Community Projection: Jonathan Sanchez
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 24, 2011 3:44 PM PST
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I don’t see a problem with this. It’s like a question from an IQ test that asks, "What number comes next in the sequence: 2, 4, 8, 16, _?" The pattern is right there in front of your face, and it’s bound by the laws of mathematics. Bound by the laws of mathematics. Physics too, probably. I’m not a science guy, but I know when I’m right.
Okay, so Jonathan Sanchez got lucky last year. There are still doubters among you when it comes to BABIP, I’m sure. There’s nothing wrong with being suspicious about the new orthodoxy. The idea is that once a hitter makes contact with a baseball, the pitcher doesn’t have a lot of control over what happens next. It doesn’t matter if the pitcher is a Hall-of-Famer or a fringe player. It seems counterintuitive. Shouldn’t the pitchers with really, really good stuff be harder to "square up?"
Pedro Martinez: 2827 innings pitched, .282 BABIPKirk Rueter: 1918 innings pitched, .289 BABIP
Those were just the first two names I thought of when I thought of "good stuff" and "not as good stuff." And, hey, look at that, they had an almost identical BABIP over their respective careers. So while it might be tempting to say that Sanchez’s stuff is good enough to make him an outlier, that’s ridiculously unlikely. Pedro Martinez’s stuff wasn’t that good, and no one in the history of anything had better stuff.
Stuff.
But you might hear from the old school that 2010 is the year that Jonathan Sanchez learned how to pitch, specifically with runners on. He learned how to bear down. He learned to not let fielding mistakes bother him. He learned to always look on the bright side of life. It’s a nice story. But it’s almost certainly not true.
There’s another extreme, too. If you look at how lucky Sanchez was – start here for the raw data – there’s a tendency to think he’s going to give back every single gain he made in preventing runs last year. That might be right. I’m not smart enough to know. But I do know this:
So sweet. So likely.
According to Fangraphs, though, Sanchez is almost exactly the same pitcher now that he was in 2008. Same strikeout rate, same walk rate, close to the same home run rate. It’s really likely that he just pitched behind a better defense and got a few more breaks, which is what led to the reduced ERA. I understand that when I look at the numbers, but what about my spidey sense anecdotal impressions, which tell me that Sanchez really was a better pitcher last year?
I think it’s this:
Starts with 6+ innings pitched:
2010: 17 (out of 33)2009: 9 (out of 29)
He was really a bullpen-chewing monster in 2009. Of those nine starts of six innings or more, he pitched exactly six innings four times. He made it out of the seventh inning once, and that was when he pitched his no-hitter. Last year, Sanchez was allowing fewer runs, sure, but he was also going deeper into games. Probably because he was allowing fewer runs, now that I think about it.
Man, I don’t know what to think about Sanchez. Forget I even asked. I’m splitting the difference between the optimistic and the statocalyptic because I’m afraid to commit either way.
Jonathan Sanchez
IP: 198
ERA: 3.66
K: 209
BB: 95
HR: 18
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Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 24, 2011 3:47 PM PST reply actions 16 recs
looks pretty cool
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
i wanna hump that grass.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Feb 24, 2011 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
There are ointments for that.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t believe I’m looking forward to listening to a Spring Training game on the radio tomorrow, but I am.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
I’m seriously giddy and I’ve never cared about listening or watching to ST games.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
The first broadcast of Jon Miller’s dulcet tones is like a life giving elixir to me.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
I share the same sentiments.
Can’t wait for tommorow. “The Lineups for your world champion san francisco giants”
Doug Greenwald does the non-KNBR games
But i think that this is a KNBR game. I haven’t even gotten official word that they are going to do the internet only games this spring, but I assume they will.
Jon and Flem will be in the booth for KNBR.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Flem is a busy guy. He’s calling a college basketball game tonight for ESPN.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
His career arc in broadcasting is like getting a job working side by side with Eric Ripert at Le Bernardin right out of culinary school.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
But no dove, please.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Feb 24, 2011 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
I have tons of work
but fuck anyone who schedules a meeting for noon tomorrow. I will be at my desk with headphones on, listening to baseball on the radio from Scottsdale.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Since I work in sales, I’ll be listening in my car. Probably won’t get much work done after noon.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
On the side of 99 with your hazard lights on!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand or Barry Zito.
by natteringnabob on Feb 24, 2011 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Heh. I don’t work near 99, but I will have my hazard lights on the side of 80.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
I have a stupid home visit tomorrow. Bleh. Unless I get snowed in at home….
FtF: Welcome to Opposite Season!
McC: Don't get it? Try the McWiki wiki.
Then they can visit you!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand or Barry Zito.
by natteringnabob on Feb 24, 2011 6:59 PM PST up reply actions
Rrrrrrrrrrrrright…. like I tell my students where I live….
FtF: Welcome to Opposite Season!
McC: Don't get it? Try the McWiki wiki.
What could possibly go wrong with that?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 7:07 PM PST up reply actions
Your driveway gets blocked off by a five foot high wall of cinder blocks on your birthday…
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
If you were my high school band director, a traffic cone is epoxied to your driveway, rendering it darn near impossible to get to work that day.
LIVE EST
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
You were the nicest hooligan.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
Her students probably can’t lift cinder blocks yet, they learn that in middle school.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand or Barry Zito.
by natteringnabob on Feb 24, 2011 7:10 PM PST up reply actions
letter blocks.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
A giant wall made entirely of duplo.
FtF: Welcome to Opposite Season!
McC: Don't get it? Try the McWiki wiki.
What time?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 24, 2011 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
On 680 or only online?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 24, 2011 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 24, 2011 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
They should wear these tomorrow
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 games in June 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Feb 24, 2011 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
This should be my go-to outfit for big meetings and so forth.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
What’s the “Y” for?
I hope it’s short for “YES!”
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Feb 24, 2011 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
It was the NY Giants so I assume there’s an “N” on the side that’s obscured.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 games in June 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Feb 24, 2011 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
It’s too bad Halloween falls at such an inconvenient time for this. I’ll just have to wear this outfit every day instead.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
Interestingly
Grant/natteringnabob/calbearjd’s birthday fell at just the right time last year. Thank you, Mr. Bumgarner. I’d like a shutout for next year!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand or Barry Zito.
by natteringnabob on Feb 24, 2011 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
My birthday, too!
