
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
What a sad commentary. The Second Civil War, fought over the perference of our national beverage.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
with whisky
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Stop ruining the whisky.
Speaking of the South ( and OT) , has anyone seen Hell on Wheels ? It’s right after Walking Dead on AMC. Thoughts ? I kind of like it.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
FWIW I always buy cheap whisky. Well…bourbon to be exact.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Drink up
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Still better than fighting over the preference of enslaving people based on the color of their skin.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
I recently learned that it was common for white people to come over to the colonies as slaves. After so many years they were free to go though.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Yeah.
There were actually uprisings where white and black people joined against those who ‘owned’ them. I thought that was pretty cool.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Occupye New Amsterdam!
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah. That’s how at least a two of my ancestors came over. They met while sailing across on a ship, worked on different farms for a few years to pay off the price of the passage, then got married and settled down.
Then, as the tales tell, by the time the colonies revolted against the crown he was too fat to fight, so he had to send his 15 year old son as a drummer boy to fill his spot in the local militia.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
America needs a new fag
just as we need some hitlers to watch
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Yeah
Poor choice on my part. I apologize.
by free f.p. #14 on Nov 14, 2011 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
G.I.S. for americas newst fag
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
i think the new owner is going to do something drastic
to restore interest in the team
I see them signing fielder and oswalt
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 14, 2011 12:43 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
sacred heart, riordan, mercy, st ignatius
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
PSA
Stop saying the Giants will sign Ludwick. It makes me sad when everyone puts it in writing. Also, what if management reads this blog and takes these posts as the group’s approval for signing Ludwick? How could we live with ourselves knowing we were directly responsible for such a marginal, insignificant, bound-to-be-overpaid player being our major signing?
In conclusion, put the word “Dodgers” after the name “Ryan Ludwick”
Fucking Penn State
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
You didn’t read Grant’s post, did you?
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
FTFY
Also, what if management readsthis blog
by Myemail21479 on Nov 14, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
Also, what if management reads this blog
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
LOL REPLY FAILZ
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
“Susan, run that Betancourt deal by the interwebs. I’m going to lean out the window with an earpiece.”
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 14, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Hmm, I should’ve read further to make sure nobody already made the point I just made in reply fail form. My bad.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
I was going to make a troll one, but not going too...here are my real guesses:
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Cubs
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Marlins
Yu Darvish – Yankees
Edwin Jackson – Yankees
Jimmy Rollins – Brewers
Aramis Ramirez – Phillies
Carlos Beltran – Giants
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – Marlins
David Ortiz – Yankees
Ryan Madson – Red Sox
Carlos Pena – Rangers
Roy Oswalt – Rangers
Heath Bell – Padres
Coco Crisp – A’s
Grady Sizemore – A’s
Bartolo Colon – Red Sox
Rafael Furcal – Cardinals
Cody Ross – Giants
Ryan Ludwick – Dodgers
Go Sharks!
I think all this Marlins stuff is a feint
I don’t see them signing any big name players.
Though, if they do, I think it’s most likely to be a pitcher.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
So their strategy to get fans to come to the park
Is to pretend to be trying to sign players and then not?
Come on. That’s dumb even for the Marlins
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
No doubt
Honestly though, I’ve been feeling the same way as GP. I think it’s all for show. Could be horribly wrong though, and I hope so because the Marlins are an absolute embarrassment to professional, competitive sports.
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 agree with GiantPain, but not because I feel like the Marlins are posturing. I think these free agents are using the Marlins desperation to get some players as leverage for big contracts with the teams they actually want to play for and for an owner who actually gives a shit about his team.
No way Pujols doesn’t get a bigger offer from another club. Same with Reyes. Plus, you have to actually have fans show up to games to have the revenue to pay for these players. Look no further than Tampa Bay’s attendance during the playoff hunt. Even a winning team in Florida can’t put fans in the seats.
I don't think the comparision with Tampa Bay re attendance is a fair one.
The Rays play in the worst stadium in the worst location, period.
This new Miami ballpark is going to be in a wildly improved location, not to mention the wondrous improvement a baseball first park is over an old football stadium.
The Marlins will be a real baseball team for years to come. Until they have to payout millions and millions in class-action lawsuits from damaged retinas due to the home run art-machine, but well…you know.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Fair point about that giant cave of suck that is Tropicana Field
My prediction? Logarithmic decay in attendance culminating in a September promotion where Lebron James and Dwayne Wade play one-on-one basketball in center field for the duration of the baseball game. Its up to Floridians to prove me wrong
LOL Peter King
Victories since Oct. 23: Tebow 3, Tom Brady/Michael Vick/Philip Rivers (combined) 2.
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
THIS MEANINGLESS ARBITRARY ENDPOINT STAT MEANS EVERYTHING
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
TE-BOW! TE-BOW! TE-BOW!
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
2-8 yesterday, I believe. Yet he got the win. What this shows me is that the biggest flaws in both QB Rating and Total QBR is their inability to include a measure of Faith and Piety. Until they are able to work this into the rating, Tebow will continue to baffle traditional statistical analysts
1st completion was near the end of the 3rd quarter
It was insane.
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
Well the team did run a Navy-style triple option attack
And if the Chefs can’t stop the run, KEEP RUNNING. For all Tebow’s trouble throwing the ball, he did score two touchdowns in the game.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal
Confirming Ellis signing with #Dodgers. Two years, $8.75M. First reported by @Buster_ESPN. #mlb
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
BRING ME CRAIG COUNSELL
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Uribe, Gordon, Ellis and Loney on the infield? That could be decent or disastrous.
by Every6thDay on Nov 14, 2011 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Anybody else
think that’s a crazy high price for Mark Ellis?
2012 Dodger lineup
Gordon, SS
Ellis, 2B
Ethier, RF
Kemp, CF
Rivera, LF
Loney / Veteran free agent, 1B
Uribe / Backup, 3B
Ellis / Veteran free agent, C
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
/classy clank
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
Better lineup than the Giants are gonna put out there
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
We’ve kept our pitchers! In the new CBA we get awarded runs for strikeouts!
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Albert Pujols -
Prince Fielder -
Jose Reyes -
C.J. Wilson -
Yu Darvish -
Edwin Jackson -
Jimmy Rollins – Marlins
Aramis Ramirez – Marlins
Carlos Beltran – Marlins
Michael Cuddyer – Marlins
Mark Buehrle – Marlins
David Ortiz – Marlins
Ryan Madson – Marlins
Carlos Pena – Marlins
Roy Oswalt – Marlins
Heath Bell – Marlins
Coco Crisp – Marlins
Grady Sizemore – Marlins
Bartolo Colon – Marlins
Rafael Furcal – Marlins
Cody Ross – Marlins
I write a Giants blog. I also write for MLB Daily Dish and Beyond the Box Score
Err...
Albert Pujols – Marlins
Prince Fielder – Marlins
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Marlins
Yu Darvish – Marlins
Edwin Jackson – Marlins
There we go.
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by Julian Levine on Nov 14, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
I proclaim you Julian Shift-A!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Dammit.
I write a Giants blog. I also write for MLB Daily Dish and Beyond the Box Score
by Julian Levine on Nov 14, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
BREAKING!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Oh, my dear Agent Ned
Never stop being you.
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
/JAMES BOND THEME
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
If the Marlins think they have the inside track with Reyes
with a 5 year, $90-$100 million offer, then would you want Sabean to offer 5/$90 million just to kick the tires?
Responsible for the last great homegrown Giants team.
Yes. Give him whatever he wants.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
If that's all it takes
100% yes.
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
Sportscenter's B-Roll of the Kemp signing
Was him hitting a homerun off Barry Zito.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
It is known.
