The Curious Case of Aubrey Huff
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 7, 2011 11:58 AM PDT
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| Year | Age | Tm | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 31 | BAL | 598 | 182 | 48 | 2 | 32 | 108 | 53 | 89 | .304 | .360 | .552 | .912 | 137 |
| 2009 | 32 | TOT | 536 | 129 | 30 | 1 | 15 | 85 | 51 | 87 | .241 | .310 | .384 | .694 | 81 |
| 2010 | 33 | SFG | 569 | 165 | 35 | 5 | 26 | 86 | 83 | 91 | .290 | .385 | .506 | .891 | 140 |
| 2011 | 34 | SFG | 325 | 79 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 26 | 58 | .243 | .296 | .372 | .668 | 87 |
Generated 7/7/2011.
It's tempting to play the "one of these things is not like the other" game, except there are two things not like two others. He's done this before. There's no rhyme or reason to it. Over the past four seasons, he's alternated between terrible and fantastic. There is no gray area. There is possibly a grey area, but you can use that for cricket, you limey bastard. This is baseball -- a game of inches, not centimeters, rods, or fathoms.
Huff is killing the offense. He's not the only player, of course. Just the most prominent. If you're not familiar with the RC/9 stat, it's an approximation of what the average number of runs a team would score if they had a lineup with nine of the players question. A lineup filled with nine Jose Bautistas, for example, would likely average 13.1 runs per game, so Bautista's RC/9 is 13.1.
The Giants average 3.6 runs per game. Aubrey Huff's RC/9 is 3.6. He is a metaphor, a symbol. He is the cleanup hitter, but he is also every hitter. All is one, and one is Huff.
The catch is that the Giants are about to get Brandon Belt back from a hand injury. Barring any unfortunate rowtrusions, the outfield of Ross/Torres/Schierholtz looks pretty good from here, and Huff looked terrible in the outfield this year anyways. The team could always put Belt in the outfield, but for what? For whom? To play Huff? Again, he's been terrible. Something needs to change.
Here's the catch, though: Bruce Bochy has never benched a struggling veteran for a rookie. Never. From Jody Reed to Randy Winn, he's never sat the veteran down. He's played young players out of spring training -- Ruben Rivera, ahoy! -- but he's never given up on a veteran to play a rookie.
And if you want another reason to be annoyed with the Padres -- I'm sure you're running out -- this strategy is probably because he never needed to. The Padres always had randomly productive veterans to reinforce Bochy's philosophy. Ron Gant, Rickey Henderson, Rondell White, Mark Loretta, Dave Roberts ... all of these veterans were annoyingly good when he was with the Padres. And the young players he was sitting in favor of players like Joe Randa -- guys like Xavier Nady and Sean Burroughs -- kind of stunk. I can't find a really good youngster who languished behind a struggling veteran in San Diego.
When Bochy refused to play guys like Kevin Frandsen, John Bowker, and Fred Lewis, it turns out those guys kind of stunk, too.
Oh.
Oh, no.
What if he's ... I mean, what if he's actually an astute judge of talent? What if, while we're looking at young player's stats, Bochy can actually see through the matrix? What, then?
Ah, right. Still, Belt is different. He is one of the better hitting prospects to come around during Bochy's tenure, save Burroughs. And Huff is struggling like few others in the game right now in a position (both lineup and defensive) that's supposed to feature the team's best hitter. When Belt is ready to return, it's probably a good idea to sit Huff down for a bit. We don't know what we have in Belt, but we have a sneaking suspicion that what we have with Huff isn't going to get better.
Just know that it isn't going to happen. Make peace with Huff starting over Belt. Stop getting mad. Get going on that path to acceptance. We're on the Good Ship Huff right now, and that baby's going to make it to port. Hope for a rebound. It's the best we'll get.
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"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
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by operation carrot on Jul 7, 2011 12:03 PM PDT reply actions
Rowand's RC/9 is 3.7
He is also the problem.
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I assume the R = Runs in RC, what about the C?
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I like to think of it as how many RC colas can that player drink per 9 innings.
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by jhiat00 on Jul 7, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don’t challenge the Panda. He doesn’t need to know about this.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jul 7, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
is this with or without moon pies? you can’t have an RC Cola without a moon pie.
by shaggingflyballs on Jul 7, 2011 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve heard of this, and it sounds awful. Way too much sugar.
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here, have a celery stick. mmm, so healthy. make sure you don’t have any fun now, ya hear?
by shaggingflyballs on Jul 7, 2011 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
There is such thing as too much sugar on a taste-level!
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it’s not the sugar in those things you have to worry about, it’s the high fructose corn syrup. anyway there’s a little bakery around the corner from me in SF that makes them by hand. two oatmeal cookies with marshmallow filling. sooooo good and will stop your heart in 3…2…1 _______________
by shaggingflyballs on Jul 7, 2011 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Everything's gonna be alright
with an RC Cola and a moon pie.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Runs Created per 9 innings. per = /
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I really want the Giants to get Carlos Beltran, but I don't like that the price is going to be Brandon Belt.
Still, at least he’ll get to play in the major leagues.
W-a-y too expensive for Beltran.
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Beltran has very little value in trade
All you’re getting is a fairly valued (maybe slightly over-valued) good player for half a season. Somebody will probably pay too much for him, but even at that the price will not be a prospect anywhere near as good as Belt.
I don’t think you would have to deal a prospect like Belt for a player you can’t even get draft picks for after he leaves.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Belt for a half season of Beltran and no drat picks is pretty insane. Especially when Beltran would just be replacing guys who can actually hit a little bit in the lineup. Sure Beltran is an upgrade, but going from Whiteside/Stewart to Ramon Hernandez is a bigger upgrade than going from Nate/Ross/PtB/Torres to Beltran.
Thing A
Molina was traded.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know. Tejada’s been finding plenty of places to play.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Only because other people keep getting injured.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
It doesn’t hurt, certainly, but I can’t guarantee he wouldn’t find his way into a healthy lineup, either.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not sure
At least with any regularity. He was moved off short to third when Pablo went down. Then Pablo came back and Crawford was struggling so he got a couple games at short again, but now that Crawford is having better at bats, Tejada is moved over to 2nd base, a position he had never played before.
To me that shows me that Bochy views him as an inferior option at all positions provided we have everyone healthy. If Freddy weren’t hurt, or when Fontenot gets back I can see some kind of platoon situation occurring, but I don’t think Bochy views Tejada as a starter.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
but I don’t think Bochy views Tejada as a starter.
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Not a rookie, exactly
But Torres for Rowand last year also fits this bill.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
Rowand got injured though. Torres hit so well, Boch didn’t have a choice but to keep him in the lineup when Rowand came back.
Also, when they both played, Torres was moved to the corner where Rowand played CF even tho it was pretty obvious Torres > Rowand.
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And Andres still played almost half of his defensive innings at a corner.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just saying that Andres didn’t strictly take playing time away from Rowand. In fact, Rowand didn’t really start to lose real playing time until we traded for Cody Ross.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you mean Jose Guillen?
"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 was just going by dates. Checking the gamelogs, Ross played his first game here on August 23rd. That is also, roughly, the date that Rowand’s gamelogs begin to taper off dramatically.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Although, the 14th (Guillen’s first game) also fits.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
My point was if Torres played almost half of his defensive innings
at the corner, how many innings does he have to play at CF to be considered a CF in, say, a discussion about the best CF’s in the game?
I don’t know if there’s an official cutoff for stat-ing these things, but “a majority” works well enough for me.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
We didn’t trade for Cody Ross. An Old Man in the cave appeared when Sabean walked in. He exclaimed : “It’s dangerous to go alone, take this.”
And Cody Ross was ours.
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Ah the great
“Torres must always move to RF for Rowand” debacle.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Sabean might have had something to do with that.
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Hawt
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
I just stepped on my last pair
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IT'S A COOK BOOK!
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for some reason i read that as
IT’S A COCK BOOK
now theres a twilight zone id like to see
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by operation carrot on Jul 7, 2011 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
One of our centers had a catered lunch
I just raided the leftovers, and packed some up for lunch tomorrow. Whee!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 12:07 PM PDT reply actions
I really don't want the Giants to get Pudge Rodriguez and I don't like that the price is going to be Brandon Belt.
Still, at least he’ll get to play in the major leagues.
That is so truly insane, that even Sabean wouldn’t do it.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jul 7, 2011 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Keith Law is ranting and raving about relievers on the All Star team
It’s pretty amusing
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There shouldn’t be any.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Well
If you’re trying to have the best, most deserving players in the game, you should probably only have starting pitchers. But if you’re trying to win the game (which, like it or not, “counts”), I think you probably want some guys who are used to coming out of the bullpen.
And yeah
When Belt is called up, he will not be starting; in the OF or at 1B.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 12:09 PM PDT reply actions
he'll be starting at a special new position
field stop
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 7, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah?
Belt will be starting at 1B
Huff will be starting at DH
(psst, don’t tell him the joke – Bork will keep two lineup cards)
Sad thing is … we may actually see this next year
"And you fueled and energized this group, all the way through the crazy month of September. And into what was an epic month of October, and what was one glorious day of November." - Kruk
but he is also every hitter. All is one, and one is Huff
Pedro Feliz is gonna be pissed
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 7, 2011 12:09 PM PDT reply actions
I just heard that Feliz is playing for the Camden Riversharks in the Independent League.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jul 7, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
When there’s someone that you want,
When there’s someone that you need
Let’s make it all, all for one and all for Huff.
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So say we all.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Huff needs a case of J. Sanchez's "pretendinitis."
I’m sorry, I’ve seen about enough of Huff this season. He’s had 300+ at-bats to try to figure out his swing…it hasn’t happened. Huff has a soft-spot in the hearts of Giants fans for the huge role he played on our ‘10 World Series season. That’s done and gone though. He’s been so inept at the plate; I want to fork my eyes out every time he rollsover weakly to 1B.
Belt may or may not be ready, but he certainly couldn’t be less productive than Huff.
I've analyzed the video and it looks like
every single on of Aubrey Huff’s hits have come because the pitcher has made a location mistake away. Just bury him on the inside and he can’t do anything.
All of his hits, with 8 exceptions, seem to be hits right through the 3.5 hole.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
He makes a lot of outs in that area as well.
Seems to me he’s out on his front foot constantly. Bam Bam needs to get him thinking about staying back and going the other way.
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law of averages? what is that?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Blow me with the pretendinitis.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel kind of like they are going to give Belt PT when he comes back.
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It's weird, but a Huff/Belt platoon might be a good idea
Huff has been hitting LHP pretty well
The thong is, it happened.
Platooning young players is a good way to ruin them, though. The only viable option would be a multipositional platoon like the Ishikawa/Rowand one last year.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I think Belt's career can survive being platooned for less than half a season
…if we’re trying to cling to a division lead and need to squeeze every bit of offense possible out of this team
The thong is, it happened.
Huff is signed through next year too.
Quietly hoping Brandon Belt develops into John Olerud, circa 1993.
by AndOnTheDrums... on Jul 7, 2011 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll worry about next year next year
With both Burrell and Ross not signed for 2012, the outfield will likely be less crowded
The thong is, it happened.
Neal hopefully will complicate things.
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Platooning young players is a good way to ruin them, though.
Why do people think this? Is there some evidence I’m not aware of?
If it’s good enough for Casey Stengel, Earl Weaver, and Davey Johnson, it’s good enough for me.
If I had to guess, the numbers might indicate that rookies who get everyday starts tend to go on to perform better than those who start off in a platoon.
Of course, maybe the ones who go on to perform better do so because they’re good, and that’s why they escape the question of a platoon.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
What?
Look at how awful Buster was when he platooned with Bengie and then how awesome he was when starting.
FACT
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He wasn't platooned with Bengie.
He was our 1B.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
I’d rather just not play Huff at 1B right now. Maybe stick him in LF every couple of games.
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I have a problem with his hitting mostly. I’d rather just play Belt at 1B from here on and rotate Huff between LF/1B depending on who needs a day off. It’s not going to happen that way.
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I think he’s going to ride the bench again. Can’t run out rookies during a division race!
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Huff is driving me nuts because it seems like every game, he has like 2 PAs where he starts out 2-0 or 3-1 and then hacks until he makes an out.
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His plate approach has completely gone out the window. At least in that regard, Belt will be a breath of fresh air.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
Hacking is probably his main issue
And he keeps doing it.
I’m with ya.
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I now its way too early for a music ot
But this the best song ive heard all year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmpLO-mNV9I&feature=related
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
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by operation carrot on Jul 7, 2011 12:17 PM PDT reply actions
ARGH. MCC Pet Peeve
For the love of God people, click the little box that says open in new window when posting a link.
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Just right click and open in a new tab or window.
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hold ctrl when clicking the link is what i do
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 7, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Middle (scroll wheel) – click also works. Use it all the time.
But the folks down below are right – box should always be checked by default.
