It's Manny Burriss Time!
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 6, 2012 11:36 AM PST
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PrintSuppose this is Part Three of the I Guess These Are the Guys I Have to Root for After All series.
That's not my intent, though. I don't have any illusions of Manny Burriss being a productive part of this -- or any other -- Giants team. If a had a talent wand that I could bludgeon people with, Burriss might be the first person I went after. He's a hard-working, ever-smiling player who has had some horrific luck with injuries over his career. I like him a lot. But he has an uphill battle in his quest to become a viable 25th man.
The idea for this article germinated out of some sad and covetous rosterbation, actually. I was looking at Willie Harris's Baseball-Reference page, and I noticed he had a .340 OBP since 2004. His lack of power and defensive misadventures negate that somewhat, but I could dig a team with Mike Fontenot as the primary shortstop backup and Harris as the super-rover flitting all around the field. Then I remembered Manny Burriss is in the best shape of his life, and that he's the scheduled super-rover, and I got a little sad.
Again, this all came about because of yearnings for Willie Harris. There should be some sort of over-the-counter pill that you can get on January 6th for this kind of stuff. I mean, it happens every year. And by "pill," I mean "drink." And by "drink," I mean "Is it technically considered an Irish coffee if the ingredients just happen to meet in the stomach at some point?" That's what this kind of stuff does to me. I mean, Willie Harris. What is wrong with me?
But then thinking about Burriss actually put me at peace a little. Remember 2008? Sure you do, at least until after a few more of those coffees. Towards the end of the 2008 season, Manny Burriss looked like the ostensible starter at shortstop. Dude was going to start. And a lot of Giants fans were almost okay with that:
So I'm torn on Burriss. I don't want the Giants to spend money on a gimpy Rafael Furcal, and there's no sense in trading for an unproven guy like Ben Zobrist when Burriss didn't embarrass himself after being rushed.
Yep. Sure would have been awful to swing a trade for Zobrist, who was my favorite white whale of the past before Burriss blinded me with science and OBP.
The peace I referred to up there was along the lines of, "Man, remember when we were thinking about Burriss starting?" Seems like a long time and millions of confettis ago. If we're reduced to griping about Burriss as a utility infielder, progress has been made.
We've moved from sadness to pragmatic realism already in this post. Can I get some unfettered optimism? Well, there will be some fetters, but I'll do my best. This excursion into the world of Willie Harris also made me remember that utility infielders don't all come from the same place. Well, I guess if you're a uterus-reductionist they do, but in baseball terms, some of them start as first-round picks, and some of them start as 50th-round fliers. And very few of them have very successful early careers in the minors -- if they did, they'd probably get a starting gig at some point.
And before Willie Harris was a guy who was pretty okay, considering, he was a 24-year-old with a .742 OPS in AAA. And when he was Manny's age, 27, he had a .242/.309/.299 line in 854 career at-bats -- freaky-similar to Burriss' .250/.311/.281 career line.
Which is all to say: Maybe when I'm busy coveting Willie Harris, I should remind myself that there's a chance that Manny Burriss becomes the next Willie Harris. And that would be great.
It's also time for some baseball to start. Who had January 6th in the pool? I will burn this place down if I don't get some baseball soon, and I'm taking you all with me. You just read a post about Willie Harris and Manny Burriss. You can understand that sentiment.
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You lost me at ,“It’s Manny Burriss Time!”
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PEANUT BUTTER UTILITY WITH A BASEBALL BAT! PEANUT BUTTER UTILITY WITH A BASEBALL BAT! PEANUT BUTTER UTILITY WITH A BASEBALL BAT!
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 6, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It's mesmerizing.
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So, is that him failing to catch a ball? Because that makes it even funnier.
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by rotorueter on Jan 6, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Was he on the Clams or the Octopi?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
This leaves many questions to be answered. Namely, where do his hat and glasses keep going and how do they keep coming back so quickly?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
YES, AND NOW THAT DAMN SONG IS STUCK IN MY HEAD.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Now imagine Manny wearing a cowboy outfit with Bruce Bochy’s hand up his ass.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Way ahead of you there. I was imagining the strings as well.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t get me all hot and bothered while I’m at work.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
I can oblige the Crawford optimism, I can oblige the Huff progress
This just makes me feel cold and dead inside.
You know what helps with that feeling?
Booze.
