Post-game thread: Matt Cain
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 13, 2011 11:50 PM PDT
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If you can't win the pennant, at least annoy the Padres.
Which was impressively prescient seeing as the Padres weren't even a team back then. The Giants moved to 11-6 against the Padres on the year, which almost makes up for the punishment that San Diego gave the Giants last year. Also making up for the punishment the Padres gave the Giants last year: the delirium of a World Series parade, confetti tickling your ears as you scream until your tonsils ache, exulting not just for yourself, but for the fans before you who didn't get to see this happen.
The Giants having a winning record against the Padres this year also helps.
When Matt Cain came up from the minor leagues, he was one of two reasons to watch the Giants. The other one was Barry Bonds, but when the Giants were in the post-2004 decline, it was almost sad to watch Bonds do good things for an awful team. He would draw a walk, and then Pedro Feliz would strike out three straight times to end the inning. You knew that Bonds wouldn't be around for the next good Giants team. That wasn't true with Cain, though. He was the first unrealistic hope of a brighter Giants tomorrow.
Think of what it was like to be a Giants fan back then. Ainsworth, Foppert, and Williams all burned out and flamed away. Ryan Vogelsong was traded and never heard from again. Pitching prospects just didn't pan out if you were a Giants fan. Shawn Estes had his one great year, a couple of okay years mixed with pain, and that was the post-Barr legacy. They'd come up, tantalize, and flame away. Garrelts, Hammaker, Downs, Swift, Torres, VanLandingham, Ortiz, Estes ... they all had their moments, but they were never that guy.
Maybe Cain would be that guy. Seemed plucky enough, he did. He was the reason to watch the Giants other than Bonds in 2005 and 2006. He was the future if you were willing to suspend disbelief. One day, maybe Cain would ... would ... make an All-Star Game or two! Maybe!
And then Tim Lincecum came along with his olive-oil hair and his Cy Young charm, and he became the ace of the staff. It was Lincecum who was on the mound in Game Five of the World Series, Lincecum who was matching up with Roy Halladay to get there. That's not a bad thing -- turns out that Lincecum is pretty swell -- but it wasn't really Matt Cain who was the unquestioned leader of the pitching staff that took the Giants to all sorts of wacky places.
So here, as per law, is your annual Matt Cain appreciation thread. He didn't get the win, but that's because he doesn't want to be garish about the whole thing. He's a sub-.500 pitcher, sure, but maybe that means we can lock him up for five years in the offseason because it's 1938 and front-office types are really paying attention to pitcher wins. Matt Cain is an amazing pitcher, and one of the best in franchise history. It's a long history. Matt Cain.
This might be the best season Matt Cain has ever had, which is impressive, him being Matt Cain and all. His home runs are way down. His walk rate continues to dip. His strikeout rate is actually up a tick. The last time he didn't get through five innings was in April. He's Matt Cain, and he's better than you.
There are things about this game that bugged the absolute crap out of me -- Brandon Belt's ass-velcro keeping him on the bench for 29 innings or whatever, and Conor Gillaspie pinch-hitting over Andres Torres, only to have Torres come in on a double-switch in the next inning, for example. There were other good stories -- I really, really thought Mark DeRosa's career was over three different times this season, yet here he is, having a nice finish to the season. But it was a Matt Cain Production through and through. He's good, and by acknowledging that he was the main reason the Giants won tonight, maybe that makes up for those stupid pitcher wins.
Matt Cain.
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HURRY BOY, SHE'S WAITING THERE FOR YOU!
by haemaker on Sep 13, 2011 11:51 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
this is fairly awesome
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Sep 14, 2011 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
ok, I've now watched about 10 songs of these guys already
and I’m not even a Glee fan. I swear it! The “I hate to admit it but I think I like this” comments crack me up.
P.S. check out “Jump” (yes, the Van Halen song), “Flight of the Bumblebee” and “Earth Wind and Fire Medley” Also, they do “Rossana” better than Toto does too.
wow, that is kind of awesome.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
this is totally awesome
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
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by Murray, Present on Sep 14, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
MATT CAIN!!!
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 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions 10 recs
FAIL
Cain didn’t get the job done. Doesn’t know how to win.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 7:28 AM PDT up reply actions
How long before Matt Cain says “Fuck this! I’m out of here”?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
He’s the guy that I think is most likely to stay here his whole career.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
I agree
Name me the last pitcher who left a team that couldn’t score runs for a team that could, and took less money to do so. This goes for all of them, not just Cain. They’ll only leave the Giants if the Giants allow them to go free agent and get outbid. We’ve talked a billion times about the irrelevancy of pitcher’s win totals and then we say Cain will leave to win more games. And that’s not even mentioning that Cain has a ring on his finger from this team. You think he’ll leave this for a few more wins?
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Sep 14, 2011 5:26 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Poor poor Matt
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
CAIN VS WILD
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 13, 2011 11:57 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
When I saw the top part
I automatically assumed it was an “I better drink my own piss” image.
St. Louis, Arizona, and Atlanta all won today. Can people stop dreaming now, and accept the inevitable?
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
But so did the Giants!
//has accepted the inevitable and is waiting for hockey season to start
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 13, 2011 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I refuse to accept Matt Cain in pinstripes!
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 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Cain to the Yankees
Lincecum to the Red Sox
Cody Ross to the Phillies
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 13, 2011 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Posey to the...
:-(
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Posey won't be traded. He will just ascend to a higher plane of existence
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 14, 2011 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Immaculate Assumption
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 14, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
WE'RE STILL IN THIS THING
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
People accepted it a couple weeks ago. But baseball is a funny thing. There is no clock so there is always a chance.
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Sep 14, 2011 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a pomegranate tootsie pop and the possibilities seems endless. Ask me again when it’s gone.
McCoven: A Heinous CircleJerk
Proud Parent of Adopted Giant: Crazy Crab
LOL your epop.
Tanks fer de laf.
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions
THIS DIVISION IS OURS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
what the hell are you talking about?
They’ve won three games in a row, and NOW you think they’re doomed?
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 14, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
MATT CAIN doesn't care if he was the second loudest booed player at the All Star game
because he is better than you
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 14, 2011 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Third loudest at best.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
by waelwulf on Sep 14, 2011 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
This is how far I've lowered the bar
It wasn’t a loss. W00T!
NorCal passion trapped in SoCal pain...
I wanna rage.
I just know I’m going to have some stupid arguments 30 years from now with some smartass whippersnappers with a stat that don’t mean shit about how good Matt Cain was.
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Your mom's a girl
By then they’ll have Saberextremetrics that will show how his career FIPOAR isn’t as high as Eric Surkamp Jr.’s.
Sabresextrics.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 7:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Matt Cain is the coolest.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
by groug on Sep 14, 2011 12:02 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
What's cooler than being cool? Matt Cain
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 14, 2011 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
What is cooler than Matt Cain?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Sep 14, 2011 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
It's as if David Lynch was moonlighting as a Fox cameraman that night....
Life is so much sweeter ever since TGWTWS
allrightallrightallrightallrightallrightallrightallrightallrightallrightallrightallright
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
He’s the best.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Matt Cain
201 GS
1305 IP
1076 K
466 BB
3.34 ERA
Dude is good.
You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means.
by Solidarity on Sep 14, 2011 12:08 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm not convinced...
What’s his win-loss record? THAT will tell me if he’s really any good or not.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Alex Pav
tweeted during the game that Cain has a 2.39 ERA in 12 starts since the All-Star break, and just 3 wins in that stretch. It’s a wonder a Giants pitcher hasn’t taken an assault rifle to the offense yet.
I've got these tiny hands!
-Guy in BK commercial/Alex Smith
Probably the last thing a Giants pitcher has thought this year is “You know, this offense could be deader.”
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
by waelwulf on Sep 14, 2011 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just got home from the game.
Wasn’t actually planning on going until about 4pm this afternoon.
I can talk in a bit, but I have to go change first.
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
/plugs nose
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Nice to hear you wait.
My brother calls and says he can’t make the game tonight (we’re Filipino, so he planned on going with his daughter and his in-laws). He offers my sis and I the tickets meant for him and his wife. It was either go or stay here and watch Filipino soaps over/after dinner, so we went.
Got our bag (it’s a pretty cool bag), sat in view level (knees didn’t feel that bad this time; I’m bad with heights). While we got our bag, we ran into our cousin. Turned out we had more family sitting in the bleacher seats. So around the fifth or so (and after a ridiculous adventure hunting for caramel corn), we met up with them. Stayed with them until the Padres tied it up, groaned like hell over Mota coughing it up. Got really pissed when a clearly drunk girl and her guy friends tried to start a wave; I really wanted to yell that the only place people do that shit is in LA.
Went back up to our original group with sundaes, laughed heartily at my aunt-in-law fist pumping very energetically. They left in the 10th, so we went back down to our cousins to watch the rest out. Got very into it in the 12th, bemoaned the Pablo FC, but quickly turned to elation after DeRosa just hit it well enough to miss Hudson’s glove.
