Uninformed Trade-Mongering, Vol I: Alexei Ramirez
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 15, 2011 1:52 PM PST
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PrintJim Bowden has a column up suggesting that the Giants trade Heath Hembree, Eric Surkamp, and Ehire Adrianza to the White Sox for Gordon Beckham. I'd like to think that Sabean is pals with him, and that they two are exchanging all sorts of texts with lols, omgs, and no u's right now. There might be a player worth three of the top ten prospects in a thin system. Beckham isn't one of them. He's a non-tender candidate next year, not a centerpiece.
Beckham isn't a shortstop anymore, and he's a pretty lousy hitter for a starter -- last year was something like Manny Burriss with 10-homer power. That's before we even get to Former All-Star and Batting Champion Freddy Sanchez's imminent return, where he'll make several million dollars to be fully healthy and just as good as new. It's just a nonsensical trade idea.
Let's pause and reflect that there are some here among us who decried the selection of Buster Posey in the 2008 draft. Some of you preferred Beckham. I know who you are. There will be a day of reckoning for you and your ill-formed opinions.
But the White Sox are intriguing trade partners. Mark Buehrle is gone, and Sergio Santos was traded away. And while I'd love to see an Adam Dunn for Zito swap -- put him at short! -- the Giants-bait on the White Sox roster is their shortstop, Alexei Ramirez. Before we go any further, it's a good idea to remind everyone that Ramirez isn't a great hitter. He's pretty okay for his position.
Edgar Renteria, final season with the Giants: .276/.332/.374, OPS+ 93
Alexei Ramirez, 2011: .269/.328/.399, OPS+ 97
At no point before Game 5 were we thinking, "Man, all we had to give for this Renteria guy was money?!? He's AWESOME!" A .330ish OBP with just a hint of power isn't exciting. It's cromulent. No more, no less. As a high-profile, gut-the-farm-to-save-the-offense move, trading for Alexei Ramirez wouldn't work.
But Renteria also preceded Tejada and Orlando Cabrera, who were like the Ghosts of Summer Future. In this version, the GM makes the same moves over and over and over, getting visits from 12 different ghosts before they give up. But we're scared straight, alright. We know what a bad shortstop looks like, whereas we only thought we did before.
A lot of Alexei's value comes from his defense, which is hardly exciting, especially when Brandon Crawford is just fine in that department. But where Crawford will struggle to ever hit better than Renteria at his worst, Ramirez is pretty danged average with the bat already. The best comp for a Giants fan would be Rich Aurilia, minus the absurd 2001. A little power, perfectly fine with the glove, and a good chance at being a starting first baseman for the Giants in a decade.
So what would you give for Ramirez? That's the problem: The White Sox would ask for Gary Brown, the Giants would say no, and then they'd both race to see who could hang up faster. I honestly don't think there's a fit for the two teams. Ramirez is under contract for four years and $32.5 million -- perfectly reasonable. There's no reason the White Sox should be in a rush to trade him, and if they can't pry a top prospect from a team, why bother?
That's all true. But something else that's true: Kenny Williams is crazy. He's the kind of guy who could raise a son who wears too much white on his shoes. Yeah. Crazy. Well, maybe not in the classical sense, but he's certainly not predictable. And I can see the idea of Heath Hembree rattling around in his brain until he snaps.
I don't know what a smart offer would be. Maybe start with Zack Wheeler, toss in Thomas Neal, and go from there. But if there's any chance that the White Sox would trade Alexei for something like what Bowden was offering on the Giants' behalf, I'd hope they'd would seriously consider breaking into the rainy-day fund for that. As a realistic, somewhat-inexpensive option for the next couple of seasons, there probably isn't a shortstop in baseball who makes more sense.
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by Smoke on the Water on Dec 15, 2011 11:18 PM PST up reply actions
I expect Rollins to fall off a cliff.
Ramirez, not so much. I’d still like Rollins, don’t get me wrong, but given the choice between the two …
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 15, 2011 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
Allegedly coming off wrist surgery? That has Sabes written all over it
Matt Cain is better than you, but apparently not cool enough for Showtime.
by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
He's been climbing his way back up.
He’s like Sisyphus.
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A .330 OBP would probably be among the top three in our lineup next year.
Matt Cain is better than you, but apparently not cool enough for Showtime.
by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:04 PM PST reply actions
Yeah, I just didn’t want to go all debbie-the-downer this early in the thread, but that should read “would probably lead the Giants”
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
He’d be hitting either lead off or 2nd so that is a good thing.
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Absolutely.
A .330 OBP on this team is nothing to sneeze at.
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Well he’d be hitting there due to his defensive position but yeah .330 would certainly be welcome.
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Nice.
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure about that
Pagan or Cabrera will be leading off and the #2 spot is reserved for Sanchez. He only gets a shot there when Sanchez gets injured.
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I saw Alexei play
at the mausoleum known as U.S. Cellular Field in his rookie (2008) season. He launched one of his 21 homers and had good range, although his arm was a bit erratic. I wouldn’t mind having him but I don’t see Kenny Williams trading him without a replacement, and how much are we really willing to give up that Williams wants?
I afraid this is one of those deals (as Grant says from the start “Mongering”) that is pure rosterbation. Kinda like the one I have for Joey Votto . . .
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by Soulbrother16 on Dec 15, 2011 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe this comment was hyperbole, but...
…I think there will be at least 4 Giants who have a OBP of better than .330 in 2012:
Posey, Panda, Sanchez and pick from Huff, Cabrera, Pagan (all of whom have better than .330 career OBP
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The question with Sanchez has always been how many games will he play.
If it’s a .330 OBP over 40 games it doesn’t really help.
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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It's interesting that people like Sanchez is made out of glass
but yet thinks Beltran will play for a full year.
Last 3 years, Beltran has played 287 games, Sanchez has played 282.
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people think Sanchez...
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I agree with this. Frankly, it speaks volumes about this fanbase (or site) that Beltran is seen as the answer. Whoever gets him will probably get a microcosm of his 2 months with the Giants – injured for half the time, excellent for half the time, not enough to help.
There you go, I projected something!
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
The only thing that speaks volumes
is attributing any one thing to entire fanbase or site.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
I will go on record here as saying that at this point, I don’t want them to sign Beltran (unless of course his market comes crashing way down, but that applies to pretty much anyone capable of putting up + war numbers)
The way the roster stands now, if Beltran signs with the Giants, Belt doesn’t play, probably doesn’t even make the team. I don’t believe the difference between Beltran and Belt is great enough to justify the money they’d be spending on Beltran.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
I respectfully disagree
If we can get Beltran for around $10M a year for 2 years with a third year club option, I say sign him. That will free up deals to move Nate and still give Belt breathing room. Even 120 games a year from Beltran’s bat will be well worth it.
Don't believe everything you think.
That doesn't really tell the story.
Sanchez:
2009: 111
2010: 111
2011: 60
Beltran:
2009: 81
2010: 64
2011: 142
One of these is not like the other. One of these is more recently healthy.
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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Come on
Sanchez was injured while diving for a ball and it happened to be a season ending injuries.
Beltran had major knee surgery three years ago and has had multiple DL trips because of his knees.
I would say that the risk is about equal.
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One of these things is not like the other...
Sanchez was injured while diving for a ball and it happened to be a season ending injuries.
Beltran had major knee surgery three years ago and has had multiple DL trips because of his knees.
one is a routine play for a second baseman, and one was surgery.
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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Yes
cause players never sustain season ending injuries on seemingly routine plays.
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Can you think of any position players who have? I mean, do you want Flappy back?
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Haven't lots of players slid into bases
and either broken their wrists or torn up their knee/ankle?
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I don't remember if I preferred Beckham
But I didn’t like the Posey selection.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 2:06 PM PST reply actions
The Sox love Alexei way too much to give him up for anything less than...
3 of our top 4 prospects.
I was at a Chicago White Sox game last season and I started a conversation about the team with one of fans and they say that aside from Konerko, the “Cuban Missile” is their best position player.
I would love 15 HRs and .330 OBP from our SS, but I think it would be impossible to pry him away from the Sox this season or the next.
You're probably right.
Counterpoint: Kenny Williams is crazy
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 15, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Crazy like a fox?
1. Kenny Williams bites Sabean.
2. Sabean gets rabies.
3. ????
4. Profit!
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by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 15, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Brian would turn into a Kenny Williams doppelganger whenever the moon was full.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Oh...shit.
4. Profit!
4. Malaise.
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by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 15, 2011 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
It probably isn’t true, but I sometimes feel like Kenny Williams is the only GM in baseball now would non-ironically inquire about Barry Zito.
The ironic hipster GMs, of course, haven’t stopped texting Sabean about Zito since the day he signed him.
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I would love 15 HRs and .330 OBP from our SS
Well, if you could lower your expectations on OBP just a tad you could have Yuni Betancourt for almost nothing.
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by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 15, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
In this version, the GM makes the same moves over and over and over, getting visits from 12 different ghosts before they give up.
This made me LOL.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 2:07 PM PST reply actions
His nickname is Cuban Missile
Andres Torres was a track and field star at Miami Dade, running the 100 meters in 10.37 seconds, the second fastest recorded 100 meter time for all major league baseball players, behind Deion Sanders' 10.26
IIRC he hit a gut punch home run against the Giants once.
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Er. Is that what your picture is?
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That looks like a detroit catcher.
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by say hey nation on Dec 15, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
I think I remember that HR it was extra innings and had serious playoff implications, if not a playoff game itself.
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by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 15, 2011 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Here is the reason why I want him on the team. I just want to scream his name Hawk Harrelson-style:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=5699087
And here is the HR jhiat00 is referring to:
Cuban Hands!
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by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 15, 2011 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
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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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It looks like he has Mickey Mouse hands.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
I don't want to give anyone up
but I want to continue the tradition of getting a random veteran SS that’s only slightly less mediocre than the one we have, for 10 times the price. That sounds like a plan!
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
only slightly less mediocre than the one we have
You valuation of Crawford is seriously out of whack with his ability; and that is even considering his defense.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Crawford will make Nick Punto look like an All-Star
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
I'm just trolling y'all.
But seriously, what about the payroll? They’d have to send more than prospects and that’s where it gets sticky.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Brian Sabean lives for sticky
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Dude's a 4-WAR shortstop.
If the Giants acquire him, I can’t see anybody really complaining about the deal. They’re very close to all-in with the Beltran trade as it is anyways.
It depends on who they give up.
I’m sure there would be screaming if it was Cain.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I would too, but why in the world would one assume that a contending team looking to improve the roster would trade anything but prospects for a positional upgrade?
Because of the $130M/RDF. For that price, they could have had Beltran.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Yeah, but how many prospects would you have to send to make up the $8m per?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Guillermo Mota is the second-largest free agent signing this team has made
If we don’t talk about hypothetical trade scenarios, what’s left?
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Holy smokes
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
Gee, why did you bring it up, Grant?
That’s all true. But something else that’s true: Kenny Williams is crazy. Yeah. Crazy. Well, maybe not in the classical sense, but he’s certainly not predictable. And I can see the idea of Heath Hembree rattling around in his brain until he snaps.
Ah, yes.
You could clear salary space by moving Affeldt and Fontenot
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there is no way that is true.
in case you havent noticed the White Sox go from rebuilding to contending as often as Brian Wilson dyes his beard. Next offseason they will be in contender mode.
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
If the White Sox are rebuilding=> They'd prefer prospects.
Is absolutely a true statement.
That’s the way if-then statements work.
If it is the case that the White Sox aren’t actually rebuilding, then the statement is still true.
this would assume that Kenny Williams wasn't Crazy
but Grant already told us he was.
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
Ramirez is 30, brah.
Past his prime, sure, but hardly creaky. There’s a difference between a vet who can play and a vet who’s halfway to a retirement home. Ramirez and Renteria represent that difference.
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Alexi Ramirez is way too good to be on the Giants.
A couple tings stand out…
he has a great glove, he actually can put together a competent season at the plate, he is signed to a really reasonable contract, and he plays a premium position, and he is only 30.
Look for the Ramirez signing in 2019.
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This is correct
And Crawford isn’t even going to come close to a competent season at the plate.
So to summarize: About the same glove with a WAY better bat than what the Giants currently have.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
I was squarely in the Gordon Beckham camp, and I certainly concede that I was very wrong about him versus Buster Posey. So yes, I am one of those people you were alluding to.
In my defense, let me add that I thought drafting Tim Beckham was a poor idea, and drafting him first overall was INSANE. I stand by that assessment.
So yeah, when do we get Gordon? After next season? Cool.
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of Cabrera.
I still think Beckham will be OK.
He was rushed.
Think: Alex Gordon.
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I actually would be very happy to pick him up cheaply.
And I keep meaning to tell you that I LOVE your Bible verse!
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of Cabrera.
hahahaha holy shit
14 a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
15 and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!"
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
In a word: RUN!
Sorry, when trying to evade a rampaging pack of Sabeans, runs are not an option.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Unless of course you mean “run” in a singular fashion. In that case it would totally apply.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
Hope like hell.
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that quote proves he is a not operating with a fully functioning brain...
gee golly gosh i hope like hell we can score 4 runs a game, nothing from or past or present suggests that we will, but dang it if we just hope harder it could happen. I would rather have the little black kid from angels in the outfield running the team.
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
Might as well have Danny Glover coach too.
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Maggie, oh Maggie are we both getting adopted!!! What a great day!!!
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Many teams operate in a reality-based environment
The Giants, however, are proud members of the faith-based community.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Yes. I include the verse for ironicalness.
I am whole-heartedly not a Christian.
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Job is in the Old Testament
You don’t need to be a Christian
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the book of job brings the lulz
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 leviathan and the behemoth are particularly noteworthy
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
i love that part
Job: “Dude, what the hell did you do that for?”
God: “I can create fucking LEVIATHANS, don’t question me.”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
The book of Job is a great story of a man clinging to faith in the face of overwhelming adversity
and also proof that God when He wishes can be the world’s biggest troll. When Job asks what he did to deserve his fate, God pretty much replies “LOL U MAD BRO”
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
exactly
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.
Jehovah really comes out looking bad in that one.
Plus, if he’s the one true god, who is he betting with? And isn’t betting a bad thing?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
ask Pete Rose
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by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 8:43 AM PST up reply actions
I like the theology of the Book of Job. In that story, Satan is really only God’s prosecuting attorney.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
Sorry to carry over the movie talk from last thread
but why does the Tintin movie need a director like Steven Speilberg? What is he directing?
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if you think megan fox has an attitude you should try working with Cary Elwes
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
He's directing the performances of actors for motion capture purposes. I believe this is his first attempt at the format.
It was an experiment for him. He could also attach his name to an international property that will make millions upon millions of dollars for him and the studio.
Probably more latter than the former
probably why Peter Jackson is the producer.
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Maybe that works for most directors, but Spielberg is pretty good at making both parts equal.
This could’ve been another comic strip/book shot live action, but they didn’t do that. And the motion capture process isn’t that much cheaper (rumored budget is $130+ million).
He was asked to just slap his name on Terra Nova. He did do that but also gave input. He is definitely up for a challenge.
In addition to providing the overall vision and creative direction within every scene.
by BestHyperboleEver on Dec 15, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
In addition to this, a director’s job is not limited to working with the actors.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 15, 2011 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
Huh
a 3rd MIB.
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I would do Brown, Joseph, Hembree, and Gillaspie for Starlin Castro instead.
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I like Castro
but his glove is made out of clank.
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no field, good hit < good field, no hit?
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Yeah
but as compared to getting Ramirez?
I mean if you are going good hit no field, you should go after A. Cabrera.
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Asdrubal Cabrera is an above average defender.
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
jk
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
not according to either Baseball Reference or Fangraph.
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i was kidding
his range and UZR are weak, but he does have soft hands and can start a sick DP.
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
Good joke.
Surely you wouldn’t have made an assertion without first confirming the evidence behind it.
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haha yeah that was a hilarious joke...one of my best
i actually was watching this over and over again dreaming of a better place….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f1IS_EQZoA
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by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
They are pretty similar, except for age.
That 5 year difference will be big in 10 years.