My 16th birthday was better than your 16th birthday.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Well, that’s cheating. I think I had a football game on my 16th b-day and we got clobbered.
I think I was remembering you, not calbearjd.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
The Yankees do not want Aaron Rowand or Barry Zito.
by natteringnabob on Feb 24, 2011 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
I, for one, would prefer you wear it to a Giants game on Halloween.
There was one in 2010…
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I believe there won't be one this year
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Not so, my good man.
Look, if I told you a year ago that on Halloween of 2010 we’d be watching MADISON BUMGARNER (the rookie even most of us had our doubts about at that point) pitch a gem of a shutout, setting the stage for us to beat CLIFF LEE a SECOND TIME to complete a World Series victory, I’d have been laughed straight off this board.
Though I’m not ready to gamble ridiculous amounts of money on it, it’s entirely possible that 10.31.2011 could feature the Giants defeating some “unbeatable”-team-from-east-of-here.
If the scheduling powers-that-be have a problem with it, the threads around here have lately featured several men in Giants uniforms brandishing bats in a rather menacing manner.
giantsfansince1981 will have that convenience. Oh, yes.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I think Game 7 will be done by October 27th or so
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
So does anyone know if these are our throwback uniforms this year?
"Don't trust anyone under the age of 30" - Brian Sabean
by Smotheredinhugs on Feb 24, 2011 7:34 PM PST up reply actions
agree completely
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Shouldn’t your agreement be less than complete if you are confused?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
See, now i'm just confused and it's pissing me off
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Dirty
IP: 201
ERA: 3.78
K: 215
BB: 92
HR: 21
BABIP: .276
San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
Buster Posey: 100% ballplayer, 0% bullshit
So by 2017
Sanchez’s ERA will be -1.50?
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
They should include runs that a pitcher scores and knocks in as part of his ERA.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Feb 24, 2011 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
Sanchez
IP: 215
ERA: 3.49
K: 209
BB: 89
HR: 19
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Guarantee
Triples: 1
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Feb 24, 2011 3:50 PM PST reply actions
How many leather goods endorsements?
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
2,010
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Feb 24, 2011 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
109 ?
Am I doing it right ?
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?
against Mat Latos
in the most important regular season game of the year
SIML. (this has to be the new Suck It label right? I mean, I just can’t work up the same amount of distaste for a current Dodgers player. Sure we have SICB, or SINCS in you prefer, but still. I HATE MAT LATOS and I just don’t feel that strongly about any Dodger)
San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
Buster Posey: 100% ballplayer, 0% bullshit
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 24, 2011 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
I think “suck it” should be reserved for the original sin, RM.
I’m down for “FOML” though.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Feb 24, 2011 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
Or “GFYML”
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Feb 24, 2011 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
I’m down with this
San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
Buster Posey: 100% ballplayer, 0% bullshit
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 24, 2011 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
I like this option.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know that there has to be a SUCK IT successor.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
This is how I feel. Russell Martin isn’t even in his the decline of his sucking it career. He’s just entering his prime.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Feb 24, 2011 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
No longer being a Dodger makes him roughly half as hateable as he used to be. It’s a logical impossibility for other Dodgers to be hated less than he; because they continue to be Dodgers, they are by nature more loathsome. It’s like how Orel Hersheiser suddenly didn’t seem that bad when he went to the Indians.
All that said, I’ve long hated Ethier more than I ever did Martin, and I’m not going to get off my soapbox. May he icky gristle of his ugly face baste forever in the broth of my hatred.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
But he’s a Yankee, so his hateability immediately goes up to nearly the same level.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah but he went to the Yankees
the second most hateable team of all time. It’s not like he’s a cuddly Mariner or Twin or anything, he’s still on an absolutely evil team.
Good points, all. But he’s in that other league, so it’s a little hard to muster the requisite ire.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
But getting stuck on using the ‘suck it’ prefix will prevent you from finding just the right term to give a properly eloquent voice to your righteous hatred.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
I’m going to work on this. My choice will be revealed during that first series.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
But hateability is not the same at suckitability.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Feb 24, 2011 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
Andre Ethier can die in a fire. SIAE doesn’t have the same zing as SIRM, unfortunately. AECDIF?
Make it so.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
If you are for Ethier, you must be against Cain. You can’t have them both, Letter.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Fine. Let the McBabies have their bottles. I’m gonna go hang out with Vic.
LIVE EST
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
I’m willing to call your bluff on that one.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
IP: 190
ERA: 3.76
K: 214
BB: 100
HR: 20
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
DON’T YOU MOCK MY SPIDEY SENSE, FRISBEE.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 3:53 PM PST reply actions
Sanchez
IP: 200
ERA: 3.76
K: 220
BB: 100
HR: 18
WS Rings: 1
Chase Utley Fistfights: 1
Photoshops involving him and the movie La Bamba: 2
Someone get Damon Minor's agent on the phone stat!
by fanofvanlandingham on Feb 24, 2011 3:57 PM PST reply actions
Last year's McC crowd-sourced average projections for 2010:
ERA: 3.97
IP: 174
K: 181
BB: 80
HRA: 16
No respect!
"Bengie Molina - the quintessential double play possibility." - Jon MIller
I hate to say this
But if one of our pitchers gets injured it’s going to be him. Full season projections though.
IP: 185
ERA: 3.45
K: 200
BB: 90
HR: 20
Really?
I would have picked Lincecum or Cain to get hurt before Sanchez.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
My reasoning..
Sanchez arm was really fatigued at the end of the playoffs. To the point where they didnt even know if he was going to be able to pitch Game 7.
Maybe it’s just fatigue, but it gives me concern.
How close is Wheeler to the Big Leagues?
