Breaking: Miguel Tejada might not be that good.
by Grant Brisbee on May 2, 2011 7:00 AM PDT
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PrintThe worst part of the Pablo Sandoval injury is that Pablo Sandoval is injured. It’s especially disappointing consider how forward he was looking to this season, and how fulfilling it was turning out to be. It was fun watching him hit, field, and even run. Sandoval is a hyper-ironic kind of guy who embraced the best-shape-of-his-life thing with the regular folk in order to be reverse-ironic hip while the garden-variety cool kids were laughing at players claiming to be in the best shape of his life. He’s ahead of his time, and he’s already missed.
The second worst part of the Pablo Sandoval injury is that Miguel Tejada has a value to the team that he didn’t before. That value, standing in the vicinity of third base and transforming oxygen into carbon dioxide, isn’t much, but it’s enough to secure his spot on the roster when everyone -- and I mean everyone -- was starting to realize that he’s something less than a capable starter at shortstop for a contending team.
Now he’s not just a shortstop. He’s a corner infielder, one of the people in the lineup who is supposed to provide the power.
Yeah. This starting to sound familiar.
To Whom It May Concern;
Edgar RenteriaMiguel Tejada might be the worst starting position player in baseball. He’s at least in the discussion. Don’t take this as an attack on the idea behind his signing – I thought it was a good idea at the time. I regret that thought, and I wish there enough Lava Soap of the Mind to scrub it from my psyche, but I can’t complain about havingRenteriaon the team. I liked the length of the contract, and I was only a little put off by the money. (The threat of )Watching a year ofBrian Bocock and an expired Omar VizquelEhire Adrianza and Brandon Crawford flailing at the plate will do that to a man
The last time I was this put off by an aging Giants shortstop, the dude up and won a World Series for us. So is Tejada going to win a World Series for us? I think that science very clearly tells us "yes," but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be worried in the meantime.
I’ll give him May. It’s not like Bruce Bochy will give Ryan Rohlinger a chance to win more playing time, so I’ll begrudgingly give Tejada the month of May. He’ll have a month to find his swing and prove that his .222 BABIP is just one of those fluke things. He’ll have a month to be a no-field, some-hit shortstop for a premium price, which is all we ever wanted.
If he does this for another month? Done. Bring up Adrianza after he’s healed. Start a Rohlinger/Fontenot platoon at short. Put Posey back at short. Aubrey Huff throws right-handed, right? Put him at short. Schierholtz at short. These are ideas that are preferable to watching another inning of Tejada in the lineup and at short. But as a constant bellower of the small-sample horn, I’ll give him a month. It’s beyond generous for a player who is obviously done, but maybe my biases are getting in the way. It’s easy for that to happen, which is why we have statz! to help us figure out what’s real and what’s a mirage. Maybe that .222 BABIP is indicative of a guy who isn’t getting a lot of breaks. Maybe.
But I have a good feeling that Tejada is the newest punching bag on a .500 team that’s searching for them. He doesn’t seem to be what the French call, "good." He seems like a husk of a player. It’d be sad if I didn’t have to watch every game of his this season.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions
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go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on May 2, 2011 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Great timing by the Nats
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wow
awesome
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we are not baseball junkies
As we watched the revelers in DC last night, the first thing the missus said was “hey, the Giants are there!”. It’s not a coincidence, and I’m sure Burrell will turn up in one of those crowd shots shortly.
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by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Don’t you worry, Grant. I’m alerting the network to begin rolling coverage on this important story. I’ll take the four-to-midnight shift, with Neal Conan and Linda Wertheimer.
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I have the crew on standby, and the Breaking News Open is cued and ready. Are we going live from Grant’s house, or from howie’s mom’s basement?
The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul
Home base will be the newsroom at Grant’s, with a remote from Howie’s mom’s basement for the analysts who can’t be in-studio. But disinfect the IFBs. God knows where they’ve been.
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IFBs aren’t working, you’ll have to cue everyone individually – so no one can ask any questions. And we need a white-balance on howie’s mom’s basement. Or are the walls orange normally?
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Oh, you guys. How many times do I have to tell you that I have no mom’s basement?
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL crawlspace
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Mom’s gazebo?
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
You know what's awesome?
With Torres and Panda out, and Zeets out too, and Aubrey not hitting a lick, and Tejada getting old before our eyes like that guy in The Last Crusade, I STILL don’t feel like God is punishing Giants fans, because, well… We won the World Series already.
Sure, I’d prefer the Giants repeat and be awesome for a long time to come… But it doesn’t feel like a great big kick in the balls, so that’s pretty cool.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
It doesn't take much science--just observation--to see Tejada's problems at bat.
He rarely makes good contact because of his loopy uppercut. The odds against intersection with the ball are very slim and mostly result in hoppers that aren’t hard. This is a far more systemic problem that Belt’s hole on the inside against a decent fastball. This creates a hole everywhere.
Like Renteria early last year, he doesn’t seem to actually read a pitch and react to it. Perhaps he is trying to make up for decreased acuity of eyesight by guessing. The result is a combination of the worst characteristics of Rowand and Renteria during bad at bats, only he has them again and again.
The more cynical among us might observe that Renteria got big hits in the post season on ill-advised pitches that, if guessed, he could handle. Look at them. Hal Lanier could strike those for a statement-making double.
Is a girl.
agreed
but that high hop infield hit was beautiful though…
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on May 2, 2011 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Would be more beautiful if it wasn’t the only kind of hit he gets these days!
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Nu-uh
There was that one hit, you know the one that Colby Rasmus dropped, there’s that kind too.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
That one was like three weeks ago now!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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Super Fun Fact
Since the walkoff against the Cards, Tejada is hitting .182/.203/.218.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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Wow
That looks like MadBum’s career line. .180/.212/.200
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions
MadBum can hit a little
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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Obviously. That’s why he was a PH the other day.
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Which stands to reason then
if you gave Bumgarner consistent ABs, he’d probably be a better hitter than Tejada is right now.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on May 2, 2011 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Why are these facts rarely fun?
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In all fairness
The Giants haven’t played the Cardinals in like three weeks and the other teams outfielders insist on catching the ball.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions
After finding out that he swung at that 3-0 pitch after he got the take sign and swung at it LATE, I’m over him completely. There’s no way to justify that kind of a plate approach. If you’re going to swing through a take sign, don’t decide to do it when it’s already too late to actually make decent contact on the pitch. Plus, describing it as though he “just couldn’t control himself” and keep himself from doing it… ugh. Go away.
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by jponry on May 2, 2011 7:52 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
jponry has spoken
So let it be written, so let it be done! Meh-guel Tehahada must “go away.”
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions
/Guillen’d
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Shouldn’t Bochy take disciplinary action for this? He should be fined and benched for tonight’s game at least. Somehow the Giants can cope without that booming bat for one night.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
by rxmeister on May 2, 2011 8:04 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Hell yes, ‘Fined.’ It’s an old school baseball tradition.
-Don’t run out a pop out to short? Fined.
-Swing at the first pitch? Fined.
-Swing at a 3-0 pitch, even though you have the take sign on, and swing poorly at that? You better believe that’s a fine.
Even rich guys hate to lose money, and at this rate, we will recoup our $6 Mil to TeHaHa, and he will owe the team money.
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by Little Napoleon on May 2, 2011 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Questioning the fine – that’s a fine!
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You'd better believe that's a paddlin'.
"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?
paging Larry Krueger to the white courtesy phone…
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 2, 2011 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s a maddening thing to hear, but I find it vaguely encouraging, in that it suggests his struggles are at least in part in his head. He needs some time off, but I still think he’s physically capable of hitting .270 with a home run now and then.
.270 with a .275 OBP maybe
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But that’s a very deep part of his head if his body is moving in spite of his conscious thought.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Brilliant: “I think that’s the only at-bat I’m frustrated with the whole year.”
The ONLY at-bat he’s frustrated with? He’s not paying attention.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN)
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he said the only at bat “he’s” frustrated with. The fans list is much longer.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
I would still expect him to be frustrated with his weak groundouts. But perhaps that’s expecting too much.
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In his defense, he.could be feeling his AB’s are okay, but the reslts arn’t there yet
Some say that some cannot say because the Stig can make some not say what they want to say and all i want to say is i don't know what the hell i'm trying to say.
Or maybe Zito is his personal hitting coach.
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After a long day in the cage
It’s nice to have a personal hitting couch to nap on.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on May 2, 2011 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Me too
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
You didn’t bring me a single doughnut. I’m a little hurt, but I’ll live.
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I never made it to the donut shop. I sitting here sadly still wanting a donut. =(
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Where’s my old man donut?
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I’m sure there’s a toothless, wrinkly, bad-smelling old man eating it somewhere.
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now THAT's a skyhook!
“Jesus for three…YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!”
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
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by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
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The best was when
Jesus was a roommate in Alien Loves Predator. Still my favorite online comic.
He pitched for the Mets, as I recall.
"He's a better manager than you guys." -Matt Cain
It looks as if he is taunting the kids: “come on, just try to get the ball.”
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 2, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL does not live in or visit Real America
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
/he says through both of his teeth.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m from WV, but I live i VA, which is also pretty real, I guess.
Availability of grits = realness of your America
Ask me about my blog.
LOL grits in Tysons Galleria
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Holy Shit you're from West Virginia?
Question: Are you the only person in West Virginia able to make a graph?
Question 2: How sensitive are you to the in-breeding jokes?
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Wanted to ask
Living in VA, I’ve heard more than one joke about West Virginia, um, genealogical traits, but I know many West Virginians are very sensitive to them.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
True
Most are, but some are pretty funny.
Also, since you live in NOVA, you may appreciate this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1RMuoQnKo
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
If I could take the lectern for just a second, the answer to number two for me is “extremely.”
Xanthan, over to you.
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A popular song once instructed me to believe that West Virginia was “almost heaven.”
Well, I’ll tell ya’, Gallo actually is from Heaven, and that’s true only if “almost” = “nothing like.”
When I go home, Jesus is always willing to help me with my swing. When he was younger, he could really hit.
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by gallo del cielo on May 2, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Availability of grits = realness of your America
I agree with your equation
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
So this land of boutique cup-cakes is pretty much a fantasy land?
Yeah, probably.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on May 2, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, my wife makes homemade grits from scratch! That’s gotta make me some kind of hyper real, right?
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MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
Nope
That makes you a Southerner.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Why am I suddenly put in mind of Lewis Grizzard?
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on May 2, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Not sure if we qualify for that. Let’s see, I’ve lived in California, Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, Maryland, Eastern Europe, and DC, and Heidi’s got Michigan, Wisconsin, SE Asia, Hawaii, New Hampshire and (Northern) Virginia.
We’re like a Blue State map. Pretty sure we’re kicked out of the Southerner home club.
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
hahaha
as opposed to buying grits at McDonalds? Frozen grits?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Instant grits. Shameful.