Albert Pujols – Giants
Prince Fielder – Giants
Jose Reyes – Giants
C.J. Wilson – Giants
Yu Darvish – Yankees
Edwin Jackson – Yankees
Jimmy Rollins – Yankees
Aramis Ramirez – Giants
Carlos Beltran – Giants
Michael Cuddyer – Yankees
Mark Buehrle – Yankees
David Ortiz – Yankees
Ryan Madson – Yankees
Carlos Pena – Yankees
Roy Oswalt – Giants
Heath Bell – Giants
Coco Crisp – Yankees
Grady Sizemore – Yankees
Bartolo Colon – Yankees
Rafael Furcal – Yankees
Cody Ross – Giants
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
This is Neukom's original list, right?
This was why they fired him?
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
Man this is so funny!
Randomly giving players to teams with no thought whatsoever and posting it.
I bet no one in this thread has or will ever do this!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
STILL END UP WITH LUDWICK
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
The Giants Way
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
Sabean has a gut feeling about that guy.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Nov 14, 2011 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
I have gut feelings a lot. They’re very uncomfortable.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
I just made sure you never end up in bed with me, didn’t I?
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
i wanted huggles this morning but there was only my pillow. i smished it anyway.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
OH NO
HardballTalk Hardball Talk
Pudge Rodriguez wants to play in 2012; is drawing interest dlvr.it/w3MXp #mlb #hbt
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Prospective Astros owner Jim Crane has agreed to move the team to the American League in 2013, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com (on Twitter). Crane, who would get a discount of approximately $50MM to switch leagues, still needs the approval of baseball’s other owners.
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Logical move
Evens up the leagues and instantly a natural rival of the Rangers.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Interleague every day – including the last series of the season!
Giants vs. Royals … for all the marbles.
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
Does that matter?
As it is now some teams have an odd number of teams in their division so they wind up playing some random team the last weekend of the season anyway. The Padres closed out 2011 playing the Cubs, for example. Would it have been somehow worse if they played the Royals instead?
Yeah, and?
NL teams already play AL teams. What’s the difference if they do so during the last weekend of the season?
How balanced would the new schedule be? Would teams in the same division all play the same opponents?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
They don't now.
For example the Giants, unlike any other NL West team, play the Athletics six times a year.
Yes, so if the schedule is more balanced I really don’t give a damn about the fact that interleague will be spread out over the whole year instead of concentrated into one certain period of time.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
none of these
are reasons for more interleague play.
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 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
There will not be more interleague play.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
It will occur other than in Bud Selig Midseason Boredom Extravaganza, so there will be more interleague play.
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 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
It will be what JD said above.
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 don’t want to have boring games spread out through the year. I want a month I can ignore.
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 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, THAT MONTH WILL BE SEPTEMBER, AMIRTE?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
But instead of ignoring a month, you are ignoring one game per day.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Six months of boredom, parceled out three hours at a time!
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 8:58 PM PST up reply actions
NL and AL teams don’t have a major rule difference like the DH. I’m not against interleage play. I’m against the DH.
OK.
Me too. But that situation is not materially altered by whether the AL has 14 or 15 teams, is it?
BRING ON THE DH!
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
Dumb.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
So Jonathan Papelbon is the going rate for switching league eh?
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
Bleh
Vroom. Walks. Five positions. Justin Christian
I've been fully suckered into the Twitterverse. Oops.
Albert Pujols – Giants (we need a 1B)
Prince Fielder – Giants (we need a backup 1B)
Jose Reyes – Giants (we need a shortstop)
C.J. Wilson – Giants (starting pitching depth)
Yu Darvish – I honestly don’t even know who this is
Edwin Jackson – Giants (starting pitching depth)
Jimmy Rollins – Giants (backup middle infielder for the inevitable Franchez breakage)
Aramis Ramirez – Giants (3B depth)
Carlos Beltran – Giants (starting RF)
Michael Cuddyer – Somewhere else
Mark Buehrle – I think this is a made-up name
David Ortiz – Retirement
Ryan Madson – Presumably back to the Lakers
Carlos Pena – Backup husband for Scott Hatteberg’s wife
Roy Oswalt – Giants (replaces Sanchy in the starting rotation)
Heath Bell – Giants (takes innings Sergio Romo shouldn’t be pitching)
Coco Crisp – Please let it not be the Giants
Grady Sizemore – The A’s make too much sense
Bartolo Colon – I don’t at all care where, so long as it’s not San Francisco on a 3 year deal
Rafael Furcal – Don’t care
Cody Ross – Giants (presumably the Giants will sign him just so they can cut him)
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Aubrey Huff/Walter White inspired FA Breaking Bad list....
Albert Pujols – Breaking Bank
Prince Fielder – Baking Bread
Jose Reyes – Baiting Baer
C.J. Wilson – Breaking Ball Bad
Yu Darvish – Blaking Bad—-sorry
Edwin Jackson – Breaking Bland
Jimmy Rollins – Braiding Bad
Aramis Ramirez – Behaving Bad
Carlos Beltran – Bracing Bad
Michael Cuddyer – BReading My Blog
Mark Buehrle – Breaking Barr’s Record
David Ortiz – Breaking Banned Substance
Ryan Madson – Breaking Bats
Carlos Pena – Breaking Boom or Bust
Roy Oswalt – Breaking Back
Heath Bell – Bacon Fat
Coco Crisp – Breaking Beverages
Grady Sizemore – Breaking and Bad
Bartolo Colon – Breaking Bran
Rafael Furcal – Breaking Bunter
Cody Ross – Braving Bald
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
by inthesquat on Nov 14, 2011 1:22 PM PST reply actions 14 recs
a million recs
This is probably my favorite thing I’ve seen here in a while.
The first six innings are overrated.
OT ARR MATEY
http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2011/11/14/‘storage-wars’-cast-uncovers-real-life-pirates’-chest/
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
Pirates chest – the original Rainy Day Fund!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Tori and Trina are kicking themselves.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
.gif please!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I’m thinking more of a stylized Veruca pic.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
so let it be written, let it be done...
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Angels
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Red Sox
Yu Darvish – Yankees
Edwin Jackson – Dodgers
Jimmy Rollins – Giants
Aramis Ramirez – Cubs
Carlos Beltran – Phillies
Michael Cuddyer – Twins
Mark Buehrle – Yankees
David Ortiz – Red Sox
Ryan Madson – Yankees
Carlos Pena – Cubs
Roy Oswalt – Giants
Heath Bell – Blue Jays
Coco Crisp – Marlins
Grady Sizemore – A’s
Bartolo Colon – Marlins
Rafael Furcal – Cardinals
Cody Ross – Red Sox
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
ugh i would love oswalt on the giants
achy breaky back and all
I’ll do his adjustments for him
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
Get out of my way.
/slap fight ensues
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Giants sign Oswalt and Rollins
Is that the “Creeping Death?”
by Myemail21479 on Nov 14, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
What’s with all these comments about free agents? Are you guys reading what Grant wrote?
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Jags GM pickup line
@ProFootballTalk
ProFootballTalk Jags could be signing Ashton Youboty to replace Rasean Mathis, along with a couple of other veteran players.
“Hey baby, want me to sign Yo Booty?
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
Post-sex ass autograph as a momento!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
That’s thinking outside of the box.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Most “sex ass” is!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Albert Pujols – Cards
Prince Fielder – Cubs
Jose Reyes – FLORIDA Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Yanks
Yu Darvish – Japan
Edwin Jackson – Marlins
Jimmy Rollins – Phils
Aramis Ramirez – Indians
Carlos Beltran – Tigers
Michael Cuddyer – Twins
Mark Buehrle – White Sox
David Ortiz – Red Sox
Ryan Madson – Red Sox
Carlos Pena – Dodgers
Roy Oswalt – Nats
Heath Bell – Pads
Coco Crisp – Rangers
Grady Sizemore – A’s
Bartolo Colon – Yankees
Rafael Furcal – GIANTS
Cody Ross – Red Sox
Ryan Ludwick – Pads
Aubrey Huff – Still Giants (joke, I love huff)
Its funny because f*** the dodgers
Jack and Jill has a 3% score on rotten tomatoes.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Is that the one where Adam Sandler plays his own sister or something?