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
Not close
Cracked fingernail really hurt him last year. Needs AT LEAST a full year in the minors
Sanchez has had trouble with arm fatigue before. To the best of my knowledge, Lincecum and Cain do not have this history. When predicting who is more likely to get hurt, it makes some sense to pick the guy who has actually already had problems.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Feb 24, 2011 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
I always worry more about right handed pitchers more than Lefy’s.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
But why? There should be no physiological benefit to throwing left handed, and there are fewer of them to go around.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Feb 24, 2011 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
After seeing Brandon Webb, Jake Peavy, Chris Carpenter, Strasburg, and now Wainwright all have arm problems, I worry about the righties more. It’s a dumb reason I know.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
Noah Lowry!
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Feb 24, 2011 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
Fun Fact
The surgery that Wainwright was named after, Tommy John, was a lefty.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
er the surgery that Wainwright got.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
*is most likely going to get
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 24, 2011 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
Without looking up the info
I would guess that the same % of RHP and LHP get TJ surgery, but there are just more RHP than LHP
"You think someone that big would be more well endowed" Aubrey Huff's mother on Pat Burrell
I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
Twiitter: @gobroks
Blog: GMPotential.blogspot
Simple perception bias.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Feb 24, 2011 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
I would actually guess it's higher for LHP.
I’m pretty sure that there is a higher % of LHP in the MLB if you compare it to the % of left handed people in the world. So my guess is that the average LHP in the MLB is less athletic than the average RHP (i.e. it’s easier to get into the bigs as a LHP than a RHP), and thus would be more injury prone.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
IP: 204
ERA: 3.53
K: 198
BB: 82
HR: 19
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Sorry, but I think BABIP will bite him in the ass this year. He’ll still strike people out though.
IP: 201
ERA: 4.08
K: 222
BB: 91
HR: 21
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 4:08 PM PST reply actions
Hehe
You think BABIP will bite him in the ass, but you’re still projecting career high IP and strikeouts and strikeout-to-walk ratio.
I don’t see a scenario where Sanchez pitches 200 innings, strikes out 222, and has a 4+ ERA.
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
4.08 ERA isn’t half bad frankly. I’d take 200 innings of that. And by bite him in the ass I mean I think luck will even out, so he’ll pitch well but give up more runs. I probably should have pegged him for a higher ERA though. And walks, come to think of it.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, no
a 4.08 ERA is just fine, of course. I was just commenting that your peripheral stats were all very good for Jon too.
My point was that if he’s pitching well enough to get 200+ innings and strike out a career high, his ERA will probably be lower than that.
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Oh, you’re definitely right about that. I’m keeping my day job because my prognostication skills are lacking. That and I like my day job.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
All this talk of biting Jonathan Sanchez in the ass is making his eyebrows jealous.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Feb 24, 2011 5:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Put me in the skeptic camp
I think his ERA will be back in the 4s this year, and I think the Giants will regret not trading him while his ERA was pretty.
3 straight years of mediocrity, with the only variables being BABIP and LOB%, which I don’t believe are repeatable skills.
IP: 180
ERA: 4.03
K: 180
BB: 90
HR: 20
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I question what the Giants could get for him
I think most other teams around the league see the same things you do. Furthermore, if the Giants trade him before this offseason, they don’t win the World Series. If they trade him now, they trade him coming off a very visible blowup against the Phillies in the playoffs, which reinforced the wild, lack of composure, Oliver Perez-y reputation he already had. I say they hold on and hope the results continue to trend in the right direction.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 games in June 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Feb 24, 2011 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
I’m going to continue to point out: If everyone else is as down on Sanchez as many people on this board suggest, why does he continue to be theorized as a centerpiece of big trades until Bumgarner started wrecking shit?
Even if he struggles this year (relative to ‘10), I think most clubs view him as "if we could just get our pitching coach’s hands on him…"
Et tu, Ribe?
What big trades do non-Giants fans see him as the centerpiece of? Corey Hart?
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Feb 24, 2011 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
Lordy yes.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
For one season of Pujols?
He’s not going to get any cheaper being a Giant.
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by achiappanza on Feb 25, 2011 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
Well not anyone
John Mozeliak probably wouldn’t
/smiley face
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Well, the Cardinals are going to need another pitcher… and they only have 2 lefties on the whole staff. Maybe the Giants can trade Sanchez for Rasmus, and somehow sneak Aaron Rowand into the deal too.
Sanchez is an above average and young pitcher
Which is a very valuable commodity.
But that doesn’t mean he’s a true-talent 3-ERA pitcher.
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Y R U SO FULL OF H8
someone with more free time than sense.
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Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Better than '09, not as good as '10
Picture included for dramatic effect:
IP: 174
ERA: 3.78
K: 185
BB: 89
HR: 18
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
In regards to BABIP
BABIP is not a stand-alone statistic. Rather it’s largely dependent on the amount of loud contact a pitcher gives up which is of course measured by line drive . Sanchez’ LD, BABIP, and what his BABIP should have been (adding .12 to LD% which is standard) each of the last three seasons?
2008: 21.4% LD%, .317 BABIP, should have been .334
2009: 16.2 , .276 BABIP, should have been .282
2010: 14.8, .251 BABIP, should have been .268
The variable in three seasons here is that Sanchez is reducing loud contact, and really isn’t getting as lucky as some would have us believe. “BABIP” biting him in the ass would be a jump from .251 to .268, which to the best of my knowledge isn’t a dramatic regression.
With this in mind, my projection, feel free to comment:
IP: 180
ERA: 3.20
K: 190
BB: 95
HR: 18
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I like the way you think!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
You're ignoring an even bigger luck factor than BABIP
LOB%
2008: 67.5
2009: 72.6
2010: 79.5
Unless you think that Jonathan has some sort of crazy skill in stranding runners that keeps improving (and yes, I know, there is evidence that high-K pitchers are better at stranding runners than low-K pitchers, but it’s not 8-percent-above-average better).
So what happens if Jonathan regresses in BABIP a little, up to say, 276? And what happens if, at the same time, he has a league-average LOB% instead of a way above average one?
Well, we know what happens in that case, because that’s exactly what he had in 2009 – a 4+ ERA.
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Who is replacing him in this scenario?
