Giants/Astros Series Preview
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 25, 2011 2:33 PM PDT
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PrintStared at that title for 30 minutes before I started typing. Another Giants/Astros series? Man, there's nothing to say about that. It's a four-game series at home against the worst team in baseball. If the Giants win at least three games, well, they're supposed to. If they split the series, that will be the source of much consternation. If they do worse, there will be looting after the fires die down.
No one wants to read another Giants/Astros series preview. So that got me thinking about things people would want to read about less, and that's what led me to a list of the most interesting trades between the Giants and Astros. The list wasn't very long. Actually, there isn't really a list. But that led me to a list of the trades between the Giants and Astros that I find interesting.
Rick Wilkins for Kirt Manwaring
In 1993, Wilkins had 30 home runs and a 150 OPS+ in 500 at-bats. He was 26 at the time. So even though he was hot garbage in 1994 and 1995, you can't fault the Giants for taking a chance on him. He was still young, and his historic season wasn't that long ago. And when Wilkins came over to the Giants in 1996, he hit .293/.366/.510 for the rest of the season, usually batting behind Barry Bonds in the batting order. What a steal!
He hit .193/.259/.319 for the rest of his career. What a weird career. If he doesn't stink so much in 1997, though, the Giants never trade for Brian Johnson. So hooray for Rick Wilkins!
I have a lot of Kirt Manwaring anecdotes, but I'll spare you most of them. I was fired from a dishwashing job in college because they wouldn't give me the weekend off to go home and attend a Dusty Baker/Kirt Manwaring Q&A session before a game at Candlestick. My mom had won tickets, and I was pretty sure it was my destiny to go, so I just didn't show up to work. And I don't remember a damned question or answer from the session, but I do remember what my clothes smelled like after a night working in a restaurant. I think that means I chose wisely.
Another Kirt Manwaring factoid:
1988 Giants: .250/.279/.336, OPS+ 80
1999 Rockies: .299/.374/.409, OPS+ 80
I know it's funny to make fun of the humidor, but, man, am I glad that thing exists now.
Enos Cabell for Chris Bourjos and Bob Knepper.
Really trying to put this into perspective. This would be like trading Jonathan Sanchez for, oh, Russ Davis. Like, today's Russ Davis. Knepper was inconsistent and young. Cabell was terrible -- he hit .276/.305/.351 the before he was traded to the Giants, which isn't that awful for the Astrodome, but he complemented it with 29 errors at third base. He was a -0.7 WAR player in 1979, a -1.0 WAR player in 1980, and when he joined the Giants in 1981 he was a ... -1.7 WAR player. Math!
The Giants did not win the World Series in 1981.
The San Francisco Giants purchased Roger Metzger from the Houston Astros.
Metzger cut four of his fingers off with a table saw, attempted a comeback with the Giants, and hit .074/.167/.074 in 28 games. Finally, we have the perfect comp for Orlando Cabrera.
Dave Bergman and Jeffrey Leonard to the San Francisco Giants for Mike Ivie
This site would have melted down. Ivie was a former #1 overall pick, and in his first two seasons with the Giants, he hit .296/.361/.515 with 38 home runs in 720 at-bats. He had a down year in 1980, eerily reminiscent of Aubrey Huff this year, but Bergman was a generic bench guy and Leonard was a 25-year-old tools goof with a career line of .268/.334/.351 (again, Astrodome: OPS+ was 95).
I probably would have taken my chances with Ivie. Whooooooops. He only played two more seasons, retiring when he was 30. And Hac Man was Hac Man -- the very definition of a badass.
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I’m very tempted to share a poem I call “Sonnet”.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 25, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I know someone named Sonnet. She’s cool. I can’t speak for her parents, but she isn’t even a hippie.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 25, 2011 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Dodgers are blue.......
They’re going bankrupt, and we’re not.
"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 25, 2011 2:55 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 9 recs
There once was a man from Nantucket.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Something something suck it something something fuck it
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 25, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Dude leaves me cold.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe you should take the road less traveled
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
That one dude with the funny name is very disappointed in you boys.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
Daniel3333?
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 25, 2011 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
just look how disappointed he is
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
He couldn't get past the Million Dollar Man
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Aug 25, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Fun Fact
He was named Virgil as a rib to Dusty Rhodes’ real name: Virgil Runnels. WCW returned the favor by naming him Vincent when Mike Jones joined WCW.
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 was also later briefly called Shane in WCW, after Shane McMahon.
Poor dude spent almost his whole career being named after people for the purposes of making fun of them.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
and jobbing like crazy
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
This too.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Has like the Brooklyn Brawler.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Aug 25, 2011 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
The only time I ever went to wrestling I saw Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Hulk Hogan v. Ted Debiase and Virgil.
WWRWD?
Let me guess… Debiase put Hogan in the “Million Dollar Dream” and then Duggan hit him over the back with a 2×4 – then Hogan did the leg drop (Worst finishing move in the history of the WWF) and pinned em’?
Vince McMahon had a great imagination, huh?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
samoans must be savages?
visionary.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
haha
you saw that match too?
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 25, 2011 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Those matches were great. If you had to compare our players to professional wrestlers, who would they be? I’d compare Brian Wilson to “Hacksaw Jim Duggan”.
by Drug Runner SF on Aug 25, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Andres “Superfly” Torres
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 25, 2011 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahem!
The garage door Tom was playing with
Fell on his head and squashed it.
Mother, seeing the mess cried out
“The floor! And I just washed it!”
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
You say that every series..
it is valid however.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
A hearty hummus to you!
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Joe Ritzo reporting that Hector Sanchez was optioned to San Jose. Eli must be back. Has it been 7 days?
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
:( Karate Koala
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Aug 25, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Whats a Joe Ritzo
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
assuming you are not kidding
he’s the PBP announcer (and other things) for the SJ Giants.
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 25, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Optioned to San Jose?
You mean Fresno?
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 25, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Ritzo is SJ's play by play man
So, SJ.
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Aug 25, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
No, San Jose. Joe Ritzo is the play-by-play guy for San Jose. It sounds like they’re just stashing Hector there until Sept. 1. Probably just a geography thing.
If Joe’s reporting it, it’s true. He won’t give out info unless he’s been given permission.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
No, San Jose. Joe Ritzo is the play-by-play guy for San Jose. It sounds like they’re just stashing Hector there until Sept. 1. Probably just a geography thing.
ah, guess that makes sense.
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 25, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
In fact, I misreported! It isn’t even that it “sounds like” it’s only until rosters expand. He said that. Here’s the tweet.
