Things that sort of bother me
by Grant Brisbee on May 7, 2011 10:03 AM PDT
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Print- Buster Posey leads the team in stolen bases.
- Brandon Belt still has more walks than Aaron Rowand and Cody Ross put together.
- Matt Cain is still under .500 for his career.
- Steve Holm was sent down by the Twins even though he's the coolest catching candidate to replace Joe Mauer.
- There are seven pitchers in the bullpen this season who have faced more batters than Sergio Romo.
- Mike Fontenot is going nuts, and his BABip is only .306
- Wait, that last one doesn't bother me. That's actually awesome.
- But Aaron Rowand's down to .268/.299/.402, and his BABip is .341. His K/BB ratio is 3/26. Storm's a comin'.
- Saturday night games. Come on, baseball. It's Saturday.
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Saturday night games. Come on, baseball. It’s Saturday.
This bothers me more than it should. It’s the weekend and the Giants should play all their weekend games during the day.
by 49er16 on May 7, 2011 10:06 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I don’t understand why FOX, with their exclusive block from 10am PST – 4pm PST, doesn’t at least have a double header every Saturday.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on May 7, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Remember this: anything that is good for baseball, Bud Selig and FOX do the opposite.
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by Murray, Present on May 7, 2011 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Probably mentioned in the GDT or post-game but it was a thing of deserved beauty when
Bud got boo’ed last night delivering a taped message to Willie.
And: no Barry :~(
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I keep hoping that Barry didn’t attend cuz he didn’t want to steal any attention away from Willie, or something chivalrous like that.
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I'm going to email or call the Giants Monday and find out.
Will post an update when I do. But Saturday night games please me more than I can say. I get those games, instead of being blacked out by Fox for a Yankees, Sox, or Phillies game.
by mrs. owlcroft on May 7, 2011 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
that's just the point ma'am
It’s the blackout that forces teams to choose between TV revenue and fans who would like to (or for various reasons can only) go to day games.
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
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by natteringnabob on May 7, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Update: Video from Barry
‘Home Run king Barry Bonds, Mays’ godson, had a seperate video played after the fifth inning thanking Mays for his guidance over the years. Bonds, fresh off a federal perjury trial in which a jury convicted him on one count of obstruction of justice, said it has been “an honor for me and my family to be a part of your life.”’
This was in an AP article on ESPN, so blame the misspelling of “separate” on them, not me. I do wish, though, that they’d shown this on TV.
by mrs. owlcroft on May 7, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
YAY - THE TWINS FOR THE TENTH TIME THIS YEAR
Subtext: Zzzzzzzzzz
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We get to listen to Jon and Kruk, not Rose and Karros.
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by NuschlerFace on May 7, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d rather listen to Miller and Flemming calling a Saturday day game than watch a Saturday night game.
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Well fuck
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by NuschlerFace on May 7, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I like the Saturday evening games, that way I don’t have to hurry to get to work. I can have a nice stroll along the Embarcadero.
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The Romo one really bugs me. I was screaming at my comp last night when Affeldt came in.
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(And yes, I realize that a majority of the hitters that inning were LHH. If Bork is so in love with the platoon split, I’m not sure why Romo didn’t come in against Ianetta though.)
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Asking why Romo isn’t being used more is like asking why the closer isn’t being used lately when the team has lost ten in a row. Romo is saved for late game situations when the team has the lead. And even then, he prefers Lopez if lefties are due. Romo is almost a victim of his own success, too important to waste when the team is down a couple of runs. If that game went extra innings, you would have been happy Romo was still available.
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 7, 2011 10:24 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
IAWTC
There’s one or two situations where Romo should have been brought in and I’d prefer to leave him in against more than one batter. I think it’s a good thing overall that he trails other guys in IP so he can remain fresh throughout the year, since he is such an important member of the bullpen.
I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby.
“I’d prefer to leave him in against more than one batter.”
This is what gets me. I don’t mind him not coming in more often nearly as much as I mind when he’s brought in for one batter, then removed. It’s one thing to save him for a crucial spot which may not come, it’s another to waste him after throwing less than 10 pitches.
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by Josh from Hollywood on May 7, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I suppose that’s true. But at some point, the dude has to get work in, even if we’re losing. Since April 26th, he’s faced two batters. That seems like a waste of our (second) best reliever.
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I’m OK with letting him coast a bit early on (if appropriate)… I’m hoping he’s in for another extra long season.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Miguel Tejada's continuing presense in the line-up
oh wait, that doesn’t just sort of bother me – it pisses me off!
California Leaguers beware: Chris Gloor will strike you out faster than you can say "Quinnipiac".
by crazedcrustacean on May 7, 2011 10:11 AM PDT reply actions
Last night he hit the ball harder than anyone, and played a flawless third base. Until DeRosa returns, there’s no viable alternative, unless you prefer to watch Roelinger and Burris get overmatched by major league pitching. Blaming him for everything is getting tiring. I’m disgusted by his play so far, but this much hated is unwarranted.
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 7, 2011 10:29 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I’d actually like to see Rohlinger get a start or two – really at this point, what could it hurt…
California Leaguers beware: Chris Gloor will strike you out faster than you can say "Quinnipiac".
by crazedcrustacean on May 7, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
why
are they wasting a roster spot with someone they apparently will not play? They may as well carry a 3rd catcher if they are going to make Rohlinger be a spectator.
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 7, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, wow
I had totally forgotten Rohlinger was on the roster.
"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 not the only one
If Whiteside is a necessary pinch hitter, then Stewart might as well be up.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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by natteringnabob on May 7, 2011 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I really dislike much of what is Tejada
but there was nothing to complain about yesterday. In fact, he probably had one of his better games as a Giant. He should have had 3 hits.
Pablo Sandoval being on the disabled list bothers me.
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This
He wants to be back in there more than anyone.
"For science. You monster."
it is really frustrating
he was hands down the best thing about this season so far, and then the baseball gods took him away from us for over a month.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on May 7, 2011 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
What would really be frustrating (and sad)
is if there are any negative long-term effects from the surgery on his left-handed hitting.
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
I have been enjoying No. 3 Hitter Mike Fontenot’s continued excellence.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
He’s been great, but I’m embarrassed for my team every time I see his name in the lineup batting third. The Mets announcers were laughing at this, and they were right.
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 7, 2011 10:31 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
WHO’S LAUGHING NOW??
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
He’s Mike Fontenot, midget utility infielder for God’s sake! You’re really going to point to SSS numbers on him?
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by rxmeister on May 7, 2011 10:38 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Well this was obviously a joke.
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Should I also refer to him as No. 3 Hitter Frodo when posting inane shire-related comments?
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by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
If their names aren't Kruk, Kuip, Jon or Flem
I couldn’t care less what announcers think of our team.
by WilltheChill on May 7, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Because I have nothing better to do with my Saturday
by Natto on May 7, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
I’m disappointed by the absence of squid.
Is a girl.
by gallo del cielo on May 7, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you ever tire of my rec’s?
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by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
YES
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Oh, yes, this.
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by Prussian Creole on May 7, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Giants pitchers walking other pitchers bothers me more.
by mrs. owlcroft on May 7, 2011 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
My dad always described that as committing a Cardinal Sin.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Miguel Tejaja
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by Prussian Creole on May 7, 2011 10:19 AM PDT reply actions
Steve Holm had 0.5 WAR for us in 107 PA.
Then we replaced him with Eli Whiteside, who has 0.9 WAR for us – in 295 PA.
Next year, Whiteside is going to be arbitration eligible, so that might be it for him. But I bet his replacement as backup catcher, if so, is our old friend Jacks Williams.
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I don't think Whitey will be replaced
Pitchers love him too much. Williams’ minor league BA is less than .240.
Jacks is terrible; that was kind of the point. And since his BA is .213, “less than .240” is an odd way to express it.
Oh, and for the record, Eli Whiteside’s minor league batting average: .244.
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yeah....it's .213.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=willia007jac
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I can’t see Whiteside getting that much more than the minimum in arbitration.
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Dammit, don’t rain on my parade.
(My dislike for Whiteside is totally irrational for a backup catcher; it drives me nuts he’s in his third year now)
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Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
He had an 86 OPS+ last year, which was good enough for Bengie to start in 2007 and 2009!
