Open Thanksgiving Thread
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 24, 2011 8:47 AM PST
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PrintIt's time to look back on the year that was, and be thankful for everything that you have. It's also time to look back and be thankful for all the trades that didn't go down.
Let's be thankful that Tim Lincecum was not traded for Alex Rios
And that Matt Cain really wasn't traded for Prince Fielder, who would be a free agent that the Giants wouldn't want to re-sign
And that Madison Bumgarner wasn't sold off like a free-falling stock back when his arm was more Barry Zito than David Price.
And that Jonathan Sanchez wasn't dumped in one of the countless suggested trades that followed him around like Pig Pen. In lieu of that one, let's just be thankful that Melky Cabrera isn't Delmon Young.
Let's be thankful that Jason Schmidt wasn't traded for Ryan Howard, who still would have ended the 2010 NLCS no matter what team he was on. Not that Ryan Howard wouldn't be an improvement over Aubrey Huff, but because I wouldn't trust the Giants to extend Lincecum and Cain before him.
And finally, I'm thankful that absolutely nothing was traded for Cody Ross, and I'm also thankful for the image in my head of Brian Sabean making the deal at a compound in Lake Tahoe, telling the Marlins that his "offer is this ... nothing. Not even the cost of his airfare, which (he) would appreciate if (Larry Beinfest) would pay for personally."
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. This really is the best holiday of the year.
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im thankful for any input on this very tough question
skyrim: Yay or Nay?
Nay
Read a book or do push-ups instead.
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Nov 24, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
yay
“Oh, what’s that? You have a cave you want me to explore? Well, that sounds cool, but I’d rather talk to people until someone asks me to go kill some bandits.”
GROUGTHINK ALERT
so many dead bandits
so many
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.
/checks bandit
Gold!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Happy Football Day, everybody.
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
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Go Lions, Dolphins and NINERS!
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
GO RODGERS
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
LOL CalBear949
Wasn’t your day, was it?
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
Happy Thanksgiving!
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." – Tallulah Bankhead
Happy T-Gives, everyone
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Nov 24, 2011 9:30 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
I'm thankful my genitals were never injured in some sort of machinery "accident"
But hey, who isn’t thankful for that?
I totally agree that this is the best holidays of the year, but it always feels like it should switch places with Christmas so we can reflect on the whole year.
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
Less shopping days!
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
It's be after Halloweed
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
I would stay away from this holiday. I hate the smell of weed.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
What is wrong with you?
Jk
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
by ResDog on Nov 24, 2011 11:44 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Would Christian groups then attempt to make Jesusweed?
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
No..they would just condemn Halloweed and and start talking about putting the "Christ" back in Christmas
/tired of the babbling brook of the far right.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
But what would you do about the Post-Christmas Sales?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 24, 2011 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
thankful for pretty good relations with my stepkids
and we all chuckle about the rocky times now and then.
and looking forward to hanging with that side of the family plus even my spouse’s ex today. We will all talk 49ers, wine, economic decline, and about the fun wedding of one of the kids recently.
desserts in the oven now. Cranberries made. Guac soon.
Marvin Barrios, come on I'll show you your bedroom. Don't stay on the phone too long to Panama, please.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m thankful for Grant and all the McCoven.
Also, the only thing that sucks about Thanksgiving is there is no baseball on it. At least I have the HarBowl.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
by kdl on Nov 24, 2011 10:25 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
I am thankful for Robin van Persie.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 24, 2011 10:46 AM PST reply actions
Gobble Gobble, Everyone!
Thanks to Grant for bridging the gap between October to Spring Training with fabulous writing. Thanks to Timmy and Matty and Panda and even you Bruce Bochy! Happy Thanksgiving, McCoven!
"Friends, San Franciscans, Countrymen....Humm Baby."
by The Nuschlerian Candidate on Nov 24, 2011 10:55 AM PST reply actions
Happy Thanksgiving.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
just got back from playing some football
im thankful that i get to watch the panda play. love that guy
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Nov 24, 2011 11:24 AM PST reply actions
I noticed the local Thanksgiving Day football game at the park across the street has gained in popularity. When we first moved here there would be about 8 people, total, out there playing flag football. This year they’ve got two full teams, spectators and are playing tackle, in the rain.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Today, I’m feeling particularly thankful that this guy is a Giant.
by Lies and Perfidy on Nov 24, 2011 11:42 AM PST reply actions
That PF by Suh was maybe the dumbest thing I've ever seen in an NFL game
And I’ve seen a lot of stupid things.
So I guess this means the Phillies making it past the 1st round of the 2010 post season was a fluke.
He just pulled a Marcus Vick.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 24, 2011 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
Thanksgiving clearly isn't the best holiday of the year because there's no baseball
But was Schmidt for Howard a thing?
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
So Mother's Day?
And until last year, Halloween? (I’ll always enjoy the fact that maybe the last Halloween game ever was Game 4)
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
thankful for the niners
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Nov 24, 2011 12:31 PM PST via mobile reply actions
thankful for jim harbaugh
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
November 1, 2010: Best/craziest/drunkest night of my life.
by GIANT stoner on Nov 24, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Thankful that we beat Cal
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I’m thankful that Stanford fans even need to be thankful for that.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 24, 2011 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
i'm very and still thankful for ........
happy thanksgiving everyone!!!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
November 1, 2010: Best/craziest/drunkest night of my life.
by GIANT stoner on Nov 24, 2011 12:32 PM PST reply actions 7 recs
That feels like it happened decades ago
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 24, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Not a day goes by that I don't give thanks for that.
Happy Thanksgiving to my team and to all of you.
by mrs. owlcroft on Nov 24, 2011 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
I am thankful a rollercoaster has never cut off my head.
Also family, friends, yada yada yada…
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
im thankful for dave flemming
who is currently announcing for my villanova wildcats on espn2!
So do Canadians get 2 Thanksgivings?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I know that… that’s why I’m asking… do they do it twice? Guys like…canadian hockey players in this country
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Why do they keep showing Cruella deVille at the football game?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Thanks for nothing MLB network
Showing game four Marlins- Giants, 2003 playoffs.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
And thanks for 25 different angles of JT lumbering towards the plate.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Nov 24, 2011 5:22 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
An unnecessary hit by Snow, btw, if you notice where Pudge was standing.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Don’t hate the player, hate the (un-written) rule.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
by ResDog on Nov 24, 2011 11:49 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Suh is weirdly quiet and well spoken for such a crazy, dirty player.
The first six innings are overrated.
by apistat on Nov 24, 2011 3:01 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Nobody suspects the butterfly.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 24, 2011 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
ANTI-KWANZAA BIAS
I’m thankful for wonderful friends and family, and this stupid website where I can dick around.
30 minutes without football
What the hell am I supposed to do, socialize with my family?
The first six innings are overrated.
by apistat on Nov 24, 2011 4:53 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Anyone going to Black Friday
I’ll probably go just for fun. Last year I went and walked really slowly in the middle of the mob when the doors opened. People were literally pushing me and yelling. It was hilarious.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 24, 2011 5:08 PM PST reply actions
A security guard was trampled to death in Walmarts a couple of years ago around here. Don’t really think it’s funny when people act like rabid dogs.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Nov 24, 2011 5:20 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
We are probably driving up to the bird place tomorrow, as far away from people as we can get. I’ve no intention of setting foot in any type of store until next Tuesday… unless I can get there before 6am!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
You may not even have to go to the store anymore. Some places, you can order online. I just ordered the special $199.95 PS 3 bundle from Best Buy online (free shipping, too).
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Now that I purchased a PS 3, I need to find some games.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
We have a ps3
Uncharted 2
Dirt 2 (rally racing)
Portal 2 (and dramamine)
oh and Fat Princess hehehe nothing like running around in something the looks like a Smurf world…and killing stuff
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
People always act like rabid dogs. It’s more notable on nationwide hysteria frenzies.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
by ResDog on Nov 24, 2011 11:52 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
My mom used to go to stores on Black Friday. No more after she saw two women fight each other in a Best Buy.
I wonder how many people know you could now buy the same stuff online.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Every year there’s a story about somebody getting trampled or mugged.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
We went once. To get our big screen tv about 4? 5? years ago.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I was going to buy a PS 3 when the prices fell to under $200. Saw the ad for Best Buy and Game Stop selling it at $199.95 but I wasn’t going to either place to buy it. No way I’m fighting any crowds. Noticed I could buy it online so I did.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I’m glad I purchased it when I did. It sold out online. I’m still happy even though I am paying $17 more from Best Buy (due to taxes) than I would at Amazon, which isn’t charging taxes. I’m not sure about the two games that are bundled with it (LittleBigPlanet 2 Special Edition and Ratchet & Clank) but it doesn’t matter. The game system is worth the 200 bucks.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Paying $17 seems like an eminently small fee to pay to avoid midnight nonsense.
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 25, 2011 7:42 AM PST up reply actions
Especially since someone was robbed and shot in one Walmart parking lot and some woman used pepper spray on fellow customers at another.
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 the norm at Walmart.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
by ResDog on Nov 25, 2011 4:40 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Rooting for the Niners to help my Jets in the WC race tonight, but not expecting them to win. The Ravens defense gets sky high for these national TV games.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Nov 24, 2011 5:25 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I’m thankful someone remembered to create a “what we’re thankful for” thread.
OH WAIT.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
You should probably consider yourself lucky he didn’t just delete yours. That’s what he does to the rest of us.
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Nov 24, 2011 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, the two coaches in this game are brothers! I feel like they should mention this more often.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Nov 24, 2011 7:13 PM PST via mobile reply actions
First time since Ed O’Neill and Rick Moranis squared off in “Little Giants.” Does that count?
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Nov 24, 2011 7:25 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Flipping channels MLB Network is doing a 20 Greatest Games marathon. #16 and #17 had a future Giant in it and he wasn’t terrible then: Orlando Cabrera. I hope Sabean isn’t watching this stuff thinking he could go back to those years and re-sign him for 2012.
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 really stinks that either team has to lose this game.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
ravens defense really played out of their minds
and the offensive line picked tonight to also look like the 2005 offensive line.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
What’s the sack record for one game?
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Nov 24, 2011 7:57 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Anthony Davis owns it.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 24, 2011 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
My stream broke
I get the feeling it doesn’t really matter?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Golden Gate Beer Bars | Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Nov 24, 2011 8:03 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone know why the NHL doesn’t play on Thanksgiving? Is it in the CBA? I’m sure fans in Canada would love to see their teams play today.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
That might be it, I know there’s a day GODDAMMIT!!!! YOU KNOW YOU HAVE NO FREAKING TIME TO THROW THE BALL STOP HOLDING ON TO IT LIKE THAT!!!!!!!! < ahem > excuse me… it’s either thanksgiving or christmas that the nhl doesn’t play – in the cba
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
No hockey today?
Just one more thing to be thankful for!
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Nov 24, 2011 8:13 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
The Rangers have 23 points.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
unless you are an Islanders fan.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Don’t like hockey. I’ll be happy if they settle this basketball thing finally this weekend.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Nov 24, 2011 8:54 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Thankful SituationalLefty has booked spring training accommodation
Out here in India, it’s already Friday and Thanksgiving flew by unnoticed — but then you all didn’t notice Deewali. Football’s not on but Sachin Tendulkar is going for his 100th cricket test ton this morning. I’m thankful SituationalLefty has booked spring training accommodation. Ooooh Hooooh.
Situational leftovers
Refrigerator bursting with turkey, desserts and various relishes after fantastic meal with 15 family and friends. Just like I drew it up in the playbook! All I need now is a little rain so I can say, “Aw, too bad honey. I was all set to rake those leaves this weekend.”
by NearestNorwich on Nov 25, 2011 12:37 AM PST up reply actions
If you really really must have baseball
http://en.justin.tv/dy7527#/w/2128314832/2
Australia vs Korea (Asia Pacific Championship Series) going on right now.
Alex Burg of the San Jose Giants is playing 3B for Australia and batting 3rd.
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
Samsung Lions up 3-1 in the 4th over Australia at the moment.
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
Samsung starting P 8K through 4.1 innings o.O
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
Reds shopping Alonso for a closer.....
I’d do it.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 24, 2011 9:41 PM PST reply actions
Cool let's package Zack Wheeler and
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
GiantPain would do it.
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
by scout6 on Nov 25, 2011 12:02 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
How about a drink?
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
wut
how?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I like Delmon Young. . .
. . .and he could have been had a couple of times – trade deadlines of ’09 and ’11 – for a lot less than JSanchez
by betterthanbochy on Nov 24, 2011 10:39 PM PST reply actions
delmon young stinks
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.
any value he has on offense (which isn't all that much for a corner OF)
he gives right back on defense, and then some.
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.
LOL this is pretty sweet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqLfk-crIg4
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
can of corn
Who else is up
shopping online?
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Nov 24, 2011 10:58 PM PST reply actions
Helping the Mr. play Fat Princess…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
You are awesome.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Nov 24, 2011 11:02 PM PST up reply actions
holy shit
Walmart was fucking nuts. Waiting to get into Target.
How’s everybody?
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
by scout6 on Nov 25, 2011 12:00 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Are you really shopping right now?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 25, 2011 12:05 AM PST up reply actions
I was
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 guess “Black Friday” is a sport for some because all the hassle could easily be avoided by shopping online.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Twenty people injured in Walmart in LA when a shopper uses pepper spray. Enjoy!!
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
it might, people are that dumb and apparently the woman didn’t get caught –
The woman was able to pay for her purchases and leave the store before police arrived, Chavira said.
Loverly
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/25/business/money-black-friday-incidents/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Or by not consuming mass quantities, as the Coneheads used to say.
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 25, 2011 5:20 AM PST up reply actions
Last time I went to a mall on Black Friday
it was Glendale Galleria, 1994 I think, and someone pulled a hoax bomb threat and the whole mall got evacuated. My friend and I had just finished our shopping and were waving at the police and news choppers overhead while trying to find a BeeLine stop the police hadn’t closed due to the threat. We had a good laugh, especially when we later learned all they found were duct tape-wrapped flour sacks marked “#1”, “#2” and “#4”…
I do a lot of my shopping online these days…
NorCal passion trapped in SoCal pain...
I wanna rage.
Good morning
I am at work today. The building is empty and I get lots done. For those that choose to deal with the shopping madness, please be careful.
MSL launches this weekend. Find your local NASA TV channel and watch it.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 25, 2011 7:20 AM PST reply actions
I wonder how bad the gym will be this morning? I guess I can hope that they are all a bunch of materialistic bastards and they all went out shopping instead!!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
One would hope.
I’m hiding in a coffee shop today
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
by ResDog on Nov 25, 2011 10:41 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I did black friday once to get a slow cooker a few years back
it was a great deal but not something i’d ever want to do again.