@JoeRitzo Joe Ritzo
Hector Sanchez optioned to San Jose today…will be in SJ only until the major league roster can expand on 9/1 (or perhaps a few days after)
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Gotta step up your game kdl :P
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 25, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Obviously
We won the claim for the Reds catcher.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Aug 25, 2011 2:51 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
/Whiteside off the DL
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Aug 25, 2011 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Stop ruining fantasy with your “facts”
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Aug 25, 2011 2:54 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I should never have taken the time to make the three Sanchez/Good Bad and Ugly poster. They will never all be active at the same time.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
You basically doomed him to being optioned.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
/guilt
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d like Sanchez to be wherever he can get the most help working on his defense
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m slightly jealous of both teams for having the ability to score so many runs.
by wearingmyrallythong on Aug 25, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too
But then I remember the fact that that also means that their pitchers suck enough to give up that many runs. Then I laugh and hug Timmy, Cain, and MadBum
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
agreed
but hey, how come WE never play teams with pitchers that suck enough to give up that many runs?
by wearingmyrallythong on Aug 25, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
The A's have a really good staff.
Possibly better than the Giants.
Caveat is that they’ve been stung by the injury bug, which can do lasting damage to young pitchers.
bulLOLpen.
"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 25, 2011 2:51 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Weeeee
Nice write up. This series is going to suck.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Aug 25, 2011 2:49 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Beltran will save us.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
He did once save the Astros...
So there’s that.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. Stolen 6/11/11.
Job 1:14-15
/Misses pop up and blows out knee.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Aug 25, 2011 3:02 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Please win Giants.
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I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
Proud Adoptive Parent of one of the best Five Tool Players, The Machine.
simple, yet effective
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
It's not optimism as much as it is
begging.
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I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
Proud Adoptive Parent of one of the best Five Tool Players, The Machine.
OT Question for the JD's
an interesting thing happened today. My landlord is looking to refi, and the lender sent an appraiser out to do his thing. However, when he wanted to come in, I noticed his camera and I asked him not to take pictures, as I felt that this was an undue invasion of privacy. I’ve had several past experiences with landlord refi’s, but they’ve never needed to come inside, let alone take pictures.
So, the question is: am I within my legal rights as a tenant to refuse to allow them to take pictures of the inside of my rental unit?
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I'm not sure.
As this is not the type of law I do. But if you’re california, my guess would be it probably IS within your legal rights to refuse – the general idea being that the landlord rents your apartment to you, he/she is selling you the right to exclusive possession. In CA, the laws about even entering your apartment are very strict (can only be done under specific circumstances and with proper notice). But again, I don’t know for sure – you can probably find the answer on the interwebs!
by wearingmyrallythong on Aug 25, 2011 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Not really my field but you should check your lease…
I believe the general rule is that a landlord can enter a premise upon reasonable notice and the entry is reasonably related to upkeep/repair of the building.
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
perhaps I need Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I'd go with your local legal aid or tenant's right association.
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
That’s what I’d say. In most states I think the landlord has to have permission to enter, but landlords can go in under certain circumstances.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 25, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I checked with Project Sentinel. They said that this is the first time this topic has come up, that they feel it is an undue burden on the tenant, but they need to do more research.
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
without being a lawyer, I can say you should check your lease
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I will guess that the lease states that “periodic inspections of the property may be made blah blah blah smoke detectors… blah blah blah investors …blah blah blah filters….”
but it won’t say anything about them taking pictures; which is the issue…
I’d imagine that they can take pictures if areas that need inspection or further work, but not wide pan shots of the whole apt.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not a lawyer, but I think you should have slapped the camera out of his hand and screamed, “get away from me soul stealer!” in his face.
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
don't forget to cite a case
In Re Crazy McTortfeasor.
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 25, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Since appraisals rules are stricter about photos and such...
…and appraisals are required for financing, my guess is taking pictures would be considered reasonale.
Not a lawyer, but a lender
The thong is, it happened.
I was actually surprised when we re-fi’ed earlier this summer and the appraiser actually came in the house. And took photos. For prior appraisals, we were lucky to have somebody drive by.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
OT: Just got Matt Cain in Sega MLB Manager
Now my pitching staff has Timmy, Cain, MadBum, Affeldt, Wilson.
And Zito.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. Stolen 6/11/11.
Job 1:14-15
Sounded promising until Zito.
"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 25, 2011 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL A's
Trying to go three straight innings giving up a grand slam
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
No grand slam here
Instead he’ll walk in four runs
Grand Slam potential is back!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Quick Question...
Are the Giants allowed to hit Grand Slams in this series?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
no
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
That would require three (3) runners on base
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Bochy will bench Belt if he hits one for not making a productive out
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
OT
Dodgers are so irrelevant that FOX is giving the Bay Area the Braves and Mets game on Saturday (which could be rained out) over Rockies-Dodgers.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Can someone else be on board with me for Hector being the Karate Koala?
He’s essentially mini Pablo…
I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.
by yankeessuck8991 on Aug 25, 2011 3:08 PM PDT reply actions
No.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
No gonna do it.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone gets me!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t believe the Astros are still sending poor Henry Sosa out ever 5 days.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
correction
he’s going on 3 days rest
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Seriously? OMG.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I kid you not
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
It’s like the Astros are trying to lose.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
And yet
Giants
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
Why not at this point?
Trying to keep the #1 pick
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Last week they were at home
you don’t try to lose in front of your home fans or they will stop coming and you will lose money
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a pretty awesome strategy against us
Baseball gods and all
"Bruce Wayne is the Brian Wilson of Gotham." -DrDC
does that mean Belt will hit another 3-run HR?
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
weeeeeee
@SFGiants
San Francisco Giants
Tonight’s #SFGiants lineup: Cabrera ss, Keppinger 2b, Beltran rf, Sandoval 3b, Huff 1b, Ross cf, Belt lf, Whiteside c, Vogelsong p
"For science. You monster."
LOLCabrera leading off and Belt at 7th
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
But he asked so politely!
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 25, 2011 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember it even took Posey awhile to move up in the lineup
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Belt is going to have to Posey himself into the 5th spot
"For science. You monster."
Only female Poseys can do that. Do you think Addison is ready to start?
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
Depends. What position does she play?
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
or C?
If so we can ask her to cut her hair short and pass her off as her brother
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I would think so.
But does she have the grit factor that is required for Sabean to notice her?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
check the diaper
loads of grit
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
No, he has to add 7 years to his life.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
by Tortured on Aug 25, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
At least with Cabrera leading off there will be fewer runners on that Huff can leave on base.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 25, 2011 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
He's probably our best RBI threat
But I would flip he and Huff
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
I'm just happy he's playing
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!
Good thing Belt is hitting 7th
so that if he gets on base to lead off an inning, we get to rely on Whiteside, the pitcher, and Cabrera to drive him in
Bat our worst hitter 1st and one of our best hitters 7th
What could go wrong!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
They won with that configuration last night. SCIENCE.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
And Cabrera ASKED to hit leadoff. So of course you have to say yes.
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Obviously, Cabrera’s desire to get a lot of AB’s is the determining factor.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Because that is in the team’s best interest.
Bochy’s logic was astounding – he assumes that when you get guys from the bottom of the order on, Cabrera can bring them home. What. The. Fuck?
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RBI hitter!
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Don’t mess with a good thing.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Aug 25, 2011 3:17 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
that’s ridic. at least put Ross behind Belt. I’d like someone to drive in Belt when he’s always on base. and really, what has Huff done to deserve hitting 5th?
maybe Belt should ask to hit 5th.
