Post-Game Thread: Weird game, weird road trip
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 21, 2011 3:32 PM PDT
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PrintFirst thought: I'm not sure if I've ever watched a game where both teams were completely uninterested in winning. This thought is based on things like Chris Stewart stopping between third and home while the third baseman looked at second base before falling down, and Jeremy Affeldt walking Angel Sanchez to put the winning run in scoring position.
Second thought: That's unfair to the Giants who were obviously interested in winning. But the universe wasn't so keen on the idea. That thought is based on the magical returning pickoff throw that wiped out Aaron Rowand's first hit in three months.
Third thought: The Astros might not be a good team, but they're sure interesting. Jose Altuve is fun to watch, though I'd pay $100 to watch a fight between him and Mike Fontenot. Not because I don't like both of them, but just because it makes sense.
Fourth thought: the Giants are only 1.5 games out of first place. That's embarrassing. It's beautiful. It makes me want to hop around and bang a mallet on my head like a Looney Tunes character. In just about every other division, the second place team had a bit of a hiccup and quickly found themselves six games back. It happened to the Cardinals, the Angels, the Rays, and the Braves. Not the Giants, though. Nope. They started this road trip a half-game out, played some of their worst baseball of the year, and are heading home just a game-and-a-half out. Eighteen of their next 21 games are at home. They really aren't in such bad shape.
Well, except for the bad players. But that's a technicality. It also lead to ...
Fifth thought: Brandon Belt and Pablo Sandoval are good hitters.
If the Giants would have lost today, it would have been two steps back but one step forward, as Brandon Belt playing every day should help the Giants, and the only way he'll even come close to playing every day is by hitting. With the Giants winning and Belt having a tremendous day, it feels like the team swept a doubleheader.
Sixth thought: Pretty sure Dan Runzler has a 5% of being a Cy Young contender, a 15% of being Jonathan Sanchez, and an 80% chance of walking 80% of the batters he faces as a starting pitcher. It's pretty certain that he'll be a disaster as a starting pitcher, but if he ever harnesses that command ... man, he could be good.
Seventh thought: Let's not find out this year. Eric Surkamp struck out a hitter the first inning of his game today. If Jonathan Sanchez has to miss another game, I'm pretty sure the Giants learned their lesson.
Can't believe the Giants won today. Can't believe they're still ahead of the Rockies, much less within spitting distance of the Diamondbacks.
Tuesday, August 23 SFG SDP Wednesday, August 24 SFG SDP Thursday, August 25 SFG HOU Friday, August 26 SFG HOU Saturday, August 27 SFG HOU Sunday, August 28 SFG HOU Monday, August 29 SFG CHC Tuesday, August 30 SFG CHC Wednesday, August 31 SFG CHC Friday, September 02 SFG ARI Saturday, September 03 SFG ARI Sunday, September 04 SFG ARI Monday, September 05 SFG @ SDP Tuesday, September 06 SFG @ SDP Wednesday, September 07 SFG @ SDP Friday, September 09 SFG LAD Saturday, September 10 SFG LAD Sunday, September 11 SFG LAD Monday, September 12 SFG SDP Tuesday, September 13 SFG SDP Wednesday, September 14 SFG SDP
That's what's called an If You Don't Win, You Don't Deserve It schedule. Can't beat the sub-.500 teams at home? Can't beat the first place team at home? Well, there are probably some good movies coming out in October. It should be interesting, which isn't the same thing as "pleasurable" or "horrific." Nope. But interesting is a guarantee.
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I really like Pablo Sandoval and Brandon Belt.
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by jponry on Aug 21, 2011 3:34 PM PDT reply actions 9 recs
+1
I’m unfing thinking about Posey’s eventual return.
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Not that I'm advocating it
But imagine if they re-sign Beltran. That’s four really good hitters. Unheard of.
That is cray-z.
I think F Sanchez belongs in the “Good Hitter” category, especially when we are talking about this team….
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by Little Napoleon on Aug 21, 2011 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
And a quality second baseman at that.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
But probably not a good hitter in an absolute sense. And definitely not a really good hitter.
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The complete player, I will take it - offense, defense, baserunning
I really miss Mole. Please tell me you weren’t thinking of Dan Uggla.
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by Penitentiary Face on Aug 21, 2011 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah.
But Chase Utley is the first name that springs to mind when we start talking about the complete second baseman. And he’s a good hitter in an absolute sense of the word, not just for a 2B.
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I agree, but injuries have always been and may always be an issue with him.
An everyday Freddy would be a tremendous blessing.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
You mean three really good young hitters and a declining, oft-injured star.
Check out Catch-28.com, a blog about Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants.
I'd say the most productive of those guys is whoever can stay on the field
The thong is, it happened.
Beltran has a career 120 OPS+ vs. Sandoval’s career 124 OPS+. Sandoval is 24 and Beltran is 34.
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We can expect both players to trend in the opposite direction.
Check out Catch-28.com, a blog about Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants.
I wonder if Beltran would want to do a one-year value re-establishing contract like Adrian Beltre did a couple years ago.
I’d like to give him 1 yr 12 million or something.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Only impediment is that Beltran is actually like two years older than Beltre
Still, something to look in to. Beltran would be nice to have around. Play him in left and Belt in right.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Wasn't Boras Beltran's agent?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Shit, I mean Beltre
This is confusing.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Just don’t throw Belt in there. Then it will get really confusing.
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 21, 2011 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
3-4-5
Beltran, Beltre, Belt
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subject line fail
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Why would you want to hide BBD?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Now you know.
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Killer B's!
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Plus Buster.
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He’s Jared Weavers agent too.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 21, 2011 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think he’s doing that. If he produces at all the remainder of the year, he’s due for a fairly solid payday. I’d say at least 2 or 3 years with at least 12 mil per.
Definitely more
2/25 or something would be a tremendous bargain for Beltran, injury problems or no. Of course, the fact that it’s a bargain still doesn’t guarantee that it will work out well.
I hope Belt takes Mat Latos deep on Tuesday
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This really should be the McCoven section
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
They’re awesome.
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by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
they are both my prized Pokemonz
and I love them
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I feel like I've just drunk 4 pitchers of Stella, had my goiter punched and have Greg Papa staring at my myriad blackheads
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
Sounds about right.
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You had to be there.
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
TGTGPITNLW
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
LOL
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by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
GO GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
If I'm allowed to engage in some deluded optimisim...
Despite having a 4-6 road trip, they’re only 1.5 behind, so they gained ground. Somehow. They should have won this series if Bumgarner didn’t have one of his crazy games. If Bochy… I mean, he has to realize this lineup is better than his shitty vet one. They can do this.
wait, the Giants had a 4-6 trip?
man, it seems a hell of a lot worse than that.
Yes it does.
I was thinking 5-5 when they left. Then when they took 2 out of 3 in Fla I was thinking 6-4. It seems so much worse than 4-6 cause they blew a 2 run lead in the 9th 1 in ATL, lost another walkoff in ATL, lost 2-1 and 1-0 and got smoked twice by Houston.
Another way of putting it – they were damn close to being 7-3. 4 one run losses.
They won 4 times? How is it I don’t remember?
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
This was the last game of the year not held in an NL West park
"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!"
Wait, you are for serious?
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
I am
Every game in September is against the NL West.
"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!"
God, that’s stressful. Even though every game is the same, I am just never at ease when we play against a NL West team.
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
Funnily enough, we’ve played the best against the west this season. We’re sub-.500 against both the east the central divisions, but the Giants have owned their own division, in contrast to last year.
by WasabiTorture on Aug 21, 2011 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
You can tell I’m still living in 2010.
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
REmember unitard that changed
second half of 2010. Giants did real well in the division in 2010 after the all-star break.
WEll considering its the worst division I'd rather play NL West
Giants went 3-4 vs Phils and 1-6 versus ATL. Arizona was 1-5 versus Phils and Atl on this road trip. Not real diffiuclt to see how much weaker the West is. It matters not come playoff time. But I’ll take the NL west games any day.
Astros and Cubs
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Is this lineup possible in a week?
Ross/Torres CF
Kepp 2b
Sandoval 3b
Beltran RF
Huff 1b
Belt LF
Fontenot SS
Whiteside/Stewart C
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Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Nate, Ross, and Rowand won’t all sit.
"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!"
All three have been pretty good recently, despite their fatigue.
by WasabiTorture on Aug 21, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Exhaustapated
That should be Rowand. Tired of poopin’.
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
If it's me, I swap Belt and Huff, but yes, it is possible.
Unfortunately, we’ll get
Rowand CF
Kepp 2B
Pablo 3B
Beltran RF
Huff 1B
Nate LF
Cabrera SS
Whiteside C
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Adopted Giant: Mike Fontenot
He's like Grant, but fun size.
I prefer this
Nate RF
Kepp 2B
Pablo 3b
Beltran CF
Huff 1b
Belt LF
Fontenot SS
Stewart/Whiteside C
P
No reason that Beltran can’t play center. He did so for a long time. Ross has played himself out of the lineup as has Torres.
Beltran is old and injury prone. He’s already hit the DL once so far with us. I’m pretty sure he’s staying in RF. Also how has Torres played himself out of the lineup? He’s the only non-Beltran player we have with some degree of patience and he’s literally our only SB threat. Also plays an excellent CF.
Torres isn’t hitting this year, though.
by Here Be Giants on Aug 21, 2011 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
The only problem
The one problem with Torres is that Bork has decided that CF must lead off. Torres’ OBP is down enough this year that even though he’s still above average for a Giant (faint praise indeed), he shouldn’t be leading off. But he’d still be a good player to have in the lineup at #6 or something unless you had another compelling CF option.
Batting him lower in the lineup also is where his speed would be best put to use.
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if everyone could bat 7th, they’d have a good lineup!
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by natteringnabob on Aug 22, 2011 6:26 AM PDT up reply actions
is it crazy to thin nate could play CF?
i think he’d be more than acceptable there.
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 21, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
paul gLOLdshmidt
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
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I love/hate that guy.
