Post-post-game thread: BART doesn't have Wi-Fi
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 6, 2011 11:40 PM PDT
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PrintLessons learned from this game:
- Brett Pill is probably the answer. I looked up the total number of home runs the Giants have had at Petco Park since it opened, and it turns out that Pill has half of them. He stays, probably as the right-handed part of a Huff/Belt platooney thing.
- No, that's not serious, but no matter how cynical you might be about the 26-year-old first baseman, it was pretty cool to watch him rope a home run in his first major-league at-bat. My only regret is that Brian Dallimore's name wasn't brought up every half-inning.
- Eric Surkamp isn't not the non-un-Barry Zito. It's true, look it up. While there's nothing you can definitively take away from a two game sample, it's hard for a discerning Giants to think of him in the same light as a Madison Bumgarner, say. This is mostly because Surkamp is 18 years older than Bumgarner. But for the first time in a while, the Giants have brought up a prospect who is a) interesting, and b) limited. It's not a binary set.
He's not in the Brian Cooper class, where you know he's a tourist, but he's not going to be a Lincecum, Cain, or Bumgarner. We can't even dream of him in the same way that we dreamed about Sanchez before we stopped before we started again before we stopped. Surkamp will be the perfect fourth or fifth starter, which is what Zito was when you didn't have to think about his contract, which was usually when you were on horse tranquilizers. You know, Tuesdays.
A fourth or fifth starter isn't an epithet -- it's a good thing. Zito was a good thing, kind of, without the contract, before he was extra-special horrible this season. Surkamp can be the same, just without the baggage. Maybe! I mean, I'm no scout. Please, use TiqIQ for your ticket needs, and don't forget about the good folks at Head and Shoulders. - Santiago Casilla might not be a magical closer-in-waiting. We're talking about two- or three-game samples, and for the last few games, Casilla has been as untouchable as any reliever in the league. Loved that the fastball was back to 2010 levels, and loved that the slider was getting swing-throughs. Tonight, he was certainly touchable.
But he's only slightly less reliable than the name-brand reliever the Giants would sign to a three-year deal in the offseason. Casilla's somewhat cheap relative to his expected production. In the Offseason of Budgetary Constraints, you sort of have to hope for players like that to succeed. The alternative is going to be a little weird, either in terms of money or expectations. - Obviously, this will be a topic of the offseason, but it's hard to imagine a player who fits the Giants' needs and organizational situation better than Carlos Beltran. Outfield prospects to block? Uh, there's one, but he's a center fielder. There was that other guy, but they traded him for a defensive replacement who starts a bunch of games for some reason. Long-term deals? Maybe something for a year longer than you're comfortable with, but nothing outlandish, most likely. Is he good for the short-term? Yeah, he's good for the next couple of years, when the Giants are hoping to be good at the same time.
It's a good fit. I just hope there isn't going to be an idiot team willing to give him four or five years. He's made out of graham crackers, people! Three years is insane! Let the Giants be the idiot team that gives him three years! Don't out-idiot the Giants! You have families to think of!
I suppose the Giants made up a game tonight. Six games out, eh? It's a lot better than eight games out, so I'll keep the ember of reluctant and disgruntled hope going. It might be time to dust off the "I don't not unbelieve" mantra again. It would fit with the not non-un-Barry Zito theme. Giants baseball: where you can string so many negatives together, it makes a positive statement. That's about right.
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Nononono
Don’t give up that easily Natto!
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
I miss Bloom County
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Sep 6, 2011 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Two PGT
What to use? What to use?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
The Giants stopped being good when we stopped quoting Friday all the time.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
Totally worth it.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Gotta get down on Friday
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Friday isn’t bad for everyone.
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Love the shoutout
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 6, 2011 11:45 PM PDT reply actions
I’m not big on the Natto revolution, so I’ll come over here.
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
Yeah, I wouldn’t want to cross Grant and jponry. I mean, that’s just asking to be first against the wall.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
It’s like siding with Stannis.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Well sure, he tried
But just so people wouldn’t think he was selfish.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
This baseball thing is pretty cool
and lazy too
only used his finger tips to tag HP.
Didnt want to risk getting a scratch.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Sep 6, 2011 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I felt so stupid for sending money for the playoffs
Still do but the last two wins are fun.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
No wifi on BART?
Anonymous should protest this massive infringement of free speech modern convenience.
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Nick Hundley
The dude has 3 or 4 of his 7 homers this season off the Giants. Stupid dick!
Also, he’s good.
Unfortunately, I can’t say that I don’t not believe. Maybe before the weekend. Not now.
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
sooo what you're saying is....
Just a small town girl
livin’ in a lonely world
took the midnight train
goin’ any where
shell-fish
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Sep 7, 2011 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I will always read this kind of sentence in an Irish brogue.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2011 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions
/heard it in a Scots accent
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions
hankschulman Henry Schulman
Bochy said he’ll use his gut to pick lineups. I said he’ll win more if he uses MY gut. He didn’t laugh. Still had Casilla on his mind
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
Imagine all the wins
in Ratto’s gut.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Sep 7, 2011 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
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Monday Monkey lives for the weekend, sir.
This is probably just me being an armchair sports psychologist and whatnot, but...
watching this game, it really felt like the Giants were playing looser than they have in quite some time. It got a little tense when Casilla ran gascan.exe, but otherwise, this team looked like they were feeling a significantly smaller amount of pressure than they have the past few weeks. The logical part of me says the idea that the idea that almost all of the fans (and probably most of the team) have realized that their playoffs hopes are slim to none would lift a weight and allow the team to play looser doesn’t actually make sense. But that’s what it felt like, watching this game. I’d much prefer to watch a baseball team that looked like they were having fun out there for the last three weeks of the season, playoffs or no, rather than what we were subject to for the past couple weeks.
Adopted Giant: Mike Fontenot
He's like Grant, but fun size.
Listening to the midnight re-broadcast
this is the most god-awful national anthem in a very long time.
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
Well I won’t be in the GDT for awhile, my puppy chewed the power cord to the computer. Not sure why he didn’t get fried but he’s living up to his name “Magic”.
McCoven: A Heinous CircleJerk
Proud Parent of Adopted Giant: Crazy Crab
Eh, house current isn’t so bad.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions
So you're saying you won't be online because there's Magic Inside?
Fascinating…
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
OT: Parenting
As I know some other folks have done, I taught my son during his potty training that poop was called a “dodger.” It works really well, and it’s always nice to hear him come in and report excitedly that there’s a huge dodger in the toilet.
Well, today he found out about the team for the first time. He laughed hysterically all through dinner.
Mission report: success!
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on Sep 7, 2011 12:21 AM PDT reply actions 28 recs
Wait till he finds out they sell Dodger Dogs at Smart and Final
Life is so much sweeter ever since TGWTWS
Worked for me too.
/toilet flushes
Little jhiat00: By by Dodgers!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Ugh Chelsea Dagger by the Fratellis just came on the radio.
It reminds me too much of the Sharks 2010 playoffs. Apparently that is still a painful wound. Who knew?
Much like how Sweet Caroline is now ruined as well
Why must good songs be so sullied?
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 7, 2011 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Didn't get to watch the game
But heard that Matt Leblanc pitched for San Diego tonight, which I think is a great career move.
by schmohog on Sep 7, 2011 12:38 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Oh he lost tonight? I guess no one told him it was gonna be this way clap-clap-clap-clap-clap.
by schmohog on Sep 7, 2011 12:41 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Apparently they are showing Friends on Nick at Nite now
Or so my good buddy, A’s pitcher McCarthy tells me.
BMcCarthy32 Brandon McCarthy
Friends is on Nick@Nite now, so 4 PM reservations at Sizzler here I come.
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 7, 2011 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Now I feel old. I don’t know, it might just not be my day, my month or even my year.
by schmohog on Sep 7, 2011 12:51 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Are you for reals friends with him? If so did you go with him to Sizzler? If so what did you order and how was it?
by schmohog on Sep 7, 2011 12:56 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
LOL no. Just another Twitter stalker.
I wish I was friends with him. He makes awesome geeky Star Trek references and trash talks Dallas Braden. Seems like he might be One Of Us.
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 7, 2011 1:00 AM PDT up reply actions
A nerd who lives down in his mother’s basement?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Not really. Some people have them, but most just have “crawl spaces.” Or the rich ones have wine cellars
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 7, 2011 1:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Some places
First place we lived in Sacramento was a townhouse with a fully finished basement. Not a huge seismic risk area, though – I rarely see a basement along the coast.