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It’s also time for some baseball to start. Who had January 6th in the pool? I will burn this place down if I don’t get some baseball soon, and I’m taking you all with me.
In previous Januarys, I have gone down to Jackson Playground to watch fat dudes play softball to get my fix.
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by Noble_Bloodlines on Jan 7, 2012 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
I think I'd rather have Burriss start than Crawford.
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Pure insanity.
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Burriss' AAA line: .282/.343/.353
Crawford’s AAA line: .234/.291/.327
Crawford’s AA line: .250/.313/.369
Tell me why I shouldn’t want the guy with the superior on-base skills. Is it all defense? I think Burriss is pretty good on defense.
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You think wrong.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
But it's just defense, right?
I mean, Crawford’s time in AAA is SSS, but his time in AA isn’t. And Burriss has been a better hitter in AAA than Crawford was in AA.
It’s pretty obvious that Burriss is the superior hitter (isn’t that sad).
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Yes, Burriss is likely the superior hitter. This does not make him a competent shortstop.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
2011 Crawford: 0.5 fWAR in 220 PAs
2011 Burriss: -0.6 fWar in 152 PAs
Career Burriss: 0.2 WAR in 652 PAs
Manny: 64 wRC+ with a .285 BABIP
Brandon: 60 wRC+ with a .228 BABIP
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This is the discussion I was trying to avoid by conceding the point, since it is moot. Manny Burriss, great guy that he is, is not a major league shortstop. He hasn’t even really been a minor league shortstop.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
NO!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Neither's Crawford.
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Maybe on the hitting side
but Crawford is definitely a major league shortstop defensively. Burriss is neither.
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Burriss is a decoy
He’s on the roster to make Crawford look better.
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Meh
he’s the 25th man. I rather have him on the team than some washed up veteran the Giants is paying $1 million or more for.
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That's one way to look at it
But the Giants bench is really only 5 players and in the National League you use those players quite a bit. When Burriss gets called up to pinch hit in a crucial moment, you’ll wish they had spent a million bucks on some washed up veteran.
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Sure
but he’s interchangeable. I mean if Panik or some other minor league MIs are playing well, they can easily replace Burriss and the Giants would have not $1 million or more on the line.
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The fact that you’re talking about replacing a guy on the roster with someone who hasn’t even played low A ball yet should give you an indication of how bad he is.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Well
it could be Culberson or Noonan
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In the “Others” section. Noonan is nowhere to be found.
So he’s also interchangeable with players who at this point aren’t really expected to play in the Majors ever. Good, good.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
LOL Noonan.
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by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
Sure, let's go ahead and start Panik's service clock.
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If the Giants know what’s good for them, they won’t put Panik in the bigs (September excepted) until opening day 2014.
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That means they’ll promote/demote him at least 5 times before then.
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That they kept Brown in A+ all year gives me reason for hope. If they start him in AAA next year and keep him there, and Panik doesn’t jump any levels next year, I would hazard to say that they’re following their pattern of “once bitten, twice shy” after Runzler and Belt.
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But, seriously, there’s no way he’s even considered an option in 2012.
Also, I have a feeling he’ll end up as a 2B.
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by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
I think it depends how Sanchez and Crawford do in 2012.
If Crawford does well and Freddy can’t stay healthy, they’ll push him towards 2B. If Crawford can’t hack it, they’ll push him towards SS.
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I don’t think so. Sabean already talked about how they learned from the Belt experience in rushing kids to the majors.
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You'd have to think...
…that Sandoval is a pretty strong counterpoint. Dude started the 2008 season in San Jose, not even on BA’s top-30 list.
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The Giants have learned whatever lessons justify whatever it is they want to do.
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by GiantPain on Jan 6, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Also, whatever lessons happened last year.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 6, 2012 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
Sabean talks about a lot of things.
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I will never find this argument persuasive.
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by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
“The time has come,” the Sabus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of Matts—and Tims—and Panda’s weight—
Of Burris at 3rd and king—
And why the team is bidding NOT—
And whether pigs have wings.
…I hope to hell they do”
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If Burris has a 300 OBP and said $1MM vet has a 325 OBP...
…isn’t that like a 2% better chance that the vet doesn’t make an out?
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No, it’s about an 8% better chance.
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So if Burris gets 12 pinch hit oppotunities in crucial moments next year (which I highly doubt), the $1MM vet would make an out one less time. But then again, that SS would be so S that the stats would be almost meaningless.