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21 year old 3WAR SS
Nothing smells of superstar for next 15 years there
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 15, 2011 8:51 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Nah
The Giants are all set at SS.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 8:53 PM PST up reply actions
Hell Naw.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Brown is worth a whole lot more by the time he reaches arbitration compared to Castro in his own time. Plus whatever Hembree adds, and if Joseph pans out…
That’s a lot of cost controlled talent. Upon review, I think you are either trolling or insane.
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why do i get the feeling Gary Brown will be the next Scott Podsednick
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by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
I’d like to see a season above A ball to make a determination either way. It is way too early to annoint him as the CF of the future.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 8:52 AM PST up reply actions
Are we really close enough to contending that we should consider trading prosepects?
Thank God for the NL West, I suppose.
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:20 PM PST reply actions
You saw what happened with the Cardinals last year and the Giants in 2010.
There really is no dominant team in MLB anymore. Everyone has flaws.
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I don't think they contend in the NL East
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
They get near 100 wins?
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
If the giants are in, I don't necessarily think everyone's at 100 wins
I think it’s closer to 94-95. Giants win like 86, and finish 3rd, but give a run at it for a while.
As of today, the way the lineup is set up...
I don’t think we sniff 86 wins in any division
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
That is a ridiculously low estimate of the team's ability.
I think their talent level lies just above that, not way below that.
Good golly
Giants won 86 games last year with a injury depleted lineup.
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Okay.
You guys are cheering me up.
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
underated
Posey and Panda. Those guys are awesome.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 15, 2011 8:54 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Teams are not as good as their previous year.
You’re looking at team-wide regression for the Phillies, as well as the fact that they are generally an old team so they will experience that sort of decline, and likely the losses of Rollins and Oswalt.
The Phillies’ talent level is closer to 90 wins than 100 wins, and the Giants can definitely contend with that.
I know, I know.
This offseason has just bummed me out. And I’m terrified of the pitching fall off an injury riddled cliff.
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
What strikes me funny...
is that Sabean’s “Bonds Plan” would work NOW with our pitching staff.
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This.
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
sabean is a mental midget
he might be crazier/dumber than kenny williams
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
sabean's pride is so bright he has to wear shades
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
Le fixe
he IS
might be crazier/dumber than kenny williams
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Kenny Williams has been pretty average as a GM. 3 playoff appearances and 1 WS since 2000. Average wins in the low to mid 80s in one of the worst divisions in baseball.
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ORLY
Except that the “Bonds” in said “Bonds Plan” didn’t exist simultaneously with said “pitching staff.” Chronology is a bitch like that.
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And so are you.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 15, 2011 6:05 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
haha
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
At least I wasn’t making a personal attack.
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me thinks the DisastrousOne was just making a joke.
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Since Chi Sox are in full on rebuild
I don’t know who we could really give up realistically. Gary Brown is kind of rough to part with since our needs for CF are going to be just as dire as they are for SS in a couple years, maybe even next year, but if you wanted to package Runzo the wonder dog, a solid catching prospect, and something/someone else to sweeten the deal and it works, awesome, but I fear any deal they’d actually take would not work
Cool story bro.
This offseason sucks if all we have to talk about is potential trades that won’t happen.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Dec 15, 2011 2:27 PM PST via mobile reply actions
could you imagine
what this site would be like if they actually did analysis and had statistical research backing up anything…it might actually be worth reading.
This just in…if the Giants trade 9 out of their top 10 prospects and either matt cain and or Tim Lincecum or Madison Bumgarner they might be able to get Adrian Gonzalez.!
Discuss.
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:30 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd for the irony
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He posted a picture a few days ago, so clearly he still exists.
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He promised us so much.
I was hoping to finally understand WAR. (Although, you guys helped me today, thanks.)
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Brisbee jacked his account to do it
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Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, champ.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 15, 2011 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
Dude, it’s Dec. 15 in an off-season in which the team announced it won’t sign anybody else. Trades, however unlikely, are pretty much all we got.
your right
we should do an open mic night
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by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 8:49 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a long offseason. It gets tricky to mix shit up and write a daily post for a team that’s shutting it down for the offseason.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 15, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Gatorade vs. Power Water
discuss.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 15, 2011 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
We don’t really talk about the Giants much anyway, why worry, Grant? Just make us laugh, we’ll follow you anywhere.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
like a blind puppy dog.
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
We still have All-Sport up here!
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Well, that will change.
Eventually, it all comes to streaming. I did begin watching Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
It’s definitely for kids. But I like it so far. Nice worldbuilding. Fun characters. Not too annoyingly screamy for anime.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Can it be anime if it’s all written and produced in the US? I don’t think so.
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Are you proud of your prejudice? Does it make you happy?
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 15, 2011 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
I'M A PURIST I JUST LIKE THINGS TO BE PURE AND UNVARNISHED OKAY? RACE, ANIME, GRAIN ALCOHOL, WHATEVER
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Imagine a cartoon Condoleeza Rice in mouse form, and she wants to rule the world, but she’s stuck with a half wit for a sidekick.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 15, 2011 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Or...
you could imagine the Giants pitching staff trying to win a world series with the 2011 version of the offense. The injuries stand in for the zany, crappy coincidences that always kept Brain from achieving total world domination.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Dec 15, 2011 11:25 PM PST up reply actions
Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?
I think so Brain, but isn’t Burriss better leadoff than in the two hole?
This
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
VEHEMENT DISAGREE
So depends on what you’re looking for. One of the great things about the Animaniacs is that virtually every skit had an educational underpinning. Ren and Stimpy…. Not so much. I would much rather my kids watch Animaniacs over Ren and Stimpy.
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Pinky was never in competition against The Brain!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
This is probably the best idea ever.
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by El Person on Dec 15, 2011 3:11 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If I do something like that, do I get to keep the vote money?
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 15, 2011 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
Far from the inventor
but I got this rap shit sold
and when I lock and load
I’m guaranteed another video
Big Pop, without question….
However, Hit ’em Up is an all-time classic
An intense, hard-hitting, passionate diatribe of hate directed towards Biggie
I still listen to Biggie, and I’m a 39 year old white man…hah
by bernardking on Dec 16, 2011 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
how about you pop by draysbay..just poke around and see if anything comes to you?
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
Or...You could do that?
I’m sure no one would notice.
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He's like Grant, but fun size.
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Perhaps he means this?
This goes out to all the early morning nerds.
I stumbled upon this fun li’l tidbit before the sun rose: The Rays had the second worst BABIP in the league (tied at three decimals with the Giants), but had 1 of the league’s only 9 teams with above average hitting (over a 100 wRC+, that is).
Only two ways you can do that: (1) dingers and (2) great OBP skills.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 15, 2011 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
i do
i go there when i want to read about baseball…
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by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 8:51 AM PST up reply actions
I don't envy you because of that.
We all know it sucks right now. At least you give us a place to congregate.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Dec 15, 2011 4:25 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I think you should write about anything you want to on your own blog
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
That’s all true. But something else that’s true: Kenny Williams is crazy. He’s the kind of guy who could raise a son who wears too much white on his shoes. Yeah. Crazy.
I wonder if there’s anyone on the Giants who’s been fined for wearing wrong-colored shoes.
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Its so sad
Those shoes were awesome before the marker got a hold of them.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 15, 2011 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Let's rosterbate.
CF Pagan
SS Ramirez
C Posey
3B Sandoval
1B Belt (LOL)
LF Melky
RF Nate
2B Sanchez
Not great, not bad.
Throw Beltran in there in place of Nate and move im to third and slide everyone down and you’ve got something.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
I don’t know about great, but it’s serviceable.
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I don’t expect Posey to ever have the sort of power he had in 2010 again.
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Due to the injury? Falloff? Or you thought it was a fluke? I’m a little worried about this too.
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
The injury might have an effect, but it seems like a fluke. He never showed that power in the minor leagues; it came out of nowhere.
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Some portion of that power is flukey.
Some portion of it is be developed power. Nobody really knows what those proportions are.
What?
His ISO in the minors was around 200. His ISO in 2010 was 200.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
Sure
but his A+ ball line was: .326/.428/.540
and why wouldn’t his power numbers go up as he gets to his late 20s and has more MLB experience.
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They should.
But not that much. I hope he retains about 80% of that power but expect it to be more like 60%.
Now I think you're projecting a tad on the pessimistic side.
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly
ISO doesn’t translate 1:1 from the minor leagues to the major leagues.
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He has just as many AB's in the pros as the minors.
At this point it’s hard to say which was a fluke.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
Well, the minors are also professional
But he was never supposed to have this kind of power based on scouting reports; moreover, his ISO isn’t .200 across all his major-league at-bats, only 2010. His 2011 ISO was .105, which might be a little low but seems more reasonable.
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He wasn’t supposed to have power like that so soon, but saying he was never supposed to have that kind of power isn’t true.
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
I might be remembering wrong, but I don’t recall anyone ever pegging him as a power hitter.
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I may be as well, but I remember hearing that he would have to grow into his power.
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
But is
.500 Slg and .200 constitute a “power hitter”
That’s Alex Gordon numbers
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Hunter Pence
had an ISO of .188 and .502 Slg in 2011. I don’t consider him a power hitter.
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With all due respect.
Your consideration doesn’t really mean anything. He’s hit 20+ HRs each of the last 4 years. Dude’s got some pop.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
I am not saying that Gordon sucks
but I don’t consider him a “power hitter”
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he also is a great defender
which any pitcher would like manning LF
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
Those are also the numbers Juan Uribe put up in 2009. I would call that hitting for power.
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A .150 ISO might be reasonable (that’s what Joe Mauer’s done), but .200 is more than Posey can do consistently.
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Mauer was never a power guy
even in the minors
minor career slash of .330/.406/.427
He had 47 homers in 5 years excluding 2011 and his 28 homer in 2009.
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You said the power came out of nowhere.
It’s not like he was slapping the ball in AAA and suddenly started driving in out of major league ballparks against major league pitching. The guy has hit at every level. What makes you think that’s not true about the majors as well? The evidence seems to support the power.
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?
Buster had a slash of .333/.427/.542 in the minors and an ISO of about .200.
He hit .305/.357/.505 in 2010 with a .200 ISO.
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this sounds like what people were saying about Panda last off season.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
The issues there were different
That said, I did predict that he would hit .300 with 25 home runs.
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Different in a way
but losing 40 lbs took a lot of effort. Might be comparable to coming back from an injury.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Perhaps
I was more referring to 2010 being potentially flukish, though.
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I would tend to agree.
But I do remember seeing somewhere that it’s much harder to predict the power numbers of players with good opposite field power (like Posey). I believe it was a Fangraphs piece. So that’s something.
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Throw Huff in there though...
And BOOM!
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
Boom?
Is that the sound of the bottom falling out? Or a bubble bursting?
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
It's the sound of the buttons on his shirt popping off
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Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
It's the sound of the dynamite going
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Not to mention Huff is exercising like a mother fucker!
POW!
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Best shape of his… never mind.
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
best shape of his life
i heard vlade divac smoked during the season and that worked out.
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
Divac smoked during t.v. timeouts.
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by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
and shaved
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
the lack of suck at SS/C
is especially lovely.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
It looks fine, except that
You have to consider that any one given lineup will not play together more than 10 or 15 times, and that, guaranteed, on any given day, at least one or two of those players will not be in the lineup, but will instead have a replacement level scrub filling his spot.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
A bench of
Fontenot, Nate and either Huff or Belt is probably above " replacement level scrub"
They’d still be weak at backup C unless they’re serious about Panda strapping on the tools of ignorance
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Burriss will get plenty of PT. You'll see AAA callups filter up and down as the backups get hurt too.
You can’t just look at a lineup of average hitters and say it’s going to be average. The guys who will replace them are worse than them – if they weren’t worse, they’d be starting (with the exception of Fontenot, SS.).
Sure, the Giants bench looks like it’d be OK. But terrible players will get lots of ABs this year.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Go look at the 25th man on every team
Dbacks’ backup IFs are Bloomquist and MacDonald. That’s about the same as Fontenot and Burris.
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You can just look at a lineup of average hitters and say it's going to be average.
You see, the same qualification that you applied to the Giants’ lineup applies to every other lineup in baseball.
You’ll have Burriss and Pill and like it.
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Yerp.
Those appear to be two of the primary go-to guys heading into the season.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
OT: FUCK.
1:30 PM – Arizona flight booked for 3/2.
1:45 PM – Tickets for Rockies vs Giants and Brewers vs Giants Spring training tickets purchased.
2:15 PM – My Manager “Hey DJ, we are going to need to send you to Russia for the first two weeks of March.”
Me “Oh, ok. (FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU)”
Pwnd by life.
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It’s one of just a few things I miss about living in Phoenix.
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It’s like a wondrous baseball dream wrapped in absolutely amazing spring time Arizona weather. The baseball itself smells fresh and hopeful with young minor league talents trying to make a name for themselves as the established stars sign autographs and coordinate tee-times.
The ballparks themselves are throwbacks, smaller, closer to the action. Most facilities have a grassy knoll GA outfield area which is perfect for families trying to entertain the wee ones or college students skipping class and studying beer, baseball and the co-eds soaking up the sunshine.
Most all of the games are during the daytime hours, though there are a few nightcaps – so if you are strictly on a baseball journey, it’s not hard to see four teams play two games in one day.
Everyone should make the trek to the Cactus League at least once. See some games, enjoy a cold beverage, walk around afterwards and visit the restaurants and bars.
It’s different seeing your team play their prospects in games where the score is about the least important thing on the agenda. It’s all about having good swings, making good pitches, and fundamentals.
And it’s the only reasonable time to find yourself in the metropolitan Phoenix area, IMHO.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 15, 2011 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
Unless you’re a serial killer. Then Phoenix is alright, all the time!
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 15, 2011 6:15 PM PST up reply actions
Arizona: Come on vacation, leave on probation.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
My favorite thing used to be golf in the morning and catch a game in the afternoon. Scottsdale Stadium is one of the best ballparks too although it is easier to get better seats at a lesser field (such as Maryvale).
/is getting sad
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Sorry to hear. At least you get to travel.
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 Dec 15, 2011 2:43 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Russia in March…. mmmmmm yummy
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
or vodka.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 15, 2011 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
A jacket with plenty of pockets for vodka
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 bet I know what somebody is getting for the holidays….
gloves √
mittens to go over gloves √
earmuffs √
hat to go over earmuffs √
winter coat with fur lined hood to go over the hat that is over the earmuffs √
$100 gift card to Bevбольше √
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
See,
there are some things to get excited over. Everyone loves mittens. Or is that kittens?
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 Dec 15, 2011 3:28 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I think there is some wide differences of opinion on the Giants ability to score runs in 2012
Quick poll:
Considering only the players that are currently on the Giants roster, how many runs do you think they will score in 2012:
My guess: 598
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 2:38 PM PST reply actions
568
Ride the tiger...You can see his stripes but you know he's clean.
by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
645
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
by jhiat00 on Dec 15, 2011 2:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
about this
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I wanted to be optimistic so I picked the number of runs at the #20 spot from last year (Oakland).
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I picked it as about the halfway point between 2010 and 2011.
League average in scoring was way down in 2011 as compared to 2010 (668 v. 701)
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I'll be optimistic
620
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C.R.E.A.M.
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That is still conservative, considering how meteoricly unlucky and injury prone the year was.
With current lineup, everyone playing 130+ games, 650.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 15, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Bookmark that bad boy
Point and laugh in 10 months
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 15, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
I love that optimism is what would have been 25th in baseball last year
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
107
But realistically, I say 642.
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 Dec 15, 2011 2:45 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Ha! I’m in on the 642 as well.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 15, 2011 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
Power in numbers!
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 Dec 15, 2011 3:11 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Stupid typing. I hit 7 instead of 9.
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 Dec 15, 2011 3:09 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
They scored 570 runs last year.. It can't possible be worse than that
I think we’ll rise from 29th in baseball all the way up to 26th!
So like 617 runs
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
The return of Buster alone would account for
20-30 runs.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
And that’s only defensively!
Matt Cain is better than you, but apparently not cool enough for Showtime.
by homegrowntalent on Dec 15, 2011 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
642
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 15, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
4
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
Quite the opposite, actually.