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Yeah. I don’t really trust their rotten-o-meter all that much but this one does look like a real stinker.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Isn’t Bill Romanowski in it?
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not going to lie
I think two of the jokes in the trailer were mildly clever and I probably would’ve liked them in any other context. But the movie as a whole does look terrible.
The first six innings are overrated.
le sigh
From Jon Heyman
The Giants don’t appear likely to play for Carlos Beltran or a big shortstop now. The acquisition of Melky Cabrera seems to fill the outfield, and the attempt for Willie Bloomquist indicates they are fine acquiring a backup shortstop. They bid $4-million-plus but Bloomquist, who has Phoenix roots, stayed with the Diamondbacks.
Sorry if this has been posted already somewhere. I know it’s stuff the Force was already telling us but sad to see more external confirmations.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
WHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYY?
::sobs into 2010 Champion memorial pillow::
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 14, 2011 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
Wake me when Heyman is actually correct about something.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
Okay, let’s see, it’s by John Hey… oh NVM.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Oh please, never believer anything those wankers say until you see the Opening Day roster…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
This One?
LF Juan Pierre
CF Melky Cabrera
RF Ryan Ludwick
3B Pablo Sandoval
1B Aubrey Huff
2B Freddy Sanchez
SS Yuniesky Betancourt
C Buster Posey
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
So, that ship has sailed?
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Is that Tom Cruise? Kinda hard to tell but I think it is.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t really watch Tom Cruise movies. I’ve actually seen Top Gun a ton, but only the flying scene. Uncle is a former Air Force Captain and loves all the flying but just fast-forwards through the rest of it.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
IT IS ONLY LIKE THE BEST MOVIE EVER HOLY SHIT
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
YOURE RIGHT ICE....MAN I AM DANGEROUS
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 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
Top Gun has the best aerial combat footage
of any movie in the last 30 years. And that includes all this CGI funny business.
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
I agree.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
/Russian F-5 streaks past
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 6:31 PM PST up reply actions
Why isn't this green, you humorless douchebags?!?
by Every6thDay on Nov 14, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Never more true
Prediction? Pain.
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.
OH NO
sepinwall Alan Sepinwall
Community is being pulled from NBC’s mid-season schedule. Working on story now…
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
GGOD DAMNIT
sepinwall Alan Sepinwall
Community is being pulled from NBC’s mid-season schedule. Working on story now…
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I PRAY FOR A NATIONWIDE SWEET TEA SHORTAGE
The first six innings are overrated.
Restaurants across the country will be forced to serve iced tea with a sensible, logical amount of sugar, diabetes cases in the south drop 20%.
The first six innings are overrated.
You can have my diabetes when you pry it out of my cold, dead pancreas. Liberal.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
SWEET TEA PARTY
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
Instead of marches and encampments, they have gracious gatherings under verandahs.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
/joins party
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
I understand that’s a common problem with the ‘bro’ set.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
i have to stop eating/drinking while reading McC At Night.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
TELEMETRY!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
TIME ZONES ARE AN INSIDE JOB
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
VAN ALLEN BELT!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2011 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
THE VAN ALLEN BELT IS A RIM JOB
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
I worked through 4 stages of grief within a minute
I tore throughout my house, screaming and slavering, then I sobbed uncontrollably, and finally I rocked in a corner in a catatonic state.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
I see your years of Giants fandom has prepared you well for this eventuality.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
My reactions to this and to the RDF have been surprisingly similar.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
It’s not just Giants fandom, but Cal, 49ers (the bad years), and the Warriors!
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
I'm about to punch something like a pillow
So I can get my anger out without hurting my hand.
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro: One who takes a curiously long time to reply to a comment
McC: Its's a blog so they're a bunch of hipsters anyway-my brother
I blame you personally.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
/stabby
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve seen exactly one funny moment in that show so far. Too bad. She’s actually really funny on her own, but the whole concept of that show is ass backwards.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, and the funny moment didn’t even really involve her.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
And now 30 Rock won’t have Jonathan anymore. This show is having an actively negative impact on my enjoyment of my life.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
And that’s another thing – Whitney actually has a good cast, comedy wise, but they’re all working with horrible material. Kick Whitney off that show and you might have something.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
At least it ceased to be the best show on television before it was canceled. I don’t know what I would have done if it had gotten the ax in the summer of 2010.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
It bears noting that the decision to pull it from the mid-season schedule isn’t synonymous with cancellation. Too early to write the obit.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF I PULLED YOUR SWEET TEA MID-SIP?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
If it isn't done now, it'll be done soon
TVMoJoe Joe Adalian
Per NBC, COMMUNITY is being put “on the bench” for a while but will return. When, is unclear. #greendalepocalypse
37 minutes ago
The last show I can think of that had this happen was The Event, and we know how that turned out.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
YOU ARE THE REASON IT GOT PULLED
YOU LOST THE FAITH
IT IS STILL THE BEST SHOW, ALWAYS AND FOREVER
NNNNGH!!!! (rage grunts)
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
WELL THEN MAYBE IT COULD HAVE NOT IGNORED PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED CHRACTERIZATION TO MAKE A JOKE
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
BRITTA BECAME A BETTER CHARACTER MIDWAY IN THE FIRST SEASON, AND THAT WAS BY MAKING HER DUMBER, SO THERE!
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
I'm getting bored of all caps
It’s good that they stopped putting her on a pedestal, but I kind of wonder if they’ve gone too far. Edible complex? Really? She’s not supposed to be stupid.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
I’m sorry El Person. When I saw the news I actually thought of you and Murray. If it makes people feel better, the only reason why it’s getting benched as it were is because it allows us the return of Liz Lemon and that’s not necessarily a bad thing
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 14, 2011 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
Whitney’s getting banished to Wednesday where it will get even lower ratings and the show with Maya Rudolph and GOB Bluth is moving to Thursday (I think). Could be worse?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 14, 2011 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
Just saw on ESPN that Jerry Sanduskys' house is right next to an elementary school
and yet somehow I’m not surprised at all.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Any one talk about how
he is being interviewed by Costa for a segment on Rock Center tonight?
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
He’s denying he’s a pedophile
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 am innocent of those charges," the 67-year-old Sandusky said. "… I could say that I have done some of those things. I have horsed around with kids I have showered after workouts. I have hugged them and I have touched their legs without intent of sexual contact."
Oh, I see.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
That must be a very permissive environment, because that explanation does NOT fly on MUNI.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
what the hell is he thinking
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.
“buddy hugs!”
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
it's not so much thinking
as continual dysfunction.
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 8:59 PM PST up reply actions
HELLO?
I have horsed around with kids I have showered after workouts.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Ironically, Walrusman.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
I shower communal hate.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 7:05 PM PST up reply actions
I hate communal showers.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
Holy shit. Does he not have a lawyer or some shit? What the absolute fuck?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
right?
who allowed him to say this on television?
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.
We have a guy here who is about to be sentenced who did some sexual crimes and refused an attorney. Totally out of touch with reality.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
wait, he actually refused an attorney!?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
It might be his attorney advised him to explain, and that this explanation is consistent with the defense at trial, but IDK, that’s probably stretching it because any criminal defense attorney is gonna tell him to shut his mouth and wait until trial. I mean, I would not put this guy on the stand, he’s just digging a grave for himself.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
How is this not an admission of guilt?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
If you present an alternate explanation that does not meet the requirements for conviction under the law (i.e. it’s not illegal to horse around in the shower in a purely non-sexual way) you raise the possibility of reasonable doubt.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
I see. It seems to me that there’s no way that’s going to fly, and that’s he’s also made it much harder to impanel an impartial jury.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Can you say ‘mistrial’?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 15, 2011 7:36 AM PST up reply actions
or
yet another demonstration of diarrhea of the mouth, which attorneys can’t always cure in their clients.