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
She makes kase spaetzle from scratch, too. Is that better?
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
that makes more sense
unless chain restaurants have added spatzel to their menus. In which case I might eat at one. Es gibt ein Arby’s nacht!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait til you see these
http://www.jesus-withyoualways.com/
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.
Some of them are absolutely amazing.
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.
carpet layer
how crazy specific is that?
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Truck driver is sooo funny
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on May 2, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
“Soldier” would have been better if Jesus were helping the soldier shoot.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 2, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t see ‘surprisingly hung health care analyst’ either
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well here's the one I get
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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LOL. Jesus looks a lot like David Cross.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on May 2, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
There’s a football one, too.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, late again….
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
If he was hitting the ball hard at people, I could understand that line of reasoning, but there hasn’t been much solid contact these last two weeks
Now that the Giants are Champs (and I have proof!) what do I have to bitch about....oh yeah, I also root for the Browns!
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by Cant_buy_a_run on May 2, 2011 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Or his one pitch out after Belt walked against a pitcher who couldn’t throw a strike. Why that one wasn’t frustrating, I don’t know.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Short memory on him.
Did he already forget swining at the first pitch at his ankles and popping out after the pitcher (Kuo, IIRC) had just thrown 8 consecutive not-even-close-to-the-plate balls?
I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.
this is the first one I thought of
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I think that might have been a mistranslation
It was translated as his “most frustrating AB all year” elsewhere.
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.
I only saw the one article (SF Chron), so perhaps.
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Yeah, that was my last straw as well.
My reaction went from “We’d all be more patient with Tejada is blah blah blah…” to “This guy fucking sucks” in one pitch.
Even so, we’re kind of stuck with him until Pablo comes back now. So… ugh.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I can’t remember another situation ever, where an injury to the starting third basemen caused the starting SS to slide over and the utility IF to assume the starting kob at short. If that’s not a subtle admission by Bochy that Miggy’s cooked, I dont know what is. Still glad the Giants’ didn’t sign Uribe to that contract, though
Some say that some cannot say because the Stig can make some not say what they want to say and all i want to say is i don't know what the hell i'm trying to say.
Could be good though
If Fontenot hits at all, it will be that much easier to move Tejada to the bench when Panda returns.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions
which will be OVER A MONTH FROM NOW
ARGGGHHHHHHHH FUCK
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That does suck
Especially since I FINALLY* get to go to a game at AT&T for the first time in years! And no red-hot Panda! And against the Rockies, which has real disappointment potential. But I’ll be there with the WS Champs, with my GF, who has never been to AT&T. She’ll probably still get a Panda hat.
- I have been to AT&T many times, including the 2nd game ever rained-suspended extravaganza. I didn’t move to Chicago until 2003, and I still caught games on trips back. I also have seen the Giants in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Cincinnati. But in the last few years I have been cursed. 2007, I come back while the Giants are on a road trip for the entire 11 days I was back. I saw the Giants lose to the Dodgers in the spectacular 2008 season. Jose Castillo may have hit a double. Then in 2009, Giants are on the road for my entire trip back (but I did see them in Oakland – Lincecum complete game, 12 K, 1 ER victory). 2010, I come back in late September for my cousin’s wedding, and not only are Giants out of town, but they are in Chicago! I leave on off day, one day before Giants return. It’s not bad planning, IT’S A CURSE.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 2, 2011 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
That's some bad wedding planning on your cousin's part. Shame on them.
BTW, lived on roscoe and clark for 3 years and could never get myself to root for the cubs when I lived there.
Why? because have you ever tried parking at roscoe and clark on a game day? Still hate them.
Steve Bartman is my hero, next to Brooks Conrad, of course.
Hah! My ex-girlfriend lived at Addison and Halsted for a couple years. Zoned parking helps, but one side Addison was one zone, the other side a different zone. I refuse to own a car, so I was ok, but going places with her usually involved driving around and around the blocks when we returned.
I’ll semi-root for the Cubs (and White Sox) depending on whom they are playing, but Chicago sports fans annoy me, so I generally root against the teams here. The baseball teams are OK, but I’m quite anti-Bulls, Bears, and Blackhawks. People here especially love that I root for the Red Wings and Packers (AARON RODGERS!)
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LOL bears fans
Still doing super bowl shuffle.
Hello? 1986. People had Jeri curls in that video.
I like how the whole bears team fitted themselves for super bowl rings in 2001 when all they did was make the playoffs. They wanted to remake that song as well
Hopes dashed when hugh douglas broke millers shoulder on an interception return.
* when DeRosa returns
(fingers crossed)
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Hahahahahaha. Oh, man.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
maybe Fontenot doesn’t have the arm for 3b. isn’t that the issue with him being a regular ss?
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Science says unpossible. A 3B has to throw from almost 15 feet in directly toward 1st before the his distance equals that of a SS playing in a normal slot AND at the edge of the outfield grass.
3B is almost always a longer throw.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I figured that's what Bar None was saying,
I just can’t understand the explanation.
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And that should be plain on its face. Draw a diamond. Draw the paths of throws to first from different spots. Do some trig.
The debate I’ve heard about arm strength at SS or 3B is one about body position. A 3B is usually stepping toward first, and a SS has to come across his body more often, so the 3B has more opportunities to use his body while throwing whereas a SS has to rely on his arm alone more often.
That’s the argument I’ve heard, anyway.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
You probably don’t even need the trig if you have an accurate, scale drawing.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
How often does the 3B play even with the bag? I think this is where I’m getting the wrong impression.
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Cus if he's even with the bag, SS is a longer throw.
But I guess if he’s playing deep, 3B is longer.
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In very rough terms, if 1B, 2B, 3B is a right triangle with the 90 degree angle at 2B, then the hypotenuse will be the line of the throw. The closer to 2B you’re playing, the shorter the hypotenuse. Standing on 3B creates the longest hypotenuse and standing on 2B creates the shortest.
If the play is on the grass, the math gets harder. But if the play is on the dirt, this holds up pretty well in a rough sense.
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A squared plus B squared equals C squared, where C stands for Champagne Room and squaring it is the same as banging it.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
those filthy greeks
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I just created a diamond using these points:
1B: (3,0)
2B: (0,3)
3B: (-3,0)
Home: (0,-3)
Putting the 3B even with the bag, at point (-2.5,.5), his throw was about 5.52 units. Putting the SS at (-2,3) gave him a throw of about 5.83 units.
Moving the 3B behind the bag, gave him a longer throw (point (-3,1.5), distance: 6.18 units)
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I guess I could have used units being feet.
So even with bag: about 165 ft. vs. SS 175 ft.
Behind: about 183 ft.
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Real #'2
3B even with bag: about 117 ft
SS: about 124 ft
3B deep: 131 ft.
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By my calculations
The “normal” throw for a 3B would be about 120 ft, about the same as for a SS. The infield dirt is wider than I thought (about 50 ft); this makes the more or less longest possible SS throw (in the hole, edge of grass) about 147 ft, definitely further than any conceivable throw from 3B.
I just drew my own grid, that’s prolly why my #s are off. I just tried to estimate.
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you better have actually created a square
;-)
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if he makes the throw from precisely 3B, it is 127.3 feet to 1B. Thank you Pythagoras. You nerbs probably thought he just made baseball formulae.
If the SS were in a direct line to 1B that crossed 2B, he would need to be 37 feet away to make the same throw.
Obviously, it gets a little more complicated if he’s standing where they normally stand, but that’s quate a lot of distance to make up
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Infield dirt
Is about 50 feet wide from the baseline to the edge of the grass. So any ball the SS has to field close to the grass will easily be more than your 37 feet past second base.
if you are going to compare the longest throw that a SS has to make, then you need to also look at the longest throw a 3b would make, wouldn’t you?
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Sure
But how often does a third baseman make a throw from more than a few feet behind the bag? Basically never. By contrast a SS will make at least one throw from the edge of the grass in almost every game.
The rule is that anything the 3B (or 1B) can get to is their ball. the SS (or 2B is the second line of defense. Unless everyone is pulled in, they almost always play further back for this same reason. If you field the ball close, you have more time to make a play.
If the SS has no range, nobody makes the play, and it’s a single into left field.
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Right. I was more making a joke.
If the SS has no range, then he might not get to the ball on the edge of the grass for the long throw.
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Also, 3B is closer to home, so he gets to the ball faster, having more time to throw out the runner.
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That’s also a good point.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
After thinking about this, I think the arm needed to play SS and 3B is about even.
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They both need a strong arm, with range and hands being more of a premium at SS.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s partially that if we don’t assume momentum, the ball takes longer to reach the SS than the 3B. Balls in the hole are guaranteed infield singles unless the SS has a strong arm.
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Et tu, Ribe?
Momentum of the fielders, I mean. Specifically referring to a 3B moving towards the play.
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Et tu, Ribe?
I just think Font is playing SS because Boch has seen enough of ()*@&$( there, and is vetting Fontenot for a longer-term position there.
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the longest line across a square is from one corner, to the opposite corner. So, 3B to 1B.
In order to make this equal or longer, the SS would have to be very from a line. Even in a normal position for a SS, it is a shorter throw.
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by say hey nation on May 2, 2011 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
NOT A SHAPE
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Speed of the throw is as important as distance. The shortstop is covering more ground, has to travel further to get the ball, and the ball is often not hit as hard. For any tough play, they have less time to get the ball to first base than a 3B would on any throw that doesn’t require them to dive or hit the dirt.
"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 my impression, watching Fontenot throw yesterday. His throws weren’t on a line like every other infielder.
by Scott from DC on May 2, 2011 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I was a meh Tejada person
Tejada is bad now but historically never this bad…even his worst year, he had a OPS of .670. I was hoping for at least that much
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Yeah
I was hoping for a below-average SS. Not a SS that would make me seriously wonder what Omar Vizquel is up to right now.
The 44 year old Omar is .276/.323/.310 and has played 2 games at SS
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by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Get-r-done Sabes!
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope you took that in the spirit intended
I would prefer a younger all-field/no-hit SS at this point, without throwing someone like Adrianza or Crawford in the deep end.
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by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Most definitely
And I agree, I would take Jack Wilson right now over Tejada.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I DID NOT KNOW THAT
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This made me laugh, I was sorry that Giant Pain wasn’t here when I put that up.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re getting funnier. My advice to you is to drink heavily.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
We all snickered at the idea of obtaining Michael Young in a trade during spring training, but right now that doesn’t sound like such a bad fit. Granted, the Rangers need him pretty badly with Hamilton injured. But despite his mediocre defense, he’d be a pretty large upgrade, even with his remaining contract.
by Duelling Brandos on May 2, 2011 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
It would be nice
But the Giants simply can’t afford to add that kind of money to their payroll.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m pretty sure Michael Young can’t play SS.
