Post-game thread: In a 193-game season, this team would start making some noise
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 12, 2011 10:43 PM PDT
Email
PrintYou know, a Diamondbacks-Giants NLCS would be pretty funny.
It could happen:
- Every single member of the Braves could catch malaria on a trip to Mosquito Island
- Mosquito Island would need to be a real place
- Probably with mosquitos
- That have malaria
- And it needs to have a reason for people to visit. Specifically, a professional baseball team in the middle of their season. As in, "Yeah, the mosquitos. But the casino! And free sno-cones!"
- Then the Braves would catch malaria.
- Except for Derek Lowe, who would catch syphilis
- Then the Giants would win the Wild Card. Also, in this scenario, the Cardinals have caught malaria of the syphilis.
- Then they beat the Phillies in the NLDS because CODY M'F'N ROSS OWNS ROY HALLIDAY lol
- Also, we ain't scared of Cliff Lee! Posey owns him!
- So then the Giants are in the NLCS with the Diamondbacks. Or the Brewers, but the Diamondbacks would be funnier.
If the Giants made up a 6.5 deficit on two teams, they'd do it by winning. So it wouldn't be completely offensive and heinous that the Giants were in the playoffs because we'd remember the furious winning streak of the last two weeks.
But it would be funny to show up in the NLCS just to annoy the Diamondbacks. "Remember all that winning you guys did, and the winning that we didn't really do? Welp, looks like it's all down to a best-of-seven series now. Also, we're the team that won it last year, and most of us gave up two weeks ago, so this is pretty much borrowed money. Wheeeeeeeeeee!"
That isn't especially likely. But it would be funny! Think about how amusing that would be!
Keep thinking.
Okay, back to reality. This game was the kind of game that annoys me. It was a win, which is great. The offense was a lively bunch, which is swell. But the Giants are still on pace to be one of the worst offenses in team history. And when there's a game like this, it's annoying. Here's why:
2011 GiantsGood
Beltran
PabloNot bad
Ross
Torres
Huff
Belt
KeppingerBad
Not Posey
Anyone at shortstop
Now, that takes some liberties. Huff, Belt, and Torres have been bad this year. They haven't been "not bad" -- they've been pretty awful in 2011. But I don't think they're that bad overall. The same players in 2012 will have better seasons, if only because I say so.
Long story short: this shouldn't be a historically awful offense. A good offense? An average offense? Not sure if I can go that far. But I'm pretty sure that they aren't historically awful. And a game like that reminds you that it shouldn't be impossible for this team to score runs. But it's probably too late. Whoooops. The lineup that they threw out there tonight, combined with a historically fantastic pitching staff, should have been enough to make the Diamondbacks uncomfortable on September 12th, at least. And a game like tonight's, where a functional offense did hyper-functional things, makes you wonder what could have been.
Instead, c'mon malaria! Come on, you beautiful infectious disease!
Oh well. It's all about the little victories. Surkamp continues to look like a pitcher who can be a Zito with a longer leash from the fans. That's good. Hector Sanchez is impressive for a kid just out of his teens, and Pablo Sandoval decimated a ball to the opposite field, which is always fun to see. Aubrey Huff looks like something in between 2010 and 2011 -- as in, they guy we probably should have expected before both seasons.
Still, what could have been. What could have been ...
647 comments
|
1 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
I would like 1 sno-cone please
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Your mom's a girl
Sorry.
Your choices are “malaria” and “syphillis”
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
by SnowLeopard on Sep 12, 2011 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
sno cones? Well I have to say the variety has certainly changed over time.
McCoven: A Heinous CircleJerk
Proud Parent of Adopted Giant: Crazy Crab
It's a, ummm, short-term special
won’t be going on for lawwwwnng
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
by SnowLeopard on Sep 13, 2011 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
So where do I buy my 2011 NL champs hat?
"I don't get out of bed, for a million bucks!"
- Edgar Renteria or a hooker bribing a family man?
BANNEDon Belt
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.
Once again . . .
. . . there is this super-SSS suggestion that maybe the offense just needed to stop pressing so badly (in several senses of that word).
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
Well, there's something to be said for psychological effects on any sample.
Or maybe they just needed to face a couple pitchers who didn’t realize that all they needed to do was throw pitches in the vicinity of Keppinger to get him to swing. Walking a guy with Dunstonian numbers twice is ridiculous.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
I was at the game
And I believe I lost major style points with my girlfriend because I kept talking about how it was impossible to walk Keppinger. So not only did the Pads walk him once, but they did the impossible and walked him twice. Considering those were his 10th and 11th walks of the season, I believe that has to be a first.
You just loooove those intangibles, don't you, owlcroft!
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. Stolen 6/11/11.
Job 1:14-15
Yep
If there’s one thing I associate with owlcroft, it’s belief in intangibles. Next he’ll be talking about hot streaks!
I'm surprised he can still show up after games defending the guy. He's got balls, I'll give him that.
And a stubbornness that only his hero, Sir Bochy, could love.
by Every6thDay on Sep 12, 2011 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
It makes sense that the Giants would be producing more at the plate right now. Arms tend to be tired at this point of the season. Harang’s pitches were up in the zone all game. His slider didn’t have the sharp bite that it normally does. His change-up didn’t show up at all. I don’t think he likes pitching in the cold as he choose to play for Cincinnati and San Diego. Teams out of contention are more interested in padding their numbers than doing what it takes to win ball games, especially on the road. Losing teams look to emphasize giving more time young unproven talent and sub par veterans just looking to make an impression.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 12, 2011 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
You really think Aaron Harang’s arm is that much more tired than it was in his last start, when he held the Giants to 1 run over 7 innings?
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
by EliminateMe on Sep 13, 2011 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Intangibles are tangible.
“It’s been a lot looser in here the past five or six days,” said Ross. “Everybody’s not so uptight and tense and trying too hard, and maybe that is the key. We’re definitely doing something right.”
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Yet didn’t they say “being there before” was a major advantage in the pennant race against the inexperienced Dbacks? Cut the excuses, guys. You just stink.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Sep 13, 2011 5:07 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
The issue was not the other teams: it was the loss of Posey.
Most “streaks” and “slumps” are statistical fluctuations, but that doesn’t mean that there are never any real reasons for a slump: and changing one’s whole approach to batting—in this case, by trying to do more than one can do—is an assuredly real reason. And it just gets worse when the man in the slump starts trying yet other “fixes” to get out of it.
I don’t assert that this is certainly what happened to the Giants, but I think it at least plausible.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
And that's tangible how?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Happy ending rates are off the charts!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
HEY! Watch where you’re pointing that thing. You got it all over my chart!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 6:53 AM PDT up reply actions
If only Bochy could have found a way to make the team believe they were out of contention in June so that way our offense would have woken up and we’d now be making plans for Atlanta and Philly
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Sep 12, 2011 10:52 PM PDT reply actions
Keppinger can stay.
He was the most Sabean move of all. The whatever guy who turned out to be not terrible.
by Every6thDay on Sep 12, 2011 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to see that Crawford double play.