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.
hey, I said it was irrational
Plus I missed a lot of last year. Only games I see count!
SSS FunFact: Eli Whiteside as a 0% LD% so far this year.
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I’m with jcb on this one. Maybe I’m wrong, but it seems like better backup catchers are released every day. I mean we really had to trade Ronny Paulino the same day we got him for a minor league reliever?
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 7, 2011 10:35 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
he was a starter at the time we got him, I believe
Then he blew out his arm, missed a year, and was converted to relief.
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Converted to relief? A catcher? Wait, did you just “rxmeister” RXMEISTER!?
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Oh, dang. You were talking about Correa in the last bit. I guess I got too excited.
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for what it's worth
A catcher being converted to relief is the exact career arc of Felix Rodriguez!
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I’m just glad he hasn’t stayed on the active roster this entire time — remember when it was “any day now, really”, when it was clear he was pretty seriously hurt?
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by Josh from Hollywood on May 7, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
#sfgiants Torres update. Played 7 inngs last night w/Fres w/4 AB’s. Will stay with Grizzlies thru Sunday then be evaluated.
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by BusterHomerun on May 7, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Also re: Sergio, Bochy uses him as more of an “OOGY” than he does Lopez, Affeldt or Runzler.
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13 appearances, 9.1 IP
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.
Though, they’re all performing so well that maybe Bochy is doing it right? But I do feel like we’re going to get screwed by an extra innings game sometime soon where Bochy LaRussa’d the hell out of our bullpen in the 7th and 8th innings.
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.
Ditto. Second-guessing Bochy/Righetti on the bullpen is generally foolish, but I don’t think this can work forever.
Sergio might not be getting work simply due to circumstances. We haven’t had a lot of late, close leads. Most of the time, we’re either losing or up big, or the starter is still going strong into the 8th.
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by Murray, Present on May 7, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
When is the last time we had a starter still going strong in the 8th inning?
I couldn’t tell ya. It’s been a long time, possibly not even all year. This team comes from behind alot of the time, so if the score is close, you can’t just keep using Affeldt who IMO is just terrible. Can’t work one clean inning without walks. But I like the idea of saving Romo for later in the year, when he will be crucial. Don’t blow the ’pen now, but Romo still needs to get his work in. 2 batters since 4/26 is pretty bad.
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Lincecum went 7.2 against the Rox on 4/18.
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oh yes, at Coors.
He shouldn’t have even been out there with over 100 pitches in a blowout win, though. Is that the longest outing by a Giants pitcher this year?
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The thing about Rowand’s BABIP, though — his career figure is .318. Add his 2010 and his 2011 together and he’s still way below his usual level. So I can see it staying elevated for a while.
But thanks to the k/w numbers and the apparent loss of power, he’ll still be a dreadful player.
Statistically speaking, I don't know what a "good" or "average" K/BB ratio might be
As in, I wouldn’t necessarily know what ratio to applaud or what ratio to shrug at. But I don’t need anyone to tell me that a 26/3 K/BB ratio is bad. It just looks bad.
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by Prussian Creole on May 7, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Fantastic for a hitter is about 1/1. Acceptable is probably 1/2. Anything beyond that begins to get scary.
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Matt Williams was like that, too.
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true
He’s one of those guys, though, who you look back on through the lens of modern stats and you wonder how the hell he managed to be successful. High Ks, low BBs, poor OBP – and a career OPS+ of 122 as a Giant. There’s not a lot of players who combine those negatives and yet manage to be productive.
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I think the majority of this site would have totally hated him in those first few years.
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Imagine if Pedro Feliz and Matt Williams switched eras. I bet we would have heard a lot more “That Matt Williams is just another Pedro Feliz” instead of “Maybe Feliz can be a poor man’s Matt Williams!”
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Williams for Langston!
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by Josh from Hollywood on May 7, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
it's easy to forget just how bad he was!
1987: .188 / .240 / .339, 68 K and 16 BB in 266 PA
1988: .205 / .251 / .410, 41 K and 8 BB in 170 PA
1989: .202 / .242 / .455, 72 K and 14 BB in 311 PA
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In early ‘89, we played a game at Giants home games: guessing how many pitches it would take for Williams to K, and how he’d do it. The most popular guess was usually “4 pitches, no contact”.
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by Josh from Hollywood on May 7, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
they shouldn't have brought him up in 87
completely overmatched, not ready at all. He was just drafted the year prior and they were trying to teach him a new position (was a shortstop at UNLV). Almost killed his development.
Yeah
They were in a pinch — Uribe pulled his hammy early in the year, and Speier was the only SS backup they had.
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by Josh from Hollywood on May 7, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
In other words...
Bocock’d
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by Josh from Hollywood on May 7, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Except for the part about being an actual prospect.
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More egregious than Bocock, because at least with Bocock there was nothing to rush.
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Circa-2004 Merkin Valdez’d?
Except I don’t Valdez pitched more than once or twice when he got called up in 2004.
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But oh man were those one or two times memorable.
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In hindsight, it’s hard to fathom that Valdez was once ranked above Matt Cain as a prospect.
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Didn’t we have some kind of nickname for him based on his straight-ass fastball.
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by howtheyscored on May 7, 2011 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s a statement, apparently.
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by howtheyscored on May 7, 2011 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I was going to say they also had Litton to play SS, but now that I check he wasn’t up until 1989.
/irrational love for Greg Litton
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much of that is probably true
But he was mostly still playing shortstop in ’87. Mitchell was still at third at the time.
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HE HAD NOTHING TO LEARN AGAINST AAA PITCHING!
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by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
The best way to thrive with that ratio is to strike out a ton, but still walk a lot.
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 crush the pitches you do make contact with.
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Pretty sure it's the opposite.
I’m not sure a .000/.250/.000 line counts as thriving.
by sarf_london_niner on May 7, 2011 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I have absolutely no idea why you’re assuming that the person with that ratio would get no hits whatsoever?
I was thinking of Ryan Howard – who strikes out 170-200 times, but walks 50-70 times and hits the snot out of the ball when he makes contact.
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I'm not, I'm looking at the extreme end of the continuum
A guy with a 3/1 ratio with 1 walk and 3 Ks over 600 PAs would have something like a .295/.300/.400 line. A guy with a 3/1 ratio with 150 walks and 450 Ks would have the .000/.250/.000 line. Anything in between is a nice linear line. The highest point of that line is when you put the most balls in play; the worst point of that line is when you put the least in play.
A 3/1 ratio is bad, and the fewer PAs you waste on Ks and BBs the better.
Obviously, you can get away with it if you are Ryan Howard, but that doesn’t mean it’s better to have more no ball-in-play PAs. He’s an outlier. So is, say, Robinson Cano, who has an almost identical career ratio to Howard and hardly ever walks.
by sarf_london_niner on May 7, 2011 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
'specially when it's freezin' ass cold
Saturday night games. Come on, baseball. It’s Saturday
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freezing-ass cold sounds pretty good to me right now
We started running central air regularly in late February. We’re supposed to hit 95 by Monday. :(
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I guess I’ll settle for that. It’s just now the middle of May. June, July and August promise warmer days.
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You mean disgusting days? :p
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The humidity is a bit unpleasant at times, but it doesn’t bother me nearly as much as it does everyone else.
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I wish I had your attitude. I hate extreme weather in any direction, and we get a lot of it here.
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I’d like it to be ~75˚ all year long. I like to do stuff outside and I get cranky when weather gets in the way. The older I get the less “fun” it is to slog through a rain storm or deal with high winds.
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Extreme cold and extreme humidity are all that bother me, though. I like the rain. When I spent 2008 in SF, the thing I hated the most was the fact that I could only recall it raining 3 times.
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You are a strange man.
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Or my tastes could simply different than yours. Imagine that.
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Where do you stand on Waterworld?
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He’s different, alright.
Waterworld was awesome. I assume most of you have been to the attraction at Universal Studios?
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chasm?
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 did see the film, but going to the companion theme park would be the definition of once bitten, twice bitten.