Coming back home, I felt happy about DeRosa. After watching The Franchise (esp. the ending), you could really sympathize with how he felt when he was DLed for so long; even more praiseworthy are the efforts he has made so far (even if they seem meager) to play on this team, even if the season is lost. Seeing him contribute hits, weather balloons and an okay glove fills me with more fuzzies than usual.
I do wish he didn’t avoid the walk-off celebration so much. Still pissed people didn’t boo the Arizona win that much.
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
by L-Nova on Sep 14, 2011 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Unfortunately, the wave went in two directions in the upper deck.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
then
it’s really more of a riptide.
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 14, 2011 5:59 AM PDT up reply actions
The wave can DIAF
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
why would they boo an Arizona win?
That’s like saying they should boo an NBA score. The Diamondbacks are irrelevant to the Giants’ postseason existence now, except for the 3 head-to-head games.
Also, nice game story. I always like reading those.
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 14, 2011 5:59 AM PDT up reply actions
One of the downsides of being white is that I’ll never have the chance to go to a game with my daughter and in-laws.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I know that when my knees feel bad, I am great with heights!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions
When was our last 3 game winning streak?
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Sep 14, 2011 12:19 AM PDT reply actions
I’m guessing it was in July
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Sep 14, 2011 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Can't we just skip August every season?
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 14, 2011 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
August Lowry + 2011 August Giants = ???
0-0 Lowry and back to the minors?
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Sep 14, 2011 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I remember when it was June we always dreaded. The “June Swoon”.
by Comrade Conrad on Sep 14, 2011 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I remember this, too. But the whole 80s were the June Swoon. June was just when reality set in every year.
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Sep 14, 2011 1:03 AM PDT up reply actions
July 17-19.
One against the Padres then two against the Dodgers.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
we just need to win 5 more in a row. That should put us 4 games or fewer back of the WC going into the final 10 games.
we’re in this thing
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Sep 14, 2011 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m ready to ride out an exciting stretch, but I’m not counting on it.
It wouldn’t be the worst thing, I suppose.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
THIS. THING.
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
It was toward the end of a 9-5 stretch against the Padres, Mets, Padres, Dodgers.
Not bad!
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
SFGiants.com post game thread fun...
“NICE win!! Hope Bochy puts DeRosa on full schedule next season. He’s proven to be our top clutch hitter in the last few months.”
by InTimmyWeTrust on Sep 14, 2011 12:20 AM PDT reply actions
::Facepalm::
Why is stupidity so much louder than rational thought?
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 14, 2011 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
This is bizarre
Link (right-click)
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
And the DFA sees Rowand turning to a life of crime.
Sad.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I Appreciate You, Matt Cain: A love letter.
I remember rushing home from my son’s baseball game and being giddy when you made your debut. My son didn’t understand, he was only 12, but he played along. He got it with Lincecum and Bumgarner and Posey and Belt…finally, after so long, kids to get excited about.
Anyway, Matt Cain, you make me cry every fifth day because my heart breaks for you. You are a mound-ninja, and the offense and Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy never seem to give a shit. You remain steadfast and resolute on the mound, and never give away at-bats because you know you may be your only hope. So I weep.
I love you, Matt Cain. Your fan base loves you. You are the EXACT kind of ballplayer that fans dream will stay with one organization for your entire career. You need to retire as a Giant. You need to be wearing a Giants hat while giving your speech at Cooperstown when you join the HOF with the least number of career wins for any pitcher inducted, and the ‘SF’ needs to proudly front your visage in bronze.
Thank you, Sir, for your 100% effort (because, honestly, 110% isn’t even possible), icewater in your veins and a mind full of grit, EVERY time you take the hill in the orange and black. You are the adopted son of millions, figuratively (and one lucky McCoven, literally).
Thank you for helping us raise a banner. Thank you for helping bring honor and a year of boastful egotism to our website, and our daily repartee.
Thank you for giving us hope for the future.
Thank you for being a saver of children, but not Dodger children.
And thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, for being Bobby Hill’s doppelganger.
You will forever be our third favorite Giants Pitcher, at best, ever.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. Stolen 6/11/11.
Job 1:14-15
by bigboneded on Sep 14, 2011 1:01 AM PDT reply actions 7 recs
excellent
I remember when he came up. “Hey, some kid is starting tonight. Big deal.” I stand humbly corrected.
And I love his cap tip when he comes off the field. Not embarrassed, exactly, just sort of perfunctory. “You’re all excited I had this good game, did you think I was going to screw up?” /tip
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 14, 2011 6:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow I remember when he came up
It was before twitter and I was at the game before his start when I noticed someone who looked a lot like Matt Cain running in the outfield. I was like ‘OMG is that Matt Cain?’ Then I went home and found out it was and he was starting a couple days later and I bought tickets immediately.
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.
Matt Cain, Mound-Ninja
Awesome.
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I love that man.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions
My man crush on Matt Cain just got crushier if that makes sense
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Sep 14, 2011 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Carl Steward raises a good point in the postgame notes:
Somehow, we avoided Barry Zito in the top of the 16th. There is a God, after all.
What did Belt do?
Seriously, did he run over Bochy’s dog, or sleep with his daughter or something? Yes, he’s not hitting all that well, but Bochy put Brandon Crawford, hitting .185 in.
I think Belt’s adorkable. But I’m starting to hope he gets traded, just because whatever’s going on is really starting to seem personal.
Bochy seems to think he has better options at first. Belt is now 4th on the depth chart, behind Huff, Pill, DeRosa. Bochy has visions of Belt striking out with guys on base. Bochy sees a hole in his swing. Body language. Not aggressive enough. Needs to play winter ball. Doesn’t fit into the Giant’s plans. All of the above. Sad waste of a potentially good player, who may in fact become trade bait. Sad, sad, sad.
fred71510
He struck out at a high rate, which I am convinced is how this team evaluates hitters. I don’t even specifically think they look at K%, though the K%/Playtime ratio for the players on this team is pretty compelling. I just think striking out is the easiest thing to build a confirmation bias for. And, boy, do these guys in charge like to confirm their own biases. And strikeouts looks bad. And looking bad is bad.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure they had questions at the beginning of the year about whether he was ready for the bigs. Well, he hasn’t looked ready. Call it confirmation bias I guess, but the small sample has not looked great.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I certainly can’t deny that he’s looked bad, and I think they recognize that, too.
But there’s something about their willingness to play all of these other people they’ve rolled out there, and particularly the insistence on playing Brett Pill these last few weeks, that suggests to me, at least in their short term thinking, something more than just being choosy with the struggling rook. Even as bad as he is, he’s arguably the best and most interesting guy to have out there regularly.
And the strikeout thing doesn’t just sit with Belt. I firmly believe it’s a big part of why Torres is sitting regularly for Christian, why they tried so hard to bury Ross, why Burriss has gotten so many at bats, why Stewart became the everyday catcher, why Tejada and Cabrera of all options were the SS options we pursued when we did… I could go on. It’s really a pervasive stat when you look at the way they have pursued and played people this year.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I suspect the brain trust has recognized that Belt’s development has been botched and feels that he was brought up before he was ready. They may be keeping him out of games with the idea that it will ‘protect’ him until he gets more ‘seasoning’.
Regarding the way the team looks at strikeouts, you may be right. Strikeouts are not productive after all.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions
My internet connection died right as the dance gifs were coming up
I restarted the router several times, poked around with some settings, got put on hold forever by tech support, and felt pretty darn hopeless about the whole thing. Before I even got to speak with a real person, however, it just now started working again all of a sudden. I wondered why and how and what the, but now I’m certain that it was because Matt Cain.
So, here’s a couple of belated celebratory corgis on a treadmill.
Wheeeeeeeeeeee.
Mine died too
Damn you ATT
nice to know I am not alone, though
I sit and await always faithful to the giants
by luved the stick on Sep 14, 2011 2:01 AM PDT reply actions
Oh no!
Our apartment has had connectivity issues before, but it was rarely something that couldn’t be fixed by restarting the router or just rebooting the laptop. It’s definitely good knowing that we weren’t alone, like you said, and whatever the issue was didn’t last even longer.
Wheeeeeeeeeeee.
Wait, are you on AT&T UVerse? because my Internet died last night, too. It wasn’t just my router; my laptop could still talk wirelessly to my desktop. Frak. Because of AT&T I lost track of what was going on at AT&T.
Frak. Anyway, MATT CAIN.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 5:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Time to start the irony-free diet.
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 7:32 AM PDT up reply actions
What are the chances of an AT&T Internet connection failing to work for two people at the same time? I’m astonished by this coincidence. Shocked. Shocked and appalled.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not being mean here, btw. I’m making fun of AT&T for providing such shitty service.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d be pretty surprised if my Internet connection was functional more than 60% of the time during waking hours.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions
There must have been some type of widespread problem
I had issues with my AT&T phone and internet when I got home from work yesterday.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions
My suggestion is that the widespread problem is AT&T’s really terrible Internet service.
