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by Alex_Lewis on May 10, 2011 1:13 AM PDT
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PrintGallo has recently gone through surgery to excise a malignant mole. This was followed by an exploration of his lymphnodes, to the effect of their eventual removal. All was a traumatic experience for him physically and, indeed, not ten feet from my right does he lie in some manner of recovery.
These facts are merely preface to this upcoming anecdote. Ever the dutiful son, I delivered him into the surgical area with a determination to meet the professionals assigned to his care. I take on the war face when I need it; the nurses, doctors, and other patients could see that I was not there to brook nonsense. A hallywaggle of surgery ensued, mostly beyond my perception, save for the final moments when the surgeon assessed Gallo's lucidity.
Q1: Who is the current president?
A1: William Howard Taft.
Q2: Who is his Vice President?
A2: Nate Schierholtz.
This was not well-received. We were wheeled around with great urgency, all while I'm saying that it is more than likely that Gallo is trying to joke. The medical profession is not one where jokes foster. Later, the doctor asked me to question Gallo about our current governor. Gallo responded promptly. Nurses, monitoring our conversation, agreed on his answer and his lucidity.
Currently he sleeps. Note that his answers to the lucidity questions were clearly influenced by this malodorous website. I cannot think of an odor monger more worthy for internet-influencing my father's surgery. He will repair, and return with the same incomprehensible whimsy that some of you have come to enjoy.
Best to all. Gallo shall be fit in a week or so. I shall see to it.
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I’m glad he is ok. My brain isn’t glad that it had to decipher your writing, though.
You were writing that your dad is ok, right?
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on May 10, 2011 1:23 AM PDT reply actions
Should be fine.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
And are you kidding?
That was wonderfully written.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Particularly after having to deal with this day.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
No offense meant. My brain is boom.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on May 10, 2011 1:32 AM PDT up reply actions
boom boom chuck
i say now boom boom chuck
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
gallo is your dad?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on May 10, 2011 7:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Please tell him to get well soon!
The “Re-elect Taft/Schierholtz in 2012” will begin soon and we’ll need his help.
The thong is, it happened.
This, Hope he gets well soon
Also, could you see if he thinks Schierholtz will make the leap to headline his own ticket in 2012?
Proud member of the cesspool of ethical bankruptcy known as the McC.
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on May 10, 2011 6:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Nate will always be a late-term replacement
at best
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
by ToddCommish on May 10, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Please give Gallo my best. Tell him we need him back pronto!
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
Hah! I think that came from my recent reading of the bio of William Howard Mays and the headline about Nate the Great.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on May 11, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I am glad it went well
Thanks for the update!
By the way, you have Gallo’s ability to share a story.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on May 10, 2011 6:58 AM PDT reply actions
Beautifully expressed
Good thoughts for your father from here.
Best wishes to a most gallant fowl!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 10, 2011 7:14 AM PDT reply actions
Here's to a speedy recovery!
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
I send best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.
Last fall, Gallo was kind enough to send me newspapers covering the Giants’ postseason games. And he would throw in little extras, like a postcard from the 2007 ASG, or a book about the physics of baseball. All for a man he’d never met that lives a continent away.
He’s a unique man, one rich in humor and in spirit. You’re fortunate to have him, Alex, and I hope he’s pecking around for decades to come.
LIVE EDT
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
by TheLetter2 on May 10, 2011 7:26 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Gallo will be in my thoughts today!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Best of wishes!
I am going through something similar with my sister. She gets her follow up scan today, it’s a tough situation to go through, but we no choice but to go through with it.
Kickham where it hurts
Wait, what? Is Gallo Alex’s dad??
Either way, speedy recovery!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Yes. And Nate Schierholtz is the defensive replacement for the leader of the free world. Try to keep up.
"This is a street fight, and we win those." -- BRIAN SABEAN, 10/23/10
Proud owner of the saddest looking IMDb page and Twitter in the world.
by Josh from Hollywood on May 10, 2011 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Glad to hear the surgery went well, and Gallo will be in my thoughts for a quick recovery. Based on the interactions I have had with Gallo, those answers to the lucidity questions seem perfectly normal to me :-)
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Glad to hear he’s going to be ok, rest up.
Hopefully he’ll be ready by the time my chart of popularity of 19th century Presidential last names as modern first names.
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Your mom's a girl
uh, me talk good
hopefully he’s back here by the time said chart is ready.
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Your mom's a girl
Gallo
Best wishes for a Darren Ford recovery.
ICWYDT
"This is a street fight, and we win those." -- BRIAN SABEAN, 10/23/10
Proud owner of the saddest looking IMDb page and Twitter in the world.
by Josh from Hollywood on May 10, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice post, Alex
And I hope your dad feels better soon and is back here posting his effervescent prose.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Get well soon, gallo!
I look forward to the return of the incomprehensible whimsy. Not enough whimsy around here, I say.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
And what whimsy is here is far too comprehensible for my tastes.
"This is a street fight, and we win those." -- BRIAN SABEAN, 10/23/10
Proud owner of the saddest looking IMDb page and Twitter in the world.
by Josh from Hollywood on May 10, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for posting this. I was thinking about him on my way to work this morning (while stopped at the light at the corner of Munroe and Fair Oaks). Glad to hear things are progressing okie dokillie.
FtF: Welcome to Opposite Season!
McC: Don't get it? Try the McWiki wiki.
Even when he's under sedation
the dude’s hilarious. Get well soon!
"He's a better manager than you guys." -Matt Cain
viva el gallo!