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - SLC
In this line
OPTIMISMMMMMMMM
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
By brain says 650
My heart says 675
Bold Prediction: Pablo Sandoval finishes 1st or 2nd in 2012 NL MVP voting. I'm Twittering now (well maybe not literally now): @GoofusMcP
I'd take a shot with Beckham but I certainly wouldnt give all that up
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Does this strike anybody else as ummmmm…. a bit odd?
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/edu/2754805492.html
The Special Program Leader oversees one crew. Special Program Leaders are required to wear boots. If hired, the Special Program Leader must provide their own boots prior to the first day of work. Hiking boots are acceptable.
is this code for something?
we now return you to your regularly scheduled rosterbation….
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Sounds like UPS… they used to send you home if you didn’t wear proper footwear.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 15, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
Beckham
He had a terrible year but I still think he projects as an above average player. I even think he can probably play SS.
Maybe that offer is too high relative to what he did last year. But it’s quite bit lower than what he would have been worth in 2009.
by hammystyle on Dec 15, 2011 2:44 PM PST via mobile reply actions
YOU ARE NOT EL PERSON
He’s totally putting you on his list now.
The first six innings are overrated.
people to kill
Ride the tiger...You can see his stripes but you know he's clean.
by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah. Last one was today.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
One semester left of high school.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
No idea as of yet.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Fuck that. Become a plumber or something. Well unless you won’t have to make student loan payments.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Fortunately, money isn’t really that much of an issue.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Nice! Be sure to do something you are passionate about. Uh, map maker?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Isn’t that what PiKA did and couldn’t find a job with?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Or professional blogger. I hear that’s a cushy gig.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
by EliminateMe on Dec 16, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
adding a 2b
makes no sense and gordon beckham is god awful…i think we might be onto something lets get him now for 3 prospects!!!.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/gordon-beckham-is-broken/
Bekham had an IFFB rate of 21%..this is worst in the MLB for all qualified batters and Hensly Muellens doesn’t have the cure.
Ride the tiger...You can see his stripes but you know he's clean.
As a Dbacks fan
I speak frome experience when I say that White Sox make great trade partners. We stole both Chris Young and Daniel Hudson away from them
Have you been good this year? I hope so, because Gibby. Is. Watching.
by imstillhungry95 on Dec 15, 2011 2:56 PM PST reply actions
You know that Brian Sabean runs this team, right?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I'll admit
you guys know way more about Sabean than I do, but I don’t think even he could mess up a trade with the white sox
Have you been good this year? I hope so, because Gibby. Is. Watching.
by imstillhungry95 on Dec 15, 2011 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
He gave away Keith Foulke and Bob Howry for half-seasons of Wilson Alvarez, Danny Darwin and Roberto Hernandez.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I went to one of his starts!
I don’t remember it, of course.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
The Giants drafted him. Only pitched about 50 IP as an SF Giant.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
.
Andres Torres was a track and field star at Miami Dade, running the 100 meters in 10.37 seconds, the second fastest recorded 100 meter time for all major league baseball players, behind Deion Sanders' 10.26
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Dec 15, 2011 8:27 PM PST up reply actions
He WHAT 4 pitches?
Ohhhh… commingles. Riiiight.
At first glance, it looks like… Er, I thought…
I have a dirty mind.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 15, 2011 9:57 PM PST up reply actions
This
I’m guilty as well.
Andres Torres was a track and field star at Miami Dade, running the 100 meters in 10.37 seconds, the second fastest recorded 100 meter time for all major league baseball players, behind Deion Sanders' 10.26
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Dec 15, 2011 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
The Giants won the NL Western division
If you were around for the God Awful 95 and 96 seasons, you’d go all in to try to win it too. I remember being at the stick that day with a sign that says “BRING ON THE FISH”.
And Barry Bonds dancing on top of dugouts hugging people.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
by jctGamer on Dec 15, 2011 4:20 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
rec’d
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 15, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
I really hated
that 1997 post-season and the stupid 2-3 format.
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
Personal favorite aside from 2010
Andres Torres was a track and field star at Miami Dade, running the 100 meters in 10.37 seconds, the second fastest recorded 100 meter time for all major league baseball players, behind Deion Sanders' 10.26
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Dec 15, 2011 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve always wanted a Barry Bonds hug.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on Dec 15, 2011 8:34 PM PST up reply actions
Totally agree
Most Giant fans around then would say it was worth it, even if the long run Win Shares don’t add up right. Postseason, baby!
"Your curses do not compare to those of Houston fans or Detroit fans, and especially not to those of fans from the northside of Chicago. You are not Hamlet. You are Valerie Bertinelli. Your victim act is schlocky, and totally unconvincing. You fancy yourself tormented. You are merely insecure."
-- Scott Burton to Red Sox fans, 6/12/02
http://espn.go.com/magazine/burton_20020612.html
by achiappanza on Dec 16, 2011 12:27 AM PST up reply actions
I loved him and though Dusty deferred to Beck too much
Bold Prediction: Pablo Sandoval finishes 1st or 2nd in 2012 NL MVP voting. I'm Twittering now (well maybe not literally now): @GoofusMcP
I am very upset at how competently your franchise is run now
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I'd take a flyer on Gordan Beckham
Not sure where he’s supposed to play, though.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Striker
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
They may be 3 of out top 10 prospects
But they’re really not great prospects. One potentially dominant reliever, one potential back of the rotation starter, and one potential below average-ish SS. I wouldn’t be too sad if we gave that up for an established player who is a clear upgrade.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:01 PM PST reply actions
Beckham's A Bust
Just don’t think the Giants have a deep enough farm system to make anything happen trade wise right now. Ramirez would be awesome though, a prime candidate.
While we’re dreaming of dealing with the ChiSox though, what if they could swing Quentin in the same deal… Now that would be a lineup:
Pagan CF
Ramirez SS
Sandoval 3B
Posey C
Quentin LF
Cabrera RF
1B Huff (Belt part of trade)
Sanchez 2B
http://giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/
by trecole696 on Dec 15, 2011 3:01 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, Major League Soccer basically got nothing from him
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Dec 15, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
You would trade Belt for Ramirez?
Because who needs a high-OBP moderate power-hitting first basemen that plays great defense and runs well?
Seriously, I’m surprised that nobody’s considering Belt as a #2 hitter. He gets on base and he runs well. He’d make a great link from Pagan’s speed to Pablo and Posey’s power. Pray that we get something of Melky’s 2011 or Huff’s 2010 and they make a passable 5 hitter. If both show up (doubtful) then great, if not, the other can platoon with/get replaced by Schierholtz. If neither show up, there’s a problem, cause a 7/8/9 of Sanchez/Crawford/Pitcher sounds like a depressing 3rd inning.
Pagan CF
Belt 1B
Sandoval 3B
Posey C
Cabrera/Huff LF/RF
Huff/Cabrera/Schierholtz LF/RF
Crawford SS
Sanchez 2B
Against lefties you wouldn’t want Huff and Schierholtz in together, so they probably end up sharing the most time. Expect Huff to start a lot of games and Schierholtz to finish them. It may be LaRussean, but Sanchez hits 8th to set up bunting opportunities for pitchers. Could turn a fair amount of leadoff singles into 1 out doubles, especially if you figure Crawford to end a lot of innings.
Rosterbation. That felt good.
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - SLC
Belt is left-handed
He can’t hit #2.
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Get the money
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To be fair, he's talking about getting Carlos Quentin back as well as Ramirez.
Many people around these parts consider Belt a legit #2 hitter. The chances Bochy actually puts him there in the lineup, however? Goose egg.
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
by the guy on Dec 15, 2011 8:09 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
uhhhh
San Francisco Giants @SFGiantsFans 1m
We found some hackers that can get into Bochy’s phone, stay tuned… twitter.com/SFGiantsFans/s… #SFGiants
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
We have found a way to get Romo into the game.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
HOT HUFF BEEFCAKE COMING UP FOLKS!!!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 15, 2011 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
A-yup.
@SFGiantsFans
We were able to get one of the pics Huff texted Bochy to show his offseason workout results: http://ow.ly/80XNk #SFGiants
huh
VIDEO: John Kruk Endorses A Bat Called The Baden Axe While Sitting In A Chair
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:11 PM PST reply actions
Mmmm
biscotti and iced coffee
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
Let’s pause and reflect that there are some here among us who decried the selection of Buster Posey in the 2008 draft. Some of you preferred Beckham. I know who you are. There will be a day of reckoning for you and your ill-formed opinions.
The correct pick was Smoak. Wait…
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
Brian Matusz
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
but for a catcher
Kyle Skipworth
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I think Smoak was my preference
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve heard that about you.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 15, 2011 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
ALL YOU FOOLS REPENT FOR YOUR SINS
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
it says password protected
I has twitters https://twitter.com/#!/APR_studios
by Romosexual42 on Dec 15, 2011 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
passwords: jctgamer
I think
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Defending the Posey pick in-thread
is still probably the height of my brilliance on this site. Let’s ignore that’s like my Brady Anderson ’96 season
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
My defense of Burrell's aquisition is mine
My not-so-shining-moment was calling Fred Lewis a poor man’s Eric Davis
Bold Prediction: Pablo Sandoval finishes 1st or 2nd in 2012 NL MVP voting. I'm Twittering now (well maybe not literally now): @GoofusMcP
I think he was a poor man's Eric Davis
But I only remember Eric Davis’s time with the Giants.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Pitching is what wins games!
Here’s the Top 5 in Runs Scored in Baseball last year
1. Red Sox
2. Yankees
3. Rangers
4. Tigers
5. Cardinals
4 out of those 5 teams went to the playoffs. 3 out of 5 went to their respective LCS. And both WS teams came from that list.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Teams with the best run differential tend to win the most games.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
My point is that this whole pitching is everything bullshit being fed to us by the BRASZ is nonsense
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I don't think that's what they said.
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
This is correct
They said they were going to hope like hell for some offense.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
LOL this
1. Spend ass tons of money on pitching including the bullpen
2. HOPE the offense is better
3. ?
4. Profit
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Those top 4
Clownball all-stars
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Much like everything else they feed us. Remember when Buster Posey couldn’t catch in the majors for fear that he would accidentally call for a sploogeball?
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Get the money
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HAHA!!
The 6-fingered sploogeball!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
He honed his pitcher whispering in that month and a half in AAA
Duh
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
This is one of my favorite comments ever on this site
Yay!
Posey didn’t throw to 5th base!
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 2, 2009 7:29 PM PDT
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Okay
TB led AL in Run allowed/G in the AL, Yankees was 3rd, Texas was 5th
Philies led the NL in R allowed/G and ATL (who collapsed in the few weeks because of a lack of pitching) was 3rd.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I just learned that Old Hoss Radbourn once had a 19.8 WAR season.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:20 PM PST reply actions
It was the Best of Times…
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
He was basically the only pitcher on his team, and he threw every day, all nine innings. Insane.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Dec 15, 2011 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
Trivia: Name the three pitchers with the highest single season WARs since (including) 2000.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:22 PM PST reply actions
?
Pedro
Halladay
Randy
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
In order
Pedro
Randy
Halladay
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
Here's a guess
Martinez
Clemens
Johnson
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Extra points for the correct order.
Hint: Justin Verlander’s 2011, good for 8.8 WAR, is 4th.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry
8.6
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
People have guessed 2 out of the 3.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
Ok
Pedro
Randy
Santana?
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
Your #1 is correct.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll give you Johnson too, but he comes in 3rd.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
Nope.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
Your #1 is correct.
I’ll give you Johnson too, but he comes in 3rd.
Talk about throwing to 5th base!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 15, 2011 7:31 PM PST up reply actions
Pedro
Sabathia
Johnson
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Nope.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
Pedro
Prior?
Randy
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
Winner. Greinke’s 2009 was good for 9.0 rWAR
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
I guess we should be asking
FG WAR
or
BR WAR
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
You're right
Should have clarified.
BR WAR
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
ALthought that list is weird
I can only find Johnson and Verlander both having 8.5 WAR
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 15, 2011 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
Oh and Top 5 in fewest runs allowed last season
1. Phillies
2. Giants
3. Braves
4. Padres
5. Dodgers
Only one of these teams made the playoffs. And they lost in the LDS. Granted they had the best record in baseball.
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Braves should have made the playoffs but collapsed due to pitching issues
TB, Yankees and Rangers are in the top 5 in runs allowed for the AL.
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Remember that one year when the SF Giants won the World Series?
They were 1st in the NL in runs allowed, 9th in runs scored.
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
2010.
Phillies, Giants and Braves led the NL in Rs allowed/G
Texas was 2nd in Runs allowed/G, Yankees were 4th, Rays were 5th.
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Oops
the Padres led the NL in Rs allowed/G but that lends more support to the proposition.
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Obviously its all about run differential
The point im making is that having an awesome pitching staff doesn’t guarantee the playoffs
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Of course
neither does having an incredible offense, i.e. Red Sox.
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The way the Giants are built
they just need to get in the playoffs
I think with a league average offense, the Giants have a good chance of winning the division or getting a wild card spot.
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But their offense is nowhere near average.
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Dollar dollar bill y'all
in 2010?
Yeah but without Buster and Mole for 2/3 of a season, Nate for a month, Panda for a month, Pat for most of the season and awful production from Huff and Torres.
The return of Buster and Mole should account for 30-50 runs alone. They scored 570 last year…30-50 puts them at 600-620…league average was 668 last year. Assuming 2 oWAR production from 1B and CF…that’s another 30 runs…650.
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If everyone just plays to their ZiPS projections, shouldn't they at least be average?
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They were a lot closer than the Giants
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
I'd rather the Giants be on this list.
much easier to win
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LOL NL West.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Dec 15, 2011 3:41 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
One more trivia?
The three active pitchers with the highest career rWAR.
This might surprise you.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:34 PM PST reply actions
Rivera would be one, I would think
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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You’re both right.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
Hudson
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
Active meaning pitched during the 2011 season.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Hint:
Barry Zito is 11th.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
Tied for 51st active
Including position players, 30 WAR
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 15, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
I just looked it up
Not bad, Wakefield was a shot in the dark, since he has played forever, granted at about replacement level.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 15, 2011 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
Hudson was the third. Good call.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
The hint of Zito
Made me think of big 3, so I went for it
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 15, 2011 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
Correct
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
Last one.
I will be very impressed by anyone who can get this.
What 3 players have the three highest single season stolen base totals?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:47 PM PST reply actions
Yeah. Single-season record, though.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
Rickey
Raines
Brock?
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Rickey of course.
1 of 3. Fair warning: I’m not as much if a baseball historian as I would like, but I have never heard of the other two. This is a very difficult one.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
Really
Unfamiliar with Lou Brock? Wow.
Just looked it up…no way I would have ever guessed those. Lou Brock is 4th, at age 35, which is ridiculous.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
No
I know Lou Brock. I’m unfamiliar with the other two correct responses.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
There is like a 0.1 % chance of anyone getting it
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Also
Brock is 4th with 118 at the age of 35. Wow.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
Rickey Henderson
Billy Hamilton
I’ll have to think about the last one.
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Hamilton is sixth, although he did it twice.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
hugh nicol
but if we are talking from the last 100 years..its henderson, brock , coleman
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
We are talking All-Time
And you just got #1.
- is still yet to be named.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
Stupid SB Nation
Number 3.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
nicol, henderson, latham
but nicol and latham did it in the same year….
an interesting fact…juan piere is the current active SB leader.
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
I’m guessing you looked that up?
Or you just really know your 19th century baseball.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
I actaully just have a Delorean and I went back in time
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Also
cinicinatti reds have a minor leaguer named Billy Hamilton who stole 103 bases in 2011 in the minors and of course the already “sliding billiy hamilton” is notorious for his SB’s…pretty cool that there are two “billy hamilton’s” who have awesom speed.
note: if your last name hamilton and you want to be a SB leader..name your son Billy.
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
If you want him to be a triple crown threat
Name him Josh
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 7:48 AM PST up reply actions
If you want him to be a threat to the Crown
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
Vince Coleman?
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9th, 10th and 13th
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
He didn’t stick around long enough, did he?
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I did. Wills is not one of the answers. Mr. Westfall suspiciously answered correctly.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
yeah sorry i actually did look up #3
i felt like it was taking too long and if i didn’t look it up some one else would have.
but for what it is worth i did know that henderson, brock, and coleman were the players from the live-ball era.the last century.