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, if he’s traded this off-season, who takes his place in the rotation? I’m trying to get my head around the advantage of doing this and it seems to come down to what can be gotten in return and who replaces him in the rotation. It seems like as good as the rotation is, the Giants are already not deep in starting pitching, so trading one of the starting five might be problematic. I don’t have a good feel for trade values, so my first question is who replaces him.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
I wasn't really trying to say he should be traded now.
Merely pointing out that his trade value will never be higher.
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They should have traded him after his NLDS start against the Braves!
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Feb 24, 2011 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
Matt Cain disagrees.
Cain’s LOB% for the last three seasons:
2008: 75.3%
2009: 81.6%
2010: 75.3%
Cain can be viewed as both an anomaly in some ways, but in other ways a shining example of how LOB% isn’t a kiss of death in terms of regression. Even CC Sabathia rates out as a good example:
2008: 77.7%
2009: 71.4%
2010: 75.6%
Or using Grant’s example against him, Pedro Martinez’ career LOB% of 75.9%. Using another example closer to home, there’s Tim Lincecum’s career 75.3% LOB. And Felix Hernandez (74.9% LOB), Ubaldo Jimenez (72.8% LOB), and Zach Greinke (72.5%). My point here is that stranding runners is no assurance of a pitcher not succeeding, especially when they’re striking guys out and reducing loud contact.
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I think that Jonathan Sanchez's career LOB% is much more relevant than Matt Cain's, Tim's, Felixes, etc....
And Jonathan’s is right about at league average for his career – 72.2%. Last year was 79.5. That’s utterly unsustainable.
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I don't see how Sanchez' LOB% is "more relevant"
It’s evidence that when runners get on, Sanchez has learned to compensate by making better pitches, striking guys out, and giving up fewer line drives. If the bases are loaded and there’s a higher probability of a ground ball, a pop up on the infield or a strike out than a line drive, then of course he’s going to strand more runners. The high LOB% is more a product of Sanchez high walk rate which he compensates for by his high K/9 rate.
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Well
If Jonathan Sanchez’s high LOB% was a product of his high walk rate compensated by his high K rate, then it stands to reason that he should have, over the course of his career, an above average LOB%. After all, he’s always been a high-walk, high-K pitcher.
Except that that’s not true. His LOB% is average.
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Averaging it over just three full seasons of him being a SP though as well as years as a RP
You’re averaging out a career that’s been volatile to say the least—averaging out his prime years of flux doesn’t tell us the whole story. Once he gets 2-3 more seasons of 28-33 starts per season, it’ll be easier to pinpoint where he’s gone in his development as well as make it easier to depend on his career averages.
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In terms of his K/9 and BB/9
Those clearly haven’t fluctuated that much because Sanchez has always been a high K high BB pitcher since he came into the league. The statistics that have been in flux are averaged over a sample size making them undependable in terms of averages (LD%, BABIP, LOB%, etc)
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His time as an RP should have driven his LOB% even higher
Since relievers tend to have a higher LOB%.
And he’s had three straight years as, more or less, a full time starting pitcher. That’s plenty to make assumptions about future production – most projection systems use three years of data.
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Sanchez’ average LOB over the projectable three year standard as a starter is 72.7%, right in line with league average.
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Yes, exactly.
Which is why I think that next year, he’ll regress way back from his absurdly high LOB% from last year.
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Aren’t his BABIP and LOB% related though? If his BABIP stays below league average, combined with his high strikeout rate, wouldn’t his LOB% remain below average?
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by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
I guess if you think he can keep his BABIP at .252 maybe
That strikes me as extremely unlikely.
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Yes, but his BABIP could go up while staying below league average, so his LOB% might also stay below league average.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
If he continues to pitch with a 14% LD rate, I see no reason why he can't maintain that BABIP
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You see no reason he can't maintain a .252 BABIP?
Here’s a reason: since 1945, only 10 starting pitchers in all of baseball have pitched 1000+ innings with a BABIP below that number. It’s incredibly rare.
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Alright then...
Say he regresses to the .268 BABIP his LD% suggests, what are the chances then?
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It's like I said up there
We know what will happen if his BABIP regresses up to the .270 range and his LOB% regresses to his career average – he’ll pitch like he did in 2009.
Jonathan Sanchez has a career BABIP of .289. I don’t understand why we’re all of a sudden talking about him being able to maintain a BABIP 30 points below league average.
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Well, unlike you, most of us don’t hate the Giants.
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I really do think Sanchez’s pitching philosophy does factor here. He’d rather miss the outside corner and walk a dude than groove one down the middle just to get one across on a 3-1 count. He’s been quoted as saying as much in multiple interviews.
It kind of evokes Leo Mazzone, and would presumably to have obvious consequence on BB/9, BAA, and FIP-related peripherals. To what degree, I couldn’t tell you.
Et tu, Ribe?
I am pinning my irrational optimism for Jonathan on the hope that his SO/BB will improve via reduced walks.
The method? Yes, you guessed it: PITCHING TO CONTACT. By which I mean not being afraid to bite off a little strike zone while also not being stupid about grooving easy pitches.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
IP: 195
ERA: 3.75
K: 210
BB: 80
HR: 15
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I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did." Brian Wilson on Buster Posey
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by Gobroks on Feb 24, 2011 4:23 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I'm lazy. But I was somewhat close last year.
IP: 198
ERA: 3.66
K: 209
BB: 95
HR: 18
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 24, 2011 4:23 PM PST reply actions
To me, the ideal comp to disprove the notion that Jonathan Sanchez is going to sustain a supressed BABIP would be Randy Johnson
The Big Unit is Sanchez’s best case scenario, and then some, and they are the same kind of pitcher. There are new theories that certain types of pitchers do a better job of keeping BABIP down than others… but if Johnson’s career BABIP is 295, Sanchez sure as hell isn’t going to do much better.
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Playoff slump scared me
IP: 181
ERA: 3.98
K: 199
BB: 109
HR: 21
Matt Cain for Mayor!
by Pitching WINS!!!! on Feb 24, 2011 4:40 PM PST reply actions
An unintended but happy pregnancy.
