Dear N00bs, NOW WITH A POLL!
by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 8:23 AM PDT
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Let me begin by saying that I have nothing against N00bs, virtually all of us were new to the McC at one point or another and just because you're new to this site doesn't mean that you're new to baseball.
In case you hadn't heard, TGWTWS and if you don't know what that acronym stands for and/or can't figure it out, may I direct you here, but this undoubtedly means that there are a good number of, how should I put this, well we'll be nice and call them "new" fans of the Giants. If that's the case, awesome, "new" fans mean higher payrolls and the ability to absorb the inevitable bad contract or pulling a Rowandito as I like to call it. Also, if you're a new fan you've come to the right place, most of the posters here are more than happy to wax poetic about everyone from Willie Mays and Will Clark to Chris Speier and Neifi Perez and why we all hate Jose Oquendo, Salomon Torres, Scott Spiezio etc. and all you have to do is ask. I've rarely--if ever--seen posters give other people a hard time for asking honest questions.
Before you post I would suggest checking out the McFAQ, and both FAQ II and FAQ III. All of these will clue you in on the inside jokes and meme's like why you should eat your damn eggroll 109 times and why pie is better than cake. Also, I thought everyone might like to add any new meme's that are more recent like why Xanthan is the graphiest, why Dave Cameron hates the Giants, what SICB stands for or why Natto is being shopped to Lookout Landing.
I say all of this first because I don't want to sound unwelcoming, but recently there have been an inordinate number of posts and posters who post arguments that are rooted in nothing. I think I can speak for everyone in saying that while the McCoven do tend to agree that Posey should have started the season with the big club and that Bowker/F. Lewis/Frandsen/Schierholtz never got a fair shake, there's certainly room for disagreement. However, the arguments need to be rooted in something. I for one, am not a big believer in Thomas Neal, while most of the other McCoven think that he will be viable big league starter to potential All-Star I think he's a guess hitter who projects to being a 4th OF type. That being said, I wouldn't fit too well here if I just tried to use the argument that Thomas Neal sucks repeatedly.
Lastly, there are some very talented people who post here often. For example, I have it on good authority that the purveyor of www.baycityball.com, which is part of ESPN's sweetspot network posts here regularly, and that Natto's artwork is good enough to be stolen and is currently being sold by street vendors. However, neither of those individuals have 57,000 links to their website in their signature line, nor do they cut and paste articles from their site and post them as fanposts. We also all know where to find game stories from last night and you probably won't get the warmest reception doing write-ups of the previous night's game since most of us either watched it or listened to it on the radio.
So that's it, choose to ignore my recommendations at your own perile, or if this doesn't sound like the place for you may I suggest other websites out there.
That is all. Talk amongst yourselves.
Editor's Note: We are not above taking an argument way too far and in that vein a poll is now attached....TWSS or something.
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SHUT IT, NEWB!
=p
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 12, 2011 8:31 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Whoa
I for one, am not a big believer in Thomas Neal, while most of the other McCoven think that he will be viable big league starter to potential All-Star
.
I must be looking in the opposite direction of this sea of people who see All Star appearances in Thomas Neal’s future.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
Why hello, extra return. Fancy meeting you here.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 12, 2011 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I only say this because...
Sometimes it seems like every single instance of “jponry saying something ironic or hyperbolic” gets translated to “most of the McCoven think.”
It’s weird.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 12, 2011 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he’ll be a perfectly reasonable major leaguer. A bit better than Nate; better hitter than Rowand’s career average, but not quite as good a defender (and in LF, not CF).
As a cost-effective starter, I strongly support Thomas Neal for LF in San Francisco next year.
The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul
/uproots Lyle’s opinion and eats the grubs that cling to it.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I have noticed this too
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Nah
I am GRM
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
Nah
I am Viktor Frankenstein.
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Speak for yourself
I am Todd Linden.
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
This explains so much.
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by Johnny Disaster on Apr 12, 2011 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
That's not it
Let’s experiment. I will go over to the thread on the front page and post that Thomas Neal is not real and that he projects to being a 4th OF. Outside of jponry at least 2 other people will tell me that his ceiling is that of an All-Star. Still, what I wrote was:
while most of the other McCoven think that he will be viable big league starter to potential All-Star I think he’s a guess hitter who projects to being a 4th OF type
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow. Two people.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 12, 2011 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
SSS
As promised though.