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
Back to the posting question
The posting fee will be paid only if an agreement is reached with Darvish’s agents, Arn Tellem and Don Nomura. If the contract is not agreed upon between the player and the highest posting team, the money is returned.
I think the thing that would prevent a team to make a fake bid is that they would actually have to pony up the money during the negotiation process.
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WTF
Why did I just get a text message from Boomers telling me about their Blood Drive?
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
Question of the day: Should Joe Start be in the Hall of Fame?
During his career, seasons were much shorter than they are now. Here’s how his rWAR totals would look when adjusted for 162-game seasons:
Year Age Tm Lg G WAR oWAR dWAR Pos 1871 28 NYU NA 162 3.9 5.4 -1.5 *3 1872 29 NYU NA 162 0.9 0.6 0.3 *3 1873 30 NYU NA 156 1.8 0.0 1.8 *3/9 1874 31 NYU NA 157 5.7 5.5 0.2 *3/78 1875 32 NYU NA 157 3.0 2.3 0.7 *3 1876 33 NYU NL 159 0.9 1.1 -0.3 *3 1877 34 HAR NL 162 7.0 7.0 0.0 *3 1878 35 CHC NL 162 6.6 7.2 -0.5 *3 1879 36 PRO NL 126 6.1 5.3 0.8 *3/9 1880 37 PRO NL 153 4.3 3.5 0.7 *3 1881 38 PRO NL 151 4.8 4.8 0.0 *3 1882 39 PRO NL 158 8.5 6.2 2.3 *3 1883 40 PRO NL 144 3.6 3.3 0.3 *3 1884 41 PRO NL 132 5.3 4.3 1.0 *3 1885 42 PRO NL 147 3.4 3.2 0.1 *3 1886 43 WHS NL 40 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 3 16 Seasons 2328 65.0 59.2 5.9 PRO (7 yrs) 1011 35.9 30.6 5.3 NYU (5 yrs) 795 15.3 13.8 1.5 WHS (1 yr) 40 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 CHC (1 yr) 162 6.6 7.2 -0.6 NYU (1 yr) 159 0.9 1.1 -0.3 HAR (1 yr) 162 7.0 7.0 0.0
Note also that he didn’t start playing in the major leagues until he was 28, because there were no major leagues before then.
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Never heard of him
Doesn’t sound very famous to me.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
The dude was the Jim Rice of his era.
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He was a 3rd Start at best
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I feel like the offensive foils of the Niners and Giants..
Are punishments for the Montana/Young and Bonds years…
This got me thinking about it..
The 49ers are the worst team in the NFL when it comes to scoring touchdowns from inside the opponents’ 20-yard line. The 49ers have gotten into the red zone 45 times. They’ve scored just 16 touchdowns — for a lowly 35.6 percentage. The league average is 52 percent.
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I can accept that this is what I get for getting to see Barry Bonds hit, but the first 49ers quarterback I remember is Jeff Garcia. This is no fair.
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Oh, It was beautiful
If the Niners won a close game, the freakouts were epic.
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what about steve stenstrom!!!!!
Alex Hinshaw, WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE
by panda revival on Dec 15, 2011 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
you didn't miss much
just a load of fail
Alex Hinshaw, WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE
by panda revival on Dec 15, 2011 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, those 80’s teams were terrible.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 15, 2011 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
You could have been watching Aaron Rodgers
and I could have been a 49ers fan. But no :(
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
He probably would've been permanently scarred by Erickson/Nolan/Singletary
And I would be bummed if local fans started bagging on a Cal product.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Dec 15, 2011 5:42 PM PST up reply actions
Jeff Garcia was good. Obviously paled in comparison. But still he put up some pretty big numbers. Heck, he holds the 49ers single season record for passing yards.
by BestHyperboleEver on Dec 15, 2011 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
I can't access it
but there is a theory that red zone efficiency is a myth. I don’t know anything about Sabrmetrics for football but the Niners inability to score TDs from the 5 yard line is very annoying.
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You know who could solve that?
Peyton Manning
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I have no idea where to find it, but I would be interested to see the stats on points scored per red zone possession.
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I don't feel bad for you.
The Chiefs have scored like two TD’s in the last 5 games. One of those was a last second hail mary at the end of the half.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
According to my performance review at work
My co-workers think I have a large rack, can read and write, and is very easy.
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WELL...
at least they appreciate your intellect.
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by James Westfall on Dec 15, 2011 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
At least there is honesty there.
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One more dawn
One more day
One day more!
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.
Macavity's not there!
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Another day another destiny
Winter break?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
jponry
Did you watch Top Chef last night? OMG, that woman was horrible.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
i don't watch it actually
should I?
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.
Not as good as NIC.
But it has its moments. This season the eliminated chefs have their own secret faceoffs going on behind the scenes. Whoever wins that will get back in the main competition. It’s kind of cool.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I’d love Ramirez, but budget-conscious team would have to start with someone from the big league roster who is actually making money to include in the trade talks. That means… um… well there’s… um… Affeldt? Or maybe Lopez. Except neither of those make any sense for the White Sox. The only other option would be Freddy Sanchez… Yeah, we’re not getting Ramirez unless we include Brown, Joseph, Hembree and two more prospects of the White Sox choice…
"When the Giants call up a 21-year-old Venezuelan catcher who started the year in San Jose, was hitting well with poor plate discipline, but wasn't on Baseball America's preseason list of the organization's 30 best prospects, only good things can happen."
Congratulations, Hector!
Poz rules. That was great
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That was good, unusually thoughtful. I’d never thought much about Posnanski one way or the other, but reading a few of his posts in the archives….very good.
by Stoned Slacker on Dec 15, 2011 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
Great read
Joe Posnanski’s writing is deceptively simple—he doesn’t show off with big vocabulary words or obscure pop culture references, and his style is so conversational and personal it almost feels like something one of us could write.
Except for the fact that in a million years, none of us could write as well as Posnanski does ALL THE FREAKING TIME.
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
One thing I do tire of
And I am, of course, loathe to criticize Pos, who I do love reading, is that it seems like every one of his pieces has that part where he says “Yes, it’s just like X. But it’s also like Y.”, when X and Y are opposite.
Like, he’s great, but:
I suspect that none of those reasons is exactly wrong … and none of them are exactly right, either.
That’s pretty weak.
Still, miles and miles ahead of just about every other sportswriter out there.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Fair point
He equivocates a lot. But I find that to be a stylistic tic, is all.
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
Yeah
He seems to do it to sort of bridge the gap between statland and the non-stat people by attempting to emphasize the unknowable qualities of baseball, etc, etc.
But it often just comes off as sorta extraneous. At least to me. I’m likely in an extreme minority.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Neyer equivocates more than just about anyone I’ve read.
I honestly find myself wondering why anyone thinks he’s all that good. I imagine finding Neyer in 2007 was the equivalent of only being able to hear Vin Scully after his prime.
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Yo-Anus!
Cespedes and his agent, Adam Katz of Wasserman Media Group, are starting negotiations at “Chapman money,” one general manager tells Passan, in reference to Aroldis Chapman’s six-year, $30.25MM contract with the Reds.
6/60 could be a freakin bargain…
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Job 1:14-15
Still waiting for Yuliesky Gourriel
le sigh
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This GChat beep on the Republican debate is driving me crazy
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sharks key to the game
“Are the stars out tonight?”
that was pretty bad
I’m used to Jon and K’nK singing… but not Drew.
btw…anybody know off hand where one could find ’twas the night before Kalikimaka ?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I can't believe
they just gave up a goal in the last 12 seconds of the period.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I can’t believe somebody used up the rest of the whipped cream! I was saving it for my raspberries!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Thanks for asking, it’s getting better. We’ve actually been able to sleep through the night for 2 nights in a row now!!!
He “had” to go to bowling tonight, he’s missed more Thursdays than he’s been able to attend and the team gets penalized. Bowling league should really be every other week! We’ll see if he has another relapse. I’ve blamed the whole thing on the bowling alley place, it’s filthy!
Best lanes in the area… just don’t use any other area. Especially and including the bathrooms!
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
What was that cool alley that used to be on Fair Oaks? You know the one.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
No… umm fireside lanes?
Off of, what is that there? Auburn? just south of the Kmart…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Is that the one within walking distance of ARC?
I took bowling there to fulfill my community college PE credits. That and Jazz Dance (which was not held at the bowling alley, thank god), which I thought of as ‘spandex class.’
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 15, 2011 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
no that’s a different one.
Mardi Gras?
We belong to the gym that’s right there, so I know the one you mean, never been inside that bowling alley before though.
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Yeah, Mardi Gras. That's it.
I raised my average from 90 to 130 in a semester there.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 15, 2011 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
OT: NBA
After the Portland Trail Blazers chose to use their amnesty clause to clear the contract of All-Star Brandon Roy from the salary cap Thursday, his agent wanted something made clear: Roy is retiring forever from the NBA.
Doctors have told Roy that his degenerative knees make it impossible for him to continue playing in the NBA. He has no more cartilage in his knees, and the continued grind of playing in the league could ultimately jeopardize his ability to walk.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-wojnarowski_brandon_roy_trail_blazers_121511
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That's rough considering he's 2 years older than me.
I respect his choice, and ultimately, he gets to say he was a great player in the NBA, and he gets to be able to move around on his own and chase after his kids. Best to leave with dignity.
And I don’t even watch or care about basketball.
Oh come on Thornton
Finish that
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LoL my ears
He said “stretch pass”
I heard “stretch pants”
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Nice pointless penalty
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My life is boring.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 8:15 PM PST reply actions
I sure that’s not true. Most people’s live are about the same.
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 8:22 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Doesn’t make my life any less boring.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 8:25 PM PST up reply actions
This is true
I live a pretty boring existence right now, though I’m fixing to change it up.
There are some difficult choices ahead.
I will say, it was really weird the first couple of months of not having anything special to do on the weekends anymore.
How so
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
None of my friends are home from college.
I’m playing Wii fitness for shots with two guys right now.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 15, 2011 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
May you live in interesting times
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
#FirstWorldProblems
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Rockies is the frontrunner for Cuddyer
Mlbtraderumor
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 8:22 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Shift-A
sup?
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 15, 2011 8:31 PM PST reply actions
So same as it always was?
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 15, 2011 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
chillin’
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 15, 2011 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
Aw bummer Surkamp was just on KNBR?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yeah, but you had to hear Eric Byrnseseseses voice so it really wasn’t all that
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 15, 2011 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
Yay Goal!!!
Moar plz!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE SHARKS!!!!!!!!!
STOP THAT!!!
STOP IT NOW!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I hate hockey fights.
Well, except for Staubitz and Tootoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTpl_SuXygw
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Namibia.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 8:49 PM PST reply actions
oh hell, I left my tea in the microwave, I bet it’s cold again now. I’ll go heat it up again, get distracted again… ugh vicious circle.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
What I could find of the Celestial Seasonings Candy Cane Lane… some p00head bought out the entire shipment of it at whole Foods, the only store that seems to even have the CS Holiday teas this year.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Hmmmm Target has it…says the website…
guess I’m going to Target tomorrow……early……in the morning…….
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I found Nutcracker Sweet (another one of the Celestial Seasonings holiday teas) at Save Mart. They had it in a special display, rather than in the tea aisle. It took me forever to find it, but they did have it.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
yeah, our savemart here was out. All they had was bigelow’s eggnog tea.
Somebody is going around buying up all the candy cane lane. At whole foods they have all the CS teas on this little display shelf, they have boxes and boxes (like 40-50 each) of the other teas…no CCL. Even the CS website says they are out of it. TJ’s version isn’t horrible, but it’s not quite the same.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I do this all the time
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 15, 2011 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
Baggs:
Although Giants officials remain in favor of a rule change that would protect catchers from being targeted in home-plate collisions, the matter didn’t come up officially at the winter meetings last week in Dallas. It didn’t get past Joe Torre, Major League Baseball’s vice president for on-field operations.
Torre heard out Giants manager Bruce Bochy in several phone calls over the summer but declined to recommend that the rules committee take up the matter.
…
Bochy isn’t giving up. He spoke informally with several managers at the winter meetings in an attempt to build consensus; he said at least four or five agreed that a change was warranted. Tony La Russa, who retired after leading the St. Louis Cardinals to the World Series, was among those on board, Bochy said.
Giants vice president Bobby Evans started his own grass-roots campaign with officials from other clubs at the General Manager’s meetings in Milwaukee in November, Bochy said.
Andres Torres was a track and field star at Miami Dade, running the 100 meters in 10.37 seconds, the second fastest recorded 100 meter time for all major league baseball players, behind Deion Sanders' 10.26
I’m sorry, but I really hate Joe Torre when I hear stuff like this. I’m sick of “but that’s the way its always been!” arguments.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 15, 2011 9:05 PM PST up reply actions
But, I mean, I’m not actually sorry.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 15, 2011 9:05 PM PST up reply actions
Would any of you think of this if it didn’t happen to Posey? What if it happened to Joe Mauer or, hell, Russell Martin?
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 not directing this just to PC but to everyone. Some of you wouldn’t care if it didn’t happen to Posey.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
One last thing
I’m not saying PC doesn’t care but I think there are a few who wouldn’t be as upset if it happened to another catcher.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Does it matter?
Many opinions/convictions aren’t strongly considered or held until they hit close to home. That doesn’t make them any less valid.
by BestHyperboleEver on Dec 16, 2011 8:15 AM PST up reply actions
He’s really been feeling the bankruptcy I guess.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve seen enough brutal collisions in my lifetime to say that, yes, maybe there should be a rule chance.
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
I’ve never liked it. It hasn’t been allowed in any league that I’ve ever played in, and I’ve never understood why it would be allowed in the major leagues.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
My experience is different – I’ve been run over at the plate on a several occasions. One time, it was a Samoan dude much larger than me. Took an inning or so to get the cobwebs out of my head, and the run scored because I dropped the ball, but the respect from my teammates was nice afterward. I don’t have a point, just reminiscing.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 16, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Is there anyone who enjoys watching home-plate collisions? If the answer is yes, then those people are watching the wrong sport.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
There’s a lot of “I’m a football fan first” people who do, yes. Remember how little outrage there was? And how many people said felt it was fundamentally integral to the game?
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 15, 2011 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
If you want to watch guys beat the crap out of each other
there’s always hockey or football or rugby or boxing or water polo. Can’t baseball be a non-contact sport?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
What I’m saying is that those people are bad people. When I want to see that, I watch football.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
.
I was looking for a .gif of that awesome Johjima play at the plate, but found this instead:
So whatever I like plays at the plate.
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McCarthy funnies
Amanda McCarthy @Mrs_McCarthy32 40m
it’s an awkward moment when you realize that someone on facebook defriended you.. someone that you were friendly with- yikes
Brandon McCarthy Brandon McCarthy @BMcCarthy32
@Mrs_McCarthy32 sorry, but dinner was terrible and I needed to send a message.
I do love them. They’re what I imagine the perfect relationship to be, at least based on their twitters personas.
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 15, 2011 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
BURNT MEATLOAF BURN
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
OH FER FUCKS SAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think there’s a coach might lose his job…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Oh dear, the Mr. was a big fan of his. He will be very sad.
Hitchens was very sick though wasn’t he?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Cancer of the esophogus.
He wrote some great pieces about being sick.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
ive been gifting his books for the last 3-4 years now
man this sucks
Everything is RACIST.
by Anonymous1337 on Dec 15, 2011 9:17 PM PST up reply actions
Some of the debates he had were crazy good and badass
Everything is RACIST.
by Anonymous1337 on Dec 15, 2011 9:19 PM PST up reply actions
My mother is at that same hospital at this very moment.
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The staff was meant to transfer her out of the hospital proper today, but were none to zippy in their attempts. I wonder if this was a factor?
That Steve Jobs person stole my uncle’s oncologist….
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damn celebrities.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
stupid 1%ers!
It does make you wonder sometimes.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
There’s grounds for a class action here, says I. Gather the evidence from ten-thousand rooms, meals, doctor’s appointments, and whatever else lost to celebrity’s prima nocta.
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reminds me of a Kevin Bacon anecdote. He dressed himself as a ‘normal’ person and went out into the public. Did it for a day or two, then dropped the practice. Why? “Because people were mean to me.”