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I agree and I usually check the box but I don’t know if others do because I always open links in another tab.
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I've always just typed the html
but I’m oldschool. I also just hold down alt or ctrl when I open a link.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
It was hard for me to get out of that habit but using the button is 100% faster.
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It should just default to new window anyway.
That has always bugged me.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
honestly ive been here for like 4 years
And ive never noticed that box before
Ill check it from now on
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 7, 2011 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
This second, I’m listening to “Woke Up in a Car” by Something Corporate.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I was way more into this style of music back in college, but I’ll always like Something Corporate/Jack’s Mannequin/Whatever because they kicked the ass out of a live show when I saw them at Van’s. Andrew McMahon is a fucking star.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
This song has nice memories for me.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jul 7, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
It makes me nostalgic even though I don’t have any specific memory/period association with it. I think it’s just that kind of song.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
In fact, this whole album is making me nostalgic.
At Cavanaugh Park, we used to get high
watching teams as they fought.
They loved my friend Adam, but he always got caught.
Man, that kid made fucking up look cool
and we were all so cool.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, I'm going to listen to this album.
Damn you.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jul 7, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the song but expressionless face is expressionless.
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i think shes doing it on purpose
I mean her two best songs are called video games and diet mountain dew
Something tells me she’s trying to acquire an “image”
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 7, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m watching Kinda Outta Luck and she isn’t so robotic. Maybe it was just for that one video.
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I wonder how long until she breaks out
Her voice and style has star written all over it
"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
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by operation carrot on Jul 7, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Are her lips botoxed?
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by Giant Fan in Singapore on Jul 7, 2011 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s what I was thinking. She got some plastic surgery that removed her ability to show expression.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 7, 2011 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I miss 2010 Aubrey. :(
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by Prussian Creole on Jul 7, 2011 12:20 PM PDT reply actions
Clearly Aubrey is only good
in even years
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Those that like math and those that don’t.
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Isn’t that a binary joke, not a math joke?
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Binary numbers is still a math subject.
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I thought it was a language.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Would you consider decimal numbers a language (honest question)?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
I’m not completely sure what you’re getting at. Just, like, regular decimal numbers? Like .25? It may be that I’m just out of my knowledge base here.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
The decimal system is the base 10 system we use.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
So you just mean numbers? (I’m not trying to be obtuse here. I’m just naturally that way.)
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but a specific set of numbers.
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I suppose I could make the case that they are a language, but my brain is fighting against the idea with a good deal of force.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s possible. There’s a direct translation from one language to the other.
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Really?
Say “cat” in decimal.
I don’t think a group of symbols with such a limited “vocabulary” can properly be called a language. Mathematics perhaps could be called a language as it is capable of describing a good number of concepts, but numbers by themselves are not.
It's a Warren Buffett Quote..
“There are 3 types of people in the world. The ones that can count and the ones that can’t.”
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
I was reading today that Buffett is predicting an unemployment percentage under 8 by 2012
And a housing rebound before then.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
doubtful
there is still a ton of real estate coming onto the market.. and a ton still sitting there but I dunno, maybe.
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-GOB Bluth
Is he really predicting?
or did he say “I think we might see….”
Or was this Jimmy Buffet?
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He bet the former head of the OMB a dollar that his predictions would come true!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
my favorite in this vein
There are two types of people in the world. Those who can extrapolate from limited data, and
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I was saying bad things about Huff back in May
and everyone shot me down.
I think what bugs me most is that Bochy’s insistence on batting him cleanup may be part of the problem. Boch even said last night that he didn’t want to put that kind of pressure on Nate (moving him to cleanup) but Huff is allowed to take up that space and fail night after night. He just seems to be pressing. Perhaps if he went down in the order (or even up), he’d just try to get the ball in play instead of hit it out and find his stroke.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
Nate should hit in the 2-hole.
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Nay
I like to see Nate cleanup and to keep Crawdaddy in the 2 hole
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Why must the Giants always keep a bad hitter in the 2-spot?
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
As opposed the great 2-spot hitters in the history of the baseball?
Crawford has good speed and takes pitches. I’m okay with that as a 2 hitter.
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His approach does seem to be better when he has better hitters behind him. The time he shows the least amount of plate discipline has been with runners on and Stewart/Tejada/Pitcher hitting behind him.
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He is obviously still learning to hit but I have been impressed his resurgence from sucking.
Last 14 days: 46 PAs .282/.378/.385
Last 28 days: 78 PAs: .203/.286/.261
He was really awful between days 15-28.
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last 7 days:
24 PAs .292/.414/.417
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For the love of all that is good, stop quoting microsplits!
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I know SSS but I think trends are important.
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It’s hard to say whether 7 days qualifies as a trend.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
In his last AB, Nate is hitting 1.000/1.000/4.000!
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I get SSS but come on.
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Then stop quoting 7 day splits!
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okay.
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8 day splits are fine though
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by operation carrot on Jul 7, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
how about 7 days including a doubleheader?
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maybe do splits that only use doubleheaders
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by operation carrot on Jul 7, 2011 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Everyone gets SSS on some level. If a rookie goes 2-4 in his first game up, no one expects him to hit .500 for the season. It’s just that 7 games (or 7 days, which in most cases an even smaller sample than 7 games) is still in the realm of SSS.
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I was pointing more to the 14 days v. 28 days trends
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They have no predictive meaning. If you want to talk about descriptive and only descriptive, fine.
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It's not that they have no predictive meaning
It’s that they have very little. Clearly if he kept on his previous path of watching his avg fall lower and lower, we’d be coming closer to having a sample size large enough to say that he can’t hit at all in the Majors. This at least fights that off a bit. Besides, I think cal was more intending it as a “look, he’s been more productive lately.”
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
they have so little meaning that theyre functionally meaningless.
Any player can look phenomenal over 7 days or vice versa. Quote years of data, at least. Not days.
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by GiantPain on Jul 7, 2011 1:19 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
OH SHIT ITS GIANTPAIN
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Yeah, but wouldn’t you agree that if he had looked shitty for 28 days it would be far less meaningful, in a bad way, than if he looked shitty for 14 and good for 14?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
No, not really. Unless there’s something that you can definitively say, like he was playing with a broken arm for the shitty 14 days.
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I mean, why should the order of the PAs matter? They’re all equally valid data points.
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The order has nothing to do it with it
Shitty for 28 days vs shitty for 14 + good for 14, you can flip flop the 14 good and shitty days, you can even disperse them evenly.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok. I thought we were talking about shitty for 14 days, good for 14 days as opposed to good for 14 days, shitty for 14 days. For the record, I think that both of those equal meh for 28 days.
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Yes
And I’d rather have him be meh for 28 days than shitty for 28 days.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
If there’s one thing that annoys me, it’s mentioning sample size and then proceeding to ignore it.
"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!"
Seems relevant vis-a-vis Bochy assigning playing time.
/only_half_chasm
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I'd opine that playing the "hot hand" has been a mangerial tactic since
well, forever – in every team sport.
He’s a bad hitter. I’m not okay with that as a 2 hitter.
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yerp
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by GiantPain on Jul 7, 2011 1:08 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Well, when our lineup was fully healthy, Freddy was one of the worst hitters on the team, yeah.
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He's right.
It’s all relative, though. We would kill to have Freddy now.
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Freddy always does seem to be working an 0-2 count
but he does pretty well with it.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
Sandoval
Posey
Ross
Torres
Sanchez
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree with this
so when everyone’s fully healthy he’s in the bottom 50% of the starters
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Oh, and that’s not an official order. I just did the first four as they came to mind.
And Burrell should probably be on there. I forgot he existed.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
And as of the season started, we thought Huff was better too.
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Yeah.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
So does Bochy every time he makes his lineup card. Then he sees him on the bench and goes “Oh yeah! Well, we’ll have you pinch hit later.”
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Obviously, Crawford isn't a good hitter
But at least he is willing to see a few pitches. I’d prefer him hitting 2nd rather than suffer through more 8 pitch 1st innings.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Torres – Nate – Cody – Pablo
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Love Nate, but the idea if him batting 4th is a pretty sad comment in the offense
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jul 7, 2011 1:22 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Don't retire the trophy just yet..
Sadder commentary will no doubt be forthcoming in the next few days.
That's why Pablo hits 4th.
Nate 2nd.
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I’m not getting off the Huff train just yet. I still have faith in him turning it around. I also think Belt could use some time in AAA to work on his K-rate. It’s not bad, but it could be better.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 7, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I sold Huff a long time ago.
/hope these magic beans work.
He hates Crawford
Josh (Los Angeles)
Can Brandon Crawford hit .250 with some power and some walks? If so, with his defense, sign me up.
Klaw (1:15 PM)
I’ll take the under.
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How do you take the under in “some”
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LOL
Where has GP been the last few days? Could it be he’s avoiding us since Crawdad started hitting better?
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
I think he's on vacation in New York City
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I’M GOING ON VACATION TOMORROW AND I WILL BE IN NEW YORK FOR ONE DAY!
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m excited.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re going to see the Statue of Liberty and tourist around the area. We’re also spending some time in Boston, and will be eating seafood.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, one is Saturday and the other is Sunday. I probably should have said that.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
NYC is cool. was there in ’08 and ’09 and saw games at old/new Yankee Stadium and Shea/Citi Field. Lots to do.
Boston is cool, too. Fenway’s great. But head to the Cape if you can.
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Or, if you don’t have the time to go all the way down to the Cape, try going up to Rockport – will remind you a lot of Sausalito (artsy), but with New England food.
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We’re not going to catch any games while we’re out there. The people we’re staying with have everything planned out already. All I have to do is follow them around and take photos. And even if we weren’t touristing, being able to visit them for two days would make the trip well worth it. So all the sightseeing is icing on the awesome cake for me.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think tourist is a verb.
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I like to inventor verbs.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I like to use adjectives as nouns: You godless bag of fuck is my favorite road rage insult.
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Verbing weirds language.
"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!"
But don't take it from me!
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
i hate the usage of “incentivize.”
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I hate the use of the word "golf" as a verb.
It’s probably correct, but hearing someone say, “We’re going golfing” just pisses me off.
Saying, “We’re going to play golf” just seems for dignified.
Personally I prefer to go baseballing with my friends.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
How angry do you get when an announcer says ‘He really golfed that one out of here’?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Good question. That doesn’t bother me…after all it would be stupid for him to say, “He really played golf that one outta here.”
/goes golfing
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s the Joke, I think.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Jul 7, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Cool
Some day I really want to go see some of the history out east.
Boston, New York, Washington D.C., Jamestown site, etc.
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I was at DC a month-ish ago. We saw some of the monuments and went out to the Smithsonian. I have to admit: It’s really cool.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
You were previously skeptical about the Smithsonian?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Not the Smithsonian. Before hitting the monuments, though, I didn’t quite understand the appeal. “Oh, it’s made of stone. Yes. That’s nice.”
My mind was changed pretty quickly. The Lincoln Memorial in particular is just kind of awe inspiring. I’ll have to go back some time when the reflecting pool is back up and running. That would have been fun to see.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Washington is the one I'd like to see the most
But there is a LOT out on the East coast that I’d like to see, being a fan of history.
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I love the FDR memorial in particular.
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Eh. I find that one to just be tragic.
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Have fun!
1 day isn’t enough, but you’ll get a taste…you might want to get on one of those tour buses just to get glimpses of stuff.
I’ve spent a pretty good amount of time in NYC over the past six years and have my appreciation for it has grown immensely. Still wouldn’t want to live there though.
The thong is, it happened.
Don't mind the smell!
Which is pretty bad in summer. It’s still a wonderful place.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
So Milpitas
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but waterpark!
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One cool thing about NY is that kids play all kinds of variants of baseball there.
Walk the streets and the playgrounds have bases painted on the ground and stickball strikezone boxes on the walls.
You dont see that in every city.
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In my neighborhood, there are a lot of kids playing cricket in random corners of parks and playgrounds. Fun to watch.
Are you in NYC?
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
Interesting
I gather the kids are Indian and/or Pakistani?
Could also be West Indian.
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or Australian.
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I somehow doubt there’s the necessary critical mass of Australian kids living in any particular Brooklyn neighborhood to get a cricket match going.
Cricket. Fun to watch.
Cricket. Fun to watch.
Cricket. Fun to watch.
Huh.
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MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
A good hitter can hit for 3 days under the old rules.
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Can you imagine having the leisure time to invent a game that could last the better part of a week to play?
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Yankees / Red Sox?
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It's not the game, it's the teams.
If the Yankees and Red Sox, played a football game, it’d still take 5 hours.
(Includes one hour of “delay of game” penalties)
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They did a demonstration match a few years ago during one of the Folk Life festivals they have every summer on the mall and explained the rules and the ins and outs of strategy and everything. And after about half an hour my wife leaned over and said, “you know that card game that [a three year old child of our friends] was ‘teaching us’ last week — it made more sense than this.”
