Post-game thread: I can get used to this kind of Giants/Padres game.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 15, 2011 10:21 PM PDT
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PrintIn the last ten games at Petco Park, the Giants have scored 45 runs. If you don't have a graphing calculator handy, that's 4.5 runs per game. That's more than the Giants have averaged as a team in a full season since 2006, when they had Barry Bonds. They're 7-3 in those games. They haven't lost a series at Petco since last April, a span of four series.
Coors Field is an arch-nemesis, a horrific thing that twists its handlebar mustache as it ties you to the train tracks. That's a villain. Petco Park is a guy with bad body odor standing too close to you in line at the post office. You'll survive. It seems worse when you're in the middle of it.
Remember: that was a shaky Lincecum game. Six innings, six base runners, one run. Man, that guy needs to find himself. If Kyle Drabek had that kind of a start in AAA, it'd be worthy of a "He's back!" sonnet. When Lincecum has that start, it's cause for concern, at least while you're watching it. It was a classic quality start (6 IP, 3 ER, team and park adjusted). If you think that was a shaky Lincecum game, you're spoiled. You're probably spoiled. Don't feel bad. Roll around in it. Revel in being a spoiled brat.
Bulleit points:
- Cody Ross is having a good season
- No, seriously, look. His newfound patience is intriguing, the kind of thing that makes you wonder if a three-year contract is a good idea. He's a postseason hero, a beloved character steeped in city lore. Also, I have a bobblehead of him. I'm not saying it's a good idea just yet, but if he can really take a walk ...
- It was a weenie move to walk Pablo intentionally. The Padres were down by five, which is like being down by ten for another team in another park. Pitch, you weenies. And the Padres are right not to care. No one's right. Everything's wrong. It's a shame that the streak is over, though.
- So now that we've established that the Giants aren't especially bad in Petco -- or, at least, not worse than they are in other parks -- it doesn't feel so bad to point out that I don't really like watching baseball there. Luis Martinez, in his first big-league game, got to face Guillermo Mota. Sure, he got Lincecum at the start, but he got a Mota consolation prize at the end. He drove a ball to dead center. It had the sound. Out. F8. Not that close. It's like football on a 200-yard field with a packing peanut instead of a football. It's not what I agreed to watch.
Four-and-a-half games up. In the season that the Giants won the World Series*, the Padres had a 6-1/2 game divisional lead as of August 25th.
It's still kind of nice.
*2010
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Man these get up quick
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
They do when the Giants have a ten-run lead.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 15, 2011 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
what if i came here for news!?
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.
Nobody has the response I was looking for…
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Jul 15, 2011 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
He can't keep these numbers up!
Pablo- Eats shoots and leaves.
When I go to lake Tahoe, I catch Brandon Crawfish.
That's a joke, son! You missed it! Flew right by you!
TWSS
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 15, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
there it is
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Jul 15, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
TWSS
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 15, 2011 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
How did the Giants score that many runs two days in a row?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Please be "back", Torres.
"For science. You monster."
Grant, why did you use the ESPN stats for Ross? They suck.
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Jul 15, 2011 10:25 PM PDT reply actions
Update in real time.
That was the only way to get his homer tonight.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 15, 2011 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant always has a reason!
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Jul 15, 2011 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Fun Fact
The Giants have won 7 out of their last 9 at Petco Park.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Fun Fact
14 games over .500. Season high point
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Jul 15, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
biggest divisional lead,too
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Jul 15, 2011 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Tarp bobblehead night at O.com coliseum
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 15, 2011 10:27 PM PDT reply actions
You do get this tomorrow
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
2 Legit 2 Tarp
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 15, 2011 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Sunday, actually.
The a’s send me emails.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Did they move it? I thought it was supposed to be Saturday. The website does say Sunday.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
show up in the 6th inning and there’s still like 10,000 of these available
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 15, 2011 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Saturday is a doubleheader
No other promotion. I might go to game one for the Lulz/Jered Weaver.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t want to stay for two?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
oof there should be a prize for that. like how they used to have those dance contests in the 50s or whatever where you’d see who could dance for the longest time.
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 15, 2011 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Supposed to go to dinner
With Family.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
o.co Liseum
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
by El Person on Jul 15, 2011 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Say hello to my little friend!
/Hello Font!
LOL
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 15, 2011 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
PTB
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 15, 2011 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
PtB
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jul 15, 2011 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Dero to the 60 Day
Feed the Panda some bamboo
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jul 15, 2011 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
nvm
Feed the Panda some bamboo
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jul 15, 2011 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it might’ve been PtB
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Jul 15, 2011 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
Even I want Rizzo to get sent down to AAA. Dude is brutal at the plate.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Maybin/Hudson
Are the only times I’m even a little bit scared of that lineup with Headley out.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
That single was one of the hardest hit balls i've seen since Bonds' era
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 15, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
You never know
when a Hairston, Eckstein or Torrealba will show up.
Please don't cut Ishikawa! 2009 Tops All-Star Rookie and World Champ 2010!
TBF
Dude was hitting .365/.444/.715 in AAA at 21. But yeah, probably should have given him a full season there, since he wasn’t that great last year.
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.
eh? he was fine
120 wRC+ in double A. No, not world beating, but fine.
.815ish OPS is quite good for a 20 year old, but not really setting the world on fire.
Aren’t you the one arguing for keeping prospects in the minors longer!?
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.
On the other hand
The Padres are punting the season and there’s no real reason to not give him big-league experience.
"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 love this team
But damn, some of these games get damn boring at times.
But it’s a good kind of boring, where I can go do something else and know that the Giants have already won.
That is cray-z.
Something fun
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12926817
"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 watched this again the other day. After wiping my eyes it reminded me that all those guys get a pass for life.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, I’m in the video getting high fives during game 162, so that’s cool.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Boring game?
I actually tried NOT WATCHING IT even though I was home.
Eventually I broke down and watched the 9th.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
by achiappanza on Jul 16, 2011 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Hector Sanchez is going to have a .400 career OBP
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 Posey moves to 3b next season?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
third?
first
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 15, 2011 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Belt goes there
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
oh yeah Belt, duh.
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 15, 2011 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
bleacher report told me belt could play third
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.
Bleacher report told me to trade belt for a box of peanuts
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Jul 15, 2011 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Then Pablo loses 40 more pounds and plays SS?
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
If he did move, which he won't
Posey to 2B. In the footsteps of Biggio!
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
by achiappanza on Jul 16, 2011 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I am just Loling at last 5 comments to this
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
this would be plausible, no?
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 15, 2011 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Um no
Poseys bat at 1b is pretty average
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
last SSS split i heard
had him hitting 330 at 1b, in 1/3 season. Cant say average, just SSS. Weak excuse, I like the results of what he has done there so far.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes playing 1b
Will add 30 points of avg. Come on man
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
He walked
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Got a BB
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that an exact figure? I think it’ll be closer to .380.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 games in June 1995).
NEVER FORGET
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jul 16, 2011 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Reminds me
The way the game started was fun. Having guys that can get on base is cool! Torres/Fontenot is infinitely better than Rowand/Burriss. Those two will never ever do that.
That is cray-z.
If nothing else, this, lol
Remember: that was a shaky Lincecum game. Six innings, six base runners, one run. Man, that guy needs to find himself.
Time to repeat in '11!
Hector Sanchez
Has dreamy eyes
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Way dreamier on TV
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
he does, however
Need the patented Pablo Offseason Workout Regime something fierce.
Solid
No Panik. I mean not scared to take a ball away. Can’t wait to see Panik too
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Can we please nominate this into the Grant Analogy Hall of Fame?
Petco Park is a guy with bad body odor standing too close to you in line at the post office. You’ll survive. It seems worse when you’re in the middle of it.
"'What would you rather have -- a million dollars or Bochy's head full o' nickels?'" - ABOM
BS
I went to 3 games last year, saw 1 W. Also saw 1 hitter loss. Also saw 0-5 road trip in LA and SD.