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by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
needz moar stewart
And less Cabrera
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
by Cody_ransom on Aug 25, 2011 4:58 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
@ jhiat00, from the last thread regarding the car talk:
exactly. take your time and enjoy it- my Honda is my 2nd car, so I don’t have any qualms with ripping the entire dash out to install a digital climate control system, which was my summer project :)
out of necessity or not, knowing how your car operates and how to fix simple things goes a long, long way.
First off, about your car- grill paint will work too, all that matters is that it is high heat paint. Are you getting like a squealing out of the front brakes? that can be easily rectified with slipping some brake shins in between the pads and caliper. if you’re referring to chatter in the pedal, then your rotors may be warped. the restore on the headlights is actually really easy- you’ll just be wet-sanding them with 800-2500 grit sandpaper. I’m sure you’ve already found the tutorial for that? it works wonders, though.
as for my Honda, it’s a Pearl White ‘96 Prelude (my 4th overall) that I bought a few years back for the purpose of turning into my project car. I’ve done so much to the car already:
36-way adjustable Tein HA coilovers, S2000 staggered wheels, JDM H22A 2.2L DOHC VTEC engine (not exactly street legal), JUN camshafts, Ferrera (not Ferrari, haha) valvetrain, Type S pistons, Greddy 4-2-1 header, Apex’i World Sport catback exhaust, Hondata S200 ECU piggybacking a chipped P28, full tan leather interior conversion from 96 SE ….and a ton of other stuff in the works
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
holy shit, nice car dude.
especially the H22A
"For science. You monster."
the blue-top Type S H22A is a monster. it’s already broken two axles.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
HIT A GRAND SLAM YANKEES
I want to laugh at the As
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BTW - OT rage still building
I can’t believe Verizon isn’t going to carry the Samsung Galaxy S2. I’ve been waiting for that thing for almost 4 months.
Assholes.
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That is a 4g phone yea?
I only know of them announcing 4… the 3 out and the Bionic
by Myemail21479 on Aug 25, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
LTE
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My understanding LTE is the type of 4g tech
And I never heard them releasing S2, because it is not LTE capable. There is a LTE variant int he works somewhere, is that what you are mad about?
by Myemail21479 on Aug 25, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
The rumor was that Samsung was going to release a LTE version in the US as an upgrade but I guess not. A LTE version was released in SK.
I think it will eventually come out…just probably early 2012.
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Too late. I’ll switch carriers by then.
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I want to go to T-Mobile
but wife wants the iphone5.
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The story was that they would have an LTE version to release. There is a Celox that Samsung is preparing for release in Korea that is LTE, but it runs at a slightly different frequency than Verizon’s LTE network. But no word on whether that is what’s coming out.
The S2 is the best friggin’ phone to come out in a good long time, and my carrier screws me over. Again.
ANGER.
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What I read that was speculation
And not announced by Verizon
by Myemail21479 on Aug 25, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
TBF
just about everything (until very recently) about the Galaxy S2 in the US has been speculation since April.
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Well of course it was all speculation. So? But to have just one of the four providers not carry it (and that carrier just happens to be mine) is pretty shitty.
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I thought you had hit the acceptance level...
sorry…Google Nexus?
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Nope. No acceptance. BUILDING RAGE.
I don’t want the Nexus. I wanted the damn Galaxy S2.
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Wait for the Nexus Prime
will be better
by ThePasswordisWillieMcgee on Aug 25, 2011 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
everything I read
agrees with this. It will also be running the stripped down version of Android so you wont get all the extra crap the carriers put on it. It should also get updates to the OS faster than other devices.
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
and if Samsung does end up making it as rumored
the screen will be stunning
by ThePasswordisWillieMcgee on Aug 25, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought I read they won the bid for it.
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
Google bought Motorola Mob. so that may change
by ThePasswordisWillieMcgee on Aug 25, 2011 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah
Maybe the next generation but this one is already built (scheduled to be released in October)
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Im hearing
LTE, dual core, and Ice Cream Sandwich OS
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
That's what I'm seeing
the issue with the Nexus is that it’s more speculation as to specs and performance while the S2 has been out and working for months. Every review I have read (other than Cnet) have raved about the phone.
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Root is your freind
I’m never behind on updates…
Droid Eris running Gingerbread
Wha?
Do they not want to make money?
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 25, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
No they don't
It’s a charity.
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just like google!
The world’s largest non-profit corporation!
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 25, 2011 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s already pretty stupid that the US is months behind the world on this one. For Verizon to pass it over is beyond comprehension.
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That's the LTE version being release in SK
not being released in US.
Also slightly different LTE frequency.
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facepalm
*they
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. Stolen 6/11/11.
Job 1:14-15
by bigboneded on Aug 25, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
fuck
I thought so
Google lead me astray on that quote
by Myemail21479 on Aug 25, 2011 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Grammar Nazis
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 25, 2011 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
HIT A GRAND SLAM GOD DAMNIT
Stop walking guys
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
A's pitching
11 walks.
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Yankees batters box score
Lols
That is what the Giants need tonight. Lets bat around 2 or 3 times.
by Myemail21479 on Aug 25, 2011 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL A's
middle inning clusterfuck
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Cain and WAR-
anyone know why cain’s WAR stat went up when he lost? i just dont get that stat.
He earned 50 grit points for going 7 innings
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by DFARowand on Aug 25, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
it’s def independent of wins, haha
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Silly questions get silly answers
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
WAR!!!
Don’t think of WAR as how many games during the season a player literally helped the team win. For example, hitting a game winning homerun does not earn a player 1 WAR. WAR is independent of the team winning or losing. Think of it as an attempt to rate a player’s overall contribution to the team. It tries to value what the player contributed to the team in overall value.
There are some good explanations on Fangraphs and other statistically inclined sites.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 25, 2011 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha! Well-played, Good Sir.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 25, 2011 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Another walk
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Are the A’s trying to make Billings cry?
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Mercy rule
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Isn't one of the unwritten rules that when you are way up, you are supposed to swing at everything?
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven’t heard that rule. I am preparing a list of “unwritten rules” for a lecture tomorrow, though.
- Don’t steal when you’re way head.
- If you’re going to throw at someone, throw at the butt, not the head.
- If you hit a homerun, just put your head down and run, don’t pose or visibly admire the HR.
- The Dallas Braden rule: don’t trot over the mound on the way to the dugout!
by non sequitur on Aug 25, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I have
basically, you’re supposed to swing at anything close.
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The swing at everything rule is supposed to speed the game up
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I have heard that the home plate ump sometimes widens the strike zone in a blowout. The swing-at-everything rule could be separate from this or just the other side of it.
by non sequitur on Aug 25, 2011 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s part of the same thing: when you’re winning big, don’t drag out the suffering more than necessary.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
missed one
How about “When knocking up a waitress on the road, make sure you offer enough hush money.”
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
I thought the Burrell rule was
“Always ID”
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
aka
The giants4life83 rule!
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
Co-dad of Ryan Scoma with waelwulf, because we're progressive like that.
by free f.p. #14 on Aug 25, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
but I made up that rule for Howie!
