Quick note on Cody Ransom
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 21, 2011 9:59 AM PDT
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PrintIf you haven't seen the Stephen Drew injury yet, you're probably like me. I'll watch one of those "Real Housewives" shows before I watch a horrific injury like that on purpose.
With Drew out for the year, I just wanted to note that the Diamondbacks have called up Cody Ransom.
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | G | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | Reno | PCL | AAA | 92 | 114 | 28 | 3 | 26 | 89 | 9 | 3 | 47 | 85 | .331 | .412 | .657 | 1.069 |
| 14 Seasons | 1426 | 1235 | 258 | 41 | 209 | 744 | 140 | 44 | 580 | 1388 | .250 | .331 | .445 | .776 | ||||
There are so many things wrong with that. Starting with Cody Ransom still a) exists, b) plays professional baseball, and c) is absolutely destroying AAA. Reno is an extreme hitter's environment, but still, those stats are impressive for a first baseman, much less a middle infielder.
Of course, we're talking about him right now because of another table you can find at Baseball Reference:
| Year | Tm | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | SFG | NL | SS | 45 | 5 | 96.2 | 58 | 20 | 35 | 3 | 11 | .948 |
| 2004 | SFG | NL | 2B | 16 | 7 | 80.1 | 50 | 28 | 21 |
1 |
5 | .980 |
| 2004 | SFG | NL | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2004 | SFG | NL | LF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 | SFG | NL | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ransom makes me think like a pre-2010 Giants fan. I look at his name, I see him on the roster of the Giants' direct competition, and I think dark thoughts. Because I'm in the middle of "Game of Thrones," I'm only capable of expressing my thoughts in fantasy-epic terms. Ransom:
- left his home in disgrace
- went into the woods or something for a decade
- got all strong and junk
- is now back with a rival faction, with experience and a little gray around the temples, looking for both redemption and revenge
That's too neat and symmetrical. It scares me. And I know he's probably not going to get a lot of playing time -- that's Willie Bloomquist territory -- but the narrative is there. If Cody Ransom kills the Giants, it's a neat part of a three-act structure (movie) or a 483,035-act structure (George R.R. Martin). It works either way.
I'd prefer Stephen Drew, both because of my preference to have the Giants win because they're the better of two injury-free teams, and because Cody Ransom is a mysterious sellsword with a history. I don't know why he'd be mad at us, but here he is. Scary.
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If Ransom comes back from the dead to break the Giants hearts again
I’m ending my life.
I cannot live in a world where Cody Ransom broke my heart twice.
At least I know how to heckle him at the yard
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by GiantMalcontent on Jul 21, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
your not-nerdy-enough is showing
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Why would you do that?
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Once after reading Chaucer I tried pronouncing knife the way it’s spelled.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
It has a w! I don’t pronounce it hard, though. It’s just a whisper.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
What's the consensus on "often"?
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I believe the traditional pronunciation includes the 't' sound.
I remember pissing off a friend of mine in fourth grade by saying it that way.
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
D’oh – we’ve contradicted one another! We need a ruling from the judges.
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought it was officially supposed to be a silent T, but I go back and forth depending on what sounds cooler in context.
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2011 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m a feeling it might be national/regional and there oughtn’t be a strict rule.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I pronounce oughtn’t with silent ts.
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by NastySlurve on Jul 21, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I say it both ways, and I don’t know what the trigger is for each.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
The one I always wonder about is February. I pronounce both R’s.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Not like feb-rew-air-ee. Like feh-brewery.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
It is an awkward word to pronounce either way.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
feb-you-airy
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Who you callin’ airy?
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
You can chose to March your way out of this discussion!
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Feb you, ary!
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I sort of slur the d and the n together to create some sort of non-English standard consonant sound. But it roughly sounds more like the n comes first.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
And I guess I drop the middle E, too.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
“WINZ-day.”
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by TheLetter2 on Jul 21, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I say wed-nez-day. For kicks.
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This line
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Let’s ask PBS.
Sounds like a silent T is the “right” way.
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
If only we knew a guy who works for public radio
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
/Cenk Uygur’d
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I barely know who that guy is, but he apparently got fired from MSNBC or something.
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They offered him double the money to take a lesser role. Presumably to get him to chill out on Washington.
He’s got an explanation up. Well worth a watch IMO.
My favorite part:
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/english major geek
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe beginning the sentence with ‘often’ brings out the ‘t’. Otherwise it is silent.
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I never got the Often-Wrong Soong joke.
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
The American Heritage Dictionary . . .
. . . which is an excellent one, shows both pronunciations. It also includes an interesting Usage Note, of which the salient portion reads:
With the rise of public education and literacy and, consequently, people’s awareness of spelling in the 19th century, sounds that had become silent sometimes were restored, as is the case with the t in often, which is now frequently pronounced.
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The only person who really pronounces that ‘t’ in my life is my father, and as an Austrian immigrant who unlike my mother didn’t become a language teacher he gets a pass. Do native speakers really say, off ten?
Well . . .
. . . for what it’s worth (probably not much), it would sound silly to recite “Off in the stilly night . . .” instead of “Oft”.
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Ah, but compare “soft” and “soften”.
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It's case by case.
A part of the Usage Note I omitted for brevity goes on to say
In other similar words, such as soften and listen, the t generally remains silent.Other examples mentioned earlier in the Note are the d in handsome and handkerchief, the p in consumption and raspberry, and the t in chestnut. Starting in the 15th century, English pronunciation lost many consonant sounds within consonant clusters; in the 19th, with the much-increased awareness of spelling, many were restored, but apparently on a this-one and that-one basis, not universally.
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I hate Cody Ransom with every inch of my body
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psst ... Grant ...
their? the better of the teams?
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by GiantMalcontent on Jul 21, 2011 10:07 AM PDT reply actions
Dammit
I’ve been having homonym malfunctions lately. It’s honestly freaking me out.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 21, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Their their, now
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 21, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m writing so much, so fast now, and this is the unintended consequence.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 21, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Problem with homophones
is that the want to get married. Or so I here.
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by GiantMalcontent on Jul 21, 2011 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m pretty sure the homophones don’t want anyone else to get married.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Their trying to brake up the family!
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I thought you meant…
…that was the problem with the Romophones.
"Mow bwiefings?" "More briefings."
Cody Ransom is going to somehow screw over the Giants....AGAIN
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Torrealba too
But I guess he didn’t exactly just go away for 5 years, he instantly became a thorn.
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well, someone apparently stole his E
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THOSE BASTARDS!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
He needs advice from Evan Longoria.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I finally figured it out
He is the “bad boy” in the boy band. He is Donnie from NKOTB or that one guy from Backstreet Boys.
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by Myemail21479 on Jul 21, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Ya think?
Reno is an extreme hitter’s environment
I was there a couple of weeks ago. Salt Lake led 10-0 and eventually won 14-10. It’s like the pre-humidor Coors of AAA.
BTW, Ransom homered in that game.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 21, 2011 10:12 AM PDT reply actions
Other notable lines in Reno
Wily Mo Pena – .363/.439/.726
Sean Burroughs – .412/.450/.618
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you think Durham gave him his glove back?
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Cody effing Ransom.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 21, 2011 10:19 AM PDT reply actions
Rowand is 2/3rds grit.
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The other third is hominy.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Rowand is instant grit.
A pale subsitute for the original. Not bad in pinch, if you use enough butter and pepper.
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Haha
Oh… You want to know what it measures? Ultimately, GRIT is the measurement of a player’s determination and steely resolve. Ever wonder how much a player wants to win? Or how dirty he keeps his uniform? Or just how much he busts his ass whether its in batting practice, during a game or while eating a burrito from Chipotle?
That is cray-z.
while eating a burrito from Chipotle?
OMG. What the hell does that have to do with baseball?
I actually care about hustle as far as deciding what players I think are fun to watch (e.g, Nate, Torres). But, I don’t think it, by itself, makes them “good” or “productive.”
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it sounds sarcastic to me
it’s sarcastic, isn’t it?
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while eating a burrito from Chipotle?OMG. What the hell does that have to do with baseball?
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with butter!
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Comments are great too
Written by kcrb about 1 day ago.
jim–its useless to explain anything to these stat guys…i seriously don’t think they, or talk radio hosts ever watch a game or seldom do…they just look at the box score after the game to draw their conclusions…then make their stats fit what they are trying to sell
That is cray-z.
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What about grounding out to the second basemen with no outs and a runner on second?
It shows GRIT ’cause the batter knows when to do the little things for his team. Those batters who hit home runs are just out for themselves, hogging all the attention while they trot around the bases.
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by RichHerreraHomer on Jul 21, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
You hear that, Colby Rasmus!
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 21, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
The Royals have a couple of great blogs. It’s honestly part of why I want the Royals to be good.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 21, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Grit forumula rules
The formula behind GRIT is straight forward:
(BB%+SO%) * (SB + 1)
_____________________
(ISO*wOBA)
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 21, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
mmm cold woba
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Shouldn’t the coefficients for SO% and BB% be negative?
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This way Keppinger has the lowest GRIT on the team, which seems wrong. On the other hand, Burriss’s GRIT is astronomical, which seems right.
"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 it should be ( (100-BB%)+(1-SO%) )
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needs moar HBP.
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Congratulations, Hector!
ooooo good point.
Should be like (SB+1+10HBP)
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Multiplied by factor
How close your face looks like ass. Rowand and Victorino both high on G.R.I.T.
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by Myemail21479 on Jul 21, 2011 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
yum, grits
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 21, 2011 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
FLOLrida MarLOLins
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 21, 2011 10:27 AM PDT reply actions
They might get this game wiped out if the rain continues.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
BOO! This POST SUCKS!
not enough Carlos Beltran rosterbation.
by Andrew Crispell on Jul 21, 2011 10:27 AM PDT reply actions
Cody Ransom is the reason Ehire Adrianza and Brandon Crawford are top-10 prospects that figure to have long major league careers.
"When the Giants call up a 21-year-old Venezuelan catcher who started the year in San Jose, was hitting well with poor plate discipline, but wasn't on Baseball America's preseason list of the organization's 30 best prospects, only good things can happen."
Congratulations, Hector!
Good defensive shortstops that can hit even minimally will stick around forever.
"When the Giants call up a 21-year-old Venezuelan catcher who started the year in San Jose, was hitting well with poor plate discipline, but wasn't on Baseball America's preseason list of the organization's 30 best prospects, only good things can happen."
Congratulations, Hector!
So he’s maybe not the reason, but a moderate example of the principle. I also think you mean “professional careers” and not “major league” careers, seeing as how Ransom has put together roughly half a season’s worth of major league at bats in his entire career.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes – principle, not reason. It’s just an illustration of how valuable and rare major league shortstops really are.
But I think “major league” career is appropriate – he was in the big leagues off and on for a decade, and now he’s back up as a 35 year old, despite only getting a smattering of AB’s throughout his career. Although, to your point, he’d only accrued 2.2 years of ML service time over the course of the last decade coming into this year.
"When the Giants call up a 21-year-old Venezuelan catcher who started the year in San Jose, was hitting well with poor plate discipline, but wasn't on Baseball America's preseason list of the organization's 30 best prospects, only good things can happen."
Congratulations, Hector!
That is the Neifi Perez therum
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 21, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't hit me, but,
I forget why I’m supposed to hate Cody Ransom.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Steve Finley game.