Never take the bleeder, blooper, Petco, Grangerson, Adams, Bell team for granted. We win 1 game, they are secretly pournig water on the Hairstons and Ecksteins after midnight tonight.
Tomorrow might be another 1-0 BS game with no Huff miracle.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
HAHAHAH
@LarsTheWanderer
Rob Neyer has pubic dandruff! #hatsoffSF
@SeanGothman
Susan! I drank the entire bottle of shampoo!! #hatsoffSF
@LarsTheWanderer
Grant wears a llama costume to bed #hatsoffSF
@Soulbrother16
Grant sucks. #hatsoffSF
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:36 PM PDT reply actions
I feel like that isn't what it was intended for *LOL*
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 took like 10 minutes for mine.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
mccoveychron McCovey Chronicles
Lars does it with birds #hatsoffSF
Birds with human arms no less.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Hawt!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 16, 2011 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It looked too nice and un-interneted over there, it needed fixing.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Who is Sean Gothman?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Some cockass that keeps complaining on my Twitter feed.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 15, 2011 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
satyricrash
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 knew it was one of us
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
More
@Every6thDay
COOTIES RAT SEMEN #HatsOffSF
@Soulbrother16
GiantPain is upset that this isn’t being used as intended. #hatsoffSF
@androog
I just want to be on the front page #hatsoffSF
@mccoveychron
Lars does it with birds #hatsoffSF
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I love the PF reference
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
In case you were wondering
The A’s are 4-1 on Bring Your Dog to the Park Days.
/CSN’d
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
my dog would flip the fuck out if i brought him to one
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 feel like any reasonable dog would
Do you know how cold the coliseum is on July nights?
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
ernie banks would really really want to poop on the grass
pround son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
mine would bark constantly
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 his bark is the most horrible noise
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.
he's the best dog!
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's gone
the neighbor’s dog helped a bit, but he ate most of it. took him about 3 months.
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 remember that picture. it was hilarious.
pround son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
avert your eyes
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 made him so happy
RIP
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.
This doesn't seem work safe
Also he ate that bone?
he unfortunately has no shame
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.
Z
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
SL should have read "FIXED"
It's orange inside
by TheAntiBork on Jul 15, 2011 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Spotted dick!
"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!"
we call it polka-dick
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.
Ewww . . .
. . . suet??!?!??! Only an Englishman could deal with that.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
mine would too .....
he’s a 16-year old cranky half-Dachsund, half-Chihuahua. what breed is your dog?
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 15, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
fox terrier/jack russell with some beagle, most likely.
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.
wow .....
he must be a loud one. hahaha! but a cutie nonetheless.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 15, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
he's very cute
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.
d'aawwww .....
what a charmer! when my dog was a puppy, he had the same ears as your dog. one up and one down. but when he got older, the one ear learned how to rise up and stayed there. lol.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 15, 2011 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Watched the game but didn't comment. Late with the dog pics.
The poodle aka grumpy old man
and the newest member of the family
His name is Magic, mainly because he doesn’t really look like Torture. Well the poodle thinks he is.
McCoven: A Heinous CircleJerk
Proud Parent of Adopted Giant: Crazy Crab
adorable!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 15, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
So that’s your dog that loves Owlcroft’s book so much.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Did they have some sort of “bring your dog to the park” kind of promotion or what not?
"Being number two sucks."-Andre Agassi
I approve of this
more pictures of McCoven dogs! Viva demands it!
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 15, 2011 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
here's mine!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 15, 2011 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Totally cheating by using a puppy pic
This was a few days after we got her, still just a few weeks old. She’s old and a little pudgy now.
The first six innings are overrated.
Taking that little guy to Tahoe soon. Also going to start reading A Song of Fire and Ice while I’m there; I’ll let you guys know how they are.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 16, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
protip: they fucking rule
I am reading Dance With Dragons right now.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Nice
That looks a ton like the beagle I had when I was a kid.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 16, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
d'awwww.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
My dog has no nose! How does he smell?
Not The Joke That Won the War.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
The Force was strong with Torres tonight .....
Also ….. Big Time Timmy Jim pitched real strong, Hector’s OBP is now at 1.000, and ….. what else am I forgetting ….. oh yeah! We just happen to be up 4 games in the West. It’s a good night.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 15, 2011 10:39 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
I thought I was forgetting something else.....
I’m SOOO glad Fonte-YES is back.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 15, 2011 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Dont care
He walked 2 times with sac fly.
For all those Sabermetricians out there, obviously hit streak must be over rated?
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
A great read on streaks, probability, and context.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
As the old saying goes .....
All good things must come to an end.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 15, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Very True
They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jul 15, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Very true
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
buzzkill ......
lol.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 2:41 AM PDT up reply actions
That can’t feel good whenever you drive somewhere.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 16, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Comparing Petco and Coors is interesting
Someone gets a lead at Petco, and the game is over 99% of the time. You get a lead in Coors, and you’re probably going to lose.
That is cray-z.
Only 4 more games left at Coors in September.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Which number is more impressive?
Using 83 pitches, Jeff Karstens blanked the Astros to hurl the Bucs into first in July for the first time since ’97
That is cray-z.
Did post game wrap get nixed cuz of fireworks?
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Yup
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jul 15, 2011 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Bah
Soccer at AT&T tomorrow.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Oh yeah, my friend wanted me to go to that since he’s a Man City fan.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Chelsea all the way
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Jul 15, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Arsenal
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh it’s on
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Jul 15, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Just wait until Graham comes in here to bring it, because I really don’t know shit about them.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Drogba can destroy any defense. That is all.
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Jul 15, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, he’s from the Ivory Coast and pretty good, and that’s all I really know about him, so take that!
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Not ours :)
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Jul 15, 2011 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Not if he's not on the field
Since Chelsea feel the need to buy, like, 11 strikers.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 16, 2011 1:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought he was a Barcelona fan?
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Jul 15, 2011 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I got tired of watching them.
They never lose. It’s monotonous.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 16, 2011 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions
All the cool kids root for clubs at the bottom of the Scottish league.
"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!"
Very exclusive group
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 16, 2011 1:18 AM PDT up reply actions
GOONERZ 4 LYFE BABY
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 16, 2011 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Man City!
Wanted to go, tickets are out of my price range.
Go Newcastle though! Toon Army!
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by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously though
I’m worried about Cal Football tearing up the field for the playoff push. It’s gonna be like Oakland.
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by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
“Welcome to game 3 of the NLCS” on a shitty looking field.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
For real.
Gonna make us look bad. Also if a possible home playoff game is on a Saturday when cal is home does the Cal game become a thursday nighter instead? I want to see the logistics of the agreement.
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by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
The head of the groundskeepers hate it. Larry Baer is the one that really got Cal to AT&T.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Of course.
The OCo would have made more sense.
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by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Or, failing that, the Stick. They’re playing a game there anyway. I don’t understand why people keep trying to use the Phone Booth for other sports.
"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!"
They had concerns about Cal students
Getting to the Stick. The Game there will be Like 60 percent Fresno State fans, they travel really well.
People use AT&T because Giants Enterprises wants to bring in as much non baseball revenue as possible. also, the emerald bowl is pretty cool and looks awesome on TV so I’m sure it was an easy sell for Cal.
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by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't care
I’m sure they’re being well compensated, and that money is way more valuable than aesthetics.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Remember how great it looked after the McCartney concert last year?
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
The worst was when they had that "crusade"
Like 3 days before opening day one year.
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by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll be there tomorrow in my United jersey, with an enormous banner
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Jul 15, 2011 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
So, Rowand in CF tomorrow?
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
lefty tomorrow?
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
No idea, but Torres did well tonight.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
The answer to the question is no, but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen. It will obviously happen.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
The Pirates are in first place
and 5 games over .500.