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I’m pretty sure neither can Miguel Tejada.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions
wait
we need a SS not a 3B
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"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?
lol
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This sucks
I know it was covered in the PGT, but everything about him screams wrong for this team. They won by pulling together and he obviously plays for himself. It makes me angry to watch him fail in such epic fashion. Seriously fuck this guy! Grant, maybe you should keep this on the front page all year and let us add to it because that fucker isn’t going anywhere
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Along these lines. . .
I get mighty cranky when I see him throw up that ridiculous spotlight when he gets a cheap hit. I’d like to see a bit more humility in a guy who’s sucking ass right now. Play for the team, not for your stoopid claw rip-off.
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Not only do you look like an idiot, but your first baseman made fun of you in game 162 with it jackass. No “spotlight” for infield singles you talentless jack wagon
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by Cant_buy_a_run on May 2, 2011 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions
thought you said taintless.
Weird imagery to erase from head. Where is the lava soap of the mind that grant was talking about?
Just this morning I was wondering
if maybe Miggy is disrupting our famous “team chemistry” to the point that it’s affecting play on the field. And can’t someone please do something about that spotlight idiocy?
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
tell us how you really feel
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Unfortunately this is the edited version.
Didn’t want to see “long rant is long”
Now that the Giants are Champs (and I have proof!) what do I have to bitch about....oh yeah, I also root for the Browns!
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I have begun visiting MLBTR daily
Just in the hope that I will see something on there. Of course it won’t happen, but if I get that kind of hope for few days it will help to get me through.
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According to ZiPS...
Rest of season projection: .311 wOBA
Updated projection: .299 wOBA
Ask me about my blog.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Well
I guess that’s better than freebasing Miguel Tejada.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions
not enough VRROOOOOM
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 2, 2011 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Hmmm....
Funny how there’s a sharp drop-off in 2006 and then it goes downhill from there, funny only because steroid testing began in the spring of 2006. Of course this could be from getting old, but it’s oddly coincidental.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I’m sure it’s not coincidental. He was with the A’s with some other infamous dudes, wasn’t he? It would be foolish to think he didn’t partake.
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Maybe
But I’m still on the fence as to just how helpful steroids actually are in hitting dingerz. It could be that he used a fake birth certificate and is actually getting set to turn 45 this year.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Don’t forget Rafael Palmiero said he got the stuff from Miguel Tejada when he tested positive for steroids. He said Miggy told them they were vitamins. I’m sure Rafael knew what they were, but he wouldn’t have thrown Tejada under the bus if he weren’t involved.
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LOL – he was actually busted in 2008 for using a fake birth certificate. He was actually 2 years older than he said.
And this, from an old ESPN article:
Former teammates Jose Canseco and Adam Piatt say Tejada discussed steroids with them and purchased testosterone and HGH from Piatt. Piatt’s testimony is particularly troublesome for Tejada. Piatt, the only baseball player to cooperate with former Sen. George Mitchell in his investigation, says he explained the drugs to Tejada, then purchased drugs from Kirk Radomski for Tejada. Using personal checks, Tejada paid Piatt $6,300. Radomski confirms Piatt’s account of a purchase for Tejada. With Piatt, Radomski and Canseco lined up against him, Tejada is in a bad situation and could face charges of making false statements to federal agents.
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The article goes on to say
…but he’s not Barry Bonds, so no one cares, so it’s more likely that nothing will ever happen to him (except getting shittier and richer).
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on May 2, 2011 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow
I’ve avoided most of the steroid stuff, so I really had no clue that was the case. Miguel Tejada would seem to be the poster boy for how much steroids can help you in that case. Still not totally sold given one individual and anecdotal evidence, but it would seem that he was being helped by roids and now isn’t.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions
What do you mean? That he could not have been using in the minors?
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He could’ve, sure. I’m pointing out that there aren’t any sudden breaks or ruptures in his track record. He showed gradually increasing power up until his early 30s, at which point he started to tail off. His decline may have been a little more sharp than most players’, but not dramatically so. Like almost all baseball careers — Barry Bonds’s is one of the very few exceptions — it wouldn’t seem suspicious or unlikely in any way if we weren’t hyper-attuned to the possible influence of steroids.
I thought they tested in the minors well before they tested in the majors.
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I’m not sure when the testing began, but it may not have been as far back as when he was there.
Regardless, he’s more likely than not a former user, and not as good now as he was then.
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Heh.
The two points may be entirely unrelated. There was a question as to whether he was a user. The answer is probably yes. There was a question on whether he was older than thought. The answer to that was yes, as discovered in 2008.
Regardless of those two issues, Tejada is not as good as he once was. Whether that is related is up for discussion. But he still sucks now.
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I don't know if this is independent...
but he’s named in the Mitchell Report.
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oh i totally believe he used
I just don’t think it would have affected him that much, considering how much of baseball was using, and how few had a similar drop off
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Miguel Tejada and “The Cliff”
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Miguel Tejada is a shortstop who turns 37 next month. I think the fear, when it comes to 37-year old shortstops, is that they will fall off a cliff, from whatever basic level of competence they may have had in recent years, to a place where they generally fail to contribute, both offensively and defensively. The thing is, Tejada wasn’t all that competent last season.
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factor in defense though
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Especially if you say it phonetically and fast.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I always pronounce it with an extra ‘n’.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
All this Tejada talk makes me want to eat a donut
Now I gotta go get one. And some donut holes. BRB.
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I’m kind of an old man, and I consider that an old man donut.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions
what do you consider a young man's donut?
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Not quite sure, probably something fruity that I’ve never heard of. Now get off my lawn.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions
with colorful sprinkles?
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on my way to Dunkin’ Donuts right now. I get the french cruller. It’s far from my favorite, but it’s the lowest caloried donut they sell. (150)
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Really?
That’s awesome, those are my favorite, didn’t realize I was being so healthy though.
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I’m no spring chicken.
That’s an old man saying.
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I ate them when I was young. I would eat them now, but for all the grease from the previous iterations still clogging my arteries.
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
apple maple bacon donut
at dynamo donuts in SF. Little bits of bacon and apple in a maple donut.
MMMMMMMMMMMM
Not to me. I love bacon (I’m a Jew who will be seeing Bin Laden in hell) but it doesn’t belong in a donut.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
by rxmeister on May 2, 2011 9:44 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I know it's wrong
But there’s a large part of me that hopes that some saintly Navy SEAL stuffed a pork chop in his mouth before they threw him over the side of the boat.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
NOT MY FAULT THIS TIME
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
Tejada is no longer the least shitty of all possible options
In a shortshop market like this one, you have to play pretty fucking bad to make your contract look crummy in hindsight. You have to go above and beyond. But Tejada was up to the challenge.
by Lies and Perfidy on May 2, 2011 8:40 AM PDT reply actions
When the peanut was banned from SF
I’ve been doing some research for a project and thought you nerbs might like this SABR article.
The official announcement followed on February 16, 1950.
“We lose five cents on every bag of peanuts sold in the ballpark,” [Seals owner] Fagan complained. “That’s $20,000 a year. It costs us 7 1/2 cents to pick up the husks and our profit on a dime bag is just 2 1/2 cents. The goober has to go.”
That did it. San Francisco went nuts.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
I stole this for Baseball Nation.
Put a flag on it and everything.
by Grant Brisbee on May 2, 2011 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m glad your career independence hasn’t made you lazy!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
lol "dime bag"
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Love the next line after your quote
A druggist groaned, “To me, baseball without peanuts would be like mush without salt.”
That’s…umm…bad, right?
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by EliminateMe on May 2, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
unsalted mush is the worst
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what if I came here for grits?
“mush” being the Depression-era euphemism for boiled grain-based meals. My grandmother used it generically to oatmeal, cornmeal, cream of wheat, and so on. I suspect that was because after a few weeks of eating same no one really cared any more what grain it started from.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
This has probably been posted
but I really enjoyed this:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?c_id=mlb&content_id=14381693
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
and this
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=14382797
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Yeah me too
Also, fuck Cliff Lee.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions
the only things that give me hope
Are his BABIP and a historically low HR/FB% of 3.4% (career 12.5%).
Aside from that, THE SKY IS FALLING
His low HR/FB% could be due to loss of power.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
A 40% loss of power is improbable.
He’ll probably bounce up half a percent to 4 or 5.
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His prior 3 years have been around 8%. I think it’s safe to say he shouldn’t really be below 7.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Shift+Weekend
HAI GUYZ I HEARD OSAMA BIN LADEN IS OUT 4-6 WEEKS WITH A WRIST INJURY
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Somehow, I just know someone’s going to try to trade Rowand in all this madness.
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Rowand could end up being the surprise this year. Every winning team needs a surprise.
Maybe ours will be Rowand hitting .300
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No, it’s May now
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Has Rowand impressed or not so far?
We should give him the benefit of the doubt until he doesn’t.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Has Rowand impressed or not so far?
Right, cause it was April
We should give him the benefit of the doubt until he doesn’t.
No
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I, for one, am not going to knock on Rowand. If he had been DFA’d, like everyone (inc me) wanted, we might have like 5 less wins right now.
Dude has been hitting .300 and making plays. Perhaps he doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt due to past failings, but on a team so strapped for ML players all of a sudden, he isn’t the worst thing.
Save your hate for )(*&$ (I don’t refer to our new 3B by name anymore)
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
he isn’t the worst thing
That’s Tejaja’s job. And being second to worst isn’t exactly something to brag about
Save your hate for [Tejaja]
I have plenty of hate to go around
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
If you think Rowand is the 2nd worst player on this team right now, you’re crazy. Spread around your hate, then, but remember this team would be worse off this year without Rowand.
We can go back to hating him when he starts sucking again.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
I don’t think he’s the 2nd worse player on the team right now. I think he will be, though.
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I like that even you admit it ‘when’ and not ‘if’.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, it’s a given until proved otherwise.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
If you think the Giants would have won 5 less games without Rowand, you might be crazy.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Darren Ford playing 9 innings every game with Torres and Ross out.
both games in pittsburg we lose without him. the game vs the Cards in the bottom 9th and 13th he got the tying the winning runs going.
and you can’t say that his replacement could have done the same things, because his replacement is Darren Ford.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
That’s not how it works. You’re remembering the hits Rowand got as “game winners” failing to realize if he were to get a hit in a different spot, maybe the Giants already win, or they win a different game.
Aaron Rowand has been worth .5 WAR (7 runs of those come from his defense mind you, where Darren Ford is as good or better). If the Giants lose 5 more games in the 3 weeks Torres was out. Darren Ford would have to have been -4.5 WAR.. IN 3 WEEKS.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Also, his WPA is only .75, even tho he’s had a lot of hits in key situations.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
don’t argue with stats!
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
WAR is not really a good way to evaluate this argument. Anecdotally speaking, batting Darren Ford leadoff for the last three walks would probably be pretty brutal, and given the nonexistent margin of victory in the aforementioned games could well have gone the other way.
"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 agree. Whether you want to admit it or not, Azmanz, we all know how much trouble this team would be in with Ford leading off rather than Rowand.