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t forget – it’s ok to break the catcher’s leg. That’s just baseball.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
That's a good one
/writes that down
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Corollary to this rule: it’s ok to not feel too bad about Scott Cousins not succeeding in the majors.
by non sequitur on Aug 25, 2011 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
“Look at all those walks.”
“I know. I have a raging OBP right now.”
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
so Belt owns Sosa a few days ago
and hits 7th today. wouldn’t you want Belt to get more at bats vs sosa? the 4 runs scored last time were all because of Belt. nice job Bork
Ignoring Tim Mccarver since 2002.
I think I know why Ross hasn't been killing it
Doesn’t he have to hit 8th to hit dingers?
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
Green collar baseball!
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Aug 25, 2011 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
WHAT?!?!?
Eric Chavez is hurt?!?!?
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
He actually has been a decent utility guy for the Yankees this season
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants are looking to pick him up.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Aug 25, 2011 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Jon Bois has been live blogging this A's-Yankees game since 10 this morning.
Salaried.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Aug 25, 2011 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
he'll get paid for 9 innings
and like it
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
woo
hankschulman Henry Schulman
Buster hopes to catch a bullpen session in October.
3 minutes ago
by Falconer88 on Aug 25, 2011 3:39 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
OMGOMGOMG. He was walking without a limp the other day, so maybe this is actually true.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
also
hankschulman Henry Schulman
Saw Buster in the parking lot. He’s limping a bit, but he shed his walking boot. Plans to go to AZ soon to continue rehab.
6 minutes ago
World Series DH?
/drinks half full glass of water
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
This makes me very happy
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
Yay!
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 25, 2011 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
What, Grant, Doug Henry for Scott Linebrink and Joe Messman for Stan Javier weren’t good enough for you!?
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
If you can’t get 200 words out of Joe Messman, what good are you!?
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Two first names = untrustworthy.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Doug Henry and Stan Javier
You’re giving me a 1997 flashback.
Especially after Grant mentioned Brian Johnson.
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!
Y'all aren't kidding
A’s are walking everything in sight. Had a 7-1 lead and coughed up 15 unanswered runs to the Yankees. And throw in a rain delay.
For some weird reason I felt compelled to anagram “A’s are walking everything in sight”:
INVITING HEALTHIER YANKS SWAGGER
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 25, 2011 3:41 PM PDT reply actions
I wish the Giants had listened to my pleas to obtain Berkman and Martin in the 2010 offseason
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by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
The Astros were established as the Houston Colt .45s in 1962. They changed to their current name three years later, when they moved into the iconic Astrodome, the world’s first domed sports stadium. The name references Houston’s role as the center of the U.S. astronaut program.
I thought they were called that because of the Astroturf.
Let’s try this one. Why did they call the artificial grass in Houston’s solid roof dome “Astroturf”?
Buzz Aldrin's toupee?
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Can we please beat this lineup
CF Jordan Schafer
2B Jose Altuve
LF J.D. Martinez
1B Carlos Lee
RF Brian Bogusevic
3B Jimmy Paredes
SS Clint Barmes
C Carlos Corporan
RHP Henry Sosa
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No
since they’re using “pitcher”
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Any A's position player wanna pitch?
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Rick Wilkins
His career arc reminds me a bit of another ex-Giants catcher, Mackey Sasser. He was barely a Giant – he came up through our system, but after 4 PA as a rookie was traded to the Pirates for Don Robinson. He ended up a Met.
He was a very good hitter as catchers go from 1988-1991. OPS+ by year: 110, 110, 111, 100. I wonder if he was a defensive disaster, because somehow, he never became a starter. 4 years of 100+ OPS+ from a backup catcher is pretty ridiculous.
But after 1991, he completely fell off the map as a hitter. Next two years by OPS+: 63, 56. Lines of .241 / .248 / .326 and .218 / .274 / .309. After that, he was pretty much done. He played in 17 more MLB games over the next two seasons for the Mariners and Pirates, accomplishing nothing of note.
He’s also one of my favorite obscure ex-Giants, both for his name and because I lived in New Jersey when he was a Met, so I saw him on tv a good bit – I also became a fan of a pre-Giants Mark Carreon at this point.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
I believe he was the guy who developed a mental block and couldn’t throw the ball back to the pitcher.
WWRWD?
huh, you're right
I didn’t remember that happening with him, but: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1139812/index.htm
Didn’t Mike Ivie have a similar issue?
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Mackey Sasser?
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 25, 2011 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
?
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
He barely even knew her.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
He had that problem and ended up out of baseball. I don’t know if that’s what happened to Ivie.
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 25, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Sasser was who I was talking about. According to Wikipedia, his problem developed after a collision at the plate:
After a serious collision with Jim Presley of the Atlanta Braves at home plate, Sasser began to hesitate and repeat his motion when returning the ball to the pitcher, a normally routine activity (he did not have this problem when throwing to second base on an attempted stolen base).
WWRWD?
oh, sorry
I didn’t see you claiming him as a Giant. I didn’t know he had anything to do with them.
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 25, 2011 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I can actually spot one by glancing at it, before I even read it! So of course, I will always read it.
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haha
I was actually thinking that too. I saw “Rick Wilkins” in the subject and I immediately thought “hmm… this must but a jcb9 post.”
WWRWD?
I have typecast myself.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
In the best possible way! You have a recognizable style, which is good – I’m always sure to take the time to read your posts.
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Ivie was before my time
But I vaguely remember my father saying that he had that kind of problem very early in his career, and that was why he didn’t stick at catcher.
The other thing I remember my father saying about Mike Ivie: he once saw him hit a ball out of Candlestick entirely. Unfortunately, it was a foul ball.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
LOL A's
"Pablo Sandoval, coming around third like a runaway beer truck." - Kruk
LOL LOL
3 grand slams for the Yankees
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Wow. A's....
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
lolz
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
It can’t be often that a team goes from having about a 90% chance of winning to losing by 13 runs.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Why the fuck were the A’s going for the two point conversion that early in the game?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
GIVE US HOPE
hankschulman Henry Schulman
Buster hopes to catch a bullpen session in October.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
/posts Cousins→Buster horrorshow gif
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Yankees must like Denny's
They eat grand slams for breakfast.
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 25, 2011 3:54 PM PDT reply actions
I witnessed history!
Yay!
First time a team has hit 3 grand slams in MLB history
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I was at the game when he hit 73.
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I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Also there for some stolen base record thing.
I love baseball.
And I miss Barry.
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I’ll bet the walks record never is broken.
Not the IBB record nor even the BB record.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I was there when Bonds broke the single-season record.
I remember I was only there because my original tickets were for like 9-13 or something, and they cancelled baseball for a week after 9-11.
So suddenly my tickets were for the game he would likely break the record- I was offered upwards of $200 outside the game for the tickets. I refused.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I was there when Bonds got his 500th stolen base. It was pretty anticlimatic.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
that kinda thing didn’t matter in the 90s. in todays game, though…?