And fair enough. If ya got it, use it.
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God, the Sharks suck.
They are not helping to get my mind off the Giants.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Pretty slim pickings
on TV tonight
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 9:09 PM PST via mobile reply actions
You always have On-Demand and Netflix.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
I have neither
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 9:11 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Isn't Parks & Rec on Thursdays?
I always watch it OnDemand, so Im not sure.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Yeah but it was a rerun
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 15, 2011 9:13 PM PST up reply actions
Chopped reruns it is
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 9:13 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I think I will just read the comments/updates here
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 9:17 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
HBO GO app for your phone
if you are an hbo subscriber
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
That’s a pretty sweet app
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
I wish my phone was faster
No flash for me..I’m Skyfire dependent.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
I wish my phone was faster
No flash for me..I’m Skyfire dependent.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
you can catch up on TV shows online.
plenty of places available.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Yeah
Daughter is using the laptop watching Curious George.
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 9:16 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I will do that when the kiddo goes to bed
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 9:17 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Adam Berry / MLB.com:
Belt said his greatest adjustment came between his ears. Playing out of position in the outfield admittedly affected him. He said he put too much pressure on himself last season, feeling a need to prove he belonged in the Majors and deserved consistent playing time.
That’s how he’s always been, he said, but that pressure changed his mental approach at the plate. And it showed.
…
“I just didn’t have the approach to hit the ball consistently up there. Every time I got a breaking pitch in the big leagues, I was swinging way too early on it,” Belt said. “I couldn’t really figure out why. I think it was all mental — just a lack of confidence and maybe trying to get a bit pull-conscious and trying to hit the ball too hard, stuff like that.”
That all changed when he got to the Dominican. He let the game come to him, as he always had. He waited for breaking balls to get deeper in the zone. And perhaps most importantly, he forgot about everything that went wrong in San Francisco the few months prior. Then, he said, “everything else just fell into place.”
…
Now back from the Dominican Republic, Belt is enjoying the offseason and preparing for his second Major League season. He’s been home to Texas. He celebrated his first wedding anniversary by making his first trip to New York City with his wife, Haylee, who supported him through the highs and lows of the year, usually packing the suitcases he had to live out of.
Andres Torres was a track and field star at Miami Dade, running the 100 meters in 10.37 seconds, the second fastest recorded 100 meter time for all major league baseball players, behind Deion Sanders' 10.26
One of Belt's qualities
is his willingness to learn.
Cannot wait for him to show his true talent.
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 9:15 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
He had an .800 OPS in 87 PA's at first base last season
Because we all know Huff needed to play first base, right?
Andres Torres was a track and field star at Miami Dade, running the 100 meters in 10.37 seconds, the second fastest recorded 100 meter time for all major league baseball players, behind Deion Sanders' 10.26
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Dec 15, 2011 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
Oh my, where would the Giants have been without his bat in the lineup?
Also, he was fine in left field:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18086369
Andres Torres was a track and field star at Miami Dade, running the 100 meters in 10.37 seconds, the second fastest recorded 100 meter time for all major league baseball players, behind Deion Sanders' 10.26
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Dec 15, 2011 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
FTFY
well Huff was terriblein the OF
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Ugh
Belt said his greatest adjustment came between his ears. Playing out of position in the outfield admittedly affected him. He said he put too much pressure on himself last season, feeling a need to prove he belonged in the Majors and deserved consistent playing time.
You know what would have solved this? Putting him at first base, leaving him there, and letting him know he was the starting 1b. even if he went 0-4.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Well done, Brandon.
"I just didn’t have the approach to hit the ball consistently up there. Every time I got a breaking pitch in the big leagues, I was swinging way too early on it," Belt said. "I couldn’t really figure out why. I think it was all mental — just a lack of confidence and maybe trying to get a bit pull-conscious and trying to hit the ball too hard, stuff like that."
He recognized his shortcomings and used his time in the DR wisely. Good sign for the future.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
I actually like your block quote blasts, but a subject line could perhaps ameliorate the consternation of others.
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BEST MENTAL SHAPE OF HIS LIFE!!!1
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 15, 2011 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
Well he's being a good soldier.
I’m sure he knows how he has to approach this whole situation. Mashing inferior pitching probably helped with the confidence too.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Heh
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
by DFARowand on Dec 15, 2011 9:16 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
That’s probably as close as Superman will ever get to saying “Bitch, go make me a sandwich”
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by Prussian Creole on Dec 15, 2011 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
Wonder Woman is laughing at Flash for an entirely different reason
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2011 9:22 PM PST up reply actions
To quote The Rock
“Know your role and shut your mouth!”
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Lots of hockey coaches getting the axe this season. Three already? Seems like a lot.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
the Sharks needs to do something
this is shit
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I think it is four.
LA Kings
Ducks
Capitals
Hurricanes
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 9:57 PM PST up reply actions
MLB Network video: The life of Ryan Roberts(TatMan)
MLB Network takes an in-depth look into the life of Ryan Roberts and discovers who he is off the field.
Andres Torres was a track and field star at Miami Dade, running the 100 meters in 10.37 seconds, the second fastest recorded 100 meter time for all major league baseball players, behind Deion Sanders' 10.26
SFG Live video: Giants Clubhouse Show
12/14/11: San Francisco Giants Live Clubhouse Show(1:50:13)
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20031167&topic_id=&c_id=sf&tcid=vpp_copy_20031167&v=3
Andres Torres was a track and field star at Miami Dade, running the 100 meters in 10.37 seconds, the second fastest recorded 100 meter time for all major league baseball players, behind Deion Sanders' 10.26
GOAL
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Rah.
Ugh.
So bowling was a bad idea, he’s coughing his stupid head off again…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Oh way to take a penalty p00-head
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I was trying to think of a snarky comment to make
I got nothing
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
The rest of the Giants lineup will be carrying him next season
glad he’s getting some practice in.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
by slapsy on Dec 15, 2011 9:50 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Those ARE six players from the Giants lineup next season.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Panda's lost some weight
and grew lady parts.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
From this picture it’s hard to tell; either that or he was barefoot.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Her dress must have dragged sooooooo much sand with it.
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
What hell is up with the cleavage shot?
Crawford’s got the perfect rock star look.
Andres Torres was a track and field star at Miami Dade, running the 100 meters in 10.37 seconds, the second fastest recorded 100 meter time for all major league baseball players, behind Deion Sanders' 10.26
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Dec 15, 2011 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
I don't see any cleavage
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
what the hell just happened?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
REALLY?
“Some of these kids don’t have basic hygiene skills,” attorney Karl Rominger, who recently joined Sandusky’s defense team, told Harrisburg’s abc27 News Tuesday. “Teaching a person to shower at the age of 12 or 14 sounds strange to some people, but people who work with troubled youth will tell you there are a lot of juvenile delinquents and people who are dependent who have to be taught basic life skills, like how to put soap on their body.”
Where the hell does he keep finding these attorneys? I’m almost convinced their incompetence is a strategy to draw attention from him.
The first six innings are overrated.
holy fuck
With those kind of comments, seems like Sandusky’s lawyers are trying to get him locked up.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
well they have certainly set themselves up for malpractice
but I doubt that was their intent
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The illusion of competence
I’m thinking he just hired bad lawyers, of which there are many.
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Plus with the evidence against him not that many lawyers were lining up to take his case (since he doesn’t have OJ money I guess)
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
A few to get their names in the papers perhaps.
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Sounds like they just can't shut him up.
I mean, he got away with it for so many years, maybe he really doesn’t know how anti-social he is.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Rule number one of a defense attorney:
Know when and how to shut your client up. And, you know, don’t throw him in front of Bob Costas on a national broadcast without coaching or moderation.
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I can only assume
Sandusky is insistent on talking, regardless of his lawyer’s recommendations.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
That would be further evidence in support of the 'bad lawyer' theory
But from what I’ve heard, the lawyer has orchestrated a lot of this…. The Bob Costas thing in particular. And don’t forget the 1-800 number bit.
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You would surprised. Fame is an attractive chip
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 10:06 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Gotta to prove prejudice. Not sure Sandusky can do that.
Also, slimy attorneys usually have slimy clients
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 10:02 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
While I do not know the fundamentals of proper legal defense
“Young boys need me to teach them proper shower techniques in a one-on-one environment” is probably an incorrect angle.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Going for the ineffective counsel defense on appeal?
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 10:00 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I just got a pedophile case on my desk.
Dude represented himself. You really have to be delusional to be a pedophile.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
ya know
this reminds me. There’s a guy I know who was prosecuted in Santa Cruz county for sex with a minor. Is it possible that you administered his paper work?
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What a small world!!!
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 10:14 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
…doesn’t sound very appealing to me…
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
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He never actually had sex with the girl in question, if that makes things sound a little less creepy. Got slammed for some of those other, also hideous sounding peripheral charges.
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That's good.
Some guys appeal only that condition. Most of our judges don’t try to impose it if it was consensual.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Good.
Even having the criminal record has been an incredible burden (forgiving the man nothing for his awful choices).
The girl in question proved herself to be quite…. unreliable when presented with the barest of legal scrutiny. So, that saved him.
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-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Not only do they have to be delusional, they also have to be monsters. I read an article saying there are over 16,700 sites dedicated to child pornography. That is absolutely shocking. It’s hard to believe that there is such a large number of abhorrent websites.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Dec 15, 2011 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
I was talking to the judge today.
He was reading to him from a psych eval from his first conviction in 1973. To try to get his priors striken.
It was a pedophile case with less than one day of voir dire.
Please, people, if you get charged with a crime, get a lawyer.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Heh. I’ve heard some stories from my parents about Italian lawyers. Both of my parents were lawyers at Freshfields.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Dec 15, 2011 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
It’s an interesting selection. Does ‘evil and corrupt’ necessarily mean bad? Or do we mean simple ineptitude? I have a few visions of both.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Because those evil and corrupt types can be quite effective lawyers.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I know a couple of M&A attorneys who should be incarcerated many times over.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
All of the above. It’s been years since they worked in Italy so I haven’t heard those stories in a while. My wife, my son and I are flying over to France / Italy to visit family tomorrow so I will have a chance to ask them.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Dec 15, 2011 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
I know you've told me, but from where in France do your people hail?
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
My mother is French-Italian. Grandfather from Paris, Grandmother from Milan. She grew up in France.
My Dad’s side: Grandmother is from Manchester WW2 romance story. Dad is bay area. 4 Generations of Cal Alumni lol.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Dec 15, 2011 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
These types would be more qualified to be politicians.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
And many are or will become so!
It blew my mind that most politicians in China have a background in engineering.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I would imagine that it was the safest career choice back in the days of the Cultural Revolution.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Strategic engineering degree in place of following the law? There must be more to it than that.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
There’s a guy who likes to think of himself as a freedom fighter. Takes a lot of pro bono cases and civil rights stuff. And he’s a terrible lawyer.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
IMHO, sloth is the most unforgivable lawyerly sin.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
At least his heart is in the right place.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
“Welp, I’m willing to help and do it for free. The flipside is that I’m a shitty lawyer so you make the call!”
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
You get what you pay for.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
….? Wow
Potential for so many inappropriate responses.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Dec 15, 2011 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
This is annoying.
I want him to get his day in court and with a competent attorney. That way if he is convicted there are no questions about his guilt.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
OT
Just found out Berklee College of Music asked my son to audition for a spot.
My first thought: THAT’S RIGHT NEXT TO FENWAY!!!
My second thought: wish it was Red Sox scouts.
Didn’t even consider the $50,000 cost per year til later.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
by bigboneded on Dec 15, 2011 9:59 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Drums.
But my hopes re: his 6’ 2" lefty frame and 92mph fastball getting noticed first, are dashed.
Lol, he throws harder than Zito.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
by bigboneded on Dec 15, 2011 10:03 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Couldn’t be more proud. Super good kid, dealt with a lot of bullshit; learning disability, addict Mother, cross-country transplant, being in Maine when TGWTWS…
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
by bigboneded on Dec 15, 2011 10:09 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Aww, thanks.
But yeah…it was all me :)
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
by bigboneded on Dec 15, 2011 10:13 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Good for you guys.
Best of luck to him!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
There are local leagues on that side of the country who will let a hard throwin’ lefty get some run.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He had a session with his H.S. coach a couple weeks ago; 30 pitches, clocked at 92, 0 strikes! He just has no idea where it’s going.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
by bigboneded on Dec 15, 2011 10:11 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Nice! Just got to get him in there. Teams will take a flier on a hard throwing lefty. And if the boy has your build, they’ll be all over it.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Tall and lanky, not like me. His little brother is my clone, but David is built like his Mom’s brother…like a tall Timmy.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
by bigboneded on Dec 15, 2011 10:22 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
We’re more like tall Pandas.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
by bigboneded on Dec 15, 2011 10:23 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Jason Neighborgall managed to spend three years in the pros without ever really throwing a strike, so there’s that. I wish I could hit 90. As it is I can throw 70 just fine.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Yeah, I top out in the mid-70’s. Still pitching though, and getting better the closer I get to 40.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
by bigboneded on Dec 15, 2011 11:07 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
High expectations parent!
Why are you not extraordinarily gifted at baseball AND music?!
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 10:02 PM PST up reply actions
He is, but it’s harder to be noticed playing baseball these days if you aren’t part of the showcases.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
by bigboneded on Dec 15, 2011 10:05 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Congrats!
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Dec 15, 2011 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
Good luck to your son!
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
OT: non-Sharks hockey
Pronger is out for the season?!
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 10:01 PM PST reply actions
Yup.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Dec 15, 2011 10:02 PM PST up reply actions
Yep
There’s like 12 guys out with concussion syndrome right now.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Damn. It seems like it is happening to everyone at the same time.
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
Two Michaleks out at the same time. WHAT ARE THE ODDS
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Dec 15, 2011 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
How many are there in the NHL? It can’t be THAT many.
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
2 and they are brothers.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Dec 15, 2011 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
Why is there nitrate in every brand of cold cuts?
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 10:04 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Where a man can buy a car for $500 and then insure it for $1,000!
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
America!
where citizens can sue fast food restaurants cause they made the conscious choice to eat 5 burgers a day.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
No cats either
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 10:13 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
whole foods has no crap in it, it’s expensive and you have to eat it like real fast.. but it does exist.
I think the Oscar Mayer Carving Board line of lunch meats is all natural. I have to watch for those and soy.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I normally don't care
But the Ham is for my daughter.
Found a Hormel Nature turkey breast..on sale too.
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 10:26 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Couture. But Cooch is his chosen nickname.
But he doesn’t like “Juicy” as in Juicy Couture because it is a “girl’s fashion line”
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
Well, it’s a good thing he chose a nickname that’s slang for lady parts then.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 16, 2011 7:55 AM PST up reply actions
Wrong parts.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 16, 2011 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
Does he like "Juicy Cooch"?
Bold Prediction: Pablo Sandoval finishes 1st or 2nd in 2012 NL MVP voting. I'm Twittering now (well maybe not literally now): @GoofusMcP
Who doesn’t?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 17, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Who were the 3 stars? I missed it due to Coughy the 8th dwarf.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Cooch was the last one.
Clowe and some dude from the Avs were the other two.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Stanstny.
He had 2 goals and was all over the ice.
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
Dude is a beast.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Dec 15, 2011 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
Off to watch Flyers-Rangers 24/7 now.
Hopefully their epic hate will be entertaining.
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 10:22 PM PST reply actions
Like 3 fights in the first minute. This is a good sign.
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
Woah. Some of the Rangers players take the subway to work. They are just like us!
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Only time we are ever going to see the Sharks on 24/7
And it is the Worcester Sharks losing to the Ranger’s AHL team on a goal by none other than Sean Avery.
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
OT - Pathetic
ESPN is on for background noise. They are showing highlights of a Miami Heat scrimmage game.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Sad
ESPN used to be great pre-Disney.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Yah watch some of those old Sportscenter
They’re great.
There’s still talent there it’s just buried underneath all the crap
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
So THAT's why it's become unwatchable.
I never connected the dots.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
The on-screen talent has improved in recent years
Unfortunately, ESPN is constructed like cable news now.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Yep
Viacom and Disney destroyed two formerly great networks.