Bottom of the 9th, Dodgers Batting, Behind 0-3, Giants’ Dustin Hermanson facing 5-6-7
Cody Ransom replaces Deivi Cruz playing SS batting 6th
b9 0-3 0 —- 5,(3-1) LAD S. Green D. Hermanson 5% 9% Single to LF (Fly Ball)
b9 0-3 0 1— 6,(3-2) LAD R. Ventura D. Hermanson 9% 18% Walk; Green to 2B
b9 0-3 0 12- 5,(1-2) O LAD A. Cora D. Hermanson -8% 10% Strikeout Looking
Jose Hernandez pinch hits for David Ross © batting 8th
b9 0-3 1 12- 6,(3-2) LAD J. Hernandez D. Hermanson 10% 20% Walk; Green to 3B; Ventura to 2B
Hee-Seop Choi pinch hits for Yhency Brazoban (P) batting 9th
b9 0-3 1 123 7,(3-2) R LAD H. Choi D. Hermanson 13% 33% Walk; Green Scores; Ventura to 3B; Hernandez to 2B
Jason Christiansen replaces Dustin Hermanson pitching and batting 7th
Antonio Perez pinch runs for Hee-Seop Choi (PH) batting 9th
b9 1-3 1 123 3,(1-1) R LAD C. Izturis J. Christiansen 21% 53% Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Ventura Scores; Hernandez to 3B; Perez to 2B
Matt Herges replaces Jason Christiansen pitching and batting 7th
b9 2-3 1 123 8,(2-2) R LAD J. Werth M. Herges 30% 83% Single to RF (Line Drive); Hernandez Scores; Perez to 3B; Izturis to 2B
Wayne Franklin replaces Matt Herges pitching and batting 7th
b9 3-3 1 123 2,(0-1) RRRR LAD S. Finley W. Franklin 17% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Perez Scores; Izturis Scores/unER; Werth Scores
This also confirms my recollection that Ransom was playing SS, not 2B, in that game. Sorry Grant.
Oh, right.
All I remember of that game was Finley, and I try to block that out, as well.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Plenty of blame to go around for that debacle, obviously.
What’s gets lost in all that – Brett Tomko was AWESOME in that game.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 21, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
Christensen and Wayne Franklin? I mean, come on, you can’t blame it all on Ransom.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
True
I mean, in fact it was mostly Hermanson’s fault (and Alou’s — Hermanson was running on fumes at that point of the season). Walking the bases loaded with a three-run lead is obviously not what you want to do.
Still, if Ransom doesn’t boot the double-play ball the game is over.
/was at the game
I remember Deivi hitting a blast to left. w/BLB on base…caught right at the base of the wall.
An inning later, dodger fans were exiting around me, saying “we’ll get you tomorrow!”…LOL it ain’t over, replied Gamesix who knew better.
there was no way i could resist
Lord Bochy was in the practice yard with some of the youths when he heard the clatter of hooves. Most men would say that one galloping horse was much like another, but the Bruce had learned to hear things that younger men sneered at as myth. He heard the tolling of funeral bells in that clatter, a presentiment of doom that reminded him of his days in the south.
"My lord?" One of the Brandons had stopped at his swordplay; Lord Bochy made a practice of not remembering their names until they’d survived their first campaign. It was easier that way. "Is something wrong?"
"Nothing," he grumbled. "Look to your swords. I’ll be back presently. Ser Patrick!" He turned and trod heavily towards the gatehouse as Patrick detached himself from the wall, already smirking at the Brandons while Aubrey the Loon cackled in the background. More faithful soldiers. Will he be enough for whatever awaits us? Green boys and weary old men, that’s what they’ve given me…
The messenger had already halted dismounted by the time he arrived in the gatehouse. It was Schierholtz the one they called the Longarm, one of the best of the young blades. No man could doubt his strength or courage, but he had never learned to wait. And he was not waiting now. "My lord!" he shouted, taking a knee.
"On your feet, lad. What is it?"
"Ser Matthew sent me with word from the south. They say the Knight of the Drews is fallen-"
"-maybe dead. Aye, Sir Nathan, we’ve heard." The Bruce smiled, gently enough. "Darren o’ the Ford rode here last night with the word. You’ve had a long ride for nothing." But Schierholtz was shaking his head, his face flat with dread.
"That’s not it, my lord, I’m sorry. They moved quickly at the towers, and raised another war leader’s banner." He swallowed, flexing his hand nervously on his sword hilt.
The bells were tolling again. Lord Bochy did not, could not be seen to flinch. "Tell me."
The Longarm looked his lord in the face. "Ransom," he whispered. "Ransom has returned." And the bells rang in his voice, and the Bruce knew that at last he’d woken to the day he dreaded. Green boys and weary old men, and I the weariest of all. Gods help us…
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 21, 2011 10:34 AM PDT reply actions 38 recs
Is this going to be a multi-part series?
Because I don’t know if I could ever get enough GoT!Giants
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't know if I'm gonna go all TL2 on this
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 21, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
you could have resisted if a hot chick offered sex not to
by Headhunter Rollins on Jul 21, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Fucking epic
I want more
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Reek, reek, it rhymes with weak.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
whoa, this comment sounds like it refers to you/your story. You know that’s not the case!
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow....Just Wow
/ The applause light is lit.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Darren o' the Ford keeps making me 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.
I am ashamed to admit that it took me a second to figure out who “Patrick” was. I just think of him as Pat!
But “Aubrey the Loon” and “Nathan the Longarm” are brilliant.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait 6 years to find out
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I am like the Schierholtz
I cannot wait.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
"No man could doubt his strength or courage, but he had never learned to wait."
Holy crap, that’s great.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 21, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
"With a guy like that, you have six beers, pass out, come to the park and hit."
by deuce deuce on Jul 21, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
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 21, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I am offended that you have besmirched Timmy by associating him with the Lannisters.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
the Lannisters are straight-up gangsta
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 21, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, this is why it’s offensive.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I suspect I am not the intended audience for that video. But seeing it made a comment of Jaime’s in the third book make no sense.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
There is nothing shameful about being associated with Tyrion Lannister
Short guys with quick arms/wits and a propensity to get out of tight situations in unexpected ways represent.
I love that guy, but he’s not exactly a typical Lannister, nor emblematic of the House.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
"A Lincecum always repays his debts."
I thought that was Lensmen.
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/rec
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
More!
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Nearly forced me to make water.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
ot: earl weaver baseball video game memories
1. it kept trying to trade curt young to me. i thought it was cy young and it took me awhile to figure out…well, as long as it took rto realize cy young wasnt pitching very well.
2. it predated the live ball era. in full season mode it had guys like mcgwire hitting 60+ hrs every season. my friends and i all laughed at it, since kevin mitchells 47 seemed like an ungodly number at the time.
3. the game did not understand what a save was and how to play to it. i had a number of teams that, when the closer was hurt, would substitute a back up infielder to get saves. one year during a simulated season. dave magadan had 13 saves.
4. i made myself a switch hitting 2b in the game, with honest numbers of 7/10 average and 5/ 10 power. 30 games into the first simulated season i had to bench myself for ernest riles.
by Headhunter Rollins on Jul 21, 2011 10:34 AM PDT reply actions
would have been funny even without the leaopard
by Headhunter Rollins on Jul 21, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
People attacked brutally! Animal killed brutally! But, look! Cool photo!
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m rooting for the cat.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
It died of knife wounds.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m used to disappointment.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, this again.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I am confused.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
TL2 are you more offended by the pic I posted or Natto suggesting Cody Ransom die in a fire?
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s a simple joke intentionally portraying myself as confused by Cody Ransom the player and Cody_ransom, the you. It’s not particularly deep thinking.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
Okay.
/chasm’d
I think.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Lighten up, Francis.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks drunk.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
The years have not been kind. Or was it Yankees fans.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
He looks frightened and confused.
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NOT HUMAN
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Jul 21, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
UNDEAD
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Alright...off to Ventura.
see you guys tomorrow
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
In the Sunshine ?
Chewin’ on a piece of grass walkin’ down the road ?
Alligator lizards in the air ?
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Why can't the Giants play today?
My company has set up a booth at the State Fair in the Beer Gardens and I have to work in it today. If the Giants played today I could have at least listened to the game.
Were I in town, I would patronize your fine products. Thence, I would enjoy some fine spun-sugar cotton candy and peruse the offerings on the midway. What a fine afternoon that would be!
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
I would!
And whatever happened to the traditional egg creams at ye olde State Fair?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (more often than I blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Jul 21, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
It now requires a Prop 65 California warning label. The cup is not big enough.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
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LOL
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
BTW..
Is it like 90 degrees there today with 95% humidity ?
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
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This is the greatest thing I have ever seen.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
OMG is it on VELVET?
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Lord Destro
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Not bad, but there’s way too much noise going on in the face area.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Startling resemblance to Julian Tavares
I could not, for the life of me, remember his name just now. However a Google search for “ugliest ballplayer ever” got it for me. No joke.
Wow...
only one error in 2004.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
So I guess the lesson is, defense is actually important. But no one notices it unless you make a bonehead play in a big game.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Jose Cruz, Jr. is solemnly nodding his head somewhere.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
See now those I remember. Because he did it like 3 times and he had just won the GG.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Tim Brown of Yahoo is reporting that the Giants are going hard after Beltran despite what others are saying. (for the guy above who wanted Beltran news)
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Jul 21, 2011 10:51 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
The more I think about it, the more I want him.
The more OF we add, the less likely Rowand starts a game.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
The more OF we add, the less likely Rowand starts a game.
Is this called the "Beltran Effect " ? If so I approve, with reservations.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Or Burrell disappears forever and Nate is the 6th OF.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Burrell is too cheap to let go.
How can you cut a guy who is productive at 1 million?
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Giving him irregular playing time and keeping him out of a groove until you realize that you need to free up a roster spot and oh what the hell we only spent a million on him anyway.
I mean, conceivably.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Very sad; very true.
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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Or Ross! That unclutch boob.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Stop clutching Ross’ boob.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Can I just switch hands instead?
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh?
Beltran in RF, Rowand in CF, Burriss in LF. That sounds about like Bochy’s idea of what to do: “Umm, got that big bat out there now, hmmm, gotta go with Rowie, he’s one of our guys, hmmm, need to get some vroom in the outfield, hmmm, mumble, Bork, Bork . . . .”
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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I doubt Bochy would put Burriss in the outfield with any kind of regularity.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Squee!
Seriously though, just play Beltran every single damn damn (screw his knees!) and just alternate giving Cody and Nate days off. Simple!
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Every single damn damn?
"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!"
Yes!
And throw a ‘day’ in there while you’re at it.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
The Rubble’s other son who was in a Satanic cult
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Your mom's a girl
(ba dum bash)
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 21, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
This needs to be a chorus to an indie song. Thrash uke.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I honestly don’t think any reporters know what’s going on with the trades. My guess is, the wind changes every few minutes depending on who is talking to whom at any given moment.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Giants intern: (on McCoveyChronicles) “And if I click on this thread… hmmm… Beltran…?”
/intern closes browser, walks to Sabean’s office.
Giants intern: “Mr. Sabean, I think Beltran is available. And he’s good!”
Sabean: “Get out of my office. Why are you? Susan! Who is this? Why is he in my office?”
Susan (to intern): “Please, Ryan, please just get out. Don’t make him angry. Don’t make him think about Beltran. He doesn’t want to think about Beltran.”
Sabean: “BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELTTTTRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!”
Susan: “Oh god. Run. Run, now. Run for you life!”
/Susan and the intern run for their lives.
/Hours pass. Enter reporter.