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MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
cricket is awesome
I’d explain it to folks, but it will take a while. Still, there’s no baseball experience that will ever match watching India – Pakistan play
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Japan - Korea
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I’m not sure what the family out there has planned after/before the statue, but I’d be down for a tour bus if they have it on the schedule.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
checking in from central park!
Saw Zarkana by Cirque du Soleil last night, and seeing War Horse tomorrow. Funemployment!
But yes, I have been seething and rending my garments over Crawford’s recent success. Gah!
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by GiantPain on Jul 7, 2011 1:11 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I need to see more Cirque du Soleil shows in my life. I saw O in Vegas a few years ago, but I was in such a bad mood that day that I almost didn’t even enjoy it. Pure spectacle.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Cirque du Soleil is a lot of fun
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I believe I've seen 7 or 8 Cirque du Soliel shows
Loved them all, excpet “Zumanity”, which is surprising because I’m such a pervert. It was ok, but not as “Wow!” as all the others.
Quidam (traveling) and Mystere (Vegas) are my favorites.
The thong is, it happened.
If you have these symptoms, ask your Doctor today about “Aubrey Huff.”
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Nostalgia, high blood pressure, and temper tantrum have been reported in clinical trial. If these symptoms last more than 4 hours, discontinue “Aubrey Huff” and call your Doctor right away.
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I hear he smells good.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
May experience epileptic fits, better known as “attempting to dance”
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You may notice an increase in red thongs and cheap beer cans around your house. A small percentage of patients experienced pregnancy. If World Series Championships occur for more than 1 year, continue use immediately.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you make it to Finnegans? It was you asking about a place to watch the G’s in NYC, right?
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.250/.330/.400 would be freaking awesome.
Especially with a glove that could earn him a 3 WAR alone. But I see that as something pretty close to the ceiling.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
You think he’s a +30 UZR/150 guy?
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Why does UZR hate him this year?
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Was more responding to this part:
Especially with a glove that could earn him a 3 WAR alone
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Yeah I guess that doesn’t really make sense. Would that mean he would be hitting .000/.000/.000?
That is cray-z.
If he were hitting .000/.000/.000 he would be well into the negative, wouldn’t he?
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His bat would be replacement level. Whatever that is for a SS.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
No.
so it takes 10 UZR to get a win?
That was crude approximation there.
My guess he is a 5-7 UZR type.
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Morning, a November day
Happy people pass my way
Looking in their eyes
I see a memory
I never realized
you made me so happy, oh Aubrey
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 12:25 PM PDT reply actions
OT: Standardized testing isn't so bad after all.
Well, OK, maybe it is, but at least it didn’t screw me over.
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The Atlanta School Board agrees!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll need to call home and find out how I did. I’m glad I’m not there right now; my parents will be pissed if I got a 4.
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My parents were surprisingly mild when I told them not to expect 5’s on everything.
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I suppose they would be okay if I gt a 4 in Calc BC or something. Unfortunately this is all stuff I’m supposed to know. Hopefully not doing anything for Human Geo and Comp Gov save for skimming the book the night before doesn’t hurt me.
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I think you can probably figure your own score just based on how it felt taking it. If you were totally comfortable with your work and your responses while taking the test, I’d expect 5’s.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
When I took the history SAT IIs, I was like oh shit I totally failed this and then I got 800s on both, so I’m not trusting my judgment.
"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!"
Ah, fair enough.
When I took my AP tests I got exactly what I should have expected on each one based on my comfort level with the material in the test.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Expected to BS myself a 2 in AP World History (Wait, NIGERIA’s on the test?!) but managed a passing 3.
Does getting ‘only a 4’ ever really prevent someone from getting into a class?
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 7, 2011 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
During the break in the middle of Comparative Government we were all discussing how relieved we were that the multiple-choice questions featured very little Nigeria. We get back to the test, and lo and behold, there’s an essay question about Nigeria. I managed to get through on prior knowledge, but other people were screwed.
"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 got every score but a 1.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Funny things
is that AP tests don’t really mean much.
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They’re a great way to save some money on some pre-recs.
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pre-recs?
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by calbearjd on Jul 7, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Gets you out of some introductory classes for cheap.
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pre-reqs (as in pre-requisites)? Just a guess
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by Giant Fan in Singapore on Jul 7, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
They can get you out of college classes, so they are pretty important to, uh, college students.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess it depends on the test and the major.
Berkeley didn’t allow much credit for AP tests and definitely did not allow them for classes relating to your major
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I got out of pretty much all of the Cal composition requirements, and I never had to take a math class. It made life much, much more enjoyable as a freshman than it could have been.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Getting out of the Cal writing classes was definitely awesome, but that was about all the AP’s did for me. What major were/are you? I’m polisci, and they pretty much didn’t let you test out of anything with APs.
I was English from start to finish.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
So not having to deal with composition classes was, like, a big deal for me.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
AP's got me out of writing composition, but that was it.
I still had to take Psychology, Biology, Physics, Calculus, Chemistry, etc. despite 4 or 5ing all those AP tests. Of course, I was a Molecular Cell Biology major.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 7, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I took and passed 12 AP tests.
Only 2 were useful. I was so pissed.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 7, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup
Biology, Psychology, US History, European History, Calc BC, Physics B, Physics C, Chemistry, English Literature, English Composition, Statistics, French, Art.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 7, 2011 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
THERE IS AP ART!?!?!?!?!??!
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There is
AP Korean, AP Chinese, AP Japanese, AP Environmental Science, AP Italian, AP Latin, AP Studio Art, AP Macroeconomic, AP Microeconomics, and my favorite: AP Human Geography
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strike the AP Korean
that’s a SAT II test.
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What is AP? (I’m SAT old)
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I took Human Geo. Waiting on my score. It’s hilarious that that test is a thing.
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Is there any other type of geography?
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that's like 800 bucks worth of AP
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Our school gave us the “reduced” rate of like $12/test if we demonstrated need.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 7, 2011 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
My school didn’t even offer AP testing… gooooooo “inner city” high school!!! We did all get to take the ASVAB.
I got harassed by recruiters for years after taking the ASVAB. Steep price to pay for getting out of class.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. So they really wanted you to go to the military?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 7, 2011 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
At least you are a true AP scholar
They still have that title, right?
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED - AP SCHOLAR
Take and Pass 12 AP Exams
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REWARD
slightly used “Texas Rangers World Series Champions” T-shirt
I got out of all Freshman English classes and Science completely
ruled.
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My freshman year consisted of 1 bio, 1 physics, 1 chem class, and a 2 unit whatever class
I was also a history major so that took care of most of the others. Only GE I had to do was English 1A and a film studies class
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a lot of UCs don’t let you skip classes but they do still get you units.
My friend always got to register for classes way earlier than me because she took like 12 AP tests and got 5’s on them all whereas I pass like 3 of 4 AP tests.
I got 4’s on US History, AP Gov, and Calc AB.
FAILED THE SHIT OUT OF AP CHEM.
Yes, that was the one upside for me. I started Berkeley with the standing of a junior so I could register for classes way earlier.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 7, 2011 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m now a chemistry PhD student, and AP Chem scared the living shit out of me.
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Funny. I did fine on AP Chem, but saw what Berkeley does to Chem undergrads and quit after my first year of honors Chem. Quit the honors track on math, mind you, just as quickly. Watching the prof fail half the class will do that to you. Ten As, ten Bs, ten Cs, thirty-five Fs. He made the grad students take the final, then let it be known that one of them also failed it.
by wcw on Jul 7, 2011 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Same thing happened to me, specifically O-Chem (112A?)
I was Bio-Chemistry focused. I went to check what emphasis would not require taking second semester O-Chem. I found Electronic Materials.
and 15 years later, I am still in the Semiconductor field.
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Organic chemistry can be absolutely brutal, even more so in graduate school. The total synthesis class here at Illinois had a mean of 30% for its final; if you scored above 50% you probably had one of the top 3 grades in the class.
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I got a 78 out of 225 on my first midterm. It was ugly. I can never figure out where the hydrogen goes. It’s like when you take something apart and put it back together you get an extra screw. Except I get hydrogen.
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Stanford chem was pretty brutal at times too. I think they did it to weed out the unusually high number of premeds who had to take chemistry. Whatever the motive, it worked. Our first quarter of organic had 350+ students, the second had 275, and the third had only around 140.
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What chem class was this?
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112 sounds really familiar
But I could have that wrong.
by wcw on Jul 7, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
112 A/B for Chem / Chem E majors
Pre Med or non college of chemistry majors take 3A / 3B
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Ahhh
3A/3B was fun for me.
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I wish I could take 3A/3B
112A was fucking brutal
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Part of the problem was my courseload
You see, at that time I had the illusion that I was going to be able to finish the Chemical Engineering Curriculum in 8 semesters. I loaded my Sophomore year 1st Semester with :
Chemical Engineering 140
Physics 7C (Quantum Mechanics)
Multi Variable Calculus (Math 53?)
Engineering 77
and… Chem 112A.
also 8 units of Warcraft 2 (Kali top 100) but we won’t get into that…
17 Full units of straight up engineering classes. I was lucky I survived.
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And that doesn’t even include all the Magic.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Mirage Block came out
I quit magic for a couple of years ;p
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Mirage was pretty shitty.
I played in the late 90’s then quit until Onslaught and got heavily into it around Kamigawa.
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I'm so sorry
Kamigawa was shitty as fuck. It made me quit again. I only came back around shadowmoor.
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Yeah looking back now I wonder why
but I was involved with a group that loved the flavor of the block.
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."
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In a functional sense, at least, the APs really don’t matter all that much. The system might be different at the universities you’re applying for, but at Berkeley (and the rest of the UCs), APs don’t factor into admission decisions and they don’t actually do very much for you once you’re in school. Having good APs can get you units and can get you out of a few general requirements, but unless you’re dead-set on graduating early, that’s not actually all that useful. Gives you a little more flexibility, but it’s really not a big deal.
That being said, I totally get the psychological appeal – feels good to do well on things =).
Let’s please not diminish the value of not having to take a class you’re going to hate taking.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I did well in AP Bio, and did not major in a science field, and it got me out of 3 whole science classes. And I didn’t even get a 5 on the test.
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second time grant has used "the curious case of" to describe a giants first basemen
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/7/20/1579038/the-curious-case-of-travis-ishikawa
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Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 7, 2011 12:34 PM PDT reply actions
he's recycling material
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Sustainable!
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
He's been phoning it in for years.
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he should try to get in on the att sponsorship the giants have
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Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010
by operation carrot on Jul 7, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
So who else is confident that Nate will hit .300 with 15 bombs?
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WHO ELSE?!
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Do I hear .275 and 12?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
sounds about right
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by zodiac_chiller on Jul 7, 2011 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Figured this would be useful since sometimes people post the different WARs here
Kevin (NY)
Why are some of the pitcher WAR numbers so different between BBR and Fangraphs? I understand the computation is a little different, but some are pretty pronounced.
Klaw (2:03 PM)
Different treatment of BABIP. I believe Fangraphs normalizes for BABIP and B-R doesn’t.
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Wow. That’s so unbelievably wrong.
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it's some kind of defense regressed RA vs FIP
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Does Fangraph basically eliminate defense and BR tries with total zone?
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that's what he means by
“normalizes for BABIP” – BABIP fluctuations are interpreted as defense, FG and BBR differ on by HOW MUCH of BABIP is credited to defense vs. pitcher.
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But beyond that, the replacement level is different. There’s a different number of WAR each season with BR vs Fangraphs
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Hm well good to know
I figured KLaw would be on top of something like that
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Huff is hitting this year like I expected him to hit last year.
I’M SO CONFUSED
Ask me about my blog.
The picture that Grant used makes it look like Crawford’s ass has eyelashes.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 12:43 PM PDT reply actions
Why is it that baseball pants have no side pockets? Is it to up-vroom slides and such?
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Painful to land upon if something is in the pocket.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Just ask Tim Raines!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
More padding/less sensitive. And yes, it can be painful to land on your Copenhagen.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Ow! My Copenhagen!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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That’s why you chew Red Man.
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There have been times when I would have red man in either cheek and a copenhagen bridge between them.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Ew
The learning curve with chewing tobacco has to be even sharper than with smoke. Then there’s the spitting.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
Try Betelnut
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Only if sold by a betelnut girl.
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that was the reason why I bought them. I don’t even chew betelnuts.
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Holy shit are you serious? That’s like smoking 5 cigarettes at the same time!
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I had a knack for self destructive behavior as a young man. My catchers helmet was so disgusting that nobody else would use it.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
But did you spit on opposing pitchers while they warmed up?
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Only if he got to wear his catcher’s helmet while doing it.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I spit on the opposing players feet sometimes.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Well
ok then
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My boy has mad hops
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He keeps those in his back pocket even when he bats. Must be some voodoo there
Get well Buster Posey
Yes
two pairs of batting gloves.
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Alright Del Taco chicken tacos for lunch
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Better than Taco Bell.
