Post-game thread: Giants tag J.A. Happ for earned run
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 26, 2011 10:16 PM PDT
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PrintError. Four-pitch walk that shouldn't have been. Double.
That was the scoring tonight. Error. Four-pitch walk that should have at least gone to a 3-1 count. Double. Can't be picky considering how miserable this August has been. It'd be pathological to assign style points to the few wins we've seen in the past month. Three back, not four back. A win's a win.
But J.A. Happ came into game in the middle one of the worst seasons of all time. Look at that list. Twenty-one pitchers have thrown more than a 100 innings with an ERA that poor. Think of all the Giants pitchers over the years who frustrated you. Danny Darwin. William Van Landingham. Kirk Rueter in his last season. No one has ever been that bad as a Giant. Happ's been worse this season than anyone we've ever seen. Error. Four-pitch walk that shouldn't have been. Double. Runsplosion.
This is probably the toughest post-game thread I've ever had to write. I'm tremendously bitter, yet they won. The Giants won, and they're still in a playoff chase. If I complain too loudly, an Orioles fan might come up and kick me in the crotch. And they'd be right to do it, too. But that wasn't the kind of win that makes you think, yep, back on track. That was the kind of win that makes you the Giants should only be contending in a five-team league where the other four teams are the Astros.
Bah. Focus on the positives, I guess.
- Ramon Ramirez couldn't get a Padre out the last time we saw him, but he was superlative tonight. The pitch he struck out Bogusevic with was the kind of pitch that would have gotten Pujols, Manny, or Sheffield. Perfect changeup. I think one of my favorite plays in baseball is when a pitcher pulls the string on a changeup in the zone, and the announcer describes the pitcher as having "pulled the string," and you're like, damn, he really pulled the string on that sucker. Such a pretty pitch.
- When Santiago Casilla was anointed the semi-closer, did he take some sort of online class or eat some Bruce Sutter beard trimmings? He's been fantastic in his two save opportunities, throwing hard and throwing (mostly) strikes.
- Madison Bumgarner wasn't perfect, yet he still won. That's pretty rare.
- Bruce Bochy looked like DeNiro from "The Untouchables" for a while, carrying a bat around like he was going to kill another human being. Hope those SOBs got the message about teamwork after that.
- Mark DeRosa seems nice, but he's clearly broken. It's pretty discouraging. He's officially one of the worst-hitting Giants in franchise history, and it even seems like he's in decline. I mean, more so. The Giants aren't going to cut him before the roster expand, but dollar-to-production, he might be the worst free-agent signing in franchise history. Rowand and Zito were terrible, sure, but they had a couple of moments as Giants. They've been worthwhile players as they've been over paid.
- Whoooooops! That wasn't optimistic!
- Five walks. They weren't chasing Happ around the strike zone. That's kind of acceptable. Also, one of those walks was the pitcher. Also also, one of those walks was intentional. Also also also, Cabrera was pretty sure he didn't walk, and he probably shouldn't have. Still, five walks!
Don't look a gift game in the mouth. And Surkamp! That's exciting. Unlike this offense. I mean, J.A. Happ? Cripes.
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This was not a fun game
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
Better than all of those losses
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
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Sort of.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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by can of corn on Aug 26, 2011 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll take the win always but..
2-1 win over someone like Happ is something not to celebrate
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Sort of.
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kuiper fawning over burrell
was better than this game
by Brannigan's Law on Aug 26, 2011 10:19 PM PDT reply actions
as soon as he said "burrell"
and rather enthusiastically at that, i was rolling. then i had to wait a minute and see what his reasoning was and make sure i wasn’t just jumping the gun. aaaand then the stammering came and you could hear the gears turning as he tried to find a way to not explain himself.
by Brannigan's Law on Aug 26, 2011 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
fan question of the day
“if you could be any giant for a day, who would it be?”
and without hesitation, kuiper said “pat burrell.” and i’m pretty sure i heard one of them giggle. then krukow said wilson. neither of them could/would explain why they picked them. eventually, amidst the stammering, krukow said it was because wilson was recognized when he went to thailand.
by Brannigan's Law on Aug 26, 2011 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
The "Ask Kruk & Kuip" question was
“Which Giant would you like to be for a day?” And Kuip quickly answered “Pat Burrell”
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
I have a feeling that Mrs. Kuip made Duane sleep on the couch last night.
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Aug 27, 2011 6:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I love Trolls
Random comment from another fan blog about the D’Backs:
“GG and GL ARI fans… I support you and hope you win the West. Your fans are good unlike SF fans and your team would be fun to watch in the playoffs more than them. I want to win this series but GL. GN all!”
So many things wrong with this statement… I also saw “Great crowd tonight it was amazing”… Attendance: 34,074 (70% full)
And the actual people there in person
probably 20k at best LOL kids are mad.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I think one thing I’ve never been heard said is “wow, those Diamondbacks sure have some great fans. That’s a real baseball town.”
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 26, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
It is a great baseball town
in March.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 26, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
They’re not even a good football town.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 26, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
They're not a good sports town period.
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"Pity is the drug of quitters" Drew Remenda
by hautecouture on Aug 26, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't really know
I’m sure they do, ASU people like to have fun and college sports are usually pretty big. But in terms of professional sports, they’re teams don’t seem to draw well. Just look at the Coyotes!
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by hautecouture on Aug 26, 2011 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m beginning to really dislike the Dbacks.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Aug 26, 2011 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too
They’re a balanced team that’s good for the regular season. But in reality, they’re over-matched by both Philly and Atlanta, and you saw that the other week.
Giants aren’t as good [right now], but can play with any team because of their pitching.
by TheFreakSFG on Aug 26, 2011 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Too add on...
That’s what I think fans who make comments like that (calling the Giants a fluke, or terrible this season) don’t understand.
Giants are an injury-depleted team, who despite that, can still play with any team because of their pitching that’s built for the playoffs.
Phillies vs. Giants in a 5 game series… can’t imagine how anyone could give a huge edge to the Phillies.
by TheFreakSFG on Aug 26, 2011 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I could give a huge edge to the Phillies because the Phillies have a major league offense.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
(The Giants are at 3.40 runs per game on the season right now. The only Giants team to ever do worse over a full year is the 1902 team. The last time the Giants had an offense this bad, the airplane had not been invented yet. They’re abysmal)
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
So the Giants would score negative runs against the Phillies?
Hamels vs. Cain twice this season, both were 2-1 games. Giants won once, Phillies won. Perfect example.
Give the Phillies the advantage. When it comes down to it, It’d be Lincecum vs. Halladay, Lee vs. Cain, and Hamels vs. Vogelsong/Bumgarner
It’s also hard to have a decent offense when 20 of your players have hit the DL over the course of the season.
by TheFreakSFG on Aug 26, 2011 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
And the broke dudes will still be broke in the post season. The shitty guys will likely still be shitty in the post season. If the Giants make the playoffs they will be the underdog in every game and rightfully so.
by chilibean_3 on Aug 26, 2011 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve been aware of this for some time now, but it continually succeeds in astonishing me.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2011 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It really is remarkable
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!
Langston Hughes, Ansel Adams, and Leni Riefenstahl were all born in 1902.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
They haven’t been this bad since before my neighborhood had running water.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2011 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Your San Francisco Giants: Setting Baseball Back 109 Years!
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by natteringnabob on Aug 27, 2011 7:49 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
A LOL rec for 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 27, 2011 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions
there's still a small chance
The Giants could trot out something like a Torres, Keppinger, Beltran, Sandoval, Burrell, Belt, Ramon Hernandez, Fontenot lineup in September and the playoffs. Yea, its not likely, but it is possible they could still scrounge together something resembling a league average offense in the next month.
Thing A
You'll get...
Cabrera
Keppinger
Beltran
Sandoval
Ross
Huff
Belt
Whiteside
P
And like it!
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He's like Grant, but fun size.
You're adorable
Thinking bork will play belt over rowand for the stretch run LOL.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 27, 2011 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Baggs seems to think that the Giants are done with Rowand for the rest of the season, and I think he’s right. If Bochy didn’t start him last night against a lefty, then he’s not playing him, barring injury. A shame it took him this long to figure it out though.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
Give Bochy a break. He's been studying for the MENSA test, and he's struggling with the simple math portion.
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 27, 2011 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought everybody reached that conclusion, together. last year.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately
I think you forget that last year’s offense wasn’t as bad as this offense. We got dominated by J.A. Happ, for crying out loud. Yeah, we always make jokes about how this offense makes opposing pitchers look like Cy Young, but this guy is absolutely terrible. He has no business being in the majors, and yet the Giants can’t hit him.
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Aug 26, 2011 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
The only people who call the giants a "fluke"
are insecure brain dead morons who pretend the giants don’t have the worst injury plague in the majors. There’s also the people who were insanely butt hurt we won it all last year since their phillies blow hards but it’s not mitch williams fauilt he’s a clueless dip shit who knows nothing about baseball he’s paid to be that.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you. I hate when even people here bust out the “fluke” word in reference to last year
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 26, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
It was a fluke
The Braves, Phillies, and Rangers hitters just happened to be slumping when they played the Giants
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"Pity is the drug of quitters" Drew Remenda
by hautecouture on Aug 26, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly! all of those teams just went into a huge hitting slump when they played the giants
If they all didn’t go into a inexplicable hitting funk the giants might have actually played an elmination game!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
is this chasm?
cause if so i’ve broken both ankles. Agreed we can play with anyone because our pitching, but not when whoever’s on the bump is faced with the fact that they will have at most 1-2 runs to work with. Our guys deserve better than this heap of steaming feces we call our offense.
by DudeDontTazeMe on Aug 26, 2011 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I am
I’m looking forward to it as well at first I thought it would be a runzler mota slash flick but instead I get to see something interesting instead of predictable.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not sure I was actually going to ask that question here
I’m leaving my house at 12:30 so I think I should be able to get one.. I hope. I got to the buster bobble head game at 3:45 when it was a 5:05 start and easily got one so we’ll see.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm hoping for less of a turn out than I saw for buster bobble head night
Considering it’s the least marquee opponent possible with one of the worst pitchers in baseball starting for the astros (lol 8 ip 2 er).
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Indeed there will be a MASSIVE turn out for that marvin benard ceremony.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
My dad had the same response when I told him of the ceremony as well.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
If this Marvin Benard were coming..
Tony Yayo
AKA Marvin Bernard
Born: 31-Mar-1978
Birthplace: Queens, NY
Occupation: G-Unit
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
I don’t know how you could be ready for the game tomorrow, when the Giants got DOMINATED by Happ
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Aug 26, 2011 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Keep telling yourself that
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Aug 26, 2011 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
The magical part is that it’s true.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
True, sure.
But not exactly confidence inspiring when nothing’s really changed, the Giants just didn’t outsuck the worst team in baseball for one game.
It’s the stat that counts!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2011 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll be sure to watch it. I must say this is the most excited I have been for a Giants game in a long time.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Aug 26, 2011 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Downs
Many times this season I’ve thought about how Matt Downs would have been a pretty good player to have around. Then I looked at Baseball-Reference, and it would appear he was waived to make room for Cody Ross.
1) Is this accurate?
2) How would the world be different if Matt Downs was on the Giants, and Cody Ross was not?
More likely the NLDS
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- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
by achiappanza on Aug 27, 2011 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Answer to #2
Jose guillen starts every game in right and the giants lose in the NLDS 3 games to 0.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t the HGH incident or whatever it was happen before the playoffs?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Aug 26, 2011 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It did but the giants could still keep him on the roster if they wanted to
and knowing bork and sabean they would be fawning over his advanced age and “big bat” and he’d for sure start every game in right.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
The choice between Cody Ross and Matt Downs is a false one. It’s not like Cody Ross showed up and said “If you don’t keep Alex Hinshaw on the 40-man roster, I’m mailing it the fuck in.”
Although that would explain his production this year…
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
He’s said he wasn’t able to carlos beltran his ridiculous playoff performance.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
*sad
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe the better question is was there anyone else on last year’s roster who could have been given up that would have resulted in a World Series win AND also Downs remaining with the team. Not including Zeets.
by Benjamin14:18 on Aug 26, 2011 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Or
Ryan Rohlinger or Henry Sosa, both of whom were DFAd in May.
Or Waldis Joaquin, who seems destined to inherit the Bocock/Hinshaw role of “why is this guy still on the roster?”
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
by EliminateMe on Aug 27, 2011 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
As a Matt Downs fan...
1) Yes
2) Perhaps
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Downs was never gonna be an opening day starter for the Giants
but in a season that saw them scavenging Bill Hall, Jeff Keppinger, and then Orlando Cabrera to fill injury-created gaps in the infield, Downs would have been a useful guy to have around.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
by EliminateMe on Aug 27, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
lol, I should say, when you sort that list by PA.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2011 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
But at least he played SS
You have to go back to 1940 on that list to find a guy who was as bad as DeRosa and wasn’t a SS or catcher.
