Post-game thread: Giants come back, beat LA
by Grant Brisbee on Apr 13, 2011 10:37 PM PDT
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Part of me wants to think this was some sort of bellwether game, a turning point, a game in which the fortunes of two teams intersected before ascending or descending for the rest of the season.
Another part of me thinks that this was a game that was won and lost on the backs of players like Rod Barajas, Aaron Miles, Aaron Rowand, and Mike Fontenot. These are the supporting players, the guys who aren’t what make the Dodgers or Giants good or bad. It’s like watching a director’s cut of "Empire Strikes Back" that ends with Wedge Antilles having a lightsaber fight with IG-88.
Maybe. But that would ignore the contributions from Jonathan Sanchez, Sergio Romo, Pablo Sandoval, and Brian Wilson all of whom are supposed to be big parts of why the Giants can succeed this season. It was the second straight comeback win against a Dodgers team that deserves to watch the other team enjoy comeback wins because they’re the Dodgers. It didn’t feel like an April win. A series loss to the Dodgers right before there’s 45 hours without baseball, which would allow us to marinate in the awfulness? Yuck.
So it was a beautiful win. A win against the Dodgers always is beautiful, of course. Super beautiful. Five super-special-beautiful things about the game:
- Jonathan Sanchez’s command of his off-speed stuff. When he’s throwing those back-foot sliders with any sort of touch, he’s fun to wach.
- Buster Posey’s pick and throw to get Tony Gwynn -- because when you run the bases that stupidly, you deserve to be gunned down.
- Matt Kemp looking mortal. He didn’t look so hot against Sanchez, and Sergio Romo abused him.
- But not as bad as Romo abused Rod Barajas. Sit down, Hydrox to Bengie Molina’s Oreo.
- That instead of getting into a plunking contest with a bunch of grown men playing pushies around a pitching mound, the Giants responded to the double plunking of Posey by winning.
Back to .500. The wheels never came off, and they just might start serving peanuts on this here bandwagon as soon as it leaves.
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Now, that’s funny.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
This feels kind of like seeing the pod race for the first time and thinking, “Holy cow that looks sooooo real!” and then watching it a few years later and being able to recognize how it doesn’t look real at all.
I remember when this was made I couldn’t tell if it was fake. Now I can tell at a glance. My photoshop recognition is improving.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 13, 2011 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
The forearm beneath the hand doesn’t make physical sense if you look at it closely. The forearm is incorrectly oriented for that hand position.
My adopted son: Jose Casilla.
Man of the Crazy Sink. And owner of a 103 ZiPS ERA+ in 2011.
And I think the finger has a very slight “cut out” look to it.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 14, 2011 6:51 AM PDT up reply actions
His index finger looks like it was amputated.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Apr 14, 2011 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Panda Grant aint having it
Let's bring the...
by Swager on Apr 13, 2011 10:38 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
YAY NOT LOSING
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
Both Wedge Antilles and IG-88 in a single post?
I love this place.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Apr 13, 2011 10:38 PM PDT reply actions
You aren’t bothered that neither reference makes a lick of sense?
What will happen to you when issues of taste emerge?
/skulks back to cave > > _ _ _
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm bothered
by the fact the I’m nearly 50, I know who both Wedge Antilles and IG-88 are, and I spend too much time reading this…
BOSSK COULD TAKE BOTH OF THEM EVEN WITHOUT AN OPPOSABLE THUMB
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 13, 2011 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
None of them have squat on Dengar !!!
by skunk5150 on Apr 14, 2011 1:09 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Speaking of which
The picture above reminds me of Luke scratching Chewie under the chin
The thong is, it happened.
HOT WOOKIEE WANKING ACTION
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 7:04 AM PDT up reply actions
The guy who played Wedge is Ewan MacGregor’s uncle. Or something like that.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 14, 2011 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a Bacon on my LL team here in philly. I have to resist asking if they are related.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Apr 14, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
That instead of getting into a plunking contest with a bunch of grown men playing pushies around a pitching mound, the Giants responded to the double plunking of Posey by winning.
This
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Apr 13, 2011 10:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Seriously?
You’re bringing this up again after you started all of it. Wow.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Don’t even.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Then I’m odd.
/turns comically to face fowl of other color for demonstrative combat . . .
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd for being excessively cryptic.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
I, for one, love it when I check the post-game thread in the morning to find gallo and owlcroft have done their drive-by replying during the night. It’s entertaining even when I don’t follow what’s going on.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
That works best when they are replying to one another. ‘Why yes, old bean, that’s in Mencken. I was just leafing through it.’
So we each own a copy?
Wanna make something out of it?
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Millions were published. Any used book store will sell them for $5.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I have more than a few books with notations like that.
In fact, I have the entire 18-volume set of Cabell’s “Biography of Manuel”, the Storisende edition, in a hand-numbered, individually signed (each volume!) set, one of only, yes, 1500 printed. I also have several R. A. Lafferty books along those lines, but far fewer will ever have heard of him (which is a bloody shame and injustice).
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
20th-century first editions were the must-have collector pieces for the indolent rich for a while. But I think those types were more about displaying first signed copies of Ulysses in the foyer than something they’d actually read.
I think probably so.
All of mine were discovered after the fact. I just wanted the books. I am sometimes amazed the signed first editions by tolerably known authors just get mixed in with any old copies of their works.
To show you my disdain for book value and “collector” status, we always discard all dust jackets, which—as I understand it—drastically lowers the value of a book as a collectible. But to me, it’s like those peasant-like old housewives who keep the plastic covers on lamp shades.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
The promotor fidei answers that, if your library space is not unlimited, you might plan to resell those among your books that need to go to make room for new acquisitions, and that a prudent man would maximize his resale value. A friend of mine has a rotating record collection that he mostly gets to pay for itself by this method.
"Books that need to go"?
What sacrilege is this?
Books kept at all ever are books worth keeping; and books worth keeping are never discarded. Never. We have hundreds of shelf-feet and thousands of books on them, and someday soon we may need to try to cram more in; but I’d rather sit on or walk over books worth keeping than get rid of any.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Honestly, I should be more familiar with Mencken.
/adds that to the list
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Mencken is awesome
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
he's a grumpy old man
that I’m more like every day
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
I’ll try to post some passages in the next week. I’m off work. He says some great cranky things about politics, religion, and wimmins.
He also liked baseball.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Grumpy old men . . .
. . . constitute most of my idols (whoulda thunk?): Dr Saml’ Johnson, Groucho Marx, H. L. Mencken, W. C. Fields, and not a few others of that sort. The book titled The Portable Curmudgeon is terrific reading.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Got it. Some asshole gave it to me about 25 years ago.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 14, 2011 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s fun to be around at one in the morning watching the birds talk to each other.
"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!"
Speaking of literal birds, does anyone else enjoy a little (very) amateur birdwatching? I hardly know what I’m seeing half the time without looking it up (and sometimes not even then), but I always enjoy spotting something I haven’t seen before.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
alright, you're losing me dude
grant posted it.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
by bondslegend on Apr 13, 2011 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
GRANT AND JPONRY FORCES UNITE
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m just agreeing with Grant, would you chill out?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yes master
/rolls eyes
Stupid to even emphasize it
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I get it, you hate me. Whatever.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
We all hate you.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
And we’ll continue to do so until you finally grow a spine and lead the revolution.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
JPONRY IS NOTHING NOW
ANOTHER STORY MUST BEGIN
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
/scratches mark upon turf and preens . . .
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
You lurve her.
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Must. Get. Last. Word.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
NO U
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
No.
Go away . . . unless you can talk some sense into Grant, which I doubt, if that is his name.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Mission: Accomplished!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
/flight_suit.gif
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
dude come on
giants beat LA, pablo hit a dinger, fontenot had a surprise great game, wilson debuted a reality-warping pitch
there’s so many happy things to focus on tonight on this website.
by Lies and Perfidy on Apr 13, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Just as you could have easily moved along without saying anything.
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
Don’t hate on Jponry, she’s one of the nicest people here.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Apr 13, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa – I missed something good. Gotta check out gamethreads on occasion.
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 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
You didn't miss anything
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
can we at least all agree
that a rule that throws out the next pitcher who hits a batter, regardless of which team or who it is or even if it’s obviously unintentional (I seem to remember this happening with Bautista on the mound last year) is dumb?
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 13, 2011 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
The umpire still reserves the right to determine intent. It’s not automatic.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Also a dumb rule:
Automatically awarding the visiting team a run if the home plate umpire ever runs out of baseballs to throw back to the pitcher.
Which exists as much as the rule you referenced.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 13, 2011 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
thanks
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 13, 2011 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
That sounded snotty on my part.
Sorry.
But yeah, short version: The ump could’ve tossed Lilly without warnings, and he’s not obligated to toss anyone if an HBP comes after warnings. They get a lot of leeway.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 14, 2011 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Right, I meant “warnings” and not “rule”, but how many times do they really let someone go if they hit someone, especially when it’s the third beaning of the game?
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 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it'd have to be pretty obviously unintentional.
Like, say, on a breaking ball, or in a situation like either of the times that Timmy drilled Uribe. Which brings us back around to the point that the Dodgers are both morons and assholes.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 14, 2011 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
can't argue with that
Am I remembering Bautista getting run out last year in that circumstance? Or maybe just worrying that he was going to hit someone because he was wild and there had already been a warning and an ejection.
I forgot the first Timmy beaning (actually didn’t pay much attention) but he was pretty wild leading up to the second one. Also, FUribe. I was on his side until yesterday when he pouted at home plate.
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 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re fighting fires!
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Move along, folks. Nothing to see here. Move along.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
nothing good
lots of dumb.
Some subthreads were like the bleachers at the stick in like 1975. Yuck
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Very crabby day, at least for me
Ended well!