The All-Star game was last tuesday.
What. The. Fuck?!
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 15, 2011 10:46 PM PDT reply actions
not that i'm complaining, but...
Why didn’t Belt get called up?
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 Jul 15, 2011 10:47 PM PDT reply actions
Didnt you hear?
Huff is back!
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jul 15, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
NEEDS MOAR TIME
"For science. You monster."
by KINGofCRA5H on Jul 15, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Needs to hit 500 for a week in AAA to get Blogosphere going
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
they don’t want to call him up until they’re sure he’ll get consistent ABs
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
by jponry on Jul 15, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m pretty sure he could get consistent ABs if we bench that Huff guy.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
um, Aubrey Huff is getting hot.
Didn’t you see that HR?
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’m pretty sure he has a 20-game hit streak going himself.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Hit directly to the second basemen.
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 16, 2011 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions
In all the excitement, I didn’t even realize that Huff went hitless.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Can we clone Posey?
Pablo- Eats shoots and leaves.
When I go to lake Tahoe, I catch Brandon Crawfish.
That's a joke, son! You missed it! Flew right by you!
“Deep hit ball to right field, Posey gets it on a hop, relays to Posey at 2nd, and he’s out at home! What a beautiful tag put on by Posey.”
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
We can do that now with Sanchezeses
The first six innings are overrated.
That depends on how you rate "prospects".
Also, “ideal lineup” suggests a fixed eight guys plus pitcher; it doesn’t—or shouldn’t—work that way.
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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Dont feed your hairstons after midnight tonight
Ecksteins either
Fuck Petco. 2 wins in 4 game series is nothing. Win tomorrow.
Time to repeat in '11!
Giants baseball:
We’ll take it.
Also: mild-mannered second baseman Mike Fontenot, affectionately known as “the hobbit” has now been identified as the secret alter ego of . . .
. . . The Mighty Atom!
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by owlcroft on Jul 15, 2011 10:49 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Grant Man to the rescue!!!
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 Jul 15, 2011 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Your tiny superhero are no match for:
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 15, 2011 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
But nobody can defeat .....
“SPOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNN!!!!!”
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 15, 2011 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Um?
keithlaw keithlaw
Much more concerned about likely OBP problems. RT @lot_49: @keithlaw Do you think Hector Sanchez will stick at catcher?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
eh what?
Cal League aside, a good walk rate has been his calling card since the DSL, PCL included. Not that Sanchez is such a great prospect that Law or anyone outside the team should know his stats offhand, but that strikes me as lazy thinking based on one season’s walk rate.
I am smarter than you
You can tell, because I am worried about something you didn’t ask.
Hector Sancez OBP
1.000
They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jul 15, 2011 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
things I have learned while traveling in my time machine:
1)Giants won tonight
2) McCoven are lovely, forgiving, and generous ppl (unless they’re really cyborgs, then kill it with fire!)
3)Next time I’ll stay in the time machine til the game is over-SORRY! :D
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Roads Runs? Where we’re going we don’t need roads runs.
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 16, 2011 12:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Back to the Future isn’t nerdy.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Haters going to hate
But I love Bochy. He is our guy. Great manager.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:55 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
“Leading off and playing center field, #33 Aaron Rowand. Batting 2nd and playing SS, number 10, Miguel Tejada”
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Pitching twice as many innings as Sergio Romo: Guillermo Mota…
Check out Catch-28.com. You will find a lot of fawning over Buster Posey and some Giants analysis that you could probably find anywhere else. I appreciate any and all feedback.
Appearing in a 37th straight game, Brian Wilson!
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude gets
A bunch of mop-up duty though.
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by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Either way, Romo should be pitching a lot more. Bochy has overused Wilson and underused Romo.
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Agree with the completely
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Leading off for your World Champion San Francisco Giants
Gotta say it in Renels voice
They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jul 15, 2011 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Thoughts on the game
1. Tim struggled a little bit but I’ll take it
2. Pablo streak over :(
3. Padres pitchers are dicks
4. Hector Sanchez: CHEATING THE GAME
5. 4.5 game lead now
by Falconer88 on Jul 15, 2011 11:15 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Hector Sanchez . . .
. . . whatever else life eventually brings him, had a first major-league plate appearance of which he can be forever proud.
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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I made Keith Law laugh.
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.
That's only fair:
He so often makes others laugh.
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I don’t get the joke.
"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!"
If you mean the one that made him laugh, it’s an old Baseball Think Factory joke.
http://digamma.net/btfwiki/And_Mike_Crudale
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 did something stupid
I had Fitz and Brooks on. Fitzgerald said the Giants should consider trading Wheeler for Beltran.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
When I had it on
they were talking about Darren Ford starting in CF with Beltran and Nate on the corners.
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by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Those two should just stick with basketball.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Or just pop culture
Listening to them talk about the warriors is brutality.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Jul 16, 2011 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I can’t deal with Brooks’ stuttering cadence
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 16, 2011 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions
That would mean Ford would have to lead off.
Not so bad- IF he can get on base. Big if, yes?
It does seem like what most people are forgetting about when they’re imagining a new G outfield is that we have to have a leadoff hitter. They trash the Torres/Rowand platoon without thinking about the lineup.
He can’t.
"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 a 106 OPS+ for you stat nerds.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Like El Person said, it’s not much of an IF at all.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
noooooooooo
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.
Ugh. I find people’s faith in Darren Ford disturbing.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d bet good money Fitzgerald knows very little about Wheeler other than that the Giants drafted him.
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The two host and the producer were discussing that “Wheeler isn’t even close to the pitcher Lincecum or Cain are”.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
…he could be. That’s sort of the idea of a prospect.
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I do hope that's not verbatim.
I know that the English language is in deep trouble, but really . . . .
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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
it was like very so much what they said, dude. why you be hating on the younger generation?
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Ha. Ha. Ha.
// forgets to slap knee
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:(
I try.
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Fitz doesn’t think Matt Cain is that great b/c he doesn’t get Wins. Enough said.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 15, 2011 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
It was bad
Then someone called in and said they would trade wheeler for hunter pence which I would consider. But then they came back to wheeler for Beltran and I was like…no
by Falconer88 on Jul 16, 2011 12:07 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Who's going to tomorrows SD game?
Section 226 Left field.
I think is time to blow this scene, get everybody the stuff together.
Okay 3, 2, 1 Let’s Jam
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 15, 2011 11:20 PM PDT reply actions
one two three four five six
roadrunner, roadrunner
It's sort of funny . . .
. . . (but important) that major-league ball players tend to treat first-half and second-half performance as separate worlds. For these Giants, that is, as British history books tend to put it, A Good Thing, because there are a number of players—important players—on this team whose woes are partly random but doubtless heavily compounded by psychology. Getting a running start on the second half could be of immense value to them.
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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Yeah, take Huff (Please! hahaha)
It’s probably advisable that rather than trying to bring up his season numbers, he mentally set aside the bad first half and just concentrate on having a good second half.
Trying to do the former would probably be overwhelming. “Holy crap! I’d have to bat .360 the rest of the way to finish the season .300” probably would be self-defeating.
The thong is, it happened.
Just so.
I imagine that (whether they reason it out like that or no) that’s why they tend to think that way. We will see what happens.
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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I mourned the end of Pablo's streak
By watching Rango. Much, much better movie than I could have ever expected.
Nice win, too. Torres coming through big… always a happy moment.
Someone should . . .
. . . start an OT FanPost on movies that were big pleasant surprises. We just watched the Mr Pye TV movie (only just now about to come out on official DVD release); it is a fragile tale of whimsey that could so easily have been butchered in 17 different ways, but in fact the production hit the magical spot dead on.
