Giants will release Pat Burrell unless they don't
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 28, 2011 9:01 AM PDT
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Last night, there was a good, old-fashioned freakout. It's been too long. The story was that the Giants were planning to release Pat Burrell and demote Brandon Belt to make room for Carlos Beltran on the 40-man and 25-man rosters, respectively.
Belt is never going to play, so that wasn't the reason for the freakout. It's awful that he isn't going to get that chance, but he was never going to get at-bats. Let him get at-bats so he's ready for 2013, because if he can't play over an Aubrey Huff with a sub-.300 on-base percentage, he's never playing over Aubrey Huff. He probably will be the hitter sent down today.
So why the freakout over Burrell? He's a popular guy, sure, and I'm sure he's the biological father of some of the readers here, even if they don't really know that yet. But he's just a fifth outfielder -- a low-average, master of the three true outcomes. What he did last year will never be forgotten, but I'm okay with him on the bench. Break out the wOBA charts if you must, but he's an atrocious defender, enough to break a tie between him and Ross, Torres, or Schierholtz.
Here's my best explanation, then, for the freakout:
This site, myself included, is filled with people who probably take the Giants a little too seriously.
Haha, just kidding. That can't be it. Here's the real explanation:
Over the next two seasons, the Giants will pay Aaron Rowand and Pat Burrell combined $25 million. If they release Rowand, they pay $25 million dollars. If they release Burrell, they pay $25 million dollars. This is what a sunk cost is. The Giants know this. Dave Roberts got paid millions of dollars to announce post-game shows for the Red Sox in 2008.
The question, then, is who would help the Giants more as a fifth outfielder? The money's gone. Poof. It ain't coming back. By allocating more of the money to one of the two players, you don't get a better player. So look at both players and how they fit on the current roster. The Giants have:
Cody Ross*
Andres Torres*
Carlos Beltran*
Nate Schierholtz
The ones with asterisks are the ones who can play center. Well, that's not quite true. Nate Schierholtz can play center too, the Giants have just never tried him there. Ross and Torres are center fielders. Beltran isn't any more, but he could cover in a pinch. So for the Giants' fifth outfielder, what's more important?
- A player whose value is entirely dependent on playing center field
- A player whose value is entirely dependent on hitting home runs and taking the occasional walk
It's not a trick question. They're making a combined $25 million no matter who you release. They both have their very specific uses. But which skill set do the Giants need?
Burrell, no question, is a better fit. Rowand is done as a hitter -- almost nothing stabilizes quicker than strikeouts and walks, and over his past 633 plate appearances, he's struck out 136 times and walked 26 times, hitting .233 with 13 home runs. He can't hit. You can believe in his last 10 at-bats. I'll believe in his last 600.
But if the Giants get rid of Burrell, we're going to see a whole lot of Rowand late-inning pinch-hitting roles. He'd be the guy, the bat off the bench. Venters, Kimbrel, Madson, Bell, Adams ... Rowand. Whiteside bloops a single against Huston Street, and ... Rowand. He'd be the outfielder equivalent of carrying three catchers.
It wouldn't be a crippling move to keep Rowand over Burrell, and it wouldn't undo the improvements of the Beltran trade. It's just disappointing because the Giants wouldn't stay as good as they could have today, never mind the sentimental attachment to one of the reasons the Giants even made the playoffs in 2010.
Strip away the emotion and the subjectivity, and it's still pretty clear that Burrell makes for a better 25th man on the Giants than Rowand. I'm not saying Rowand needs to go (just hinting!) but if it's a choice between Burrell and Rowand, I don't see how that's a choice at all.
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I don’t always drink beer, but when I do, I drink.. BUD LIGHT?!?
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by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions
HI NATTO!!
/BOUNCE
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by satyricrash on Jul 28, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
DFA Hall option Burris
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by DFARowand on Jul 28, 2011 9:03 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
can't do the first
too thin up the middle to do the 2nd
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How?
Burriss, Fontenot, Keppinger, Crawford is too thin?
I was unaware teams carried 6 middle infielders on their major league roster.
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I'd agree that Hall should be gone ...
But I’m not entirely comfortable with just one MI on the bench.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 28, 2011 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Burris & Crawford make 2, I thought.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Yeah, duh
I somehow only absorbed the post immediate above Grant’s. Just ginore me.
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No prospects for Beltran, please.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
LULZ
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jul 28, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
fair point
I guess I feel like Burriss has a little value as late-inning PR, so I’m reticent to ditch him. Too bad he can’t hit or, you know, play adequate defense.
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by delorean on Jul 28, 2011 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
toolsy!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Can’t do the first while he is on the DL. Right?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Technically true
But easily remedied. Hall went on the 15 day DL on July 8th, so the Giants can reinstate him then DFA him anytime they want. He’s been eligible to come off the DL for the past 5 days.
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by jhiat00 on Jul 28, 2011 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Forgot about Hinshaw
DFA Hinshaw and option Burriss.
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haha
so do the Giants, regularly.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
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by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
motion carried
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
Make the difficult choice another day
For now keep both Rowand and Burrell. DFA MOTHERFUCKING HINSHAW AND OPTION BURRISS ALREADY JESUS CHRIST
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Getting Hinshaw off the 40-man is my new white whale
Trade him for a rosin bag. GTFO the 40-man, Hussein.
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by EliminateMe on Jul 28, 2011 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Is there, I wonder, any chance . . .
. . . that some potential trade partner once expressed some mild interest in Hinshaw? Such that they’re saving him as an add-in to clinch some vague and unspecified deal later on?
Nothing else I can think of makes any sense (not that that makes a lot).
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I really think the fact that Rowand is under contract for next year too is a large part of why they won’t cut him.
Thing A
Yep
Rowand should go before Burrell but he won’t. There’s just no way the Giants will eat Rowand’s contract.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
sadly, probably true
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
So why the freakout over Burrell? He’s a popular guy, sure, and I’m sure he’s the biological father of some of the readers here, even if they don’t really know that yet.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
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by jponry on Jul 28, 2011 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
how's the guy
playing Tyrion? That seems like a make-or-break part.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Fantastic
Though his accent slips sometimes
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And he's probably way too attractive to play Tyrion, but...
It’s Peter fucking Dinklage.
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He’s doing a very posh accent; Headey’s is a bit rougher. NCW’s Danish slips through sometimes.
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by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
The sort of exaggerated accent works for Tyrion for me
and the wall he puts up with all his sarcastic quips and such. But Dinklage isn’t as consistent with it as he could be.
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What the fuk is this
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Maybe they think Huff will start hitting if they cut his drinking buddy.
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I'd take
5 HRs tonight.
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At least he should get it by the end of the AZ series
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 28, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Aw
Thank you for everything Carlos, and best of luck in SF and beyond.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 9:11 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Belt is never going to play, so that wasn’t the reason for the freakout. It’s awful that he isn’t going to get that chance, but he was never going to get at-bats. Let him get at-bats so he’s ready for 2013, because if he can’t play over an Aubrey Huff with a sub-.300 on-base percentage, he’s never playing over Aubrey Huff. He probably will be the hitter sent down today.
No, this is the reason for the freakout; at least for me. Belt is a better player than Huff right now. I don’t care what the team pays either of them. I want the best players on the field.
If the Giants insist on playing Huff over Belt and then try to tell us that “Belt isn’t ready” or “Huff is starting to heat up”, well shame on them. If people here actually believe those things, wel then shame on us.
It’s bullshit. Everyone here knows it.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 28, 2011 9:13 AM PDT reply actions 17 recs
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Agreed
the freakout was more about Belt than Burrell.
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
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or he should be at first base over huff for the year.
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
With the soul of a LOST HAWK
Is there a heaven for a Rap Cat, let's talk
Belt is a better baseball player than Aubrey Huff.
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Not yet, I don’t think. He will be. Giving him lots of plate appearances in the PCL helps him get there.
he is better. defensively and offensively. which huff have you been watching? last seasons?
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Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
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He’s been better than Huff this year.
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And it's not even close
Belt: 100 wRC+, .320 wOBA
Huff: 75 wRC+, .284 wOBA
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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And to go one step further,
Park and batted ball adjusted wOBA:
Belt – .351
Huff – .297
That is cray-z.
UNF UNF BELT
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.351 is exactly his RoS ZiPS
I believe.
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He's been exactly league average this year.
Which is below average for a 1B, but kills Huff’s numbers.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
It’s still .232 BA and .338 OB in a SSS. You’re making a leap of faith that he’ll be better, based on minor league numbers.
.338 OBP with a .232 BA looks pretty darn good.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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Relatively, true. But their numbers aren’t all that different. You have Huff signed for another year, he got you there last year. You give him more time to find his stroke. You just have to. If you start playing Belt and he stinks it up like he did at the beginning of the season, then what? You have to ride the horses you’re given until you can’t.
Not saying that that time won’t come, but I don’t think we’re there yet. Personal opinion.
They are hugely different. Belt is out wOBAing him by almost 40 points
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wOBA is a really fucking good cherry.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
WTF?
OK
25 points of wRC+
10 pts of OPS+
1.2 more fWAR despite many fewer games played
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You’re leaving out the holy grail…RBIs? WHAT NOW?
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OHHH YOU GOT ME
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YOU GOT ME SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING
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by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Jul 28, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
(H + RBI) / AB
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by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
This calculates to...
Belt: .333
Huff: .365
SUCK IT, NERDS
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by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
(By this revolutionary metric, which measures only the results that matter, Braun is at .523!)
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by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Just for context, as it were….
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by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Runs+RBI-HR=Runs Produced!!!!!!!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
WHAT IS THEIR OPSBI
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Starting to heat up!!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 28, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Putting good wood on the ball!!
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by satyricrash on Jul 28, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Putting on a show during BP!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 28, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Got both cheeks into it!!
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by satyricrash on Jul 28, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Seeing the ball well !
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Belt is one of the horses that we've been given, though
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Ok, this should make you guys happy. I checked out the Giants Depth chart today.
Belt is listed ahead of Huff. don’t know if it means anything since Huff is starting today, but…..interesting to note.
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/team/depth_chart/index.jsp?c_id=sf
And Aubrey Huff has a .239 BA and a .294 OBP in a much larger sample size.
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Actually 40 points in OBP is HUGE
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his career numbers are more relevant
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Should we be going on his nonexistent major league numbers?
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In this thread, I’m basing Belt’s superiority on nothing but his current major league numbers. The minor league numbers suggest he could do even better, given more PAs.
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Which strongly suggest his superiority. You’re going in circles.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
No, I’m saying, that you’re either using a SSS which could change very quickly to worse than Huff or you’re basing it on his AAA numbers.
Again, You have Huff signed for another year, he got you there last year. You give him more time to find his stroke.
Perhaps if he had a one year deal you’d bail on him. But it ain’t going to happen…yet.
It could also change very quickly to even better than Huff.
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In a pure experiment
…In which rosters can be adjusted to make it happen, I rather see more MLB Brandon Belt and see how he does.
Under the argument that Huff hits what his career says he hits, he can be a bench player for a whole ’nother month and still should be able to do what he historically does for the postseason if it comes to that.
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by achiappanza on Jul 28, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
True, but it isn’t going to happen and, given Huff’s contract has another year, I’m not sure that’s really what you want to do.
Huff is a career wRC+ 110 bat. Even over 2009-11, including his two bad years, he’s at 100. The betting money says he will produce at around 110 going forward. I am not sure we should expect that from Belt yet.
ZiPS RoS Huff: 328
ZiPS RoS Belt: 350
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Also, I'm pretty sure Belt is better defensively.
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You’re missing the fact that Huff has been taking better swings lately.
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he is
I can believe those numbers and still want Belt in the PCL. He needs plate appearances. Huff should be productive enough that he will hardly cost the Giants a playoff spot. You can even hope he gets hot again.
I’m losing faith in Huff, but I still think this could be true. Huff has a decent track record. That said, I’d be okay with Belt out there.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
hope?
why “hope” for better production when the numbers tell you that Belt will produce more than Huff?
by sfoakbay on Jul 28, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
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I agree that I would rather see Belt than Huff, but that there’s a considerable risk that Belt will not be appreciably better this year once there’s a league-wide book on how to pitch him. My assumption is that Bochy and co. figure that if Huff is effectively benched in favor of Belt, one will never get decent production from Huff, who will be pressing and disgruntled and resentful; therefore, one is betting a lot on Belt’s superiority, and also making Huff a virtually certain burden for two months + one season on the roster to a degree that he now isn’t. For Belt to exercise patience in regard to his situation vis-a-vis Huff is vastly different as to psychology from Huff’s exercising patience, anxiously and maybe sullenly, in regard to his situation vis-a-vis Belt.