Meh
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No, Crawford is (likely) not a major league hitter.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Major league shortstops play defense and hit.
And Crawford is bad enough at hitting that his defense isn’t enough to compensate.
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Crawford is a decoy
He’s in the lineup to make the rest of the “hitters” look better.
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Says the guy who suggested playing Burriss there.
While I readily admit that it’s not smart to have him penciled in as the everyday shortstop at this point, and that his hitting history is unimpressive to say the least, I am not as nastily pessimistic towards his prospects as you are.
Clearly, I am pretty old-fashioned about defense up the middle.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
They're both terrible
I just think that, by a hair, by the slimmest of margins, Burriss is slightly less terrible. At least he doesn’t have Crawford’s significant contact issues.
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He also doesn’t have Crawford’s BB%
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Crawford does a few things well.
Burriss runs the bases well, but nothing else.
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Burriss does not hit well
But I think he hits better than Crawford.
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When's the last time he had a legitimate ml hit
that went past the infield? Crawford had several of those last year. And Crawford can take a walk.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Burriss has been a better hitter in his 650ish ML at bats than Crawford was in his partial season
Though, for the record, ZiPS projects Crawford as slightly better, so I’m probably wrong.
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Like I said, when you have a 4 point advantage in wRC, but 57-point difference in BABIP, I’m really not so convinced.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I can easily see Crawford's BABIP going up and his overall hitting staying the same.
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Manny’s higher wRC+ is also aided by his “good” year hitting 8th in 2008.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
A higher BABiP for Crawford likely means a higher iSO too. I don’t see how he’d stay the same.
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I think he'll strike out more next year
If he gets more hits on balls in play but puts fewer balls in play, that could nullify any BABIP gains.
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I wouldn't be surprised
considering Sabean went on tv and said “he can’t hit a high fastball.”
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Not many can
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Let me clarify
what he really said was more like, “swinging through high fast balls are a real problem for him.” Better?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
“Chasing high fastballs” is probably the middle ground you are looking for, though I don’t know what Sabean actually said.
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Whatever. It was in that Inside the Clubhouse thingy they did last month.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
I mean, it’s not like it would be anything the other teams don’t already know.
Once the Giants started getting Pablo with the high fastball in 2010, catchers started practically spamming that pitch until he learned to lay off.
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Pablo's a lot better
If Crawford can lay off them better, I’m guessing it would have a positive effect on both his K% and BB%
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If you add K’s and add BABiP at the same rate, his iSO will be higher, aka he’d be a better hitter.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
Uh, not necessarily.
I mean, a guy who hits .200/.300./400 has a higher ISO than a guy who hits .250/.300/.400, but he’s not a better hitter.
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Crawford has doubles power, so if his BABiP goes up, it’s very like the added hits won’t only be singles, so his iSO will rise.
If Manny’s BABiP rose, his iSO would likely stay the same.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
This is parsing hundredths of percentage points
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God forbid we don’t dumb down the argument.
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How would you account for that? A huge bump in strikeouts?
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Sure
I don’t think a 5% bump in his K rate would surprise me. He struck out at a ~20%+ clip in the minors pretty regularly but only at 15% last year in the majors. I see him getting close to his minor league levels.
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You are aware of the whole cutting-down-on-strikeouts-by-changing-his-swing thing, right?
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He had a K problem in lower minor league ball
but he cut down on the K rate both in AAA and MLB.
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I don't buy it at all.
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So changing swing mechanics are totally relevant to Andres Torres but not to Brandon Crawford?
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and
Belt.
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Andres Torres had a kick ass year with the Iowa Cubs to show for it. Crawford has yet to have a great year anywhere.
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Torres had significant ML success with his swing
Crawford, apparently, changed his swing, then proceeded to suck ass in AAA and suck ass in the MLB.
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First time seeing pitching above AA.
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Yes
And he was obviously completely unable to handle it.
Because he’s bad.
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I’m glad you’ve stopped pretending to have any reasonable logic behind this opinion.
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Did you see the initial post?
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Hey, you’re the one who has faith in the guy without any sort of track record. Even if you believe in him, can you not at least understand how someone could be skeptical?
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I can understand skepticism. I can respect skepticism.
I can’t respect willfully overlooking factors that have been patiently laid out for the sake of debate.
2009 in AA, his first year at that level, is really the only reliable data we have to go off. Acting like that’s signed and cashed is, frankly pretty ridiculous.