Besides, I didn’t say Rowand was worth 5 WAR. I said without him we probably don’t win 5 of those games that he contributed in large part to, when you consider the poor quality of his replacement player.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
WPA is context based, and it still says he’s worth less than a win (that’s over average tho).
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Well, stats can’t explain everything.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Obviously no. I’m not saying he hasn’t been good, but 5 wins is extremely generous. I’d give him 2, max.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Right
Just everything that happens on the field.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
yes, everything that happens on the field is perfectly modeled.
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Well, better modeled than one man’s totally unscientific estimate.
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It’s context-based, but it’s not context-specific. It averages out value based on a huge sample set, with the key word being “average.”
"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?
Right, so I’m pointing out that WPA is (again) not a very useful barometer in Rowand’s actual impact over three specific games, or over the course of three weeks, especially since most of his production in those instances was low leverage.
"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?
Wait. Maybe I’m confused to what WPA measures. I thought that’s exactly what it did, tells us how much he contributed to each win/loss (compared to the average player, not replacement).
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
It calculates based on fixed values that are adjusted for leverage. Rowand gets some brownie points from WPA for doing these things in close games (particularly his walk-off single against the Cardinals), but it is fixed based on scoring probablility and factors like that, so it is blind in retrospect. If Aaron Rowand hits a lead-off double and scores on a sac fly in the first inning, it’s not going to contribute a lot to his WPA, and that won’t change even if the final score is 1-0.
Win shares might be a better barometer, but I don’t know of any websites that do up-to-date tracking of win shares.
"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?
Win shares ignore leverage, because a run is a run is a run. The hypothetical scenario with Rowand doubling and scoring in the first would be worth the same whether he did it in the first or the 9th inning.
The theory of WPA is how much the player swung the predicted outcome of the game. The theory of win shares is how much the player contributed to the outcome.
"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?
Wouldn’t that be similar to plain WAR?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
WAR uses aggregates and weighted statistics. Win Shares is on a game-by-game basis.
"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?
Still losing me. Does win share only count games that you win? Or if you win by 15, not really count your runs?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Actually, don't quote me on this.
Win Shares is a Bill James thing, and I am now reading up on this through Tango, who feels James’ primary translator sometimes. But it’s another degree of separation before I can understand Tango sometimes, so I could have been understanding Win Shares incorrectly if this is saying what I think is.
I wish more sabermetricians were gifted in speaking in layman’s terms.
"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 I feel you there.
I’ll try to do some research on win shares for my own after work.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
I am definitely reading that many regard WPA as the “best” way of evaluating a player’s contributions to a win, but the one thing I do feel comfortable standing by is my point that WPA is calculated “in the moment,” and therefore doesn’t look back on that game and say, “Wow, actually that stolen base in the second inning turned out to be pretty important, given that the next guy hit a would-be double play ball that advanced the runner to third for a sac fly.” Or whatever.
Now, these nitty gritty things become a slippery slope very quickly, but it a flaw that WPA cannot correct itself in this way (nor should we expect it to). In the long view, these things tend to average out and tend to be pretty moot in terms of overall value, but in a set as small as we’re observing it’s somewhat more unwieldy.
"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’ve always just assumed WPA was the best at this. I’ve only really seen win shares used in basketball.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
yeah
on the aggregate, over hundreds of games, a player’s value by WAR is pretty accurate.
Over a month long sample, replacing Rowand with Ford could easily be disastrous. That’s because wins are discrete, you either win or you don’t, and there’s no credit for partial wins.
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That metaphor got away from me.
I doubt Ford would have been hitting lead off. Also, you guys are talking about 5 wins. The Giants only have 13! Are you saying without Rowand, the Giants would have THE WORST RECORD IN THE BIGS?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
I can think of the 2 games in pittsburg.
the home opener. ok, maybe only 3 games
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Even if he’s “won” 3 games, you’re forgetting that there’s a chance that an inferior player could have won a game in which we lost.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
You’re also forgetting the fact that if Rowand was not on the Giants, everything would be different. AKA, maybe Torres doesn’t get hurt. Maybe Belt hits.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
now you’re starting to split hairs.
just admit that Rowand has been good for us so far and we owe some wins to him as well.
just like last year, when he won some games with HRs in FLA and NY.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
I admitted he has been good (scroll up).
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
without Rowand, the Giants don’t win the WS.
SCIENCE.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
I’m shocked.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Everything that happened prior to Nov 1, 2010 needed to happen for the Giants to win the 2010 WS. I’m a big believer in the butterfly effect.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Rowand is a bench player. His presence on the team has next to zero chance of impacting either of those things; only the things that happen with regards to replacement can have a convincing case made for different outcomes.
A replacement player might have done more than Rowand, but its extremely unlikely.
"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?
Woah, I never said we would be better off with out Rowand, just that we wouldn’t be 5 wins worse.
Also, butterfly effect.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Eh.
I don’t think chaos theory is all that relevant to the discussion.
Looking at a simple analysis of Rowand’s contributions in the limited sample set that we are evaluating, the available options for replacements in his roster spot, and the sort of player they might have acquired through trading him, we see most everything we need to see.
Rowand might not have been worth 3 wins by himself, but the argument that he is responsible for three wins has a pretty strong case.
"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?
Look at g4’s comment. He retracted his prior comment to consider only the walk-off in St. Louis, and the two wins in Pittsburgh.
"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?
what’s his LD% and GB%? I ask because you know his BABIP off-hand
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His BABiP is actually 348 (career high 345)
To hit 300, he’d likely need a 370 BABiP.
LD% is an insane 24%. If he keeps that up, sure he can keep a career high BABiP. But even with all that, he’s an average hitter with a wRC+ 101.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
He’s still owed some regression from last year. His two-year BABIP is .282.
He really needs to get his hackitude under control, though.
I don’t think we’re going to see him become more selective, ala Panda of 2011, but Rowand is getting on base right now, and that’s all that matters.
His current LD% of 24.3 is only 5% over his career norms, so maybe he could pull off a lucky season- or at least hang onto this until Pablo is back.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Rowand really isn’t getting on base even with his inflated BABiP. His 319 OBP is below average.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
I think he has to get more selective to stay in the lineup, even on this shambles of a team. A 3.5% walk rate — as a leadoff man! — just isn’t going to get it done.
One of the oddities of Rowand’s peripherals is that every year he swings at more nonstrikes, but fewer strikes. That can’t go on forever, right? As some point he has to realize he’s doing it wrong, doesn’t he?
lol
wow that is hilarious
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11/1/10
I noticed that early last year, never followed up to see if that continued.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
No. I think he is an animal.
He goes only on instincts. And, like William Shatner as an actor, his every natural instinct is just flat wrong.
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"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?
Freddy kinda seems to be the same way when he slumps. watch a strike go by, swing at the low-and-away slider.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
but yeah, I agree he doesn’t take a walk for shit. and swings at waaaay too many balls.
surprised people still throw him strikes
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
well
to be fair in his 2 big years he’s had insanely high babips. So you never know. I really doubt he’s going to have one of “those” years, but when he did, it was completely luck based. So maybe it happens again, who knows.
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Also had HR/FB rates of 17% and 14%. He can’t do that at ATT because a lot of his power is to right center.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Which is another reason why the signing was dumb.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
catastrophically so
and obvious proof that the people in charge are not looking at what they should be looking at. They’re like my dad, who told me he thinks Rowand could hit .300 with 25 home runs this year.
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11/1/10
yeah
he was playing in hitter’s parks for sure
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Career numbers in parentheses
GB%: 41.4 (46.7)
FB%: 34.3 (33.9)
LD%: 24.3 (19.4)
HR/FB: 4.2 (12.0)
BABIP: .348 (.317)
"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....
I was in LA all weekend visiting friends and missed the first three games against the Nats—although I unintentionally ruined a perfectly good Saturday afternoon when I found out Pablo would be having wrist surgery.
I was perhaps pessimistically realistic before this road trip and thought 5-5 would be acceptable. They can still do that with a split of the next four games. But I’m worried about Timmy and Matt’s last few starts, about the lack of hitting, and about the fact that, as Grant says, it doesn’t feel like THE DEFENDING WORLD CHAMPIONS are playing. Maybe this team caught every possible break last season and now it’s all gone the other direction.
On the plus side, I saw plenty of folks in the Southland wearing Giants hats and shirts.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
If Timmy and Matt had run support and better defense, they would have pretty strong numbers. Matt’s K numbers have been solid lately and had a runner score on a “wild pitch” yesterday. Timmy should have only given up 1 run on Friday. The rest of the team is worrisome though.
I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby.
I saw two of the Nats games. The Giants look like a really mediocre team plus good pitching. Still if Huff’s drive to center yesterday was twenty feet more to the right, everything would have been different.
by Scott from DC on May 2, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Trade Huff + some money
Any takers out there? Bring Belt up. Would be one of those rebuild while possibly contending moves. Especially if it nets a replacement level SS or 3B.
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whoever they are
will they take a $6M “shortstop” too?
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by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
He wouldn't be 11m if we kicked down
And he carried his team offensively last year. Buying low is a common strategy among savvy risk-takers.
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His WAR wouldn’t be AS bad if he didn’t play RF. Still pretty bad tho
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
wait what
doesn’t playing RF give his WAR a BOOST?
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Not when you’re a full 8 runs below average in 2 weeks.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
mm
yeah I suppose that’s true
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This is pretty early for a fire sale
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Not to mention that no team is looking to add that kind of salary at this point of the season. Belt is going to have to play the OF, and Huff is going to have to start hitting, which I think he will.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
by rxmeister on May 2, 2011 9:51 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Putting him on the market isn't a terrible idea.
Most GMs are smart enough to see through the BABIP and HR/FB% bad luck.
However, I don’t trust Sabean to get value commensurate to Huff’s.
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Also related to a certain GasCan.
I'M A GIRL
At this point, he has statistically produced negative value.
But teams do not trade for past production.
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Man of the Crazy Sink.
Also related to a certain GasCan.
I'M A GIRL
Yeah, I don’t mean WAR numbers or whatever; I’m just saying that his best offer a few months ago was two years/$22 million, and since then he has been awful, so how can you reasonably expect anyone to take on his salary and give you something in return?
You can't.
And I don’t.
This is really just fishing for dummies, not legitimate trade block activity.
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Also related to a certain GasCan.
I'M A GIRL
Angels' Front Office, Line 1
"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?
We don’t know for sure 2/22 was the most. It’s entirely possible he was offered more, but he wanted to stay here. Also, teams might have pursued differently if they knew he wanted to stay here.
With that said, I think 2/22 was his biggest offer.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
OT: Giants on the road
I have a buddy who goes to a new ballpark every year with his dad. They take a weekend and fly somewhere to see a park they have never visited. Very cool. My dad would never do that, so I’m trying to get my GF to go with me. Of course, I want to see the Giants if possible.
