Post-game thread: Welp
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 3, 2011 9:11 PM PDT
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PrintAnd there's the thing about being several games back with several + a couple to go. Everything sort of needs to go perfectly. The ace needs to ace the place up. The offense needs to be functional. The other team needs to make mistakes. This all needs to happen for a month.
Not so much tonight.
After getting drunk off a month's worth of runs last night, I woke up on the roof this morning with one hand in a jar of peanut butter, and the other hand holding a Walkman loaded up with a mix from '92. Wasn't sure how I got there. Pushed play, and there was some sweet, sweet Trixter coming through the headphones. Then I threw up.
So maybe this is the insanity of the six-run explosion last still fermenting in my brain, but I wasn't disgusted with the offense tonight. They only scored two runs, but they made Ian Kennedy work. They had a lot of hard-hit balls for outs. They looked like a normal team that just wasn't getting a lot of breaks. Tonight was different than last month, when they were a feckless, moribund collection of ghosts at the plate.
Would have said they were like the walking dead last month, but that wouldn't fit for obvious reasons. The grounding-out dead.
Tonight, then, was a reminder that even good teams lose games. Not that the Giants are especially good -- I thought they were until they weren't -- but they didn't have an objectionable approach tonight. Lincecum wasn't sharp, the Giants didn't have a lot of balls fall their way, and there it goes. But the Giants can't lose games. At least, they can't lose too many more of them. There isn't a lot of consolation in saying, shucks, not our day, get 'em tomorrow. There just aren't a lot of tomorrows left.
Maybe there's a lot of cloying sentiment behind this, but at least I'm proud of Giants fans for giving Tim Lincecum a standing ovation. He didn't deserve a standing ovation for tonight, but he deserves a standing ovation for the season. Whatever's gone wrong isn't his fault. Heck, Lincecum deserves a standing ovation when he forgets to put his car in park, it rolls down a hill, and takes out six other cars. Because, hey, Lincecum.
It's nice to see Beltran hit. In theory. Would've been a lot cooler last month. I'm sure the Rangers or Tigers will enjoy him next year. Also, it wouldn't have made a difference most likely, but dang, what a stupid play to tag up down by three.
Wotus: Think about what moving up a base gets us. Think about what getting thrown out loses us.Beltran: Oh, come on, Ronnie. You know I don't like to think.
Wotus: Yeah. Well, think about whether you should start.
A win tomorrow prolongs the purgatory. That's not a bad thing. I'd prefer it, obviously. A loss tomorrow, though, and I'm getting a head start on my winter reading list plans. Does anyone have any recommendations on which Michener book to start with?
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LOL GIANTS
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
LOL GIANTS
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
LOL GIANTS
"2 out of 3 ain't bad I guess."
LOL GIANTS
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
LOL Michener
Um, Hawaii? South Pacific?
Actually, I’ve read most of them, and I prefer Iberia, which is non-fiction, unless he made it all up.
Rites of Spring will make you laugh, but not in the good way.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I buy my Michener by the pound. It’s usually in the same case as the James Clavell.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 4, 2011 6:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, this PGT doesn't contain any Rick Rolls. :(
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
You’re just never going to give that up, are you?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
by rotorueter on Sep 3, 2011 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
as I said in the GDT
Seriously can Belt start tomorrow AT FIRST BASE, and can Crawford start at short tomorrow, there is nothing to fucking lose
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
RIP
.
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.
Bochy deserved this. We need to be playing Torres and Belt. Huff sucks, and Ross is an inferior option against righties.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
You! I got to Columbus too late to get to El Arepazo. I WILL EAT THERE ON MY WAY BACK COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
NOooOoooooooo
Don’t you ever go home? Seems like you’re always traveling!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Hahah, I was home for about a month. Just long enough to purify more protein and head back out to Penn State. I’ll probably be here at least one more time in the next 6 months.
I was annoyed too. I ended up spending 2+ h more in lab last night than I wanted to, so I ended up leaving 2 h later than I wanted to. Which means I got to Columbus 30 minutes after the close, and to Altoona 2 h after the Squirrels took on the Curves. So, that sucked too.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Although I spose if Columbus is still in the playoffs, I might be able to catch a game out there on my way back.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Rolling rolling rolling.