Madison Bumgarner's voice reminds me of Boomhauer from King of the Hill
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
by greekfro on Aug 26, 2011 10:26 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
me to
He’s his son.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd like to see Bumgarner
trash the Giant’s offense but do so while talking very fast so no one can understand him. Then teach all the other starting pitchers to speak like him.
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
He should watch a bunch of KOTH
Get the whole staff talking like boomhauer and none of the limp dick offense will be offended. Dang old yo skdakdskksmadkmsakdsakmdadkasdkm, magic.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
It will keep Matt Cain from going insane
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
matty does his best to keep calm
Puts conway twitty on in the clubhouse after the game when he takes a loss after giving up 1 run on a passed ball.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
When "The Franchise" showed Matt Cain getting his haircut...
…it reminded me of Bobby Hill, Hank’s son, from “King of the Hill.” If I had the skill to copy and post a screen shot, you’d see what I mean.
Life is so much sweeter ever since TGWTWS
Maybe cain has a secret fruit pie addiction
Might help explain why the giants act as if their down 10 runs in every one of his starts.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 27, 2011 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
That boy ain’t right.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Dang ol mdlms Aubrey Huff wldmsn popup smplbs I tell you what.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
by EliminateMe on Aug 27, 2011 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
How did Belt do in the game?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Lefties can't hit lefties
Bork also benched him for not swinging at a good pitch and instead working a walk after going down 0-2.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
So he sits the next 2 games in favor of bochys pet?
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably mr chicago
But it would not surprise me one bit for him to play tejada or derosa in left to get those experinced proffesional hitters in the lineup to help the team “score runs”.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
But isn't Myers a righty?
"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 26, 2011 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Good career numbers bork bork
That SSS from 5 years ago is the end all be all of lineup creation. Plus don’t forget, experinced veterans give the giants the best chance to win!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Meet the new Bork, Same as the old Bork
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 26, 2011 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh crap.
Just checked and Rowand, DeRosa and Tejada all have good numbers against Myers. I think I know who’s gonna be in the lineup tomorrow!
"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 26, 2011 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
One day more
Another day another destiny
This never-ending road to Calvary
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
These men who seem to know my crime
Will surely come a second time
One day more
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Aug 26, 2011 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I did not live until today
How can I live when we are parted?
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 26, 2011 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Tomorrow, you’ll be worlds away
And yet, with you, my world has started
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.
One more day all on my own.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Will we ever meet again?
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 26, 2011 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
One day more with him not caring
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Aug 27, 2011 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I was born to be with you!
SWING AND A MISS! AND THAT'S IT! The Giants are world series champions, and they come pouring out of the dugout!
-Duane Kuiper
Adopted Giant: Chris Stewart
by nothingbutnet003 on Aug 27, 2011 12:17 AM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
What a life I might have known.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
But he never saw me theeeeeeerrrrrrrrrre!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
ONE MORE DAY BEFORE THE STORM!
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.
At the barricades of freedom!
When our ranks begin to form
Will you take your place with me?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Aug 27, 2011 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Do I follow where she goes?
SWING AND A MISS! AND THAT'S IT! The Giants are world series champions, and they come pouring out of the dugout!
-Duane Kuiper
Adopted Giant: Chris Stewart
by nothingbutnet003 on Aug 27, 2011 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Time for me to continue last night's odd dream of summertime snow in SF.
Hasta
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 26, 2011 10:33 PM PDT reply actions
night
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
Even though it's tied right now,
this series still sucks. Surkkkamp will make it interesting at least.
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 26, 2011 10:35 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
LOL GUZMAN
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
Question about tomorrows game
What time should I line up for the bobble head and what gate should I do it at?
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
probably around noon
As for the gate IDK
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
Well hopefully 1:30 isn't to late
I got in line for the buster bobble head at 4pm and the game started at 5 and still managed to get one so hopefully the least marquee opponent possible will help my cause.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
That sounds like a pretty good time to be there
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
Ha - Keith Law's got my back
keithlaw
@ellenfool I don’t like RBI at all. Too heavily influenced by what the players hitting ahead of you do.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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Her question (after my tweets):
ellenfool Ellen
@keithlaw what is your opinion on RBI? I have people telling me it is a misleading stat, I beg to differ. I trust you.
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by can of corn on Aug 26, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
so
the twitter handle was chosen well, then.
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 27, 2011 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Isn’t that kind of obvious?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Aug 26, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Not to her – she suggested that hitting while men were on base was getting it done, and a valuable skill.
As I mentioned in the last GDT – I sent her to Joe Posnanski’s article on the problem with the RBI stat (using Jose Guillen and Pedro Feliz as examples), but I don’t think she read it.
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by can of corn on Aug 26, 2011 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
It really is misleading still has value to the team but as KLaw said above
it is too dependent on people getting on base
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
Have you read the JoePo article? Sometimes it has negative impact on the team.
It’s a great article. I review it often.
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by can of corn on Aug 26, 2011 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Sometimes it has a negative impact on peoples brains
See ruben amaro jr, and the great jim bowden who called ryan howard the NL mvp on his show the other day.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 26, 2011 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I will take a look at it
Sounds interesting
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
by Falconer88 on Aug 26, 2011 11:07 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Good Article.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Aug 26, 2011 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Great article. Thanks for the link.
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 27, 2011 7:41 AM PDT up reply actions
The attribution question
Seems like another way of making the OBP point ala Moneyball.
What was interesting to me was the idea of attribution and how understanding it is a challenge to baseball. We are facing a similar situation in the internet advertising industry, where it’s been accepted for over a decade that the last ad the user clicked on gets credit for the conversion, but now there’s a lot more looking at the complete picture of all the user’s interaction with advertising.
And, it’s really hard to figure out a good attribution model. Last click has the benefit of being easy to calculate and easy to understand. And it has a lot of stickiness.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
I think the disconnect that people have when they start getting really belligerent about the importance of RBI is that, obviously, without a shadow of a doubt, runs scored are vital to success even though they are not something that individuals reliably produce.
There is this absolute importance of actual runs that have scored. So there is this absolute importance of having players who are capable of scoring runs. And it is hard, hard to reconcile the fact that you need individual hitters who are capable of providing such an incredibly important result with the fact that individual players are largely, largely not responsible for the result.
I feel like I’m not saying this well. People want runs scored to be as important individually as they are generally. It’s painful to think that you can’t attribute the single most important offensive result to an individual. That’s hard to do. Because, in the brain, the individual not being individually responsible means the value is diminished. And how can you diminish the value of the single most important offensive result in baseball?
Am I making any sense?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2011 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Or, the thing that really pisses people off when you say that RBI’s don’t matter for individuals is that they take it to mean that you’re saying RBIs don’t matter at all. And that flies in the face of, well, fact. RBIs are important. Just, not for individuals.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 26, 2011 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
There's also the fact that better hitters tend to have higher RBI totals
Of course, there is a lot of noise in that correlation, but it’s generally true. However, this isn’t because they are good at hitting with runners on. This is because they are good at hitting. More hits means more hits when there are runners on base.
There are loads of exceptions, which makes the stat unreliable. But there’s a very general correlation between good hitters and high RBI totals. That’s another reason why many people find the concept difficult to let go of.
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More hits tends also to mean that they bat in slots when runners are more likely to be on. Hurray for self-fulfilling prophecies!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I just don't get why
it’s hard to understand that a player is only responsible for what they do with the ball or bat in their hands, and nothing more. It’s not rocket science!
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
right
RBIs tend to come down to slugging percentage + OBP of the three guys in front of you.
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
Good point.
Arbitrators value RBI’s though, right? If Panda goes to arbitration, the fact that Blowand/Burriss/O-Cab/Tejada hit in front of him could potentially cost him money.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I believe that’s true.
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
It made perfect sense.
I think that means there’s something wrong with me.
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A reply
This is always the argument that makes me turn red. I understand that RBi’s can be misleading. But the argument that it is “meaningless” is wrong. . Further, I understand that RISP can vary a bit. But the argument that its “not a sustainable skill” and thus meaningless is also shortsided.
Hitting with men on base is not just a “valuable skill” its a crucial skill – and this team ought to tell you that. Or do you enjoy .160 with RiISP and two outs. Some players do it better than others. Period. Obviously the guys who do it best are generally the best hitters – I get that. But in most baseball lineups there are those who set the table and those who are supposed to clear it. Course the Giants have neither so there are exceptions.
So RISP, RBI’s BA all those “old stats” are not meaningless. They provide other metrics to look at. Just as the New metrics do.
Performance with RISP is not a predictive measure.
"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 Greg Papa
I listened to 95.7 for a while while driving on Friday and there was a long discourse about this. Apparently it’s really, really, really indicative of everything. Really.
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 27, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s descriptive though.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
not talking about predictive measures
i never do.
If something isn’t PREDICTIVE, then that means the skill it’s measuring isn’t REPEATABLE, which means it is not a SKILL.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
It's because I used caps, isn't it?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
The best hitters overall are the best hitters in the clutch. There is no inherent skill to hitting in the clutch; it’s all a part of random variation.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
There are players who hit demonstrably better in clutch situations over their norm over the course of a career.
The problems are: 1) These players are extraordinarily rare, 2) You need a career’s worth of data to qualify the skill, and 3) Their improvement in clutch situations may still not elevate them over another option.
Bengie Molina is a good example. For his career, he hit a .718 OPS, but with RISP he hit .752, with pretty respectable 2 out numbers. Over his career, he demonstrably played better in traditional clutch situations. Clutch player.
His .752 is still far worse than having a good hitter up there, though.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s possible that he’s just a special case, a couple deviations from the mean, and all the players who displayed this “skill” could be the same. You said it yourself, it’s very rare to see these sorts of splits over a full career with a large enough sample size. However, is it really that far out of the realm of possibility to have a few unexplainable cases over the course of over a hundred years of professional baseball? He may just be a very lucky man.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
I think when all is said and done, and the ten+ years of playing are over, and the numbers still bear out, you may as well give the guy the credit.
More to the point, though, is that it doesn’t really matter. A 100% verifiably clutch Bengie Molina is still the worse option to 99% of the league’s unclutch 3-4-5 hitters.
And, well, as long as it doesn’t really matter, you may as well give the guy the credit.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, the other issue is that in any normal distribution, someone is always going to be two standard deviations from the mean. Unless you know that there’s something that makes them different from the mean, I don’t buy that it’s anything but random distribution.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Yes, they are not meaningless.
They tell you exactly what they’re supposed to.
What they do not tell you is anything useful about the value and talent level of a hitter.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
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Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I see two bunnies dismembering a butterfly.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sick of this offense
I really wish I had cable so I could watch Surkamp pitch tomorrow.
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Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
Missed the game....
… Tejada, DeRosa and Rowand didn’t get a hit – The Giants win! I can dream of
DFA’s without the bitterness of a loss.
"Don't trust anyone under the age of 30" - Brian Sabean
by Smotheredinhugs on Aug 26, 2011 11:04 PM PDT reply actions
Surkamp
This is the most excited I’ve seen people for a rookie since Buster Posey came up. Belt was a novelty, then he cranked a home run in his second plate appearance. But Eric Surkamp… man if this guy isn’t sweating Jesus Juice™ by the third inning and causing Astros batters to resign in terror I think people are going to be disappointed.
Me, I’m living in abject terror regarding who the other 8 people in that lineup might be. Tim Lincicum and Matt Farking Cain can barely scrape together wins against the Astros and we’re tossing a (albeit very talented) rookie out in his first game with Cabrerra in the leadoff spot and Cody Ross batting cleanup… it’s bad. It’s very bad.
I feel for the guy.
Welcome to the show.
Thomas Neal
did he do something today?
by big logs Johnson on Aug 26, 2011 11:13 PM PDT reply actions
I heard he did a really good job of not being Orlando Cabrera
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Man
I’d rather have Neal play shortstop for us, I think.
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!
Surkamp
This is the most excited I’ve seen people for a rookie since Buster Posey came up. Belt was a novelty, then he cranked a home run in his second plate appearance. But Eric Surkamp… man if this guy isn’t sweating Jesus Juice™ by the third inning and causing Astros batters to resign in terror I think people are going to be disappointed.
Me, I’m living in abject terror regarding who the other 8 people in that lineup might be. Tim Lincicum and Matt Farking Cain can barely scrape together one win between them against the Astros and we’re tossing a rookie (albeit a very talented one) out in his first game with Cabrerra in the leadoff spot and Kody Ross batting Kleanup… it’s bad. It’s very bad.
I feel for the guy.