It could have been something more than that, though.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
This is the first problem I’ve had in the year since I switched to AT&T. It’s been smooth up until now.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions
No, no. My problems are definitely representative of the population.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Howie is a republic unto himself.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions
He is like a holiday destination! If Aruba were not a parliamentary democracy, it would be Howie.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions
IIRC AT&T consistently gets last place in customer satisfaction among cell phone companies.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
It’s hard to get good consumer information on these things. The additional issue with broadband service (as opposed to wireless) is that in many regions there’s either not much choice or it’s hard to figure out what your choices are. I figured it was either AT&T or Comcast and both had both satisfied subscribers and people yelling loudly that theirs was the worst service in human history.
Maybe this National Broadband Plan thing will help. Part of it is about getting better information out thre.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve had U-Verse for the last year and a half now, and last night was the first real problem like that that I’ve experienced. After having a lot of issues with their DSL service before back home, I was expecting to also have problems with U-Verse, but it’s been pretty reliable overall. I can’t say the same about AT&T’s wireless service, though, what with all the smelly dropped calls.
Wheeeeeeeeeeee.
Fun Fact
The Giants records when the following start at SS: Burriss (1-2), Cabrera (10-19),Crawford (26-18), Fontenot (20-12), Tejada (20-19)
Source: http://presspass.mlb.com/DBDocs/77/127/3500_2279.pdf (this is the Giants game notes for Tuesday. Giants are now 11-19 with Cabrera at SS)
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
What do you know
the Fontenot record is better than the Crawford one.
Good thing he’s stuck on the bench.
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.
sometimes
correlation does equal causation.
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 14, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I choose to follow this confimation bias
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
2011 Giants position players by wRC+ (scaled like OPS+, but applied to wOBA)
Name wRC+
Carlos Beltran 134
Pablo Sandoval 128
Buster Posey 112
Pat Burrell 111
Nate Schierholtz 104
Cody Ross 99
Freddy Sanchez 96
Jeff Keppinger 87
Brandon Belt 87
Andres Torres 82
Aubrey Huff 82
Mike Fontenot 79
Mark DeRosa 77
Aaron Rowand 65
Eli Whiteside 64
Miguel Tejada 54
Chris Stewart 45
Manny Burriss 41
Brandon Crawford 39
Orlando Cabrera 28
Orlando Cabrera you are so bad.
Sundrendy!
So you're saying Carlos Beltran is the problem and Brandon Crawford is the solution?
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!
6 out of the Giants' top 10 position players by wRC+ have spent significant time on the DL
And we were still a clusterfuck road trip away from playoff contention.
This pitching, you guys. I mean…this pitching!
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Cain’s no decision tonight had more to do with the bullpen than the offense, even though two runs ain’t much. One out man on first should be an easily manageable situation for the bullpen. Why Mota, the long reliever in the seventh? Is it illegal to use Romo before the eighth, especially with the tying runs in scoring position?
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Sep 14, 2011 5:31 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
I went to bed before the game was over
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 went to bed before the game started. (East coast.)
Turns out this is a good way to experience some Giants games, especially for the last month or so.
Wake up, look at box score, shake head, slap forehead, drink coffee, discuss means of execution for Bruce Bochy (drawing and quartering? pressing? big head on pike?)
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 7:34 AM PDT up reply actions
This is what I do every day!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
You, me, TL2, Goofus – it’s a trend.
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Jackie Kennedy: “I HATE EVERYONE!”
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Did any of the recordings say that Hoover raided her wardrobe?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
He couldn’t possibly have. I mean, look at his figure.
I will say this: The interstitial segments featuring Diane Sawyer were all shot in soft-focus, which I detest. Bad ABC News. Bad!
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Drives me crazy too, but I hate Diane Sawyer anyway. To me she radiates smugness.
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions
She and rotoreuter probably spend many an hour sipping free-trade coffee at an independently-owned bistro in downtown Smug.
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“Smugtown” is the official nickname of Rochester, NY, where I live. So come on over, gaiz! But bring some vaseline for the lens.
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Just some really dry folks.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Sunshine stealers.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
by jhiat00 on Sep 14, 2011 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Whoa
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!
This is impressive.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I’d like to meet this “rotoreuter” fellow.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Me too.
New world order. I now work 8-6, but I haven’t figured out what time I need to leave in order to get to work by 8 yet, so I’m going to bed and getting up earlier and earlier.
I was there for Matt Cain’s first time pitching in Chase Field.
A regular from the Outback I bar tended at took my buddy and I. He had ridiculous seats just left of home plate and 3 or 4 rows up. The best non-ST seats I’ve ever had. Matt Cain was there pitching for the Giants which made it pretty cool too.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
How long was Scott Eyre warming 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!
Methany was playing 3-way catch with Cain and Eyre before the game. I assume Eyre continued to throw in the bullpen throughout the game.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Did you know that Eyre led the league in appearances by a pitcher in one of this Giants years?
Or, alternatively, how could you not have known that?
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!
Alou certainly drew the ire from Giants fans for his bullpen management.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
After trying for 40 seconds
I have determined that there just isn’t another word that sounds enough like “Garrelts” to make a pun in-kind.
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 farts a lot
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
wow LaTroy Hawkins and Armando Benitez
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 love Cain.
UP THE PUCKS!
"This is a good time to come together and raise our middle finger in the air." - Dan Boyle
by TheSoundOfHockey on Sep 14, 2011 6:52 AM PDT reply actions
LOL Really?
The game went extras and Belt still didn’t get in?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 6:57 AM PDT reply actions
Bochy hates giraffes.
UP THE PUCKS!
"This is a good time to come together and raise our middle finger in the air." - Dan Boyle
by TheSoundOfHockey on Sep 14, 2011 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Fear of giraffes - "cameleopardophobia."
by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Linky fail!
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
BRUCE BOCHY PINCH HIT CONNOR GILLASPIE OVER BRANDON BELT IN A TIE BALLGAME
BRUCE BOCHY PINCH HIT CONNOR GILLASPIE OVER BRANDON BELT IN A TIE BALLGAME
BRUCE BOCHY PINCH HIT CONNOR GILLASPIE OVER BRANDON BELT IN A TIE BALLGAME
BRUCE BOCHY PINCH HIT CONNOR GILLASPIE OVER BRANDON BELT IN A TIE BALLGAME
BRUCE BOCHY PINCH HIT CONNOR GILLASPIE OVER BRANDON BELT IN A TIE BALLGAME
BRUCE BOCHY PINCH HIT CONNOR GILLASPIE OVER BRANDON BELT IN A TIE BALLGAME
BRUCE BOCHY PINCH HIT CONNOR GILLASPIE OVER BRANDON BELT IN A TIE BALLGAME
BRUCE BOCHY PINCH HIT CONNOR GILLASPIE OVER BRANDON BELT IN A TIE BALLGAME
BRUCE BOCHY PINCH HIT CONNOR GILLASPIE OVER BRANDON BELT IN A TIE BALLGAME
BRUCE BOCHY PINCH HIT CONNOR GILLASPIE OVER BRANDON BELT IN A TIE BALLGAME
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 14, 2011 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions 11 recs
this
makes me glad I fell asleep. I guess Bochy did too.
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 14, 2011 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
According to BBR, there are three pitchers who have thrown more than 600 innings since 2008 with a cumulative ERA under 3. Matt Cain is one of them. I can’t view the list, so I’ll have to guess and check on the others.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
Also
It’s possible that I set up my parameters wrong….
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Since 2009 was the first thing. The other thing was I set up my parameters wrong.
Dang, this is less impressive than I fooled myself into thinking.
Still cool, though.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I think I did it right this time, and it says there are 5. Cain, Lincecum, Lee, and Halladay are 4. Still figuring out the last one.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions
If Livan is one of them I’ll be dropping dead.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I can’t figure out the last one. Kershaw doesn’t qualify. It’s not Oswalt, Sabathia, Hamels, Verlander….
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Tricky thing is it might not be an elite elite pitcher. Just someone good enough to consistently eat up a lot of innings. Maybe like a Mark Buehrle.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions
This is correct
711 innings with a 2.67 ERA
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Ok, then again, it might indeed be an elite elite pitcher.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Ah, man. That was an easy one, too.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Cain, Lincecum, Lee, Halladay, Hernandez.
The names you can find Cain grouped with by selectively choosing statistical parameters that his performances fulfill is amazing.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions
But he’s the cainiest of the them all.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I’m going to write a children’s book called The Cainiest Christmas Ever. It starts out well enough, as the protagonist does everything he can to be a good citizen — sharing, playing well with others, doing his homework, helping Mom and Dad with the chores — but on Christmas morning, he ends up with exactly zero presents.
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on Christmas morning, he ends up with exactly zero presents.
And he would still be okay with this.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Lars. Lars. My boy, you are a genius. I think this could be an actual idea. I want to write this, and have Natto illustrate it. This could be the greatest gift of all.
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And then in the epilogue, he destroys the Dodger children.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Cain is the one player on the Giants that must be re-signed to a long term contract. He’s consistent, durable, very mature for his age, intelligent, has played on the Giants the longest out of anyone on the current team, loved by the fans, postseason dominant, etc…
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Beltran is dead inside?
Video of DeRosa’s walk off hit and the ensuing team celebration:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19195937
Go to the 0:55 mark.