The Giants already wrapped up Pittsburgh and Washington road games, and those are two parks I would have visited had the schedule been right for me. I’m leaving for SF in a few days, so the upcoming NYM series is out. I have been to Wrigley a lot, but I’m still going when the Giants are in town June 28. I have already been to the parks in CIN, DET, and MIL, but I’ll probably go to Cincinnati anyway when the boys are there (GF’s family are Reds fans).
St. Louis isn’t my first destination of choice, but it’s relatively close to Chicago. I’m not so interested in Atlanta, Houston, or Miami. Philly series is right before Cincinnati, and I won’t go to Philly and Cincinnati. So St. Louis seems to be it.
So I’m thinking about seeing the Giants at New Busch in STL. Has anyone been to that park?
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 2, 2011 9:37 AM PDT reply actions
Do it
Great park. You won’t regret it.
by FireBrianSabean on May 2, 2011 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
FON-TE-YES FON-TE-YES FON-TE-YES
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.265/.324/.529
Are you down with SLG?
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9 hits, 6 XBH
dude has power
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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I swear, you are an effective PR department. I’m this close to ordering a Fontenot jersey.
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For a while with the Cubs, he had the nickname “Babe Fontenot” – kind of like Felipe Crespo – sneaky power with an HR pull swing.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 2, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah you know me.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Personal OT: Job Search continues
Heard back from one firm that they’re looking for someone who is more experienced. Had nice things to say about my interview though.
Just sent a follow up e-mail for an interview last Monday.
Still waiting for a response from a Wednesday interview
Have a interview with a public agency today and an interview with a firm in LA sometime this week.
Filed for unemployment…la sigh
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Hang in there. You’ll find something,
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by rxmeister on May 2, 2011 9:53 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I’m sorry about that last item, and I hope you don’t get too down about it.
Funny “We’re looking for someone with more…” story from my own life: When I was looking to get away from Morning Edition, I cast a fairly wide net, even for jobs I had virtually no chance on. So it was that I applied to be the ATC host at KCRW in Santa Monica. Mind you, I’d been to the L.A. area only once in my life. For a week.
The rejection was actually pretty nice, something along the lines of, “Well, you’re impressive for a 24-year-old, but we’d prefer someone from southern California cover the news in southern California.” Buy hey, can’t blame a guy for trying.
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Is a girl.
by gallo del cielo on May 2, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
What type of job are you looking for?
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Does Michael Young play ss? Would there be any chance in this world of a Rowand trade for Young considering Scott is doing ok right now..any value in that. Young seems to be having above average success this year so far.
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
Young doesn’t play SS and as I recall, he was pretty bad defensively at 3rd.
He is still owed $48 million over the next 3 years (Rowand is owed $24 million over the next two)
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I’d be a little wary of him. He’s hitting like .340 but with no secondary average.
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Aye
And that’s been the trend for most of his career from what I remember. Superficially good stats, but weirdly low secondary statistics.
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He used to walk more. It’s obviously possible that as his average goes down, he’ll start walking more, but right now, I’d be concerned that once the BABIP goes down, he’ll be useless.
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.
Does Michael Young play ss?
Not really. He might make Tejada look like Ozzie Smith.
Ask me about my blog.
Wasn't there a guy on LoneStarBall
Whose username was ‘PastTheDivingMichaelYoung’
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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Pasta Diving Jeter!
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.
Racist
Just because Michael Young is white you think we’re going to see all non-whites as looking the same compared to him.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on May 2, 2011 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Your name is Guy Whitey Corngood. Nothing positive can come of this.
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Agreed
Corn is fine but it’s not as good as wheat
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racis
Why you gotta keep the yellow grain down?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
white corn
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Your mom's a girl
sooooooo racis
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
It reads like a bad attempt at a joke to me. Frankly, I feel like it’s just become obligatory for a lot of people to go “THAT’S RACIST” to anything.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh boy, am I sick and tired of ironic “RACIST” jokes.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
A 90 year old woman in a wheel chair....
Couldn’t make Tejada look like Ozzie Smith. Said old woman might, might be able to make him look like an aging Rich Aurilia though.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll take it?
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
ok wasn’t sure on the SS question. I’m not sure the Rangers would give him up considering his offense success now. I don’t even know if the Rangers need an outfielder. I just want somebody better than Miggy out there right now.
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
aaaand reply fail
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on May 2, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I want the Giants to win as much as the next guy
but I do not want the Giants to take an additional $24 million and be handcuffed to Young for three years.
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Yunel Escobar?
somebody, anybody?
Kevin Mitchell has a black belt in keeping it real.
by kbsofaraway08 on May 2, 2011 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Miguel Tejada. Thank God The Giants Won The World Series.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
morning nerbs
(morning offer not valid to those east of the mountain time zone)
everyone have a good Two Minute Hate today?
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Your mom's a girl
This list goes to 11
Tejada sucks. And Tejada may be done. Still, let’s look on the bright side:
1) Fontenot is hitting well
2) Cody Ross will not continue to have an OPS+ of 4 (!!!)
3) Burrell is hitting
4) Huff will not continue to have an OPS+ of 54
5) Schierholtz may get traded for a meh utility IF
6) Vogelsong!
7) Rowand has filled in admirably, and Torres is back soon
8) It’s not as if Panda will be out all year
9) Bumgarner is fixed. Probably
10) Worst reliever, Dan Runzler, has an ERA of 6.92 but an xFIP of 3.33
11) Lincecum, Cain, Buster.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 2, 2011 10:14 AM PDT reply actions
8a
But Panda will probably suffer the suckitude when he returns, at least in terms of power.
"Today I flew the most poorly dressed bad-ass that has ever entered my jet. And he borrowed my pen to do a cross word puzzle." - robotsapproach on Brian Wilson.
the exclamation next to Vogelsong could easily change meanings over the next couple weeks.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
I’m capturing the SSS moment. He’ll finish #2 in the CYA voting to Lincecum. I’m certain!
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 2, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
soooo
The Kings are staying? They talked about it on KNBR for a minute before wandering off into oddball NBA ranting.
Congratulations to Alex_Lewis, who must be assembling with celebratory hordes outside the Capitol.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
ah
also known as “the exception that swallows the rule”.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
the Maloofs have been very clear
either get Osama, or they are moving the team.
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Your mom's a girl
by DrStankus on May 2, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wait I thought they lost to the Sharks in the first round
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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It's good news
I’m to exhausted to be very excited, but still, pleasing.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
a ha!
So you WERE outside the Capitol all night!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Real zappos email I just got
“you’re our most wanted!”.
Are there any headline writers that aren’t total morons?
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It could be worse
It could have said “Your are most wanted!!!!”
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on May 2, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I completely forgot to mention this sooner.
I was at a Tennessee Smokies game with some friends on Saturday night, and at one point I noticed a guy that looked just like Bumgarner walking around on the concourse. Lanky, tanned, chinstrap beard and sad eyes — it was freaky.
Later on, there was a guy in a Braves shirt who looked kinda like Brian McCann, and I decided whoever’s in charge Up There has a wicked sense of humor.
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Obvious question
Did you try to talk to the guy that looked like Brian McCann?
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
follow-up question
Did you try to __________ the guy that looked like Brian McCann?
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 2, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
It's like, 'Yeah, I'm one of the best hitting catchers in baseball. But did you also know that my 401K outperformed the market by 17% last year?'
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Holy Crap
Could you have put up a larger picture of Brian McCann, I can see half way up his nose for crying out loud.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
You still haven’t answered my original question.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
i can see it when he's got the glasses on
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.
everything about this is terrible
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.
yeah
he looks like he’s about to snap and the only thing that understands him is his rifle.
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Your mom's a girl
by DrStankus on May 2, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I guess big, wire-rimmed glasses were a hot thing in the ’90s.
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hmm, I associate big glasses with the 80s.
The one’s that melanie griffith was wearing in ‘Working Girl’ covered like half her face
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Your mom's a girl
But these pictures weren’t from the ’80s, right? Maybe baseball players are behind the trend curve.
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oh could be
and eyewear trends can last a while.
And I just saw Working Girl, in it’s entirety, two days ago. It’s fresh in my mind.
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Your mom's a girl
Ballplayers rocked some pretty cool specs in the 60's
…
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Duvall version or Linville?
I was thinking more Wally Cox.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
I was thinking Larry Linville with glasses. But I see your point, too.
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I always felt a little sorry for Frank Burns...
Frank: Why don’t you guys like me, huh?
Hawkeye: ‘Cause you’re a lousy doctor and a rotten person.
Frank: Aside from that.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
What about Mr. Burns?
Rich guy but lonely…
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Tough call between Burnses...
If I had to be any Burns, I guess I’d be Ed Burns.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
George Burns!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Good call...
George Burns had a corner on wit and style. Then again, he’s also dead, while Ed Burns is married to Christy Turlington.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
He looks kind of like you in that photo of you and those other people you put up.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Left to right: BrianMcCann, BruteSentiment, Roger.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
McCann is totally a Giants fan.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Going to see the Giants at Wrigley!
Staying in Chicago for the weekend (May 13-15) before returning to San Francisco for a few weeks.
I’m so pumped. Got bleacher tickets for the 13th already. Gonna scalp on Saturday night.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
read Bisbee's crappy blog!
And specifically the first reply to this post, perhaps the greatest comment in SBN history.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
People say I'm crazy cause I worry all the time
But if you paid attention you’d be worried, too.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Incensed
Not even a mention of “Suddenly Susan”. Should’ve at least bumped us ahead of Tampa.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Brooke Shields is hot and all
but cannot compensate for the null void combined suck of Saget and Coulier.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
What about Lori Loughlin?
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nah
Cousin Oliver wasn’t there from the horrible beginning.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I blame "Dharma & Greg"
And that episode where Jenna Elfman’s character is supposed to be riding the N-Judah, except it’s clearly an NYC subway car.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
So, this is pretty cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EWaOF92sQ4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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 May 2, 2011 11:10 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
It’s weird hearing the younger versions of our announcers.
by Natto on May 2, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Kuip sounds pretty different
Kruk is similar
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
This. As someone who had to follow the Giants by box score, sports center, and by the occasional ESPN game up until the advent of Extra Innings/MLB Radio, I forget how long Kruk and Kuip have been around.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Wow, thank goodness an effort was finally made to speed up the game.
The wait between pitches is even worse than I remembered.
Starwberry was a Giant? Wow, I forgot.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on May 2, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Also I love those uni’s.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on May 2, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
That IS cool
Too bad we missed Bonds and Williams (again) homering the next inning. The best revenge.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
I just got to thinking
In spring training, our first base situation was something along the lines of
Huff, Belt, Ishi, DeRosa, Sandoval, Posey
Now we’re sitting with a struggling Huff and Posey. Baseball Gods are cruel and unusual.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on May 2, 2011 11:24 AM PDT reply actions
OT
With the Kings damn near moving to Anaheim, re-watching this old 60 Minutes segment is haunting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvMCf3yF62o&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
Hydraulically operated pitching mound? Cool.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on May 2, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Miguel Tejada might not be that good? ...