Reporter: “So, Ryan, is Sabean considering Beltran?”
Giants intern: “He’s been thinking a lot about Beltran, yeah.”
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Kudos . . .
. . . from The Whom Society of America.
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So what's our limit?
Brown and the contract?
That’s probably way too much for a lot of you and I’m not sure I’d do it either.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I bet it's Brown or the contract.
Which means we’ll just do the contract.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
But if the info about prefering talent to $ is true,
Philly’s rumored offer is a much better fit. I think it will come down to a combination of $ and talent.
I mean say it woudl take 3 mil and Brown? would you say no because of 3 mil?
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
No, I’d say NO because of Brown.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
Me too.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
This Line
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
I can’t actually think the Phillies are going to give up their Brown, that’d be dumb as shit.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
That's true.
Dom Brown might be better than Beltran right now, and definitely better over the next 5 years.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve read the Phillies won’t give up Dominic Brown for Beltran. Not to mention that their fan base would flip out if they helped the Phillies. Their offer would have to be way better than the Giants for them to get him.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Jul 21, 2011 11:05 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
What I’ve heard is mostly based around Jonathan Singleton for the Phillies. They definitely do not want to give up Dom Brown or Vance Worley, who they see as a solid #2-#3 type starter.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=single001jon
More comfortable with chicken
by billywitchdoctor.com on Jul 21, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Phillies don’t want the money (luxury tax) and don’t have the prospects to get the mets to cover the salary.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 21, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Dom Brown?
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Ron Brown
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Willie Brown
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Downtown Julie Brown
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
Moonbeam Brown
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Larry Brown
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Cinnamon Brown
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Brown Trout
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Hot Brown Sandwich
since it is almost lunch time
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If it's BROWN flush it down
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by NuschlerFace on Jul 21, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
If it's yellow let it mellow
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 21, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Dom Brown ain’t getting traded.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 21, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
We're talking about Ruben Amaro.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
And Dom Brown survived all of his trading. As of now the only real piece he has moved is Drabek. Carrasco is looking good this year too, but he also got Lee for 2 years and Halladay on a 3/60 contract.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 21, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
And I am no RAJ fan. I just don’t see them trading Dom Brown.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 21, 2011 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
That's what I've been thinking
Remember that report about the Phillies being in debt?
There’s no way they can afford to bring in the money, and I really don’t think they want to give up Dominic Brown.
Go Bears!
I would take Brown straight up. If they wanted money, all the better.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Is it weird
that I’d rather give up Wheeler than Brown? Maybe because I feel like we have decent organizational depth pitching wise, but very few OF’s with the kind of tools that Brown possesses.
Go Bears!
I am not sure we have a lot of pitching depth that could replace Wheeler.
Where Panik might be able to replace Brown.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't think
panik has the speed that Brown does, and I don’t believe we have another OF that can play CF as well as Brown. A guy like Beltran won’t be able to play CF for a whole lot longer, even if we resign him, and who knows what will happen with Andres, so I feel in terms of need, Brown has the inside track to get to the majors at a needed position.
However, I think we have some starting pitchers who might not have the #1 or #2 potential that Wheeler might have, but who have the #5 potential that we currently need, if in fact we are moving forward with the assumption that Timmy, Matt, and MadBum are our future 1-3 and Sanchez can be #4.
Go Bears!
Yeah,
on second thought i would have to agree wtih you. I was thinking strictly with the bat.
If Brown can play D anything like Torres, he’s worth keeping around.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
They are only going semi-hard
Brian is getting up there in age.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
TWSS?
"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!"
Cialis
/ beach bathub
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This is what I do on every vacation.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
So you really are Cody Ransom ?
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
So it is kind of like when Xiahou Ba resists Sima Yi
and loses, so he flees to Shu and…nothing really happens
I have quite literally
blocked 04-07 out of my mind. I have flashes of memories, like a Padre dropping a ball as fireworks go off, and Timmy’s first game, and Matt Cain coming up, and Barry doing his thing, but for the most part, those have become forgotten years.
Go Bears!
‘05 to ’08 is like that for me. It’s weird, because I really cared about the ’05 and ’06 Giants: like, an unhealthy amount. The journal I kept back then is filled with details of their exploits.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
It’s amazing how quickly things can turn around though. I remember thinking during those years that 2012 was the target year for contention, yet here we are
Go Bears!
Last year I had the Giants pegged as an 84-win team.
"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!"
When you look at the staritng lineup we had at the begining
Who could blame you? lol
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 21, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I have forgotten everything that happened with the Giants between 2004 and 2008.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I tried to block him out too
Wasn’t his fault, just the dang run support depressed me.
Never will forget that one-hitter against the AAAthletics though.
Go Bears!
I associate Timmy with 2008. Waiting for the results of the voting in November 2008 was like waiting for a coronation. I could believe in hope again.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
A glimmer ?
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Was Cody Ransom so traumatized by fucking up at being a defensive replacement
that he evolved into a being of pure offense?
I think he was PCL MVP in 2004 or 2003. He had a great season in Fresno before his call up.
So I looked it up…
2004 158 PA, 10 HR, 1.000 OPS
He’s done this before and still sucked.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't MVP.
Was best defender in 2003, then put up the moster 35 games and got the call.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
that he evolved into a being of pure offense?
/altitude adjustment
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Cody Ransom convinced me that defensive replacements are stupid. Years later, I’ve only had that opinion reinforced.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
And I think statistically they’re basically a wash at best.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Read this as
Cody Ransom conceived me
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
It helps when the defensive replacement can hit a little, but that always still just leaves me with the question, “then why not start that guy?”
I guess it’s valuable as a way to get guys playing time. But as a close-game strategy it always frustrates me.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
So… I just found this weird little mp3 player while cleaning out a desk drawer… Is it possible to have an mp3 player with only an earphone slot? Is there a 3.5jack to usb cable? Or is this something somebody got free in a box of Cocoa Puffs?
Oh, it's a shuffle?
I have a couple of those clanking around. There’s a dock thingy that has a plug that looks like a headphone jack.
Ah, yes, this thing.
Aaaaaah thanks… I wonder where the hell that little piece of plastic is hiding….All of our ipods, zens, and whatnots have some sort of usb port…
…maybe the “junk drawer” in the kitchen.
Oh well thanks again, now I’ve got something to do ‘til it’s safe to leave for the gym…
yippeee!!!
I found this in a box full of usb cables. Do we really need a shoebox full of usb cables? I actually found one of those big ole grey strappy computer [ide?] cables in there too. Haven’t seen one of those in eons!
OT
I brought Veronica Mars over to a friend’s place last weekend and watched the pilot with her. I dunno how far she’s gotten, but I’ve re-watched through episode 14 already.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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I <3 VM so much
That first season is one of the most brilliant things this side of the Wire
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I keep hearing people say this, but I got about halfway through the first season and then forgot to watch more. It just wasn’t that compelling to me.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
I wanted less girl and more Jason Dohring.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Really? I thought he was awful!
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I watched it once and decided I didn’t like the girl but the guy was so hot. That is the extent of my Veronica Mars exposure.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Why I dislike Supernatural, I don’t know. I guess Winchesters don’t do it for me.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Supernatural sucks
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.
KNEEL BEFORE TODD!
I actually like it, but it’s definitely a guilty pleasure.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Admittedly, I liked Supernatural (at least, the first three seasons) because it was a good show. Jared and Jensen were cool to view, but I liked the show as a whole.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
I really liked it until it got so bogged down in the mytharc.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Right. That’s what killed it for me. I liked the MotW episodes much better.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
Ah, see I always like the arc episodes better (with pretty much any show). That was a huge problem I had with Wonderfalls. Too many throwaway episodes. I mean, who really cared about the two old ladies going over Niagara Falls?
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
That was a great ep!
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 watched the pilot and was traumatized by the scene where the one guy gets eaten by the wending. I don’t know why I can consume war violence but not horror violence.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Incidentally, OS X Lion iPad-style AutoCorrect, I meant to write wendigo.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
He was great. I love how they made the audience do a complete 180 on his character. I don’t know if I have ever seen a character go from so hated to so adored in on season.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d credit the writers FAR more than the actor. There were a bunch of times where I really had no idea what emotion he was trying to convey.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Is that the guy from Just Shoot Me?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I guess probably not.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
No, Veronica’s dad was on Just Shoot Me. We’re talking about Logan.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, I guess if it isn’t for you, then it isn’t for you. Personally I adored it (obviously)
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Totally agree.
S2 and S3… not so much.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree.
I offended my screenwriting professor when I opined that VM season 1 was better than season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which to him is sacrosanct.
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Who then guest starred in an episode of Veronica Mars!
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
He really liked Veronica Mars.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
When I hear Joss Whedon
All I think of is some girl from my frosh year dorm floor who was OBSESSED with him. Name dropped all the time, said he was going to write a personal letter to let her into whatever liberal arts college he went to after they rejected her.
And all I could remember thinking was, you’re at Cal, that’s not a bad backup plan.
Sorry Joss Whedon, you deserve a better memory in my head than that.
Go Bears!
Yeah. Unfortunately everyone knows someone who won’t shut up about Joss Whedon, and that never does any good.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I used to be that person.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve come dangerously close with Firefly.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
My cousins never shut up about Kevin Smith
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he’s Will Smith’s brother
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
No, that’s Carlton.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I’ve boiled it down to people who won’t shut up about Firefly…
A show I love, but, come on, people… River Tam is not going to beat the Terminator in a fight.
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
River Tam is the Terminator.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I lol’ed.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2011 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
No seriously.
Possibly NSFW: http://mydisguises.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/summer_glau-terminator.jpg
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I know she was a Terminator (and totally hot as one). I just thought it was funny how he said it.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (more often than I blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Jul 21, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Okay, first...
My recollection is wrong. River Tam beat Batman to win the io9 poll.
This was the first comment from that final round poll that should tell you all you need to know about Firefly fans and the controversy surrounding the dominance of River Tam:
You know what I’ve noticed? People are attacking Firefly fans because River had done so well, and yet the vast majority of them have done nothing nearly as troll-ish as the legions of antagonists continually declaring this contest to be a sham, accusing Tam supporters of foul play, and asserting that River isn’t badass, let alone badass to have made it this far, despite completely objective proof otherwise. In reading the message boards on this and other articles, the outpouring of irrational anger against River and her supporter is glaringly obvious, and yet the supporters have no voice in the matter.
I would like to specifically mention the user Wookie1972, who, at the time of this writing, has no less than six featured postings on this poll’s page. A vocal supporter of Batman, he has, at this point, argued against the only Tam supporter by using irrelevant conclusions, and even went so far as to compare the voting to the atrocities associated with the Iranian election.
In the interest of disclosure, I have voted for River Tam, and would be happy to enumerate my reasons why, as well listen to any arguments for Batman’s superiority. I do this in the hopes that this message board, and the coverage of this poll in general, will become less focused on the so-called unfairness of the poll, and instead feature rational discussions and debates about the topic.
And the link to this mess:
http://io9.com/5348886/televisions-biggest-badass-of-all-time-final-round-river-vs-batman
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Okay, here’s the thing:
Spontaneous encounter, River hands down. She wiped out a room full of Reavers; she can definitely throttle Batman.
However, that would just be the initial, escalating setback in a Batman movie. He would retire to his cave, focus on what he needs to improve, and end up figuring out how to psychically cripple River or some crazy ish like that and then he’d kick her off the roof of some high building.