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 8:59 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently his lawyer got a 17-year-old pregnant when he was 49.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 9:37 PM PST up reply actions
Horrifying fact I learned over the weekend: He has 6 kids, all adopted. Two of his grown sons now work for various organizations in the NFL, including one son Jay(?) who is director of player operations for the Browns. How are they supposed to walk around their work without getting looked at sideways?
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
He’s been around forever.
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 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
is this the Community freakout thread?
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
It’s not cancelled people…calm down.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
You can’t stop me from throwing around terms like “cancelled” and “ratings failure”! Watch me make all kinds of assumptions.
Free Agent signing could help.
I understand Charlie Sheen is available.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
I AM CALM YOU FUCKING DOUCHEBAG
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
/rec’d
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
How has nobody posted the calm down image? I’ve been waiting for it.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
YOU HAVE ONLY YOURSELF TO BLAME AMERICA
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 kind of hilarious that Community was barely beating The Vampire Diaries
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
I like the Vampire Diaries! It suffers from a terrible name and being lumped in with Twilight.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 14, 2011 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
I miss Wellemeyer.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Golden Gate Beer Bars | Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Nov 14, 2011 7:34 PM PST up reply actions
Also the curse of being on CW. If you watch a show on CW, you’re generally seen as a not-so-bright teen girl who doesn’t care about the quality of the writing as long as there are hot guys and good fashion.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
This is true. I know tons of people who love True Blood because it is on HBO but would never watch the Vampire Diaries because of the name and the fact that it is on the CW. (I will watch both)
Little do they know that the vampires are even more bad ass than the vampires on True Blood. Damon pulls some random dude’s heart out every couple episodes and snaps people’s necks once a week. And he is the “goodish” guy!
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 14, 2011 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve only watched a couple of episodes but I ♥ Damon.
Doesn’t hurt that it’s Ian Somerhalder.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
oh dear.
i did not know of this.
i am having reactions and feelings.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
Me too. For instance: ‘it looks like that show is as crappy as True Blood, if not crappier’.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
It actually has some really interesting storytelling if you can get through the first 6 episodes or so of the first season.
That show moves incredibly fast. There is rarely time for whining because they are always getting shit done.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 14, 2011 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve never watched several episodes in a row, but the compressed storytelling reminds me of The OC. That show burned through three season’s worth of stories in its first year.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
I am impressed with your ability to follow it! The nature of the show means that I have to catch every episode or I feel like I am totally lost.
But yeah, things that you think are going to be the season long “big bad” are solve in like 3 episodes without you feeling cheated.
I think it helps that the characters actually TALK to each other about their problems and how to solve them rather than repressing / trying to deal alone for several episodes and then blowing up at each other.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 14, 2011 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
Indeed. Somerhalder is a goldmine for .gifs on that show.
by WhatsAMataHari on Nov 14, 2011 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, like people looked down on Smallville because it was on the CW, but it really started going into some more obscure comic book mythology and brought in so many guest stars who have been involved with other Superman shows and movies. It’s like, it lasted 10 seasons despite being an expensive effects-heavy show, it was obviously doing something right.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
There’’s a new Charlies Angels? And it’s dominating every show I like?
The first six innings are overrated.
Charlie's Angels was the first cancellation of the season.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 14, 2011 8:47 PM PST up reply actions
I can see big Bang Theory beating out Community because it’s extremely popular, but how does some show on CBS I’ve never even heard of beat Parks and Rec? Is lead in really that big? Also Whitney is getting more viewers than either of those shows? Shame on you, America.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
OPEN WIDE AMERICA, HERE COMES ANOTHER SCOOP OF SEXUAL INNUENDO AND LAUGH TRACKS
The first six innings are overrated.
Nobody watches Parks and Rec, Whitney is on after The Office because NBC hates us, CBS is the channel for people who don’t go on the Internet to talk about what they just watched.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
It’s just funny because I’ve now introduced about 10 people to Parks and Rec and all of them have become instant fans. So it’s this catch 22: people don’t watch it because they don’t know how funny it is and they don’t know how funny it is because they don’t watch it. I think if it can survive long enough to syndication it might get a boost, but I don’t see that happening.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
Everyone will discover it after it gets canceled, and then they’ll say, “Why didn’t you tell me about this before?” The response will be, “I tried.”
At least Parks and Rec isn’t the lowest-rated comedy on TV.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Arrested Development
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 14, 2011 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure that the only people who watch P&R and Community are people who spend a lot of time on the internet. Every blog I read slavishly loves the show. People I know who exist in a non-internet realm don’t watch either show no matter how much I disapprove of them for doing so
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 14, 2011 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
We like BBT, mostly because Mr. Merope went to college with several Sheldons. The kind of people who bring a chess set to a sports bar. Lately the show has dropped off, a lot. The more they get away from the 3 guys, the less funny it is. Now that EVERYBODY HAS TO HAVE A LOVE INTEREST it’s pretty much crap and we’ve stopped even dvring it. Seasons 2 and 3 were pretty funny, but maybe only if you know several OCD computer scientists…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I can’t understand the popularity of The Big Bang theory.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
another snide comment I read about BBT was that it was Nerd Minstrel Show
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 14, 2011 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
That’s an interesting way to describe it.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
As a nerd, that's how I feel about it.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 14, 2011 8:49 PM PST up reply actions
Who the hell still watches Grey’s Anatomy?
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
It was such a great episode last week
I kind of guessed what happened to Henry, but that didn’t make me like it. He was the former pro baseball player! Come on! And then, of course, what about Teddy…
And then the whole Derek and Meredith thing, man. Just when they were all happy and fixed, BAM! And Meredith and Alex… Oh man, what a way to end on. No Grey’s until January is seriously pissing me off. Which is why I’ve had multiple marathons the past few days.
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my picks
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Mariners
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Angels
Yu Darvish – Jays
Edwin Jackson – Yankees
Jimmy Rollins – Giants
Aramis Ramirez – Cubs
Carlos Beltran – Giants
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – Marlins
David Ortiz – Red Sox
Ryan Madson – Marlins
Carlos Pena – Pittsburgh
Roy Oswalt – Texas
Heath Bell – San Diego
Coco Crisp – Marlins
Grady Sizemore – A’s
Bartolo Colon – Red Sox
Rafael Furcal – Cardinals
Cody Ross – Mets
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
I just have a hunch Darvish is headed north of the border.
"But at this time of year, two plus two doesn't always add up to eight. Sometimes, it equals four." - Geoff Baker, Mariners beat writer.
The fact that Big Bang Theory is popular confuses me
And what confuses me even more is I know people who enjoy it. People whose tastes I don’t typically question.
The first six innings are overrated.
It’s not a horrible show. It actually has some funny moments. But I’m never going to watch it over half the shows mentioned above. It basically belongs on TBS in Tuesday Night rerun form.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
LOL, that’s actually kinda how I imagine you talking sometimes. Not always, just sometimes.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
I still say Dwight Schrut, although he is a little like Ben when he’s being goofy.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
Baba booey
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 4:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I didn't do Model U.N. as a kid
No, wait, I SUPER DID!
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by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
<3
That depiction of Model UN was so realistic I was kind of weirded out.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
“I WILL WAVE YOUR DECAPITATED HEAD ON A STICK IN FRONT OF YOUR WEEPING MOTHER WHILE I LAUGH”
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
I have a friend from college who did model UN in high school and continued with it all through school and into grad school, so yeah, that wasn’t far off at all.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
Only when he’s talking about politics.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
It has a coalition demographic
You have the nerds, and then dumb people who don’t want to work too hard for a laugh, and their families.
I admit, the few episodes I’ve seen were not that bad.
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by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
Honestly , it seemed like a nerdy show in that it has nerd characters. Not a nerdy show in that nerds will enjoy it.
The nerd references they make are “Oh hey, here’s this popular video game/comic book”. They aren’t really all that nerdy.
It’s cause they have to make the references accessibly to all the non-nerds.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
*accessible
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, Community is way more nerdy because the people who write it are all true nerds. Like, bona fide Asperger’s people who were obsessed with folding origami as kids. But it’s the uncomfortable, socially inept kind of nerdy.