Welcome to the show kid. There’s tragic inside.
i think he’s going to be what zito should have been for the giants. (nobody would have played up to that contract)
lefty that can touch 90 with terrific breaking stuff and change? without the porn stache and mental breakdowns.
by Brannigan's Law on Aug 26, 2011 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
The Science Behind Surkamp
There is a machine. We know it exists because we saw it in a horror movie once. It can take two living beings and cross them.
It seems Barry Zito and Jonathan Sanchez were trapped on opposing ends of this machine. The resulting pitcher, Eric Surkamp, has Zito’s curveball, Sanchez changeup, and was left with only one negative – Zito’s fastball velocity.
As for the second creature that came out of the machine, the one that got all the awful qualities, we dont’ talk about Barthan Sanchezito. He’s too horrible to comprehend, too expensive to look directly at without being blinded, and if he touches a baseball that act results in three walks and an error.
I’m told he causes fans to empty their stomachs on sight.
But at least we have Surkamp. Something is going right in the world.
by Ian A on Aug 26, 2011 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I'm sorry, but whenever I hear the words, "Pull the string! Pull the string!" ---
I immediately think of Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi in “Ed Wood.”
Life is so much sweeter ever since TGWTWS
SURKAMP!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
the only interesting thing about this team right now
are the rookies
Who's getting DFA'd tomorrow?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 26, 2011 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I think a DFA of Rowand would actually inject some life in this team.
The “country club” atmosphere that makes it seem like the vets are just taking a victory lap after TGWTWS would get a nice world-rocking.
Runzler down
Zito to 60-day DL. I would like to see DeRosa or Rowand DFA’d but I don’t think it’s going to happen.
I have a party to go to tomorrow
Stupid Saturday night games. Its the weekend, you dolts!
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
MY BRICK CAME
THANK YOU NATTO! And no one else. Just Natto.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 26, 2011 11:29 PM PDT reply actions 17 recs
Recommended
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
wait doesn't that go in the sidewalk?
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 26, 2011 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Did your daughter make that?
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Yeah.
She’s too young to write, so the “My Dad” was forged by my wife. But she had all sorts of stickers at her disposal, and when my wife asked what she liked, my daughter yelled “Baseball!” and put a bunch of baseball stickers on it.
Poor kid. She doesn’t know that I hate baseball yet.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2011 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, as long as it changed you forever.
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 27, 2011 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm surprised there aren't depictions of a flounder, a harpoon and a bottle with lightning in it, but I like it nonetheless.
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 27, 2011 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Screw you, too!
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ot: three-dot approved poetry
Tho the dark be cold and blind,
Yet her sea-fog’s touch is kind,
And her mightier caress
Is joy and the pain thereof;
And great is thy tenderness,
O cool, grey city of love!
George Sterling (1869–1926)
The Bulletin, Volume 131, Number 56, page 12 (San Francisco: 11 December 1920).
always wondered where this line came from!
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Aug 27, 2011 5:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I counter your "Please" with a "God, NO!"
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 27, 2011 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions
This is so late, but my mom sat with him on the bus on the way to a game this summer. They are BFF’s.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
He really is. I got to meet him at the game, and he was super sweet! He was like, “I’ve heard all about you!” LOL my mom.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I figure
…he’ll be around another 20 years, at which point I’ll be 66 and old enough to take over for him.
/sweet dance moves
The thong is, it happened.
giants need to learn how to take walks because they cannot hit.
They need to change the paradigm about hitting. Don’t go for
the hit, foul off the good pitches and work out the walks. Its
your only chance. I would rather pitch against the giants than
the local T-ball team.
There's a reason the giants have the worst offense in baseball
The fact that the entire roster is filled with over the hill hackers and they have a manager who tells them not to look to walk but to look to “drive the ball” doesn’t help much either.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 27, 2011 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
You have3 no basis for the statement that Bochy
" tells them not to look to walk but to look to "drive the ball"
Situations call for different appraoches. For example – 1. you are Belt hitting seventh. There are runners on second and third two out. Stewart is behind you. Right hander on the mound.
2. You are Jeff Keppinger leading off an inning. Team down two.
No way those at bats should be approached the same way.
I think it’s more that the organizational philosophy is to go for XBH, when Belt is more of an on-base guy. Basically, they’ve told him that he needs to hit HRs to stay in the lineup, and that could potentially ruin what was a fantastic minor league approach.
I disagree with the point above that the Giants have made the entire team into hackers. A lot of players have come to SF in the last 2 years and increased their walk rates (maybe due to Meulens?), but Bochy’s idiotic lineup ministrations render most of that improvement moot.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
These situations make me laugh
Because a competent organization would neither have Belt hitting 7th nor Keppinger hitting 2nd.
Game Summary: Offense Not Pictured
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
by Solidarity on Aug 26, 2011 11:56 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
ouch, BURN!
lmao. ok so maybe this is true, but really? being dissed by astros fans? what has the world come to?!?!? O_o
I mentioned a while back that the Astros are playing the role of litmus test for real contenders. In four games against San Fran so far, I’ve seen nothing to indicate they could make the playoffs this year. Sure, the pitching is very solid, but the hitters? I’m not ruling anything out, mind you, just saying judging from their play against Houston, I wouldn’t expect a repeat.
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 26, 2011 11:57 PM PDT reply actions
A moral victory for those who lose at everything else.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
It's a shame they couldn't even win one measly game in the 2005 WS
then they could be like ranger fans and pretend they didn’t get slaughtered and that it was a “close” series.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 27, 2011 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
This seems like a fair and accurate appraisal
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well, in a few games, they gave up quite a few runs to the stros
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.
Their team has scored more runs than the Giants this year. They can make these types of observations.
So has everybody else. It's not really a strict criterion.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
I kept waiting for the part I disagreed with.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2011 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Um.....
Seems like a pretty reasonable post to me.
When are Torres and Romo coming back?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Cool, thanks.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Aug 27, 2011 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Felt it in Hollister
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 27, 2011 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions
It was 4.6
centered in Pinnacles. Lots of small earthquakes there today. Better than a big one. God, I love that USGS earthquake site, it’s so cool.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
/runs to save slim-fitting shirts
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by TheLetter2 on Aug 27, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
DAMN YOU
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 27, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure most of you have seen this but tnis is excellent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oKz99K56vSM
I was dissapointed he didn’t do mitch williams but I guess thats to easy.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
ow my entire mortal flesh
you should all listen to the protomen, they’re fucking awesome
also hey the giants won a game that’s pretty tight
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 1:14 AM PDT reply actions
and...
as i commented near the topL kuiper professed his love for burrell or something. when asked which giant he would wish to be for a day, without hesitation he responded “burrell” and then the two of them giggled or something.
by Brannigan's Law on Aug 27, 2011 1:49 AM PDT up reply actions
HEY COOL!
I know the girl who made these! :)
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
The 35-year-old good-lookin' grandma?
by mrs. owlcroft on Aug 27, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
lolwut? she’s a member of a Disneyland social thingy app I belong to. Did they say she’s a grandma? weird :D Anyway, last night she posted on MouseWait a pic of her & her friends wearing them at the game with their Belt/giraffe sign and a pic of K&K wearing the hats she made. Here’s her website on etsy: www.beanieswithcharacter.etsy.com
I’m just seeing loads of Disney beanies but she’s local (Dublin) so I imagine after this the giraffe hats will be added to her etsy site :)
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Well the whole Gramma thing was independent of that incident. Two nights ago KnK said that there were probably grammas all over northern california sewing up giraffe hats. Then last night somebody threw 2 of them in the broadcast booth. The gramma thing was a throw away reference to what they had said the other night.
Ohhhhhh! :D thx, I’ve been keeping my ears and eyes away from the suck as of late, so I missed all that. Well, that and my new job started and my annual “Back-to-School” head cold came a week early this year & it’s kicking my ass :(
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
That was supposed to include the link:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80572519/baby-giraffe-hat-brandon-belt-sf-giants
trying to discern the thoughts behind the expression on his face
good or bad, either way it makes me laugh
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Did they let you up onto the second floor where all the concept art and maquettes are? What did you go there for?
I can see the Giants losing a lot of their games, staying within striking distance of Arizona, then inexplicably dominating the games against the Dbacks and somehow ending up in front by a game at the end of the season.
And then Miguel Tejada becomes 2010 Playoffs Cody Ross and carries the team to a championship, hitting third in the order by the end of the World Series (against the Rangers again).
Also, this season would have been the last straw for a lot of Giants fans if we would have lost in the World Series last year. Thanks to the title, however, this season is a lot easier to handle.
So, I didnt get a chance to watch the game until after the 6th inning.
Watching the highlights, what the heck was Bochy doing holding a bat in the dugout? lol
I noticed on Kepp’s RBI double, it looks like Huff wants to go all:
However, Bochy happens to be standing between them, with a bat in his hand. Huff slaps Boch on the shoulder and is all like, “Oh sorry skip, thought you were Pat” and they go for the air fist lol.
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
Of course thats Pats bat in Bochy’s hand, gently stroking it in hopes of a big payoff.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
32 doubles, 12 triples, and 12 home runs on the season.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
I’d like to see him spend time in AA, but he’s hit so well that he may just end up in AAA to start the year.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
Screw That
I want him start in center tonight in SF.
(I know, I know, development, not the same league….)
/lazy tomahawk chop
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Saturday mornings are quiet.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
It’s pretty loud outside here in Durham, NC. We still have power, for now….
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
waiting for the wife to get up so I can take her to Grayson for breakfast.
It’s quiet here, except for the squirrel that’s chattering while it steals my neighbor’s plums
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
You could watch the Northeast descend into panic and chaos. Or so CNN would like you to believe.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve been watching it all day. Reminds me of when I would watch Weather Channel hurricane coverage round-the-clock as a kid.
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Nothing’s going to happen to the North East. Not a thing except maybe heavy rains. When I lived in Philly, we got maybe one or two hurricane panics— even got school cancelled— but by the time it hit, it was nothing. It’s just too far to go.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I would think the shorelines will be severely impacted. The Jersey Shore, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, Cape Cod will have pretty severe damage I would think.
I think Philly is too far inland for anything severe to happen.
I forget what hurricane it was, but when I lived in northern Brooklyn, we took the train down to Rockaway Beach (which was the point of impact for this storm). Maybe, a 20 mile ride. The difference in the severity of the storm between the two locations was substantial.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
One of my favorite childhood memories was hunkering down in our house with my mother and sister as a supertyphoon passed just north of Manila. Now that was fun.
The media panic about Connecticut seems overdone. It’s not like Stamford wasn’t already blown up five years ago by the New Warriors.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s what my family is doing right now in the Outer Banks. Some people left and some stayed behind. The patriarch of the family, who is ill, refused to leave. Somehow, they still have power.
I lived in Stamford for maybe 9 months. My friend’s uncle had an apartment there and died. My friend said we could live there for free, if we fixed up the place and got it ready to be put on the market. I had no idea what I was in for.
The guy smoked a pipe and sat in one chair all day. There was a huge brown stain on the ceiling from the pipe smoke. Everything in the apartment was covered in a thin layer of tar and smelled like smoke. We had to throw everything in the apartment out and redo everything and it still stunk. I hope the New Warriors took care of that apartment too.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I think they’re worried that whatever hits Conneticut will do serious damage to all the antiques in the antique stores. There would go half of Conneticut’s economy
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG INA GARTEN’S NEIGHBORS
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Let’s see her get those damned brownies to them today!
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 27, 2011 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
/serves brioche salad at hurricane shelter
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
It all makes sense now
Sabez, a native New Englander, doesn’t view the washed-up geezers he signs as washed up vets. He looks at them as valuable antiques.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
We saw the pier we go to and swim at in Nag’s Head, on TV.
They just rebuilt it in May after it was destroyed by a hurricane in 2003. They built an aquarium inside of it. Next time I go I am going to find out if they evacuated the creatures in the exhibits. It struck me as odd, that the only life on the beach, besides the weathermen, would be fish in tanks.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Because Natto isn't here
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
good username
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.
There are a few footie fans here; however they may all have trundled off to college recently. Or they just aren’t awake yet.
Mmmhmm. Plus Gunners don’t play till tomorrow.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 27, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
So, the baby giraffe thing
pisses me off. It’s cute and all, the hats, and the costumes. Belt seems pleased to be called anything other than a Fresno Grizzly. People are excited for him, that’s great. I’m glad to see the kid on the field.
He’s got a nickname based on his play in left field. He’s so gangly! Awkward! Belt is an excellent first baseman. He only looks “awkward” because he is playing out of position. This team has a bizarre fascination with playing people other than where they belong. Fontenot isn’t a SS, really. Nate certainly isn’t a left fielder. Buster Posey certainly isn’t a first baseman. These fellows are good baseball players, they’ve acquitted themselves well enough wherever they’re asked to play, and in some cases there’s been an injury (or in Frodonot’s case a lack of competition from a refusal to get or manufacture an SS) that has forced the swap.