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 25, 2011 7:48 AM PST reply actions
LOL ALEX SMITH
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
He was sacked three more times as you wrote that.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
Alex Smith was sacked more times than a Reno hooker!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 25, 2011 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
Lay off Reno! First Fozzy Bear, now Lars?
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Nov 25, 2011 9:46 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
HOOKER HUMPER
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 25, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
STRUMPET SUCKER
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Nov 25, 2011 9:40 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
He threw a couple of poor passes, but overall was as good as Joe Flaco.
Braylon Edwards has been horrid:
Smith said the interception was a result of miscommunication.
Trailing 6-3, the 49ers had a first down at the Ravens’ 35-yard line with 18 seconds left in the first half. Smith spotted Edwards, covered one-on-one by Webb, running down the right sideline and thought he would cut inside Webb toward the middle of the end zone. Instead, Edwards broke to the right corner.
“As I let it go, he goes outside, and all the sudden, he’s outside with the DB inside,” Smith said. “Miscommunication. It costs us.”
The difference was the pass protection. Getting sacked 9 times in a game will break any QB, but not Alex.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 25, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Going to the Shark Tank Black Friday sale
Anybody knows how bad the lines are?
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
Nevermind Jerseys are not on sale
What a terrible sale
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
Happy Black Friday
Giants single season tixs go on sale in one minute.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Nov 25, 2011 9:59 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Don't buy
Just call them and tell them you’ll call back when they sign a big hitter.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
iOOTP Baseball
Finally figured out how to play it last night and it’s incredibly addictive. LIke going to bed at 2 addictive. If it has any problem it’s that it doesn’t give you advanced stats like .OBP or .OPS (it just ranks players on a 1-20 scale) and no lefty-righty split stats so it’s hard to know who should really play or pinch hit and who shouldn’t. Thought I got all clever last night and rearranged my team’s lineup (I’m being the Nats right now because I like the idea of taking a crappy team and have them win due to managerial genius) based on OBP, slugging, and contact rates and it’s worked so well I lost my first two games to the Braves.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 25, 2011 10:28 AM PST reply actions
Now 0-4 having been thrashed around pretty badly by the Braves. Apparently, the Nationals have really bad starting pitching and bunch of guys with good power but no ability to get on base- being down 6-0 by the third is no fun. Thinking about switching to the Giants just to see what they could do with a healthy lineup, Huff on the bench, and Fontenot at short.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 25, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Playing that game with a team with bad pitching is really a drag.
Glad you’re getting it to be enjoyable though.
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 26, 2011 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
So does having a bad offense.
So far I’m 2-8 and unable to break four runs a game. I’m also trying to play more sabermetrically and have completely revised the ’Nats lineup (their super speedy leadoff hitter who never gets on base is now on the bench and his backup starting) but finding myself doing a lot of steals and hit and runs in the later innings to score runs. Also because not doing them is more boring
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 26, 2011 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
wait
are you playing the Giants or Nats? I think the last season I played as the Giants I won in 2010 but my offense was for crap in 2011 so I traded for an SS (maybe Aybar?) and then missed the postseason by a game to Atlanta (only 2 divisions in the NL with no wildcard).
The above comment is not affiliated with the San Francisco Giants, is not based on a secret source of team information, and may contain personal opinion.
YAY GO GIANTS AND YOUR INFALLIBLE FRONT OFFICE WITH ITS SECRET UNKNOWABLE INFORMATION
by natteringnabob on Nov 26, 2011 9:49 PM PST up reply actions
For whatever reason, I’m still the ‘Nats. Being the Giants would feel too weird and it’s kind of more fun to play with a team I know nothing about and am not invested in. I went in and completely redid the Nationals bullpen and starting lineup because I don’t know the players well enough and don’t care about them. Plus, it’s kind of fun- I’m even about to ditch the closer and use somebody else because their closer kind of sucks. If I was the Giants (and I have the 2011 version), I’d probably play Torres and Crawford, for instance, way more than I should just because I like them.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 26, 2011 10:22 PM PST up reply actions
While I wait for my extract to finish
I am just going to spend my time reading this.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 25, 2011 11:11 AM PST reply actions
if Melky Cabrera was Delmon Young
He would be, by my count, only the fifth former #1 overall draft pick to ever play for the Giants.
So, trivia: who are the four #1 overall picks who’ve played for the Giants?
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Uh
Dave Roberts, right? That’s one.
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!
28th round...
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
there was a Dave Roberts who was drafted #1 overall
…in 1972. The same year our Dave Roberts was born.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Wow, no idea how those guys got mixed up in my head.
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!
Shawon Dunston
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.
Darryl Strawberry
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.
Mike Ivie
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.
as a side note
I was wondering how much of a difference there is between the value of the top picks. Some quick math:
- overall pick: average 17.4 WAR
- overall pick: average 10.8 WAR
- overall pick: average 10.2 WAR
The most valuable #2 pick ever, by B-R WAR, was Reggie Jackson at 74.6 WAR. #2: Will Clark at 57.6 WAR. Although Justin Verlander has plenty of time to best that.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Of course, Will Clark wasn’t even the most valuable player picked in the first round that year.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
He'd be #4 for that round, in fact
After Rafael Palmeiro, Barry Larkin, and some other dude named Barry.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
also, A's fans never stop being miserable, jealous pricks
The B-R sponsorship for Will Clark:
Say No to the SF Giants Bandwagon sponsor(s) this page.
#22 was a real masher; even a diehard A’s fan realized it when Will earned his respect. But Will would never have approved of the legions of newly converted fans in 2010. Absent from the ’Stick, but they do love the Cove. Oh, the team is okay they guess.
You can sponsor a page.
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Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Yes!
Will Clark’s greatness drove Palmeiro to (performance-enhancing) drugs. Thrill was ALWAYS better than his college teammate.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
by ResDog on Nov 25, 2011 4:45 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
their careers weirdly paralleled in some ways
Both were born in the same year. Both were drafted in the first round the same year. Both debuted in the Majors in 1986. Their career OPSs are almost identical (.880 and .885). Both started in the National League and then went to the AL, where they then both played for the Rangers and then the Orioles. They were both Gold Glove first basemen.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
One even got a Gold Glove even though he only played 40 something games at 1st.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
true
There were others he probably deserved, though. He was a very good defensive third baseman for much of the 90s.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
After winning the AL Gold Glove at first base in both 1997 and 1998, Rafael Palmeiro won again in 1999 with the Texas Rangers while only appearing in 28 games as a first baseman; he played in 128 games as a designated hitter that season, resulting in a controversy.
Will Clark was one of the best hitters early in his career while Rafael Palmeiro was nothing special.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 25, 2011 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
Eh. In his first five full seasons, Palmeiro had OPS+s of 121, 104, 131, 155, and 123. I’d take it.
I’d pick Will Clark in those years over him without hesitation, of course.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
as an aside
For all those great players drafted that year, the #1 overall pick was…B.J. Surhoff. Oops.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
two actually
Other players to get two HOF votes in recent years: Jay Bell, Eric Karros, Travis Fryman, Bobby Bonilla, Gregg Jeffries, Doug Jones, Jan Samuel, Mike Greenwell.
Shawon Dunston got one vote in 2008.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Wow
The next item on the Giants’ agenda is the signing of free-agent Bobby Bonilla, but the recruitment might turn out to be more work than expected.
Bonilla is the hottest commodity remaining on the free-agent market, and his status may price him out of the Giants’ range.
“We’ve made what we feel is a generous offer,” said Giants general manager Brian Sabean. “But the way things are, it looks like the market’s going to fly past us.”
The Giants’ offer, which Sabean says is final, covers three years with a club option for a fourth. Bonilla is seeking four years at close to $6 million per year. Both Sabean and Bonilla’s agent, Dan Hortwits, disputed a broadcast report that had the Giants increasing their original offer to $6 million per year.
Bonilla is said to be interested in a reunion with Barry Bonds, who has openly lobbied for the Giants to sign his friend.
http://articles.sfgate.com/1996-11-22/sports/17787526_1_brian-sabean-jeff-kent-giants
With several teams interested, Bonilla decided on the Florida Marlins because he wanted to play for (Jim)Leyland, the new Marlins manager.
…agreeing to a $23.3 million, four-year contract.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 25, 2011 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
Beltran 2011/2012?
He might be waiting for a fat contract from the Red Sox or Marlins.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 25, 2011 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
Bonilla was 34 when he signed in 1996.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 25, 2011 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
And Kirk Rueter didn't get a single vote
Come on! He was at least half as viable a HOF candidate as BJ Surhoff.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Also getting no votes this year: Bobby Higginson. Looking him up on B-R, he had about four or five really good seasons before completely falling apart in his early 30s, but I honestly have no memories of him whatsoever. Even the name is barely familiar. I guess it’s because he played exclusively in the AL and exclusively for the Tigers, who were a horrible team every year of his career.
Next year’s crop isn’t exactly thrilling: Bernie Williams, Ruben Sierra, Vinny Castilla, Eric Young, Tim Salmon, and Brad Radke. Ooooh boy.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
The big one is the following season: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza, Sammy Sosa, Craig Biggio. You may even throw in Curt Schilling.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
there will be a series of big years
2014: Jeff Kent, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Mike Mussina, Gary Sheffield, Frank Thomas
2015: Carlos Delgado, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz
2016: Jim Edmonds, Ken Griffey Jr., Trevor Hoffman, Andy Pettitte
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Yay, so just when all the steroid crap has kind of settled down and we don’t hear about it every damned day… we’ll get to listen relive those wonderful arguments all over again.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Moralism! Won’t someone please think about the children! Being more indignant about Barry than other players for some reason!
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
First Ballots ?
2014: Jeff Kent, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine,
Mike Mussina, Gary Sheffield,Frank Thomas
2015:Carlos Delgado,Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz
2016: Jim Edmonds, Ken Griffey Jr., Trevor Hoffman,Andy Pettitte
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Pettite and Mussina will get in because they’re Yankees which makes them better than anyone else. I’d be really happy, though, if Sheffield never made it in because I always thought he was one of the bigger douches in baseball
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 26, 2011 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
Edmonds won’t get in, but I think maybe he should.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
He might have a better shot when Barry comes up. ZOMG HE PLAYED THE GAME THE RIGHT WAY is what his supporters’ rallying cry will probably be.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Between the WARriors and the HAY HE DOVE FOR THAT BALL YAY folks, he might have a shot.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
There were many better players taken
But I could never be too upset about drafting something that put up 35.6 career fWAR. That’s still a good player.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 25, 2011 5:08 PM PST up reply actions
I think you mean Will Clark
We were talking about Surhoff.
Clark’s Fangraphs WAR, for the record: 54.4.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
the Giants have only ever drafted three Golden Spikes winners, by the way
Will Clark, Tim Lincecum, and Buster Posey.
Maybe we should do that more often!?
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
If this is chasm, I just fell in....
but the GS winner is announced after the draft.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
It was not actually intended as a serious drafting strategy, no. Merely a comment on how well it’s worked out when it’s happened.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Surhoff was a better player than it seems like he was
But some of that career WAR value was longevity – he played 19 seasons. With the Brewers (the team that drafted him), he averaged just under 2 WAR/season, which is solid but still underwhelming for the #1 pick in a draft whose first two rounds also included Will Clark, Barry Larkin, Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmeiro, and Randy Johnson.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
pat the bat
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
by ResDog on Nov 25, 2011 2:42 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
BAT
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 27, 2011 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
He likes to post pictures
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 25, 2011 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
ban him
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
fun, fun, fun…unless you’ve been pepper sprayed or involved in a riot over waffle irons at Walmart
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 25, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
let’s see if I followed the news today closely enough…
stabbings
shootings
tramplings
pepper spraying…
damn musta missed one.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I like pancakes better anyway.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Best part of the video? Gratuitous butt crack
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 25, 2011 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
I saw a guy at walmart last night carrying 4 waffle makers.
That man was going to make a shitload of waffles.
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
by scout6 on Nov 25, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
what’s up with waffle makers? Did a nation of obese people decide they weren’t fat enough?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 25, 2011 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
I hear this in Jerry Seinfeld’s voice mixed in with Jay Leno’s.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
What’s the deal with airline food?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 25, 2011 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
@MelAntonen Mel Antonen
#Dodgers GM Ned Colletti says on MLB Network Radio that James Loney will be at 1B for LA next season. Says 20-25 HRs possible. #MLB
James Loney’s Late Surge: Regression To The Mean Or Legitimate Growth? (Chad Moriyama 09/20/2011)
It’s a lot to read.
What fans want to hear is that Loney has simply flipped a switch and will now pull 35% of balls and put up an OPS near .900 going forward. While I wish my analysis could guarantee that, it’s simply not a feasible conclusion to reach.
What is clear though is that Loney has changed his approach and swing over the last two months in a way that has drastically affected his hit distribution and production. As such, the possibility does exist that his numbers could improve significantly in 2012 if the changes he has made carry over on a consistent basis.
That said, all of my findings are subject to the usual sample size critiques, which is precisely why nothing about this is a sure thing. However, I have shown that Loney’s change under Hansen(new hitting coach Dave Hansen) has absolutely happened, and looking at the free agent list at first base for 2012, unless the Dodgers can get Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, or Lance Berkman, I’d rather give Loney another shot if he comes at a reasonable salary (4-6 million?) even though I had previously preferred signing Carlos Pena (probably more expensive).
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 25, 2011 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
It is possible that the Dodgers could hit 20 to 25 home runs next year, yes.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
And it will all be hit by Matt Kemp.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
In April
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 25, 2011 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
Watching new K-pop band MV
Noticing one of the girl is born in 1996. I had a serious LOLOLD moment.
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
Bamboo stuffed turkey
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Nov 25, 2011 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
Why is James Bond
on the Syfy Channel?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Nov 25, 2011 6:15 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Filmcritic.com: Gadgets? Space Stations? How James Bond Flirts With Science Fiction
http://www.filmcritic.com/features/2008/08/james-bond-flirts-with-scifi/
By any reasonable measure, the James Bond films are not science fiction. They are spy movies based on the spy novels Ian Fleming started writing in 1953. It’s spyfi, not scifi.
….but you could say that over the past 45 years, James Bond has been flirting with scifi.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 25, 2011 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
What is Man?
Ever notice how sexist Bond is? Especially the older films. He’s always slapping wimmins around. Throw ’em down and having his way with them…
Yes
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
Because it’s not a science fiction channel anymore. That’s why they changed the spelling.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
OT
How is Uncharted 3? Got it on Amazon for $29.99 with their lightning deal. Seems to be popular. The deal sold out in like a minute.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
We didn’t feel it was quite as fun as Uncharted 2. It’s kind of an Indiana Jones type of game. There is a well developed plot, all kinds of thugs to kill, and puzzles to solve.
The puzzles (use Drake’s little notebook dealie) are a nice change of pace from the blood and mayhem, usually involve spatial stuff or simple logical thinking. “Make these ‘hieroglyphs’ on the wall look like the ones in the book.”