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
* in one game
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Don't forget
The record breaking 2011 Giants.
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
No SJ Giants away jerseys in my size
But this jacket is kinda sweet:
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DO IT!
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
My SF Giants jacket is pretty heavy weight (great for night games), but this might be useful during our mild California winters.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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I have this serious down coat for Giants games and skating events, but it’s not useful anywhere else. Something like that would be perfect. Good for SJ night games during the summer, too.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I like it. I’m sure you were concerned what I thought, so I’m just telling you.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 25, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh – of course!
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Good or bad?
at least theres no Forsythe at 3rd but the Astros do have a 3rd baseman with a similar last name to the Padres.
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
Hey All
I guess there’s a preseason football game today between NYG/ OAK. Eli Manning has done a tremendous job of finding open recievers. 3 TDs today!!
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
fuentes
Yeah, that made it better for the A’s.
I might be asking for it...
…but it’s hard to believe the Giants will do worse than the A’s today.
San Francisco Giants ***GLORY ACHIEVED 11/01/10***
FYI
Ariz/Washington is the free MLB.com game
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
/scores 14 in top of the ninth, gives up 15 in bottom of the ninth
by non sequitur on Aug 25, 2011 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
OT
Found this earlier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0B2GZsNbwE
If you grew up in the Bay Area in the 80s/early 90s, I bet you’ll remember it.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
I wasn’t in the area then, but Dave Flemming will be doing that commercial in its 2011 update.
by non sequitur on Aug 25, 2011 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
What about this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXvo8RZUdow
I still say “Glue! I need glue!” and sadly nobody understands.
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I do!
My friend Renee’ (who grew up in Livermore) and I often just randomly shout that at each other.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Ha! This is why you’re awesome.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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True story
The first post I ever made here was to confirm the origin of “Glue! I need glue!” after Grant referenced it.
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 25, 2011 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
That is also awesome.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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Mine was complaining about the Alex Dween, The Man Who Rents Everything commercials on KNBR.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Is there anyone whose first post here was about, you know, baseball or something?
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
probably not
Though there are plenty of people whose first post was complaining about other people not posting about baseball.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
I don’t even know how to find my first comment.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Search for "johnny+disaster"
and page through a whole lot of comments.
Looks like your first comment was correcting the spelling of “Unabomber”. It was in the context of the Lincecum/Rios trade rumors, though.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
sharksrog sighting!
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
also, daaaaaaaaang
I have almost 40,000 comments.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Ha! Sort of baseball related!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
I remember this commercial!
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!
PETE ELLIS DODGE
1095 WEST EL CAMINO REAL
SUNNYVALE
PETE ELLIS DODGE
1095 WEST EL CAMINO REAL
SUNNYVALE
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 25, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
I grew up in LA and it was
Pete Ellis Dodge
Long Beach Freeway, Firestone Exit
Southgate
I guess Pete got around.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
haha
you beat me to it, while I was looking for a clip of Captain Mitch.
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 25, 2011 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
on a different blog
I found a link to www.wishbookweb.com. Mind totally, totally blown. I distinctly remember one of those Wards catalogs.
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 25, 2011 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
and the guy from the Men's Warehouse still looks the same
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
Lordy, I do remember that.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 25, 2011 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
The Godfather of 80's local commercials
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
I'm not reading it if it came out of THAT
Anagram of "SF Giants World Series Champs" = SHARP, ORGASMIC, ENDLESS SWIFT
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 25, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk commercials
And the ones where the kids are proud to be Chinese/Italian/Mexican-Americans.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Aug 25, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
This commercial always pops up in circles I frequent
It’s quite scary, actually
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!
So I did a little research
Buster Posey was called up on May 29. He batted towards the bottom of the order (mostly 6th) until July 5 in MIlwaukee.
So we should see Belt move up in the order.. in 2012.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
LOL
Posada playing 2B
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Wait, really?
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 25, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
yup
made a horrible throw that Swisher fell over trying to catch, ending the game.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Can’t even throw from the 2b position, eh. He’ll never catch again.
by non sequitur on Aug 25, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s just…weird.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 25, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The HR list for this game:
OAK:
Pennington (6) ,
Sizemore, S (6) .
NYY:
Cano (22) ,
Martin 2 (17) ,
Jones, An (10) ,
Granderson (36) .
wow at granderson
he’s going to hit over 40 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 25, 2011 4:01 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
wow at granderson
he’s going to hit over 40 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 25, 2011 4:01 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
you have any idea what kind of year he is having?
I looked up his numbers the other day… wow
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Jorge Posada is playing second base?!
LOL
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
In the 80s, the Dodgers once finished a game with Fernando Valenzuela at first base. Of course, it was like the 24th inning.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU198906030.shtml
"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!"
LOL GIANTS
hankschulman Henry Schulman
H Sanchez must stay in minors 10 days or until their season ends, whichever comes first. So he can’t return till 9/4.
1 minute ago
sweet
maybe he can go to Puerto Rico.
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 25, 2011 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
hold the phone you guys, the A's are rallying!!!!!!!
Runner on second and no out!!!!!!!
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
That
15 run homer coming up!
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
A's with back-to-back doubles
DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK
Rivera is going to have to warm up at some point.
by non sequitur on Aug 25, 2011 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
that would be so much fun to be at.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
This pretty much defines the Giants season
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=478_1314150503
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
Nats/DBacks free game of the day
"For science. You monster."
That Nats stadium
filled to capacity
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
per baggs
SS Cabrera
2B Keppinger
RF Beltran
3B Sandoval
1B Huff
CF Ross
LF Belt
C Whiteside
P Vogelsong
BREAKING NEWS
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CAME HER
you?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
by SFGuy on Aug 25, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Irri?
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 25, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
You aren't a true MCCer until you've been "breaking newsed"
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
@extrabaggs
Andrew Baggarly
Brandon Belt received some interesting fan mail today: a topiary giraffe.
"For science. You monster."
And also
<img src=“https://api.plixi.com/api/tpapi.svc/imagefromurl?size=medium&url=http%3A%2F%2Flockerz.com%2Fs%2F132851253”, height=“300”/>
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Wow. That failed.
Worked in preview.
Just follow this link: http://lockerz.com/s/132851253
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Thanks. I was too lazy to figure out the problem.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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Camelopard!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
That's adorable!
"What happens in the broadcast booth stays in the broadcast booth." Randy Hahn
"Pity is the drug of quitters" Drew Remenda
by hautecouture on Aug 25, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Awww, cute!
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Aug 25, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to send him a topiary of this:
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Every now and then we’ll see the young giraffes at both the Oakland and the SF zoos do this. My kids think it’s awesome, although they question the wisdom of wacking your head into the other guy.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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We were at the SF Zoo one day while the giraffes were eating leaves off a tree… my gawd those tongues!
My oldest got to feed the giraffes at Marine World (I don’t care what they call it now – it’s still Marine World), and she totally got licked by one. Those tongues are way long.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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Giraffe Rage
"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 25, 2011 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Metaphor for weiner fight?