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
People disagreed
Lively debate.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
yes
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
by bondslegend on Apr 13, 2011 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
A bench clearing brawl would have been really bad timing given the solidarity in the air now over the recent beating.
Uhh... what just happened?
Ask me about my... Machine.
/auto-anti-defenestrates?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Apr 13, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Would June be good for you? Afternoon game? Swell, it’s on my calendar.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
So would consecutive drillings of the Giants' best player.
Good thing that would never happen.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 13, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. Grr. Being the better team in every way sure does suck.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Cheap sarcasm aside, my statement remains true.
Drilling of the Giants’ best player twice in consecutive at-bats was really bad timing given the solidarity in the air now over the recent beating.
I’m not calling for retaliation. I’m calling out the Dodgers for being assholes.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 13, 2011 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Good Sir . . .
The sarcasm of Gallo del Cielo is not cheap, nor is that of grandmaster waelwulf, if that is his name.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Just how much does it cost?
It would be very convenient to order in a bucket or two to keep handy for those occasions when one is too tired for home cooking.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
It is sold by the drought at auction, as all goods should be in a liberal society.
The exact price is blowing in the wind.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, is that what that is.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
"Code of the West" and all that . . .
. . . when it was obvious that neither plunking of Uribe could have been intentional (especially the second) in light of the then-prevalent situation, one would have thought that one brush of a Giant would have been more than enough to satisfy the ritual requirement. It was the second that was gratuitous folly.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Also when weighed in light of the scene on the field with the Giants and Uribe before the first game of this series.
Oooooh, we must hate him so much.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Air Me
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
I think the playing pushies stuff is funny.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
My boy, makin' some contributions.
Bummed I had to miss this game. Still…
LA: BEAT
Adopted Giant: Mike Fontenot
He's like Grant, but fun size.
It’s nice of MadBum to high five the bat bot
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
boy
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Do the batboys get rings?
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I AM BAT BOT
I MECHANICALLY TAKE YOUR BATS
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
by garbanzo24 on Apr 13, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
TWIS
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
man and i thought the humidor was bad
the giants are using robots
by Lies and Perfidy on Apr 13, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Silicon Valley is in the Giants’ territory!
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
.
Uhh... what just happened?
Ask me about my... Machine.
/auto-anti-defenestrates?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Apr 13, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha
This game
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
I am so glad I am not the only person who remembers this game.
Weren’t there mines in the outfield?!
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
I don’t think so, but I think the ball could blow up.
Uhh... what just happened?
Ask me about my... Machine.
/auto-anti-defenestrates?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Apr 13, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think so
The baserunner could get in fights with the fielders though. On any close play. And I was terrible at the fights so either I was always out or they were always safe.
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
…was frustrating because all ground balls went like 1000mph and just stopped dead.
Yeah, a baseball game with robots and I have a problem with the game physics.
Uhh... what just happened?
Ask me about my... Machine.
/auto-anti-defenestrates?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Apr 13, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Can't wait till this is how baseball will work in 9 years..
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Yeah, don't fuck with Wedge, he rules.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Apr 13, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I still don't get it
It seems to me that Wedge dies on Hoth. I must be watching ESB wrong. But it sure seems like he dies to me.
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
that was Dak
Adoptive father of 18th round draft pick and future ace, BRANDON ALLEN
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Apr 13, 2011 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Wedge is definitely in RoTJ
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Well, yes
Hence my confusion.
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
I think he is in ESB after the other airspeed you talk about blows up, too.
Please don't cut Ishikawa! 2009 Tops All-Star Rookie and World Champ 2010!
Hmm
I don’t remember him at all after the speeder blows up.
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Wedge lives. And he’s awesome. But IG-88 is awesome as well.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
IG-88 was really hard to beat in Shadows of the Empire on N64
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Oh God. I’d forgotten about that.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
The ending of that game pissed me off so much
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
i disliked SoE
all the frustration for nothing.
Adoptive father of 18th round draft pick and future ace, BRANDON ALLEN
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Apr 13, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Why did he have three different accents in the three movies though it was the same actor?
by non sequitur on Apr 13, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
ANH wedge is a different voice from ESB and ROTJ; he sounds the same to me in the latter, so not sure why it’d be different
Why was Leia British in A New Hope?
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Carrie Fischer was really into British ales at the time. She was on domestic crap for the other movies
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
lulz
but srsly, have you seen her special “Wishful Drinking”? she talks about how nuts it was that she had an English accent that came and went within A New Hope, pretty funny
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
She had a special called “Wishful Drinking”? That sounds like it would have been just my thing. I wish there had been ads for it.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
oh yeah, I remember the one time they ran that ad on CSN. And then the other time.
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Now, when you say, the "other time"
You mean, the other time during the commercial break between innings, right?
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
oh, correct
yes, I meant the two times per commercial break.
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Sit down, Hydrox to Bengie Molina’s Oreo.
Thanks for making me think about Hydrox.
by Lies and Perfidy on Apr 13, 2011 10:41 PM PDT reply actions
it made me think of this
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
wipe it down guys
nature tank forgot to put on his resist gear AGAIN
by Lies and Perfidy on Apr 13, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I hated
racing other guilds to the stupid green dragon spawns.
Almost as fun as the trash leading up to tidewalker and then the endless wipes on pre-nerf vashj.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Apr 14, 2011 12:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Try the endless trash leading up to and the Pre Nerfed C’Thun
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Reposted
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Apr 13, 2011 10:41 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
never gets old
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
by bondslegend on Apr 13, 2011 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
and it works this time!
where’s the one with bochy in it?
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
by bondslegend on Apr 13, 2011 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL BOCHY
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Apr 13, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
lovin' Belt's comparatively delayed reaction in the background
And that Bochy’s expression doesn’t look to have changed at all.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Apr 13, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Bochy looks like he's thinking about what he had for dinner
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Belt's reaction wasn't delayed
He was just a little more low-key about it than Pablo. But if you look, he’s clearly ready to spring into celebration at a moment’s notice.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
Panda looks so happy.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Apr 13, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
ok
who’s going to photoshop in the cake?
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Apr 13, 2011 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Ron Wotus clearly has some interest in this cake as well.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Apr 13, 2011 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
What is this?
Apparently ad-block plus is blocking it.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Pablo's reaction to Grant's HR
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
IG-88
Is a crazy pull. I wouldn’t know who that is except I had the action figure at one point.
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
Trading card game and Super Empire Strikes Back for SNES.
Also Dengar.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
swccg ftw. pretty sure i had all of the bounty hunters.
Never in doubt.
by TimLincecumIsGod on Apr 13, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Super Empire Strikes Back was so fun
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Also frustrating enough that the debug mode became my preferred mode of play.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
ZUCKUSS COULD RULE THEM ALL IF ONLY HE WERENT DEPENDENT ON AMMONIA ATMOSPHERE!
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 13, 2011 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
was one of my favorite background characters
I was a super nerd and read the star wars short stories, novels, etc. And IG-88 had some sort of special sentient programming and was gradually passing it along to other droids so that they could rise up and overthrow their organic overlords or something.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Apr 13, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
precursor to HK-47 from KOTOR too
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It was fun listening to him talk in that game.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Apr 14, 2011 1:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I had no idea. I read Splinter Of The Minds Eye and some of the comics, but none of the other fiction.
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
Splinter! That’s the only Star Wars book I ever read.
by non sequitur on Apr 13, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Budding romance between Luke and Leia.
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
have you seen this??? :D http://www.starwars.com/video/view/000205.html
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
video's not working for me
I’ll be sure to catch it later when my internet connection is less terrible.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Apr 13, 2011 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I was impressed, too.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Apr 13, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
If I wasn’t a SW nerb I would have been lost.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Apr 14, 2011 1:28 AM PDT up reply actions
when did “chopped” become “cropped”?
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
son of ggf usually has his own interpretations of MCC memes
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
photography
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
as long as it isn't agriculture
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
LOL PiKA
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Let us not forget also the many Bothans who gave their lives for this victory.
Carter Jurica!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Apr 13, 2011 10:41 PM PDT reply actions
Nerd cred established
It’s like watching a director’s cut of “Empire Strikes Back” that ends with Wedge Antilles having a lightsaber fight with IG-88.
Series wins against the Dodgers are always a good decision.
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
LOLEMBAS
Rod Barajas is Hydrox washed down with a tall glass of Tampico.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
I must here note that Grant is being redundant when he refers to “lembas bread”. Perhaps he is confusing the Elvish “lembas” with its Westron translation “waybread”.
"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!"
IT’s Jackson’s fault for insisting on that terminology in the movies.
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
The movies bored me to tears. I attempted to watch each of them but each time I gave up half an hour in.
"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 you missed when Orlando Bloom did his “cool thing that he does this movie.”
It was actually pretty cool in the first one. Then in the last one it was like, “oh geez.”
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 13, 2011 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh God yes. Jackson’s big fault is “more is more”.
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Even putting aside the more important parts of the movies (which I find entertaining on the whole), I just don’t see how you go from “stab one enemy in the eye with an arrow, pull the arrow out, and shoot it into the face of another enemy” (which is a pretty badass thing to do) to “sliding down a staircase on the back of a shield” (which is a lot less cool) to “completely digital version of him surfing an olifant” (which is just lame).
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 13, 2011 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
you mean
surfing on a shield down a stairway? Cripes.
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 13, 2011 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
That was the one from Two Towers, iirc. In Fellowship he did that awesome arrow-stab-yank-shoot thing. And then in Return he did something illegal to an olifant.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 13, 2011 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
What pissed me off most was that there were non-Legolas elves at Helm’s Deep at all. WTF Glorfindel.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
I didn’t mind the arrow-stab thing, that was cool. The surfing thing was crap, especially when coupled with using Gimli as comic relief. They should have given him one of those little clown horns to honk when he came into the scene.
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 13, 2011 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
“That still only counts as one.”