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True
I am annoyed at their new marketing:
6 Chicken Tacos for $5.94 (regular price for one is $0.99)
6 regular tacos for $2.94 (regular price for one is $0.49)
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If I want six tacos, I want to know how much six tacos cost. I want to eat, not do math problems.
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Yes…but what if you only want 5 tacos?
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Give one as a gift.
"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!"
are you implying i need to lose weight?
because, that’s just mean.
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Order five tacos then. What’s the issue?
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I want to eat, not do math problems.
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I don’t get it. You pay whatever they charge you, big deal.
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my original post was about how Del Taco is advertising 6 tacos for a price that is really no savings. ($5.94 v. 6 X $0.49.)
yoyo talks about how if he wants six taco, the advertising simply notifies one of the price for six.
My comment was just snarky that the advertising is really meant to convince people that buying 6 tacos is a better deal.
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Ah. The local pizza & empanada shop used to do that too. 1 empanada for $1.99. 3 for $5.97!
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Six tacos from Del Taco
is six too many.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
It's fine
it’s not gourmet but it’s fine.
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Admittedly, I haven't tried it in a looong time
but on the other hand, it’s been established that you’re wrong about everything, so I think I’ll pass.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Thereom!
It’s slightly better than taco bell and cheaper.
They also serve burgers and fries.
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“Slightly better than taco bell” is a textbook example of “damning with faint praise”.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Damning with faint runs?
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Maybe lucky
never had any issues with either TB or DT
3 times food poisoning: Twice of my own fault
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That's better than Barnes & Noble
When the LotR dvds came out they were selling them individually for like 29.99 or all 3 together for 89.99. Not that 2 cents really makes a difference, but why buy them in a bulk package for more?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps it would be more convenient to have them all in one package.
"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 more gifty. and you don’t look like a cheap ass by buying them individually to save a couple of pennies.
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I'd agree with that if it were in some kind of unifying, permanent package
But they just had the 3 individual ones shrink wrapped together. Just an extra layer of thin plastic to unwrap.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually I’m more not-so-young and middle class
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poor is the new rich
Alert the Koch brothers and the Walton heirs. I’ll let them know where to wire their money.
by wcw on Jul 7, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I had pasta, but we don’t have any sauce, so I sprinkled it with olive oil and shredded cheese over it, and threw on some pepper/salt/hot sauce for taste.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants need to trick Huff into thinking it's 2012 now (an even-numbered year)
They should get Pat Burrell to tell him how freaked out he is about the Mayan calendar and “this being the year.”
They need to show Huff video from the Republican debate a few weeks ago and pretend the nominating convention is weeks away.
They need Buster Posey to ditch the crutches and walk around the dugout in a catcher’s uniform, like he’s ready to play.
Huff is only good in even-numbered years. That’s science. The rest needs to be magic.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Shit boys
when Belt is ready to come back, just send Huff in to see the trainer and diagnose him with one of those “pulled flexor tendon” injuries like we did with Dirty and have him take the rest of the year off. Next year, Aubrey comes back and has one of his .295/.385/.528 seasons and we are all forgetting the Aubrey oh Aubrey season. What to do with Belt next season? Play him at 3rd base to account for Pablo’s “even” season. Numerology. Deal with it.
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by Penitentiary Face on Jul 7, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
The real question?
Which player on the Giants roster generates the best ROI based on RC/9? Aubrey = $2.78 million per RC/1, Rownads the most fortunate rowtrusion = $3.68 million. Panda and Nate would be the best value.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Jul 7, 2011 12:54 PM PDT reply actions
Wouldn't Tejada be the worst?
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Annual salary/RC9? probably not. Tejada is making $6 million this year.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Jul 7, 2011 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I just kind of assumed his RC/9 was less than half of Rowands, maybe not tho
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good point. Haven't completely figured out the RC/9 stat yet.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Jul 7, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Brooks Conrad
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Leave Matt Cain alone FanGraphs!
fangraphs FanGraphs Baseball
FanGraphs: Jair Jurrjens: Lucky SOB, the New Matt Cain, or Both? http://bit.ly/rrvziD
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I like how it separates Matt Cain and luck now.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Is it just me or is qualifying for the batting title becoming less and less relevant?
Of course it’s still good to play a lot but it seems that more and more teams have more and more players who don’t do it do to injury, specialization or just general suck.
Seems like looking at aggregate positional value is more important.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
If Belt isn't going to get solid playing time when he gets called up
Don’t call him up., just let him get better in Fresno.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
Ideally, he’d force the Giants to start him by hitting the cover off the ball.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
/Fixed
IdeallyInevitably, he’d force the Giants to start him by hitting the cover off the ball.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
/Fixed
IdeallyInevitably, he’d force the Giants to start trade him by hitting the cover off the ball.
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
you should really give a class on how to do that
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Jul 7, 2011 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Those are cool pictures.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 7, 2011 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Thinking about yesterday's Gene Simmons pic
…makes me think about this year’s version of “torture” could be:
Giants Baseball:
You drive us wild, we’ll drive you crazy
The thong is, it happened.
Giants Baseball: The Emergency Room
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Or die trying
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"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Giants Baseball: LOLYOU!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Giants Baseball: It's like Soccer
but with real injuries
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Hockey?
More like soccer, unless you were going for an injury joke.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants Baseball: Why? Because Fuck you that's why.
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
Giants Baseball: How Ya Like Them Apples?
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants Baseball: Don't scratch your balls after you scratch your head. Yes, you will be scratching your head.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Jul 7, 2011 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants baseball: The 2010 Mariners called and they want their lack of runs back
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Giants Baseball : That's What She Said
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Giants Baseball: One Run and You'll Like It.
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
The only rookie I can think of that played was Sandoval. Who was the crappy 3rd base veteran that year?
Joe Castle, IIRC
Although he might have been DFA’d before Pablo was called up.
he was
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
And Pablo still had to split time at three positions to find at bats.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
And blow bubbles?
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 7, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
God this confused me
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 7, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Tell us about your dimension portal car
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s an ’89 Volvo station wagon.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 7, 2011 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
One of those boxy kind of Volvos?
Cool.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
It gets me there. And it’s got seats that face backwards.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 7, 2011 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he played there all year and Casilla played there the season before
The thong is, it happened.
2009
Castillo was DFA’d in August to make room for Pablo
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
that's what i meant!!
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.
2008
But Pablo really wasn’t handed 3td base that year. He played more games at 1B and some C as well. He really became the 3B in 2009
The thong is, it happened.
he wasn't a rookie in 2009 though
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Not officially
but for all intensive porpoises he was. He played less than a quarter of a seaon in ’08. Barely more than a Spetember call up.
The thong is, it happened.
I wish he was, we’d have 2 consecutive ROYs.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 7, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
That would have been a run away ROY
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rohlinger thread
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
Sandoval really forced them to play him though
because of his outstanding performance
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
Not sure if serious
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I think it's serious
What’s more, the Cubs have not said they will stop him. Dopes all around, it looks like. Zambrano continues to clown his team the way he clowned his manager with that bat-over-the-knee-episode and the team apparently says, "Thank you, sir, may I have another?’’
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I think this pretty funny too
Oh, and here’s something else that reeks of Cubs’ enabling and idiocy: Wood never made a rehab stint in the minors. Just went from his blister to the major league roster, and has looked awful. I don’t know whether he didn’t want to go to the minors or whether best buddy Hendry didn’t think it mattered, or whether everybody’s partying because, hey, it’s not like Cubs fans deserve the best baseball organization, but it’s insulting that the Cubs let Wood pitch himself back into a rhythm at the major-league level.
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dang quote fail
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Lost in all this...
They’re going to let CARLOS ZAMBRANO adopt a child?
by younghutch on Jul 7, 2011 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Baseball America released its midseason Top 50 Prospect list
- Gary Brown
- Zach Wheeler
Are the the only Giants on the list
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2 out of 50 is about right
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God damnit SB Nation formatting
Gary Brown is ranked 33rd
Zach Wheeler is ranked 35
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I liked it better when I thought the Giants had magically acquired Bryce Harper and Mike Trout.
by wcw on Jul 7, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
They have particularly rules they abide for in making that list (nobody currently in the majors), which procedurely eliminated Belt (because just adminsitratively, he’s actually a major leaguer right now).
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
Who is Leonys Martin?
First position player I didn’t recognize. He just got added to ESPN’s FA list (POKEMONZ!!), so he must be a rising prospect.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
I never agree with his movie reviews.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Cuban refugee that the Rangers signed about a month or so ago.
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
I think I remember hearing about him now that I think about it. His AA numbers are solid.
333/418/552
13 BB, 8 K, 125 PA
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
He’s the real deal.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 7, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Jurickson Profar is a cool name.
I want him to make it.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Which reminds me...
…what ever happened to Sundrendy Windster?
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Don’t worry, they’re just taking a breather because they already won the Division in April.
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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
Nah.
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
LOL DAVE CAMERON
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
If only we still had Ishikawa.
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Maybe but it pays my bills
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if it’s worth doing it’s worth doing for money
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
socially acceptable way to transfer wealth.
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.
SHUT UP COMMIE!
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It’s in just about every complaint I see.
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But I’m sure you attach the same exhibits to every pleading, right? Even prior documents from the same file? And then submit them later as trial exhibits?
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
Yes
Document production FTW
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Baffle them with BULLSHIT! Even when it’s a court trial and the judge has been doing this for decades longer than you ever will.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
It’s all about billable hours. Hermione used a time-turner, but tort attorneys don’t need ’em!
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
Three more hours to pull staples, thank you oh so very much!
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
Give ‘em the old razzle dazzle, razzle dazzle ’em
When you’re in trouble go into your dance
Long as you keep them way off balance
How can they see, you’ve got no talents
Razzle dazzle ‘em, and they’ll make you a star.
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
So I see Reyes is out for a while
Side note, has Rent been DFA’d yet?
We bitch and moan about Tejada...
but out of all of our obvious SS options in the offseason (Rent, Uribe, Tejada), Tejada is actually doing the best out of all of them.
why would i disagree with 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.
(Hardy)
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn’t it you that pines for Hardy? He was an option, no?
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
Oh, I thought you only meant of the guys he listed there
Obviously both Hardy and Bartlett are doing much better than Tejada
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Well Bartlett isn't doing much better, but it is still better
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.
She was in love with Bartlett right?
Anyways both Hardy and Bartlett would have cost prospects.
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not particularly good prospects
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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the prospects the Twins got for Hardy can hardly be called such at all
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I'm pretty sure I don't want to rehash this discussion again
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Because the argument that if the Giants hadn’t signed Miguel Tejada, JJ Hardy would have cost actual legit players is another in a line of excuses that don’t really make a whole lot of sense.
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 two teams bidding on a player driving the price up doesn't make sense to you
It’s a pretty simple concept. Auctions with one bidder tend to not go very high
The thong is, it happened.
If one person buys a car for $10,000, it’s unlikely that with two bidders the car would have sold for $90,000.
"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!"
Depends on how many other cars are available and how badly the parties need cars.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
No, I do understand that. What I don’t understand is that, without any proof of it whatsoever, the argument seems to go that not only would the price have been higher (which I’m sure is true), the price would have been exponentially higher.
I dont’ remember ever hearing any solid rumors about what Hardy was going to cost for the Giants. All I’ve seen are people claiming that the price was going to be prohibitively high, which, yes, I still don’t think makes sense.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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The Orioles literally got him more or less for two organizational filler type players.
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.
Don't know if it would have been "exponentially higher" but certainly higher
Or perhaps they were insisting on a player(s) that Sabean really didn’t want to part with, regardless of where they are on prospect lists.
If you consider that along with Hardy’s history of fragility, it might have been too high a price in their minds.
The thong is, it happened.
Rather than wait it out, though, they jumped on signing a guy like Tejada (even though, it must be said, it appears as though they were the only team interested in him.)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Reading between the lines of Baggs blog it doesn’t seem like they ever made an inquiry on Hardy. They were definitely in on Bartlett but didn’t like the terms, but they seem to have ruled Hardy out during internal discussions.
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
what happend to Huff being good people?
i miss that reasoning…
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
I'm sure Huff is still good people.
He’s just been terrible at baseball lately.
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
At least 0?
It was surely at least one. Is there any drug that Dustin Ackley hasn’t tried?
i miss his fun walk up songs
now it’s boring heavy metal…and i like heavy metal
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
I would just bench Huff
He looks like he needs a rest. If Belt is doing good, keep him there. If not, platoon Huff and Belt. I really hate it when they put Huff in the outfield. He was really that bad.
NO SHIT
Deadspin Deadspin
Curt Schilling: No Winning Team Was Steroid-Free, Not Even My Own http://deadspin.com/5819068/
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
And why does he stop at 20?
You could comfortably take it back to 1989 if you are going to go to 1991.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
Wait, who does he think was juicing on the 2010 Giants?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 7, 2011 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
that can't count
it was “the year of the pitcher” remember? Must have been after everyone stopped using.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
guillen?