I prefer this kind of analysis, which supposes rational choice, to grouching about Bochy’s stubborn preference for vets, and the like.
by campanari on Jul 28, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Cogent.
Rec’d.
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Isn't he already done from a productivity standpoint
He has “produced” (-1) fWAR.
Theoritically this means Travis Ishikawa would have been better.
I really think the guy is done and if the GIants are serious enough to trade away what the baseball industry considers their top pitching prospect, for a shot to win another WS, why are they being so careful about Huff’s ego?
Using this logic, Zito should have been on the WS roster.
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No, he's not.
But I think we’ve been there and done that.
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For me
the freakout was about Rowand.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Jul 28, 2011 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know, I freaked out about both.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 28, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
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by GiantsfaninNY55 on Jul 28, 2011 9:17 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I think it's more important to the team that Belt plays over Huff.
But there was absolutely no way it was going to happen. Not a surprise at all. That freakout currency was spent a long time ago. It’s awful, but not surprise.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 28, 2011 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
In the words of the Prophets ..
“DUCK Ya!”
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Swapping Belt for Huff
could mean +2 WAR alone.
Huff (1.0) WAR
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Yesterday's CSN report
would have negated teh Beltran upgrade and rendered Wheeler as a squandered asset.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I think everyone is freaking out way too much
The fact is this: When it really matters (late Sept-Oct), I think we all know Bochy will make the right decision. We’ve freaked out about Renteria and many others in similar situations. Let’s not give up on Huff yet, because honestly it isn’t he alone who is losing games for us. On the flip side, this can help us down the road when it matters most. Bochy won’t just get rid of a solid bat on a poor-hitting team. Belt will have his time soon enough
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by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Thats only a male problem. Or so I’m told.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
ARGLEBARGLE
Why did they release Pat Burrell and then call him Bill Hall!!!!
Jaymee Sire, the one person at CSN we can trust.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 28, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
BREAKING
Eric Byrnes is talking about the CSN reporting debacle
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
FTFW
Eric Byrnes is talking about the CSN reporting debacle.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Jul 28, 2011 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
He is such a douchebag.
When he talks on KNBR he sounds like Bill S. Preston Esq. When he’s on MLB network he sounds a tad more “normal.”
He’s a self-indulgent intollerable douche who is lucky to have airtime.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Recd
They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jul 28, 2011 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
covered last night
on his “show”. Just go away Byrnesie.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Bye Bye Bill Hall
JaymeeSireCSN Jaymee Sire
Bill Hall reinstated from DL and DFA’d to make room for Carlos Beltran on 40-man roster
I love it when
jayme talks dirty to me.
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
Huff
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Jul 28, 2011 9:20 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
this.
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
With the soul of a LOST HAWK
Is there a heaven for a Rap Cat, let's talk
So long and thanks for....that one walk that one time?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry about the lacerated ankle, Bill. Best of luck in the future.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I feel bad for the guy. He didn’t seem like that bad a player to me. I expect a distainful post by owlcroft.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Citing Hall's TOPS number
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Mr. O is a big fan of Bill Hall based on his career numbers.
He will be sad and upset that Hall was let go to keep the invaluable Alex Hinshaw. (Currently, Mr. O is asleep; cut him some slack. His implant bled a little last night and is very sore.)
by mrs. owlcroft on Jul 28, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
You heard it here first
That’s exactly what I posted last night in the post-game freakout thread as being the most likely scenario.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
Holy crap
I missed the postgame freakout here last night. After the “Brown AND Wheeler for Beltran WTF SABEZ???” freakout yesterday afternoon I thought y’all were tapped out. Well done, McCoven. Well done.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Haha I was gonna say something similar.
I also missed the freak out last night.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
There’s always at least one really good flip-out per season on MCC. It’s kinda nice for people to blow off steam.
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Never Forget!
Yesterday I think will have to rank as the greatest freakout day in the storied history of McC. We’ll be telling our grandkids to have a look at it.
by Duelling Brandos on Jul 28, 2011 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
DA.aaaaaaww
KFP48 KFP48
Welcome to Carlos Beltran To The Team..
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
by ELOOIE on Jul 28, 2011 9:19 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Ees a bless
KFP48 KFP48
Welcome to Carlos Beltran To The Team..
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Jul 28, 2011 9:20 AM PDT reply actions
oh Pablo
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Where is my adorable Panda cartoon to accompany this tweet.
Don’t fail me now pandovalsays.tumblr.com!
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Needs Panda holding a Giants jersey with 15 on it.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 28, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
All I wanna know
is why that first “to” didn’t get a capital T.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Jul 28, 2011 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions
got heem?
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Jul 28, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Aaron Rowand → Useless POS who should be cut
Useless POS → Eric Gagne (honestly the first person I thought of)
Eric Gagne → Tommy John Surgery
Tommy John → Indiana State
Indiana State → Larry Bird
Larry Bird → #33
- → SCOTT COUSINS UNIFORM NUMBER!!
DAMN YOU AARON ROWAND!!!!
by djfivenine on Jul 28, 2011 9:20 AM PDT reply actions 10 recs
I laughed
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Lol
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Jul 28, 2011 9:22 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
SCIENCE!!
have a rec.
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
Or...
Aaron Rowand #33 -—→ Scott Cousins #33
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Jul 28, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Stunningly obvious when you think about it.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
plus
I’ve been in Seattle for two weeks now, so there’s that
pround son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
@baseballmarty marty lurie
The #SFGiants have discussed a trade with the #bluejays sending Rowand for Silly Putty, and rubberbands
Follow me on Twitter @MTLJosh
by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 28, 2011 9:23 AM PDT reply actions
Silly Putty sounds like the real name of a baseball player from the 1880’s.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Rollie Fingers.
It doesn’t even have to be the 1880s. The 1980s was also farily silly.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Do eet Sabez
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Jul 28, 2011 9:25 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
@baseballmarty marty lurie
Deal is being held up cause Sabean insists on receiving some orange flavoured tic tacs
Follow me on Twitter @MTLJosh
by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 28, 2011 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Does Twitter in Canada automatically translate “flavored” into “flavoured”?
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
A Marty tweet would never read like that
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.
Burrell has perceived value to opposing pitchers
I feel like the guys on Freakonomics when I’m talking about this, but Burrell has value because pitchers believe that he can hit a homerun, even when he’s tanking. They pitch differently, and I think that’s where PtB’s walks come from. I like Burrell as an off-the-bench bat. I don’t mind him in the regular lineup, maybe a straight platoon with Nate. Sadly, I don’t think we’re going to start seeing the Torres we saw last year, so I would probably opt for Ross in center. I have no idea who would lead off. Keppinger?
Rowand will start in CF and lead-off and you’ll like it.
BORK
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wow, it took 20 minutes for Byrnes to start talking about his playing career. Amazing.
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 9:25 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Took that long?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Hall gone
The Giants reinstated Bill Hall from the 15-day DL and designated him for assignment, thus creating a 40-man space for Carlos Beltran.
from Baggs
I beat Baggs by 12 hours
This Burrell story seems fishy
1. You can’t release a major leaguer when he’s on the DL.
2. Burrell was put on the DL on July 14th or 15th, so he has at least 2 more days before he can be activated and released.
3. Why wouldn’t they DFA Bill Hall before Burrell? Hall is not worth much to the Giants with Keppinger on the team and Fontenot back off the DL. Hall has been eligible to come off the DL for the past 3 days.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
Also from Baggs
The best sources are internet sources! Personally I like to make a little sweep of the fanblogs before i post. Fla-Giant kept me from having to credit Gigantes22 in my postgame. Thanks Fla-Giant!
by sweetjuxtapose on Jul 28, 2011 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions 9 recs
What happened with gigantes22?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
He put a story on his blog, presumably based on the erroneous CSN tweet, saying that Burrell was cut and Belt sent down. “Working on sources,” it said.
He was dropped on his head as a child.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Well-played, sir (or madame)!
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
I will note, though, that I was the sole voice of reason on the post-game freakout thread last night, for a good 30-45 minutes, until Baggs tweeted to back up my point that the Giants couldn’t DFA PtB for at least 2 days – even if they wanted to.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
It was funny reading it today. You repeated it a couple times and nobody said much. But then Baggs’ tweet came out and everyone was happy.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
LOL young
the voice of reason is all well and good until something horrible and unforeseen and unbelievably stupid turns out to be true.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow
You were pretty much immortalized.
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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
Fla-Giant
Was a calming voice of sanity in the postgame freakout.
by MySpoonlsTooBig on Jul 28, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it possible
that this was actually a leak of what the Giants intended to do? Then they found out/remembered/read here, that they couldn’t. I mean this is the same roganization that accidentally DFA’d Sergio Romo.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Baggs
Giants still must make 25-man move for Beltran. Burriss, most likely. I’m told the Giants see Belt in role Ishikawa played in 2010.
Belt is the next Ishi?
I hope they don’t release him next year then….
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I could see him drawing a BB from Kimbrell too.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
extrabaggs
Giants still must make 25-man move for Beltran. Burriss, most likely. I’m told the Giants see Belt in role Ishikawa played in 2010.
AAAAHHHHHH
by Seasick fish on Jul 28, 2011 9:27 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
the Last of His Tribe
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Strangest tribe.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I was at a conference at UC Berkeley a couple of weeks ago
The building I was in had a courtyard named Ishi Court. I was reminded of Travis.
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
For now
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
The fact that they're keeping him up
shows they’re near their wit’s end with Huff
/blind hope
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 do think that Bochy plays the personalities a bit here
I think it’s tough for him to trust rookies, no doubt. But he’s also hedging his bet by leaving Belt on the 25-man roster and publicly carving out his role as late-inning replacement. He’ll steal starts from Huff here and there until Huff pulls a groin or Belt hits mor dingerz. The man (Bochy) understands clubhouse chemistry. I’d rather have Belt there than in Fresno – there’s nothing left for him to learn there.
by sweetjuxtapose on Jul 28, 2011 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Belt will have a hard time hitting mor dingerz when he only comes in as a late inning replacement.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Very true.
Especially since pinch hitters generally face RP, who are tougher than SP.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
what with their tribal armbands and their cigs rolled up in their shirt sleeves.
by sweetjuxtapose on Jul 28, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
???
If RP were tougher than SP they would be SP.
Many of them were but just didn’t have the endurace to keep their stuff for 100 pitches.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
The reason RP are not SP is one (maybe more) of three reasons:
1. They don’t have the stamina.
2. They don’t have a 3rd out pitch to get hitters out a 2nd or 3rd time in game.
3. They can get LHH out but not RHH, or vice versa.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
They could be better over one inning, especially when a starter would be tired by then.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking this yesterday,
but this morning heard Kruiper suggest that this might ennergize Huff.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Egh
I feel like Huff’s motivation isn’t the problem. He (and Zito, for that matter) cares, but just doesn’t have It Anymore.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
in the blog of the blind
the one eyed moderater is queen
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Jul 28, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
i'm four-eyed
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.
Fixxed?
in the blog of the blind
the one eyed moderater moster is queen king.
This is the interwebz after all…
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Belt should really play ther Huff role from 2010.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
by Azmanz on Jul 28, 2011 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
Rec'd hard.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Highly Recommended !! Would Rec Again in the Future !!
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
that's what happens
when all you’ve got is your glove. Defensive specialist! I wish he could hit a little.
by sweetjuxtapose on Jul 28, 2011 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Idiots
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 28, 2011 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes?
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
That’s just stupid. Send him down so he can get AB’s
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
It's Posey time!!
My Adopted Squirrel: Heath Hembree
So if Burriss gets moved down who do the Giants have to play second base? Keppinger and Fontenot and that’s it? Am I forgetting someone?
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Maybe Freddy is coming back. They also only have 2 SS.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Would that mean that Fontenot gets cut?