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I haven’t seen the movie, but the attraction wasn’t bad. By all accounts it’s much better than the film.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
the attraction is awesome. I think they still do it, too. but not sure
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Be nice to jcb9. Tallahassee has embittered him to humidity.
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Nah, I complained about plenty in Chicago and New York, too. No reason to be nice to me.
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I can’t speak to the conditions in Florida. My best friend went to UF, and confirms the humidity is quite unbearable. But he also sweats when it’s 68, so I don’t know if I’d feel the same way.
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Northern Florida actually gets hotter in the summers than South Florida for some reason.
But it also gets colder in the winters. When we first moved here in December 2009, we had a run where it was getting down to about 20 degrees every night. No snow, though.
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That’s actually not that surprising. The waters of the Gulf and Atlantic tend to moderate the climate of south Florida, so summers aren’t quite as brutal, and winters are milder. In the Panhandle that influence is much smaller, especially in the winter. Cold, continental air masses just plunge right on down to the northern third of the state with great regularity.
Though it should be noted this past winter was unusual in many respects.
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No. My subjective tastes are objectively correct. Everyone knows this.
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I will be eating at least one a day when I’m in town in August.
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Yes, please!
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Then again the world is ending May 21st soo……
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Now I fell badly. The man will never be reunited with his cold, creamy sandwich treat.
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I’m disappointed I misspelled “feel.” I’ve been doing that a lot lately. Wonder if it’s some kind of Flowers for Algernon thing.
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That book is easily the most depressing thing I’ve ever read.
"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!"
That’s what I used to think. I have since decided it is deeply optimistic.
by wcw on May 7, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it cuts along similar lines to the Brian Bocock debate.
Is it sad that Bocock was “rushed” and truly embarrassed himself at the MLB level? Or, was he a sucky player who was lucky to get a little bit of major league time?
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I never really thought about it this way: SF doesn’t really deserve the It’s It, given how rare it is unbearably hot.
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They are made in Burlingame, where it’s a pleasant 75-80 every day, all year ’round.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
That must be the change Herb Caen wrote about when they moved from that stand at Playland ;)
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by Giant among Angels on May 7, 2011 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
With your new image I can’t tell who you are.
"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!"
That’s the second time I’ve gotten that this week. The other was someone at Talking Chop. I guess I didn’t really think about it when I switched avatars.
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I can’t even fathom changing my avatar at this point.
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I guess I forgot how easily associated we are with certain visuals. I like to change things up from time to time, and I didn’t think a single thing about it being confusing to anyone. But I definitely understand it now. It makes sense to simply glance at the image and say, “Oh, I know who wrote that.”
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The funny thing is that I can’t remember offhand what your old avatar was. I just know that this one looks wrong.
"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 always have a moment of “wut” when people reply in the subject line and then put the thing they’re replying to in the comment box.
That’s not the right order!
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by howtheyscored on May 7, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I pointed this out last night in the GDT, but this really bothers me
Chris Iannetta.
Solid, underrated player who probably doesn’t get the pub he deserves. BUT.
His career batting line is .233/.356/.437. His career batting line against the Giants is .325/.509/.561.
That OBP is NOT a typo. Chris Iannetta has walked 42 times in 47 career games against the Giants. His career high against any other team is 17 in 43 games against the Diamondbacks. If you take out his games against the Giants from his career, his career walk rate drops roughly 1.5 percent.
What the hell?
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Iannetta
A few years ago, he started at third base for one game at AT&T where I was in attendance. I have no idea why; at the time, it was the first time he’d played anywhere other than C and 1B as a pro (he played a couple more times at 3B last year, apparently).
This is kind of apropos to nothing, I guess, but it was weird, and since I was at the ballpark and not watching/listening to a broadcast, I never did hear the explanation.
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I might have been too
I think it was last year when Tulowitzki blew out his hamstring and they had to put Barmes at SS, they hadn’t had time to bring anyone else up.
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by natteringnabob on May 7, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
they also used him at third a few times last year
But that’s not what I’m talking about. I didn’t make it to any regular season games last year, sadly, in my Florida exile. This was in 2008.
However, looking at the game logs, apparently Tulo left the 2008 game early, with Iannetta coming in afterwards. I could’ve sworn he started the game at 3B, though. Hm. Maybe I got to the game late? It happened in the first inning according to the log.
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this game, by the way
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN200804290.shtml
Tulo left, Atkins moved from 3B to 2B, Barmes moved from 2B to SS, and Iannetta came in.
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oh hmm.
But Lincecum was starting that day. I’m 99% sure I never got to see him pitch in person until the last day of the 2008 season. And yet I distinctly remember watching Iannetta play third base, and that’s the only time he did prior to last year. It’s a mystery, I guess.
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LOLD
I don’t remember who pitched, but I remember the injury and Barmes coming out and their lineup being messed up.
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by natteringnabob on May 7, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Checking my ticket stubs, I have a ticket for the game the next day, April 30th. When Iannetta was catching and Atkins was on third.
Fuck it. I’m obviously old and confused. Maybe I’ve conflated watching the Iannetta 3B game on tv with going to the game the next day.
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At least I can still tell mu grandchildren I was at the game where Chad Zerbe made an emergency start!
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You can tell them anything because a lie detector will never prove you have memory of contrary facts!
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by natteringnabob on May 7, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
that has to be it
I forgot T was around in 08.
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by natteringnabob on May 7, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Our OBPz
He’s stealing it.
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by Zetsuboushita on May 7, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Ron Cey
Career line: .261 / .354 / .445
vs. Giants: .293 / .386 / .513
That’s an OPS 100 points higher than his career average vs. the Giants – in 837 PA, so no SSS error.
Also, the first player I ever truly hated.
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wow
this comment made me look up Ron Cey’s stats, and I forgot he ended his career as a DH with the A’s for a season
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by crazedcrustacean on May 7, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
other much-hated-by-me Dodgers who ended their careers with the A's
Steve Sax
Mike Piazza
Eric Karros
In conclusion: Russell Martin will almost certainly end his career with the Oakland A’s.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, I'm bothered by the fact that Jonathan Sanchez continues to be a question mark
At 28 years old, he shouldn’t need coaching in between innings to get his head back in the game every game. He shouldn’t be walking so many batters because he’s indifferent to walks. He should care about his walk rate. He should go out there thinking ‘walks=runs’. And he should stop giving umpires long looks every time he doesn’t get calls he thinks he should get. I’d thought he turned a corner last year coming down the stretch, but I think he duped me once again. I’m just so, so tired of him being so god damned frustrating.
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by Prussian Creole on May 7, 2011 10:47 AM PDT reply actions
He’s the same old maddening, valuable Jonathan Sanchez that he’s been this whole time. I made peace with that a while back.
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Well I refuse to.
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by Prussian Creole on May 7, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
OK, that’s your right, and I understand where you’re coming from. I just feel like its unrealistic for everyone to turn into Cain/Lincecum. In a way, it’s insulting to just how special those guys are.
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But that’s the problem – I believe he has the best stuff out of all of them, so the fact that he’s not using it bugs the hell outta me, moreso because I think he’s just being stupid about it.
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by Prussian Creole on May 7, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe, but maybe that’s just part of his skill-set. We get frustrated with guys who don’t walk and strike out a lot, and there is probably SOME amount of choice to that, a lot of it may just boil down to his abilities.
“If he could only throw more strikes” could even be analogous to “If only he’d walk more” or even “If only he’d hit for more power”
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When I’ve missed the game and I’m just checking the box score in the morning, I can chuckle knowingly and say, “Good ol’ Jonathan Sanchez.” When I’m actually watching him pitch, I want to kill him.
I totally agree with that.
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In some ways, I’d almost rather watch Zito starts than Sanchez starts. They’re extraordinarily frustrating.
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I feel angrier during crappy Zito starts than crappy Sanchez starts, because I can’t keep the dollar signs out of my eyes.
I love me a good Barry Zito start, though. Mainly because I love watching hitters get jammed on an 86 mph fastball.
Mark DeRosa, still existing.
I mostly dislike Zito starts, but the one thing that I do enjoy is his big, pretty curveball.
I held on to loving Shawn Estes loooooong after I should’ve for the same reason.
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Nah
crappy Zito starts are a lot worse.