Got to keep on rolling.
Keep them doggies rolling, speckops.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re playing Durham on September 9th.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I prefer to read this as if your minor league team is playing Ray Durham at second base.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
We are going
To the Wednesday night game on the 7th. Hope Moore is pitching….
Have you heard anything about who is pitching and when for both clubs?
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Sep 4, 2011 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I like Belt in the line-up but Torres is an automatic out.
My big fellows, my Giants!
If you want to be in first place, say Bye, Bye Baby!
by Buster-Jangle on Sep 3, 2011 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
if
by “automatic out” you mean 5th highest on base percentage on the team, I agree.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 4, 2011 6:35 AM PDT up reply actions
This lineup has looked much better and it has revitalized some of my faith in this team.
But honestly, in many ways, it shouldn’t have gotten to this point. The Giants shouldn’t have been starting Tejada/Rowand for months now.
Adoptive father of 18th round draft pick and future ace, BRANDON ALLEN
So tonight
instead of listening to the Giants game, I decided to sing Phantom of the Opera songs with my daughter, laugh with my kids and wife over stupid crap, and then have dinner with them.
Now I am listening to Sublime.
All of these are superior options to watching the Giants season die. I’m in a good mood. I’ll happily wait until 2012 for another run at the playoffs. Because life is good.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
That is awesome
those were all great things to do instead of watching the giants
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Tommy Joseph is 47 years old
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
you know what would be cool?
If he actually were. Imagine some old guy, after years of practice, kept getting better and better at hitting a baseball. He fakes a birth certificate (don’t ask how, we’re going Hollywood here) and goes to high school and the rest is a demented cross between The Natural and The Portrait of Dorian Grey.
I like it.
by wcw on Sep 3, 2011 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd watch that movie
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 want TL2 to script the scene where he comes out of the, er, closet.
by wcw on Sep 3, 2011 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
And reveals himself as a controlled, situation hitter, not a slugger?
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
+1 for Portrait of Dorian Grey reference (my favorite Halloween-time movie!)
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
What, not the Wilde novel?
I realize I have made the classic mistake (‘Portrait’ for ‘Picture’), but I am not ashamed.
by wcw on Sep 3, 2011 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
oh, I like the novel too, but that film, with the uber creepy Hurd Hatfield and the sweet (very young!) Angela Landsbury, and the snarky George Saunders are an amazing cast and the effects of B&W vs. the technicolor portrait-still gives me the willies! So good!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
I haven’t seen it. Now I have to.
Me, I like looking for very young Shelly Winters appearances.
by wcw on Sep 3, 2011 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve enjoyed Rosalind Russell’s early comedic roles, particularly The Women, Esther Williams flicks, Kathryn Grayson, and Howard Keel, now that was a handsome leading man-and that voice!
I was born about 2 generations too late for my tastes :(
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Had my picture taken with Joseph pregame tonight
Told him it was my younger daughter’s 3rd birthday. He signed a ball for her, both girls said “Hit a HR.” And you know what? He did.
Nice guy too.
"This is almost certainly a terrible idea. But I won't know for certain until I've actually done it." — Jez from Peep Show
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Sep 3, 2011 10:10 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Been dead for awhile, but the bodies were disguised colorfully.
by Every6thDay on Sep 3, 2011 9:23 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
LOL
your gifs are so great
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.
Excellent
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
Man, Weezer used to be so good
What happened? Say it Ain’t So is suck a great song.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
This is a true observation
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
rivers got too far up his own ass
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.
Theory
The original bass player kept him grounded and not too into himself. Too bad he left.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
was that the one with the drug problem? hard to keep track, their bass player rotation is like the Chili Peppers guitar rotation, I’m so lost
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
I don't think so
He was a pretty silly guy. But he brought a lot to the band. After leaving he formed a pretty decent band called the Rentals
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
Tired Of Sex was so incredible.
Too bad Rivers feels like he needs to do songs with B.o.B. and State Farm
It seems like most bands have trouble maintaining a good career in terms of fans. On one hand, you want a band to experiment and try new things to branch out a little so everything doesn’t sound the exact same. But you don’t want them to completely change their sound and lose their essence. I think Weezer has still had some good songs, but they have not been able to hold up to the standard that they set.