And then a Gojira track kicks in and the credits roll.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I have the basement-dwellingest boner right now.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I think Buffy would beat River Tam in a spontaneous encounter. Then again, River Tam always annoyed me or, at least, annoyed me more than entertained me.
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Me too, to an extent. Simon & Book even more so.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
another tv show
that lost me half way through the first season. I guess The Wire and Breaking Bad have ruined me.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
I'm all sitcoms
all the time. I have never been able to stick with a drama.
Short attention span, I guess.
Go Bears!
You could say the entire series lost itself halfway through the first season.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Which markdash already said. Good.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll take Book over Simon just because he’d sometimes have a knowing look, whereas Simon never seemed to know anything and most of his lines consisted of shushing his sister who was in the middle of a freakout.
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh shit, y'all
The first two seasons are streaming free at the WB website!
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
http://www.thewb.com/shows/veronica-mars
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Just remember me wheeeeen!
We used to be friends!
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
holy shit there’s tons of WB-produced shows streaming on their website
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I think I’m the only person who isn’t reading or hasn’t read GoT.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
Nah
I’m with ya
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 21, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I may very well in the future, though. It’s not some sort of scoffing thing. It just hasn’t happened.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Me neither
I haven’t read a book in years. I’m always on my computer, IPad and iPhone and watching TV. I read one page of a book and I fall asleep. You guys enjoy your fancy book learnin’.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Jul 21, 2011 11:11 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
… Steve Jobs? is that you?
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I got more apples than an orchard!
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Jul 21, 2011 11:23 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Srsly he once said “Who reads anymore?” Like most people who have great, almost occult in-person presence, he doesn’t pay much mind to text. As evinced by the “word processing” templates in Pages.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
People are always taken aback when I tell them that there are still, to this day, in this country, in this very city people withOUT access to the internet. -well, unless they go to the library or something…assuming you can find one that’s open.
I thought Los Angeles was the only area that had this problem. I can’t always write in a Starbucks and I usually can’t write at home, but the third (which should be first) best option is never available because the libraries are only open, like, 4 hours a day and close at 5!
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I do better “brainstorming” writing in cafes.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
My “setup” is too helter-skelter. I’m not quite certain where I work best and when. Brainstorming, outlining, drafting and revising all just happen on their own time.
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I have the first volume waiting on my pile. But I got caught of in a complete re-read of the WoT series (NERD), so it may have to wait.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (more often than I blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Jul 21, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I read the first 4, but I’ve decided to wait to see if he finishes the whole series before I read on. Each book gets progressively more weighed down with extraneous detail. There’s so much boredom to get through to get to the awesome parts.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Since I don't read GRRMartin,
can someone tell me if those neeps are the same as Scottish neeps? “I served my nuncle roasted tatties and neeps with a samite napkin.”
by mrs. owlcroft on Jul 21, 2011 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I presume so.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
…or viewed it. Was going to watch S1 On Demand until Tolbert started pimping it. It must blow if he’s into it (although we agree on Tool).
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
HARDCORE LESBIAN SEX SCENES
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
that scene was maybe the most awkward thing ever
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 haven’t. I want to but I’m so far behind the curve I fill like a loser buying it.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 21, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
/ACOK!
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.
OH YOU THINK SO, HUH?
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Jul 21, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
haven’t read it. couldn’t deal with the show either.
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 21, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
i thought that was a bullshit call by Jon Miller. “and ANOTHER error by…(Ransom)”
would they try to hag all the blame on Burriss or Crawford if they f’ed up in a big game? its just stupid. same thing with Salomon Torres – easy scapegoat.
by repeat_in_2011 on Jul 21, 2011 11:05 AM PDT reply actions
would they try to hag all the blame on Burriss or Crawford if they f’ed up in a big game?
Uh, probably?
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 21, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I’m pretty sure if anyone made an error to f’ up a big game, they’d take all the blame. Maybe not Pablo tho
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
take the Salomon Torres case – anyone surprised a rookie couldn’t handle the pressure in that game? what a shocker.
by repeat_in_2011 on Jul 21, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
When someone comes into a game as a defensive replacement ...
… and makes an error that helps lead to the Dodgers’ greatest moment since Kirk Gibson, it will be remembered. That’s not weak, that’s baseball. Hermanson sucked and Franklin sucked too, but Ransom’s was brutal.
Torres took more crap than he deserved, though, I agree. Pitchers have bad starts.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 21, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
yeah, but was Ransom even an above average defensive player? he was just a nobody up from the minors and Jon Miller piled all this crap on him.
by repeat_in_2011 on Jul 21, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
This should be converted into a haiku.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
The Bocock
(He booted it, and then pain)
Before there was Bocock
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
wait should the 5 line go first and the 3 line go last?
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Hermanson's arm was falling off
Thanks to Felipe’s management. Ah, what an incompetent, incompetent manager.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Definitely Burriss
For some reason I feel like the announcers really love Crawford and would give him a little more grace.
However, I don’t want to see anything like this happen.
Go Bears!
No one is immune to the pretty (except GP) not even the announcers!
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Is this saying that
Crawford is good-looking? He certainly is.
That family has good genes. Amy Crawford is gorgeous! And dating Gerrit Cole…
Go Bears!
And he knows it
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Just like those jocks that would toss my bass clarinet into the pond by the practice field.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
You mean you never walked into the locker room and seduced them all and then the coach walks in and … /Nifty
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I remember that story where Aurilia wanders into the sauna to find JT and Kent —
Oh wait, I wrote that.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, I’m still thinking about Timmy and Zito.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t write slash. I write gay porn. ;)
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Incorrect.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (more often than I blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Jul 21, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh also
I really liked that National Anthem yesterday.
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.
Jackie Greene?
They played it on KNBR this morning, and waxed poetic about it. I agreed.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Yeah
I was really pleasantly surprised.
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.
Jackie Greene is AWESOME
Been a fan of his for like 3-4 years now. He plays shows in SF all the time. Definitely would recommend going
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
It’s reaching the point where I approve of any national anthem that doesn’t come off as a shitty American Idol tryout.
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 21, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Or some awful out of tune guitar only version.
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.
Or that crappy one where the guy played all those brass instruments badly.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (more often than I blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Jul 21, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Santana’s son and keyboardist.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I really enjoyed the Blue Man Group one.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Blue Man absolutely was the best.
Except maybe for the Association back at the ’Stick. They were amazing, perfect a capella 6-part harmony
by mrs. owlcroft on Jul 21, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
My roommate did Monday’s! And then shook Pablo’s hand and got yelled at for it.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
DONT TOUCH THE PANDA
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
You don’t enjoy pointless voicesturbation?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s on YouTube for folks like me who missed it.
That really is quite good. I agree with Stuttering John, the modern pop star take on the song is not only terribly overused, it’s also really poorly suited for the particular song. It sounds so awkward and clunky when random notes get held just to showcase the singer’s technical skill.
by Seasick fish on Jul 21, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh wait
That’s from last year. Roughly the same performance, though, I’m guessing?
by Seasick fish on Jul 21, 2011 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Matthew Berry repeatedly pronounced Ransom as “Ransin” today on the podcast.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2008/8/15/594553/blast-from-the-past#8128320
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
It was way, way longer ago than I was expecting.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Looks like I'm going to Honolulu for vacation in October
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
it’ll have to be on the dark of the moon
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Did a Hawaii cruise last year. Best vacation ever.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Jul 21, 2011 11:21 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I think they are in Maui
I hit vacation Cap in October so I have to take it or I lose it.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Mets fans have signs saying goodbye to Beltran. Last home game before the deadline.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Jul 21, 2011 11:20 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Nothing?
Nah, they can take Rowand
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 21, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
That's the spirit!
I hear Zito loves New York! And was Sandy Alderson around in Oakland when they drafted him?
: )
Go Bears!
Remember the last day of Jason Schmidt?
Me Neither <.<
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Jon Heyman said the consensus is that the Giants got Keppinger for nothing.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Jul 21, 2011 11:28 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Basically
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
feels like it. i didn’t even know henry sosa was still active.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I happen to like Stouffers and Sousa.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Stoffer might be ok.
Astros could have gotten Sosa for free when we took him off the 40.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Makes good frozen Lasagna
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Best frozen lasagna = Claim Jumper
But it appears they’re not being made anymore.
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 21, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Trader Joe’s has some goodlasagnas
Fixed /
Long list is long.
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More and more of our food $$ is going to TJ’s, less and less to Safeway.
TJ’s employees are generally nicer and more helpful than those at the nearest competitor. Well except for the SavMart on Folsom Blvd, they hire sheltered workshop people there, who I think, if I were to let them, really would come home with me to help me unload the groceries from the car.
Joe’s is my “go to” store for unusual and good items. Kind of like Sergio Romo. I don’t shop there as often as I should, but I always love it when I do.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
It was well stated yesterday,
“Hey, free upgrade.”
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
OT: For those of you who havent seen Mad Men
It’s coming to streaming Netflix. WATCH IT
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this is great news. if they’d put breaking bad there too, that would be great.
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Your mom's a girl
The Figher is worth your time if you like sports movies!
Really! Mark Wahlberg does not ruin the movie!
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I find Wahlberg pretty decent when he is not supposed to carry the movie. He can be hilarious (ala I <3 Huckabees or The Departed)
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
He and Renee Zelwegger are replacement-level actors.
They won’t ruin or elevate the material.
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
This is a great question.
He didn’t ruin The Matrix, right? In fact, it’s very likely he made the movie better by being such a nothing presence. It let the world stand out more.
He didn’t ruin Bill & Ted’s, he elevated it (them).
He didn’t ruin Point Break.
Keanu Reeves is at least a 1-WAR actor, I’d think.
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
What movies has he been in that would be good if not for him?
Most of the movies I can think of were already bad regardless of his presence.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
He wasn’t entirely terrible in Parenthood.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
This
he was Keanu Reeves playing Keanu Reeves in Point Break, which has an odd appeal somehow.
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Wasting my day! Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!
Some of his filmography… a lot of bad movies that were not improved by his presence, too. I have no way of SABR-ing this up, but I’ll give it a go:
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 1.0 WAR (not anyone could have played this role, but someone else could have)
Parenthood 0.0
Point Break 2.0 (couldn’t be acted off the screen by Swayze but couldn’t upstage him. AND, he played a surfer dude. Perfect role for him, but, again, could’ve been played by others).
My Own Private Idaho 0.0
Dracula -1.0
Much Ado About Nothing -2.0 (surfer + Shakespearean comedy = tragedy)
Speed 2.0 (had a modicum of chemistry with Sandra Bullock, had to seem at least somewhat believable and was, had to be seen as clearly inferior to Dennis Hopper and was)
Johnny Mnemonic 0.0 (awful movie, nothing he could’ve done, but it wasn’t his performance that made it bad)
A Walk in the Clouds -1.0 (he’s not a romantic lead, he’s a blank face)
Chain Reaction 0.0 (Johnny Mnemonic reasons)
The Devil’s Advocate 0.0 (did he make this mediocre movie mediocre? Probably not. Could another actor had made it better? Sure!)
The Matrix 0.0 (he didn’t ruin the movie, he didn’t elevate it).
The Replacements 0.0
The Gift 0.0
Hard Ball -1.0 (nothing inspiring about him. I think he had to coach those kids for more better reasons than Gordon Bombay did in MD).
Constantine 0.0 (bad movie, did he ruin it?)
A Scanner Darkly 0.0 (bad movie, did he ruin it?)
The Lake House -1.0 (romantic lead, no way)
Street Kings 0.0 (bad movie, did he ruin it?)