Two members enter, one sausage leaves.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 25, 2011 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
@mccoveychron
McCovey Chronicles
Did he like it? Did he read the card? RT @extrabaggs: Brandon Belt received some interesting fan mail today: a topiary giraffe.
"For science. You monster."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 25, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I lol’ed for reals.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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Giants fans are awesome.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Aug 25, 2011 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy hell, A's
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Aug 25, 2011 4:24 PM PDT reply actions
They were up 7-1 at one point too.
by busterbarelyevenknowher on Aug 25, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
MOAR BREAKING NEWS
Doesn’t anybody even scan the threads anymore?
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There's no z button function
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
TOUCHDOWWWWWWN YANKEEEEEEEEEES!
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 25, 2011 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
How are the Nats not going to score this inning?
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
Wow
17. Clippard broke one of FanGraphs’ metrics.
To calculate LOB%, the number that indicates how good a pitcher is at stranding runners, you use the following formula:
(H+BB+HBP-R)/(H+BB+HBP-1.4*HR)
Calculate that for Clippard, and it comes out to 101 percent. And it’s sort of difficult to leave more runners on base than you actually allow.
In reality, just three baserunners of Clippard’s have scored this season – and only one by his doing. Early in the season, Sean Burnett(notes) let two runners inherited from Clippard score. On May 24, Clippard walked Craig Counsell(notes), then gave up a home run to Rickie Weeks(notes).
Aside from those four runs, all other eight Clippard has yielded have come on solo home runs. The nine home runs, multiplied by 1.4, comes out to 12.6 – higher than the 12 runs he has allowed and, thus, accounting for the 101 percent LOB%.
The first six innings are overrated.
Or, wait, is that a paid thing?
Never mind. My bad.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Passan
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
there’s a lot more than 25 things that Jeff Passan doesn’t know about baseball.
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
2010 Giants: World Series Champs
"Orlando before Zod" doesn't have the same nice ring to it.
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 25, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLEADOFF HITTER
Only two hitters have stunk against every pitch. (And one of them isn’t Adam Dunn! Bless the curveball, against which he’s 2.2 runs ahead.) Shortstops Orlando Cabrera(notes) and Yuniesky Betancourt(notes) are the winners in the couldn’t-hit-a-softball sweepstakes.
The first six innings are overrated.
NEAL 4 YUNI
Dewgongongong
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
by Zetsuboushita on Aug 25, 2011 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Our big acquisition!
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 cannot believe you guys haven't said anything about
Aaron Hill’s debut as a D-Back.
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
F.P.!
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
How will they strand a 1st and 2nd situation with no outs?
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
GASP!
keithlaw keithlaw
Some. It’s worth considering. RT @Sikorkasaurus: @keithlaw Any chance we can chalk up the diff between real W-L and Pythag. W-L to managing?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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Really Nats?
Double steal with 2 outs?
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me likey
also its good to here F.P.’s voice too
by DudeDontTazeMe on Aug 25, 2011 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
To where?
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow...the Nats offense makes the Giants offense
look decent
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SURKKKKKKKKAMP
@extrabaggs
Andrew Baggarly
Still no starter for Saturday. Asked about Surkamp, Bochy says all options being discussed.
"For science. You monster."
What other options are there?
Oh yeah. Runzler. He’s definitely worth considering.
Brandon Belt!
He toed the rubber in college. As I recall, when we drafted him some people wanted us to sign him as a pitcher.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
He's so dreamy
Is there anything he can’t do?
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 25, 2011 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
someone suggested starting mota
but then use runzler after mota
so in other words #FREESURKKKKKAMP
YES PLEASE
Surkamp, Peacock named EL’s best
Richmond’s Eric Surkamp earned top honors as a lefty starter, going 10-4 with 165 strikeouts and a 2.02 ERA in his first 23 games for the Flying Squirrels. The two-time Pitcher of the Week has a chance to become the first Eastern League pitcher in over 30 years to win the pitching equivalent of the Triple Crown and is tied for third in the league in wins. He also leads the league in WHIP (1.08), is ranked second in batting average against (.213) and is tied for second in innings pitched (142 1/3). Eric was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the periods of May 2nd-8th and July 4th-10th, was selected as a member of the Western Division roster for the 2011 Northeast Delta Dental Eastern League All-Star Game and was rated by Baseball America as having the “Best Breaking Pitch” and “Best Changeup” in the Eastern League this season.
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 25, 2011 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Wilson update
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Brian Wilson reported no problems while playing catch for 6 minutes. Unlikely to come off DL when eligible, Bochy said.
51 seconds ago
Does Wilson EVER report problems? I thought that was one of his issues
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
more rats
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Schierholtz no better. He could o on DL
1 minute ago
I should hope so! Injury is no reason to go celibate.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
And
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Schierholtz could go on DL when Torres is eligible to return Sunday, Bochy said.
At least the team is making sure there’s no glut of OFs.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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exactly
Has Nate played since he started walking around in the boot? I don’t doubt that he’s hurt but I figured that was going to be the swap.
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 25, 2011 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Mack daddy
I just can’t tell which one is the giraffe.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 25, 2011 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice try, plagiarist!
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
You didn't know?
I thought that was what you were referring to
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t watch Glee. I didn’t know that was a thing. Great. This vacation can kiss my ass. I want to go home.
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Nope! You're staying right here, and you're going to LIKE IT!
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I refuse. 23 more hours until I return to the verdant hills of Tennessee. They’re beckoning. Right now. I can hear them.
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Sorry, that’s me. Indigestion.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I think those are BART protestors.
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 25, 2011 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope.
What you’re hearing is the whining suck of Giants baseball, though the sound is similar to that of the verdant hills of Tennessee.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
See, this is why when I go on vacation, I don’t do anything. None of this drive there see this meet these. A RESORT with ROOM SERVICE.
Except visiting the Frank Stanton studios today, I did exactly that. I don’t want to do anything but turn in the rental car tomorrow morning.
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Fine. Whatever. Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out!
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I know. I was kidding, really.
Pretend anger doesn’t always translate well.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Except if you did you'd never see the end of emails stating, "2 is not a letter!"
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
You forgot: height=“250”
C’mon – THINK OF THE PIXELS! DO IT FOR THE PIXELS!
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/puts bong down.
/backs away from computer slowly.
"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 25, 2011 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
oh god
@extrabaggs
Andrew Baggarly
Brandon Belt at leadoff? Bochy said it’s been discussed. But he likes Belt where he is. Wouldn’t commit to starting him vs LHP tomorrow, tho
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
LEFTIES CANT HIT LEFTIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
LEFTIES CAN'T FACE LEFTIES
Unless your name is Aubrey Huff.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 25, 2011 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
small sample size lolz
Belt vs. LHP in the majors: .360 / .429 / .520, 1 HR, 1 double
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
SSS by a rookie is SSS
SSS by a veteran is a sign that he’s heating up and should be in the lineup every day.
by jhawx on Aug 25, 2011 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
by the way, Aaron Rowand vs. RHP
.211 / .261 / .323
And yet Bochy’s given him 238 PA vs. RHP.