And always remember….when in doubt….climb!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Man this place is slow
I am going to Gas Lamp Ball.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Nov 25, 2011 9:41 PM PST via mobile reply actions
The A’s have hired Chili Davis as hitting coach…
Davis, 51, played for the Giants from 1981-87 and was a teammate of A’s manager Bob Melvin for two seasons(1986/87 Giants).
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 25, 2011 11:52 PM PST reply actions
This is just so wrong. But I’m happy for Mr. Davis.
/waiting for the Grant & Chili pic
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
by ResDog on Nov 26, 2011 6:42 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
oh no, white shoes!
Chili made the final out at my first game at the Stick vs Mets in ’87
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 26, 2011 3:26 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
s
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Nov 26, 2011 1:20 AM PST via mobile reply actions
yup
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 26, 2011 1:20 AM PST up reply actions
So, NBA this year after all
First game on Christmas.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Nov 26, 2011 1:21 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
That's my view of hockey!
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
That view would be incorrect
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
I love the Sharks but it’s hard to get that excited about regular season games.
NBA is pretty much the same but there are some marchups that are worth watching
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Nov 26, 2011 10:46 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
hehehe
“marchups”
And now the band from Stanford takes on the band from Ohio State in a march to the death!!!!!!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
And here I was, looking forward to a LeBron and Kobe-less winter
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 26, 2011 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
This Friday in 2011 will forever be remembered as
Black and a couple of white Europeans Friday.
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
Mars Science Lab lifted off without a hitch, at 10:02 a.m. Eastern Time. Booster engine cutoff just happened. Eleven minutes after liftoff, MSL is in Earth orbit.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
WHY ISN'T IT GOING TO MARS?
Is the telemetry bad?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It went into a parking orbit. Typically, that’s so preliminary checks can be made as to the spacecraft’s condition. Everything was fine, so about twenty minutes into that parking orbit, the Centaur booster fired once more, boosting the probe’s velocity sufficiently to escape Earth orbit. MSL is now officially on its path to Mars.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Cool. Did not know that they have checkpoint. Has anything ever failed at that stage, and if so, what does NASA do with it? Am I correct in thinking that they would just wing it and go for it anyway?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I’m not sure if there’s an established procedure. You couldn’t go up there and fix it, but you’d still have a problem. Probes have gotten stuck in a parking orbit. When that happens, they simply circle the Earth until they re-enter the atmosphere and burn up.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Did they get stuck because the booster didn’t fire again? Did something else go wrong, or did NASA just deliberately leave them there?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Also, I assume you've seen this?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Booster misfires are the most common cause.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
And at that point, it’s game over?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It certainly was
for the Miami Hurricanes.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 26, 2011 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
since steroids in baseball were mentioned upthread
I was reminded of this: Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No
It’s an awesome video that takes audio footage of Dock Ellis telling the story of the no-hitter he threw while tripping on acid, and adds animation to it. Lotta fun. I show it to my students every semester.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
PSA
Link does not open in new window.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
When I see a link, I always right click it and open in new window.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I’m on a macbook. The only way I know how to do that is hold down the “silly little apple button” and with the cursor carefully over the url click the thingy on the trackpad dealie.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
A two-fingered click achieves the same effect.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 26, 2011 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
I can't believe it took thirty-six hours for that to show up.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 28, 2011 8:50 AM PST up reply actions
Greg Proops' Proopcast
has a good bit on Dock Ellis. I think it’s on “Tracks.” Dude’s a huge Giants fan (from San Carlos).
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Golden Gate Beer Bars | Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Nov 26, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
battlefield 3 84% downloaded!
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
NBA GO GO GO
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Nov 26, 2011 9:09 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Go as in “yay NBA! Go get ’em!” or "Go away you stupid, boring sport!
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 26, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
GO GET EM'
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Nov 26, 2011 12:59 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
If anybody has maxed out angry birds and needs a new phone game
check out blast monkeys
it is the shit
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Nov 26, 2011 11:29 AM PST reply actions
I’m waiting for Slap Complete Strangers.
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
Apparently
That was yesterday
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
For me, it was 1:30AM this morning…I think parents out of town, kids partying. I can deal with some music or chatter, but the hootin’ and the hollerin’, back and forth with the arguing…
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
We have a new family that just moved in here and that’s their idea of a conversation.
“HEY MARY!!! BRING THE ’BRELLA IN FROM THE CAR WOULD YA?!”
“THE WHAT?”
“UMBRELLA”
“WHO’S WEARING YELLA?”
SHUT UP!!!!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Has this aspect of the new CBA been discussed yet?
New players will be prohibited from using low-density maple bats.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 26, 2011 2:20 PM PST reply actions
Interesting. That seems like a good move, right?
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
I'd think so.
Science! has indicated that there’s no difference between ash and maple in effect upon the ball, IIRC.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 26, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
BREAKING!
Less of it!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 26, 2011 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
Tyler Colvin Impaled By Baseball Bat -- Is Barry Bonds to Blame?
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/09/tyler_colvin_stabbed_barry_bonds.php
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12243779&c_id=mlb
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Nov 26, 2011 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
Currently in the oven
A mixture of egg, sugar, 70% cocoa lindt chocolate, butter, and Potassium Bitartrate
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
Make it vanilla, and I’m there.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Dark Chocolate Souffle
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 MUST HAVE THIS HAT
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
lol!
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
Cainer and I will get matching hats and go hunting.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I’ll tag along with my dart gun fill with locally-sourced tranquilizer darts.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
Oh. Oh my.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
There are few things that baffle me more about the South than the appeal of Waffle House. I’ve only eaten there a couple of times, but both of those times the food was spectacularly bad.
My wife, on the other hand, went to college in western Virginia and has extremely fond memories of Waffle House.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
I like it, but I admit that it’s not haute cuisine.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
WHAT
The Mayor of Smug confesses to this? /vapors
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
IM COMPLICATED OK?
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
UNPACK UNPACK UNPACK
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Well, they did make tomorrow's NY Times ...
A Large Side of Drama at Waffle House Diners – paragraphs of fail upon fail.
The lead story:
The two men accused of robbing a string of Waffle House restaurants in Georgia and Alabama had a routine. They placed to-go orders, and after the food was cooked, the police say, they pulled out guns and demanded all the store’s cash. Sometimes they ate, sometimes they did not.
And how hip is this?
And federal emergency officials even use what they call the Waffle House Index to determine how severe natural disasters are in the South. If a local Waffle House is closed, along with a Home Depot or a Wal-Mart, it indicates a longer recovery process.
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
just started watching community
best line so far is…
I view religion as Paul Rudd…I see the appeal, but I would never stand in line for it
You may now continue with your day
Why do people still write check???!!
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Nov 26, 2011 4:29 PM PST via mobile reply actions
At the grocery store?!!
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Nov 26, 2011 4:29 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Because they need half-and-half for their White Russians, man.
(PS- note the date.)
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 26, 2011 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
duuuuuuuude
you are being totally undude right now
Calmer'n you.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 26, 2011 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
float
is your friend.
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 26, 2011 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
I had to resort to writing checks when my card was cancelled and I was waiting for a new card in the mail because I wasn’t going to go into the bank to get it right away.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
I made a pumpkin bourbon cheesecake
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.
all mixed in?
or was the pumpkin/hooch part of the topping?
And did the top crack? I haven’t been able to figure out how to stop that, so usually I slap a fruit topping on it and no one’s the wiser.
The above comment is not affiliated with the San Francisco Giants, is not based on a secret source of team information, and may contain personal opinion.
YAY GO GIANTS AND YOUR INFALLIBLE FRONT OFFICE WITH ITS SECRET UNKNOWABLE INFORMATION
by natteringnabob on Nov 26, 2011 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
there was some of it in the main part of the cake and some in the sour cream topping
not a ton, but just enough.
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 it cracked a little
it was my first cheesecake ever.
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.
cool
I figure the cracking makes it look homemade for sure, so what the hell.
It’s a pretty forgiving pastry, as such things go… one of the first ones I made I forgot in the oven for like an extra 40 minutes or something and it was still OK. They get kinda dry, but still pretty good.
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YAY GO GIANTS AND YOUR INFALLIBLE FRONT OFFICE WITH ITS SECRET UNKNOWABLE INFORMATION
by natteringnabob on Nov 26, 2011 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
My brother bakes a lot. When he makes cheesecake, it does crack a little.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
further re "forgiving pastry"
my nephew made one a couple of months ago without putting butter in the cracker crumbs in the bottom. He just packed them down and poured the cheese batter on top. It actually came out fine. I suppose it’s a way to limit the butter/salt in the recipe… except for the 6 blocks of cream cheese, 3 dozen eggs, pound of sour cream…
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YAY GO GIANTS AND YOUR INFALLIBLE FRONT OFFICE WITH ITS SECRET UNKNOWABLE INFORMATION
by natteringnabob on Nov 26, 2011 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
Cheesecake is just about the least healthy dessert possible.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Oh I dunno, I think I’d still take it over the Paula Deen dessert I link to periodically, glazed donut bread pudding with praline sauce.
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YAY GO GIANTS AND YOUR INFALLIBLE FRONT OFFICE WITH ITS SECRET UNKNOWABLE INFORMATION
by natteringnabob on Nov 26, 2011 9:50 PM PST up reply actions
turned out well!
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.
pretty nice
Only half eaten… weaklings!
What did you all do in lieu of crab/cioppino?
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YAY GO GIANTS AND YOUR INFALLIBLE FRONT OFFICE WITH ITS SECRET UNKNOWABLE INFORMATION
by natteringnabob on Nov 26, 2011 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
oh you know
turkey, stuffing, etc
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.
A sad turn of events, but I guess my Smokey and the Bandit idea was a non-starter since OR (and I think WA) haven’t opened the season either. And Vancouver is kind of a long drive.
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YAY GO GIANTS AND YOUR INFALLIBLE FRONT OFFICE WITH ITS SECRET UNKNOWABLE INFORMATION
by natteringnabob on Nov 26, 2011 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
If anybody has MLB Network, avoid it at 10 PM tonight. It will be the 2002 World Series Highlights.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
There were highlights?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Wait until tomorrow at 11:30 AM: 2010 World Series Highlights.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I watched this
It was wonderful.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 28, 2011 8:51 AM PST up reply actions
It's just the Rob Schneider narrated film.
I already have that. I am disappoint.
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 wish Notre Dame-Stanford was in black and white. UGLY unis.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
ew
I thought furd was one of the last holdouts against the long underwear/clown colors trend. Also, LOL Irish, way to hold them close in the first half.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 26, 2011 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
I blame Nike
Keep your fugly uniform “showcases” in Eugene, please!
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 26, 2011 11:15 PM PST up reply actions
supposedly, it helps make the team stick out and helps it get a recruiting edge. Nobody would know who Oregon was if it weren’t for their ridiculous outfits. It helps if supposedly the kids love it and would rather play in a clown uni than a more traditional uni.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 27, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
I love you, open faced sandwich made of leftovers and doused in gravy
Let’s never be apart.
The first six innings are overrated.
Mmmm……open faced turkey sandwich…
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 26, 2011 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
"No, you fool!
Use an open-faced club! A sand wedge!"
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 27, 2011 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
Thanksgiving and its many, many leftovers are starting to catch up with me. Sipping tea, and trying to chase away the queasies right now.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
IS IT SWEET?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Got tired of "thanksgiving-ish" leftover food...
took the leg, wing, and some of the white meat and made turkey Chili Verde. It really cured the “leftover hangover” . I would recommend this option.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
OH NOES
I have received an e-mail from ROBERT S.MULLER, III of the FBI ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION, and he has given me only 3 days to clean the mess of my secret wire transfer of $10,500,000 from the Central Bank of Nigeria before I’ll be implicated in money (moniy?) laundering!
Monitory? Is that a word?
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
Saw this one a couple days ago, not even sure of the point of it
from: Barney Dallas Rogers
bcc: x
date: Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 3:00 PM
subject: Inquiry
Important mainly because of the words in the message.
Hello,
My name is Barney D. Rogers, I’m in process of recruiting Cheerleaders from South Korea as my PA suggested.21st Febuary 2012 is my 69th B-day and wants to retire at 70 so need to open a Family Fun Center/Amusement Park to help keep me busy during this time. So i want to book for Cheerleading Training for them, they are 10 in number and and they all have chearleading exprience, so it will be 3hrs training each day for 3 weeks (21days).They will be in your country from 14th January – 6th of Feb 2012,Kindly get back to me if you can handle the training of the students for more clarifications and also confirm if 3hrs training for the 3 weeks will be enough for training and lessons.
Regards
Barney Dallas Rogers
Is he offering to send a team of south korean cheerleaders to the person?
If so, lets talk.
The first six innings are overrated.
I never get any of these e-mails. Then again, I never would open these e-mails. I know the FBI doesn’t use Hotmail as an e-mail. There must be really stupid people that fall for this.
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 only takes one idiot
to make the whole thing worth while for them.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 27, 2011 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
“I am Prince Makunaku Nalunamkenaku from the island nation of Marolaienai” The place doesn’t exist yet people will give their personal info to get money they will get. I can’t be conned out of money because I don’t believe anything.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Oh shit. Linux mint 12 came out.
Guess its finally time to jump to Gnome 3
Im scared
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 26, 2011 9:06 PM PST reply actions
OT: Baseball
just read this:
http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/18687/winter-leagues-roundup-milledge-thriving
I would really like to see the Giants bring in Lastings for a ST invite for a couple of reasons. One, because it’s not like we don’t need massive help in the OF. Two, and more importantly, because that has always been one of my very favoritest baseball names ever. Lastings Milledge— how could a guy with that name not be a hall of famer? SWOOP
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Nov 26, 2011 11:19 PM PST reply actions
No.
Lastings Milledge is remembered in this household for two things and one was hitting a home in the bottom of the ninth in Shea Stadium and then giving the entire crowd high fives when he took the field for the top of the tenth.
by mrs. owlcroft on Nov 27, 2011 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
Against the Giants!
I was there for that!
To be fair, that was his first career home run that tied the game in the ninth. I like exuberance. Also, the Giants won, so I was feeling magnanimous.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 27, 2011 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
Blastings Thrilledge!
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!
Actual hot stove league speculation has actually been happening
There were many scouts and GMs in the Dominican Republic recently and Jed Lowrie came up often as a possible shortstop/third base candidate. Teams like his offense and are skeptical about his defense, but are more worried about his mental toughness and his ability to play through injury. The 27-year-old may become a chip for the Red Sox in a deal.
Yes please except Giants have no one to trade.
Slugger Wily Mo Pena is nearing a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal with Japan’s Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, MLBTR has learned. Pena played in 17 games for the Diamondbacks and 22 games for the Mariners in 2011.
One less player for Sabean to sign.