A laugh track in that scene would not have been out of place.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 13, 2011 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
ZOMG HIS CHAINMAIL IS TOO BIG AND DRAGS ON THE FLOOR!!!!
For some reason I always thought of dwarves as dour, stalwart fighters, and not slapstick comedians. Maybe I read a book about it once.
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 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Baruk Khazad! Khazad ai-menu!
/burp jokes
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 14, 2011 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
To be fair, Gimli is basically just comic relief in the book, too.
"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!"
Shirley, you jest.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I think you're confusing something
these were not films based on “Bored of the Rings”.
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 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you sure?
Their connection with a certain philogist’s works of fiction seems terribly (I use the word advisedly) thin.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
IKR
I read the first couple chapters of the Hobbit as a kid, but got bored. I was going to read the trilogy but thought, “Nah, they’ll make movies of this shit in 25 years…I’ll wait”
The thong is, it happened.
But . . .
. . . as is virtually always the case, the movies are markedly different from and inferior to the books. Watching the movies gives little feeling for the excellence of those books.
Note that in my semi-professional opinion, The Hobbit is a terrible introduction to Tolkien’s oeuvre. Though the events of Lord of the Rings follow it in internal chronology, the two stand on completely different planes of achievement. The Hobbit is a quite good children’s book, well readable by adults; LotR is a powerful saga. The Hobbit is fun to read after LotR, as a sort of smile-provoking little desert; but it is not the way to approach the cosmic power of the larger work.
It is perhaps worth noting that LotR is The Hobbit writ large: the two stories are, doubtless by exacting design, almost perfectly parallel. But a better way of looking at it is that The Hobbit is LotR writ small, a reduced, children’s version of the basic story. We need to keep in mind that Tolkien had been working out Middle-Earth and the events of LotR for years if not decades before The Hobbit, and was still chewing on them at that time; The Hobbit was, in effect, a quickly done trial run.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I respectfully disagree, owl. The simplicity of The Hobbit is its greatest virtue. The larger scenarios of the trilogy give the story no greater power.
I’m no huge Tolkien fan, but I’ve done my duty to the culture and read the four pertinent books. I’ve also seen the recent movies several times. I’m not a JRR expert. I’ve read the Carpenter bio twice. It’s terrific (By troth, I like it better than the books!) And I know several people who are certainly expert in the works and the life. One of them is also a baseball fan.
The Hobbit, I believe, is a classic tale particularized to appeal to JRR’s children, where the telling started in about 1925, but it is made large by an imagination more free than that of the LOTR tales. This is the powerful story, I believe, not the tortured march that begins with The Fellowship.
The first manuscript description of the land that would become Middle Earth is dated 1917 in JRR’s hand. The first manuscript version of The Hobbit is undated but almost certainly from 1930, though the oldest children remember the telling somewhat earlier.
We will not resolve which story is the better, only the longer and busier. About that, there is no doubt.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 14, 2011 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't mistake me:
I think The Hobbit is a wonderful book. I believe that absent the publication of any other work by its author, it would still be considered one of the greatest classics of “children’s fiction” well suited for adult reading, like Lewis Carroll or good chunks of E. Nesbit.
But there is a question of scope: while there are strong emotions and powerful moral lessons in The Hobbit, it has the constraints its target audience necessarily imposes. LotR has the elbow room, one might say, to portray the issues and emotions on a canvas that is not only wider but also deeper (mixed-metaphor alert). I, in my turn, respectfully disagree that LotR (not, incidentally, a trilogy, just published in three volumes) does not have substantially greater power.
The various temptations offered to all the characters are deeper than the simple ones of The Hobbit; and the tragedy of the fall of those who did not resist them, right from Morgoth down through Sauron and Saruman to the smallest, such as Bill Ferny, is far deeper (in many cases because the fallen had such huge capacity for good to begin with) than is—or can be—in The Hobbit.
But perhaps we must agree to disagree.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
night all!
LOLA
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
Good game. Good Win. Good Series. Good night.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Apr 13, 2011 10:43 PM PDT reply actions
+1
The world needs more Lord of the Rings references.
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 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, Brian Wilson's ridiculous new pitch
Sinker/two-seamer/whatever. If he has that all year and can stay at 95-96 on his regular fastball, he’s going to be downright unfair.
I can’t wait to play the Phillies.
by Lies and Perfidy on Apr 13, 2011 10:43 PM PDT reply actions
MATHEWSON’S FADEAWAY
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Could it be?
The mysterious 7-seamer?
"Friends, San Franciscans, Countrymen....Humm Baby."
by The Nuschlerian Candidate on Apr 13, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve started telling friends he threw a three-seam fastball. With his hidden sixth finger.
by Lies and Perfidy on Apr 13, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Hidden inside his beard, of course.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
So the extra seams are INSIDE the beard…? Interesting theory.
"Friends, San Franciscans, Countrymen....Humm Baby."
by The Nuschlerian Candidate on Apr 13, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Wilson, set at the beard
Jacob Dunnington: 5 IP, 1 H, 4 BB, 5 K, 1-0, 0.00 ERA
M-M-M-M-Mad
Mad to the Bum
by TimLaser and MattyC on Apr 13, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
It would be really cool
If the beard could check runners at first.
"Friends, San Franciscans, Countrymen....Humm Baby."
by The Nuschlerian Candidate on Apr 13, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
not sure how to say this
are you sure that’s his finger?
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
He has six fingers on his right hand!
Someone was looking for him earlier!
/nerdiest thread you nerds have ever nerded
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 13, 2011 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Dun Dun Dunnnnn
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Me neither
I wanna make a sign with the four "ace"s faces on it, and W/L below.
“2-5 when it COUNTS”
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Apr 13, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Kruk called it a sinker
in the post-game wrap
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
That last pitch looked like it was going to be a strike about halfway to the plate and finishes basically behind Carroll. Absurd.
Yup
Buster caught that pitch behind Carroll’s leg. It started on the inner half of the plate. I don’t even understand how you can do that as a right-handed pitcher.
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
Saw it live, but from high up in the bleachers.
Where can I find a video of this pitch?
My adopted son: Jose Casilla.
Man of the Crazy Sink. And owner of a 103 ZiPS ERA+ in 2011.
They *might* make a clip of it on mlb.com, but I’m betting they won’t. Kind of an editorial call on MLB’s part, and an otherwise unremarkable April save doesn’t usually warrant a clip. They did make one for Wilson’s save last night, but that may have been because (a) it was his first save; (b) he struck out the side; and/or © Wilson is a semi-celebrity now.
I just watched it on mlb.tv (I’m a subscriber). It broke so much that I think it was Kuip that said it looked like a left-handed slider.
by non sequitur on Apr 13, 2011 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Pfx says it broke an entire foot across the plate, at 94+. Not unheard of, but very uncommon. Peak-movement Ubaldo territory.
Incredible.
I was happy he was getting outs.
I had no idea that that kind of ridiculous movement was going on.
My adopted son: Jose Casilla.
Man of the Crazy Sink. And owner of a 103 ZiPS ERA+ in 2011.
That’s who I was thinking of, Ubaldo.
Wilson must be getting more break on the two-seamer than he is on his slider (in the opposite direction), no?
by non sequitur on Apr 13, 2011 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
When they post the highlight video – as in the 2-ish minute video that covers the whole game, Wilson striking out Carroll will probably be at the end.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Thanks.
And thanks non sequitur, too.
My adopted son: Jose Casilla.
Man of the Crazy Sink. And owner of a 103 ZiPS ERA+ in 2011.
Yeah, I get to watch many games, and I thought that he developed this over the Spring, but I guess tonight was the unveiling.
Uhh... what just happened?
Ask me about my... Machine.
/auto-anti-defenestrates?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Apr 13, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Haven’t seen tonight’s video yet, but I watched the ninth inning of last night’s game on mlb.tv. What the hell did Wilson do? His fastball looks like Ubaldo Jimenez’s (first half 2010) now. High 90s with crazy late movement.
by non sequitur on Apr 13, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
He had what appears to be a two-seamer working
Cutting towards the plate as it approached, then breaking away as it got to Buster. Made the Dodgers look really fucking silly.
by Lies and Perfidy on Apr 13, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I am pretty sure it’s a two-seamer.
Lincecum’s thrown the same pitch before. When he first came up, there was one game he struck out David Wright with a 97 MPH pitch that had the same movement. I’m sure I can find it. David Wright was like..what???
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
Jonathan Sanchez
He made a mistake leaving that pitch up and in to Barajas on a 1-2 count, but he pitched awesome outside of that. He has 24 K’s through three starts (16.2 IP), tying him for 2nd in the majors (behind Jered Weaver) and 2nd in K/9 (behind Matt Garza).
One flap down.
See, people had it wrong
Jonathan doesn’t need to cut his walks in half to become a great pitcher.
JUST DOUBLE YOUR STRIKEOUTS
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
K/9 of 20.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
He was awesome
Deserved the win.
That pitch to Barajas was pure meat tho.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Apr 14, 2011 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I would actually like to see that lightsaber fight.
by WedgeFan on Apr 13, 2011 10:46 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
whoa.
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
That is a pretty sweet first comment.
by Grant Brisbee on Apr 13, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy crap, I did not look at his name before this.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Eric Wedge’s mom, perhaps?
Carter Jurica!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Apr 13, 2011 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Cheese fan.
Uhh... what just happened?
Ask me about my... Machine.
/auto-anti-defenestrates?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Apr 13, 2011 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Not his first comment, dipwad
shanghaijim has been around here for a long time
The thong is, it happened.
joined Nov 01, 2010
I like to think you’ve been waiting for this moment for five months.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
idunno
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
But it was too damn high
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
The 10-year anniversary of Serbia joining the United Nations!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
duh
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/November_1
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 13, 2011 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
I’d been wondering when Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith 2: Funeral for a Dark Lord was published. And if it could find a sub-sub-subtitle.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 13, 2011 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
those were actually great comics
I have no idea what “Boba Fett:Crossfire” is but it probably sucks.