Everyone in the dugout seemed to respond with joy and excitement after the hit. Most jumped over the dugout railing to celebrate onto the field. From the back of the dugout, Beltran took a peak to see what the commotion was all about, responded with no emotion or clapping, and then appeared to proceed slowly and calmly to the dugout steps.
With all the theories that could be put out there, one thing is for certain, he’s not enjoying himself right now.
Things I do not care about:
Whether or not Carlos Beltran is enjoying himself.
Things I care about:
Is Carlos Beltran good at baseball (answer: yes).
Sundrendy!
Well, I like him to. The problem is, he doesnt seem to like playing for the Giants right now. I cant imagine why he would re-sign with them unless he was blown away. Maybe getting his former teammate Jose Reyes would help.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions
It wouldn't surprise me if Beltran is the kind of guy who just wants to play baseball for money
He’ll probably just sign wherever he gets the biggest contract.
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!
What? The guy said he wants to play for a contender so he can get a championship. He already got his big money with the Mets.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
He’ll probably just sign wherever he gets the biggest contract.
This is definitely the case. You do not have Boras an an agent to give some team a discount.
Further, there is nothing wrong with that thinking at all.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions
He might be showing loyality to his agent by retaining him. He might be a man of principles, even if Boras is known to not have many.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I really doubt that is the case. And even if it was, your point seems to be that he will show loyalty to his agent but not his current team?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions
No, he’s played hard for the Giants. But now that they’re out of contention, he doesnt seem enthused. He’s only being honest by not faking his emotions.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Again, I don’t see anything wrong with that. Honesty is good, right?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I guess we agree then. I just thought that maybe this was an indicator that he wont want to re-sign with the Giants. I mean, I don’t recall seeing him be this way with the loser Mets. He seemed to enjoy playing for them.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, I think he had more invested with the Mets so that probably factored into his attitude a bit.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
He also knew them a lot better. He developed friendships with some of them over the years. I wonder if he’s had any of that with his current teammates.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions
He seemed pretty buddy-buddy with the Giants players pre-ASB.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Friendly isn’t the same as being like a buddy. Maybe he knew some of them from before, I don’t know.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions
This is my belief
Guy had a clause in his contract that prevented a team from getting a draft pick when he leaves in FA, this is a guy who wants money.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
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by scout6 on Sep 14, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I think people are reading way too much into his demeanor. He seems very deliberate and that doesn’t mean he doesn’t like playing for the Giants.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
But he was the only one in the video that didnt visibly celebrate. Thats just weird, even for a guy like him.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Was it Baggs who described his clubhouse demeanor as “imperial”?
If you’re gonna be imperial, you better hit like an emperor.
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions
That’ll do it.
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I mean, he kinda does. So what's the problem?
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 does hit like an emperor. His walk up music should be The Imperial March.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I’m afriad his bat will be quite operational!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve always loved the way the Emperor said that.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Beltran: HE'S A TRAP!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
This was RotJ of course, but I think Ian McDiarmid was the only one in the prequel movies who was actually acting.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions
It's really unfortunate, the prequels
Just about everyone casted were/are good actors, (though guess wasnt sold on young Anakin) but the script was just FUBAR. Natalie Portman’s lines were especially awful.
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 14, 2011 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
The one good thing to come from the prequels is that dude’s youtube reviews ripping them apart.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Here’s the first one.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
It could do without the whole whole creepy basement/hooker thing IMO but yeah it’s hilarious.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Yeah, that quickly got to be a little too unnecessary
but the review itself is hilarious, and fairly true! There’s a couple things so far I slightly disagree with, but the people talking about the characters was fantastic!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
“Qui Gon Jinn? I don’t remember that character.”
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
And now I’m stuck watching these reviews on YT.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I really hope that, during the RotS review, he mentions how Obi Wan is a completely incompetent Jedi, who can’t knock the little droids on his ship off by using the Force. Seriously, he’s used the Force so damn many times during the course of these movies to push droids around, but he can’t do anything about the little droids eating his ship? Honestly?
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
I though Ewan did a bang up job with what he was given.
Natalie Portman has sort of two notes that she can hit on her acting tuba, so it’s no real surprise that she failed to rise above a combination of bad writing and bad direction.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
has sort of two notes that she can hit on her acting tuba
Ha! I like this idiom.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I borrowed Revenge of the Sith from my brother a few months back, and watched it for the first time since I saw it in the theater. I remembered really liking it then, thinking it was easily the best movie since Empire.
But the dialog was awful, the acting atrocious, the CGI overdone as usual… The second time through, I really didn’t enjoy this movie anymore.
But the WORST part about it was watching the DVD extras. There’s a bit in there where they show George Lucas re-writing his script, and walking out of his office to thunderous applause. So I have to wonder if his initial writing was pretty good, he looked at it and thought, “Eh…” went back into his office and completely ruined the script after that.
Mostly, I felt embarrassed for Natalie and Ewan while watching that movie. And of course, we all felt embarrassed for Darth Vader at the very end.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
SHE LOST THE FUCKING WILL TO LIVE!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I liked
Ewan McGwagor…and of course Samuel L. Jackson.
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I like both actors, especially Jackson. But this is part of the whole problem. You get SLJ to be in your movie and he doesn’t even get to do any Samuel L. Jacksonisms. Of course actors need to bring their own stuff to the scene but it’s also up to the director to help them and Lucas is completely disinterested in cultivating human performances. Everyone just got plopped in front of a blue screen while the director was wondering how hard it would be to replace you with CGI.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I was expecting SLJ to do some ass kicking. It never really happened.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
He almost killed the emperor
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How inspiring.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
That read like one of Sir Robin’s accomplishments in Holy GRail.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Jedi Not-appearing-in-this-film was pretty bad ass too.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Sir Robin who had nearly fought the Dragon of Angnor, who had nearly stood up to the vicious Chicken of Bristol, and who had personally wet himself at the Battle of Badon Hill!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I would have rather seen it go the other way around.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Think of how interesting it would have been had he died there. I actually liked Mace Windu I just hoped he would kick some more arse.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Everyone potentially interesting suffered from the focus being on Anakin and Padme. The EU is kind of nice in that respect.
Ewan McGregor is the best thing about the prequel trilogy
And is actually very enjoyable in it.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I also like Liam Neeson…
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The case of Neeson is even more egregious than Jackson’s, to me. Here’s a guy for whom it’s almost impossible to be dull on screen and yet Lucas accomplished it. Bleah.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't know
Neeson was pretty dull in a few movies.
I didn’t like him in Batman
But he was the voice of Aslan and the father character in Fallout 3.
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He was great in Batman! Never saw Aslan (I read the book as a kid, though) or Fallout 3. (Fallout 3?)
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe I just didn’t like the character…
Fallout 3 is a video game (a dang good one at that)
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Yeah, I figured it was a video game, and I’m aware enough of movies based on video games. I’m mildly (but I guess only mildly) surprised that someone with the relative stature of Neeson would be in one, though. They’re usually not that good.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I feel precisely the same way about Ewan McGregor. An actor so charismatic giving a performance so dull.
I actually like his character. A jedi with a human side and a sense of humor.
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Me too
OMG i agreed with calbear
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Still haven’t seen Trainspotting! Kelly MacDonald’s in it, too. I like her.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
dude
stop whatever you’re doing right now and rent/netflix/download that shit.
seriously one of the best movies ever.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
better than Newsies?!
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I can’t imagine why anybody would enjoy playing for the Giants right now.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions
"That's what speed can do for you!"
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!
The funniest part was that when I saw him PR, I was like, “hmm, he’s a 50-50 bet to get caught stealing or actually steal the base. I guess he could get picked off and caught stealing, but that’d be a push.” I did not think he would just get picked off straight up. LOLME!
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dammit
that irritated me to no end. Ford gotta go.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 14, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Bastard
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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!
NEEDS TO GO TO AAA TO LEARN HOW TO CELEBRATE!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE!: EU SIGNS BELTRAN AND SHIPS HIM TO GREECE!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
/selfish Beltran hits Homer.
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by jhiat00 on Sep 14, 2011 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Golf glap
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!
Alcoholics Anonymous?
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by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
He had just come in from getting put out by fielder’s choice. He probably didn’t have much time to get all excited. Even if he he did have time I care more about him reaching base 4 times in 6 plate appearances.
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If you were Carlos Beltran, would you be enjoying yourself right now?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Sep 14, 2011 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions
This strikes me as unimportant.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Well
It strikes me as something that certainly should be unimportant, but with this organization, you never know.
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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!
Another thing I’ve noticed is that he hasnt been doing postgame Q&A’s with the media like he was before. They seemed to stop around the time the Giants started looking out of contention. I wonder if Baggs’ harsh words of Beltran were retaliation for this. I think thats what the media does in order to coerce people to answer questions. They’ll write negative things about people to drawn them out.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I can’t think of a single instance where the media turned on a player because he was seen as indifferent.