I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby.
by Tay on Sep 3, 2011 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
Actually, I heard a newer song by them I liked upon browsing through their stuff recently.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
it all depends
If the band is based more on a certain kinda sound, then they’re going to be a bit more pidgeonholed. If they’re more of an artistic expressive thing, and stay true to that, they’re going to keep going. Now obviously, the reality is that all are somewhere a bit more in between.
Where Weezer was coming from in an expressive sense is a kind of post-college nerd angst that just isn’t genuine when you’re approaching middle age. There are some dece songs here and there, and that’s great, many don’t get to that plateau. So, I just say enjoy what you enjoy, and try not to bottle up what grabbed you when you were younger.
Very well said. I almost think they would have been better served becoming more experimental instead of trying to keep playing on the angst-driven or party music. There are plenty of people who do enjoy their more recent music, so it’s not like they’ve lost it.
I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby.
I absolutely agree
And I’m the first person to call out my own particular nature in my taste. Some bands are able to continue doing their thing, even if it’s not from the same head space as where they were at when they were in their 20s.
sometimes the taste of the listener changes as well.
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
2010 Giants: World Series Champs
"Orlando before Zod" doesn't have the same nice ring to it.
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 4, 2011 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions
So at this point the season is super over.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
You’ll be disappointed to learn that I’ve become so sure of it that I’ve booked a flight to England while the World Series will be played. So many victims.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
win on Sunday
and sweep the 3 in AZ and there’s a chance. But there’s more water coming into the bilge than the pumps can get out.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 4, 2011 6:39 AM PDT up reply actions
And there it was
The season that never really took off. Last year was a pretty special year for me, my grandfather and my dad. 2011 hasn’t been especially kind to any of us, in fact all three of us have had our brushes with death, but it’s kinda funny… knowing that we can always have the orange and black to remind us of things that aren’t exactly as heavy.
Thanks for keeping it interesting, guys. I’ll keep coming back like I’ve done since my grandfather took me to Candlestick when I was 5.
Which Michener?
The long one.
TWSS
"Tonight they get a ring. For the rest of their lives, if somebody asks them about that ring, they will tell them the story of 2010."-Kruk
by duckcalldan on Sep 3, 2011 9:30 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
He wrote some short novels early on.
Pennsylvania boy.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, there's a four CD set for Nirvana?
That’s weird. To me, at least.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
The cover is the cover for Nevermind
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
*sigh* Of course it is
I’m not even a huge Nirvana fan, but when I was as a kid, that was never my favorite.
It’s the only one of their LPs I did not buy on release.
Wish I had picked up the white vinyl debut, though. That would pay for the child’s first year of college soon.
by wcw on Sep 3, 2011 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
The second half of that album is filled with some class-A material
But I will always always love Bleach.
Pretty nice work, but I see it as the height of their cover-band homage to their heroes.
Counterfactuals are always bad, but I think Mr. C. had another great record or two in him.
by wcw on Sep 3, 2011 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it was going to go into some pretty dark places
I’m sure it would’ve alienated a lot of listeners (as if In Utero didn’t already) but I really do think I would’ve loved it. Twas not meant to be. I’m sure many felt like I did when Peter Steele died last year, and he had a hell of a longer life than Kurt did.
You never know. Older people have suddenly broken out great art.
by wcw on Sep 3, 2011 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh absolutely
That last Johnny Cash album before he died that was mostly covers, was gold, man. And that’s generally not my taste, at all.
I love Johnny Cash, but he has always been at his best as a cover artist. There is a reason he got sued for Folson — he stole it. But his version simply crushes the original.
by wcw on Sep 3, 2011 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
It's kinda funny
that you can’t viably be someone who does many covers while still remaining wholly an artist these days.
Yet, there is a certain artistic validation that comes from doing words/lyrics of your own.
One of the teachers at my school (PE now, but 25 years as varsity football coach) did a motivational day last year during our in-service. (That’s what training is called in pedagogy-land.) In the course of it, he played two Jimmie Buffet cuts to illustrate his points. He praised Jimmie for his insights and his personal progress as specifically revealed by the lyrics.