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 13, 2011 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
TotJ? Yeah.
“Golden Age of the Sith” doesn’t ring a bell with me, let alone TotJ:GAotS2:FfaDL, but I did enjoy the ones I read.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 14, 2011 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
There was a second series of TotJ stuff, I ended up with 2 Omnibus collections. Not as good as the originals but still pretty wacky.
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 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Five months?
I’ve known WedgeFan since 19 mumble mumble he’s been waiting for a moment like this since Han shot first.
Duck the Fodgers!
lucky sob
Adoptive father of 18th round draft pick and future ace, BRANDON ALLEN
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Apr 13, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
“Estas mujeres, me dicen que lo conocen a TheLetter2.”
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Nothing to do with tonight's game, but it made me laugh a bunch
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
by marcello on Apr 13, 2011 10:50 PM PDT reply actions 6 recs
rad.
Uhh... what just happened?
Ask me about my... Machine.
/auto-anti-defenestrates?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Apr 13, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG this picture is hilarious.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
IT's like a real-life macro
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
This was actually from a Talking Chop board
But it’s still amazing.
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 was wondering where it was from
As I just found it on a completely random forum. Good work TC.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
The quote was from TC, not the image
Ryan Braun didn’t say that. It was a poster on TC.
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
Dang, I really hoped that was real
Ruiner. Still a good work of PS.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
If it had been real, Ryan Braun would have been my new favorite non-Giant.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Dude steals hard-earned home runs from Cody Ross.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Also not Photoshop
The Braves’ TV guys posted it on the air. Full story here.
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
Haha
Awesomeness somewhat returned because it actually aired.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
www.sadtrombone,com
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Dammit
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
"Chop. The Chopster. Ms Chopness. La Picadita." - gallo del cielo
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
Third Street Kings | Nine Shot First
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 13, 2011 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
"Chop. The Chopster. Ms Chopness. La Picadita." - gallo del cielo
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
Third Street Kings | Nine Shot First
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 13, 2011 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I said it before and I'll say it again . . .
. . . this is not your grandfather’s Giants. These guys can score runs, and are never out of any game. Look for them to finish in the top quartile of the League in run-scoring.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Quartile?
Dare it say it, quintile?
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Yeah, but . . .
. . . that would involve fractional numbers of teams. Seriously: I could see them at #3 in the league.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
My grandmother’s team is Bangladesh cricket. Hopefully the Giants are better than that.
"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!"
Didn't they just lose the championship to India?
I mean, I hope the Giants are better than that, too. But they’d be pretty damn close to my hopes if they win the NLCS.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 13, 2011 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope, that was Sri Lanka. Bangladesh didn’t even make it out of the first round, even though all they needed to do was beat a South Africa team that had already advanced to the second round and wasn’t exactly trying very hard as a result.
"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!"
Whoops.
Geography fail. Good thing I didn’t go to pub quiz this week.
LOL me.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 14, 2011 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t feel too bad about misremembering the Cricket World Cup.
"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...
we had that big talk about here it the other night, and I read that huge ESPN piece about India’s relationship with cricket, so I feel a little silly.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 14, 2011 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Offense should be good
If everyone gets going. We have a solid 11 guys to fill 8 spots when we get all our guys back. Nobody is going to be a 40 hr masher, but we have 5-7 guys who should hit close to 20 homers. Pablo and Posey could emerge as the 2 .300+ 25 hr+ guys we thought they were.
I hope for less torture, but that is not in the cards, yet. Even last night I felt like we were about to hit cruise control before Barajas tied it up.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Apr 14, 2011 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
omg
watching Belt break down in Bochy’s office makes me root for the guy even more!
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
There’s video of that?
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
yup showtime The Franchise half hour preview
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on Apr 13, 2011 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Aaaaaaaaaagh, I wish Showtime was worth paying for.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Pssst: ("free trial"). Ask about it.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I’m hoping they sell it on iTunes.
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
like all TV it will make its way to the interwebs soon
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on Apr 13, 2011 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
They’re showing it on the Giants’ website.
by deegreentea on Apr 14, 2011 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Hmm
My cell phone bill is the price of about 8 months of showtime. It is all relative. Showtime has some decent stuff. HBO is better of course, but I like having them both.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Apr 14, 2011 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
The Belt and Kroon stuff was the best part of the show.
Also the nicknames for everyone haha
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
That was amazing!
I especially love how bochy started texting someone while the kid sobbed on his couch.
Best Part
/Belt sobbing on couch
Bochy: “You can grab a beer if you want”
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Haven't gotten to that part yet
But I find it interesting that he calls Lufkin a small town. It can’t be that small; I’ve heard of it.
"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!"
of course you have
Lufkin is home to Lufkin Industries, which manufactures and services oil field equipment and power transmission equipment. It is also a leading supplier of creosote-treated utility poles. Lufkin is also home to the Atkinson Candy Company, the creator of the Chick-O-Stick, and Brookshire Brothers, a chain of grocery stores in Texas and Louisiana.
So many household names!
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 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I looked it up, and it is not large at all. Now I’m wondering how I’ve heard of it.
"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!"
Wasn’t there a book or movie set there, or a similar-sounding town? Last Picture Show?
Or maybe you are confusing the town with the name of noted country singer Lurleen Lumpkin.
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 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, that’s probably it.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 14, 2011 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I need to watch this.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Apr 14, 2011 1:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Well
That was fun. .500 baseball!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Matt Kemp, 0-4
Hopefully this is the start of a rapid descent into the hitting abyss.
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
break his spirit!
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Haven't had Hydrox in awhile
but I recall it being better than Oreos
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
mm oreos
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I never thought they were good for me, but hearing about what the stuff inside was kinda grossed me out
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Wrong
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
You're right
I was thinking of the cookies with vanilla cookies with a cream filing.
What are those called?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
dunno.
But there are few things better than oreos.
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
Tuxedos FTW
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit!
-Doc Brown, Zito fan
by jordanovich on Apr 13, 2011 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Safeway!
Peter Magowan FTW
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
lulz
Don’t forget the Shasta Root Beer and the generic paper plates!
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 13, 2011 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
These?
http://www.motherscookies.com/ProductDetail.aspx?product=17411
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Oh, god, I could put a HURT on a package of those.
Gotta love the old Mother’s baseball cards.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 13, 2011 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I still have my Kirt Manwaring Mother’s card!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 13, 2011 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I have an uncut sheet of the 1986 set!
Almost as cool as my Smokey the Bear/Johnny LeMaster poster.
by Grant Brisbee on Apr 13, 2011 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Mother’s Cookies used to have baseball cards in them? yer talkin’ crazy!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Nope! They were pretty awesome, too!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 13, 2011 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
my dad used to go thru half a bag of those mini choc chip Mother’s cookies every night, I imagine the baseball cards were in the cookie packages with “sleeves”? otherwise I’d be knee deep in baseball cards lol
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
yes, sleeves
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 13, 2011 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
oh, btw…MAGICAL CAKE FTWz!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
2-0! I lurve that cake!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 13, 2011 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m gonna have to ration it very, very carefully!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Keep making them!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 13, 2011 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m ok with this, will have to start running through DL for exercise if expected to then eat said future magic cakes
:-@
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Lol sounds like you could use some help!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 13, 2011 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
what manner of magic is it?
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
omg, I just sat back in the chair for the first time since game started….MY BACK! voted 200+ times for my cuz & I’m so exhausted now…might be cake time! :D
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Who is your cousin on Idol?
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Stefano Langone :) he did wonderfully tonight, finally picked a good song! I can relax this week (I think)
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Still don’t think Pia should have been voted off.
I really don’t like Scotty
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
is scotty the country singer? he’s so smarmy! Do Not Want :( Pia had a great voice, no personality, but I’m not worried about her, she’ll do just fine.
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Yeah
Scotty is the country singer…annoys me.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
oh.my.god. is he annoying! I don’t get the appeal of that guy at all, he couldn’t be more meh if he tried! and that bearded fellow is srsly starting to annoy me too, kinda a mixed bag of random this season, wouldn’t bother watching if it weren’t for family
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Silly you
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 13, 2011 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I know…so besides ridin’ yer bike (lol u) how else was your day?
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Great actually!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 13, 2011 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
yay! were you finally able to sleep?
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
lol not really no :(
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 13, 2011 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I took a cat nap when I got home from class
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 13, 2011 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
that sucks, but YAY NAPS! so school was good?
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
School was school. After was the fun part!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 13, 2011 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
didja have a hot date?!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
The ridin’, silly goose!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 14, 2011 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
oooOOOOOhhhhh! yeah, brain is clearly oatmeal, sorry :( so where exactly did you go? freeway or more scenic?
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Scenic back roads as much as possible. Didn’t have a ton of time, because I want to make it back for the start of the game. First time I have gone out on it in a really long time (Read: September-ish). It was fun though
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 14, 2011 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
whoa! that is a long time! has the weather been that bad up there?
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Yeah the weather hasn’t been great. I have busy with school and my internship, as well as all that other “fun stuff”, Plus my lovely mother, has really been harping on me to sell it, blah blah blah
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 14, 2011 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
smart lady ;) so did you ever take your “former lady friend” out for a ride on a bike built for twooooo? (omg, I’m so weird, pay me no mind)
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Yeah I used to take her out everyone once in awhile. She wasn’t a huge fan of it though. If people ask 9/10 times I let them ride w/ me
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 14, 2011 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions
terrifying! I had a friend in college who raced dirt bikes, took me to his friend’s ranch in Lodi (I think) so he could practice & had me get on the back (solely for showing off purposes) and I thought we were gonna die! 4-wheelers are much safer, no chance of tipping over (usually) ;)
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Once you get over the scarediness they are actually a ton of fun. I usually scare people by going really really fast out of the gate after they get on. Usually after awhile they get comfortable, I guess because I’m such a calming person
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 14, 2011 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
how, do you read them bedtime stories to calm them? =P
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
It’s weird. 100% of the time when I rub a girl’s head when we are nestled together, they ALWAYS fall sleep. Every time. Like no matter what. And I can’t believe I just posted this..