Dodgers GM Ned Colletti has a thing for acquiring journeyman relievers in the offseason and will probably do the same this winter, but he does have a proven arm in Blake Hawksworth, writes Steve Dilbeck of the Los Angeles Times. The 29-year-old is entering his final year under team control.
Agent Ned!!!
While the Orioles are waiting to see if Yu Darvish will be posted, fellow NPB pitcher Wei-Yin Chen is another name to keep an eye on, writes Dan Connolly of The Baltimore Sun. Earlier this month, Tim Dierkes wrote that the 26-year-old left-hander could be signed for less than $20MM over four years.
Yes please.
And from last night:
On this day fifteen years ago, the Angels traded first baseman J.T. Snow to the Giants for Fausto Macey and Allen Watson. Snow would go on to play nine seasons with San Francisco with a slash line of .273/.369/.438.
Snow was a good Giant.
(mlbtraderumor)
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
A tad slow ?
You are way too kind sir. JT Snow was a good Giant, but is one of the slowest men on the planet.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
It’s 8:30 and no one is awake yet?
Maybe the authorities should be notified.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
mornin.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
It’s uh-live!!!!!
and now I have to leave to go to the store… don’t make a mess in here!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I woke up at 8:30, but went back to bed until now. I am going to spend my last day off relaxing as much as possible. Will probably get a pedicure at some point.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
we're watching skating on NBC, lol
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
can of corn
Oh shit, I totally forgot it was on! I was probably subconsciously trying to avoid Tara Lipinski’s commentating.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
she's all like
yeah that program kinda sucked
There was no passion
she “got through it”
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Eh, I might have agreed with her. But, her voice just bugs me for some reason. I think it’s because I carry some residual Michelle Kwan resentment.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I’m all about katarina witt
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BEWBS!
I met her once. She was really nice.
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Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Well I was a big fan when she skated for East Germany. There weren’t much boobage back then.
Now it’s like WOH WHERE DID THOSE COME FROM.
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I think it’s what happens when you’re allowed to eat
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 27, 2011 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
She was really curvy when she was skating, though. At least compared to the other skaters.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I was 8 years old in 1984. So I didn’t really understand these things.
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Going out of my mind. I have four smoke alarms hooked together by the power of the house with back-up batteries. They are randomly beeping (very short “beep”) around the house. Replaced all batteries with good ones. Still the beep. Please God make it stop! I will give up all my worldly belongings.
Been there, but usually it happens to me at 3 in the morning. After almost setting one of the smoke alarms on fire trying to cut wiring, I wound up calling tech support for help
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 27, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Asia Professional Championship Series
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=579oX1PMH8A
Pinch Hit HRs are the best. Also, check out the 24 second mark. We need some of that in MLB! Hit a home run, get some plushe animals to throw to the fans!
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Hey all
Just added another animal to the family. Mrs. Rogue and I adopted a black cat named Maverick, as a buddy for our current cat, Treble. Never seen a more calm, laid-back dude than Mav. Treble is not amused just yet, but she’ll come around.
Here’s the new guy settling in after just a few minutes:
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
by IanRogue on Nov 27, 2011 12:25 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Good of you to adopt a black cat. I’ve read that the black cats get adopted at a much slower rate than any other color.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 27, 2011 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
I was just going to say the same thing.
And what a cutie.
My last two cats have been black cats, they can be very sweet. Our kitty right now is a shelter cat who’s as we say “cute but stupid”.
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Nice =)
I can only imagine that there’s the whole “bad luck” superstition involved somehow. If you have a black cat, your odds of having one cross your path shoot through the roof, I suppose.
However, it seems to me that if the black cat is on your side, you’d be granted immunity from that bad-luck deal.
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Well and the whole silly witch craft, devil intermediary thing.
One of the articles I read, about black dogs, said that they just don’t show well. Black animals don’t photograph well and if a black dog is in the shadows of a kennel people can’t see it’s features very well.
The shelter here started tying brightly colored hankies around the dog’s neck to give them some definition.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yeah, there’s that.
And I do see that they’re harder to take good photos of. Tons of ours aren’t turning out too well. I can see how that’d negatively affect people’s initial reaction
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Our local shelter puts “mug shot” type pictures on their web site to advertise available animals and the photographer complains about how difficult it is to get good shots for the web site.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yeah, ours does that too.
We just went to see what they had without checking the website first. We went not expecting, but prepared for the possibility of, adopting that evening. Didn’t really know what we had in mind, but a black cat wasn’t on the radar until we met him.
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Oh yeah, and an orange collar will look good on him, I think =D
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Our cat Hidey —>
has an orange and black tiger striped collar.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Thanks
This one had been there since March, and I can’t begin to imagine why. He’s the sweetest-natured cat I’ve ever seen. Gentle, but super-affectionate
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
Some adoption centers group them together and write a piece about how long they have gone without a full-time home. Sad, really.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 27, 2011 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
This one had been there since March
My younger daughter just adopted a shelter cat ( we must have taught her well as all of our cats have been shelter cats). When see went down there with mrs. nvsfg, they were having a “cat sale”. Any cat plus the spay/neuter for $10. When they asked why, the shelter folks let them know that some of the cats hat been there over six months.
The downturn in the economy has caused a lot of folks to turn in pets because they could not afford to keep them any longer. She picked a large older black cat. As a Sharks fan, she wanted to name him “Doug” after her favorite player Douglas Murray. He ended up being Dwayne, for no other reason except it fit him better.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
I couldn’t imagine turning in either of our cats, and we’ve only had Mav for about 48 hours. It’d be like giving away a family member =(
Glad to hear she picked a shelter cat, that’s all my family and I have ever adopted too. I wish we were able to provide a home for more of them, but I think 2 is enough for now. Mrs. Rogue says that left to her own devices, she’d be one of those crazy cat ladies with 20-30 of them
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
.
Came across something cool that I had buried in old boxes. This have been from a bat give away day at the Stick.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 27, 2011 1:46 PM PST reply actions
Will Tebow complete a pass today?
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by CalBear949 on Nov 27, 2011 2:09 PM PST via mobile reply actions
IT"S BECAUSE HE"S LEFT HANDED !
/ the genius announcers just told me so.
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Back in the early ’90s or somesuch there was some urban NFL myth that the ball is zippier when thrown by a lefty. I remember announcers saying things like this about Steve Young surprisingly often.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
That’s because the Miners cheated by rubbing the footballs with Bay mud.
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by CalBear949 on Nov 27, 2011 2:27 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
dang it
Phone keeps changing Niners to Miners.
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by CalBear949 on Nov 27, 2011 2:28 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
to be fair the 49ers were miners
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
It is done.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
One more to wrap up a win.
Jack Rooney just scores a TD with Willie Beaman watching.
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by CalBear949 on Nov 27, 2011 2:25 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Beaman is in!
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by CalBear949 on Nov 27, 2011 2:28 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Hans is being put into the carbonite
That dang Landon.
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by CalBear949 on Nov 27, 2011 2:33 PM PST via mobile reply actions
TD TEBOW
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by CalBear949 on Nov 27, 2011 2:35 PM PST via mobile reply actions
He is a wonderful man.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
The Chargers are going to lose this game, aren’t they?
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
TEBOOOMMMMMM
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I finally finished FFX
Now I can get rid of my PS2.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 27, 2011 4:16 PM PST reply actions
Tim tebow has gone from my most hated nfl player to maybe my favorite nfl player in 5 weeks
he is literally trolling the entire nfl
if the niners dont win the superbowl this year then i hope the broncos do
three best qbs in the nfl right now are all tim tebow
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 4:56 PM PST reply actions
HIS PLAN IS COMING TOGETHER PERFECTLY AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
IT'S TEBOW TIME!!!
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by RichHerreraHomer on Nov 27, 2011 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
SUBJECT HERE
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i dont think tebow knows what a shirt is
or how to use one
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 5:13 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I hope no one corrects this gap in his knowledge.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
no one is on mcc today anyway
so im going to make this the official tebow with no shirt thread
His nipples are like angels
happy christmas everybody
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
its really awkward that my girlfriend just asked me what I was doing online
i told her "manly stuff she wouldnt understand "
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 5:21 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Happy Christmas, indeed. Thank you, sir.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I’m guessing you are collecting these pictures.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
His shirts are all dirty
He tried to throw them in the wash once, but missed.
Is it February 19 yet?
by j14 on Nov 27, 2011 5:20 PM PST up reply actions 7 recs
yes
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i lol'd
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
he looks a lot like drake from uncharted
just saying
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
At least Drake has a personality that doesn’t make me want to gouge his eyes out.
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
from the hotness that is tebow?
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
His hair is a ferret. Your argument is invalid.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
better than a ferret with hair
“I heard your girlfriend ditched you tonite
maybe i could be your girlfriend?”
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
NOT MODEST
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Tim Tebow
saved Chuck Norris’ life by refusing to fight him.
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by CalBear949 on Nov 27, 2011 5:28 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
xxxx
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It would be kind of cool to see him get 11 starts this season and end the year with less than 100 yards passing per game. The last guy to do that was Kordell Stewart in 1999. Then, you have to go back to the ’70s and Steve Fuller.
I wonder if the best comp for Tebow is actually Bobby Douglass, though. Actually… yes, that’s good.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 7:22 PM PST up reply actions
Here’s a fun stat: For his career, Tebow has more rushing attempts than completions (this year alone he has 65 completions and 78 rushes). The only other quarterback since the merger to even accomplish that in a single season: Bobby Douglass.
No quarterback but Tebow since the merger has ever had an entire career like that. But, I suppose, there is time for him yet.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
Not if TL2 swoops first
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
He’s a fascinating player, I’ll give him that, and his team is enjoying the kind of upcoming schedule that just might net them 9 wins after all if the defense keeps up its roll.
But I do expect that his admittedly fascinating career will be an inauspicious one before long.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:08 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t even grasp how dumb the “he’s a winner” argument is. If the Denver Broncos were offered Tom Brady straight up for Tim Tebow, you’re telling me they wouldn’t take this deal?
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I get the distinct impression that the folks over at Mile High Report like Tebow more than Elway.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:13 PM PST up reply actions
its not about would they are wouldnt they trade him for brady
its a is he a good or bad qb
no is going to say he is better than brady
brady has three rings and puts up amazing numbers
whats its about is can you say he is a good qb if his team wins but his numbers are bad
I say yes so long as he keeps winning he is a good qb
i mean a win is a team thing
but he isnt losing the games yet
and they’re playing for him like they didnt play for orton
thats got to count for something too
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 9:13 PM PST up reply actions
It’s just that everything, in particular this:
and they’re playing for him like they didnt play for orton
strikes me as an unbelievable case of post hoc, ergo propter hoc
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you are very likely correct
and that the rise of the defense has nothing to do with tebow
but its fun right now
it wont be fun when it all collapses
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 9:17 PM PST up reply actions
but at the same time i have seen interviews with broncos players who seem like tebow really energizes them so who knows
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
Sure, they’re winning. Who wouldn’t be energized after a win?
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They’re probably energized because Kyle Orton’s no longer their QB
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 27, 2011 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
Would we even dream of saying these things about baseball player?
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
no
buts thats because we know better
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
MATT CAIN IS SUCH A BUM THAT THE GIANTS WOULD SCORE MORE RUNS FOR HIM IF ONLY THEY LIKED HIM
WHAT A JACKASS
But you do hear things about scrappiness all the time.
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I guess I was using a fairly inclusive “we” there.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair
Baseball is much less of a team sport than football.
But I agree with you.
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!
is he a good or bad qb
Bad.
can you say he is a good qb if his team wins but his numbers are bad
Not necessarily. I mean, a win is a team thing.
i mean a win is a team thing
Yes.
but he isnt losing the games yet
I mean, a loss is a team thing.
they’re playing for him like they didnt play for orton
Debatable cause and effect there, but okay.
thats got to count for something too
In the short term, sure. The 49ers played hard for Singletary for a half a season. The Rockies played hard for [interim manager] for half a season. Playing-hard-for-him-ness is a short-term solution at its most maybe-this-actually-does-exist-iness.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:24 PM PST up reply actions
I agree this is prolly all a bunch of smoke
I would also like to see a consistent period of failure before I make a judgment like he is a bad qb
Sometimes qb out preform their stats
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 9:27 PM PST up reply actions
Sometimes qb out preform their stats
Matt cains fip says hello
Using the second as an example of the first makes me LOL. But then, lots of things make me LOL.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 27, 2011 9:29 PM PST up reply actions
I dont know enough about advanced football stats to make an apt football comparisons
But sometimes players are just what they are and there is no logical explanation of why it works
call it the kirk reuter effect
I feel like im defending tebow way too much here
I dont think he is going to be good at all
All im saying is that its too early to label him crap
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know that he’s outperforming his stats, exactly. His TD and INT percentages are actually very good, and he adds a lot as a runner. Those percentages – the INT% being completely unsustainable over time to begin with, even if you use Tom Brady as your yardstick – are inflated thanks to a kind offensive scheme, but the same scheme also suppresses his raw totals by exposing his inaccuracy as little as possible.
The suppressed raw totals are reflected in the suppressed offensive point totals. That team has scored an average of about 17 points per game on offense, which is pretty bad. That’s Cleveland Browns bad.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:38 PM PST up reply actions
I like the browns as a barometer
colt mccoy vs. tebow
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 9:41 PM PST up reply actions
Colt McCoy is an interesting player, too, though for entirely different reasons. I’m pretty interested to see where his career goes in the next few years.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
I as well
He is another player I would like to see get a chance
but in this NFL you don’t get much time before they draft the next “Franchise QB”
Thats why as much i think he is a freaking douchebag I was happy that Matt Lienhart was finally getting a chance to prove himself
I feel really bad for him that he got injured in his big moment
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 9:48 PM PST up reply actions
but in this NFL you don’t get much time before they draft the next "Franchise QB"
LOLJETS
LOL49ERS
And to some lesser extent, the Jaguars of the last several years.
But, yeah. McCoy seems to have the support of his front office and coaches, though.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:50 PM PST up reply actions
Im glad kellen clemons was leinhart's back up
I always thought he was interesting with the jets
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 9:52 PM PST up reply actions
But TJ Yates stepped in when Leinart went down…?
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
they just signed clemons
he wasn’t familiar with the team yet
I see him being their starter for the playoffs though
I dont think Yates ahs it
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 9:57 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, I see. Makes sense.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
The receivers have also dropped several easy catches. He’s not that bad. He’s not great either.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
Never in the history of the league have a handful of drops – which, if we could verify that the rate is significantly higher than the league average to begin with, would be nice – resulted in a completion percentage as abjectly substandard as his.