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 12, 2011 10:55 PM PDT reply actions
I was amazed that he even tried to get the lead guy at second. much less that they’d turn two
fantastic all around
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Your mom's a girl
I thought for sure they would get none, and instead they got two!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I brought a guest to the game
He could not believe how quickly it was turned. The backend of the play at 1B was not even a bang bang play. It was not close. That’s how good that turn was.
My guest is 59 years old, and kept telling me how good this guy he watched in the minor league was. I had to look it up when I got home. That guy’s name was Rico Carty and yes, the year he watched him play in the minors he had an OPS of over 1.000.
I have never heard of Rico Carty until now, but there is nothing to be ashamed of a 132 OPS+ career. Dude could hit.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Rico Carty!
1970 batting champ! I think I have a baseball card from when I was a kid that was a leaderboard for something and Carty was ahead of McCovey.
"Your curses do not compare to those of Houston fans or Detroit fans, and especially not to those of fans from the northside of Chicago. You are not Hamlet. You are Valerie Bertinelli. Your victim act is schlocky, and totally unconvincing. You fancy yourself tormented. You are merely insecure."
-- Scott Burton to Red Sox fans, 6/12/02
http://espn.go.com/magazine/burton_20020612.html
by achiappanza on Sep 13, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Now I think my memory is just bad
It was probably just this one, from my first year buying cards.
"Your curses do not compare to those of Houston fans or Detroit fans, and especially not to those of fans from the northside of Chicago. You are not Hamlet. You are Valerie Bertinelli. Your victim act is schlocky, and totally unconvincing. You fancy yourself tormented. You are merely insecure."
-- Scott Burton to Red Sox fans, 6/12/02
http://espn.go.com/magazine/burton_20020612.html
by achiappanza on Sep 13, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
heh
I had one when he was on the Indians playing with Kuip. And from that year he was one of 1,000 different guys to play for the A’s.
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
They should've went to Candy Apple Island instead
The first six innings are overrated.
Or Candy Mountain Cave.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
You hush your mouth Grant!
A malarial syphilis scourge ravaging the Braves and Cardinals, thus vaunting the Giants into the Wild Card is just plausible enough to get the newbs riled.
And we don’t need that right now.
Let us just proceed hopelessly, and fade into rosterbationblivion without any of your manufactured optimism.
This is not Giant-ember, and there will be no San Francisco-ctober.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. Stolen 6/11/11.
Job 1:14-15
Ma-lar-ia! Ma-lar-ia! Ma-lar-ia!
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Sep 12, 2011 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Works for me – can never do any better than the Kinks
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Sep 12, 2011 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
by SnowLeopard on Sep 13, 2011 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I prefer the version by The Fall.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Sep 13, 2011 5:09 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Welllllllll I'm sure this has been said somewhere before, but...
if Hector pans out, and turns into a legit catcher, would the organization possibly consider testing Posey at shortstop next spring (his position for most of high school and college), thus fixing our two biggest problems from this year (a hitting catcher and a hitting shortstop)? I think that this could be a legit option, though I’d much rather Posey handling the staff. Maybe he can teach Sanchez his tricks, and we can have a super awesome lineup. Maybe by next September?
I think you think this is a legit option because you wish it to be a legit option
when it is not, in fact, a legit option. If Buster Posey was even an average shortstop (defensively), he would play shortstop, because his bat is great for the position. But he is not. That is why he played first base and catcher last year. Those are the two positions that work best for him. Those are the only two positions where he’ll play, in all likelihood, for the remainder of his career.
by Every6thDay on Sep 12, 2011 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree with the headline, but not the logic behind it.
his bat compared to most shortstops isn’t as good as his bat compared to most catchers. It is much harder to find a good hitting catcher then a good hitting shortstop. He would also probably end up in left field instead of 1st later in his career, cause we’ll (hopefully) have Belt in the way there.
Eh
I can envision various scenarios where he might play third base. But, you’re right, he will never play shortstop. He was moved off SS in college because he didn’t have the lateral quickness for it. I somehow doubt that after gaining 20 pounds and sustaining a serious ankle injury that his lateral quickness has improved.
Not quite
He moved because they had extra shortstops, but nobody to play catcher.
Incorrect
They did have a hot recruit at SS, but obviously if Posey had been good there he wouldn’t have been the one to move.
From this 2006 article:
"I’ve thought about it as soon as I saw Buster when we recruited him," Martin Jr. said. "He’s got a catcher’s body. He’s got great hands and arm strength and obviously he can hit. I’ve always thought he would be very valuable to a major league club as a catcher/third baseman. I think everybody sees he’s not a major league shortstop because of foot speed and range. That’s not demeaning to him at all; that’s just the way he is. But his body is very sturdy and it’s very conducive to catching and playing third base."
I do think he might potentially be able to make the Biggio move to second base, but even that might be a reach, depending on how well he’s able to move when he comes back.
could he play third better than pablo? and wither belt? doomed to play a position he doesn’t excel at?
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Your mom's a girl
Belt is more valuable in left than at first, but Pablo moving to first wouldn’t be a great idea.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
Belt in left, Posey at first, Ramon Hernandez and someone better than Whiteside/Stewart catching. Pablo stays at third.
by Every6thDay on Sep 12, 2011 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I would much rather have Posey catching and Huff at first if that ever came up. If Posey isn’t catching, he’s barely above average, if that, at first.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
Well, personally, I’m sick of Huff and don’t want to see him play anymore (even in a bench role), but your point is valid. But, above average even if just barely, is still pretty damned remarkable on this Giants roster (and next year’s, I’m guessing).
by Every6thDay on Sep 12, 2011 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not all that remarkable when you consider that he’s going from the best player at his position in the league to above average at best.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
Frankly, I want Posey transitioned to the right field because that is where the arm does the most good and it is well proved that a mobile CF, such as Torres, can protect the grounds left unguarded by a slow-footed fielder. Belt shall roam the left like an alley cat, firing venom at every intruder.
On the infield, Schierholtz shall man third, he of the powerful arm. Pablo will stand stalwart at first, receiving throws from Mr. B Crawford and Mr. J. Keppinger. And who shall catch? Don’t be silly. Pedro Feliz. He catches for us all.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Once you try it you’ll never go back to regular housecat venom.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
That is pretty radical, man
In both meanings of the word
::peace sign::
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 13, 2011 1:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he could, but first and catcher are optimal. And, I don’t think the Giants would ever put him there, even for spring training. And not just because of Panda.
by Every6thDay on Sep 12, 2011 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Posey at first
Hard to see this as optimal when you compare him to the great sticks at 1B in baseball. If it came to that, I would rather see the Giants explore the trade market just to see what they could get for him from someone who thinks of him as a catcher.
"Your curses do not compare to those of Houston fans or Detroit fans, and especially not to those of fans from the northside of Chicago. You are not Hamlet. You are Valerie Bertinelli. Your victim act is schlocky, and totally unconvincing. You fancy yourself tormented. You are merely insecure."