Even when Sanchez is crappy and the wheels are falling off it is because he is walking everyone. The opposing team usually is not knocking him around and the game usually is still within reach.
When Zito is bad, the score can be 6 to nothing before the first few innings are over.
Of course most all of us feel angrier when Zito pitches. For me, it’s because I know once he’s in a jam, unlike Jonathan, Zito doesn’t have the stuff to get out of in. Once he’s jammed up, he’s gonna get torched for runs.
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What question mark?
He still has one of the best K/9 and H/9 rates in the league. He’s been struggling recently but those things are still really good. He pitches 5 or 6 innings and usually keeps us in the game.
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by positiveuphemism on May 7, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
he can certainly be frustrating to watch
But the fact that we’re even complaining about a pitcher who had an ERA+ of 133 last year and 110 also shows how damn good our pitching really is. I mean, back in 1997 we had a pitcher like that who didn’t even strike out as many guys as Sanchez – I’m talking Shawn Estes – and he was the bright, shining hope as the future of our starting rotation.
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I think a BB/9 of over 6 so far this year is a real problem
An actual tangible issue that absolutely has an effect on the rest of the team.
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 7, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Aroldis Chapman
In 12.2 IP this season, he’s struck out 15 and walked 13. WHIP is 1.5, his BAA is .146.
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by Tay on May 7, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Not a starter
That is 2 starts worth of Sanchez
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 7, 2011 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
This is probably irrelevant
The correlation between walk rate and strand rate is almost exactly zero. It’s kind of funny how little correlation there is.
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His LOB % was fluke-high though
And it went along with a fluke-low BABIP. He was lucky last year
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Oh, yeah, obviously. A quick glance at his peripherals shows he hasn’t really gotten better since 2008. Hence the comment about it being irrelevant.
"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!"
Correction
A quick glance suggests he hasn’t really gotten better since 2008. You know that the peripherals are related, but there’s really not sufficient evidence to determine from the line that nothing has changed except for his luck.
"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?
The cynics will cite that the improved BABIP and strand rates mean that Sanchez gave up fewer runs and make outs more quickly, allowing to pitch deeper into those games.
So, I’ll just get that detail out of the way for them.
"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?
Matt Cain being sub .500 is rather annoying.
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by Josh from Hollywood on May 7, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
The way Matt Cain has handled being sub .500, on the other hand, is fucking magnificent.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Bumgarner needs another good outing
He deserved a W the last time he took the mound. Hopefully, the rest of the team can give him some runs today.
Throw strikes, youngster.
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 7, 2011 10:50 AM PDT reply actions
he deserved a win the start before last, too
6 IP, 5 H, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 ER, and the loss.
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by Prussian Creole on May 7, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I had forgot about that asshat making that error. Honestly, he has been making better contact lately even if it hasn’t resulted in hits. But his mistake at 3B was an easy play to get in front of and he failed because he didn’t set in front of it, and brushing it off the way he did was B.S. I’m trying to like the guy, but I can’t do it.
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wasn’t it 0 ER because Tehahas error would have made the 3rd out of the inning?
or does the error only account for the baserunner it is connected to?
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oh ok. yeah Bummy deserves better. Here’s to hoping to notches his first tonight
/optimism
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The inning.
“Earned” is determined by reconstructing the inning with no error(s). That can be deceiving, as a pitcher can pitch terribly through the end of an inning and yet get 0 ER in it. But in the days when these things were dreamt up, it was probably as good as they could do.
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so it’s 0 ER for Bummy from the last start, right? if you reconstruct the inning with no errors, it ends before the runs ever score.
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correct
Which means that, in his last 2 starts, he’s given up 1 earned run yet lost twice.
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Without checking the box score . . .
. . . (because I’m lazy), yes.
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This
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by GiantsfaninNY55 on May 7, 2011 10:53 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
His run support has been downright Cainian so far.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
0 runs of support in 3 games (15.2 IP)!
According to the MLB network’s bottom-of-screen crawl anyway.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think he’s gotten over 1 run of support in every outing except the one in ARI. And the Giants eventually lost that game on the merits of Affeldt walks and Tehaha not catching the ball
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game logs
1) Loss (3-1 Padres)
2) Loss (6-1 Dodgers)
3) Loss (6-5 Diamondbacks
4) Loss (4-1 Braves)
5) Loss (2-0 Pirates)
6) Loss (2-0 Nationals)
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
He’s earning his stripes, alright.
True Giant.
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
Best 0-5 pitcher in the history of baseball!
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
Vroom. Walks. Five positions. Justin Christian
Saturday night baseball sucks so bad I’m cleaning house as a protest. It should be obvious there’s something wrong with this scenario.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
I actually kinda like it, but that’s just because the 6pm starts mean baseball while I’m getting ready to go out.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on May 7, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Complaining about Sat. night baseball in this era is kinda pointless
It’s not like Fox would actually broadcast our games. This way we can see them play, rather than just listen.
The problem is Fox, not the start time.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on May 7, 2011 11:00 AM PDT reply actions
Well, I think for the people who don’t like it, the problem is still the start time, just with an understanding that Fox has forced that start time. But part of the problem is still the start time.
The San Francisco Giants: 2010 World Series Champions
I'M A GIRL
by Prussian Creole on May 7, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
But TGWTWS.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
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by Murray, Present on May 7, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, to their credit, the G’s have just really started scheduling evening Sat games (last couple of years they’ve been 50/50%. They did leave some money on the table by going with day games.
In short, Fox sucks as does the idiot or idiots who came up with said contract.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
Think of us east coast Giants fans
I love Saturday night baseball games. The day games may be on Fox for you, but we get forced to watch the Yankees or Mets.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees because he wants to win the World Series. Wait, what???
Gameday Audio, baby.
Also, games that last until 1 or 1:30 AM are annoying.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Do you follow the G’s daily on GDAudio? That’s a lot of late nights.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
I do more mlb.tv than Gameday Audio, at least since I got my new laptop last summer (my old one choked on mlb.tv more often than not). But I’ve missed at least as many games as I’ve caught the last couple of seasons. Grad school keeps me too damned busy.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
My bias is whether I can sit in a beatiful ballpark on a sunny day, or wait until the sun sets and the wind picks up. At least it’s early enough to go out afterwards.
/selfish
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
normally yes
it’s been windy as hell the last two days, our trees are getting whipped around constantly.
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 7, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
For us the Saturday night thing is a commute issue too. We’d GO to Saturday day games. We won’t go to Sat. night games. Oh bloody hell, why is there a fire engine pulling into the parking lot…
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This
For those of use who live in the Valley, the night commute is something we’d like to avoid at all costs.
We smelled some food a-cookin’, so we came a-runnin’!
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
Here's what grinds my gears
Vans with no windows
Having to pee really bad first thing in the morning
Mosquitos
Box wine
the Lifetime channel
Auto-tuning
Banner ads that expand when you accidentally rollover them
Tecate beer
When people tell me about dreams they had
When people tell me things that happened to them while driving in traffic
When people tell me about their World of Warcraft raids/characters
The Mets, Yankees, Dodgers, Cowboys, Yankees, Lakers, Angels, Red Wings, and Avalanche
When a television show takes place in New York for no reason
Top 40 radio
When Man vs. Food is on when I am hungry
Portmanteaus
Joe Buck and Tim McCarver
Matt Millen
Smooth jazz
The fact that they keep changing Disneyland from how it was when I was young
You damn kids and your devil music
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Why don't you care about people's dreams???
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
because they're stupid
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Maybe you're giving people the wrong impression
And they think you like dreams for some reason.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on May 7, 2011 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
on this subject
There’s a convenience store here where clerks wear a badge proudly proclaiming you’ll get a free lottery ticket if they don’t ask you to purchase one.
Like being pestered to buy lottery tickets is such a a great SERVICE and I need to be compensated if I’m DEPRIVED of it.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
But, hey, free lottery ticket.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Expected value:
Less than one dollar!
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
That sounds sort of like when Supercuts says
They’ll give you a free haircut if they don’t ask you if you want tea tree stuff. Well, they’ve NEVER offered me tea tree stuff and I don’t want any, but I also don’t want them cutting my hair after I’ve been an asshole about it either.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
on annoying things...