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 HELPED US WIN THAT ONE GAME REMEMBER?
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
True. But does he count if he wasn’t on the post season roster?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 7, 2011 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Sabes owns a Delorean with a flux capacitor
and this is precisely the reason he was “mysteriously” left off the post season roster when he was getting 5 AB’s for every one of Ross’.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
ONLY THE HITTER JUICED
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
No. 2 suspect on 2001 Diamondbacks
…Curt Schilling
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
No. 1: Luis Gonzalez?
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Yep
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
No. 1 is always Barry Bonds.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Things I still need to do today:
Trim beard.
Vacuum.
Clean toilet.
Replace litter.
Pack.
Play Eternal Darkness.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
I am on courtcall
Counsel for Cutco is up before the judge.
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Cutco?
Fuck those guys
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
They still owe me money from one hellish day working the phones for them before I realized how awful telemarketing was and decided I’d rather eat every other day.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (more often than I blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Judge just stated
There is no Mr. Macys
then corrected himself.
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Are some mailmen gonna come dump a bunch of letters to Santa on his desk?
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
Sac town
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no
not that cool…county court
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one in the same?
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And while I believe Huff has been shitting the bed lately
I still am in the “give Belt more time at AAA” camp that I ended last season in.
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
They should not have sent him on rehab assignment. They should have just optioned him to AAA if he’s going to play there for rehab anyway.
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
I was thinking something similar to this as well.
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 difference does it make?
This way they can decide whether to send him down once his rehab days are used up.
Major League Service time
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
The union might have been able to file a grievance at that point.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
why? He’s ready to play games. The Giants decided they don’t need him on the roster at that time, option him. That’s not an issue.
The issue would have been if he was optioned WHILE on DL.
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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
I’ll admit that I’m not exactly sure. If he had claimed that he wasn’t ready to play without rehabbing, he might’ve had a point.
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pujols was activated, no rehab!
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? He wasn’t optioned to the minors, where he’d make less money.
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I know, I’m just saying : activate (optioning or not, doesn’t matter) without rehab is not against the rules. And if he claims he wasn’t ready to play, then guess what, he wasn’t ready to rehab anyway.
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My guess
Is they would want to avoid a possible sticky situation. Say they just activate him and send him down, and then things happen and they decide to recall him in 2 weeks, then it looks like they optioned him down instead of sending him on a rehab assignment.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Most of you don't care.
But to the few who follow me on Twitter, I just changed my handle to “mlandrum22”. So don’t be confused when that name pops up in your feed.
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“Mlandrum” sounds like it should be a word. Like a melancholy tantrum or something. “Why are you having such a mlandrum today?”
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
It’s going to be expensive to fix that mlandrum valve, ma’am.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
FLETCH
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Has this been mentioned already?
“They’re calling you every name in the book, every cuss word in the book. To shut them down on an inning where we’re ahead, it’s kinda putting it to the city and the fans, because they’re just wearing you out on a consistent basis as you’re warming up, spitting on you, calling you anything they want. The later the game, the more drunk they are, the more harsh the words."
Spitting on you? Really? Gimme a break.
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There's another flaw in his logic.
I think the peak-drunkness is around the 8th inning. I’m willing to bet the crowd was far less sober in the 14th last night than they were in the 8th.
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Do they not stop selling beer after the 7th inning?
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It was his excuse for being a dick to Torres. Or something.
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Exactly. Just thought the part about constantly cussing and spitting was quite the exageration
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The spitting part stood out to me.
Even if I thought Giants fans spit on relievers (which I find hard to believe, especially on a no one like Qualls), it’d be tough to spit that far.
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In fairness though
some people are total assholes
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."
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But they’re not confined to San Francisco. Wilson has some pretty funny stories about fans during the playoffs last year. Good relievers just use it for fuel, not an excuse to be a dick.
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True
It’s still shitty behavior, but I would not put it past people to do it.
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I just don’t think Giants fans would spit on Chad Qualls. I think they’d spit on any Dodger, or Heath Bell, but not Chad Qualls.
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Eh, the couple times I have been to the park this year
There have been some total douche bags I have seen wearing Giants colors. Mix that with booze and it could happen.
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Thought I put the link in there...
not letting me for some reason, hmm.
Anyways, this is from Qualls
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I will say this
When I went to the game a couple of weeks ago, this one asshole never shut up and cursed a lot. I seriously doubt fans are spitting on players.
They'll do it if they know they can get away with it
Trust me. You’re a hero when you do it successfully.
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YEAH YOU KNOW ME
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Down with OPP?
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Wow
I just learned about the true meaning
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yeah
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you're about 20 years too late
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subject line
now I have to keep seeing Simpsons Darryl Strawberry.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL – I do that to my kid all the time. Because that’s her name.
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Why would he lie?
We delude ourselves when e assert the superiority of our fans. The cold hard truth is that most teams have a good proportion of asshole fans.
I have seen the douches, and they are us.
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by GiantPain on Jul 7, 2011 4:17 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
well, maybe you.
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LOL MAYBE
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait
the fact that he actually commented upon it means that he believes Giants fans to be worse that the average fan base.
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It sounded more to me like he was referring to how the bullpens are situated at AT&T.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
That is how I took it
The fact that the foul territory at AT&T is like 2 yards wide means that relievers are really close to the stands. Meaning even if the fans aren’t any more aggressive than usual, he can hear them better.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 7, 2011 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
If he was spit on, it's a valid complaint.
And spitting on relievers would put us in the bottom half, right?
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by GiantPain on Jul 7, 2011 4:30 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
If that is what you want to believe
By all means, you go right ahead.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants fans are the worst in baseball, etc.
classless, vile
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DO YOU?
DO YOU SEE IT?
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SEE IT?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Since there are a solid 10 teams that don’t have enough fans to spit on players, then yeah.
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lol
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm gonna take a crack at this:
He might lie in order to justify his less than admirable behavior.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Ok
Next time a giants reliever complains about fans, I hope we all jump to call him a liar.
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by GiantPain on Jul 7, 2011 10:07 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
You have achieved a level of ridiculousness that is admirable.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 8, 2011 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions
So
he’s good every other season. greatttt
The San Francisco Giants won the World Series. Your argument is invalid.
Walter White is Heisenberg
It’s probably one of those that come with women’s pants
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THE BUTTON IS ON THE WRONG SIDE!
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Belt has to start on Belt Buckle night, right?
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Are you saying he’s going to buckle under the pressure?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
That might require some suspension of disbelief.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
i hope it’s not going to be a waisted season for him.
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Not sure if he'll start
But he should at least have a supporting role in that game
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
That's when he will always strike out looking on curveballs, right?
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I think Huff needs to sit for Belt
But does anyone, anyone think the Giants and BORK would ever do that? No – veterans are allowed to be awful in perpetuity.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Damn right.
Then buy a small Mets flag you can waive.
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by ch3zyp00fs on Jul 7, 2011 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Got Heeeeem!
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
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by speckops on Jul 7, 2011 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
More AS selection bashing
Manager Bruce Bochy should have resisted the temptation of using three of his four free All-Star picks on his own starting pitchers, even though Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum and Ryan Vogelsong are all having very good seasons; they just aren’t having exceptional seasons by the standards of the current, depressed run environment. Vogelsong’s 2.13 ERA and 1.15 WHIP sparkle in any year (though he has pitched fewer innings than the rest), while Lincecum (3.14, 1.19) and Cain (3.22, 1.09) have excellent stats that would stand out more if 2011 weren’t such a down year generally for offenses. In fact, Lincecum and Cain merely rank 13th and 14th in the NL in ERA, making their All-Star selections generally defensible individually — as in, a case could be made for each by himself — but inexcusable collectively.
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by jctGamer on Jul 7, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
I'm going to hold you to this standard in the future
We weren’t allowed to complain when Manuel took Howard over Votto in 2010?
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by GiantPain on Jul 7, 2011 4:19 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I have come to accept every manager will do that
so when it is finally our turn, I will not be denied the pleasure.
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Of course we were, and Charlie Manuel was allowed to ignore us.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Well, sure
But ‘next time win the WS, nerds!’ is not a valid rejoinder to complaints about AS roster choices.
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by GiantPain on Jul 7, 2011 4:25 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
No, we will complain if the person picked is not legitimate contender
Vogelsong is legitimate, some slightly more legitimate candidates are available, but it’s not like Derek Jeter at SS.
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But that’s not wut ur gif sez.
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by GiantPain on Jul 7, 2011 4:32 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
well saying all that in a gif isn’t as compelling. Remember some of this is entertainment value!
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I was more mad at Howard over Pablo in 09, since Howard was the 4th 1B, and Pablo was better.
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waaah waaaah
meanwhile, Shane Victorino won the final man vote in the NL. Can’t believe the Diamondbacks fans didn’t rally enough to vote their guy in.
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Typo?
You said “Diamondbacks fans”.
"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!"
Ian Kennedy was on the ballot, Dbacks are the host, and couldn't get a 2nd all star in
Fail all around
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I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s the one who replaces Cain.
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Until McCutchen gets on the team, no person has the right to complain about any other selection.
That is cray-z.
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I am out of Captain Crunch
GO AWAY
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No, actually he shouldn't have
Manager Bruce Bochy should have resisted the temptation of using three of his four free All-Star picks on his own starting pitchers
That is cray-z.
Bochy should’ve also chosen Bumgarner to be an AS (2.50 FIP).
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by TimLaser and MattyC on Jul 7, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Despite teh smallest strike zone in the majors.
Actually that is something that probably exists. A strikezone map for the entire year.
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Honestly
I think Vogelsong is the only Giant who really “deserves” to be in the ASG, although I could see the argument for Lincecum and Wilson based on star-power. Neither is having a particularly outstanding season, though.
Lincecum and Cain are 6th and 9th in the NL in fWAR
The only guys ahead of them who didn’t make it are Daniel Hudson (tied with Tim), Bumgarner and Jordan Zimmermann.
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Fair enough
I think they’re both borderline and you can make a case. But I’m not a huge fan of using fWAR for this kind of thing because it’s based on FIP. FIP is great for predicting because it takes out luck, but when you’re evaluating the past, luck happened. So for this purpose I consider ERA the better measure. So a person could argue that guys like Jordan Zimmermann, Tommy Hanson, and Kyle Lohse have had better seasons, even though most of the difference is likely luck. (Well, it’s almost surely luck in Lohse’s case, at least.)
Sure
If a guy were hitting .420 at this point in the season but his BABIP was like .450 you’d say the guy has more than likely been extremely lucky, but you wouldn’t say he shouldn’t be on the All-Star team.
I was half serious. I don’t really care about the ASG. If people want to see a lucky .420 hitter, so be it. At least you are acknowledging that something extraordinary happened even if it was mostly luck (like an x-game hitting streak is).
It’s a better reason than Jeter. But even Jeter is something I don’t care about. If people want to see him, go for it.
This year will be the first time in years I’m going to watch the ASG and I’ll probably fast forward through it just to see Vogey. I usually watch about 140 Giants games per year and never the all star game lol.
At time of picking
Lincecum is #6 in the National league in Wins above replacement. Matt Cain ins #9.
ANother way of putting this is, all things being equal, Lincecum has given his team the 6th best production and Cain 9th best in the entire National League.
Those are all star numbers.
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While Matt Cain is a special kindof awesome,
He probably is the hardest of the 4 to justify.
So he will not play? is this a rotation thing? If so why does everyone have their panties in a wad? If that’s the case Bochy absolutely did the right thing in giving the honor to his guy and letting someone else replace him.
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I think he's the easiest to justify
You name him to the team and then get to replace him with someone else. Free pick. And he does deserve it.
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I almost think that's why he got chosen.
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Yeah, I kind of talked through the replacement thing in the post
I was thinking just based on the numbers and assuing he would play…but now that I think about it a bit more they are all pretty close. Timmy is the best, but each has a case.
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Wilson’s been the worst out of the four, and I don’t think it’s not that close.
"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
He’s been mediocre this season. I miss the good Wilson. Last season Wilson walked 26 batters. So far this year he’s walked 22 in just 40 innings.
Last season Wilson was this same train wreck before the ASB.
His numbers post-ASB were Mariano-esque.
It is a concern for sure
In the first half, Brian Wilson walked 16 batters last year. In the second half he walked 10. Looking at the split though, he was equally effective first and second half, no real distinction (tOPS+ first half was 104, second half was 96, so I guess he was about 8% more effective first half than 2nd). You could attribute that to his higher BABIP in the 1st half though.
So unlike what some people may insinuate based on unfounded truth, Brian Wilson was simply good last year. This year he has not been quite as good.
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But did you see what he did to that guy in the top of the 9th last night?
Wiffleballs…at 94 MPH.
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He wasn't one of Bochy's guys tho.
I agree that he has been the worst. Wish Romo could have gone instead.
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Unfortunately, Bochy thinks Romo sucks.
"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!"