NorCal passion trapped in SoCal pain...
I wanna rage.
Yes.
But also happens to pitch for a Major League team every 5th day.
by WhatsAMataHari on Sep 7, 2011 1:08 AM PDT up reply actions
When he signs his first big contract
He’ll buy his mom a nicer home with a nicer basement
The thong is, it happened.
Yeah his tweets are pretty funny. I liked the one about his wife telling him not to put his laptop on his junk.
by schmohog on Sep 7, 2011 1:13 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Where's the pokemonz guy?
could really use his help coming up with some animal apparell nicknames
by big logs Johnson on Sep 7, 2011 12:56 AM PDT reply actions
id say we are going to actively try to resign him
sabean wont want it to appear we gave up a highly rated prospect for maybe a month of beltran….the years and money that he gets might make you cringe though…
One might say we are resigned to re-signing Beltran, if one was a cynic.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2011 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m re-signed to the cynicism.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
LIFETIME CONTRACT
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Can't we all just use context clues?
Or are we going to repeat the great hyphenic debates of twenty ten?
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!
Can't we all just use words properly?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 7, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Sure, you can
But, correct me if I’m wrong, the primary function of language is to convey meaning. If you see that I want to resign Beltran, you know what I mean, don’t 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!
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by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Probably. But I’d have to re-read the sentence, and consider for a split second if you actually meant “cut” or “designate,” whereas using the correct word that conveys the meaning you’re trying to convey will… y’know… convey the meaning you’re trying to convey.
I’m not necessarily one of those people who refuses to believe that language can evolve, but “justifying a typo” is not one of the ways it should be happening.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 7, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Typo or alternate spelling? It’s not as black and white as you’d like. Agree that “re-sign” is clearer, but that’s doesn’t make “resign” wrong.
Giants baseball: Together We're Crippled
They’re essentially antonyms!
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 7, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes and “cleave” is an antonym of “cleave.” Language is messy. Deal with it.
Giants baseball: Together We're Crippled
Language is messy.
But in this case, it’s only messy because people are using it messily.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 7, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Can be confused: re-sign, resign.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 7, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
so?
re-sign
/riˈsaɪn/ Show Spelled[ree-sahyn] Show IPA
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to sign again.
2.
to renew or extend a contract.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
bah, I didn’t actually copy the word itself, spelled resign.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
nevermind, they use a dot to separate syllables. Ignore everything I’ve said
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Not true
You totally gave me a sparkling angel in a golden shower welcome when I joined!
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Ceiling Grant is watching you mods pee on n00bs.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
No they aren't opposites
One of them means something in this context, and the other means nothing.
If I say I want to resign Carlos Beltran, that doesn’t make any sense taken at correct word usage. Makes absolutely no sense at all. They’re not opposites. For the purpose of their use in these contexts, they’re synonyms.
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!
..
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
11am might be the only time of day I don’t want to go to bed.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Even so, it’s a good post time for bed you’ve got there, Whitey.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 7, 2011 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m finding the spectacle of GP complaining about someone else parsing language too closely highly amusing.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Also
The “D-backs” use hyphens incorrectly.
You don’t want to be a D-Back, do you?
Do you?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Sep 7, 2011 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope they do re-sign him.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Surkamp will be the perfect fourth or fifth starter, which is what Zito was when you didn’t have to think about his contract, which was usually when you were on horse tranquilizers. You know, Tuesdays.
This made me laugh, Then I realized it corresponded exactly with my life and threw myself off a building.
/I kid
Proud adoptee of Dick Tidrow the mastermind behind Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Buster Posey and many more. Also known as "The Reason".
Ceiling Grant is watching you masturbate
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh so now people who take horse tranquilizers have to be the butt of jokes? I’m getting everyone in the Post Traumatic Zito Contract ward together; we don’t have to take this. First the contract, now this?
by schmohog on Sep 7, 2011 1:46 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yes to Beltran
Absolutely un-not.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
Best hitter this team has had since Barry Bonds. I sentence you to a lifetime of watching Eli Whiteside hit.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Sep 7, 2011 6:36 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Fell asleep, but it sounds like it was a never-a-doubt ninth for the bullpen.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Sep 7, 2011 6:37 AM PDT reply actions
No to Beltran, Yes to Youth
Hi Guys, This is my first post on McCovey Chronicles. I love the site and I really enjoy Grant’s pieces. I am a diehard baseball fan. I was a huge Expos fan, since I am from Montreal, till they got murdered by Loria and Selig. I am a former San Franciscan too and now I love the Giants. I want to address the Beltran parallax: NOWAYJOSE NOWAYJOSENOWAYJOSE!
That is just my scientific opinion. Over here on the east coast I have been watching him for many years and here are my conclusions: He is brittle, He does not hustle, He is not a clutch player, and the Giants have not been the same since they acquired him (read: awful). So I pray, literally pray, Sabean lets him walk. We need youth. We need to invest in Belt, Pill, and Crawford. The team plays better with them and there seems to be more spark and fun and less pressure with the young guys in the line up.
welcome
and still sorry you lost your ballclub.
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 7, 2011 6:41 AM PDT up reply actions
“he is not a clutch player”
RISP slash line:: .304 /.390/.528
Career clutch score on Fangraphs 3.05
“he does not hustle”
He has a career 30 baserunning runs above average and +60 UZR, when is he not hustling?
“Giants have not been the same since they acquired him”
Correlation is not causation. He didn’t wander around screwing with everyone’s swings and twisting starting pitchers ankles.
“We need youth. We need to invest in Belt, Pill, and Crawford.”
One of these is not like the other. Brett Pill is not ‘youth’ as he’s 26 or, his minor league line would indicate, going to be a good MLB 1B for the future.
Sundrendy!
by Deleuzian on Sep 7, 2011 6:51 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He has a career 30 baserunning runs above average and +60 UZR, when is he not hustling?
Imagine how good he could be if he actually hustled!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
needs less melanin
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
I saw him in the clubs in the 70s
The man can definitely do the hustle!
Do do do do, do-do-do do do…
The thong is, it happened.
performance_enhancers.exe
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Sep 7, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t see much “hustle” on him playing in the outfield. Maybe he’s old and slow, maybe he doesn’t want to risk injury, maybe I’m too used to watching Nate and Torres… His outfield play does not impress me. He’s seemed okay running the bases.
He looks like a left fielder out there.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions
man
you are bringing the truth today!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I think there's a difference between not hustling and not being able to move super well
When I look at Beltran, I don’t get the impression that even if he wanted to he could move much faster. And I think he looks like an averagish defender – routes seem fine. I agree he’d probably be better suited for left at AT&T, but I think that difference can be overestimated.
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've no problem with that
That’s exactly what I’d want him to do if we signed him to a 2-3 year deal.
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!
From a optimization point of view, that’s probably the best way to get the most out of him.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I wish they would just put him in LF.
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
Signing Beltran would not really affect Belt, Pill or Crawford.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
The selfishness might rub off.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2011 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
And the after shave.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Belt?
It could conceivably affect Belt. You’d have four guys (Belt, Beltran, Nate and Huff) competing for three positions (RF, LF, 1B)
The thong is, it happened.
So let it affect Huff.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Welcome
Made it for someone else, but you might enjoy this:
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe to Beltran
Absolutely if the price is right.
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
Beltran is now hitting .337/.371/.533 as a Giant.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yep
It almost seems that if you have more at-bats, it’s a more proper reflection of a hitter’s actual talent. Who knew??
srsly
They’re not going to get Neal back if he plays, I don’t understand running him out there every day. Torres is benched for much less.
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 7, 2011 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Slash lines never show you "productive outs"
I am sure that has a number somewhere. He puts the ball in play where he needs to when he has chances for productive outs.
I would still like to give Crawford some starts vs RHP, or at least more Fontenot
I am not a statistician
but I strongly prefer productive hits. It’s the kind of thing that leads to multiple-run innings.
And incidentally, 3 SF in 109 PA. 2 GIDP.
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 7, 2011 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions
And it’s something this team is absolutely awful at and God only knows how many runs could have been scored if anybody knew how to hit a sac fly or to a hit a ball behind the runner
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Sep 7, 2011 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions
that's true
but improving the slash lines of most of these characters would do a lot more for that than strategic groundouts.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Having a hole at SS and losing Posey
Means a very weak 7-8-9 spot all year in lineup. Cabrera is the least of all evils there. Maybe next year we have solution.. or another Renteria\Tejada\Cabrera to Spackle over the hole.
Honestly if he has RBI shot by making out, he might as well take it. Puts pressure to have very productive 1-6 in order to have reasonable offense.
