Cody Ross: America's Greatest Hero
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 25, 2012 11:58 AM PST
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PrintSay, you know what kind of stinks about this offseason? The constant stream of farewell posts. We just swept up the ticker tape, and we're already that much closer to being balding, paunchy nostalgia-fetishists waiting in line for a "20th Anniversary 2010 World Champions Hover-Bobblehead." The hover part is because it will be the future, stupid.
But where there was once a starting outfield for a World Series-winning team, there's now a bunch of farewell posts. Fare thee well, Pat. Don't forget to take your penicillin. Best wishes, Andres. You'll be missed. And now Cody Ross goes gentle into that obnoxious night, signing with the Boston Red Sox. Maybe it's not disappointment we're feeling this offseason; maybe it's melancholy.
Well, maybe a little disappointment too. But there's some melancholy.
Without the prism of nostalgia, here's what Cody Ross represents: a time when the Giants were willing to say, sure, we'll take that player. We'll eat the money. Not sure just where we'll use him if we get the guy, but whatever. Should help us win the division either way. We just want to win.
Without the benefit of 100 different things towards the end of 2010 -- I'll just pick the Cubs winning two different 1-0 games against the Padres to make a point -- here's what Cody Ross represents: the curious piece of trivia in which the last two people in the world who thought Jose Guillen had anything left as a baseball player happened to work for the same company. And to think, one of them wasn't Jose Guillen.
Knowing what we know now, here's what Cody Ross represents: the unlikeliness of it all; baseball; cheering; hugging someone you don't know at some urine-misted sports bar; that moment when you start thinking "maybe, just maybe"; an invincible pitcher whipping his head around on two separate occasions to watch the flight of a pitch he wish he had back; people descending the 1% grade that leads from the upper concourse at AT&T Park and screaming exultations about what they just saw and what they could see; annoyed Phillies fans. It's all there.
Cody Ross is the line drive that got over Bobby Richardson, the Bobby Bonds sac fly in the sixth inning of the NLCS, the sliding catch from Candy Maldonado, the nasty slider that Scott Speizio couldn't touch, and Jose Cruz, Jr. squeezing the glove. Cody Ross, folks. One of the greatest players to ever play baseball, so long as your definitions are clear.
Here's another thing Cody Ross represents: a pretty danged useful player. I'd rather have him in center with Andres Torres, giving Brandon Belt and Nate Schierholtz time off against tough lefties, than the current alignment. The extra savings would go toward ... heck, something. A free Marco Scutaro with proof of purchase, at least. I think there was a way for Ross to make the 2012 Giants better.
I don't blame the Giants for this one. I think if Ross and his agent knew that he'd be getting a time-sharing gig for a year and $3 million, the Giants might have been interested. Instead, we heard about three-year fantasies and starting gigs. It was pretty clear that he wasn't going to get a huge deal even before the season ended. Sure wish things would have worked out differently.
If I'm reading this thing right, it sort of looks like the new Cody Ross is Brett Pill, who can barely play left, much less center. I guess either Justin Christian or Gregor Blanco might make the roster. I'd probably prefer Ross, even if it's in that I'm-expecting-him-to-drink-straight-from-the-carton-so-it-isn't-so-bad kind of way. Familiarity counts for something.
But look at us, living in the present, crying about the recent past at the expense of the less-recent past. Cody Ross isn't about the 2012 Giants. He's about the 2010 Giants, the 1993 Giants, the 1986 Giants, the 1962 Giants, and all points in between. The Giants opened 2010 with Mark DeRosa in left, Aaron Rowand in center, and John Bowker in right. The 2012 outfield is totally different. And by some stroke of providence, so was the outfield in October of 2010. Ross on another team makes everything seem that much more distant.
Just thinking about Cody Ross, though, makes it seem anything but distant. That's why he'll never have to buy a drink in San Francisco again. That's why he'll never have to buy one in Philadelphia, either, but only because it'll get poured on him. Anyone can write a 10,000-word essay on the 2010 season, but they could also just write "Cody Ross", drop the mic, and let you write the essay in your own head.
Cody Ross.
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He's so going to have a big hit for the Red Sox
And then get some obnoxious nickname like Big Shot Cody or something
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LASER SHOW 2.0
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
If so
There will be old highlights. And my heart will swell.
Winter. Time to eat fat and watch hockey. -- Margaret Atwood
by Timorous Me on Jan 25, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Wicked Rossah
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Take Halladay deep...
AND bust a bronc, now we have Melky:(
by Billy Swift on Jan 25, 2012 1:28 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
You told my nana to drop dead...
Still laughing.
by Billy Swift on Jan 25, 2012 1:33 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
8/9 thousand...
It’s a Hyundai.
by Billy Swift on Jan 25, 2012 1:37 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
So what did they say...
They said your Mother looks worse than Hazel.
by Billy Swift on Jan 25, 2012 1:39 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Cody and Javy...
U and Larry David, the man.
by Billy Swift on Jan 25, 2012 2:45 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
like a BOSS
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
"Orlando before Zod" doesn't have the same nice ring to it.
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 25, 2012 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
Acceptable large image.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jan 25, 2012 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
When he hit, he mashed, and when he didn’t hit, he walked. Nice guy, quirky and fun, left an indelible mark on the franchise’s history.
He was a Good Giant™. I’m gonna miss the little guy.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
by Solidarity on Jan 25, 2012 12:02 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
all the usual joking aside, this was an excellent post.
The first six innings are overrated.
by apistat on Jan 25, 2012 12:06 PM PST via Android app reply actions
Agreed.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jan 25, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
Yes
Cody Ross is the line drive that got over Bobby Richardson, the Bobby Bonds sac fly in the sixth inning of the NLCS, the sliding catch from Candy Maldonado, the nasty slider that Scott Speizio couldn’t touch, and Jose Cruz, Jr. squeezing the glove. Cody Ross, folks. One of the greatest players to ever play baseball, so long as your definitions are clear.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
by jhiat00 on Jan 25, 2012 12:08 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
He looks related to Ryan Doumit in this photo.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
His eyes are possessed by a far less powerful demon.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Was going to highlight this myself
Poetry. Bravo, Grant.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jan 25, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
Ear worm!
Sweepin’ the floors/Openin’ the doors
Turn on the lights/Gettin’ ready for the night
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 25, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
I still remember the August 30 game against the Rockies in August when Cargo tripled to RF
The reaction to his route on that ball was not good. He made up for it. Farewell Cody!
I never blamed him for that
…it was the weirdest hit ball I’ve ever seen. The bat broke, but the ball carried twice as far as it looked like it should have.
Bold Prediction: Pablo Sandoval finishes 1st or 2nd in 2012 NL MVP voting. I'm Twittering now (well maybe not literally now): @GoofusMcP
I don't often post
But when I do…
Hell, I got nothin’.
Awesome write-up. I miss the little bugger already.
Fun Cody Ross story
Sometime in the weeks after the Series, he ambled into Waterbar downtown on a Friday or Saturday night, already visibly tipsy, with an entourage of friends. “Drunk millionaire baseball player” could be a staff’s worst nightmare, but he was one of the most polite, effusive celebrity guests they can remember having; sure, he hit on a staffer (the friend I heard this story from), but he wasn’t a dick about it. People kept trying to buy him drinks, and after resisting, he agreed but insisted on buying them drinks & food in return.
There wasn’t really anything outstanding about it beyond how much fun he was having – and not in an outsized celebrity way, but in a regular dude having an unbelievably good time kind of way. That’s Cody Ross – just this guy, you know? This guy who did the exact right thing at the exact right time.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jan 25, 2012 12:16 PM PST reply actions 9 recs
This is also a good point.
He was a definite everyman sort of player.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
He seems like an actual nice guy.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Yes.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
by Solidarity on Jan 25, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Cody was one of my favourites.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Don't feel too bad.
I think we had two different Nuschler Faces active at the same point last year.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I found that Johnny Dangerously guy to be confusing.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
There was also the period where Ceora, Mdizzle, and I all had different variations of the same userpic. That was not a fun time for me.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I still don't know how people confuse myself with jcb9
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Well, a lot of people will refer to you as just “jct.” That doesn’t help.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jan 25, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
BUT I AM A GAMER
AND HE IS JUST NINE
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Your ass isn't the cornucopia of random stuff like jcb9
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
All J people look alike.
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LOLTHEM
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I used to get you & jct confused.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Someone once said they thought my name was jihad something or another.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
It’s pronounced “freedom fighter” you fucks.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
by jhiat00 on Jan 25, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
LOL!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
and I can’t remember if it’s you or ResDog that has the imaginary relationship with the 2nd fl girl.
ResDog
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
WTH? I thought this was just one person. Actually at one time I considered making a new account. I just used some old login I had for something else at the time. I never meant to be around this long.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Yeah, I’ve mulled rolling over onto a new username. Didn’t really have a sense of the culture here when I registered with SBN.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
The underscore has become a part of my persona. I cannot leave it behind.
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You have a good username. Clear and easy to type out and no numbers.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
Long handles,
starting with ’W’s,
correct capitalization,
historical figures,
plays on words,
black-and-white profile (in both senses of the word) pics…
I think I know how this will play out….
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
Solidarity forever
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Who?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Oh shit, you’re not Ceora?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
She hasn’t been around in a while, has she?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
She comes back periodically and briefly.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
neither has Prussion Creole
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
At least one is capitalized and one is not. This is apparently confusing to me, because I actually get you, Solidarity, mixed up with SituationalLefty.
by non sequitur on Jan 25, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
No one mistakes my screen name!
As far as I know.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
The B&W photos could make it confusing at a glance, I guess.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
You’re a special little snowflake, just like everyone else.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
…do you mean the snowflake doesn’t have boobs?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
Only female snowflakes
Or Steven Tyler snowflakes
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
Bah, I know that I'm the unique one.
I picked my random ass handle because I got POed that all the other ones I used were taken on popular sites and I didn’t want to add numbers. Hasn’t been a problem since.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Really?
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Jan 25, 2012 2:06 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
O'm just glad you didn't chose "Goof us"
Bold Prediction: Pablo Sandoval finishes 1st or 2nd in 2012 NL MVP voting. I'm Twittering now (well maybe not literally now): @GoofusMcP
You are such an asshole!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
Along similar lines,
I loved how in the early episodes of the Franchise he was sharing his reactions to NLCS MVP and how people would greet him on the street. He seemed visibly awkward about it, saying something along the lines of “I’m just a regular guy, anyone who’s read the back of my baseball card knows that…”
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Turns out the Bruins themselves think Tim Thomas is a moron
For several months, Bruins personnel ranging from owner Jeremy Jacobs to the rank-and-file players knew that Tim Thomas wasn’t planning to attend Monday’s ceremony at the White House. None was surprised that Thomas, one of two Americans on last year’s Stanley Cup-winning roster, would be the lone dissident.
"[Expletive] selfish [expletive],’’ one team source said.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Oh hey we are back to this
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Additional information to the story
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I appreciated it. Tim Thomas can emigrate to Mexico if he pleases.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Jan 25, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
He can GEET OUT?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
he can certainly ándale
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Jan 25, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Fucking selfish whores
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Jan 25, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
I went with
“Fucking selfish Bitch”
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Redundant redundancy is redundant.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
When Belt Pinch Runs for Beltran,
Belt Ran for Beltran!
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Good Giant
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Thanks for That!
I know you’re the funny guy, but this choked me up:
Cody Ross is the line drive that got over Bobby Richardson, the Bobby Bonds sac fly in the sixth inning of the NLCS, the sliding catch from Candy Maldonado, the nasty slider that Scott Speizio couldn’t touch, and Jose Cruz, Jr. squeezing the glove. Cody Ross, folks. One of the greatest players to ever play baseball, so long as your definitions are clear.
That & your farewell post to Andres Torres. Thanks for doing what you do.
by leftydana on Jan 25, 2012 12:20 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I will always like Cody Ross.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
That smile...
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day: then shall our names.
Familiar in his mouth as household words
Bochy the king, Burrell and Exetorres,
Cain and Timmy, Romo and Lopez,
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember’d.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And November First shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember’d;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in San Francisco now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Rossin’s day.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 12:22 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
With the new movie coming out, maybe the next player to leave SF for the Dodgers will get some Coriolanus references.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Shane Victoranus
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
-face
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
I will miss Cody Ross
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
OT: Park Factors
Can anyone help me out a bit with this? How are park factors extricated from the home team in that park? It seems like somewhat of a chicken-egg question, though I imagine that analysis over several years can control this somewhat but not completely.
I am expecting “regression analysis” to be the general reply, but any detail beyond that would be appreciated.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I have now; thanks for that.
Outside of the run scoring environment in aggregate, are outcomes and handedness splits calculated in the same fashion?
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
You mean, like, the park factor for triples for left-handed hitters, that sort of thing? It can be done, but BB-ref doesn’t. The Bill James stat book used to list some of those.
StatCorner does that: http://statcorner.com/team.php?team=SFN&year=2011&leag=N_L
131 PF for LHB at AT&T when it comes to triples.
Ask me about my blog.
Some of the PFs on StatCorner make me scratch my head. The D-Backs stadium has a 170 something rating for triples. That seems … impossibly high.
Ask me about my blog.
Small-sample fluke? Triples would lend themselves to that. But ground-balls, not so much. How can the ground-ball rate be high and the infield hit-rate be low?
I was going to say, with triples numbers being so much lower than doubles numbers, any fluctuation – which by its very nature comes in chunks – is going to produce a more wild swing.
The triples factor in Chavez Latrine is 57/49.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Yeah, a triples rating of 170 is like the average park having 4 triples and Arizona having 7.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
Before you became my overlord I thought about starting a stats blog called “WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT TRIPLES?!”
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
What is thy bidding, my master?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
There are always two nerbs
A master, and an apprentice.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Yes, that is what I mean. I am not looking to calculate, merely better understand. Reading Wendy Thurm’s article on Adam Dunn and Cellular Field being a strikeout prone park got me thinking about it. Namely, how much of that is the park and how much of that is roster construction.
My assumption would be that it extricates and neutralizes such factors somehow, but I cannot wrap my head around how one would finagle that.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
The basic maneuver is simply to compare how much Adam Dunn et al. struck out at home as opposed to being on the road. But then you have to jump through a lot of hoops in an attempt to weed out other variables.
Yeah. The pitchers they faced, etc. etc.
And there are some obvious impacts on strikeouts. Arizona and Colorado have the lowest strikeout park factors, no doubt because of the altitude and dry air flattening out pitches as discussed in Carlos Gonzalez: God on a Mountain.
I just wish I was math-y enough to get a good grasp of this, as I have a FanPost brewing in my head but I would feel unqualified to remark on them with any measure of authority.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
no doubt because of the altitude and dry air flattening out pitches as discussed in Carlos Gonzalez: God on a Mountain.
/weeps
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I seem to recall that you could email him if you wanted to look at it.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
That reminds me!
Three new posts about his trip to Antarctica! Time to go read.
by free f.p. #14 on Jan 25, 2012 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
but I would feel unqualified to remark on them with any measure of authority.
Fake it. I do that all the time.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
/obligatory
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
TWSS!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
/ostensibly
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
This was a really good article, Grant.
Very well written. Nice job!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 12:28 PM PST reply actions
It’s crevasse, if you know what I mean.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
I am not above complimenting Grant every once in a while
Even if he does poop in my pizza.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
His praise creeps me out.