He’s shaping up to be AZ’s Posey. Fun to watch, if he wasn’t on the team in front of us.
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I meant in terms of being a rookie, but you're quite right.
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34 K’s in 73 at bats, but lots of power. He’s more like their Rob Deer than Buster Posey. Since he’s a first baseman he’ll probably wind up being compared to Belt, but Belt’s better.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
I watched him get a golden sombrero against NYM last weekend.
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Runzler looked awesome in the first inning.
I have no idea what happened in the second. Part of it was the ump’s changing strike zone.
Well, Runzler wasn’t close against Sosa. All he had to do was dump two more pitches down the middle.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
It really shouldn’t be that hard to throw strikes to a person that can’t hit.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
Cue the .gif of Casilla’s 4-pitch walk at bat
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 21, 2011 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Runzler became Runzler
He simply is not a mahor league pitcher at this point. I expect him to be sent down before Tuesday. They will need immediate bullpen help.
In fresno
he’s been awful as a reliever since 2010.
I must say . . .
. . . that your ability to produce counterfactual assertions as if they were “as everyone knows” data continues to astonish me.
Runzler at Fresno in 2010, purely as a reliever, had a FIP of 3.49 in a hitting-dominated league; in 2011, even with 10 of his 14 appearances being in a starting role—which everyone in the known universe except Giants’ management knows he is ill-suited to—his FIP is 3.48. You could look it up (something I advise you do with anything you assert as a fact).
He is not right now ready for the big club’s bullpen, but very likely he will be soon after they end this disastrous continuing effort to make him what he isn’t. But to say that he has been “awful” is just jaw-dropping.
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Platoon splits I’d guess. Don’t know where to look up his minor league splits, but he’s got some hideous platoon splits in the majors in albeit a small sample size. But they’re so massive I think that he probably faced a similar problem in the minors.
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His minor league splits aren’t pretty either, come to think of it. Maybe I am too wowed by velocity.
Viz http://mlsplits.drivelinebaseball.com/mlsplits/playerinfo/502130
That I can't say.
There are various reasons why a man who works well as a reliever cannot work well as a starter—the commonest, of course, is an insufficiency of different good pitches.
But the evidence seems clear that for whatever reason, Runzler is simply not suited to the role. It is worth noting that starters can be converted with much success to relievers (Righetti and Eckersley pop to mind), and that often even ineffective starters with no likely career blossom when moved to the pen. But it is rare indeed to hear of an established reliever becoming a solid starter.
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Others
Isringhausen and Gagne.
Rick Aguilera made 19 starts in 1996. 5.42 ERA.
I can’t even think of a good reliever becoming an effective starter.
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Russ Ortiz says hi
and he’s not the only one. But it is unusual.
Russ Ortiz had been a reliever?
This I did not know
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Not a great example, really
Lot’s of guys begin as starters, are moved to the bullpen out of need by their clubs, and then are eventually moved back to starters. Recent examples would be guys like David Price, Kevin Correia, Philip Hughes, and Jonathan Sanchez. It is, however, extremely rare that a guy will come up through the minor leagues as a reliever and then get converted to a starter at or near the major league level. It is tried relatively frequently, but outside of CJ Wilson I’m not coming up with a lot of successful examples.
what do you want, blood from a stone
Ortiz was a dominant college closer.
Then in 1995-6 he appeared in 90 professional baseball games, starting 0.
But he’s not a great example of converting a reliever to a starter.
Because what — he was a good starter, therefore he must be defined out of existence?
Really? Because C.J. Wilson pitched against the Giants in Game 2 of the WS.
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I didn't know that Wilson had been a reliever
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
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Wasn't Correia a starter first
Then was converted to the bullpen because of need? Then back to starter?
Just like Sanchez.
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Well, I've got no sense of humor
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Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
Johan Santana
did 2 years in the pen, another 2 as a sp/rp
by wewannahitter on Aug 21, 2011 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you want a historical list, or just recently?
Guys that started as relievers that became “decent” starters: Alexi Ogando, C.J. Wilson, Justin Duchsherer, Adam Wainwright, Johan Santana, Pedro Martinez, and Derek Lowe.
I’m sure there are more, but those are the ones off the top of my head that started in the pen and were converted into very successful starters.
Roy Halladay just woke up in a cold sweat. He had a dream about this rodeo clown with a stick...
Oh
I actually knew about Duschserer, Wainwright, and Lowe. Wasn’t Santana a reliever just because he was a rule 5 pick? I seem to remember extenuating circumstances with Martinez, too.
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Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
I think they just thought Pedro was too small.
Kind of like when Timmy was drafted.
One unique case is Ryan Dempster. started as a SP, wasn’t good, went to the pen and was okay, but then returned to starting and became a pretty good starter the second time around.
Roy Halladay just woke up in a cold sweat. He had a dream about this rodeo clown with a stick...
Scott Garrelts!
"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
See, the thing is, Runzler doesn't know either.
There but for the Jonathan Sanchez goes Surkamp. Or something.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Just to inoculate against any possible Bochy love: Miguel Tejada pinch hitting for Fontenot is the nail in the coffin for THAT.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
It certainly inoculated any love between Fontenot and Bochy
I’ve never seen the little guy so pissed before.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 21, 2011 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Just so.
The famous “players’ manager” vapors begin to clear when push comes to shove.
The move had the wonderful one-two punch value of getting Tejada’s bat in against a RHP (as was obviously going to happen) and getting Tejada’s glove in at SS. Plus pissing off a darn good player and saying to him “I’d rather have a demonstrably poor RH hitter against a RHP than have you against a LHP.” Good move all round.
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Seriously.
I was pissed and screaming at the TV when that happened, and Fontenot seemed to react the same way.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
This.
This “players’ manager” crap applies only to a select few crusty old gritsters and not to the team as a whole. I therefore call bullshit.
It just chaps his ass when Rowand, Tejada & Cabrera aren’t in there…much more so when the youngsters in the lineup are playing well & “cementing” their position.
So how was the meet-up yesterday?
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Spectacular, in a word.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
awesome. i was bummed i couldn’t make it, but i was there in spirit.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
No one suggested going out to the patio to get stoned.
Buncha young republicans.
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I left mine in the car.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Speakling of the car, the only annoying thing about the meetup was forgetting to get my parking token validated. I simply loathe paying for parking, but I was having such a good time it never occurred to me until I was back at the parking garage.
That $2.50 pissed me off for two hours. So I guess I’ve just figured out the price of annoyance. A buck and a quarter an hour.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Well crap. I didn’t even know I could get a token validated. I paid the whole $2.00 myself and counted myself lucky that I didn’t pay $3.00 an hour across the street from the place.
Now I have delayed rage over the 50 cents an hour I paid for parking!
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We paid $2 in the lot and then got home and saw a couple of people had posted places to park for free. Bah!
haha
next meetup in Downtown SF! These parking fees will be fond, fond memories.
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by natteringnabob on Aug 21, 2011 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Now I'm really annoyed. Not as annoyed as seeing Tejada pinch-hit, not even close, but still annoyed.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you park in the 4 story structure a couple of blocks away? Did you get a yellow token?
Sorry to be so vague, but I don’t know the area and stumbled onto the parking garage.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I parked in a place that let me scan my credit card coming in, bypassing the token (a scan of the same card coming out calculated and paid the charges).
I saw a big ol’ arrow proclaiming free parking, but I couldn’t find it. Then I got bored and went to the aforementioned garage.
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So you're saying that downtown Walnut Creek is like a big Monopoly game with Free Parking.
I was trying to land on Boardwalk, but ended up on Baltic Ave. and someone had built a hotel there.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
At least you weren’t taking the B&O (would that be BART?).
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/laughs out loud, stands, removes fez and bows in honor of an excellent wit.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
When I was young during summer vacations we would have Monopoly and Risk marathons lasting fo days.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Risk is fun, but a little too simple to really marathon in my opinion.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Now, the computer version of ultimate risk where you could play scenarios straight out of the Napoleonic wars…that was cool.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I missed that.
Sounds like fun
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
He did say young… when I was 10 or 12 I remember RISK games taking hours to finish… Now in our case it could have just been because the cat liked to tromp across the gameboard.
Right, and as I recall we altered the rules to make it more difficult to win.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
You are in luck, as McCovey’s does not validate tokens. Ever since they moved away from paper tickets and actual humans at the parking garage the tokens can only be validated by a limited number of retailers. The waiter seemed quite vexed about this state of affairs, saying he fielded that question about 30 times a day.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
So, you're telling me that I was pissed for two hours, at a buck and a quarter and hour, for nothing?
Now I’m really pissed.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
It helps with the surgical pain.
At least, that’s my story.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
fanpost
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.
cool! thanks!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
now THAT’S a good time.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
wait .......
my pants? lol!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
pics or it didn't happen
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Aug 21, 2011 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm in LA today.
Checked in on the game yesterday from the Galaxy match,
Today from the Getty Villa, which much to my surprise exists.
I hope this one was fun to watch because it was hell to follow on Gameday.
Can’t wait to get back.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Each sentence is its own line.
It’s like a poem.
"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 computer’s monitor
Is tiny.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
It really is amazing that the Giants are even close to first
There have been significant injuries to: the 2nd hitter, the 3rd hitter, the 4th hitter, the 6th hitter in the lineup, the top prospect first baseman (also, the Giants refuse to play this guy consistently, which I hope is starting to change), the 2nd hitter’s replacement, the 5th starter (who was also regressing this year), the 5th starter’s over-paid replacement, the best set-up man in the league, and the closer.
Aaron Rowand is just fine and has been just fine all season (injury-wise).
The 5th hitter and the lead-off man have had terrible seasons.
1.5 games back. How?
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
LOL
I forgot about the significant injury to our big acquisition this year; the guy we gave up our top prospect for, my adopted Giant.
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
Gamer Babe with a Gamer Baby.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I do believe it's true
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Stupid Dodgers can’t do anything right.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
By the way
I never once expected to see the pitching matchup of Dan Runzler vs. Henry Sosa.