Fontenot is a much better option
Hell, the way Cabrera’s hitting now I think Crawford’s a better option.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2011 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I think
it’s still a more effective strategy to find a 7 hitter that’s 10% more likely not to make an out when at the plate in the first place.
It’s precisely that hole you mention that doomed this offense. They could withstand a Crawford-type average in the 8 hole, with the occasional lucky basehit or walk leading to a pitcher bunt. Having Cabrera make an out, Stewart try to bunt his way to first, and the pitcher make an out is deathtacular.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions
How is he the least of all evils?
He’s terrible at everything! At least Crawford can field and Frodo can kinda-sorta hit.
I think
crawford can get the .239 OBP.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
actually
this team is pretty good at “productive outs” as they are a subset of their specialty: outs.
Above the NL average in both sacrifice hits and advancing the runner with an out.
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
In play!
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Sac flies
This has come up before. Everyone thinks their team can’t hit a sac fly to save their life and everyone thinks other teams are much better at it. Turns out it’s one of those things that’s harder to do than it appears and you don’t realize it watching just one team day in day out.
The thong is, it happened.
Yet the squeeze is so rare. It boggles my mind.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree, but to be fair, the squeeze can’t be called just any old time there’s a guy on 3rd w <2 outs. You get one chance, one pitch to get it right, and you’re almost surely not going to get anything else out of it. Generally only makes sense when the hitter bunts well, has specific count leverage (2-0, 2-1, 3-1), and hits in front of someone good enough that the pitcher won’t be tempted to nibble-walk him.
Sac fly can come on any count, as long as the hitter can stay alive, and has potential upside of a ball dropping in for a hit. Plus if you don’t get something to hit, you can take your base and let the next guy try.
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it’s not exactly easy to execute.
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
The grand point about the squeeze, though, is that it is often a surprise and, if executed even crudely, it is undefendable.
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by gallo del cielo on Sep 7, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
A .255 wOBA don’t lie.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
0_o.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2011 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
If he’s so capable of putting the ball where he needs to, why doesn’t he put it where it won’t be an out?
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by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2011 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions
He's rocketing up the negative WAR charts
Now at -1.2, a tenth, um, ahead of Huff! No chance to catch Adam Dunn, but Raul Ibanez is right there for the taking.
Beltran
If we let just one of either Cody or Andres walk, as painful as it is, this actually makes a ton of sense.
Pat’s probably not coming back either, so we have an outfield of what SHOULD be (but won’t happen) Beltran, Torres/Ross, Schierholtz with Brandon Belt at 1B, taking the occasional day in left to give everyone a rest, and Huff’s ground to second ass up at 1st.
We'll have whatever player we've saved before he's made into glue as a 5th outfielder
Or even Ford, if just have vroom on the bases. As long as they yell at him until he learns how to do so properly.
And to keep my chain of talking to myself going
I’d be also willing to let Nate learn how to play Center. He’s good enough, smart enough and doggone it, I like him.
I would offer Cody 2/18 to stay, he might want to stay on winning team, but you never know who else might offer what.
I would not mind an OF of Belt- LF, Nate- CF, Beltran- RF
With Ross as a 4th guy, you can get a good rotation of all 4, and Beltran will need days off now and then, he will be 34-35.
Too much money for Cody Ross. I’d offer 2 years 12 million, and that’s only if they envision an every day job for him. If they can re-sign Beltran, I bid Cody adieu.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Sep 7, 2011 8:04 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Honestly... this
Because even though we share the same first name, and I love the rodeo clown dearly, he’s not had that great of a year to warrant anything too ridiculous. If Beltran’s around and he has to play right field, we need someone who can play center with him, and that’s Andres til Gary Brown’s shuttle crashes from Krypton and/or he discovers the Speed Force
He is making 6.3 a year now
I would think 2/14-16 is realistic, and I would give him a couple more to stay for short term.
Free agency does weird things
You are bidding vs 0-29 other teams, so who knows if someone else will add 1-4 mil a year, or add a year, to land him.
I anticipate increasing payroll
I would not be surprised to see him get 2 years for less than 20. 20 or more is too much for me. I would also not mind an Uribe like deal of 3/21.
Cody isn't worth 3/21
Uribe wasn’t worth 3/21 either and now the Dodgers are stuck with him.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Especially if his job is to play in a platoon or as a backup.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Not even close
fangraphs has him at 0.3 WAR. That’s worth like $1.5M. But if you think he’s likely to get back to his career average and be an average (.330 wOBA) hitter, he’s probably a 2-win player and would be worth that deal. Frankly he’s probably a pretty good buy-low candidate and likely could be had for roughly what he’s making now.
The thing is the Giants wouldn’t really have a huge need for him if they bring Beltran back. They’d have Torres, Schierholtz, Beltran, and probably Belt would get most of his time in the OF, with Huff still in the mix. If Schierholtz could be trading for a decent SS, that would be ideal, but I don’t really think Nate would fetch very much.
There’s absolutely zero reason to let Andres Torres walk. He’s under control.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2011 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
There’s absolutely zero reason to let Andres Torres walk.
Oh my God. I’m the Giants’ philosophy.
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by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2011 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Alrighty
Then you have Andres/Nate/Cody battling to be your starting CF/4th guy. Looks like in most scenarios Cody Ross ends up being the dude who loses out.
this
I think is the strongest reason that they won’t re-sign him. Whether he wants to stay or not I imagine a chance to play every day (or at least understand whether/why you will play) for more/same money will be attractive.
I’m not rooting for him to go away at all, I just also think the Giants won’t want to pay to keep him.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I like Cody and everything, but I suspect he won’t be back. I’m OK with it.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
The Giants will not be the only team interested in Beltran
If they do re-sign him, it will be for too much money.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 7:32 AM PDT reply actions
and
for too many years.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions
What worries me is Boras waiting to the last minute for the highest possible offer as he has a penchant for doing. The Giants can be held up the whole winter waiting on his answer, and when he signs elsewhere, nobody is left.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Sep 7, 2011 8:08 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah
It’s not like the Giants can go 3/45! and it happens.
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The mornings are getting cooler. Next is brisk and then cold :(
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I’ve never been there, but the Pacific NW seems like perfect weather. You get the change of seasons, but without the extremes of the plains/midwest.
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Watching the tourists in their shorts and t-shirts freezing their asses off is kind of a sport in this part of the country. The hole in the wall places in the city that sell sweatshirts make a killing of those folks.
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I particularly loved the confused Italians. It is like, tropical, no?
I hate that the hottest part of the year corresponds in football season. It makes practice very much not fun, although I suppose it’s better than rain or snow.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Two-a-days always sucked.
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Fall feels Romany.
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Lewis and Clark don't even seem concerned that there is a dinosaur to their right
In fact, they are pointing at something else!
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Caption
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by VidaWantsYourCar on Sep 7, 2011 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re thinking of Sachoejawea.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions
6 games out sucks
Looking at standings, AZ is 8-2 last 10, but ATL is 4-6 last 10 and only 1 game ahead of AZ.
If the Giants can win 2/3 remaining games, maybe one of those two will fall hard enough to make it interesting.
And maybe just maybe the boy who wishes it could happen
will have a moment where he bonds with his favorite player, or friendly mythical Giants only he can see possess the players in the batter’s box and hit a ton of balls out of the park, or a young rookie with a heart of gold gets the team of veterans to rally, or…
I'd rather have Reyes
But hey, get both!
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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!
Do it!
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You may not be aware of this, but did you know that Reyes has a spotty health history? I probably just blew your mind.
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Some have opined that he is a luxury item.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions
It sounds more and more like the Mets are taking an aggressive run at re-signing Reyes. I really don’t want the Giants to get into a bidding war for him.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2011 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions
On the other hand
Sandy Alderson’s not dumb. We is.
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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!
This is an argument against pursuing Reyes, no?
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
--
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It's an argument against the idea that we won't get him.
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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!
But it's an argument against the idea that we SHOULD get him
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2011 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
The ‘Alderson is going to take Brian Sabean out to the negotiations boathouse and have his way with him’ part.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Savvy Sabes: Sandy, I'm going to offer 10 million more than anything you offer!
Nerdy Sandy: Jose, I offer you eleventy bajillion dollars.
Savvy Sabes: Plus ten!
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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!
Sure
No one wants to overpay Reyes. No one wants to overpay anyone. We all just have different ideas of what “overpaying” is.
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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!
Do you see salaries continuing to climb higher? I figure revenues are going to be disappointing for at least a couple of years.