However, both of the songs were written by Steve Goodman. a man much more adept at expressions of that sort.
Still, I agree that performers can make a song their own.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Dylan’s own version aren’t necessarily the best, that is true.
At least in my opinion.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
versions
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Aren’t ever the best.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 4, 2011 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions
A good choice
For me, one of the coolest things is watching an artist mature and grow. My favorite musician’s come from being just a ridiculous metal guy into writing introspective concept music about the changes in life as he approaches middle age, and raises a child.
It’s great when art’s firing on all cylinders, eh? :)
Long ago, hopped up on inappropriate chemical assistance (because, really, it’s not something I need to be obstreporous and grating, so why waste the money?), I pigeonholed some more-rational worthy at a party and demanded he gainsay my assertion that art is an unalloyed good.
He hemmed.
/points at him (historically) and laughs .> > >
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
We gave our old drugs to my brother to take to Burning Man. Nice kid. Makes more money than all of us put together. I hope he goes all loaves and fishes on them.
Burning Man
That seems like a fun time. I doubt I’ll ever go. Kids and such. But you never know.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
I'm not genetically built for Burning Man
I’ll heatstroke and pass out and then become sunburnt to a crisp.
I genuinely appreciate the sentiment from which the event exists, but I also feel like that many of the attendees don’t come there with those ideas in mind and that makes me sad. Human nature, I suppose.
That said, if someone wants to have an artists gathering of that scale in the forest, I’ll gladly crywalk through it.
Old drugs?
Good god, man, are you mad?
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll see your Bob Dylan and raise you a "Glee" cast.
For every good cover out there, five thousand “who the hell approved this?!?” monstrosities are being memorized by musically oblivious junior highers everywhere who prefer their “original” version to the supposedly inferior true original.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Quiet PGT is quiet
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
sounds good
I might go watch some YGOTAS, need some laughs
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
WHO WANTS TO HUG ME?!
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
one more ygotas tonight I think
Once More those fools have fallen into my evil clutches. Now I shall force Yugi to Duel the one he loves most…and according to all the fanfiction I’ve read that would be…joey
But master marik it is obvious that Yugi is in love with tea.
What? no way that’s insane…what kind of messed up fanfics have you been reading?
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
“My name is Marik. I am in charge of the most feared anime organization known to mankind.”
“The Samurai Pizza Cats?”
“Yes… No! Not the F—-ing samurai pizza cats! I’m talking about the Rare Hunters!”
Wheeeeeeeeeeee.
HAH.
I haven’t even seen whatever you’re talking about but that got a chuckle out of me. Samurai Pizza Cats was the “Cody’s too sick to go to school” cartoon along with Mighty Max.
Unfortunately, I was born a bit too late to have watched Samurai Pizza Cats growing up. I grew up looking forward to coming home from school and watching Sailor Moon on UPN and Pokémon on The WB. Wow, that was a long, long time ago…
I’m glad you got a chuckle out of that! The quotes are from Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series. Highly recommended for the lolz, especially if you enjoy references to pop culture and many, many internet memes. It’s one man from the UK doing all the dubbing and editing with some occasional guest dubbers. I only watched a couple of episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! here and there in the past, but I still find the abridged series pretty darn hilarious.
Wheeeeeeeeeeee.
Ah yes, I know DBZA
I hadn’t delved into that other one because well, I just hadn’t the same relationship with Yu-Gi-Oh (not at all) that I had with DBZ (making fun of it with my younger brother)
YGOTAS is pretty awesome
First season of yugioh I watched after that I lost interest. The abridged series is amazing.
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
by Falconer88 on Sep 3, 2011 10:49 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
MELVIN NO!!!! MELVIN YES!!!
Now one of your memories will be erased.
I hate to burst your bubble but there is no one in my head worth remembering HAHAHA…wait NO MR TWEETUMS I CANT FORGET ABOUT HIM.
Looks like your little birdie flew away
You made me forget the only friend I ever had. Now I will strangle you with your own bosums.
Couldn’t help putting one more quite up
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
by Falconer88 on Sep 3, 2011 10:46 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh I most certainly busted out the ben and jerry's in the 6th.