BBT has been endorsed by Wil Wheaton and other nerd icons, and they’ve started a few memes like Bazinga and Five-Way Rock Paper Scissors. It’s glomming on to the wave of nerd stuff becoming mainstream. I know a few “real” nerds who genuinely like it, but it’s basically a fantasy series where nerds are sex gods and sleep with hot girls.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, fuck that guy.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
Would Captain Picard get fired now for letting Wesley go off with the Traveler?
#toosoon?
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by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Wasn’t Wheaton on the show at one point. Pretty sure I saw part of an episode where he was Sheldon’s antagonist but I missed the explanation as to why.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
He recurs as Evil Wil Wheaton and has/had a rivalry with Sheldon. Sheldon waited in line to get Wil’s autograph but he either canceled the appearance at the last minute or left before Sheldon could get his signature. In his last appearance, he tried to patch things up and appeared to do just that, but then Brent Spiner ruined Wheaton’s gift to Sheldon, so, now it looks like Sheldon hates Brent Spiner (TNG’s Data).
Playing around with standard sitcom tropes is nerdy. Making jokes about nerdy things isn’t. On the other hand, the amount of nerds out there who get off on playing around with sitcom tropes isn’t very high while people who think Star Trek references is the ultimate in nerdy (and I’m not saying it’s not) is much higher.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 14, 2011 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
The one person I know who likes the Big Bang Theory is also a big fan of Two and a Half Men. Yeah.
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I’ve never gotten the fascination with Two and a Half-Men. I’ve watched multiple episodes from different season and seriously been lost as to what’s supposed to be funny. I just don’t get it! It’s not funny!
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
Laugh tracks are abominable.
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People here say that a lot, but I must disagree. For example, PC and I love shows that happen to have laugh tracks on them, but neither of us liked Two and Half Men or Big Bang Theory.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
Yes to all of this. I completely agree and you said it better and much more concisely than I would’ve.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
They let you know when it’s time to laugh at your favorite CBS sitcom!
I’m pretty “meh” on them. I can’t really think of a show I watch currently that has them though. But I don’t watch much TV.
When a scene is played extremely straight, the laughter creates a cognitive dissonance that’s added hilarity. Also, it helps break you out of the possible solipsism of your own humor.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
Big Bang theory is so bad with their laugh tracks that people have started editing them out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmLQaTcViOA
the results are usually better than the show itself
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Nov 14, 2011 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
Two and a Half Men is weird because it’s kind of a filthy show (in a juvenile way, of course) in that it’s all sex jokes and yet most red-blooded ’Mericans, the kind who like to complain about stuff like that, love it
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 14, 2011 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently my whole family back in the Philippines likes it because it’s stuff no one else gets or something.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
You mean like Frasier?
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
Frasier was horrible
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
can of corn
by jctGamer on Nov 14, 2011 4:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Seriously, Frasier was great, the pompous wind bag.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
My mother always loved it, although she’s also an intellectual snob, and I generally didn’t want to watch it but I have to admit there are moments that are absolutely laugh out loud funny. I guess I just didn’t enjoy the underlying tone of the show.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Mrs. Disaster hates you now.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
I should have prefaced this by stating my questionable taste
I mean, I am currently watching a video of a white girl imitating an Asian who was trying to be black.
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
can of corn
TOO LATE
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
That was the last straw.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
NOOOOOOooo
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
can of corn
It seems like every joke is just a riff off:
LOL NERDS ARE FUNNY AND HERE ARE THINGS NERDS ENJOY
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
I say this as my wife is watching an episode.
It seems like it was written by people who have never hung out with nerds.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
This is the key.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
I could see it being written by people who’ve hung out with nerds, I just don’t think they’ve delved enough into nerd culture to make the references realistic.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
Kinda OT
Speaking of laugh tracks…
The laugh track on Sports Night is really throwing me off. I’m only a few episodes in, but its very confusing. Its like they half-assed the laugh track, which I thought was impossible to do.
The network insisted on putting that in. Sorkin didn’t want it. I think it goes away eventually.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
It does, apparently, by the end of Season 1. I’m not there yet.
by free f.p. #14 on Nov 14, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
gasp
alisonbrie Alison Brie
Troy and Abed in the…summer?? RT @danharmon: Streets Ahold! RT @neilskee Midseason schedule burn!
7 minutes ago
On the list of things that would bother me, this would be fairly low. It would give us something to watch between new episodes of Parks and Rec.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
P&R has the best rerun watching potential since Seinfeld
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Listen, Brie, all I want you to do is be Trudie Campbell.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
I read in a comment somewhere that Pete and Trudy look like siblings, and now I can’t unsee it.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Targaryens!
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
So for those of you who are already feeling shitty about community here is some more bad news
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni18129616/
David Yates is going to direct a terrible doctor who movie not really in line with the show
cool
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by operation carrot on Nov 14, 2011 4:20 PM PST reply actions
Isn't the point of Doctor Who that he is timeless?
I don’t think this is as difficult to stomach as Star Trek getting the new movie treatment.
I’ve heard Matt Smith only wants to do one more series. That kinda sucks, because I really liked his Doctor.
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by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed, He is my favourite new series doctor and i will be sad to see him go
I was hoping he’d stick around for 5 series but that was never going to happen
I think he really wanted to do the 50th anniversary special and then call it good
I really want nesbitt or cumberbatch as the next doctor
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by operation carrot on Nov 14, 2011 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
Matt wants to move to LA and star in movies and bang high quality actresses like his friend Andrew Garfield. So, the good news for us is that this doesn’t stop him from playing Dr. Who in a movie. It’s a win-win for everyone involved
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 14, 2011 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like there's already a concept out there for the movie
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 14, 2011 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like a Verizon Droid commercial.
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HTC THUNDERBOLT
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
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A manly OS for manly phones for manly men who drink Dr. Pepper 10.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
I think I'm late but...
What? Bleh. Though I suppose that if this is what Matt Smith went to do in Hollywood I’d be happier about him leaving.
Vroom. Walks. Five positions. Justin Christian
I've been fully suckered into the Twitterverse. Oops.
I do know how the whole show ends. It came to me in the middle of last season. I always felt like it would be the experience of human life. And human life has a destination. It doesn’t mean Don’s gonna die. What I’m looking for, and how I hope to end the show, is like … It’s 2011. Don Draper would be 84 right now. I want to leave the show in a place where you have an idea of what it meant and how it’s related to you.
Matthew Weiner on His Beef With Alex Trebek, and How Mad Men Will End
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Boy, he sounds really unattractive, reading about him.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
Dang it
Working all day!
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I’m trying to reedit my novel.
It’s procrastination.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
I went to Kohl's
which felt a lot like work
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LOL
jonmorosi Jon Morosi
Sources: #Mariners willing to eat money to trade Chone Figgins. They hope to engage #Reds, #Tigers, #SFGiants. Details: bit.ly/tsaMun
Let’s just start spreading the rumor that the Giants are broke and ownership has wholly mismanaged the team’s finances. I want to see if we can do this and turn popular opinion against them and their precious funds for days of rain!
Similarity Score on BR
Similar Batters
1. Bip Roberts (940)
It is known.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
He also reverse Huff-itis
good in odd year (until 2011) and average in even years.
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Oh God, please no
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by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
Especially that fourth hour, with those two cougar lushes.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
That’s the Australian version of Today.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Oh, I just noticed that. Today would be a lot more interesting if it showed the weather in major Australian cities.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Or, as it’s called on this side of the International Dateline, Tomorrow.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 14, 2011 5:07 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I love australian today show, between the shark jokes and "long stabby thing" they make me lol hard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhR2JvTAZ2E
the clip that the gif is from if anyone is interested
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by operation carrot on Nov 14, 2011 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking as an Australian
You haven’t seen Karl at his best, until you’ve seen him drunk on tv.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK2YVTl8Jko
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
WORLD CHAMPIONS
by Tim LinCyYoung on Nov 14, 2011 7:18 PM PST up reply actions
If by that you meant he’s be a competent claims adjuster, I’d say yes.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Sometimes I wonder where he's putting his money.