Yes, I do
MLB attendance has actually been pretty good this year, and the sport itself with licensing and marketing is becoming more valuable all the time. I think there will be a lot more money flowing around in owner’s coffers, and with no salary cap, that means a lot of it will get spent on players.
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Yep
I’m still in the “no more than 6 years OR 100 million total” camp, and I think the Mets will go higher than that.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2011 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm close to there
But I’d go as high as the cursed Zito/Werth/Wellsnumber.
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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!
Reyes would never eat avocado and eggs.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
He needs more peaches and broccoli for his thyroid.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't care about the years
All the matters is the total value of the contract (assuming he’s going to get at least four years, which I think is a lock). The most likely scenario is that he’ll be worth 3-4 wins on average for the first four years, and hardly anything after that. At that rate, $100M is a high but plausible price. More than that and I think the contract has very little chance of working out. But of course if he has just one spectactular season and leads your team to a championship, you probably don’t care that he’ll be crippling the team financially in the last years of his deal.
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Highly doubtful that they even make a realistic offer to him. That dude that was investing 200 M in the tema has backed out and now the Wilpons are going door to door in Manhattan looking for people to buy smaller and smaller shares.
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by say hey nation on Sep 7, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
That said
There’s certainly room for Beltran. Let Cody walk, and you could come into the season with 5 outfielders – Belt, Torres, Beltran as your starters, with Schierholtz and Christian (??) as your backups seems like a solid set, with good defenders on the bench. Schierholtz and Christian also have the benefit of being one lefty / one righty, so they’d be nice pinch hitters to have around.
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Like starting I mean.
I’d love that defensive spread with Beltran in left, Andres in Center, and Nate in right. Put BBelt at first, and let Huff start at 1st two days a week with some BBelt in Left giving some folks days off and I am sooo happy.
This time of year is like spring training for you rosterbatory types
I can already imagine you getting in shape for the offseason.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Best rosterbation shape of his life!
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That’s the outfield roster I was hoping for. Rotate Schierholtz in regularly to rest Torres, Beltran & Huff (with Belt moving to first); use Christian as a defensive replacement/spot starter.
I like Cody but he’s gonna cost too much.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2011 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah, 1B. Belt moves to 1B to rest Huff as needed, with Schierholtz playing LF (or RF if Beltran plays left.)
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2011 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
this would be excellent
so long as Beltran isn’t signed for 5 years.
They also will need to find a better Fresno-ready OF for next year. I guess they’ll have Ford down there.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah
But at least he entitles you to watch Cabrera start every game in September!
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Can I ask you something entirely seriously?
Isn’t your assertion that the “solid set” of outfielders you describe works only if Bochy uses the players in the manner you’d use them? Schierholtz and Christian might be nice pinch hitters, indeed, but there’s no reason to believe he’d use them in that way.
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There is probably no roster permutation that is entirely immune to being BORKED, but at least Christian’s not a gritty vet so he probably wouldn’t eat up a ton of extra playtime.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2011 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Well
Bochy would play Beltran every day, that I’m sure of.
And yeah, I think that he’d do unnecessary futzing with Belt and Torres and play Schierholtz and Christian probably more than I’d like, but he’s going to do that with any set of starters/bench players you provide him with.
The set is solid no matter how it’s used. It’s not optimized if you’re not using it correctly, but that’s not the set’s fault.
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and at least
there aren’t any Rowand-y types available to “get into the mix” and “ride the hot hand”.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, basically
The best you can do to Bork-proof a roster is get rid of shitty guys with lots of major league experience and weird Velezian types.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2011 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Someone in their 30’s who is still effective in all aspects of the game is pretty much exactly what this team needs.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty skeptical too
And bringing Christian up makes me much more skeptical.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope they give him another year of ARB
Depends on what Ross\Beltran do. Between the 3, I think only 1 will stay, possibly 2, unless one of them is willing to sign for just 1-2 mil for a year, or Beltran is relatively cheap.
I think you might overvalue Cody Ross.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
Ross’ wRC+ has been declining for 5 years now, and while his versatility is nice, it’s not like he’s providing tons of defensive value.
I say you let him cash in on his postseason success with someone else, and give him a standing ovation whenever he plays at AT&T.
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 would like to see what is available in the market
Sabean always looks for deals.
I prefer to slight overpay Ross just because I know what I can expect, but I would be happy with a better deal.
Sabean always looks for deals.
Man, I’m laughing so hard.
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Salesman “500 pounds of elephant food for only 50¢!!!”
Sabean “What a deal I’ll take a million dollars worth!!!”
Susan “but sir, you don’t have an ele….”
Sabean “BUT IT’S SUCH A GREAT DEAL !!!”
My mom once bought a bag of 2,5000 straws from Costco because it was something stupid like $10. She didn’t like that we had a straw countdown (I don’t think we ever made it below 2,300) nor when we pointed out that it would take her 7+ years of using one per day to exhaust them all.
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We had a box like that too
I remember when I was 7 or so I used the straws to make a bridge across my room for all my action figures.
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Think of it as having paid $10 for lifelong straw certainty.
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Ha!
I like it already!
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by troymccluresf on Sep 7, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
In defense of this statement
Sabean’s success lately has been with dumpster diving, Cabrera notwithstanding.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2011 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
And on the decline.
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You know what to expect?
Based on his track record, you would know to expect decline…
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'd take your money
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 I'll take yours.
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You could do that
I’m not sure the difference between Huff and Schierholtz in 2012 will be that much, but that means that I wouldn’t be upset either way.
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 have hopes
that Huff might adapt to a PH role well, given what he’s said about DHing in the past.
/starts 100 straight games to open 2012
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL PtB
All this rosterbation about outfielders past and future and no one can spare a thought for Pat.
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yeah, I'm working under the assumption that he's done after this year
Woulda loved to see him back but that foot thing seems pretty brutal.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I would rather..
chase a real middle infielder and go after someone like Kubel.
If we’re going to throw too much money purely at a bat, I would say Fielder.
(not 100% realistic I know)
PROUD FATHER of a baby totally made during the 2010 World Series.
Correct
Huff is going to make 11 million next year. The Giants are not going to sign another 1B and they are not going to play Huff in the OF. Fielder will not be a Giant.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
le sigh
And if Pill hits for the next 3 weeks, it’s Brandon Belt to the white courtesy phone. Again.
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
and Zito's
I’d have Huff rotate in to rest Belt/other 1B. Bochy would still have his veteran grittiness.
Also why I said not 100%
PROUD FATHER of a baby totally made during the 2010 World Series.
Really, the SS market this year looks like this:
Jose Reyes
Jimmy Rollins
The withered mummy of Rafael Furcal
A bunch of guys, the best of whom are probably Omar Infante & Jamey Carroll
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2011 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
/Geoff Blum signs $6M contract
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 7, 2011 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Sabes: “We saw what he can do at Cal, we feel like he’ll play more relaxed being back in the Bay Area.”
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
“He had a big hit against us just the other night!”
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 7, 2011 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
/regrets posting the Jamey Carroll jpeg earlier
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions
<3 Jamey
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!
You should always regret that
He’s a pretty good player, but you should never make people look at him.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Oppositional defiance disorder:
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Lars, did you cover the release of the new LRO images?
The new set of images NASA released on Tuesday show the Apollo landing sites in incredible detail. Equipment such as the LM descent stage, ALSEP experiments and the lunar rovers are visible, as are finer details including astronauts’ footpaths.
LRO’s press release, including images from Apollos 12, 14 and 17
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I was going to do that this morning but I got distracted by work! In fact, I have a conference call at 9 and another at 10.
Bah, talk to you folks in the afternoon. =/
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
But what about...
…APOLLO 18?!
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 recently finished ‘Packing For Mars’ and it was really an interesting read.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Love Mary, but I’ve not yet gotten to that one.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 7, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Astronauts have to put up with a lot of bullshit.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
That is really cool.
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I love looking at the footpaths.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
I love looking at how litter-prone we are as a species.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
They learned how to use photoshop, grats to NASA!
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 10:54 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Ah, one of those. Well, I’ll just go ahead and write you off.
There we go.
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Oh right, there you go logical thinking at its finest.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
What is funny
Is that you consider it “logical thinking” to assume that it is fake.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, theres plausible evidence that no human has ever touched the surface of the moon.
First, and this isn’t really evidence, but we haven’t been there since 1972, we haven’t even been 400 miles out towards space since 1972.