But when I see Belt described as a giraffe while Huff stands on 1B every night (or DeRosa, for god’s sake) I think of Beltrain in RF while Nate learns to play LF, or Posey borrowing a 1B mitt to keep Molina in the lineup. Belt may have played himself into an entirely new nickname by now had he played his best position in the first place.
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.
At least he has a nickname people can rally around…How many water buffalo or “cantaloupe” hats or costumes do you see!?
well
you have to actually be good for someone to want to dress up like you. You don’t see any avocado egg costumes either.
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 27, 2011 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
/puts away costume with chagrin
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
he also seems to be kind of socially awkward
I like the Baby Giraffe, it sounds like a throwback nickname
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
I’ve met him and he doesn’t seem socially awkward to me at all. The only thing that seems awkward to me is that he’s pigeon toed.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I think Belt looks a lot like a giraffe, just like Pablo looks like a panda. I don’t really have an opinion on where they should be playing. I do like the idea of a player being versatile.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Quibble
Fontenot isn’t a SS
I don’t think management would argue with that. Fontenot at SS was like plan C or D
The thong is, it happened.
ditto to both of these things
but Plan C or D only comes about after A & B are failures at the cost of $6M and Thomas Neal.
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 27, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Per my post below
I favor a Cabrera/Fontenot platoon. And I’d probably use Cabrera as my late innings defensive guy when Fontenot starts.
The thong is, it happened.
Um
Belt’s awkward. According to legend, it was Tommy Joseph (who played with Belt in SJ), who dubbed him “The Most Awkward Man in the World.” He didn’t get the nickname from playing outfield, he got it because he kinda looks like a giraffe.
I was under the impression Huff gave it to him this year.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 27, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought Kuiper did it when Belt shagged his first fly ball in left. He looked like a baby giraffe taking his first steps.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
In either case it wasn’t in San Jose.
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 27, 2011 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I dunno
But the awkwardness thing comes from San Jose.
OK
still no “Most Awkward Man In The World” hats sold, and no giraffe nickname had he not been stuck in the outfield.
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 27, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Kuip cleared it up on KNBR the other morning
Kuip started it. Huff picked up on it.
The thong is, it happened.
Belt should be an outfielder for the rest of his career.
He’s good at it, and good defense at first base is like having caviar on a ritz. It’s nice, but you don’t need it there. Cheddar will do.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
GiantPain linked to unsustainable food practices!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Belt's take on it.
http://veteranandrook.mlblogs.com/2011/08/24/awkward-brandon-belt/
Then during an interview with the Showtime guys for "The Franchise,’’ I told how my friend Tommy Joseph, who’s playing in San Jose right now, called me The Most Awkward Man in the World. I thought it was so funny. I knew exactly what he meant. I’m pigeon-toed so I look awkward walking around. Sometimes I’m socially awkward because I’m real shy at first if I don’t know you. When the show aired, my family and friends just completely embraced it. During the series over the weekend in Houston, near where I grew up, I look up in the stands and see about 50 people – all family and friends — wearing T-shirts that said, "Keep Belt Awkward.’’
It was their way of saying, "We love you how you are and it doesn’t matter if you’re the most awkward guy in the world.’’ Those T-shirts might have been the weirdest way possible to send me that message of support, but it felt great to see them there backing me, wanting me to do well.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 27, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
"I’ve always had animal nicknames," he said. "In fifth grade, I got a lot of ‘monkey.’ That really did a lot for my confidence, especially with the ladies. It was tough growing up. Maybe I can be a human someday."
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
by jponry on Aug 27, 2011 8:34 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
I really like Belty
Brandon “Homo Sapiens” Belt?
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 27, 2011 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions
he can be the Greendale Human Being
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.
Let's see how sports fans will shorten that.
Hmm, “Sapiens?” “Sapy?” “Sapes”?
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
but then he’d take over the world and we’d have “Planet of the Belts”
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
HE ONLY WANTS TO BE HUMAN
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
OF FLESH AND BLOOD HE'S MADE
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 27, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
i think the female fan contingent will like him
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yep.
I’m kicking myself for not paying more attention to him when he was in SJ last year.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I was looking at my “favorited” tweets yesterday, and found this:
@LoganDobson Logan Dobson
@legaleagle88 I’m sure all the minor leaguers think you’re a foxy old lady.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Yeah, you’re probably their Annie Savoy.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
How can you tell from those awful photos?
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
What moves will be made
To get Torres, Romo and SurKKKamp on the roster?
Guessing goodbye Runzler, Derosa…Edlefjenson or whatever? I like him though.
by Anonymous1337 on Aug 27, 2011 9:04 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Nate will probably go on the DL, and Edlefsen and Runzler optioned.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
blargh
15 days on the DL for want of 3 more days. Unless he’s scrubbed for the year, in which case, why is he on the active roster now?
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 27, 2011 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Some of it can be retro. When was the last time he played?
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
good call
8/21. Shorthanded for almost a week.
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 27, 2011 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
wonder what the 40 man moves will be for Surkamp and possibly Pill
Gillaspie and Burriss?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Or poor Waldis
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I’m guessing Zito to the 60 day DL for Surkamp. You think Pill is coming up?
Waldis has been so loyal to the Giants. I wonder if they would actually drop him after getting him back on the 40 man so recently.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
that would make sense
/will not happen.
Is there speculation about Pill anywhere, other than in minor lines on McC?
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 27, 2011 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Zito to 60-day DL
Maybe they DFA Joaquin, Burriss, Ford, DeRosa, or Rowand if they for some reason want to bring up Pill. I don’t think they will do that, though.
Why would they DFA Gillaspie to bring up Pill? Gillaspie’s a better player and three years younger.
I saw this in the sidewalk last night at a Durham Bulls' game
I have been to 50 (?) games and have never noticed it before. It was a special moment for me. I thought Roger Craig was a king when I was a kid.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 9:21 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I just don't know who's kamp I'm in anymore
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Little League WS
I can barley hear this announcer, he’s awful, trying to be Vin Scully or something.
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
Maybe you could rye another station.
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 27, 2011 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Rye? At nine in the morning?
Well, okay. I’m not made of stone.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 27, 2011 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Goofus' patented optimistic reponse:
But that wasn’t the kind of win that makes you think, yep, back on track. That was the kind of win that makes you the Giants should only be contending in a five-team league where the other four teams are the Astros.
I know I’m pretty far to the right on the pessimistic/optimistic scale, but I look at this game very differently.
Rather than looking for the Giants to get “back on track”, last night (and maybe today) were the last of the “just hold on while we wait for reinforcements to arrive” games. Coming into that game with that lineup and the D’backs already on their way to a win, any kind would be welcome and a good win.
With Torres, Romo eligible to come back Sunday and Burrell and Wilson getting closer, the team is getting closer to a better roster and better lineup that might actually be able to play well enough to catch the D’backs.
Torres
Keppinger
Beltran
Panda
Belt
Huff
Cabrera/Fontenot
Whiteside/Stewart
P
The primary bats of the bench would be Burrell, Ross & Schierholtz, which is much better than relying on Tejada & Rowand.
That lineup probably doesn’t give anyone a massive boner, but it’s reasonable to think they’re capable of doing more than what we’ve been seeing. With the pitching holding up like it has, catching the D’backs doesn’t seem that far-fetched.
I think the biggest single weather vane to watch will be Torres. If he can play anything close to “good Torres”, the whole dynamic of the team changes.
The thong is, it happened.
you're hired!
I have little confidence they’re going to play Torres regularly, sadly. At best it will be platoony-toon adventures with Rowand again.
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 27, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
You REALLY think they would platoon Rowand/Torres over Ross/Torres?
Given that Ross is playing over Rowand now, I HIGHLY doubt he’d it.
The thong is, it happened.
yes, that is what I think, and that is why I posted it
Thanks for the all-caps for emphasis. Torres has been in Fresno, I don’t see a ton of confidence in him from the team.
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 27, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Really, I was saying that I do not believe the team will pencil Torres’ name in at leadoff daily as was suggested in the original post. I don’t know what they intend to do with Cody.
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 27, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd be perfectly ok if they platoon Torres and Ross
And I’d bring in Torres as a PH/defensive replacement when Ross starts. That would probably give Torres 70-75% of the innings.
The thong is, it happened.
Even when before he was “injured” he had fewer AB than Rowand. Like I said, I like your ideas better than theirs.
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 27, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
The numbers would suggest that it's Rowand's doghouse to fix up how he pleases
For the season, Ross has 43 more PAs than rowand, even though he didn’t join the team until 4/20 (GiantStoner alert!)
2nd half is more pronounced:
Ross: 33 games started and 139 PAs
Rowand: 16 games started 80 PAs
The thong is, it happened.
huh?
What does the (lack of) confidence in Torres have to do with Rowand getting playing time over Ross?
The thong is, it happened.
I don’t know, because “Ross” isn’t written in your hypothetical lineup.
A Ross/Torres platoon then. Whatever, my point is that his stint on the DL and rehab time in Fresno, plus the depth at which he was stored in the doghouse before make me doubt that the team is going to be running him out there every day. I do not agree with their position and I hope you are correct.
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 27, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Rowand is done
They really seem to have finally had it with him. If they platoon Torres, it will be with Ross.
How about this?
Torres CF
Keppinger 2B
Beltran RF
Burrell LF (if he can run)
Panda 3B
Belt 1B
Stewart C
Fontenot SS
Pitcher’s spot.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Your biggest difference is putting Burrell in
From everything I’ve read, it sounds like both the team and Pat are just hoping he’s well enough to PH. Running around the OF sounds out of the question.
The thong is, it happened.
Yep
If Burell was healthy, I’d probably go with a 1B/LF rotation with Belt full time and Burrell/Huff starting based on the pitcher’s handedness
The thong is, it happened.
If Nate’s healthy, I’d put him in left (since Beltran apparently refuses to play anything but right) and Belt at first. I’m done with Huff’s bat. Resulting lineup:
Torres CF
Keppinger 2B
Beltran RF
Sandoval 3B
Belt 1B
Schierholtz LF
Fontenot SS
Stewart C
Maybe switch Keppinger and Schierholtz
SWING AND A MISS! AND THAT'S IT! The Giants are world series champions, and they come pouring out of the dugout!
-Duane Kuiper
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by nothingbutnet003 on Aug 27, 2011 12:32 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
I spent too much time watching the BBCA marathon last night.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m finally caught up with everything. But tonight I won’t be anymore.
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by Murray, Present on Aug 27, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Normally, I have a hard spot in my heart for their “period” or “historical figure” episodes, but I’m really excited for this one.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s looking kind of awesomely crazy, though, from the previews I’ve seen and there’s one crazy ass rumor out there. It kind of looks like the Hitler part isn’t even really the main part of it
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
DON’T TELL ME ANYTHING!
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
They definitely have good hype for it, though.
And Doctor Who has a lot indebted to Nazi Germany (the Daleks and the Cybermen both!), so it’s interesting that they’re actually going there directly for once.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I WON’T.
I’m just excited and also now that if you watch the trailers and previews online on the BBC Site or elsewhere, it looks pretty insane.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I meant “also know”
Check out the one where Amy calls the Doctor on the phone because I don’t even think it’s in the episode, it’s sort of a bridge scene between the two halves of the season.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, I saw that one last night. Interesting stuff.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Q!
It was an interesting episode. At least stuff is starting to happen now.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Yeah, the show’s picking up a little again. That whole middle section was rough.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I think as long as there’s more Jack/Gwen and less Rex/Esther (and little Oswald), then they’re okay. I really don’t give a rat’s ass about Rex or Esther and their stories.
And Feisty Gwen is teh awesome.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I agree with all of that.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Eric "Panther" Surkamp
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 27, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes
If there were ever a pitcher I hope gets knocked around by the Giants, it would be him.
Hit his wife, didn't he?
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Yeah well, Bochy managed a guy who beat his wife, and there was video that captured it:
http://vodpod.com/watch/1234876-video-brian-giles-allegedly-beating-his-ex-girlfriend
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess that's why they call him "Shotgun."
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
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Matt Cain officially kicked off this morning’s #GiantRace – congrats to everyone who ran #SFGiants twitpic.com/6c4340
The link goes to the same photo. Brian Wilson also tweeted that he was high-fiving the runners.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
High fiving with a sore elbow:
high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow high five! ow
The thong is, it happened.
So he’s finally cracked and taken an innocent microphone hostage until he gets more run support.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The radio world today mourned the loss of a Sennheiser omnidirectional dynamic mic, the victim of a senseless killing in San Francisco. Radical activist Matt Cain is being held in connection with the murder. Donations may be made to KQED, where a memorial service will be held early next week.
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FREE MATT CAIN
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
/releases images of TL2 in Hollister shirts
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by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
CAIN: “He’s a member of the establishment! can’t you sheeple see that?”