Really, really creeps me out.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 25, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Its like Bill Conlin praise. You like the words he saying to you, but you aren’t so sure his hands are supposed to where they are.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Oh dear.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I have a pit in my basement with your name on it, young man
The pit contains a television that plays neverending loops of 70’s era Quinn Martin productions.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Oh man, the Jon Miller call of his NLDS HR was incredible, probably one of the best calls ever.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 12:33 PM PST reply actions
I loved watching Ross help my Giants win, but I would listen to Jon Miller announce a grade-school whiffleball game.
I’d probably pay a few bucks, too.
I'd listen to Jon Miller at a Monster Truck Rally
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
ADIOS CULTURA
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
by Solidarity on Jan 25, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Cody Ross is the line drive that got over Bobby Richardson, the Bobby Bonds sac fly in the sixth inning of the NLCS, the sliding catch from Candy Maldonado, the nasty slider that Scott Speizio couldn’t touch, and Jose Cruz, Jr. squeezing the glove. Cody Ross, folks. One of the greatest players to ever play baseball, so long as your definitions are clear.
Fucking A Right. Well, well said.
by shankbone on Jan 25, 2012 12:39 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
No, because the Niners have the catch that Dwight Clark made, the scramble that Steve Young ran, and many many routes that Jerry Rice ran and passes that Joe Montana threw…what made Cody is that he brought us our first…
by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
You never forget your first.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
HAPPY RE-VIRGINITY, HOWIE!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
What if it's been 14 years?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Seek a professional.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
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14 years?
That’s all he’ll be giving…
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
It really creeps people out when you say, “It’s this body’s first time.”
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
rec'd again
because it’s just that good.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jan 25, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
I remember the day...
On the day Cody Ross was acquired, The post-game recap was “Don’t worry, Cody Ross will fix everything”. Grant, of course, was being perfectly serious, and entirely clairvoyant. It was easy to see after the Giants lost 9-0 that day with Jaime Garcia throwing a complete game shutout on 89 pitches to a team with Aaron “the slider crusher” Rowand in the leadoff spot. It’s great to be really wrong sometimes.
by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 12:39 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Yes.
I legitimately love being wrong about this team.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 25, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
TWSS
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
The best ever
was Evan(?) making a prediction that the Giants would make some lame moves at the deadline like picking up Javier Lopez. I can’t remember it exactly, but it was disturbingly prescient.
Too bad I can’t get the bloody search function to work.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Can’t find the actual link, but it went like this:
They’ll hang around about where they are now, not really in this thing but close enough that Sabean trades for Cody Ross or Javier Lopez or some other nonentity. Team finishes within a few games of .500, reloads with more vets in the off-season, repeat ad infinitum.
by Evan on Jul 5, 2010 9:00 AM PDT reply actions
So right and yet so wrong.
So, so, so brilliant in hindsight.
I tip my cap to you.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Holy crap.
You predicted both Ross and Lopez?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Yeah.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
As I recall, my thought process was something like this:
1. We know they’re looking for a right fielder and a lefty reliever
2. We know Sabean likes defense from his right fielders but doesn’t care much about OBP
3. We know Sabean is likely to be impressed by a pitcher having a great year even if the peripherals don’t support the ERA
4. We know the most likely trade partners are the bad/thrifty teams like the Pirates & Royals & Marlins.
Damn.
That’s a pretty impressive string of logic.
I suppose it’s probably not going to work for today’s lottery numbers?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Hey, wait a second.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Can you tell me the truth behind Alcatraz closing?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
I thought the conventional wisdom was they only got Ross to block the Padres, tho.
2012 is going to be awesome!
Sabean has blocked a pick-up from appearing on your roster. If you’d like to view it, click on the remote in your living room to watch the playoffs.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
Sabean's said on-record that it wasn't a pure block, and had felt Ross was a player the Giants could also use.
It comes down to whether or not you want to believe Sabean on that one.
Remember when Cody’s first HR as a giant got robbed by Ryan Braun?
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
That was ridiculous. Dude is a bit of a clankmitt, and he does that? Dammit.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Oh shit,
I remember that. I had a seat right down there; and you can totally see me.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100919&content_id=14867866&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
I’m sitting in the last row on the left, and I walk over to the aisle. The last replay show me better.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jan 25, 2012 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
Wow.
SBN ate my post, and Facebook ate the still I took from the video.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100919&content_id=14867866&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
The internet does not like it when you anger Cody Ross.
tl;dr I’m in the shot; Giants hat, brown shirt, jeans, in the aisle.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jan 25, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
I can see the post. And I think I saw you.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Whoa. that's weird.
I saw two posts by me that were just the “Oh shit,” headline and nothing else; now I see my original post.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jan 25, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Sabean’s said on-record that it wasn’t a pure block, and had felt Ross was a player the Giants could also use.
Well, that’s kind of the only option when you do get him.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jan 25, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
The greatest waiver-wire cockblock in the history of sport!
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
"Sabean likes defense from his right fielders"
Ahem. Jose Guillen.
Imagine. Lincecum still hitting 99-101 with the gun. Greatest pitcher of modern time??
References to that post are almost as fun to recall as poor Dr. B throwing himself down the stairs.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jan 25, 2012 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
I'll miss Cody.
@IamCodyRoss
Cody Ross
I wish I could retweet everyone! Thank you #SFGiants fans you’re amazing! Looking fwd to meeting the #redsoxnation fans!! Let’s go!
23 Jan via Twitter for iPhone
A True Giant. I’ll be telling my son about him.
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
YOU'RE NOT WORTH $3 MILLION!
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
him playing on the Red Sox is enough for me to make them my AL team for the year
and that’s saying something, because ordinarily the only teams I’d like less in the AL would be New York, Anaheim, and Oakland.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jan 25, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
I am so starved for baseball that I watched a commercial for MLB The Show
and I don’t play video games. “Buster’s” in it, tho.
2012 is going to be awesome!
I’ve been convulsing over who I should keep in my fantasy league.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Silly question…are their leagues where you play every year, keep your team, draft and all that?
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
Yes. That’s what I am doing now. Even though the draft isn’t until March.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
An idea...
Try watching Game 2 of the 2010 WS. I must warn you, its hard not to watch Matt Cain walking off the mound without having…feelings…
by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
OT: LOL San Francisco Entertainment Commission
A Jack in the Box in the Richmond district can resume late-night operations after the Entertainment Commission approved its permit request late Tuesday night despite opposition from the community.
Residents who live near the restaurant at Geary Boulevard and 10th Avenue have said late-night operations create problems with noise, loitering and violence.
But Entertainment Commissioner Audrey Joseph said Tuesday such food businesses are needed.
"It’s very important that we have food [available late at night]; it helps people not be as drunk," she said.
Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/crime/2012/01/jack#ixzz1kVOIYtU8
That reminds me of when I was out partying with friends, we drove to that Jack in the Box late at night, and ordered a bunch of stuff at the drive in. We waited and waited and waited, and after a while, we drove around to the front, and only then did we realize the place was closed, and all the lights were out. LOL We thought for sure that clown was talking back to us.
I wish Jack in the Box would come to the UK...
You don’t know how lucky you are to have SF cuisine on your doorstep…
by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
…
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jan 25, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
Burger King in Australia is Hungry Jack’s
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Carl Jr is Hardees east of the Mississippi
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
So so weird.
It confused me so much.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
is the big carl
the big hardee out east?
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure, but if you watch Fresh Prince on the East coast, his cousin’s name is Hardeeton.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 7 recs
take this rec
its too dangerous to go alone
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
I seriously laughed way too hard at that!
Well done
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Jan 25, 2012 2:12 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Burger King could overthrow the current regime
Bold Prediction: Pablo Sandoval finishes 1st or 2nd in 2012 NL MVP voting. I'm Twittering now (well maybe not literally now): @GoofusMcP
i know it's not authentic and expensive and corporate
But honestly, you h aven’t seen how bad the rest of the mexican food is.
Sundrendy!
Chipotle is American food, man.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Chipotle gives you the shits, man
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Chipotle is perfectly fine, and I’ll fight anyone who disagrees.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
I don’t like rice.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
All i know about Chipotle is that they put a shit ton of salt in everything
but i absolutely love that place, took them forever to get one in Oxford, place is always a zoo
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
and lime
everything is limed
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Come check out the McC Book Club Start Date 1/21
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
love the brown rice alternative though
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 think it’s fine for what it is, which is cheap burritos. Especially east of the Rockies I can understand why that would be a big deal. But people who obsess over it just make me scratch my head.
It’s not bad. But it’s not that good, either.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
by Solidarity on Jan 25, 2012 8:47 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
A veggie burrito, black beans instead of rice, mix of salsa fresca y caliente.
and hey, could you throw a little more guac on there? Thanks.
It’s cheap and nom nom nom.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
cheaper, I should say.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:53 PM PST up reply actions
it was without a doubt the best mexican style food available in boston!
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.
/makes note not to go to Boston
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
yup pretty much a wasteland as far as mexican food goes
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.
Screw boston
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 can picture cody ross now
alone in the streets of boston
looking for mexican food
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Come check out the McC Book Club Start Date 1/21
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 9:13 PM PST up reply actions
poor guy, should come back here to SF
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
it must be weird to live outside of california
and not have amazing taco trucks to go to
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, it sucks.
I guess I’ve seen one or two, but I’ve never been adventurous enough to actually order from one here.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I feel your pain
But I’d rather have a Wendy’s or American bacon over here
Yes, it’s important to provide a place where drunk drivers can stop and get some ‘food’.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Anybody ever pull a walk-through?
Servers at Wendy’s always obliged me & my friends walking through the drive through late at night.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
They get so angry for some reason.
Me and my friends walked to McDonalds pretty drunk, and the only thing that was open was the Drive-Thru. We weren’t trying to be funny, we just wanted food. We had to argue with the window guy to get them to serve us. I don’t see why it matters.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
One time they asked us all to stop moving our feet so the sensors didn’t start the clock.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Wouldn’t want you sullying their reputation.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
A taco bell manager explained it to me and my friends once when we tried the same thing
Apparently it has something to do with the insurance and or legal liability of serving people where cars normally are.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
This
do not want to encourage the behavior.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Only a matter of time until someone gets run over, and the franchise would be liable.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Plus, someone on foot could fairly easily reach in and grab the worker or whatever else is nearby. Having to reach through a car window a foot or two away from the window severely limits a potential bad person’s nimbility.
That’s right. Nimbility.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jan 25, 2012 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Liar!
There are no drive throughs in San Luis Obispo!
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
This was at home.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
Translation: The owner made a “campaign donation” to me. So fuck all y’all.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
Damn, that’s a good post.
Celebrating 60 years of NBC News Today, January 14, 1952 - January 14, 2012
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Nice wood
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
"I GOT ˚U˚ right here!"
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
LOLS
the curious piece of trivia in which the last two people in the world who thought Jose Guillen had anything left as a baseball player happened to work for the same company. And to think, one of them wasn’t Jose Guillen.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
When is the tribute article coming for Jose Guillen's HGH dealer?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
All these good bye articles are depressing
what about some welcome back articles for javier lopez and jeremy affeldt
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 12:59 PM PST reply actions
I wish those guys were getting farewell articles instead of 11 million dollars
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I'll certainly be less annoyed next year when Affeldt's gone and Lopez isn't making too much
as long as he stays about where he’s been the last couple years with maybe a slight decline.
Basically
The Red Sox gave away nothing for Scutaro to shed salary.
Affeldt = Scutaro dollarwise.
I’d rather have Scutaro over Crawford and Affeldt by a mile. Not to mention all the Beltran permeatations.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
*Red Sox got nothing
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
permutations*
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
How about...
Joe Paterson and Marco Scutaro? How dare one aim so high…
by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
Midterm time.
GrahamCrakalaka,
signing off.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 1:01 PM PST reply actions
I'm not trying to be mean or anything
But I don’t think Al Yellon’s my favorite Baseball Nation writer.
Its ok, he’s down right horrible.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Ostensibly,
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
He gets sooooo many front page posts
He’d be fine, say as the #5 guy, but I just don’t get why he’s on seemingly everything.
have you seen this
http://firealyellon.wordpress.com/
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Well, you're not the only one, apparently.
http://firealyellon.wordpress.com/
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jan 25, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
yeah but that's a bit much
I just don’t understand the work distribution. I mean, I get it, he gets more of the news pieces, but they’re… just not that fun to read.
You might like this site.
http://firealyellon.wordpress.com/
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
what about this
firegrantbrisbee.wordpress.com
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
One day Jeff and Grant will have their epic baseball bat fight ontop of a tower in neutral territory
The winner will emerge bloodied and victorious, only to find that everyone was logging on to Baseball Nation to read Rob Neyer anyway.
only to find that everyone was logging on to Baseball Nation to readRob NeyerJon Bois anyway.
Just fixed that up for you.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
only to find that everyone was logging on to Baseball Nation to readRob Neyer Jon BoisWendy Thrum anyway.
2012 is going to be awesome!
Thrum, baby
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
There can be only one
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jan 25, 2012 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
rec'd for accuracy
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I only read Grant. If I’ve read a Sullivan piece it’s because Brisbee told me to.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
So bad you can taste it.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
It's like poetry
“people descending the 1% grade that leads from the upper concourse at AT&T Park and screaming exultations about what they just saw and what they could see”
best feeling in the world, and exactly what I did after witnessing Game 2 of the WS
1% Grade
So fucking true
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Cody Ross
This seems like a good place to acknowledge his role in this particular event:
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - SLC
by mhad on Jan 25, 2012 1:09 PM PST reply actions 6 recs
Rec'd, rec,'d, a million times rec'd.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
cody ross is tim flannery
in 20 years, cody will be the third base coach for the giants, arms wheeling around like a propeller.
but seriously… journeyman player of midling talent who JUST LOVES THE GAME? yeah, flannery and ross. two peas in a pod. except ross got his ring as a player. :)
im wondering, though. if cody ross is third base coach, which 2010 giant will be the manager? buster? with matt cain as the pitching coach, and romo as the bullpen coach?
Yes! I DO have Nate's number tattoed on my ass. It's a long story.
http://www.leftymalo.com/2011/08/the_number_twelve.php
by jeremy.lassen on Jan 25, 2012 1:11 PM PST via Android app reply actions
I've heard Kruk say Derosa would be a good manager
Bold Prediction: Pablo Sandoval finishes 1st or 2nd in 2012 NL MVP voting. I'm Twittering now (well maybe not literally now): @GoofusMcP
I thought all managers had to be backup catchers?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
lol
I know you’re not serious, but this is a funny remark when you look at the managers in our division.
Bochy ©, Black (SP), Mattingly (1B), Gibson (RF), and Tracy (bench).
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Yeah
I was thinking of Torre, Scioscia, Decker, Girardi
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
La Russa, Geren
Yeah, I know what you were going for.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Bob Melvin
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Uh, wasn’t Torre a really darn good player?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Holy crap. 70 fWAR. I bet if he hit .300 instead of .297 he would’ve made it in as a player.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
The Hall of Fame is so dumb sometimes.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Wait, no.
Sometimes?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Usually.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Who is going to be the last Giants player standing from the World Series team?
I’m hoping it will be Matt Cain. I fear that it will be Emmanuel Burriss.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
And is an unselfish lover
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
He also acts like your his first but fucks like you aren’t.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Buster Posey, Madison Bumgarner, and Pablo Sandoval
all seem like even odds.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Given that Buster is a catcher and Madison is a pitcher, I’d put my money on Pablo. But if they all retired from their HOF careers as Giants in like 2026 on the same day, I wouldn’t complain.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jan 25, 2012 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, obviously Pablo is the best bet on overall longevity. I just call it even odds because predicting how long they stay Giants is pretty much hopeless this early in their careers.