Second, the Van Allen Radiation belt during 1968-72 had a massive solar cycle that would utterly destroy a little aluminium shielded craft.
Third, 14,000 reels of telemetry data just went up and missing, if not the safety of the astronauts, the reels would be the most important piece of information to come from the lunar missions.
Those are all true, so i’ll just leave it at that.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re one of those wacko conspiracy theorists, aren’t you?
Heh…
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Not really a conspiracy since everything I just wrote is true.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
They faked the whole thing. And the Russians just decided to be in on the whole thing in spite of the fact they were in direct competitiion to get there.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
It was obviously a race to see who could fake it first. That’s why they gave up after we faked it.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
They were already sending unmanned probes before us
And you can’t fake telemetry data, those reels that they so conveniently lost contained the precise exact numerical data of the Modules path too and from the moon.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Which means absolutely nothing. Now try answering why they decided to play along.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
is this seat taken?
I thought this was just run of the mill trolling…
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 7, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Orville Redenbacher doesn’t exist.
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 7, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Not any more.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Sep 7, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
He just shape changed into Bill Neukom.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Microwave Popcorn was faked by NASA!!
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Spray painted gray, it looks just like moon rocks!
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 7, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa buddy, that means everything lol!
And by play along what do you mean? I doubt Russia was in position to do anything leverage wise at that point.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
You are still not answering my question
The Russians could have definitely said one way or the other that the US had sent people to the moon. They have a deep space network just like we do.
The fact that JAXA (The Japanese Space Agency) and the Indian Space agency also sent orbitors around the moon that detected the landers and other evidence that men were on the moon means nothing to you, right?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Conspiracy Theory Answer:
It was placed there by robotic probe.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
that's because
everyone is against them!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey now. Religious people insist that something is there when it doesn't appear to be.
Not the other way around.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
We’re through the looking-glass here, people.
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 7, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
As a person who doesn’t trust many things about the government I feel like crazy theories like this take away from actual BS they pull.
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by jhiat00 on Sep 7, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
The thing about conspiracy theories like this one, is that the government is in no way this organized. And the sheer number of people they would have to keep quiet.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
indeed
they all become a lot less interesting once you realize this.
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 7, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not really theory.
Everything I listed way above is true.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
So based on the things you listed your theory is that the moon landings never happened?
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Its possible.
Losing 14,000 reels of telemetry data?
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
As a person who doesn’t trust many things about the government I feel like crazy theories like this take away from actual BS they pull.
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by jhiat00 on Sep 7, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
But..its not a theory?
Its true lol.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I like this so much I rec'd it both times you said it.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I work for the Gov...
I’ve lost my keys before is this a conspiracy?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
I'm not disputing our entire space program
We have definitely sent probes and unmanned drones to the Moon.
And from the looks of it the Russians did not dispute anything, but yeah if their deep space net covered that vast distance outwards they could have detected all “6” missions.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
And from the looks of it the Russians did not dispute anything, but yeah if their deep space net covered that vast distance outwards they could have detected all "6" missions.
Right. So then why didn’t they say anything?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Plus, Hugh Downs. The Apollo missions took place during his tenure on Today.
What about Hugh Downs?
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Variety of reasons
Leverage, accountability the fact that they possibly just got completely dominated in the space race.
This one glaring factor however does not dispute any of my points above.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Think about it
if I get all these people calling me insane, imagine Russia saying that they don’t think we really landed on the Moon. Lose all credibility.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Russia isn’t some internet nerb spewing nonsense. They could have proved that we did not go.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually, the missing tapes also contain high quality footage of the moonwalks. They would probably be very helpful in disproving the Fakerist theories.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
There is plenty of video of the moonwalks.
I recommend that anyone (believers or not) interested visit the Apollo Surface Journal website.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Its one thing to question something while its in the present, and another to question it in the past.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Sep 7, 2011 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Leverage, accountability the fact that they possibly just got completely dominated in the space race.
You are maybe a young person and don’t realize this, but Nikita K. would have done anything to discredit the United States. This is the same person that said they would bury us.
If they knew it was faked, it would have been released the second they found out.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
History/Politics aren't my focus
I’m just going to assume denying the Landings would seriously jeopardize the accountability of Russia.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, lets just ignore anything that counters whatever point you are trying to make.
That’s fair.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not ignoring it at all
It jut doesn’t really affect the points that I made.
Don’t be a hypocrite.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not. And you still haven’t answered my question.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I've tried to answer it like three times lol
You ask why Russia didn’t start whistle blowing:
I think they didn’t want to lose global credibility by looking like morons after the world “witnessed” the landing themselves firsthand.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
How would you disprove "live" footage viewed by millions
Like trying to disprove to you guys the TGWTWS, we all saw it, it would be an uphill battle.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
lol
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh
The Soviet Union shot down a passenger aircraft that strayed into their airspace. They were not in the least concerned about their “credibility”.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Well
I’m sure if they could shoot into space they would have tried right?
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLWUT
What does that even mean?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
failed joke?
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
/googles
Holy fuck. I just want to say that I DID study history and I had no fucking idea that this happened.
A sitting US congressman was killed. WTF?!?!
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Holy shit I didn't know that either.
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This is fascinating
President Ronald Reagan ordered the U.S. military to make the developing Global Positioning System (GPS) available for civilian use so that navigational errors like that of KAL 007 could be averted in the future./blockquote>
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I really hate it when people right something and add an LOL.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Sep 7, 2011 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
So if I lost my homework once, do you automatically I never went to school?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
well
it’s seriously damaging your credibility
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
Well, theres plausible evidence that no human has ever touched the surface of the moon.
Because they were wearing gloves and boots, right?
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by troymccluresf on Sep 7, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
quick
Troymccluresf is one of them! After him!
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 7, 2011 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I love it when my initial judgment of a poster turns out to be ringingly accurate.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
I know right
you guys are so above me
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
True or false
You believe the 9/11 attacks were staged by the US Government.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I think that is someone different.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
No, I'm not a 9/11 government inside job junky
No solid proof of anything.
Althought building 7 collapse was interesting.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
And no, keep Timmy
thats insane lol
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I try to say this without causing offense -
How bad an idea is trading Tim Lincecum? The guy arguing that we faked the moon landing says it’s insane.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 7, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
NO, the offense was hitting like Tim Lincecum.
Totally different.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
The Russians were going to come forward
but they were afraid to.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I read that as “Naked Tim Lincecum”
That would have been more interesting that most of the stuff in this subthread.
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I hear them too! I think it’s black helicopters! From NASA!
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 7, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
THEY ARE COMING TO FAKE WEDNESDAY!!
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Odin didn’t really exist, therefore Wednesday doesn’t exist either.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
/scrambles to find tin foil hat
//disappointed to find only aluminum foil that won’t protect me from the Van Allen radiation belt
///wonders why Belt isn’t starting
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Were you bored by the rest of it?
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by troymccluresf on Sep 7, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Show me the moon’s long form birth certificate
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL green cheese isn't issued birth certificates
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 7, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
No, the rest of these dolts are below me too.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
haha
For the longest time I thought you hated me specifically. Now I see you hate everyone.
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"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Whenever I try to be nice to a n00b they end up being crazy or bad-tempered
Although I’ve always avoided Anonymous, because anarchists scare me.
I rhyme with freak.
Paralegals aren’t the crazy ones, that’s the lawyers.
Seriously, one of the local attorneys who works for the city attorney was likely murdered over the weekend in Maui. Either that or suicide. Very sad.
Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!
Oh my God. I just looked the story up, and I know her. She was in my law school class. She was such a nice person. Wow. So sad.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
That’s what I read. So terrible. We were just acquaintances, and I had classes with her. She was smart and funny, and dedicated to public service. Such a tragedy.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
sorry to all of you guys
a coworker died in a dom vio murder/suicide a couple of years ago, terrible. And terrible on top of the hell in the years leading up to the incident.
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Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks. It’s not even that I kept in touch with her or anything. It just seems like such a terrible waste of such a young, promising life.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
I thought Anonymous was mostly about transparency but I don’t know much about them.
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I don’t think they support transparency as far as online anonymity is concerned.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I had an "anarchist" classmate in my master's program
He was so anarchist that he’s currently studying at a public university, the University of Minnesota, TA-ship included. SOOO anarchist!
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Even IF all those things are true, they have nothing to do with whether astronauts landed on the moon.
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They are true
and how does it not?
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
“We haven’t been back, so we never went.” Really?
The Van Allen radiation belt info is some bullshit made up by non-scientist conspiracy theorists. Any exposure was quick and minimized.
“Data is missing, so that proves we never went.” Really?