Though my new ladder can’t be employed, the dove nest is welcome to my house. The nester has turned so that she faces my back door and she follows my movements (seemingly unfearful) when I approach.
Still no sight of the other three this afternoon.
The best website is, of course, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I can’t be sure until I get other angles, but it would appear to be a Mourning Dove.
In North America, Mourning Doves are monogamous. Furthermore, some of these pairs stay on as couples thru the winter. After finding a mate, the male initiates the nest selection site. Nest construction takes over ten hours and covers a span of three to four days. The female generally lay two small, white eggs in an open nest. Incubation lasts 14 to 15 days. Both the male and the female share incubating and the feeding of the babies.
Mourning doves have the longest breeding season of all North American birds. They can often have three broods in one season.
High off the ground and out of the rain. Looks like the ladder is out of action for a month. Oh well. ’Tis a blessed event. Maybe Alex can figure out how to get a picture.
Community Projection: Two more doves in the ’hood by Spring.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Feb 24, 2011 4:48 PM PST reply actions
I was going to ask you to let me know how the eggs tasted.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
mourning doves are most easily identified by their cry. There must be a recording of it online somewhere. We have some here, a pair anyway. We only ever see them in the spring. They are ground feeders and won’t eat from any of the hanging feeders we have, but will land on the patio if seed spills out of the hanging feeders above.
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This is what it sounds like
When doves cry
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How can you just leave me standing?
Yup, that sure caught the cat’s attention.
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that is
one of my favorite sounds in Hawaii. We have quite a few around here, but they don’t coo as much. EAST COAST BIRDIAS
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by natteringnabob on Feb 24, 2011 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
Consider yourselves lucky to have missed out on the owlet obsession.
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Mourning. Because of the sad little noise they make regarding their comrades that you have shot.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Feb 24, 2011 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
The subject scared me. I thought the MCC baby boom was rolling right on into Sacramento.
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For a split second I was confused and thought gallo was pregnant.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger approves.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
Me too. All these pregnancies frighten me.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
But you’re having a child—wait. I’m thinking of the other one.
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If I were having a child, the pregnancy would scare the hell out of me.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
Wait Until July
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Feb 24, 2011 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
Ruh-roh
The baby boom might not be… but this is…
At 339pm National Weather Service spotter reports indicated a thunderstorm near Davis heading east toward the greater Sacramento area. This storm has already produced lightning and is capable of producing heavy rain…small hail…lightning…and gusty winds.
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Holy smokes, I’d better get home.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
/yawn
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by atxgiantsfan on Feb 24, 2011 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
Baggs' video blog with Jeff Fletcher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-jYionUDQ4
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I don't think he could crack 200 IP given how he did down the stretch last year
IP: 182
ERA: 4.18
K: 203
BB: 86
HR: 17
He pitched more than 200 last year, including the playoffs.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
LA's rotation is set
So looking ahead to the first series, it will be:
Kershaw – Lincecum
Billingsley – Sanchez
Lilly – Cain
Kuroda – Zeets
Also, Tim Redding will start against the Giants this Saturday.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
So Sanchez would get the home opener.
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And Cain pitches the first night game where the players all get their well deserved, gaudy jewelry.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, and Zito would be pitching the game I’m going to :(
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MadBum gets San Diego’s home opener!
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
LOLatos?
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
If San Diego sticks to a 5 man rotation even that early in the season, Giants get the 4-5 starters.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
MadBum vs Stauffer
Lincecum vs Luebke or LeBlanc or Moseley
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
I have never heard of these names
Therefore, we will be swept
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
You don’t remember Tim Stauffer? http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN201009110.shtml
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/gnashes teeth
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
Okay, now I confused - what am I missing?
Lincecum – Kershaw March 31 @ LAD
Sanchez – Bilingsley April 1 @ LAD
Cain – Lily April 2 @ LAD
Zito – Kuroda April 3 @ LAD
MadBum – some douche April 5 @ SD
Lincecum – some other douche April 6 @ SD
Lincecum – not Wainwright April 8 @ ATT
Sanchez – who cares April 9 @ ATT
You got Tim pitching two games in a row?
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No way he goes opening day at home.
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No way. I think you have me mixed up with SF Pete.
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THERE ARE TWO OF YOU!?
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 26, 2011 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
Opener as in Opening Day throughout MLB. Not the Giants’ home opener.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
If you click on “Schedule” on the Giants’ website, it takes you straight to April so looking at it, you might assume that LA was a 3-game series beginning on 4/1. In that case, Tim would have the Giants’ home opener.
My guess as to why there might be confusion out there.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Also I thought there were more off days… don’t they play like the 30th and then have the 31st off or something doofy like that.
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it's a big relief
to think that “who cares” will not be pitching for the Giants again this year.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 24, 2011 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
From the Giants twitter
Today’s GCast features #MadBum| Hear his thoughts on the @SFGIANTS Fans http://ow.ly/431Pi #SFGiants
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 5:46 PM PST reply actions
I’d check sfgiants.com and knbr.com. It’s 12 PM Pacific Time, right? I want to listen at work, but I have appointments until early afternoon.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
Isn’t it blocked even during ST?
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Just renewed my gameday audio subscription.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
They say ‘selected spring games’ but if KNBR is broadcasting, I’d expect them to carry it. I work in a basement with no radio reception, so I’m dependent on the streaming.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
According to the sfgiants twitter
Tommorow’s game will be avaliable on sfgiants.com for free audio. I think the Greenwald webcast games were free last year as wel.
by kezargiants on Feb 24, 2011 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure. I’ll renew if that’s the case. If gameday audio carries it, then TGOH, you should buy that. It’s $15 for the whole season. Well worth it.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Feb 24, 2011 6:10 PM PST up reply actions
$19.99 but still worth it to me.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
I had it last season and was planning on renewing, as the cable here at my college doesn't get CSN Bay Area, so the radio feed is all I've got.
I just wasn’t expecting them to carry spring training games for some reasons.
That bites.