If all three were career Giants I’d pick Pablo, but there are so few one-franchise players these days.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
True, I hadn’t considered it from that angle.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jan 25, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
Does it count if the player leaves and then returns?
If so, I’m going with Ronads.
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Eugenio!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
I don't like Man City's new plan
Of scoring and then immediately conceding
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I’m all for it!
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
Jesse Sanchez @JesseSanchezMLB
Let the games begin. Yoenis Cespedes is officially a free agent. http://mlb.mlblogs.com/
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I woke up this morning feeling really bad for Jonathan Sanchez.
LOOGYs far older get fat paychecks, guys he came up through the minors with get front-page-news contracts, and he gets traded to the Royals for a mediocre OF.
2012 is going to be awesome!
Who did he come up with that got a fat pay check?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
at least you didn't wake up this morning and think "Hey I want to be a paralegal!"
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
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"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
I hope you got grandfathered in pay grades. My friend just failed the BAR and is now a paralegal. Not looking so hot out there.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Actually, I'm far dumber.
I used to work for a corporation, but I got (literally) sick of working so hard, so now I work for the court. No money, but no stress.
2012 is going to be awesome!
A friend just quit his lawyer job and took a 50% paycheck to go work for Zynga
“Being a lawyer is a pie eating contest where the reward for winning is more pie” is how he described it.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
50% pay cut*
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I’m far happier now, although if I were still in the private sector, I could support my husband on my own. As it is, he needs to get a damn job already.
2012 is going to be awesome!
Easier said that done.
Apparently, a master’s degree isn’t enough for even a crappy retail job these days.
There must be some sort of farming season coming up, maybe I’ll go put some illegals out of work.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
I saw an ad for farm workers the other day!
General Farm Laborer/Farmworkers wanted February 15, 2012 to November 30, 2012 for Circle Bar N Ranch, LLC in Yerington, Nevada
http://www.goldcountryclassifieds.com/classifieds/employment-oportunity-general-farm-0
I’m not that desperate yet.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Thankfully, I can mooch room and board off my parents indefinately, so I'll probably never be that desperate.
But almost. Almost.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Jesus
Zynga seems like a comparably benign employer?
That place is run like the Ottoman empire.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
Ottoman Zynga? Got stories? (If they’re discreet enough.)
/curious about tech workplaces
by non sequitur on Jan 25, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
Hmph. Now I remember why Zynga piqued my interest. I read that NYT blog piece and wrote a page of notes about it when it came out.
by non sequitur on Jan 25, 2012 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
Aren't they the bastards who are making employees give back their stock options or be fired?
Bold Prediction: Pablo Sandoval finishes 1st or 2nd in 2012 NL MVP voting. I'm Twittering now (well maybe not literally now): @GoofusMcP
yarr lol
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Light the pitchforks!!! Sharpen the torches!!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Well, then it seems like the pitchforks might really need sharpening.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 5:13 PM PST up reply actions
More proof they’re huge douchebags:
http://www.gamesbrief.com/2012/01/zyngas-cloning-protection-racket/
The first six innings are overrated.
yarr
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I’ve heard its one of the toughest ones.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Then why are there so damn many lawyers?
And so many dumb ones. The stories I could tell!
2012 is going to be awesome!
This is how Science Bowl nerbs always mocked us Academic Decathlon nerbs.
And for some reason, I’m picturing one of the Krelboynes on Malcom in the Middle saying it to Lisa Simpson.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t feel bad for a pitcher who can’t throw strikes who makes millions and is inexplicably found attractive even though his hair is super thin and his mouth creeps me out.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Dude got drafted in the 27th round.
Most players in the 27th round don’t stick in baseball, much less win a ring.
Also, Jonathan Sanchez’s best season by fWAR was 2008, with 2.8.
Melky Cabrera is two years younger and put up 4 wins last year. Their salaries this 2012 are comparable, and both are making more than any LOOGY in the sport.
Melky will probably suck as a Giant, but he got traded for a “breakout” major leaguer. Bengie Molina got traded for a Michael Main and Chris Ray.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I was looking at it from his perspective. I mean, who would want to go to KC?
2012 is going to be awesome!
People who like fountains
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
I guess the correct answer would be Wilbert Harrison, most famously at least.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
They got some crazy little women there
And Jonathan’s gonna get him some.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Crazy is always good. Nuts or bonkers gotta go.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
fuck this
Honey we are going back to the store to get some walcrazy instead
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Well he might take a train
He might take a plane
But if he has to walk
He’s going just the same
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone know if Kansas City wine is any good?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
They got some crazy little women there
And Jonathan’s gonna get him some.
Didn’t we just establish a thread or two ago that Jonathan was the crazy little hottie?
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
It’s better than Fresno, which is where he was right before throwing a no-hitter in 2009. All things considered, he’s had a pretty good run.
He’s probably pretty mopey about it, but… well, that probably has something to do with why he’s in KC anyway.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
As of now I have 2 hours and 20 minutes to get to the airport and check in. I’ll be in a conference call for the next 30 minutes or so. Will I make it?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
You can't check in online?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Difficult to see, the future is...
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Which airport
how far are you away and what airline?
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AA, and presumably Dulles or Reagan.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I have no idea about DC airports. Had a layover in DC.
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Washington National (Reagan) is the best. Closest and best. Baltimore (BWI) is better than Dulles, which is totally awful.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
Bestest
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Gooder
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Dulles has the best food, FWIW.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
And you’ll have plenty of time to eat it when you miss your flight after being stuck for hours in weird trams.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
I was thinking something along these lines, but you expressed it soooo much better.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
This seems like a good place to put this
Never Forget.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
by jctGamer on Jan 25, 2012 1:43 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Cody Ross in the postseason: .294/.390/.686
Cody Ross in the NLCS: .350/.435/.950
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Cody Ross NLCS OPS : 1.380
Barry Bonds 2004 OPS : 1.422
Barry Bonds 2002 OPS : 1.381
Barry Bonds was Cody Ross in NLCS, BUT EVERY GAME.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
by jctGamer on Jan 25, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Barry Bonds: pretty good
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
He was ok.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Shift-A: What's up?
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All the posts you Shift-Ad through
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 25, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
th sky
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Come check out the McC Book Club Start Date 1/21
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
what about Skyrim?
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Not the prices on a Ross SF Jersey
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
now limited edition
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Had my Galaxy Nexus a week or so. It’s awesome.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
boooo Samsung
BOOOOOOOO
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Is this just about Samung
or a Korean thing.
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Samsung
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I like my S2 and the Impression before that.
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I had an HTC Hero.
Worst phone I’ve ever experienced. Just awful. I have a Galaxy S II now and it’s amazing.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 25, 2012 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
All that tickesquid money
is coming in.
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Taiwanese Hater
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
You probably took the one that was supposed to be mine from the QualcommTicketRazor challange.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
probably?
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They don't play fair at all
I"m not going to go into the details, but basically they copy designs and give to local vendors to produce for cheap. When we try to sue the local vendor, they have the police (which they pretty much own in Korea) and barge into our company’s branch and take away all the confidential data, accuse us of stealing their company secrets, and force us to drop the lawsuit.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Sad face here
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But they hire such hot spokeswomen!
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I prefer the Intel ones!
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Interesting that SNSD
will be on Letterman and Live with Kelly.
Still don’t think girl/boy bands will make it in the US.
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I couldn’t believe that NPR did a story on KPop recently.
Yeah, groups don’t do well in America. It would be better for a solo artist.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jan 25, 2012 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
Me too
Although I think they totally missed a big reason why SNSD is popular: middle age men interested in young girls.
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So did Wonder Girls.
Horrible strategy. They needed to affiliate themselves with established American artists. Heck even Bieber took awhile to break into US.
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LOLAIN
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
BoA is like an old dried-up crone in KPop years, though.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jan 25, 2012 6:04 PM PST up reply actions
Unfortunately technology is dirty
Apple executives say that going overseas, at this point, is their only option. One former executive described how the company relied upon a Chinese factory to revamp iPhone manufacturing just weeks before the device was due on shelves. Apple had redesigned the iPhone’s screen at the last minute, forcing an assembly line overhaul. New screens began arriving at the plant near midnight.
A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company’s dormitories, according to the executive. Each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to a workstation and within half an hour started a 12-hour shift fitting glass screens into beveled frames. Within 96 hours, the plant was producing over 10,000 iPhones a day.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html?_r=3&hp
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Also
The Harvard Business Review’s Umair Haque discovered that a Made-in-USA, "fair labor" iPod would cost only 23% more than its Made in China counterpart
http://www.businesspundit.com/how-much-would-a-fair-trade-ipod-cost/
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That's manufacturing. Totally different
Samsung uses dirty business TACTICS and bribe government officials to get away with their tactics.
I should note that both my sister and her husband work FOR Samsung at the moment. So I kinda know what’s going on inside and from the outside (they are also our customer).
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I get that
but Samsung is basically a monopoly in SK.
I would be afraid to see what Chinese manufacturers can do.
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Yeah
workers want rights and wages and stuff like that.
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Psh.
This wouldn’t be a problem if we just gave them some bootstraps to pull themselves up by.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I saw that article. Very nice. The accompanying video touches on a few points not covered by the text, too.
by non sequitur on Jan 25, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
I looked at a non-working model at Target yesterday
didn’t realize that it was a 4.6 inch screen…I get the curve glass thing.
The Razr looked nice but I heard horrible things about Motorola.
I cannot wait to get ICS on my S2. I just upgraded to 2.3.6 and it’s been working great (despite some very scary posts about the upgrade on the intertubes).
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OT Work Phones
Has anybody ever gotten one they like?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
What do you mean by work phones?
Like for e-mails and stuff?
My S2 works great. Blackberry has the best security though.
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No as in a phone provided to you by your work.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
They gave me a blackberry
It is meh. Good enough.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
LOL RIM
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I have a BBerry Storm 2
It’s ok,
Bold Prediction: Pablo Sandoval finishes 1st or 2nd in 2012 NL MVP voting. I'm Twittering now (well maybe not literally now): @GoofusMcP
My work gives me 35 bucks a month, plus a discount
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 25, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
Love my iphone 3, but hoping it breaks soon so work can upgrade me. Almost there. I have to squeeze the upper right corner to lock it. Vibrate button is useless now.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
A buddy of mine and I are going to eat Yak burgers and kill a growler of Weasel Boy’s Bourbol Barrell Anastasia Russian Imperial Stout. Should be a good evening.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
/jealous
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
You’re welcome to join!
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
Of course, but Mr. speks actually sorta lives driving distance from me.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
I’ll be there in late March for a wedding!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Seriously, let me know if you get any free time while you’re here.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
You get to go somewhere better!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
OK, now you’re not invited anymore!
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
Well, he is going to Melbourne. I’m not a huge fan of wintry weather.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Oh. I guess I’d rather go to Melbourne. And the friend I am hanging with studied abroad there, so he’d probably know cool places to go.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
SEE?! SEE?!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
HE'S NOT A MACHINE! HE'S A MAN!
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
IF I CAN MAKE THE FREAKING FLIGHT! Where did he study in Melbourne?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
I have no idea. If I remember, I’ll ask him.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
Mayor of Smug.
You haven’t lived until you’ve killed a growler.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
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Where I come from a growler is a particularly large example of what irresponsible dog owners leave on the sidewalk.
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Good god.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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It was delicious!
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Yak burgers are actually made of yak, yes?
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Good lord is that a name for a beer. I can feel my chest hairifying from here.
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I'll take this years OF over last years [sans Beltran] any day.
neither Ross nor Torres demonstrated that they could hit the proverbial barn broadside last year whatsoever.
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I’m going to miss him way more than anyone else that’s left since ‘10. Maybe it’s the way he almost singlehandedly won the Phillies series in ‘10. Maybe it’s the unbridled joy with which he played. Heck, maybe it’s just the hops. I don’t know exactly why, but he’s one of my favorite Giants of all time.
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I'm glad that the Cardinals were able to find him
The Cardinals avoided arbitration with Jason Motte, agreeing to a one-year deal, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweets. Motte, an ACES client, will earn a base salary of $1.95MM in 2012 and could earn $75K more in incentives.
I hope they don’t put Lance Lynn’s name on the contract
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Just in case you were wondering
How much does the Earth weigh?
Alternatively, you could discuss the Earth’s mass — a property that is independent of where an object is in the universe, or what it is doing. Earth has a mass of 5.97 × 10^24 kilograms — the equivalent of one hundred million billion Titanics.
http://news.yahoo.com/easy-answers-kids-most-burning-questions-133804573.html
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I was busy taking the latest Canadian polling results and modeling results based on a uniform swing by region. Look! Pretty chart!
That took me three hours to make.
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I don’t think planes spew fuel backwards. That sounds like it would be very messy.
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Can one even determine the weight of the Earth, considering that its mass is the primary determinant of weight?
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No
Weight is based upon gravity. Mass is constant.
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Mass is constant.
Well, to get technical about it, mass is only conserved for non-nukular processes.
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No. They actually say that its weight is meaningless.
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I assume that’s discussed in the space between the block quotes? I didn’t follow the link.
Obviously weight is meaningless, but my impression was the quotes was that they were just sidestepping that issue for whatever reason.
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I was trying to minimize the block quoting.
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hundred million billion
That is not a number
Blerg
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Man. These Barca-Madrid games are always brutal.
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I don’t know. You can watch it on espn3.com though.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
You have no idea how fun they are to attend though. Who is winning?
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I might study abroad in Spain. 2-0 Barca right now, as usual.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
OMG You will love it. Where?
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Don't you have a plane to catch?
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Not sure. It would depend on what program I went through.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
Stick to the coast you will have loads more fun.
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Barcelona, baby.
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So I’ve heard. I’ve also heard to avoid Madrid. The town I might do is on the southern coast. Cordoba, I think.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
Man..
I just remember seeing Ross in the background of every celebration video jumping up and down so excitedly. I don’t think anyone has a bigger smile.
I think Grant got it right, Cody Ransom will always be synonomus with choking away the playoffs , while Cody Ross will always be synonomous with winning the 2010 NLCS and World Series.
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Goooooooooal
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Holy shit Benzema
Tie game. 2 apiece.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
Theriot running out of suitors...
Fielding Percentage of .974 at SS-not great, but acceptable. Add that to a .321 OBP, and he’s a SS I’d kill for on the Giants.
by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
UZR rates him as pretty lolawful at SS in the last two seasons (token SSS warning). Dunno if he’s really worth it for .278/.338/.344.
I’d only be interested if he’s making about $1M to keep Emmanuel Burriss in Fresno.
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He's also RH
Which would help balance out the line-up.
by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Burris is a SH.
We need RHH, but Theriot isn’t exactly the sort of guy I want pinch hitting.
I’d also feel better about Theriot at 2B is Freddy goes down to injury again. He fares far better there defensively.
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If Theriot is cheap, I would want the depth charts to look like this:
2B: Sanchez, Fontenot, Theriot, Burriss
SS: Crawford, Fontenot, Theriot, LeMaster, zombie Honus Wagner, Burriss
Adjust based on platoon match-ups and whether Honus is due for a feeding.
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You're going to hate me...
But I’d have Theriot over Crawford. Crawford swings a baseball bat slower than a retired man in Miami rakes leaves out of his backtard pool.
by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
How to put this...?
Despite having more than twice as many PAs as Crawford, he was only slightly more valuable, a difference of two tenths of a win. Which, mind you, was helped by the fact that Tony LaRussa acquired Rafael Furcal so Theriot wouldn’t have to play SS anymore.