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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
fired up was fucking awesome
had zero zero right to be
but it was actually very clever and entertaining
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 15, 2011 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Great win but
I think timmy confused alberto gonzalez for adrian gonzalez. Extreme nibbling the first 2 times he’s up and a bunch of wasted pitches and then both times he makes ludwick look silly. This might seem dumb to bitch about but our pitchers seem to have a knack for walking awful hitters.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
fixed =
wasprobablyhigh.
same.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 15, 2011 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Another one of the jokes that I kind of wish would go away. LOLTIM’SSOHIGH.
HAVE YOU HEARD, GUYS? MARIJUANA! LOL.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm waiting for the day Timmy drops acid ......
and pitches a no-no.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
When Timmy pitched on the day of the Pride Parade a couple weeks ago, I saw someone with a ton of rainbow ribbons and pins with one of those t-shirts, but edited to say “Let Tim Smoke Cock.”
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 16, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: I saw the 12:01 am showing of HP7 last night .....
anyone else see it yet? If so, how’d you like it? I think it was the best one out of them all.
Also saw the Dark Knight Rises preview ….. not too sure how I felt about it. It was too quick, and I didn’t like how Bain’s masked looked at all.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
like the rest of the movies, it was just ok
the changes they made didn’t work for me.
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.
My sister and her boyfriend dressed up and went to a double feature
They showed part 1 at 9 and then 2 at midnight. I’m going to see it eventually but I was trolling them this morning saying that I heard mixed reviews and was just waiting for captain America lol
by Falconer88 on Jul 15, 2011 11:50 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Ive never quite understood dressing up like movie characters to go see a movie
The first six innings are overrated.
it's for people who can't make the San Diego Comic-Con that year.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Ugh
I set my alarm clock and everything to get tickets this year. I got to the part where I put in my CC info, and it froze. When I managed to get it going again, they were sold out. :(
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jul 16, 2011 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
that sucks.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I think it’s cute in HP movies. I remember people either dressing up or bringing toy light sabers to Phantom Menace. Man, those were innocent times.
Also, I really thought about seeing DH1 at 9 and DH2 and midnight but wussed out.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
duuude, i cannot WAIT for Captain America .....
the new Amazing Spiderman trailer is supposed to be shown during the previews!!!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 15, 2011 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude I've been so pumped to finally see captain America
Marvel for me at least almost never disappoints when I go to see a movie some on DVD are another story (cough daredevil cough) but thus year ive seen Thor and first class both were awesome now captain America
Green. Lantern was bad I mean for a superhero movie it was mediocre poorly and thinly written. The only thing dc has gotten so so right has been the dark knight series
by Falconer88 on Jul 16, 2011 12:01 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Very true. For me, the only disappointments I’ve had from Marvel are Daredevil and Spiderman 3. Yes, Spiderman 3. Why? Reason #1 ….. Toby McGuire’s crying scenes. #2 ….. Emo Peter Parker dancing down the street. What the actual fuck?? lol! #3 ….. Eric fucking Foreman as Eddie Brock / Venom. Ruined it.
Thor was awesomely awesome. I believe, IMHO of course, it was the best character developed superhero movie. Kenneth Branagh = great director. Also, Natalie Portman = total babe. Cannot WAIT for the Avengers movie to come out next year!!!
First Class was first rate. I think Michael Fassbender was perfectly cast as Eric / Magneto. I also absolutely loved Wolverine’s short cameo appearance. Brilliant.
Green Lantern ….. ugh. Every flippin’ line was campy and there was WAYYY too much CGI. I can’t stand excessive CGI ….. one of the reasons why I can’t stand Avatar. HOWEVER, the one thing I did appreciate about Lantern was the Tim Lincecum poster hanging on that kid’s wall. THAT was cool.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Agree with all of this
Forgot about spiderman 3 probably because iron man 1 and 2 erased the suck for me. As for green lantern the Tim poster was awesome. But yeah campy lines and writing ruined it. GL is one of my absolute favorite dc superheroes and they destroyed it (Ryan reynolds had a small but not significant part in the destruction)
Avatar was ok but I didnt see it more than once. Man so far this year I’ve seen tron legacy (I know it was in dec) which was ok to good because of olivia Wilde. Battle LA which was good because of the one platoon focus also destroying Los Angeles. Then Thor then first class which were epic. The GL ugh.. Then news flash transformers 3 actually kinda good. Finally the countdown to captain America
by Falconer88 on Jul 16, 2011 12:48 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Another reason why I can't stand Avatar ..... it's a ripoff.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey, at least he tries to hide it.
Seems like every movie being a remake, equal, or based off a work from another media nowadays.
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jul 16, 2011 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
err sequel
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jul 16, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Anyways, I thought Avatar was good for the first time viewing.
I thought the 3D and digital effects were very well done. However, as people have criticized, the plot is rather weak/unoriginal for multiple viewings, imo.
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jul 16, 2011 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, seeing the movie for the first time on the big screen really masks a lot of the problems. I enjoyed it perfectly well on that first viewing for spectacle alone.
But, lord, it’s a bad movie.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
But he get that special dragon pterodactyl thing because he’s so smart and clever to come up with “lol he never looks up because he’s the boss!”
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 16, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s probably the part of the movie I dislike the most.
“Learn the language? Well, I got a few words down! Take the culture seriously? Well, I’m dating one of them. Half-naked FTW! Get total acceptance from the tribe? That was easy. Just rode a dragon.”
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
the only disappointments I’ve had from Marvel
GHOST RIDER. FUCK. SUCH SHIT FUCK, GHOST RIDER.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 16, 2011 2:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I didn't even see "Ghost Rider" ......
and I refuse to witness Nicolas Cage butcher the role of Johnny Blaze.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 2:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I didn't see ghost rider either
Nic cage and superhero don’t belong in the same sentence unless the word isn’t is between them
by Falconer88 on Jul 16, 2011 8:05 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Man, I can’t wait for the sequel.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Spiderman 2 was my favorite of the Marvel movies
The climactic scene where Spidey is saving MJ and as she discovers it’s Peter was absolute movie magic
The thong is, it happened.
here's the new Amazing Spiderman (2012) costume!!
looks pretty sweet!
So Andrew Garfield is playing Parker / Spidey (great, great actor. He was really good in “The Social Network”) and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
So they got a redhead to play a blond and a blond to play a redhead in these recent spiderman movies.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 16, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I know right? .....
but I think they hit the jackpot with Emma Stone.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
She’s too good for the flick- most female sidekicks are wasted in these movies as all they do is have to be rescued (side- note, I only sporadically read the cartoon so have no idea who the character is). She needs to start working on that Zombieland sequel nobody an agree about doing. Also, she looks good as a brunette, great as a ginger, but not so good as a blonde. Don’t know why they went that way.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate replacement actors
One thing that’s go great about Star Wars, LOTR & HP is that the main actors remained the same, except for when they died.
After two Michael Keaton movies, I hated the Vil Kilmer/Goerge Clooney revolving door. I’m glad they seemed to have settled on Bale in the new series.
The thong is, it happened.
he's not really a replacement actor though
they’re rebooting the whole series
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 can’t wait for the reboot of this reboot in three years, starring Justin Beiber and Elle Fanning
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
after seeing Toby McGuire do this, I wanted him to be replaced.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Palpatine’s actor actually did change!
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, yeah, but that’s not the same.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
No, it’s not.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought he did his best Anakin Skywalker impression in The Social Network, actually.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Andrew Garfield > Hayden Christiensen
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure that’s true.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, i know what you mean ......
i wish there were more fight sequences (i.e. a full out war scene) at the battle of Hogwarts.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 15, 2011 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
i thought there was maybe too much. changing the final fight between harry & voldemort into some action sequence was dumb, imo.
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.
Yes, King Kai had a private session with Harry and taught him well.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 12:40 AM PDT up reply actions
i agree ….. i wish it was just Harry and Voldemort in that final battle ….. mono y mono.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
The battle between Harry & Voldy in the book was anti-climatic so I was okay with it. And I like how they made it less about the wands (which was convoluted at best) and more about the horcruxes. Might have used a bit more kung fu in the scenes, though
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
i thought the movie scene was more anti-climactic, personally.