I used to watch MTV and ESPN so much. Now I only watch ESPN for the actual sporting events and the occasional PTI. And I never watch MTV
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I do like VH1
Some really good teen documentaries
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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 Dec 15, 2011 11:17 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Beavis and Butthead is back.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I watched a few eps.
not bad.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
I miss the music videos
Although music is in a down period.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
For some reason we’re getting a channel 8 now, and that channel shows ’80s music videos all the time. My parents like it very much.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
80's music was horrible in the most awesome way possible
teased hair! synthesizers! men with far too much makeup on!
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Pq0xYr3L4
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
They look was weird in retrospect, but a lot of the music hold up really well
My white whale is for the Talking Heads to reunite, but it’s probably never going to happen
Bold Prediction: Pablo Sandoval finishes 1st or 2nd in 2012 NL MVP voting. I'm Twittering now (well maybe not literally now): @GoofusMcP
Music's still really good
It’s just really segmented.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
It's been a while
since all forms of music were above average or better all at the same time.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
that’s how you know you are getting old…
“Today’s music sucks!!”
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I work hard maintaining my lawn
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
I think the only thing I listen to that could even remotely be considered “new” is some Green Day and some System of a Down. Otherwise… gimme some Queen, some capercaillie, or some obscure 80’s band that was on the old 415 records label.
Even my workout music is mostly older (late 1990’s early 2000’s) techno stuff.
LoLd
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Tim Tebow plays for the Miami Heat now?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
No
But the LeBron clause kicks in
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 10:39 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
merely a precursor
to our annual rite of spring: East Coast Baseball blowing.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Fucking funny
I assume you guys have seen Greg Jennings running with a broken leg on Madden football?
I like those old Madden scenes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_138p6uzhUk
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Trade pieces
Byrnes pressed Runzler tonight on KNBR. I suggested he ask him if he can control the wicked 2 seam running sinker that so far he hasn’t been able to, and whether he wants to be a starter or not. He said his control has improved. Rags and Tidrow almost have his head in the right place to transform the Laloosh side of him- he “just wants to do what’s best for the organization.”
If Runzler can get to Dereck Holland type stuff- 95 with some consistency he could be a decent 2 or 3. My feeling is it will come down to trading Runzler if they can sign Cain long term. Otherwise maybe they like Runzler to take over in the rotation if they can’t resign Cain this year.
The Sea was angry that day my friends
like an old man trying to return soup at a deli!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
If anybody wants to try something new and different… go to Costco and look for
http://www.mrsmays.com/product_details_mrsmays.html?GoCate=11&indx=48
I can’t decide if I like them or not.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
If anybody wants to try something new and different
/makes sign of the cross, spoils ballot
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
freeze dried strawberries…like astronaut food or something…. it’s weird.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Huh. Are you supposed to rehydrate them for use or something?
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
nope, they dunked them in chocolate. Crunchy strawberries is just different.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Crunchy frog
Milton: We use only the finest baby frogs, dew picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope and lovingly frosted with glucose.
Praline: That’s as maybe, it’s still a frog.
Milton: What else?
Praline: Well don’t you even take the bones out?
Milton: If we took the bones out it wouldn’t be crunchy would it?
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
it's a Les Miserables kinda night
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.
Do you hear the people sing
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Dec 15, 2011 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
IT WAS MY RIGHT TO DIE AS WELL
INSTEAD I LIVE…
BUT LIVE IN HELL!!!
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 so it has been and so it is written
On the doorway to paradise
That those who falter and those who fall
Must pay the price!
WWRWD?
LORD LET ME FIND HIM
THAT I MAY SEE HIM
SAFE BEHIND BAAAAAAARS
I WILL NEVER REST
TIL THEN
THIS I SWEAR
THIS I SWEAR BY
THE STAAAAARS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Oh my, there was a “football” game tonight. 41-14 ? sheeeesh!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I had the game on
I fell asleep.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Aaaand
I have Roddy White and Matt Ryan. Word.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Dec 15, 2011 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
Matt Ryan
went to Boston College
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.
Doug Flutie too right?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Dec 15, 2011 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
yes
My graduation picture is in front of the Doug Flutie statue outside of the stadium.
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.
yes
and the brothers Hasselbeck
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
no one cares about them though
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.
Glenn Foley?
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
AKA Matty Ice
obviously named for the inexpensive beer
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
rather a reference to shitty beer
than that stupid “icing” fad that every douchebag seems to be into.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Dec 15, 2011 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
youtube it
it might cause you to drink because of how stupid it is.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Dec 15, 2011 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
just looked it up
pretty bad
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
its really really
really stupid. I love drinking games, but smirnoff ice? really?
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Dec 15, 2011 11:59 PM PST up reply actions
Nice!
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Dec 15, 2011 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
He held the door to Lyons Hall open for me once, ftr.
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.
Good!
chivalry is dead.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Dec 15, 2011 11:08 PM PST up reply actions
Just finished watching the highlights of the Sharks game
The defense was quite atrocious
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 11:05 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Seems to be par for the course lately
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 15, 2011 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
Burns saved a goal. 4 of the 6 defensemen had 0 hits going into the 3rd period.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Dec 15, 2011 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
It seems like they have no concept of team defense.
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 11:09 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I miss Dougie Murray
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Question: Worst offseason so far?
of the Bay Area teams that is.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
it’s not over yet.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
hence the "so far"
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Dec 15, 2011 11:08 PM PST up reply actions
ever
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 11:09 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Oakland A's
still not very good
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
also
Don’t ask me. I think the Giants has had an okay offseason. Signing Beltran would make it an excellent one.
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by CalBear949 on Dec 15, 2011 11:11 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Overall, it’s been meh.
Trading away Torres was hard to take. Getting Angel Pagan in return was okay.
Things could have gotten bad if they signed someone like Yuniesky Betancourt. Although, Burriss…
Andres Torres was a track and field star at Miami Dade, running the 100 meters in 10.37 seconds, the second fastest recorded 100 meter time for all major league baseball players, behind Deion Sanders' 10.26
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Dec 15, 2011 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
Warriors have had the most lulzworthy offseason
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Poor Cubbies
I actually was rooting for them to get Pujols. Only because it would still take them a decade to put a team around him but at least the fans could cheer for awhile. Now it looks like Prince is considering it. But some have speculated the Nats will get a bit heavier with more of Boras’ weight and he will effectively take over that team with Werth and Fielder saddled up to the slushy bar.
Dontrelle Willis
Jimmy Rollins and Willis both attended Encinal High in Alameda, are longtime friends and often trade barbs about who is better. But they’ve never been teammates, until now. Well, maybe. “He was probably more excited about the deal than I was,” Willis said of Rollins. Willis officially became a member of the Phillies on Thursday, when he passed his physical. Philadelphia signed him to a one-year, $850,000 contract (incentives could push his salary above $1 million). Willis hopes to play with Rollins, a free agent. Rollins remains unsigned, though indications are he and the Phillies eventually will reach an accord.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Dec 16, 2011 12:02 AM PST reply actions
Troy E. Renck The Denver Post:
The Rockies have extended themselves as far as they will go — believed to be three years and $27 million — in an attempt to land their first big-ticket free agent since 2000. Cuddyer was weighing interest from Philadelphia and Seattle, but Colorado is considered the strong favorite.
…
The Rockies have interest in outfielder Carlos Beltran, but only on a smaller commitment. Given Beltran’s knee issues, last year notwithstanding, the Rockies would be looking to land him on a one-year deal with an option. His suitors include the Cardinals and Blue Jays.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Dec 16, 2011 12:10 AM PST reply actions
MLB.com’s Thomas Harding:
Cody Ross remains a possibility to be signed to work in a tandem in left field with Seth Smith. If Cuddyer is signed, expect the Rockies to attempt to trade Smith to fill other holes.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Dec 16, 2011 12:14 AM PST up reply actions
Ugh. Don’t take Cody! I don’t want to have to start hating him yet.
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 16, 2011 12:15 AM PST up reply actions
I doubt Beltran would go for a one year deal.
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 16, 2011 12:15 AM PST up reply actions
The most likely destination for Beltran appears to be St. Louis, as they have the available cash and the fans seem eager for the Cardinals to sign him. Although, they have been rumored to be interested in Carlos Pena. It’s odd that that there hasn’t been any rumors with regards to Pena for a week or so. Both could make sense for them as Lance Berkman can play both right field and first base.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Dec 16, 2011 12:27 AM PST up reply actions
Michael Cuddyer = "big ticket?"
Ohhh-kaaaayyy….
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
Dreamy?
Let’s go now RT @rodneycatonjr: @VizquelOmar13 Omar, if you got an offer to play one more year for the Giants, what would your answer be?
He’s 44 and turns 45 in April. He also only played 9 games at SS last season.
But if Sabean was willing to pay top dollar for Willie Bloomquist….
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Dec 16, 2011 12:34 AM PST up reply actions
I’d sign him. Just because he’s Omar Vizquel.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 16, 2011 1:15 AM PST up reply actions
But he’s old enough to be your father.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
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Id sign my father too. Then I’d be rich.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 16, 2011 1:20 AM PST up reply actions
No. He would be rich. You would still be poor unless he gives you some money.
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Or unless you are in his will / he doesn’t have a will and you knock him off and are never caught.
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 16, 2011 1:32 AM PST up reply actions
I would imagine a person with money would have a will.
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For the most part, yes. But you would be woefully surprised at the number of rich people who die young before they have “gotten around” to making a will.
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 16, 2011 2:16 AM PST up reply actions
Of course these are the kind of exception cases that wind up in my Wills & Estates textbook.
by WhatsAMataHari on Dec 16, 2011 2:20 AM PST up reply actions
Always Sunny outdid itself tonight
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
New one tonight
I can never keep track
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The Blue Jays win!!! The Blue Jays win!!!
The Yu Darvish sweepstakes with a bid somewhere between $40 and 50 million.
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by CalBear949 on Dec 16, 2011 5:54 AM PST via mobile reply actions
though
I am not sure Yu will sign with them.
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by CalBear949 on Dec 16, 2011 5:54 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
40-50 million?
The Blue Jays? The Giants should be ashamed of themselves for this offseason. I don’t care about Darvish, but to not reward their loyal fans who sold out their damn stadium for the entire season with a decent bat signing is disgusting. Seven million per year for Willingham is too high for them? And what kind of stupidity is shown when you’re that broke and you pick up a five million dollar option for Jeremy Affeldt, when you’ve already re-signed Javier Lopez? For TWO MILLION MORE you get a decent bat for the middle of the order. I’ve wanted Beltran all along, but would have shut my mouth over Carlos, Willingham or Cuddyer. It’s absolutely pathetic what the Giants have done this offseason. And fuck you MLB trade rumors for sending me “breaking news” that starts off with “Giants sign” and ends up with Eli Whiteside and Guillermo Mota! You get my hopes up then I have to read that shit?
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Well…the 40 to 50 million is just to negotiate. They still have to sign the guy.
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by CalBear949 on Dec 16, 2011 6:11 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
also
Free French fries at Burger King’s today.
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by CalBear949 on Dec 16, 2011 6:20 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
We've been raging about this shit for weeks!
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If only I could find my rage button
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They could probably calm me down by saying that the reason they haven’t done anything is because Brandon Belt will be getting 500 at bats and they feel he’s going to put up better numbers than all of those free agents, but at this point all I’m thinking is that all those at bats will go to Huff.
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It’ll work itself out in spring training.
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YES!
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by Giant among Angels on Dec 16, 2011 7:26 AM PST up reply actions
We won’t know that until ST. Belt sounds like he learned some things in winter ball and should be good.
Huff sounds like he’s taking this off season seriously. Hopefully he can find at least half of his 2010 self.
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by CalBear949 on Dec 16, 2011 7:00 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I hope Toronto does get Yu.
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You think he will sign though?
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by CalBear949 on Dec 16, 2011 6:26 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
The Toronto Yu Jays!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 7:54 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, Canada! I stand on guard for Yu.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 16, 2011 7:59 AM PST up reply actions
Toronto gets Yu, we potentially get Yu…..niesky
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Yu never know!
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I didn’t know STEVE HOLM! played for the Twins last year
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I remember that
Dude fell off a cliff though
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
This Frost/Nixon movie is great
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by CalBear949 on Dec 16, 2011 7:11 AM PST via mobile reply actions
The Broadway version was phenomenal.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
Giants re-signed C Eli Whiteside to a minor league contract.
The Giants non-tendered Whiteside earlier this week but wound up bringing him back at a lesser salary than he would have made through arbitration. The 32-year-old batted just .197/.264/.310 over 236 plate appearances this past season, but the Giants value his defense. He’s the favorite to back up Buster Posey in 2012.
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good deal
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by CalBear949 on Dec 16, 2011 7:13 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
They value his defense? I was under the impression he was pretty terrible defensively, especially his arm.
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I think they just like him as a dude and how he “works with the pitchers.” I think it’s because they over-emphasize on game calling, scouting, etc.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I think the comfort level with pitchers is a plus. But hey it’s a minor league contract.
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by CalBear949 on Dec 16, 2011 7:26 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
IIRC
Towards the end there, Tim played mostly with Stewart, and even with Sanchez in his first start, rather than deal with Whiteside dropping every other pitch.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Yeah
I think some of it though is that Whiteside has been with the team for awhile. They probably just giving him the benefit of the doubt and I am assuming that he was as horrible as he was last year otherwise, the Giants would have kept him as the backup C.
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Sure, but
what do passed balls have to do with a bad elbow in your throwing arm?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Nothing
I’m saying that they’re giving him the benefit of the doubt in general based upon prior history. I mean they didn’t offer him arbitration so they obviously did not think much of him talent wise.
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I can certainly understand that. They probably should have just said that though. “He’s done a good job with our staff. They are comfortable with him.” Stuff like that.
Plus I thought Stewie was going to be the backup. I suppose spring training will sort it all out.
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I’m sure that’s the plan. I don’t have a problem with them signing him to a minor league contract at all. I actually like the guy.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I don’t mind it either. I just thought it was funny that they cited his defense as a reason.
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His D last year was pretty frustrating. Didn’t he also have arm problems that he played through, though?
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Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Dec 16, 2011 7:29 AM PST up reply actions
Elbow issue.
@legaleagle88
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Ah, yes
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Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Dec 16, 2011 7:52 AM PST up reply actions
Cuddyer is a Rockie.
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I’m so glad they didn’t sign Beltran. Whew.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
It's funny
At the beginning of the offseason, I would have said that just getting Beltran would be a disappointment, and that we needed a shortstop too.
Now, if they got Beltran, I’d be prepared to kiss Baer’s ring.
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by GiantPain on Dec 16, 2011 7:34 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I feel beat down by this offseason.
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man so true.
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Ha, maybe that is their master plan.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I knew Larry liked me.
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Prolly a bit more than he's worth, depending where he plays
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cuddyer gets 31.5M over 3 years from colorado.
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So, does Beltran get less than that?
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
At this point
I have no idea. Beltran is better than Cuddyer, but he’s older and a bit more injury prone and can’t “play” infield. So who knows. I could see them getting similar deals, but I could see Beltran getting more, though I could also see him getting less.
In conclusion, nothing.
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That’s why I asked. I have no idea, either. I thought Beltran would have been signed by now. The market for him — or lack thereof? — is bizarre.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
He’s waiting to see which teams get good leadoff guys.
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It’s because he’s so selfish.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I’ll be he’s buying himself a Christmas present right now.
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Beltran thinks it’s five years ago. In a way I admire that, but it causes problems with getting a deal done.
thanks for 2010
Beltran thinks it’s five years ago.
What makes you say that?
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People like makin' stuff up about Beltran
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Why didn’t he offer to play LF when he got to SF? Did you notice Bochy said that’s where he’d be if he came back.
thanks for 2010
Makin’ stuff up
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Wow, the Bochy quote is out there. And clearly he didn’t offer to move to LF during the season
thanks for 2010
How do you know that, exactly?
And, further, what difference would it have made? LF vs RF is almost entirely a distinction without a difference.
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No. Really, no difference.
People pretend like right field at AT&T park is a mythical location. It’s a somewhat difficult right field, I guess, but it’s a right field.
For any advantage you get from having more range in right, that’s mitigated by the fact that more balls are hit to left field than right, and that therefore a good defender will have more chances to save runs than a right fielder.