My roommate Sam, the snarky bastard he is looked in and said, “What, did your boyfriend dump you? I’m pretty sure the Notebook’s not on Netflix anymore.”
It’s always quiet on Saturdays. Some people have social lives.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
A what now?
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
I think it’s that mystical thing where people go out of their houses to eat and/or drink & meet up with other people and talk with them face to face
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Wait a second...
I can talk to people IN REAL LIFE? My life has changed lol
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
thx for lulz, I needed that :)
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Your welcome lol
That was rare though. Rarely do I say something funny :)
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
oh come on, everyone here is super witty (yes, you too!) , I’m still wondering how I snuck in without passing that test, Grant must have been asleep or drunk or something for passing me thru. As painful as it is to stick with a game thread on a game like that, I stick around for the wound-healing lulz :)
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
Why Thank you
You are also quite witty as with everyone here and also you seem to be more positive than most so the lulz come easier for you :)
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
zomg! I almost snorted water up my nose!
you seem to be more positive than most
couldn’t be further from the truth! :D my rage is cloaked in a haze of my Pollyanna-optimistic mother’s voice echoing a reminder that I’m soooo negative when it comes to Giants and their suck. It usually results in a lack of swearing (trying to stay a lady about it all), but the negativity usually wins out in the end! but thanks for your vote of confidence! mom would be proud! ;)
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
It seems to be the use of happy emoticons that confuses me lol
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
NO WAI
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
PEOPLE ACTUALLY TALK AND SOCIALIZE FACE TO FACE
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
I have read it in stories!
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
on your Kindle?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 4, 2011 6:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Can you still z through the conversation in person? Can you!?
Wheeeeeeeeeeee.
by urea on Sep 3, 2011 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm hosting a friend from AZ this weekend who happens to hate baseball.
The last thing I want to do is watch us get beat by a team supported by a guy who has no genuine interest in who wins or loses.
He’s still sleeping at the moment, and I’ll be back on Tuesday. Here’s to hoping we bounce back today!
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I tried to read “Hawaii” one time. I couldn’t make it through the romance novel part where the American chicks were trying to hook up with the surfing instructor native. I was like "come on, Mich, you’re gonna do this whole epic ‘since the beginning of time’ thing just to interrupt it with ‘chicks getting frisky in Hawaiian hotels’ thing?
Brb, gonna go read that chapter.
I think the joke is that Michener is as bad as the Giants lineup.
by wcw on Sep 3, 2011 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
At least Michener interspersed his crap with racy eroticism. Take a hint, Giants.
by schmohog on Sep 3, 2011 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Have you ever looked at Aubrey Huff’s ass? I mean.. really looked?
by wcw on Sep 3, 2011 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I love sports documentaries
I just saw Senna today, and damn, what a movie. I didn’t know anything about F1 racing, and had never heard of Ayrton Senna, but that was a hell of a film.
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
Co-dad of Ryan Scoma with waelwulf, because we're progressive like that.
I’d heard good things about it.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
It was incredible
I highly recommend it, if you have the opportunity.
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
Co-dad of Ryan Scoma with waelwulf, because we're progressive like that.
by free f.p. #14 on Sep 3, 2011 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Jason Mraz is kind of a spaz
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
kind of?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
My musical journey tonight
Started with Phantom of the Opera with my daughter. Then Sublime with Rome → Sublime → Weezer → Paramore → Less Than Jake → Jason Mraz
Then I felt an urge to listen to Master of Puppets. Just call my name ‘cuz I’ll hear you scream.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
The only version I could find at my library
The most recent film version. Not my favorite, but it’s good enough.
And Ride the Lightning is not better than MoP. Though I do enjoy RtL. Especially Creeping Death.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
We're going to have to agree to disagree there
I guess I just live Ride the Lightning front to back, and about half of Master of Puppets. Couldn’t really be bothered with the rest of their catalogue, except a couple of tracks off of AJFA.
There are a couple tracks on MoP I don't really care for
But there are a couple of RtL, too. I like more of their stuff than you. I also enjoy Justice and even the Black album.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
If we're talkin Bay Area Thrash
I was always more of a Testament guy anyway :). And nothing wrong with differing tastes, I know I’m pretty particular.