With dropped passes, it is always necessary to remember that there is a standard for this. Receivers dropping passes is not something that you adjust for. Receivers dropping passes significantly more often than the league average is something you probably should.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 10:39 PM PST up reply actions
Receivers dropping passes could also be the end result of having bad receivers.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 27, 2011 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
Which is one thing that knowing the drop rates relative to the league would help indicate.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
And I would say again, as I said before, that Tebow’s passing numbers on the whole are actually not as bad as people make them out to be. Some of his rate stats are actually quite good.
Whether he is or is not actually as good as those rates might suggest is much more debatable. I’d wager not, because my sense is that there is quite a bit of unsustainability at work there in his system, his schedule, and ssimple regression. It would be virtually impossible, for instance, for his INT% to stay anywhere near as low as it is just because no quarterback in the history of any version of football ever played has thrown interceptions so seldom for an extended period of time.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
they have decent recievers
eddie royal is pretty good
and that guy from georgia tech is supposed to be good
demarius something?
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, poor example on my part, since I’m not familiar enough with the NFL to pick a good quarterback on an otherwise crappy team.
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Apparently Peyton Manning, as they can’t seem to do anything but diddly without him.
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I think he’s looking for a team that loses despite quarterback play.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
Which would be the Texans in recent years. The Bills, arguably, this year. The Eagles, arguably, this year. The Panthers, more arguably, this year.
All told, though, a quarterback is a much more significant cog in the winning NFL formula. We’ve seen quite enough to know it’s true that a great quarterback does tend to prohibit a whole team from being bad. A bad quarterback, though, we know just as well, does not in the least prohibit a whole team from being good. That’s the real rub in this conversation, I think.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
Good and bad being supplied here in terms of wins, I guess.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 10:22 PM PST up reply actions
There was Carson Palmer for years with the Bengals and Dan Marino for parts of his career.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 27, 2011 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
Pro football reference has something called AV which I think is their attempt at something WAR-ish, and Manning is typically a 17-20 AV player per year.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know how it works, though.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
It's not strictly quantitative, IIRC
They take things like All-Pro selections and the like into account, although I suppose it’s hard to use strictly quantitative analysis for offensive linemen.
Also it doesn’t neatly translate to wins.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
Ray Lewis is something like 17-20 AV player in a good year, too, fwiw. There is more variance there, but it suggests that in his best season Ray Lewis was more valuable than Peyton Manning in his. So… I dunno.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
There’s some explanation here: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/?p=466
It sounds kind of weird.
It does make me think of something that I’ve been kind of working on for a while, which is that offensive turnovers are really best thought of the same way we think of punts (or turnovers on downs). The end result (that the balls is turned over to the other team) is exactly the same on an interception, a lost fumble, a punt, or a failed fourth down attempt. The significant information for each is field position.
It occurs to me that conventional football logic should actually prefer a 45-yard drive that ends in an interception on the opponent’s 15 than a three and out that ends with a fair catch on the opponent’s 15, because the time of possession favors your team (in terms of wearing out the opposing defense, in particular). But, because it’s an interception, and the potential points fallacy of the opponent’s “red zone” is in full effect, it’s pretty much universally considered the worse outcome.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
At the risk of asking a silly question with a self-evident answer, why is it that playing defense is more tiring than playing offense? Why don’t offenses “wear down?”
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I would imagine that offensive wear is easier to control, because so much of a defensive gameplan is reactive. Something like, “it’s easier to be chased than to chase.”
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 11:23 PM PST up reply actions
It also just sort of seems to be true, regardless of the reason. When a particular defense has been on the field for a long time – which necessitates that the opposing offense has been on the field for the same amount of time – the swing in productivity just seems to go toward the offense more often than not.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
By a long time, do you mean during one drive? Because then you have to deal with survivor bias—long (time consuming) drives are much more likely to have points scored during them.
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I mean over the course of a game, that it becomes easier to score later in games when a defense has accumulated a lot of minutes.
Of course, it could all be perception anyway.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah. I’m hesitant to get into the world of football analytics just because there’s more than enough in baseball to keep me occupied.
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The more tangible benefit, I suppose, is that your offense being on the field means the opposing offense is not. Rather than speculating about wear down, you could easily just say that offensive time of possession is strongly correlated with scoring opportunity (being on the field less necessarily decreasing the amount of time available to score).
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 9:07 AM PST up reply actions
Sure, but is there actually an additional benefit to having a grind-em-down offense as opposed to the quick-score offense of say, Orgeon?
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My gut says that the tradeoff is traditionally consistency. I believe that’s what made those early 2000 Rams teams so devastating – they were able to execute a boom or bust offense while consistently ignoring the bust side of things. It’s what seems to be making the Packers so devastating this year as well.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
All you really need is a few defensive stops when your offense gets points every single drive.
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Both style of offense can wear a defense down. A team that uses a no-huddle tires out a defense because they don’t have much time to catch their breath and it’s harder to substitute players. A team that grinds it out wears down a defense because they get physically worn down.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 28, 2011 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
I would imagine that an offense can set its plays to minimize wear, whereas a defense doesn’t really have that option.
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It just seems odd to me. I suppose chasing a quarterback around play after play might be more wearing over the course of the game, whereas offensive linemen usually just give up once protection has broken down.
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My firsthand experience is only way over on the edges of the field where nothing ever happens, but as a wide receiver on a running play I could administer a half-hearted block and everything would be fine, whereas as a cornerback I always had to either drop back into coverage or run towards the ball, unless it was a run stopped right at the line. Offense was definitely less strenuous.
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I guess for defensive linemen, I could see it, but for cornerbacks who presumably run a lot it doesn’t make as much sense to me. I suppose that I’m probably underestimating the cumulative effect since I never played competitive football.
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That’s the thing. Cornerbacks do a lot more running than the receivers on the other side. Over the course of a long drive, it adds up.
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Yeah, I guess I can see that. I’ve never done much sprinting since I’m a distance runner and shit at short distances.
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I don’t think I’d like to know the person who shits at long distances.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 7:25 AM PST up reply actions
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WAR would be pretty messed up for football
A great QB could be worth 7 or 8 and the best lineman would be, like, .3.
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Maybe. But a great line together can make a mediocre quarterback look really fucking good.
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And as we learned last Thursday, a really bad offensive line can just kill a offense. There’s a lot of QBs who’ve played on teams with bad offensive lines who get jittery and nervous when they get back in the pocket because they’ve become accustomed to being hit (like David Carr). It’s one of the reasons why I think most highly touted QBs drafted first often crash because they’re put on lousy teams with lousy lines and never recover
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 28, 2011 8:24 AM PST up reply actions
There does seem to be some necessity to value positions in football as units. The quarterback is the only solo unit, so it makes sense that his individual value is the highest. An offensive line is a functional unit of five or six depending on substitutions. Two to three for halfbacks. Three to four for receivers. Etc.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 8:25 AM PST up reply actions
That makes sense to me, particularly because the lines in particular are only as strong as the weakest guy in them. Makes it seem like the value of a player would be extremely non-linear; adding a good guard to an otherwise terrible line just means that the rush is going to come from the other direction.
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I’ve read somewhere that football is the hardest to measure from a stats perspective because everything is so interdependent. It’s not like it’s just a batter vs a pitcher but a QB, his RB, his WR and his line against a defense so if a QB is good and his line isn’t, his abilities are harder to measure just like if he is stuck with a bad RBs, that affects his performance in other ways.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 28, 2011 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve long felt that while that is true on a technical level, there is a great deal to which it is also bullshit in a statistical sense. A great, great deal of interdependent information washes out statistically given an adequate sample, and I suspect that the rest isn’t as hard to adjust for as people make it out to be.
The real problem with football from a statistical point of view is that it’s a small sample sport with wildly variant strengths of schedule from team to team. Combine small sample shenanigans with deeply unbalanced schedules and crazy things happen.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
Well,
That, the high-velocity violence and the fact that it caters to short attention spans.
by BestHyperboleEver on Nov 28, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
No, there’s truth to that. Turnover ratios are usually a pretty good indicator of how a team is doing and how a team will perform in the future. The Niners (I think) have an off the chart turnover ratio which is why they’re so much better than last year but also a sign that they might not be as good next year.
QB stats, like the QB rating, though, are pretty much seen as garbage unless there’s some new, non-ESPN metric I’m not aware of.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 28, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
I've always felt that turnover ratios
are a better measure of how things have gone than they are of how things are likely to go. Kinda like BABIP.
i.e., the 49ers have excelled this year because (in part) the ball has happened to bounce their way, and they shouldn’t rely on such luck continuing down the road. It’s of dubious value in predicting game-by-game results.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 28, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
The NFL’s passer rating measures the right things for what it’s trying to do. It just measures them with what appear to be arbitrary weights, and then sets them on a ridiculous scale.
It’s a decent stat for tiering QB performance over a full season. You get into a lot of trouble if you try to use it to say that guy x is marginally better than guy y, though, and you get into a LOT of trouble if you try to use it over a small number of games.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
A point against the NFL’s passer rating is that Adjusted Yards per Attempt is kind of a much simpler stat, and it seems to do just as good a job at the same thing.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Hence the phrase
“any given Sunday,” even though an upset is far more likely in any given single game in baseball than football.
I believe I read that upsets are least likely in basketball, which explains why no one gave a shit that the NBA lopped almost two months of their regular season.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 28, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
If the Broncos defense didn’t hold the Chargers offense to 13 points (say the Chargers score 20), the Broncos do not win.
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maybe if the chargers score 20
tebow scores more touchdowns?
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
I like the Stewart comparison as they seem similar in terms of stats and abilities and even hype (although nothing’s like Tebow). Stewart, though had all this weird drama going around him that seem to affect him and Tebow seems like he can handle things better
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 27, 2011 10:35 PM PST up reply actions
I want to ask this for the "Defense alone is the reason the broncos are winning" folk
If orton stayed their qb
or even brady quinn
do they have the same record?
would it be better or worse?
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
Honestly, I don’t know if that’s the right question. If the Broncos play a different schedule, do they have the same record? If Mark Sanchez has one of his manic days and not one of his depressive ones, etc. Hypotheticals are screwy.
But if you’re going to ask a hypothetical, the important one is this: If – IF – the Broncos are playing better because the team wants to win more for Tebow, then is that something that can sustain itself long-term?
I think history suggests that it couldn’t.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
The team was scoring more with Orton under center.
Now, with Tebow they are burning more clock by keeping the ball on the ground. Thus keeping the other team’s offense off the field and their own defense fresh. So, in a way, he is helping the defense play better.
by BestHyperboleEver on Nov 28, 2011 8:51 AM PST up reply actions
I think the answer is yes if only because when they put Tebow in, they revamped their entire offensive and defensive philosophy and it’s obviously working. For now. If Ortonn was still QB, they’d probably be doing the same thing and having it not work. The key is for how long will their new system work? Is it something that’ll stick or is it something that’s just so new it’s working for now but won’t once teams figure it out.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 28, 2011 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
Orton doesn’t run like Tebow and the offense is built around Tebow running and then everyone else running too. It’s more of a college offense than a pro offense
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 28, 2011 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
I know, but if Orton was kept in, they’d have kept the same offensive philosophy. And probably done just as well.
You mean they’d have Orton run the ball 10-20 times like they do with Tebow or they’d do what they were doing before and still win?
Regardless, I think what happened is that Orton was just sort of mediocre and the team kind of meh and they hype for Tebow was so loud that the coaches just threw Tebow out there as a way to appease the fans and when he started winning, they got stuck with him. I’m not sure they really want him to be their QB of the future (Elway doesn’t appear to like the idea) but they’re kind of stuck with him now until he starts losing a lot.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 28, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
What they were doing before!
Sorry, I wasn’t explaining it well. But yeah, what you said.
Hmm…my post ended up a lot more pointless than I meant for it to be.
Tebow is awesome
It’s stuff like his pointless spins that make me love the dude and hope he keeps trolling the league
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 7:26 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve only heard from the naysayers side of the Tebow debate. IMO, he’s a better quarterback than they are giving him credit for.
As for the fan club, I avoid conversing with broncos fans at all cost.
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I'm going to get murdered for this but,
The majority of the fan club are irrationalists of one sort or another.
by BestHyperboleEver on Nov 28, 2011 8:52 AM PST up reply actions
I think he's better than A Smith
But my football evaluation skills are not the greatest.
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
What?
What criteria are you making such a determination?
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I dunno
What criteria are you using to say he isn’t?
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The fact that he completed 45% of his passes, averages 94.5 yards passing/game, 6 yards per pass attempt.
He is not a quarterback.
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He's not a good passer, but there's more to life than that.
And it’s not like he’s got great guys to throw to either.
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It is
if you’re a quarterback. Denver has been winning because of the defense shut teams down.
Defenses basically have to sit on run 80 percent of the time.
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So, theoretically
You think that if Alex Smith had been the QB for Denver for the past, uh, however many games Tebow has played, the Broncos would have been better?
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Better?
as in winning percentage no but likely the same.
Denver is winning in spite of Tebow not because of him.
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Wait, OK
So if Alex Smith in the same situation as Tim Tebow would do no better, how is Alex Smith better than Tim Tebow?
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
You were going through pointless argument withdrawals last weekend, weren’t you?
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I had plenty!
Just the in-person kinds. Family, man. They hear you work in politics and they got all sorts of opinions.
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?
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
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by BestHyperboleEver on Nov 28, 2011 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
I have no idea what you guys are talking about.
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
You are basically arguing that winning percentage is the gauge of a good QB. Cam Newton and Andy Dalton are much better QBs but have won fewer games.
Again, Tebow turns the Bronco’s offense one-dimensional and defenses can gear up for that. The Broncos have played a number of teams had have bad run defenses and struggling offenses.
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You are basically arguing that winning percentage is the gauge of a good QB.
I absolutely am not.
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He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Well, you are if effect. Because there is no other measure by which Tebow can be considered anything but a well below average QB.
Wins and intangibles are really the only support points in his favor.
by BestHyperboleEver on Nov 28, 2011 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
Are there measures by which Smith can be considered anything but a well below average QB?
I’m not saying Tebow is good. But is he better than Smith?
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By every measurable standard Smith has been better than Tebow this season.
Okay, that’s not true. Tebow averages more rushing yards per game.
by BestHyperboleEver on Nov 28, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
If you restrict your terms to this season, most measures seem to rate Smith out as slightly above average. 108 AY/A Plus. 107 Comp% Plus. 101 TD% Plus. 120 INT% Plus. 10th in the league in DVOA.
If you take him back for three years, he rates out just below average without a lot of variance. He hasn’t been well below average in a long time.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
His TD% and INT% are both well above average right now, and his adjusted yards per attempt is basically average. The INT% is objectively unsustainable, so there’s a comedown on the horizon in at least the one area.
His completion percentage is the one place, when looking at his basic rates, that he’s well below average. Yards per game, too, but most don’t value that as a key QB rate, I don’t think.