Theriot is as bad as or worse than Miguel Tejada or Orlando Cabrera at SS.
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I'd like to think Crawford will crack .275 OBP this season...
but he won’t. Furthermore, not being at Triple A (where he should be) will stifle his development. At least sign Theriot to allow Crawford my time in AAA, then replace him in July…
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
He topped that last year with a .228 BABIP.
If you want to give Crawford time to develop in Fresno that’s fine, but it would be a more effective strategy to replace him with somebody who’s actually a shortstop.
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As opposed to...
Not having 8 Major League level hitters to fill out a line-up. It’s both deeply saddening and darkly humourous that that has become so acceptable to Giants fans. Mind you, given Crawford’s bat speed, his BABIP may well be around that mark for his career unless his hip rotation is much improved, which won’t happen without more time in AAA.
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
?
Why would Crawford continue to have a BABIP of .228? His xBABIP last year was around .310.
ZIPs has him at .225/.291/.336
James has him at .232/.297/.340 with a .282 BABIP
Fangraph has him at .241/.317/.338 with a .281 BABIP
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Johnnie LeMaster had a career BABIP of .262.
While putting up Crawford’s line from last season. It’s really, really hard to sustain a BABIP that bad when you are not a galootey slugger like Carlos Quentin.
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WHY ARE OBP's OF UNDER .300
OK? Look, I wanted the Giants to trade a minor league relief prospect (Stephen Harrold? Dan Runzler? Maybe even Francisco Peguero (no plate patience)) for Brendan Ryan. It’s not like the Mariners are about to win the AL West. However, given the situation…
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
You want to trade a high-minors marginal prospect for a 30-year old Brandon Crawford?
Does not compute.
Career line: .244/.305/.322
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Clearly that is an OBP over .300.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
In the NL...
He has a shot at a .315-.320 OBP…
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
?
Apparently Theriot played in the other NL last year.
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I WAS TALKING ABOUT BRENDAN RYAN
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
My bad
As Solidarity said, Brandon Ryan at 30 is what Crawford is at 22.
Ryan basically hit his peak, Crawford still has an upside.
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2008 with the Cardinals:.244/.307/.289
2010 with the Cardinals: .223/.279/.294
He has put up a OBP over .320 twice: once in a 200 PA sample in 2006, and 2009 when he had a BABIP 40 points over his career average.
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And last year it was...
.313
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
Still debunks the move-to-NL-boost theory pretty cleanly. Also, Ryan is 30 now and therefore projects to decline.
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You tactfully leave out
His .340 OBP in 2009
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
He has put up a OBP over .320 twice: once in a 200 PA sample in 2006, and 2009 when he had a BABIP 40 points over his career average.
I’m not holding my breath for it to happen again.
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It may not...
But he’s almost certainly going to be at .310-.315 in the NL, and it is worth the investment of approx $1.3m more (Ryan makes $1.75m this year) to find out, and give Crawford more minors seasoning. You cannot deny he’s been rushed. And Pequero will get eaten alive in the majors. Besides, no one here has yet put forth any convincing evidence that Crawford will crack .300 OBP…
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
.10-.15 is not worth a prospect and $1.3 million
You are totally ignoring the slugging.
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The wOBA projections are very similar.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
True-when it comes to SS...
slugging percentage should not be the first thing one looks at, particularly when it comes at the expense, even minorly, of OBP.
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
I imagine Peguero's toolsiness
can net the Giants something better than a last-gasp player like Brendan Ryan.
Given that we already have Crawford, Ryan isn’t worth an ST invite, much less a trade chip.
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I'd like to think you're right
about Pequero. However, the only two GMs who have to put up with worse OBP problems than the Giants are Mariners and White Sox. I’m not sure Peguero will intrigue GMs as much as we all hope…
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Everyone’s concerned about the walks, but scouts rave enough about his tools that just about anybody would accept him as a capper on a package of players in a trade deal.
His name’s been tossed around in trade rumors pretty often.
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Ryan
K/BB rate of 2:1 (Crawford was 1:1)
Has an ISO lower than Crawford
James projection for Ryan: .244/.305/ .322
Fangraph: .254/.313/.322
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because
his K/BB ratio was not that good as a minor leaguer. He had a 1:1 K/BB ratio last year in the majors.
Also, only ZIPs has him under .291.
If he has a OPS of .650 or above, he would be like Cliff Pennington/Ian Desmond. Totally acceptable especially with his defense.
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You're still missing the point.
Whatever you think of Crawford, Ryan Theriot is not – or to use Sabean’s parlance, N-O-T – an acceptable solution at shortstop. If we’re going to clamor for a warm body clankmitt to fill the spot, we might as well clamor for someone who is an obvious upgrade from Crawford. You could have Brett Pill play the middle of the infield and stand a fair chance of getting the same results.
For all your bemoaning Crawford’s bat speed, I have to wonder where the disconnect is that makes you see Ryan Theriot as some sort of bargain.
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Bargain?
No no no no. Theriot is the least-cringeworthy of a very poor situation. It’s possible to win with Lance Berkman in an RF. It’s possible to win with Delmon Young in LF. It’s possible to win with Theriot at short. And he’ll be able to have an OBP of .320. Yes, I have an OBP fetish, which develops when you watch Bengie Molina hit cleanup.
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
Not true
Theriot is awful defensively at SS and is about the same offensively. He is also older and would cost more.
Crawford’s OBP will also go up by hitting 8th a lot more (he hit 7th mostly last year).
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Will it? Will it really?
I foresee him bunting the runner over for the pitchers to drive in.
/half-joking
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Nice theory, except
He won’t see pitches out of the strike zone to take. He’ll get blown away by 90 mph two-seamers with minimal movement.
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Crawford managed a 10+% walk rate last year.
And the sample size was large enough for both it and his diminished K-rate to be considered stable.
He’ll be fine batting 8th.
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Except his swing through rate was 8% last season
which is pretty darn good.
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Many of which were...
Fastballs away that were fouled into the stands along the third base line, putting him behind in the count. For all the bally-hooing of Crawford, a .291 (an optimistic projection) from any outfield player makes it hard to win any division.
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Wait, he’s going to play outfield?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
No...
Starting players besides the pitcher…sorry if that was unclear…
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Again
facts:
In 220 PAs, Crawford was
ahead in the count in 88 PAs
even in the count in 75 PAs
behind in 57 PAs.
He also saw about 3.82 pitches per PAs, which is upper level in the NL.
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When pitchers did not have
scouting reports on him, so they went with conventional logic and threw the rookie breaking balls. No need now
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
Except
he hit .256/.333/.419 in Sept/Oct as compared to his .480 OPS in July and August.
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When facing
September call-ups!
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
Looking at his vs. Pitcher
There doesn’t appear to be a strong correlation between caliber of pitcher and his performance. The sample size is too small, and most of the “September call-ups” he faced would be relievers accounting for a very small number of his overall PAs.
It’s not a very good excuse.
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When added to
the fact that Crawford was played against back-end of the rotation starters to make sure he wasn’t “overwhelmed” at the plate (in favour of Orlando Cabrera, which I think we can both agree was laughable), it has credence.
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
You’re going to have to substantiate this.
At the top of his list of most PAs seen: Chacin (2-9), Collmenter (2-6), Moseley (0-6), Marcum (2-5), Stauffer (2-5), Kennedy (1-5), White (1-5), Harang (0-5), Kuroda (0-5) Leake (0-5), Rogers (2-4), Dickey (0-4).
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Let's see...
Harang, Rogers, White & Moseley substantiate the argument as pitchers who are not exactly top of Cy Young ballots yet who he still struggled against (that’s without mentioning the start against Rodrigo Lopez), Marcum, Collmenter, Stauffer, Dickey, Chacin and Kuroda dominated him, as expected, and they would, in all likelihood, dominate Theriot and Ryan as well. Look, I very much hope Crawford turns into one of the surprises of the 2012 season, because the Giants front office appears to wholeheartedly agree with you. We will just have to see. However, it’s 1 am where I am in the world and I’m going to sleep. This really has been fun-goodnight, and, in recognition of something we can all agree on-GO GIANTS!
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by tellthestorysfgiants on Jan 25, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
This is exactly why your argument doesn't hold water.
It is ludicrously nitpicky and dependent on microsplits, when you aren’t straw-hatting it or misrepresenting stats outright. 2-6 against Collmenter is getting dominated? 2-5 against Marcum and Stauffer?
If you want to believe Crawford will be bad, there is plenty of factual evidence to support that hypothesis. This ain’t it.
That said, we’ve seen what the upside is for Ryan and Theriot, and it’s all downhill from here. Crawford will likely be just as bad, but he’s cheap and under team control. Picking up non-entities like Ryan and Theriot is just throwing spaghetti at the wall at the cost of roster spots and prospects, not to mention wins.
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If true, they did a poor job of it.
Crawford’s quality of pitcher’s faced was just about league average.
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Huzzah.
Expressed much more succinctly than I could manage.
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Of course, I wouldn't be surprise if they were tyring to baby him.
Much like I’m sure they were trying to platoon Lopez.
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He also saw about 3.82 pitches per PAs, which is upper level in the NL.
It is?
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If Crawford had enough PAs to qualify, he would have been tied for 75th out of 146. And there doesn’t appear to be a huge sample bias, as he’s in the middle in the pack for pretty much any PA threshold. So it’s average.
In case anyone is wondering, Brandon Belt’s 4.12 was good for 35th out of 355 batters with at least 200 PAs.
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Yeah, I was wondering about that. I thought that 3.7ish was just about average. The distribution really isn’t all that wide.
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Top 5: Curtis Granderson (4.44), Adam Dunn (4.40), Mike Napoli (4.37), Jayson Werth (4.37), Bobby Abreu (4.36)
Bottom 5: Corey Patterson (3.28), Orlando Cabrera (3.26), Vladimir Guerrero (3.22), Yuniesky Betancourt (3.16), Jose Altuve (3.11)
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Good thing Crawford is a shorstop.
Obviously you want more offense when you can get it, but Theriot’s marginally better bat is washed out by his woefully bad glove.
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He definitely sturggled mightily with fastball last season
-8.9 runs total, -1.64 per hundred fastballs seen.
But solid against breaking balls. He’s like the anti-Rowand.
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The difference between Lance Berkman, Delmon Young, and Ryan Theriot is that that Berkman actually outweigh his clank with some measure of offensive upside. Ditto for Adam Dunn.
Theriot is only useful at second base, and only marginally so. I’d feel better off re-signing Renteria at this point than handing the reins to The Riot.
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That too.
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Fielding percentage!
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Range of a teatherball...
Silly, but funny.
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Brandon Crawford swings a oar...
Sad, but true.
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noooooooo
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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Woot!
Just got the company tix to tonight’s Mavs game. Ring ceremony.
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Fucking IKEA Fail
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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by jctGamer on Jan 25, 2012 2:41 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
You’d think they could put a deal together for him. Won’t someone pick him up?
2012 is going to be awesome!
The Lightning will probably claim him. But I can’t believe they couldn’t get anything for him. Not even some random 3rd rounder?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
/thought that was a cat reference, too
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I suppose goaltenders are kind of like cats. They pounce on pucks like cats pounce on balls of yarn.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
Would you believe I still can’t get a washing machine?
Ugh
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Trying to wash that skink?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
ha! I beat the old[er] lady 2 doors down to the last 2 available washers!
Mr. Merope won’t have to go to work nekkid tomorrow!!!! We really can’t afford to have both of us out of work!
Oh, and the skink is fed and holed up in a tank. We’ll keep it at least until the tail regenerates.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Hank with some coaching updates.
Former Gs pitcher Steve Kline has been promoted from pitching coach at Augusta to San Jose, whose clubbies now should be very afraid.
Steve Decker, who has been Fresno manager, is switching jobs with minor-league hitting coordinator Bob Mariano.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
From manager to hitting coordinator huh? Sounds like a step back.
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This was mentioned before.
The official reason is because he wants more time for family/personal reasons. But it’s also been said his managing style is a problem.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
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Extra Baggs December 7th, 2011:
The Giants are making a few changes in the minor league coaching ranks. Steve Decker, long seen as major league managerial material, will become the organizational hitting coordinator. He switches spots with Bob Mariano, who will manage Triple-A Fresno.
The move was made for a few reasons. Decker is very involved with his children and his daughter, who is on a volleyball scholarship at Nebraska. With a more flexible schedule, he can see more of her matches. More importantly, Decker runs a hitting camp in Oregon over the winter and club officials like the work he’s done with their players. They think he can be a big asset while coordinating instruction on all levels.
There is one other component: At the Triple-A level, you’re often dealing with players who have big league service time and might be disillusioned to be back in the minors trying to prove themselves again. It can be a frustrating environment for any manager — especially one like Decker, a fair but demanding skipper who doesn’t believe in coddling players or soothing egos. It stands to reason that Mariano’s softer touch could be a good change of pace.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
I still think part of it is
Bochy not wanting to look over his shoulder at another former big league catcher who’s a manager-in-waiting.
by mrs. owlcroft on Jan 25, 2012 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
From reading up on Decker, he seems to be the complete opposite of Bochy. This isn’t an exaggeration.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
From what I’ve read, he seems like a cool guy.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
Cool guys, or "cool guy."
I find assholery and popularity aren’t mutually exclusive in some circles.
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Bochy is mild and plodding.
Decker is more of a “rile ’em up” kinda guy, which probably goes hand-in-hand with the “asshole” label.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
He may just not be too keen on coddling AAA org filler, having been one himself.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
Terrible.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Hnng
Your IP leaders, Shane Loux and Matt Yourkin!
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=1643078e
Sundrendy!
I watched Loux start a game in Reno.
The reason of course being that the Grizzlies gave up over 10 runs. Edgar Gonzalez was probably the best hitter on the team at that point; maybe Tyler Graham.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Based on what I can tell
He wasn’t a good fit for the Fresno position. That is not to say he wasn’t aware of what he was getting into:
Statesman Journal December 11, 2009:
The move to Fresno means a slight change in philosophy. With players moving directly between Decker’s club and the Giants, player development — the focus of most minor league work — has to be balanced with keeping older players ready for the majors.
“Some guys are family guys, some guys got two or three kids, other guys are young and in Triple-A for the first time, so it’s a little bit of a different gig,” Decker said. “I played a lot of Triple-A baseball. I’ve coached at the Triple-A level, and I look forward to the challenge of managing there.”
He was deserving of a promotion and Fresno was the next logical destination.
He apparently is a really good hitting instructor.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
Going back to the original post . . .
I’ve seen Cody as being portrayed as having a poor 2011 season. Considering his injuries, I think 14 HRs wasn’t bad. And he’s consistently capable of hitting high double digits in HRs while playing above average defense, and generally hitting .265-.275. I’d like to have seen him stick around. This plus the fact that I don’t think Nate will ever hit better than last year. He isn’t going to give us double digits in HRs. I hope I’m wrong.
Don't believe everything you think.
14 homers and 13 rbi’s is nothing to crow about
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/bengie homers, burriss does the HR trot
by non sequitur on Jan 25, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
guys who hack, hit a lot of solo homers and strikeout a lot
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lulz
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Lack of RBIs aren't the batter's fault.
Nobody got on base last year.
by mrs. owlcroft on Jan 25, 2012 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
Nate is younger, less likely for decline, and was worth 1.4 fWAR last season in 360 PAs. Cody was worth 0.9 fWAR in 460 PAs. Both were injured last year.