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
I did
but probably in a minor league spring training intrasquad game.
"With a guy like that, you have six beers, pass out, come to the park and hit."
I really enjoyed watching Pablo & Brandon in the dugout
How do you think that conversation went?
Hey Pablo, nice hit
Yeah man, you too
I think we just won the game
Nate helped
The pitching didn’t
Yeah what’s up with that?
I read Belts lips
He said.
“You really hit the shit out of that ball”
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I read Pablo's lips
He said
lhsdfghiofuyafdsklnm uiohysdkfn uiyhsdkfjnjklsdfs dhsdfsd nfsdiuy. Or at least that’s my best guess.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Aug 21, 2011 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
if Sanchez is going to miss another start, can we please call up Surkamp?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
by jponry on Aug 21, 2011 3:56 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I'd be in favor of this
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
What's the 40-man move though?
by busterbarelyevenknowher on Aug 21, 2011 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
DeRosa
easy call. They won’t do it. He has no business being on the roster. None.
Ha. Veterans first! No way they get rid of him
by the nenth inning on Aug 21, 2011 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if they would put Burrell on the 60-day DL to allow Surkamp to start.
It would keep Burrell out until Sept 12 I think, although I guess at the end of the day it would just delay the decision about who to DFA.
The extent of Burrell’s injury seems unclear, but if they thought he’d be out until then anyway, might be an option.
by busterbarelyevenknowher on Aug 21, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn't Zito out for the year?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Probably
But they haven’t said that yet, and they haven’t put him on the 60-day DL.
Hmm, could be I suppose
But it sounded like a pretty severe sprain, which would keep him out more than a week if true.
Tejada/DeRosa
I would prefer to get rid of Tejada because Bork actually uses him. Take away Big Head’s toys.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 21, 2011 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Can't we call Tonya Harding to speed that idea along?
…just sayin’
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
or at least cut the crap and just start Mota.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 21, 2011 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
What I want
1) Torres (CF)
2) Belt (LF)
3) Beltran (RF)
4) Pablo (3B)
5) Huff (1B)
6) Keppinger (2B)
7) Crawford (SS)
8) Catcher
Adoptive father of Caleb Hous.... hous... housyourdaddy?
by OmahaGiants on Aug 21, 2011 3:56 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
This is what I'd do if I had my druthers
And I’d platoon Kepp with Fontenot. And Ross with Torres
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I agree with the Ross/Torres platoon,
But Keppinger is much better than Fontenot, even without the walks.
by WasabiTorture on Aug 21, 2011 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Keppinger is not better than Fontenot against righties
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Fontenot is slightly better against righties in his career, but he performing well under his career averages (which really aren’t that spectacular) this year, and has looked incredibly poor at the plate, no matter who he’s facing. He’s actually hit better against lefties in 2011. Keppinger has been far superior to Fontenot against righties this year.
Sure, if you want a walk, Fontenot has a better chance than Keppinger, who’s worse than Molina in that category, but at this point, I’d prefer a hit to a walk any day. A clutch walk can’t score a runner from second. A clutch hit can. Use Fontenot as a defensive replacement in the late innings, but don’t run him out there on a daily basis. Bochy loves his platoons too much.
by WasabiTorture on Aug 21, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants need the clutch hit more than anything right now.
I think we left, what was it, nine runners on base between innings six to nine. That’s bad.
by WasabiTorture on Aug 21, 2011 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Good hitters first
Good hitting leads to “clutch hitting.” Bat hitting leads to “unclutch hitting.” In the long run that is.
That is cray-z.
We get our chances (most of the time), we just don’t capitalize on them.
by WasabiTorture on Aug 21, 2011 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
This is not true. NL average slash line is .253/.319/.390 and the Giants aggregate team line is .239/.301/.359. The .301 OBP is last in the league, and it’s really not all that close.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
That’s about 86 less baserunners than if the Giants were an average team (actually more than that when you consider that simply creates more PAs).
That is cray-z.
Why?
Neither should be playing. Both have been awful. Why not Beltran in Center?
I’m talking about comparing the two players. It doesn’t really matter which of them plays if it’s a choice between the two. I’m totally in support of moving Beltran to center and Nate to right, or vice versa. I think Nate can handle center, but they’ve never tried him there so…
by WasabiTorture on Aug 21, 2011 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I could get behind this. I think Fontenot is better than Kepp, but that’s splitting hairs.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
How on flipping earth can you play torres over nate.
move beltran to center where he played for years.
This
Nate has been one of our best hitters this year.
by WasabiTorture on Aug 21, 2011 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s to say that Nate’s not exactly what you claim Torres to be? (a one-year wonder)
Either way, if Torres deals with his medication issues, he is a much, much better hitter than Nate. If he isn’t able to, then, by all means, play Beltran or even Nate in center.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
Nate may be a one year wonder
But if this is his year so be it. Go with it. Trust me, I wanted Torres to be able to put another year together in the worst way. You can’t help but root for the guy. He has just been so bad at the plate that its hard to see him coming back and contributing
I would LOVE to be wrong on this. But I just don’t see it.
As for Nate – he’s done nothing to deserve getting taken out of the lineup.
I’m perfectly fine “going with” Nate, but only if I’m sure that Andres can’t contribute, for one reason or another. I know he’s not having a good year, but that’s due to a variety of factors. If those factors cease to exist, I would start Andres over Nate in a heartbeat. I can’t pretend to know whether Andres is in a good place mentally right now, though.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
His 87 wRC+ is bad but not epically so. His wOBA is similar to Font or Keppinger on the year.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes. Despite all his struggles, he is still managing to take a walk and be somewhat helpful (read: more than Rowand) at the top of the order.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
It’s pretty sad that Rowand displays less patience than a guy with ADHD.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
by garbanzo24 on Aug 21, 2011 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Torres has been painfully bad
in any key situation this year. The complete opposite of last year. It is easy to see that he is pressing. And with him, its not just “mental” its chemical. So its that much more difficult. Again, I hope he comes back and becomes the Torres of the first half of 2010. But I’m not counting on it
Meh, a hitter is a hitter. He’s given modest production with excellent range in center.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
he's terrible
he’s only 4th on the team in OBP excluding DL guys.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 21, 2011 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
"Torres: not clutch enough"
Check out Catch-28.com, a blog about Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants.
The Giants had 4 walks in this game
Is the Office of the Commissioner aware of this cheating by the Giants
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
and huff accounted for 50% of those walks
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
HEATIN' UP
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
Yes sir
Since All Star Break Aubrey has been .284/ .344 / .457, still weak for a first baseman but better than he was
More fun with arbitrary cut offs, since August 1st he has hit .294/ .355 / .515
Adoptive father of Caleb Hous.... hous... housyourdaddy?
Room for both
Belt and Huff both need to play. Belt in left and Huff at first.
I don't always agree with you, but when I do, I agree wholeheartedly
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Huff can't do splits anymore
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Answer to my own q
Home: .249/.289/.349/.638 3 HR’s
Road: .248/.316/.417/.734 9 HR’s
Both pretty bad. But home truly awful.
But he’s creeping up on .250. Some of us never thought we’d see the day.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 21, 2011 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
lol!
that makes me think of your Fielder exploding gif.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh hey, this place.
In brief:
Brandon Belt is good.
The Giants offense is not.
Jeremy Affeldt is confusing.
I’ve been home two hours and already need a drink.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Back from camp?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
And how was it?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Ugly win
but we’ll take it.
OT: I love The Hub Channel so much.
Nintendo, Yoshi, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fan.
I wonder why.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
You mean The Hub Channel?
The people who worked there created promos to show that they acknowledge the older MLP fanbase. Recently, my mind blew up when they released a commercial and showed a couple of MLP clips from season 2. The clips were only a split second long (the gif I posted in the Gamethread is one of those clips), but I was excited to see The Hub Channel show these mini-mini-scenes to us bronies.
Nintendo, Yoshi, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fan.
/ facepalm
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
BTW, it’s a show not worth watching EVEN while stoned.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Unless you’re my 6 year old daughter. She loves it.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Small children excepted
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I should clarify, however. She doesn’t watch it while she’s stoned.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
LOL!
I’d be worried if she did.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 6:30 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I don’t know. Some of the pills doctors give kids these days…..
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
+1000
So true, and so sad.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 7:03 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, if the little kids are stoned it’s an OK show.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
noted ......
However, I’ve never seen it on tv while channel surfing.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 6:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Right as the game ended, my dad walked in and looked at the TV as they were showing the line score. He faked a heart attack so convincing I was reaching for my phone to dial 911.
Nate Schierholtz wasn't born, he was built.
I keep saying the makers of nitroglycerin oughta sponsor a give-a-way night at the yard.
by Merope on Aug 21, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Cialis might be right for you.
Ask your doctor.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Something is going to kill you. Got a better choice?
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
Old age.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
the only real way to go out with a bang .......
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Did he ever???
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
Who is Grant?
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant literally snapped when they were shutout the second night in a row. I don’t think I’ve seen that many caps in one blog.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I think a little part of every Giants fan died after that game.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
Oh absolutely. I know a part of me did.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
oh .......
well then i retract my post. neverrrmind. lol.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
We tipped a lot of nightcaps.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I know I did, especially to compensate for those that didn’t.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
No, not "literally".
Really not.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
I’ve gotten into the habit of saying “almost literally”, because it amuses me.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 21, 2011 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Link fail
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/8/24/1001312/post-game-thread-giants-concede
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
Oh man, forgot about this
8:34: Kuiper: “The Giants would like to get this to the tenth, where they’ll have the top of the order up.” The top of the order: Velez, Winn, Uribe.
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 Aug 21, 2011 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s right. Your home.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
KEEP BELT AWKWARD
"For science. You monster."
I want one of those shirts
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
....Necktie!....Nickel!....