It’s a wash. That’s why the positional adjustment in all the WAR systems I’m aware of is identical for RF and LF.
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No not mythical, a real RF with more ground to cover than LF, in that park. It would have saved his legs… also LF was a mess for us in 2010. Nate S. was clearly having a better year than Ross before he was injured. And the WAR for all fields wouldn’t apply well to a specific case like triple’s alley.
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There were 27 triples hit in AT&T park last year
That’s tied for 9th most in the National League.
The triples aren’t a big deal.
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The issue with triples alley isn’t necessarily the triples. It is a lot of weird ground to cover.
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It's some weird ground to cover
I’ve just never seen any evidence to suggest that it’s some extraordinarily more difficult field to play than anywhere else.
The LF has to cover a lot of ground too.
And more balls are hit to the left fielder than the right fielder.
So are you sure that it’s 100% more advantageous to have your better defender in right rather than left?
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Evidence is watching opposing right fielders try and deal with triples alley and the brick and the weird things the ball can bounce off of.
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Oh, OK
Well, as long as you’re forming your opinion based on what you saw a couple times.
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I’ve just never seen any evidence to suggest that it’s some extraordinarily more difficult field to play than anywhere else.
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I still haven't.
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Oh, OK
Well, as long as you’re forming your opinion based on the theory that things don’t exist if you haven’t seen them.
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Well my eyes tell me that it's no more difficult than LF
So we now have equal eye evidence.
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Just take a look at the two wall surfaces. You don’t think one is more difficult than the other?
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One certainly looks more difficult
But there aren’t that many balls hit that bounce off that wall, and there’s a smaller subset of balls that bounce off that wall that take a difficult bounce.
And, like I said, even if RF were more difficult, there’s also less balls hit to RF, so why not have the better defender in the position where he’ll have the most chances?
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The thing about ATT is that the RF has to play over to cover triples alley (and it works, which is why there aren’t a huge number of triples). The trade off is that this leaves an opening for balls hit down the line. Hence the elevated need for range in right field at ATT.
My thinking is that this is one of the reasons why the suppression of left handed home runs doesn’t result in an overall suppression of offense at ATT.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 16, 2011 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Sure, I'll buy that RF at AT&T requires a little bit more range than RF in other parks
But is it to such a degree that it necessitates specialized players.
Like, let’s say you were able to run a season 2 times with identical outcomes, and the only difference between the two is that in one of the seasons, Beltran played every game in RF and Schierholtz played every game in LF, and in the other season, vice versa.
How many more runs do you think would get scored on us over the course of a season?
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If the outcomes are identical, neither more nor less.
Convenient.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
Haha, whoops
Didn’t mean to phrase it that way.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if it were in the 15-20 range.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
That strikes me as bonkers.
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Really? I think it’s fairly conservative to say that Nate is +5 and Beltran is -5, that’s 10 right there, in your average right field.
Nate specifically with his range and arm is able to not allow triples in the gap, and turn doubles down the line into singles fairly regularly.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
But no
Nate and Beltran are both going to be playing in my hypothetical.
In one universe, it’s Nate in LF and Beltran in RF.
In the other, Beltran in LF, Nate in RF.
Nate’s a +5 defender in RF and he’s a +5 defender in LF too.
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Oh, yeah, I read that part, but then it completely slipped my mind. I was having 2 identical seasons, one with Beltran in right, one with Nate, and everything else being the same.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
With that in mind, I’d probably say around 3.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I think I’m in agreement here. The wide open spaces plus the tendency for balls to hang up in the wind, mean that there’s a bigger payout and a harsher penalty for poor range in RF.
How much is the penalty, though? That’s tough. 5 runs sounds like too many, intuitively.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
He had already moved to right field this year to accommodate Angel Pagan with the Mets. He had spring training to learn it. Maybe he was afraid to try yet another new position, one that he would have to play immediately.
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Just my hunch – maybe not five years ago, but somewhere between that and what his value is now. I think he wants more years than anyone’s offered so far.
thanks for 2010
Oh I see. Well isn’t that usually the case though?
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Yes, true. In a way I understand it with him. Still carries himself like one of the very best in the game – and he can still be a dominant force when healthy.
thanks for 2010
IF he’s healthy. Even though they won’t I’d like the Giants to get him back. Who knows, with regular rest maybe he could still play 100 games or more?
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Totally agree. All I’m really saying is that I think he’s overvaluing himself a bit at this point. And that it’s understandable considering how good he’s been and still is when healthy.
thanks for 2010
All I’m really saying is that I think he’s overvaluing himself a bit at this point.
Which you are, of course, making up.
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I wouldn't call it overvaluing
Beltran feels he’s worth a certain amount. Given his age/injury concerns, the market will dictate his value.
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I just read there’s two “mystery” teams in on Beltran. I still have hope!!
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I'm glad i'm not the only one
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LOL YOU
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at least we don’t have to see him 19 times next year with the Rockies. They can have Cuddyer.
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How dare you
laugh at my blind optimism!
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Wow
Way overpay
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by CalBear949 on Dec 16, 2011 8:19 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Just got my Giants tickets for next year at Angel Stadium. June 18th and June 20th.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Dec 16, 2011 7:55 AM PST reply actions
I'm annoyed that I couldn't get my season tickets before x'mas
now I have to buy actual x’mas gifts for people
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I’ll wait for mine.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 16, 2011 8:00 AM PST up reply actions
CALL AND YELL!
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
That doesn't sound like much of a Xmas present
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 8:04 AM PST up reply actions
only 1 in 5 chances of a Zito start!
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Oh, okay
That makes sense now. I thought jhiatt00 was suggesting that you call and yell as an Xmas present.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 8:09 AM PST up reply actions
LOL
I’M JUST CALLING TO WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS ASSHOLE
/hangs up phone
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Haha!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 8:27 AM PST up reply actions
There counting on Crawford...
He looks like he might hit… a little… sometimes.
thanks for 2010
#Giants #HopeLikeHell #RDF
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Where counting on Crawford?
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
130 games at SS
He’s cheap but he isn’t easy
thanks for 2010
The comet Lovejoy passed within 75,000 miles of the Sun last night and lived to tell the tale. It endured temperatures of up to several million degrees. It was expected to die, and yet, there it is. It is a zombie comet.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 8:08 AM PST reply actions
That’s awesome. I wonder what happened to it while it passed by—-aren’t comets made in part of ice?
"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.
Dirty ice
There is all sorts of weird stuff in comets. Some think that they seeded the Earth not only with water, but the building blocks of life. Earth and comet as analogs for ovum and sperm!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 8:27 AM PST up reply actions
Pattern repetition in nature is endlessly fascinating.
Cities look like ant colonies look like microchips look like neural pathways…
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Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
Rats!
Can’t find snarky Animal House quote
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
/loses respect for the sun
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Like a Gibson fastball
Afraid of nothin’, not even the sun
thanks for 2010
Now that it’s officially badass they should change its name to Swearengen.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 16, 2011 8:29 AM PST up reply actions
Open the fucking canned peaches!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 8:34 AM PST up reply actions
When you say expected to die
Was it expected to turn to energy or get pulled into the sun? My small understanding of physics says matter is neither lost nor gained, it only changes form.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
It depends on how precise you want to be
The close pass was thought to be enough to break it apart and turn it into water molecules that would eventually be broken down into it’s basic elements. In other words: they thought it wouldn’t be a comet anymore.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
It would be fascninating to see what goes on inside when it is that hot.
Also, how freaking genius was Netwon. The laws of gravity and inertia won this round.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
Reminds me of
A LH hitting Johnnie LeMaster (tall SS, mostly good almost great glove)
thanks for 2010
Does not compute.
I’m sorry,you have mistakenly used the phrase “good almost great glove” in the same sentence with the surname “LeMaster”
What's the gorugthink at the moment on the NL West teams offseasons?
D-Backs: Definitely improved?
Rockies: Definitely improved?
Giants: Meh to slightly improved?
Dodgers: N/A
Padres: N/A
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
Duh
I meant “grougthink”
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
I wouldn’t call Rockies definitely improved. I also wouldn’t call the Giants improved.
The D-backs are definitely better off with Cahill vs Saunders.
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Dback's, maybe
Those home away splits and xFip and Fip numbers would not get me too excited about Cahill.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
This is the thing about the NL West
Every team thinks they can either slide by or improve just slightly to get an edge. No one tries to go big to simply crush the competition.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
The only team that's improved themselves in the entire division is the DBacks
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They should have signed Willingham for less money
and more power.
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Yea Willy for 10 less mil seems like a steal to me
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
For the Twins, not really but for the Rockies, Willingham would have been perfect.
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Similar hitter power numbers
Cuddyer actually hurt more in last 3 years. 10 mil for backup infielder defense or worse just doesn’t look good to me.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
?
Willingham has a career ISO of .214. Cuddyer has a career ISO of .180.
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When your two biggest signings are Jeremy Affeldt and Guillermo Mota, you haven’t improved.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Don't forget though...
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Those are players they already had, though. They’re constants that don’t impact improvement.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
LOL U
Those are squirrels.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
So they're the Giants AA players?
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
What about getting
Buster Posey and Freddy Sanchez back?
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What does that have to do with the offseason?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
They improved from the year before
by getting players back from injuries. That counts too.
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No, it doesn't
That had nothing to do with anything they did over the offseason.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Colin Cowgill was PCL player of the year, so they think Cahill has a lot left. My guess is he’s peaked with the A’s.
thanks for 2010
yeah he will be another one of those 23 year olds
who peaked at 22…that always happens.
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by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
He had a bad second half last year so we’ll see
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by CalBear949 on Dec 16, 2011 9:01 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
He’s still better than last year’s number three. Dbacks are definitely better, the Giants are only better because Posey returns, and the Rockies will be better than they were last year, but not by much. Their pitching isn’t strong enough for them to contend.
Proud owner of over 20,000 comments. (most of them in the wrong place) Oh yeah, and Buster Posey
Sure, their SP 4-5 were probably bad. Cahill will be an improvement but they give up a pretty big pitching prospect to get him. Who’s to say that Jarrod Parker will not be better than Cahill even next year.
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They still have Skaggs and Bauer
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
True
but one less prospect to worry about.
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Colin Cowgill had marginal power, despite playing at Reno.
And had a BABIP of like 87,930,557
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Purple Row is talking about putting Cuddyer at 3B
why would you want to do that? He’s a super clank in the infield. Just stick in in LF with Fowler and Cargo.
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Do the Rockies really need three guys in LF at the same time?
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
It's a BIG OF
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Because Tyler Colvin can't play 3B
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Then they probably should have signed
Ramirez
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Huh
The Red Sox are among the teams that have had cursory trade dialogue with the Marlins about Hanley Ramirez, according to ESPN.com’s Buster Olney (on Twitter). However, the talks have no traction.
The Marlins don’t intend to trade Ramirez, even after signing shortstop Jose Reyes. However, Olney reported Sunday that at least four teams have talked to the Marlins about a possible deal involving Ramirez. At this point he projects as the team’s everyday third baseman, though he appears to prefer playing shortstop.
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HanRam was whom the Sox traded to get Beckett years ago
For them to trade to get him back would be ironic in an Alanis Morrisette kind of way.
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
You can have this prospect. And when he reaches his peak, we'll have him back on our team.
Baseball.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Promoting another Giants blog (no, not that one)
http://www.baycityball.com/2011/12/15/reviewing-last-years-prospect-list/
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Waiting for the Bonds news to put something else up.
I think he’s going to get executed. This will be so sad. :(
This was the reason I went on a Bonds stats-posting barrage yesterday
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
Psssh. Lazy.
Why don’t you make this site worth reading for once and go do some analysis and statistical research to back things up?
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
At least it will bring the nation a profound sense of closure.
by Your mother on Dec 16, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Which is so very importan
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
LOL.
ISWYDT.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Nicely timed with the official end of the Iraq War.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Although I wish Panetta would have chosen better statements
“After a lot of blood spilled by Iraqis and Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern and secure itself has become real,” he said.
“To be sure, the cost was high — in blood and treasure for the United States and for the Iraqi people,” Panetta told about 200 troops and a few Iraqi officials during the 45-minute ceremony. “But those lives were not lost in vain: They gave birth to an independent, free and sovereign Iraq.”
Sounds like when the US left South Vietnam
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Stoooooooooooooooooooop
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Didn't mean for it to be political
I just wished he had a better speech.
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“So, other than that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Not sure what's political about this anyway.
Should we pretend that the war didn’t end this week? Is one side or the other debating that fact?
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
That's how I feel
I am not talking about the war in anyway. Just that Panetta chose his words poorly.
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It does.
Things could have gone worse this time around, though.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Except in this case the US wanted to stay but couldn’t come to agreement with the Iraqi government.
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I don't care about the actual history part
I just did not like the speech and the image it invokes.
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Personally, "blood and treasure"
conjures up Jack Sparrow.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
James Harrison's suspension upheld by the NFL star chamber.
Will I miss seeing him headhunt the 49ers Monday night? Will I regret that the 49ers LOLffense will not be tested by a full-strength Steel Curtain?
No I will not.
Take your time healing, Roethlisbankle! Who’s the Pittsburgh backup QB? Charlie Batch? Kordell Stewart?
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:04 AM PST reply actions
Batch!
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Just popped over to the Steeler's blog
cannot believe that they think that Harrison’s hit was clean.
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I can.
They loves them that black-and-yellow kool-aid, and the Steelers have been loudly proclaiming their persecution complex long enough to make the fans believe it.
Remember, these are the same fans that felt Roethlisberger shouldn’t have been suspended.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
From Jonah Keri's article on Prince Fielder..
In Baseball Between the Numbers, Nate Silver notes that teams at a certain point on the win curve derive more benefit from signing a big free agent than do teams projected for more or fewer wins.1 It might seem obvious that a terrible team would gain less from signing Prince Fielder than would a playoff contender. But Silver adds that there’s a diminishing return on a free agent like Fielder for a team projected to win 95-100 games too; that team probably plays into October with or without another big bat, so signing him becomes less useful. In Silver’s model, teams projected to win 86 to 93 games are the best fit for nabbing a free agent of Fielder’s caliber, since adding a player of that ilk could mean the difference between a playoff season and a non-playoff season — and all the boosts in revenue and credibility that go with it. Churning out precise, 162-game predictions is incredibly tough to do on Opening Day, let alone in December. But every year, Replacement Level Yankees Weblog takes an early crack at it, using the CAIRO projections system and the projected depth charts found at MLBDepthCharts.com.2
Gee what kind of team does that sound like..
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Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I'd love Fielder.
But they seem intent on making Belt 1B of the future rather than LF of the future, so I guess that won’t work.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
"I know what’s not percolating. We did not bid on the vegetarian Macy’s parade float. Did not. N-O-T. Enough said."
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
No Tax Hikes and no Big Ticket Items for this team
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
Beltran makes more sense to me
Put Huff at 1st and let Belt simmer for a year should the 4 WAR Huff return, or bring him back and DFA Huff.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Funny thing about all that: That sounds like a damn good defense for the way the MVP voting is usually done.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
Someone just sent me a link to a review of a new book about called “Bargaining with Baseball: Labor Relations in an Age of Prosperous Turmoil” by Stanford Law professor William Gould. The lawyer types around here might be interested, though it seems that it might be interesting to any baseball fan.
http://www.dailyjournal.com/prmo/prmomain.cfm?location=SF&eid=919742&pcode=11121216
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Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Uh, remove that extra “about” in the first sentence.
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Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Sustained.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I lol'd in spite of myself.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
The Green Bay Packers has not trailed in the 4th quarter this year. We are in week 15.
#discountdoublecheck
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Take a shot!
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And I'm a robot!
Beep berp beep berp!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
I shamelessly love that commercial.
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Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
ROGIASSSSSSSSS
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Packers lacking in greatness
Not a good comeback team.
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
In his dreams
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RODGERS OR TEBOW? TAKE YOUR PICK.
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PHILLIP RIVERS? THROWS A PICK.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
BRETT FAVRE? SHOWS HIS DICK.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
JOE MONTANA? OWNED THE STICK.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
John Elway? Sold me a Chevy with a stick.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
DAN MARINO? STILL A PRICK
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
Ryan Fitzpatrick could use a Bic.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
LOTS OF MONEY? OWED BY VICK.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Andrew Luck: #1 pick?