Did you ever consider MLB.tv? or are you still within the blackout zone?
by kezargiants on Feb 24, 2011 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
I'm in Davis, so I'd be blacked out.
I’m also planning on living back at home for the summer, so there’d be no use for it this season. Planning on getting satellite or mlb.tv next year though.
I'm scared of the possibilities with Sanchez.
His peripherals are worse than 2008, yet his ERA was 5.01 that year.
Also, his homerun rate is annoying.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Feb 24, 2011 6:12 PM PST reply actions
Buster Posey ranked #16 on MLB Network's 100 players right now
11 ahead of Ichiro.
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I thought they had him at 50+
and I was angered.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 24, 2011 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
Right now and going forward? I might take the 24 year old catcher over the 36 year old corner outfielder. This is giving no credit for past performance…
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Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 6:36 PM PST up reply actions
But he’s the second coming of Johnny Bench! I am perhaps a little giddy over his prospects….
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
He severely underperformed perfect last season, so regression should be cause for a jump in his numbers.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Feb 24, 2011 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
Me likey
Except for no Andres or Panda :(
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
It was fun for a while. Its getting old.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
It’s getting long is what it is.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
I’d like to see him grow it out until it’s so long he can add a beard flip over the shoulder to his delivery.
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He’s setting it up so when his velocity goes he’ll be able to secret a file and a jar of Vaseline in there an go full-on Gaylord Perry.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
It occurred to me this last year that hair length must eventually hit an equilibrium point. Because hair sheds. So you will never have a hair that just keeps going and going forever. At some point, it will just shed and be replaced by more hair that will also not be able to keep growing indefinitely.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Feb 24, 2011 11:08 PM PST up reply actions
Ahhh, the ZZ Top Principle.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 11:18 PM PST up reply actions
You dislike the beard. You dislike Cain’s hair. You’re a disliker.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Feb 24, 2011 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
Cain looks nummy in that shot. Hmm.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
I’ll back jim here. You got McCann you jerk.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
We hate public broadcasting?
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
I just don’t know what to say to that. Take your disease-ridden Cain and get out of my might.
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I just saw that. Especially after days like today… I just want to slap these silly rich fools and tell them to get their shit together.
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So this alleged Major League sequel — is Sheen supposed to be reprising Rick Vaughan for it? Or is he just executive producing (read: doing coke while the production staff does all the work) it?
by non sequitur on Feb 24, 2011 7:28 PM PST up reply actions
Dirty
IP: 173
ERA: 4.53
K: 187
BB: 100
HRA: 20
Proud supporter of the Fightin' Hydrants.
by Little Napoleon on Feb 24, 2011 6:51 PM PST reply actions
Flemming is calling the St. Mary's-Gonzaga game tonight on ESPN 2 .
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
He'll probably call the WCC tournament as well
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
I think he was already slated as calling the WCC tournament
they talked about that on KNBR or during that Gonzaga SMC game in Gonzaga
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
He'll get to spend some time in Vegas then
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
He’s got UCLA-Washington next week.
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 could've sworn i heard something where he was the commentator
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
but the tournament is the week after, on March 4th
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
He’s also listed as doing Utah State at New Mexico State on Wednesday and up to Washington on Thursday.
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 scheduled to do the WAC tourny (both him and Farnham).
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
ok, no wonder, i'm a fresno state fan, so that's where i heard it from
thanks dude!
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
I’m guessing Flemming is unlikely for the Giants game tomorrow.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Busy dredging the Erie Canal.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Feb 24, 2011 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
What was Clinton's Ditch?
Monica Lewinsky is not correct
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
that's at 8:30, right? LETS GO GAELS!!!
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
OK... guess it's at 8... nevermind
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
GO GAELS!
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
This game is going to come down to the wire
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
Just like the game up in Spokane, i love it
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Anybody know if the price of the At Bat app includes the streaming audio?
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
15 bucks on the droid i do believe
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
i didn't even realize i screwed up the answer to his question, sorry
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
optimism!
Sanchez’s velocity is steady, and his vertical movement has improved — slightly — each of the last few years:
He’s not a 3-RA9 pitcher, but he is above average. That’s not too bad.
I’m just going to imagine the vertical white and beige strips are diurnal cycles. No one disabuse me of this notion.
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Is one allowed to disabuse oneself of a notion?
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Feb 24, 2011 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
That's self disabuse
makes the nuns mad
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Dirty
IP 195
ERA 3.01
K 215(dirtiness)
BB 93
HRA 19
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12801721
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
IP 201
ERA 2.94
K 207
BB 91
HR 18
"Don't trust anyone under the age of 30" - Brian Sabean
by Smotheredinhugs on Feb 24, 2011 7:38 PM PST reply actions
Bob Nightengale compares the Giants and Rangers ST camps
Giants enjoy Series afterglow, but Rangers hit speed bump
It was easy for the Giants to put their egos aside, manager Bruce Bochy says, with the playoffs and World Series looming. Yet if veterans suddenly find themselves on the bench this spring, things can change.
“We have no issues, but deeper in the spring, we may have issues that develop,” Bochy says. “You just never know.”
Rowand says: “I don’t think anything would disrupt the camaraderie and chemistry. I know I won’t say anything. Nobody else signed my (five-year, $60 million) contract. I did. It’s up to me to live up to it.”
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Somebody make some witty joke about how outfield corner positions are in some way equivalent to sliders in the dirt, I’m too tired.
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So Bruce Bochy walks into a bar, right? And Aaron Rowand is already in there.
“I’m gonna need you to play right this season,” Bochy says.
“Nope,” sez Rowand.
“Well, how about left?”
“No can do, skip.”
Now Bochy’s really getting steamed. He says, “You mean to tell me you can’t play either corner position?”
Rowand says, “That’s right.”
“And may I ask why not?”
And Rowand — hee, hee — Rowand says — I don’t know if I can get through this, it’s too funny — Rowand, he says, “Because it’s in some way equivalent to sliders in the dirt!”
HHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHACANYABELIEVEIT?
Wait. I forgot the part about the chef having chicken legs.