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First of all
James Van Allen is not a bullshit conspiracy theorist.
And yeah, missing telemetry data is pretty inconvenient especially since the Lunar Landings were the greatest technological achievements of our time.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate to argue with you but Mortal Kombat II is the greatest technological achievement of our time.
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Yeah, anything video game related I'd have to agree with.
Except superman 64
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by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Inconvenient, yes
Proof of incompetency, sure
Proof of some sort of cover up, possibly
Proof that we never went to the moon, more than just a bit of a stretch.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
The belt exists. The claimed effects prohibiting the astronauts from reaching the moon do not exist as you have asserted.
Van Allen himself says so.
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This is where it gets divided
Van Allen claimed the belt to be 65,000 miles wide while NASA claimed it to be only 24,000 miles wide.
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by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
The Van Allen Radiation Belt is not a spherical entity. It has varying depths / thicknesses, primarily related to latitude.
Thank you
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Attn: Mr. The Wanderer
Video proof of Hugh Downs lying to America about Apollo 15.
I love it when I can use these old videos for stuff.
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Hugh Downs once served as the marshall of my old hometown’s famous Memorial Day parade. True story!
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I used to work with a guy who did PR for the Navy back in the mid-60s and got to have drinks with Hugh when he flew in for a report on military activity in Europe. I never got tired of hearing that story.
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Yes, it takes the form of a loosely drawn V
But its cycle peaked during 68-72 which would have made any Solar Flare especially with the proximity to the moon, deadly.
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Possibly but I don't have the X table anywhere
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course not.
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Well, I could just say yes but I'd rather be sure
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by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
You’d rather be sure? What makes this time any different?
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“The claim that radiation exposure during the Apollo missions would have been fatal to the astronauts is only one example of such nonsense.” — Dr. James Van Allen
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HE WAS IN ON IT!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
He did admit that one great value of space exploration was that it allowed him to make a living. MERCENARY!
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Don’t you see, man? They all were! LBJ! Nixon! Hoover! Downs! The Tang Corporation! The Gizmonic Institute!
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Does anybody else remember those chocolate space food sticks? Those were a staple of family road trips when I was a kid.
I BET THEY WERE IN ON IT, TOO!
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oh, jeeeez, yes… those things were horrid!!! Maybe they’re the cause of all my health problems, who knows what kind of processed crap was in those things!
Oh. I liked them. Quite a bit. In fact, I just found an online vendor, and might buy some.
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scroll down to the commercial!
http://theyalwayscomeback.blogspot.com/2008/01/space-food-sticks.html
I'm putting on my tinfoil hat
and saying Van Allen was payed to say that lol
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by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
And....scene!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I am though
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I doubt it will do much good, but I did find this from NASA’s own press kit for Apollo 8, dated December 6, 1968:
Any solar flare occurring during the mission will be monitored by Solar Particle Alert Network (SPAN) stations around the world. Solar radiation and radiatlon ln the Van Allen belt around the Earth present no hazard to the crew of Apollo 8 in the thick-skinned command module. The anticipated dosages are lees than one rad per man, well below that of a thorough chest X-ray series.
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Shiz I got class in 13 mins
this was fun though
tinfoil hatz for life
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by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
My telemetry argument still stands!
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Your argument is essentially, “THEY LOST STUFF!”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s not an argument. Lack of certain evidence is not evidence to the contrary.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Yeah
I didn’t lie about a single thing man jeez
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by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 12:21 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
haha
he was serious every time he posted “TORRES SUCKS” too, and now I’m even more glad I ignored those.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Torres does suck this year, though
Which isn’t far from the truth
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by Anonymous1337 on Sep 7, 2011 12:23 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, I’m immune to your Trolli mind tricks.
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 7, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Class? Maybe you can learn something.
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PLUS
Apollo is the god of the sun, not the moon. If the missions really were to the moon, why weren’t they named after Artemis, HUH?
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Don’t carrier pigeons only fly back to their nests? Moon pigeons!
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Beast of Yucca Flats is in my top ten MST3K episodes. Coleman Francis’ films made such good hay for the SOL crew.
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Six games back...
It’s nights like last night that make me take a look at a certain shortstop’s .267/.307/.494 line from this season and wonder WHAT IF?
I swear, this team is going to pull me back in. Okay, I’m in. But this time, we do it my way.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Wow, Hardy's OBP has really tanked since the last time I checked 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!
It’s called “having the putrid stench of the Orioles franchise finally rub off on you before the end of your first season with the team.”
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Mark Reynolds is having himself a nice year
So’s Hardy, of course.
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!
But SLG!
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Oh my...
A Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team crashed into a river bank while taking off Wednesday, killing at least 43 people and leaving two others critically injured….
Hockey’s had a bad summer… 2011 sucks.
Sharks prospect Daniil Sobchenko was on the plane
Also, the lone player survivor of the crash – Alexander Galimov – has passed away at the hospital after suffering burns on 90% of his body. No word yet on the crew member who survived.
My thoughts go out to the families and friends of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
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More hockey OT
Rumors on the innertubes say Crosby may be going to announce his retirement / not playing this season in a few minutes.
I can guarantee he won’t retire. Maybe take a year off so he can work on fully getting over his concussion, but there’s no way he’s going to outright retire.
I mean, Marc Savard’s career is effectively over – even the Bruins have stated that they don’t expect him to ever play again – but he’s not retiring so he can continue to get paid (once a player retires, he forfeits the rest of his contract).
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It sounds like he’s going to be out for awhile still. Why would you even want to come boack from that though? Won’t people like Sean Avery just be gunning for him?
They’re really cracking down on headshots, so the environment will likely be safer. And he’s a young, competitive guy who only knows hockey – of course he’s going to want to keep playing.
And yeah, players might be gunning for him, but I bet the league will be paying extra attention and crack down hard on those who do.
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Kinda weird that on the same day the Winnipeg Jets unveiled their new unis at an RCAF base, with planes flying overhead.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Do they have any players named "Bennie"?
Because I’ve got a hell of a marketing idea.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He's really good! He's an injury risk! But he's really good! But he'll be expensive! But he's really good! But he's an injury risk!
They should have that Tongan family that had a few hits in the 80s perform at their first home game.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I honestly can't wait until they play the Sharks
Because I hope when there’s a fight, the players drop their gloves and start snapping at each other.
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Meh
Can’t believe I watched that whole game. But then again, Brett Pill made me do it.
That is cray-z.
Dodgers now have a positive run differential for the season.
the may, in fact, be the better team.
Ouch.
Savoring disappointment since 1993.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are pleased to announce that for the first time this season, the team’s run differential exceeds the front office’s account balance!
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The Dodgers are now out of the red!
In run differential.
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When he plays for a team that isn’t evil he can have a better one.
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BOOYA! WITH AUTHORITY!
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
/in before Lars
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
BOOYA!! WITH AUTHORITY!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
OT RANT
I am so irritated every time a former co-worker hawks her Avon business on Facebook. Which is often. I hate to hide her, but good lord, thi
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Oh dear. Premature post.
Whatevs.
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You didn’t try thinking of baseball, did you?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Sep 7, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Funny, I’m almost always thinking of baseball.
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Yup. I’m getting there.
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You hate to hide her? Damn, you’re a nice person. I’d un-friend her.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
BUY MY CRAPPY AVON!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't make Solomon Torres come out of retirement Grant!
Surkamp will be the perfect fourth or fifth starter
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
OT - What have Aurilia and Roberts done for us lately?
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One way or another, this darkness got to give.
There's a joke in there somewhere about Roberts and release . . .
I just can’t quite work it out.
Anybody ever try the stuff?
by NiceGuysFinishEtc on Sep 7, 2011 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm surprised no one has suggested we de-sign Zito.
by mrs. owlcroft on Sep 7, 2011 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
You can’t de-sign a Zito. Things like that just happen.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I was going to suggest de-signing Cabrera, actually
But then I forgot about it.
They didn’t want me to miss anything while I’m at my crappy all-hands meeting listening to the CEO blather on.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
A word of caution on Pill: Crawford hit a GS in his first at bat, and slowly simmered down from there.
I’m personally pleased with Pill’s performance last night, but he won’t sufficiently answer the bigger questions we have/will have with position players and big bats.
And good Lord, I’d love to be wrong about him and watch him go all apeshit for the next six years or something.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I really doubt anyone expects anything from Pill in the longterm.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I expect him to keep me from getting pregnant. I’ve heard he works with over 99% success.
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Yeah, Right.
How do I even know you’re taking it?