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.
The actual battle sequence itself was better in the book but I don’t know how much they could have filmed all that for less than a billion bucks. What made it work, though, was actually seeing Hogwarts become pretty much flat out destroyed. It’s one thing to read about it, but another to see it.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I saw it today and loved it. The walk through the forest and Snape’s tale even gave me a weird allergic reaction that made me all teary. I hate when that happens.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
First look at Balin and Dwalin from "The Hobbit" Movie .......
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
i liked it a lot, a good way to say goodbye to the series forever. That is until Warner Brothers greenlights a 300 million dollar budget on Candyland the movie and gets in financial trouble. Then its HARRY POTTER REBOOT TIME, GRITTIER, DARKER, SEXIER, DOBBYER!
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 16, 2011 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions
They’ll need to make a new movie when the 8th book comes out.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Or seven more movies once the world learns of the adventures of albus severus potter!
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 16, 2011 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
New Harry Potter series, Legend of Korra style!
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh lord, does that mean Shymalan will direct the new ones?
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 16, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Following the analogy, it means he directed the first one, after which the movie franchise died.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I want either a Snape or Luna novel, but we’ll probably get a prequel (I think JK has even talked about doing a prequel)
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm torn.
I mean, if she wrote more books, I’d read them. But I’m still not sure if I want them.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I know that even if I said I wouldn’t, I’d be preordering them
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I loved it
Although I thought if you hadnt read the books it might have been kinda confusing
My issues with the story were actually more issues I had with the book. For example..
SPOILER ALERT
How do Neville and Bellatrix never have any confrontation?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
when they say that their gonna have my car seat ready tonight, well, I'm not buying it
pround son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I am drunk and want to type furiously
Why will no one comply?
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 games in June 1995).
NEVER FORGET
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jul 16, 2011 12:17 AM PDT reply actions
ok, here you are
Batting average and RBIs are the best measure of hitting skill.
by non sequitur on Jul 16, 2011 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Urbz agrees
Hence why he said they called up Hanchez because he’s a RBI machine.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Jul 16, 2011 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually its OPSBIS nerds, it covers everything
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 16, 2011 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Jim bowden'd
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Jul 16, 2011 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
(Hits + RBIs) / ABs
That way you ONLY get the valuable results.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
type away
http://hackertyper.net/
at least this way you look productive
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 16, 2011 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions
damnit
forgot to put it in open in new windows
/checks to see if dfarowand is lurking somewhere
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 16, 2011 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Belt watch
2-4 2 2B, BB, SO
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
To many walks
Needs to hack more and roll over to 2b on hangers.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Jul 16, 2011 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
It's been quite a while since
the Giants have had a game that I was really satisfied with on the offensive side.
This was just a solid performance across the lineup. Many contributed, and it was great.
But, seeing the Giants play a game like this- this 2010-playoffs-esque- type of game- makes me wonder.
Is it possible that 3 or 4 of our position players are truly underperforming? Here I have Torres, in particular, in mind. Huff obviously is, with the question being whether he will ever return to his top form.
But here’s where that thought takes me: If they truly are underperforming- if the G’s are 14 games above .500 having gone most of the season with so many of their position players hitting way below their ability- then the Giants may just have the best team in baseball.
If everyone were healthy and producing like they were supposed to in March, this would be a terrific team; 100 wins would be very realistic. As it is, this team reminds me of the ’73 Mets: injured offense, good pitching, weak division.
"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 thought he sprained his ankle yesterday
He exited with a calf injury in the 1st apparently.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Jul 16, 2011 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Just saw Harry Potter.
Pretty good, not great.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 16, 2011 1:01 AM PDT reply actions
That’s my summary of all the movies.
They’re not amazing pieces of film, but they’re definitely not the worst thing you could watch. They pretty much get the right amount of enjoyment you need from a movie.
Overall, a fun series that I’m going to miss.
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
WORLD CHAMPIONS
by Tim LinCyYoung on Jul 16, 2011 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions
OT: Riggleman?
Bochy connection for sure, but it’s good to see the man have a job. Stupid or not, I felt like he felt he was standing up for something he believed in.
totally made a baby during the 2010 World Series.
I’m with you, the Nationals treated him pretty badly, and he felt like he had a right. I’m sure I’d feel similarly if I was in his position at my place of work.
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Has anyone else noticed the schedule from Aug 18 on?
From Aug 18 til the end of Sept, the G’s are playing the Astros, the Cubs, and NL West teams, only.
From July 22 through then, they have a tougher schedule. However, if they can go through that rough patch with .500 baseball, it’s gravy from there on out. None of our division contenders, nor the Astros or Cubs, are a threat to the G’s. They could have a 5-loss September, in theory.
This is very jinxy talk, and far too hopeful and optimistic!
Where’s your somber pessimism and complaining attitude mister!
Croix De Candlestick: You'll be a better person for reading | My adopted Giant: the next Buster Posey, Johnny Monell
Hey, I know the Giants stink
Just saying it’s all conceivable. Seeing the Giants with a semi-normal offense tonight gets me thinking crazy.
They should control their own destiny...I like it
Intangibles or whatever, I’d take the Giants when the chips are down over any other NL West teams
The thong is, it happened.
OT
Holy moley, did anyone in the East Bay feel that earthquake a few minutes ago? Why am I still awake at this hour? Gonna be even harder to fall asleep now…
"'What would you rather have -- a million dollars or Bochy's head full o' nickels?'" - ABOM
by urea on Jul 16, 2011 3:58 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Yep, I felt it. The end is nigh. Just as well. I don’t really feel like preparing for lecture next week.
by non sequitur on Jul 16, 2011 4:03 AM PDT up reply actions
From Buster Olney
“Mets want a top prospect for Beltran, but pressure on Giants to add a big bat is decreasing as their lead increases in the NL west.” They may not need a bat to win the NL west, but I think they’re aiming a little higher than a division title.
Buster Posey: Like his team, he's done for the year.
by rxmeister on Jul 16, 2011 5:08 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Public posturing
Makes no sense to just keep Beltran
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
If any of this happens, it would like the Justice League but pure evil
The Phillies are looking to shore up their bullpen before the trade deadline, and a source tells Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com that the team is interested in Padres relievers Heath Bell and Mike Adams. Nothing appears imminent, however.
Philadelphia just welcomed Ryan Madson back from the disabled list, but there’s a chance Jose Contreras will miss the rest of the season. Reports from Brad Lidge’s most recent rehab outing were not encouraging either; he hit two batters, threw three wild pitches, and topped out at 89 mph in 2/3 of an inning on Thursday night. Mike Stutes (3.45 ERA in 31 1/3 IP) and Antonio Bastardo (0.79 ERA in 34 IP) have stepped up in the late innings through all the injuries.
Although Bell and Adams are their two most attractive pieces, the Padres also have Chad Qualls and Luke Gregerson to trade. Salisbury reiterates that the Phillies are also looking for a right-handed outfield bat despite John Mayberry Jr.’s recent hot streak, and San Diego has Ryan Ludwick to offer. For all the latest on late-game bullpens with a fantasy twist, check out Closer News.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
LOL Walk Walkerson is available
What, no Cla?
Buster Posey: Like his team, he's done for the year.
by rxmeister on Jul 16, 2011 8:04 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
OT: Geeeez North Korea...
First their women’s national team lost because half the team was struck by lightning. Now about half the team has tested positive for steroids.
and if you remember the shenanigans from the men’s world cup…. well, that is one messed up country.
Hey the excuse that keeps on giving
FIFA has already met with a North Korean delegation and heard arguments that the steroids were accidentally taken with traditional Chinese medicines based on musk deer glands to treat players who had been struck by lightning on June 8 during a training camp.
The case will now be taken up by FIFA’s disciplinary committee.