The local Safeway hawking some charity every time you go in. Maybe you give once, but then every other time you go to the store for the next 4 weeks they look down on you cuz you didn’t give more money to the “Save the Wildebeest Foundation”. I wonder if they take 50¢ donations…. hmmmmmm……….
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i really do hate that
they also have to announce the people over the PA system. I’m trying to listen to my friend tell me what I should get when I hear random garbage being forced into my ear.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on May 7, 2011 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
They showed something on the news this morning when i was waking from my slumber that people waited outside of Disneyland for 12 hours to be first in this morning for some Pirates of the Caribbean thing. Not too sure what it was, but it sounded like the main characters from the movies will be there.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on May 7, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I went to see Thor last night
and they showed a trailer for the new Pirates movie. On the drive home my wife remarked that they should have stopped at three movies, as she feared the fourth one would ruin the series.
I replied that they could not possibly ruin the franchise, as it consists of several billion dollar movies based upon an AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE and there was no actual plot or content to ruin.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Odd, I thought the second and third already ruined the POTC franchise.
As you aptly pointed out, for a movie based on a freaking amusement park ride, the first one was stellar! However, the dropoff is extremely sharp…
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
“I’m a strong adventurous woman, and I’m also going to live my entire life on this cliff, raising a kid, holding my breath for seven years at a time just to catch a glimpse of my man,”
Currently stifling the bacon, the world.
by howtheyscored on May 7, 2011 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think the fact that the first three movies were about Orlando Bloom was kind of enough to ruin the series.
Which is not to say they aren’t entertaining. But it is to say something.
Currently stifling the bacon, the world.
by howtheyscored on May 7, 2011 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s the world premiere of the movie, which they’re holding at Disneyland.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, Charlie Coyle
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
Are they watching it in the “It’s Tough to Be a Bug” theater?
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on May 7, 2011 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
They set up bleacher-like stands outside of New Orleans Square on the edge of the Rivers of America, with the screen being on Tom Sawyer’s Island.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, Charlie Coyle
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
That makes sense.
/Doesn’t follow the movies
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on May 7, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re a bitter old man, eh?
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 that's possible since I am 26 years old
But yeah, get off my lawn
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
lol. I’m 27 and will bitter and old soon too
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 “damn kids and devil music” alluded to someone over 40
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
Never forget . . .
. . . that some old people were rock DJs when they were younger.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
cause I wont work up upon the sea, like it was dry land. cause boss DJ ain’t nothin’ but a 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
Well I am one of the damn kids who listens to devil music
But I felt it was satirical enough to be consistent with the overall tone of my post. The devil music I am referring to is different than the devil music I listen to personally. What I am railing against is devil music like Ke$ha, Rebecca Black, Lil Wayne, and the Black Eyed Peas. The sort of talentless hacks who obviously have the devil to thank for their success, as they have it through no merit of their own.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
PARTYIN PARTYIN YEAH
"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!"
Torres + Belt up
Ford + Burriss down?
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
Need middle infielders. We have two IF injured right now.
Torres/Ford
Belt/Scott
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on May 7, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought of that originally, but there’s no way we drop out leadoff hitter.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on May 7, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Burriss gotta go.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I forgot that either of those guys were on the team.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on May 7, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
BLOG LINKS FOX TO PRO-LIFE AGENDA
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Terrific game!! Complete with players of note. Also, National League rivals, though obliquely.
Is a girl.
by gallo del cielo on May 7, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I got a spam email like this once
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
or concavely.
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
or acutely
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
Bud Selig?
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on May 7, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Poor personal hygiene?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Why am I watching the Reds vs Cubs?
AKA: Dusty’s trail of broken dreams (and arms).
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
drearms
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on May 7, 2011 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
is Chapman throwing 105 again? I saw that Dusty used him in 3 straight high-stress inning games and he landed on the DL or something.
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
Grinding Gears
People at costco who start sub-lines that bend into nowhere.
Having to do a credit check when I fill up my gas tank
The fact that Justin Bieber has more money than me
People who show me pictures of their ugly girlfriend
People who don’t show me pictures of their hot girlfriend
People who text me a lot and then just stop mid conversation
Asshats that say they hate a team, yet cannot name 2 people on it.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
People at costco any store who start sub-lines that bend into nowhere leave their carts in the aisle/crash into my cart with theirs while not watching where they are going.
People who text call me a lot and then just stop mid mid conversation talk to other people who are standing next to them while on the phone with me
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
People at any store who waddle down the freaking MIDDLE of the damn aisle, totally oblivious to the fact that OTHER PEOPLE might be trying to get around them.
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YES. And not only are they walking down the middle of the aisle, they are looking at the shelves and crash into me. Or you are behind them, and they stop abruptly, causing you to crash into them.
They need to paint “lanes” in grocery stores, also put brake lights on shopping carts. I treat shopping like driving. I stay on the right side, and don’t slam on my brakes.
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 treat shopping like a necessary evil where the goal is to find everything on the list and get the hell out ASAP.
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I’m more of a shopping wanderer. Never know what cool stuff you’ll find at Home Depot, or new and interesting foods at Trader Joes or Whole Foods.
Don’t even get me started on Costco. I could spend days in there.
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
Maggie Q is on TV
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
The fact that Justin Bieber has more money than me
How much of you does Mr. Bieber have?
Is a girl.
by gallo del cielo on May 7, 2011 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
FLEW RBI Fielder's Choice and scores the Reds go ahead run
LOL Giants Brass
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
I thought Fielder’s Choice was a meatball sandwich stuffed into a pastrami sandwich.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on May 7, 2011 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
…stuffed into a vegetarian.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
oh right
I forgot that last part
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by Giant Voodoo on May 7, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I refuse to watch faux Saturday baseball.
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I muted it. Also, not much else on
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
reruns of MASH
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on May 7, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
In general I don’t watch major league baseball unless the Giants are on.
"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!"
this
even if I somehow care about one of the teams playing, I can’t bear to listen to them.
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 7, 2011 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
GIS result for 'Madison Bumgarner is a handsome man'
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
just turned on the Blue Jays-Tigers game
Ricky Romero has had a weird career thus far.
He was drafted #6 overall, and BA ranked him a Top 100 prospect the next year. But he seemed like a flop in the minors, spending parts of four seasons bouncing between A+, AA, and AAA.
His minor league ERA is 4.42. 4.90 in AA – and that’s the Eastern League, which is pretty pitcher friendly.
But now, in his third major league season, his MLB ERA is 3.89 – almost 50 points lower than his MiLB ERA. And his peripherals support that – his FIP and xFIP are both slightly lower than his ERA, career-wise.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
even stranger
Corey Patterson still exists.
Dude had a -45 OPS+ in 2009 in 30 PA. Impressive!
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
every year in OOTP
I sign him off the scrap heap for AAA and the minor league GM dumps him down to A ball.
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 7, 2011 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
split
.103 / .103 / .103
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
consistency!
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 7, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
of course, since I talked up Romero
He’s given up 6 runs to the Tigers in the last 1 1/3 IP.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Quick, talk up Esmil Rogers!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Clayton Mortensen
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.
wasn't that guy exposed as a fraud?
(Also, it’s sad Esmil Rogers got hurt just before pitching against us – I could’ve made “For Esmil, with Love and Squalor” references)
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
sorta?
(i think you’re probably making a joke but I’VE ALREADY COLLECTED THE LINKS SO YOU’RE GOING TO GET THEM)
it’s more that there are a lot of holes in his story, the donation → actual funds used to build schools ratio is fairly low, and he just didn’t believe in tracking any results.
Good Serious Summary from Good Intentions are Not Enough
Good Intents also has the definitive link dump on it all
Tales from the Hood has the funniest reaction
"I didn’t know you followed baseball"
"I don’t. It’s a load of pseudopoetic crap, boring as hell. It was invented so frustrated intellectuals could pine for their daddies without appearing too unmanly.
"I like baseball," I said.
I’m just kidding, buddy. Of course I like baseball. But I like french fries dipped in melon juice and giving it to Loretta from behind more."
"I should get going," I said.
I want bourbon.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I’d also like the cat box to clean itself and the laundry and the dishes to both put themselves away.