You follow me, I'll follow you
http://ayeyooojerm.tumblr.com/
SF GIants Baseball 2011 = Torture Pt. 2
SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = ???
I am a fan of the Warriors and Lakers. I can become a fan of both teams. Nothing wrong with that.
You’d think they’d have to option Crawford at that point unless they were willing to DFA Tejada, which I doubt pretty strongly, but since he clearly cannot play SS….
unless they were willing to DFA Tejada
Now you’re just messing with me.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Tejada will come back. Then an OF gets axed.
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
/prepares Burrell freakout c&p
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Crawford will never play 2B.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
No but he would allow who ever is playing SS to slide over.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Well yeah.
But that’s not what was meant.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Speaking of Crawford
He’s getting the Ishi treatment, too, just at SS. Why do they do this?
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Same reason. Batting
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, he is more like Ishi than Belt is (Crawford is +defense -bat)
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
But he can draw a walk now & then. Plus, Ishi wasn’t a bad PH from what I recall.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Unless Fontenot shows he really can’t play SS, I think he’s likely to be the better overall player than Crawford so the Ishi treatment makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is why they’d have a prospect sit on the bench and not get better.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Exactly. But they will probably send him down when Tejada comes back. Not that I would advocate that.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
I think they should send Crawford down until August 31st so he is eligible for the play offs.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Yeah but + Defense at SS > + Defense at 1B.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
It's Posey time!!
My Adopted Squirrel: Heath Hembree
kind of obnoxious
If Crawford’s going to be the SS of the future, he needs to learn to hit. He could actually benefit quite a bit from time in AAA, instead of being used as a defensive replacement when Fontenot and Keppinger are perfectly cromulent shortstops.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 28, 2011 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Kepp said last night to K&K he doesn’t like to play short.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
/shrugs
i don’t like cleaning the tiolets. he wants ring ge gets over it.IMO.
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
And I don’t think he’d be good at it. He’s merely an average 2B.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
yes
in a one-word answer.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Honestly, in the middle of a pennant race, I’m okay with stalling Crawford’s development a bit because he fits the team better as a defensive specialist. The problem with Belt is that he may be a better hitter and fielder than Huff going forward.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, he can’t really hit at all, so I understand that in a pennant race.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah you don't need more than 2 players at any position.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Yeah, I guess that's true
Burriss is the logical choice to go down but I’ll miss him. I’m very happy he got to stay with the team for their White House visit. I’m sure that meant a lot to him, especially.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I think Crawford is a better player than Burriss.
But I think Crawford should go to the minors until August 30.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
One Ticket Please!
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Indians acquired OF Kosuke Fukudome and cash considerations from the Cubs OF Abner Abreu and RHP Carlton Smith.
It tough to complain about this deal from the Indians’ perspective, especially when they are reportedly responsible for just $775,000 of his remaining salary. Fukudome has struggled since his hot start, but still has a .273 batting average to go along with a .374 on-base percentage. He should do just fine in right field until Shin-Soo Choo is ready to return from surgery to repair a fractured right thumb.
Yay! They only took one Clipper, and it was one of our cruddiest relievers!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Cubs should only trade for pitching. That's always going to be their need.
They can just buy hitters.
Abner Abreu is a fun name
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.
Apparntly born to baseball.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
TV dinner Indian food with an apple and yogurt. I find that Indian food translates the best of all cuisines to frozen food entrees.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Never had frozen Indian
Is there a preferred brand?
I’m sure Trader Joe’s has even better stuff than I am eating. I get my stuff at the Ohio equivalent of Safeway.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Vonn’s? There are a few TJ’s in Ohio, they are just very few and far between. There’s one in Columbus… 3888 Townsfair Way Columbus, OH 43219
REGULAR VERSION OF SAFEWAY IS BAD ENOUGH
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I would kill to shop at Safeway. Only decent place here is Walmart :(
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
mmmmm kangaroo burgers
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Really? I find that interesting. Of course I’ve never had frozen Indian.
"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 9:30 in the morning!
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 found myself wondering if I’m going to eat lunch every day at 9:30 when I’m out west next month.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
As a east/west traveller I have always found adjusting when your are traveling west to be easier that traveling east. You will should be able to get to normal within a day going west. COming back though it may take a week.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
2nd breakfast
and then you have elevensies
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
we have an office potluck today
to say goodbye to a coworker who i’ve exchanged maybe twelve words with ever
i brought nothing.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 28, 2011 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I wish I was further East so it was lunch time.
by paboperfecto on Jul 28, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Every time I read a chapter in this book, I’m like “Wow, shit just got real, there’s no way it could get any realer” and then I read the next chapter AND SHIT GETS REALER.
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.
A Storm of Swords
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.
heheheheheh
The last 10 pages will make you shit yourself.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
they're writing actual music for "The Rains of Castamere"
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 28, 2011 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I want music for The Bear and the Maiden Fair
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
i'd bet money that they're gonna do that
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 28, 2011 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
"A bear! A bear! All covered in hair!"
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Book 3 is my favorite.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
It's probably getting close for me to reread these books
Otherwise, A Dance with Dragons is going to come out, I’m going to read it, I’m going to be confused.
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
Halfway through A Dance With Dragons
I just finished the chapter where Hodor emphatically refuses the position as Hand of the King. At this point of the book Jon Snow is still recovering from her gender reassignment surgeries and the White Walkers are trying to stongarm themselves into positions on the Small Council.
The shit is getting real.
by biff pocoroba on Jul 28, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Lineup predictions for today, anyone?
"For science. You monster."
Torres
Keppinger
Beltran
Sandoval
Schierholtz
Belt
Fontenot
Whiteside
Lincecum
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah
NotNate in RF at home is kind of scary
"For science. You monster."
Get used to it
Allegedly Beltran made staying in RF a condition of accepting the trade. (I’m not sure how he can really enforce that, though. If he plays a few games out there and sucks I don’t see how they could just say, “Well, it was a condition of the trade. Nothing to be done.”)
Well are there microsplits for how well he’s played RF @ AT&T in the past?
Maybe he’s got it down. Maybe he’ll change his mind and just want to play RF on the road…
Only strawhats can help with this one
The sample size is too small for any kind of stats.
Anecdotally, I went to one of the Mets games at AT&T this season, and Beltran caught everything he was supposed to. /shrugs
Yeah
I guess if he’d put on a show like Vlad did in the WS last year, that would be immediately obvious. It definitely is not like that. I expect him to be OK, but probably not as good as Nate would be.
he seemed perfectly cromulent
in the gigantic sample size game I went to at Citi earlier this year. And in the handful of Mets games I’ve seen.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I went to one of the Mets games at AT&T this season, Beltran caught everything he was supposed to
See there’s the problem. The RF at AT&T needs to catch the ones he’s not supposed to catch. It gets ugly real quick if you don’t.
/ Triples Alley and Ichiro say hello.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
I think people make to big of a deal of RF/LF differences. The change won’t be that much. If worst comes to worst, Torres will shade to RF and Nate will shade to CF a a little and that will make up the difference.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
this. see if it doesn't happen.
Rowand
Keppinger
Sandoval
Huff
Beltran
Ross
Fontenot
Stewart
Lincecum
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
I think Belt was getting the start
until Huff doubled yesterday.
/sigh
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Torres
Fontenot
Beltran
Pablo
NotBelt
Kepp
Nate
Stewart
Timmy
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
This is what I think will happen.
Not, what I want to happen.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
11.4 BB% this year
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
TWSS!
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
I thought she prefered the little guy in the 2 hole?
Part of a good DP combo is having the right guys in the right positions
The thong is, it happened.
I been told it relies on the lay of the ball.
…
or is that angle of the dangle?
…
I get those confused so just say, “Yes dear.”
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
With the possibility of a Brandon filled lineup.
Torres
Kepp
Beltran
Pablo
Belt
Nate
Crawford
Stewart
Timmy
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
I actually think this is what we see. Huff gets the day off against the righty and we all get the lineup we dreamed of.
I would love it if Timmeh stormed into Bochy's office...
…with a copy of this lineup in his hand and proclaimed, “Listen, you big-headed dope, this is the lineup I want on the fucking field tonight or I’m unleashing a series of wild pitches progressively closer to you in the dugout until I clock your stodgy ass.”
Then he takes a bite of Bochy’s sandwich and leaves.
by younghutch on Jul 28, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 15 recs
This
I like Bay Area sports teams. I like computers. I like ponies.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Jul 28, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Then he takes a bite of Bochy’s sandwich and leaves.
HAHAHAHA
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 28, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait.
Sandwich or “sandwich” as used on HIMYM?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
.. and his box of friut juice.
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Rec'd and waiting for the Natto animated version of this story
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Sad thing is that might get Timmy traded with this FO.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
/La Russa’d
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 28, 2011 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Crawford should never play over Fontenot.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Maybe if the Giants had somebody like Derek Lowe in the rotation the better D would be worth it, but probably not with a strikeout/flyball staff.
Lincecum actually does have the highest GB% on the staff (50%). He also strikes out a bunch of guys too, though, so that’s a high percentage of fewer balls in play.
How ’bout Font at second and Crawford at short?
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
by EliminateMe on Jul 28, 2011 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Rowand
Keppinger
Beltran
Sandoval
Huff
Ross
Fontenot
Stewart
Lincecum
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
yuck
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Jul 28, 2011 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
One trade and you’ve all gone from rosterbation to lineupbation?! This is not the McCoven I thought I knew.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
Go away.
‘Batin’.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
‘poseda be.
It’s been okay the past few days, but now it’s making a weird whirring noise that it wasn’t making before. Bah!
We were hoping we’d be out of here before the summer, that didn’t happen!
I mean it’s a good thing we didn’t take the townhouse in Auburn, what with the Mr. getting transferred to Rancho Cordova… that would have been a joy of a commute. All of our plans are sorta up in the air now.
Just try to concentrate on the really important things in life --
baseball and snacks to have with the games.
by mrs. owlcroft on Jul 28, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
@KFP48
KFP48
Now you all can enjoy my new handshake with @CarlosBeltran15.. LOL
"For science. You monster."
by KINGofCRA5H on Jul 28, 2011 9:35 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Last night Brynsie was saying
Beltran WANTED to come here, we were his first choice. Anyone confirm this?
"For science. You monster."
He likes us, he really likes us!
Clearly this was all BWeezy’s doing. He has persuasive skills!
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Whether that's true or not
Isn’t it funny how a few years ago the meme was “free agent hitters DO NOT WANT TO COME PLAY FOR THE GIANTS 11!!!”
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
This
It is still kind of surprising. Then again, TGWTWS.
"For science. You monster."
Brian Wilson slipped him a note at the ASG and he checked YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Will you go out with us?
Check one:
Yes [x] No [ ]
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
NEVER leave maybe as an option.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Will you go out with us?
Check one:
Yes [x] Maybe [ ]
"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!"
Oh. Never thought of that.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
He’s been really looking forward to the handshake with Pablo.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
by EliminateMe on Jul 28, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
so i got drunk last night for nothing...
thanks CSN, i hope you know it was a heart attack-inducing 2-hour you put us through last night…
by InTimmy'sArms on Jul 28, 2011 9:38 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Eric Byrnes is going off right now ahaha
You follow me, I'll follow you
http://ayeyooojerm.tumblr.com/
SF GIants Baseball 2011 = Torture Pt. 2
SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = ???
I am a fan of the Warriors and Lakers. I can become a fan of both teams. Nothing wrong with that.
I don’t mind them. I’m half-asleep anyway during their show, and they have Kruk & Kuip.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I listen to KNBR when Im in the car
You follow me, I'll follow you
http://ayeyooojerm.tumblr.com/
SF GIants Baseball 2011 = Torture Pt. 2
SF 49ers Football 2011-2012 = ???
I am a fan of the Warriors and Lakers. I can become a fan of both teams. Nothing wrong with that.
I listen to Gary/Bruno and Ralph and Tom
when convenient (kitchen, car, yardwork, etc.). I listen to Brooks and Dummy when there’s a slim chance some baseball-related content will be on. Last night is literally the only time I’ve listened to Byrnes more than 5 min. I like listening to Ray Woodson but, you know, sportstalk callers.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
What's he saying?
You listen so I don’t have to
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Belt Brothers?