-- Scott Burton to Red Sox fans, 6/12/02
http://espn.go.com/magazine/burton_20020612.html
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE
PREVENTED ME FROM READING THE REST OF YOUR POST
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
hahahahahahahahahahhahahaha
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Posey is NOT A FUCKING SHORTSTOP
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 6:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Galootstop!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I think he has a legitimate shot to stick in center field.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure the Diamondbacks won't even remember the Giants the next time they meet.
“And you are…?”
“San Francisco Giants. We’re the team right behind you in the standings. We’ve battled for the division title for most of the season?”
“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No, seriously, who are you?”
Like I am right behind Usain Bolt when we go jogging
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 12, 2011 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
yea mon.
My Photo Blog: http://eyeprints.tumblr.com,
SIGN UP :D http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/ch3zyp00fs
I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
Proud Adoptive Parent of one of the best Five Tool Players, The Machine.
Goddammit. I clicked the play button and nothing happened. What a tease.
by non sequitur on Sep 13, 2011 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Here's the link mon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzSpPaCIG0g&feature=related
My Photo Blog: http://eyeprints.tumblr.com,
SIGN UP :D http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/ch3zyp00fs
I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
Proud Adoptive Parent of one of the best Five Tool Players, The Machine.
Annoying
nothing worse than your team starting to score runs when they’re out of it
thanks for scoring run’s when it counts….
bitter…
It was a total "What might've been" game
If Cody and Huff had hit all season…
Cody’s career OPS+: 104
OPS + before this game: 99
He’s pretty well within his normal range this season. Expecting much more is a case of orange tinted glasses.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
But Ross was well above his career average at the end of June
He’s been just terrible in the second half. Now you can call that reverting to the mean if you want, but it really isn’t.
Sure, that would be a gambler’s fallacy. However, taking his stats on the whole without cherry picking leads to fairly normal results.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
They really need to work on their situational winning.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I don’t know… continuing to not score at all would be pretty bad.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Beltran
I missed the last couple of games but saw tonight’s. I have to say that the guy looks dead inside. Baggs mentioned that Beltran seems cold and detached, and I agree that he does seem that way. But I think its a combination of how he naturally looks on the outside and a result of him trying to be emotionally under control, as he has said he tries to be. Its just that the reality of having to play out the rest of the season with a team out of contention has made him depressed. So he just seems more cold and detached than usual. There’s no question that he would rather be playing for a playoff bound team right now, and probably the Phillies in particular. But who, that wasn’t a part of last seasons team, wouldn’t like to be playing on a club like the Phillies right now? Beltran joined the Giants with anticipation that he’d be playing meaningful games in September, but things have gone horribly wrong.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 12, 2011 11:08 PM PDT reply actions
This is just silly
Barry Bonds was as cold and detached as any player ever. Beltran is playing well for the Giants, and I don’t give a crap about trying to read his mind while he’s doing it.
He had a terrible slump at the exact wrong time, and it didn’t help that the rest of the roster was basically inert at the same time.
by Every6thDay on Sep 12, 2011 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
When he’s the catalyst for postseason hopes, he’s a “professional hitter”.
When he’s coolly producing at the end of the season, he’s “dead inside.”
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I thought it had been established that the “professional hitter” label was applied only to mostly terrible hitters?
by Every6thDay on Sep 12, 2011 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
It all moves to quickly for me. I thought professional hitters were effective guys who visibly lack esprit de corps.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
“too”.
No, you know what?
I’m going to stand by that.
Sometimes I move to quickly.
I move to order. I move to quickly. I move to end this.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I’ve been thinking about moving to slowly.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Professional hitters can get you ribeyes and know how to move the runners over. I think. Also, they often have calm eyes.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Sep 12, 2011 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
You do realize that I’m defending Beltan and not criticizing him, right? I’m saying that its easy to observe that he’s cold and detached, but that its just the way he looks on the outside. Everything is a grind right now with the Giants just playing out the rest of the season. I’ve read and seen so many players, including many on the Giants right now, talk about how it can be tough to play these type of games.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 12, 2011 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
To be honest, it’s not very clear at all what your point is.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
he's a big fat phony!
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
HE'S A SELFISH ZOMBIE!!!
Dead on the outside too. In fact he probably ate Bochy’s brain, which is why he continues to play Huff and Cabrera.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Sep 13, 2011 5:16 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
To second waelwulf
Five people responded to your post, and not one apparently interpreted it that way. But in any case, I stand by my point, which is that I don’t care if a guy is “dead inside” if he can hit. And I also don’t care if he’s a bundle of joy if he’s Orlando Cabrera.
I'M DEAD INSIDE
i wanna cut myself just to feel something x.emo.x
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Sep 12, 2011 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish my lawn was emo
so it would cut itself
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
by SnowLeopard on Sep 13, 2011 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
This is so funny. When I came on here a couple of days ago, all I saw were people attacking the idea of Beltan being retained by Giants for next season. Now it almost seems like people are endorsing the idea. Whatever. I would like him to stay as a Giant. Of course, the terms of the contract are a huge factor.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 12, 2011 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Reading through the threads, it seemed that there was more negativity directed towards him than positivity. I could be wrong, but I partook in discussions about him at the time and found myself having to defend him against several people. RXmeister is the only one that seemed to be aligned with me.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 12, 2011 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Marcello, GiantPain, and I are among people who’ve been behind Beltran. There are more if you actually read the posts.
I told you I read them and I did see Marcello and GiantPain get behind Beltran, but not during the time I was posting. RX was the only one at the time.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 13, 2011 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Merope wouldnt let up on Beltran, both when I was posting and when I wasnt.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 13, 2011 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Merope = several people and/or the majority?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
marcello and GiantPain get behind Beltran
HAWT
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Well
I guess at least I finally get included in the slashfic?
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
*sniffles*
This makes me so happy. I’ve found my Giants fandom home.
Home Runs and Western Suns has your name alllll over it.
"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 been residing in Beltran-ville as well.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I don’t often pitch in on those things, but I feel Beltran would be at least as good as anyone we’re likely to bring in as a free agent next year. I don’t know if the cost would be worth it, but I would enjoy seeing him in SF for a couple more years.
Baggs’ comments pretty much killed any hope that he’d want to come back, though, so I’m holding out for some burst of genius to fix shortstop. I’m thinking cyborgs aren’t specifically prohibited, so maybe there’s some progress to be made there.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I hate Beltran so much that I love the fact that I hate him right around to the fact that I admit that he is a good hitter and I was wrong about him and he’s good so I like him he’s a great Giant let’s just all tip our hats and be done.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He does kind of look like a cyborg, but....
Dude roasted Barlett or whomever when breaking up that double play tonight.
"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 funny, but reading all the posts on Beltran I’ve gotten the opposite impression. It’s always a couple of anti-Beltran comments followed by a dozen pro-Beltran comments. I always take the “selfish” meme as something that comes from the pro-Beltran crowd poking fun at the few posters who dislike him.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Sep 13, 2011 5:20 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
It’s almost as if there are differing opinions and not a hive-mind.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree!