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
If only we can get him to change his uniform number to RU-486.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
But you can burn that off with increased…. activity.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
LEAVE PILLY ALONE!
/mascara tears
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Words of caution on Pill
~5% minor league walk rate, 107 wRC+ as 26 year old 1B repeating the PCL
Sundrendy!
But he hit a HR in his first AB like Will Clark and all the other great Giants who did that.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
HOYT WILHELM
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
So for the other dolts out there like myself
who either don’t have the time or attention span to actually read books, iTunes has the unabridged Moneyball audiobook by Michael Lewis for $5.99.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
No. But I think you'll like the narrator.
I was LOLing at the homoerotic tones that Lewis used to describe the scouts lust for guys like Darnell Coles.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
Jonah Whatsisname.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
LOLBELT
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Brett Pill is in the Giants lineup today.
1 minute ago
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LOLBELT
CF Christian
2B Fontenot
RF Beltran
3B Sandoval
LF Ross
1B Pill
SS Cabrera
C Whiteside
P Cain
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
LOL WHITESIDE
Why is Whiteside?
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critical
to keep the 7-9 automatic out lineup intact!
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by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
needed the vets
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needs to up that 1-4 average he had yesterday
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I’m not even sure what to say.
This is just weird to me for some reason.
Yay Pablo, yay Fontenot.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Cabrera’s a joke
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They're scamming us
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my high school football coach... his favorite word
would always say that we were scamming him
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i have no idea, probably
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
after I went to medical school, i realized all the really weird people I knew in high school and college were not just really weird. there was a woman who lived on my hall when I was a freshman in college and she carried around a bucket of bleach and wore yellow dishwashing gloves. She would clean anything and everything before she touched it. We all thought she was really weird.
THE FUCK, just a crazy clean freak? I dont think i’ve ever dealt with someone like that. Freshman year… well… we pretty much reeked havoc in the hall
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Clog the toilets, break ceiling tiles.
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
The janitorial staff lost her , ergo SANITATION NEVER HAPPENED!
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
wait
which moon landing are we talking about here?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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I am going to pretend that his wrist is still sore or something. Oh man, I hope Belt feels better by the end of the year.
his psyche is shattered
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My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
BELT HAD HIS CHANCE, LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Would rather it be the Asdrubal Cabrera fascination
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“And A-Cab bats fourth!”
“Bruce, for the last time, he’s not on our team. You’ll hav— Bruce, what are you doing. No, don’t hold your breath. The doctor says you can’t keep doing that, it’s bad for your brain. Bruce!”
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
HAHA, YOURE SENILE BOCH!!!!
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So is he like the oldest dude that’s not broken or something?
Crawford’s luscious locks have Botchy all jealous or something?
What?
What is it damn it?!?!?
Crawford does have pretty hair.
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Bochy LOVES the numbers... playing Cabrera over Crawford
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PLATOON!
Sit Keppinger for a lefty. Play Cabrera. Simple platoony-toon adventures.
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 7, 2011 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It's official
We’re back in the race. We all wanted to stay out of it and let the young guys play, but that isn’t happening now.
Righties can't hit righties!
Except Cabrera. Also, Pill and Christian can play for no reason.
how hard would it have been to put Fonty at SS and Keppy at 2B? Or maybe Belt at 1B and Pill in the box?
They all got hits yesterday! WHAT DID BELT DO!?!?! NOTHING, exactly, i rest my case
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
bochylogic
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Keppinger has significant platoon splits.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
FONTENOT IS A BEAST, WHY YOU TRIPPIN
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So sit Cabrera.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
SORRY, THAT SHIT AINT HAPPENIN
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Repost from last night's GDT
His eyes are hollow and cold
His K’s no real surprise
His bat is always slow
He’s got Orlando Cabrera eyes
"Forget it, Jake. It's academic."
ah man
I missed someone talking about how they think the moon landings were fake?
Fuck, I really need to just quit my job and devote more time to this site.
The first six innings are overrated.
i think the movie has something to do with this
by boyessprings on Sep 7, 2011 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
now him i know. just dont think i heard him being called that before. thanks
i dont think any other sport goes for nicknames like baseball
by boyessprings on Sep 7, 2011 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
This is a joke right
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
LOL - you never know what will get a response
I’ve been trying to buy a limited edition print for my niece for her birthday, which required sending an email to the artist, and after no response to the first two inquiries, I sent one that said “I want to give you money.” I got a quick response along with an appreciative LOL (and instructions on how to pay for the print).
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Dear poor and broke artists,
I am willing to pay a months rent for your art work.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Sep 7, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
before i leave
LOL BELT
LOL CRAW
Man has never been on the moon, But I do believe that we have successfully sent numerous unmanned probes.
I’m assuming Bochy just lost their baseball cards, and therefore assumes they never existed.
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Shift-A:
So we should have been chanting for Free Pill all this time…
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Why? SSS?
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You took me seriously
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Sorry – I’ve spent too much time on twitter, where the sentiment is real.
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wouldnt that be odd- crowds shouting -FREE PILL! would soon become FREE PILLS!
by boyessprings on Sep 7, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL, never heard that metaphor before!
But (excuse me for severely overthinking this), doesn’t that imply you’re desperate to score?
Giants baseball: Together We're Crippled
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you’ve never heard “pull the goalie”. It is yuppy for going off the birth control pill.. i.e. we are going to try to have a baby.
I find the mental image of an actual goalie trying to block a billion shots at the same time to be very amusing.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
you could mix metaphors and say something about the goalie and a donut (don’t like where this is going)….
THROUGH THE 5-HOLE!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Graph of US pot prices.
Some of the highest prices in the country are found in an L-shaped swath running through the Dakotas and into southern Minnesota. The reasons for that are uncertain, but the DEA has seized or eradicated fewer cannabis plants here than almost anywhere else in the country. Either the agency is soft on cowboy cartels or, more likely, folks just don’t grow a lot of weed up here. The prospect of a year’s hard time for lighting up in South Dakota could be a factor.
Jerks
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I would think that the climate isn’t really good for quality weed. Although, I suppose they could just grow it indoors. However, the increased amount of electricity for an indoor grow would be a dead giveaway.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I think if the factor was climate you would see a more uniform pattern than that.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Sep 7, 2011 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
verlander gives up four runs and gets the win. 22 wins to be exact. crap. i hate our scoring
lincecum leads with 12 and is at the very bottom in support. not far behind is cain and mad bum.
but we knew that- we know we are not giant either
I've finally figured it out
Cabrera vs Harang: 3 for 5
Crawford vs Harang: 0 for 2, 1 BB
Should’ve fucking known
how many at bats has crawford had. must be kind of a small sample size
by boyessprings on Sep 7, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure they are both very small.
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Both of you at the same time? Oh my.
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both? -the bat and the at bats? or crawford and his at bATS?
by boyessprings on Sep 7, 2011 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Both sample sizes.
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Other than the fact that he hit a home run last night
Is there any possible explanation for why Pill is starting over Belt?
Veteran
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Older age, or something
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Lefties can't hit-
Oh wait. Never mind, I’ve got nothing.
Well, it's in relation
That home run gave him 109 rbi
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I FOUND THE ANSWER
this was on baggs blog
the dif between belt and pill is…pill payed his dues, he wasnt overhyped…he didnt run through the system like a bat out of hell
PILL PAYED HIS DUES AND DIDN’T TEAR THROUGH THE MINORS
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Clarify this was a reader not baggs
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LOL
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Yeah people are fucking idiots
yeah never mind that belt dominated the AAA level 3 years younger and didn’t repeat
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It’s like listening to some of the callers on KNBR calling for Timmy to be traded, idiots
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I think tht would be the best thing for lincecum. this team is not helping him now.
by boyessprings on Sep 7, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
lol, fuck it, trade Cain too, package him and timmy
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CAIN 4 FIELDER
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Cain for Asdrubal, package Timmy for Santana
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
CHAMPIONSHIP
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I’m getting angry again…. can’t take too much more of this. If the team is going to suck and lose the division to a team that lost 97 games last year, at least let me watch the players who are worth watching
nah, they're gonna continue to scam you
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
this is why i’ve only been to one game this season
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
lol! i’m just sayin, i haven’t been to a game really because A) expensive, B) the drive from Santa Cruz, and C) Work
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
i went to like 20 games a few years ago, in 2009.. that was pretty fun. how many games you been to this year?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
yea... tough to get to a game with the fact it's been
pretty crowded… really miss going to games tho
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
we may never know if belt was overhyped. you usually have to play a while to know that
by boyessprings on Sep 7, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL THIS
I'm on the twitters @FFFFFFFFreak55
I love that this is saying that one positive of Pill is that he wasn’t as good.
by BestHyperboleEver on Sep 7, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
So true. “You should play this guy who was stuck in the minors for much longer, and who the Giants dropped from the 40 man last year, but kept because no one else wanted him. That guy has PAID HIS DUES.”