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
by heimy25 on Jul 28, 2011 9:41 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Carlos Beltran is on twitter but he hasn’t updated it since April
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
http://twitter.com/carlosbeltran15
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
What could he update it with? “Mets still suck.”
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
IS CARLOS VOLTRONS MAD AT US?
WHY IS HE IGNORING US?
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 28, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
eh
always appropriate
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Is anyone else fed up of Eli?
Follow me on Twitter @MTLJosh
by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 28, 2011 9:44 AM PDT reply actions
Eli and Huff
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Jul 28, 2011 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I like Eli
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.
well, he was screwing up
I still think he’s better than Stewart
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.
Stewart’s bat makes me want to rend my garments and weep and gnash my teeth
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Can't we fuse them into one league average player?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Now have visions of the Mavis typeing game were you can fuse differnt animal parts together and the Woot Woots.
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Eli has been a surprise with bat but he still has issues with fielding.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
We like Stewart more when Eli is behind the plate. We like Eli more when Stewart is batting.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
if only they could be combined
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.
solution: Buy just for men with a touch of grey…
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
We had a better version of them combined..
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
We already have on Voltron on the roster
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 28, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
we can rebuild them!
A turdburger with extra crapsauce!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This made me laugh.
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
But what if you did it wrong and got Stewart’s bat with Eli’s defense?
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
by EliminateMe on Jul 28, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Give them the same uniform number. See if anyone notices.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I like Eli
but I am biased. His hometown is about 30 minutes from my hometown. We almost had the all southern boy infield last night except for Pablo.
by Countificus on Jul 28, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Acquiring NL East hitters = Playoff dominance
see Cody Ross.
Although with the addition of Beltran, we still have no one who can hit against Tommy Hanson. Belt and Crawford have yet to test their skills.
At this point, I'm pretty much done with surprises - Michael Crabtree
@hankschulman
Henry Schulman
“I just talked to Carlos. He very much wanted to be a Giant. That helped a lot. "
"For science. You monster."
Well, sure he's going to say that NOW
What does Hank expect? “I really, really wanted to be a Mariner but I guess the Giants are cool, too.”
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
These type of questions always make me laugh
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
So, there’s no possibility he actually means it? I never understand this need to assume the exact opposite of what someone is saying, but it happens seemingly every day.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I do think he means it, I just think quoting a player on his first day with a new team saying he very much wanted to be here is kind of obvious. It’s more a burn on Hank’s tweet than it is on Beltran.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
wow...took me a minute, but this is pretty funny
I'm feeling...I feel like I want to rage. Right now. - B. Wilson
This is amazing.
"I'm physically awkward. I'm emotionally awkward. I'm socially awkward. Anything you can think of, I'm awkward at it. And I'm very good at it, too." - Awkward Baby Giraffe
by urea on Jul 28, 2011 10:28 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I want adventure in the great wide somewhere
I want it more than I can tell
And for once it might be grand
To have someone understand
I want so much more than they’ve got planned
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I could see it
Proven winning ability. Great crowds (which he just witnessed). Large Latino contingent on the roster, including three Puerto Ricans. The team needs him.
From his POV, aside from being a long way from any family he might still have in PR, it’s a great fit.
Plus the players on the team seem to genuinely want him here and he’s Torres’ hero even though they’re the same age, which is a little weird and man-crushy but whatever.
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Torres!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Eric Byrnes is a shithead.
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 28, 2011 9:45 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I was listening to the morning guys and then Byrnes comes on ranting and raving – I was DUPED. The old bait and switch! I thought maybe they would have the Sabes or someone live talking about our new boyfriend BELLETRONS.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Why are people listening to Byrnes?
Why is Byrnes on in the daytime, anyway?
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Radnich is in Vegas or something
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
So these people normally listen to Radnich?
That’s even worse. I detest that worm.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
It’s not my fault – he just showed up!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
maybe
he just slept in the studio after the postgame.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s amazing that Eric Byrnes has made me pine for the return of FP Santangelo. That’s an incredible accomplishment.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
by Kitspool on Jul 28, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I kind of liked FP. He’s a friendlier kind of asshole.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Agreed
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.
Eric is a movie stereotype
no one can be that stupid
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
I didn’t mind FP, relatively speaking. I mean, he was terrible, but compared to Bip or Byrnes? No contest.
yup
FP was fine, and (horribly) there may be someone even worse than Byrnes on the way next year.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
FP
FANCY PANTS!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jul 28, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I actually kind of miss FP.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
It's Posey time!!
My Adopted Squirrel: Heath Hembree
Aaron Rowand sucks.
He sucks.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 9:47 AM PDT reply actions 7 recs
I think he’s the worst player I’ve ever been forced to watch for no fucking reason.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I think Rowand has gotten a lot more “no fucking reason” plate appearances than Burriss.
That’s a good one, though. Maybe I should just lump the two together.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh come on
Bengie and it’s no contest.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Bengie was useful until he wasn’t, and when that happened he was traded. Much less pointless than Rowand, and probably not as sucky.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
But Rowand isn’t blocking anyone. For me, Huff is now more annoying than Rowand because of Belt.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Eh?
He blocks Torres, Ross, or Burrell whenever he plays.
With the Giants, at his worst, he was better than Rowand. That’s not exactly true. With the Giants, at his worst, he was limited to fewer than 200 plate appearances. The rest of the time, he was better than Rowand.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Woah! Joe Castle , He They Got from the Royals last season far lower on the recent dreck scale to me. Rowand is like real annpoying rash the just never clears up to me.
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
At least with Castillo, they had the good sense to replace him with an A Ball hitter.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
to be fair i liked the move, in vacum, but there needs to be quicker recognition when player is just flameing pile of poo a bit sooner.
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
His career OPS with the Giants was 18 points higher than Rowand’s!
In his worst season on the team his OPS was 5 points higher than Rowand’s this year and 13 points higher than Rowand’s last year!. Alfonzo was here three years. Rowand is in year four with more to go!
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
You never saw Armando Benitez?
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
by EliminateMe on Jul 28, 2011 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
When your alternative at closer is Brad Hennessey…
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I really hate Rowand
And the fact that Rowand plays way too much.
But it can’t be worse than Molina
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
Molina was a fine option at catcher until the year he was traded. And he was discarded only a couple of months after his usefulness ran out.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Molina had close to 70 fewer plate appearances for the Giants in 2010 than Rowand has already accrued in 2011.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
stop it
please.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I really think that it has to do with the fact
that Molina started every single game. Rowand, thankfully, doesn’t.
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
He hits triples though!
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 28, 2011 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. The kind that suck.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
HE'S A SHITHEAD
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I like reading the TH as a digraph.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s somehow less offensive.
LIKE AUBREY HUFF.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
He has a higher wRC+ than Huff
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Rowand was also terrible and pointless for much of last season. Huff is making a great case for the annual award, but Rowand is running away with the lifetime achievement.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
That would be an interesting list, to see the worst player on the team we were forced to watch play for absolutely no reason for each of, say, the last 15 years.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I bet some of the early 2000 teams worst player would be baller in this line up.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
I don’t even know who I’d pick in 2002. Shinjo? Goodwin? Fultz?
It doesn’t seem fair.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Shinjo, only because he was the DH
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
I have yet to identify a deficiency over which I can assume that he has any immediate influence.
Contract-value disparity? No. Batting leadoff or starting over Torres? Nope. Effort or talent? Not really.
I can’t find any reason to hate Aaron Rowand, and I’m not looking for one.
But golly, he sure is a drag.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Just a reminder
San Francisco Giants 60-44 —
Arizona Diamondbacks 57-47 3 GB
Colorado Rockies 49-56 11.5 GB
Los Angeles Dodgers 47-57 13 GB
San Diego Padres 15.5 GB
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 28, 2011 9:48 AM PDT reply actions
Why can’t the D Backs just completely collapse? Is it too much to ask for one less stress inducing event in my life?
Besides Ian Kennedy (and to some extent Daniel Hudson), people should be teeing off on their staff. I’m afraid that there may not be much more time for me to make a statement like that against the Dbacks though…
It’s more fun this way. Drama and all that.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, the Giant scan still blow it!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
OT
Project Runway premiere tonight! (well, I’m excited, anyway.)
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
I like this quote
JeffFletcher1 Jeff Fletcher
“It’s our job to find another Wheeler, and develop another Wheeler.” – Sabean #sfgiants
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
So we can trade him for another Beltran!
A delicious cycle.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
As long as they kept finding Wheelers, and not all of the Beltran's were FA-to-be
I would be fine with this.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
they won't be able to
until Beltran’s 9-year extension is over.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I wonder how they’re going to do that, I doubt they could get another pitcher like that from the Draft.
JT Snow and Robb Nen are my heroes.
But then 2010 happened.
They’re not going to have a high draft pick, it will just not be as good as a talent pool.
Or I could be completely wrong about this.
JT Snow and Robb Nen are my heroes.
But then 2010 happened.
LATIN AMERICANS DONT NEED TO BE DRAFTED
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
by jctGamer on Jul 28, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
MATT CAIN!!!!!!!!!!!
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
There's always international prospects
And even in the draft, every year there a few guys who drop because they want to much money. If you’re willing to spend you can get a top 10, maybe even top 5 prospect with the 28th pick.
Ah, I see
I know about international prospects, I was just talking about the draft strictly.
How often does a top 5 prospect fall to the 28th pick?
JT Snow and Robb Nen are my heroes.
But then 2010 happened.
MATT CAIN!!!
1st round (pick 25)
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Porcello below is really the poster child, considered a top talent but falling due to money demands.
But Matt Cain!!
He’s a first hand example. Not necessarily a top 5-10 talent, but evidence of how some guys can fly a bit below the radar and be really, really good.
Yes I just said “really, really”
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
But I think Porcello was more widely considered a top 5-10 pick who fell. I think a lot of people just overlooked Cain as a talent.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
That's my point.
It’s not just that guys fall due to signing bonus demands, there are also gusy that are less recognized for their potential.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, of course
I mean, most people here are really high on Brown and didn’t want him traded either. And he was the 24th pick IIRC.
Good to know Huff will never be benched
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Sabean confirms Brandon Belt isn’t going to be optioned today. Sees him in Ishikawa’s role from last season.
And all of Bruce Jenkins’s hopes and dreams come true.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
This is so annoying
I don’t know nuthin from nuthin, but Belt is like our Domonic Brown, right? A serious hitter that’s tailor-made to whomp major league pitching. And our GM compares him to an all-glove AAAA hitter? Even though we have no reason to believe that Belt’s approach is hamstrung at the major league level (and I say pshaw to the strikeouts red herring). Amazing.
NOTE TO SABEAN, OTHER GM’S, AND BUSINESS PEOPLE EVERYWHERE: THE FACT THAT YOU ARE PAYING SOMEONE A LOT OF MONEY DOES NOT MAKE THEM ANY BETTER AT WHAT THEY DO!
Also, guaranteed money in baseball contracts has never struck me as a good idea.
"Bruce Wayne is the Brian Wilson of Gotham." -DrDC
He had his 2 1/2 weeks to adjust to major league pitching. You have to be in your 30s to suck for a whole season.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Let's just say that I believe in SSS importance
In his latest brief stint, Belt seems to have really had a good approach. I just don’t get it, from ANY angle, other than teh stupid
"Bruce Wayne is the Brian Wilson of Gotham." -DrDC
Also, that sounded differently than I meant
I don’t believe in SSS. Was hypothetical.
"Bruce Wayne is the Brian Wilson of Gotham." -DrDC
All of you who watched "The Franchise" last night heard Bochy
say he saw Belt as a late-inning replacement and that he’d play day games after night games. “We’ve been grinding Huff pretty hard this year.” Look, it’s not ideal, but at least BB will be up here and playing some.
by mrs. owlcroft on Jul 28, 2011 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL CSN
JaymeeSireCSN Sabean confirmed what @MUrbancsn reported last night. Belt not being sent down. Followed up to say there was never a discussion to do that.
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.
Hi Haterz!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 28, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
LOLOLOLOL
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
CSN reporting these are not the droids you are looking for.
49er 'til I die! (if they don't kill me first)
by LA49er on Jul 28, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
you know
Ms. Sire seems to be working hard today to make up for the nonsense last night. She’s cool.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
She survives the purge.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
The reposting of tweets, fake or real, is kinda gettin’ a little meh
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
Our apologies for reposting information and news.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
That definitely worked yesterday
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
It was still news, even if it was false.