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m still not exactly sure what it was intended to prove. 2 people does not equate “most of the other McCoven.” Seems like a useless exercise.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
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by can of corn on Apr 12, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
while most of the other McCoven think that he will be viable big league starter to potential All-Star I think he’s a guess hitter who projects to being a 4th OF type
Holy shit, it’s a range, hence somewhere between viable big league starter and potential All-Star. They’re ends of a spectrum, 3 people at one end of the spectrum given that polling only lasted during one thread, for a little over an hour, isn’t too bad. I’ll add a poll then.
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s an indiscriminate range. As far as anybody can tell, you mean “three people think he’ll be a starter and the rest think he’ll be an All Star.” It’s tricky rhetoric, being vague about distribution.
Most people from Fresno are either normal or documented murderers. Accurate? Yes. Intentionally misleading? Also so.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 12, 2011 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Hence I added a Poll.
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
How does a “DickPoll” help, except give your cat something to scratch?
I’m neither normal nor a murderer. Yet, I’m from Fresno. That’s my roots.
Baseball isn’t logic. It’s baseball.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I, or one, am shocked — shocked! — to find Howie arguing semantics.
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by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 12, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
I have all these reputations that I don’t even realize I’m earning.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 12, 2011 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Like the one you just earned for lacking self-awareness?
Clearly you don’t recall this.
"This is a street fight, and we win those." -- BRIAN SABEAN, 10/23/10
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by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 12, 2011 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s both particle and wave when you look closely . . .
but if you back off with a frosted lens . . . He’s all MOD!!
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 12, 2011 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Almost 3 years ago now...
Time flies when you’re in your mom’s basement.
"This is a street fight, and we win those." -- BRIAN SABEAN, 10/23/10
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by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 12, 2011 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Fixed
Time flies when you’re in your mom’sbasement.gazebo.
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 13, 2011 4:53 AM PDT up reply actions
jponry has my proxy
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
jproxy
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by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 12, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
One of Superman’s super enemies, only without the vowel. Metaphor of Eastern Europeans.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
jponry decides the grougthink
"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!"
So jponry is actually groug?
The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul
we are all groug
jponry controls the throbbing psychic mucus that controls us all.
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
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I blame her for making me imagine that she controls that mucus via water bending.
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by Johnny Disaster on Apr 17, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd think he'll be around an average outfielder for a few years
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
ok
we’ll chalk you up for one bold prediction of mediocrity.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Apr 12, 2011 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
While you’re at it, can you chalk me up one as well?
Oh, wait, I thought you were talking about something else.
"This is a street fight, and we win those." -- BRIAN SABEAN, 10/23/10
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by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 12, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
he’s gonna be great!
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
2010 Giants: World Series Champs
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Apr 12, 2011 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, he was a HOFer in my Baseball Mogul franchise after I edited him to be really good, so it stands to reason that’s his upside in real life, too.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Yeah he had a career .320 average in my OOTP game.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Man, if OOTP simmed faster than a glacier-like speed, I’d probably play it a lot more. Oh well. I can’t have everything, I suppose.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
On my computer, I should say. If I ever got a non-crappy one, I’m sure it would play just fine.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
What version are you running? Maybe OOTP 8 (which is available for free) would make it easier?
I ran out of space on one of my virtual drive because of saved games, and I use options to reduce the amount of stuff saved.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"I stick to my strengths as opposed to going after everyone’s weaknesses. If you can hit it, come hit it."- Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Apr 12, 2011 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
sort of related...
I picked up MLB 11, The Show this weekend. It is 3D enabled which would be great if I had a 3-D TV. But it also has Move enabled for the Home Run Derby which is truly a blast. I played with my 7-year old daughter for about 3 hours on Saturday. She insisted on being Buster Posey and crushed me.
by capn on Apr 12, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nice. I kept my son’s interest in baseball up over the offseason by playing a few games of last year’s version and letting him watch. He’d watch for five minutes, then run and find his plastic bat and ball and make me pitch to him.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I bought 10 when it came out. I could manage to do okay, a game at a time, if I was willing to let the thing take several minutes to load. The thing as whole took so long, though, and made everything else run so slowly, I sort of lost interest.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I know 11 is more stable, but I think it’s just a ton of number crunching. I don’t do much beyond one or two seasons, so it performs passably.
I’ve run it on my netbook too, which isn’t that powerful.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"I stick to my strengths as opposed to going after everyone’s weaknesses. If you can hit it, come hit it."- Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Apr 12, 2011 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
All I know is, this Spring, I saw him hit a ball that travelled as far as any ball hit by a wooden bat that I have ever seen.