Blatter said the North Korean federation “wrote to us and they presented their excuses. They said that a lightning strike was responsible for this.”
http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/item/175993-5-north-koreans-positive-at-womens-world-cup
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
And steroids conduct electricity. So.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
This is the weekend of my annual Warcraft-friends meetup, so I am pingponging between drunk and hungover like there’s a prize at the end. The Giants have been winning some games and that’s great. I’ll talk to all you folks again in a couple days when the guests have gone home, provided I’m alive.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 16, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
/weeps
Orioles Agree To Extend J.J. Hardy
By Mike Axisa [July 16 at 11:25am CST]
The Orioles and J.J. Hardy have agreed in principle to a three-year contract extension, reports Jeff Zrebiec of The Baltimore Sun (all Twitter links). Dan Connolly of The Baltimore Sun says the deal is worth between $22-22.5MM and includes no-trade protection to eight teams. The Orioles also assured Hardy he will not be flipped at the deadline. It is still pending a physical, and some minor details must be finalized.
Yesterday we heard that the two sides were working towards a three-year pact worth $21-25MM, but no-trade protection was holding things up. The two sides had started contract talks late last month, but other clubs continued to express interest in acquiring him. Hardy, 28, is hitting .275/.333/.490 with 13 homers this year and was due to become a free agent after the season. He is represented by LSW Baseball, as our Agency Database show
s.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
the dream is gone
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.
'S HEAD ON A PLATTER
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 16, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Headless Jamey Carroll
Still better than the Tecrawford platoon.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Gets rid of the troll-face.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
He'd probably get some sympathy calls from the umps.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
TODAYS FUN FACT
If you add Miguel Tejada and Brandon Crawford’s wRC+’s together, they’re smaller than Jamey Carroll’s wRC+.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Wait, did you remember to give Crawford’s stats the “attractiveness bump”? These things matter! :P
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 16, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Love his OBP. He’s not really an everyday shortstop.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 16, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Total Zone has him above average
UZR has him SLIGHTLY below.
He’d be the best shortstop on the roster if we got him.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
All of his coaches and managers who have watched him play up close and every day over a 15 year span disagree with you.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 16, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
You mean the coaches and managers who gave him 1500 innings at SS over his career?
Including 1000 over just the past two years?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Yeah, and the Orioles, and their fans
Signs of life from a sick franchise is good for baseball
The thong is, it happened.
It used to be a great baseball town and Camden Yards is as good as they say but Angelos killed all that. Now it’s Ravens, Ravens, Ravens. And maybe Goodell will kill all that
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Been their once. Camden is the shit
Even though the park was almost empty (late season make-up game vs. The Royals, we really enjoyed the park.)
The thong is, it happened.
I saw Camden from the outside. It’s a beautiful building.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it’s really everything they say it. When you walk in, you really fell like you’ve gone back about 50 years or so because it’s got such an old-timey feeling
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
This just in
Carlos Beltran not in lineup for today’s big game against the Phillies. They’re saying flu, but we know better, don’t we?
Buster Posey: Like his team, he's done for the year.
by rxmeister on Jul 16, 2011 10:18 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Trade for him and some orange juice.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
And four pounds of Kobe beef.
They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jul 16, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I'll be at Petco with my girlfriend today.
@Every6thDay on Twitter. I’m off the third base side in section 200-something.
Go Giants (in their quest to acquire another bat)!
I read this as "I'll beat Petco with my girlfriend..."
…and thought “She’s a gamer”
The thong is, it happened.
WAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
ESPNNewYork ESPN New York
by keithlaw
Joe Girardi says Toronto Blue Jays ‘could be’ stealing signs illegally http://dlvr.it/bQmbv
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
It’s certainly true that they ‘could be’.
Way to run to the butthurt pulpit after back-to-back losses.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
If they can’t get Bautista for ROIDZ, they’ll get him for some kind of cheating yet.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 16, 2011 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
pulls out small violin for Joe Girardi
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
OT
I feel like the prompt for the “Fan Confidence” poll is poorly defined.
Am I supposed to be framing it in terms of playoff chances? 100 wins? Postseason success? Feelings of mutual goodwill?
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
we are thankfully not the Padres
we are the World Champion Giants
catch a fire boys
Trade Sabean/jk...Overthrow the Ydorks...
the only way the Rockies are going to catch us
is if they bring the Humidor Balls back
but i think we stopped that last year
GO GIANTS
Trade Sabean/jk...Overthrow the Ydorks...
We get Rowand, Tejada and no Torres today (after a 3 hit game). Oh Bork, why must you always make our relationship so trying?
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 16, 2011 10:42 AM PDT reply actions
MarLOLins looking to add a third baseman
They can have the gritty veteran tejada!!
by Falconer88 on Jul 16, 2011 10:44 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Sandoval for Morrison and Stanton!
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
DeRosa should be back soon, no?
"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!"
Out for the season, I think.
They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jul 16, 2011 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Playing a couple games for SJ this week to see if he can play through the torn tendon or whatever is damaged this time. If he can, he’ll be back. If not, he is done
I’ll just save you the trouble of thinking about it, he’s done for the season. Gotta be one of the least bang for your buck FA signings in the last few years
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
I’ll just save you the trouble of thinking about it, he’s done for the season. Gotta be one of the least bang for your buck FA signings in the last few years
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
4.5 up "Lets not go sucking eachothers dicks already"
Well dont Grant. Perfectly placed.
Its funny because f*** the dodgers
Everyone see this?
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/extrabaggs/2011/07/16/postgame-notes-what-did-pablo-sandoval-make-of-the-padres-intentional-walk-plus-more/
Interesting stuff from the great Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com about the chirping that resulted from Bochy using both Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay for multiple innings in the All-Star Game. Make sure you check out Phillies pitching coach Rich Dubee’s comments. Link here.
Can they whine a little more in Philly?
Dont get the focus on the multiple innings
44 pitches between the two in what…..3 2/3 innings? Oh no!
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jul 16, 2011 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Manuel seemed to have a good attitude about it, though, in that he’s glad Bochy did what he thought was best so they’d get the home field advantage in the Series if they make it that far.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
This is ridiculous
My guess: Generally speaking, the Giants will have Sanchez catch Barry Zito and Vogelsong, they’ll have Chris Stewart continue to work with Tim Lincecum (putting aside his three wild pitches Friday night) and Eli Whiteside will catch Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Hmmm. I wish the Giants would wait to see him catch a ball or have a second AB before they commit to that
I don’t think they have committed to that. I think it is just speculation of what might happen.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 16, 2011 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t want to see Henchez 40% of the time.
"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’d like to see him 80% of the time in Fresno.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I think he's the best catcher on the roster
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Hitting, it’s a good bet.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Whose guess?
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. I figured it out just a second late. The perils of the z-through.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL whoops.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Sweet. Soon we’ll have three catchers, six starting pitchers, five outfielders (or six depending on Belt), and an unGodly amount of relievers. Can’t wait to for the Ball Boys to pay a few games just so they can be ready to contribute during the stretch run.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I noticed that the Talking Chop All Star thread had a complaint about how Bochy wouldn’t use any of their pitchers in the game, then the thread was full of them whining about how he was intentionally overworking Phillies and Braves to help the Giants.
Sad.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Actually today Philly radio host was openly defending bonds and sayiing that all these nuts who call Griffey the better player are just assholes.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 16, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Dubee Dubee Doo
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 16, 2011 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
it's not free
but get MLB At Bat anyway. It’s worth 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.
Yelp, Open Table, Wikipedia and Dictionary, Car Spotter (helps you locate your car if you’re a dunderhead like me who can never remember where I park), Parkopedia (let’s you know where the closest parking garage is), Flixster, Amazon, and there’s a whole bunch of cool photo stuff you can get where you can tweak images.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 16, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Going tonight...
The last time I went to Giants game at Petco, this happened. 1-9 after 8 innings.