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.
if you say so
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t really know what you’d prefer. These are all interesting and discussion-worthy tidbits. Would you just have us not talk about them?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I think it might be more of the 109 people posting the same “tidbit” 101 of them at the same time and the other 8 2or 3 hours later.
exactly.
but again, meh.
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
everyone could subscribe to, say, Baggs’ twitter or CSN’s twitter, rather than the same tweets getting posted in a row by different people.
either way, it’s not so much a “hey every cut it out” as much as “well this is annoying”
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t have access to Twitter at work, so I appreciated the live feed on the site yesterday. I understand why it might be slightly aggravating, but in the scheme of things, I think holding this discussion is more effort than just not reading the block quotes
+1 – I don’t use twitter at all. Yes, I live in a cave. With internet access, but still a cave.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
But what if I came here for misinformation and fake news??
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
Praise Jebus!
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
BREAKING: “Dick Tidrow” found to be poorly-constructed 1970s computer.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
by TheLetter2 on Jul 28, 2011 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You did an excellent job reporting this
/hands you an award
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 28, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Thank you!
I’d like to thank the Associated Press and malt liquor vendors nationwide.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
If we didn't do that.
Then everyone would say “link please”, then we’d say “so-and-so’s twitter”
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
How the fuck would any discussions get started then?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
The reposting of tweets , fake or real, is kinda gettin’ a little meh
by shaggingflyballs on Jul 28, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
HAHA
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Jul 28, 2011 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
not only makes me laugh ,makes my kid giggle!
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I remember the meme was, after they drafted Bumgarner and Alderson instead of hitters, that the Giants would trade pitching surplus for hitting
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.
/ throw rotton fruit
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
ACTIVATE ORDER 66
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Its kind of a good plan. Pitching prospects often over valued and you can get decent returns on them.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I do not like what this says about Sabean
just talked to Carlos. He very much wanted to be a Giant
It sounds like we were bidding against ourselves.
I don't
He is exactly the kind of negotiator whom a player can tell, ‘I will not waive my no-trade for anyone but team X,’ and then get team X to bid and rebid against itself until team X coughs up a top fifty prospect for a two-month rental. And Sabean is exactly the kind of negotiator who never bother to find out that the player will only go to him and that he has all the leverage.
Was Alderson there when they signed Beltran with that no arb clause?
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
But Beltran alsn’t wasn’t demanding to be traded. The Mets were looking to gain some value from his departure. I mean, I get that your point is Sabean is a moron who should die, but, let’s not sit here and say that the Giants never used their leverage. They needed a hitter. Alderson was not in a position where he had to trade them a hitter.
by Every6thDay on Jul 28, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Alderson was in a position where he had to trade Beltran
His team is out. Beltran is expensive. His owners have cashflow issues. Everyone in the sport knew this, hence the pursuit by other teams. No, the critique of my point is that Beltran likely did not make some one-team diktat, and that other teams likely also were willing to overpay. But to argue Alderson was going to sit on Beltran without getting salary relief, prospects or both is pretty incoherent.
The point is coherent. You just disagree with it.
by Every6thDay on Jul 28, 2011 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, the Giants need Beltran more than they need Wheeler. And, yes, I’m aware of this only being a rental and the value of having a pitcher under control for x number of years… but they’re in WIN NOW mode and they have do everything they can to contend in the short-term and trust in and rely on their scouts and organization’s development system in the long-term.
by Every6thDay on Jul 28, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
This is why I’m okay with the trade. I think it’s an overpay in terms of talent, but Beltran definitely helps now, and I think the Giants will be able to absorb losing Wheeler. I do miss him though. Lets get Minaya back in and trade Burriss for Wheeler next year.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree with this.
Yes in the idoit Tribe of Gm’s Alderson does n’t belong, imo.
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I trust Tidrow here
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Most important note from Sabean call: Dick Tidrow assured him they have enough pitching talent in minors to withstand loss of Wheeler.
by 49er16 on Jul 28, 2011 9:55 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
They're in the Surkamp
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.
Tidrow stamp of approval
I can sleep at night again.
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
Dick stamp
"Bruce Wayne is the Brian Wilson of Gotham." -DrDC
by hairball on Jul 28, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Tramp Stamp
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if this is a complement of the system or a polite way of saying we don’t believe in Wheeler.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
It sounds a lot like a compliment of the system to me.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
well
if they really do keep Timmy and Cain and Bumgarner, that’s a lot of years to fill in the #4 spot in the rotation. Hopefully they can manage that.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s what I’m thinking. I’m investing in a 401k to help fund the effort.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Mr Tidrow sooths me!
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Fuck it
That’s really the only guy’s opinion who matters.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
This makes me feel much better.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
It's Posey time!!
My Adopted Squirrel: Heath Hembree
@extrabaggs
Andrew Baggarly
Most important note from Sabean call: Dick Tidrow assured him they have enough pitching talent in minors to withstand loss of Wheeler.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
This is always the thing about trading top prospects...
If you never do, then you’re implying that your organization is incapable of restocking the system with equal or greater talent. That seems like a bigger slap in the face than trading minor league talent to help the parent club. The equivalent to never spending your money but just stashing it under a mattress.
at least
they actually HAVE prospects other teams want now. I imagine Lance Niekro wasn’t drawing a ton of calls from other teams.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
There is a bountiful Crick that runs through the Surkamp
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jul 28, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
# The Beltran trade is the Mets’ “most meaningful July 2011 victory,” writes Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Sherman says it helped that the Giants “do almost no statistical analysis” and are not active in talking to many other teams. They simply go after the players their scouts like “with disregard to how it will be viewed by the rest of the sport.”
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Did he wiretap Sabean's phone to learn that?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
by jponry on Jul 28, 2011 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
This is actually true...
I saw him walking around the other day using it. I was appalled. Yet it explained everything…
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Jul 28, 2011 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
REC
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 28, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL Now I get it…
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Math Night at Comiskey
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Susan,! Quick hide the IT guy!
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s really dumb analysis. I mean they just go after players? Is that why the ended up with the best available player?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, that's among the weirdest statements I've ever read
"Bruce Wayne is the Brian Wilson of Gotham." -DrDC
They don’t know stats. They thought Beltran was hitting 1.000 this year.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
He is bashing Sabean for trusting his own scouts?
Uh, okay.
How does my World Series trophy and homegrown pitching staff taste?
JT Snow and Robb Nen are my heroes.
But then 2010 happened.
by BeatLA55 on Jul 28, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL NY POST
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 28, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Well
It was an overpay. But not that egregious of one. They bought $6-8M of production for $14M worth of prospect and got $2M in change.
Probability of getting 6-8M from Beltran > probability of getting 1M out of Wheeler.
NPV is not realized value, obviously and that is why it is discounted, but I can understand the willingness to trade your powerball ticket before the drawing for a $200 night out with your lady.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Umm...Hello?
I guess Joel Sherman has never heard of Yeshayah Goldfarb.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 28, 2011 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Listen, we've talked to the G's stats department.
They really don’t know a lot about what they’re supposed to be doing and no one pays them much attention, either. They don’t realize what can be accomplished using analysis and they use their “gut feelings” to go along with their computations. It’s not real stats analysis.
by mrs. owlcroft on Jul 28, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Wheeler’s going to have a great time in NYC!
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 28, 2011 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
The weirdest part of this
“with disregard to how it will be viewed by the rest of the sport.” Why would the Giants care about that?
They want to be liked!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Aubrey Huff has the 10th highest wRC+ of any active position player for the Giants. Such sluggers as Mike Fontenot, Eli Whitesaid, and yes Aaron Rowand have hit better.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Exactly
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 28, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Every time Huff starts, there are at least 2 players on the bench more capable of hitting than he is.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
PtB stares into stands and mutters, "I'd hit that."
What do you mean by not what you ment?
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Who the hell is Eli Whitesaid?
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Jul 28, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
So
did Burriss get sent down?
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Jul 28, 2011 10:01 AM PDT reply actions
I don't think they've announced yet
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.
But it’s expected?
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Jul 28, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't think anyone is sure right now
But he or Crawford seems like the most logical choice to go down
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 someone to DL
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.
Cody Ross lingering calf injury?
Aubrey Huff back spasms?
Aaron Rowand brain strain?
Bochy breaks Casilla’s pinky?
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Jul 28, 2011 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
My dog hasn't come upstairs yet
I feel like he can sense when it’s foggy and gross outside
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 miss the Fog
I live in Santa Monica and it burns off too quickly. I miss my SF fog.
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Jul 28, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
He is still getting over yesterday's freakout
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 28, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t understand why you’d let Burrell go with all the dead spots on the 40 man (e.g. Hall, Hinshaw, DeRosa)
I guess the only thing I can figure is that they want to give him a chance to find a team to play for.
You realize that Burrell was not released, right?
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.
Isn’t that what Grant was conjecturing above? Removing him from the 40 man? Did they announce the move yet?
Did you actually read the post? It’s about the freakout when it was announced last night. It turned out not to be true.
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.
Well, then it was just stupid to freak out. Giants aren’t goofy enough to let Burrell go unless he wants to go.
It's all part of Sabes' master plan
Contrary to Joel Sherman’s account, the Giants do care how the rest of the sport views them. They want to be known as bumpkins, while TGWTWS. Again.
According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.
Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.
LOL
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 28, 2011 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I love the look on his face at the end
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.
MOMENTARY BREAK IN FOURTH WALL
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 28, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
It shattered the fifth wall, though.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
this commercial took 12 hours to film because Pat couldn't stop looking into the camera.
this was the best take. LOL!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL I just noticed you censored his crotch
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.
Ha!
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Natto is the gift that keeps on giving
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Its not the 40 you have worry about anyways.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
It's actually SB
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Jul 28, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate when that happens
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
It annoys me too
but shift+a takes care of the problem, it just unfortunately makes me not know which posts I’ve already read
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
That’s annoying, but it’s worse when you are trying to reply to a post and the box you are typing into scrolls off into the sunset!
this
In really long threads, I then have to search for the words I was typing to find the comment box again.
by rightcenterfielder on Jul 28, 2011 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s the one thing I don’t know why they haven’t addressed functionally. I understand why the page jumps a tiny bit when comments appear above where you are, but when they appear below where you are and the page just jumps to some random comment….. AUUUUGH.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Dilligence on everyone's part!
gitrdun sabez
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
@Wheelerpro45
Well I’m a MET. Im ready to get started on a new path. I was good San Fran.
World Champions!
by Leniz on Jul 28, 2011 10:07 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
At least I got to watch him start in SJ a couple times.
but still. //sob
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Pretty sure he meant to say, "It was good..."
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I like how he says MET/METS in all caps
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.
Disagree.
Frisco is a cow town in Texas. San Fran is just lazy.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Isn’t that Greater Los Angeles?
"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.
Also a very good TV show.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
And an ancient mall in Hayward!
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I used to have to drive by that thing all the time. I kept hearing about random shootings in the parking lot.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
In all fairness
“random shootings” is pretty much all America these days. :(
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Have a great time in Ne Yo.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
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 28, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
/UNFOLLOW
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 28, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Typos are priceless sometimes
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Jul 28, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
"I WAS GOOD!"
/tears rolling down cheeks
“I WAS REALLY GOOD! YOU’LL SEE! YOU WILL ALL SEE!!”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 28, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
haha
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
so he wrote "It's was good?"
well frankly I don’t see how that’s any better.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
It’s-It were good, San Fran.
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 28, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
bye ZacKKKKKK
Adopted Giant: Jacob Dunnington. Will your team regret passing up on my boy 50 times?
by TimLaser and MattyC on Jul 28, 2011 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope he does well, except against the Giants.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
hey did you know Eric Byrnes played 11 seasons in the big leagues
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
You don’t say? I wonder why he never brings that up?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
it's a closely guarded secret
Eric is a humble guy
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Who?
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 28, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I wish that were true, and that you were discussing a whole-face mask.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
/runs to the left
/runs to the right
/runs back to the left
/dives
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL CSN
@stewardsfolly
Carl Steward
Tough credibility hit at CSN yesterday with Belt/Burrell report plus Peguero/Culberson-for-Beltran exclusive.
"For science. You monster."