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 14, 2011 12:52 AM PDT up reply actions
wow, you totally did jus post that! but srsly, that’s sweet, I totally awww’d
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
yeah lol me. also lol tiny threads!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
this is record breaking, forget tiny threads, it’s teeny weeny threads FTW!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Did you end up having any of that gorgeous cake yet?
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
you said gorgeous cake, I giggled. yes, finally just had a piece, I’ll be up for hours /facepalm
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Yeah, after my nap so will I!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
naps sometimes make me sleepier I’m weird like that
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
That is kind of weird. Weirdooooo :P
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
totally! btw, I’m currently responding to earlier email (finally)
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Holy wow! Finally!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
shaddup! been busy Z-ing my way through these danged tiny threads since 6:30! meh
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
you forgot about the blisters..
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
oh! whoops! hang on…
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
you seriously went back and wrote another one?
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
I think you just redefined ridiculous.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
I’m good like that
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
L-O-L
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
I know, least I coulda done is attach a cool DL pic or something, but I forgot :(
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Lol POTC! At first when I read what you said I didn’t see the DL, so I thought you were sending me pics of your blisters! Gross!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
um, no u! that would be both unnecessary and gross!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
We could not be friends had you done that.Icktastic!
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
IRL i totally lol’d at icktastic
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Real life? People here have those?
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
ok, my “safari just quit unexpectedly” /rolls eyes so I think it’s a sign to shut this all down for the night. have a good “day off” tomorrow :) see you Friday!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
I read this as
“satan just quit unexpectedly”
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
I hate those
I used to love them, then when I was little (too young to know how to swallow pills) my mom would put pills in these to trick me into taking them. It was so horrible I gag at the sight of those cookies to this day.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Apr 14, 2011 1:40 AM PDT up reply actions
whoa! wish my mom had thought of that! I had terrible trouble with pills (still do) so we had to always ask for liquid or capsules and my mom would put the stuff from the capsules into a spoonful of jello or mashed fruit (read: baby food)…so nasty! blech!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Speaking in purely nerdy terms
The way these games are shaking out, I don’t think the Giants can afford to be giving out free baserunners.
Now I must write a paper. <3!
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I would like them to tidy up the defense, that would solve a lot of problems.
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
Had to turn it off immediately. His voice GRATES.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
wow was he bad
It’s not getting better, if we turn the radio off while driving back from the yard after THAT awesome game, there’s no hope. Not even a new hope.
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 13, 2011 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Zambrano hit a bomb to deep left center at Minute Maid.
Wasn’t a cheap Crawford Box either.
Hella.
MY POKEMONZ
If only I got his hitting stats too.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
I was so stoked for the first 5 innings of his start
I was like “I’m a genius for picking him up off the waver wire”
Then, yeah….
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Fuck off LA
Especially the Lakers. First time in a while I’ve cared about a Kings game more than a Giants game. Well that’s over, most likely forever.
This is where my signature goes.
by DrDC on Apr 13, 2011 10:58 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
This.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 13, 2011 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
here’s what I don’t get (and plz feel free to correct any misinformation I have) but why move a team from a city without any competition for fans to a place where 2 teams already exist? If the complaint is that there aren’t enough Kings fans now, how do they figure this new situation will magically improve when there are 2 other teams (one being Lakers!) to steal fans from???
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
The Maloofs spent daddy's fortune right as the economy collapsed.
And the city of Sacramento, being Ground Zero of the collapse, wisely refused to pay for a stadium just so they could have the privilege of not affording tickets to it, or, indeed, gaining revenue from it at all.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 13, 2011 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
sums it up
It just sucks seeing teams move. It just sucks.
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Dude.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
so the Kings were /Uribe’d or is it /Dodger’d? also, IDK why so many teams (of all sports) are constantly whining about “give us a new stadium, etc.” when what they have functions nicely? call me crazy but that seems greedy and childish when they’re paid MILLIONS of $$$, they should just foot the bill themselves IMO
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
The problem is the lack of luxury boxes at Arco (and corporations in Sac to buy them).
That’s where the real profit comes in for owners.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 13, 2011 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Dirty old town. Dirty old town.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
right, but is it so impossible to just renovate, why does it ALWAYS have to be waaaah, give us a new stadium!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Heard a song, on the salty wind.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 14, 2011 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
And you're not crazy, you're dead-fucking-right.
Sigh.
Wotta way to go out. A crazy, scrambling, epic comeback, only to have the Rapist Hatemonger snatch it away and leave a knife in our hearts. Talk about summing everything up.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 13, 2011 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
that sucks, I hope after all this they don’t pull a Raiders and just turn around and try to crawl back in 7-10 yrs, everyone in Sacramento will absolutely lose their minds!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
I think their ultimate plan all along was Vegas,
to consolidate their casino and their team.
But All-Star Weekend in Vegas was such a disaster a few years ago, an already-leery-of-the-gambling-connection David Stern killed it as a viable NBA city.
Still, give it a few years, who knows? This is a franchise that went from Rochester to Cincinnati to Kansas City/Omaha to just Kansas City to Sacramento to (almost certainly) Anaheim. No reason to think they’ll put down roots now.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 14, 2011 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, it’s amazing how much they’ve bounced around, hadn’t heard about the Vegas possibility, but really, are they that dumb to think NBA would ok that???
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Until (Disastrous All-Star Weekend)+(Worldwide Economic Collapse), yeah, I can see them talking themselves into the idea. And after those occurred, they were probably in too deep.
But I think they’re pretty dumb in general, soooo…. I’m probably not the best person to ask.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 14, 2011 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I think they still want to go to Vegas.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
although the All-star game stuff was an unfortunate black eye, it’s like a Super SSS of what would happen in a regular season. But I’d be shocked if that ever gets the stamp of approval, but then again after the complete disaster that was the Raiders move out of OAK to move to LA just to move back to OAK, I can’t say it won’t happen
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Why was it such a disaster? I don’t pay enough attention to basketball to know these things.
"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!"
just google NBA All-Star Game Las Vegas…all the info you could possibly need
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
That is when the Pac-Man Jones incident happened, right?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
this this this
I’ve been crying about this (and I hardly cry about sports), especially after Grant and Jerry’s signoff. Fuck the Lakers. Fuck this move.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
"Chop. The Chopster. Ms Chopness. La Picadita." - gallo del cielo
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
Third Street Kings | Nine Shot First
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 13, 2011 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
At first I thought I was the only who cared here :(
All year long I didn’t find it such a big deal until I watched that. I probably haven’t cried about anything in years, but I did tonight after watching that.
This is definitely one of my least favorite sports days of all-time, and the Giants beat the Dodgers.
This is where my signature goes.
Fuck the Anaheim Royals
Fuck Orange County
"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!"
The past few months
I was saying it wouldn’t bother me too much, since I’d actually be able to see the games on TV. But really, it’s not just about the team, but the atmosphere and the community.
I can imagine how some of the fans are feeling if basketball is their favorite sport and the Kings their favorite team. I would slip into an immediate depression if this were to happen to the Giants, and can’t imagine what it was like with the thought of them leaving.
This is where my signature goes.
Yeah, it’s bad enough when a team I kind of rooted for a while ago moves away.
The winter of 1992 must have sucked.
"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!"
It was brutal.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 14, 2011 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I … I can’t watch that again.
Fuck. I’m starting to tear up just thinking about it.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
"Chop. The Chopster. Ms Chopness. La Picadita." - gallo del cielo
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
Third Street Kings | Nine Shot First
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 14, 2011 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I let them go months ago. I’m not exactly eager to watch this…. I’ll leave it alone until I get off of work.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Yep. I couldn’t even muster up a “FUCK YEAH. LOS ANGELES: BEATEN.” emotion. I was just too crushed by the Kings.
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
"Chop. The Chopster. Ms Chopness. La Picadita." - gallo del cielo
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
Third Street Kings | Nine Shot First
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 14, 2011 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
that
was a pretty awesome first game of the season to attend.
I was super insufferable to my Dodger fan coworkers.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
by oldjacket on Apr 13, 2011 10:59 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Yay
Congrats.
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
Good
Uhh... what just happened?
Ask me about my... Machine.
/auto-anti-defenestrates?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Apr 13, 2011 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
nice one
my family was there. fuckers.
by Lies and Perfidy on Apr 13, 2011 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
us too
woooooooooooooooooooooo suck it Ted Lilly! Nice 0 for 4 on the bunt attempts.
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 13, 2011 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
As is right and good.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 14, 2011 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions
fun fact:
right before Pablo’s dinger, someone on TBLA posted Rally Christina.
I think we’ve discovered the appropriate use of that image.
by Lies and Perfidy on Apr 13, 2011 11:01 PM PDT reply actions
Secret Agent Christina.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Why were they posting rally images while they were pitching?
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Watch out for the Rally Monkey.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Ugh, at first it was safe
Then I scrolled down
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
/sob
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Page 3
“Calm Eyes” Yikes.
"Friends, San Franciscans, Countrymen....Humm Baby."
by The Nuschlerian Candidate on Apr 13, 2011 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
page 2 was problematic for me
some ugly jewelry
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
… Colossus?
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Rich Aurillia
and forgot about this:
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
by scout6 on Apr 13, 2011 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
That was only last year!
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
It's the kind of face that says
‘Yeah, I’ve eaten dog meat. What of it?’
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
My 7-month old son makes this face when he’s crapping his diaper. He just stares right through you.