He was one of the guys called into bochy’s office to say he wished he could have picked him!
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by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
It doesn’t mean much when Bochy routinely shows a total lack of confidence in him.
"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 pretty sure this is just a McC reaction
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Romo has thrown fewer innings than any other reliever.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
This is because
1) Romo is basically used for the 8th inning/high leverage situations. Mota, RamRam, and Casilla are usually there to eat innings and bridge
2) There are only two lefties in the pen
3) Wilson closes.
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Only two lefties in the pen? That strikes me as slightly above the mean.
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I believe that’s the mean.
But the point is that Lefties would get more innings for the Giants.
Unless El Person mean fewer innings than any relievers in MLB.
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Don’t let our disagreeing with how Bochy uses him to mean he doesn’t think highly of him.
I think Bochy just thinks that ROOGY roll of about 7 innings work per year is a real honor. If he didn’t like him he would have Affeldt innings. He misuses Romo terribly IMO but I think in his own way he thinks he is one of the better RP in the league.
People here want Romo in every game. And when he comes in, they want him to at least go an inning. Sometimes Bocky pulls him out too early or sends in Casilla or RamRam where Romo might do, but he does put him in when the stakes are high against the best hitters. It’s just never enough for some people.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
I’d rather see relievers pitch in 55 games, and 80 innings than in 70 games for 60 innings.
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I think the fact Bochy let Romo face LHH the day after the Cubs game was a sign that Bochy has confidence in him.
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He is pitching less innings but in more games. This is consistent with Bochy’s stated goal of platooning Lopez and Romo.
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Yeah
Strangely, the lower IP is partly a function of the team’s high regard for him. He’s never asked to pitch more than one inning (except for an extras situation like last night) because he’s too valuable to use in mop-up situations. He’s only called on in high-leverage situations, and when that’s the case, if there’s a lefty coming up, Bochy likes to use Lopez.
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Sorry, forgot to check that
Wow, he’s been almost as good as Vogelsong.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Well,
I think Bochy picked him because he probably deserved to be a 5 time all star at this point. He knew Cain was going to pitch Sunday before the ASG so it was a free pick.
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."
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If a NL All-Star IF gets injured
Is Panda in?
Back on the market.
by positiveuphemism on Jul 7, 2011 3:14 PM PDT reply actions
I'm guessing Aramis Ramirez
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Ramirez has been absolutely unbelievable the last couple of weeks
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I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
And Pablo still has a higher WAR even tho he’s played far less.
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Panda could still give Arod a race by the end of the year at 3B. Panda projects to do very very well.
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Depends on the player.
If it’s the starter then yeah, that’s how it works.
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How does Cain's replacement work?
Bochy should just replace him with Pablo if he can.
That is cray-z.
Cain's replacement for sure is the next highest voted pitcher
which would be Correia, I think
He’ll almost certainly go with Hanson. It would be hilarious if he picked MadBum.
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Zeet’s been awesome since he came back. Pitched around a 3 hour rain delay? Who else does that?
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Shift A
Because I just saw Schulman’s Tweet about Belt being optioned to Fresno.
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Giants have activated Belt but optioned him to Triple-A Fresno. Obviously we’ll ask if/when he might get recalled.
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So he can play in Fresno?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
But he is already playing there.
Doesn’t he have 30days of rehab time? So there was no reason for them to do this. Obviously I’m missing a big reason.
Wilber Bucardo: Missing?
No, he wasn’t. Those rehab starts were last Saturday and Sunday. He’s been with Fresno since Monday.
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by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
because Fresno needs offensive help
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by TimLaser and MattyC on Jul 7, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t be surprised if they want to put off complicating the roster until at least after the ASB, and possibly up the trade deadline.
Or, they just want him to play every day.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
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Aw. Poop.
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by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
He was on a rehab assignment in Fresno.
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yeah the Giants don't need him
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They have Hall and Burriss. Can’t let go of valuable guys like that on the roster!
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by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Fangraphs, I believe.
"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!"
in less than a month’s worth of games!
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I'm actually almost kind of shocked that Belt
has only had 67 PA in the majors this year.
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Tejada and Rowand are two of the teams best hitters right now, too.
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by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure you even believe this small sample size crap yourself, and are just trying to irritate everyone here who knows that sample sizes are important.
What is it that they call someone who does that?
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by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe they are referred to as trolls.
"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, right. Thanks.
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by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Just ignore things he writes.
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Why do many of you get so 'red hot poker up the
butt’ angry over SSS?
Regardless of what you think, SSS is used
every day in every sport to determine playing time.
That doesn't make it right.
Also, it’s not the SSS, it’s your intent.
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by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
People used to say every day the world is flat. Eventually managers will wise up.
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yeah but I’m dead by then
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’Cause Eratosthenes even gave its exact size and axial tilt in the third century BC.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
0 for 4!
SSS, but still!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Small.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
70 PAs with a BABIP that’s practically .500.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
For his career, though, Rowand does have a platoon split
His OPS against lefties is nearly 100 points higher than righties, and that trend holds true every year (some more pronounced than others, like this year).
He is not THIS good (.931 OPS) against lefties, but if you are going to play him against somebody, lefties are definitely more favorable.
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Well, yeah, if you absolutely positively have to play him, do it against a lefty.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
fwiw, which may not be a shit-ton considering, of course, the sample, if you normalize that BABIP, his average against lefties drops to something like .250.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but just MAYBE the normalizing of his BABIP doesn't
start until August.?
There’s no guarantee that it normalizes at all – that’s the beauty of something like BABIP – but if my choices are “hope that Rowand stays lucky” or “accept that Rowand is getting by on smoke and mirrors right now”, I’ll go with the latter.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't care if Rowand gets by with smoke and mirrors
as long as he continues to get by.
This is not a moral victory discussion.
The point is that “continuing to get by” is not something that just happens if you’re running on smoke and mirrors. The smoke blows away and the mirrors break, and the good bet is always to assume that they’ll do both sooner as opposed to later.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I can understand the reasoning for that if you’re riding an honest hot streak, even if I don’t necessarily agree. But if you’re riding a hot “streak” (since it’s a platoon based on broken playing time, it’s not really a streak) that appears to be based entirely on luck, I don’t think it makes that much sense.
If a guy stands behind a house and throws a ball over the house and into a basketball hoop, that’s almost entirely luck. If he does it again on his next throw, that’s awesome. But I don’t say, “here’s the ball man. I have $100 on three in a row.”
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
But in baseball, if he did that 3 times out of 10
he’d be really good at throwing the ball through the hoop over the house.
I don’t need 3 in a row, just 9 out of 30 or so – hopefully with runner’s on base.
That doesn’t make anything resembling sense.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
From April 1 – April 4, 2008, Brian Bocock was 3/10 with 2 walks and a .300/.417/.300 line.
By this logic, he just played himself into another three games worth of starts.
In Brian Bocock’s next three games, he hit .125/.300/.125.
Which was, coincidentally, still worse than what his ultimate line ended up being that year.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
(And in the first sample, his BABIP was a clean .500! Eerily similar to Rowand’s current vs. lefties number!)
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
And I give that to you accepting that we’ve long-since plummeted down the rabbit hole of SSS silliness.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
They couldn’t pull him out of the lineup fast enough.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
You said 3 out of 10. I have you 3 out of 10.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
*gave
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
3 out of 10 is a CLEAR
reference to 3 hits out of 10 ABs
sheesh
And what I gave you was exactly 3 hits out of exactly 10 at bats.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
From April 1 – April 4, 2008, Brian Bocock was 3/10 with 2 walks and a .300/.417/.300 line.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder when the last time somebody had 10 ABs in one game was, if ever.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Tony LaRussa gave Skip Schumaker 10 plate appearances
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN201004170.shtml
He was 2-8 with 2 BB. That’s what happens when you bat Skip Schumaker leadoff
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I can't believe you did not bring up
Mike Benjamin
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If your example could throw the ball through the
hoop 3 out of 10 times, whether by luck or skill, I’d let him keep going until he slowed down considerably.
Especially if that guy was Rowand against lefties.
Well duh
But the chances that he “continues to get by” are low due to the fact that the smoke and mirrors act is unsustainable.
That is cray-z.
I don’t think you quite understand the randomness. This is not a result of anything he is doing. His high BABIP to date has no effect on his BABIP today or tomorrow or the day after.
"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!"
He may or may not understand, but that’s not essential to trolling.
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Give it up man - I am not trolling
But I can see you thinking that allows you to be dismissive of me.
Even if his BABIP is all luck, you can't
discount the recent weeks’ production.
And I intentionally meant to distinguish luck from a hot streak there. Even a hot player doesn’t BABIP .451 without an obscene amount of good luck.
This would all, of course, as I suggested above, be more convincing with bigger samples. Weird, weird things happen with small groups of numbers. It’s not luck for a player to BABIP .750 in a one game sample, for example. That’s just a game. It’s an extraordinarily normal occurrence. So trying to play these games with a 70 PA sample is pretty silly.
Rowand’s splits going backward tell us a lot more than his splits this year. 2009 and 2010 were very bad years for him against lefties. Really bad. His career is solid against lefties, but it’s hard to know how to weigh his career against these horrible 2010/2011 seasons for him.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Torres is a very special case for extremely well-documented reasons.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
..
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
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Not quite.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s no contradiction. For both players, we’re suggesting very clearly that the SSS obscures their actual talent level.
For Belt, it’s suggested that he’s not as bad as he looks. For Rowand, it’s suggested that he’s not as good as he looks.
And both of those suggestions are based, quite shockingly, on larger samples.
There is honestly no contradiction.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Belt doesn't have a larger sample size against MLB
and, as mentioned before, Rowands splits against lefties career are quite good.
Luckily, MiLB numbers can be highly suggestive if interpreted correctly!
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly. In AAA Belt K's too much and hits for too little power
Especially when adjusted for the PCL.
Also
struggles against LHP
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I'll bet that except for top tier studs, most
lefties struggle against lefties.
Belt's SSS is all he has
Rowand’s SSS is in contrast with larger sample sizes suggesting major sucktitude.
Belt’s SSS is in contrast with minor league numbers and scouts that suggest potential.
Oh, and there are some things that become stable in small sample sizes, such as plate discipline.
That is cray-z.
But most of that is vs. LHP.
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Very SSS, and I only have this year.
But 14K, 4BB in 29 AB vs. LHP
18K, 24 BB in 83 AB vs. RHP
(I’d convert to PA, but I don’t have HBP/SAC #s)
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Oh.
Good.
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."
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By the wya - Runzler back to the bullpen in Fresno
If this is breaking news I apologize
I hadn’t heard that, but I’m not surprised.
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by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I intuitively read “wya” as an acronym for “way you all” for some reason, even though I know it’s a misspelling of way.
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Match game:
Years:
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Aubrey Huff’s BABIP
.310, .303, .268, .260
(his LD% also tracks similarly, although in 2011 his BB% is down a little and K% up – that could be just a league wide effect)
The sawtooth pattern by season is just what’s flukish. I think if you smeared him out over 4 years you’d get a line very similar to his ZIPS projection®est of season – .267/.336/.430
Which is not quite as good as Belt’s current ZIPS projection.
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None. It’s a projection.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
That isn't possible
And what do you mean most likely? How likely?
He says there’s no margin of error because margin of error has nothing to do with projections.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Hang on. I’m fighting a little with the word gymnastics because it gets very semantic-y, but there’s an important distinction between a projection and a prediction here.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Other systems have percentages for each projection. I think ZiPS is just the most likely outcome.
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Probably the 50th percentile projection.
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50th percentile?
So out of whatever X tries, it was that or below?
So out of X tries, X/2 was above and X/2 was below.
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The new movie kicked ass tho.
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Okay, I’m just losing the battle with words here. It could be that my original comment is without basis.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
What I meant was if it is 5% off, 10% off on certain stats
would you still think they are reliable? I mean, there are hits and misses, right? How far off the projection till it becomes a miss?
Not sure. I wonder if the Szymborski signal still works.
"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 probably depends on the player. The more data, the more accurate the projection.
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So for a 10 year veteran with reliable playing time, they're quite close
But for a 3-year veteran, they not so good?
I bet they are even pretty solid on 3-year vets. Rookies give projection systems a lot of problems.
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Almost assuredly. But so did almost every other team.
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Oh absolutely! I'm gonna have to get my Bill James book
and check it out. My guess is the hits = the misses.
Yeah 100%. I don’t know where to look for this, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this season’s ZiPS weren’t off. Last seasons definitely were.
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I’m happy just being less off than others. ZiPS is pretty low on Bautista this year, but I’m just happy that ZiPS projected Bautista as higher than the other systems, Bill James, and even the fans (.381 wOBA vs. the fan-projected .378).
Projections aren’t really about being faster than the bear, but being faster than your fellow campers.
I took a look at that a while ago
What parts are relevant?