Big Ups to Matt Downs
"He told me he was gonna do it"- Andres Torres
/click
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
light the wcw signal
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Your mom's a girl
blocked at work
I take it I am not missing much.
let's just say
that I enjoyed the Seinfeld program and yet this image made me twitch
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Your mom's a girl
:(
pandoval48 Pablo Sandoval
My doctor tell me I be back in 7 weeks
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.
by jponry on May 2, 2011 11:46 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
And a full one.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Borrowing from Natto's schtick
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Awww, man.
Not only does this suck for Pablo, but it also means Tejada is the 3B for the next two months.
Unless Rohlinger can somehow be real-inger.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
FUCK! I am dropping or trading all the Giants on my fantasy team. So far this year I have had Holliday, Contreras, Zimmerman, Panda, and Greinke get injured and miss games.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on May 2, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Brutal
"Today I flew the most poorly dressed bad-ass that has ever entered my jet. And he borrowed my pen to do a cross word puzzle." - robotsapproach on Brian Wilson.
He says 4 weeks
I hope he doesn’t try to come back too soon
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.
It feels like the Giants are just going to be treading water until the ASG and then spend the final 2 1/2 months in a furious push for a wild-card spot.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
POLLYANNA!
Brian Sabean: Sing His Praises To The Heavens!
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that seems to have resurrected itself in my absence...
Shift A
I think we can pretty much guarantee that Tejada is the starting 3B until at least DeRosa is back. So not only is he hitting shitty for a SS, but he will be hitting terrible for a 3B for part of that time.
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’m not going to hold my breath on DeRosa coming back. My one hope for Tejada getting pushed out of the starting 9 before Pablo comes back is a Rohlinger Renaissance.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree with you
and it sadly makes my first point still as valid. Poor DeRosa.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
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I hope you’re not holding your breath on that, either.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Farewell, Andrew Romo. Don't forget to write.
Nah.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
In happier news, Yahoo! is telling me that Andres Torres is expected to rejoin the team on the next homestand.
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So then, Torres CF, Rowand 3B.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Scott
If there’s a play at the plate, I guarantee throw will clear the backstop.
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
I honestly think the best possible arrangement at this point might involve Andres Torres at shortstop.
Whoa.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants should seek a trade for Hardy
He’s on the DL right now…his replacement doing well.
If we have to get a no-hitting SS…at least get one with a glove
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OT: Buying a trampoline
I need to buy a trampoline for my kids to bounce on in the backyard. Recommendations? I’m leaning towards a springfree type.
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At the risk of revealing my stupidity, how does a spring-free trampoline derive its bounce?
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Tape-delayed for the West Coast
Flex rods on the underside, along the outside rim of the trampoline.
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Aren’t trampolines pretty dangerous?
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Hush now. The kids want to have fun.
Some are more dangerous than others – that’s why I was looking at the springfree. The safety net seems top-notch, and there are no exposed springs at the jumping surface to land on or get tangled up in. Some friends have them, and swear by them.
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I think it depends on the safety net. The one that goes on the springfree have flexing support poles, so that kids don’t smack their tender heads on them.
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I emailed my friend whose dad is a some doctor/expert witness on trampoline accidents. I’ll let you know if she has anything interesting to say.
WWRWD?
SLIP N SLIDE!
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
Stoopid lawyers. Take all the fun out of everything.
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Hey!
I will sue you for libel!
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I can sue you back. I’ve probably been suing folks since before you even started shaving. Fear me.
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I’ll sue you for age discrimination!
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"I have killed Time Lords. Fear me."
“I killed all the Time Lords. Fear me.”
by mrs. owlcroft on May 2, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Of the Doctors I know, David Tennant did scary and intimidating the best. And tortured. And giddy. And, well, lots of things.
But I kind of get chills when he goes into “I’m not screwing around anymore” mode. I was watching The Silence in the Library two-parter the other day and I love when he goes all “I’m an angry badass” on the Vashta Nerada.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Tennant does maniacal extremely well.
And you’ve just watched some of the best episodes since the Tom Baker era.
by mrs. owlcroft on May 2, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I love a lot of what Tennant brought to the table.
It’s really great watching School Reunion because, even though the episode itself isn’t among the best, you get those moments when Tennant looks at Sarah Jane Smith and you get this impression that he really did travel the universe with her all those years ago.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Coincidentally, I was in a gender studies sort of class recently and we watched a clip from a movie called Tough Guis where they broke down sort of how hypermasculine superheroes have become in the last 40 years. Batman used to be a mildly overweight Adam West in a spandex suit. Now he’s a buffed out Christian Bale whose uniform has abs. Even Luke Skywalker action figures are weirdly muscley.
And out somewhere in the corner, we still have the Doctor. A little, wiry fellow who solves the world’s problems by talking. Who wears a long coat and, occasionally, a bow tie. Whose greatest non-intellectual skill is his ability to run away from things.
That’s the superhero I’m keeping in my back pocket for any sons I have in the future.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Guis = Guise.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
As Craig Ferguson summarized it, Doctor Who is “the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism.”
I’m really very glad I started watching this show.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I’ll probably be totally caught up by this weekend.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, any time!
We’ve watched everything from the Hartnell era right on up through last Saturday and have most of the DVDs. If you’re into spoilers, here’s my theory:
A
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The regenerating child in the alley is the Doctor’s granddaughter Susan, who chose to stay on Earth way back when. She was in the future for this current situation, but that’s easily enough addressed when you consider that she’s a Time Lord herself.
by mrs. owlcroft on May 2, 2011 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m current! And in fact, I might be a couple hours early. Until Directv carries BBCA in HD, I’m relying on downloads for better quality.
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Interesting.
Reminds me of Father Brown. Not in details, but in essence.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on May 2, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
we'll just call you
“attractive nuisance” from now on!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I knocked the wind out of myself on a Slip N Slide as a little kid. Serious business.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I was so afraid of rocks being underneath the slip ‘n’ slide, just waiting to slice me open, that I would not slide.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I knocked the wind out of myself by getting punched in the gut by my older brother. My pleas to have him taken off the market went unanswered.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
The first time I had the wind knocked out of me, I actually thought I was going to die.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Also: Having the wind knocked out of you is much, much funnier in England.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
It happened to my 8 year old for the first time in a soccer game last year. She was terrified.
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That’s pretty much every time, at least for a second. The worst was getting clipped in the floating rib with a hook and feeling like not only was i never going to breathe again but that my kidney had just been liquefied. I did not finish the round.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
This guy approves
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My son got a spiral fracture to the Tibia
on a trampoline.
freak accident though. I still let him jump on the neighbors trampoline. Apparently the doc thought it happened because my son who was 5 at the time was jumping with an adult. Now that, we no longer allow. Only kids of similar size…
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
That would be our standard rule as well. . .
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Have you considered setting up a Big Time Wrestling ring?
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
If I can generate extra income on the weekends with it, I’d be all for it.
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It could generate extra lawsuits.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
does your homeowner’s policy allow them?
mine excludes, but I could of course give them more money for it.
Only really an issue if kids other than your own are using it.
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Your mom's a girl
Yeah, we’re looking at that too. Other kids would probably use it, so we’ll be sure to be covered.
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Huff at 3rd, Belt at 1B? Is sounds stupid but it’s worth looking into if playing miguel everyday is the other option. If albert can do it aubrey can. Fontenot/Tejada at SS.
I have seen the future of rock n' roll, and its name is Buster Posey.
"Practice is a crutch for the talentless."
His fangraphs numbers at 3B aren’t any worse than his defense at 1B. And 2008 wasn’t that long ago, was it? It’s not like we’re going to need him there the whole year. I don’t really want to see Tejada.
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"Practice is a crutch for the talentless."
by atxgiantsfan on May 2, 2011 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
-5.3 UZR/150 for career
Haven’t played there in 3 years. I’m pretty meh on the idea.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
and -2.3 UZR/150 at first base for his career after having a great defensive year there last year. I’m not saying it’s a great idea but I do think it’s worth looking into when you’re talking Miguel Tejada.
I have seen the future of rock n' roll, and its name is Buster Posey.
"Practice is a crutch for the talentless."
I will give you that the overall defense wouldn’t get much worse since Belt will likely improve 1B defense.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
it’s a pretty long time ago when he’s in his mid-30s
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
But...best athlete on the team!
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Farewell, Andrew Romo. Don't forget to write.
I feel like he’s not as quick/fast as he was last year. Does anyone else get that feeling too? Like last year I thought on a couple occasions “This guy can run, I was expecting Bengie Moline slow”. This year I find myself thinking “Man, Pablo can out run him”.
This all might be because he’s hitting 200.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Needs more crack! Rally thong actually made him faster.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
FLOLRIDA!
Had any life threatening injuries been inflicted I would not treat this with such lightheartedness—but—Florida.
Alfred Stewart, 31, was partying at the Ocean’s Eleven Lounge in Hallendale Beach, Fla., with some friends who were also deaf on Saturday night when the group’s signing caught the eye of gang-banger Barbara Lee.
The 45-year-old Lee though the group was throwing gang signs at her, and responded by flashing gang signs back at them, cops said.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
what do gang-bangers have special signs now? I thought one would be pretty secretive about things like that.
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The kids have been throwing signs for a long, long time now. Long enough it has entered the vocabulary of the bad joke.
I am surprised I have to explain this to you.
I've been watching too much porn
I had a different first impression of Barbara Lee & the direction of where the story was going.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
I read Barbara Lee and thought of the congresswoman, which was also confusing.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Farewell, Andrew Romo. Don't forget to write.
Because she would have whupped they asses.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
45-year-old gang-banger, Barbara Lee. I did not see that one coming.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on May 2, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
she’s a congresswoman from near Houston, I thought
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Your mom's a girl
You’re probably thinking of Sheila Jackson Lee.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
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Even as a Disney fan
Nothing compared to the Looney Tunes shorts.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
We’ve introduced them to my kids. They love them.
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rec'd
Everything I know about classical music, geography, history, and a variety of other subjects I learned from Looney Tunes.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Well guys
I’m going to the game tonight. If they lose again, I really am cursed.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I made the drive to SF for the Atlanta series, so at least the Giants have won 1 of the Nats games.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
LOL Michael Young not covering 1st on a bunt (playing 2nd)
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
But can he play SS?
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
If he does this for another month?
Oh, he will
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:07 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
This made me laugh, have a wreck.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I, for one, am going to stay upbeat. And keep swallowing these vicodin.
We will get Pablo back in mid-June is my optimistic thoughts. And if it ends up being early July, hey, at least we won’t know until it’s already mid-June, ergo, it won’t seem so long.
Huff will hit at some point. Because the alternative to that really sucks.
We get our Andres back this Friday, it’s looking like. That is great news, which means Rowand moves down some spots, and ignites the bottom of the lineup.