"Friends, San Franciscans, Countrymen....Humm Baby."
by The Nuschlerian Candidate on Apr 13, 2011 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
omg! it hurts to laugh! XD
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
I call it his "Nuschler Face"
(not joking)
"Friends, San Franciscans, Countrymen....Humm Baby."
by The Nuschlerian Candidate on Apr 13, 2011 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
God I hate the Raiders.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Wow, that page gets lamer the farther down one scrolls.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 13, 2011 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Gwynn
I don’t think Gwynn’s baserunning was particularly stupid, aside from the whole getting caught thing. How often does a catcher cleanly pick a pitch like that? One time out of ten? And if that bounces away even a few feet, as it usually will, Gwynn gets to third. It sort of reminded me of Ford’s steal of third last year. Aside from the fail, of course.
Two outs, man. Two outs. The extra base wasn’t worth any risk.
by Grant Brisbee on Apr 13, 2011 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
If Gwynn’s fast enough to take third, he’s fast enough to score from second.
by Lies and Perfidy on Apr 13, 2011 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
and
Marcus “Frankenstein” Thames shambled home from first already once in the game.
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 13, 2011 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
all I know is
when I see Posey running out into the infield from behind the plate with the ball ready to throw, someone’s gonna be OUT.
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 13, 2011 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Aha.
Ask Joe Morgan about “the nine ways”.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
This sounds sexual.
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
With "Joe Morgan" in the phrase??!?!!?
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
but
Deak and Windy are still waiting for him at Toschi Station! How will they ever get rid of those power converters now?
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 13, 2011 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure
I loved his oxymoron last name
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
I was without internet for the last few days, so I’d just like to point out that I think I’m going to start using this phrase in my everyday life:
Sometimes you run into the walls, and sometimes the walls run into you.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands." -P.T.F. Bat
That sounds like the tagline to Aaron Rowand’s autobiography
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
WORLD CHAMPIONS
by Tim LinCyYoung on Apr 13, 2011 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
biopic
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Phone call to detectives at :25 with pertinent info.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Are the buttons on your hdtv tiny and hard to find? You’re screwed.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Apr 13, 2011 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
there are buttons on the tv???
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
dials, right?
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
What's wrong with dials?
I still remember well using the fine-tuning dial to even up the tuning bars on our family DuMont:
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Was this the first commercially-available set in Nebraska??
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
No, no: New York City in, oh, 1950 or thereabouts.
Quite advanced for its time. If you look at the dial, you will see that it correctly depicts the actual frequency spacings of the channels, plus the FM band (the portion of the arc along the bottom, from which stations could be tuned like a TV channel).
It even had audio inputs in the back. Our first home record-player (aside from a pre-war 78 victrola) was a $3 turntable from Lafayette Electronics, mounted in a square of plywood and propped up on two halves of a cardboard box, plugged into the back of the TV. I well remember the first two LPs my dad brought home to try out this miracle of science: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scherezade, and Capriccio Espagnol (also Rimsky-Korsakov) backed with Capriccio Italien (Tchaikovsky). In the fullness of time, we moved up to a Heathkit stereo system.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Damned right, it works . . . unless things get dusty.
Get off my turntable!!!
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not surprised.
It was good, really good. I had a lot of ham-radio gear from them, too, besides our family’s hi-fi (it wasn’t commonly called “a stereo” then, just a stereo hi-fi).
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Do it the old fashioned way, Grant.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 13, 2011 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
TWS…. ah, nevermind.
"Friends, San Franciscans, Countrymen....Humm Baby."
by The Nuschlerian Candidate on Apr 13, 2011 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
The whole "Franchise" thing is on MLB.com!!
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13761045&c_id=sf
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
by jponry on Apr 13, 2011 11:12 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
FUCK YEAH
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
this is the whole first episode?!
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Apr 13, 2011 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
it says 34 min
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yep thats the whole episode
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I’m gonna pipe down for the rest of the night, I guess.
This is…
/fans self
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
poor guy
I really hope he gets called up at some point
by randolphforpresident on Apr 14, 2011 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
YAY
"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."
Vroom. Walks. Five positions. Justin Christian
nice!
Jacob Dunnington: 5 IP, 1 H, 4 BB, 5 K, 1-0, 0.00 ERA
M-M-M-M-Mad
Mad to the Bum
by TimLaser and MattyC on Apr 13, 2011 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Bochy really seems like a pretty good guy.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I don't think anyone . . .
. . . has ever questioned Bochy’s sincerity or humanity. It’s just his brains. I’d be glad to buy the guy a beer or two, but I’d wish I could be doing it to celebrate his new job with some other organization.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
yeah!
take your World Series ring and get the bork out!
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 7:08 AM PDT up reply actions
YES
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Holy shit that was awesome!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
It's been awful for 10 years!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Freddy on a tricycle makes me nervous
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
LOL i just got to this part too
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Apr 13, 2011 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
sl
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
BOY MEETS WORLD!!!
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Found during my job
Description of a potential employer:
It also has some extra perks, including a very short partnership track, private bar for the lawyers, 3-month paid sabbatical every 6 years, and from what we have heard, zero competition among attorneys since they have a lock-step compensation system. Minimum billable hours are a manageable 1900 hours. "
I don’t drink but this is probably a big selling point
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
heh
a built in bar for lawyers. This is like what Google has done: make it easy to do everything at work. You’ll spend more time at work making us money.
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
actually
with the previously-discussed rates of alcoholism in the industry, that feature would worry me.
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 13, 2011 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
It would too but it’s still a selling point.
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I gotta say, based on all the movies I saw growing up, I was sure that I’d have a bottle of whiskey at my office. Then when someone who I hadn’t seen in a while, I could be all, “You old so-and-so!” and then we could have a drink and talk about the old days.
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
More
Unless you consider yourself to be an all around super star lawyer, no need to apply – you will not survive here. Otherwise, great opportunity for the right individual.
Sounds like a place I would love to work at. Really humble people
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Every conference room has a yard stick for dick measuring
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
I'm just gonna leave this here on my way out.
P.S. I don’t REALLY hate you jponry.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
what is that on the left
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
O______________________O
I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
"Chop. The Chopster. Ms Chopness. La Picadita." - gallo del cielo
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
Third Street Kings | Nine Shot First
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 13, 2011 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
z
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Apr 13, 2011 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Move along here. Nothing to see.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
hey it's Steel Panther!
death to all but metal
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
by RDreamer on Apr 14, 2011 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hand-drawn graph reminded me.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Haha, Buster
“Good gosh!”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
♥
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Mark DeRosa said his wrist flared up while taking swings in indoor cage. Cold weather to blame. Was available to pinch hit in late innings.
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
yeah
not liking this much at all.
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 13, 2011 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
in this line
well, get him on a GM track
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Good thing SF doesn't get cold!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 13, 2011 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah right
it was warmer than I expected to night, but…
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 13, 2011 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
markfwespn Mark Fainaru-Wada
Catching up on most-asked ?s: Prison not expected, likely house arrest; not clear if govt will retry on deadlocked counts, but unlikely …
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
markfwespn Mark Fainaru-Wada
Following up on ?s: …. Defense will try to get verdict set aside, appeal; not a win for BB (felony conviction), but nor for govt
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
And . . .
. . . not for Mark Fainaru-Wada, who is no doubt keeping up a game face while crying inside. Prick.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Yeah.
He’s truly a jackass. ESPN’s coverage of this has been painfully biased.
Not MFW, but check out this travesty of a column. And this is the first column they attached to the news of the verdict on the main splash.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 14, 2011 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
house arrest?
I think I’d love to be arrested to that house.
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 13, 2011 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
And also:
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Fontenot on snapping 0-for-9 with a 2B and game-winning HR: “I was wondering if all the starting pitchers were gonna get hits before I was.”
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Fontenot, on how he felt after being given five minutes of notice that he’d start: “Well, I’ve felt better…”
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Holy shit
The Kroon stuff in the Showtime show makes me love him so much more
KROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
ikr
KROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Kroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon!
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
OMG I love him.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
omg we need to call him up sometime this season.
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we lose him
Unless he’s called up by like June 1 or something.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
That is the current understanding.
Now that all the relievers McCovens love to hate (Mota, Ramirez) are doing well, what excuse is there left for denying Kroon while GasCan remains on the roster? (And who would go when GasCan comes back if they don’t drop him then?)
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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Mota. He of the 8 IP.
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 13, 2011 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
GIANTS BLOGGER LINKS YANKEES TO MANNY MOTA
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 13, 2011 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
AW KROON :((((
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
omg he slid down the hand rail
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Wow those shots of Pablo pre-workout with his shirt off.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
OMG BELT'S DOG IS SO CUTE
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Just got back from the game!
That was fun.
The stadium was rockin’ tonight!
My adopted son: Jose Casilla.
Man of the Crazy Sink. And owner of a 103 ZiPS ERA+ in 2011.
I feel like I haven’t seen you in a while!
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
School is time consuming!
My adopted son: Jose Casilla.
Man of the Crazy Sink. And owner of a 103 ZiPS ERA+ in 2011.
Yech
Don’t remind me.
My adopted son: Jose Casilla.
Man of the Crazy Sink. And owner of a 103 ZiPS ERA+ in 2011.
LOL YANKEES, per MLB Trade Rumors
The Yankees were frustrated that the Astros never made them fully aware that Roy Oswalt was available last summer, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Credit Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. for acquiring Oswalt quietly and later denying the Yankees their primary offseason target, Cliff Lee.
THE YANKEES SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF EVERY TRADE TARGET THEY WANT AT ALL TIMES AND BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE.
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
AARON ROWAND
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
. . . doesn't have to hit against Romo's breakers.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 13, 2011 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair, that was a ridiculous trade.
"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!"
It's also ridiculous for the Yankees to be upset that they were not totally informed about Oswalt's status.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
I can get why they would be frustrated, though. They certainly could have put together a better offer.