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
FOR THE SWARM!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Re-sign Beltran plz.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Sigh.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
We're in this thing
I don’t not believe
Also, Tangled is on Netflix now. I started watching but wasn’t really in the mood.
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Sep 12, 2011 11:09 PM PDT reply actions
It's a cute movie
I watched Breaking Bad.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Sep 12, 2011 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
i've probably only seen like one episode of that show
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Crawford...
is a shitty hitter. It’s not just what he’s done with the Giants, but also what he’s done in Fresno. He also doesn’t seem to make the plays at shortstop that would give him an advantage over someone like Fontenot. Let us not mention him again.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 12, 2011 11:11 PM PDT reply actions
He cannot hit
He’s also a much better defensive shortstop than Fontenot. I do think if there’s a major league SS in the system right now, it’s probably Ehire, but I haven’t completely given up on the idea that Crawford could be a big league SS with a .650 OPS and a plus glove.
No don’t that Crawford has the potential to be a plus defender, it’s just I’ve observed him being sloppy with the Giants. That’s all part of getting used to playing in the big leagues, I assume.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 12, 2011 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
NO, DON'T!!!!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Give up!
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Never!
No, actually I give him another year. He needs to go all Brett Pill on the PCL next year.
Sounds fair to me.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
WHY CAN'T THE GIANTS GET A FLASHY SS WHO CAN ALSO HIT
just enough to get you nerbs off his back? I would love to see similar plays to that DP on a regular basis.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Christensen? Or whatever his name is?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I bet that I would tease Fontenot if I were on the Giants.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I seem to recall Torres giving Fonty a few exuberant high fives.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
/rookie walks into locker room after being called up
Huff: Welcome to the club rook. Here wash this for me
/tosses rookie dirty thong
Fontenot: Hey [rookie’s name], welcome to the team. Let me know if you need any-
Rookie: Shut up Frodo.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
That looks like Burriss.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
that is burriss, right?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
The weird hat angle threw me.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I'd like to see him do that to Beltre.
http://bosoxgifs.imgur.com/beltre_head_rubs/
My Photo Blog: http://eyeprints.tumblr.com,
SIGN UP :D http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/ch3zyp00fs
I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
Proud Adoptive Parent of one of the best Five Tool Players, The Machine.
If this were a 193 game season, the Giants would be playing Huff and Cabrera everyday because the team needs their veteran presence. Especially since they’ve been there before.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
exactly
now that they have dumped Rowand and Tejada and started playing others, because they are out of it, they might be in it.
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 6:49 AM PDT up reply actions
and we’d probably see Cabrera leading off and Huff batting 5th if they made the playoffs
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Sep 13, 2011 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Giants win, i'm pretty happy
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
OT: So i think i might plan a trip out to Cincinnati, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland
This will probably happen near the end of the month next month… then i’ll drive back beginning of december. Get to see my girlfriend, some friends, family, all the while i’ll be applying for jobs as well, gives me something to do… but definitely not for sure about this yet, something to ponder
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I’ma thinking Europe somehow.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
fuck that shit
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
but food
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Butt food
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 7:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Makes sense. You’re starting to run out of stories about your French friend.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
you mean
“Freedom friend”.
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 7:08 AM PDT up reply actions
impossible
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Man... dead tonight? or what?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I hate it when I get into a guy’s insides and it’s just… ugh. Dead.
Why couldn’t I find some life in you.
Why is there no joie de vivre in your cavity.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Belt
He had another one of those games where he had multiple strike outs. His main issue seems to be mechanical in nature, as I’ve theorized before. Bochy has hinted at a lack of aggression as Belts main issue. Baggs and others have mentioned that he has been having problems hitting curve balls, especially the big loopy kind. I think both are wrong. I observed tonight, and in other games, that he’ll get plenty of hard stuff over the middle of the plate that he fails to square up on and just foul off. Harang tried to throw some off-speed pitches to him but he either fouled them off or spat on the them when they weren’t strikes. What he’ll do is he’ll continue to foul pitches off until he strikeouts or walks. On days when his swing isn’t right, he’ll seem to battle himself more than the pitcher. When he does put the ball in play, it’ll either be a weak ground ball or a very high pop up. I wonder if his transition from being a primary pitcher to being a hitter and positional hitter is a factor. Muscle memory is essential to being a successful hitter, and that is built through taking thousands and thousands of swings.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 12, 2011 11:46 PM PDT reply actions
BACK IN IT
TO WIN IT
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
6.5 back!!!!!!!! OH BABY!
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
doesnt ATL play Philly?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
THAT'S BASEBALL
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
last series of the year...
LOL, i dont even care. Go niners
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
They’re schedule is a bit more difficult than the Giants’.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
their
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
okay, time for bed
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
/notices i missed grammar mistake too... im out
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
/cue “We’re in this Thing” dumpster pic
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 13, 2011 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
We're in this thing
and it’s spinning around and around and going up and down over speed bumps (sorry, Sacramentans – undulations) and pitching back and for…
BWLEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHH…..
Huh?
NorCal passion trapped in SoCal pain...
I wanna rage.
I less than three undulations
7 years in Sacramento, and those signs never fail to amuse me. “All right, everyone: UNDULATE!”
13 of 15
Not, you know out of the realm of possibility. Of course Atlanta (and I guess St. Louis) would have to go 6 of 14. And then we’d be tied. But you know Brooks Conrad et al.
(Sorry. Just soooo bored right now.)
Proud adoptee of Dick Tidrow the mastermind behind Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Buster Posey and many more. Also known as "The Reason".
if there were
some head-to-head games there’d be more of a chance. Whatever chance there is, though, would be totally nonexistent had they lost the last two games.
Let’s see if they can catch STL. Then if the Braves have continued their 4-game losing streak, we can trot out the Dumb and Dumber gif with “you’re telling me there’s a chance”.
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 6:54 AM PDT up reply actions
maybe we’ll get some karmic payback for ’93
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Sep 13, 2011 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
The main Giants-related question now for me have to do with 2012
1. After Tim, MadBum, and Cain, who from among Vogue, Dirty, Zito, Surkamp, etc will start and be effective
2. Can this lineup be expected to score close to league average:
CF Somebody
2B Mole
C Posey
3B Panda
1B Huff
RF Nate
LF Belt
SS Somebody
(I doubt it)
SF Giants' record in the eleven-year twenty-first century/Pac Bell era: five MVPs, two CYA, one ROY, the two highest single-season OPS of all time (and two of the other top eight), the single-season and all-time HR records, two NL Pennants, and ... one World Championship
Crazy collapses have happened before.
I AM JUST SAYING.
Although the Braves are a good team and it would have to be a crazy collapse. And sadly, of all the recent crazy collapses, save last year’s Padres, Beltran has been part of that team (LOL METS).