Tough credibility hit with Steward the other day, suggesting that SF fans retire the “Beat LA!” chant and suggesting that the lunatic fringe rally around Miguel Tejada.
by Your mother on Jul 28, 2011 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
That wouldn’t be a mark against his credibility, unless it turns out that he didn’t actually support the opinion that he espoused. Which I suppose is possible. I do that sometimes, too. Go Knicks!
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
time to switch my online stream from Byrnes
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
He didn't decide to come to SF
The Mets decided to trade him. He OK’d the trade but it was clear he was going to do that.
I like Bay Area sports teams. I like computers. I like ponies.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Jul 28, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I just tweeted him. Answer forthcoming.
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 28, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Steak, lobster, expensive booze on the charter…
“Oh yeah,” says the Giants players “it’s like this here allllllllllllll the time….”
.
you know what else is annoying? When you go to hit “post” and before you can get to the freaking little button your text window is GONE.
Happens to me all the freaking time
I feel your pain.
I like Bay Area sports teams. I like computers. I like ponies.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Jul 28, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I can answer that for you
ZERI
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
@colemk
cole m kuiper
Does anyone else think that Eric Byrnes sounds like a ninja turtle?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 10:17 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Yup.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like Bill S Preston esq.
Looks like him too.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Post Season stats
Burrell
.186 .307 .381 .688
Scott
.235 .284 .412 .696
Cody
.235 .381 .471 .852
Torres
.276 .323 .397 .719
Beltran (OMG!)
.366 .485 .817 1.302
Scott wins the post season stat battle with Pat, not by much but he is a little better. They both have a similar amount of post season experience.
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
Beltran has some numbers in the playoffs...
I like Bay Area sports teams. I like computers. I like ponies.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Jul 28, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Now I’m convinced.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 28, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Pat's #s are better than Rowands.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
i know i know
Not a Scott fan either but I thought I’d throw out some numbers. Honestly I’d rather see Rowand leave just because he’s so terrible right now. I don’t want to see him or Burrell starting on this team when the playoffs begin but we all know what Bork is going to do.
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
luke scott
Adoptive father of 18th round draft pick and future ace, BRANDON ALLEN
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Jul 28, 2011 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
He already updated his twitter profile =(
Im Zack Wheeler I play in the New York Mets organization. Im Blessed to be playing professional baseball. It has always been my dream. I’m a chilled guy
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He’s helpful enough to tell us how he should be served.
"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!"
Someone take him out of the fridge!
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 28, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
CSN reports I'm still in Tahoe
It sucks to be at work instead of on the beach, but at least I can follow the Giants easier now.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 28, 2011 10:20 AM PDT reply actions
.
"With a guy like that, you have six beers, pass out, come to the park and hit."
by deuce deuce on Jul 28, 2011 10:23 AM PDT reply actions 9 recs
one of my favorite games from last year
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
was that the game where Huff and Burrell were punching each other in the dugout?
by Countificus on Jul 28, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Kroon check
4.79 ERA, 10.1 K/9, 6.1 BB/9, 1.63 WHIP.
Le sigh.
yeah I'm not really clamoring for a pre-September call-up anymore
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 want him to get a meaningless save in September.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
The thought occurs to me that I don't even really know who's pitching at Fresno these days.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
If Kroon was any good he'd be in AA
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Your Innings Pitched Leaders for the Fresno Grizzlies:
Shane Loux ?
Matt Yourkin – I guess I remember him
Andrew Kown – What’s a Kown?
Doug Mathis – ?
Josh Banks – ????
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Here's the thing about Huff being given all this rope while Belt sits
There are plenty of guys who get off to rough starts in April and May and then turn things around in June, and they rake for the rest of the season. As any Pokemonz particpant knows, freaking out about poor performance by one of your players in May can come back to haunt you if you waive them prematurely.
But I honestly can’t think of any player who sucks it up for FOUR MONTHS and then turns it around the last two months of the season. I mean, I’m sure it’s happened a few times in history, but it’s gotta be really rare. Someone please go ahead and give me some good examples of players turning it around in August and September and I’ll be happy to say I’m wrong. But I don’t think I am.
It’s July 28, people. 2011 Aubrey Huff is what he is.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
But he won a World Series that one time in that place with those guys, and that obviously needs to count for something.
"With a guy like that, you have six beers, pass out, come to the park and hit."
by deuce deuce on Jul 28, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
well actually
he stunk it up for 6 months in 2009 then was the Huffinator for 2010.
Brian Sabean: Sing His Praises To The Heavens!
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that seems to have resurrected itself in my absence...
Any news on tonights LOLineup?
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 28, 2011 10:28 AM PDT reply actions
lots of speculation upthread
but no solid news
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
moar rowand?
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 28, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I would say there's a 0% chance of Rowand starting tonight
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.
as much as we like to joke
he hasn’t been started against RHP really since that horrible stretch where Torres was quasi-benched. And with Beltran now…
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
The Hall Era comes to a close
stewardsfolly Carl Steward
Bill Hall got more stitches (7) than hits (6) in his brief Giants career.
Owlcroft shall mourn it.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
So he gets his leg destroyed and then gets unceremoniously dumped. That’s too bad.
"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!"
sounds like a bad prom night
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
hey
they literally had no one to run out, and they found him at midnight on a Friday and he hit about the same as all the rest of these mooks. Thanks Bill Hall, sorry you make $6M less than Tejada.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
From Bags;
-Bill Hall was activated from the 15-day DL and designated for assignment to clear a 40-man roster space for Beltran. The Giants still must option a player to create a 25-man roster space today, but it won’t be Brandon Belt who goes down. Sabean deferred to Manager Bruce Bochy, but said Belt is likely to play a role similar to what Travis Ishikawa did for last year’s club.
My freakout stems from this:
Burrell is still one of the 5 best hitters on this team. And he doesn’t get to play (DL stint aside). He has put up numbers comparable or better to the rest of the team in 80-200 fewer PAs. I said this yesterday on Twitter:
scout_6
Pay Burrell is tied for 2nd on the team in HR and 3rd in OPS in 80 to 200 less PAs than the rest of the teams regulars. #oddmanout
(READ MY TWITTER, NERDZ)
If they released him when there are still people like Bill Hall and Aaron Rowand around, and for the salary they are paying him, It would be a colossally stupid move.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
What do you think is going on the past 2 years with his reverse splits?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
he only does girls who can do the reverse splits
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
by RDreamer on Jul 28, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not a clue, really.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
interesting
a very good point, i think i like that bill hall was cut but rowand is a better “next to go” than burrell….
by Norman W. Albert on Jul 28, 2011 10:34 AM PDT reply actions
I know this is very Lunitic Fringie of my but i would rather they kept Hall over Rowand. It is possible Hall could play servicible SS for few hundred innings over the next 18 months at a cheep rate.( Giving developement time current cast of maybes at SS on the farm). Rowand is pretty much as usefull as stripped nut to the team over the same time frame.
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I would have too
But I’m resigned to the fact that they’re just never going to get rid of Rowand ever.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
That's about when I'm anticipating that the extension will be announced.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
They tend to do extensions around spring training. It’s what they did for Freddy and Affeldt.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Well, despite 24 hours of freaking out
And wringing my sweaty little hands over Burrell, Belt, Rowand, et al., I am very much looking forward to seeing Beltran in a Giants uni tonight.
Doubt it. Why would he want to go?
"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!"
Brewers?
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jul 28, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
This is the quote from Sabean that I liked
I don’t want to sound hokey, but our fans deserve this as much as the team. Their support has been off the charts. We are trying to defend. We owe it to the players, too. They’ve done an amazing job under a lot of pressure and adversity. We’re in first place. Hopefully this shows we mean business.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
And everyone deserves for Belt to start.
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 28, 2011 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
To play devil's advocate
As much as I want Belt to start, I think if I was Bochean I might also still be playing Huff.
That is cray-z.
And you would still be wrong
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
That's nice
But here’s the thing: Huff is a hero, and a team leader, no matter what we as fans may think about those things and how foolish they sound, there’s a reason that the players mention these type of things ever day. The SF Giants have won one World Series. Aubrey Huff was the most important player in that one season. Everyone on the team likes Aubrey Huff. Brandon Belt is a rookie. It’s not going to be easy to go up to one of your most important players of a year ago and say, “hey, thanks for everything, but sit your ass on the bench.”
Do I think Belt is better than Huff right now? Yes. Is there actually a possibility that Huff is better than Belt? Definitely. But if I’m the manager, and I have to deal with these guys for a majority of every year, this is not a simple, objective decision.
That is cray-z.
by DrDC on Jul 28, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Dammit....
This make sense.
You’re making my blind disgust for Huff’s playing time a little hard now. Thanks a lot.
like most things
is it really either/or? Must they pencil one player’s name in the 4 spot every game without fail? Must the guy with options left be sent down to the minors three times in a year, and sit on the bench 6 days per week when he’s not in the minors?
There are 8 positions and 6 games or more per week. Plenty of time. Get people on the field. Except for Rowand.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Pre-Beltran it's obviously a lot easier
With two guys on the outside it’s tough to do.
That is cray-z.
I don’t think it’s as clear cut as people are making it. Huff has a long track record of success (albeit not great success). I think it’s reasonable to stick with Huff or to play Belt. If only one could catch.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Wheeler may be an overpay at the deadline
but at least they didn’t wait around for someone to get waived or something. Or sign Molina to catch and bat cleanup.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Bill Hall sez
We owe it to the players, too.
That reminds me of Judge Smales in Caddyshack saying “I’ve sent boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn’t want to; felt I owed it to them”
The thong is, it happened.
Assumimg this is true:
Some Giants people believe the Reds will deal Ramon Hernandez for a pitcher, according to Schulman (on Twitter).
Who would you give up for him?
"With a guy like that, you have six beers, pass out, come to the park and hit."
a reliever
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.
casillas the younger?
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 28, 2011 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
He had season-ending surgery. :(
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Who had season ending surgery?
by Anonymous1337 on Jul 28, 2011 10:47 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Runzler!
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Jul 28, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if someone would take him. I’m not sure, but I’d be totally willing to part with him, despite his dreaminess.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Runzler's xFIP!
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Baggs says scouts are into him.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
BLOG LINKS STRAW HATS TO xFIP!
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually it was his FIP I meant to reference.
2.68
But SSS of course.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Baggs wrote a bit about him, and it was an interesting perspective. I don’t even think it mentioned FIP. Runzler is not a starter though. I think he needs to limit his innings.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
You think?
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Not saying it will happen
But it wouldn’t surprise me. He may have the best stuff of all the relievers on the team. He just needs to learn how to field his position.
That is cray-z.
I agree about the stuff. He’s been issuing a lot of walks, though (6.4 BB/9 in Fresno this year, and 5.1 over his career). Not sure if he’s gotten better at not airmailing throws, and holding runners. He seems to have a decent pick off move if he can throw correctly.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Given Runzler’s walks, I’d be okay with moving him for Hernandez.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
He's alright.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Would like to see him in the big league's
No matter how that happens.
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
surely
in September.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't trade RamRam actually
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 dunno
I just like having such a solid bullpen
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.
but would the downgrade of losing one of those arms
be worse than the upgrade at catcher?
by projectmayhem713 on Jul 28, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Probably not, and they don’t really use RamRam a ton anyway.
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.
Sure
But he pitches, like, one inning. Every third day.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
No
But it affects his value to the team. What’s RamRam going to pitch over the course of the rest of the season? 15 innings? 20 innings? That’s not a lot of value. An above average everyday catcher would be a lot more valuable.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I see your point
but I like the bullpen the way it is. They are all good, and there are enough of them that no one gets too tired.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Ramirez is at the top of my trade list
Above Casilla, whom I like less, because Ramirez seems to have the most perceived value versus his actual skill. While I will not go the full Evan and argue that his low career babip against is entirely luck, I would submit that he is a fungible middle reliever, not Sergio Romo.
I would trade him for something halfway useful in a C or SS without a moment’s hesitation.
gotta sell high sometimes
Adoptive father of 18th round draft pick and future ace, BRANDON ALLEN
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Jul 28, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
lol i dunno anything
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Fuck no
You would then have Zito in the bullpen. Or Kroon. Please, do not break up the best bullpen in the majors. Just don’t.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Ramirez is the 5th best reliever on the team
When the Giants get to the playoffs, he won’t matter. He didn’t matter last year. Wilson, Romo, Lopez and Affeldt is all this team needs with these starters.