Speaking of Rowand, at least he’s hitting.
Posey still hasn’t really hit his stride, but could be heating up.
The pitching doesn’t appear to be sinking, and the bullpen is holding up.
Speaking of pitching, if Vogelsong can put together some good starts, maybe we don’t have to deal with Zito for a while.
Despite this horrible skid, somehow we haven’t lost any extra ground to the Rockies.
So maybe (@(&@# is old and washed up. Maybe he’s gotten unlucky. Maybe he needs a wakeup call. But I can tell you that either way, he won’t last long if he keeps playing like this- he is clearly pushing their patience.
And BELT!! He should be back up this week. We’ve gained another year of control by now, and who knows, maybe he had more of an impact on the team than we thought- all I really know is this team has taken practically no walks since he left. His ceiling is high, and he could be an impact player for 2011.
Yes, we’re lucky to be a game under .500 right now, considering the only player we really got something out of this year is out for 6 weeks. But the season isn’t over. We will get Pablo back, hitters will hit, and things will get better. Night is darkest before dawn.
Everything I just said is subject to change if they get no-hit tonight.
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by giant4life83 on May 2, 2011 1:12 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I, for one, do not have any vicodin
Bring on the doom, the gloom and the naysaying.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just about to say that the pain must be getting to you
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stay upbeat, my friends!
all is not lost!
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
I beg to differ....
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
/click subject line
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
gross, dude. don’t do that.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Well now
You said to stay upbeat, I was just showing you why I was not in fact up-beat.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I did not have anything upbeat to say about )(*&@)#. All I said was if he continues down this path, he won’t last. So either way we win.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
I think he’s just shiny. Now new-shiny, though. Like ancient-but-recently-polished-with-butter-shiny.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
The ant that was patrolling my foot in my cast finally came out today!! unless it was a different ant. I can’t tell anymore :(
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Wow
Tejada batting sixth, why didn’t I think of that? Probably because I’m not brain-dead. How do I un-rec this.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
fONTENOT
FUCK YEAH
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
And still somehow batting behind Tejaja
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Fontenot will be quite the surprise this year as well as Rowand.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Do you have extra vicodin?
Cause I’d love to feel like this.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on May 2, 2011 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
sure.
/tosses drugs thru interwebs
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DRAT!
Blocked at work.
Let us now praise rail against corporate web filters.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on May 2, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
1-4 MAYBE RUNZ
5-6 OUTZ
7-9 HOBBIT STRANDED ON SECOND BASE
"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 May 2, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
MadBum does not strand hobbits. In fact, I would bat MadBum in front of Tejada.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Will Tejada hit a ball out of the infield?
Stay Tuned for an all new episode of LOL Giants at 7:05 pm!
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We’ll have to give him the “pathetically ground out to second” sign.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
we’ll have to disguise it as another sign to make sure it gets done.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Actually
We’ll have to give him the sign to NOT pathetically ground out to second, then it’ll get done for sure.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
If you give him the sign not to do it, though, he’ll do it.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
how about this? we hook up a wire to the dugout rail that holds $)(*@&@$‘s bat back, so he can’t swing unless we cut the wire.
That way, we control his swings.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
So… the dude fails to follow a simple direction from the dugout, a failure that severely costs his team, and he gets rewarded for it.
Sorry if I don’t watch today.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I can understand Boch covering for him in the media by saying there was miscommunication, but $(*&) himself even said that he was supposed to take the pitch.
But remember, $(*&@)$ himself said he couldn’t control himself from swinging, so ya can’t blame him for it. /rolls eyes.
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Ross should be batting 6th, but I can’t really fault Bochy for splitting up the lefties against Gorzelanny. Fontenot is a career .245 hitter against LHP.
"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?
But it’s the principle of the thing!
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, if Bochy was that kind of a hard-ass, heads would have started rolling over the hitting woes long before today’s game.
I’m just glad Huff isn’t hitting third anymore.
"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?
But it’s the principle of the thing as far as I’m concerned!
Bochy can consider other principles if he wants.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
whatever happened to the “hot hand” hitting higher in the lineup?
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The only hot hand the Giants have is on the DL til July.
"He's a better manager than you guys." -Matt Cain
DeRosa’s got hot hands, too. Inflamed, in fact.
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Oh wow. I thought this Bochy was gone.
But this is clearly his Vinny Castilla love gene asserting its dominance.
Sometimes I am amazed at the amount of energy my daughter has.
Currently refusing to take a nap by running around the house
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She’ll run until she falls asleep
I used to do this all the time as a child
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
AND LOOK AT HER NOW!!
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and Barry Zito-esque unicorns!
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Well this is a weird turn
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Shut it
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I was a holy terror, yes
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I once spilled pink nail polish on my parents hardwood floors and used steel wool to get it out.
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s their fault for not allowing you access to the acetone.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I tried that first, but it didn’t get it all out
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure he did, but there were spiders in there
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
you don’t like those cuddly little 8-legged fellows?
crawling all over your skin, while you pet them?
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You’re a horrible person
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve been trying alot harder at being terrible lately. Good to see it’s paying off.
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exactly.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
BRIAN MCCANN IS A *&^(
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
I’m kidding. Just kidding. No, please don’t… no!! get away from me with that knife. Please, not the eye… not the eye!!!
OWWWWWW….
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
LETS RUMBLE
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
I can’t back up my end of the trash talk. You’d snap me in half.
LIVE EDT
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
Aww, I’m sure someone would back you up against the big firefighter guy so that it’s actually a fair fight
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
he’s got a bum leg.
now’s the time to strike!
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damn you people, giving away damaging info.
/grabs fire hose, blows away TL2, DrStank, PC, laughing manically
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not since she got back from rehab for her acetone addiction
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5 years old is too young for rehab.
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tsk tsk
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I firmly believe that it takes half a can of spider killers and a baseball bat to kill a spider.
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
With a proper ten-minute waiting period to see if it’s still moving before the vermin is approached.
LIVE EDT
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This is basically my only motivation for getting married. I need someone to kill spiders for me.
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL - BL IS TERRIFIED OF SPIDERS
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
If true
That’s kinda a deal breaker.
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I am just making this up.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh good!
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. BL may not be happy with how easily you almost cast him aside.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
1. I said it was a deal breaker
2. I once almost left him for Jeff Sullivan before I came to my senses
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but I hear he likes girls :(
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Also I’m pretty sure he’s taken.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Well, that, too
But isn’t McCann as well?
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
“that grand” being key words :)
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My point. It’s all just wishful fantasy. Let us have our dreams, Person!
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sorry!
"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!"
YOU’RE SUCH A HORRIBLE PERSON, EL PERSON
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Good call
What good are men, if not to kill spiders and other small creatures?
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
And someone to watch the game with
That’s pretty much my philosophy on life
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, and the sex
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup
It took me almost ten years to find a woman who agrees with you.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Your wife kills your spiders for you?
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LOL NOT MAN
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
If by “kills” you mean, screams runs in the other room, than refuses to go back in to said room until I’ve killed the perpetrator then yes.
Also, if you mean sending our 4 year old son in to kill it for her, than yes as well.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
mentally scarring a child for life with visions of spiders
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So the order of priority is:
1) arachnocide
2) baseball
3) orgasms?
by DodgerFanInPackerLand on May 2, 2011 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
HAVENT YOU BEEN LISTENING
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They’re all pretty even on my priority list
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s internet marriage. He still has to try out for the job in real life.
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Does he at least kill your digital spiders?
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We have yet to encounter that problem but yes, that would be his responsibility.
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
this sort of thing is why I had to get off my couch yesterday and drive 10 miles.
it wasn’t even a rat.
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You’re such a pussy
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
It made me miss the end of that sparkling baseball game!
From my wife and her sister’s descriptions, it was a huge rat, with snarling fangs!
No, it was just a cute little ol’ mouse.
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I once turned around to see a mouse and let out a girlish shriek. Then we both just stared at each other in startled horror. It because I discovered it, and me because I’m not even afraid of mice so why was a being such a little girl about it??
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I do hear you bragging about it.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I still have a couple of the rattles. They’re at my parents house. Last time I ever work for a farmer near the Sutter Buttes.
Fun with rattle snakes
If you take a safety pin and find the appropriately sized one, you can push it in to the rattle with the closed loop at the top and it makes a perfect necklace.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I have no problem with snakes. I kinda like snakes. But I will not deal with spiders.
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm in this line
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re both little girls. But if my future husband promises to take care of the spiders, I’ll take care of the snakes.
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re not married, though.
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not a contract killer
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I assume we are allowed to be scared of the snakes and spiders that are legitimately dangerous, right?
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It’s OK to be afraid. You just have to go ahead and kill them anyway.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
This is how I’d do it. Obviously I don’t want to encounter a rattlesnake or water moccasin, but if I do, I’ll take care of it
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
In my case, I just kept on hiking.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
We get rattlers in my neighborhood. /shudder
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN)
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
oh, I read some thing a little while back about how human vision evolved to deal with the threat of snakes
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I got rattled at by a rattlesnake yesterday!
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
How do you feel?
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
ALIVE!
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Yay!
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
You should be more careful outside Progressive Grounds!
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by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha! There are a lot of snakes wandering around Cortland, but this was at Edgewood Park in RWC.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
NOT IF YOU’RE MIGUEL &^%@(
LOL
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This is also how I’d get rid of any Miguel Tejaja’s that have the nerve to try to walk into my house
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I hear he’s a feisty one.
You might need a gun.
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I once broke into my house by slicing open the screen in an upstairs window and then used dental floss to sew it back together. My parents never said anything, which is weird because they must have noticed.
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they approved of your ingenuity?
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Looking back, I may have used my house key to slice the screen open.
"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’re telling us that you’re the second coming of Macguyver.
"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, I’m saying that I’m stupid for using my house key to break into my house.
"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!"
LOL
"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 SOLOMON GRUNDY
KIND OF SLOW ON UPTAKE
"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?
My Honors advisor in college claims he once set his math test on fire and then pretended he didn’t know how it happened.
"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?
Was?
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"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
I didn’t say I’m not now, I just meant as a child I was as well
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
What Prussian is trying to say, is that this is not a new development.
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After going to my first Chuck e Cheese party over the weekend
I’ve decided my daughter is actually calm
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Chuck E Cheese? Like cocaine for children
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by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Cocaine is too clean
Let’s be honest, it’s like crack for kids. Also, I’d just like to say that if you take your children to Chuck E. Cheese and then let them run around unsupervised even though they’re 3 or 4, shame on you, shame on you!
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Choke-e-cheese
is the worst pizza in the world. Discuss.
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by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Really? I thought it was okay…probably the result of floor level expectation.
Little Caesars is a lot worse
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But...
Little Caesars’ cheapness makes it taste better. Also, Little Caesar’s does not come with 10k screaming children that don’t belong to me.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
I think they contain similar trace amounts of dairy-derived food product, but at least LC is a greater amount of terrible pizza. Which Michael Scott told me is better.