Nate also had an odd down year with his glove. Hard to say yet whether that is just bad sample size or if something else was going on.
I’m happy keeping Nate at half the price, much as we are in need of RHH.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Like 80-90?
high double digits in HRs
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by troymccluresf on Jan 25, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
This thread is fucked
It takes forever to scan all the comments for a few pearls of actual baseball news.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
Needs more block quoting...
I kid
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2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
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And this is different than every thread for the past 4 weeks how?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
Eh, sometimes there is a lot to report and talk about, and sometimes it’s like this.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
that’s your cue to contribute, friend…
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He ain't your friend, Partner...
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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/readies some blockquotes
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
I agree
Nothing like Girl going to law school to make 4 pages of comments. It’s the damn offseason. The only thing between now and spring I look forward to is hearing that Matt Cain signed for a million years.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Jan 25, 2012 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
MLB The Show 2012: PS Move controlled pitching and hitting?
In-game? Not just HR Derby?
BAD. ASS.
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I played a demo of that game but the 2011 version (cuz the demo had Giants v. Rangers)…the controls seem overly complicated to me.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
The HR Derby with the Move control when you swing was awesome, and this year they added pitching…shouldn’t be TOO complicated: hold trigger, pitch, release..(trigger, not controller).
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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I had a tank of Nitrous at my bachelor party...
http://gawker.com/5879347/the-drug-that-hospitalized-demi-moore-whip+its
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Whip-its??? Those are so high school.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
I thought those were those weird looking dogs.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
The miniature greyhound looking ones?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah.
Whippets.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jan 25, 2012 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
But then I was straight edge in HS and part of College so I was a late bloomer
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
I like to think that if I had gone to college I would have had a NO tank in my dorm.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
I had a friend who got a tank from a dentist for NYE 99/00. He stayed in a room all night with it. His personality changed around the same time, but it was probably the other drugs too.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 25, 2012 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
That and brain cell die-off from the lack of oxygen.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
I mean
If you’re a rich Hollywood actress and you’re doing whip its, then you’re not doing it right
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by DFARowand on Jan 25, 2012 3:34 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I guess I picked the wrong week to quit whipits!
I was trying to merge 
with this
, but I’m a graphics failure.
"Only connect..."
E. M. Forster
Must have something to do with her new rapper boyfriend.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 25, 2012 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve never done them. Seems like a waste of a way to kill brain cells.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
o_O
With a cast boasting the acting chops of Hugh Grant, Jeremy Piven, David Tennant and Salma Hayek, the movie’s trailer has caused an issue with leprosy campaigning groups.
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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I saw the headline, but surely did not guess that it had anything to do with leprosy. BAN LIFE OF BRIAN!
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
THEY ARE SICK OF BEING TREATED LIKE LEPERS!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
Holy crap, leperosy is still a thing?!
I thought that was cured, like, before my parents were born.
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There’s treatment now, but the bacteria not extinct.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe
But that’s true of many diseases that don’t have a lobbying body concerned about public image. You’d think that people would stop caring about it once it became curable.
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UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Jan 25, 2012 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
Given the nanny state in Britain, I am not surprised. Interestingly, according to wikipedia, 9-banded armadillos are are among the primary sources of new cases of leprosy in Americans. Armadillos!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
Cletus, you give that armadillo a lick and tell me if it’ll be good eatin’. I’d do it, but this is my last plug and the store nearest the farm don’t open until Tuesday.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
If you're going to eat roadkill, cook it through.
Really, if you’re going to eat any meat that you didn’t raise by hand and butcher yourself (and even then).
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
So wait...
…they’re making a movie subtitled “Band of Misfits” featuring an extravagantly bearded main character…and it’s not about the Giants? What a disappointment.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
I just complimented my co-worker for her syntax
and I made her day. Grammar nerd powers used for good!
2012 is going to be awesome!
And tea-drinkers!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 5:08 PM PST up reply actions
Sweet
Pants off time.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 4:27 PM PST reply actions
My pants are ALWAYS off
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jan 25, 2012 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
No, Mayo!
//trolling to restart the Mustard v. Mayo debate
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
Holy crap is that a pizza
With hotdog crust?
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Jan 25, 2012 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
It looks like there is a nacho-type thing happening in the middle there too.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yes.
And there’s mayo on the pizza, and ketchup on the hot dogs. It’s like they’re giving the middle finger to the US and Italy at the same time.
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The Japanese do not understand how pizza is supposed to work.
I had a mayo pizza with octopus and broccoli on it. It was all kinds of wrong.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Somebody submitted "peepshi".
I made that with my kid for easter. It was fun. AND delicious.
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Dear Lord
The Bacon Mug
A giant mug made out of bacon filled with cheddar cheese.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
I know! But I do like the way they braided the bacon on the handle.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
Well it’s artsy, but it also made me want to puke.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
I know people who would tell you that there is a market for artsy puke.
(News article with an accompanying photo. Not drastically graphic, but full disclaimer anyway.)
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
LOL
However, Goodman chose not to participate in this particular project though he noted that that didn’t mean he was indicting it. He said, "To tell you the truth, it didn’t appeal to me at first. I didn’t look forward to actually doing it, to actually sticking my finger in my mouth and vomiting; plus add on to that there were conflicts with my schedule."
“Aw, thanks for the invite, guys, but… oooh, would you look at the time.”
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
I will note as a post-script that Kalan has since been seen on The Daily Show (at the G20 protests), The Colbert Report (Occupy Wall Street), and the cover of New York Magazine (also OWS).
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
The Cheddar Pour
Two burger paddies topped with an oversized layer of cheddar cheese.
What don’t you just get strait to the fucking point!
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
Oh. Dear.
Meta Meat Cake
Four types of sausage, bratwurst, chorizo, ground beef, ground pork, diced ham, Canadian bacon, pepperoni, hickory smoked bacon, hot cappy, queso blanco, provolone and sharp cheddar, wrapped in sausage, bacon and cheese ball dough and baked. Then decorated with American, cheddar squeeze cheese and bacon strips.
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that’s disgusting
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
And mislabeled.
wrapped in sausage, bacon and cheese ball dough and baked
That makes it pie.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
Nothing bad ever came of meat pies.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
its got nothing on the turbaconepic
a cornish game hen wrapped in a pheasant wrapped in a chicken wrapped in a duck wrapped in a goose wrapped in a pig draped in bacon
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
Ugh
I have had many conversations with Decker about hitting. I’m guessing that one reason the Giants made this move is Decker’s philosophy of being aggressive at the plate, particularly for middle-order hitters with power. That’s not the same as "hacking." It means knowing when to pounce.
"If I guy is physically supposed to drive the ball," he said, "we need to attempt to build a middle-of-the-lineup guy who attacks the front side, gets ready to hit the fastball and drive it, more of a predator type hitter, aggressive in nature. You know my philosophy. We don’t left weights to baby the ball. We lift weights to attack the ball. I don’t mean over everybody’s head. Just hit it hard somewhere.
link
"If it’s a leadoff or top-of-the-lineup guy who works the count, sees more pitches, sees the whole field and gets the hitting started, you’re going to have a different kind of philosophy than your plan for the other guy."
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Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 4:54 PM PST reply actions
bah...block quote fail
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe it is just me
But shouldn’t ALL hitters work the count, see more pitches and use the whole field?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 25, 2012 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, Prince Fielder should do that.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
OK, that’s a shitty example. Looks like he uses the whole field.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
lol Rowand spending all day trying to bounce it over third base
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I would guess he would clarify it as ‘aggressive in the strike zone’ if pressed on the issue, but I’m pulling that out of jcb9’s ass.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
Eric Byrnes said on MLB’s Clubhouse Confidential today that when he first reported to the minor leagues, Billy Beane had a rule that you can not swing the bat until there was 1 strike or 2 balls in the count or you get fined/benched/whatever. I’m guessing this will not be Decker’s minor league hitting philosophy.
Well, I’m not a Beaniac, so whatever. I do really value plate discipline (I usually took a strike myself, especially the first time through the order or if a pitcher didn’t have great control) but I also believe in having a plan and swinging at the pitch you are looking for, regardless of the count, unless the situation dictates otherwise.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t mean to directly reply to your post (nor did I disagree with it). I was just adding to the topic with what I heard about Oakland’s minor league hitting philosophy.
Also, it just boggles my mind that an organization that thrived around Barry Bonds for so many years learned next to nothing from him about what makes a great hitter. It seems like the hitting philosophy for the organization is directly opposed to that of Bonds’s
there’s a philosophy?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
CF = leadoff
oh yeah…..
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Catcher bats fourth!
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
It certainly does point up the difference in organizational philosophy.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
In all fairness, neither of them have really been powerhouse offenses in that span
Well, you know, since Barry retired.
If you caught that CC, can you tell me if
Mr. Owlcroft was even mentioned? We don’t watch a lot of TV outside of the season (except for Doctor Who, of course), so didn’t know it was on.
by mrs. owlcroft on Jan 25, 2012 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t catch that he was. In what context would he have been (sorry, I don’t know much about him other than his insightful posts)?
It is replayed about 4 more times during the middle of the night, I could record it again if you like and check it out.
As the author of the infamous white paper authored at the behest of Sandy Alderson, extolling the virtues of OBP to convince Beane of its import. IIRC, anyway.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
The Byrnes interview was the last few minutes and all he mentioned was Beane by name. They didn’t go that in depth into it. They were basically getting his perspective as a player during the Moneyball movie’s time period. Things like if the organization tried to get the players to understand the statistics behind what they were teaching or if they were just doing as they were told and players don’t understand why OBP is important. This is when Beane mentioned the minor league rule and how he had to learn what OBP even meant.
Let me also point out that I just learned that CC was even a show on MLB Network and I love it. I set the DVR to record it every day.
Also, the Top Ten Right Now series going on is by this same guy and it ranks players per statistics, not reputation, etc. It’s also a good show to watch. For relief pitchers it had a couple of set-up men on the list and didn’t have Brian Wilson on it for example. I can imagine Mitch Williams and other MLB TV employees in a picket line behind the camera protesting the show.
Yep, I got a season pass for it too.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, got it.
I can record it myself if it’s being repeated. Thanks, both of you; I like to keep tabs on what’s being said about that era of the A’s since so much of it is untrue. (Mr. O did stats analysis for the Giants and then for the A’s way back then, before anyone had heard of Bill James. It was all very secret and not even the managers knew about him in the beginning.)
by mrs. owlcroft on Jan 25, 2012 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
The meme about my ass began in the offseason between 2008 and 2009. Nice to see it’s still a thing.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
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Shift A
So… I’m never going in a sports bar again.
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
She went to a sports bar. Enough said.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
From the post...
hugging someone you don’t know at some urine-misted sports bar
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Ah. Fortunately my local is pretty freaking classy.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 5:08 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, that was my guess. I ended up watching the last big game there after we found out Raleighs burned down and Bears Lair became some wings fiesta branded monstrosity.
The first six innings are overrated.
LOL yeah. I don’t know what happened to Bear’s Lair
It is only like 3 blocks from my house and they show lots of Sharks games. Plus the food is decent (but expensive)
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
that’s where my dad said he used to hang out back in the day
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
The NHL does a fantasy draft for their All Star game?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Yup. They just added it last year. It is hilarious.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
I was flipping channels and some Shark was drafted by “Team Staal”
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
last year?
cuz Teeth is the only shark in the ASG this year.
It used to be fun to watch Nabby in the ASG.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yeah. I was talking about last year. The ASG draft hasn’t happened yet this year I think
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
it’s right now. Unfortunately I just caught the very end of it, I hope they replay it. Got to see Logan.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
The website says it is tomorrow, Jan 26, 8 PM EST
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
maybe this is last years- I hope so I’m still running around finishing up the laundry and making dinner, so hopefully I missed something.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yeah, Staal isn’t a captain this year (it is Chara and Alfredsson now)
So it sounds like this is last year’s
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 5:46 PM PST up reply actions
yay!
I was confused when I saw that there were also teams playing tonight. Ahem “playing” I’m looking at you Detroit…losing 6-0? Really? wow
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yay to both! And they can’t blame Conklin for this. Howard gave up 4 goals and only made 8 saves.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
he best parts of the All Star game is the team selection where two dudes are captains and they literally pick the teams
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
was it last year? the last guy picked got a car.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yeah.
Phil Kessel. Ovechkin laughed and took pictures of him sitting all by himself.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
Jocks manage to turn a traumatic nerd experience
into giving themselves even more money.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jan 25, 2012 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
best line from last years draft
cam ward on being the first person taken
“I guess I was the best player available from what was remaining”
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
What doesn’t he just become a model?
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
Why not “what”
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
I guess he’s playing that indoor football thing now.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Ugh. I went to a San Jose Sabercats game one time just to check it out.
NEVER AGAIN
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
that bad?
We went to a Sacramento Mountain Lions game…. aside from getting to play catch with the qb coach it was pretty meh.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
They fire a cannon after EVERY home score. INSIDE.
Plus I just felt kinda bad for the players.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
I always wanted to go to that basketball thing where there were trampolines in the floor… that looked interesting.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Hahahahaha
You mean SLAMBALL!?
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Wow
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Torii Hunter Jr., is considering playing football and baseball at Stanford. es.pn/wkHM2q
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Man, Torii Sr. is getting old.
Born in 1975.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Isn’t Barry Sanders’ kid going to Stanford?
by non sequitur on Jan 25, 2012 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
And Ken Griffey, Jr.’s kid is going to Arizona State!
by free f.p. #14 on Jan 25, 2012 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
He's actually going to U of A
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
University of Alabama! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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The fake U of A, in Arizona.
So close
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
I'll be damned. You go to the University of Arizona?
Yeah, so?
Good football team. (LOL!)
Yeah? I guess so. I wouldn’t know.
Arizona Wildcats.
Right…
He can see you.
What?
He can see you. Just keep looking straight ahead. He called you a Wildcat before. I didn’t even pick up on it. Bastard’s got a camera right in your face. He can see the whole bus. He’s been playing me from minute one.
/Worst plot point ever? Worst plot point ever.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:46 PM PST up reply actions
I do not. I go to Sacramento State.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
I just made the first line of dialogue the subject line.
(And I grew up ohsoclose to there; 39th & H)
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:58 PM PST up reply actions
I thought you meant University of Phoenix
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 25, 2012 8:49 PM PST up reply actions
It's a sad day for my three-year old daughter
Her favorite Giant is “Timmy,” who she talks about non-stop and has said is her favorite person. However, her second favorite is “Cody Woss.” When she sees him, she always say, “Oh Cody Woss!” She was very sad when I broke the news this morning.
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
He was sent away to live with some nice people upstate with a big field he could run around in all day.
The first six innings are overrated.
by apistat on Jan 25, 2012 5:30 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Well, a big center and right field, anyway.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
There’s a nasty green gruffalo in left, I hear.
by non sequitur on Jan 25, 2012 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
That's because he looks like a teddy bear.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
Update on the thing
Still slated for the 5, 7, 9 and 11 a.m. Eastern Time hours of Morning Edition.
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Hopefully I’ll be able to catch the 11:00 am EST broadcast on my drive to work.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I’ll be the handsome one.
It’s a radio joke! You can’t see anyone!
That kills at conventions.
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Any "spilled milk" jokes?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
YAY! I will see the 5 AM one. Because I will not have gone to bed yet.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
2:35 a.m. Pacific. It’s Overnight Edition!
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The Letter 2, reporting from Tennessee
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I gotta say, it’ll be nice to hear my outcue on this one.