Eli Whiteside/Carl Stewart are so fucking terrible.
That is cray-z.
Carl Steward!
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.
give 'em Zach Wheeler
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.
MOTA LOL
Follow me on Twitter @MTLJosh
by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 28, 2011 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Mota's our best long reliever
Which will probably be needed in at least one postseason game.
At this point, I'm pretty much done with surprises - Michael Crabtree
Mota or Santiago.
Which means it won’t happen.
by Every6thDay on Jul 28, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Zito + 30 million.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Guillermo Mota and a ham sandwich
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Huff got a few days off for his back a week ago
He’s ready to tear it up now
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.
Also, Rowwand-2 hit a triple yesterday
Good for another 3 starts at least.
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if Bochy was paying attention to the 1 out, bases loaded GiDP
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
If he missed the 4 katrillion GIDP before that one, what makes you think he actually saw the one yesterday?
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Huff doubled yesterday.
Duh.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I typed "Aubrey Huff" into Google and got...
…“Did you mean Brandon Belt?”
by younghutch on Jul 28, 2011 10:42 AM PDT reply actions 7 recs
+109
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
One more needed
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
I’d be fine with this. He needs more ABs if he’s ever going to develop as a hitter.
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.
agreed
it’s the best move, but i really enjoy watching the guy play. go bruins
As long as he’s recalled August 31st, replacing Burriss, I’m fine with it.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Nope
I think they’ll finally cut ties with Rowand.
/wishful thinking…
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIANTPAIN
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
That wouldn’t be bad thing. The kid, possibly, learn to hit enough with regular play time. He can get that in Fresno. He can’t in SF. Bring him back up Aug 30 so he can on the post season rooster.
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
part of me
feels bad for crawford and having been rushed into a situation where he almost has no chance at succeeding as a hitter. i would like to see him spend more time being succeessful with the bat and then re-emerge in sept for the 40-man roster
by UnionJackIPA on Jul 28, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Whatever, you guys
Belt is “The Most Awkward Man in the World.”
Seriously, though, I think that the only way Bochy plays is if Sabean trades Huff, a la Buster/Bengie. Even in The Franchise last night, Bochy was saying Belt could relieve Huff in late innings and start day games. Getting rid of Huff will never happen, though. So, Ishikawa-type role it is. BLEH.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Well there's that
Or Huff could brake his leg, I’d bet he’d play Belt then, but you never know.
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
STEWART CUT FOR BOCHY!!!!!!!!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
The good thing is
I can get a Baby Giraffe hat!
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
I really want to see someone
where a full giraffe outfit in the stands, and sit next to the guy who wears that full panda costume. would be great for TV
by UnionJackIPA on Jul 28, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
and a mole
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
And Matt Cain
wait…what are we talking about?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
John C. Reilly
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Haha! They both have the protruding forehead thing going on.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
There was a macro last night …
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
please Lord don’t let my wife see such hats exist, Please.
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
From MLBTR
The Beltran trade is the Mets’ “most meaningful July 2011 victory,” writes Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Sherman says it helped that the Giants “do almost no statistical analysis” and are not active in talking to many other teams. They simply go after the players their scouts like “with disregard to how it will be viewed by the rest of the sport.”
I believe it.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
What the heck does that last quote even mean?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I dunno, he got it off of Susan’s cellphone!
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
+1
The Beltran/Wheeler trade had nothing to do with statistical analysis. It was all about present-value vs. future-value. Not to mention that almost all of Wheeler’s perceived value comes from his scouting report, not his statistical results.
One other thing, the lack of statistical analysis has not been an issue for the vast majority of trades that Sabes has made from the helm of the Giants – go back and check the record. Sabes’s main issue with the lack of valuing advanced staticstical metrics is when he signs free agents – or gives out salary extensions.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
by Fla-Giant on Jul 28, 2011 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I recommend this post.
Though, I don’t agree that the lack of statistical analysis has not been an issue for the ‘vast majority’ of trades.
by Every6thDay on Jul 28, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Name them
The only really egregious one that I can think of is the Nathan + Liriano + spares for The Asshole.
Barnes for Garko was also a borderline failed statistical metric trade.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
/ mutters no randy win, no Randy winn, no Randy Winn…
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
by daveinexile on Jul 28, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
What?!?!?
Are you trying to tell me that Brian “The Brain” Sabean does almost no statistical analysis? Then what do you call RBI’s, Wins and Runs if not statz, nerd!
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
GOLDFARB! I've got a virus! There's numbers on this paper on my TV!
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
SUSAN!!
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not surprised
But what the fuck does that last sentence mean/how is it significant?
That is cray-z.
Why would he be pissy about this? It’s definitely a good trade for the Mets. I also think it’s a good move for the Giants. No one has to lose in a trade.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
i want to see this guys take
on the cards-jays trade
by UnionJackIPA on Jul 28, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Posey responds to premature CSN report ......
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 10:48 AM PDT reply actions 11 recs
buster has the best faces
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I read this as Buster has the best feces
by Countificus on Jul 28, 2011 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
What's going to happen?
Burriss sent down 1st.
Crawford sent down later.
Rowand has “Performance Anxiety” and is put on the DL.
Burriss brought back.
Fotenot to SS.
Kep stays at 2b.
Just an uneducated guess, although probably more plausible than anything spewing out of CSN.
by Drug Runner SF on Jul 28, 2011 10:48 AM PDT reply actions
It would please me deeply if the Giants found some way to move Rowand to the DL*
*This is different than wishing and injury on him.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
It took a 95 mph fastball to the face to get him out for 15 days. The dude is indestructable.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
Just a question
Is okay to hope he sprains an ankle? Or gets nasty blisters on his palms and can’t hold a bat?
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm just saying
I would love it if they “discoverd” he has “back tightness” if you know what I mean?
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Anyone going to call Mychal Urban's weekend show to thank him for his crack reporting?
by Drug Runner SF on Jul 28, 2011 10:49 AM PDT reply actions
I don't think Urban was involved in the CSN story.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I now see him with one of those glove baggies.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
His name wasn't on any of the reports, and he never said a word about it as far as I know.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Um
I thought he mentioned it last night from Phily when talking to Damon Andrews.
by Drug Runner SF on Jul 28, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh did he?
I wasn’t watching TV or listening to KNBR. I’m just going on the published reports / tweeters
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Yeah he was talking about it on the tv last night
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
My bad!
Hate on, you crazy diamonds
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Jul 28, 2011 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Funny. He appears to have gotten the KNBR pre- and post-game job back, but that is some epic fail.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
notwithstanding the foulup
I like him on the pre-/post-game.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I will always appreciate
when he took a picture of me with Wilson at Zito’s 2009 K4Troops party.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I do remember Papa asking him about the Burrell thing and he ignored the question, as if he didn’t have an answer. And his reasoning for Belt being sent down was “Belt believes he’s being sent down.”
That is cray-z.
Urban Loves Spreading False Analysis About Burrell
First, “Pat won’t be coming to the Giants last year”.
Now, “Pat will be exiting stage left”.
by Drug Runner SF on Jul 28, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
All the gamer girls from Half Moon Bay always ended up with him. (They went after Zito, but they ended up with him.)
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
ZITO WAS THE SOURCE!
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Obviously
Because he doesn’t want to get cut.
by Drug Runner SF on Jul 28, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Him and his masters will just enjoy the attention.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Also
No pressure, Gary Brown, but they gave up Wheeler instead of you.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Jul 28, 2011 10:50 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
starting CF in 2013
hitting .280/.340/.400 with GG D
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.
As long as Wheeler isn't four-peating the Cy Young...
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Wheeler could be Josh Johnson
or he could be Homer Bailey. Only time will tell. Chances are greater that he is closer to Homer Bailey.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Nah. Higher BA.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
.290/.350/.410
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.
WITH 50 SBS
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.
.400/.390/.400
BUT HE NEVER WALKS!
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
2 assists last night
And, he can FUCKING FLY. I love to watch him play.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
The new Torres.
Now younger, with more upside.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
One of Torres' main assets is plate discipline though.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Brown took a walk last night!
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I'll call the New York Bureau!
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I think that came off a lot meaner than I wanted it to
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Not at all. I totally laughed.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Oh, good.
Really though, I look at Brown’s stats and I worry.
He’s only walking 7% of the time in A ball. Striking out roughly twice as often. The batting average is good, but sustained by a .350+ BABIP, which will come down as he faces better defenders.
Basically, his value is tied to being able to hit .290+ in the majors. And he’s only hitting .317 in A ball. I’m a little concerned.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
His value is tied to his defense. If he’s a good defensive CF, he will be valuable even if he’s only a 95 OPS+ player.
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.
With his walk and power rates
I don’t think he gets to that 95 OPS+ unless he’s hitting at least .290 or above.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
It obviously could change, but Andres Torres’s .324/.367 is good for a 95 OPS+ this year.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I guess I'm just afraid that Brown will turn out to be a Darwin-Barneyesqe hitter.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I think he will be the white Michael Bourn
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
GARY BROWN IS WHITE?!?!?!?!?!
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 28, 2011 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hmm, Bourjos seems a decent comp
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
He is about what I have started hoping for Brown to turn into. GP’s got a point, the numbers are not stellar, but they congrue with a Bourjos-like future.
I WANT JACOBY ELLSBURY
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
His speed is incredible. Hard to measure his D right now, but I have seen him make plenty of great catches. His arm is accurate, if not incredibly strong (h/t Joe Ritzo).
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Game 7, 2014 NLCS
Bottom of the 9th, bases loaded, Giants down by 3 to the Mets. Wheeler has thrown a gem so far; he just needs one more out.
Young Gary Brown strides to the plate. He pauses for moment before stepping into the box, surveying the situation.
Just as Wheeler begins his windup, Brown yells, “They kept me instead of you in 2011!!”.
Wheeler’s pitch doesn’t break like it’s supposed to and Brown smashes it, really cracks it, to the deepest recesses of that 3-fingered glove in LF.
Sabean, eating a bowl of oatmeal in his “retirement home” giggles messily.
by younghutch on Jul 28, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
What really happens
/Rowand swings at Wheeler’s slider in the dirt, ends season
That is cray-z.
by DrDC on Jul 28, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wow almost 1000 comments already. Losers
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
This
You should all leave your mother’s basement and get lives, nerbs!
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
My Zack Wheeler mourning period is keeping me from being productive.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
LOL productive. I’ve stopped trying. I’m going to draw the Band of Brothers guys as Avengers.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve been extra productive today. So I guess I’m carrying both of us today.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
Thanks! Actually, it’s just slow at work.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
There’s a lot going on in our office today. I barely had time to watch Rifftrax shorts during lunch.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
I hear Juan somebody is pushing his book
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Juan Williams. He has a new book out about his tiff with NPR and some other stuff. He had a really interesting interview on The Daily Show earlier this week.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
Thanks for the name, as you know I don’t follow public broadcasting. ;)
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
If we can make this comment green it will make me happy :)
Follow me on Twitter @MTLJosh
by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 28, 2011 10:51 AM PDT reply actions 10 recs
is it green yet?
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
your fucking welcome.
lol.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
*you're
wow, can’t type today.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
wacky tobacky
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
nah .....
hangover from last night’s madness.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Sabean on the effects of Beltran on Belt's playing time
Bruce (Bochy) has been a genius at juggling things. People are going to need breaks. The good thing about Brandon is he can pick up a start for (Aubrey) Huff and caddy for him defensively, much like Ishikawa. We have seen when we get as many left-handed bats as we can, we have a better chance against right-handed pitching.
Presented without comment, but with rage. Apologies if this has already been posted.
Then I think they said that the injuries required a different course of action.
by fishmicmuffin on Jul 28, 2011 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
How does that have anything to do with Beltran?
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
No prospects for Beltran, please.
I assume he was addressing the fact that an outfield slot for Belt is less likely with Beltran’s arrival. And, of course, in answering the question, he makes it clear that Huff ain’t sitting.
by Your mother on Jul 28, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
SABEAN ANNOUNCES: BELT TO BECOME CADDY SEEKS JOB WITH TIGER WOODS
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 28, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
So the most we can expect from Belt while Huff is here
Is Ishi 2.0?