Smuggling arms to Syrian rebels?
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
If they’re willing to eat contract, and the G’s could trade Zito without doing that, it could work out.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Aren't the contracts pretty close?
I’d be willing to take a chance on another Alfonso-for-Finley bad contracts exchange.
Unfortunately no
Figgins is owed $17 million over the next two years with a vesting option of $9 million
Zito is owed $39 million over the next two years with a vesting option of $18 million.
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Oh actually
Figgins is much cheaper. Zito has 2/$46M left. Chony! Choni! Chone! has only 2/$17M. Use the savings on Oswalt and hope for a dead-cat bounce out of Figgins.
I don't think you guys understand
If anybody is willing to take Chone Figgins, Jack Zduriencik is willing to take 2 piles of Benjamins and literally shove them down his throat. In front of you. WIth or without chewing.
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He was pretty atrocious last year
but with the money that’s being handed out…his $8.5 milllion contract is not so bad if he could play at league level.
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Mlbtraderumor
Figgins, 33 in January, has hit just .236/.309/.285 with 53 steals in 74 chances during his two years in Seattle. He can play second and third bases, and has also filled in at left field in recent years. There are still two years and $17MM left on his contract, and a $9MM option for 2014 will vest with 600 plate appearances in 2013. It’s not unreasonable to think the Mariners will have to eat upwards of $15MM to move Figgins.
$2 million?
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ZITO 4 FIGGINS
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 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
anyone want to hear some awesome australian music
song about ping pong
its so scott pilgrim
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by operation carrot on Nov 14, 2011 4:33 PM PST reply actions
Ugh.
I’m graduating in a couple weeks and I’m looking at job openings.
There is a job open, in my field, working for a baseball team. That team…the Dodgers.
I can arrange that.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
/plots
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
Introducing....
Secret Agent kaliber!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
Motion Graphic Designer.
Candidate will be responsible for creating Dodger opens and graphics packages for the 2012 season for both in-stadium, online and broadcast purposes. Candidate will be involved with in-stadium sponsorship execution, support of Marketing Department and various in-house projects. This job requires a motivated designer who can see a project through from inception to production.
Go for it!
The in-stadium executions sound dreamy…unless I’m reading something incorrectly.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 14, 2011 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
I thought it would be "Bankruptcy Liquidator"
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Not sure what the job market look like for your skillset, but in general it sucks. I’d seriously consider it. You love baseball, you’ve seen 1,000s of these things you need to create (some morphed into great gifs here)…sounds like a great match.
I’d suggest at least whipping up a cover letter (make believe you’re applying to the Giants, then edit it for Dodger consumption after you’ve nailed it), and at least get the benefit of a screening/interview in a position you’d be comfortable and knowledgeable.
/self-banned
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
I did graphic design one and applied for a job as a graphic designer with the Giants. I spent about five hours at Kinko’s making my resume look like a trading card and sent that off to a connection I had in the front office.
never heard back
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 14, 2011 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
TAKE IT
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
DONT TEMPT HIM FRODO
Understand, he would use this job out of a wish to do good … but through him, the Dodgers will wield a power unimaginable.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
I don’t watch STAR TREK, NERD.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
trades whole team for Joba Chamberlin
just for the hell of it
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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COMMUNITY!?
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.
INORITE?
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
some of us work
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
“on hiatus” which means tbd. But don’t worry, NBC’s is also showing a Chelsea Handler sitcom so there’s always that. Oh, and a show about a musical for people who think Glee isn’t serious enough about musicals
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 14, 2011 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
I LOL'd
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
My list
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Cubs
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Yankees
Yu Darvish – Yankees
Edwin Jackson – Diamondbacks
Jimmy Rollins – Phillies
Aramis Ramirez – White Sox
Carlos Beltran – Cubs
Michael Cuddyer – Twins
Mark Buehrle – White Sox
David Ortiz – Red Sox
Ryan Madson – Red Sox
Carlos Pena – Pirates
Roy Oswalt – Giants
Heath Bell – Padres
Coco Crisp – A’s
Grady Sizemore – Blue Jays
Bartolo Colon – Yankees
Rafael Furcal – Cards
Cody Ross – Reds
Ryan Ludwick – Giants
PSA for Space Nerbs
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
jcrasnick Jerry Crasnick
Grady Sizemore’s market is expanding rapidly. Add the #Rangers, #Cubs, #SFGiants & #Yankees to the list of teams with interest
Both of these sentiments are correct, IMO
by free f.p. #14 on Nov 14, 2011 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
I want him to look at, but I’m not trying to build a baseball team based on pretty faces.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
crappy game
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Nov 14, 2011 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
maybe we should just get to the NFC Championship game:
Packers-Niners
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So Community might get cancelled while Whitney is doing just fucking fine
ugh
Rally Jerry!
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McC: Its's a blog so they're a bunch of hipsters anyway-my brother
Community is one of the lowest rated shows on TV and Whitney is dating (or married) to someone with power.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
That’s how Whitney keeps us down.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
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DOWN WITH THE WHITNEY
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro: One who takes a curiously long time to reply to a comment
McC: Its's a blog so they're a bunch of hipsters anyway-my brother
Should someone do this with your username?
natto
ntto
nto
no
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Nov 14, 2011 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
NATO
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Saturday.
Been playing Rage. Better than Gears of War 3.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
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OT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTFh8LCBZeQ
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
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I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
So i want sizemore and beltran
melky lf sizemore cf beltran rf
nate and torres backups
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Aaron Rodgers guys
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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can of corn
The guy is dreamy.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
DISAGREE
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I’m not on board that train.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Well, aside from his looks, I went to college with him. Definitely not dreamy.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:40 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa. I didn’t go to college with anyone famous.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Big school, big athletics program, you get to know or at least meet some people who go on to be famous. I wasn’t really friends with him but had friends who were so I met him several times and saw him more than that.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:45 PM PST up reply actions
Was he a douche? You don’t seem impressed.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
You know, I think it’s safer to leave it vague and not say anything more here. I have no problem telling you privately off blog but it’s kinda weird to say more here where anyone can read it.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
I totally understand. Makes sense.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Kinda like how I have a negative impression of Steve Young from going to law school with him.
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Was he always trying to take off and run with a case when he should have been passing it off to somebody else?
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
Damned idiot kept scrambling instead of making any forward progress.
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In a couple years, mymclife could claim she went to college with someone famous (NFL famous).
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Matt Barkley
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:57 PM PST up reply actions
I went to K-8 with Thomas DeCoud.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 7:57 PM PST up reply actions
And I guess I also went to college with him.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
Really? I didn’t think you were at Berkeley the same time as me. For some reason I thought you were older than that.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:00 PM PST up reply actions
03-07
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
Wait, me too. Why’d I think you were so much older than me? I swear I thought you were in your 30’s! Oopsies!
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:05 PM PST up reply actions
Well it’s all in context. I meant it as, holy jeeze, you’re the same age as me?
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:09 PM PST up reply actions
I’m super close to my 30’s now, don’t worry about it. We’re all old.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
OH….. GET THE HELL OFF MY LAWN!!!
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
LOL 27.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 8:46 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder how often we crossed paths.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 8:08 PM PST up reply actions
No idea, probably a lot, lol
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:10 PM PST up reply actions
Field of study may have limited our rate of encounter. English?
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
Political science. And I avoided everything having to do with English. I regret that a little now, because I think it would’ve made me a better writer, but at the time I found some English majors, and even more English teachers obnoxious. I’m just complete shit at symbolism and subtext.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:16 PM PST up reply actions
Also, I had an inferiority complex because I never had a chance of being the best student in an English class. Ever. It’s the same reason I hate physics.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
My roommate and I had a series of jokes about the kinds of English majors you probably hated. You could always count on the following three mentions, no matter what book you were reading, no matter what period it was from:
1) Somebody is a Jesus figure.