Giants, please do better this time. Zito? Please?
SI_JonHeyman
Jon Heyman
with recent improvement of ross/tejada, #sfgiants unwilling to give up top prospect (i.e. wheeler) for beltran or others
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Well, they shouldn't want to give up a top prospect for Beltran
But, uh. I hope Heyman is just making up that reasoning.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
heyman, that’s like, your opinion
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 16, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
what improvement of tejada?
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
i think so
they’d be idiots to use the last 2 weeks as an excuse to not trade for an impact hitter.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Ross is pretty much as good as he’s always been, just with more walks and less power.
by kingofthacove on Jul 16, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Ross is on pace to have his best (full) offensive season ever.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
It’s not much different from the rest of his career (career: .342 wOBA, 2011: .354 wOBA).
by kingofthacove on Jul 16, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like 12 points of wOBA isn’t insignificant.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, it is. Getting six more singles over the course of the season isn’t even close enough to say Cody Ross is having some overachieving, unsustainable season.
by kingofthacove on Jul 16, 2011 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you not contesting the point that Cody Ross is pretty much as good as he’s always been.
by kingofthacove on Jul 16, 2011 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
He's better than he's always been!
Hey, we’re full circle now. I’ll pass on the second go-around.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Sure he is, ignoring the fact he’s well within the deviation that could occur over a season to the exact same player.
by kingofthacove on Jul 16, 2011 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
When most non Bay Area journalists comment on the Giants,
their comments usually seem idiotic or completely misinformed.
They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jul 16, 2011 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
It's because the media hates us.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
What in the blue hell does Tejada have to do with Beltran?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
The Giants need a better hitting first baseman(Belt?). I fear though that either Nate or Ross will revert to 4th outfielder quality. The Giants have a big need for a legit cleanup hitter.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 16, 2011 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: going to Shoreline Ampitheatre tonight
Any suggestions on places to eat? I don’t know the area very well.
McCoven: A Heinous CircleJerk
Proud Parent of Adopted Giant: Crazy Crab
It seems to be google cafes that we can’t go to or fast food joints ( McDonalds and In & Out). I thinking we would be better off eating closer to home.
McCoven: A Heinous CircleJerk
Proud Parent of Adopted Giant: Crazy Crab
My memory (it was a long time ago, though) was that it was kind of in the middle of nowhere besides a few strip malls.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
you could eat somewhere on el camino or middlefield rd and then go over after, it’s not that far away
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’s like 15 min away from downtown palo alto, for example
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
yeah drink beer at the Sports Page down the street
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 16, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Ubaldo
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/deal_for_rockies_jimenez_would_jump_jVrRSMMkSse8B8TNxgj7KI
“According to a person familiar with the Rockies’ mindset, they believe Jimenez has pouted this year because shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and outfielder Carlos Gonzalez received contract extensions and he didn’t.
“They are annoyed at him,” the source said of Jimenez, who is 5-8 with a 4.08 ERA, but pitching better lately after starting the season 0-5. "
“The Rockies like Jesus Montero, who is at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, but not as a catcher. Instead, they view him as a first baseman. They also are high on Double-A Trenton pitchers Manuel Banuelos and Dellin Betances.”
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 16, 2011 12:52 PM PDT reply actions
Sorry NY Media. The Yankees dont just get whoever they want
Rockies GM Dan O’Dowd shot down speculation that the Rockies are open to trading Ubaldo Jimenez because of his attitude, writes Troy E. Renck of The Denver Post. “I don’t know where that’s coming from. That’s not even close to the truth,” said O’Dowd. "He’s as fine as a kid you will come across in this game.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
You believe the Rockies GM? What GM has ever confirmed reports like this?
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 16, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
You believe the NY Post?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Well, certainly no less more than the Rockies GM.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 16, 2011 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe a vehement denial from Dan O'dowd
Over a “person familiar with the Rockies’ mindset.”
The quote isn’t even attributed to somebody within the organization.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
That some of a bitch is always up to no good.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 16, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Something interesting
Ubaldo Jimenez, xFIP:
2009: 3.59
2010: 3.60
2011: 3.58
His career ERA is 3.6, too.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Bizarro Cain
The first six innings are overrated.
In that his xFIP and ERA match up almost perfectly with each other
The first six innings are overrated.
Ah
I would think that a “bizarro Cain” would be someone who chronically pitches worse than his xFIP would indicate.
Like Ricky Nolasco, for example – though he’s actually pitching below his xFIP this year.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Javier Vazquez!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Then he turned it all on in 09
And then he lost his FB velocity!
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Wahhhh
“Why does everyone judge me on my career numbers and recent performance instead of a 2 month stretch in 2010?”
The first six innings are overrated.
A career 3.6 ERA is pretty good.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 16, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh I don’t think he’s a bad pitcher, I just dont know if he’s someone you lock down in a way similar to Tulo and Gonzalez. And according to this report he’s upset about that.
The first six innings are overrated.
I don't know if you ever want to give any pitcher a contract that long
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Frankly, if I got all the hype he got last year, I’d probably think I deserved something, too.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
“I didn’t pitch well early because of my thumb and groin (hip flexor) injury. I didn’t build up my arm strength in spring, so I didn’t have my velocity or breaking ball. That’s why I struggled. Right now, I feel like I can dominate again.”
Why didn’t he build up his arm strength like he was suppose to? Sounds like he was upset with not getting what he wanted and responded by not preparing for the season. A sort of protest.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 16, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Detective Grant_Me_Mercy is on the case!
It must be pouting over contract extensions!
Instead of more reasonable explanations like injuries and regression
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
For pitchers, a lot of building up arm strength has to do with throwing. If his thumb limited the amount he could throw, I don’t see the contradiction.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
mlb.com says he pitched 19.1 innings in spring training which is what he had done in previous springs. He didn’t do poorly because he gave up 7 earn runs, one more than in 2010, and 15 hits, 2 more than in the season before.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 16, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know, then.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Which Game of the Week do we get over here? Angels/A’s?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jul 16, 2011 1:03 PM PDT reply actions
in Oregon, that is what we get
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
it appears so
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.
Free MCC premium subscription to the first person who finds a headline that mentions floundering if Trout does poorly in today’s doubleheader.
The first six innings are overrated.
by apistat on Jul 16, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was able to watch the NY/PHI game on Rogers Sportsnet up until now, when the feed finally died.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Jul 16, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s in the fourth and I’ve fallen asleep three times already.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Trading Ubaldo seems like it would be seriously dumb
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.
That would be extremely helpful to trade him outside the NL West.
Do it Rockies.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jul 16, 2011 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not happening
Dumb media created rumor.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I like Gio Gonzalez
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.
He's kinda what I want Surkamp to be
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Well shhh
I just meant results.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I do too
But iirc he’s a bit older than Surkamp, so he’s more of a dream.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Fair
They’re certainly both intriguing.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
LOL A'S
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.
He was totally out though, what an awful slide
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 hope someone gif's it
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
that was a really really bad slide
it should have just been assumed he went off the bag
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 16, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
lol abreu
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 16, 2011 1:17 PM PDT reply actions
I played with like 5 different guys in little league that looked just like Cahill. As he does now.
The first six innings are overrated.
i wish we could Suzuki for peanuts
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 16, 2011 1:20 PM PDT reply actions
trevor cahillol
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 16, 2011 1:22 PM PDT reply actions
this game is gonna be hilarious
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Jeff Mathis is terrible
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
marty's worst moment
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 think that was when he agreed to an interview with MCC
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Off to the game
Go Giants!
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Jul 16, 2011 1:36 PM PDT reply actions
God, the A’s lineup is awful. How did we get swept by this team?
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 recall that during that series we go a full dose of Rowand/Burriss, with DH shenanigans.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
It was the angriest I’ve probably ever been with Bochy, was that series.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Oddly enough, the lineups during that series weren’t nearly as godawful as I remember.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Is Bill Hall even still on this team?