The Day the Earth Stood Still 0.0 (bad movie, did he ruin it?)
So, he’s a -1.0 WAR actor based on these brief, totally unscientific ratings.
by Every6thDay on Jul 21, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Seems like a narrow scale. Nothing above or below 2.0?
And A Scanner Darkly rocked, so your post is invalid.
He was way more terrible than -1 in Dracula. Conversely, you neglected River’s Edge (which is actually a really good movie), and I think he was well above replacement in that. (It helped that he wasn’t really famous at the time.)
I thought River's Edge was really bad
Not because of Keanu so much as Crispin Glover.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Those were his best seasons though
What about War of the Worlds? And all other Keanu Reeves projects?
Go Bears!
I actually wasn’t in a hurry to see the Matrix movies because of him. I almost didn’t watch the last one because of him. Loved the rest of the cast. Hated him. He did ruin the movies.
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2011 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't worry
It’s an off day and only 10 days til the deadline.
It’s perfectly normal for a person your age.
Go Bears!
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They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jul 21, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait a minute. You’re two different people.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
There is a lot of Cal/Giants crossover on this board.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
all CAL alums are giants fans
its just the way it is
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by calgiants86 on Jul 21, 2011 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
/Combines Lou Seal and Oski into a very strange scary mascot
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by calgiants86 on Jul 21, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
That would be the friendliest, least scary mascot ever. Neither Lou nor Oski are at all intimidating.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Im thinking of a seal combined with a bear would look very disfigured
Personality wise it would be very very nice though
They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jul 21, 2011 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
apropos
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I bought that issue at a local bookstore. The article was disappointing.
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how were the pictures
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by shanghaijim on Jul 21, 2011 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Ironically, I think I went to more A’s games while at Berkeley than Giants games, though I am a huge Giants fan and only sort of care about the A’s. The A’s were just way cheaper and easier to get to.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I went to several as well usually when the Skankees came to town though.
The Coliseum is one of the worst stadiums I’ve been to.
They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jul 21, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
A friend of mine
won’t call it the Coliseum. He only refers to it as the cement hell.
Can’t say I disagree with him. Last time I was there was for the U2 concert this summer. U2 was great, the venue was gross.
Go Bears!
Hairy palms
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2011 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
BREAKING
Grant speaks out in favor of pie.
"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!"
Yes
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Settled.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we all know that if GRRM had written the story of Ransom, he (and/or his family) would have been horribly mutilated at some point before his return.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:20 PM PDT reply actions
Lord Steinbrenner should have had his glove hand broken as the price for being released from his evil servitude.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
/anticipation
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, you have.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, maybe it’s not so great now, but wait until winter time, when I’ll get a chance to deal with the most snowfall of any US city, and you SF chumps will be stuck with…
…wait…
Ah, dammit.
by Seasick fish on Jul 21, 2011 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
HARD-HITTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Or maybe it’s my perception.
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by TheLetter2 on Jul 21, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Who is JASON D?
"I don't get out of bed, for a million bucks!"
- Edgar Renteria or a hooker bribing a family man?
by Scooter Ellis on Jul 21, 2011 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I am what I play
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I loose my non-DJ cherry Sunday.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
Loose kind of also works.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
AND I HAVE TO WEAR A SUIT TOMORROW
grumble
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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
This is the correct answer
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
AND we gotta deal with a baseball team that has a bad offense! We’ll find the strength to carry on, but it won’t be easy.
by Seasick fish on Jul 21, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
YOU LOOK LIKE A MONKEY IN YOUR MONKEY SUIT
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
lolife
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
For some reason, I’m envisioning that this involves you standing over Ron Paul’s shoulder, advising him to pick up Asdrubal Cabrera on waivers and not to accept Eric Cantor’s offer to trade him Roy Oswalt for Javy Vasquez.
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I think people of all political stripes can agree that Eric Cantor seems like a guy you’d never want to play fantasy baseball with. He’d definitely offer you Luke Scott and Chad Billingsley for Bautista and then get offended when you said no.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 21, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
BONDSLEGEND IS ERIC CANTOR????
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh.
I like him. To me, the more apt metaphor would be him saying that no matter what, you have to give him Lincecum if you want to get Evan Longoria. And then you keep offering him different stuff, and he says, no, dude, it has to be Lincecum. I’m not changing that. That’s what it takes.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Oh I wasn't making a political metaphor at all
Yours is much more apt in that regard. I just think he’d be a choad in fantasy baseball.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 21, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
That really is such a fantastically onomatopoetic word. One of my favorite insults.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
/bites back champagne room violation
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
No, that sounds semi-reasonable
It would be more like if he was supposed to pay the bill that would keep the league functioning, but he said he wouldn’t pay it unless you gave him Tim Lincecum for nothing. Otherwise the league would fold. But you really wanted to play, so you said, “Well, can’t you at least give me Billingsley in return? Maybe James Loney?” But no.
beware of all enterprises that require new clothes
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Your mom's a girl
I owned 4 suits whilst in college.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
3 of them were Christmas presents
None of them are very expensive ones – MW or Jos A Bank.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Nordstrom Rack
FTW
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
$900 suits for $350!
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Something like that yeah
I own four, and they were all bought in 2-for-1 sales.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I really lucked out. Went to Men’s Wearhouse and didn’t like any of them. Then we went to Macy’s and there was a really nice one marked down to like $185. Cha-CHING!
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah like the guy wearing a $5,000 suit is going to hold the elevator for a guy wearing a $350 suit!
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COME ON!
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
college was clearly the problem
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Your mom's a girl
“One of the things you learn as a college president is that if an undergraduate is wearing a tie and jacket on Thursday afternoon at three o’clock, there are two possibilities. One is that they’re looking for a job and have an interview; the other is that they are an a**hole.”
-former Harvard President Larry Summers
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I only ever wore them to work, I swear!
I wasn’t wear-suit-to-class guy, I just happened to have a couple internships that required them.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Good
You can teach El Person how to knot a tie.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I can only do half-windsors and four-in-hands =(
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
The four-in-hand is my default. I don’t think I even tried double windsors.
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I don’t even know what knot I can tie
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i learned the one where it stays on your neck
but if you or someone else is in a hurry to get it off, that can happen
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 21, 2011 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I can tie a half Windsor (lol – child of the 80s, where girls got to wear ties).
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Get off my lawn, whipper-snapper.
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I learned the one where you cross it in front, wrap it around one (or twice, if it’s a thin tie), pull it through the top of the loop you just wrapped, and tug it tight.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Based on your vague description, I believe that's the four-in-hand
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Based on a youtube thing I’m watching, the four-in-hand pulls through the top from behind. I pull through the top from the front. Maybe that’s not an important distinction.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m looking at some videos to see if I can find the specific way I do it.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m doing it on myself now and I missed something. Man, it’s been a while since I tied a tie.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, that description was terrible. I don’t pull it through the front at all. I really should have just hands-on-ed this from the start.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
So. I start with the back of the tie facing out, and cross the thin end over the wide end. Then, I pull the wide end over the front to wrap it around the thin end. Then I pull the wide end around the front, up through the back, back through the loop, and pull.
I have no clue where that first description came from. It’s like if I told somebody I drive a car by getting into the back seat and then accessing the steering device in the trunk. It’s nonsense.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Pratt knot.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
And based on this thread, I’m the only one who defaults to that.
Also the only one who describes nonexistent things. I win two points.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Does this mean you are a prat?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably. It was really a case where all of my tie-tying memory was tied up in my hands. Like, 90% muscle memory. So when I went to reconstruct it in my head, I had each movement disassociated from the actual process. I remembered that I pull the wide end over the front, but my brain attached it to end of the process instead of the beginning, because my brain usually stays out it when I tie a tie. Once I got my hands working, the thing was immediately tied exactly the way it should be.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
The half windsor is nice for a wider collar
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
oh shit
you are going to be a corporate raider
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Your mom's a girl
They play their games in a crappy stadium
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha, nope
I had friends who were finance majors. They were the ones who went off after college and got the big salaries on wall street.
I was a political science major. The best I can hope is that one day some of the raiders will donate to my campaign.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
½W is also nice and symmetrical
Four in hand has a nasty habit of going askew.
For a very narrow, tight knot I prefer that turn-the-tie-inside-out supersimple knot to the four-in-hand.
This.
Four in hand has a nasty habit of going askew.
Lopsided knot.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
It’s perfectly normal for it to hang slightly to one side or the other.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
The knot I use is closest to a full windsor but slightly different.
Four in hand is for kids.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
I don’t think I own a tie. There might be one lurking in the back of the closet for funerals.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
The full Windsor and its friends strike me as a bridge too far. Unless you are an actual Victorian gentleman.
So wearing a tie isn’t enough. It has to be a certain knot? What’s next a cane? Tophat?
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
McNulty: You know what they call guys who know about fashion?
Bunk: Yeah, grownups.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
I don’t. And yet, I’m huge in afternoon drive time. Figure that one out, Sir Toppamhat.
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James the cheeky little red bastard
Wise words by wcw: "Nobody cares about your Pokemon."
"There’s a new celebrity inside the organization, and it’s a three-foot inanimate object," - Larry Baer, my adopted son.
I’m pretty sure Thomas is the cheeky one, if I remember the song correctly.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Thomas, he’s the cheeky one
James, he’s vain but lots of fun
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
It wasn’t until my son was old enough to start watching those that I discovered Alec Baldwin and George Carlin have both been narrators for that show.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I think Alec Baldwin almost always wears a four-in-hand on 30 Rock
And he’s the classiest guy on TV.
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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
pfuckics?
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Picnics!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
SL
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I meant his character.
I’d vote for Jack Donhagy for president in a second.
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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I can slide a ring on an Apache tie
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You people know everything about me.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Windsor Man myself
but here is every standard knot known
to mankind, even a bowtie for Mr. Nuekom
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I think this is the one
Thomas Fink teaches me that that supersimple knot I like, above, is known as the ‘Oriental’ and is common in youth groups in China, while my other default knot, the half-Windor, is actually three-quarters the size of the Windsor.
Fail
phone calls and actual work interferring with McC
http://www.ties4guys.com/help_files/diagrams.tem.php
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I can teach him how to tie a bowtie. I did a speech on how to tie one in my speech class.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I just bought my first one. Three weddings to go to this year, including one my cheating ex will be at, so I figured now’s the time to get a suit and make sure I look good.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
A Wilson Tux is always an acceptable option as well.
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I warned the bride of the next wedding AND my date of the possibility. Then were surprisingly less horrified than I though they’d be.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
GP = Rand McPherson?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I am just as guilty as anyone of this. :)
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Had two high school buddies in town last night. We met at the Cassanova, went to my place, then to dinner at Luna Park, and finally off to see Barn Owl at the Elbo Room—all within about 150 yards of each other.
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Yep. I have gotten used to being able to walk to the store, bakery, restaurants etc.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I live at Church & Market; I’m pretty spoiled; I think the only amenity not in the immediate area is a first-run movie theater.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I’d trade a first run theatre for having both the Roxie and the Castro theatres within walking distance.
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And really, the Red Vic (RIP) isn’t far, either.
And I totally agree. How many people in 2011 got to walk to two different theaters showing The Blues Brothers and Wayne’s World?
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s closing down.
http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2011/07/07/red_vic_calls_it_quits.php
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. I don’t even live in California, but I would be personally devastated if the Castro ever closed.
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I don’t think any single-screen movie theater is in what could be called “good” shape, but I haven’t heard much about the Castro being in trouble. For now.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I drove by the Eagle the other day. It’s gone as well.