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
i am nervous to start Rodgers against the Chiefs
since he very well could sit out the 4th quarter like last week…I have a championship to win.
Ride the tiger...You can see his stripes but you know he's clean.
by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Cheifs have a surprising defense
That did not show up last week. Coach is fired. Pack likely to grind them down running when winning late. Chiefs might not even score 10.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
the problem is that the Chief offense can't stay on the field
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THEY WILL THIS WEEK AND THEY WILL LOSE!
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
It is wrong for me to be sad about Torres' highlights
being filed under the Mets’ website?
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No, not at all
This is actually the first time ever that you’re not wrong about something.
The first six innings are overrated.
I would like to see this
a lot this year:
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18228827&c_id=mlb
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ELI WHITESIDE and MIKE FONTENOT
All that I can say is thank god these two will be a part of the 2012 Giants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1DwUC4IkDM
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by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 10:16 AM PST reply actions
The two greatest words in the English Language:
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:17 AM PST reply actions
OPEN BAR
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Although this is good too!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
Office Holiday Luncheon in SF today.
The only day a year (barring a funeral or court appearance) on which I wear a tie.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Open bar at lunch? That’s no fun if you have to go back to work. We had our office party last night with an open bar.
It's fun if you have to go back to "work," though.
I mean, Friday afternoon after a open bar holiday lunch? I’m guessing not to much work is expected afterward.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
*too
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
Thankfully
We don’t go back to work. Cocktails start at noon, lunch around 1:30, and then afterwards we take our drunk asses to some bar where we meet up with significant others and the like who are barred from attending the employee only luncheon.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
mmmm bbq
Our office is doing dinner and drinks at the Claremont tonight.
The first six innings are overrated.
Classy!
I had a friend who lived across the street from there.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Had a quick look at the wine list—who does this remind you of:
Argyle Pinot Noir, "Nuthouse", Willamette Valley, 2008
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
LOL!
Overlord, Mariner Division!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Fuck You
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
Indeed!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Barry Bonds
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
Now Batting
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Barry Bonds
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
I heard this not in Renel's voice so much as that of the lucky 8yo inflicted on us for an inning.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Followed by Dr. Dre
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
Jeff Keppinger
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Unstoppable bat
(TWSS)
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Brian Sabean
Ride the tiger...You can see his stripes but you know he's clean.
by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Oooh! I know this!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Lock the cellar door
And baby
Talk dirty to me
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
\m/
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
COMPOUND NOUN
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
Similarly
Truly rural
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
YES!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
Beer Me!
Ride the tiger...You can see his stripes but you know he's clean.
by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Belt walks.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
November 1st
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
of course there is always
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Hey Gais
I need some input related to the McCoven awards. I made the request in the Fan Post, but I’m being obnoxious and posting a link to it here, too: http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/12/14/2636895/the-sixth-annual-mccoven-awards#85877195
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Hi KDL!
I’m here to help!!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Does that thing go to 11?
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
Do you like the 1 hole or the 2 hole better?
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
Both
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
What?
That’s a legitimate question for Angel Pagan
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
Hardball Talk @HardballTalk 1m Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
The Cards are "realizing traction" on Carlos Beltran dlvr.it/10qXGr #mlb #hbt
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
it makes sense
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
Whoa
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
What is this I don't even
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
isn't that Michael Vick?
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
If he was black
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
UNPACKED!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
Donovan McNabb
"I dont always hit home runs, but when I do, I prefer World Series winning home runs"
If we "somehow" start this alignment
LF Cabrera
CF Pagan
RF Schierholtz
3B Sandoval
SS Crawford
2B Sanchez
1B Belt
C Posey
That’s a plus defender in every position. This might be the best run prevention team in baseball when you include the pitching staff, bullpen included.
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
Fair point
/starts Huff in left
//Pill at first
///Melky in center
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 16, 2011 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
It's pretty solid at run prevention on the offensive side, too.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Dec 16, 2011 10:47 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
It will be a lot better than last year.
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And not necessarily true, either.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
It would be very difficult
not to subsantially improve from 2011
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Brian Sabean found a way
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
Depending on health may not be the best move,
but if this team maintains modest health, a “below average” offense with this pitching staff is enough to win the NL West.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
I am not as optimistic
The Dbacks have an above average pitching staff and an above average offense. Bauer might even take over a starting spot in July. That’s one scary, scary looking team.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I'm in this line
Best defensive OF in baseball.
A real line up.
A good pitching staff even with Kennedy likely coming back down to earth.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I just don't see the big difference in the Giants lineup and AZ lineup
CF: Young > Pagan
RF: Upton >>> Melky
LF: Parra = Nate
3B: Roberts << Panda
SS: Drew >> Crawford
2B: Johnson < Sanchez
1B: Goldschmidt/Overbay < Belt/Huff
C: Montero < Posey
Each arrow is one oWAR. The key is SS and 1B.
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Giants don't need the best offense to win the west
Nor will they have it. Unless they get more July 2010 production. Please Buster, give us a year of that!
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
?
Buster is projected to have a 5.6 fWAR season. So a 4 oWAR season is not crazy.
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fWAR is Fangraph WAR…it combines offensive and defensive WAR.
oWAR is offensive WAR and is separated by baseball reference from dWAR (or defensive WAR).
Since we’re talking about offensive production, oWAR is appropriate.
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i would rather have goldschmidt than belt AND huff
Ride the tiger...You can see his stripes but you know he's clean.
by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
you realize that
chris young is a 4+ WAR player and that his defense and his 20/20 production is far greater than that of Angel Pagan?
the only team in the NL West who has a weaker lineup than the Giants is the Padres.
Ride the tiger...You can see his stripes but you know he's clean.
by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Angel Pagan vs. Chris Young
Pagan had an outstanding 2010 season where he logged 5.5 WAR via fangraphs. for his entire career he has 10.3 WAR…which is to say that if not for his 2010 he would have a career WAR closer to 5. As a point of reference Jeff Keppinger has a career WAR of 5.3.
Chris Young has put together back to back seasons of 4.6 WAR, is 2 years younger, plays better defense and is a 20/20 threat every year…the two are almost not comparable.
Pagan is basically Andres Torres with less defense.
Ride the tiger...You can see his stripes but you know he's clean.
by James Westfall on Dec 19, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Giants' offense had
an oWAR of 15.3 in 2010 and an oWAR of 13.9 in 2011.
I think the Giants can get back at least 4-6 WAR with the players we have versus last year’s performance?
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Huff could do that by himself
COULD operative word.
Hard to know what will happen. Full year of Buster should boost 1-2 WAR by himself.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Of course
everyone is guessing at this point. I mean Pujols can go to Anaheim and fall of the cliff Huff style but it’s not reasonable to assume that.
Considering the awful production by and injuries to the lineup last year, it’s not hard to expect that the Giants offense can improve enough to get to league average.
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Why?
Torres was awful as was Huff and Belt.
Posey was out for 2/3 of the year and replaced by replacement Cs
Sanchez was out for about 2/3 of the season and replaced by Bill Hall/Kepp/Burriss
Huff/Belt be default has to be better than 2010 versions of themselves…at least one to two oWAR
Between those players alone, there should be 50-70 runs scored additionally. That’s league average.
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After all the shit that went down last year
(and 201, ftm) how can anyone dare to project anything? This is what I love about this place in general.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
If we ain't projecting,
we ain’t breathing
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Don't be hatin'
Start extrapolatin’
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
Freddy Sanchez
is probably going to miss time again this year considering he hasn’t played in 145 games since 2008 and is probably good for about .280 with 5 HR’s and 45 RBI’s…he’s presence in the lineup is probably worth 1 WAR.
Ride the tiger...You can see his stripes but you know he's clean.
by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
Sure
but Giants just need an average offense.
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
this is not an average offense
But it can produce average results, with some luck. Time to prey like hell.
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
wow I just went all Sandusky there didn't I.
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
The correct phrase is “hope like hell.”
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND BASEBALL
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
Sabean was originally going to go with “wish like hell,” but ownership wouldn’t give him any pennies for the fountain.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
NOW THIS DESERVES A REC
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Last time the Giants had an average offense (by wRC+)
2004
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Giants were
4 runs below league average in 2010. (697 v. 701)
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Here we go again
The NL team average WRC+ is not 100. The Giants were above average for the NL by WRC+ in 2010.
I didn't say league average, did I?
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
You are starting to sound like me.
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
See above…we will have an average offense if
1) Posey is a 3-4 oWAR player
2) Sanchez is a 2 oWAR player
3) Huff/Belt combine to be a 2 oWAR player
4) Pagan is a 2 oWAR player
5) Melky is a 2 oWAR player
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And everyone else does what we expect. Hope like hell™.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Those are not unreasonable expectation
those are basically starter level numbers.
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Prey Like HELL
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
You realize that at this point last year we were penciling in Ross and PtB to have a bunch of ABs, right?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Sure
but I am not sure what that has to do with anything.
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You can’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched. Assuming an entire team will play the way you expect it to (especially when some are coming off of injuries) is a good way to be let down.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
I am not talking about what I am hoping for compared from one year to another. I thought the Giants offense was going to be very good in 2010 but it was wrong. I am just talking about the reasonableness of improvement over what actually happened last year.
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Oh, I’m with you on improvement. I think we will be better offensively than we were last year. I’m just less sure that we’ll be able to make the jump up to average.
I was just using last year as an example of, this is what the offense can look like in December and this is what it can look like come next September sort of deal.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Any news?
Baseball great Barry Bonds is scheduled to be sentenced Friday at 11 a.m. in a San Francisco federal courtroom for his felony conviction of obstruction of justice.
Somewhere up there, Grant said he's waiting to post until news about that comes along.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
he must had two separate posts written up depending on the outcome
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
Sheeeeit
Hyperlink, sentence, post, Skyrim.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 16, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve been meaning to play Skyrim because it looks awesome, but then I remember I get really stressed out and dont enjoy those games because I keep thinking I made the less enjoyable choice and want to go back and try it the other way, every time.
Also, I can’t leave a box unopened and if there’s an item that can be carried I want it. You know, in case I really need a pot or a bottle of wine sometime later.
Elder Scrolls games induce serious bouts of video game OCD for me.
The first six innings are overrated.
……Over encumbered, you can move this time though. But slowly
"I dont always hit home runs, but when I do, I prefer World Series winning home runs"
I couldn’t get into it the first time I tried it. I designed a cool looking character and then you never really get to see him. Mostly though, the combat was meh. Although I only played for about an hour.
WWRWD?
From the videos I've seen I was disappointed with combat
It looks like where ever you hit them they just have blood start gushing out from their junk.
The first six innings are overrated.
I’m the same way, but I’m into this one. There isn’t a lot of alternate paths/backtracking in the temples/dungeons.
I fucking hate being overencumbered. So annoying.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 16, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Filed under things Bengie Molina never said
I fucking hate being overencumbered. So annoying.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
BREAKING NEWS:
Lance Williams @LanceWCW 5m
Bonds has arrived in court BLACK SUIT — he’s thin — perhaps as thin as he was before he 1st went to BALCO (and broke the HR records)
FORMER PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE NO LONGER HAS MUSCLE MASS NOW THAT HE IS NOT PLAYING PROFESSIONAL SPORT EVERY DAY
OBVIOUSLY IT WAS THE ROIDS!
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
Actually, most guys muscle mass turns to fat and they look bigger when they’re middle aged.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I just saw an ad where a woman is looking at her laptop.
For the briefest second, you can see they changed the logo to a pear.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
This is why I’ve planned for the future and avoided muscle mass completely.
The first six innings are overrated.
I'ma future Monty Burns/Hubert Farnsworth body type.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Good luck
For me, that plan failed.
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
I didn't even have any muscle mass
I just got fat :(
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
.250/.350/.450
At least.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
No shit
Can we get him back please? I would like to see 800.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Pessimist
I think he could still obp around .400.
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
20 HR's
easy
Ride the tiger...You can see his stripes but you know he's clean.
by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
Freep Tigers @freeptigers 1m
Tigers’ Al Alburquerque out till All-Star break after elbow surgery
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
Isotope he gets better soon.
(Sorry.)
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
BREAKING NEWS!!
Barry Bonds sentenced to wear banana suit and do the thrusting dance!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 11:09 AM PST reply actions
BREAKING NEWS
Barry Bonds sentenced to PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
BREAKING NEWS
Barry Bonds questioned regarding whereabouts of the bird.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Sentenced Development
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, like the guy in the $300 banana suit is going to do a thrusting dance
C’MON!
The first six innings are overrated.
BOOM!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Reminds me of the quickly-abandoned Amarillo Gold Sox mascot.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
also available for bachelorette parties!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
He’s a “sock.”
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
It rhymes with that.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 16, 2011 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
BOOM
keithlaw @keithlaw 54s Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Once he’s eligible, Barry Bonds belongs in the Hall of Fame. #barrybondssentences
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Was gonna post that.
But yeah. Law knows.
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
It's not just a good idea.
It’s the KLaw.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
That’s about what I figured. Two years barely counts as probation.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Agreed
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LOL Government spending
Mark Fainaru-Wada @markfwespn 1m
Judge intens to folo probation recommendation — so, unless convinced otherwise by lawyers, 2 yrs probation, 30 days location monitoring
Mark Fainaru-Wada @markfwespn 1m
Illston: i think jury got it right, Mr. Bonds tried to obstruct justice but ultimately didnt interfere with the case.
gwen knapp @gwenknapp 3m
Prosecutor: Bonds lived double life 4 years. Mistresses through his marriages. Judge: He wasn’t convicted of that. Someone in gallery claps
Mark Fainaru-Wada @markfwespn 2m
Judge: listing 4 reasons probation officer recommended no prison. Strike by how much philanthropy BB did out of public eye
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
Man, for all that money we could’ve seriously blown some shit up.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
I lol'd.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
For you
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Enjoy this site, but don’t actually blow stuff up.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I hope that line tickled your litigation bone!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Gosh!
I was so hoping for permission from Old Spice® to go a explosive rampage.
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
BREAKING
Freddy Sanchez
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Comes off as bitter whining, no?
Mark Fainaru-Wada @markfwespn 1m
Govt: insisting underlying conduct Undermines the system, Comparong to other sentneces. Judge unlikely to be swayed.
Mark Fainaru-Wada @markfwespn 38s
Govt: years of steroid use, lying about it, made lot of $. Urge court to send message, this is slap in wrist. $4,000 fine almost laughable
Mark Fainaru-Wada @markfwespn
Govt: home confinement joke in 15,000 sq ft house. On community service, BB should have to do PSA-like ad or something re: his crime
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 also like Wada's use of "comparong" here.
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
Barry Bonds’ only “crime” was being insufficiently friendly to the media.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
by El Person on Dec 16, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions 6 recs
BUT WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE SYSTEM
YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT LEAKED GRAND JURY TESTIMONY!
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
NEVERMIND THAT
BOW TO THE MEDIA! NOW! DO IT NOW!
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Happy to assist.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Already green
but I rec’d it anyway.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
Mark Fainaru-Wada @markfwespn
Defense: we’ll pass on responding. Will be appeal on conviction.
“…Nah, we’re good.”
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 really really hates Barry Bonds
made money and a gig at ESPN of him, but hates nonetheless. Sad.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
I’d laugh if he got busted trying to take a kilo across state lines.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 16, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Yes
cuz years of steroid use should be considered.
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
BAM
Mark Fainaru-Wada @markfwespn
Judge: 2 years probation, 30 days location monitoring/home confinement; 250 hrs community service
11:37 AM – 16 Dec 11 via Twitter for iPad · Details
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
lulz
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
Play for the Giants next season fro free,
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
fro!
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
LOL GOVERNMENT!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 11:41 AM PST reply actions
Mark Fainaru-Wada @markfwespn now
Defense: talking about appeal plans for conviction. Believes substantial appeal, wants to stay sentence on appeal
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
LOL
Mark Fainaru-Wada @markfwespn
Judge: stays the whole sentence while BB goes through appeal process.
Mark Fainaru-Wada @markfwespn
Adjourned.
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
LOL
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
So much f@#ckin wasted energy and the only one who profited:
Mark Fainaru-Wada
Don't believe everything you think.
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