ME: “But they fit so well…”
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baa
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Bumgarner nods knowingly. Lincecum has no idea what he’s talking about.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Questions regarding last night's TV/Radio:
How much of deal did Kruk/Kuip/Flem/Miller make out of Belt not running out that seeing-eye pop-up?
At the game, we noticed it right away and were pretty bummed, and more bummed when it cost the team a run.
The thong is, it happened.
I would also like some insight into this.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Kruk was miffed.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
Kruk seemed especially pissed off. I’m guessing that, in light of his “shake things up / play the youngsters” rant on KNBR, he felt like he stuck his neck out a bit for Belt.
Also, he could really like him and thus have been pissed when he did something boneheaded.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I think that as younghutch suggested, when you stick your neck out in someone’s defense and then they go and do something stupid, it makes you feel like they’re making you look bad too.
Hell, it happens to me all the time with Huff, and I’m just some nobody on the web.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
They went into him pretty hard.
something along the lines of “if you’re a rookie, you can’t afford right now to not hustle”
by janglicious on Aug 27, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Great. So he’s definitely going to be benched today, right?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Nah
Belt is now an everyday player
by Anonymous1337 on Aug 27, 2011 10:57 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
My guess: Bochy has "a talk" with him
“Listen son, we’re in a f**kin’ pennant race and that means you can’t be doggin’ it. I’ve got pitchers workin’ their asses off and we’re not scoring and you decide not to run out a ball and cost us a run? If I was Bummy, I’d have wanted to kick your ass. Normally, I’d bench your ass for a game, but with all these guys hurt and a righty starting today, I can’t hurt our chances just to teach you a lesson, but if I see that again, I will.”
The thong is, it happened.
Meanwhile, Roawnd swings at a pitch that actually hit the opposing manager in the dugout:
“Atta boy, Rowy! See fellas, that’s some grit raht thar!”
Not recognizing a pitch and not hustling are pretty different things
Physical error > missing sign > not hustling
The thong is, it happened.
As the old saying goes, "You can't fix stupid."
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Bradon Belt Buckles Under Pressure
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
“I’ve always had belt puns,” he said. “On my high school team, I got a lot of ‘utility belt.’ That really did a lot for my confidence, especially with the ladies. It was tough growing up. Maybe I can be a fine hand-crafted leather piece someday.”
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll proudly take my place now among the tens of thousands who have already thought of that one.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
When I saw the replay, he didn’t seem to hesitate as long as I originally thought. Given how the throw came in, I think if Belt tried to take second on that he would have been out, and it wouldn’t have been close.
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
Even if he had been running out of the box, that is.
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
It looked to me like he would have made it
But I only saw it live. He had time to take a pretty big turn at first and looked like he almost thought about going despite the slowness out of the box. 10-15 feet might have made the difference.
The thong is, it happened.
Yeah, tough to say. Obviously running it out is the correct play, I’m just not certain about the assertion that it cost the Giants a run.
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
Well, it was followed by a slow grounder to the right side and a deep fly bal to right field.
All else being equal, it probably cost them a run.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
But that all assumes Belt makes it 2nd on his hit
the guy was arguing that it’s not a given that he makes it 2B
The thong is, it happened.
I don’t think he totally dogged it, but not taking the extra base certainly reduced the Giants opportunity for scoring (even if it can’t be stated definitively that it cost an actual run).
I believe that if he had run it out like he was Pete Rose, right out of the box, and makes an aggressive turn, he makes it safely into second.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Pretty stoked to watch Surkamp
Never seen him pitch
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
This and this
"For science. You monster."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 27, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s very much like a young Barry Zito. Not a great fastball, but good command of a very nasty curveball and other secondary pitches.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
Yep
Barry Zito/Ted Lilly comps seem appropriate.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Is he also living in a dreamworld of lies that transform into a nightmare prison of psychotic denial?
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Barry is an interesting person! And kind, and adorable. He just can’t play baseball anymore, at least not to the tune of quality starts over 30 opportunities.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
And he’s also lost in a psychosis of denial, but that just makes him more adorable.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe he can teach him how to focus
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I often wish Timmy would stay away from Zito but they seem to BFF
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
has the good weed
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by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
hahahahaahaha
SFGiants San Francisco Giants
The #SFGiants Wall of Fame Ceremony is 3:30 PM on King St. Jason Schmidt and Marvin Benard Class of 2011
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 27, 2011 11:25 AM PDT reply actions
can’t wait for the William Vanlandingham induction ceremony
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Marvin Benard is definitely lowering the bar for the Wall of Fame, if you ask me.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
I kind of liked him- he was the super scrappy short guy who hustled and willed himself to be a slightly below average centerfielder. He always looked like he was trying really, really, really hard and for those of us who sucked at sports but thought that if we looked they were trying really, really, really hard we’d be able to avoid being benched, he was one of us.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
One of my only clear memories of Benard is of him swinging shoulder high at a pitch around his shins.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
My two main memories of Marvin Benard are that he liked to tomahawk at high fastballs and break in on fly balls.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
I remember a few huge home runs in 2000, one against the Dodgers I think, including a few as a pinch hitter. I also remember the start of the 2000 playoffs and suddenly realizing that we have nothing resembling a lead off hitter playing and that we might be in big trouble
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
It is, so hello Barry Zito plaque!
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I think it's...
5 years + All Star appearance or 9 years. I assume that the All Star appearance has to occur while the player is a Giant.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I can’t believe Mahvin was on the Giants for 9 years.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
so of current Giants...
Timmy, Matt, Wilson and Panda are probably locks.
The thong is, it happened.
maybe MadBum
he’s bound to make an all star team before he leaves SF
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Depending on the All-Star rule… Aaron Rowand.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Gotta be SF all star
If not, they should change it to keep Rowand and Zito off the wall
The thong is, it happened.
I would assume so, but I haven't seen it stated explicitly.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Maybe they can come up with a Wall of Shame to put them, along with Neifi, Jose Cruz Jr., Felix Rodriguez, Sidney Ponson and others
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't forget Blownitez.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
His tile will probably be expertly placed in the men’s bathroom
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Or whatever!
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
this
is indeed the classification system.
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 27, 2011 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Huh, so it is. That kind of takes the charm out of it for me.
Also, I wonder if that mean Randy WInn goes on the wall.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
Huh?
He has neither nine years as a Giant nor five years with an All-Star appearance.
He was with the team for part of ’05, and had an All-Star appearance (albeit not as a Giant).
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
In Colorado, it’s based on how God you are.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Does Kruk has Burrell envy?
Ok, that would make sense
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Preview: Zito’s on top. Also, the beard makes an appearance, but not the one you think.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 11:54 AM PDT reply actions
Sorry, a paid subscription is not in my budget. That’s why I spend my time on this free thing Grant started.
Maybe there’s a 3-day or 7-day trial offer. You could sign up, download all the stuff you want all in one go, and then cancel. Be careful you make sure you cancel though. Also, watch out for “free offers” at the time that end up not getting cancelled when you cancel the main trial.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope he remembers to unzip the mask before taking a sip from that beer
Point #2: If that’s my party and I’ve got fabulous bikini babes frolicking about, the cover would most definitely be strategically removed from the hot tub!
The thong is, it happened.
Party?
Pat Burrell calls this “Tuesday”.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
by EliminateMe on Aug 27, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
thank you for concurrently making and ruining my day
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
On the other hand, prevent the Eric Surkamp ERA from beginning!
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
One of these California LLWS kids favorite player is Orlando Cabrera.
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 12:13 PM PDT reply actions
Also one of them dropped a "Got Heeeem"
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
one of the 12 y/o CA kids listed his favorite band as Iron Maiden.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
He must mean Orlando Palmeiro.
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 27, 2011 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Buster Posey just got a "favorite player" mention
From a Montana player in the LLWS.
Yesssssssss.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
My exact reaction.
It helps wash away the fact that many of them have CarGo or Jeter as their favorite player
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Iwannagetthat Iwannagetthat Iwannagetthat
"For science. You monster."
U Jelly?
Incidentally, there was a guy offering cash for bobbleheads outside one of the gates this morning for the Giant Race. It looked like he’d bought about a dozen already. I didn’t ask him how much he was offering…
by minesweeper on Aug 27, 2011 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
So I'm going to todays game
what gate should I line up at for the bobblehead?
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
The one where people are already lined up, I bet.
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 27, 2011 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
You should already be in line me thinks
"For science. You monster."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 27, 2011 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Last night
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
she said
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Oh, baby, I feel so down
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
CLASSY ALERT
Just got back from a grocery run to Wal-Mart. Saw a guy wearing a shirt that read, “I’m not a gynecologist, but I’ll have a look.”
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CLASSY ALERT
Just got back from a grocery run to Wal-Mart.
looooooooooooool
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
by waelwulf on Aug 27, 2011 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
nicely burned
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 27, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Let me check to see if I have any “care” up in the cupboard…
No, seems like I don’t. Better luck next time.
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+1
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
obviously
you should have taken a shopping list, then!
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 27, 2011 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahahaha I’M HELPLESS AGAINST IT
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
was this individual
standing next to a woman who’s tube top privileges should be revoked?
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
I am always slightly weirded out that you can buy guns and diapers at the same store
but that is just me
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
You need something to shoot the diapers with.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve never seen the Rollerball remake, but I’d wager that it has about 25 more rollerball scenes than the original.
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I remember the original being decent.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
It’s an interesting flick.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
it's fucking horrible
save the 2 hrs for something else.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
I have no interest in watching Chris Klein in another movie, so I won’t be seeing it. Watching the original now.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
On a Chris Klein-related note:
Javi Lopez is his long lost twin brother, apparently.
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 27, 2011 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I have seen both
The original is much better.
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish they would invent a dog that would walk itself.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 27, 2011 12:35 PM PDT reply actions
I think those are called wolves.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Direwolves!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
LOL California LLWS team wearing A's hats
probably just because of the colors
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 12:36 PM PDT reply actions
Wait, my bad. Not the team. the fans
Sorry for the typo
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Contra Costa county exurbanites!
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe Wolff’s scouting out new stadiums to move to
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it’s kind of stupid how they have to change jerseys.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I kinda do, too, but I imagine that a lot of these teams probably have pretty ratty jerseys & equipment.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 27, 2011 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
HURRICANE UPDATE
Still alive. Have secured a few jetskis for the inevitable “Waterworld” style post-apocalypse.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
It just fits that you’d be one of the Dennis Hopper oil tanker tribe.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
“Let’s have an intelligent conversation here: I’ll talk, and you listen.”
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
INB4 Calbear949 proclaims his love for that movie
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
he's not here
but I will defend it as fine for the post-apoc genre.
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"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 27, 2011 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
The Road Warrior is my favorite Mad Max movie.
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
I'm going to go bat sh*t crazy soon
I’m sitting at home, watching LLWS, awake since 7am, and now I have to wait for f’ing FedEx to f’ing deliver my HP Touchpad.
Hurry up, FedEx home delivery.
Maybe I’ll go organize some magazines or bake some cookies.
damn bondslegend!!
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah. You know that bondslegend is Mac only.
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You never know with those FedEx drivers in their little blue shorts.
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by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Are they really THAT cool?
"For science. You monster."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 27, 2011 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
They're THAT cheap.
The hacking of the tablet to make it run Android seems to be progressing rather well in the .. uh hackerworld.
Plus they accepted a $15 coupon when I placed the order, which pretty much covered tax and the recycling fee, and free shipping.
Manny Pacquio says so!
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by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
meelions of heets
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Millions of hits. Haha.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Montana just scored a runner from first on a ridiculous series of errors.
Take five, California. Get it together.
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Serves the catcher right
for trying to be flashy
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
The Little League World Series of Errors.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously. I asked mine if it could say “no”. It told me that it could. But it never did. I said, “Prove it!”
It just looked at me, and nodded, like jackass.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
You have to yell louder.
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 27, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a Lincecum one that came in a gift bag for $15. It’s in its box. I don’t particularly care about it.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
by shanghaijim on Aug 27, 2011 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I put Madison and Buster on the Shelf of Fame when I got home last night.
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What are the requirements to be on the shelf of fame?
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Be a bobblehead. But there’s limited shelf space, so some of the guys get cut when new ones arrive. For instance, to clear room for Madison and Buster, I let Justin Verlander and Brian McCann go.
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Whoa
Double dip Houston vs. SF tonight
by haroldandsivakumar on Aug 27, 2011 12:53 PM PDT reply actions
C'mon, it was funny.
"For science. You monster."
I live two minutes walking from a Wal Mart.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
C’mon. The people who run WalMart are a bunch of assholes. That’s why WalMart sucks.
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by rotorueter on Aug 27, 2011 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d for truth. I understand in some places it’s the only option, but to choose to shop there is beyond me.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Oh, jeez. I swear I was just teasing.