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZY
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
CARDINALS ALSO LOST LAST NIGHT
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
crazy Red Sox collapse seems more likely this year
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
This would also be enjoyable.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
by scout6 on Sep 13, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think the Rays would slip into #2 on my playoff rooting list if that happened
But I think the Crew still takes top billing.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Why root for the Seligs?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I like their players (Greinke <3), I like their goofy organizational philosophy (fuck defense!), and I like to see teams go all in when they’ve got a shot. And they’re in the NL, so that’s the tiebreaker over the Rays.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
That bowling pin crap is preventing me from supporting the Brewers. I usually end up picking a team to support after the playoff starts.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
I love watching teams that have fun
So I really dug the bowling pin thing. Thought it was awesome.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
yeah, i can't get angry about that
It was obnoxious but if Pablo did it we’d all be laughing. I think Fielder’s a loveable goof.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 13, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
He's a big ol' fat vegetarian who swings from his heels and has an awesome-looking backswing after he hits a moonshot
He’s the galootiest galoot who ever galooted.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
He and Ryan Braun are a buddy comedy waiting to happen.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 13, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Prince Fielder fact:
He decided to become vegetarian after he read Skinny Bitch.
Which is, like, the funniest thing.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I’m not sure I can root for a team with Nyjer Morgan on it.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
That is a serious drawback for me as well
But I want the Chigloos to go to the world series.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
The team itself is pretty likeable.
And a WS win would probably make the Brewers go nuts to keep Fielder, meaning Sabes won’t have a chance to offer some crazy 10 year contract to him.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
You know, Prince really isn't that old
A 6 year deal, maybe…
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I mean, if Sabes' only concern is making the offense better
Giving Prince something like 6/110 or something wouldn’t be the craziest thing in the world.
And man, it’d be cool to see someone sock dingers again.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Pablo socks dingers. He even went oppo taco last night.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Sure, but I don't see Pablo as having much above 30-HR power, max
Fielder has 50-HR potential.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
If you prorate Pablo’s 2011 pace out to 600 AB, he’d be at 30 HR.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Yup.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Even playing half his games at AT&T?
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Probably not, no
But he has more power than Sandoval. Is that even up for debate?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
they have
6 against FLA, 3 against the Mets, and 3 with the Natinals. And finish with 3 with the Phillies who may or may not be playing starters by then.
So, GO FLORIDA! /runs to find barf bag
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 6:57 AM PDT up reply actions
They have happened before. Specifically, in August.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Is there a way of working out how many runners waved in from 3rd get thrown out at the plate?
Sundrendy!
Is this a swipe at Tim Flannery, HGL?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I have no experience of watching other ballclubs to see how often they do it, so I was curious to see if there was an easy way to compare
Sundrendy!
To give you an idea of how serious I was, HGL stands for Human Green Light… but it would be interesting if there were a metric that specifically told you about the third base coach.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner both have higher fWAR than Timmy this year.
I’m not sure how I feel about this.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
they've both been better
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I know. I just wish that there was more convincing evidence that last year was a blip rather than a signal in the shift of his true talent.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
And to be clear: a 5 WAR pitcher is still an awesome thing to have. But not at $20 MM/year.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Well, there wouldn’t be much surplus value but 5 WAR translated to about $20 mil a year.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Well, he’ll still probably finish around 5 WAR, which isn’t much to sneeze at. But yes, it would have been nice to see him put up another 7-8 win season.
He certainly looked like that pitcher at times this year, but then he went through more difficult stretches. I dunno.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
So the declining Ks and the rise in BBs isn’t troubling? An honest question.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
He looks even better by FIP
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Not really?
2.62 and 2.34 (08/09) are quite a bit better than the 3.15 he’s put up the last two years.
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.
looking at his statlines
it looks like his biggest thing has been the increase in HR rate the last two years, moreso than the Ks/BBs
so xFIP and SIERA haven’t changed much, while FIP and tERA have.
He’s definitely still a very good pitcher. That said, I do think it’s a bit of a red flag if you’re thinking of giving him a $20 mil a year contract.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I’d probably give him a pass on one of the HRs this year (the third one allowed against the Cubs, after SloCab made a stupid error and Jon/Dave said that he looked really, really upset). But that would be a pretty minimal change in his FIP.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I forgot about league context. By xFIP-, which normalizes to a 100-point scale in which lower is better, his four full seasons look like this:
72
66
77
85
So this has been a definite off year. But he’s still very good.
And he still looks brilliant at times. But he’s not sustaining it like he did in 08/09.
I mean, he has had three full months this year with an ERA under 2!
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.
Amazing. 3 months with an ERA under 2.
“mediocre”
My Photo Blog: http://eyeprints.tumblr.com,
SIGN UP :D http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/ch3zyp00fs
I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
Proud Adoptive Parent of one of the best Five Tool Players, The Machine.
well
anyone who would straight up call him mediocre this year is exaggerating. By no measure this year has he been mediocre, except for perhaps in walk rate.
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.
No one called him that aside from you.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
CSN called him that as well
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm refering to
that one picture image from CSN. In no way is Lincecum mediocre.
My Photo Blog: http://eyeprints.tumblr.com,
SIGN UP :D http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/ch3zyp00fs
I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
Proud Adoptive Parent of one of the best Five Tool Players, The Machine.
Ah, yes. Apologies for that comment of mine.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It's ok.. it's 730 am.
We all get a mulligan.
My Photo Blog: http://eyeprints.tumblr.com,
SIGN UP :D http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/ch3zyp00fs
I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
Proud Adoptive Parent of one of the best Five Tool Players, The Machine.
It's 9:30
Are you people even out of your pajamas yet?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I'M NOT WEARING UNDERWEAR TODAY
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
GOIN' COMMANDO!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
DANGLING
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Let me just say at this juncture that often, that is the best way to survive in the heat of a Southern summer. Also, it’s incredibly convenient.
A listener-supported service
It's cheaper than Air Conditioning.
My Photo Blog: http://eyeprints.tumblr.com,
SIGN UP :D http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/ch3zyp00fs
I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
Proud Adoptive Parent of one of the best Five Tool Players, The Machine.
free your scrotum
to fulfill its vital thermostat function!
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions
FLASH: NEWS ANCHOR BRINGS 'EXPOSURE' TO LOCAL BROADCAST
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
LOL. I'm up by 5 everyday and at work by 6:30. :(
My Photo Blog: http://eyeprints.tumblr.com,
SIGN UP :D http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/ch3zyp00fs
I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
Proud Adoptive Parent of one of the best Five Tool Players, The Machine.
I think part of what’s been frustrating has been the uptick in walks, especially since (anecdotally) it seems like so many of them come at weird times, like after he’s gotten two easy outs, and they always seem to come in bunches, like 2-3 in a single inning.
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.
NASA is providing an opportunity for science and engineering undergrads to fly aboard an aircraft that will do a series of parabolic arcs to simulate micro and hyper gravity.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 7:10 AM PDT reply actions
Despite my aversion to speedy, undulating rides, I think I’d probably do that.
A listener-supported service
A friend of mine rode on that several years ago. He reported that it was 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 think that Playboy once financed a porno on that thing. NASA, have you no shame?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
so
how many times has Romo pitched an entire 9th inning in the past two years?