"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 think the Astros are happy with a cheap Brett Wallace. I don’t think Montero will ever play outside the AL.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
well
MLB Trade Rumors is the gold standard for info.
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 13, 2011 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
last pitch
Wow. Just watched the game-ending strikeout of Carroll. That pitch was utterly insane.
Fonty!
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Fontenot, on how he felt after being given five minutes of notice that he’d start: “Well, I’ve felt better…”
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
The Huff stuff about being in the outfield is endearing.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I don't know if non-Giants fans would get anything out of this
But I LOVE it.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
My Dodger-loving girlfriend loved it. Mainly because it's a reality show. But she was interested from start to finish.
by Every6thDay on Apr 14, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I wish I had seen Making Light’s review of Sucker Punch earlier:
Imagine The Matrix as written by M. Night Shyamalan, casting no one you’ve ever heard of, and shot as soft-core porn. That’s Sucker Punch.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
It’s a pretty decent escape movie. Plot is not great cuz the characters are not that sympathetic but the movie was decent.
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We meet the rest of the cast of Beautiful Young Ladies. It turns out that on this level of reality, the young lady is named "Baby Doll." There are two more blondes, "Rocket" and someone else, and a pair of interchangeable brunettes, whose names I don’t recall. One of the brunettes, however, is Ethnic, to help you tell them apart. Not that you need to, since they’re interchangeable.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 13, 2011 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
“You freaked out when I said quadroon.”
"Quiet you, I'm starting a meme." - Me
"Ask Viliphied, my sex slave, About My Penis" - Alex Lewis
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Now you might think that her flashing her panties was the entire point of this movie. Nothing could be further from the truth! When you’re wearing a miniskirt and you’re kicking an eighteen-foot-tall-samurai in the head, your panties are just naturally going to show. It’s just the way things happen.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 14, 2011 7:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Omg Kroon watching opening day on his TV
I LOVE HIM
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
LOL Huff in sliding shorts
yeah, don’t wanna see him in a thong
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
Awww Belt crying
LOL Bochy taking out his phone
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Texting Sabes
‘lol told belt hes totes balling his eyes out’
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
“grab a beer if you want”
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Apr 13, 2011 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
He did, too.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Great first episode.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
What's the latest on Andres?
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
WTF there’s footage from Saturday.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I was like, “how long ago was that …? was i hallucinating?”
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
What was up with DeRosa at the end of the show?
“I had a torn ligament in my wrist, and nobody cared” All they cared about was that I was hitting .190" He seemed kinda legit mad
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
He's from Joisey
The accent makes him sound mad /jk
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by shanghaijim on Apr 13, 2011 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART
AND BORK’S TO BLAME
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 13, 2011 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
we did care
we wanted you to go on the DL and get better, Mark.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yeah, I’m curious to see what that is all about. He seemed to carry some anger when he said that, caught me off guard.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 13, 2011 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Kinda like the old high leg kick delivery from Kroon
Bases Loaded style
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Who would Kroon replace in the bullpen?
I would pick Affeldt but LHP
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
GasCan. But . . .
. . . that just makes the question “Who would go when GasCan comes back?”
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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I would guess that Runzler gets optioned
by Gobroks on Apr 14, 2011 12:14 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
That would be just like this organization.
Don’t move the least-valuable player out: move out the one whose moving is least troublesome for you.
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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I wouldn’t pick Affeldt.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 14, 2011 7:07 AM PDT up reply actions
So have we yet figured out a way to watch the show, for those of us that do not have showtime?
I cant imagine it will be as readily avaliable online as things like Eastbound and down and other HBO/Showtime shows are on pirated websites. Might be kind of hard to find somewhere online.
Its funny because f*** the dodgers
Actually, you can watch the entire thing on MLB.com
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
link
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13761045&c_id=sf
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
thanks jp
I was getting a little jealous that all you nerbs had signed up for Showtime.
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 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Might just be this preview of the first episode, though. The rest of the series isn’t till august, right?
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by shanghaijim on Apr 14, 2011 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know… if they posted a whole half hour video of it, I imagine they’ll do the rest too.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I heard a few instances.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
He’s a salty fella.
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 14, 2011 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 14, 2011 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Awwwwwwwww, Belt...
"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."
Vroom. Walks. Five positions. Justin Christian
For those who don't have Showtime . . .
. . .NO SHOW!!!
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 14, 2011 12:02 AM PDT reply actions
Quality sucks but I had to do it
"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!"
by El Person on Apr 14, 2011 12:04 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
we are all that guy
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
At first I was like, “Why is that guy wearing a Neftali Feliz jersey?” Then I remembered.
"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!"
My friend and I were doing a “Name the Opening Day Starting Lineups for the Giants back to 1990” sporcle quiz and we could not remember Pedro Feliz or Randy Winn, somehow.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Watching Belt making the club
He’s pretty much going down when Cody comes back right?
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
We'll see
He is improving.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
His OPS went up ~80 points today
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I have no idea how this organization thinks anymore.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Apr 14, 2011 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
That depends, I think, on . . .
. . . what Belt does between now and then. After all, it’s a decision they’re going to have to make sometime, and the issue is not a ham: it does not improve by being hung out to age. Unless Belt looks so awful that he almost surely wouldn’t come back till September 9which seems wildly unlikely), they might as well do now whatever they’d do later.
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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
the issue is not a ham: it does not improve by being hung out to age.
Awesome.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Thank you: but regrettably not original.
I have no recollection at all of its true source, but don’t want to take credit for what isn’t original.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I’d still be pretty surprised.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 14, 2011 7:08 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s too late at night to wash the dishes …
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 14, 2011 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
dammit
I am never sleepy when I get home after a ballgame!
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 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. You’ve got work tomorrow. Get some sleep.
by non sequitur on Apr 14, 2011 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Galaxy Quest is on TBS right now!
My night is now complete! :D
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
BY GRABTHAR'S HAMMER!
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Apr 14, 2011 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
And it exploded.
I have just now conceived of a world in which Barry Zito is Lestat. But who is Armand?
by howtheyscored on Apr 14, 2011 7:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Agreed on both counts
Can’t wait to see new episodes in August
Hopefully the Giants will be competitive then.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
in July actually
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by kezargiants on Apr 14, 2011 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
SHIFT A
Missed the game. Was at the Kings game. My first Kings game ever, fittingly. I’m not all that much of a pro basketball fan, but man, Kings fans are the freaking best. They can’t take this team away from them. ARCO was rocking all night, even though it was clear the franchise had mailed it in (Mass giveaways of random food crap, 50 percent of all team store items).
And they almost pulled it off.
Other than that, glad to see Fontenot got to be part of the offense. Why no sanchez? did he get scratched? I know DeRosa had a flappy wrist issue.
Also missed Showtime. Oh well. hopefully someone will stream it.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
check sfgiants.com
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
That was Fontenot's first HR as a Giant
Couldn’t have timed it better.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Sanchez had a mild shoulder problem (mild enough that he pinch hit in the eighth).
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
Oh. Ok thanks. fist i've heard of this.
hopefully he goes in AZ. Baggs mentioned the DeRo injury in his tweets but not the Sanchez issue.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
by kezargiants on Apr 14, 2011 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
got it.
good to know. hopefully he is alright. whenever the shoulder is concerned i’m a little scared, especially with Sanchez being so fragile.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
by kezargiants on Apr 14, 2011 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Flem talked a bit on the radio side too, but not until after the game started… the radio crew didn’t seem to know what was going on.
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 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Kroon!
Marckroon Marc Kroon
Thank you @TheFranchiseSHO for the love. I could not be more thankful for the time you took to get to know me. Glad I could tell my story!!!
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To everyone who watched the show. Thank you for your support. I have said it before but god, family and my fans keep my going.
Marckroon Marc Kroon
I live my life one day at a time. Nobody is promised tomorrow. Make sure you tell your loved ones u love them!!
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I would not be the man I am today if it was not for my Mom & Grandma. I LOVE YOU GIRLS. R.I.P. Grandma!!
<3
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
General Buck Turgidson . . .
at your cervix.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Apr 14, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Updates:
The Giants are considering moving Brandon Belt from one position to another, and that has a ring to it. They did the same last year with Buster Posey, who played first base before becoming the permanent catcher once Bengie Molina was traded at midseason.
Belt would move from first base to right field, flip-flopping with Aubrey Huff. The difference is, Belt’s moving from his natural position while Posey moved to his natural position.
Ross’ calendar: Manager Bruce Bochy said outfielder Cody Ross (calf strain) could rejoin the Giants by the time they return home for an April 22-24 series against Atlanta. “We’d be rushing him to get him ready for Colorado,” Bochy said of next week’s Rockies series.
Ross will accompany the team to Arizona today and play three innings in an extended spring training game on Saturday.
Briefly: Andres Torres remained active despite an Achilles strain that has shelved him four games. He took batting practice, did light running and was re-examined. If he’s capable, he’ll try running the bases today.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/13/SPAM1IVRJM.DTL#ixzz1JToqAmxc
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by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 14, 2011 12:27 AM PDT reply actions
HYDROX TO OREO!!!!
classic Grant,,,,,sick ass game
GO GIANTS
Trade Sabean/jk...Overthrow the Ydorks...
I am not a "real" Warriors fan without season tickets-The Lacob Rules
...for the love of Bonds
grant came up big tonight indeed
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Apr 14, 2011 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions
But avoid the bad ones.
Truly.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Showtime Preview
Officially required reading. Fact.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
Also: Holy crap attendance!
people showing up in droves to AT&T.
40k plus for 3 weeknight games is huge, even if it is LA. I remember going to a 31,000 LA game last year or 09.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Here's hoping for a hundred straight sellouts
That lets us resign all our homegrown talent to long-term deals.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
This game was by far the most poorly-attended game in the history of the Phone Booth. Does anyone know what happened?