/spills_from_my_40
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The Eagle – last time I was there it was to see my friends’ band The Poontang Wranglers. I have used the mirrored trough urinal for the last time.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
You can always go to the Cinch or Pilsner Inn!
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
We saw Hank IV and Moon Duo there last.
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Tony B!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
We know him and Bob a bit from hanging out at the ’Nova. All big Giants fans.
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He’s been in various bands with friends of mine over the last 25 years or so… old school Rotter.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh no
That’s so sad.
I checked the website after reading your post and saw they were celebrating 30 years with a showing of Harold and Maude, and I assumed all was well. One of the very first memories I have of SF is going to the Red Vic to see a showing of Harold and Maude that was meant to celebrate their 25th anniversary.
I guess it’s lucky that there are similar theaters in the city, but that was the one I went to the most and definitely my favorite. It was a great place with a lot of character, great variety of films, and great people. Ugh, that’s such a shame.
by Seasick fish on Jul 21, 2011 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Photo of the re-entry of Atlantis taken from the ISS
The perspective is hard to make out, but the shuttle is below and traveling away from the photographer.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 12:41 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Shot its wad.
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MONEY SHOT
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
o_0
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking more like the new Greendale C.C. logo.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
So the arc starts at the top and gets farther away as it goes down?
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it passed below and is going away from the shot while going in
So the trail starts at the bottom of the pic and the shuttle is at the front of the fireball (near the top)
The thong is, it happened.
Oh, that makes better sense of both Lars’s description and what my eyes see than mine does.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Has anyone here ever been to the slumber party?
It sounds like fun, but also like a lot of kids might be there staying up way too late and getting cranky & annoying.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
I always thought it would be great after an early evening game (say Sat 4 – 5 pm start), then overnight, then breakfast in the Field Club, and a Sunday day game.
I guess the campers would be in the way of the grounds crew, but that would be a great weekend of baseball.
For what it costs, 2 people could get a jr suite at the W and some blow.
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So some sheikh in Abu Dhabi
wrote his name in the sand, two and a half miles long.
sad lulz
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I think those are the early NASA shuttle blueprints.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
If you’re going to go big like that, wouldn’t you at LEAST pick a serif font? Something with a little pizazz?
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Helvetica Neue Condensed.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 21, 2011 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Rich guys named ‘Hamad’ worldwide will be taking credit for that.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
J-Hey!
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As long as you don’t say the kid part.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Not much baseball this afternoon
I suppose I will suffer through the Arizona game. Bleh
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 1:00 PM PDT reply actions
Weather.com says it "feels like" 109 here
109!
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San Diego weather still perfect
Sports teams still suck
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 21, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: I need to go to the store, but my shoulder isn't cooperating enough to drive
Stoopid Giants/Niners/Sharks/Raiders/Earthquakes’ orthopedic surgeon, telling me I’ll only be down “for a few days”. Now I see why DL return predictions are so wild.
(To be fair, I think I expected I’d be up and at ‘em more quickly – I mean, how bad can be surgery be if it’s “arthroscopic”. That practically makes it magic, doesn’t it?)
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Don’t some places still have delivery? I think Safeway does. Or maybe you don’t need that kind of a store?
And yeah, recovery times really vary.
Yup, I need the basics. Milk, bananas, bread, etc.
I think I’m gonna have to down a handful of advil/tylenol, suck it up and go.
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What did the doc say? For some of those surgeries the faster you start using it again the faster it heals!
They said to stop using it when it hurts. I tried spending most of yesterday without the sling, and last night I ended up with a searing, tearing, excruciating pain. It hasn’t really stopped. So maybe I overused it.
Or maybe I’m a big baby.
It’s making our planned campout to Yosemite on Monday look a lot less inviting.
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Stand back from the freaking waterfalls!!!
With a careful allotment of painkillers and anti-inflammatories I’d guess you would be feeling better by Monday.
I dunno – my painkillers are mostly ineffective, and I still can’t sleep flat.
Plus I can barely use the arm.
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I’m doing it on my own. I’ve got range of motion exercises to start with, then I’ll break out the rubber tubing. No sense driving across town so some chipper dude can tell me to do the exercises I already know.
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Yeah, Safeway will deliver (though it’s not cheap).
I say get the basics you need now and all the heavy stuff you might need to buy for the next month. Make it worthwhile!
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m gonna drive. I’ve got cabin fever.
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I understand. Doesn’t matter how zonked out or miserable I feel- come day three of being sick, I NEED to get out of the house and do something.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
He's comin to SLO soon.
I find this odd.
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He will be at least two hours late
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Still?
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by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Hittin them corners in them low lows, girl
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Takin’ my time to perfect the beat
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope he got that in writing!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Taking apart my PC
And then re-installing Windows. Until then, McCoven. Hopefully I make it back.
That is cray-z.
dude, live a little
Install AmigaOS or something.
Keith Law on Aubrey Huff
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=6790644
Skip to 18:30. Keith Law explains why he was against the Huff signing, the reason for his struggles this season, and what the Giants should do moving forward.
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I'm planning on listening to this on my commute home
I was fine with the Huff signing because I thought that Belt could be shifted to the OF, and I think that might be what happens next year. But really, Belt should be the 1B this year. We can’t afford to have Huff working out his problems every day.
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Do you think Ross is no longer a Giant next year?
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I wouldn't re-sign him.
They might, though, because they seem to base half their FA signings on grittiness and the other half on nostalgia.
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they seem to base half their FA signings on grittiness and the other half on nostalgia.
You forgot the half that generates ticket and merchandise sales.
/Ross is Boss t-shirt’s and jersey’s seem to be everywhere.
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Yea, but how many of them are sold by the Giants?
And, really, Ross is not a ticket seller. The Giants have sold out every game this season. Would they not have done that without Ross?
What really brings in fans is simple: Winning. And your ability to win is not enhanced by spending money on players to occupy positions that you could use young cheap talent to occupy instead.
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Um...
What really brings in fans is simple: Winning
There’s a lot of teams (San Diego last season, for example) that have found it’s not that simple.
Winning is the most important thing, but fanbases have to have an emotional attachment to the team and feel like every game is an “event”.
A big part of the meotional attachment comes from roster continuity; fans like feeling like they know “their” team and that they’re not growing fond of players that are likely gone…look at Oakland for an example.
Ross might not be accounting for incremental ticket sales, but he’s certainly part of the equation of why the team is so popular.
The thong is, it happened.
Rays.
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Yeah. I’ve always found the contention that winning games is the magic potion to drawing fans. There are more than enough examples in baseball in the last five years alone to know that simply isn’t true.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
That first sentence was not complete. I’ve always found it weird when people make that claim.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I found the word “contention” to be kind of ugly. I wish I’d used a different one.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
This is pretty negligible
And I doubt Baer or Neukom walked into Sabes office and we’re like. Give Cody arbitration we’ll surely make it up in ROSS IS BOSS shirts.
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I do not disagree with any of those points. Just making a silly lunatic fringe comment. I don’t see Ross as part of the 2012 Giants.
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depends on his asking price
He’s been very productive this year, but unless Torres or Nate totally fall off a cliff it’ll be tough squeezing him in (assuming Belt to OF and Huff in the starting lineup.)
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 21, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
It’s not so much that Ross hasn’t been a fine player, it’s just, like, why give yourself roster problems when you don’t have to? We have enough players under contract next year to fill those positions.
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I'd still like him on the roster for the right price.
He’s a much better CF alternative than Rowand, and this team needs some right-handed bats (Pat’s probably gone next year, maybe retired.) But with Thomas Neal on the horizon and the looming possibility of Beltran or Upton, the right price is pretty friggin low.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 21, 2011 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d like it if they tried Nate there more. unless they have already decided that he cannot play CF.
would be nice to know if he can
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But if you assume, as I am, that the Giants are stuck with Rowand
Having Ross around, despite the fact that he’s better than Rowand, of course, still feels more or less superfluous.
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............
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Gets me every time.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Just so.
As I have been trying to point out for a long while now, the outfield crunch—if they would take away some of Bochy’s broken toys that he keeps cutting his hands on—comes down to Schierholtz vs Ross. There is no reason to doubt Burrell’s bat is still sound (Bochy’s grotesque misuse of him notwithstanding—he’s the Romo of batters), and he can no doubt be re-upped cheaply again. Torres remains a necessary fixture in center (especially with his contract). Belt must be the right fielder, because Huff is not going away at first (and shouldn’t). What’s need, then, is a fourth outfielder who can play all three positions, and that is the crunch.
Schierholtz has so far played only RF, but there can be no doubt that he can play CF (as he did for the US Olympic team), and LF is easier than those two spots. He is also younger and, I presume, notably cheaper than Ross. The real issue is whether his current run is his real ability finally unleashed by regular play, or just a fortuitous run; that is the crux of the decision. If one believe this is the real Schierholtz, there would just be no point in re-upping Ross.
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“because Huff is not going away at first (and shouldn’t)”
Shouldn’t? Madness!
Ross is streaky, and I don’t care if anyone says otherwise. He’s a free swinger who’s consistent with being inconsistent.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 21, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Aria da capo
Rather than repost a wall o’ words, I refer you to this. There are related posts in that same thread.
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Past two games I felt he was playing
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Speaking about next year, how much Money is coming off the books?
DeRosa, Ross, Tejada anyone else?
Hella.
I wouldn't even bother thinking about it
Since most of it will be eaten up by arb increases.
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When can we get rid of Rowand?
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I think it may very well depend on what he does for the rest of this year.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
In more ways than one.
Cody Ross : Type B free agent, very close to type A.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/07/elias-rankings-update-1.html
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Wow that’d be baller if we got 2 picks for him
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I say bid him a very fond farewell, collect aa draft pick, and then give him a standing O when he returns
I’d certainly offer him arb. Having him on a one-year deal would be fine.
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Exactly.
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by NuschlerFace on Jul 21, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Depends how much he makes in arbitration
Also, no one would sign him as a Type A free agent.
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I thought signing him to a two year deal was probably a bad idea. I thought he would do fairly well this season but not next year. What I didn’t really know was how bad he was at taking care of his body and keeping himself in good playing shape. If I had know that, I would have liked him to have signed with the Dodgers for a butt load of money. I never wanted the Giants to sign Uribe for anything more the one season with an option for another. Both deserved to be compensated for what they did for the Giants in 2010 on the cheap, but neither was really a “sexy” choice.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 21, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course, he also said Panda would have no power for a year after coming back from the DL.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Guys, I'm finally learning how to shuffle.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Mmm...that sounds delicious!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
What all 49er fans serve at their Superbowl parties.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 21, 2011 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
(20 years ago)
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by NuschlerFace on Jul 21, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Might take me awhile to get that much belly fat to pull that off.
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Lido Shuffle ?
Cupid Shuffle ?
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Chinatown Shuffle
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I didn't realize there were so many "shuffles"
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Shuffle up and deal.
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by NuschlerFace on Jul 21, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Shuffaleupagus
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Misspelling a Sesame Street character’s name… oh, the ignominy.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
are you serious
A lapse in Lindsay Lohan’s health insurance — because she’s not been working in the past year — has prevented her from paying for the psychological counseling ordered as part of her probation, her lawyer revealed in court Thursday.
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With those planning skills, she would make a fine US Congressman (person?).
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she’s got the requisite alcoholism.
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Her stance isn't wide enough
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s a pretty wide stance from what I’ve seen on the internet.