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No, I’m saying that he hasnt been cooperative with them. He hasnt been doing the Q&A’s like he was before. He had even done them after having really bad games at the plate. He did it after that one game where the Giants lost and he had left a ton of runners base. Reporters need access to do their jobs.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I know it comes with the job but I don’t give a shit if he farts at reporters every time they by his locker as long as he keeps hitting. You have to remember that whatever they write is taken as gospel so they can make a guy look as good or as bad as they want.
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From Carl Stewart/Extra Baggs
comment:
Beltran did not score from second on Sandoval’s single in the first inning due to lack of hustle/jump. Panda was waiting for him as Beltran took the field in the top of the second. Panda got in his face. Cabrera got in between them as this went on for several seconds. Great to see Sandoval show some leadership. Beltran can take his non clutch hitting, overpaid butt somewhere else. The Giants don’t need him here.
I’m not sure about the 2nd half of that comment but the first half is clearly wrong…the ball was lined toward short…Beltran did the right thing by freezing. Heck, Ross froze too.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19179631
People are just looking for things to complain about…
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The Giants don’t need him here.
That is laughable.
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The Giants don't need guys hitting over 300 who take walks and have power!
Because we have, uhh….
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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's a league averageish walk taker
Which is fine, since he hits for average and power. But he’s not a “three tool” hitter.
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!
People are just looking for things to complain about…
in one.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t get that… he froze on the line drive exactly as he should have and then was held up by The Human Green Light himself.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
bring back fransen fransen can hit and play with hustle
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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!
fred luis needs to take a pitch
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That was the one name (s)he spelled correctly!
But he does need to hid the cutoff man.
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That’s right haha.
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hit, dammit.
Hit.
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beltran gotta go
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, this person was at the game?
Beltran did the right thing by freezing on the line drive, especially with the ball being hit right over the head of the shortstop. Flannery was a dumbass for not waving him in.
It don’t know if this is true. On a side note, Pablo does seem to be coming into his own now, maturing as a ball player.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions
#selfishbeltran took Flannery’s stop sign instead of trying to score a run himself? Goddamn selfish bastard.
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by Badly Browned on Sep 14, 2011 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
How can it be “lack of hustle/jump?” Was it lack of hustle or was it a bad jump. This comment suggests that getting a bad jump is evidence of a lack of hustle.
by BestHyperboleEver on Sep 14, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
because
Beltran is selfish.
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Well
if he is dead inside…the Giants would be using zombies players. That would explain the anemic offense. So, the key to next year is to use non-zombie players.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
if he is dead inside…the Giants would be using zombies players.
SOURCE: GIANTS SCOUTING HEAVILY IN HAITI
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
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I doubt a team of zombies would be anemic considering the amount of human blood they ingest.
by BestHyperboleEver on Sep 14, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Remember when Cain was supposed to regress because he was unsustainably lucky?
Yeah, that was cool.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 7:52 AM PDT reply actions
I'm a lot more worried about his workload than his xFIP
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!
The team-player thing
is what I really like about Cain.
He doesn’t seem threatened by younger players (Tim, MadBum) who play really well – and in Tim’s case, kind of stole his thunder.
There’s an even-temperedness and mature quality about him that is unusual in sports.
And of course it doesn’t hurt that he’s a Cy-Young quality pitcher – though, typical for him, he hasn’t won it.
I hope we have him forever.
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by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 8:02 AM PDT reply actions
Timmy's actually older than he is by a few months (iirc)
But I know what you mean.
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
You’re right. Good catch. Shoulda said “guys who came up later.”
Weird to think Cain and Schierholtz are pretty much the same age as Tim. They seem so much, well, OLDER.
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by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Timmy is forever a teenager
Cain was mature when he was 19
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Over/Under on the impending two year extension for DeRosa happening by Thanksgiving?
by projectmayhem713 on Sep 14, 2011 8:07 AM PDT reply actions
I don’t think that will happen. In fact, I think they let Burrell and Ross walk as well.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I feel like they'll offer DeRosa a minor league ST invite at least.
They seem to like him a lot.
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!
Also, they should let Ross walk
If Burrell is healthy and they can bring him back for the same amount of money next year, they should do that. But my gut feeling is that he’ll retire.
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, it's whatever
The problem is if he’s “healthy” but hits .400 in spring training with a .600 BABIP and then Bochy plays him in LF every day.
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!
Once more, with feeling:
Juan Pierre!
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There are certain guys who, if the Giants sign them and put them on the Opening Day roster next season,
guarantee the Giants won’t win the World Series or even make the playoffs. Juan Pierre is pretty high on that list.
Turns out Miguel Tejada was high on this year's list.
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I think they let Ross walk
and Burrell retires, sounds like his injury is bad.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
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there’s speculation that they’ll give him a minor league deal and take it from there
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Sep 14, 2011 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Anyone make a gif/pic of the O-Dog on the ground?
I would do it but I’m lazy and graphically-challenged
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Brett Pill has 5 games, 15 PA's and 17 AB's so far
Buster Posey had 7 games, 17 PA’s and 17 AB’s for his 2009 call up. Pill is on pace to get alot more than that, where is Belt?
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
by kb2011sfg on Sep 14, 2011 8:30 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Belt's time with the Giants' organization is coming to an end.
I suspect he’ll be traded this winter for a bullpen arm. Hopefully, it’s not the Wayne Franklin & Leo Estrella deal again.
Chasm?
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Nope.
Sabean has cast his lot with Bochy, Bochy has no use for Belt, ergo, Belt will be traded to make room for guys Bochy will play.
I highly highly doubt this
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I think Sabean’s smarter than that when it comes to organizational chips.
Belt’s not untouchable, but it’d take something pretty magic to pry him loose.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions
honestly
weren’t people freak out about how Bochy never played Buster in 2009?
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Yeah, with good reason. I’d say that 2010 confirmed our fears.
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I was terrified he would end up Rookie Of The Year.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, no. But the fact that Molina had to be traded away to get Buster time at catcher says something about Bochy’s preferences.
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I still think it’s possible that was basically the plan – starting out at first base and getting adjusted to big league pitching before taking over the catching duties. Bengie being tradeable was the big bonus.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
He played in 27 games before Molina was traded and started at catcher twice. Perhaps it was “all according to plan” (I don’t know if that’s just some ex post facto justification), but that ratio seems a bit off to me for the purported catcher of the future.
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How so, if the idea was not to burden him with catching? Too much catching?
It may well be after the fact justification, but the basic timing is exactly what I thought would would make sense – dip the toe in the water in late 2009, called up for real in mid 2010. Not wanting to throw him directly to the wolves by starting him at catcher right away isn’t the height of subtlety… so the first base thing never bothered me too much, so long as it was temporary. The Buster’s development path outrage mystifies me.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Given Bochy and Sabean’s predilection for veterans, the justification after-the-fact rings a little hollow. It’s not really knowable. /shrugs
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Brett Pill’s sub-.300 OBP and sup-.700 slugging are sure signs that he can hit at the major league level, though.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions
DINGERZ A-POPPIN
Man I’m glad “Pill the Thrill” didn’t catch on. I like Brett Pill okay and hope he finds some success somewhere, but that’s just obnoxious.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm still on BRETT PILL WALK WATCH 2K11
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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!
For Lars and Letter2
WASHINGTON (AP) — The design for NASA’s newest behemoth of a rocket harkens back to the giant workhorse liquid rockets that propelled men to the moon. But this time the destinations will be much farther and the rocket even more powerful.
The Obama administration on Wednesday will unveil its much-delayed general plans for its rocket design, called the Space Launch System, which will cost about $35 billion, according to senior administration sources and information obtained by The Associated Press. It will carry astronauts in a capsule on top and start test launching in six years.
http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-nasa-unveils-giant-rocket-design-100048293.html
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Now that would be cool.
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!
Wow
bipartisan support!
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Can we send up O-Cab as the test astronaut? And, like, NOW?
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by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks
I have a couple of issues with the wording of this press release though. Champagne Room issues, so I will leave it at that.
I posted the budget for this thing the other day.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m impressed the Obama administration is so skilled at rocket design!
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Heh...that was one of my issues
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I had a feeling about that.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought that was weird too but assumed that there were NASA scientists behind the design.
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I’m going to ahead and assume a Car Built for Homer situation.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions
And how would this be any better than the Constellation program? They tossed that out to start over again? Geez.
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The main difference is the liquid rocket engine chosen for the first stage, ARES-V would have used a newer RS-68 engine burning a LOX/LH2 mix while this new rocket is going to use the RS-25D which was a leftover design from the shuttle. In both cases, the plan is to use a modified S-IVB engine for the Earth departure stage.
But your main point stands, this is mostly a re-paint/rename job.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s what I thought. Criminy. In these times of trouble, I find it helpful to turn once again to Aaron Sorkin:
JOSH: Why am I even meeting with some geeks from NASA?
DONNA: I’m sure they’re not geeks. I’m sure they’re not all geeks, and it’s to
discuss administration space priorities. (beat) Do we even have space priorities?
JOSH: Exactly.
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/sighs.
Josh and Donna! Brings me back.
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by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, my God, you’re putting my mother’s cats on the Supreme Court.
by Every6thDay on Sep 14, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I think it is particularly interesting that the best they could do was slap some bells and whistles on the J-2 engine (which was originally designed for the Saturn 4B) for the Earth departure stage.