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Not many
Because he usually gives up walk-off HRs so he doesn’t complete the inning amirite?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
LOL MANNY
LOL UGGLA
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Romo got 5 outs on 11 pitches.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions
BUT NO K'S!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
AND NO SAVE
LOL Romo
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 7:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Two things
- - OT – The lady just bought a king size tempur pedic mattress… what the crap took her so long.
- - My family does not like Brandon Belt. I do. I’ve been defending him all year. But it’s getting harder and harder to defend him with zero actual results and when realistically, the last few weeks, the two Brandons and O-Cab have been the worst hitters on the team… your thoughts…
by projectmayhem713 on Sep 13, 2011 7:35 AM PDT reply actions
also, i don't know how auto formatting works...
maybe i try that preview button…
by projectmayhem713 on Sep 13, 2011 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Nate :(
Meantime, Schierholtz isn’t happy about the medical process that led him to a specialist in Vail, Colo. (Dr. Tom Clanton), who told him he shouldn’t have played after he broke a bone in his right foot on Aug. 15. Schierholtz took one day off and, with the team lacking healthy bodies, played in the next five games.
“The bone didn’t have a chance to heal when I played on it,” said Schierholtz, who didn’t directly blame the Giants’ medical people in an interview. "For now, I have to do completely nothing for a week to see if the fracture heals. I’m dying to get on the field and play, and at the same time, if I hurt it any worse, it could affect me in the future.
“I set myself back a week by playing on it. Maybe by staying off it, it’d be better by now.”
Get well, dude.
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
At least he still has all of his ribs.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I had some smoked pork ribs over the weekend. The may be the best I’ve ever had.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
where?
My Photo Blog: http://eyeprints.tumblr.com,
SIGN UP :D http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/ch3zyp00fs
I didn't choose to be a Giants fan, I was born into it. November 1, 2010 World Champions.
Proud Adoptive Parent of one of the best Five Tool Players, The Machine.
It took him a long time. Pretty much all day yeah.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Yeah, probably one of those things where if you have to ask, you don’t have the time pr the patience.
ugh
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
You should look into the wonders of mechanically separated meat.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
GOOD SOLDIERS DON'T COMPLAIN!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Duh. WHo would have thought playing with a broken bone could be harmful?
Giants shouldn’t have let him play
I once broke my thumb at practice on a Thursday and waited until after Sunday’s basketball game to seek medical attention.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Giants crack medical squad strikes again
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Giants out 6-8 weeks with cracked medical squad.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Exactly what I was thinking
Do these guys even have any formal training, or is that just something stupid nerds who’ve never played doctor would do?
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
Maybe they're dentists
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Of course they have training
(Stolen from http://benajohnson.blogspot.com/2010/05/hollywood-upstairs-medical-college.html )
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Waaaaay better than the downstairs medical college.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
In defense of LIncecum- as if he needed it.
Lincecum still has a higher ERA than Cain or Bumgarner. The walks are hurting his stats, no question about it.
His WHIP is 1.19 . Bumgarner is 1.23. Cain is 1.06
He leads all pitchers in PFR (not sure how important that is though). Regardless Lincecum has great stats including strikeouts. When a person qoutes stats dont leave some behind.
I think Lincecum is the better pitcher including this year. No to mention that between the years 2008 to 2011 lincecum has the best stats of ANY pitcher combined
And let us not forget the awful support- in 96 years no Giant pitcher except Lincecum this year, has had 6 winless games going 7 innings giving up one run or less.
I know i am a huge Lincecum fan and am biased but there is many Giant fans sure quick to throw Lincecum under the bus.
What do you gans just want a more “typical” pitcher who is big and looks macho? I really don’t get this everyone is better i have been hearing from bagg, grant and others.
WTF??
Why are people bashing the likes of LIncecum and Beltran? Why not beat up on the guys who actually suck?? Jesus.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
JESUS DOESN'T SUCK! YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not seeing any Lincecum bashing
Although I may have missed it when I glanced through portions this thread.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d rather us talk about the fact that Today began broadcasting in color 46 years ago today, Monday, September 13, 1965. Thank you.
A listener-supported service
The first television I ever watched looked like a huge piece of furniture and had a black and white screen.
2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13 where the channels that were available at the time not including UHF channels 34 (which was all spanish) and 52 (which had all the awesome cartoons like Speed Racer and Fractured Fairy Tales). Even under the best conditions, the UHF channels were static-y.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions
And you had to get your ass up off the couch to change the damn channel.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah – that’s what a little brother and sister were for.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I WAS THE YOUNGEST! :(
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
My family wasn’t big on excuses.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
And you couldn’t just change the channel. You had to select the channel you wanted with the dial and then use the fine tuner to improve the picture.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
/adjusts rabbit ears
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions
And when those broke: WIRE HANGERS!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions
WITH FOIL ON THE TIPS!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Which really makes you wonder why people think wearing tin foil hats would do anything other than help your brain receive the signals.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Thats why I use lead foil hats!
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 Sep 13, 2011 10:02 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Good, good. Make sure you sweat a bit while wearing it.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
For the sake of completion, I’ll tell you Hugh Downs was the host in 1965, with Barbara Walters as an informal co-host. Frank Blair was the news anchor and Jack Lescoulie was the announcer and features correspondent.
And Ann Curry is a wonderful woman. You shut your filthy mouth.
A listener-supported service
Eugenio!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
An attractive praying mantis? Because I’m not sure what being attracted to praying mantii says about your instinct for self preservation.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Apparently, 49er16 objects to Ann’s ability to turn people into stone.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
No, you’re not. 49er16 is just attracted to insects.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s the bad girl thing they’ve got going, isn’t it? Attracted to dangerous women
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I cringed.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Here's some pr0n for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbOMzcwoqxQ&feature=player_embedded#!
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Wasp got it something proper.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
SGCTC > The Today Show
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I think you’re overreacting about the Lincecum thing. It isn’t bashing him to acknowledge that he might be having a down year by his standards—-not a down year in the great scheme of baseball players, just compared to what he’s done in the past.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Hippy.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Yeah, that’s what he needs. More junk food.
I kid, I kid.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Sweet tea may be bad for the body, but it nourishes the soul
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Anyone know the giants record
With Crawford starting, and the record with O-Cab starting?
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
With the soul of a LOST HAWK
Is there a heaven for a Rap Cat, let's talk
Think the giants are like 7 games above .500
With Crawford starting…
And Pro-Cab..well look at August.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 13, 2011 8:50 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, but I think they also have a really good record when Burriss plays. So that stat doesn’t really mean much.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
This is true
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 13, 2011 9:06 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
it's also true that crawford > o-cab
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
With the soul of a LOST HAWK
Is there a heaven for a Rap Cat, let's talk
Yeah, but using a pointless stat doesn’t prove that.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
it might prove it to bochy.
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
With the soul of a LOST HAWK
Is there a heaven for a Rap Cat, let's talk
by LostHawkGSW on Sep 13, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
By this silly metric, he's phenomenal!