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by TheLetter2 on Feb 24, 2011 7:53 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
If you were in the room right now I’d be reaching for our crate of koosh balls, and if you were smart you’d be looking for cover.
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Aw, come on. You know life would be slightly duller without me.
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who said anything about getting rid of you? I’m just going to throw things at you!
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Shift Meh
IP: 190.1
ERA: 3.51
K: 204
BB: 88
HR: 20
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
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."
Bah
Having all kinds of problems with KNBR’s stream tonight.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Ben Wyatt is so adorable.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
who's this then?
with so many first names?
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Good to hear Flem in Moraga
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
You at the TB clinic or something?
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well i do have a bit of a cold
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Crazy to think Rob Jones' grandfather is Jim Jones
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
was*
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Reminds me of the stupidest question Gary Radnich asked Rob Jones. This was 2-3 years ago when Jones was still in high school. He asked Jones if he ever met his grandfather. Never mind Jim Jones died in the late 70s, some 10+ years before Rob Jones was born.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
that’s bad… i heard about how Rob doesn’t want a ton of people to know about that, because really, do you want to go around telling people that your grandfather was responsible for hundreds of deaths?
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Sean Farmhan looks younger than Flem
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I'm on the Twitters
OT
IP: 215
ERA: 3.10
K: 225
BB: 100
HR: 25
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
The future
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Feb 24, 2011 8:17 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
AND THE VROOM
My Adopted Giant
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Feb 24, 2011 8:18 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This is Brown?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It is. He looks a lot younger than I thought.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
_
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
looks like he's in high school... IF THAT
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
I think he's the dude on the right
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
I find it funny how they couldn't convince a fourth guy to join them
Zeets needs more love.
by BusterHomerun on Feb 25, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
I always forget he’s white. Its weird.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 24, 2011 9:52 PM PST up reply actions
hope he wears his socks like that in the majors
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
OT: Got my first interview tomorrow… nothing big i dont think, it’s i guess at a walgreens store, haha, but at least it’s something. They didn’t even tell me what i’d be interviewing for, but that will be one of the questions from me, along with what my job would entail, the hours, what the environment is like
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
oh definitely
i’ve never interviewed before in my life, but i feel confident and laid back, but i also want them to be interested in me, you are right about that
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Confidence is key.
I go into every interview with the conviction that the person on the other side of the desk wants to get into my pants and it’s my job to play it cool.
Look out. I'm having a thought.
haha, really? i guess i should feel somewhat confident, and my dad usually says that i should study hard for this, when in reality, isn’t an interview just someone questioning YOU for YOU? and for YOU to ask questions to them to make yourself feel more comfortable?
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Yeah, but remember that it’s not just “tell me what you’re like”.
Be able to call up concrete instances where you had to show leadership or solve a problem or deal with conflict (or just one instance that you can spin to show any of those).
Also, have a couple of good straightforward questions about the job and the company in case they give you the opportunity to ask.
Look out. I'm having a thought.
Really the only instances come from me being in college, in the fraternity, pledging, as well as in class… i have no work experience, and they obviously know this, so they’re calling me in knowing i have none.
Perfect, i’ll definitely ask some good straightforward questions, some very simple easily answered but informative questions
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
If you want the job, know about the company. Do some research.
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 will definitely take some more notes about what else walgreens does aside from being a drug store
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
I work at Walgreens corporate in Chicago
and just got done working at a store for a couple weeks. Let me know if you want any info about the company/store experience
Oh definitely, i think my concern is just what to ask in an instore interview, and i’m not really sure what to wear exactly, although i will be wearing slacks, dress shirt and a tie
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
That sounds fine…store managers wear exactly that and I think anything more would be overdoing it.
You should mention CCR, its a buzzword and something that gets talked about a lot. Just ask them if they’ve gone through the conversion and what their thoughts on it are (CCR = Customer Centric Retailing). At the store level, it amounted to reducing the number of items carried, improving sight lines and signage, and reallocating merchandising space.
In a more general sense, just go to the store and look at the seasonal/promo aisle, front of store, and displays at the end of the aisles, since this is what is controlled the most at store level.
Anyways, I won’t go on anymore. Let me know if you have any other specific questions. Otherwise, good luck!
Awesome, i really do appreciate it, i know someone inside the company, at the corporate office, she used to work for my mom at Wells Fargo here in SF, but she moved on to Chicago to work for the corporate office
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
And i just looked that up, and seems like a great idea, because whenever i go to CVS or something like that, the isles are crammed with supplies. So i just wrote that down along with a few other questions, and i’ll probably have a few other questions as he describes what it is in his mind and if the store has implemented it
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
let’s see…
geography – able to look at lots of data and make sense of it.
college – track record for tackling and completing long-term projects.
computer literate – MCC
haha, money!!!!
but some of the questions i will have a problem with if they do ask would be where i see myself in 5 years or something of the sort
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
ahhh, the standard battery.
Five years out – (1st, nobody knows anything about what’s up 5 years from now) but ability to learn and grow and adapt to changing circumstance sis all it’s about – you’ve already experienced this just by being in college.
What can you do for Company X – work well with others, can take direction, strive to align your efforts with company objectives.
How do you handle conflicts – 1st step is to try to identify the issue(s), 2nd is to discuss with parties involve to try to resolve, 3rd is bring in other parties to mediate.
Good answers, and quite frankly, i would answer every one of these the same way, not the fact that i have no clue where i’m going to be in 5 years, but i definitely feel the same way about what i can do for that company as well as how i would handle certain conflicts, and understanding what my strengths and weaknesses are
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
ha, i feel more confident right now actually too
Just gonna be myself and just be confident as i am now
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Tell them you can’t work during Giant games.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Feb 24, 2011 9:17 PM PST up reply actions
I should just apply to work for the giants
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
ha, sounds good to me, who knows what'll happen
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Walgreens is union so you get benefits.
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 heard it’s one of the top companies to work for, especially for it’s environment, lifestyle, almost a community
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
oh really?
that’s actually very good news, thanks natto! I’m gonna go back and review some notes i made earlier, as well as look back at some of the awards they’ve won as a company
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Thank you!