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by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Awww Michael Scott
I will miss Michael Scott greatly.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn’t the whole point of Chuck E Cheese (and the primary reason to avoid it) the fact that it allows parents to let their tiny terrorists to run around unsupervised?
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by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that’s okay at a certain age, but if your kid is still in diapers it’s probably best that they be supervised at all times.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
The one in Fairfield is actually kind of terrifying.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
That used to be my favorite place.
Of course, that was when they were only arms, chest, neck and a face. I’ve seen those new full-body animatronic characters. Fan-cy.
They may have been fancy years ago. But they are busted and scary now.
Currently stifling the bacon, the world.
by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, you did wipe your entire species out of space and time in order to save the universe. You have the right to be a little sad.
Currently stifling the bacon, the world.
by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
You used to have so much mercy.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Having lent myself out as extra help for a number of my little cousins birthday parties I’m convinced they’re all kinda terrifying
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
wut?
More terrifying because it’s in Fairfield, or something about that particular iteration of an animatronic game arcade that serves overpriced ketchup-covered cardboard?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
That particular one is terrifying on its own merits. The robots are like zombie versions of what they should be.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s almost like they’re not pouring their profits into improved animatronic rodents!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
The Italian Stereotype is still there. And he’s missing an eye.
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by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
take a child
they won’t let you in without a child
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Your mom's a girl
used to be able to
we had a surprise party for a gal from my dorms there, but it’s been near 20 years now.
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Your mom's a girl
atsa spicy eye-a-balla!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Those places must make money like crazy
most of the games were “ticket” one where people put in $10 to get prizes worth 50 cents.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
that’s where the pedophiles hang out.
in GROUPS!
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Dressed up like anthropomorphic rodents!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Never remembered these in the OC (don't call it that)
But in DFW they have a few chains of places that have an arcade, laser tag, bowling, etc for the kids (well the laser tag is fun for all ages). But there’s also a bar area & a movie area (where you can eat & watch a family movie in peace). Definitely not as crazy as Chuck E Cheese and a lot more fun for everyone.
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
Funny how that works
My son tries to prove he’s not tired by throwing a massive fit, including screaming and even that little part where their scream goes silent just before it erupts. It does not work well for him, but he tries.
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Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
he must have inheirated your intelligence.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Must have
I don’t even know what “inheirated” means!
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
inherited.
my spelling error.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Better than those pug-fugly patriotic team caps from last year.
"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?
Suddenly I want one of those giant soft pretzels.
Currently stifling the bacon, the world.
by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
FUCK YEAH USA!!
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Did Walgreen’s OK the non-standard logo?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking
their new white home unis are pretty cool. I hate all these multicolored slowpitch/bowling shirt unis, so meh.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on May 2, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Does this mean...
If the Giants win tonight, America loses?
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
We might as well get used to this:
Rowand cf, Sanchez 2b, Posey c, Burrell lf, Huff 1b, Tejada 3b, Fontenot ss, Ross rf, Bumgarner p
"For science. You monster."
/refuses to get used to it by running around the house.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
not for long. Andres!!
Torres
Franchez
Huff
Posey
Burrell
Ross
Hobbit
$)(*&@
pitcher
this is assuming Huff gets his shit together in the next 5 days, as does Ross. Their slumps can’t last forever.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Is that G-Briz?
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Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Bill Simmons is a very humble person
it’s named after Grantland Rice
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Your mom's a girl
/imports shark to Boston
"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?
DON'T TELL HIM WHAT TO DO!
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
HEY, DON’T BLAME ME
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Shift-A
Going to London in two weeks.
Really, America? You had 10 freaking years and you have to wait until 2 weeks before i am traveling abroad?
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
What’s your plan in London? I am hoping to take a trip out there after baseball season if I can get everything together.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
It's a study abroad/immersion thing
for my sport management major
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
That sounds like an unbelievable amount of fun. And it’s good that you’re doing it now—-once you work in sports, you’ll barely have the time or money for such trips! ;)
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Exactly
I am so excited, we are meeting with officials from MLB’s london offices on one of the days.
Not to mention taking in a Newcastle United game.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
They are avoiding regulation though right?
That’s a very slight consolation i guess.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Well, yes, except we sold our best/only striker, our left back and playmaker haven’t signed contract extensions, our right back is shit and we’ve got nothing on the right side of midfield.
They’re a fun team to support.
Fun
we’ve been instructed to talk to the fans at St. James as a way to find out more about fan identity, so i’m actually really looking forward to rants similar to this in a northern accent.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Oh yeah? What game are you g oing to? SJP is absolutely amazing, the best ground I’ve ever been to.
What unuiverity are you studying abroad at?
not actually studying abroad per se
it’s a 3 week trip with my international sport management class but we are visiting Durham University.
We are seeing Newcastle vs West Bromwich Albion, i think its the last EPL game of the year.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
I got my undergrad from Durham!
Yeah it is the last game, it shouldn’t count for much since both teams are safe (an impressive feat for West Brom, who do a good yo-yo impression) but it should be great fun. When my gf came to SJP with me she had absolutely no idea what 90% of anyone was saying, particularly the chants.
And, I’m sorry, but football chants>>> US sport ones.
Yeah i'm so excited
everything I’ve heard and seen about European soccer has mesmerized me so far so seeing everything in person should be a ridiculously good time.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
It's interesting the differences from baseball crowds..
You’ll see way more middle aged guys (I think the average premier league attendee is 45) and less women and kids. And it would not be a good idea to wear a West Brom shirt in the Newcastle end..
On the subject of fan culture, there’s 3 sites I read ranging from very professional and well-informed to fairly bonkers ranting (with mspaint!). They’re nufc.com; http://www.true-faith.co.uk and http://www.shiteseats.co.uk/
Good stuff.
I’ll be sure to check those out to get some background.
We are also going to the very corporate Emirates Stadium in London, but that’s just to get a tour.
Apparently last year the class went to Millwall and things got a little too crazy.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
You’ll be fine
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on May 2, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess I just worry a lot
about terrorism, specially after something like this.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Wouldn’t they attack America (where you won’t be) before London (where you will be)?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
You’re far more likely to die in a zipper-related accident than in a terrorist attack.
"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, at least one of his heads is.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
No worries
You are much, much safer than you were ten years ago.
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by Giant Torture on May 2, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
THATS WHAT THE MEDIA WANTS.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
THAT’S WHAT THE MEDIUM WANTS!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Just keep an eye out for any Irish looking fellows.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
i'll keep an eye out for myself
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
DO NOT CARBOMB YOURSELF WHILST OVERSEAS.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 2, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
On-Line Drivers Ed = DONE!
Thank goodness. That was awful.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN)
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
lol, I imagine you spending the last eight weeks doing nothing but sitting in front of your computer waiting for the DMV website to allow you to click through to the next page.
Currently stifling the bacon, the world.
by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s what it felt like. Egads, that sucked so hard.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN)
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I am enjoying the hell out of this "Burrell, Huff and Wilson go to the Caps game last night" story on Deadspin,
mainly because I am not thinking about Tejada.
…
Shit.
I am enjoying not doing the dishes or my paper or cleaning anything up, because it means that I’m not doing any of those things.
But, man, I really should….
Currently stifling the bacon, the world.
by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like I should be watching Dr. Who now. I used to have to watch it for work and would barely pay attention to it, but it always seemed just a little too silly for me to care but just a little too well done to be ignored.
I'm just excited about this HBO internet streaming thingy
cause I can finally watch Deadwood without paying any extra for the privilege.
"He's a better manager than you guys." -Matt Cain
I did that with The Sopranos
and The Wire. Still rewatch The Wire and I don’t regret it. Sold The Sopranos at a yard sale. It was bootleg anyway, only cost me $80.
"He's a better manager than you guys." -Matt Cain
Oh, there’s no shortage of silly.
But when the show is on, it’s about as on as shows get.
Currently stifling the bacon, the world.
by howtheyscored on May 2, 2011 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
You got to watch TV for work?
Please tell me how to get that job.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on May 2, 2011 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
his name is now !*(&^
and combination of the shift+1-10 buttons
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
*any combinations of
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Nate schierholtz sighting
in the huff picture
I lol’d
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Why are they saying yeee? Are they in Disneyland already on Space Mountain?
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
Haha i mean't staying
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Sounds like I made the right call going wine tasting instead of watching the game. 3-0 hack? With a take sign? Sheesh.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Re: Grant's power rankings
I think the Pirates should be represented by “The Office.” That would move them up.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
Scranton is nowhere near Pittsburgh, though.
"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 because I want to plug my favorite site:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=scranton%2C+PA+to+philly+PA
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=scranton%2C+PA+to+pittsburg+PA
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Or, never mind. LOL ME
"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 see they're different.
You spelled Pittsburgh wrong, though. Pittsburg is the city in the Bay Area.
"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!"
Wolfram Alpha is awesome, though. I did that exact same search.
"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 use it all the time. My favorite searches are for names and just seeing how popular they are.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Luckily this site is smarter than me.
It figured it out. (I’ve also never noticed the difference in spelling.)
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
1 positive.
His BB% rate is higher than any year since 2007.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Stupid Arthur Rhodes
Taking a win from Holland.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Holland? the guy who threw 50 balls in the WS?
he’s a starter?
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
Yes.
He was actually a semi-good prospect. When I drafted him this year, I made sure to say “I’ll take the WS Game 2 MVP: Derek Holland”
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day starting SS?
Craig Calcaterra
Ultimately what baseball players think about the major issues of the day that aren’t baseball-related is rather unimportant, but I found this distinction to be 100% unsurprising.
Here’s Mariano Rivera when asked about the death of Osama bin Laden by Ben Shpigel:
"You do something like that, somewhere along the way you’re going to pay. This was the time."
Makes sense. A sober opinion from a man who always seems like he thinks about stuff before he speaks and who doesn’t try to make himself out to be an authority on everything. In contrast, here’s Curt Schilling:
"ARRGAALBBBRGLEBLAHBLAHBARKBARKBARKBARK."
That may not have been an exact quote, but it’s close. His entire comments, along with audio/video are here.
Upshot: He decided to take this fairly momentous news and search for an angle to it which he figured would make him sound like some sage, provocative straight-shooter and which would provide him with a few moments of media spotlight.
Shocking, I know.
"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?
Shift-A
I never thought there would be a worse Giant than Ricky Ledee. I was wrong.
"This is a street fight, and we win those." -- BRIAN SABEAN, 10/23/10
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by Josh from Hollywood on May 2, 2011 5:57 PM PDT reply actions
Should we give him the same treatment that we gave Mike Dunleavy Jr when he was on the Warriors?
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SF GIants Baseball 2011 = Torture Pt. 2
Give im a chance
i think you should give tehada untill the all star break if they will let him go or not. but i really hope panda gets well soon, i know its killing him just as much as its killing us
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