L_ght T_w_r P_w_r.
I’d like to buy a vowel.
"This is a street fight, and we win those." -- BRIAN SABEAN, 10/23/10
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by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 12, 2011 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
:o
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by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 12, 2011 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Neal. He looks good this year in terms of his approach at the plate plus he lost more weight around his midsection while retaining muscle in his thighs so he can still drive the ball.
But my opinion doesn’t mean anything, right? Not like I evaluate prospects and write about them for a living.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 12, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
You are also a girl
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
You just like the shape of his butt and tail feathers.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Psh… Anyone can EVALUATE, and WATCH players and all that stuff… But not everyone can form an opinion based off NOT seeing or looking at stats or bothering to learn!
Me? Without ever having seen him do anything, I can tell you with absolute authority that he sucks!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Speaking of which, do you know anything about Neal being injured? Noticedhe hasnt played the last three games.
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
You’d know if you followed him on twitter.
/makes “old” joke
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by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 12, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he'll be good
Average to above-average for a few years, maybe a year or two where he’s All-Star worthy. Then again, I tend to be overly optimistic about Giants prospects.
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
Then again, I tend to be overly optimistic about Giants prospects.
I thought it was just me. Nice to see there are additional members in the OOC.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Nah they’re like babies — everybody thinks theirs is beautiful.
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
I don’t know… I’ve seen a LOT of people on this site who would sell their prospect babies to the gypsies for a C grade talent gypsy prospect.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Quit talking about me, I would require a toolsy C grade talent gypsy prospect.
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
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by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL WUT
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
We can build a bridge out of her
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
I, for one, disagree with this:
I think I can speak for everyone in saying that while the McCoven do tend to agree that Posey should have started the season with the big club and that Bowker/F. Lewis/Frandsen/Schierholtz never got a fair shake, there’s certainly room for disagreement.
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - SLC
Removed the reference to the Voldemort site.
I’m going to do that from now on, even in the comments.
Soon he will be like Symborski and Sullivan, and will be magically summoned if you type his name three times.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Jeff Sullivan writes for Lookout Landing and the main SBN baseball page, and Dan Symborski (I have no idea how you actually spell his name) made one of the projection systems out there…ZIPS, I think?
Anyway, they both have filters that tell them when they are being talked about on SBN blogs, and will magically appear when summoned.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Too late...
They are already watching.
Always….watching….
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Sends obedient gallinas to fly many miles in order to peck out The Eye of Sullivan in Snahadoom.
/represses own urges for power . . . for now
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
What fucking ever . . . W.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 14, 2011 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Jeff’s the loving god who grants wishes. I think of myself more as the vengeful god who demands blood sacrifice.
by D.Szymborski on Apr 12, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is freaking me out.
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 Apr 12, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I think wish Grant-ing should go to, well, you know.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 12, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
The lamp is Jeff Sullivan.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 12, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I’m scared…
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
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I have a filter that tells me when someone talks about my penis
It always ends up being me though
The thong is, it happened.
Szymborski
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Did you rub the lamp as you said it?
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup, ZiPS. I also write for ESPN and Baseball Think Factory.
You can summon me with an incorrectly spelled last name so long as it’s not a terribly exotic incorrect spelling.
Strangely, over the last few years, I think people have more trouble getting “Dan” right than “Szymborski.”
by D.Szymborski on Apr 12, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually, it’s almost always Dave. I have no idea why.
by D.Szymborski on Apr 12, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I like Dave better than Dan...
Ever think of changing your name to appease us Dave fans?
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Holy crap! People don’t use their real names on here? I should change my handle…
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 Apr 12, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
i thought yours was odd too, but my parents gave my sister a middle name of “fleur” in 1970 so I have little room to thrown stones…
How did you know my name is Fleur?
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 Apr 12, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s Alex Lewis. He’s a good boy, you fakers.
/preens . . .
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Howie’s real name isn’t Howie. I was shocked myself.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
Well, duh. It’s Howard. Howie is just a nickname.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Apr 12, 2011 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Howard is what I call the left one.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 12, 2011 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
What do you call the right one or is there a right one? I heard that freak BP accident was just a rumor.
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m Jake Barnes, basically.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 12, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know why I’m contributing to this rumor. I shouldn’t be doing that.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 12, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Whatever, Jake.
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 Apr 12, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Still getting government money for walking over that mine?
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Is the right one "The Duck"?
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Oh. Now I’m embarrassed.
I thought he was talking about his boobs.