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Seems like we could use a mixologist monkey butler armed with a pack of Allegra.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I’ve got budget for that creature, so long as it will bathe the cat.
Is a girl.
by gallo del cielo on May 7, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Every little breeze seems to whisper Louise.
Is a girl.
by gallo del cielo on May 7, 2011 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Finally, some details on Agent Ned's contract (via Ken Rosenthal)
Ned Colletti is under contract as Dodgers GM through 2012, but he has an out-clause after that. MLB is unlikely to stand in the way if another team asks to interview him before then though.
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
NOOOOOO
Agent Ned 4 lyfe in LA
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 want him to be appointed GM forever
And his children after him to inherit his lands, title, estates and incomes
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Please stay Ned
you have more work to do
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
/signs Tehaha for 5 years, $100MM
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
Agent Ned should receive the highest award from the Giants for his work
and then show up on the jumbo screen at AT&T laughing and standing next to Sabean ala Houser in Total Recall
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Just turned on TV and found Waterworld on
Still a really good movie
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I really liked it too. I mean, the bad guys fort is a huge oil tanker. That is just beyond awesome.
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
Good concept, has moments, not overall successful.
Is a girl.
by gallo del cielo on May 7, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think it deserved to come up as poorly as it did.
Such is Hollywood, I suppose.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
in case anyone's interested
And since I don’t care about anti-jinx traditions ‘cause it’s not the Giants:
Justin Verlander is currently perfect through 5 innings against the Blue Jays.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
It feels like this has been happening at least once a day. Crazy.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It feels like it’s been happening twice a day!
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.
twice today so far. Gallardo has a no-no through 7 now in STL
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
Meanwhile, semi-ex-Giant Carlos Villanueva (part of the epic and unforgettable Wayne Franklin trade) is pitching for the Blue Jays.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Now perfect through six. 67 pitches.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Weird
I went to MLB to check it out, and they are giving a look-in for a no-hitter….in the Brewer’s-Cards game. Apparently Gallardo is working on one of those multi-walk efforts.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on May 7, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
yep. I’m watching it. His pitch count in rising fast though
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
there is such a huge difference between a no-hitter and a perfect game.
Perfect games are 10x cooler, IMO. The walks ruin no-hitters so much.
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 best are the perfect games with 28 outs because of an uribe error.
Dad of Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
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
Not too far off in that ratio. There’s been…20 perfect games? 200+ no hitters? Something like that.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on May 7, 2011 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
270 or so. 21 perfectos, I think.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
no-hitters are way more a function of luck, thus, not nearly as impressive
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 doesn’t make sense because every perfect game is a no-hitter as well as a no-walker.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
to throw a perfecto, you must be ON, control-wise. yes, you have to have luck on balls in play too, but if you’re not walking anyone, I would think you’re more likely to make your own luck on balls in play and avoid hard contact with well-placed pitches.
if your control is lacking, then you’re more liable to make mistakes over the plate that somehow find a glove.
Also, I wonder how much the score has to do with no-hitters/perfect games in general. Big leads allow pitchers to attack hitters without fear
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
This really should be relatively simple to test. There have been 21 perfect games out of ~270 no hitters, or about 7.8% of the time, no one gets walked. What percentage of games in the MLB historically have 0 people walked for one side? I’d bet it’s pretty close to 7.8% of the time.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Jonathan Sanchez pitched a non-perfect game no-hitter without walking anyone, if you’ll recall.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Ok. You could go through boxscore-by-boxscore of each no-no and compile the no-walk results as well, but this is more of a gedanken than anything else. I bet that the result is still going to be pretty close to 8% of all games (either no-no or regular) result in 0 walks.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
back when Sanchez did it
Someone said that that – a no-walk no-hitter with at least one error – was rarer than a perfect game. I want to say it had happened like 15 times.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Huh. I wonder how much of that is homescorer bias to preserve the no-hit bid.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I could also be totally misremembering – see my thing elsewhere in the thread about Chris Iannetta and third base!
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
LOLINEUP ALERT
JaymeeSireCSN Jaymee Sire
#sfgiants lineup: Rowand CF Sanchez 2B Fontenot SS Posey C Huff 1BBurrell LF Schierholtz RF Tejada 3B Bumgarner 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?
LOL CODY
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
For as long as we can ride the SSS I fucking love Fontenot in the 3 hole.
by wcw on May 7, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
TWSS
"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?
number three hitter Mike Fontenot
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.
NTHMF
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.
Not that hobbit mother-f*cker?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
by speckops on May 7, 2011 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That's what other teams are saying.
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.
Number Three Hobbit Mike Frodonot
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Which reminds me...
…I got to a nice stopping point with that Fonty drawing I did yesterday.
See? He’s playing baseball.
LIVE EDT
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
by TheLetter2 on May 7, 2011 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks Jaymee
/schoolyard giggle
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on May 7, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
there’s so many things wrong with this lineup.
Rowand should not be leading off.
Cody should be playing CF.
Why does Bork hate Cody now? dude wins us the game, beating a great pitch last night- that’s a sign Ross is back. Also, Huff should be hitting behind Pat. Can’t sandwich your worst hitter (by average) between your best ones.
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
also, Rownads 0-for last 20 it seems.
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
Simple:
“What worked yesterday must perforce work today.”
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
It didn’t really work yesterday. Huff K’d in huge spots twice (1st and 8th), while Burrell reached behind him every time.
Rowand went 0-5 are didn’t have a productive out despite multiple opportunities.
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
It worked for Grosskopf.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Gallardo has a no-hitter going through 6-1/3 in STL
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
Dueling potential no-hitters!
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
I’m waiting for that to happen this year. It’s only a matter of time.
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
BWeezysBeard CHAMPION NINJA BEARD
RIP. "@mlbtraderumors: Todd Wellemeyer Retires bit.ly/kX21c5 #mlb"
"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?
D:
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on May 7, 2011 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
if someone dropped a pop up in foul territory and gets charged with an error but still retires all 27 batters…is it still a perfect game?
Adopted Father of Marc Kroon. He better make the roster.
Yes.
"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!"
No. Well, I dunno. Because perfect means no baserunners, but a fielder error ruins a perfecto too.
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 feel like no baserunners = perfect game.
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’d look it up but my computer can’t handle an browser window plus MCC plus 2 games all at once.
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 official scorer sitting next to me thinks it is a perfect game.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
It is. 27 up, 27 down, no baserunners.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
you are right, according to wiki.
I would have thought part of what makes a perfecto and perfecto, is teamwork, and an error would negate that, even if said error doesn’t result in a baserunner.
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 would have thought part of what makes a perfecto and perfecto, is teamwork, and an error would negate that, even if said error doesn’t result in a baserunner.
That is still true unless the pitcher strikes out every batter. Every no-no has at least one or two pretty good defensive plays.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
oh, of course. No one gets through a perfect game or even no-hitter without a couple huge plays defensively.
Now that I think about it, a perfect game that can have an error without a baserunner doesn’t seem 100% perfect. An error, unless made by the pitcher, is out of his control. But that some errors don’t ruin the perfect game and some do seems odd.
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
We lump too many things together as "errors".
There are at least three: the error that allow an otherwise-out batter to reach base; the error that allows a man already on base to take more further bases than otherwise; and the error that extends the life of an otherwise-out batter.
On a tangent, I have argued for years—mostly to the empty air—that we need a new scoring category, “Fluke” (symbol F) for things that go amiss, but aren’t really any fielder’s actual fault: balls that hit a sprinkler head and carom, excellent outfield throws in that hit the runner (or a base or the mound), and suchlike. At present, we either penalize the pitcher or penalize a fielder for something that is no one’s “fault”. (Many, but not all, so-called “team errors” would fit here.)
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
100 MPH in the seventh inning? Holy shit.
"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!"
Verlander? He was doing the same thing in his last start too. He holds up well
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
At this pace we’ll have eleventy-one no-hitters this year.
"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!"
is the perfecto still going?
cause I don’t want to watch a no-hitter when I can watch a perfect game
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 went 3-1 to Rivera, looked like he might lose it, but he recovered and got him to ground out on a 3-2 count.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
My pokemonz are hoping he pulls it off, but holy crap is that Toronto lineup bad. Best hitters by a mile are Juan Rivera and Edwin Encarnacion. Corey Patterson’s in there … Mike McCoy … John McDonald … Rajai Davis in RF …
Adam Lind and J.P. Arencebia have been looking good so far this year.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Bautista isn’t playing?