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It didn’t prevent her from paying. It prevented the insurance company from paying.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Can we compare yesterdays LOLineup with the LOLineup on the same day in 2008?
The 2008 one may actually be almost as good…
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 21, 2011 1:51 PM PDT reply actions
I couldn't decide where to fit this in the Ross debate:
What are the odds Neal makes the team next year? Likely mid-season promotion?
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You mean after he is traded for Pudge?
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Doesn’t he need to come the DL to get promoted ?
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Orlando Hudson
being taken off the field on a stretcher after making an amazing catch and crashing into the wall. Hopefully he’s okay, all around good guy for baseball regardless of how many division rivals he has played for.
WHAT?! What about dad??
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
LOL MAILMAN!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
No Rowand comments ? Really ?
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Ryan Howard has a .794 OPS
3 years OPS+ :
141
128
118
The 5 years, 125M extension has not kicked in yet..
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Too soon to say
Albatross?
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He will be paid DOUBLE Aaron Rowand money starting next year
Think about it.
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Double Aaron Rowand.
WOW.
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It was an albatross the second it was signed
It’s now too late to call it one.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
This year, he’s basically the same guy he was last year, minus 40 points of BABIP.
He’ll have to find that 45-jack stroke again some day if he wants to justify the contract.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Dingers.exe
File Not Found
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Dingerz.exe has become unresponsive. Would you like to send an error report?
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Aww man, I hate when this happens
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by ch3zyp00fs on Jul 21, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
STFD.exe
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Would you also like to install the
Got Heem Toolbar?
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Me too.
I still want to find Jon Miller’s call of the WS.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 21, 2011 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
runas [{/profile|/noprofile}] [/env] [/netonly] [/smartcard] [/showtrustlevels] [/trustlevel] /user:nvsfg run/ dingerz.exe
CACLS files /e /p {nvsfg}:{PERMISSION NOT GRANTED}
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is that an ASCII buttcrack?
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Your mom's a girl
oh fun
this seems like it could ahve some fun applications
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it will take down most out-of-the-box linux/bsds
Unless whoever installed it had the sense to implement some per-user limits.
For whatever it’s worth, the Braves now lead the Rockies 5-4 in the top of the sixth.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
Looks like a wild game
Atlanta now leads 7-6 in the 7th
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Bowden and whoever that other hack on MLB radio is
Think the Giants are going to end up trading either Wheeler or Brown for Beltran.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 2:14 PM PDT reply actions
I’ll get the pitch forks, one of you go get the torches.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
Jody McDonald.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
…is the other hack, that is.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Ah, yes. That is the guy
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
And
the son of a former Mets GM, I think?
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
OPSBI
I rest my case
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(H + RBI) / AB
It’s the absolute perfect jerk stat. It ONLY counts results that go into batting average and scoring.
You could modify it to weight hit types if you want:
((1B) + 2(2B) + 3(3B) + 4(HR) + RBI) / AB
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
On SiriusXM, the promo they play for Bowden's awful show over and over again is basically,
“There are four things Major Leauge Baseball needs to fix before it looks into home plate collisions: interleague scheduling, home field advantage in the All-Star game…” and two other things that had nothing to do with the health & safety of the players. What a joke.
Another injury update
Carlos Gonzalez came out of Thursday’s game in the fifth inning after re-injuring his right wrist on a swing in the game against the Braves.
Gonzalez injured the wrist crashing into the wall on July 3 and missed the next four days. He continued to battle soreness and didn’t play the first game after the All-Star break, though he had started the last six days. He hit his second homer in three games in the first inning of today’s game.
Unfortunately, it appeared as though the setback he experienced today was quite significant. He was in obvious pain as he left in the middle of his at-bat.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
The NL West is going to have to just gather the healthy players from all the teams in the division for the playoffs.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
And even with an NL West super-team, sportswriters would favor the Phillies.
by vibratingsheep on Jul 21, 2011 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
The "super team" would only consist of the healthy players...
which more and more are not super players. Theoretical healthy NL west Super Team:
C Whiteside
1B Huff
2B Miles
3B Wigginton
SS Bartlett
LF Ludwick
CF Young
RF Upton
(I was trying to use only players who hadn’t been on the DL this season).
Kemp was on the DL?
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Your NL West Champions..
THE GIANT PADRE DODGERS OF THE ROCKIE DIAMONDBACKS
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GPDRD
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Ready to form Voltron!
ACTIVATE INTERLOCK (sabean pulls lever)
DYNATHERMS CONNECTED (Kevin Towers Presses Button)
INFRACELLS, UP (Dan O’dawd turns knob)
MEGATHRUSTERS ARE GO (Colleti flips switch)
GO NL WEST FORCE!
FORM FEET AND LEGS (Kemp and Tulowitzki attaches)
FORM ARMS AND BODY (Upton and Heath Bell attaches)
AND I’LL FORM, THE HEAD (Lincecum flips over the Torso)
VOLTRON DEFENDER OF THE WORLD SERIES
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by jctGamer on Jul 21, 2011 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I think Latos would be the ass of this particular Voltron
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
"The Ass of This Particular Voltron"
Sounds like something a “hip” rock band would use as an album or track title.
I think they are.
And Pharell is directing and doing the music.
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Jim McLennan smokes a cigar in the corner
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Ooh, fangitis.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw it happen on TV about half an hour ago. It wasn’t clear what had happened, since nothing hit him. He just swung and then went down in pain.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
DeRosa'd
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
GAME OF THRONES
best damn show on television
The San Francisco Giants won the World Series. Your argument is invalid.
Walter White is Heisenberg.
Not to dwell on the bad things
but imagine if the Giants would have not spent $126M on Zito, $60M on Rowand, $6.5M on Tejada, and $12M on DeRosa and instead made JUST ONE decent signing. Could have realistically signed Teixeira, Crawford, or Sabathia or someone of that caliber and had an even more legitimate chance at a real dynasty. Could also have had a very realistic shot at signing Pujols if he decides to leave St. Louis this off-season. I can’t think about this anymore or I may start getting depressed…
true
but honestly what did any of those guys contribute to that that other cheaper options couldn’t have also done? hindsight is obviously always 20/20 but honestly sabean had to have been the only person in the world who thought the zito and rowand signings would pay off, right?
by Puster Bosey on Jul 21, 2011 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Also true
But Sabean had to have been the only person in the world who thought the Huff signing would pay off.
by vibratingsheep on Jul 21, 2011 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately
He thought so the second time too.
If we hadn't signed Rowand for $60m
We would have found a way to spend it on 6 $10m terrible signings.
but can the play SS?
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We did anyway
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Which might have blocked Pablo, or Posey or Torres...
So in retrospect, Thanks for sinking it all in one hole.
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I don’t think anything other than the Zito and Rowand deals prevented the Giants from signing anyone else. The others are pretty short term. Also, I think Teixeira wanted to play in NY.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I find the whole premise that, “If we didn’t have this cash tied up, we could have signed (guy Yankees overpaid for), (guy Red Sox overpaid for), and (guy Yankees overpaid for), and we’d have a shot at (guy who will be paid like a God, possibly by the Yankees or Red Sox)”, leaves something to be desired.
First, it assumes the Giants don’t allocate that cash elsewhere. Second, it assumes that we won bidding wars with the Yankees and Red Sox.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
One or both of those “ands” should be an “or”. There is no claim made that we could have had ALL of them, or even more than one.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
If the Giants had not signed those guys, I assume they would have spent the money unremarkably and we would still have (had) no shot at guys like Teixeira, Crawford, Sabathia, or Pujols.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I think they had a shot at CC
bay area ties
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
YES!
rewatched the episode where Ron makes the weird grunt noise while Andy is shining his shoes last night and it made me miss parks & rec even more
by Puster Bosey on Jul 21, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Imagine all the Albert Puji? Pujolseses? we could have signed!
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
You have the gift for making short, jumpy epilepsy gifs.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Harry Potter and the
Deathly Shallow Fly Balls
4-3 Putouts
1-0 Losses
Half-Blood Aaron Rowand
Burriss’s Stone
I believe the masses would prefer...
Harry Potter and The Lincecum’s Stoned
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Or Lincecum’re, depending on whether or not Harry also took part.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
The Prisoner of Azkabochy’s Doghouse
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Order of the Snakes of Phoenix
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Harry Potter and the Order That Makes No Sense Whatsoever.
by younghutch on Jul 21, 2011 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Harry Potter and the lineup of fire!
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
The Half-Blood Prince Fielder for Cain
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There must have been tons of sword fights with those wands.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Out of context post of the day!
There must have been tons of sword fights with those wands.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2011 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
If the same that made these contract decisions...
…also drafted and/or developed Posey, Pablo, Belt, Timmy, Matt, Wilson, Romo ,etc., I’m fine with the trade off.
My point: Every team has transactions they wish they hadn’t done.
The thong is, it happened.
Buster Posey <3
From Baggs:
http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_18523863?source=rss
Asked if any player had inspired him most, Posey pointed to Eli Whiteside as the quiet, white-haired catcher went over scouting reports a few lockers down the way.
“That guy right there,” Posey said of Whiteside, a career backup who has shared everyday duties with minor league journeyman Chris Stewart. “He and Stew both deserve a lot of credit. I know as well as anybody that this is a great staff, a tough staff to catch. The job Eli and Stew have done, mentally, calling pitches, it’s been a lot of fun for me to watch. I think they’ve been an integral part.”
Posey commends that kind of preparation. He sees no reason the Giants cannot continue to win with Whiteside and Stewart behind the plate.
“Well, they’re doing it right now, aren’t they?” Posey said. “It’s been two months and our record is better. That’s not possible unless they’re doing an excellent job.”
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
by esseffgeez on Jul 21, 2011 2:47 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I sometimes hate how noisy my hair is.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
(technically, a hanging hyphen would have been required for this joke to work, but that’s just technically)
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
It doesn’t work.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course he’s saying this because the Giants don’t plan on upgrading this trading season. If Buster, the guy getting all the sympathy and love from the fans, implies it in a quote, it could help reduce the backlash.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 21, 2011 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you for the insight on Buster’s inner motivation.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Well he’s clearly giving Whiteside, and to a lesser extent Stewart, a vote of confidence, isn’t he? He’d be quite ignorant to not be aware of the nearly nonexistent market for quality catchers right now. So the idea is to help the ballclub with the difficult situation in which his injury helped put them in. Seems totally reasonable to me.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 21, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Or maybe, being a gracious and honest young man and possibly the greatest hope for the future of America, he’s reacting to the fact that an AAA call-up and a once-a-week backup catcher have stepped up and performed admirably, even if not impeccably.
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Captain America!
In theaters Friday. Can’t wait.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 21, 2011 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
By gum . . .
. . . it, it’s crazy Jim . . . but it just might work!
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Maybe he’s just giving them a vote of confidence. Because he thinks they’ve done pretty well, considering.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
NL West players going down all over the place.
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The Dodgers have lost Padilla and Garland for the season!
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Casey Blake still hasn't come back, either.
by mrs. owlcroft on Jul 21, 2011 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Also they went Bankrupt
so there’s that.
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It's just Pat Burrell
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ISWYDT.
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This thread needs moar Beltran rosterbation but...
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
D-Backs going to go with Cody Ransom at SS, rather than look for outside help.
Time to repeat in '11!
God fucking damn it. You’re tearing me apart, Lisa!