…it was definitely an “n” word…
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Heard the perfect metaphor for the Giants season when I was listening to the game on KNBR. I think it was Flemming: “Tejada hit that ball so poorly that he got a hit out of it” or something like that. We’ve played so poorly recently, but somehow we’re still in it. Our entire team has been on the DL at some point or another, or so it feels. The hitters are averaging 3.4 rpg. How are we 1.5 games back? I don’t understand?
It is known.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Aug 21, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
THAT'S OUR BOCHY!
/cue laugh track
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
not to be mistaken with ........
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I’d be mad too. He can hit his own two hoppers to infielders.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if there was anything to his being so angry? Was he just pissed because of it being the heat of the moment type thing or was there something else going on? Could players be getting pissed about Bochy’s pick a name out of the hat lineups and undeserved faith in players three years over the hill? Fontenot is definitely on the list of players on the team who haven’t been playing as much as they should for God knows what reason.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 21, 2011 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice hanging out with you @bhollingsworth1 . Getting lost in Dogpatch was much more fun than some old Gertrude Stein thingy!
What happened?
"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 glad to see him show he was pissed
Tejada pinch hitting for anyone other than a pitcher is a joke.
And not every pitcher.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I just want to add
STEVE EDLEFSEN
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
LOL you
Giraffs don’t have arms…
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 Aug 21, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
they don't have no two legs either
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
he's running in circles, just like after his HRs!
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
AND LET’S KEEP HIM THAT WAY
UP THE PUCKS!
"This is a good time to come together and raise our middle finger in the air." - Dan Boyle
by TheSoundOfHockey on Aug 21, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't watch any of it
I’m guessing Pablo looked good and Runzler didn’t?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
And your point is .....
:)
Pablo is one of those guys who looks like he should be in a beer ball league for most of the game and then smoke a couple balls to remind you why he’s such a good hitter. I’m afraid we are just going to have to put up with the occasional – “you have got to be kidding me” at bat from him
Course is beats the hell out of most of the Giants hitters who have “you have to be kidding me at bats” without the redeeming quality of being able to more than occasionally smoke the ball.
Those at bats didn't count
he was taking one for the team.
Just wanted to say...
Pablo’s HR swing today gave me a Bonds flashback. Man, he laid a good looking swing on that ball.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
Romo?
When does he come off DL and has anyone heard if he’s expected to be ready. My guess is Wilson will be done for a while. Maybe the year. No proof. Just a hunch. Hope I’m wrong. But elbow inflamation with someone that has that TJ surgery is not good.
They need Romo. Bullpen is gonna get short real quick.
FREE MARC KROON
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Kroon has not been very good
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
But I want him to be. Does that count?
I’d like it if at least got a taste in September. That would be nice.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
September after we clinch :D
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
Nope. That could present a problem (unless they’re ready to 60-day DL one of the thousands of walking wounded by then).
I just like his story.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
No, but there’s still a lot of dead weight on it, so the calling him up wouldn’t be an issue.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
I'm really not sure who they'd DFA
I thought it would be Edlefsen, but they apparently like him, so I dunno. Joaquin? Tanner? Ford? DeRosa?
I think it’s more likely they put Zito or Burrell on the 60-day DL.
Could return as soon as Thursday, but that’s if he’s feeling/looking great.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 21, 2011 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Justin Verlander is a douche. A. Cabrera was batting. He hit a ball which he didn’t know if was going far or foul. He was watching it. It went foul. The next pitch Verlander threw behind Cabrera.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Probably because it looked like a homer off the bat.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Who knows the history
Ihaven’t heard anything about Verlander being a head hunter.
when was this?
Adoptive father of 18th round draft pick and future ace, BRANDON ALLEN
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Aug 21, 2011 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Gods of Karma: Thank you!
I would like to take this opportunity to send out a heartfelt "Thank You! to the Gods of Karma, who have so generously spent the last weeks balancing out the lingering Cosmic Imbalance of Karma caused by last year’s Giants’ run of non-injuries and inexplicable success. I feel satisfied that the Karmic Imbalance Debt has now been adequately paid in full.
That the Gods of Karma chose to correct this imbalance during a time period in which Giants’ main rivals were also suffering from various inadequacies only proves that, in fact, the Gods are still on the Giants’ side.
It can be also hoped that as the effects of this period of Karmic re-balancing wear off, the Giants will play better and increasingly confident baseball, ultimately sailing into the postseason with the momentum, pitching and explosive offense capable of once again squishing all the great and highly touted Teams of the East.
Perhaps this time of uncertainty, stress and injury will also serve to allow at least a small minority of Giants’ fans to once again enjoy their team’s underdog status, rather than expecting total World Domination as the “Undisputed (past) Champions of the World.”
by opguy on Aug 21, 2011 4:42 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
so what are we going to do about another starting pitcher?
i watched the final episodes of season 4 of madmen today thinking the giants would be swept.
what a nice surprise!
but still doesnt sound like runzler will work out
the giants already have a cy young winner as a pitcher. i am not greedy enough for a second cy winner (although i think cain is darn close) but i really want a pitcher that doesn’t halfway stink. kind of like zito and poor sanchez smell…
I vaguely remembering looking at the final month's schedule when it was released in the spring.
I thought to myself at the time, “Wow! We’ve got it made coming down the home stretch to October!” Then I dutifully gave a little self-reprimand, thinking, “The season hasn’t even started yet. You don’t know what any of those teams might be capable of by then.”
It never occurred to me at the time that my beloved Giants would be included in that statement.
And here we are about six months later, and I STILL don’t know what any of these teams will do to the playoff picture between now and October…!
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Don't get me wrong...
I’m glad they won, and I’m glad AZ is losing games now, and I’m glad they are only 1.5 games back… but seriously, no one should really care at all what AZ, ATL, PHI does until the Giants can find a way to pull their collective heads out of their asses and finally play another decent stretch of baseball.
3 of the 4 NL races are all but locked up: PHI, MIL and ATL all lead their respective playoff spots by ~8 games, and look incredibly tough right now. And everyone knows that, yes, statistically speaking, the Giants have a shot at going to the playoffs. But no one wants it like this. They need to get hot, and start clicking on all cylinders.
I just want to get into the playoffs.
Then maybe we’ll CATCH LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE AGAIN!!! ducks
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
I don't really want to see this brand of baseball in the playoffs
it will be more of what we saw this past road trip at least when Timmeh pitched against the Braves 0-1 losses, mixed in with games where the pitchers are just saying “fuck this shit”, like in Vogie’s 0-5 loss to the Astros or Cain’s 1-2 loss against the Marlins. They can get hot, and what I mean by that is to get this team in a place where they are consistently scoring 3-4 runs a game and the pitchers know that they can win even if they don’t have their best stuff. For this to happen, I do believe we need Andres to hurry and find a way to “get right”. Andres at 85% of what he was 20 days on either side of the appendectomy from last year, makes this team very, very tough going into the playoffs – but that is a big IF.
"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 Aug 21, 2011 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
The Braves series was a lot of one-run games
That series could have gone either way, especially with more guys healthy
The thong is, it happened.
LOL apostrophe fail
You gotta love it when a major clothing company fails to proof read its t-shirts:
Lets go of what?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
THE BCS!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
USC always lets go.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s a dozen or more schools – all with the same error.
LOLd Navy!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
"Stop being such a grammar Nazi! You no wut I meen!"
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
To The U of Miami Disciplinary Hearing
Eliminate that pesky Dominatrix in one easy step. Step 1: Tell her you're a Cubs fan!
Screw the Trojans!!! GO FIGHTIN' IRISH!!!!!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 6:34 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
screw both of them
At least football wise. I don’t give a shit about either basketball team.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I'll always have an affection towards Notre Dame ......
because of Joe Montana.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 6:49 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
LOL Ethics Fail
"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 Aug 21, 2011 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
You folks going to the game on Tuesday all oughta enlarge and print out copies of that dl photo… the ones with the players faces….
Speaking of that...
I will unexpectedly be in the Bay Area on Monday and Tuesday before catching a flight to Asia. Is it too late to possibly join you guys at Zeke’s or possibly buy an extra ticket for the game off of somebody?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Aren’t there people sitting in 304? You could just see if there are any tickets available in that area…
A group of 5 are.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
"I'd pay $100 to watch a fight between him and Mike Fontenot. Not because I don't like both of them, but just because it makes sense."
Hilarious… My money is on Frodo… He’s a scrapper.
He is also like 2" taller, so he has a reach advantage
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 21, 2011 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think they are in the same weight class
"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 Aug 21, 2011 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Ideally, between Sandoval, Posey, and Belt, how would you set up the 3-4-5 hitters.
I SAID IDEALLY, WHICH MEANS HUFF BATS 6TH OR LOWER!
Belt, Sandoval, Posey?
Posey, Sandoval, Belt?
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
Sandoval, Beltran, Posey, Belt
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Beltran won't be here next season.
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
Posey, Belt, Sandoval
R-L-S with Posey being my most reliable hitter in that situation – Belt still getting his experience and Pablo still undisciplined at the plate (good, but undisciplined) – also,in the 3 hole, technically it gives Posey more ABs throughout the season.
"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 Aug 21, 2011 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
....... and hopefully Gary Brown.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t see Brown here for a majority of 2012.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
i wish he would. the guy has VROOM.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't bat them 3-4-5
1-Belt
2-Posey
3-Huff
4-Sandoval
Science seems to indicate that, contrary to conventional baseball wisdom, you shouldn’t put one of your better hitters in the #3 spot. It makes sense if you think about it: Why would you want one of your better hitters to usually bat with none on and two out?
I could see the argument for switching Posey and Sandoval, but I feel pretty strongly that Belt is the best leadoff option unless Torres returns to his 2010 form. I know there’s an entrenched idea that you should have a fast guy leading off, but I’m not sure why. Just “put your best OBP guy first” seems like a decent rule to me.
I like it.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
SurKKKKamp
W, 8 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 4 K, 94 Pitches.
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
good thing they didn't call him up
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.
Yawn.
What the hell is wrong with him. 4 ks and 3 walks. Awful!!! :).