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
he got spiked a while back
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Oh, I remember that play. He looked pretty pissed about it.
Seems like if it was going to be a problem this long, though, they could have used that roster spot more effectively.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
What do you mean? He’s been on the DL for awhile.
by kingofthacove on Jul 16, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Never mind, then. I missed some roster move somewhere.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably a side effect of forgetting the existence of Bill Hall.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
i'd say that's a good use of his roster spot
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Yeah, that all makes too much sense. Not sure how I didn’t put 2 and 2 together.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Most of him
The rest is on Bartlett’s cleats.
The first six innings are overrated.
Trout sucks. Angels should just give him up.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jul 16, 2011 1:43 PM PDT reply actions
Trade him while he still has any value at all.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Possibly for Miguel Tejada.
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.
He's heating up.
The Angels would have to include Kendrick for me to consider it.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jul 16, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
former mvps
dont come cheap
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 16, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Mark Trumbo
Because he hits exactly the way I would expect someone named Mark Trumbo to hit.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Although, he has 8 steals. That’s a lot for an otherwise galooty player.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Seems weird
Since the most he ever stole in the minors was 10, one time.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
he sounds like an elephant at the Cleveland Zoo
hey kids, let’s go see Trumbo!
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
John Lackey has a 6.98 ERA
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.
thats like a sub 3.00 era
if you take into account he pitches in the al east
/sigh
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 16, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
:)
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 16, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
dravecky!
afternoon delight!
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 16, 2011 1:49 PM PDT reply actions
ahhh, Dave Dravecky ......
my favorite Giant of all time.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
i think they said he had the second lowest day time era
of all time
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 16, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
that's insane!
I remember the Comeback Game like it was yesterday. Aug. 10, 1989. The crowd showering him with standing ovations, Dravecky allowing only one hit through seven innings, and eventually beat the Reds 4-3. 10 months earlier Dravecky had undergone an eight-hour operation and the doctors told Dravecky he wouldn’t pitch again. Unbe-fucking-lievable.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I hear it costs an arm and a leg to be #1.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
ooohhh ......
wayyy too soon.
lol.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
He's a mod
He is above the law!
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 Jul 16, 2011 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I AM THE LAW
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
// salutes.
Sir, yes, sir.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
i know.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I was trying to think of a funnier joke than that, but I’m stumped.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I guess he won’t be a spokesperson for ARM & Hammer products.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 16, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
God, I wish they'd kept him for just one more season
3000 hits! It’s not like the 08 team was good anyway.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
wait wait wait
did the mariners go to safeco halfway through the season 12 years ago?
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 16, 2011 1:58 PM PDT reply actions
that seems ridiculous
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 16, 2011 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
What a shitty AB for Suzuki.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jul 16, 2011 2:07 PM PDT reply actions
LOLineup been posted yet?
CF Rowand
SS Tejada
3B Sandoval
LF Ross
RF Schierholtz
1B Huff
C Whiteside
2B Burriss
P Zito
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Honestly
Did you expect anything else? I don’t find it that funny. We knew it was coming.
"For science. You monster."
After all the hyping Zito did for him, to not have him catch, makes no sense.
Bochy: “Zito, are you comfortable with Hector catching you tomorrow?”
Zito: “Not really. What made you think he would be right for me?”
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 16, 2011 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Zito would've been the ticket
and Bochy’s running the “Lost Boys” LOLineup anyway. At least Hector gets a nice little pay bump for sitting on the bench. Maybe he’ll get a little time late in the game?
i went to chipotle yesterday
so good
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
yeah, name brand
at a mall in oregon. the burrito i had was excellent.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Perhaps it has been a while since I went there, but my memory of their product is that it is fine, but fails to be a burrito.
We facing a lefty today?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
What do you mean "we" kemosabe?
Yeah, luebke for the padres
Who were all the people saying Sanchez was going to catch Zito?
LOL player “development”
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Apparently the way to get benched . . .
. . . is to get three hits in a game.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I was about to drop this in response to the lineup, but it seems more fitting here:
So, there’s pretty much nothing Torres can do to stay in the lineup every day. From last night’s AP recap:
"As good a game as he had, he still gets the day off tomorrow," Bochy said. "He’s such a hard worker, sometimes we need to back him off a bit."
Bochy said Torres can be hard on himself if he doesn’t play well. Torres, who came in hitting .224, said he showed up early to work on his hitting stroke.
"I feel great. I’ve been working hard," he said. "You want to help the team win somehow. Today I got it going."
It seems to me like Torres wants to play. Does it seem to anyone else like Bochy is either a) making up any excuse he can to get Rowand in the lineup or b) over-handling Torres? I suppose it’s possible that I’m wrong and Bochy knows best here, but jerking around his playing time hasn’t exactly worked so far, and if Torres isn’t asking for the days off, Bochy really isn’t doing this team any favors with Rowand. I guess the best we can hope for is Sabean removing Rowand from Bochy’s toolbox at some point.
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
If you give Bochy a player like Rowand
He’s going to play him.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Much better than who, exactly?
It’s hard to get recent split data, but from 2008-2010, Andres Torres had an .817 OPS against LHP.
Aaron Rowand’s OPS vs LHP over the same time period was .745.
Andres Torres is always better than Aaron Rowand. Even against lefties.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Torres wasn’t even in the majors in 2008.
by kingofthacove on Jul 16, 2011 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not hard.
2009-2011 splits
Torres: 0.243/0.328/0.430
Rowand: 0.246/0.304/0.406
by kingofthacove on Jul 16, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Torres still looks better there...
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 I don’t just mean statistically!!! Hahahaha!
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.
"Aaron Rowand" is a deceptive name;
“Vinnie Castilla II” is a better identifier.
It gets tiresome saying it so often, but Bochy clearly just has no idea how baseball really works beyond what Abner Doubleday may have believed. LHP? Scrape every RHB you can find on your roster onto the lineup card.
As Slappy Squirrel would say, What a yutz!"
None of this will ever change so long as Bochy is manager, which is to say so long as Sabean is GM, which is to say so long as BowTie is managing partner.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Thanks!
How’d you do that? I’ve never been able to figure that trick out
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Weird that Bochy would put that half-assed spin on what is so obviously a straight platoon.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
This game will be a 1-0 loss.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
No way does Zeets allow only 1 run.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I could forgive all the rest of that crap in the lineup
if only Hector Sanchez were starting. Good God, I don’t even feel like watching the game today.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit!
-Doc Brown, Zito fan
Worst lineup of the year.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2011 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Awwwwww
hect171189 hector sanchez
New nickname baby panda !! Jajajaja
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
how is babby panda formed?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
well, when Prnce Fielder and a ham sandwich love each other very much....
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
JAJAJA!!!
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 Jul 16, 2011 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Think how good this team would be with an above average offense
SFGiants San Francisco Giants
#SFGiants are 46-12 when scoring at least 3 runs this season #SFGFact
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Either.
Coming into the season, it looked like a team that would be in the top quarter of the league in scoring, with a plausible shot at maybe as high as #2. Then we hit the combination of injuries and Bruce Bochy. Without the injuries, even Bochy might have fielded a good enough team much of the time because there was—or was going to be—so much quality to choose from; but when the choices really mattered, well, Bochy was, Bochy is, Bochy will be.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
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That’s some nice shrubbery you’ve got there.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I was sweating in DC the other day and accidentally looked at the SF forecast
I want 60 degrees so bad.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
At the moment, mid 90's with 60% humidity
Tis an evil place.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Onley tweet-Rays very open to the idea of making the right deal for B.J. Upton. Open-ended question asked by one executives:Could the Giants make sense? web • 7/16/11 2:34 PM
SIAP- But Upton at second would be dreamy IMO.
It seems unlikely to me that he could play second at this point
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.
He was quite a clank mitt at 2b
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
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