Things like DVOA and DYAR rate him pretty miserably, though. The DVOA line is interesting because it’s the kind of stat I would think would be slightly favorable to a player whose use is as optimized as Tebow’s seems to be. And yet…
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Those percentages obviously need context.
Game planning for Tebow would include:
a) Reducing the number of difficult throws he has to make thus reducing interceptions. Not to mention, the low completion percentage suggests, to me, an adversity to risk in Tebow’s decision making. Meaning he is likely throwing balls away (or at least putting them well out of reach of anybody) that other QBs would try to complete. On the surface this sounds fine, but there is a point where adversity to any risk at all is detrimental.
b) As for TD percentage, A high TD percentage makes sense for a guy that never throws. With a guy like Tebow the red zone is actually the ideal place to throw. You roll him out or bootleg to give him the option of throwing or running it in. The defense, understandably, give more respect to his running ability and step up leaving receivers open for a short, high percentage pass in the end zone.
These examples clearly aren’t the case on every play. Just logical ways to look at reasons why Tebow could have artificially attractive TD and Int % stats.
by BestHyperboleEver on Nov 28, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I was responding strictly to the idea that there is no measure by which Tebow can be considered anything but a well below average quarterback. Three out of four of the major rate stats for QBs measure his results to be above to well above average.
I have suggested elsewhere, and I made small moves in that direction in my above comment, that there is something of a greater context that would more aptly state the results versus process divide. But, certainly, there are measures which suggest – at least – that his results have not been well below average.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t know enough about either guys to actually comment on who is better, but the answer to that I imagine is that Denver is doing well enough in other areas that the difference between Smith and Tebow isn’t great enough to have an impact on their record. That doesn’t necessarily mean that they wouldn’t be improved.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 28, 2011 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
Well wait
Would they have been improved or not? I don’t care by how much. Would the Broncos have been improved with Alex Smith playing QB instead of Tebow for the past few weeks?
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I think his argument is that yes they would have been better but their record would not indicate it, he only responded to the winning % portion though
Better?
as in winning percentage no
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 28, 2011 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
There's more to life than winning percentage
Would they have played better with Smith than Tebow?
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absolutely
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Your terms are shockingly vague, I think, for you.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Would they have scored more points with Smith than Tebow?
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Offensively? I find it hard to believe that they wouldn’t have. The Broncos have scored something like 17 points per game offensively since Tebow took the reigns. That’s Cleveland Browns territory.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
I came up with 19 and a third. Which is better than the Browns, but not as good as the Broncos (20.1)
Offensively. Which I tend to include field goals within. Don’t count defensive or return TDs.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
They scored more points with Orton than Tebow.
And against better defenses.
by BestHyperboleEver on Nov 28, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder why the Denver D and the coaching staff don’t get more recognition. The offense seems completely different than it was under Orton. To make such a significant change in order to tailor towards your ‘better’ QB’s shortcomings must have been a difficult task. And it is working!
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the other thought I had
is that maybe Denver’s o-line is not very good at pass protection but good in run blocking. The shift to Tebow-style may have simply helped the o-line to maximize their abilities.
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Because the defense and coaching staff aren’t sensationalistic and polarizing enough to drive absurd amounts of web hits and discussion.
by BestHyperboleEver on Nov 28, 2011 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
Well,
Over the same time frame Alex Smith’s team is also 5-1 against a tougher schedule. The 49ers 1 loss was @Baltimore. The Broncos were blown out at home vs Detroit. A team, coincidentally, the 49ers beat in Detroit.
So… yeah, I would have to say the Broncos would have been better.
by BestHyperboleEver on Nov 28, 2011 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
Fair enough.
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!
correction
he is not a good quarterback.
the 2008 Dolphins had an 11-5 record with a Wildcat offense and the two-headed monster of John Beck/Chad Henne at QB.
That does not mean that John Beck or Chad Henne were any good.
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That’s what I think is going on with Tebow, that the Broncos are running something new, like the Wildcat offense was, and team’s don’t know how to stop it yet. Once they figure out how to shut it down completely and keep Tebow in the pocket, all that “Tebow is a winner” comments will be replaced by a more realistic “Tebow really isn’t that good.”
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 28, 2011 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
The depends on what your team needs.
But I disagree. Smith has actually done a very good job the majority of the year making plays with his arm when the team has called on him to do it. Smith also has much more experience in the league, so who knows what happens when Tebow has a few years under his belt. But today, I think Smith is a better QB.
The sooner the Broncos find an at least average QB and turn Tebow into a Fullback/H-Back/Wildcat QB the better off they’ll be.
by BestHyperboleEver on Nov 28, 2011 9:01 AM PST up reply actions
There may be a rate stat argument to back that up, depending on how you feel about either the relationship between completion percentage and yards per attempt or the ability of the rate stats to adequately represent his ability.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 9:09 AM PST up reply actions
I'd say that the people that Smith has to throw to and hand off to are a lot better than the ones Tebow has.
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 would disagree
Gore is very good but McGahee is doing pretty well.
Denver’s receivers are better than the Niners’ receivers. I would take Decker/Lloyd over Edwards/Crabtree
Niners’ TEs are better than Denver’s TEs.
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jhiat, I think.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
Eh, the offense was absolutely terrible. I was happy to see them give the Steelers a run for their money though. Also, Orton plz.
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they need an al gm now
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
Al Rosen still alive?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
yes
at the ripe old age of 87
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 6:47 PM PST up reply actions
Instead of moving to the AL, the Astros have decided to transfer to a D&D&Beer Softball league, and will be looking for a qualified dm over the next few months.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
A qualified Dungeon Master makes the game so much better.
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."
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Bob Costas should get off his damn high horse
He does some great journalism with his Sandusky interview then ruins it with that nonsense monologue
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I lost respect when Tom Verducci was getting on Roger Clemens for doing PEDs and Costas got on Verducci for doing that, basically denying that Clemens ever did steroids. This is the same person who criticized Bonds, Sosa and McGwire for doing PEDs. Basically Costas said how dare Verducci sully the reputation of Rogers Clemens.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
yeah
But only Clemens was cleansed by being a Yankee.
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by CalBear949 on Nov 27, 2011 7:48 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
In watching the 4th greatest game, I think it was the 4th?, of all time I realized that
besides Bob Costas, Andy Van Slyke might be the guy that hates Barry Bonds the most, he certainly sounds the most bitter about him as an ex-teammate.
The feeling was mutual. They hated each other. Van Slyke said in a interview a year ago that he told Bonds to take a few steps up during that final at bat in 1992 NLCS. Van Slyke said Bonds gave him the finger.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
It's one thing to demand Costas get off his high horse...BUT...
how in the hell was he able to get on this horse so high?
The Rockies released Ryan Rohlinger.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 27, 2011 8:22 PM PST reply actions
And what does Judy have to say about these developments?
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HE NEEDS TO WORK ON HIS THROWING
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 28, 2011 9:01 AM PST up reply actions
IF GRANT DOESN"T WRITE ANOTHER COLUMN SOON AND TELL ME WHAT TO THINK ABOUT THE GIANTS I’M GOING TO DIE
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by operation carrot on Nov 27, 2011 8:47 PM PST reply actions
right now all the baseball talk is on the bleacher report
we all know that is not real baseball. some nice pics but so many there just want lincecum to go to the the rotten apple.
Safeway will begin selling potato and tortilla chips, “packed in innovative resealable bags.”
Ummm wow, so many other things come in resealable -yet unopenable – bags it’s amazing to me that chips already don’t.
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Innovation! We're synergizing! Streamlining!
/other meaningless business school talk
/gets paid $200K
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WHEN THE RESEALABLE STRIP AT THE TOP TURNS BLUE, THAT MEANS YOUR BAG IS CLOSED!
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:10 PM PST up reply actions
Thinking about how to do that chemically is fascinating. Sure it’s a dumb thing to do; but it’s kind of cool to think about how to do that dumb thing.
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The thing about those Coors commercials that I really love is the two-pronged hidden message:
Prong One: Take the focus away from the beer.
Prong Two: Encourage the consumer to consume the beer at its coldest, when the flavor is at its lowest.
In short: Please buy, but try not to taste, our beer. If you taste it, you may stop buying it.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:12 PM PST up reply actions
They really should just focus on the price.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 27, 2011 9:27 PM PST up reply actions
What annoys me is that it teaches our society to hate room-temperature beer. Warms magnifies the taste of beer, instead of worsening it. If the beer sucks, it will worsen as it warms, but often if a beer is good, it will taste BETTER as it warms.
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Mayor of Smug.
I think this illustrates why they don’t want you to let it get warm.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 7:27 AM PST up reply actions
ONE BLUE LINE MEANS IT'S CLOSED
THE SECOND BLUE LINE MEANS IS SUPER CLOSED
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."
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by scout6 on Nov 27, 2011 9:42 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
The thing with bags of chips is that once you open them, the chips fail to continue to exist long enough to get stale.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
You mean like Pringles?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Next Iron Chef
I don’t really think that was a shocking elimination.
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.
Ack
I’m watching it now. I don’t want to be spoiled, so I’ll see you in 40 minutes.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I tried not to spoil it!!!
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Concur..
Chef Falkner is hard core.
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They don’t say it outright, but I’m getting the sense that the judging keeps ending up as Symon and Joo vs Majumdar.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
You could be right. He’s a little….off. It sure looked that way tonight.
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TORTURED....DON'T LOOK !
Sorry…my bad..
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I feel like the eliminated person never really cooked up to their billing in the show, tbh. Middle of the pack every week.
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.
Yep, constant issues with that one.
GZ keeps breaking rules, but laying down great food. I hope it doesn’t catch up with him.
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I think he’ll be fine as long as he keeps pulling it off. I kind of like his attitude on the show, tbh, although it’s weird how it’s so at odds with how he acts on Chopped whenever someone ‘breaks the rules’.
And I thought it was weird that the judges didn’t get what he was going for with the story tonight, because I got it.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I get the feeling he likes to push the envelope in general. I’d really like to sit down with him for an hour or twelve and talk food.
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I have to say though
it’s really irritating that they keep harping on the “ONE DISH” thing, when it’s not actually a rule, but a recommendation. it’s not against the rules to make 2-4 dishes or whatever, it’s just riskier because there are more things that could go wrong.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
it’s really irritating that they keep harping on the "ONE DISH" thing,
It’s mainly Simon Majumdar. He’s a little whiney for my taste.
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He is irritating.
Yeah, nvsfg, I looked away too late and was spoiled. I like Chef Samuelsson, but he didn’t listen, so it’s not shocking he got offed.
I have been rooting for Falkner since week 2, so go Chef Falkner!
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Yeah, I like him a lot, but I don’t feel like he was really standing out much so far. I think he’s probably a better overall chef than Falkner, but he never seemed to show it on the show.
(Of course, if you listen to the conspiracy theorists, it’s all because Michael Symon hates him and they only want Food Network personalities to win, which is why Alex, Geoffrey and Anne are still safe. Of course, Marcus is a Food Network personality, so is Robert Irvine for that matter, and Falkner almost certainly isn’t, but it’s still true!!!)
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.
IRVINE IS TOO BUSY WITH HIS OTHER AMAZING SHOWS.
HE PROBABLY DID NOT WANT TO BE THE NEXT IRON CHEF ANYWAY BECAUSE HE HAD BETTER THINGS TO DO!
/runs off sobbing
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
Conspiracy theories are bullshit. It seemed to me like Samuelsson made a few more mistakes overall in the competition so far and that’s why he was kicked out.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I don't think he was particularly impressive at any point in the show.
Didn’t seem to deserve the praise he was getting from everyone.
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 looked REALLY pissed off when they kicked him off.
It was kind of awkward sending him and Falkner back at the exact same time.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah, that was a bit awkward.
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
They were, like, clapping for Falkner and consoling Marcus at the same time.
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.
Plus the whole
“Wait, who won? You? No, you?”
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 didn’t even seem to ever get much praise from them. I don’t know if he ever made the top 3 once the whole time. I thought it seemed like he was skirting by on reputation for most of the show, actually.
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.
Praise from the other chefs in the competition.
MacMillan was all over him, when he was eliminated tonight Guarnaschelli called him the best chef that was on the show, etc.
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
Oh yeah, definitely
But other than the bright yellow outfit he wore to the comedy club last week, he just didn’t stand out much on the show when you looked at how he did each week.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah I won't miss him.
I really have no clue who I am rooting for anymore. I guess I could be boring and root for Anne.
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 have just the person for you!
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.
He has come off a bit more dickish in the last episode or two.
Which he never seemed to do on Chopped. He always seemed one of the more friendly Chopped judges.
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
Really? He’s my favorite Chopped judge (which is why I’m rooting for him), but I’ve always felt like he’s kind of an ass on it and his bitchfaces at contestants are second only to Guarnaschelli and Conant.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I think the worst Chopped judges are (worst being meanest)
Guarnaschelli
Santos
Conant
They always seem to be the biggest bastards.
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
oh yeah, Aaron is probably the nicest judge on the show
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.
By far.
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 my second favorite
i loved that the judges competing episode came down to him vs Geoffrey.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
The Chopped Tournament was awesome.
Even if the two non superstar episodes featured people I could not care about.
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 keep seeing people say Santos is mean and I really don’t see it. I find him kind of bland because he doesn’t seem to ever stand out as being super nice (Amanda, Marcus, Marc I guess) or being super mean (Guarnaschelli, Conant, Zakarian)
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.
He's always complaining about plating
the taste of a sauce, what it needs, etc.
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
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Well, they all complain
I don’t feel like he comes off as as much of a jerk as Conant or Alex or even Geoffrey though.
Well, there was one episode where he reamed someone for calling a single chunk of pork on a baguette a “banh mi” but I was fully behind him on that one.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
That’s part of his charm, though!!!!
I think he’s pretty arrogant and pretentious, but I feel like he generally backs it up. And I’m not going to lie, his twitter account is really endearing.
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.
OK
What’s the deal with Anne Burrell’s Einstein hair? Her food looks yummy most of the time.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I’m not sure, she has to realize it makes her look like a female Guy Fieri, right???
But I guess she’s been around longer than 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.
Yeah
who would want to be associated with Fieri in any conceivable way?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
OTOH
if that’s her style, more power to her for not letting someone as gross as him make her change her ways.
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.
She has been like that forever. Longer than Fieri.
Even when she was Batalli’s sous chef.
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 miss Batali
and Morimoto. They never actually do any Iron Chefs anymore, do they?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Bobby Flay is the only one anybody challenges anyway. Unless they want to win, in which case they challenge Cora.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
I think Batali has retired from it, but I’m pretty sure Morimoto is still officially one.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I loved him from since the Original.
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 no Michiba.
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by Johnny Disaster on Nov 28, 2011 8:13 AM PST up reply actions
Morimoto is there
I think they had Batali stop because the dude never lost.
Wikipedia had him at 24 battles and only losing 5 of them.