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coffee, newspaper, morning edition, and now TL2—my morning routine
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
all of them are archived on the NPR site
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Audio should be available shortly after noon Eastern.
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AIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!
I just turned on the television and was horrified to find Are You There Chelsea blaring back at me.
Turnitoffturnitoffturnitoff!!!
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 5:35 PM PST reply actions
Ahhh... Futurama reruns... much better.
Mayor Poopenmayer: bzzzt bzzzt bzzzt Is this clown on? Where are those daring crime-stoppers?
Leela: Oh! Uhh… I completely forgot! I left my apartment on fire! flees
Bender: AhhhAs for me, I’m late for my LSATs! also flees
Fry: And I just can’t take life any more! defenestrates self
enter New Justice Team
Mayor Poopenmayer: Captain Yesterday! Clobberella! My liege! You’re just in time! We’ve received a tip that the Museum of Natural History will be robbed tomorrow at exactly 9:00 am! The target: a priceless quantum gemerald!
Captain Yesterday: Who’s the perp?
Mayor Poopenmayer: A dangerous villain known as The Zookeeper, who commits crimes aided by a pack of highly-trained animals!
Captain Yesterday: Pack of highly. Got it.
Mayor Poopenmayer: His crew includes a badger with troubled past and nothing left to lose! An elephant who never forgets… to kill! And a seldom-used crab named Lucky, AKA… Citizen Snips!
Clobberella: You can count on us, Mr. Mayor! Justice… away!
Super King: wheeze Hold the elevator!
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
Just wanted to say
Cody Ross is the line drive that got over Bobby Richardson, the Bobby Bonds sac fly in the sixth inning of the NLCS, the sliding catch from Candy Maldonado, the nasty slider that Scott Speizio couldn’t touch, and Jose Cruz, Jr. squeezing the glove
Wow. Great writing. Made me take a second to collect myself.
That is all.
Proud adoptee of Dick Tidrow the mastermind behind Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Buster Posey and many more. Also known as "The Reason".
That seems to be the consensus standout sentence.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 5:41 PM PST up reply actions
“…and the entire 1989 World Series, because holy shit, that was bad.”
Glad to have the World Series win, but still waiting on my Kim Batiste bobblehead. GET OFF YOUR HANDS, GIANTS BRASS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Dave Dravecky, starting pitcher of the greatest regular-season game I've ever attended.
Except this:
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 6:04 PM PST up reply actions
.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6mYKTk7ytw&feature=player_detailpage#t=103s
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
TMZ: Honey Badger Face Behind the Viral Video Superstar Revealed!!
http://www.tmz.com/2012/01/25/honey-badger-randall-revealed-video/#
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
Why did i see TMZ and then still click? On the bright side, I now know more about the Miley Cyrus penis cake.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
I am going to miss my son.
/sobs
/pours one out.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
I never thought I’d get so attached to him.
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That smile, man. That smile.
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
I think I made this GIF
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Such a handsome boy.
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
This would be the type of guy I'd want to buy the Dodgers
ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Kroenke could be making a bid for the Dodgers wp.me/p14QSB-Li9
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Oh fuck no. I would be so split.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
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
KILL IT WITH FIRE
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
And yet, he is haunted by the fond memories of the SF logo.
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Because you’ve never been sexually assaulted and don’t know what it feels like?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 6:21 PM PST up reply actions
yeah..
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
Flagged
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
At least they moved him to the correct team roster.
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
Today there was this:
SFGiants San Francisco Giants
#SFGiants Poll Question of the Day – If you could meet any #SFGiants at Fan Fest, who would it be? – use #SFGFest in your Answer
my response?
@MsMerope Merope
@SFGiants #SFGFest Andres Torres…. oh right. I guess we won’t be going to fanfest.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
by Merope on Jan 25, 2012 6:29 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
This would be my answer :(
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 6:31 PM PST up reply actions
Guys remember the Red Sox are the Giants’ AL allies! This is perfect.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
just about
every time a read a Grant post
am reminded what a great great writer he is.
drop the mic
Grant.
I'll actually miss these displays too
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Got the bat-toss silver medal in Beijing!
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
Grant had a post on Baseball Nation, or whatever the hell that other place is called, about those. Cody Ross owners manual or something.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Where do you think i got the GIF?!
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/8/19/2371487/jose-constanza-licking-delmon-young-bat-video
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
If Cody Ross had ever gotten a hold of one of Keppinger's unstoppable bats, thousands would die.
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
Seriously.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Are the Giants selling these next season?
Because if not, they should. I’d buy one.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
The guy in front of the head looks like a shaved Brian Wilson.
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
Guy to his left (viewer’s right) is clearly Fredi Gonzalez.
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The guy to his right apears to be Mr. Miyagi.
haha! Bearded azns look alike to white guys.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
the girl on the bottom left
is mila kunis
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
They serve the dual function of also acting as a bag over your head when you are embarrassed after the Giants lose yet another 1-0 game to Henry Sosa.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 6:34 PM PST up reply actions
I agreed very much with this Deadspin piece re: Posnanski
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I read that piece earlier today. And I agree.
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A lot of my friends on Facebook and elsewhere have been posting their own opinions about how Paterno should be remembered
Mostly positive ones, because I think a lot of the people who think less of him are biting their tongues out of respect for the dead.
But what came to mind, for me, is that 99% of the time, people get remembered for what they deserve to be remembered for.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
One common theme I keep hearing in news coverage of Paterno’s death is how the rape scandal would affect his reputation/public perception. Really. Really? His reputation was the victim? That’s what we’re wringing out hands about?
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Yeah
“How will Paterno be Remembered” is the headline of every story.
It’s pretty horrifying, and as someone who works in one of the largest youth serving organizations in the country it makes me sick.
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
Wanna hear a bad idea?
I spent part of the day preaching to the already-converted one-way-or-the-other on the ESPN message boards of this Tim Keown column.
I’m bluemax, if anyone cares (and you shouldn’t).
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:07 PM PST up reply actions
They've been doing solid work calling BS.
The massive, ever-changing mural “Inspiration,” located near the student book store in downtown State College, has a new addition today: a halo appearing above the head of grandfatherly Joe Paterno. This is the same mural that was altered by its artist to remove Jerry Sandusky after the sex abuse scandal broke. If the landmark artwork can be said to reflect the Penn State community’s thoughts and feelings, it’s quite telling that Paterno is a saint and Sandusky doesn’t exist.
As have their commenters:
I’m going to be serious for a moment, and pull back on the snark:
I just hope whichever you way you fall on this very touchy subject, you remain respectful to Paterno, Penn St., and of course the victims.
Some things are going to be said, and some people will be offended. Let’s remember we all come to Deadspin for a good time, and it’s a privilege to be able to comment here. Try not to say anything that will get you banned.
But if you do say something reprehensible and get banned, don’t forget you can just change your username, read all the articles, comment, and basically still have the same access you had before.
JoePa would have wanted it that way.
WashingtonForeskins Sun 22 Jan 2012 11:56 AM
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
I love Pos
But he’s so so so wrong on this
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
He’s in a pretty unenviable spot.
Though he might have done better just to restrain himself rather than leaping to a quasi-defense.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
LOL
Groupon Criticized for Literally Peddling Snake Oil
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 6:45 PM PST reply actions
wowowowowow mahor abc news BURN
50 most searched women on the internet
NUMBER 7
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 6:47 PM PST reply actions
I hate the LOL OMG BIEBER IS A GIRL!!! bs
i can’t tell if it’s more homophobic or misogynistic
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.
DIY unpacking.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
UNPACK
Well, that was easy.
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
I think its jealousy
guys don’t understand why girls like someone who doesn’t fit into their mainstream views of what girls should like
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
It’s also a very juvenile attitude for a very juvenile demographic. Girls are taught to overreact, and boys remain diametrically opposed. Bieber, Twilight, Jonas Brothers, whatever. The more those things are pushed on teen and ‘tween girls, the more boys will in turn flock to the opposing camp. It’s thrust on them so forcefully that it’s hard to be ambivalent about it.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
That said, I still have my Tiger Beat with Will Clark on the cover.
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that being said
twilight sucks
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 6:59 PM PST up reply actions
Twilight is horrible
but at the same time, people who hate it mostly because girls like it (rather than because it presents some pretty unhealthy and oppressive relationships and ideals) bother me.
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.
rather than because it presents some pretty unhealthy and oppressive relationships and ideals
Compounded with the fact that it is marketed both teen and pre-teen girls.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Whoops, meant for that to be a blockquote.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
yes, definitely.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I actually liked it until the last book
Also the guys who read it and went to the midnight premier were the smart ones
They literally had girls falling over them
How do you feel about bronies? Men who instead of hating a thing for preteen girls, instead choose to love it
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 7:08 PM PST up reply actions
This could be personal bias speaking, but I intensely dislike guys like that.
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Guys who read Twilight, or guys who (perhaps) misrepresent their interests to chase tail?
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Good question. I’m talking about guys who exhibit a genuine, fanatic-level interest in those subjects.
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That's perfectly valid, too.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
as long as they aren't douchey about the actual target audience, i dont care
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I have nothing against bronies but am annoyed with those who zealously feel like they need to defend themselves.
my problem with bronies is that they let it infiltrate everypart of their lifes
case in point every gif that ilikeyoshis posted was a my little pony gif
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 7:12 PM PST up reply actions
It’s the same with internet gamers, stoners, and atheists:
Let’s take the least interesting part about you
And make it your entire social/online presence.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
by waelwulf on Jan 25, 2012 7:19 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That's why so many of us enjoy the OT stuff 'round these parts.
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Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:21 PM PST up reply actions
There are some who complained that baseball wasn’t being discussed recently and they were serious.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
If Brandon Crawford vs Brendan Ryan vs Ryan Theriot
isn’t scraping the bottom of the on-topic barrel, I’d hate to find out what results in splinters.
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Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
It was stop talking about football or hockey or Parks and Rec and only discuss Matt Cain. If we did that, it would make this pretty boring.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
what about pie/cake, Rush, The Hobbit and StarWars?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
ONLY MATT CAIN, CODY ROSS AND TIM LINCECUM
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
He the new Giants SS? (One poster here would say “Better than Crawford”)
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I have to admit, he would be so cute in that vanilla uni.
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Lefty.
Can’t be a SS :(
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
What position would he play?
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If he actually played, I bet he was a pitcher.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Judging by his NFL performance,
I’m guessing he had command issues.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
Right? Even we can’t sustain an ongoing conversation without wandering to other subjects.
Which I guess would raise the question as to why we hang around when we haven’t got anything basebally to say but for me it’s because you guys are awesome.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Didn't you hear?
Having a feeling of community makes us sad-sack scum of the earth.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Better than sad sack-scum! Hey, optimism!
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
there's not much to talk about right now
how many times can you argue about whether or not tim/matt deserve extensions or that the giants should have signed carlos beltran?
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.
MY LOCAL SPORTS TEAM IS BETTER THAN YOUR LOCAL SPORTS TEAM
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
HOW DARE YOU?
PRODUCE EVIDENCE, PREFERABLY IN CHART FORM.
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
HAVE AT YOU
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
En Garde
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
Etc.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
one of my all time favorites.
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
I guess so.
I don’t routinely inject sports into conversation with people who have no interest.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Somewhere, my girlfriend just sighed wistfully
and said, “if only….”
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:26 PM PST up reply actions
rec'd times a million
I mean, I’m an atheist who plays World of Warcraft and smokes pot, but I like to think that none of those things define me as a person. Sadly that is not true of some of my peers.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jan 25, 2012 7:24 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but what if they let Trolls be warlocks?
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
(That was a joke, by the way. WTB sarcasm font.)
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
If I understand correctly, you're not missing much.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
That reminds me — I did some calculations, and it turns out Deborah Norville was the shortest-serving Today host, at 410 days (January 8, 1990 – February 22, 1991). John Chancellor came in second, at 417 days (July 17, 1961 – September 7, 1962). I knew it was close, but I didn’t just how close.
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Only partially. I used a date calculator to get the exact figures. But the start and end dates I pulled from memory and checked against a reference list I have.
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I can remember dates eerily accurately. But calculating them eludes me.
On the other hand, I can calculate hour-minute time quite well because of the way my job relies on it.
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There’s online calcumalator dealies for that. [probably apps too] such as http://www.curriculumassociates.com/products/BRIGANCE_Age_Calculator.htm?Type=SCH&CustId=1011090923208192107093
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I just want to step outside of it for a moment and tell you how much I treasure this about you.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I'll hear no more of this pro-Bieber propaganda.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I’m not a fan of the guy’s music, but I don’t think he deserves the amount of crap he gets. He at least seems to have some degree of self-awareness about his image.
And hey, this is his town and all.
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Or simply stupidity. A guy named “Casey” was elected our 8th grade homecoming queen because his name ended up on the ballot by accident. Humans are terrible people.
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Humans are terrible people.
This this a thousand times this.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
You had a homecoming queen in 8th grade?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Mm…I may have forgotten the original terminology. The class’ representative to the homecoming court. Who would be female. Whatever that would be called, yes.
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No, i don’t doubt the terminology was right. I’m just questioning have a homecoming in 8th grade. I always thought it was a high school thing.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Oh! Yes, I see now. I didn’t explain. Our high school was 8th through 12th grade.
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Oh. So middle school was just 6th and 7th grade?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I am striking out left and right. Kindergarten was still right before first grade, right?!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Yes!
I should point out the construction of those grades was a jury-rigged solution to house students as the district’s population boomed. When a new high school was built, everyone got some breathing room. The high school housed 9th through 12th, the junior high 6th, 7th and 8th, and the elementary school went K through 5th. Mine was the first graduating class from that new high school in 2003.
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So were other schools not in that school district the “regular” way?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
…I think so. But I wasn’t an expert on our county’s school systems. I was a prisoner of them.
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Human beings are terrible people, it’s true. But I do really feel like the over-the-top hatred for Bieber, especially the stuff that makes fun of him for looking like a girl or w/e is rooted in those kinds of attitudes. He doesn’t look like how a “man” is supposed to look, he’s more effeminate, therefore he is bad.
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.
BIEBER BAD CAVEMAN GOOD
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
FIVE WOMAN!
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
omg bishies ^_^
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I've seen my asian friends try to grow beards.
It’s not like they’ve got many alternatives.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
The thing about Bieber. I think he needs to eat more. He is so thin looking.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
i have no idea how much he eats so i can't comment
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.
Please, please do not tell Jim.
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Big Time Timmy Jim?
Nah, he’ll be fine. He’s big time!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:18 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, I don’t have a problem with Tim gaining weight. But others have a different stance on the matter.
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LOL
Yeah, I knew who you really meant. And I appreciate that stance! Us rail-thin guys need to get scoped out too, dammit.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously. Though I’m told I’d be “devoured” at a local watering hole for committed bachelors. I’ve yet to find out.
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The Giants rep lost the Baseball IQ game show on MLB Network to the Dodgers rep.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Thanks.
I had DVRd it to watch later.
:(
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
SPOILER ALERT
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Think about how much time you just saved!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Sorry
Didn’t think anyone watches that show or the network.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I will probably survive.
Maybe.
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
Henry Schulman @hankschulman
And now he can spread his jolly cheer in the other Bay Area. RT @jcrasnick: Jeff Keppinger agreed to a one-year big league deal with Rays.
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
Top 50 Prospects
A Giant is on the list early.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I'm not saying
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Cannot wait to see where Wheeler is.
Also, it’s very disturbing the young pitching that the Dbacks have on that list.