Season Chone Marcel Oliver Pecota Zips ALL
2007 0.0281 0.0280 0.0277 0.0277 0.0279 0.0279
2008 0.0263 0.0276 0.0269 0.0274 0.0272 0.0271
2009 0.0261 0.0275 0.0265 0.0286 0.0274 0.0272
2010 0.0283 0.0281 0.0279 0.0283 0.0285 0.0282
ALL 0.0272 0.0278 0.0273 0.0280 0.0277 0.0276
That is cray-z.
It’s the average error for each system in each year. So for all players in 2010 ZiPS, the average error was .0277.
It is also more accurate the longer the player’s been in the league and the better the hitter he is.
That is cray-z.
It’s kind of counter-intuitive to think that the better the player is, the less the error. Generally, the closer to a 50% success rate, the higher the variance.
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In terms of baseball expectations, I think it’s intuitive.
Albert Pujols and Adrian Gonzalez and Ryan Braun seem to be really good every year, and you don’t expect that to change from a year to year basis.
But the guys at the very bottom seem to be able to figure things out more easily than guys simply losing it. That’s my reasoning at least.
That is cray-z.
Yeah I guess when you realize that these guys aren’t robots it makes more sense. I was just thinking more along the lines of the “luck” stats. A guy with a .350 true talent BABiP will have a higher variance than a guy with a .280 true talent BABiP.
I guess BB%, K%, and ISO would likely stay fairly consistent with a full years sample size.
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the zips here is basically irrwlevant
average Huff’s numbers 2008-2011 and see what you get.
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#SFGiants lineup: Rowand cf, Tejada ss, Sandoval 3b, Burrell lf, Huff 1b, Schierholtz rf, Hall 2b, Whiteside c, Zito p
"For science. You monster."
Easily our worst defensive lineup, for the pitcher who needs the best defense to succeed.
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i wuz just about to type that
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I’m more worried about the defense with Zito on the mound.
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If we are going with "recently"
Tejada went 0 for 4 yesterday. He is the coldest hitter on the team.
Torres and Crawford went 5 for 12 combined.
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Torres's hits came early in the game
In his last at bat he became tied for the coldest hitter on the team
Tehaha was blanked yesterday
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Pat!
LOL TORRES
LOL #2 HITTER
"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!"
Left handed pitcher? Otherwise, WTF Rowand?
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by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
LHP
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Yeah, I realized Burrell was in there and figured there was no way it was anything other than a LHP.
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by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I would even strike that “otherwise”. Andres Torres does not deserve to be in a platoon with Aaron fucking Rowand.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I agree. Just trying to figure out what Bochy’s reasoning — however wrongheaded — might have been.
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by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. It makes me kind of sick to see that Bochy has decided the platoon is both real and necessary.
Needless to say, I probably won’t be watching tonight’s game.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
My irrational love for Zito will probably cause me to watch.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it irrational?
Or is your fantasy? Caught in a land slide….
I meant to just ask if it was irrational or based on his handsomeness above replacement numbers, but then Queen popped into my head.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Hotness + 12/6 Curveball = Totally Rational (even when adjusting for asscrack)
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
THIS THIS THIS
I love you, Tortured. I would add that he has been super nice to me on more than one occasion, which is totally irrelevant, but also why my love is slightly irrational.
Also, his penchant for waring leggings instead of baseball pants isn’t really bothering me.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s just so funny because I was going to say something about that curveball. Hawt.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
(even when adjusting for asscrack)
Wait, what?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
He had very tight pants
There was some junk in that trunk
Burris is like a 5, then,
but I don’t want him playing. You can look at him in the dugout.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
The strangest thing is that Bochy is perfectly willing to put a third baseman in the #2 spot, but he won’t put Sandoval 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!"
better than burriss or tejada
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
He is good at hitting.
He is a good #2 hitter.
"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!"
Both would have made terrific #2 hitters.
"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 remember there being a lot of talk back in the day about moving Bonds to #2 just to get him some more at bats. It would have been interesting. Probably 1-2 more HRs per year over batting 4th.
Bonds batted 3rd more than 4th.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
He's our best hitter.
Try to get him to the plate as many times as possible.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
This actually makes more sense than batting Aaron Rowand leadoff.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I don’t think it’d be wise to bat him lead off with Bochy’s idea to hit a bad hitter #2. You want your best hitters grouped together and so Sandoval would be sandwiched between Catch – Pitcher – Pablo – Shitty #2 hitter.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
In a vacuum, it still makes more sense than batting Rowand leadoff.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I can’t figure out what the point being made here is.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I think it’s because your statement about baseball and vacuum was pointless.
by nataku on Jul 7, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Rec'd
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
Awesome.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Where is my Crawford?
OMG, this is the worst lineup he could have picked. Am I in any way wrong? Well, OK, Burrell is in there. At least for now.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
Wait, that just goes back here.
Or am I missing something. Howie, what’s your point?
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
Earlier I said that even with the players to push Tejada out of the starting lineup, he’ll get in there.
Today, Hall pushed Tejada off second. And Tejada’s in there.
Miguel will find a way.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Its so annoying!!!
Zito need defense more than anyone.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
Zito: 37.7 GB% for his career
35% this year. Zito doesn’t really need an infield, so it’s not a bad day to give Crawford a day off.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Even tho his GB% is low, his K% is also low. So he’ll likely get as many ground balls as Timmy would.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
And the ground balls hit, are likely hit harder than the ground balls Timmy gives up, so range is even more important.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Besides,
Crawford is like 14 years younger than Miggy so why would he need a day off? There’s three days off coming up for him next week.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
I think it's a LHP thing
Not that I agree with it. But I’m sure Bochy isn’t saying Crawford needs a day off for rest today and Tejada doesn’t.
This makes a little more sense, but how is Crawford going to learn to hit LPH if he never gets to try? Ditto Belt with mlb pitching in general. Although, if Huff is here to stay, I’m ok with Belt in Fresno.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
Totally agree. If I was manager I would be starting Belt most games, even against LHP. Let’s see what he really has. Only if we had 2 corner OF and a 1B all putting up great numbers this year would send him to Fresno.
Otherwise, I’d move him around those 3 positions 5 out of 7 starts, like Owlcroft and others have spelled out.
I wouldn’t have been mad if Huff sat today, Pablo at 1B and Tejada at 3B.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
It was a "has a vet ever been benched for a rookie"
I mentioned crawford; however Tejada has been at 2B and is at SS today. I maintain nevertheless that 1. If molina had been sent to 1B instead of Posey, I’d have counted that and 2. Crawford could probably use a day off
yep
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Hall is running out of chances I think.
When Fontenot comes back, they have to keep Burriss for PR purposes for Burrell (and Ross). This maybe one of his last chances.
Wilber Bucardo: Missing?
Yeah, I think it’s pretty obvious he’s the one cut when Fontenot comes back.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Hall gotta go.
Hell, even Guillen had a good game last year. Hall has simply sucked.
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 7, 2011 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
There's a story on the Giants site
about how Fontenot’s return will force tough roster move. I hadn’t even finished reading the headline before saying “Bill Hall”. It’s nice of Bochy to pretend it’s going to be tough, but come on.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Eww ... bottom of the order:
Hall 2B
Whiteside C
Zito SP
Rowand CF
Tejada SS
and this put Rowand in the crucial “turn the lineup over” slot. (normally the 8 spot).
"And you fueled and energized this group, all the way through the crazy month of September. And into what was an epic month of October, and what was one glorious day of November." - Kruk
LOL TORRES
Nice 3 for 4 and defense, but take a fucking seat.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Really?
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 7, 2011 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
it stops it
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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
No, it just stops him from accruing service time. Which makes me wonder why they had him gain a week of it while rehabbing.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
You can't, but Belt started rehab last weekend
should just straight up activate him, option, and have him play. They wasted a week.
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
Maybe he really needed 2 games at San Jose? Would have been weird to option him there. The rest makes no sense, though.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
they might have wanted him to stay nearby for medical consults, scouting his progress, or something along those lines.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
But, he doesn’t have to rehab, right? Could have just activated him earlier and optioned him.
Or what jponry said below.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
If they'd activated him, wouldn't they have had to make room on the 25 man and waived someone?
The thong is, it happened.
That’s exactly what they did today – activated then optioned. Why does 5 days make a difference?
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
If they wanted to bring up Belt 5 days from now they cannot. Must wait 10 days from the option day (unless someone gets hurt).
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Right, so it would have made sense to option him 5 days ago, not today. I think you’re agreeing with me.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Now that I re-read. Yeah, I agree.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Is it required to give him rehab time?
I’m not sure why they did if they were just going to option him.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Sabean’s never been good with service time and arbitration rules. They’re so . . . arbitrary, it makes his head spin.
That is cray-z.
Has he flubbed many arb decisions? Seems that he doesn't keep
prospects around long enough to matter.
Maybe it’s like a worker’s comp thing. Like he got hurt while in the majors so they feel required to give him a major league salary until he’s healthy.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Very bad idea to look like you are gaming it to avoid salary on DL
Marlins tried this with…Anibel? a while ago. Grievance was filed IIRC
So anyway,
my coworker’s husband works for Plantronics and they had one of those super awesome next-to-the-dugout boxes last night and she just let me hold the ball she got that Brian Wilson pitched. I might have some of his DNA on me right now!
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
LOLINEUP. PTB LIVES!
Rowand CF Tejada SS Sandoval 3B Burrell LF Huff 1B Schierholtz RF Hall 2B Whiteside C Zito SP
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
Ah shit I am waaaay late
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 7, 2011 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I see we are going with our defensive lineup.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Jul 7, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Have I mentioned that
Ed Vedder’s Ukilele Songs is fantastic.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
From what I've heard
I disagree. To me, it sounds like Eddie Vedder at his least interesting. I miss the growl and howl of the rock singer.
"Bruce Wayne is the Brian Wilson of Gotham." -DrDC
Is it him solo, or are there other performers/instruments?
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
THere is a great Duet with Cat Power and some string bass mixed in.
But mostly Vedder and the Uke.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
Whatever happened to that stat guy JT?
Did Grant murder him to stay on top?
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
SURPRISE BITCHES
"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!"
Consuming all of my competition one at a time.
Om nom nom nom
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 7, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
2007 - better comp?
Is 2007 a better comparison than ’09 for Huff?
‘09 he was good in the first half and stunk up the 2nd.
Here’s to hoping ’11 is more like ’07 (they rhyme at least)
First / Second Half Splits for 2007
Split PA AB HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip tOPS+ sOPS+
1st Half 333 314 6 38 17 54 .258 .294 .392 .686 .293 76 83
2nd Half 270 236 9 34 31 33 .309 .389 .508 .897 .327 130 132
Belt won't be Freed
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Thw Giants activated Brandon Belt from the DL and optioned him to Triple-A Fresno, according to the Grizzlies.
BREAKING
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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
Belt (breaking news?)
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Thw Giants activated Brandon Belt from the DL and optioned him to Triple-A Fresno, according to the Grizzlies.
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
Tough day for Badly on the news front (timing-wise).
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
Well, I was closer this time lol
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jul 7, 2011 4:35 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
BREAKING NEWS GAIS!
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Thw Giants activated Brandon Belt from the DL and optioned him to Triple-A Fresno, according to the Grizzlies.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
Has anyone heard what thw Giants did?
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Thw Giants activated Brandon Belt from the DL and optioned him to Triple-A Fresno, according to the Grizzlies.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I love that the quote being posted 100 times has a typo in it.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah,
Don’t all minor league teams put put a “z” on the end in place of an “s”
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
I refer to Zack Wheeler as Wheelz. He likes the “z.”
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I refer to air conditioners as cool blasterz.
"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!"
Wow. The “z” isn’t even the real issue with that. ;-)
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s from Parks and Rec. :)
"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!"
/only MCC poster who doesn’t watch that.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Not really
I have never watched it either.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
I'm about half way through season 2 on Netflix.
It’s ok. It’s not Arrested Development, but it’s ok.
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
I don't either
I saw the first 2 or 3 episodes and didn’t really enjoy it. I’ve been told it got a lot better from there on (SSS I guess), so I’m sure one day I’ll start watching it on netflix or something.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 7, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
whats a parks and rec
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Rec'd
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
DFA'd to Fresno I heard.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
They optioned belt to Fresno?
You don’t say…
by Falconer88 on Jul 7, 2011 4:18 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Actually, I didn’t (unless: that’s the joke)
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
That's the joke lol
He’s getting regular playing time which is good but I’d really like him to be up in sf but no because of bork.
by Falconer88 on Jul 7, 2011 4:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Someone remind me, why keep Burriss and option Belt?
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
I think he can.
If Belt can hit in the 2 hole, then clearly he can play 2nd base. Bork logic on display.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Jul 7, 2011 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Which Giant player are we referencing?
Burriss? Belt? Stewart? Eli?
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Jul 7, 2011 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
This is why peak years are aged 27-29 and not 23.
/broad brush stroke
Because there is lack of middle IF
Hall, Burris, Crawford and Tejada.