BORK BORK BORK
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
This is like in “Jaws” waiting for the Great White to strike.
by Drug Runner SF on Aug 25, 2011 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Bell trade
I hope they keep offering him to the Padres for H. Bell.
Go Giants
LOL NOT IMPRESSED
The first six innings are overrated.
Chafing will become a problem at some point also.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
He should be sure to stay hydrated.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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come on now
this is graphic enough without suggesting positions.
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 25, 2011 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
wait I thought we weren’t facing any lefties for awhile?
also, Belt has a .949 OPS vs LHP and a .718 OPS vs RHP. If Bork would bench him for Rownads, that would be completely indefensible.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I can also see how that Belt at leadoff conversation went:
Goldfarb: Belt is your 3rd best hitter. He should leadoff
Bork: good talk. he’ll hit 7th tonight
Bork to media: oh, believe me, we discussed it.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Inspire Me
by giant4life83 on Aug 25, 2011 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
This is so fucking ridiculous
if belt is your future 1B he is going to face LHP he needs to face it now…also rowand is a piece of shit
Yeah Zimmerman!
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Aaron Hill GIDP
LOL Diamondbacks.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
I’m picturing a guy with a mouth full of graham crackers trying to say his name into the phone.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha – I get this one! Needz milk!
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Grant kudos
Nice Badass Hac Man tribute. I remember during spring training I was afraid to ask Hac for his autograph, so Chris Brown got it for me. Dude was initmidating. Looked pissed off all of the time.
"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 25, 2011 5:11 PM PDT reply actions
Wow
Flores is getting BABIP’d
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I can't watch this Wash/Ariz game any longer
I get enough non-clutch hitting as a Giants fan.
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Break the streak!!
The first game of our last 10 series:
7/22 Milwaukee lost 4-2
7/26 @Philly lost 7-2
7/29 @Cincy lost 4-3
8/1 Arizona lost 5-2
8/4 Philly lost 3-0
8/8 Pittsburgh lost 5-0
8/12 @Florida lost 2-1
8/15 @Atlanta lost 5-4
8/19 @Houston lost 6-0
8/23 San Diego lost 7-5
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 25, 2011 5:18 PM PDT reply actions
Are you also sensing that I really, really like winning the first game of a series?
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 25, 2011 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That's weird
Check your radio, it sounds like you might be tuned into that new station, BORK 720 AM. Apparently, it features Bruce Bochy’s thoughts and insights on developing young players and optimizing line-up construction.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 25, 2011 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
anyone know where i can watch
the new franchise episode?
Now with extra tubes!
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That’s how we do.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
for free!
seriously…just do a google video search.
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what about
aquifers?
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
borderline
But peat bogs are actually encouraged.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
I prefer not to.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Public sediment is notoriously fickle.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
This muckraking needs to stop.
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 25, 2011 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Memorable trade: Matt Downs for doodly squat.
Without that move, we might not have cause to discuss the pros and cons of Orlando Cabrera, leadoff hitter.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
It allows him to get more at bats, duh.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
His OBP was above-average in 2003 and 2007.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
NOT AARON ROWAND
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL that A’s game.
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.
LOLOLOLOLOL A’s!!!!!! HATIN’ THEM SINCE ’88!!!!!!!!
"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 25, 2011 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
and by ‘88, i mean they let the damned LOLdgers win it all. i won’t even talk about ’89.
"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 25, 2011 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The Nats suck
shut out 2 nights ago, finally broke through in the 9th last night, getting shutout by a minor leaguer making his 2nd ML start tonight. Fucking awful. Just makes me glad we didn’t win the Jayson Werth sweepstakes.
"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 25, 2011 5:24 PM PDT reply actions
If the Bags get Miley through 5, they will be thrilled
"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 25, 2011 5:26 PM PDT reply actions
At this point
he might throw a complete game shutout.
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Jayson Werth
K or Groundout?
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still Werthless.
"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 25, 2011 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually
werth $126 million
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once a LOLdger, always a LOLdger in my eyes.
"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 25, 2011 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That sounds painful.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
it really is.
"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 25, 2011 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
……… he’s an exception.
"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 25, 2011 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
meh.
"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 25, 2011 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
22 games
Probably forgivable.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
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 25, 2011 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
time to forge a Rowand and Zito trade for Werth?
"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 25, 2011 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
no thanks
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Bruce?
I knew you were fond of Rowand. The gritty son you never had.
"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 25, 2011 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLineup Link
Stampeding Pandas and Giraffes and… wait do we have a name for Beltran yet? He needs a spirit animal that isn’t an endangered species.
The batting averages of HOU vs SF make me want to punch something.
duck billed platypus. not endangered. already extinct.
by JTsnowmyhero on Aug 25, 2011 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants offense. not endangered. already extinct.
"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 25, 2011 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe we should start calling Mark DeRosa the dodo.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
……. Mole #2?
"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 25, 2011 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
No duplicates
Unless if it makes sense (Huff and Burrell)
kidding, of course.
"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 25, 2011 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
If the Giants miss the playoffs
he gets to be The Goat…
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Fucking werthless pieces of shit Nats
"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 25, 2011 5:34 PM PDT reply actions
Natsies!
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Nats, seriously?
you can’t score a run off of this assclown? You guys are going to lose 3 out of 4 aren’t you?
"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 25, 2011 5:37 PM PDT reply actions
!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Nats just becomes Nads, and you are all set!
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
why is Ankiel PHing against the lefty?
"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 25, 2011 5:44 PM PDT reply actions
to ground out
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/PH fail
fucking Nats and stupid matchups, convinced they don’t want to score
"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 25, 2011 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
If they’re convinced they won’t score, they probably won’t.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, those are the Bags playing the Nats
looks like the 2007 Blue Jays playing the Expos
"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 25, 2011 5:51 PM PDT reply actions
So. Jorge Posada played 2B today in the last inning against the A's
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Did Kepp get picked up by the Yankees on the waiver wire?
I recognize that range and throwing accuracy anywhere.
"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 25, 2011 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL 22 runs. The Giants monthly supply.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
would have been really funny
if Swisher would have been kicked in the head by the runner and DL’d for the reast of the season. Effing Pinstripe Assclowns.
"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 25, 2011 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually like Nick Swisher.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Giants should have gotten him when he was available
Instead of the Yankees.
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 wish we had gotten him from the A's before he went to Chicago.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
……… twss?
"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 25, 2011 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
1997 Giants
Grant and jcb9 made me look at their BR page. I totally forgot about Mark Lewis.
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!
Nah
You’re the assassin. (Seriously doubts you know what I’m talking about)
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!
trust me ........
if Natto was the assassin, you’d be dead already. lol! just playin.
"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 25, 2011 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
former #2 overall draft pick
Mike Ivie, who’s been mentioned elsewhere, was a former #1 pick.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
LOL - I thought this was a joke
But it’s real:
JimmyTraina
Lenny Dykstra busted for Craigslist housekeeping handjob bait-and-switch: bit.ly/pGeukk
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
They made a bronze bust of Dykstra for THAT!?