If everything’s on the up and up, I don’t care where you buy your leafy greens.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Not at all directed toward you. Walmart is pretty evil—and it’s by design, not by accident.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Google should buy them.
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Buy your apples at the Apple Store, they’re right next to the apps!
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 27, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
this
I have in fact even purchased greens at Wal-Mart. I also purchase things at Starbucks. I dare not mention such things in the backward insular community in which I live.
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 27, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
In conversation last week, this guy down in L.A. asked me if I’d ever had vanilla soy milk from Trader Joe’s. I couldn’t stop myself from laughing. I mean, it felt like a reflex over which I had no control. And I was laughing because he apparently assumes having vanilla soy milk from Trader Joe’s is a phenomenon everyone, everywhere, has experienced. I’m sorry. We don’t all live in downtown Smug.
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I hear Downtown Smug is real nice this time of year
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Right. Because I live in Marin on a vineyard, instead of America’s heartland, surrounded by lots of WalMarts.
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Doesn’t Columbus at least have a TJ’s?
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Made a TJs run today – I was in a super big hurry, so I didn’t get to browse much, but I did find some tasty peanut butter oat bars. Yum.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
The best grocery item I found this week was at Target!!! They sell guacamole in 100 calorie packs. 5 of them in a box? I love avocado/guacamole but I end up throwing away more than I can eat before it gets all brown and nasty. Yay for individual serving sized packages.
I find boxed guac disgusting
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Aug 27, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
You are a travesty.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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Yeah, that just doesn’t make sense in my brain.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d rather have fresh, but it’s an awful waste since I can’t eat a whole avocado + ingredients in 2 days.
How much does an avocado cost in CA? One of my old girlfriends, who grew up in LA, said they were dirt cheap down there.
For reference, they range from $.99 to $2.49 an avocado depending on where you shop here on the other side of the country.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know, I haven’t bought any this year, I feel guilty throwing ⅔ of it away. It’s not the $$$ it’s the waste.
we have an avocado tree in our backyard.
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too. So I have no idea what they cost
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Right
I was just curious in general, since we were talking about it.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Target has some surprisingly cheap foodstuffs.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
they're finally opening a Target in SF
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
First one will be in the Metreon. Strangely enough, that one will be more convenient to me than the Geary one.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
oh, I didn't know Metreon was getting one too
If I ever move back to the city it’ll be nice to have a Buy All Your Shit store close at hand.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
when I moved here I couldn’t figure out where to go to find essentials, outside of a supermarket. Not used to going to different shops dedicated to just one thing, in different buildings sometimes on different streets!
Luckily there was Amazon and Target.com. And Walmart.com
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
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 27, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Something about Smug City and “Let the Football Do the Talkin’” doesn’t seem right.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
oh nevermind
it’s Rochester.
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 27, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
My aunt/uncle live there. I never found it any more smug than anywhere else.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually buy my vanilla soy milk from Walmart.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Our spaceships won’t come back the same.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
The words Event Horizon only ever make me think of one thing.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
That movie scared the shit out of me when I first saw it.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL The imdb Event Horizon board has a post titled: “Scared the SH!t out of me”
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
They never should have fucked with the laws of physics!
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
That movie has one of my favorite “oversimplify fake science” moments in it, too. The whole FTL explanation for the ship.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a friend who watched that movie and, upon its conclusion, immediately stashed the DVD in his freezer. Supposedly protecting everyone else from its horrors?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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I am blaming that reply fail on Hurricane Irene. It interrupted my interwebz signal for a fraction of a second.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope downtown Smug has a good disaster relief plan.
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That place is run by assholes, too.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Yeah. Large grocery stores that treat their employees like crap are not held in well regard by myself.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Wait till you find out about Mom and Pop! Those people run an absolute sweatshop.
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 27, 2011 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t mean to sound preachy, but I buy most of my groceries at an Ohio-owned, unionized grocery chain.
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This reply probably makes me mayor of Smug
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Possibly.
But for the right reasons.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 27, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, you’re right.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Okay, okay. Seriously. I’m done if you are. I will never, ever mention Wal-Mart again. Peace in our time.
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Deal. I’m sorry things might have gotten a little heated there.
Shake hands?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Andronico’s runs a slave labor camp.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Demon.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Pro: kept the team in SF
Pro: built the ballpark privately
Pro: acquired Bonds
Con: Barry Zito
Con: Aaron Rowand
Con: bloodless pallor
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
Con: slave labor
Con: caused the great rotoreuter controversy
Con: soul stealer
Pro: incredible physical strength
Pro: undeniable hairdo
Pro: impeccable penmanship
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
My name is hard to spell, also.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I'M OFFENDED
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He despises Safeway and all things connected to it.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
It’s the most dangerous place in the world to him.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
DangerWay: The Next Encounter
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Well, shopping at the Noriega one can be very dangerous the day after coupons come out.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
I shop at that one like all the time.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Sacramento! But whenever I go to San Francisco, I stay in the Sunset. That Safeway or the Andronico’s are my main purveyors.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
That’s the one with the cool Chinese place just across the street, right?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I ordered duck from them, once upon a time. They gave me a duck’s head along with its other consumable parts. I freaked out my friends by snorking out its eyeballs, etc.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
correction
under management of the US Bankruptcy Court.
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 27, 2011 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Pop still hasn’t sent me my last paycheck after he canned my ass.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
But he DID give you that extra bowl of gruel that one time.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 27, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s too busy working on the Mach 5.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
4 Harris Teeters.
Where Huy Fong Sriracha sauce is $6.99.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
That must be what’s been happening to my Internet signal for the last 11 months since I got it.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually buy my vanilla soy milk from Walmart.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to have that all the time. It’s tastes sort of like a milkshake. My sister says that consuming soy all the time is bad for.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Lethecin content is kind of a false hooray. It’s a lot that depends on the processing.
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I actually buy the vanilla soy milk at TJ's
It tastes just like the name brand ones, at like half the price. I use it in my cereal.
One of my favorite meals in recent memory was getting a whole lobster, just boiled, and breaking down and eating the entire thing myself (not, naturally, eating the non-edibles).
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Even the tomale?
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Is that the green stuff?
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
The guts, more or less.
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Hmmm… well, I ate a bunch of the green stuff. At first, I was okay, but after a while it grossed me out so I stopped.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you guys have lobster in CA? I mean naturally.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Wikipedia
Areas in North America where lobster fishing is common include southern California, New England, portions of the Caribbean Sea, and the Canadian Maritimes.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Yeah. I don’t know what types are prevalent, but San Pedro sees a lot of haul.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Gotcha
Yeah, looks like you guys have the spiny lobster variety.
My mind/reality was almost blown there for a second. I grew up in the northeast and it is kind of ingrained in you, that lobster is a local specialty that is unique to the cold waters of New England.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, yours are the prettiest.
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He looks so young!!! even though he's older than i am...
gosquirrels Squirrels Baseball
@ESurkamp contemplating his Major League debut tonight! twitpic.com/6bkfan Congratulations!
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 1:08 PM PDT reply actions
He’s probably just trying to contemplate what sort of brutal way he’ll lose tonight. P
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s looking at the CSN player’s list of things to say for the new commercial campaign.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
“Oh man, I’m glad that guy is in the lineup tonight. His bat is unstoppable!”
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Rowand starts over Belt.
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Is that what the park in Richmond looks like? Interesting.
"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!"
People around here tell me its a dump.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
weird that they've got an upper seating level
i guess most of my experience with minor league ball is from San Jose where there isn’t one…
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
That Richmond park looks pretty nice
It has way more of a “professional baseball stadium” vibe than San Jose.
The thing about Rollerball that seems problematic is… what does Jonathan do after that last game? If he retires, the game won. If he keeps playing, he’ll be killed, and the game will win. It’s the briefest of victories, cut away from at the moment of that briefest of triumphs.
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But the victory isn’t necessarily a personal one. The purpose of Rollerball is to prove that individual effort is futile, which is why they want him out. With his final victory, he has destroyed that goal.
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I guess it is pretty symbolically significant. It just seems like that significance is doomed to be diminished by whatever course he chooses to take next.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I just don’t know that the game wins if he retires. Clearly the public has lost its taste for the game by the end of the film—-perhaps we are to think that he has already opened everyone’s minds up about everything.
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I’m probably just being cynical about the power of the corporations.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants twitter just posted the lines for Timmy, Cain, and Bum's debuts
Debut stats:
Lincecum: 4.1ip 5ER 5Ks
Cain 5.0ip 2 ER 2 Ks
Bumgarner 5.1 2er 4Ks
wonder what we’ll get from surkamp :]
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 1:30 PM PDT reply actions
Ten Inning Perfect Game.
Don’t ask me how, just take the bet.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I predict that as long as he’s emotionally composed, he’ll do fine. The guy seems to know how to pitch. He’s not like Timmy, who tried to overpower hitters when he first came up. He should be more mature than any of the three mentioned, because they were all younger than him when they started. I’m sure Surkamp has more that he can throw at hitters than they did.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
agreed
i think he’ll do well. Maybe not well enough to win cause… well, with this team. yeah.
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
not if my expectations are to high
or not high enough. but i’d expect a quality start.
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
For some reason, this made me think of the 2003 Fox sitcom Oliver Beene. Odd.
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I liked that show.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 27, 2011 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
He’d be like Theo— make a lot of noise about numbers and stats and then go sign Crawford for kajillion dollars
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
BREAKING
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/25/SPPT1KRH6F.DTL
LOL Ned
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
As if the Cubs would offer him a job.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I swear, any time I read anything about Billy Beane on this site, and see that you’ve replied to it, I immediately think about you looking at his naked penis.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
That is a gross mischaracterization of the events that transpired.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/6/3/2205160/giants-rockies-series-preview#68775903
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
That was a disturbingly quick turnaround.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
LOL
And, hey, cut me a little slack
It’s not like I’m just walking around lookin’ for prime dong. It was a famous person. You would have looked too.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
It’s only a little gross.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Your disc came?
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Yeah, I’m starting season 4.
Something tells me Sheridan is not dead.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa, Morton is nuts now.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey! It’s Londo’s dream come true!
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Ooooh, a mysterious new character.
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by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I think falling two miles also cut Sheridan’s hair.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Where the heck is Garibaldi?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
The Emperor is also nuts.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Here, watch this instead of whatever you were doing:
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12875249
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
That just made me realize how much worse we are this year.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 27, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
This is pretty good too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trtim6p1bsk
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Yeah
I downloaded that one and watch it frequently.
The other good one is the one that starts with “Do you remember” and shows highlights of 2002 and then details our salvation.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
this one
i could watch it on repeat over and over. no matter what happens this year (bad or awesome)… i can’t wait for next year.
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
God, I loved Huff last year
/slip into nostalgic euphoria
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 27, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Wheeee
I was at that game. Best game I’ve ever been to.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
Even though the Giants were behind in that game, I felt that they were going to win. I think its because I thought the Phillies bullpen was hittable for the Giants hitters. Pablo almost got screwed on that blown call on a ball that should have been called fair and would probably have been a two run double. He ended up getting a two run double anyways. Posey was on fire.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
RARRR SNORK SNERK
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
(I think the Huff quotes are possibly the most true-to-life part of that whole thing.)
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I can see Uribe yelling his line.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Wow, Romo wasn’t very good in the playoffs last year.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
To be fair, he rolled into that game with nobody out, a runner on second, and Philly’s hottest hitter at the plate, and got 3 outs in the rest of that inning.
But yeah he wasn’t the Romo we know and love.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he’s still got that reputation for chocking in the clutch because of the playoffs. Doesn’t matter what happened this season, everybody just remembers what happened then.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
yea he made two other hitters look like fools after that double. I think Ruiz was one don’t remember the other
by haroldandsivakumar on Aug 27, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
also the braves game
where cainer didn’t give up any runs, then romo came in and gave up back to back singles. /sad
but i think it’ll make him that much more determined if they’re in it this year.
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
that game shouldn’t count against Romo— the Power of the Caining overwhelms us all.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
and the hinske homerun
the folowing night. not a good series for romo
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Manny
All I know is I couldn’t forget about this moment until Burrell returned the favor later in the season:
Plus, Romo and Uggla should never go together.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
speaking of romo
he has two highlights on MLB video where he struck out the side. Those two games happen to be the posey game and the freddy game… eerie
by haroldandsivakumar on Aug 27, 2011 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't bother with those links.
If you’re not watching “Duck Dodgers of the 24 1/2 Century”, you’re missing it and thus uncool.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 27, 2011 2:02 PM PDT reply actions
Amy Gutierrez
8/27/11 #Astros lineup: Altuve 2B Bourgeois CF Martinez LF Lee 1B Michaels RF Paredes 3B Barmes SS Quintero C Myers RHP
MI leadoff and CF second? They’ve got it all backwards!