LOL Forgione has been in 4 battles and lost 3 of them. IRON CHEF!
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
Holy shit
Symon is 22-4-1!
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
Symon is a really good chef
And is a pretty funny guy as well.
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He really should be a bit more careful.
His personality is not what I would look for in an Iron Chef. Then again Forgione won and he has the personality of a cutting board.
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 missed the Forgione season for some reason. Who did he compete against?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Ummm
Andrew Kirshner (Wilshire, Los Angeles, CA)
· Bryan Caswell (Reef, Stella Sola, Little Bigs, Houston, TX)
· Celina Tio (Julian, Kansas City, MO)
· Duskie Estes (Zazu Restaurant + Farm, Santa Rosa, CA, Bovolo, Healdsburg, CA)
· Maneet Chauhan (Vermillion, NYC)
· Marc Forgione (Marc Forgione, NYC)
· Marco Canora (Hearth, Terroir Wine Bar, NYC)
· Mario Pagan (Chayote, Lemongrass, San Juan, Puerto Rico)
· Mary Dumont (Harvest, Hampton Falls, NH)
· Ming Tsai (Blue Ginger, Wellesley, MA)
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
Today was the first time I’ve seen him and he seemed really dull.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah, last season as a whole was not half as exciting as this one already.
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 think I read somewhere that Forgione has only done like 3 battles so far and lost two of them.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah. He's one 1 of 4.
ALUMINUM CHEF!
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 like the Conspiracy theories because no one actually seems able to agree on who the chosen one is. Most are going with Guarnaschelli or Burrell, but some people are saying Falkner or Zakarian!!!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I stopped believing in conspiracies on this show
when Symon beat Besh in the first season.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Well they are told to make one dish. Even this week it was "One dish to tell the story" as Brown said.
You could claim they mean one plate of something, because they don’t specify what one dish is. It’s very hard to tell.
The judges don’t help by claiming it’s against the rules one week, then saying they discourage it another, but then continually let people who do it get away with, not just Zakarian.
Like 3 other people have done it on the show, granted, some of them are gone now but they did not lose because of that.
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 dunno
you go to a restaurant and get “one dish” and I think you could get something that looked like what Geoffrey put out there tonight. So I think “one dish” could equal a plate with five components on it or with 4 components or two or whatever (there was one time where they criticized Marcus for putting out something like a steak sandwich with french fries and called it ‘two dishes’, which i thought was bizarre).
I think the criticism comes when, like tonight, one half of Samuelsson’s dish was clearly not as good/didn’t fit with the other half.
Zakarian is making me nervous with all the rebelliousness and whatnot though!!! Stop getting scolded and put in the bottom two/three!!
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 yeah, I totally agree
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah
But I love the whole “WOW, THIS PERSON GOT ELIMINATED, NOW WE KNOW HOW SERIOUS THIS COMPETITION IS” after every freaking week.
And I gotta saym your guyZakarian is really skirting around.
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 kind of loved how during the Secret Ingredient Showdown tonight, the other judges were just wandering around eating all the leftover bagels.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
It’s got to be annoying for the competing chefs to have the lookliloos around like that.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I thought it was funny they were all just standing around and getting in the way.
And continually shouting at the chefs. “Chef Faulkner, are you grilling bagels?” “Your bagels are still on the grill” “DON’T FORGET YOUR BAGELS ON THE GRILL”
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 part where it was like:
Burrell: “Wow, that looks gross. I hope it tastes good.”
Guarnaschelli: “No you don’t.”
cracked me up.
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.
Anne's face after that was funny.
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
Reading about the end of that episode almost made me want to have watched it.
Almost.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
I forgot that this thread actually started with Walking Dead
and I thought you were talking about Next Iron Chef.
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.
Why did not one of those annoying characters get bitten?
At least an annoying character got killed on Boardwalk Empire.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Something notable happened!
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 28, 2011 12:43 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but
am I supposed to root for the asshole now? I wanted someone to shoot Shane in the leg, and then calmly take the zombies out from the loft in the barn. Jeesus.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I’m thankful for Shane. Without him everyone would be sitting around chopping vegetables and we’d never see any zombies.
You’d think his affection for mrs Rick would have died down after last week.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
by ResDog on Nov 28, 2011 8:29 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I like the idea of Shane, but the execution is terrible. It’s way over the top. And everything else in the show is way “under the bottom” so it makes him even more offensive.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
He did have a point though. That group would have been dead a long time ago if it weren’t for him. He was the one everyone looked to before Rick showed up. Carl would be dead if Shane didn’t shoot Otis.
Like Dale said, Shane was made for the zombie world.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
by ResDog on Nov 28, 2011 8:44 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I think his point would have better made had he just stopped after unloading a few rounds into that one zombie’s chest and then just left. But then we wouldn’t have found what’s-her-face.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 28, 2011 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t think Shane was trying to make a point. They’re a lot safer with the zombies dead so he killed them. I don’t think he’s going to bow his head and leave until Laurie tells him to leave. Until that happens, he’s kind of in charge now after that stunt.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
by ResDog on Nov 28, 2011 8:53 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
You don’t think he was trying to make a point?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 28, 2011 8:58 AM PST up reply actions
Shane: “zombies are bad, mkay?”. If no one was around I think he would have killed the zombies himself without a speech.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
by ResDog on Nov 28, 2011 9:10 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
He had that opportunity, you know, before they showed up with the 2 captive zombies. It was only then that he went off, saying things like, “they aren’t people.”
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 28, 2011 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
This appears to be the TV subthread.
Tonight is The Sing Off finale!
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!
/crickets
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 WOULD RATHER LISTEN TO THE CRICKETS, AMIRITE?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 28, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
/adjusts tie
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 28, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
The ratings haven’t been stellar this season. I hope that they move it back to the place it was in its first two years, when it aired mostly in December when no one else was doing original programming.
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!
ROCK CENTER WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
That's on after.
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!
Is it cancelled yet?
/ducks
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
Why. Why would you even say such.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
BTW
I was watching an old 30 Rock the other day, and it was the one where the writers play a drinking game where they take a shot every time the Today Show gives dumb travel advice, and I wanted to post it here for you, but I couldn’t find it, so oh well.
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!
Rick = Picard
Shane = Riker (as conceived originally)
Glenn = Geordi
Dale = Data
Daryl = Worf
Lori = Crusher
Carl = Wesley
Andrea = Yar
by Every6thDay on Nov 28, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
It was at the Academy, okay.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
And, actually, Wesley may have done it with Ensign Lefler in “The Game.”
by Every6thDay on Nov 28, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
No.
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Robin_Lefler
Robin Lefler
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Affiliation: Federation Starfleet
Rank: Ensign
by Every6thDay on Nov 28, 2011 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
He did have a crush on a princess who was a shape shifter.
(This isn’t her, but it’s from the episode, “The Dauphin.”)
by Every6thDay on Nov 28, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
I hope I can be forgiven for forgetting the names of forgettable characters.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I wasn't condemning you.
At worst, I was annoyed that I had to put in extra effort to inform you.
by Every6thDay on Nov 28, 2011 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
I'm lagging something like four episodes behind on TWD.
I actively dislike most of the characters, and am stunned that they continue to make raw rookie mistakes ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Why, oh why, won’t these assholes get eaten and give me a new crop of assholes to dislike?
Perhaps this is why Frank Darabont got fired partway through filming?
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 28, 2011 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
I am hoping that the show improves when it comes back with Darabont-less content.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
The problem with the show is
that it’s following the comic book’s form too much. A TV show needs to have a goal of some sort. That doesn’t mean they need to be on the hunt for The Cure each week, but there should be a goal. And if that goal was to fortify their position and live out their days on this farm, then that would work, too, because that would not be a goal shared by all and we could see the conflict/complications of that.
Of course, this is all just my opinion. I understand if most everyone else just thinks it’s boring. It kinda is.
by Every6thDay on Nov 28, 2011 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
My qualifying exam is tomorrow.
Someone tell me everything I need to know.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
if you dont know the answer
guess the longest most Italian possibility
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 27, 2011 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
I’m a chemist. This is unlikely to be the correct answer. Something German seems likelier.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
it doesnt work with german
so try the answer that has the most amount of vowels
excluding the vowel of “y”
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 27, 2011 9:29 PM PST up reply actions
Merope
I missed the Sharks game last night. What happened? (I know they lost, but otherwise.)
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
got outplayed in the second
schnieder played well
murrary had an own goal
it was close but the canucks were the better team
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 27, 2011 9:24 PM PST up reply actions
The cat is pissed we aren’t letting her snuggle with the ps3 anymore.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
My cat is getting wet food to help put his weight back on while his infected gums heal up enough for him to not be in pain from crunching on the dry food, but he’s never going to accept dry food again after getting all this wet food. Harumph.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:41 PM PST up reply actions
I just adopted a kitten at the Humane Society of NYC (my tortoiseshell lady is PISSED at me).
They said dry food is not so good for cats’ (especially males) digestive tracts anyway.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 28, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
I believe cats also aren’t as good as dogs/people/other things at regulating their water intake; they depend on water in their food to keep them hydrated.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Nov 28, 2011 9:17 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, dry food can potentially be hard on the liver (I think that’s right) long-term because of hydration issues. Cheap-ass dry food also has some stuff that cats can be pretty allergic to (all sorts of grains, various “meal” products). If I could afford it, he’d be on a raw food diet. When I have a salient income, he’ll be on a limited ingredient wet food diet. For now, he gets high quality limited ingredient dry food. Except for the next week or so, because of owie gums.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
And if you’re worried about your cat’s hydration, you can always check it by doing the skin-tug test.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve come to the conclusion that cats are gross. Sometimes I don’t mind them but overall they kind of creep me out.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
This is exactly how they feel about you
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 28, 2011 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
And humans in general.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 28, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Fair enough.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
There are times when they are eyeing a human and you can almost hear them thinking “if I were just a little bigger…..”
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
My tortoiseshell gets all riled up, runs over to her cardboard scratching pad, and totally fantasizes about it being my face.
DIGDIGdigdigdigdigdigdig
STARE
digdigdigdigdigdig
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 28, 2011 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
My black-and-white does that too.
And she is really not happy with us for adopting a new cat this weekend, either
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
LOL TEBIOW
LOL ALEX SMITH
LOL GIANTS OFFSEASON
LOL GRANT’S NERVE TO TAKE A VACATION FROM THIS BLOG!
LOL HOWIE!
LOL FFX
LOL RDF
LOL SPECKOPS’ EXAM
LOL MY EARLY DAY AT WORK TOMORROW
LOL POLITICS
LOL GIANTPAIN’S CAREER CHOICE
LOL THE ECONOMY
LOL EUROPE’S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AND THE PROBABLE EFFECT IT WILL HAVE ON ME MAKING MONEY
LOL MY CARDIO-RESPIRATORY ISSUES
LOL PHOBOS-GRUNT
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 27, 2011 9:28 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I think every thread needs a Lars summary
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 27, 2011 9:30 PM PST up reply actions
Once around the Blog with Lars
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
LOL MARS
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
The Lars Rover
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
The Rars Lover
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 27, 2011 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
XXXX
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
lol
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 27, 2011 9:43 PM PST up reply actions
LOL NINERS' O-LINE!
What? They deserve a little blame for that sackfest on Thursday night.
They played like crap
And the Ravens defense was totally on. Made for a shitty post dinner watching experience.
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
Anthony Davis looked a lot like Kwame Harris.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:57 PM PST up reply actions
My netbook is displaying things in funky colors now. It is two years old and should probably be replaced. All of the black colors are red now.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 27, 2011 9:32 PM PST reply actions
LOL YOUR SCREEN
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Maybe it’s just plugged into the economy.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
by Merope on Nov 27, 2011 9:33 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
It got an e-mail about Cyber Monday and is trying to drop you a hint.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
BLOG LINKS AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY MOVING TOWARDS CONSERVATIVE VALUES
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
Oh shit Urbs is doing pitching lessons now
o_O
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
At least he's not giving fashion tips
/earring
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
I saw that. Looks like he is trying to find some additional revenue streams.
Makes me feel bad if true.
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'm sure there are plenty of ppl less qualified teaching baseball
You gotta make a living some how. I can respect that.
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
True, but a bummer for a guy who 3 months ago was an analyst on television.
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
Haters gonna hate
Analysts gonna… anal?
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 a slow process though.
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
,
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 27, 2011 9:55 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair
I think he was doing pitching lessons even while he was on TV too. He would tweet about it every once in a while.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
He’s been giving pitching lessons for awhile. I don’t think it has anything to do with his lack of employment.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Well aside from the fact that he now has greater flexibility in his schedule.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Oh. That's good to hear then.
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
Its a personal decision
I also know a lot of guys who won’t do it though, because of the conflict of interest. And most of the guys selling lessons don’t know how to spot flaws, or defects, much less correct them.
Its pretty hard to justify taking money from a parent or kid who is facing a dead-end once they outgrow recreational must-play leagues.
by Roy Hobbs Jr on Nov 27, 2011 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
Tidus was just a dream
At the end of the game, he high fives his father as he fades from existence. Yuna was all “I LOVE YOU” and Tidus was all “LOL U” and didn’t say it back. And then Yuna does her best Emperor Palpatine with a closing address to the citizens of Spira.
I facepalmed about halfway through the ending.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 27, 2011 9:45 PM PST reply actions
It sets up the plot of FFX-2 though.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:46 PM PST up reply actions
ngl the ending made me cry the first time i played it
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.
now i hate tidus so it wouldn't anymore
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.
Never played FFX
Only experience with the characters is their idiot versions on Kingdom Hearts.
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
FFX is amazing
the best non 2d final fantasy imo
you should give it a chance
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 27, 2011 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
If I find it cheap somewhere when I am out and about.
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
no way, all the PS1 FFs are better
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
i put 8 and 10 about the same
I like 7 but I think its overrated within the series
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 27, 2011 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
ps1 tactics was amazing but its totally a different expierience
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 27, 2011 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
The Tactics Advanced games were awesome.
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
agreed
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 27, 2011 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
I'd rank them
9 > 7 > 8 > 10
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Ive never played 9
8 to me is like majoras mask
its not everyone’s cup of tea
but to those who do like it it is a work of art
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 27, 2011 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
My buddy thinks the same way. 8 has always been his favorite.
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
FF8 has been my favorite but the junction system did annoy me. I didn’t play 9 or 10, enjoyed 6 and 7, 12 got boring for me right at the end and I didn’t finish the last area leading to the final boss.
5 was just weird, and 13 really needed to open up the combat system earlier and more people wouldn’t have hated it.
I love 5
Best version of the Job System.
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.
8 is really great, but I think the battle system/junction system ends up being a bit broken/too exploitable in the end. And I never found Squall/Rinoa all that compelling. But as a whole, I do love the game and I’d put a pretty sizable distance between it and 10.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
wat
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!