That is how far ahead of the curve those fuckers were. That type of genius doesn’t exist anymore.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re right. For a series two years ago, I interviewed a couple of folks at MSFC who worked on Saturn boosters. The shocking thing I learned is how useful the technology still is. Some of it’s nearly a half-century old, and it would still work as well or better than the designs that have come about since.
The difference, of course, is that without a sustaining commitment, the knowledge base dried up. The Saturn engineers are in their twilight years, and as they die, so too does the firsthand experience.
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So they got rid of shuttles but still plan on doing manned flights?
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Yes
the idea is for NASA to do deep space exploration while private company handle orbital flights.
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It seem reasonable I guess. Although since they already had the equipment and ability to do orbital flights it doesn’t make any sense to contract it out.
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Originally read this as...
The design for NASA’s newest behemoth of a rocket harkens back to the giant workhorse liquid rockets that propellered men to the moon.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
It is a long uneventful 3 day journey. You need to do something to keep yourself entertained. Zero-G only adds to the experience.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
What about the freeze dried ice cream? (which never went into space).
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On short trips they would often just not eat to minimize the necessity of using the zero-g crapper. Zero-g gives ‘floater’ a whole new meaning.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
There's an article on ESPN insider saying the Mets should release Jason Bay
If that happens, the Giants should swoooooooooooooooooop.
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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!
As long as he doesn't turn into the next Aaron Rowand
I’m cool with that, he could become a younger Pat Burrell type bat.
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
Well we would only have to pay him league minimum
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!
+1
Jason Bay for league minimum would be perfectly fine.
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Downside: You might have to pay a bad player $600,000
Upside: He had an OPS over 900 two years ago, and might still have a really good hitter somewhere inside him.
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's kinda built into the downside
If his knees make him bad.
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!
At the very least
This would be hilarious
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!
Cain 4 Fielder - 2011 Version
There was a chat on ESPN that asked about a Bumgarner, Belt, Surkamp for Votto trade. Seems like a lot to give up on the Giants end. Votto is a stud, but he is near FA. I don’t think I would even do Bumgarner for Votto straight up. Plus, we already gave up Wheeler, so this would be a big hit to our starting pitching.
I think number one priority in off-season is to sign Rollins to a Renteria-esque two year deal. Then get a back up catcher who can hit a little. It seems like there are always plenty of those guys – Barrajas, Olivos, etc. Hernandez or Torrealba would actually be ideal.
Bumgarner is as close to untouchable as any player in MLB, I think
22 years old with one of the best FIPs in baseball and a year and a half of service time? I don’t know if I’d trade him for Hanley straight up.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
(Hanley just being a name selected at random from my internal list of Really Fucking Awesome Young Players.)
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
That's one of those where I can see the argument either way
I probably wouldn’t do it, but I wouldn’t be mad if they did it either.
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!
Meh. He’s not a top 50 player IMO.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Still completely nuts.
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Hernandez is a type A though…
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Is he?
Will the Reds offer him arb? What if he took 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!
According to mlbtraderumor
he is…I think Reds would offer arb.
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I wouldn't be so sure
I believe he took a one-year deal there last year, and arb would give him a raise. And the Reds absolutely do not want him to accept arb and block their catching prospects.
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
but a reasonable GM would have trade Hernandez at the trading deadline.
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The Blue Jays wanted Bumgarner for Jose Bautista in 2010.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 14, 2011 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Soulda done that one.
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 an h in there, too
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!
Sometimes I think about how with Belt, Torres, and Schierholtz as the only likely outfielders on the team in 2012, it’s a good thing we won’t have Neal around for Spring Training to make things complicated.
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Hahahahahah.
Watch them nontender Torres.
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Nah
he’s cheap…no reason to non-tender him.
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This team has done sillier things. If they think that Christian has Torres’ upside with the bat (why the heck else is Christian getting so much playing time?) I could see Christian taking Torres spot.
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Brett Pill is what Rumsfeld would term a known unknown
to everyone but the Giants’ FO.
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then
also no reason to bench him now or to have sent him to Fresno for two weeks.
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 14, 2011 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
GOD DAMNIT I HATE ORLANDO CABRERA SO MUCH.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions
How?
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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!
Weren’t there a couple of odd facts about how the Giants could not have won the World Series if certain transactions hadn’t happened, ones that looked bad at the time, etc.?
Cabrera removed Neal from the org, “blocked” Tejada and Crawford from playing which led to x, y, z…
that’s all I meant. I’m trying to hang more significance on this awful player than he deserves to underscore how much he is hated.
Starring Joseph Gordon Levitt in his most heartbreaking role yet.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Tim Stauffer is pitching?!
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!
Huh. I’d forgotten how much the runs/game environment has changed since 2009.
Matt Cain’s 2009 ERA: 2.89, 148 ERA+
2011 ERA: 2.79, 129 ERA+
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KILL IT WITH FIRE
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You sick freak. RT @flipflopflying: New silly graphic about what might’ve been in 1958. is.gd/OPmg8g
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Not cool, man.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I find your lack of Dodger hate… disturbing.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I mean
I hate the Dodgers. But if the Dodgers had been the ones to move to San Francisco, I would have hated 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 do hate the Dodgers. Certain ones less so, but that’s the complexity of life.
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what about the circle of life?
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I’m all for a nuanced outlook on life but not in this case. I mean Tommy LaSorda, Mike Piazza, Kirk Gibson, Eric Gagne, Steve Finley… These are the people who crush dreams and feed off of unicorn tears. Sure, maybe a Dodger here and there may seem harmless but it’s just a siren song and, given the opportunity, they will lull you to sleep and your ship of life will be demolished on the rocky shores of Chavez Latrine.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I’d like to state unequivocally that I despise Tommy Lasorda and all he stands for. And Vin Scully is a subpar broadcaster. In fact, the only Dodger I like is Bi******ley, because he seems somewhat Cainian. And I can’t hate Kershaw because he cares about kids in Africa. But other than that, yeah, the Dodgers are generally awful people who play for a generally awful fanbase.
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You just have to learn to also hate the kids in Africa
It’s hard, I know. But it’s for baseball.
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 HATE THE KIDS DOWN IN AAAAAAFRICA~
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
What about the rains down in Africa?
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What happened to Ethier?
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There are things I like about him, but if I say so too loudly, Alex Lewis will yell at me.
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(whispers) You can tell me.
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But does he bake Austrian pastries?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
He powers his oven by burning dolphins and puppies.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I frost my cake with unicorn tears!
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“Hop up.”
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I can’t recognize anyone, even the superstars. Is this Mauer?
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
But I am constitutionally opposed to HIS HAIR, since having been forced to stare at it in those ads.
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
OMG faints
yes joe yes i will we will make heartbreaking music with our bodies
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Who could resist a man who shows up on your doorstep with flowers and a gallon of milk?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
not me that’s fer sher
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd like him if he were a Giant!
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 is kinda a terrible defender though
He’s one of those Ryan Braun types where you see how athletic he is and you’re like, wow, how are you so bad at defense?
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!
Totally. His wRC could, you know, be a better BABIP…
I wish I could hold better baseball conversations.
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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!
LOL
this is not a baseball blog…Frisbee himself admitted as much.
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I don’t think a guy who hides in people’s bathtubs can be considered much of an authority.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That's why talking defense is great
Defense metrics are still unreliable enough that the eyeball test can be valid in a discussion. So you can go into it armed with the fact that Andre Ethier just looks kinda like a jackass out there.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
that always fascinates me
Ryan Braun especially – he’s so freakishly talented, and then you watch him faceplant on the basepaths or just completely miss a pretty routine fly ball and you’re like “Dude, how did you do that?” It seems harder than doing it right.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
He came in on a line drive tonight. But the weird thing is that when people would say he’s awful or bad or whatever, I’d ask them if they had ever seen him misplay a ball and the usual answer is something like “not since this or that play last year.” The standard non-thinking response is that he is slow or gets bad jumps and those are untrue.
If you tell people that player X is bad and player Y is good, they just affirm whatever they’ve been told is my impression.
Is that kinda of like
having Hans Solo with the Empire?
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BURN THE WITCH
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Reminds me of this
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Sep 14, 2011 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Football OT:
I would really like the Niners to beat the Cowboys this weekend…probably not going to happen but would like for it to happen…
Also…WTF is with the Niners’ schedule: Dallas, @Philly, TB, @ Detroit, @Washing, NYG, @ Baltimore and Pittsburgh..
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This is an excellent idea
http://www.slate.com/id/2303744/pagenum/all/
Anyone ever try any of those sites before? I always have trouble buying dress shirts because I’m tall and skinny, so anything off the rack that’s slim enough usually has a very small neck and sleeves that aren’t long enough. I’d much rather pay 80-120 for a shirt that fits perfectly than keep spending 40ish on shirts I don’t like. I wonder if I’d be able to get one before the wedding I’m going to on 10/1 without ridiculous rush charges.
Also, the wedding is between a filipino girl I was good friends with in high school and a jewish guy. Is it weird that my biggest concern is which family won in the fight over whether or not there will be a suckling pig? I’m really hoping for some lechon.