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
It’s all about finding the silly metric that proves your point.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
it's a 'metric' bochy may be able to understand.
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
With the soul of a LOST HAWK
Is there a heaven for a Rap Cat, let's talk
by LostHawkGSW on Sep 13, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
So Moneyball has gotten some really good reviews
I’m pretty excited for it.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I laughed when I heard it was going to be a movie
I can’t believe it’s actually going to be good.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I've seen it compared favorably to another Sorkin project that seemed silly when announced
That is, The Social Network.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
So, Moneyball will be mostly acclaimed, but derided by a minority of folks who think it is sexist.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Nah
It’s just going to become a cause for some nerds on the internet, and it’ll make it into the Oscar nominations, but it won’t win the title.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
And Jeremey Giambi won't slide.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
by GiantPain on Sep 13, 2011 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
I thought that part of The Social Network was so random.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
He had a walk-on role
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
by GiantPain on Sep 13, 2011 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, he played the guy who talked a lot and had a sexist attitude towards women.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I want to watch it to
I just find it amusing that the trailers make it seem like they went on to win a title.
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 Sep 13, 2011 9:03 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I just wonder if Brad Pitt will use a stunt penis for the GiantPain hot tub scene.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions
This brings up something I thought of while brushing my teeth this morning:
How come the Giants even have sabremetric fans at all? Why aren’t you nerbs all A’s fans?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Hey, I was a Giants fan even when the A’s were good and the Giants sucked. It’s a peninsula thing.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Peninsula Sucking: It's not a success thing.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I dunno
I watched a lot of As games in 2002. Great pitching is great pitching.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
But that had nothing to do with their success. Watch the movie, I’m sure you’ll understand.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Sure, 1 little earthquake and the Giants were no longer good enough for you.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
/banned
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Sep 13, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
/makes black mark in permanent record
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, it’s permanent.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Every time I see "I bleed orange" on this site
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Aren't we all?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
It’s weird that that guy never posted again. I hope it’s because he didn’t understand the site well, and not that we sent him into a deep despair.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
The one time I don’t control+click
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
In that case, I will have to concede that you were correct about the A’s uninstantiated universal essence being suckiness.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I root for laundry, yo.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Isn't dirty laundry your job?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
French Laundry imo
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Expensive job, and not worth it in my opinion.
Hope someone else picks up the tab. Give me Gary Danko any day of the week over FL.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I thought Chez Panisse was highly overrated
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
More skeletons.
Seriously though, there’s no logic to the team I root for. I happened to grow up in the Bay Area, and my big sister was an A’s fan, so I wanted to be a Giants fan instead. If I’d been born somewhere else, or if big sis had been a Giants fan, who knows? It’s not a formula I ran.
I root for the Giants because I root for the Giants.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I demand explanations!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
that is exactly why I am a Celtics fan
when I was growing up everyone around me were Lakers fans. So I was like fuck that shit Imma root for them white guys.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Aw, what about:
- Kurt Rambis
- Swen Nater (!)
- Brad what’s-his-name-from-UCLA
- MItch Kupchak
by non sequitur on Sep 13, 2011 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
They’re not as cool as starting 3 whitest of white guys and pwning fools.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I think it's kinda ironic
that they get Brad Pitt to play him.
Not to take anything away from Pitt’s acting, but it’s the complete opposite of what would be described as a Beane move (high priced star).
He should have had some easily overlooked but vastly underrated actor to play him, like John C. McGinley or something.
PROUD FATHER of a baby totally made during the 2010 World Series.
From what I read, it was Pitt who championed the movie from early on.
by non sequitur on Sep 13, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't know if you're serious
But I think that would be fun.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Then I say we go for it!
Only 2 of us so far, and we don’t have a date or time, nor a location, but hey, it’s a start.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
This might be a bigger nerdfest than star wars opening day
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
STAR TREK 4 LIFE YO
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Ah, so you won’t be disappearing into The Old Republic when it comes out?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
No I'm done with MMOs
I might disappear when Diablo 3 comes out though. Actually I might disapper in October, D2 ladder reset.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
They still won’t give an estimate for when Diablo 3 comes out, will they?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
you can't fail if you don't define failure
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I think it's going to be even lamer than the Blind Side
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
DON'T GO ON THE INTERNET CASEY BEANE!!!!
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
OT: The Oatmeal guy
Why does he continuously diss on Internet gamers?
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
My hippy friends won’t read him because he uses the word “retard.”
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Do hippies prefer made up words, or was it his usage of it that offends them?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
It looks terrible
And it’s completely irrelevant now, but I’ll watch it eventually.
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
"looks" from where?
The trailer?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Yeah
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
The movie's 120 minutes long!
Basing your opinion on 2? SSS.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Like I said, I'm going to watch it eventually
Just that, so far, every piece of evidence points to it not being good. I mean, the trailer should be their best foot forward, so I’m comfortable forming a tentative opinion based on it.
I’m trying to think of times when a trailer was completely off from the movie. Usually it’s the shitty comedies where the trailer looks pretty funny and then you realize they put all 5 jokes in the movie into the trailer.
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
It's your opinion, of course, but you and I come away from the "Moneyball" trailer
with two entirely different opinions.
by Every6thDay on Sep 13, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
In your world, people have to go see a movie before deciding whether it’s worthwhile to go see the movie.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I was kidding
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I was hassling.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
In ten minute increments off of youtube 5 years down the line
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
It does look pretty unintentionally funny. I love movies like that.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
it is a comedy now, right?
/Philip Seymour Hoffman sits on whoopee cushion in dugout
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
A GUY TAKING A WALK IN SLO-MO!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Scott Hatteberg fields a grounder while Yakity Sax plays in the background!
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Here’s a pretty cool article about the 1990 Nintendo Wold Championships.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Wish I had that kind of cash to spend on my hobbies :(
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 Sep 13, 2011 9:36 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Me too. Although they may be considered investments at this point.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Here's a video about the cartridges
SHIFT-A:
Second WC sounds pretty good right now.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
You want to watch this team in the playoffs?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Sure
The Giants are great in seasons with 193 games.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
if there were 4 wild cards
the Giants would totally make it! Man, that would be some great baseball.
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Clearly the Giants lost
because you are selfish.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Carlos Beltran takes pennies from the jar but never leaves them. #SelfishBeltran
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Beltran has a collection of baseballs he has taken from fans. #SelfishBeltran
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Beltran keeps his old shells, even when the other hermit crabs give them up when they’ve outgrown them. #ShellfishBeltran
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
by GiantPain on Sep 13, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s funny because Beltran gave a baseball to that one guy last night.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
When forced to sign balls at team events, he complies, but he keeps the pens.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I shouldn't have moved to Arizona
The Giants would still be in first place.
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
I have until tomorrow to decide
do I pay for postseason tickets?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Bonus free SOJ+Unid annihilus for every 1000 dollars spent
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I'm mainly debating the benefit of 2% vs cash flow
If I choose to roll over my postseason “donation” towards next year’s season tickets, they give a 2% bonus.