GG Sabez
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 28, 2011 11:00 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
YAY
OUR LONG REGIONAL DROUGHT OF 1B DEFENSIVE REPLACEMENTS IS OVER
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow, the fog looks absolutely nasty outside right now
And my dog still hasn’t come upstairs
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’ve become very nice to Karl after he got us through that dome thingy.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I think I’m missing what you are referencing.
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.
@KarlTheFog
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
omg i love it
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
maybe he got lost in the fog? hahaha, happens to my dog all the time. no lie.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
The lazy POS is curled up in a ball on my bed, I have no doubt of that.
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.
awww, i don't blame him.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I think I read a Stephen King novel about this
Turned out poorly.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
The Giants have scored the 8th most runs on the road. The Giants have scored the least amount of runs at home.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Source: Nats are dumb
mlbtraderumors MLB Trade Rumors
RT @washingnats: Source: #Nats not willing to trade Storen for Span http://tinyurl.com/4xf23ol
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Span's not that great. I know Storen's just a reliever.
They probably think they can get more for him. I suspect they might be right.
by Every6thDay on Jul 28, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Span is pretty darn good
over 2 WAR in every MLB season so far
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I hope that the Dbacks hit a few homers against Latos and run up his ERA and he gets pulled in the 4th inning. Then the Padres make a comeback so that the Dbacks end up losing and fall further behind us in the standings.
They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jul 28, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
LET'S GO PADRES!!!
/ vomits on keyboard.
I just can’t get used to saying that.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Rooting for Mat Latos
#GiantsFansComplaints
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jul 28, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
New BB-Ref feature
If you search on Baseball-Reference for “The The”, you now get Albert Pujols.
"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!"
Shift-A: Have we release Posey and demoted Panda yet?
Seriously, what has happened thus far with Burrell/Rowand/Belt?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Hall DFA'd
Belt will not be sent down
No word on what the other roster move will be, but speculation centers on Burriss or Crawford, with the possibility of a surprise DL move.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
So, Belt's new role is to beat the Braves in the NLDS?
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
:(
Wheelerpro45 Zack wheeler
Thanks to all the San Fran fans who have been nothing but good to me
59 minutes ago
That's for you, KDL ;_;
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
:)
I went to the game last night, and got to have him say it to me in person. He said he is going to miss us, and said “I appreciate all the support” about 1,000 times. I got good closure. And a hug! Love that kid.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
/abject sobbing
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I might have cried a little. ;-)
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I'm glad
I’m not the only person sappy over the A ball kids.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I need to get over it, because they move around like crazy. The current San Jose group is so great, though.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I liked
Buster’s team a lot, Neal, Kieschnick, etc.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
i see right through your facade
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Interesting read...
Re Wheeler.
Link via sports-reference.com
Wheeler comes from the Giants, and is very highly rated as a prospect…at least by the scouts. I’m here to judge him solely by the numbers.
World Champions!
This is more or less how I feel about Wheeler. Talent is clearly there, but the results show that he has a long way to go before he reaches that.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I think Wheeler ever making the majors is a 50-50 proposition
That control has to improve.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
You think there's a 50% chance he makes the bigs?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Sure, he's a highly-enough rated prospect.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
That's really high
“In some capacity,” I suppose, but I’d say just based on track records of similar prospects he probably has a 30% or so chance of becoming a regular starter in the majors.
His strikeout rate is good, but hardly great; while he has struck out an impressive-looking 10 batters per 9 innings in San Jose, the league as a whole whiffs 8.33 times.
World Champions!
Interesting... didn't know that.
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.
Anyone else wish
Burrell was their dad? I love my, dad, but Burrell would have given me hitting genes.
I was barely over the mendoza line in little league.
Go Bears!
Pretty happy with my dad. Pat would never be around to play catch with you.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
He might be your dad
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
by jponry on Jul 28, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
comment twin
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
How old are you? maybe he is your dad.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Other Life Lessons from PtB
Like working it with the ladies.
by Drug Runner SF on Jul 28, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
and
unless Burrell was in San Francisco at age 11 and fathering children, I am not Pat Burrell’s son.
Go Bears!
/Pat_breakdance.gif
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t put it past him.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Those Bellarmine boys. WHOOEY.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
heh
My two best friends in the whole entire world go there.
"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 don’t know what it’s like to have friends who didn’t go to the same school as I did.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Pat, you ARE the father!!!!
“ooooh shit! what now? what now? i told you!”
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s the dad of all five of those Eagle Scouts.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I keep thinking about what the first meeting between Urban and Burrell will be like after PtB comes off the DL....
by Drug Runner SF on Jul 28, 2011 11:08 AM PDT reply actions
Pat: “Drop ’em and bend over Urban.”
They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jul 28, 2011 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
In the meantime....
PtB rips those earrings out of Urban’s earlobes.
by Drug Runner SF on Jul 28, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Does the Beltran trade make anyone else really really miss Posey. Can you imagine the lineup now with Buster, Panda, and Beltran surrounded by useful parts like Nate, Torres and Keppinger. League average maybe! Unf
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Everything makes me really really miss Posey.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I look outside and everything is cold and gray…
… oh wait that’s right I live in western San Francisco.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
But what a fertile environment for depressing poetry and singer-songwriters! It’s all about the silver linings.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
I tend to think the best artists come from where art ain’t easy.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Just ask Conor Oberst!
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Wasn’t Robert Zimmerman from Minnesota?
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Prince and Kirby Puckett!
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Sitting at my desk in my office, watching the sun come through the fog to shine on the water and AT&T.
Gonna be a good day
//sips coffee.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Won’t see that until … 2 PM, probably. Maybe sooner.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I read that in Blanche Devereaux’s voice.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
/blanche_spritz.gif
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
And I didnt even include Belt, well because I’m practical
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 28, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
well sure
but if Buster were here, they probably wouldn’t make that kind of a deal and the question wouldn’t be before the house.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
speaking of "The Hobbit" ......
new photo released from the movie. I …. CAN’T…. FUCKING …. WAIT!!!!!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Part I in 2012, Part II in 2013
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
We can celebrate the end of the contracts that shall not be named and go see these movies!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
YES!!!
A Going Away / Hobbit Premiere Party!!! I’m so down!!!!!!! Just don’t forget Old Toby! The finest weed in the South Farthing! lol.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Nice!
Are there more of these?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
You bet your Baggins there are!!!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Fili, Kili and … uh … the other one.
That hairstyle is gonna be so popular in SF.
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
THIS is actually Fili and Kili ......
and this is Dwalin …..
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Smaug doesn't stand a chance.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
not at all!
lol. i’m actually reading the books in order right now. half-way through the Hobbit. I just wish Part I & II were combined. I’m such a LOTR geek that I would honestly sit through them, no matter how long it takes!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I would too.
It’s been 10 years or more since I’ve read The Hobbit. I should probably do that.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
oh right. Oh also, Gloin looks so much like Gimli++ I think he wields the same axe, passing it from father to son
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
sorry, I believe I came off a bit rude in my subject line .....
my mistake. but that is so awesome! i love that concept!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
perfection
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
BAD
ASS!
"All right pie, I'm just going to do this. [chomp, chomp] And if you get eaten, it's your own fault."
by Woody'sShed on Jul 28, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Just remember that Doctor Who is paying Radagast the Brown.
(Sylvester McCoy)
by mrs. owlcroft on Jul 28, 2011 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
*playing
Or he could be paying him, too, of course.
by mrs. owlcroft on Jul 28, 2011 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
They might, realsitically losing Buster has only cost us 2 or 3 wins, maybe, Whiteside hasn’t been awful so the dropoff hasn’t been astronomical. The offense still would have been bad and they might have felt a need anyway to improve is.
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 28, 2011 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
flagged
you used “realistically” and “wins”.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I believe I used realsitically which is a different thing entirely
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 28, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
haha
withdrawn.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
One of Sabean’s quotes today was about how they needed to get Beltran to fill the offensive void left by Posey.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I saw that, but I still think they might have done this anyway
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 28, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
UNF UNF UNF UNF UNF UNF
Torres-CF
Beltran-LF
Panda-3B
Posey-C
Belt-1B
Nate/Ross-RF
Sanchez-2B
Fontenot-SS
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Stuff like this
Makes me think that re-signing Beltran for a year or two wouldn’t be the worst thing. We’ll see how it goes.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I’d do it, but I imagine Boras will get more than I’m comfortable giving. The Giants have enough ugly contracts that I’d err on the side of caution. I think Sabean understands the need to bank money for the pitchers.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
But how was he in the game?
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t get it.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
/payday
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
by GIANT stoner on Jul 28, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
/skor
"All right pie, I'm just going to do this. [chomp, chomp] And if you get eaten, it's your own fault."
by Woody'sShed on Jul 28, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
The Mets don't need Beltran. They have 9 runs through 5 innings
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 28, 2011 11:11 AM PDT reply actions
He was a dead weight!
I'm not fat, I'm a carousel.
by shanghaijim on Jul 28, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
PtB's New Career- Television
CBS is putting out a new buddy comedy in January called “The Ladies Men” starring Tim Meddle and Pat Burrell.
by Drug Runner SF on Jul 28, 2011 11:21 AM PDT reply actions
Do you guys want to hear a joke about pottassium
k
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Jul 28, 2011 11:21 AM PDT reply actions
How about a joke about sodium?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 28, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
na
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Jul 28, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Rafael Furcal
Thoughts?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Does not want.gif
"For science. You monster."
by KINGofCRA5H on Jul 28, 2011 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Caveat:
Would rather have Carroll
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I kind of like it
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I'm a fan of buying low
And Furcal can take a walk and hit with a little bit of pop while playing SS.
He’s certainly better than our internal options, and he could allow us to platoon Font/Kepp
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Isn’t he hitting horrible this year?
I’d rather they go after Ramon and play Crawford.
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
He's not hitting well
but he’s missed time
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.
As much as it pains me
He would be an upgrade. Granted he’s not hitting right now, but could be a good buy low guy.
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Wheelz!
"All right pie, I'm just going to do this. [chomp, chomp] And if you get eaten, it's your own fault."
by Woody'sShed on Jul 28, 2011 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Any idea on the expected cost?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
So the niners cut Nate Clements…
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2011 11:22 AM PDT reply actions
AND signed Smith?
Wow. Fail.
"For science. You monster."
by KINGofCRA5H on Jul 28, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Kind of saw that coming
Wonder if they’ll get the guy from the Raiders whose name I can’t spell or pronounce.
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Nnamdi Asomugha?
"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!"
Yup
Him.
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
CSN IS REDEEMED
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.
EVERYBODY SHUT UP
I can’t keep putting up new threads every two hours. No one cares what you think. Just SHUT UP.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 28, 2011 11:24 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
You can't make me!
"I say what's on my mind, and more often than not, it's factually based."
Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
by Giant Torture on Jul 28, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
TICKET CTHLULHU HUSH MONEY
or I’m putting up 500 posts in that thread!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I have to say, I don't agree
I think Rowand is a better player overall than Burrell, and at this point I am not sure Burrell is worth anything with his bat. I have seen that guy miss way too many hittable pitches in hitter’s counts this year. He is better at taking walks, yes? So then what? Pinch run for him after he pinch hits? It just seems like a waste of a roster spot to keep a guy who will get maybe 4 pinch hit walks, and a pinch hit hr. Rowand isn’t much more valuable, but he has proven to be of some value as a pinch hitter and his glove has more value off the bench than Burrell’s. Either way, they both suck…
I've got 99 problems and the Boch is one
by milesntrane on Jul 28, 2011 12:11 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I love how you guys in less than a year love the Legend of Pat Burrell as much as we do after a decade.
And I say this with unabashed honesty and sincerity, even after he’s banged every girlfriend I’ve ever had.
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Jul 28, 2011 12:47 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Don't forget he's from here
So he’d already banged all our girlfriends long before he ever ventured off to Philly
The thong is, it happened.
Let’s face it… You go to any city with a professional ball club (and probably a fair number that don’t) and pick at random any heterosexual male resident, and odds are good he would have no trouble playing ‘Six Degrees of Pat the Bat Effed My Girlfriend’….
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Jul 28, 2011 1:05 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
haha
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Jul 28, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
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