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
LOL I dont know who any of those people are except for Barmes and Myers.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
…and Lee. Can’t forget about him. Can’t not see him, actually.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Lee?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I’m a little annoyed that this season series has added Barmes, Paredes, Quintero, and Altuve to my BR search history.
Annoyed at the Giants.
In case that wasn’t clear.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
thought it was supposed to be hot today...
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Been a very mild summer so far
To say the least.
"For science. You monster."
it's 97 here in Anaheim
when you also have a head cold, it totally sucks…well, if it’s 97, it’s just sucks D:
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
It’s very hot!
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Aug 27, 2011 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Mysteries of life.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
They never have doubleheaders, and today they schedule them — when they know they can’t even play. It must be a Union thing.
wow
You know how Jeff Sullivan will occasionally post a .gif and just label it “baseball”? That sounds like one of those moments to me.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes. The CA kids giving him high fives as he ran the bases was a nice touch
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
This A's - Red Sox game is never going to end
They have already had two 1.5 hour rain delays but they won’t call the game.
AND it is supposed to be the first game of a double header. The second game was supposed to start at 2.
LOLINEUP!
lineup: Fontenot ss, Keppinger 2b, Beltran rf, Sandoval 3b, Belt lf, Huff 1b, Ross cf, Stewart c, Surkamp p
28 seconds ago
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
by Falconer88 on Aug 27, 2011 2:40 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
So is the shortstop hitting leadoff a thing now?
"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!"
SHORTSTOP MUST LEAD OFF
SECOND BASEMAN MUST BAT SECOND
SCIENCE
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
One of these days Bochy is gonna totally lose it and bat everyone based on positional numbers.
E.g. Pitcher bats first, catcher bats second, etc.
SWING AND A MISS! AND THAT'S IT! The Giants are world series champions, and they come pouring out of the dugout!
-Duane Kuiper
Adopted Giant: Chris Stewart
by nothingbutnet003 on Aug 27, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
This is ok, I guess.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
It’s not awful even when viewed in the context of the team as constructed at the beginning of the season, which is real nice.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
This is what I've been hoping for
Only change I could make would be putting Nate in center if he were healthy and batting him sixth
SWING AND A MISS! AND THAT'S IT! The Giants are world series champions, and they come pouring out of the dugout!
-Duane Kuiper
Adopted Giant: Chris Stewart
by nothingbutnet003 on Aug 27, 2011 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually don’t hate it.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 27, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow that doesn't look all that bad
No Rowand, Tejada, Cabrera
OMG OMG OMG
BELT HITTING BEFORE HUFF? WHAT IS THIS SORCERY??!?!?!
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
What is this feeling? I am unfamiliar with it….
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
nope
imagine this with a dash of posey, a sprinkle of franchez, and possible a smidge of reyes???
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it's the most reasonable one, given the choices.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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THAT THIRD MOON IS SURE IRRITATING
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
my spirit animal is a salamander. Truth! My uncle was a shaman. He told me.
My mom’s spirit animal is the badger.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
It’d be funny if your mom started visiting this site.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
fortunately for me, she hates baseball
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Maybe she likes Game of Thrones. Or food talk.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
She does like Game of Thrones.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He’ll have to seek Dulcea on Phaedos to find out.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
SURKAMP SHOULD BAT 6TH!!
.286/.333/.619 this year :p
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
Only 18 PA’s. So I assume they DH in AA? He’s going to need the extra offensive help.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
In the minors
I believe the deal is they use the DH unless both teams are NL affiliates, and only then if both teams agree to have the pitchers hit.
depends on the league.
california league uses DH all the time. So our SJ pitchers don’t hit at all…
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
The selection of players is correct
I would rather not have the 5th and 6th best hitters at the top of the order, but whatever.
Good lineup. Exactly how I’d write it up.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Ross, Huff, Stewart a potential black hole?
Surkamp can hit apparently(SSS).
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
i like belt at the 2 but good enough
only took like a 100 games good job boch
by haroldandsivakumar on Aug 27, 2011 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Just thought of this, but....
if Stewart’s playing, does this end the Reign of Eli the Passed Ball?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
he'll probably play tomorrow
with cain pitching, plus day game after a nightgame thing…
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Cleanup hitter one day, 7th hitter the next.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Aug 27, 2011 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
So
Given his options, this is Blowchy’s best lineup of the season.
Maybe the hurricane moved around some of the sediment in his boulder skull and his brain is finally starting to work proprerly.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I've just been re-watching last year's playoffs and game 162
All of a sudden, my annoyance at Huff’s lack of hitting has all but disappeared.
Also, I can’t believe Jonathan Sanchez hit a triple.
Also also, I really really miss Buster Posey. And Freddy Sanchez.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
Whenever we have an especially bad loss
I calm myself by watching game 162 or a playoff game. It is very cathartic
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
me too
also, BUSTER POSEY
i’ve been watching that video a lot lately
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
I miss him so much. It was nice to have a catcher who was actually good
SWING AND A MISS! AND THAT'S IT! The Giants are world series champions, and they come pouring out of the dugout!
-Duane Kuiper
Adopted Giant: Chris Stewart
by nothingbutnet003 on Aug 27, 2011 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
My kids are watching my Animaniacs CD
This scene just came on, and it made me think of this site.
I think I’m broken.
llama llama llama llama llama llama llama llama llama llama llama llama
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Animaniacs is the platonic ideal for a children’s cartoon.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
remember when Tiny Toons did bits for TMBG “Particle Man” and “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)”?!
so wild to think of that being back in the early 90’s and now TMBG are big in the “kiddie” world cuz of their ties to Higglytown Heroes and their ABCs & 123s themed CDs (which are awesome btw!-especially the DVD Here Come the ABCs, my students loved it and it doesn’t make me cringe!)
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Also be sure to check out the Here Comes Science TMBG CD. My kids sing stuff from it all the time.
(My Tiny Toons DVDs should be here next week – can’t wait to put those in for the kiddies, too).
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
oooo! I didn’t know about a science one! thx :) You’re doing the right thing enriching their young lives with Animaniacs and Tiny Toons-keep them faaaaar away from that danged Disney Channel-that stuff will make their brains fall outta their ears! no bueno! :(
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
I have to admit I do like Phineas & Ferb and FishHooks on the Disney Channel. . .
They’ve also been going old school with Johnny Test and Fairly Odd Parents.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I can take P &F in small doses, saw a couple Johnny Test & Fish Hooks episodes with the godsons….I’m hoping next time I’m watching them they’ve out grown them & moved on to something else…I just don’t get it, and I’m a girl who watched & enjoyed Fosters & PPGs well into her early 30s! lol me
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
SurKKKKKKKKKamp
JohnSheaHey John Shea
Surkamp given jersey 47.
38 seconds ago
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
SurKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKamp
"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!"
Ducks are cute!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
They are, but baby chicks are. . . . Hey! Look at that shiny bug!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I found a penny!
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
SQUIRREL!
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 27, 2011 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
SURKAMP!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I hid under your porch because I love you
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Dug! Did you know he’s in the parks now? Well, DCA, but still! :D
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
it’s pretty cute, him and Russell have taken over what used to be the Redwood Creek Trail where Koda and Kenai (sp?) from Brother Bear were, and they’ve turned it into a Wilderness Explorer area where they can earn “badges”-it’s a scratch-off map thing, but they have a ceremony at the end which is cute from what I’ve seen. :)
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Oh that’s cool! My kids love the Redwood Creek Trail, but they really didn’t know who the hell the bears were.
We’re trying to plan our annual autumn trek to the Resort; just need to figure out what days of school are best to miss.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I’ve never seen BB either! only reason I know them at all is because I have a friend who “was very good friends with Kenai” in the entertainment dept. at Disneyland ::wink, wink:: :D
have you ever gone for the Trick or Treat event? that’s the most fun I’ve ever had for Halloween-the people watching is sublime! So creative!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
We’ve been there around Halloween before, but don’t do the trick-or-treating — navigating the massive wall of humanity with the little ones is not worth the payoff.
In fact, this last spring was the first time my kids had seen the Haunted Mansion WITHOUT the Nightmare Before Christmas overlay – they thought it was okay, but like the Jack Skellington version better.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I wish we could get the Halloween parade like the one they do at Wally World, it’s amazing-complete with Headless Horseman and the Grave Diggers from HM doing a “shovel dance”. The one here is very much for the kids.
The new widowed bride in the attic of HM one looks like a blowup doll-ick! I miss the old beating heart effect on the original one! I ♥♥♥ the NBC overlay! Two more weeks! lol
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
and that shows you how short my attention span is—- I didn’t even read the thread before posting
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
They should send out Ray Ratto-types to do outside coverage in hurricanes. Immovable objects.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
I CAN’T HEAR THE SWEATER OVER THIS HOWLING WIND!
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 27, 2011 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
@paapfly
Paapfly
For those unaware, Gary Brown had 3 more hits last night to push his line to .334/.402/.510. He also has 48 stolen bases and 15 assists
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 3:03 PM PDT reply actions
But how many RBIs does he have?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
holy shit
SLG!!!!!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
That's not a great ISO though
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
And the walk rate still sucks
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
You never turn it off, do you?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I mean, Jesus Christ, dude.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
And his ISO is .175, which is more than fine for a plus defensive CF
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
“Well, he’s having a pretty good year but he’s not an absolutely flawless prospect, so I’m going to just focus on those flaws and act like they make him suck.”
This might be one of your most obnoxious moments.
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.
What?
You’re ascribing a whole bunch of statements to me that I haven’t come close to making.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
You did say “not great” and “sucks”.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Oh, I’m sorry, you were just coming into a thread about how our top prospect is hitting pretty darn well to focus on the negatives instead to do… what, exactly?
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.
Just wanted to express my concerns about Brown, that's all.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
You say “express your concerns”, I say “irritating negative Nancy-ism.”
Oh hey, at the same age, Jacoby Ellsbury had a lower ISO at the same level!
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.
DFA IMMEDIATELY
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I'm sorry you interpreted it that way.
It was not my intent.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I don't really want to get involved with this
But sometimes intent doesn’t matter much.
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!
Well yeah, but when you're trying to figure out what I'm saying about Gary Brown, my intent probably does matter a bit.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
You’re evil.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Meh
When you are a party pooper, it doesn’t really matter if you wanted to be a party pooper.
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!
BE RIGHT FOREVER
GiantPain just isn’t enamored with Brown’s clubhouse presence. The rumor around A ball is that Mr. Brown has been causing friction with teammates, thinking he’s the next big thing. That won’t gel at the major league level. You can have the talent to play big league ball, but without the leadership qualities to back it up your just another athlete. Why do you think guys like Cody Ransom and Jackie Jensen never met their full potential?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Todd Linden!
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
bah, *you're
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
No!!!!
I was hoping that was intentional.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I’m not that clever. The BTTF Jack Keefe, or whatever, guy is way better.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
you do have a distinct habit of cherry-picking, man
I appreciate your analysis, but you tend to single out the statistics that support your opinion. Example: you’re not high on Brown, you cite his relatively low walk rate in A-ball. You’re not high on Crawford, you ignore his very high walk rate in the majors.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm interested in whether or not someone is a good hitter, overall.
Walk rate is only a part of that. Brown’s hitting well, but he has a low walk rate that will only get lower as he moves up, and an ISO that won’t do much to add value as he faces tougher competition.
Crawford just isn’t a good hitter, no matter how much he walks.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Like Jamey Carroll!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I don’t understand your qualms over an ISO of .175. We’re not looking for Brown to be a big time power hitter. If he hits .280, an ISO of .175 would get him to a SLG around .450. He appears to have very good contact skills thus far, so I don’t think that saying he could have a batting average of .280 in the majors is unreasonable. We’re not talking about Juan Pierre levels of ISO here.
The walk rate is low and yes, it’s a concern, but a walk rate around 6-7 is hardly a death knell, if he can continue to hit for average. Maybe he can’t, but right now, when I look at Brown, I see a pretty solid CF prospect (and since he plays center and is, by most accounts, a very good defensive one, he doesn’t need to hit for a .900 OPS to be very useful, especially in his first few years.)
I don’t think anyone is trying to say he’s Mike Trout. He’s a top 30-50 range prospect and certainly the Giants #1 right now.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I mean
look at Andres Torres this year.
Hitting a pretty awful .228/.314/.343.
But he’s been a 1.7 WAR player because he plays a plus defensive CF.
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.
Colby Rasmus in A, 78 games: 8.5% BB
Colby Rasmus in A+, 49 games: 12.2% BB
Colby Rasmus in AA, 126 games: 12.6% BB
Not that Colby Rasmus is necessarily a Gary Brown comp. Just the first example that leapt to mind/fangraphs.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
here's a fun one
Andrew McCutchen’s BB rate hovered around 8% through his first 250~ games of minor league ball. It jumped to 11.5% in AAA, which is also his career BB% in the majors.