I USED TO NOT BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Whatever, Ezekial.
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 Apr 12, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Blame Dave Cameron
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
This is great, because I have no idea what site we're talking about.
by Every6thDay on Apr 12, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t hate Solomon Torres.
(oh and I guess I fall squarely on the meh portion of the spectrum when it comes to the great Flew/Franny/bowker/Nate debates)
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
Roger is profoundly indifferent to these great debates!!!
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I Hate Solomon Torres the idea, but not Solomon Torres the person.
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by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 12, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
A useful post...except
a good number of, how should I put this, well we’ll be nice and call them “new” fans of the Giants. If that’s the case, awesome, “new” fans mean higher payrolls and the ability to absorb the inevitable bad contract or pulling a Rowandito as I like to call it.
“New” fans are also people who get interested in baseball (specifically the Giants) because they see great players doing great things, rather than be bored to death from the quiet intimacy of mediocre lousiness.
I would rather watch Posey and Timmy in a crowd of “noobs” than watch Michael Tucker and Brett Tomko from a section of stands with one “expert fan”.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"I stick to my strengths as opposed to going after everyone’s weaknesses. If you can hit it, come hit it."- Tim Lincecum
I don’t dislike new fans who have just gotten interested in baseball, I was trying—unsuccessfully apparently—to describe fans of the bandwagon variety, who up until last year were die-hard Sawx fans, or at least die-hard for the last few years.
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s a tough balance. Some “bandwagon” fans will become diehard Giants fans. It happens that way for a lot of people. And there’s nothing wrong with that. What is annoying is someone who doesn’t know that much acting as if they know everything. That’s always annoying.
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 Apr 12, 2011 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
not only is there nothing "wrong"
it’s great! More Giants fans.
I think the criticism here is against the “front-runner” fans who put away their White Sox and Rays hats and buy Giants hats to wear with their Laker jerseys and Dallas Cowboy underoos.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"I stick to my strengths as opposed to going after everyone’s weaknesses. If you can hit it, come hit it."- Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Apr 12, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s always annoying.
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 Apr 12, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Slightly off topic, but...
I know this guy who’s a die-hard Dodgers fan, and an about-to-die Kings fan. He grew up in Modesto, went to school in Florida, now lives in Modesto again…
One day on Facebook, he posted a comment deriding Laker fans who, “Grew up in Northern California and have never spent any time in LA, but claim to be fans of the Lakers.”
I love hypocrisy.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
LOL OT
I don’t have any particular antipathy towards remote fans. That is pretty funny though.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"I stick to my strengths as opposed to going after everyone’s weaknesses. If you can hit it, come hit it."- Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Apr 12, 2011 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I love this guinea hen I saw on Animal Planet. Her coloration, her drumsticks, her mating dance, her sense of the moment were enough, on film, to make me love her.
Ask Letter 2 about this syndrome. But don’t tell him I sent you. He knows things about me that shouldn’t surface in the mainstream press.
That’s the other thing, noobs, about this site. What you cite here, ctays here.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
There are layers to the point you made, referenced in the comment above
There is a difference between “new” fans of the team, and “new” fans w/in this forum (ie- the Chronicles). By virtue of most of your post, and the “insider” references to acronyms most commonly, or only, referenced among the McCoven, you imply that the “new” fans are those that are new to the site. While really, most of what is said in a game thread is banter and nonsense (don’t get me wrong, I love it), and has little to do with the game. To take it one step further – the “real” fans, may be those focused on the game; they may be those without the means to have both hands glued to a keyboard and eyes fixated on a tv; they may be those AT the game (holy TWSS, Batman!); they may be those at a bar; and maybe – when TGWTWS – they were here on the Chronicles (maybe).
I don’t know if I have A point, or many points – but I can infer a few things from your pen-name, the amount of time you’ve spent on the Chronicles in a short amount of time & the perceived need to write a post about “n00bs” (creative) as though you’re not one – that you, too, are a Giants fan – and there is no need to claim or point out differences between someone who joined the Chronicles subsequent to June 25, 2010 and those whom were here already – we are all fans.
(I don’t mean this as a personal attack, just pointing certain things out).
Super Bowl XXIV: 49ers 55 - Broncos 10
So much this, it's not even funny
I love the personalities on McCC and the cleverness and general sophistication of baseball discussion that flows from these threads.
And equally true, I prefer watching the game on my couch with a beer in my hand instead of a laptop on my knees. I think the frequency with which people read, post, and comment here has less to do with their Giants allegiance as it does with what goes on in their lives “outside of the internets”.