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
isn’t he hitting like .375 this year too?
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
263 OPS+
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
jesus.
that’s not sustainable, though. At least, I don’t think.
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
doesn’t verlander already have a perfect game?
Adopted Father of Marc Kroon. He better make the roster.
he threw a no hitter a few years ago
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.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET200706120.shtml
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.
Descalso breaks up Gallardo’s no-hitter. That one would have sucked anyway.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
It may save the game for the Brewers. One run lead and Gallardo running up a huge pitch count? Now they can toss in a reliever, hold the lead, and not feel guilty.
Unless the Brewers bullpen still stinks. I don’t really know.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on May 7, 2011 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
he probably had 5-6 walks already, anyways
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
just 4
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.
Almost 5. But then Tyler Greene saved him the trouble by bunting three straight balls foul! Gallardo needs to remember to send him a fruit basket after the game.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on May 7, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I tuned in in the 6th I think it was, and he walked two in row. walked another 1 in the 7th.
so I figured it was one of those
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
Gallardo just lost his no-no in the 8th
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
Fuck you, Corsair
So I got a rebate check in the mail last week for ram I bought a while ago. I was just about to go to the bank and see that it is void if not cashed before 5/3/11.
What the fuck, you get 4 months to send it to me and I get less than a week to cash it? Assholes.
they may not notice. give it a shot
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 it’s an official check from a corporation, they may cash it anyways, even if they do notice. just take the envelope with you that it was mailed in (will be postmarked with the date the company actually mailed it). Personal checks, this would be a whole other matter.
But I think they are likely to cash a check from a corporation, even if it’s 4 days expired. And even more so if you go to your local branch that knows you.
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
only no-hitter ever thrown in SkyDome/Rogers Centre
Dave Stewart for the A’s in 1990. The same day, Fernando Valenzuela threw one, too.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
I remember that day!!!
Considering I was 7 yrs old, I can’t believe I remember seeing hghlights on TV
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
VERLANDER!
FINISH HIM!
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.
Holy shit Justin Verlander
"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!"
Maybe he’s excited.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on May 7, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
full count
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
oh, damn.
no-no still intact though
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
Hell of an at bat for Arencebia there. 8 foul balls.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
But yet
Tough.
"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!"
having seen the pitch, I’m inclined to agree that it wasn’t as close as your plot makes it look
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
*disagree
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
Numbers don’t lie.
"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!"
actually, the strikezone plots rely on multiple lasers to obtain data, and if just one of the lasers are off by even 1/64", it throws off the whole plot.
the pitch was a foot outside
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’ll trust the plot over someone watching on TV with an angle that is slightly off-center.
"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?
aren't those plots just some guy's opinion though
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.
go for it. When a ball passes over the white line of an opposing batters box, it’s not close.
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
Like I said, the angle messes with the viewer’s perspective. Brooks has a wide zone as far as digital plots go, but I sincerely doubt that that pitch was a foot outside.
"That’s the sort of pitch that Lincecum throws several times a game — the sort of pitch that made Satchel Paige say: 'I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t been seen by this generation.' Lincecum threw 10 or 15 generation pitches on Thursday." -Joe Posnanski
Et tu, Ribe?
I don’t know what to tell ya. I’m sure you’ll see the walk on BBTN. It wasn’t close
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
Not close, but not a foot, either. Half that, maybe.
"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?
whatever, you want to argue, forget it.
it’s not like the ump missed the call. it wasn’t close to being a strike. that was my point.
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 do really, really wish . . . .
. . . that more parks would move the centerfield camera to straight on, as a couple have it now. The improvement in viewing experience is tremendous. I also wouldn’t mind more overhead cameras.
(And, while I’m at it, I also wouldn’t mind some occasional “NBC Game of the Week” full-field views, because often you can’t tell whether a play was good or bad or even made sense without seeing where everyone was at the time.)
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
TWO!!!!!
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.
so Verlander is throwing 101 mph gas
then throws a curveball with a 100 nasty factor
by ThePasswordisWillieMcgee on May 7, 2011 3:23 PM PDT reply actions
And he only had 3 Ks. Somewhat confusing.
by fishmicmuffin on May 7, 2011 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I think some pitchers have a skill for inducing weak contact, like Matt Cain has a skill of inducing fly balls that don’t go out of the park.
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 true, but isn't Verlander a guy known for K-ing muther-effers?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on May 7, 2011 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
8.2 K/9 for his career.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
His K’s are def down, compared to career stats. The difference between a K and weak contact is often close, though.
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
DETROIT NO HITTER
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
With all these no hitter bids popping up, how the hell have the Giants not gotten no hit yet?
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
BABIP
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
The Giants have been no-hit more times than anyone else in the history of baseball.
"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?
On the plus side, they also have the most wins.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Negative cumulative records are usually a good thing.
It’s normally very hard to get to them without a corresponding amount of good stuff.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
trying to think of all the guys who've no-hit the Giants in recent-ish years
Kevin Brown
Kevin Millwood
Terry Mulholland
Anyone I’m forgetting?
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Kevin Gross in 1992. Kevins are death on the Giants. :(
Going back to the 80s, Mike Scott.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
I really wish the Tigers would hurry about and get out.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
AAAAANNND THE DERBY WINNER IS!!!
by iSometimesDisagreeWithBochy on May 7, 2011 3:36 PM PDT reply actions
so mean
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
by rotorueter on May 7, 2011 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This reminds me of a gag tumblr account
http://chicaqueenvixenstyle.tumblr.com/
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on May 7, 2011 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
KQED and KALW
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Going into the 9th!
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.
1 pitch pop out to second
2 to go
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.
LOL Jays 1 pitch 1 out
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Groundball to second, one out to go.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=6350584
if you don’t already have it open.
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.
VERLANDER!
FINISH IT!!!
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.
NO HITTER!!!
LOL RAJAI!
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.
LOLIRIANO
"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?
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
no hitter!
I was out for the first two-thirds of Sanchez’s, so I think the last time I actually watched a no-hitter live all the way through was that one the Astros got against the Yankees several years back where like 5 or 6 different pitchers combined.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
how often do you see a one BB no-hitter?
damn.
congrats to one of the best LH pitchers in baseball.
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’s right handed.
"What’s that, Buster? You asked for a bicycle? Well, sorry. Santa brought butt floss instead."
oops. typo, my bad.
Verlander is so underrated. hopefully he gets the attention he deserves now.
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
Future ESPN headline: Justin-Credible
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
Verlander-licious!
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on May 7, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
VERLANDER THE FREE
Chants of ‘U-S-A!’ confuse Detroit lefty
LIVE EDT
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
Veland-icious?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
DAMN THAT'S CLEVER
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on May 7, 2011 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
actual ESPN headline
Verlander’s No-No
Oh.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
LOL YAHOO PUNS
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
there used to be a professional wrestler named Justin Credible, though
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Mostly his gimmick was that he hit people over the head with a kendo stick, made bad puns, and was friends with some other, more famous wrestlers.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
His finisher was called “That’s Incredible,” which I can only assume was a reference to the tv show.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
earlier in his career, his gimmick was that he was Portuguese and he wore what appeared to be a yellow jock strap over his head
So it was an improvement.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Verlander in disguise...
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on May 7, 2011 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
It looks like he’s got a little camel-toe action going on right there.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
His name at this point, for the record, was Aldo Montoya.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
the plot thickens...
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on May 7, 2011 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Close enough to MLB.com's headline
Just incredible
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, Charlie Coyle
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
Justin talks very quickly. It’s almost like he’s amped about something.
LIVE EDT
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
Of course. The Tigers won!
Alternatively: He’s just happy to be here in the big leagues.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on May 7, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
good stuff Verlander
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
was he trying to not balk? is that what happened?