Well
It really isn’t very good. But, being serious, we have a whole season to go by and he Surkamp normally has phenomenal control, which would be a welcome relief in the fifth starter role after watching the stylings of Zito/Sanchez/Runzler. I don’t know for sure if he can get guys out at the major league level, but at least I expect him to throw strikes.
Not as ready as Runzler
Bork Logic
"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 Aug 21, 2011 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: I just removed a pastrami from the smoker. Looks and smells fantastic.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 5:22 PM PDT reply actions
Nice! I love pastrami! Enjoy!
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Still a ways to go on the shoulder of lamb.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
You know how to eat!
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Haven't has Pastrami in years
Last time was a Togo’s Pastrami sandwich. It was delicious. My gall bladder was removed that evening. That did it for pastrami. I miss it.
They are amazingly delicious.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry about the gallbladder. Do you have to avoid fatty foods?
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Let me put it this way
when I eat them I pay for it. Fried foods are really a no-no but I never ate them much anyway. Milk products are a problem.
I love to eat, so I suffer through some of it. I just have to make sure IF I eat stupid that I’m never far from relief. If you catch my drift.
I find pastrami to be the most sensuous of the salted and cured meats.
The first six innings are overrated.
It soaked in my fridge all week.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m preparing some meat for jerkey right now.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 21, 2011 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
oooooooo .......
i love jerky.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
It comes down to this
1. Can Beltran come back and contribute?
2. Are Romo and Wilson able to come back and be effective?
3. Will the D"BAcks pitching hold up.
To me that is where it breaks down. If Beltrancomes back and hits, I think the rest will follow. Call me nuts. But i just think it will not only add a big bat but will relax everyone a bit.
Romo and Wilson are crucial down the stretch. Without them they will be in trouble at the back end.
I question Arizona’s rotation in Sept. They will hit. But can they pitch???
No
Belt will play from here on out. I’m pretty confident of that.
I wish I could have as much faith in Bochy as you.
I’m firmly atheistic in this regard
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish I could share your confidence.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
August 23, 2010 transaction:
Giants – Activated OF Carlos Beltran. Sent INF/OF Brandon Belt to Fresno.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Well now remember… we aren’t that far from Sept 1 and they did say today that Beltran was still iffy for the 23rd.
That's impossible!
Beltran wasn’t on the Giants in 2010.
/Encyclopedia Brown
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
This line
I’m in
"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 Aug 21, 2011 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Kepp
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 Aug 21, 2011 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Finally non-phone access
Runzler underachieved even my modest expectations even if he was squeezed on Sosa. And…it’s kind of a pity they dropped 2/3 to the Astros.
kind of a pity they dropped 2/3 to the Astros
I would say kind of an embarrassment.
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 21, 2011 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Not so sure.
Beltran played center for years. In a lot of ways Center is easier to play in AT&T than right. You, unfortunately, may be right. But I hope not.
I'd rather play Torres than Ross
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Parts.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I would if I could.
Or, like, innings 2 and 11, at least.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Is this really the real Joe Namath?
If so – bahahahahahahahaha
RealJoeNamath Joe Namath
Gotta love seeing wet cheerleaders
15 minutes ago
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Those cheerleaders ARE quite wet…it’s fuggin POURING in wherever the hell it is the Jets play now.
I bet Joe wants to kiss them!
Time for a Trader Joe's run, or as they say at USC a Trader Joes run.
Catch y’all later
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
This one would have sucked to lose.
I’m glad we won.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
OT: Anyone see how much Eto'o is getting paid?
$30 Mil a year is absolutely insane! That’s twice what Messi makes.
It's insane for anyone
I never heard of who that is. I’m assuming it’s soccer
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
He isn’t even that fantastic anymore.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Wow really?
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 22, 2011 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Anyone watching the football game?
I am trying, but there is more time spent on commercial breaks than on football.
Also, I hate that Sunday Night Football is basically the NFC East Game of the Week.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
football sucks
Adoptive father of 18th round draft pick and future ace, BRANDON ALLEN
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Aug 21, 2011 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Not for 3 more weeks, I'm not
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Next week won't have an NFC East team
Then again, there will be no game in the Bay Area: It’s New Orleans at Oakland…blackout city!!
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
doesn't stop them from charging full price for tickets
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
You mean you don’t want to pay full price to see the second and third string players for 2/3 of the game?
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 21, 2011 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes they do. Week 1 vs. Arizona was blacked out (game in Oakland).
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
it was on NFL Network the next day
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Really?
They black out pre-season games? That’s… that’s… umm… wow, that’s really stupid.
it’s the NFL- we’ll do whatever the hell we want and if you don’t like it, F U.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 21, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I really hope we can get Tim for the price the Angels paid for Weaver.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Yeah, I doubt it though.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 21, 2011 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
How is the new dugout at Union Square?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Ah yes. The all-important Keep Timmy from the Mariners fund. I need to make more donations to that soon.
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 21, 2011 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
The Mariners with Timmy, Felix, and Pineda would be really tough
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Worse offense than the Giants
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
they would pretty much be us
Except Cain is not as good as Felix.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
And Bum can be better than Pineda
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 Aug 21, 2011 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
if he is consistently better than Pineda I will be ecstatic
Pineda is the dog’s balls. I get a lot of M’s games here in Oregon.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Is the being the dog's balls good?
I don’’t watch enough Mariners’ games to know
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 Aug 21, 2011 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Does the Fund Money go to his contract or to the contract of a few free agents who can hit the ball?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 21, 2011 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I gave a larger donation than I’d planned. But I feel it was worth it.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
Making up for National Radio Day?
"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!"
Off the record? A Buster bobblehead, a coffee mug, a souvenir baseball for my dad, a scarf and a team baseball card set.
On the record? I don’t recall.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
you are not here to discuss your past trip to the Giants store
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
I want to buy one of the game used bats they have next time i go to the dugout.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
if you go to the game itself you might be able to catch one of Cody's
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
On my first trip to SF last year, I almost bought one of Cain’s used helmets.
Do not judge me.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
Uhh, why didn’t you?
/Judging
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
you could have worn it
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
you just wanted to clone him
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Which store did you go to?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Too bad I wasn’t with you guys. I get 20% off as a season ticket holder.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Hey
You’re getting a free snuggie
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Hmmm, Tim is definitely better than Weaver, though. I’d do something like 5y100mil?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I'd poop myself with happiness
Since I’m assuming he’ll get something like 7 years 160 million if he makes it to FA.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I’m going to cross my fingers and hope that they spend this offseason discussing a 4-5 year extension on top of his last arb year.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
or something
letting it go until his walk year just invites competition.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 21, 2011 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Bork is at it again
The mlb.tv highlight, titled “Belt’s Big Day” is corrupted. RIght at the :18 second mark it gets all pixely and you can’t watch it. At least on my computer.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 21, 2011 6:04 PM PDT reply actions
Belt's swing reminds me of Utley's
Insofar as neither has a tremendous amount of follow through. Both very short and sweet, and fast.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Good, but not great.
Check out Catch-28.com, a blog about Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants.
Bob Gibson would have hit him in the head repeatedly with a fastball
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
wrong manager
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Jerry Manuel is just as much of a dildo as Jack McKeon
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
fake penis good, not great
Don Drysdale would be used a double-sided one.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
wrong manager, again
Charlie not Jerry
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
oh yeah
I always mix those two up. I don’t get how there are two white managers named Manuel.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Meh
I’d rather have Keppinger or Brock Bond. Those two can really hit.
by WasabiTorture on Aug 21, 2011 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish Bond hadn't gotten hurt
He was my great white OBP hope.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Bochy burn! Per Baggs
Yesterday Sandoval said he felt like sh*t. Asked about that today, Bochy said, “Well, early on, he looked like he felt.”
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
it's like my dad always tells me
“You look like you’ve been shot at and missed, but shit at and hit.”
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
WEATHER BULLETIN
Mother reports it’s very hot and humid back home. She says everyone’s miserable.
I’m so homesick.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
When you lead that comment with "Mother"
I imagined you speaking in the voice of Norman Bates.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I wuz there,
I cried a little.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
That’s awesome. I really wish I had just went for it and skipped school and splurged on tickets. Best sports experience of your life?
Absolutely. Ranks among the best experiences of my life, period.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Just two. Was still in school at the time, so I flew out for a weekend (game two was on a Thursday)
Then watched game three at home with the family, and timed my flight back to DC in time to catch it at a bar.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
This was the view from my seat
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Truly blessed. If you can, do it. Any playoff game.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
My only playoff game so far in my life was the Ankiel game
It sure did suck at the end, but I still don’t regret going.
That is cray-z.
I went to all of them. They are awesome except for NLDS game 2 and NLCS game 4.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Game 5 is the one playoff game that’s sort of hazy in my mind. I remember that Halladay beat Lincecum, but nothing else really stands out.
"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!"
Game 4 was my favorite NLCS game .......
(of course, it’s tied with Game 6) but sitting in the same living room with 7 quietly pissed off Phillies fans was the best feeling in the world.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Game 4 was my favorite game of the playoffs. Minus the WS clincher.
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
Pablo’s double was AMAZING.
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
I really wish that I had been able to go to at least one game in the 2010 season.
"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!"
My sainted father sprung for the airfare and the tickets for me and my lil sis.
I’ll put him in a very good home when the time comes.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I bet you never ditched him on his birthday to go to a McCoven meetup.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Grammar Police:
The simple past tense is “sprang” .
(“Sprung” is the participle.)
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Next meeting tomorrow.
It’s an uphill fight. The most recalcitrant people in the world are those who are wrong and have just begun to realize it; to change their position would concede that they were wrong, so they shut their eyes and plow ahead. As someone once said, the mind of the fool is like the pupil of the eye: the more light that shines in, the more it contracts.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Wrong! Sprung is both.
sprung
verb
a simple past tense and past participle of spring.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sprung
sprung
past and past participle of spring
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sprung?show=0&t=1314018824
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
attaboy
f tha gramma po-lice
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 22, 2011 6:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Being outside of the Bay Area for the end of the season and whole postseason was tough for me too. But it was pretty awesome/bizarre driving back from work, picking up the end of Game 162 on Padres radio and listening to their broadcasters try to soothe their fan base with a Bart Giammatti quote.