Here's to the Dodgers and their bucket of suck.
Yeah having been to god only knows how many games at the stick that had less attendance than your average houseparty I’ve always welcomed the bandwagonners. They’re essential to creating that stadium electricity and buzz. I’m a terrible buzzer myself.
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
You need better booze.
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 Apr 12, 2011 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
It's not hard
Just make loud beeping sounds.
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
HEY.
Unless that expert fan is me. Swooning over Brett Tomko.
tk can always be summoned with a Tomko reference.
We were all n00bs once. Let it be.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
SITUATION TK
"This is a street fight, and we win those." -- BRIAN SABEAN, 10/23/10
Proud owner of the saddest looking IMDb page in the world.
by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 12, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Reprazent-zent!
That picture sort of looks like a fan. I am still a fan. But I’m no longer knowledgeable enough to post here about the Giants, except my personal reflections of course (I liked writing the World Series from the newsroom vignette series). So like many others I come by, read, don’t post (unless it’s possible to mention Tomko) and hope I haven’t fallen off the true Giant fan-wagon thereby.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Apr 12, 2011 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Good lord, you mean we’re all supposed to be knowledgeable?
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
It's the Bullshit Effect
If you keep talking long enough and loud enough about something that the other person has no clue about, you’re assumed to be an authority. This can be quite useful.
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
I’ll have to mention him regularly, until I’m banned! Never enough tk.
And indeed, if none of us ever started rooting for the Giants we wouldn’t be Giants fans now. Triple negative ttw!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"I stick to my strengths as opposed to going after everyone’s weaknesses. If you can hit it, come hit it."- Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Apr 12, 2011 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the intended meaning here followed that 'n'
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
Is our Giants fans bandwagoning?
NN, thank you for your kind remarks. But I’m wondering if you ever met me. Most people who have would say there’s MORE than enough TK. :D
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Apr 12, 2011 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I was hoping for something more blistering from a post with this title. I guess now that we’ve won the world series, we’ve lost our edge.
The shoutout to xanthan for signature-line discretion amused me.
I’ve been trying to mellow and be nicer in my old age and not go over the top too often. I want to reserve that for the next time someone tells me that Seinfeld wasn’t funny.
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re funnier than Seinfeld.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
Nevermind
I’m actually waiting for the next time I see that Rownads is leading off, then I’m going all Bondslegend. That’s right hide the kids.
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
People who don’t think Seinfeld is funny are dead inside. Fact.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Science!
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, it’s better than being dead outside. That’s just gross.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 12, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Funnier looking!
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
I knew that was you in the bushes. I want the negatives….realizes most people here don’t know what a negative is…the SD card the pictures are on I mean.
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too. I was hoping for some pwnage.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Apr 12, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
U DED DAWG
MEET ME OUTSIDE ATT PARK
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
…bring a scarf, it’s been cold.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
Brought scarf, coat, and more scotch. It was still brisk. My new hat is 0-2, I’m worried.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
don't say such things
my monocle may fly off and hit my servant.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Apr 12, 2011 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
FLew, Bowker, Franny, and Nate have all been jobbed when it comes to determining their value to a Major League ballclub. Well, maybe not Nate, he’s still on the club. And I’m over Bowker, but FLew and Franny were jobbed. Well, I’m kind of past FLew too, after his TEH GAYZ comment (not that I hold it against him, I just lost interest in how he’s doing after that). But Franny was definitely jobbed!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
And bad attitude, IIRC...
What I’m realizing here is, with Lincecum, Cainer, Sanchy, MadBum, Posey, Sandoval, and even Nate, AND after having won the World Series, I’m pretty much over the prospects who may have gotten jobbed.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Until one of Flew, Franny, Bowker, Denker, etc become solid pros...
…I’m sticking with the theory that the ogranization saw enough of each of them in
- Minor league games
- Major league games
- Practices
- Spring Trainings
- In how they responded to coaching
to make a decision on them.
The thong is, it happened.
fucking noobs
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
HOW DO THEY WORK?
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
First step
alcohol
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
No, that sounds more or less correct.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Proud parent of Javier Lopez: southpaw, poltergeist, haunter of dreams.