That’s like offering a 2% CD on a 6 month term. I really should jump at this, right?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Yeah, if you’re definitely going to purchase season tickets. CD rates suck right now.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Great RA Dickey interview on Jonah Keri's Grantland podcast
Spoiler Alert: Star Wars is discussed
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
He probably does not want to talk about the Mets
Do you blame him?
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
Not at all
Unless he talks about the White Sox.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I think I've decided to like the Mets.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Crawford needs more time playing, now
I am in play Crawford, Sanchez, Belt every game boat. Ross actually has been decent at leadoff, I would not mind him playing over Christian.
Also, good to see guys playing loose and good. The Franchise showed Bochy in the hitters cage in April saying he doesnt want to hear it is early stuff. He pressed them hard, nobody relaxed until they went into “play the future guys” mode and suddenly the offense shows up. Next year I hope they don’t get all offense panicy early, in my mind it really affected this year’s offense to the negative.
No. RT @WarninTracPwr: @keithlaw impressed at all with Surkamp?
Not a 4. Maybe an NL 5. RT @ProductiveOuts: @keithlaw think he can be a serviceable 4-5 starter?
Surkamp has faced 66 non-pitcher Astros and Padres and fanned 5. RT @jheldred: It’s important to at least think about striking people out.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
This was more or less my point when I raised the subject during yesterday’s gamethread.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
He has gotten hit pretty hard too. A lot of hard hits have found gloves, but if he doesn’t make some kind of adjustment soon, he won’t be looking so good.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
So is he basing everything off 3 major league starts? His upside being an “NL 5” is really low considering #5 starters are terrible.
by kingofthacove on Sep 13, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s also basing it on scouting him in the minor leagues. Plus command guys with marginal stuff usually doesn’t translate well as starting pitchers. And Surkamp hasn’t shown that plus command in the majors yet.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Eh, Law wanted to trade away Roy Halladay.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think that was his call, heh.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
Nonetheless, I will be spreading this canard at every opportunity.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
The next Cain, MadBum, Tim, or heck even Dirty
Surkamp does not appear to be.
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 Sep 13, 2011 10:58 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
trpl
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 Sep 13, 2011 10:59 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Whoa. not sure how that happened.
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 Sep 13, 2011 10:59 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
ncly dne
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
At least we have Zack Wheel...
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
/Alice's restaurant plays
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It's all good.
We have Dan “In Play” Runzler.
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 Sep 13, 2011 11:00 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
That's weird
How did someone manage to put a ball in play while he was walking everybody?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Shinjo Walk Off
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLG_6vjbGAo&feature=player_detailpage#t=49s
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
He steps on home plate, is that legal in Japan?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Sure
But if he can just throw 160+ innings a year, not kill us, and make almost no money, that’s enough.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
I wish I made the MLB definition of “almost no money.”
by BestHyperboleEver on Sep 13, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
You and me both.
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 Sep 13, 2011 12:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Did I mention this awesome birthday gift:
It has all the stat leaders for both leagues (one each side) from 1901 to 1960. It’s way freakin’ cool.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
How big is that? I can’t tell from the picture
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 13, 2011 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s about 9 inches
/twss
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Sep 13, 2011 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That is pretty cool
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 13, 2011 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
My fella totally gets me.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Sep 13, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Yup.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Sep 13, 2011 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
NL is on the other side. The only post-ready image I had showed the AL.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Sep 13, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
sl
Man, Panda was svelte at the beginning of the season (pic from 4/23):
Not so much now (last night):
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Do players really need to keep that in their uniform pocket? Isn’t there a place in the dugout for it? I can’t imagine it feels good to land on when they slide.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Sep 13, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
So that’s why some players insist on head-first slides …
by non sequitur on Sep 13, 2011 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Someone tell him he’s not supposed to eat it!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Sep 13, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Timmy needs to stop feeding the Pands choco tacos
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Pablo's just a naturally chubby dude, sadly
I think it’s going to be a career-long (lifelong, really) struggle for him to keep his weight down. Luckily, he has more incentive than the average person to do so; that being, gobs upon gobs of money.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 13, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Can a contract include specifications for weight?
Like you get an X bonus for being under Y amount of weight.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 13, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it can. I think Schilling had that written into his final contract with the Sox.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
by speckops on Sep 13, 2011 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I really do think he needs to be seen by someone who can do thyroid/hormone/adrenal work on him at the “expertise” level. And that would be someone NOT on the Giants medical team, which at this point in time I hold in about the same regard as Kaiser.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
/prescribes Pablo 5,000 mg of estrogen per day
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Manny Ramirez, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 13, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s actually a swollen, bruised, and lonely eye.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Sep 13, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
uh, too much estrogen can make you fatterific.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I was thinking
of Homer Simpson’s self-prescribed regimen, but as usual botched the reference.
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
While some sort of medical issue is definitely possible, I suspect it has more to do with his emotional relationship to food and the habits he’s spent a lifetime developing. He’s admitted to not taking conditioning seriously until very recently and it takes time to turn something like that around. It’s going to be a long haul, with ups and downs, triumphs and setbacks…
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
thankfully
he’s an excellent natural athlete, IMO. I’m a cruddy athlete and even without the 20 or so pounds he has on me, I couldn’t dive for a ball and leap up as he does. Or score from second for that matter, he’s pretty fast considering.
Where have you gone, Steven Revetria? A bandwagon turns its lonely eyes to you.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
by natteringnabob on Sep 13, 2011 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep. He has the potential to be a very good for a long time if he manages not to eat himself out of a career.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 13, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
to eat himself out of a career.
Which (until the very recent past) is precisely what happened to Jerome Williams.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Sep 13, 2011 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I really like food
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Shift-A Again
What did I miss?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
all the things
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
OT - Tupac is gone (15 years today) and L.A. still sucks according to Bruce Hornsby
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Sep 13, 2011 12:26 PM PDT reply actions
Man..he was only 25..
Biggie was only 24 when he got shot…
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 13, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Today's two-hour trip from Studio City to Westwood broke me.
So much traffic… so much…
by Every6thDay on Sep 13, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s performing at the Independent in San Francisco this evening.
(Please note: I assumed we are discussing Bruce Hornsby, not living 2Pac.)
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Sep 13, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Pffft
Also, we’re the team that won it last year, and most of us gave up two weeks ago, so this is pretty much borrowed money. Wheeeeeeeeeee!
Man, DBacks fans gave up on this season in February- this whole thing is borrowed money
"Never ignore a coincidence. Unless you're busy, in which case always ignore a coincidence."
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on McCovey Chronicles
Related FanShots on McCovey Chronicles
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
In Association With
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
- Get a grip: Reds’ Todd Frazier loses bat, still connects for home run (Video)
- Eric Hosmer redefines the Baltimore chop with infield double (Video)
- College player makes impossible over the fence catch to save tournament game (Video)
- Security!: Camden Yards guard collides with Royals’ Mike Moustakas
- The Juice: Nelson Cruz matches career high eight RBIs, Pujols stays hot in Seattle