It’s not out the question for a prospect’s walk rate to improve. A high BB% in the minors is a good sign, but it’s not the be-all, end-all.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
(Also, McCutchen never posted an ISO above .160 until his last 50 games of AAA before his callup.)
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, I'm just going to back away slowly from this one.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I was looking for guys with an ISO around 170-180
and then i realized as i was typing in names that it totally wasn’t worth it
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
BR..could have been across the bay
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 12th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft and the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (24th) of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft.
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
Posted this is in the other thread
But, GaBro #1 on BA’s hot list
No. 1 GARY BROWN, CF
GIANTS
Gary Brown Team: high Class A San Jose (California)
Age: 22
Why He’s Here: .556/.571/1.037 (15-for-27), 2 HR, 3 2B, 2 3B, 9 R, 8 RBIs, 0 BB, 1 SO, 1-for-3 SB
The Scoop: “Some have labeled me as a singles hitter. I don’t know where they get that from,” Brown told a media outlet from his hometown of Diamond Barr, Calif. “I’ve always felt I’ve driven the ball gap to gap.”
The Giants 2010 first-rounder made good on his personal assessment yesterday, going 5-for-5 with a pair of homers (12), a pair of doubles (30), five runs scored and four RBIs. On the year, Brown has collected a similarly-wide array of extra-base hits. He leads the Cal League with 12 triples and 170 hits, and he ranks second with 102 runs and 260 total bases. He has fallen off the pace in the stolen base department, and High Desert’s Dan Carroll now holds a 55-47 advantage on Brown heading into the final week-plus of play.
Brown’s successful full-season debut includes a .331/.400/.507 batting line through 513 at-bats. He’ll play in the Cal League playoffs, where San Jose qualifies yet again with 13 wins more than No. 2 Rancho Cucamonga.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Let's put the kibosh on the GaBro thing before it even takes off.
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.
gabro Gabro GABRO!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Gabbo!
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 27, 2011 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, that was what I was going for
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Rowand DFAd
.
.
.
But not really
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
More times, or more total?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I could be facetious and say more total, but I’m gonna go with more times
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
The Astros and Texans can take the same flight home now and save on money
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
When does the NFL release schedules? If it’s preseason, I’d think teams could have more liberties, right? Game starts an hour before the Giants do. I wonder if they want you to tune in for when the first team plays.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Crap - 11 guys on the Astros' 25 man roster are rookies?
The Giants shouldn’t be losing any games to them.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
We SOOOOO outrank them in grit too
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 27, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
BREAKING
LOL Way too late. Bastards have the season series so far.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously.
@JohnSheaHey
John Shea
Schmidt, Benard honored on Wall of Fame at 3:30 pm. Totally silly Giants refusing to honor Bonds. They say gotta be retired. Cmon. Be real.
"For science. You monster."
Here’s a video Bill Neukom talking about Bonds earlier this year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-JfdW2uW7M
The Giants are waiting for the legal stuff to end.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
If he's not retired I expect to see him at 1B
NOW!
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 27, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Refuses to do so! Doesn’t want to wear a cup! (True story)
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
@AmyGGiants
Amy Gutierrez
Saw Nate is ‘available’ on #sfgiants lineup card. Asked him if it was a good sign, he said, ‘no, I’m probably going to the DL’.
"For science. You monster."
He’s available to go to the DL.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 27, 2011 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Lame
So basically every position player that started with the team on a consistent basis has been on the DL. Except Huff.
That is cray-z.
Remember when Huff looked like he hurt himself in that game against the Phillies? Many were crossing their fingers.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
He got hurt in Atlanta but didn’t go on the DL.
Must be the grit inside.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
locker-room lupus
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 27, 2011 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Pat the Bat starting for Fresno today
tylerlatorre Tyler LaTorre
Pat “the bat” in town and in the lineup!!!!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
On his last day in Fresno, Pat hires strippers for the entire team. Book it.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
So he’s never going to play the field again? Just pinch hit or DH? Sound like his personal nightmare come true.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 27, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
As much as he hates DH, he probably prefers it to not playing at all
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
it's a little unclear
He’s mentioned that his foot injury, if surgically repaired, would probably end his career. But I’m not sure if that means his career is over either way, or if allowing it to heal naturally will let him run again.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I loved Jason Schmidt
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
NOT AS GOOD AS YOU THOUGHT HE WAS!
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
he's exactly as good as I thought he was
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
should have won the cy young that one year
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
damned right
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Certainly someone other than Gagne should have
But I think Prior was really good that year
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I think it comes down to Prior or Schmidt.
fWAR has Prior at 7.6 and Schmidt at 6.7
bWAR has Prior at 6.2 and Schmidt at 5.9
If I’m being unbiased, Prior was probably the way to go but
<3 Schmitty
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.
26.4 career WAR in 5 and a half seasons as a Giant
0.0 career WAR in 3 years as a Dodger
That’s all I need to see.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
And then we got a magic Vogelsong out of it 9 years later.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
As the trade was being concluded, Schmidt and Vogelsong passed each other in a hallway. Schmidt put his hand on the younger man’s shoulder, leaned over, and whispered something in his ear. Observers say that a look of confusion spread across Ryan’s face, and he turned and called “Wait! What did you-”
But Schmidt just kept walking.
Nine years later. Ryan Vogelsong was standing on a mound in Arizona, looking in to his catcher as he had a thousand times before, clinging to perhaps the last desperate chance of his career. He straightened, leaned back, and threw a perfect fastball that cut the outside corner of the plate and froze the batter.
In the stillness of that spring day, the only sound was the umpire’s strike call, followed by the words that drifted from Vogelsong’s suddenly smiling mouth.
“I understand.”
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
YES
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
We need more of these.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
What I appreciate is the brevity. Often times people on this site feel like they need to make these things take up an entire screen.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
You tryin’ to start a fight?!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I have that problem a lot
I’m supposed to be working on my novel and this chapter has gotten completely out of my control. So, uh, SPORTSBALL!
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m thinking about writing a story that ends every chapter with a fight scene.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
story = novel
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Oh god, I just offended like half of the people on this site who I like.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Between this and my little tiff with TheLetter2, I am just not having a good day.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I’ll troll later, and it will all be forgotten.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
trollin, trollin
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Columbus sucks! (But I am looking forward to eating at El Arepazo on Saturday!)
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
They opened a mobile food truck that is parked in my neighborhood—-so awesome.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
/stalks roto
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Make sure you get something with plantains in it.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Eric Gange was a bitch
by Anonymous1337 on Aug 27, 2011 4:33 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
SL
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
by kb2011sfg on Aug 27, 2011 3:50 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
He does not look particularly amused.
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
His wife loves it and is withholding sex unless he goes along with it.
They taught me that in the Boy Scouts.
Furious for furries!
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 27, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Who gave that monkey a Giraffe hat?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 27, 2011 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Now that you mention it:
i see a similarity
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 27, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I love it.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! >_< it’s so weird when your interweb lives collide!
I’ll have to ask her how she managed to get him to wear it!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Wait, you know the woman in question?!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
yeah, we both belong to a Disneyland app…woke up to find her post this morning on it with her and her friends and then a pic of K&K wearing the hats too! and then I came here this morning to see someone posted the same pic! /mindblown :) I think it just opened up a rift in the universe or something now that my Disney and Giants worlds have collided!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Kuip was even like ‘That girl be fine!’.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
The Phillies used better players in their it gets better video than we used in ours
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
We used Sergio Romo and Matt Cain
your argument is invalid
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.
Halladay, Utley, and Pence is a pretty good counter.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Hunter Pence will just scare all the young gay youth away with his face
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
As opposed to the old gay youth
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
lol
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
subject line
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.
We really should have had Timmy and Wilson in ours
Then we could have covered the twink and bear demographics
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, Esteban Loiaza was really good in 2003
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
He was!!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
One of those strange, strange occurances in baseball
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 Nate officially on the DL
waiting on the 40 man roster move now
"What happens in the broadcast booth stays in the broadcast booth." Randy Hahn
"Pity is the drug of quitters" Drew Remenda
oh god what the fuck is brett myers
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.
Yuck
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Aug 27, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
I added him to my Pokemonz just for this game
by WhatsAMataHari on Aug 27, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude
There is some milk or something in that merkin hanging from your chin.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
this may sound weird and be completely wrong
but to me, he looks a little bit like affeldt… if affeldt was a homeless person who spent the last year living in a dumpster
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 4:08 PM PDT reply actions
@stewardsfolly
Carl Steward
#SFGiants Schierholtz to DL; eligible to return Sept. 6. No 40-man announcement yet but good bet is Zito to 60-day DL. Waiting on Bochy.
"For science. You monster."
I'm excited for E-Surk's first start tonight!
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Aug 27, 2011 4:16 PM PDT reply actions
Robert the ErSurker King
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Aug 27, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Rowand the Mad King
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I dropped by PAX today. There was a brony group taking over Pike Street.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Aug 27, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh
of course there was
I saw the Protomen at El Corazon last night (FUCK YEAH) and I may try and rent my buddy’s spare badge on Sunday to check out the paint-a-mini booth. But I think I’m gonna hermit it up most of the weekend. too much nerd sweat in the air.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 27, 2011 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Tonight
Is Surk du Soleil at Mays Field.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 4:21 PM PDT reply actions
I wonder who the Giants will call up on Sept 1…
Since the Giants are going to use Nate’s injury to activate Surkamp, they’ll probably send down Edlefsen and Runzler to activate Torres and Romo tomorrow. Zito is most likely going to move to the 60-day DL, and the 3 remaining players on the 15-day (Burrell, Wilson, and J. Sanchez) are activated by rule (I think Sept 1 is exactly 15 days for Sanchez). I imagine the Giants will call up Darren Ford, and maybe Brad Eldred. Brett Pill could get the call if the Giants are willing to DFA Clayton Tanner. Hector Sanchez will be back on Sept 4 (or at the end of the ML season), and Edlefsen and Runzler would probably get the call after Sept 8. That’s a significant number of replacements.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
the 3 remaining players on the 15-day (Burrell, Wilson, and J. Sanchez) are activated by rule (I think Sept 1 is exactly 15 days for Sanchez)
What is this rule exactly?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Effectively, there’s no DL once rosters expand. It’s not really a rule, but a rule of common sense. There’s no reason to DL someone, or keep someone on the DL, when you have 10 roster spots open.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
I find it hilarious that this is the Giants’ worst offensive season in 109 years.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
109 years! It must be science!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I don’t think this is what the PR department had in mind when they made the slogan.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 27, 2011 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Man what a whirl wind 24 hours.
7:00 last night me USAirways flight for Monday to Denver got cancelled.
Was rescheduled for today at 3:30 connecting threw Charlotte, NC.
Drove to NYC to drop the dogs with the in-laws, drove back to Philly, slept overslept packed in two hours.
Fly to NC no problems. Trying to get car reservation extended but hotwire sucks and won’t do it.
Denver flight might be cancelled or delayed.
UGH
Kickham where it hurts
Why the hell did your connecting flight go through Charlotte? Did the airline WANT you to get stranded?
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
actually the weather here is great
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2011 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
So, let me get this straight. Your flight gets cancelled. Your airline gives you a flight the next day, but through an airport near a hurricane. The weather isn’t so bad there, but your flight still manages to get cancelled? What a day….
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
It looks like it will be delayed know. Incoming aircraft blah blah blah
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2011 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
/Gives high five to another McCoven who is in NC
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
/high five
I kinda of hope it gets cancelled so we can stay the night and explore the area a little.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I am headed there Wed. night. to visit a friend.
I don’t know the city that well, but I have always had a good time there. I am across the state in Durham.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah, actually I’m getting an extra day in Wyoming out of it. I just hope hotwire doesn’t make me return the car i get tonight on monday when my original reservation starts.
Plus Yellowstone is worth just about anything.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2011 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
@JohnSheaHey
John Shea
Torres, Romo to be activated tomorrow. Bochy said Torres will start.
"For science. You monster."
Nah, I think MLB forgets that DeRosa is still “playing”
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 27, 2011 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure Runzler will ever learn control
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Aug 27, 2011 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I like tonight’s lineup. Only thing I might change would be to bat Fontenot third and move Kepp into the leadoff spot
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
Keppinger doesn't know how to spell "walk".
His OBP is barely above his batting average.
by mrs. owlcroft on Aug 27, 2011 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s the better line-up:
Torres CF
Posey C
Beltran RF
Sandoval 3B
Belt 1B
Burrell LF
Sanchez 2B
Fontenot SS
or
Victorino CF
Rollins SS
Utley 2B
Howard 1B
Pence RF
Ibanez LF
Polanco 3B
Ruz C
burrell will not be playing next year.
and i would switch belt and posey
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Aug 27, 2011 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Chopped, do not be.
The thread, here is.
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/8/27/2388529/open-gamethread-8-27#comments
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
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