The first six innings are overrated.
The Grit Scale
Really fascinating piece in the NYT Mag this Sunday, but one thing stood out:
People who accomplished great things, she noticed, often combined a passion for a single mission with an unswerving dedication to achieve that mission, whatever the obstacles and however long it might take. She decided she needed to name this quality, and she chose the word "grit."
She developed a test to measure grit, which she called the Grit Scale. It is a deceptively simple test, in that it requires you to rate yourself on just 12 questions, from "I finish whatever I begin" to "I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one." It takes about three minutes to complete, and it relies entirely on self-report — and yet when Duckworth took it out into the field, she found it was remarkably predictive of success.
Sure
The key, though, is that people’s grit showed up in their “great accomplishments”. Grit unto itself is neither virtue nor vice.
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 sure I understand. I think they are saying (though I doubt they have data to support) that people with Grit end up being successful. I think that is overly simple and while “persistence” does seem like a necessary trait for success, knowing when to cut bait is also quite important. Some of the least successful people I have known were overly persistent to a fault.
Random fact: Albert Pujols
since the AS break: .321/.381/.615 in 244 PAs
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That OBP is actually still a little subpar for him.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s a good point. Maybe if Jeff Kent hadn’t been around in ‘02, Bonds’ OBP would have been .682 instead of .582.
by non sequitur on Sep 14, 2011 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
He'd look good in the uni.
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!
Jeter since the ASB:
.330/.383/.428
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He was overpaid
But not by that much.
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 like remembering all of the front page headlines from April about how Jeter was finished, and Jeter being all sick of hearing about it.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Still
a 1.7 oWAR and a defensive hack at SS (-1.3 dWAR) now. Also still has 2 more years at $33 million left on his contract.
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I thought you didn't trust defensive statistics?
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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 don’t think that it’s that important for position players since their primary value is at the plate. Since Jeter has been just below league average at the plate…his defensive suckiness becomes a factor.
Also, downward trend in his defensive skills for a while.
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They’re paying him for his bat and his name and his records, though. His defense is, sort of, beside the point. If they’re getting those first three things, they’re getting their money’s worth.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Well…two out of three is not too bad.
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They’re getting his bat. Even his season totals are very solid for a SS. His post-ASB bat has been excellent.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2011 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Giants Theme Song for the next two weeks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZFd5w_IoBQ
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
A Modest Proprosal
In the offseason, we have a weekly Matt Cain Appreciation Thread on this site.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
by Kitspool on Sep 14, 2011 9:49 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Your subject line suggests that children – Dodger children? – might be eaten.
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by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Another Modest Proposal
Eat the free agents who don’t perform well.
Mmmm…free agent BBQ.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Gritty Long Pig with grits.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
nom nom nom.
/Done.
Pass the O-Cab?
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by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Carlos Beltran is dead inside?
Let’s make him dead OUTSIDE.
I don’t know what that means.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
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by Murray, Present on Sep 14, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
NOT MODEST ENOUGH
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Objection
I will require those posts for rosterbating.
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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!
Let me tell you something, my Kraut-Mick friend
Nice Woltz reference in the post, Grant, but we all know what happened to him…
Jack Woltz sleeps wit da horsies.
Calling apistat
I didn’t realise until yesterday that you worked in law. Another atty? (and I’d give YOU my private line, but only to discuss BB.)
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
The Quest for sub-15
Standing in the way of the Giants (78 wins, 12th place) are the Blue Jays, White Sox, Reds, Indians, and Dodgers (the last three are in a 3 way tie at 72 wins).
As predicted, Gallo has in hand RiverCat tix for Fri, Sat or Sun . . .
. . against the Omaha Prairie Schooners for the PCL championship. E-mail me at the profile address and we’ll work out a way to get them to you if you can go.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 14, 2011 10:14 AM PDT reply actions
How cool a name is “Prairie Schooners”?
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by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Your baseball team has died of dysentery.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
CROSSING THE DOTHRAKI SEA
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
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by Murray, Present on Sep 14, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
WHERE IS THIS SEA I SHALL SAIL MY SHIPS ACROSS IT TO FIND THE DRAGON QUEEN
LOL U DUMB
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Dare not speaking the truth's name
How many wins does Cain have since the All-Star break?
It’s been dispiriting how often Cain goes to the 6th, 7th, or 8th inning with a lead — okay, only a 1-run lead; but that’s the way SF does things — and given it back.
Shouldn’t he come in for some criticism, as great as he is?
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
HE NEEDS TO PICK OFF MORE RUNNERS!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Since the AS break
Cain has gone 3-5 with 4 NDs.
He has a 2.39 ERA with a WHIP of 1.012
of the 31 games he’s started, Cain has had 13 games where he has 0-2 runs in support (2-9), 13 games where he has received 3-5 runs in support (5-1 and 7 NDs) and 5 games in which he has received 6 or more runs of support (4-0).
You need to read this:
http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-praise-of-wins-sort-of.html
*Justin Verlander is pitching amazing baseball this year. The Tigers have still scored five or more runs in 13 of his 21 wins. The Tigers have scored four runs in another five of his wins.
Well … Francis has actually thrown one more quality start than Nova this year, 15-14. Trouble is, in Francis’ quality starts his record is 5-5. Nova in his quality starts is 11-1. So, immediately you ask: Are Nova’s quality starts of a higher quality than Francis’? Well, his ERA in those 14 quality starts is 2.40 to Francis’ 2.52. But they both average 6 2/3 innings in those quality starts, their walks and hits per inning are almost identical and Francis has the better strikeout-to-walk. Point is they when they are throwing quality starts they are not THAT different. But Nova is 11-1. Francis is 5-5.
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Also this
Cain contributed a quality start (at least six innings, no more than three earned runs) for the 24th time in 30 starts — the most among N.L. pitchers.
(from the Merc)
It’s now 25 quality starts in 31 starts.
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LOL
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
I was researching the run support situation
and found this article…
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/18/SPHG1KOL4Q.DTL
If you want, just scroll down to the chart that shows the comparative run support and relevant stats as of the article date (8/19). IMNSHO, Matt and Tim have shown class above and beyond by not throwing the hitters under the bus. In fact, Tim’s blame-grabbing is becoming borderline dysfunctional – if falling on one’s proverbial sword were an Olympic event, the guy would have more gold medals than Spitz and Phelps combined. Matt, well, the guy looks angry sometimes, but he never acts out. He is amazing. He is Cain.
Seriously, the position guys owe the starters so much more. ARGH.
NorCal passion trapped in SoCal pain...
I wanna rage.
Productivity ruined
Scarlett Johansson’s name popped up on a list of celebrities who found themselves the target of hackers that broke into their cell phones and leaked some nude photos and video.
Why would someone keep sex tapes of themselves in their house?
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All the porn featuring me is in the hands of the producers.
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by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
In their hands?
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
In the guest bath.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Shift-A
Thank you Matt Cain. And thank you for making this city your (at least part time) home. It says a lot about your taste and class.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Still seems like to me
that he lives in a pretty small place.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if that place is like $2M. I seem to recall that Moises Alou had a house in that neighborhood that was ~$4M.
WWRWD?
does he live in SF? I would think that he should live in the Peninsula…better for the kiddo.
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see adorable story below
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by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Probably because he’d rather not live in the suburbs, because they can be boring and lame.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
NO U!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I assume that they could afford a cleaning service
also…kiddo needs space
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Hartley gonna be a city girl
Queen bit of the playground
Blair Waldorf of it all
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by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
For some reason
despite his suckiness as a Giant, I like Matt Morris…also Matheny.
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LOLINEUP
@AmyGGiants Amy Gutierrez
9/14/11 #sfgiants lineup: Ross CF Keppinger 2B Beltran RF Pablo 3B Huff 1B Belt LF HSanchez C Crawford SS Timmy P
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 10:40 AM PDT reply actions
I actually like this lineup.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
That is not bad.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I can live with it
Frustrated with the persistent benching of Torres but if it’s him or Belt in the lineup…
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
No this is interesting
I mean, you’re still playing a guy who won’t be on the team in 2012 at CF over a guy who should be, but at least it’s interesting.
Cry, the beloved Fontenot.
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 will have his vengeance on Odin
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
And he needs a better tailor.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I mean, it looks like he is wearing his father’s jacket.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
/nods
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
You actually look bigger if your suit is tailored to fit the body you have.
I hate when small guys wear giant jackets.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
heh heh you said hard
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s got to do something about that hair.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Emmanuël Burrís agrees and asks him to visit his salon
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Is that an inside joke?
Or just a comment on Burris’ general good grooming?
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Meh..