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by garbanzo24 on Jul 21, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm probably writing more "GRRM does the NL West" stuff on the bus today
Maybe Brian Sabean calling the banners. Maybe Cody Ransom arriving to take charge of his new army. Maybe a flashback to the day Bengie Molina was dismissed from service and everything changed.
We’ll see.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 21, 2011 2:57 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
SHIFT A
Is it a good thing or bad that I completely blocked out Cody Ransom to not remember who he is or why he is annoying?
Let me help you. It haunts me to this day
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NOooo....
cries
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Interesting blog entry from Brandon Belt:
First I have to tell you how happy I am to be back in San Francisco. I really didn’t think I’d be here until September call-ups. So Haylee and I were just about to give up our lease on our San Francisco apartment when I found out we’d need it immediately.
One thing I’ve learned from both Triple A and the big club: This game yanks you up and down with such frequency and force that you basically live with a perennial case of mental whiplash. One day you’re on top of the world, and the next day you’re sitting in front of your locker with your head in your hands.
by busterbarelyevenknowher on Jul 21, 2011 3:27 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Another good passage about his AB vs Guerra yesterday (with BS called strikes)
What’s gnawing at me today is that I let the first two pitches go. They didn’t look like strikes to me. One looked low and one looked outside. The umpire had a different idea of where the strike zone was. He called both strikes. I guess I’m still learning how to adjust to each umpire’s zone. I need to learn how to cover more of the plate so, when you’re fighting for your life in the bottom of the ninth, I can at least put the ball in play.
It’s a frustrating thing, and something that comes with the territory, I guess, in the big leagues. And when a major-league pitcher knows an umpire is calling an outside strike or a low strike, he has the ability to keep hitting that spot. You don’t see that as much in the minors. So I’ll talk to our hitting coach, Bam-Bam Meulens. I have to figure this out as soon as possible or I’ll be left behind.
by busterbarelyevenknowher on Jul 21, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
That makes me nervous.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
What?
The fact thatit sounds like the Giants are trying to purge him of his ability to take a BB.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
Agreed
I meant good as in interesting, but it does seem a little worrisome.
by busterbarelyevenknowher on Jul 21, 2011 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
nO
He’s saying he needs to get to know the umps and their relative strike zones. the comments were real sweet, everyone saying “don’t beat yourself up, no one could hit him” kind of stuff.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Yeah, a big part of maturing as a player
…is knowing when to adjust. Knowing when to expand the zone, based on the situation or ump, is a great example.
The thong is, it happened.
I would agree in terms of his development
But I guess I just hope he doesn’t think he was being too patient in this AB. I’m not sure he should have expanded the zone for either of the first two pitches. Given the ump was somewhat calling outside strikes but the first one was low and outside and the second pitch was way off the plate (I’d estimate by ~7 inches):
by busterbarelyevenknowher on Jul 21, 2011 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
There was nothing he could do with those first two pitches and the strikeout pitch was absolutely filthy.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17098507
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 21, 2011 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Barry Bonds and Ted Williams are two notable exceptions to this philosophy. They preached that you swing at balls that are in you’re hitting zone and don’t swing at balls that aren’t.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Williams . . .
. . . famously remarked that even an average batter should walk 10% of the time.
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It's pretty obvious.
The Giants organization abhors walks. I suspect there’s a non-zero percentage of that belief that’s tied to Billy Beane in some way.
But, yeah, fuck that organizational philosophy. So stupid.
I have heard Bochy praise players for getting walks. I know we like to beat up on him, and for many good reasons, but I just don’t think this is the case.
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I don’t think Bochy hates walks but Bochy had also encouraged Belt (when he was first sent back to Fresno) to be more aggressive at the plate. And then on Tuesday, after the game, he said:
“The thing I liked is that he was aggressive,” Bochy said. “He jumped on the first pitch. That’s a good sign for a young kid. They can get tentative up there.”
I think we tend to equate aggressiveness with not taking walks, which is probably incorrect. For an example, see: Bonds, Barry Lamar.
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I don’t see it, to be honest.
In any case, how can an organization with recent memories like Travis Ishikawa and Game 2 hate walks?
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I strongly disagree
They may not place as big as importance on walks as a team like the A’s, but to say the “abhor” walks…c’mon. Do you really believe that or just wishing that it’s true so you can complain?
Two years ago, they publicly acknowledged they needed to get better. AsTortured said, Bochy has praised players for drawing walks and making picthers work.
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Yeah
From Jan 15 2009:
Bochy said he and batting coach Carney Lansford would be focusing on improving the team’s abysmal on-base percentage. "It’s an area we’re going to stress this spring, to be a little more patient at the plate. If you have a good on-base percentage, you’re going to create more opportunities."
http://sfgiants.mlblogs.com/2009/01/15/a-brand-new-fred-lewis-and-other-notes/
by busterbarelyevenknowher on Jul 21, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
"Actions speak louder than words."
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"Abhor" is obviously hyperbolic.
But I do think that their emphasis is on the conventional measures—BA, HRs, RBIs, maybe even SBs—and that they put little real value on walks and OBP in general. I don’t suppose Bochy or Sabean would ever actually say “walks are doo-doo” (though one of their coaches felt free to do so), but that’s not the same as really valuing it in your baseball heart of hearts when push comes to shove on personnel decisions. I am quite sure that Bochy’s thing with Burrell is based in good part on “Wull, he’s only hittin’ .233”, whether he thinks that consciously in so many words or whether it simply reflects his emotional bias.
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I think he thinks differently
and thinks he probably thinks in more conventional terms:
hits>walks>outs
Someone who obviously knows the value of outs (as evidenced by his general unwillingness to sac bunt) can’t possibly think a walk is bad.
As for Burrell, he got plenty of playing time last season, but his avg. rarely rose above .250. How do you know Bochy isn’t saying to himself "Wull, his OBP is .22 points lower than last year"?
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I wish I knew . . .
. . . whence this strange meme about Bochy and sac bunts. Right now, the Giants’ use of sac bunts is a tiny hair above league average. Moreover, the expected team stat line, gotten by pro-rating individual players’ career stat lines (which collectively do not include great amounts of time being managed by Bruce Bochy) and adding them, shows exactly the number of sacs the Giants actually have. He is basically utterly average in his use of the sac.
Meanwhile, Burrell: last season, his BA (with the Giants) was .266, but his TOP was an awe-inspiring 1041, well above his nevertheless-high career value of 968. His average does not have to be much over .250, and it can be well under .250 and he is still a valuable contributor (right now it’s only .233 and his offense contribution is higher than Cody Ross’s at this same moment).
I can’t and don’t know what Bochy is saying to himself—but whatever it is, his self is making awfully stupid decisions based on it.
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I think Freddy attempted a fair number of sac bunts on a freelance basis earlier in the year, boosting the number. Generally, it’s just the pitchers that do it, as it should be.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 22, 2011 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
This
Plus, there are some examples where it’s late in the game and you’re playing for a run where it’s more ok. (No outs, man on 2nd, Burris up as an example.)
Since the Giants play so many close games, I think they probably find themselves in those situations more than most teams.
In summary, I don’t recall (m)any situations (save freelancing Freddy) where the team has sac bunted and I’ve thought “Nooooooooo!!!!” and wanted to post a Vader pic.
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Yes, but . . .
. . . there is a difference—arguably big—between using it a lot, which is what the posts above are saying he doesn’t (and I agree), and using it at league-normal, typical rates (as he assuredly does) yet being characterized as a guy who eschews it.
In short, “no more than normal” and “rather less than normal” are not made equal just because neither is “more than usual”.
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You might not agree with playing Ross over Burrell...
…but calling it “awfully stupid” more hyperbole, right?
Ross has a 115 OPS+ and Burrell has a 114 OPS+, so their bats are are fairly equal. If you consider Ross’ superior speed on the bases and FAR superior defense, it’s an entirely defendable position.
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No, not really.
When you have a bat worth about 15 runs a season more than another, which is a lot as these things go, I think that not merely splitting time but actually benching the bigger bat—on a team notoriously having problems on offense—legitimately qualifies for “awfully stupid”.
Not (as I have said) that I think Ross should be benched, either. The foursome of Burrell, Torres, Schierholtz, and Ross should all be getting good play time. At the times when at least two of those men were unavailable at the same time from injuries (and Belt not available, either), some allowance is needed; but that was not, as best I recall, a very long time. And to this hour we never know when Rowand will get yet another start.
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What measure are you using to determine that Burrell is 15 runs more a season with his bat?
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TOP.
Mind, it’s an oversimplification to just divide TOP differences by 10 (on the basis that a nominally full-time player gets maye 10% of his team’s PAs), but it’s a passable working approximation.
Burrell’s career TOP is 968; Ross’s is 816; the differential is 152. That divided by 10 is about 15. To get it exact, one would need to calculate the team TOP with Ross in, and then again with Burrell in, for the same reason one can’t just average player TOPs to get a team TOP (the product of the averages is not in general equal to the average of the products; I can expand that if anyone cares).
I am not positive, but I believe that 15 runs is in general line with other metrics. FanGraphs’ wRC, prorated to 150 games for each, shows a difference of 20 runs, but I’m not sure that’s appropriate handling of that stat.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2011 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
10 GB
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Boring race.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 21, 2011 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
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Over 1100 comments, so I’m sure it’s been mentioned already, but I don’t have the patience to look, or the will power to resist an opportunity to correct Grant:
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Ransom’s legendary error came at SS, not 2B.
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by Josh from Hollywood on Jul 21, 2011 3:46 PM PDT reply actions
That's what I get for listening to it on the radio.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 21, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
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by Josh from Hollywood on Jul 21, 2011 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
If you don’t believe me, ask Josh from Arlington.
/timely
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by Josh from Hollywood on Jul 21, 2011 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Go Brewers (just tonight)
MIL: Greinke (7-3, 5.04); ARI: Kennedy, I (10-3, 3.39). Doesn’t look great for us.
But wow. Greinke has a 5+ ERA? Damn, I haven’t been paying attention.
BECAUSE EVERY PITCHER FROM THE BETTER LEAGUE DOMINATES THE NL
AND EVERY NL PITCHER IS JAVIER VAZQUEZ ONCE THEY GO TO THE BETTER LEAGUE
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Greinke is going to regress any day now. And that's a good thing for him.
He’s currently being eaten alive by a .343 BABIP and a 56% LOB. 56!! His FIP is actually significantly better than his career average and is right between his ’09 and ’10 FIP.
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And a 15.3% HR/FB rate. His xFIP (2.13) is lower by a run compared to his Cy Young season and would easily lead the majors if he had enough innings to qualify.
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It's because he's in the lesser league
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Greinke's been very unlucky
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Yeah, his peripiherals are insane. In a balanced world, he’d be sub-3.00 in ERA right now.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Originally, I was going to say that his peripherals are Halladayin, but that wasn’t accurate.
It did lead to me finding out that Halladay’s ERA since he turned 31 is nearly a full run lower than his ERA from 21-30.
An entire run.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 21, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Jon Miller on KNBR soon…. if you can deal with Ralph…
“So tell me Jon did you ever see, once in your long career, over these many years, an instance, or a play, or any play, home or away, full moon or eclipse, like the one that was made, you know Amici’s makes its pizzas fresh daily, I like pizza, go Sharks, the other day?”
“Well Ralph, as you know, I…”
“Forget about that Jon. How Come they haven’t traded for Carlos Beltran yet?”
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Five players on that team have an OPS over 1.000.
Ransom is, always has been, and will remain nothing special. And that makes me sad. :-(
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by Dan Strittmatter on Jul 21, 2011 7:31 PM PDT reply actions
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