Oooooohhhh
That is some schadenfreude I have never indulged in. Listening to Teddy Leitner attempting to soothe all 6 Padre fans after 162.
thanks.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 21, 2011 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I am gonna listen to it later
Did he slow down his micro-machine guy on meth schtick?
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 21, 2011 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know what that means. I had never listened to them before.
But like five minutes after the game ended, it sounded like whoever was announcing was on the verge of tears while he recited the “It’s designed to break your heart…” quote.
Dick Enberg (Padres TV) is fine to listen to but the rest of them are awful.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
when I hear Enberg
my brain is confused if he isn’t talking about the AFC West.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 21, 2011 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Or tennis. God, he’s the worst tennis announcer since Bud Collins.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
Also he treated Del Potro like some shitbag bellboy after he (Del Potro, not Enberg) won the US Open.
I now officially shun Dick Enberg
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Leitner
Sounds like an auctioneer hopped up on crystal meth to me. He talks a million miles a minute. He has to be #1 on my most unlistenable broadcaster list.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 21, 2011 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Anytime Ted Leitner is in a bad mood is good.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
and why were listening to the Padres radio crew? I would rather go home and just check the score online.
Also, thank goodness, for ad block plus AND the mod who deleted it.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I can’t break my record. I went to all 81 games in 2000.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Wow. No road games in Oakland?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
GAMER
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
So, No tattoos?
Sorry. didn’t realize that was to risque. I live in San Francisco, and I guess My community standards are a little bit different. :)
Not really work safe.
You could post a link to the picture with a comment that it’s NWS.
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.
Got it. thanks.
For those of you not in real time, who missed the Original post. Here’s a link to the story of how I got Nate’s number tattooed on my ass. NWS
by jeremy.lassen on Aug 21, 2011 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s no moon.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
by speckops on Aug 21, 2011 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That’s funny. I just did a group “Drunk Twitter” of the original Star Wars. I think about five people tweeted “That’s no Moon” when the line came up. Search for tag #KesselRum for some really bad drunken Star Wars puns.
by jeremy.lassen on Aug 21, 2011 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
A lot of us live in San Francisco.
A lot of us also don’t like to be surprised by the sight of a bare bottom on a baseball blog.
I saw that picture
Then I went to another site, came back, and it was gone. Did a mod remove it?
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
And we thank you for that
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
This.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Post Tooshie Shot Dilemma?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 21, 2011 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I took no offense
I laughed pretty damn hard. I was scrolling down and kept waiting for clothing to appear and it just never did. lol.
Talk about out of the blue.
The tat looks good though. Well done.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 21, 2011 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks. Took a surprising amount of effort to get the right font.
by jeremy.lassen on Aug 21, 2011 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, I had to generate it by using a “Buy a Giants Jersey with whatever number you want… It will Look like this.” web site. And then hand “up-rezzing” the low rez giff in Photoshop, fixing the Kerning at the same time.
Not wanting to do this busy work is actually what caused us all the losses. If I had gotten the tattoo sooner, we would still be in first place.
by jeremy.lassen on Aug 21, 2011 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
What is seen cannot be unseen.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Noticed it took you 13 minutes to say that
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Busy fapping.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
My goodness, you need to lighten up and unwind.
You should try fapping.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I’ll be sure to post a slightly different “ass of October” photo for the next win.
I’m here to help.
Or… I’ll be at Tuesday’s meetup…
by jeremy.lassen on Aug 21, 2011 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
not when it’s Morrie Kessler’s ass from Goodfellas.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Also
I didn’t realize it, but the sound of Belt’s bat hitting the ball is really, really loud.
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?c_id=sf&content_id=18296701&topic_id=8879100
That is cray-z.
That’s actually the sound of schmohog fapping.
:)
by jeremy.lassen on Aug 21, 2011 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I'll be honest
I was kinda hoping there was another audible “Fuck!” accompanying that recording.
"I hate that mountain. I love baseball."
by Four Point Nine Eight on Aug 21, 2011 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I notice
Bochy’s IT guy’s virus has still corrupted that video.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 21, 2011 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
This is getting ridiculous
The re-tweets on hatsoffsf by “two” people there.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Sersiously, MaxieMcCoy is a Cowboys fan. WTF? If they’re going to spambot, can they at least get their locations right?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It’s really annoying. They are saying the most inane things too.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I feel like I should write a sternly worded letter to SBNation about the ruining of our front page with that crap.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I thought it was fun when we were trolling it but now they’re completely inundating it with their BS
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 know it's a spammer if the tweet is overwhelmingly positive
or if it ends in an exclamation point.
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
howie'd
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 21, 2011 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sometimes it's Sergio Romo though!
FTFY!
"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!"
Good night!
I hope we win on tuesday! Go Giants!
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
I know
I wanted to see what it is like to be a McCoy
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
IM NEVER REFRESHING THIS PAGE
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 Aug 21, 2011 7:41 PM PDT reply actions
Save it as a cache.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I WILL CAP THAT MOTHERFUCKER’S ASS
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
schedule
is it just me, or is that an awful lot of padre?
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Ive havnt done anything of value the last 3 days because ive been doing everything i couild to get on the hp touchpad
And i finally finally finally got one
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 21, 2011 8:21 PM PDT reply actions
Hasn't it been discontinued?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
yes
but there are online retailers who were waiting for official word from hp that they would be reimbursed before they sold theirs for the insnae amount of 99 bucks. It was tickle me elmo all over again the entire weekend. slickdeals had a 800 page thread about it
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 21, 2011 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
dont give up
hp is going to get them back in stock at some point when all the ones that got sent back arrive at their warehouse
http://h41112.www4.hp.com/promo/webos/us/en/tablet/touchpad-availability.html
if you sign up for that they will send you a notification when they go back into stock
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 21, 2011 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks, my sister is going back to school and we wanted to get her a netbook or a tablet … and when this hp touchpad thing was announced we thought it might work for her…
i missed out on it three times
i went to bed a half hour before the deal went live
i missed an ebay deal because i couldnt remember my paypal
and on the amazon live deal because it lasted 3 minutes
and the funny thing was i was planning on buying one at full price at some point this year
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 21, 2011 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this really such a good deal
for a platform headed to the dustbin?
It's not that bad.
At worst, I have a cheap tablet to surf the web. At worst, I have an oversized second kindle. (Kindle APP!) At best, someone will hack it and figure out how to run Android on it.
already been done
only with gingerbread though
no honeycomb yet
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 21, 2011 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
and for us… my sister has a bad habit of dropping, breaking, losing, spilling stuff on things… so for only $99 what the hell… We were thinking netbook but we just can’t see spending that much on something we know she’ll break.
how do you connect to the web with one of those things?
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
WiFi
But it really is all about the apps.
Getting android running on it would make it a lot more appealing.
The hardware is apparently pretty subpar
I recently read an article where the WebOS engineers said that they loaded their OS onto an iPad and it ran twice as fast as on the HP tablet. That would imply that Android might not be too snappy on it.
Hell Fucking Yes
I would do the same for Cain
by Falconer88 on Aug 21, 2011 8:42 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
5 decades and $100B?
You drive a hard bargain, but yes.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 21, 2011 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
three times?
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 21, 2011 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Easiest way to get Walter White to fuck up and/or do something stupid:
Disrespect or talk down to him.
The first six innings are overrated.
I still haven’t started the Spanish homework :(
"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!"
Where is chop???
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
hahah. brilliant.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I have a quiz first period. At 7:35. On Monday. That’s not fair.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
WOW 7:35…….that is awful. This is high school?
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
WTF! I started at 8 I think, I can’t be 100% sure.
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
Good god. Where did you go for college? My earliest was 8 AM but I usually do 9:15 for my first class.
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
I hated early classes during High School but I took 8 AM classes in college to get out by noon.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I had to take mostly morning classes in college since I had either soccer practice or work in the afternoon.
We had “A” period at like 7am. It was for students in band and students playing sports. I dunno how the band thing worked but for student athletes you had PE at 7am until you were “in season” then the coach signed you out, you didn’t have to go to “A” period because you stayed after school for practices or games.
wow, Curtis Granderson has scored 114 runs this year in only 123 games.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
holy crap and he's
• 2nd in AL in HR (35)
• 1st in AL in RBI (98)
• 1st in AL in R (114)
• 8th in AL in BB (66)
• 8th in AL in SB (24)
• 2nd in AL in SLG (.594)
• 3rd in AL in OPS (.969)
WTF
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I can’t believe I had no idea how good he’s been this year.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
That
was a terrible signing that has turned out (so far at least) to be very good. Maybe they knew something, I guess, but it looked like a disaster in the making at the time. If they get another year like this out of him it will have been a masterstroke.
they traded for him 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.
I forgot that was a 3-team trade that involved Kennedy.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 22, 2011 6:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes
I mis-remembered and thought that the Yankees had extended him after the trade but actually Detroit had given him the extension in the previous year. Anyway, the Yankees got him for something like 3/$30M, which seemed high for a guy who couldn’t hit lefties at all (a pitcherly .484 OPS in vs LHP in 2009). Apparently that problem is resolved; this year he’s batting .281/.353/.614 against LHP.
the Fonz!!!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Granderson HR 2011 35
SF Giants HR: 85
Grandy runs: 114
SF Giants Runs: 433
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 21, 2011 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
CAIN FOR GRANDERSON!!!!!!!!!!
There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.