"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 went to the other two games of this series
extremely cold, windy, Nationals are my guesses. Pablito hit a walk off 3 run dinger off of Joe Biemel. One of my favorite all time walkoffs in one of those games.
But seriously, it’s kind of crazy now that we have a larger season ticket base than that attendance so i don’t think it will get that low again (at least this year).
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Burriss
Renteria
Sandoval
Molina
Winn
Rowand
Lewis
Ishikawa
Johnson
Relievers: Miller, Matos, Medders, Wilson
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
by Solidarity on Apr 14, 2011 1:18 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
hey
WHERE WAS EVERYONE WHEN I JUMPED ON THAT BANDWAGON!?!?!
The Nats are a lousy draw, especially before Strasburg came along to make it look like they were going somewhere.
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 7:09 AM PDT up reply actions
The Nats weren’t always a lousy draw.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 14, 2011 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
How did we win games?
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
WORLD CHAMPIONS
by Tim LinCyYoung on Apr 14, 2011 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . .
. . . it’s worth considering Grant’s opening remarks here:
Part of me wants to think this was some sort of bellwether game, a turning point, a game in which the fortunes of two teams intersected before ascending or descending for the rest of the season.Bellwether is hard to say; but teams are made up of players (deep insight, that). On any given day, anybody may do anything physically possible, good or bad; but an assembly of men will tend much more toward the average of their abilities. So we expect games when the big players do little and the little players do much. If the team is well-constituted, it will do well over a season.
Another part of me thinks that this was a game that was won and lost on the backs of players like Rod Barajas, Aaron Miles, Aaron Rowand, and Mike Fontenot.
Not, of course, invariably. The house always wins in the long run, but sometimes a punter can have a great run; conversely, teams usually finish about where they deserve based on who their players are, but not always.
The takeaway is that it isn’t just freak luck when the supporting cast carries the day: it is just a by-product of having a pretty good team overall.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
omg Buster story
My sister is reading "A Band of MiSFits" and she sent me an email today. After finishing the Buster Posey chapter, she decided she has a new favorite player.
So I thought she might like to hear a story I learned about Posey this week.
But first, I have to tell you about Jack Bowman. He is an elderly gentleman who is a season-ticket holder and his seat is directly in front of me in the press box. Jack always wears the same sweatpants and pin-covered hat to every game. (I notice he’s traded in his Jason Schmidt jersey, though.) He sends me emails from time to time, in all capital letters, and he even brought me some cookies and quick breads last season. I like Jack a lot.
Jack walked up to the front of the press box the other day, excited to show me a photo of himself with Posey, and to tell me how he came to meet the Giants’ young catcher. He was at the "Play Ball" luncheon just before the season began and Posey, predictably, was being mobbed by fans. But when he saw Jack’s hat, he walked up to him and struck up a conversation.
"You must’ve been a fan for a long time," Posey said.
(It did not surprise me that Posey would reach out in this way. He respects elders. He likes kids, too. He’s also a stickler for good manners. All things to keep in mind if you hope to get his autograph some day.)
Anyway, I’m not sure how, but the talk turned to Jack’s service with the Marine Corps, and Posey’s face lit up. He asked a bunch of questions. Jack, in his gravelly voice, said he served in World War II and Korea.
"Wow. Wow," Posey said, giving him a firm handshake. "I want to thank you for your service."
Then Posey sought out a team photographer, and asked if Jack would take a picture with him. (Obviously, this is the opposite of how it usually works.) Then Posey made sure Jack would get the photo, and pledged to sign it once it arrived in the mail.
Jack brought the photo to the ballpark on Saturday and gave it to a PR official. Soon enough, he was showing Posey’s autograph to everyone in his section. It absolutely made his week.
Yep. Buster Posey is Jack’s favorite player now, too.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Apr 14, 2011 1:19 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
If you don’t love Posey before, this story would make you love him even if a person is not a Giants fan (except for those heartless A’s and LA fans).
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
omg Buster.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I don't know everything
but I have not often seen catchers run into the middle of the infield, and I have seen Buster do it a lot.
Gwynn reacted off second base, initially thinking he could advance and quickly realizing that Posey had kept the ball in front of him.
If Posey had snapped a throw to third, Gwynn would’ve retreated safely to second base. If Posey had thrown to second, Gwynn could’ve taken off and perhaps advanced. But Posey did neither. He cocked his arm and began running toward Gwynn, making sure he couldn’t commit to going in either direction. It was perfectly played. Gwynn got tagged out in a rundown and the Giants were out of a huge inning.
Smart baseball can be the best retribution of all.
Maybe you should throw at somebody else next time, asshats.
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 7:14 AM PDT up reply actions
MLB even made it
a highlight! Will wonders never cease?
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 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I love him so much
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
WORLD CHAMPIONS
by Tim LinCyYoung on Apr 14, 2011 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions
This annoys me:
The Giants easily could have gone winless on this six-game homestand. They staged comebacks in all four of their victories, and the series finale against the Dodgers was won with a rally you couldn’t have predicted.
(Baggarly)
What demon warps the minds of people associated with baseball, so that they come to think there’s a weighting system for runs in a game, or games in a season? A team will score thus-and-so many runs in a game (and give up thus-and-so many), and when in the game they occur is utterly immaterial. This emphasis on late innings reflects an inability to understand that simple fact.
Likewise, the emphasis always placed on games in “the stretch run”. Folks, they’re all one win or one loss. The wins and losses you accumulate in the first two week count just as much (or as little) as those in the last two weeks.
To speak of teams “pulling it out” in the late innings or the final weeks is so silly it beggars the tongue. It implies that runs scored late are special, or lucky, as compared to those scored early. They score what they score, and they win what they win. Sheesh.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
/shrug
People prefer a story to a box score. Comebacks are a triumph over adversity; it’s part of what makes sports compelling. And humans will always try to apply meaning to anything and everything they observe.
All runs are worth the same, but they don’t all have the same meaning. That’s a human element you’ll never be able to take out of the game.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
That wasn't the point.
The gravamen was that Baggarly’s remarks minimize the Giants (ooh, bad phrasing there), and make it sound like it was just some silly-ass dumb luck that they won, because the runs came in the late innings—as if to say everybody knows that good teams score their runs right away, and anything after, say, the 6th inning is just a gift from God, a favor they don’t deserve.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Eh, one could argue that both those wins against the Cardinals were gifts, given that defensive lapses allowed the tying and winning runs to score. The Dodger wins were well earned, but all four wins were only by one run; a flip of a coin could have changed the outcome.
In all four games, they played just well enough to win.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
That's what goes on the scoresheet:
W . . . not VCW (for “very close W”).
And again: the remarks were not about how the runs were scored (as if opponents’ errors, or one’s own, are somehow divorced from the totality of what we mean when we say a team is or isn’t good), but about their coming late in the game, said in a manner suggesting that because the runs came late, they show team weakness, falsely implying, as I said, that all good teams invariably just go right out and score at once.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I think you’re reading either too much into it, or too literally. Or somehow both at once.
Also, remember that he’s a writer. If he just said “The Giants scored more runs than the other team,” he probably wouldn’t be long for his job. Giving some context to the homestand – which, in this case, was the theme of close wins coming from unexpected sources (Rowand, Tejada, Rowand again, and Fontenot). And he is emphasizing that point, one that you yourself would seem to agree with when looking at the depth of this team being a strength.
Even WAR takes leverage into account; I’m willing to let a beat writer who has to write 162+ game stories a season some artistic license with some mise en scéne.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
I'm going to bed now.
I’ll leave it that we must agree to disagree.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
What?
WAR doesn’t take leverage into account. WPA does.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
It does for pitchers.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
No it doesn't.
Pitcher war on Fangraphs is basically FIP multiplied by playing time, with park factors etc thrown in. There’s no leverage stats in there. I’m not 100% sure on B-R, but I’d say I’m 99% sure that B-R WAR doesn’t have any leverage stats either.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Yes it does.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
It doesn’t say it in their glossary, but I thought I’ve seen them say that leverage had something to do with WAR to give closers a slight boost.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
hmm
you must save a lot of money when you build new temples and shrines, since the icons are so small!
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 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Just watched the replay of Posey getting HBP. Vin Scully repeatedly called the second time a breaking ball. He also said it hit him in the elbow. It was obviously a fastball that got him in the ribs.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
delayed response
He was playing back a tape of a Sandy Koufax pitch from 1959. In his brain.
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 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions
yep
I’m not all “OMG PORCELAIN!!!” but I’d rather not burn everybody down in April.
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 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m a little worried about Sanchez’ velocity. He’s hovering at 90mph on his fastball the past few starts, but at least it’s still a swing-and-miss pitch.
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Apr 14, 2011 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
his velocity has been 89-92 for the past few years
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
wilson's nastiness
I just had to post this. That last pitch had ridiculous movement—I just wanted to see how much:
I'm feeling...I feel like I want to rage. Right now. - B. Wilson
i cant’ find any highlights of the ninth inning :(
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Apr 14, 2011 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes it was nasty.
94 mph heat coming in on the hands.
Wilson has Nenish kind of stuff.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Apr 14, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
The best part is that he’s worked so much at improving himself. I don’t give a damn about the beard but I respect the fuck out of a guy who is already good and then makes himself better like he has.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 14, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, he just hit that last night and they’re already making a movie about it?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 14, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Let's go Mets!
vs. the Colorado Grapes on MLB Network, with the SNY feed.
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
bloop single
Mess 2, Grapes 0 (4th)
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 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
wow
what a terrible crowd. I think the only people at the game are on the creditors’ committee.
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 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
To be fair
This game didn’t exist until Tuesday’s was rained out. Finding 40,000 people on two days notice to show up to a noon weekday start is a tough ticket.
So tough, in fact, that the Mets made today a single-admission doubleheader.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Apr 14, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
That's Fontenot's batboy son in the picture right?
Not teh actual MLB player, right?
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
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