As long as Cabrera isn’t playing I’m happy.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Sep 14, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d prefer Torres in center, Ross in left, Belt at first, Fontenot at SS, but this is way better than yesterday at least
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
AmyGGiants Amy Gutierrez
9/14/11 #sfgiants lineup: Ross CF Keppinger 2B Beltran RF Pablo 3B Huff 1B Belt LF HSanchez C Crawford SS Timmy P
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
NEEDZ MOAR OCAB
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Sep 14, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Have to go down to the body shop today
and cough up $1,200 to fix someone else’s car…could have been worse I guess
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
Matt Cain story
I went to the game last night with the love of my life, my straight friend from college, the arrogant gorgeous bastard. He lives in Noe Valley and has run into the Cains, most notably in the middle of last year when he turned the corner and they were RIGHT THERE and he had no time to think but hold up his hand for a hi-5 like a grinning doofus and yell “HEY ATTABOY MATTY!”
Cain returned the high five with a “Yeah!”
♥
I rhyme with freak.
Nah. I just collect stories and observe. I don’t DO anything. You talk to people for a living!
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
The guy I’m seeing now talks to everyone, and it rattles me. I mean, complete strangers, you know? And he’ll just chat, and I’m all, “Please quit bothering those people.”
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A.G.B. does that too. It’s one of the things that entranced me about him and also discomfits me no end. DAMNED SELF-CONFIDENT MEN
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I can’t tell you how many times in college we’d be walking out of a writing class and he’d stop and chat with some pretty girls and I’d be all i dunno where to stand no i don’t want to meet them and he’s all DONT RUN AWAY FFS.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t run away. I just kind of look amusedly intrigued and wait until he’s done.
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Well this was me at nineteen and besotted. Nowadays I’m much better at pretending to be social when I need to.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
This happened to me in the dorms at college
but only when the internet went out.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
talking is scary
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Sep 14, 2011 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I think most residents of the San Francisco area are pretty good at tolerating the tourists. We’ll even talk to them a bit after they ask us to take their picture.
Of course, we make fun of them after they leave as well.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I can report the natives were quite friendly to me on both my visits to the city.
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It’s fun to be helpful, it makes you feel smart.
I remember helping a giant group of German tourists operate a BART kiosk. They were so grateful.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
On my vacation to L.A. last year, I ended up helping some Asian ladies operate a Metro kiosk. I felt pretty good about that.
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I point people to the Cliff House and the windmills and how to get back downtown! Also, I tell them there are no Starbucks I know of west of 19th Avenue.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
people always ask me for directions when I'm in SF
“Lady, I don’t even live here anymore and I never drove when I did. Look for the 33 Stanyan and follow it.”
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
People always ask me how to get to the ballpark. I tell them, walk towards the water, hang a right and you can’t miss it.
/all their troubles melt away
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
TO YOUR FACE
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2011 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I probably already told this story, but...
I know someone who ran into him at a gas station last summer. My friend (not a Giants fan at the time; is a fan now) was in the car while her hubby (huge Giants fan at the time) was filling up their recently purchased Mercedes SUV. He spotted Matt Cain at the other island, but decided not to say anything. But, then Matt said to him, “Hey, what model car is that? I’ve been thinking of getting one of those.” My friend said her hubby almost fainted, but managed to speak. Then Matt walked across the pumps (which was 20 feet or so) to shake the hubby’s hand, and ask 10 million more questions about the car. My friend had to get out and tell him some things, because she was really the one who had researched the car. She was amazed at how big Matty is.
Also, some homeless guy was asking for money. My friend and her hubby ignored him, but when they left, Matt was still there talking to the homeless guy and giving him money.
He’s basically the greatest human ever.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
by kdl on Sep 14, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
MATT CAIN IS BETTER THAN ALL OF US
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
TRUTH CANNOT CONFLICT WITH TRUTH
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
holy shit can we please just sign him to a lifetime contract right now
because if he leaves the team one day i will seriously shed a tear. Matt Cain.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 14, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
He is perfect. A perfect human being.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
what about Buster?
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
He has a Matt Cain poster on his wall.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
by jhiat00 on Sep 14, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s not Highlander, there can be more than one
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
if only we can mate Matt and Buster
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
Matt: "Buster, you are the best person ever. "
Buster: “No Matt, YOU are the best person ever.”
Matt: “Nu-uh. YOU are!”
Buster: “No, you!”
Beltran: “Will you two STFU, please? I’m trying to talk to my agent!”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 14, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
I've extended a dinner invitation to them both
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Another out-of-left-field Game of Thrones reference
Beltran = Stannis Baratheon
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought R’hllor was a Moneyball god. The old gods and the new believed in ribeyes and strawhats.
"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Sep 14, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah, I’m still with Bloodraven and his Avatar-esque tree net.
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
This reminds me of Toy Story
Buster: I…
Matt: love…
Buster: you! Oh!
Matt: See? That time I said “love”! Okay, now me first.
Buster: [overlapping] Ooh! Okay okay okay…
Matt: I…
Buster: love…
Matt: you! You see what I mean? It changes every time!
Buster: [laughing] You are so smart!
by City Girl on Sep 14, 2011 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I should add that the hubby told Matt, “I’m a huge fan” and Matt was really appreciative. That might have been what prompted the long walk and the hand shake.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Cain taught the homeless man how to fish that day, and now no one in the City goes hungry.
by Turf_Toe_ on Sep 14, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
holy crap
you have the greatest stories kdl.
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 14, 2011 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow...a good lineup....
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
Offense will score negative runs.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I'm calling a Belt dinger
MOON LANDING? BEAR GRYLLS!
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 14, 2011 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Will it be a moon shot?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Sep 14, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Cain only pitches better at Wrigley and Petco
Unless he really likes day games or wearing ugly uniforms in SD, then I think he will stay a Giant for a long time.
At this point, I'm pretty much done with surprises - Michael Crabtree
per Baggs
nothing says white flag more than having 2 RFs.
Here’s the lineup: CF Ross, 2B Keppinger, RF Beltran, 3B Sandoval, 1B Huff, RF Belt, C Sanchez, SS Sanchez, P Lincecum
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
You need two RF
With how slow Beltran is out there
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
2010: TGWTWS One of the most unbelievable, impossible,magic-packed amazing years of my life.
Before I even look at a giants lineup I'm already thinking LOLBELT
The 2011 San Francisco Giants: comprised of extraordinary pitching and a black hole of suck that is their offense
by Falconer88 on Sep 14, 2011 11:09 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Belt's just there to tap Beltran on the shoulder to wake him up.
by Every6thDay on Sep 14, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
2010: TGWTWS One of the most unbelievable, impossible,magic-packed amazing years of my life.
Before I even look at a giants lineup I'm already thinking LOLBELT
The 2011 San Francisco Giants: comprised of extraordinary pitching and a black hole of suck that is their offense
by Falconer88 on Sep 14, 2011 11:15 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
This might interest some of you...
In celebration of the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray, Lucasfilm, Major League Baseball and Stand Up to Cancer have come together to “Use the Force for Good.”
Each team listed below is hosting a Star Wars-themed game which will include Star Wars in-game entertainment, photos with Star Wars characters and much more! Additionally, both Star Wars and baseball fans can use the Force for good by purchasing a special ticket package from select teams that will benefit Stand Up To Cancer. Click on the team logos below for further details.
I missed the threads during/after the G’s Star War night—did y’all have fun?
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
According to the Miami Herald, Mike Cameron was released by the Marlins following a verbal altercation with a flight attendant on the team’s charter flight.
The altercation did not turn physical, but the charter company filed a complaint. While the Marlins’ front office believed they could not keep Cameron following the incident, he obviously didn’t figure in their long-term plans. The 38-year-old outfielder batted .203/.285/.359 with nine homers and 27 RBI over 269 plate appearances between Florida and Boston this season.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Mayor of Smug.
I completely forgot he was a Marlin
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!
For Merope
NEW YORK (AP) — A TV meteorologist admitted Wednesday she’d made up claims of being repeatedly attacked by a stranger on the city streets, allegations that sparked an extensive investigation before police said she told them she’d invented the story to get attention.
Heidi Jones, who has worked for stations in New York and Texas and filled in on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” pleaded guilty to misdemeanor false-reporting charges.
http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-tv-meteorologist-admits-false-attack-claims-162809586.html
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
ANOTHER CLIMATE MEDIA LIE
I rhyme with freak.
by shanghaijim on Sep 14, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
CASE IN POINT: ROBERTA GONZALES
HER FORECASTS ARE LIES
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Sep 14, 2011 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I can beat that:
Award-winning Independent columnist Johann Hari has publicly apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve his interviews and will take unpaid leave of absence from the Independent until 2012.
Hari also apologised for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, “in ways that were juvenile or malicious”, saying he was “mortified to have done this”. He admitted calling “one of them antisemitic and homophobic, and the other a drunk”.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/14/johann-hari-apologises-orwell-prize
Sundrendy!
/reads the article.
So if you’re really sorry, dude, quit your job and do something tough and ugly for a living. That involves actual labor.
I love how people think apologizing gives them a do-over.
Torres IS the magic bean. - Johnny Disaster
by SituationalLefty on Sep 14, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Best Grant quote ever!
From a 2010 post:
Sure, 24 teams passed on Matt Cain in the first round of the 2002 draft, but I like to think that the real luck came when Cain’s mother put that second “T” down on the birth certificate. Experts in onomastics claim this is why the Giants have a tough, workmanlike pitcher instead of a syphilitic, complaining jackass.
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