9 was awesome
But 7 was way ahead of its time. The cut scenes that went straight into gameplay. It was also the first futuristic of any of the FF games, and it hit a home run.
7>PS1 Tactics>9>4>3>8>XBL Crystal Defenders
Those are the only ones I played
by Myemail21479 on Nov 28, 2011 7:20 AM PST up reply actions
NVM 3 and 4
Change those to 4 and 6 respectively… I always forget the SNES to Japan conversion rates
by Myemail21479 on Nov 28, 2011 7:22 AM PST up reply actions
xx
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 would imagine it would be hard to beat 7.
6 is still my fave.
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
Dunno still never finished VII
Upset to this day.
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
Aeris :(
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
BUT WHEN SHE DIES, IT'S FOR REAL
spoilers
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 was really dumbfounded that they would kill off such a key character. I kind of like it when stories do that though.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I just find it funny that you can literally bring back other characters from the dead
But not if they are killed in a cut scene.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
That is funny. I never thought about it.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
6 is my fave too
although when i played it it was 3 on the snes
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 27, 2011 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
6 is the best.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I got realm to level 65 and gave up
Everyone else 99
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
can of corn
If you guys ever get really bored you should watch the final fantasy retroseptive from game trailers
its basically a final fantasy documentary and its really really good
long though
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 27, 2011 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
Oh man. Destiny Island is by far the worst part of that game.
Once you get past that it’s pretty amazing.
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 friend I was playing with really loved it, so I think she was kind of disappointed when I threw the controller down in disgust and walked away.
I would recommend trying to grind through the beginning. The rest is really a lot of fun.
The second game is a lot like that two. It’s fun minus the THREE HOUR TUTORIAL AT THE START OF THE GAME
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
...too.
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
There was kind of a lot of stuff they didn’t follow up on in X. Then again, when they tried to, they had stuff like Lulu and her dead lover (?)‘s brother. So maybe it’s better they stuck to the imaginary water polo dude and his unsynched girlfriend.
Wakka's brother was Lulu's lover
And I have since read the storyline for FFX-2: Lulu and Wakka end up together which is kind of creepy.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 28, 2011 8:46 AM PST up reply actions
Pro tip : don't pee and cough at the same time
You end up farting too.
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
You’re telling me not to do this?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
you also run the risk of the cough causing your urine to stop midstream
and if youre not prepared for it and dont adjust your aim accordingly you could end up peeing in a direction you hadnt planned for
like on the cat
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 27, 2011 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
You bring the cat into the bathroom with you?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 28, 2011 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
I suppose in the absence of reading materials…
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 28, 2011 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
If you leave the door open, sometimes you have no choice but to have the cat in the bathroom with you.
This is one reason I always close the door.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 8:26 AM PST up reply actions
Sometimes you sit down without checking for toilet paper
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 28, 2011 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
This place is coming back to life
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Nov 27, 2011 10:08 PM PST reply actions
Subtle tie-in there to the Tim Tebow subthread that started it all.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 27, 2011 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
Shit I have to go to bed
Getting up at 5 in the morning tomorrow
nite everyone
Its been real
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 27, 2011 10:45 PM PST reply actions
On my docket for tonight
Six Crime and Punishment questions
fune fune fune fune
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Sounds like cruel and unusual punishment to me.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Yeah. Trying not to read about more protein radicals in chemistry. On a normal night, this would be early for me.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
.
The Devils is awesome.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
According to SI.com’s Jon Heyman, the Blue Jays are willing to trade first base prospect David Cooper.
Cooper is blocked at first base in Toronto by Adam Lind, who is under team control through 2016 at a team-friendly rate. The 24-year-old prospect batted .364/.439/.535 with nine home runs, 51 doubles and 96 RBI in 120 games this year at the Triple-A level. He was the 17th overall pick in the 2008 MLB Amateur Draft.
What a strange line he had last year.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=cooper006dav
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
by rotorueter on Nov 28, 2011 7:34 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Eh
I mean, I’d take him, but he’s not exactly a world beater for a 1B.
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!
And his line last year was in Vegas in the PCL right?
Place is crazy.
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!
Today's Weather
WHAT’S THIS, YOUNG WEATHER SCOUTS? SNOW IN THE DEEP SOUTH?
Apparently so. A low moving through Tennessee today will pull down cold air from the Midwest. As that cold air moves south, it will catch up to the moisture swirling around the low and cause some fairly significant snowfall in Mississippi, eastern Arkansas, western Tennessee and northwestern Alabama. Two to four inches are possible.
Rain will be prevalent across the rest of the Deep South and Mid-Atlantic today. Heavy rain will fall in areas from the Florida panhandle, north into the Appalachians. Tonight, that rain will move north and east into Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Flood watches are up for many areas in the South and Ohio Valley. Lighter showers are forecast for areas along a cold front from Maine to New York.
A ridge of high pressure centered over Oklahoma is keeping things dry and sunny across the nation’s midsection. Highs today will generally rise into the 40s and 50s.
In the upper Midwest, a frontal system brings partly cloudy skies to Minnesota, stretching southwest to the Rockies, thence to northern Nevada and central California. Partly cloudy and cool for the Pacific Northwest.
Our pick city is New Albany, Mississippi, Eli Whiteside’s hometown. Rain today, changing to snow tonight. 41 will be the afternoon high.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Buster was awesome yesterday
Love those Santa Anas
by Myemail21479 on Nov 28, 2011 7:42 AM PST up reply actions
So long as it doesn’t rain or snow Wed, Thurs, Fri or Sunday we’ll be good. It can do whatever it wants Tuesday and Saturday.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Things look good Wednesday through Friday, as per NWS Sacramento’s forecast. Too early for any certainty about the weekend.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Thankyou, Wunderground concurs and there’s supposedly nothing going on over the weekend too, but, you know, it’s the weather. Zeus could sneeze or something and everything will be outta whack.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
sorry guys .......
skyrim has been taking over my life …… what’d I miss?
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
November 1, 2010: Best/craziest/drunkest night of my life.
by GIANT stoner on Nov 28, 2011 7:56 AM PST via mobile reply actions
want to get this in the thread before Grant re-animates and I get chop'd
Hugo might be the best movie I’ve ever seen.
It was marketed as a kids movie and now it’s being touted as “Scorceses Loveletter to Cinema” and while it is more the latter than the former, it’s the first movie I’ve been to which simultaneously entertained my kids and stimulated my intellect. It speaks to all ages without being juvenile, condescending, or boring. It’s true that 3-6 year olds might find it long and less entertaining, but I have a 7 year old and a 4 year old who both enjoyed it. While there is some major banner waving for silent film and particularly the work of Melies—Kingsley’s character—there ar wonderful nuggets of wisdom and a healthy portion of sympathetic response to his story, particularly considering the current economic climate in our country and throughout the world.
What I saw in the movie was magical source material treated in a very mature and intellectually responsible manner. There are VERY powerful acting performances in the movie and extremely tense moments that hinge entirely on the acting and directing skills of a brilliant collection of talent. Kingsley was outstanding and a sure nominee for best supporting actor. The picture will also likely get a nom for best picture, director, art direction, as well as some technical categories.
I can’t rave enough about it. So perfectly done.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
I want to see it.
Of course, the love letter to cinema starts with Brian Selznick’s rather beautiful love letter to expressive form that is The Invention of Hugo Cabret, which is also where the focus on Melies and the silent film comes from.
I’m quite encouraged to hear the rest. The advertising was largely, how should I say, disappointing based on my experience with the source material. I didn’t really want to see the Home Alone 5: Lost in a Train Station in Paris that the commercials were selling (and I am a known no-big-fan of Sacha Baron Cohen).
There hasn’t been a movie in a long time that got me to the theater without friends. Now, in the course of a week, there’s Hugo and The Muppets. I may have to choose one, and unfortunately for Hugo it’s probably going to be The Muppets.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 8:33 AM PST up reply actions
Selnick’s book completely blew me away the first time I saw it.
Hopefully that books success and this films briliance will insprie publishers to take more risks with the books they publish.
The ending of the movie is tweeked from that in the book, but the ending of the book is so nested in the medium that it had to be different in a movie.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
Loverletter to Cinema is nice tag
But he said he wanted to make a move his daughter can watch, she is too young for all his R stuff. I would not look deeper than just a masterful film maker, doing his thing.
by Myemail21479 on Nov 28, 2011 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
The love letter aspect is inherent to the source. Whether or not Scorcese was trying to play to it, it would have been the result of sheer negligence if it weren’t there.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Nov 28, 2011 9:25 AM PST up reply actions
That’s what I thought. Visually and story-wise it was one of the most well-done, amazing movies I’ve seen. One of the few 3D movies I’ve seen where the 3D added to it. Just beautiful. The problem is that the plot really is a referential love-letter to movies, especially silent films. On that level, the plot isn’t really exciting because the discovery of an old moviemaker who had disappeared doesn’t have much stake to it. And as a kid flick, I really don’t see how it competes with dancing penguins. It’s much more a child flick that suckers adults into taking their kids too even if it’s more for them than the kids
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Nov 28, 2011 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Anyone know stuff about proxy servers? I’m tired of getting blacked out of local broadcasts for hand egg.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Have you tried any of the illegal streaming places?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 28, 2011 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
I stumbled upon this one from England on Thanksgiving. It worked well enough I guess but it was kind of fuzzy. If I could get around the local broadcast thingy I could watch it in HD and wouldn’t have to click through 50 google results before finding a crappy interwebz feed.
Seems to me a proxy server can fix my problem but I don’t have any experience with them. A quick google search produced some links for free software but that sounds pretty damn fishy.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
This one has nice graphics, but the quality of the stream is up to you.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 28, 2011 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
There so many cool Hanukkah gifts available this year. Curse my gentile lineage.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
I have Jewish family members. What have you found?
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I was reading an AP story about it, which pointed me to moderntribe.com.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
Cute photo/avatar!
(is someone holding a bottle in the lower right?)
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 28, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
Thank you! And, yes, someone (who I cut out of the picture) is holding a beer bottle. It was a bachelorette weekend in Tahoe.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I should invite Teebs to my bachelor party.
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
“Teebs”? Is that what we’re calling Tebow now?
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
If he was on the Giants he’d be Teebsie.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 28, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
Do you have a wedding coming up?!
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
Ugh, Mondays in the off season suck.
nothing but football on here today. Someone make a trade before I slit my wrists.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
SCHULMAN: CAIN TO YANKS IN EXCHANGE FOR 'PRETTY GOOD SEATS' AT YANKEE STADIUM
Sabean pleased with proximity to snack bar
I’m here to kick ass and drink sweet tea, and dammit, I’m all out of sweet tea.
LOL Defendant!
He’s being sentenced after a plea of nolo on a DUI, and in the middle of it all, he says, “oh, btw, I wasn’t driving” and then gets pissed off when the judge refuses to accept his plea.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
What part of ‘shut the fuck up’ did his lawyer fail to communicate to him prior to the sentencing?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 28, 2011 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Well he was trying to justify himself so that he was pleading out, without pleading out. He was saying without saying.
He actually interrupted the judge during the sentencing to ask to say something, the judge said yes, and he said, “I just wanted to say that I was only the passenger. I just want it on the record.”
Maybe the lawyer didn’t explain what pleading nolo actually means. I guess you could misunderstand “no contest.”
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
This impulse is exactly why shutting the fuck up is so essential in that situation.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 28, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I’m going to have to rec this.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Greened.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 29, 2011 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
While I was sitting in court for my traffic thing
There was a hearing on a DUI case where the public defender, bravely, made the argument that there was no way this could be a DUI, as his client was merely slumped over the steering wheel with the car in drive, and not actually moving when the officer spotted him.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
That was the similar defense in the DUI case I was on a jury for.
The defense conceded he had been in the car, but argued he never moved it.
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
Seems like an odd defense.
Isn’t that explicitly against the law anyway?
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 28, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
A DUI is worse then public intoxication
and the California DUI law applies when the vehicle is moved.
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
Huh.
For some reason, I thought DUI came into play as soon as you were in the driver’s seat (or passenger’s, if you have a prior), whether or not the keys were even in the ignition.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 28, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
GRANT!!
DANCE FOR ME, BLOG MONKEY!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 28, 2011 10:28 AM PST reply actions
AHAHAHHAHAHHAHA TEEBS TAKES OVER MEDIA
@npratc All Things Considered
It’s come up MANY times in our morning mtg & today it may finally make it to the show: a discussion of the cult of Tim Tebow
Good ol' Teebs.
Ooh! That is sports related. Your listeners are going to flip out.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 28, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Fun Fact:
Skip Bayless, resident moron of ESPN’s First Take, just this morning said he would rather have Tim Tebow over Aaron Rogers in the last 2 minutes of a football game.
The downside to that of course, aside from being insane, is that you also then have Tebow the first 48 minutes.
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
Skip Bayless is a troll.
In both the internet and Scandinavian senses of the word.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 28, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
You guys won't have Biggie to kick around any more
MONDAY, 12:13pm: A friend of Broxton tells Joel Sherman of the New York Post that all things being equal, the reliever wants to be close to his Georgia home. Sherman finds the Braves unlikely, but thinks the Marlins or Rays make sense. Abbott told Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times this morning that a tentative deal should be reached in the next few days, but his client won’t be returning to the Dodgers.
Since when is a “friend” a reliable source?
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 probably just wants to get away from Donnie Two-Times.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 28, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Could have used another Molina
The Rays officially announced the signing of catcher Jose Molina today to a one-year deal with a club option. The $1.8MM deal pays $1.5MM for Molina’s 2012 salary and includes a club option at the same price for ‘13 with a $300K buyout. Molina jumps to the top of the Rays’ depth chart, as yesterday they traded catcher John Jaso to the Mariners for reliever Josh Lueke and a player to be named later or cash considerations.
Also LOL Blue Jays.
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
Gotta love those comp. picks
Really gonna miss all that cheap talent.
So...
was anyone else half-expecting Sabean to try to bury some horrendous cost cutting move under the cover of a long holiday weekend?
/exhales
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
THE LAZY BUM IS BACK!
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/11/28/2592455/a-sort-of-appreciation-of-jonathan-sanchez
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
Albert Pujols
Jeff Passan:
A team-by-team rundown with those executives placed the St. Louis Cardinals as heavy, heavy favorites – "I’m 100 percent certain he’s going back there," one said – with … well, there’s the rub: They had trouble identifying another team Pujols seriously would consider.
The Florida Marlins don’t qualify despite their offer to Pujols, which was for less than the Cardinals proposed nine months ago. They’re using Pujols for publicity just as he tried to use them for leverage. Theirs is a marriage that never will consummate.
@SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman
hearing #cardinals aren’t moving up from 200-210M for 9 they offered albert before season. still the team to beat tho
He certainly does.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 28, 2011 6:55 PM PST up reply actions
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