You can easily put someone at 1B
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
1B – Huff, Belt, Sandoval
2B – Fontenot, Tejada
3B – Sandoval, Fontenot, Tejada
SS – Fontenot, Tejada, Crawford
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Make that:
SS – Crawford, Tejada, Fontenot
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Is Fontenot back?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I do think Belt needs to get a few more ABs under his….never mind.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
Seriously though,
I’m glad he is going to get full playing time in Fresno instead of sit on the bench in SF.
So Belt will continue playing every day.
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
Yeah but Burriss almost played everyday
DOES NOT COMPUTE
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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
I don't think they thought Hall would be this shitty.
But now there is even the Tejada 2B experiment pushing him out.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
I’m ok with that, but Belt has more to offer this team than Burriss.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
But Burriss doesn't play a position that is currently crowded with candidates.
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
heh
He kinda does.
/falls into the chasm
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll just re-copy this. Once Fontenot comes back:
1B – Huff, Belt, Sandoval
2B – Fontenot, Tejada
3B – Sandoval, Fontenot, Tejada
SS – Crawford, Tejada, Fontenot
It’s not crucial to keep Burriss up for IF depth, IMO.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Well…Fontenot not here and you have Hall.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
LOL ESPN
Top 10 Derek Jeter moments. I know the guy is closing in on 3,000 hits, but do we really need to go through with this every single night for the next week until he gets it? Seriously, I’m in Buffalo Fucking New york and stayed up following the giants game last night to the not so bitter end and the only highlight from the game lasted 3 seconds of Nate’s game winning homerun and then 11 solid minutes of Jetah bullshit.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Jul 7, 2011 4:09 PM PDT reply actions
I really hope
that Jeter’s 3000 hit is some fluky error-like hit that the Yankees scorekeeper decides should a hit
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
This.
and it comes in a game where the Rays are beating the Yankees 13-2 and the stupid Yankee fans have to sit through the entire game waiting to see Jetah’s questionable hit.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Jul 7, 2011 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL, I have to relate this from a NY sports talk show today
So this morning on WFAN, a Yankee fan caller is so thrilled that Jeter is coming home to cash in #3000, and has this to say to co-host Kim Jones (Yankees sideline babe):
Caller: Boy this is great! I hope Jeter gets three hits tonight and the third is a game winning walk off.
Jones: That would be wonderful.
Caller: Do you think they will stop the game???
Jones: Well if it’s a walk-off yes, I think they will stop the game.
"And you fueled and energized this group, all the way through the crazy month of September. And into what was an epic month of October, and what was one glorious day of November." - Kruk
LOL ESPN.
Yankees, Sawx, Phillies, Cards, Tigers when Verlander pitches, Mariners when Felix pitches (only to fuel FELIX TO YANKS FOR PROSPECTS speculation, Braves, then Giants, then everyone else, this is the priority of air time at ESPN
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
I'm going to be really pissed tonight.
Because the game is going to end around 1:15 am east coast, leave for the airport at 4:15a. It would be fucking great to actually see someone beat Qualls fat-bitch-ass like he deserves.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Jul 7, 2011 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
MLB.com has
WATCH JETER SWING AT HISTORY!
I agree. History had it coming
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by calbearjd on Jul 7, 2011 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
HAHA
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I just defeat a MSJ that I had no reason to win
and don’t want to do any more work today.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
LOL line-up: Why is Bill Hall? at least Burrell gets a start finally.
how many passed balls by Whitey tonight?
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
I miss that READ MY CRAPPY BLOG guy from the other day
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:41 PM PDT reply actions
me too
I’m kind of sad we banned him, I kind of love the ones that are like
“Yeah great win for the Giants last night! Nate! By the way, I was reading this blog and it was saying some interesting things what do you guys think?”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
LOL
Especially when their username is exactly the same as the blog.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Referring to the blog as ‘they’ like we didn’t know.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jul 7, 2011 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Rohlinger's other persona?
LookoutLanding Jeff Sullivan
Mariano Rivera started seven games with AAA Columbus in 1995. Other starters on that team: Dave Eiland, Kirt Ojala, Brian Boehringer
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
My mind is blown.
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
"Things I never thought I'd see #47783: Schwarzenegger applauding Ryan Rohlinger" -- Your mother, Nov. 3, 2010.
by kdl on Jul 7, 2011 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn’t he a Giant?
"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!"
Ah yes,
I remember it well. I also remember how enraged Yankee fans were when they got rid of Wetteland and made Rivera the closer. Everyone thought he was only good for setup man. (Any resemblance to current Giants relievers is purely coincidental.)
Get well soon, Buster, Freddy, Frodo and Belt.
Niemann is pitching today against the Yankees
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:44 PM PDT reply actions
and already was so awestruck by Jeter that he gifted him a leadoff dreamy double
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
Ratto
I have read this thing 3 times(okay skimmed it 3 times) and still don’t understand what he is saying.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Hey, here’s an idea. What if the Giants don’t get the shortstop and the second baseman and the catcher they desperately need to finish the season? What if Brian Sabean doesn’t throw the roster up in the air? What if he does nothing at all, just to spite you?
All for it. In fact, the position here in this squalid little corner of your favorite web site is that Sabean shouldn’t do anything at all, and show the panic freaks his hand.
And this would have the convenient side effect of making Ratto look less like a fool for picking the Rockies….again.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
So he should not show his hand by not playing it at all. Isn’t that what they call folding?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
He is saying fuck you.
"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!"
skins crawls
the worst. “senior insider”
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 7, 2011 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Is there any sport he isn't terrible at covering?
Whenever he tries to talk about hockey he just embarrasses himself. Same with baseball.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 7, 2011 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
He's never seen my insider.
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
That's because
he’s already inside you
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Does Brodie Brazil count as a junior insider?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 7, 2011 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
No, Demi Moore counts as a junior insideher
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
junior "insider"
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 7, 2011 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
/inverted penis joke
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I get two things out of it:
1. It’s better for the Giants to suck than for fan complaints to be proven right.
2. TGWTWS with a flawed lineup, and they have a flawed lineup now, so they don’t need to do anything different.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
OT: LOL Football Analysts
Yesterday I was listening to the radio and a local dope had on a former football player from teh Cardinals whop suggested his favorite choice for the Cardinals QB job was VY. His three reasons:
1. He’s a proven winner.
2. He’s fast.
3. He’s big.
And later today a douchbag host agreed.
I know we LOL at some of thedumb things that are said about baseball players like McKeon referencing WINZ, but football “analysts” are by far the worst offenders when it comes to psuedo analyisis and nothing insights.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
I know, right?
The whole freakin’ football season is 12-16 games! I don’t know how you get much of any meaning out of that. I turn off my statheadedness and treat football purely has an irrational fan. It’s more fun.
Oh goddammit
MUrbanCSN #sFGiants … Bochy says Fontenot in “holding pattern” and might NOT be activated tomorrow after all.
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 he is circling AT&T Park waiting for a chance to land?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Waiting to see how Hall hits tonight.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Off to the yard.
Hope y’all didnt wear out your s-key today arguing SSS.
Go Zito…and take Rowand with you!
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
extrabaggs Bochy says Brandon Belt will Be a nice insurance policy at Fresno if anyone gets hurt. Giants want him to get at-bats, build momentum.
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.
See you in September!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
AmyGGiants Brandon Belt was activated off DL & then optioned to AAA. Bochy said it’s good to know Belt’s available if something happens. #sfgiants
The Giants “offense” already happened, Boch.
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.
Actually the Giants offense hasn’t happened yet.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
The NESN guys just started cracking up without an apparent reason
And there was dead air for about 3 minutes. I wonder what that was all about.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:55 PM PDT reply actions
Apparently, a male fan grouped his girlfriend when they put the camera on them.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
groped too
I mean, he didn’t hit her with a fish.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
/does fish slapping dance
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
hankschulman Henry Schulman
What I’ve heard: Bochy might use Reyes injury to place McCutchen on All-Star team. He that discrection…..
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
Play Tulo all 9!
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
I wonder how people will complain about that.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 7, 2011 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I like this video
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=16698575
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Nighttrain makes LHB look ridiculous
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Is that some sort of porn lingo?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
This is probably my favorite Lopez movement this year
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=14743835
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Oh and this
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=16694471
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
BRAIN wilson
Feed the Panda some bamboo
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jul 7, 2011 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL KUIP!
on the first Mota K, the sound goes, “Had more fun with that guy while he was getting dressed before teh game” Humorously captured out of context.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
I like how Twitter killed the need for substance in delivering news
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
By the way:Yankees are doing the usual pre-deadline due diligence,but they are not close at all to making a trade. Checking on many players.
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
breaking
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
P.S. I pwn noobs at breaking news. #newzismybitch
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Jul 7, 2011 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
What's up everyone
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Hi.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Hows the midwest buddy?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Same old. Taking a trip up to Cleveland this weekend to take in an Indians game, and visit some restaurants/bars/breweries.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
SICK
Definitely check out Great Lakes, i believe you have already, or am i wrong?
Girlfriend is definitely getting excited about baseball lately with the Indians doing so well, kinda off and on, their season looked to have taken a hit due to the Choo injury though.
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Yeah, Great Lakes is great. A new brewery has opened right across the street from GL, so the plan is to go to both of them.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Good plan!
Let me know how you like that new brewery, what’s the name?
Definitely trying to get back out to the midwest, possibly Chicago, got some friends moving out there from Canton and Detroit, heard Chicago’s a nice town, Columbus 2nd in terms of best midwest cities
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Hey Pika.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Lolbacks in a rain delay
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 5:18 PM PDT reply actions
It's raining in Zona?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
St Louis
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
St. Louis... not a city i would consider living in
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I thought that was Sacto?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Referencing this.
By game 6 of the 1987 National League Championship Series, the Giants Jeffrey Leonard had hit four homers, one in each of the first four games, and become famous for his one flap down home run trot. And, Chili Davis had helped tick off the St. Louis fans by calling their city a "cow town." They responded by throwing all sorts of things at the Hackman in left field.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
thought that was OKC
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
SONICS STEALERS
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jul 7, 2011 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
NOBODY CARES ABOUT SEATTLE
sorry Mr. Sullivan
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
You put up the Bat-signal.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jul 7, 2011 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
exactly!
they had a packed house every night up there at the Key
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
some other lame-ass NBA team will end up moving there
pround son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Sacramento? KIDDING! Maybe Minnesota?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Horrible call at Fenway. Grounder to 1st and a flip to the pitcher who was covering. Red Sox guy was out by 3 feel and called safe.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 5:35 PM PDT reply actions
Tsuyoshi Nishioka just singled in a run, then stole 2nd base
WHY IS TEJADA?
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
SPAM!!!!
READ MY FANPOST!!!!
…and pick a date for this years McCovey’s meetup, or bitch about being out of state at that time.
What’s your point?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
/begins making plans to take advantage of the Dr
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Jul 7, 2011 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I asked my 12 yr old son what he is listening to
and he stared at me and said “Sadly, Jimmy no eat world”
I giggled.
Looking Jeter's stas on BR
Did not realize how bad defensively he was
He did have some impressive offensive year
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
which part…the defense part? No I always thought he was adequate to pretty good defensively.
Especially weird since they moved ARod to 3B
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Brian Lawrence
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
yes, let’s run down one of the best baseball players of all time
pround son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Barry Bonds
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
oh, and Heath Bell
HE WALKED A COUPLE GUYS AND EVEN BLEW A SAVE THIS YEAR!
pround son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
One doesn’t move the Captain out of his chair.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 7, 2011 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Getting to the computer at 5:30 this pm . . .
. . . and seeing 1,500 posts was just too much to face. So I’ve raced to the end here. I guess that’s what the shift A thing is about.
Anyway (or “anyways,” as Grant would say), I’m watching the A’s, and there’s this Texas player that has 67 rbi’s this year, and another that has 53.
What must that be like?
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
Another blown call at 1B in Fenway. Robo umps, please.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 7, 2011 6:12 PM PDT reply actions
Shift-A
If you multiply RC9 by 162, you get per-season runs instead of per-game runs, a number commensurable with the TOP (Total Offensive Productivity). Because they’re calculated slightly differently, they may differ somewhat, but they’re measuring the same thing. Right now, Huff’s TOP/162 is indeed 3.6, so they’re in agreement there.
My feeling is that it is fruitless to look for causes for slumps: shit happens. The only problem, which affects some players more than others, is that when they’re in an uncaused (random) “slump”, they sart pressing and doing things differently, which can lead to a caused slump. I don’t know if that is Huff’s case or not, though I suspect he isn’t pressing too badly. A BABIP of .268 isn’t helping him.
He is now 11 hits and 4 walks under expectations; that is no longer just a good series’ worth of difference. But there is still no reason to disbelieve that he mightn’t start, at any plate appearance, again hitting like Good Aubrey. For sure, benching him (except for some badly needed rest, which might well be a contributory factor right now) is not going to do anything useful.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
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