Baby Giants question
Is there any particular place in the stadium to try to sit? I’m guessing it doesn’t matter much, but thought I’d ask before we buy.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
When I used to live in SF during college… I would always go with my buddies and wife (then GF) and sit in Club Level, or Premium Lower Box for games that we were excited about. For cheaper tickets with good a good view, View Reserve Infield is great. Its also fun to sit in the lower rows of the bleachers in the outfield.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
I like sitting in the reserved seats behind the Baby Giants dugout. kdl got us some seats there earlier in the summer, and they were pretty damn fine.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Behind home plate was awesome. I think the tickets we found were like $12-15 apiece. It’s the only time I’ve seen Bum pitch.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
does San Jose really have a club level? :p
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah i think I misunderstood the question…
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Yup… I took Baby Giants to mean a new Giants fan… sorry haha…
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
For clarification,
I meant Im going to my first San Jose Giants game and was looking for input.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
if
you can get there early for a game, there’s no need, IMO, to buy anything but general admission. There are about 4 rows of plastic seats behind home and the dugouts; the first row of general admission bleachers (which are fiberglass and have backs on them) are plenty close and plenty cheap. If not free if you find passes around town somewhere.
Weekends are crowded, but again if you come early you’ll find something. Sunday was weird, with like 50,000 groups reserving bleacher seats for this or that, but we still managed to squeeze 5 people in the second row of bleacher seats (again after only 4 or so rows of “reserved” seating).
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 21, 2011 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
We won’t be able to get there early because of work, so we’re buying ahead of time. We’re going on Thursday, total of 4 adults.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
If it’s a once a year thing, you’re going with baseball nerds/fans, and can’t get there early, then buy ahead of time in the reserved seats. Note the Giants’ dugout is in the shade; the 3B seats look back into the sun although this late in August for a night game, this might not matter.
If you’re taking friends from work and going to eat BBQ/drink beer and talk, then go to Orchard Supply or other merchants (Great Clips in Diamond Heights in SF is one I know) and get free tickets, and wander around. You should be able to find 4 together in not too bad a spot. Keep in mind Muni is like a college baseball park, it’s basically just a few rows of bleachers behind home and the dugouts. No seat is particularly bad. There’s no upper deck so no sightline problems, and there are overflow aluminum/no-back bleachers down each foul line.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 21, 2011 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Row 6 directly behind the plate is right behind the scouts area. Sneak looks at radar guns. Pitchers charting the game. That sort of thing.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Joe Strain sighting!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 22, 2011 6:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Almost 900 comments
and not one heaping generous praise on our bullpen today?
Yes, Mota allowed the runners he inherited from Runzler to score. Yes, Affeldt’s 9th inning was both ennervating and terrifying. Yes, we are talking about the Houston Astros as an opponent.
And yet: 9.1 scoreless innings pitched today, 0 ER.
I loved what Belt and Panda did today, and we need them hitting to have any chance in September (or to make it to October). But the bullpen have been the unsung, or relatively unsung, heroes of this team in 2011.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Incredible job by the bullpen today
Performances like this have become almost routine. But they aren’t!
(how’s that?)
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Plaxico all over my TV
Poor Michael Vick he’s no longer the ex-con darling of the ESPNs
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
I forgot I had this work-in-progress in a Photoshop file
so I finished it today.
by Natto on Aug 21, 2011 9:45 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
you, my good sir, have left me speechless.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I totally forgot about Ford
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
VVVRRROOOOOOOMMM
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Just listen to KNBR
Every other caller wants him batting leadoff.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
nah
that’s Brett Pill.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 22, 2011 6:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Man, the PCL is insane
Pill has a .309/.340/.537 line, which is only good for a 107 wRC+!
He’s got that line and is only 7% above league average!
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
PILLAPALOOKA!
or something.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 22, 2011 6:39 AM PDT up reply actions
PCLOL
Manny Burriss: .310/.389/.411
Brad Eldred: 21 HR in 99 G
Edgar Gonzalez: .322/.385/.466
Ryan Rohlinger: .174/.294/.331
Wow, revolving door: 49 players through FAT this season
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 22, 2011 6:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm picturing Timmy as the woman Cain's protecting
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 Aug 21, 2011 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Protecting Belt from Bochy’s Machinations
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
They were playing an AL team so it might not be in effect.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
WTF LOL NL… a shitty team…. late here sorry packing for trip to asia and early morning flight to sf…
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
If you barely manage to beat the shitty team one time out of three
it should count.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
woman?
are you sure that’s not Prince?
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I was thinking
Paul Stanley of KISS, sans makeup
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
I don't know whether to laugh or to cry
I am leaning towards tears
Even though it makes no logical sense...
Needs moar KROOOOON
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
That explains no Wilson
But, why is Cain? And who is that next to Burrell?
Awesome work, as always (rec’d).
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Cause Cain is one of the ones that hasn't been hit
Here’s the original for context:
Ross is next to Burrell. I actually meant to put Wilson in but couldn’t fit him in.
Wow...even more awesome than I realized
WolverCain: the last G-Man standing.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
I like the 'left field' sign on Belt
at least he’s healthy.
"Is it the flu, is it food poisoning or is it Giants Baseball?" - Kuip
"Giants Baseball, Makes you want to Barf!" - Kruk
by Abby Normal TS on Aug 22, 2011 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I think Belt should be an outfielder going forward anyway.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Signing off for the night, but first:
Here is the non-daily update on the NL West by analytics. “Expected” is results based on the men’s career lines simply pro-rated to their actual play time in 2011; “Projected” is results based on actual cumulative team 2011 stats. This excludes today’s games. (“Actual” is present wins annualized.)
Team Expected Projected Actual SF 87 82 85 CO 86 81 75 LA 86 81 74 AZ 84 80 89 SD 82 78 73
Of that lot, Projected is probably most relevant. It strongly suggests that the Snakes are playing way over their heads from sheer luck, and that the Gints have a fine chance of winning the Division, though a runaway is unlikely.
’Night all.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
On the meet-up at the park
Is there a place that McCovens are meeting at at the park? I was already going to that game before it was the meet-up night (Does that make me a hipster?) so I can’t buy seats with other McCovens. I don’t know what do do. /panicking
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
We are meeting up at Zeke’s first (a sports bar on 3rd and Brannan). Probably around 5:30 or so.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I am not old enough to go to a bar
But is there any places at the park where people are meeting? (Besides seats)
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
We’ll be stumbling down 3rd street at some point.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
NOBODY TELLS A NAVY MAN WHICH WAY TO STUMBLE!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
mmmm. . . . fresh sailor meat > > >
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know if Zeke’s checks IDs to get in or anything.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I can’t remember them ever checking anyone’s ID, even for drinks.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
As with Tres Agaves and McC’s, they are primarily restaurants and do not exclude minors, unless they brandish their picks in menacing ways.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm 14
So I wouldn’t pass for 21 at a bar
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
Maybe if you dressed really mature-like.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
And grow a serious looking mustache.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Aug 21, 2011 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
And GET OFF MY LAWN!
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
/loads shotgun . . .> >
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like you should be able to come in if you aren’t drinking, but I don’t want to contribute to the delinquency of a minor.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
My parents won't want to go because they are meeting people
So if I see other McCovens, it will seriously have to be in the park. Or maybe I could go alone, hopefully I’m not kidnapped by a band of gypsies.
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
It sounds like your parents are the delinquents here.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
We might meet up at some part of the park during the game, though I’m not sure when or what that will be.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I’d like to suggest the bar in AAA club.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The beer and BBQ have turned me mean.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I FEEL SO LEFT OUT!
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
Think of your students!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
This is an easy problem to fix
Do you have a friend, a long trench coat and a fake mustache?
The first six innings are overrated.
by apistat on Aug 21, 2011 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I seriously laughed out loud.
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
buy one of these .........
lol.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
El Person is now an elder statesman
The first six innings are overrated.
If only Mike Fox was still around.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
summon Daniel333
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 22, 2011 6:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Old Person
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 22, 2011 7:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Who do you think will win the Willie Mac Award this year?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
yeah, not much of a debate
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'll play devil's advocate here...
The Willie Mac Award is given annually to the most inspirational Giant. I think that can be looked at in a couple of different ways. Vogelsong’s story is, for me, easily the most inspirational story of the 2011 Giants. But I think the players vote goes more to the player whose day-to-day presence in the clubhouse and on the field provides some form of inspiration. Vogelsong strikes me as more the quiet type—not so much of a leader.
Also, in 30 years that the Willie Mac has been awarded, a pitcher has only been honored seven times:
- Mike Krukow (twice)
- Dave Dravecky
- Steve Bedrosian
- Mark Leiter (huh?)
- Mark Gardner
- Matt Cain
In the cases of Dravecky, Bedrosian and Gardner, tragic or near-tragic stories were involved in the players’ voting.
Vogelsong’s story is amazing and truly an inspiration. Heck, I’d vote for him if I could. But I just wonder if the players might vote for someone who’s a little more vocal—more of a leader on a day-to-day basis. Pablo, for example, could get some votes as an inspirational story too, and as someone who I think is becoming more of a leader this year.
Just throwing that out there…
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
All valid points: Panda might get it
His weight loss, comeback from last year, comeback from the hand injury and playing with his bum shoulder should help his cause. Also, the lovable good vibes he brings probably inspires his teammates.
The thong is, it happened.
and
the only constant bat this year… you forgot the foot injury.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 22, 2011 6:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Beltran.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 21, 2011 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
HE DEMANDED IT IN ORDER TO ACCEPT THE TRADE!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 22, 2011 6:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Definitely, for his inspiring ability to not go postal when any sane man would have broken at least several locker room chairs, the spread table, and maybe a shortstop or two over the past few seasons
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 21, 2011 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Rowand, because of his fantastic BPs
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Guillermo Mota
You heard it here first!*
*If Mota doesn’t win, I never posted this comment
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Japan will never cease to amaze me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC4hFK5P3g
The first six innings are overrated.
by apistat on Aug 21, 2011 10:10 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
this is a country that produced Buddy Holocaust
we have our moments, you know
this is an acid trip gone terribly, TERRIBLY wrong.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
That's about as right as an acid trip can get in my book
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 Aug 21, 2011 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I've never dropped acid before
but that video gave me a bad trip lol. I’m gonna listen to some Grateful Dead to make the scary dancing old lady go away.