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
probably just had, in scientific terms, a "brain fart"
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on May 7, 2011 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the PR acceptable version of that is ‘brain burp’.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Surkamp has 4 K's, no hits or walks through 2 innings.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
omg jinx
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.
haha
Can you jinx minor leaguers on a major league board? We’ll have to call in BL for a consult.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Surkamp is so committed to the K
That he goes down swinging to end the 2nd.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Gives up a walk
But he showed fairly pinpoint control:
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
haha wow
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.
You think that's beautiful
Look at the strikeout that he ended the inning with:
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Hahaha, wow.
But isn’t it generally a good idea to vary your locations?
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 would imagine yes
And I have no idea if he was intentionally pitching to that spot or not.
But if he was… man.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Again, it’s not like this is pitch-fx. Lots of guesswork here.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Sure, but whoever the guy is who's watching this game sure thinks that he's hitting the same spot over and over
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Hitter: he wouldn’t dare throw it there again . . .
Is a girl.
by gallo del cielo on May 7, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s got a tight grouping.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Non-ironically, that actually IS just some guy’s opinion.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I thought there was some science behind it...
like laser beams and gypsies, and such….
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on May 7, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Laser gypsies are way too expensive to be used in the minor leagues.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I can barely afford mine, but I’d be lost without her analyses.
Is a girl.
by gallo del cielo on May 7, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
so how many of y'all have used milb.tv
I tried to watch the Fresno game yesterday, but the quality was about what I would’ve expected from streaming video in RealPlayer about 12 years ago. Not so good.
Tonight, the only Giants affiliate who are on are, again, the Grizzlies, and they’re playing at the same time as the Giants. Oh well.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
I’ve only used it a little. Always plan to use it more than I do, really.
My experience has been similar to yours – quality isn’t always great. I find it varies by the quality of the broadcast. Sometimes it is just a camera, sometimes it is good quality with multiple cameras and decent announcing. I suspect that if you find out which minor leagues teams have regular and consistent televised games, you’ll know which broadcasts will be good.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on May 7, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Charlie Culberson is 2-2 as well
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
he's a showoff
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.
Can I make you fall in love with Eric Surkamp right now?
He’s a 23 year old lefty with a career minor league K/BB ratio of 4.37
He has 6 strikeouts through 4 innings – two walks, one hit.
And he wears his socks like this:
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on May 7, 2011 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I loved him before you did
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 was a royal "you"
But point taken. I am a recent convert to Surkamphelia
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Nein!
MeinKamp!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
i LIKED HIM BEFORE IT WAS COOL!!!!
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.
NOW IT'S RUINED
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 7, 2011 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
SurKKKKKKKKamp through 5
one hit, two walks, 8 (if you don’t want to count ‘em) strikeouts. Hit was a single. Doesn’t seem to be anyone making good contact.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Great story posted as a response to Baggs' blog yesterday:
Mavo says:
May 7th, 2011 at 3:36 am
Great day today on Willie Mays’ 80th birthday! And the Giants lived up to the moment with a stirring comeback win over their main rival in the NL West this year!
But I have to share my Willie Mays story on here tonight! I apologize to any of you who like short pithy comments on this blog.
I was taken to my first baseball game at the tender age of 5. It was 1958 … the Giants first season in SF. Of course I have only vague memories of that special event in my life… but I DO remember how green the grass was at old Seals Stadium … and my father and grandfather telling me to pay attention to the graceful young player in center field for the Giants … Willie Mays!
Thus began a lifelong love of baseball and my idolatry of Willie Mays! I truly lived and breathed baseball for the next 15 years of my life. I lived and died with how MY Giants did and MY idol Willie Mays did! I tried in my play to imitate Willie .. even getting some bad bruises on my chest from trying to copy is signature basket catch .. not to mention getting chewed out by my skipper for dropping a few Cans of Corn that way! But, OH MY did Willie do incredible things on the baseball field! He was the first player they talked about having 5 tools. I’ll leave it to others to describe how incomparable Willie was on the field. But I must say this, for you younger fans who unfortunately did not get to see him play, it is absolutely NO EXAGGERATION when I say he was hands-down the BEST all around player I ever have seen!
Now for the powerfully emotional and personal part of my story. I am now fighting ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. I’m friends with some of the Giants ownership group and thru them Willie found out about my illness last year. So last April I am sitting at home and … Willie Mays calls me!! MY childhood idol was on the phone!! I was so choked up that I could barely speak as he told me to keep fighting and not to give up! I cannot count how many times his words of inspiration have helped me in the past year when my struggle has gotten difficult!
So this week I wrote a nice letter to Willie to honor him and wish him happy 80th birthday. And I quickly got a surprising response back from his assistant. She told me that Willie was so moved by my letter that he was having my letter framed and put on his wall in his house … along with pictures of Presidents and other famous people he has met in his illustrious life! When I got this reply back it got to me so deeply that I literally broke down and cried for an hour!! My illness has made me extremely emotional as one of it’s symptoms … but I must say, even at my healthiest I would have shed tears at this incredible gesture from MY childhood idol! Here I was trying to honor HIM and he does that with my letter!!
Now we all know what an incredible baseball player Willie Mays was. But, the truth is that not only is Willie the ultimate Hall of Famer in Cooperstown … he more importantly is the consummate Hall of Famer in LIFE also!!
Happy 80th Willie and may you enjoy MANY more!!
by ThePasswordisWillieMcgee on May 7, 2011 3:59 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Wow.. this is really awesome.
"For science. You monster."
CF Rowand
2B Sanchez
SS Fontenot
C Posey
1B Huff
LF Burrell
RF Schierholtz
3B Tejada
LHP Bumgarner
Rockies:
CF Fowler
2B Amezaga
LF Gonzalez
SS Tulowitzki
1B Helton
3B Lopez
RF Spilborghs
C Iannetta
RHP Mortenson (making first start for Rockies)
**Bonus fun fact: Not counting pitchers, seven of the today’s starters are hitting below .240; Four are Rockies and three are Giants.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Can Rowand K four times today?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I’ll bet he sees:
less than 6 pitches in 3 ABs
less than 11 pitches if he bats 4 times.
less than 13 pitches if he bats 5 times.
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
We would basically have to get perfecto’d (or only bat the minimum) for your first line to even be possible. Here’s hoping that doesn’t happen.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
that’s why I put the first line in. little anti-jinxing
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
Why do you think he’s taking so many pitches on AB #4?
I reckon you’ve got inside info.
by sarf_london_niner on May 7, 2011 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I forgot that Mark Buehrle has two career no hitters as well.
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.
Buehrle is kinda forgettable in general. It’s fitting that him and Peavy are together in Chicago.
“Oh yeah, those dudes are kind of good sometimes.”
"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?
not in this line
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on May 7, 2011 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
considering how both had hit the ball last night, I almost found myself saying “damn, I wish Tehaha were coming up” in the 8th instead of Nate. Just because I can’t remember the last huge hit Nate had with RISP and the game on the line.
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
@hankschulman
Henry Schulman
Your 1-2-3 hitters for the Fresno Grizzlies tonight: Andres Torres, Mark DeRosa and Brandon Belt. Opponents won’t know what hit ’em.
"For science. You monster."
everything's going according to plan...
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on May 7, 2011 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
what is that thing sitting on? looks human, but extremely lumpy
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
water bed made of those who oppose him?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on May 7, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
little mousy chopping up body parts. just my kind of mouse!!
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
Now if only they’d put them in the bigs in that order (save DeRosa, where Fontenot would hit 2nd)
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
My goodness it just got overcast and chilly. Maybe it will rain! Hurray for knocking the pollen out of the air!
FtF: Welcome to Opposite Season!
McC: Don't get it? Try the McWiki wiki.
Right? I had two sneezing attacks earlier this week
F U Allergies!
"For science. You monster."
What should I get for dinner?
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.
You should all be eating mexican food for every meal every day
Because I can’t.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
You’re remembering to eat!
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
Me and my son
Are about to go get a pizza
by Sgt. Dingleberry on May 7, 2011 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Iskender kebab.
It’s the only way.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Hmmm
don’t really want to venture into the main part of campus right now, but I will keep that in mind for another date.
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.
GDT up
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/5/7/2159696/open-gamethread-5-7
I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
by 49ersFootball...Torture! on May 7, 2011 5:04 PM PDT reply actions
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