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on May 10, 2011 12:35 PM PDT reply actions
Wow! Best wishes for a rapid recovery....
I am just kind of stuck on the fact that we have at least one father-son team here. I can’t imagine sharing something like this with my Dad, but that may be because the last baseball game he saw live was probably in the ’70’s. You are very lucky!
Thanks, Alex
Please send your dad my best wishes. He’s a wonderful guy, and I hope he recovers swiftly.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
Belated . . .
. . . because I didn’t get to FanPosts till now. But wishing all the very best roosterly things possible.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Get well, Gallo!
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Get well Gallo
Like Taft he’s three of the regular kind.
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Did dad sign a release for this information being passed on to a website?
Sounds like a violation of HIPPA privacy laws.
I’ll arm myself for the pending lawsuit.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
The spanish translation of William Taft is
Livan Hernandez
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya
by ToddCommish on May 11, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Godspeed, Gallo de Cielo
The sunrise is impoverished without your call.
And thank you, Alex. We’ll get that beer sometime.
Call it July.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Hmm, I just saw this post now although I read it yesterday when you posted it in the Series Preview
Either way, it never hurts to wish someone a sincere ‘Get well soon’ again. Get well soon, Gallo! I know we’re all thinking about you!
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on May 11, 2011 9:40 AM PDT reply actions
Get well soon, Gallo!
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on May 11, 2011 11:08 AM PDT reply actions
You are all so kind for the best wishes.
Further proof that imaginary communities are the best kind. It now looks like I’ll be home for the day games tomorrow and Friday. (I hate being away from my classes for a full week, but there’s this upside.) Follow up with the surgeon tomorrow morning for a re-dressing and the removal of the blood drip. Back in time for the 1pm game, I’m sure.
BTW, Baseball Ref confirms that, though there have been several Bill Howard or William Howard or Willie Howard + Lastnames in the majors, there has never been a player or pitcher with the sur-name of Taft. Not a single one.
That seems odd. Our current Madison is the sixth Baumgartner with some small variant of that last name. None of them appear to have been related, though all were born in the South and all but one were pitchers.
Six Bum/Baums, but not a single Taft.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on May 11, 2011 11:25 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
As an aside:
Why is it so hard for so many announcers to grasp that there is no D and not even a T in Bumgarner? I don’t think I have heard any broadcaster from outside the Bay Area pronounce that name as anything but “Bumgardner”.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Hey rooster of the sky
I’m so glad to hear that your recovery has progressed well. May that trend continue!
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Thanks to you each,
owl, and Bond, and toby.
I’m feeling fine and will be in on the thrashing of the Cubs tomorrow beginning at 11:11.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on May 12, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Good to hear you are doing well, gallo.
My son!
Man of the Crazy Sink.
Also related to a certain GasCan.
I'M A GIRL
Thank you, my precious dreg. I’ve often drunk to the bottom of you and your kind.
I’ll be back in class tomorrow, but the sutures and blood bag don’t come off until Thursday. I’m calling three Giant victories by then. If so, I’ll tell the doc (a Giant fan) to do the removal without relaxants.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on May 16, 2011 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks, my bean boy. You, like all other here, are precious to me, though imaginary.
The best kind.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on May 11, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Best wishes
from a Jes-bian to his cross the street neighbor.
by Nicholas Miller on May 13, 2011 2:29 PM PDT reply actions
The surgeon is a Jesuit parent, Dr. O’Malley. Three lads, I think he told me. And a Giant fan. At least he understood the Schierholtz comment, though he still ordered a CAT scan of my head, which revealed nothing.
Thanks.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on May 13, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I could have told him that would be the result.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 13, 2011 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
not ready for the stew pot!
more time off to enjoy games and write funny posts.
Hope you are full speed again soon, Gallo
Marvin Barrios, come on I'll show you your bedroom. Don't stay on the phone too long to Panama, please.
Thanks, ff. No coq au vin for a few years yet.
I hope you’ll make it to a RiverCats/Grizz game in June or July. I should be setting those up next week.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on May 14, 2011 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I missed all this in the dread stew of work for 12 days and I’m sorry I did. Gallo, I’m glad to see you up and posting! Alex, thanks for the hilarious post.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
Thanks, tk.
I’m now stronger than Coco Crisp’s arm.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on May 21, 2011 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Baby steps!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 23, 2011 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Taft & Schierholtz! Hence the origin of the term "Gallo's humor"
I missed all this, but am so glad all is well. Maysspeed to you, Gallo. Thanks for posting this, Alex.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
Thanks, mayah.
I’m sorry to report that I tore the whole incision open (technical term: “Dehiscence”) on Saturday night swinging my Aaron slugger (33", from the sixties) at the pit bulls that were loose in my ‘hood. When Alex came over on Sunday to change the dressing, he saw a gaping aperture that got us in the car and immediately on our way the the emergency room. They went with a “wet-dry” dressing, and I’ll see what the surgeon want to do tomorrow at 11 am.
Right now, the thing is dripping and starting to hurt. And I must miss more school.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on May 23, 2011 6:04 PM PDT reply actions
Look at this guy.
Always trying to be a hero. Those neighbors and their pit bulls….
Anyway, that was gross and surprising. Still, we got it taken care of. I’m hoping that the surgeon will be able to solve this thing, but one never knows. Got a fun primer of applying a ‘wet to dry’ bandage. If another out there needs a gaping wound bandages, you just give ol underscore a holler.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
/makes note
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 23, 2011 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
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