2) Latent homosexuality abounds.
3) The narrator can’t be trusted!
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
And that red ball isn’t just a red ball!
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
Of course not. It’s a Jesus figure.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
Man, I got sick of people talking about unreliable narrators.
YES. IT IS A FIRST-PERSON NARRATIVE. HE MAY NOT BE ENTIRELY FORTHRIGHT. CAN WE MOVE ALONG?
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 8:27 PM PST up reply actions
Well and also, how can narration in the first person ever be reliable? We’re always biased in a certain amount about how we perceive things like the way other people behave and act. I mean, can’t you just proceed with the assumption that everything will be filtered through them to a certain extent?
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:42 PM PST up reply actions
My opinion is that we should be able to. But somebody will always talk about it.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
And in some cases it’s okay. In Lolita, for instance, the whole point of the book lies in the quality of Humbert’s deception of his audience. But in most cases, it really should just be treated as a matter of course.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 8:46 PM PST up reply actions
I hung out with him a lot in college. It’s really hard to watch him play for the Falcons now. I want to root for him, but I don’t want to root for the Falcons.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
I never really hung out with him. He was always running to the front of the kickball line while I preferred taking my time. Not because I didn’t like kickball, but just because it was such a hassle to beat all the bigger, really athletic kids to the front of the line. I may have had him beat at pinguard, though.
He seemed like a cool guy. Different social groups, though.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 8:08 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, he’s a good guy.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:10 PM PST up reply actions
I feel badly for the people I went to high school or college with, because I’m the only famous person they know, and even that’s within very tight confines.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Really? I name drop you all the time. “I know a guy who works from Tennessee Public Radio. He’s on All Things Considered.”
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:01 PM PST up reply actions
“He likes sweet tea, too. He’s the founder of the Sweet Tea Party.”
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
“He’s staunchly pro-comfort foods.”
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
“And pro-comfort body types.”
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It’s basically my whole platform.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Now hat’s a platform I could get behind! Or, it would be if I were thinner.
Or if this platform weren’t so close to the wall. Who designed this thing, anyway?
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
It plays best with my mom because she’s listens to NPR so much. I got her tickets to Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me when it was in town and she almost cried. Like, legit almost cried. She’s cried like 3 times in my life and they were all at funerals.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:06 PM PST up reply actions
While I’m excited that I’ve finally found someone who also listens to WWDTM and wants to go watch a taping, that’s a passion I don’t have for any show.
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I think she just wanted to experience it live for once. She never misses a show. I don’t think she’d go again, but I think it was just such a treat. They were hard tickets to get, though.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
HE DOES THA FIST PUMP PUMP PUMP PUMP
and he’ll keep doing it unless you pledge now!
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 9:02 PM PST up reply actions
One of my high school classmates was a first round pick, and 3 play college football. One is a starting WR for Hawaii. I was watching him on TV this weekend. It was weird.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 14, 2011 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
if it makes you feel better
I went to school with Kaepernick, He was a in a few classes and always seemed nice. and I hate most people.
Ooooooooh our favorite refereedude.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I could not look at MCC all day. It was a sad day.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I knew something wasn’t right. Part of me was missing.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I checked in at lunch
and it was all about Harry Potter and prognostication.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I Z’d through the Harry Potter stuff, because I was worried about spoilers. It was kind of fun to come home to a new thread with a whole bunch of comments, though. :)
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
It’s never as much fun around here without kdl and can of corn. Yeah, I pick favorites, deal with it.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:31 PM PST up reply actions
Me too! You’re one. It was sad when you were gone for so long.
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Fuck!
I moved my money, but stupid new credit union put a hold on my funds and is now charging me $25 every time something tries to extract money from there. Frak! I thought they said 9 calendar days!
Fuck!
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
/sets up tent
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 6:25 PM PST up reply actions
I like them and all
they can be kinda infuriating.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
I’d go to a physical location and bring it up. I’d be willing to be they reverse the charges.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 6:34 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I wouldn’t be willing to be that, actually.
But I think it’s a good bet.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
I’d be willing to bet Howie’s money.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 6:37 PM PST up reply actions
This works for me all the time with the regular bank and I probably actually deserve those charges, so I’m sure the credit union will be pleasant about it.
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by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:32 PM PST up reply actions
Wow what a fucking throw
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so what channel is this hand egg on?
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
Probably one of those fancy ones that you have to pay for. TLC or Channel Guide or something.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Question Begging
so, if a person’s name is Christian, does that make him so?
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You mean, if it’s his Christian name?
That would imply that he was christened, right?
So as far as his upbringing goes, probably.
This post is unnecessarily obtuse.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Maybe it's a riddle
“You gotta pay the troll toll to get into this boy’s hole”
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by slackersphere17 on Nov 14, 2011 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
I don;t think the term “Christian name” is used anymore as a synonym for given name.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
no
literally, Christian, eg, Christian Ponder
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why would someone name their kid Christian if they weren’t?
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
not that I’m a bible scholar, but Jesus is not a religion-based name, AFAIK
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In the biblical context, Yeshua bore historical, cultural, and religious significance.
But then again, so did most given names.
They only had, like, eight, after all.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Why would somebody name their child Jermagesty?
shit happens
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by slackersphere17 on Nov 14, 2011 6:51 PM PST up reply actions
OH
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Nov 14, 2011 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
which is kinda the gist of my postulated question
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
The root question makes, if I may say, no fucking sense.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I take the question to be analogous to saying that if my name is Garrett, then I am indeed Garrett.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
Potentially.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
Potentially.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
“Why would you name your kid Brandon if he isn’t Brandon?”
I’m beyond lost.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Well, the original question was: “so, if a person’s name is Christian, does that make him so?”
Which tracks.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
Of course it doesn’t. Mr. GGF’s befuddled reaction to that very simple fact is what’s confusing me.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
“if a person’s name is [Name], doesn’t that make him [Name]?” tracks just fine, if you’re being as tautological as I was. That in no way necessitates the second one being the religion.
GGF’s befuddled reaction is another story altogether.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
Really? cuz I’m looking at Christian Ponder and wondering if he is indeed a christian? because if not, then it is confusing.
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It’s not.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
He called his child Jesus
Because he likes the name
And he sent him to the finest schools in town.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
A lot of names are derived from very specific uses, many of them religious.
Timothy, Christopher, Levi, and so on. Christian is one of them.
Erstwhile professional designations have also become names.
It may have originally been meant to invoke its lexical meaning, but as time goes on, it becomes less significant.
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Thatcher
Chandler
Fisher
Forster
Stewart
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
wait, we’re not talking about surname’s here
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Fletcher
Maker of arrows
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by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
Fletching arrows sucks.
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Felching them is worse.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 7:15 PM PST up reply actions
At least there’s no gorilla glue involved during the latter.
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Gorilla glue is serious business. I have ruined several articles of clothing with that stuff.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 7:18 PM PST up reply actions
Welcome to the 90s! 10s!
These are first names now.
For girls.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
Why did my parents call me Steven?
Is it because of my interminably unkempt hair??
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Steven is one of my favoritest names.
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
I think we should question that name’s motives within an inch of its life because we fail to understand the concept of naming people.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Sure ... BRANDON.
Or are you saying you are not a hill of broom?
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
no need to get violent, but I see where you’re going.
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but what if someone named their kid Republican or Democrat….that is a better analogy.
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Rand Paul!
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 7:10 PM PST up reply actions
If Republican or Democrat were a common name for the last several centuries, sure.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
It’s still a ridiculous question. Names start with a purpose, then get re-used over and over. Asking if it necessarily means the same thing after centuries or millenia of use is misguided, at the very least.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
yes
it is a ridiculous question, and I thank y’all for your participation in this pointless exercise.