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
Yup
He’s there…somewhere
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I didn't DVR this, so don't worry about hurting me.
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
SPOILED by Twitter
San Francisco Giants @SFGiants
Two #SFGiants are on @MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects list: No. 48 Gary Brown, No. 98 Francisco Peguero
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 7:26 PM PST up reply actions
So, Belt is no longer a prospect?
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
Too much time in the bigs last year, I'd imagine.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:30 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder what determines it. Belt had 209 PA vs. Anthony Rizzo’s 153 and Rizzo is on the list.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Was Trout on there?
Harper number 1?
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
They haven’t reached number 1 yet.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Trout is number 3.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
So, I am confused as to why Belt is not on the list then.
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
Maybe 200 PA is the cut off?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Harper #1
Who’s #2?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Yu
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.
Oh, fuck those lame ass rules.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I’d take Trout or Harper over Yu.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Don't...
Don’t Yu want me…
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Matt Moore
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
wtf
I would almost certainly take Trout and Harper over Moore.
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.
Harper won’t be on the opening day roster for WSH. Will Trout be for LAA? I wonder if that has something to do with it. Matt Moore will be on the TB opening day roster.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Harper won't be on the opening day roster
but he’ll be pretty darn close
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.
Trout may not be either. Bourjos, Wells, Hunter.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
lol Wells
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.
MLB.com acts like he'll break camp with the team.
They also think Brown will be with the Giants before the end of next season.
Hype machine, etc. etc.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
he really shouldn't
dude is 19 and he had a .720 OPS in AA last year.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah.
If they signed Fielder I could see them pulling that stunt to sell tickets, but the kid needs more time.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
plus
i don’t think you want him hitting FA at 25 after you wasted two of his cheap years on mediocre performance at 19/20
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.
Harper’s main issue is his maturity. He can’t be blowing kisses if he homers vs. Roy Halladay.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I was at the game where Lastings Milledge tied the game
in the 9th vs the Giants with his first ML homer in the 9th and high-fived fans on the way out to the field for the tenth. I thought it was cute (though he got blasted for it), but it’s a one-time deal. You can’t be doing that for HRs 2-whatever.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:08 PM PST up reply actions
Harper is number 2.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Hector sanchez
number 1
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Come check out the McC Book Club Start Date 1/21
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
DAMAGED GOODS
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
30 teams, 100 prospects, two Giants
at the bottom of their respective halves of the list.
Awesome.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
It's a snapshot in time
The snapshot comes right after graduating 3 former top 10 prospects in 2 years. (Posey, Belt, Bumgarner).
Nothing to be ashamed of, really.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I suppose that's true.
he admitted grudgingly.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:01 PM PST up reply actions
2/100
That’s… not good.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Almost just one!
Though jctGamer makes a fair point.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:09 PM PST up reply actions
HOLY CRAP
keithlaw @keithlaw
Dustin Richardson has been suspended 50 games for testing positive for five different PEDs. The Hall of Fame has already asked for his liver
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
I thought it was a great punchline.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
If any of you have friends who have season tickets
and paid early, tickets are on sale for opening day tomorrow morning. You can try and get a pair.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I've got a pair for you right here.
grabs crotch
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:14 PM PST up reply actions
The Giants must think the Wilson gnome game will be in high demand:
By meeting the Early Bird payment deadline, you have the chance to purchase up to a maximum of two (2) tickets, in any combination for either Opening Day, Friday, April 13th or Sunday, May 20th versus Oakland with the much-talked-about Brian Wilson Gnome as the giveaway at the gate that day!* *(Quantities for this gate promotion are limited to the first 20,000 fans. You are not guaranteed to receive the item.)
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Seattle
so, I’m willing to do some of the leg work on this, but I’d like suggestions on how to pull it together. Or, we can all just randomly be there or not.
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
yeah, I'm sorry, I need to get on that
I think our best bet is to pick one of the three games as an official “Hey Seattleites, go here” day, and then maybe set up a dinner for folks in town otherwise. Then we can see about ticket packages?
by Lies and Perfidy on Jan 25, 2012 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
Isn’t Seattle one of the places that the Giants usually have one of their group travel packaged trip dealies?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
the tickets is the part I’m not sure about how to arrange. I looked on the M’s site, and they have the typical 25 minimum. Not sure how to get the funds paid even if they would accommodate us.
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
If you get 25 people who confirm, you can set up a Pay Pal account and use that to pay off the tickets on your credit card. But getting 25 people to confirm is the issue.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
or just do this
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/ticketing/vacations.jsp#tab2
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
25 people sounds like too much to expect. Plus, I’m not willing to be in the $$ loop for that much money. Ideally, if we got enough seriously interested people (or, nerbs), maybe they would hold a block for people to call in and pay for individually?
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
how many tickets do they even sell, I mean are they selling out games? what if you just arbitrarily pick, say, left field bleachers section xxx and tell everybody to buy tickets in that section?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I’d fanpost it, since I feel like fanshots don’t get read.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
where is this “section xxx”?
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
yeah well with this group… it’s either code for hootch, or hootchy-kootchy
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
My nephew is getting married in Portland on that Saturday (the 15th), so I’ll be in the area(ish), but obviously won’t be going on that day. I am planning on trying to get up there on Friday or Sunday for a game though.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
Oops, the 16th.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 25, 2012 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
Oh here we go
Henry Schulman @hankschulman Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
LY in majors, hitters were .225/.265/.341 (.606 OPS) after 0-1 count, .272/.383/.438 (.821 OPS) after 1-0. Seeing pitches is important….
Henry Schulman @hankschulman Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
… but laying off a hitable, first-pitch strike in the name of seeing pitches seems counterproductive. G’s try to teach that.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
BAHAHAHA
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
Henry Schulman @hankschulman Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
FACTS….
Henry Schulman @hankschulman Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
… but feelings! G’s try to teach that.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:32 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Henry Schulman @hankschulman Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
First-pitch swing OPS = .859, compared to .606 after 0-1 count. RT @liesandperfidy: you’d have to compare 0-1 to first-pitch swinging
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
second half of my tweet:
@hankschulman and even that wouldn’t be a correct comparison; I guess you’d have to factor in the odds of a first pitch strike.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jan 25, 2012 7:35 PM PST up reply actions
DId you guys get my tweets?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I assume Hank means First-Pitch PUT IN PLAY
which is very different from first pitch swing. First pitch swing includes foul and whiff. Both of which contributes to the 0-1 count and subsequent .606.
If including that .606 a majority of the time still leads to OPS of .859, then hitters should ALWAYS swing at the first pitch. Your result can only be worse after that!
Which I don’t think is correct.
So to recap, if you have the ability to put the ball in play 100% of the time, yes, first pitch swinging is cool.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Yeah, there’s a huge selection bias here because hitters usually don’t swing on the first pitch unless it’s something they think that they can absolutely crush.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Glad to see someone covered this before I got back from dinner.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I was actually timing it very close. I saw you finish and hastened to type my response.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
OT: I'm watching The Big Bang Theory for the first time
I haven’t even cracked a smile yet. How is it so popular?
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
It's CBS
You could ask that question about every single one of their shows
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I think we have a fan of 60 Minutes here.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
No, that's SFGuy
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I meant scripted shows
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
CSI isn’t bad.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
But it's definitely gone downhill.
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
Their shelf life is probably near the end.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Well, it has been like 12 years
And the guy who plays Nick is like the only cast member who has been a regular cast member the whole way through and lasted
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
This is what is killing it for me,
The original cast all being gone and them trying to replace them. Ted Danson is not doing it for me.
Plus the reasons they leave are pretty stupid.
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
I’ll admit. I haven’t seen one this season.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
It's been meh.
And Catherine leaving is making it more meh. Although Eckley’s daughter is proving to be a good character.
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
No more Marg Helgenberger? Time to schettino.
by non sequitur on Jan 25, 2012 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
I guess it's a matter of taste
I don’t like that show, either But I also didn’t find Parks and Rec funny or interesting the two times I watched it.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Were they from Season 1?
Because that season wasn’t that funny.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Recently
Like a couple episodes the past 2-3 months. I didn’t think it was funny and thought the acting was pretty bad.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Really
i don’t give a shit. I don’t like it and I don’t have to like it.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Not a fan. It feels like it was written for people to laugh at nerds, as opposed to other shows (like Community for example) where nerdy writers make jokes for nerds to laugh at
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
it’s terrible how they deliver their lines
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I think the acting is pretty bad.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
If you think CSI isn't bad
And you criticize the acting on Parks and Rec, then we have a very different definition of what good acting is
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I just think Parks and Rec is overacting.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
BTW, I am not talking about CSI Miami, either.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
All CSIs are awful
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
The original is good.
In it’s heyday it was probably one of the best shows on.
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
Procedural network shows don't do it for me
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
i think the last episode i watched regularly
was the quentin tarantino one where nick got buried alive
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
i mean the last one i watched when i watched regularly
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.
ben mckenzie!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I don’t watch it, but the caps of him in the cop uniform are enough to make me want to!
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.
Seriously, he is hot. His partner (played my Michael Cudlitz) is, too.
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That should read “played by.” Weird Freudian slip, there.
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On AfterElton they call them Officer Twink and CuddlyBear, respectively
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 8:01 PM PST up reply actions
Cudlitz seems galoot-y.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
He is. The crusty-but-lovable cop who’s seen it all.
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Honestly, I like all of the leads. It’s just a damn good show.
Too bad I can’t watch this season because I canceled my cable. Alas.
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protip—download episodes from filestube. syntax to zero in is like this:
Southland s01e01 720p
where s01 is season 1, and e01 is episode 1. Of course, how you end up watching it depends on your gear.
(Since you’re in the media, maybe you have issues with pirating, perhaps?)
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Not really. It’s how I get my adult documentaries.
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“Documentaries”?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
The term my friends and I use.
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Home Runs and the Western Suns!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Sometimes I think about them up there in their house in Marin. And I know the world is gonna be okay.
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Have you read the no wives AU one with Vogelsong and Stewart? Surprisingly awesome
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
Yes. Spectacular. I wasn’t sold on the pairing when he first mentioned it, but the story turned out to be great.
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I still love that Vogelsong/Schierholtz one-shot from a while back.
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Pretty much everything that author does is great.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
And that guy who was on Band of Brothers!
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
In your opinion
In mine, Parks and Rec is awful
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Can't deny that CSI was/is a highly rated CBS show
Honestly, Parks and Rec is really the only network show I watch these days.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Person of Interest sounds interesting but aren’t they canceling that?
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
i thought person of interest was the #1 new drama or something
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.
number one new drama on cbs starring former LOST cast members
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Come check out the McC Book Club Start Date 1/21
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 7:57 PM PST up reply actions
POI is decent. Weird, but interesting at the same time.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
my parents watch it
but CBS is kind of a “my parents watch it” network
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
i watched NCIS last night
lol
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.
Simmons has been joking recently
About how when he watches games on CBS he laughs to himself during the promos for their crappy shows because he imagines his dad happily DVRing it.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I just think networks are really limited in what they can do
They’re trying to appeal to as broad a fanbase as possible.
This just leads to bland, formulaic shows and even ones with potential are noted to death by execs.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
weird
i can’t say i’ve ever had an issue with anyone’s acting on the show other than aziz ansari a few times.
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 gf and I
are not big fans of Rashida Jones’s work on that show.
More to the point, though, is that the idea of comparing performances in a broad comedy with those of a police procedural on a 1-to-1 basis is as silly as ignoring park factors while comparing, say, Coors Field stats and Petco stats.
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Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
Cute as a button!
11 01 10
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:19 PM PST up reply actions
had no idea she was on The Office until this week
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Yea, for like 2 or so seasons, Jim’s love interest
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
ANN PERKINS!
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Aziz Ansari makes this face all the time :D
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
haha i love it when he makes this face
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I can't see the break.
Very well done.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
That’s because it reverses.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
So it's while his chin is lowered and he's looking off camera?
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Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:38 PM PST up reply actions
It's a show about nerds with nerds by people who have never met nerds
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
I think it depends on the nerds. We like BBT. Some episodes are good some are pretty meh. The more the female characters are involved the less funny it seems to be. The Mr. went to school, and works with people who are like Sheldon and Leonard. So… it might depend on what nerds you associate with and how old they are.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
This has been my philosophy for the show and it's helped me enjoy it more
Though sometimes it does border on insulting.
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
I heard it once referred to as that “Nerd Minstrel Show” which seemed way overly harsh to me, but I agree with the general idea.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
For people who have never met nerds.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
no idea, not a big fan
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I think ive found my dream job
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Come check out the McC Book Club Start Date 1/21
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 7:40 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Those grant meetings must be a riot.
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ROAD TRIP BBQ
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Oddly, a friend and I will be in Cairo next Saturday. I doubt it’s an epicenter of the barbecue world.
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omg Cairo
wait, i just realized you probably don’t mean Cairo, Egypt.
or do you!?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I HAD BOILED PEANUTS FOR BREAKFAST FROM CAIRO, GEORGIA
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.
Even better! Cairo, Illinois!
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that was my second guess
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
No. It’s an extension of a road trip we planned so we could visit a map and globe store in West Tennessee.
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Murray Hudson Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints and Globes in beautiful downtown Halls, Tennessee.
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are you familiar with David Rumsey’s site?
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I wasn’t. But it looks interesting.
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What you did there, I saw it.
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It’s easy to get lost on a map website.
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I do love me some maps.
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
I have a difficult time even getting rid of AAA maps
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Currently framed and adorning my living room walls
I have
a 1954 pre-interstate National Geographic map of California covered in little factoids with inset close-ups of The Bay, SF, LA, SD, and Yosemite
a map of the Chicago Loop from a very strange forced perspective
and
a 3′×5′ building-by-building map of Manhattan below 68th Street.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve got a poster of Band of Brothers, one of the Pacific, a map of the world, and a map of the Iberian peninsula. No pictures aside from me and my maternal grandmother.
My place must’ve looked really odd with absolutely nothing adorning it for the first year I was here.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
lol
well most of the downstairs is giants stuff from 2010. one of Natto’s prints, and then we took the orange and black signs they passed out during the playoffs and framed them with our tickets, so there’s a “Fear the beard” a “K” and a “Beat Texas” on the walls.
Most of the other stuff we have up are enlarged to poster size pictures from hiking trips we’ve taken.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
In my living room...
A 1927 map of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
A five-foot-long physical map of Tennessee
An aeronautical chart of the Pacific Coast
A large U.S. map I made, broken into the four contiguous time zones, in a color scheme that compliments the room
And there are a ton more in the other rooms.
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Nice. Wish I knew how to work fancy computer-type maps. The ones I make are always paper.
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it’s data from GIS fed into an illustrator program called MapPublisher. All that takes a helluva lot of time to learn, for sure. I’m a little intimidated for when I pick it back up because it’s been so long.
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
It sounds like something that might be moderately useful in my next big project: plotting the signal footprints of all of Tennessee’s public radio stations on a 1:500,000-scale.
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oh... my... god...
that is fucking sweet
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 use that U.S. map (and the clocks above it) as the background for Skype conversations. Makes it look all newsy.
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Very interesting, and clever. The maps you mentioned is they exact way i kinda want my apartment to be like…. along with whatever my girlfriend wants with pictures and stuff..
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Heehee.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Period documentaries!
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I have a framed map of 1898 San Francisco
No bridges! Ferries everywhere!
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
Plus 1500/1600s era maps of the United States, California, Florida, and the Caribbean
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 8:38 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not big on very old maps, but I can understand the aesthetic value. The appreciation for those older maps grows as I get older.