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
i’ve never dropped acid either, and after seeing this video ……. i never want to. so you’re a 14 year old Dead Head, huh? awesome. +1,000,000. listen to Touch of Grey and you’ll be fine. lol.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Why thank you for all those plusses
Touch of grey is great but if you have the time there is an excellent Not Fade Away on YouTube from 1981 and Pete Townshend is playing with them.I’m gonna go to bed now. ’Night all
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
by greekfro on Aug 21, 2011 11:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Also ......
can someone translate what she’s saying? I’d love to know.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Make progress with various things!
What if everyone skipped
through that intersection
What if in the middle of the city
we held hands and looked up at the sky
What if we wanted to seize a chance
somewhere in that city
It’s too early to cry more
But all I can do is keep going forward—I hate it I hate it
Clap clap it’d be great if you put it all out there
Not doing it is lame, right?
Yeah, clap!
To the beat
Way way! Open it, my path
Clap clap make progress with various things
Here they come, your feelings
Boy Boy throw away, who’s the bad one?
Yeah yeah, good boy, ahh you make me so happy
Every day clap every time is clap
like a merry go round
every day clap every time is clap
but maybe it’s pointless…
Clap clap it’d be great if you put it all out there
Not doing it is lame, right?
Yeah, clap!
To the beat
Way way! Open it, my path
Clap clap way way way
clap clap way clap way clap clap
way way clap clap clap
way way clap way clap way way x2
What if everyone skipped
through that intersection
What if in the middle of the city
we held hands and looked up at the sky
What if we wanted to seize a chance
somewhere in that city
It’s too early to cry more
But all I can do is keep going forward—I hate it I hate it
Clap clap make progress with various things
Here they come, your feelings
Boy Boy throw away, who’s the bad one?
Yeah yeah, good boy, ahh you make me so happy
Every day clap every time is clap
like a merry go round
every day clap every time is clap
but maybe it’s pointless…
Clap clap way way way
clap clap way clap way clap clap
way way clap clap clap
way way clap way clap way way x4
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
So looking at Surkamp's stats page reminded me of Noah Lowry
Now I am sad. :(
I LOVE YOU BASEBALL GODS!!!!!
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
LOL effing Grant
the Giants are only 1.5 games out of first place. That’s embarrassing. It’s beautiful. It makes me want to hop around and bang a mallet on my head like a Looney Tunes character.
Very happy this team won today, but staying in the Looney Tunes theme, I feel like I’m crawling up to one of those Bugs Bunny “miragees” in the desert. Looks like there are some “WINZ” in that oasis, but deep in my heart I’m fearing a similar homestand to our last one.
"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 Aug 21, 2011 10:15 PM PDT reply actions
Easy big guy.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
one of those nights, eh?
lol.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Binary Star
They’re Masters of the Universe album is really choice. Not super hardcore, though.
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 Aug 21, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I with check them out -- I'm looking for Hardcore.
Thanks I have Saliva on now — I like their blend on electronic guitars and Rap.
REQUEST DENIED
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 22, 2011 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Kanye West and Jay Z just put out a new album.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
i found the standings
and they say we’re in this thing
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 21, 2011 10:30 PM PDT reply actions
What a dumb “pennant race” this is.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 22, 2011 6:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Important fact I learned today
Valium doesn’t seem to work when it’s 3 years old.
The first six innings are overrated.
I have some 18 year old Scotch that still works just fine.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Alcohol was my next choice but I don’t think it would be smart to attempt that after taking these.
The first six innings are overrated.
What’s this “smart” you are talking about?
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 21, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Same thing as chicken, I think. Bok, bok, bok, bok bok!
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 21, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
how many did you take?
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 21, 2011 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I took 2, which was enough to work well and make me slightly nauseous when I got the prescription after having my wisdom teeth taken out. My back is killing me after playing tennis today and these don’t seem to do anything.
The first six innings are overrated.
Didn’t have Advil or any of those type of pills?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
After my shoulder surgery I discovered (thanks to the doc’s advice) that Advil and Tylenol together work pretty damn well.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Aug 21, 2011 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Advil = ibuprofen, Tylenol = acetaminophen… in the first aid kit at work they have pain zapper tablets with both of those plus caffeine.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 22, 2011 7:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Opening day lineup in LA:
Torres (on dl now)
Sanchez (dl 75% of the season)
Huff (shitty)
Posey :(
Burrell (on dl, career might be done)
Panda! (dl for 25% of the season)
Tejada (dl, been horribe)
Belt (up and down from AAA, a month on dl)
Timmy!
LOL GIANTS, LOL US, LOL ME!
Follow me on Twitter @MTLJosh
by Montreal Giants Fan on Aug 21, 2011 10:55 PM PDT reply actions
yet somehow we're 1.5 games back from 1st place .........
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
2011 Giants Baseball: Together we're bruised, broken, and battered.
by GIANT stoner on Aug 21, 2011 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
And they lost that game!
good riddance….:(
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 Aug 21, 2011 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
From the Postgame Notes
Belt is a rookie, and rookies always have a lot to learn. But he is a little more wide-eyed than most – an incredibly good-natured, earnest kid – and he’s had trouble dealing with the yo-yo treatment the Giants have put him through. Some players refuse to allow anything external to affect their confidence or their attitude or how they perceive themselves. Belt, at times, has allowed himself to wonder.
But that’s part of growing and maturing as a player. You learn to trust yourself no matter what is going on around you. You learn to be unshakeable.
When Belt began the season with the Giants, several veterans remarked that he was one of the greenest rookies they’ve seen – as green as the Chicago River on St. Patrick’s Day.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Wow....
(Incidentally, it was the first three-run homer by a Giant since Brandon Crawford on July 2. Before that, the previous one belonged to Freddy Sanchez, on June 2. So the Giants are getting one three-run blast a month. If Earl Weaver had to subsist on that, he would’ve retired early and tended to his tomato plants.)
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 Aug 22, 2011 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I was very busy today, and wasn’t even able to watch the game, but I’d like to point out that I couldn’t be prouder of my boy, STEVE MOTHERFUCKING EDLEFSEN, on a successful MLB debut. Keep kicking ass, Stevie.
11/01/10
My adopted son is Steve Edlefsen.
mlb.com comment of the year goes to
giants r fa shoo desperayte to put inn marvin bernut on da wall of shame y nut wayte fo sum juan wortee he jus had juan guud yir n den da mentalee impayred giants mahnajement gib him a fat milyons kuntrak so stoopid dat dey duu itt ahgen wit shieto n rowann eye is smh
Alex Hinshaw, WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE
I don’t think I understand what’s happening here. I don’t have a lot of options and it’s making me uncomfortable.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 22, 2011 12:34 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
What in the world does this say?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
The Giants are certainly desperate to put Marvin Benard on the “Wall of Shame”. Why not wait for someone worthy? He just had one good year and then the mentally-impaired Giants management gave him a huge contract. It was so stupid that they did it again with Zito and Rowand. I am shaking my head.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
by El Person on Aug 22, 2011 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Should we be concerned that you seem fluent in stupidese?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
hahaha
high schools offer the oddest foreign language selections these days.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 22, 2011 6:38 AM PDT up reply actions
This explains why I had so much trouble with it – I thought it was dumbasserean.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 22, 2011 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions
They’re going to put Marvin Benard on the Wall of Fame? He doesn’t qualify.
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.
Huh.
Has it always been 9 seasons as a Giant? I thought it was 10 for some reason.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
That would make more sense. 9 is a weird number.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Not in baseball! Innings, positions.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Traslation
Giants are for sure desparate to put Marvin Benard on the Wall of Shame. Why not wait for someone worthy? He just had one good year and then the mentally impaired Giants management gave him a fat millions contract. So stupid that they did it again with Zito and Rowand. I am shaking my head, and probably have a drinking problem.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
by Solidarity on Aug 22, 2011 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I love Pandas and Baby Giraffes.
That is all.
"But here’s what I like most about the big leagues: the water pressure in the showers. The water pressure is outstanding. You get clean in half the time." - Brandon Belt
by deegreentea on Aug 22, 2011 1:38 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Jack Layton died :(
It seems weird that the first person I thought of was El Person.
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.
Natto, ask Grant for some squid money so you can but this.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
So I’m going to Wyoming for a week to interview and take vacation, anything I should catch while driving between Laramie and Grand Teton/Yellowstone?
Kickham where it hurts
I’m more familiar with eastern Wyoming. It’s completely out of the way but Devil’s Tower is pretty cool.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Thought about but was over ruled almost immediately by the wife who has never been to Wyoming. Were going to Yellowstone, which I am perfectly fine with and don’t have enough time to make it to eastern Wyoming.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 22, 2011 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Depends on which way you're going.
If you jog up to Caspar, Hell’s Half Acre west of there is interesting. If you take I-80 west, jog up to Kemmerer after LIttle America and dido over to Bear Lake, Utah on your way up to Jackson. It’s all pretty country through there.
I took the 80 back from Chicago when I moved to San Jose, and after Nebraska, I was totally excited to drive through Wyoming. Until I drove through it. Southern WY is way different from the North, by a huge margin.
Eliminate that pesky Dominatrix in one easy step. Step 1: Tell her you're a Cubs fan!
Just bought tickets for the Nats / DBacks game tonight
Infield box, 30 rows back from the dugout… $20. I do so love the Nats.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Saunders v Detwiler!
Clash of the Titans.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Shift A
I was driving to San Jose yesterday (where I saw the Baby Giants walk off on an infield, broken bat single — lol High Desert Mavs), so I didn’t see the game. People are talking about Fontenot getting really mad when they pinch hit Tejada for him, but when I went to watch that part of the game on my DVR, he didn’t seem too mad. Just irritated. Did I miss something?
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Shift-A:
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
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No Giants baseball…will be following along with the Taiwanese LL team against Canada today.
Early and big lead important since the winner would have play again tomorrow and the pitch count rule has big effect on who would be able to start/available.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
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