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I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
My friend Zoroastrian says no.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
tell him
and Rosey Crucian I said hi.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 14, 2011 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
He would be Christian in that case, yes.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
He’d have to change his name.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2011 6:47 PM PST up reply actions
and for you ladies out there
Chastity; that’s a tough road to ho
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I hate the offseason
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
I have no doubt Giants have inquired about Grady Sizemore, as @jcrasnick reported. Remember, Sabean didn’t call Melky his CFer last week.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
i don’t really want grady sizemore.
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.
Me neither.
And you know Sabean would be like: “Melky and Sizemore: BOOM! offseason accomplished!”
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Grady Sizemore would be great
Unfortunately that man is gone and replaced with a puppet made out of styrofoam peanuts and rubber bands.
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 14, 2011 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
LOL Belt
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
discount double check
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 14, 2011 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
And also been held together by a combination of artists' tape and the hopes and dreams of the Children of Cleveland.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
he's been awful
been worth like 1 WAR total over the last 3 years
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.
Bad knees…well bad right knee.
That’s what you want in centerfield
I’m sure the Giants crack medical staff will … .what?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
But we’ll be calling him that MF’er next season
by Clark woulda had it on Nov 15, 2011 9:36 PM PST up reply actions
Oh no Baggs
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
I can reveal my NL ROY ballot now that award has been handed out: Kimbrel, Collmenter, Ramos.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I think grady sizemore would fill patt burrell's shoes nicely
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 14, 2011 6:59 PM PST reply actions
LOL ATHLETES WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND PRIVACY
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
When was this taken ?
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Nov 14, 2011 7:05 PM PST up reply actions
http://perezhilton.com/2009-11-30-gradys-sizemore
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
I know, right?
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:34 PM PST up reply actions
UNF
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Nov 14, 2011 7:34 PM PST up reply actions
Why can’t Torres pull these shenanigans?
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
He probably does, but he’s too shy to post them.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
DAMN DAMN DAMN
Please, Andres! I promise I won’t make fun of them!
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
This Sandusky interview on Rock Center is painful to hear. It’s so awkward.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Rock, Center, Paper
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 7:07 PM PST up reply actions
Well, there it is. De-friendings all around, then.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
tonight is the night of the long knives
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
? You know, Night of the Long Knives?
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
Heh.
Hitler purges his Brownshirts.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Oh, no, I called you Ernst Rohm.
Wait. That’s not better.
Is it?
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
But what if you call me “Christian” in the sense of a given name??? WE APPROACH THE SINGULARITY!!!!!! OMG OMG
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Christian Rohm?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
OH NO A CITY IN ITALY, ONLY SPELLED DIFFERENTLY WHAAAAAAAAAT
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
WAT IS MEANING OF
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives_(disambiguation)
Don't you dare call me irrational, you KNOW that makes me crazy!
It sounds like it’s dumbing down the news. Or trying too hard to be hip.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
/takes blood pressure meds
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I blame Rock Center for the Community news.
/lashing out hurtfully
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 14, 2011 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
I just don’t think it’s a good name. I like Brian Williams, tho, if that helps.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
It’s the nickname of Rockefeller Center. The show’s named after the building.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Yes, I know, I’ve been there. I’ve ice skated. They also named a sitcom after it, tho.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Well, Democracy Now! was already taken.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Well, we’ll have to agree to disagree, then. Let’s adjourn to the new thread and discuss Grady Sizemore’s abs, shall we?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Hey! I just made a funny. I am totally neutral when it comes to informational corporate brainwashing.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 7:13 PM PST up reply actions
apparently a bunch of different people are just out to get 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.
And for those wondering why his attorney consented to the interview — his attorney was actually sitting in the studio with Bob Costas as the interview took place. So I guess Sandusky wasn’t going rogue here. Still, it was a weird, weird interview.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
“You think this is a good idea?”
“None of this is a good idea, Jerry. This is all bad. I really don’t care.”
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
JERRY WUZ FRAMED
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 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
Is this going to be up on Hulu or NBC.com at some point?
by non sequitur on Nov 14, 2011 7:18 PM PST up reply actions
Some clips have already been posted to Rock Center’s website, and I think the whole show is uploaded the following morning.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
New thread gaiz
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
IT'S A TRAP!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 14, 2011 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
Damn.
Knew I forgot at least one person. Cubs.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 14, 2011 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Blue Jays
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Angels
Yu Darvish – Red Sox
Edwin Jackson – Cubs
Jimmy Rollins – Brewers
Aramis Ramirez – Tigers
Carlos Beltran – Giants
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – Marlins
David Ortiz – Red Sox
Ryan Madson – Twins
Carlos Pena – Rays
Roy Oswalt – Yankees
Heath Bell – Padres
Coco Crisp – Twins
Grady Sizemore – Red Sox
Bartolo Colon – Nationals
Rafael Furcal – Cardinals
Cody Ross – Dodgers
Ryan Ludwick – Nationals
Adoptive father of 18th round draft pick and future ace, BRANDON ALLEN
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Nov 14, 2011 7:42 PM PST reply actions
Definitely a Ludwick-feeling offseason to it all
Michael Cuddyer to the Phillies really kills me though, if the Giants could just get him instead
Walter White is Heisenberg.
they would have to give up their first round draft pick for him . . .
pass
Adoptive father of 18th round draft pick and future ace, BRANDON ALLEN
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Nov 14, 2011 8:16 PM PST up reply actions
Albert Pujols – Cards
Prince Fielder – Yankees
Jose Reyes – Red Sox
C.J. Wilson – Rockies ( it’s the school system)
Yu Darvish – Seattle
Edwin Jackson – Royals, Flipped 10 weeks in to the Blue Jays for a sack of pucks
Jimmy Rollins – Cardinals
Aramis Ramirez – Rockies
Carlos Beltran – Rangers
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – Tampa
David Ortiz – Red Sox
Ryan Madson – Angels
Carlos Pena – Pirates
Roy Oswalt – Yankees
Heath Bell – Cardinals
Coco Crisp – Marlins
Grady Sizemore – A’s
Bartolo Colon – MIami Parks and Rec
Rafael Furcal – YOUR San Francisco Giants
Cody Ross – Yakult Swallows
Ryan Ludwick – Rockies, where he will slay us for years for doubting his awesomeness
by Clark woulda had it on Nov 15, 2011 9:50 PM PST reply actions
Late to the party
Albert Pujols – Cardinals
Prince Fielder – Rangers
Jose Reyes – Marlins
C.J. Wilson – Rangers
Yu Darvish – Japan
Edwin Jackson – Royals
Jimmy Rollins – Phillies
Aramis Ramirez – Tigers
Carlos Beltran – Red Sox (ouch!)
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – White Sox
David Ortiz – Red Sox
Ryan Madson – Red Sox
Carlos Pena – Pirates
Roy Oswalt – Giants
Heath Bell – Padres
Coco Crisp – Indians
Grady Sizemore – Giants
Bartolo Colon – Yankees
Rafael Furcal – Cardinals
Cody Ross – Reds
Ryan Ludwick – Giants (don’t care/not here!)
Don't believe everything you think.
Well this is gonna be 5000% wrong...
Albert Pujols – Cards
Prince Fielder – Cubs
Jose Reyes – Brewers
C.J. Wilson – Rangers
Yu Darvish – Japan
Edwin Jackson – Cards
Jimmy Rollins – Philly
Aramis Ramirez – Angels
Carlos Beltran – RSox
Michael Cuddyer – Phillies
Mark Buehrle – Marlins
David Ortiz – Jays
Ryan Madson – RSox
Carlos Pena – Brewers
Roy Oswalt – Royals/Nationals/Rangers
Heath Bell – Padres
Coco Crisp – Indians
Grady Sizemore – As
Bartolo Colon – Evil Empire
Rafael Furcal – Cards
Cody Ross – Marlins
Ryan Ludwick – Who gives a ****
by BayAreaSportsFan on Nov 16, 2011 6:50 PM PST reply actions
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