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
/pours out yet another 40 for Ishikawa
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 7, 2011 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree
that Buster Posey was so overhyped and run the system like bat out of hell…look at where he is now!
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I bet this is exactly the thinking
Damn the better player for playing better! It’s not fair.
I rhyme with freak.
dude
it’s pre-spring training season, gotta see what these guys can do.
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 7, 2011 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
i already know what Pill can do... he can hit homers
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woo
WE’RE READY FOR THE CACTUS LEAGUE NOW BIOTCHES
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 7, 2011 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
HE HIT A HOME RUN THO!!! AND HE LED THE GRIZZLIES IN RIBEYEZ!!!!! WHAT NOW DUDE!?!?!?
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OH SNAP
tbh I am fine with them throwing him out there instead of Huff to see what happens, I just read all this sudden interest in Justin Christian and Pill by GIANTS BRASS as evidence that they have given up on the year.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
haha, i really hope you think i’m being sarcastic here. The fascination with Huff is just unbelievable, and i still think they’re living off last year, which is just unbelievable. Would rather Ross in center, Beltran in Right and Belt in left
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Belt at first would be awesome
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Pill with more September ABs than Belt
Who wants to take that bet?
Cabrera over Crawford for the parlay.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
True
I wouldn’t even know where to place the odds.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
I would venture to say that DeRosa will get more AB’s than Belt.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Sep 7, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Belt will barely play at first
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
/PILL HITS 4 HOMERS TODAY...
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
/HUFF PLAYS LEFT, BELT DEMOTED TO DFA
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Last Straw - Bochy's worst decision EVER
Starting Pill over Belt at 1B against a RH pitcher should be an offense that comes with a pink slip. Belt can’t get chances against LHPs (or any pitcher for that matter) yet the great Pill has done some much for this organization that he immediately gets to start against a RHP.
They need to just trade Belt right now and get good value for him for a guy that this organization is willing to play. I’m sure they could get quite a decent older guy that Bochy will play and it would help the team.
Really
this is the worst decision ever? You really think that Belt won’t be on the 25 man roster next year and the Giants starting 1B in 2014?
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Right…2013…
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huh?
Yes, I think he will be on the 25 man roster. I think he will be on the bench until 2014 and I think he will start in 2014. For all these reasons this is the worst handling of a top prospect ever.
Um, did I fall into a chasm? I just can’t think straight.
I meant 2013…Huff will likely play in the beginning of last year due to his contract but there is a good chance that Belt will surpass him next year.
Belt hasn’t exactly helped his cause with his current line.
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Go look at Freddie Freeman if you want to see how a top prospect should be handled
You can also see how it pays off for the team.
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by marcello on Sep 7, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This isn’t even a crappy gritty veteran starting over a top prospect decision. This is a Sept callup starting over Belt going against the platoon logic. Belt must seriously be in the lowest level of dog houses now.
Bochy – “Let’s see. I think the top question we need to answer in this organization is if Pill can now hit RHP well”
I can understand the Pill start against a LHP yesterday but…ARRGGGGG!
I seriously can’t think of a worst decision Bochy has made. There have been worst Sabes player decisions but this is the worst Bochy lineup decision ever.
I can’t believe how much I’m fuming over this. I think the Giants just broke me. I’m going to grab some scissors and start running down the street.
You should look up who won the world series last year.
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Actually I think Japan won last year
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It's sad but I'm actually contemplating this
Might as well get some middle-aged to gritty vet for belt while he has some worth, left
sigh/
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BREAKING NEWS NASA FAKED LIFE ON EARTH
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
I have that picture open in another tab as we speak. I love it.
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 7, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Picking the right pirate hat is hard
And it’s stupid to have to pick a halloween costume in the beginning of September.
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Niblets the sexy pirate!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Pirate, yes.
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You should dress as a Pittsburgh Pirate
From the late 70’s with those funky caps they used to wear.
RAISE THE JOLLY ROGER!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I am currently in the planning phases for a extra chunky skippy peanut butter costume for an extremely overweight Pitbull living with me.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Sep 7, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Winner.
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Yes!
Kent Tekulve made that hat look extra awesome.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Do Somalians have a particular hat?
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
This Pill guy
makes searching for my name in these threads a lot more tedious.
PROUD FATHER of a baby totally made during the 2010 World Series.
My binary response is going to piss him off.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I would like this for 2012
Reyes ss
Brown cf
Sanchez 2b
Panda 3b
Posey c
Huff 1b
Belt lf
Nate rf
LOL U
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/signs cabrera to 3 yr ext.
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MAKE IT HAPPEN MAN!
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I miss Brandon Belt
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Guess he'd be better off somewhere else
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I just wish they had left him in AAA all season. I know he is a professional athlete and should be able to handle stuff like this, but what they have done to him this year is shocking.
Well...
He started the season and struggled…was sent down…brought up again…got injured…got sent down and the brought up…hasn’t play particular well since that time
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I’m sure a large part of that is because he knows if he doesn’t have a good game he’ll sit on the bench for a while. That’s a shit ton of pressure.
yeah nothing like knowing if you make one out you will sit the next three days
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Yet through all that struggling and not playing well he still has a higher wOBA than Huff, and I don’t think anyone would say that he isn’t better defensively as well.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Sep 7, 2011 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
he is the best defensive 1B on the team
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he never got consistent playing time. You had to know that a kid with one year of MiLB experience would have moments… he started for 14 of the first 17 games and was sent down. He was up for 2 games before getting hurt. When he got back in july he started 2 games and then sat and then 2 more in the end of july and was sent down. When he came back in mid-aug, he started 16 of 17 games and had 57 ABs. In that time he hit .211/.286/.404. He is totally spooked
just what part
of “he had his chance” do you not understand?
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 7, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
You can’t call the start of the year “struggling” since he wasn’t given a chance. SSS and all that.
The injury I can see as a reason to spend time in Fresno again. Otherwise he should have been on the big boys’ team all season. With playing time.
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I don’t know that you can definitively state that he belonged in the bigs coming out of ST… but wherever it was decided he should be, playing every day was clearly the best policy.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll concede that point – but once he was thrown out there, he should have been given a proper chance.
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Yes. The team should have been more committed to his development than they have been.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 7, 2011 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
More "ingtellegent" comments on baggs blog
Brandon needs to own up and just hit the frickin’ ball. Can’t Blame Bochy or Ross or Huff or Burrell or DeRosa or Pill. If you hit, they’ll find as place to play you…… If it’s hard to hit every three days or with inconsistent ABs… "Suck it up, kid, welcome to the Big Leagues….."
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That person is damn right
Belt needs to learn how to hit major league pitching by sitting on the bench!
just like posey needed to learn how to catch major league pitching before he could catch major league pitching
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Oh my…
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
that's allowed now
or will be soon.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought
that was supposed to be the big revolutionary fix MUNI idea like 8 years ago or something, and they abandoned it after a year.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Sep 7, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I think they just realized that everyone is doing it anyway. It will not fix MUNI. MUNI is unfixable with the current labor situation and that is not fixable- ergo MUNI is not fixable
Nonsense
There’s a lot that could be done to improve MUNI that doesn’t require any labor concessions. Reduce the number of stops. Ban left turns at some intersections. Ticket people for double-parking. Actually use the signal-override technology that they have. Etc.
I kind of hope Texas falls back a bit. There has to be at least one playoff race that goes to the wire.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 7, 2011 12:59 PM PDT reply actions
Hay guyz!
I figured it out. We have 20 games and we could win every single one. If that happens we finish 3 games out. OMG!
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Sep 7, 2011 12:59 PM PDT reply actions
Actually...more serious
Has anyone else voiced the very real possibility that the Dbacks are going to clinch against us in AZ?
It's the logo for my favorite band!
by positiveuphemism on Sep 7, 2011 1:00 PM PDT reply actions
Ugh
I would not like that. It does look plausible, though: if they match W-L between now and then, Giants will arrive 6 back with 6 to play, so Dbacks could clinch with just one win. Ditto even if Giants pick up a game by then.
Given recent history though, it looks more likely that the Dbacks extend their lead and clinch beforehand. If it has to happen, maybe it would be better that way.
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