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Break a leg, PiKA.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
appreciate it!
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
What is wrong with these people?
WHY HAVE THEY NOT HIRED YOU ALREADY?!?! Still, good luck tomorrow.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 24, 2011 11:16 PM PST up reply actions
haha, thanks dude, appreciate it, i'll be on here tomorrow
lettin you all know what’s up
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
YOU PEOPLE
WTF? No GDT-style Dirty Sanchez pictures?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Feb 24, 2011 8:38 PM PST reply actions
Will you settle for a pic of Sergio's puppy instead?
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Yes. Yes I will.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Feb 24, 2011 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Feb 24, 2011 8:48 PM PST reply actions
First comment to the story
“I’m on it like A-Rod is on steroids.”
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Birthday Cake or Birthday Pie?
Tonight, I will enjoy my Birthday Pie.
Count this as my proclamation for the support of PIE~!
Finally a signature worth having:
Fan of the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
by fierrpawz on Feb 24, 2011 9:08 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
Birthday cake with a mud pie chaser.
You should be able to consume as many calories as you wish on your special day. It’s what Americans do.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
It is my birthday as well...
and the office manger brought in PIE to celebrate…proof that everyone hates me
Staunch Defender of Cake
by Angry Dwarf on Feb 25, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
There will be no compromise!
Birthday Pie or nothing!
My wife tried to tempt me with Birthday Cupcake, but i resisted her wiles.
Finally a signature worth having:
Fan of the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
Doesn't Birthday Pie come later in the evening?
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
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."
Sanchy
IP 200
ERA 2.90
K’s 220
BB’s 95
HR’s 23 (but 15 of em will only be one-run shots)
Chances of another no-no: As good as any pitcher in PA.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
Giants Baseball: increase the dosage, count back from 10.
by cain1rstballothof on Feb 24, 2011 9:17 PM PST reply actions
For Letter - Matt Cain interview on KNBR
http://www.knbr.com/portals/3/podcasts/murphmac/0224mattcain.mp3
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Letter mentioned if it on another thread if it was being posted on the website so I posted it here since it would probably get lost there.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
OT: This SMC game is off the chain, awesome game
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
HUGE THREE BY ROB JONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
I’m watching just to hear Flem.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 24, 2011 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
And SMC is blowing it here in OT, have to respond big here
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Love that the New At Bat loads up the first page with info for your favorite team.
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
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."
Hey you get that Tweet I sent your way?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 24, 2011 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
Oh snap
I did now.
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
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."
You in?
You would make 8
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 24, 2011 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
I am so in.
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
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."
Siiiiiick
Im waiting for BondsLegend, and possibly groug.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 24, 2011 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
I think I should be able to handle 2 teams this year.
Plus the drafts are no where near each other.
It’s only my second year of playing. Of course I won last year though.
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
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."
I had 8 teams one year. I only payed attention to like 2 of them though. I just liked drafting. Oh and heads up, I may move the draft back.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 24, 2011 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
That's fine.
My other teams draft is like 3 weeks away.
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
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."
ok
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 24, 2011 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
OMG WILL DAVE’S VOICE BREAK???
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
This game is unbelievable, one of the greats
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
I’m on the edge of my seat.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 24, 2011 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
That may or may not be because my cat is taking up the rest of it, though.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 24, 2011 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
oh fuck
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
oh oh
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Feb 24, 2011 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
This might be game, all Gonzaga has to do is foul, Mickey missed an easy layup
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Gaels about to lose 3 straight, unbelievable
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Not looking good.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 24, 2011 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
OT: FUCK YOU GONZAGA
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
by PiKAgiant on Feb 24, 2011 10:35 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
turning off sportscenter for the night and day tomorrow
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
:c I’m sorry PiKA. We all know Gonzaga is evil.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Feb 24, 2011 10:39 PM PST up reply actions
That sounds like a kind of cheese. Is that a kind of cheese?
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 24, 2011 10:39 PM PST up reply actions
Well, it's cool
back to what happens every year with Saint Mary’s, play Gonzaga and hope to beat them in the conference tournament. Would’ve been cool if they won the tournament outright for the first time since 89, but hey, everything happens for a reason, right?
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Parks and Recreation was awesome
Ron Swanson is awesome
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I don’t think I spoiled anything.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I FORGOT DEE COLON!
Waiting for the next adoption draft...my son was killed in a horrible FA transaction.
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."
I liked it a lot
Though [redacted] made me a little sad.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
April was pretty great.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Gonna have to watch that tomorrow… or later tonight, i also heard Office was pretty funny, girlfriend said that… i haven’t even watched that show lately
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Which reminds me I need to watch a few episodes of season 1 tonight.
Your 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 24, 2011 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
May you get to Season 2 quickly.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Favorite comedies on now...
Parks and rec, modern family, community, plus i just realized Cam from modern family is a Pike
Whatever happened to Brock Bond, with his .311 BA? Oh well, sigh, always goin to be my adoptive son!
11/1/2010 if you dont know what occurred on that date, we got issues.
Oh those wacky politicians at it again
SALEM, Ore. – A photo of Rep. David Wu wearing a tiger costume and other unusual revelations about his mental health are increasing pressure on the seven-term Oregon Democrat to step down.
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
link
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110224/ap_on_re_us/us_congressman_mental_health
Matt Cain: 38th Best Starter at Best
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
LOL
god i would hate to be in politics…your whole life is on lockdown. can’t even wear a tiger suit around the house or nothing. seems pretty innocent to me.
by kezargiants on Feb 24, 2011 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
point against?
Asian Tiger Mother?
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Is Brian Wilson doing a constant Charlie Sheen impersonation
Or is it the other way around? They sound remarkably similar in their word choice and speech mannerisms.
That looks a lot like the M. Night Shyamalan RT trendline.
"Do you smell that Kenny? That's hard news. Notice the lack of fornicating horses."
14-9
ERA: 3.33
SO: 200
BB:88
IP: 200
Trade Sabean/jk...Overthrow the Ydorks...
What time is it? IT'S SHOWTIME BABY!!!1
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