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I'd really like a map of colonial-era Africa.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, that would be really interesting.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 8:44 PM PST up reply actions
My parents collect really old maps so most of those are gifts from them.
The one of 1898 SF was one I bought myself so it is the one I am most proud of though it is by far the least valuable.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
I decoupaged an ugly Ikea end table
with a souvenir faux-aged pirate map of the Caribbean.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:42 PM PST up reply actions
there’s a map on p2-4 that people seemed to like; more of a delineation overlay than a map, perhaps. Of course, I have a special fondness for that area because of the ’stick
4.6mb PDF
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Whatcha doing there?
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I’ve never been to Illinois, so we’re going to go.
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Well, what is it?
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
LOL. Red Wings Coach response to losing 7-2 tonight, right before the All-Star break
Ansar Khan @AnsarKhanMLive
Wings’ Babcock: "I’m not going to look at the video of this at all, I’m going to go out and drink, actually, is what I’m going to do.’
MLB Network shows an update with a report of Jeff Keppinger reportedly signing with the Rays. I think they showed Keppinger’s only hit as a Giant.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
But not our fantastic promo?
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I'm sorry, but this is just fantastic
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Literally hit home
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
LOL
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
I am the internet
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Gary Brown
Chris Haft / MLB.com
“This guy’s a true shutdown center fielder,” (Andy)Skeels[manager of SJ Giants] said. “One thing that he does better than anybody I’ve ever seen in center field is charge the ball and get rid of it in a hurry. And it’s not just getting it back into the infield. This kid can throw. He throws head-high darts, and right on the bag. He’s incredibly accurate. He’s a true weapon defensively, and especially throwing the ball. There aren’t a whole lot of center fielders who have that ability.”
Playing his first full professional season after San Francisco drafted him in the first round (24th overall) of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, Brown batted .336 and captured the California League’s Rookie of the Year honors. He led the league with 188 hits and 13 triples while finishing second with 53 stolen bases.
Brown compiled these numbers despite enduring a prolonged midseason slump.
“The one thing that really encouraged me, and I’m sure it encouraged a lot of other people in our organization, is to see him get challenged and get beat — to make the adjustment coming out of that series of games that we had for about three weeks, and then to just dominate the second half the way he did,” Skeels said.
A right-handed batter, Brown finally slowed down during the offseason, as exhaustion and a respiratory infection limited him to 11 games and a .220 batting average for Scottsdale in the Arizona Fall League. He’ll be among the 25 non-roster invitees to big league Spring Training camp next month.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
Oh, a really long block quote.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
This is a loooooonngggg quote
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
the Pirates Braves game... just a guess
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Where were you during that time?
This GIF has been posted a ton of times.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
Dude, i’ve been absent since basically last March, i’ve been around here and there
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Sorry, I did not know this.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 8:16 PM PST up reply actions
all good. trying to slowly get myself back into thangs
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like crystal meth and unprotected sex.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty much!!!!
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What do you think of the new #20 ranking?
think we keep that after road games at BYU and Gonzaga?
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
Biggest test in the last few years, in my opinion
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how bout you?
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that's fine and everything, but WCC>Mountain West
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I mean, you should probably get some more competition :D
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Mountain Mehst now
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:14 PM PST up reply actions
i think it's going to rough to keep that ranking
If they can go out on the road and take 1 of 2 I think they stay around #24-25 with the winner leap frogging to 21.
If they take both games, not only will I be impressed, but the team is going to be ranked in the high teens. I really don’t like the Gaels ability (or inability) to focus on weaker opponents and get it done. They scared me against Santa Clara, but delighted me againt Gonzaga.
They just need to focus on just assassinating with cold efficiency and not let bad teams hang out for so long.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
i’ll be definitely happy with 1 of 2, they absolutely dominated both teams at home which is making me feel pretty comfortable.
No doubt, if they take both games, they go up in the rankings to like, #15. They play to the level of competition, and i was at that Santa Clara game, it was just nobody was taking advantage, the game was there for the taking.
Yup, that’s the nasty habit they have to get over
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That habit is the difference between going to the dance and actually getting to the sweet 16 again. This team is so much more balanced than it used to be when it was Samhan and a bunch of Aussies orbiting around Samhan. This is the 1st time I’ve seen them as not being a one trick pony type of a team, which (for most years) was a perimeter shoothing 3 point team.
Then again, that same 3 point perimeter team beat Gonzaga at home when Turiaf was beasting the WCC while I was a student. So I guess I’m kind of used to them just not showing up to some games, and getting on crazy rolls in others.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
SO much more balanced, they’re playing better defense than they’ve ever played. They’re more than a perimeter team now which is definitely encouraging.
Yea, now all the sudden they’re showing up in most games, and if not the whole game, when it counts.
I saw Delly’s parents at that game too
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oh yeah
they have been here for awhile now! What huge game he had in front of them against Gonzaga at home. Huge.
You saw them? sat next to them? Delly’s sister (i think?) looked incredible. Damn Aussies.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
The guy is just money, so under control, might be the best PG in the conference, makes great passes, shoots. He’s a slower/less athletic version of Patty Mills, with better passing skills.
Yea, i saw them leaving the Leavey center, i MUST look up Delly’s sister
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I do like Foster
he’s pretty damn decent.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
suspended indefinitely
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what happened to him?
grades? drugs? played justin bieber in the locker room?
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
drinking and driving
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it's in Santa Clara
where could you possible be going?
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly! Plus, GET A FUCKING TAXI
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Also
you are the biggest star at Santa Clara. Get one of your groupies to be the DD.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:25 PM PST up reply actions
Also
taller than Mills so doesn’t need to be AS quick. Patty Mills was insane at the fastbreak pressure though. Although some of that pressure seems to just be Randy’s system.
Yes, you need to. CSNCA had some pictures of all of them. I really hope she’s at least 18 so I feel like less of a perv.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:17 PM PST up reply actions
wanna know a crazy stat?
9th in the country in Assists, 28th in defense pts per game
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that's insane
the defense pts mainly, they have always had a nutty selflessness with the ball. Teams that play them HAVE to play loose defense to keep them in check.
It may become a problem in the tourney when teams start getting big AND athletic.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:23 PM PST up reply actions
And the only team to have done that really is Baylor. Who are a very good defensive team.
But we don’t got to worry about the tourney yet, who knows how Waldow will do
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forward thinking
but after that loss in the sweet 16 I’ve been spoiled to thinking they are a dark horse elite 8 team.
They need a new stadium. McKeon is just too small.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:30 PM PST up reply actions
This year though, they got away from their game plan on offense because of Baylors defense.
ha, BUILD UP, it’s one of the oldest gyms in the conference i believe
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they have to do something
whats the capacity? 3500? Either build a new one with a parking structure on campus or build one in walnut creek and play there with buses for students.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:36 PM PST up reply actions
yup
Wonder how much money they got to work with, plus i highly doubt Moraga wants something like that, haha, can you imagine wanting a place that could seat, up to 7,8,9,10 thousand? wouldn’t fit in Moraga.
WC would be nice, but seriously, that is one of the best basketball experiences in the bay
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haha yeah
Moraga would require a lot of greasing the local government, almost to a point of not being worth it. Hell they barely let us have a 3 story science building. We had to go buy them a new fire truck that had a long enough ladder.
Moraga is just too much of a bottleneck for more people. It SUCKS driving in there for any event unless you know the few back ways the locals know.
Walnut creek i think they could do. There is space, the community is Gael country with bars and nightclubs and enough police to handle the extra problems. Also, it’s right at 24 and 680 so traffic is dispersed so much more easily.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
you sure that's his sister?
and plus she looks YOUNG
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Is she blonde?
If so then maybe? She posed with the whole family so I’d imagine so.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
YUP, she is
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got a link?
I’m curious how much of a pedo I am
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:38 PM PST up reply actions
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she's more brunette
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yeah
she does look young, not crazy young, but young. I don’t feel as bad now because she is damn pretty. Curse those aussie accents too.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:41 PM PST up reply actions
Aha. That’s why you’d never seen my weather maps before. Gotcha.
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pretty much! Very new to me, and loved it
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LOL
Colorado is ‘H.’
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
/bookmarked
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You gonna watch the Warriors screw up again tonight?
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
yea, i'm watching
bench unit>Starters I’d rather see Jeremy Tyler than Biedrins
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Biedrins
has to be one of the most worthless bigs I have seen in awhile. He just seems like a shell of a player out there.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:12 PM PST up reply actions
Are the warriors the only team that would have him on a roster?
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Who did the Warriors use their amnesty on?
why was it not Biedrins? And yes, I’d say so. He just looks mechanical out there, gets rattled easily, no killer instinct.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
Charlie Bell
Should’ve done it with Biedrins of course, but, it’s the warriors so i expect nothing less
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Clowns of the bay area
seriously, didn’t Bell have one more year left or something? I can understand maybe from a PR standpoint as Bell is a gigantic idiot (who shows up DRUNK to their own DUI court case? Seriously?) but I dont see why they could amnesty Biedrins and cut Bell.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
They're just idiots basically
yes, that is Charlie Bell. Because they felt they had something left in Beans
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should have seen it coming
a guy nicknamed beans stinks mightily.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve posted a lot longer ones.
Some people don’t like to click on the links, so I try to post what I think is the most important information.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
Namely, all of it.
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That’s cute, but it’s more like a 1/4th.
You seem to have a strong problem with me doing it. I wonder why that is. I mean, if they are an eyesore, you can just click on the subject line and make it go away.
I guess I could stop doing it from now on.
I like coming here and reading news that other people post on the Giants. I like to in turn contribute to that.
Please tell me why you have problem with it.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 8:30 PM PST up reply actions
Nah, no point in rehashing an old debate.
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What debate?
All you’ve done is insult me on this issue. Not once did you explain yourself.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 8:34 PM PST up reply actions
Well, ok then.
In this case, I was mostly joking.
That said, you do seem to have a habit of posting huge blocks of block quoted text. People linking to outside articles is awesome, because it provides a topic of conversation. But if you’re going to post more than a few judicious, choice selections, it might be better to provide just the link.
Posting a huge wall of text isn’t necessarily helpful for inspiring dialogue, because it’s basically like highlighting an entire page. (It always amused me when people would do this in middle school—literally the entire page minus one or two sentences would be highlighted.) What exactly am I supposed to focus on?
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I due post more block quotes than the average user, but never have I posted complete articles. I also have posted very large block quotes before, but rarely have I ever done that.
I prefer using blockquotes because it’s an efficient of conveying information. I think it’s a great way to start a discussion.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 8:47 PM PST up reply actions
efficient way
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 8:47 PM PST up reply actions
Again, I have no problem with key bits or pieces being highlighted. If I’m intrigued enough to read the full article, I’m more than happy to click through (and give page hits to the original author!). The ol’ hit ’em over the head with the block of text tactic is off-putting though.
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Especially when they are chain-posted.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
The ol’ hit ’em over the head with the block of text tactic is off-putting though
What the heck are you talking about?
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
I also have posted very large block quotes before, but rarely have I ever done that.
I don’t know about that.
I remember only a couple times posting very large block quotes. The Barry Bonds Jeff Kent fight being one, and a couple of the “greenies” ones.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
Well, you have known compatibility issues. And you’re not Grant.
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/flashes secret signal
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
/flashes secret sign
Hey, wait a second.
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I'm just ragging on you and have no actual problem with your doing them.
It’s not too gray, and I did read!
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:34 PM PST up reply actions
it’s better than all the annoying animated gif’s
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Counterpoint
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by Solidarity on Jan 25, 2012 10:18 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
tgray;dr
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Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 25, 2012 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
Im not sure why people hate your block quotes
I actually appreciate it
Its stuff i wouldn’t have read other wise and its there for me without having to click the link
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
:(
Top Prospect Alert @MinorLeagueBlog Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
MLB.com Top 100 Prospects: #30 Carlos Martinez #29 Martin Perez #28 Zack Wheeler #27 Anthony Rendon #26 Jarrod Parker
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Brown's rated what? 50 something?
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The article I just linked to says 48th.
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
literally just read it about a half hour ago
/short term
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Great news.
/sarcasm
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by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
it really does hit home
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
/news van bursts into living room
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I have to say, it’s a winner in my book.
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Informally. But it’s a biography of Dave Garroway. I guess I need to start working on that pretty soon.
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He isn’t going anywhere any time soon.
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I’m more worried about the loss of first-person sources.
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MAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYMAYYYYYYYYYY
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
I'm not so worried
I think Todrow sees something that he didn’t like.
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by Giant Voodoo on Jan 25, 2012 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
the year lincecum leaves
will be the year wheeler begins to dominate the majors
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by operation carrot on Jan 25, 2012 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t make me feel depressed.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 25, 2012 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
I like how
my local supermarket raises the MSRP and “lowers” the prices that are 5 to 10% higher than the old prices
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by CalBear949 on Jan 25, 2012 9:49 PM PST via Android app reply actions
also
the kids juice that has 50% less sugar because it’s diluted with water.
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by CalBear949 on Jan 25, 2012 9:52 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Holy shit
I might actually go to sleep before midnight tonight.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 9:51 PM PST reply actions
I need to study for this Bio mid-term, but I’m dying.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 9:57 PM PST up reply actions
Really makes me realizes how much I didn’t take high school seriously at all.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
I am still in a meeting. That started at 6 PM.
DYING
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
Good thing
the Sharks aren’t playing
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by CalBear949 on Jan 25, 2012 9:59 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
wtf bro
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I know. I need way more caffeine for this.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 25, 2012 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
If I were you
I’d keep 5-hours in my desk drawer.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I just got myself a 20 ounce Latte with an extra shot. LEHSSSSGO!
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 10:23 PM PST up reply actions
lol 30 minutes after pronouncing imminent bedtime
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If I study more tonight I can play volleyball tomorrow.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 25, 2012 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
Gallo is much improved, and I am delighted
So delighted that I made him food for the next three days of work, as well as dinner for tonight. First time I can remember doing that in quite some time. My prospective date has texted me quite a bit over the course of the evening, buoying my spirits on that front even as I took delight in dicing vegetables and simmering odds and ends. Good day, all told. I also squared one up at work and basically turned a guy’s life around.
And then there was the fine conversation of this thread and the previous. It is so rare to have perfect days; y’all were a part of this one. My good feelings are shared.
And, hey, that Grant fellow writes a mean article or two about baseball.
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Awesome to hear!!
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
so cool
I hope we can go to a game this summer.
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Fucked around
Got a triple-double.
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Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 26, 2012 7:27 AM PST up reply actions
Bueno
Good to hear this about Gallo.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 26, 2012 8:28 AM PST up reply actions
I love that I have to get up tomorrow at 6
and havn’t been able to fall asleep yet
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by operation carrot on Jan 26, 2012 1:38 AM PST reply actions
what the fuck
my neighbor is fucking stumbling around his back yard with one of those 1,000,000 candle flashlight things
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by operation carrot on Jan 26, 2012 1:48 AM PST up reply actions
This has been a weird night
my other neighbors fought all night
my dogs wont stop barking
and now this shit
he keeps shining the light at the ground and searching all around
I think he is looking for something
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Jan 26, 2012 1:51 AM PST up reply actions
oh man
I think he saw me
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by operation carrot on Jan 26, 2012 1:51 AM PST up reply actions
That's gotta be the most Hitchcockian, cliffhanger-y ending to a thread I've ever seen.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 26, 2012 7:29 AM PST up reply actions
NOT ANY MORE
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 26, 2012 8:29 AM PST up reply actions
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