...Justice
Yes, Justice
Fonte-maybe, Fonte-so
Fonte-come, Fonte-go
Fonte-high, Fonte-low
Fonte-yes, Fontenot!
by jordanovich on Sep 3, 2011 11:22 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I had a better evening than you
Sorry.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
Though
I haven’t made it out to a game this season and I’ve watched precious few on the tv. So I’m jealous there.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
Yeah, I am a bit melancholy but more because I only have one game left to go to. Then the second half of Sept is traveling on business and I won’t be back until the 28th, the last game of the season. I’ve been around too long to stop watching even if the division title is slipping away.
McCoven: A Heinous CircleJerk
Proud Parent of Adopted Giant: Crazy Crab
I went to the game tonight; Tim struggled and Pablo stunk.
That’s all I’ll remember about this game. Drink and time will help me forget the rest.
Shoulda been five.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Crawford!
/swooooon
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
All three of those dudes are hotter than snot. Man, we have a pretty team.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
Don't forget a foot!
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
For Burrell that is
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
I saw one picture and I could not handle it
Sterilize it! Get Pat’s doctor on the phone!
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
Tell Zito
But he can pay for it himself. The money has to go somewhere.
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
"Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" -Eustace Bagg
I always picture him like Scrooge McDuck
Diving face first into pools of money… since you know that wouldn’t cause massive injuries or death.
i wonder if he realizesthat
1) he is really truly no longer an effective pitcher in the big leagues
2) all of giants fandom hates him for his awfulness but more so for not living up to the money.
3) his massive albatross of a contract is holding the team back financially
4) he would immediately win over the favor of every giants fan forever and all else would be forgiven if he just agreed to retire. what $80 mil isn’t enough?
I’ve often wondered if he realizes any or all of these things. seems like a smart guy after all. especially wonder if #4 has ever even crossed his mind…
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Sep 3, 2011 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure he's just chasing his youth
I mean, I get it, all ballplayers are relatively young, but I’m pretty sure Zito’s just chasing his early Oakland days and who he was back then.
Has any professional athlete ever retired with that much money on the table? It would be pretty epic if he did that.
ManRam?
No, not that much.
Good question.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
NEW ANKLE FOR POSEY!
rownads won’t be using his. shoulda DFA’d everything but the ankle.
by you'vejustbeenCAINED on Sep 3, 2011 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
nate's broken
Frodonot says hi.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 4, 2011 6:42 AM PDT up reply actions
When Beltran was thrown out trying to tag up to 2nd, that is when I left the ball park. I was so disgusted with the play.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I don't blame you
and I imagine the win probability chart thingie was on your side.
Also, WTF with using Lopez for one batter in a 4 run ballgame after September 1? No effect on the game but a weird way to use the guy.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 4, 2011 6:45 AM PDT up reply actions
ah
SFG WinExp Start 13% End 3%
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 4, 2011 6:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I was just typing this because I was fully expecting him to hit 15 HR’s in September to miraculously lead the Giants to winning the division title by a 1/2 game on the last day.
by Into the Void on Sep 3, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
HEY! 'Member the giraffe hats Kruk & Kuip wore the other night?
the gal who makes them will be on Good Day Sacramento tomorrow at 8am if anyone wants to hear her story about how she got K&K and Brandon Belt to wear them that night
her etsy.com page- http://www.etsy.com/transaction/56867786
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
by SoCalGgal on Sep 3, 2011 10:47 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I’ve been wondering where I can get me of those nifty giraffe hats! Yay, it looks like she’ll be selling more starting on Monday. Thank you so much for sharing!
Wheeeeeeeeeeee.
Mine is way cuter.
I really need to upload that pic. Maybe tomorrow.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
no prob! :)
she belongs to the same Disneyland app I belong to and she posted everything from there the night of that game-then I saw it here & my worlds collided! Today, one of the guys she was with at the game saw someone running the Disneyland half marathon & posted a pic of an epic shirt-it was orange and black and said “Fear the Ears” with a silhouette of Mickey Mouse’s head…(sorry I don’t know how to post pics)
http://www.mousewait.com/disneyland/talk/241783/For-all-you-Giants-fans-out-there
AT&T Park, Home of the WS Champion SF Giants, and Disneyland-so much MAGIC inside!