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I LOL'd
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
How did he get busted?
He was puchasing housekeeping services.
"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 25, 2011 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
You know, I’m starting the get the impression that Lenny Dykstra is not a very smart or ethical man.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
You are getting good use out of this today. It’s that kind of day.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Oh, totally. That’s what makes it great.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
First I'm reminded of the 97 Giants
Now I’m reminded of the 93 Giants. Anybody wanna talk about Pudge or Bobby Jones?
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!
D'Backs brought in a pitcher who isn't throwing strikes
How will the Nats screw this up?
That 22 run game
Rich Harden, the A’s starter, is on my pokemonz. At least he only gave up 6 runs. And got me 6 ks.
Also, Russell Martin had 2 homers in that game. He used to be my catcher, so I was annoyed. Until I saw that my current catcher also hit 2 homers.
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!
Indeed
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!
Out...
Giants win tonight? Maybe? Possibly?
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
I vote ‘yes’, but my candidates hardly ever get elected.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you vote the vegetarian ticket too?
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I voted straight communist in my first election.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 25, 2011 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to vote the anarchy line this time.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
They should just let us have him.
hankschulman Henry Schulman
As of right now, it looks like Heath Bell deal is not going to happen. No hot and heavy talks, if there are talks at all.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Sabes isn't even answering his phone to make an offer
just did it to block the Bags and stall – Sabes is the Master Dry Humper, just ask Michael Lewis. Fact is Bell is more valuable to the Giants pitching for the Friars. He will need to close some games for the Padres when they play the Bags.
"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 25, 2011 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sorry
but you knows this how? You don’t think the Padres are asking for the moon?
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
It's not that he's not answering it, he just doesn't know how the damn thing operates.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Unlike the Sharks GM, who has taken the advanced class and uses two phones
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
WHERE THE FUCK IS OUR CUP, ASS?!?!?!! GO GET IT!!!
"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 25, 2011 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s trying! Don’t you see him on the phone?!
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 25, 2011 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know. That's the same look I have on my face when I'm ordering pizza and ice cream for delivery simultaneously.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
You can get ice cream delivered? What manner of witchcraft is that?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
These types of secrets need much coaxing to reveal themselves.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
in Tallahassee
The local food delivery website includes Cold Stone Creamery.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
SURKKKKKAMP
Surkamp, Peacock named EL’s best
Richmond’s Eric Surkamp earned top honors as a lefty starter, going 10-4 with 165 strikeouts and a 2.02 ERA in his first 23 games for the Flying Squirrels. The two-time Pitcher of the Week has a chance to become the first Eastern League pitcher in over 30 years to win the pitching equivalent of the Triple Crown and is tied for third in the league in wins. He also leads the league in WHIP (1.08), is ranked second in batting average against (.213) and is tied for second in innings pitched (142 1/3). Eric was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the periods of May 2nd-8th and July 4th-10th, was selected as a member of the Western Division roster for the 2011 Northeast Delta Dental Eastern League All-Star Game and was rated by Baseball America as having the "Best Breaking Pitch" and "Best Changeup" in the Eastern League this season.
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 25, 2011 6:02 PM PDT reply actions
Ha! An improvement on the meme!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I fail to see how the youyou can be improved.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh – took me a minute.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
haha
i posted it up earlier in the thread but it didn’t have the link and stuff.
also, in unrelated news, i am bored.
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 25, 2011 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
This is a mouthful
2011 Northeast Delta Dental Eastern League All-Star Game
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Is anybody else intrigued by the little league world series?
yesterday was pretty epic. both games had extra inning victories. Also these kids are playing in front of 45,000 fans, 99.9% of which are rooting for pennsylvania.
California pitching is good.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
But it's the weather that makes you stay. Except for that guy I met in San Antonio who hated the weather in the Bay Area.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
You met Lance Berkman in San Antoinio?
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
yup.
you can tell penn is taking as many pitches as possible in their AB’s hoping to get a new pitcher in there with the pitch count rules. They are gonna need it down 2-0… I kept hearing the announcers say yesterday it had the feel of an SEC football game with the crowd noise. Pretty amazing that california hasnt been rattled by the crowd noise the way georgia was the other day.
by Mastapeace21 on Aug 25, 2011 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
2-1 D'Backs
Morse actually did something with a RISP
I have been awed by the kids defensive play
after watching Guzman and Kepp make routine plays unroutine, very refreshing watching the well coached kids play the basics.
"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 25, 2011 6:07 PM PDT reply actions
same
in the mexico game yesterday the throw by the venezualan player in RF to home in an extra inning tie game was amazing
by Mastapeace21 on Aug 25, 2011 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
the throw AND pick and tag by the catcher, unbelievable
I don’t see ML players making that play.
"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 25, 2011 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
yup i know. badass play
still the most amazing thing ive seen so far is when that california pitcher took the screaming liner going right at his head, but it hit the brim of his hat so square that it absorbed all the impact. his hat bill looked like a shark had taken a bite out of it after the impact. dont have a gif for it but heres the before and after. he stayed in the game. the hat did not.
by Mastapeace21 on Aug 25, 2011 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Fucking Werth
the “New” Scott?
"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 25, 2011 6:12 PM PDT reply actions
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
Jim Thome has accepted a deal to the Indians.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
That's a shame.
He fits so well in Minnesota. He’s a son of the upper Midwest, and that’s where he should be.
A listener-supported service
yuup, from 1991-2002.
"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 25, 2011 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
He should go into the hall as an Indian
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!
Cleveland is just as close to Peoria as Minneapolis…
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Ohio would generally be considered the upper midwest, would it not? I mean, Ohio being part of a region called the “midwest” makes no sense whatsoever, but there you go.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
No, upper Midwest is Minnesota and Wisconsin and such.
"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!"
hm
Wikipedia says it “most commonly” refers to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, but can include a number of other states. By that definition, though, Jim Thome isn’t from the upper midwest!
It’s funny how slippery these regional definitions can be, though. There are endless debates about whether Virginia or Florida are part of the South, for instance.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
My impression has always been that Northern Virginia isn’t Southern, but the rest of it is.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Some people are very, very insistant that Virginia is not the south, period.
Florida, it is said, is the only place where northerners live in the south and southerners live in the north.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Thome should be sure that this is not some housekeeping hand-job happy ending thing.
Lotta that going around.
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
One would think the DH would be more on the giving end of this proposal.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
"I gues I'll have to just do it myself!"
Giants baseball: So hollow, so empty.
"You don't go out with the pressure that you've gotta be perfect. It's more, 'I know I'm capable of throwing a shutout, so I should probably strive for that every time I go out. And if I don't, then I bite myself in the ass, not everybody else.' "--Tim Lincecum discussing how he deals with the shitty Giants offense.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 25, 2011 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Another happy customer.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
This is actually pretty cool imo
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Hey
Look over here: http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/8/25/2385141/open-gamethread-8-25#comments
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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Houston trades
Nice write up, Jeffery Leonard never would have become “Penitentiary Face” with the ’Stros.
Go Giants
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