Good. Now stop waiting and proceed to Broadway. Success waits.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
5. PROFIT!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 12, 2011 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thomas Neal
Not only is he real, but he will toe the rubber in the city for years to come.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
"ZIPS Is Indeed Supose To Science." --GRM
I think you should start one
I’m not a mod, so it would probably get taken down, you on the other hand…
I'm finally proud of the fact that I went to VCU and fittingly it has nothing to do with academics!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 12, 2011 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Boob really is a perfect word. The B looks like an aerial view of them, the 2 o’s look like a front view, and the b looks like a side view.
Adopted Giant - Carlos "Don't Call Me Wallaby" Willoughby
by j14 on Apr 12, 2011 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
have a rec!
If I had a second one I would give it to you.
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
A third rec from Gallo del Cielo.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish, but I just read it somewhere before.
Adopted Giant - Carlos "Don't Call Me Wallaby" Willoughby
Takes back rec.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Take away the green!
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
Sounds like something Demetri Martin would riff on.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 12, 2011 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
/10,000 PICTURES OF CHRISTINA HENDRIX
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
She’s no Jimi.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Apr 12, 2011 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I still hate Neifi Perez
And of course Dusty started Mark Gardner in the one game playoff against the Cubs at Wrigley.
Win, Lose, Or Tie, Raiders Til I Die!!
Independence=Nobody Likes You UTAH 17 byU 16
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2010 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
by UtahSilverandBlack on Apr 12, 2011 3:18 PM PDT reply actions
wow, you sure are flexible. oh, your baseball pictures.
Adopted Giant - Carlos "Don't Call Me Wallaby" Willoughby
Yet, you seems proud of it.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Poor man's Hunter Pence
Pence is a fringy All-star, so Neal will be a fringy fringy All-Star, and that’s good enough to make him real.
Imagine you could have a do-over with Fred Lewis, without the bad routes and melancholy. I grant you Chris Lofton.
N00b here
..to the McC, not to Giants fandom… that goes back to birth more or less. Appreciate the recommendations though, I clearly have some McFAQing to do so I can be hip to the inside jokes that ’til now go over my head.
I voted right in the middle, but less out of confidence in my expectations for Neal and more because it makes the flesh colored bars look like they’re giving someone the finger.
by missmycharterseats on Apr 12, 2011 4:46 PM PDT reply actions
“I voted right in the middle, but less out of confidence in my expectations for Neal and more because it makes the flesh colored bars look like they’re giving someone the finger.”
Something tells me you’re going to fit in here just fine.
"This is a street fight, and we win those." -- BRIAN SABEAN, 10/23/10
Proud owner of the saddest looking IMDb page in the world.
by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 12, 2011 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Assuming she can hold up under the McFAQing.
Not all can.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 12, 2011 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure that "miss" doesn't indicate femininity
(boy that’s a lot of i’s and n’s). But if it does, Mycharterseats is a pretty weird – and possibly lucky – name.
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
That’s Ms. My Charter Seats to you.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Apr 12, 2011 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Had a good laugh over this
It’s Mr. missmycharterseats really. Never occurred to me for a second that the name might mislead anyone about my gender, but I suspect gallo won’t be the last to jump to that conclusion. Oh well, I don’t mind being taken for a girl really, it could mean some free drinks.
by missmycharterseats on Apr 13, 2011 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
TOLD YA SO!
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
So you’re a girl, right?
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 Apr 13, 2011 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
depends
you gonna buy me a drink?
by missmycharterseats on Apr 13, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
The correct answer, n00bs is:
Neal is the guy who stole Natto’s artwork. It’s a trick question that relies on having been paying attention to other threads on the site like a pro.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Apr 12, 2011 9:28 PM PDT reply actions
Upgrade to Pro today, n00bs!
But is Neal a the guy who stole Natto’s art, or will he be multiple above average everyday players?
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 12, 2011 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions
STOP WITH THE LIES
and why pie is better than cake
I welcome all cake loving n00bs into the ranks, God knows we need more cake lovers around here
Staunch Defender of Cake
Birthers, Truthers, Cakers
"This is a street fight, and we win those." -- BRIAN SABEAN, 10/23/10
Proud owner of the saddest looking IMDb page in the world.
by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 13, 2011 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re cake-fueled rantings won’t sway anyone. Just give in to pie.
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 Apr 13, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
We’ll tell you when you are older.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
lulz
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"I stick to my strengths as opposed to going after everyone’s weaknesses. If you can hit it, come hit it."- Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Apr 14, 2011 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Because LA always ought to be beaten, of course.
"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!"
On the field, of course.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 14, 2011 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
We don't just say it.
I cross the line of courtesy, a N00b told me so!
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Apr 14, 2011 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions
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