That shirt is awesome and clever! Some pretty neat stuff can result from worlds colliding, ehehe.
Wheeeeeeeeeeee.
This animal thing we’ve got going is getting obnoxious
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 4, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Kewl!
I have an Etsy store too…favorited hers so have to keep checking!
NorCal passion trapped in SoCal pain...
I wanna rage.
The roller derby bout was great!
Exciting to the last jam, well played, the home team won. I stopped listening to the Giants when Mota walked in a run.
I would really love to see some Brandons now.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
Murderer's Row!
We can all wear furry little Ted Bundy hats.
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
I don't really like the album it's on
But Obvious Child by Paul Simon is a good freakin’ song.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
On that album I really dig:
Can’t Run But… (great guitar work by JJ Cale)
and
Spirit Voices
I’ve been checking out various PS performances of American Tune on youtube. Man, what a great song.
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Sep 4, 2011 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Indeed
I am really quite fond of that song
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
Why deny it?
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 11:07 PM PDT reply actions
Just missed the magic!!!
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Listening to the newest Paul Simon album
Early verdict: I actually like it a lot so far. It’s been a while since I’ve felt that way about a Simon album.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
I don't really know what this is
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
Okay, now I don't know what the connection is
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
Ah
You are making a social commentary as to the nature of my posts. I’d rather talk about music than the Giants right now. You don’t have to like it.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
Not music, Paul Simon. He really rubs me wrong.
by wcw on Sep 3, 2011 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Okay.
Sorry. I really like him.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
lots of people here do
Not I.
Just listening to Sandy Denny’s ‘Solo’, not the best song ever, but does feature a very fine guitar solo. Richard Thompson, I assume, but maybe not. Anyhow, good, and this comes from someone who does not like guitar solos.
You don't like guitar solos?
Now that’s just plain weird.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
yep. I hate 'em
No accounting for taste, I guess. If you haven’t heard the solo in Solo, though, you should.
hm, might be Jerry Donahue
anyone here know their UK folk rock?
Great album
That’s one of my favorites – my favorite Denny album for sure: Like An Old Fashioned Waltz.
by Comrade Conrad on Sep 4, 2011 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Some interesting lyrics
I’ve always kept a unicorn and I’ve never sung out of tune.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
speeding motorcycle
There’s nothing you can’t do, indeed.
Insensitive bastard. I’m referring to you, wcw, not to Paul.
I suspect Joe Strummer, with whom I share a birthday, would have been a challenge in person also.
As would Barry B, now and then.
The point I like to make about all these stars is that I don’t have to hang with them outside of the “game.” That allows me to judge their art independent of their selves.
Van Gogh had two friends, his brother and his doctor. I love his art, but I couldn’t have hung with him.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 3, 2011 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not talking about Simon as a person. He is probably a fine fellow. His music gives me hives, though.
Life is what you make of it
So beautiful or so what.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
I bruise you, you bruise me
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
For the record
I have been having fun with the music discussion. It’s nice to have one with folks that don’t necessarily listen to the same things I do, but certainly appreciate it on the level I do.
They’re very convenient. You wait for the bird to fly in, and then you quickly cram in some vegetables to the birdhouse to seal it shut. Bake on the middle rack of a preheated oven at 400˚ F for 30 min, and serve hot.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
No thanks
I have no idea what’s in there
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
ew
I thought that was the birdhouse in your soul. Now I feel dirty.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 4, 2011 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions
i don't like the first song that much
but the rest is really quite good!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah, it's my favorite album by him since Graceland
I am quite pleasantly surprised. I had written him off.
Never mind, baseball gods. I don't love you any more. You've gone back to hating the Giants
Welcome to my new adopted Giant, Carlos Beltran. Well, actually, you're more like a foreign exchange student staying at my house for the summer. Regardless, win us a world series!
i'm just saying
it would be nice to have a backup catcher who can hit AND play defense
Well, yeah.
That WOULD be nice, but you have to keep the free agent pool/our financial constraints in mind.
You’re not going to get everything.