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I understand the skepticism, but think his minor league stats may well be deceptive due to injuries and a wacky promotion path.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty much exactly this.
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I was speaking directly to Solidarity, who has this sort of “What could you possibly be thinking??” tone to what he’s writing.
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Like I said, there’s a lot of willful “I choose to believe he’s bad, so I’m going to ignore these extenuating circumstances for the sake of streamlining my argument that he was bad, is bad, and will forever be bad.”
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How much logic do you need, man?
His numbers in 2009, as a 22 year old in A and AA, were pretty bad.
Then, in 2010, playing again in A and AA, he was pretty bad again.
Then, apparently, he changed his his swing. He played in AAA, where he was bad, and in the majors, where he was also bad.
Mine eyes do spotteth a pattern, and I don’t think that changing his swing is going to help.
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2010 AA wRC+ of 99 is not bad.
It’s not good, but it’s not bad, he showed improvements.
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OK, you can change it to "not good"
Seeing as how he was repeating the league and managed to strike out 22+% of the time.
So we have bad, not good, bad, bad.
Hope springs eternal.
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I’m not so sure of that. I think Burriss’ complete lack of power hampers him at the major league level more than it does in the minors.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
If the margin is so very slim, why not prefer the guy who is almost exactly two years younger?
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by howtheyscored on Jan 6, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
That's fair
I’ll recant my original statement. I no longer think I’d prefer Burriss to Crawford.
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by GiantPain on Jan 6, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 26 recs
Only needs 1 more!
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I would if I could.
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For the record though
I still think Crawford is god awful, and the team would be better off with him in AAA.
But you’ve all convinced me Burriss is probably slightly worse.
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And Fontenot at shortstop?
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by speckops on Jan 6, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Yessir
He’s the best shortstop on the roster.
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Clearly, I am pretty old-fashioned about defense up the middle.
You like them to bat lead off and second?
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Clearly, I am pretty old-fashioned about defense up the middle.
No, he is talking about chastity belts.
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Brandon Crawford had 10 extra base hits last year. Emmanuel Burris has 15 in his major league career.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 6, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
That many?
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I think three were donated as a Make-A-Wish-type deal.
by Every6thDay on Jan 6, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
LOL
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I hope Fontenot takes over by May myself
At least he has a shot at 250/330/450
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Jan 6, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
A little SSS?
Crawford had 118 PAs in AAA…I mean Crawford had a .335/.415/.560 in 3 seasons of A+ ball.
Burriss has played 4 seasons and 652 PAs at AAA
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I would be in this camp.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Burriss was better in AAA than Crawford was in AA
And those are both significant sample sizes. And that says a lot about how terrible Crawford is.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I’m pretty sure Crawford is going to blow away that line when he’s a 26 year old playing in the PCL.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
This right here.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
It would be nice to see him do it at least in AA before we give him the starting SS job.
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the implication is intended
I think Crawford is still going to be in the minor leagues when he’s 26.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
Burriss got most of those ABs as a 25 and 26 year old.
He’s so good at SS that he was moved to 2B.
So, probably not.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
Calling Burriss “pretty good on defense” at SS is like calling black liquorice “pretty good for candy” when we all know it’s nasty crap.
Ask me about my blog.
by xanthan on Jan 6, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
The Red Vine guys are on strike
Burriss is all that was available.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
calling black liquorice "pretty good for candy" when we all know it’s nasty crap
Ok now you done it. The gloves are off, baby and opening a can…
Next, you’ll besmirching the glory that are cheap ice cream sandwiches.
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
Except ice cream sandwiches are good while black licorice is awful.
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Racist
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Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Red licorice isn't great
but at least it’s edible.
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The gourmet stuff is awesome. Tizzlers are red wax.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Here here.
Black licorice is the devil’s tampon string.
by Every6thDay on Jan 6, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
As fresh as the River Styx on a sweltering day!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The best food description ever is when oldjacket called mayonnaise “goblin jizz”.
Ask me about my blog.
by xanthan on Jan 6, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I honestly cannot recall the taste of Miracle Whip, either because I’ve never had it or because it is related to a meal trauma of some sort.
‘Yes, hold on a minute sir, your order will be ready in a jizzy’
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
I honestly cannot recall the taste of Miracle Whip, nor the sound of water, nor the touch of grass. Instead, I’m… naked in the dark. There’s nothing. No veil between me and the wheel of fire! I can see him… with my waking eyes!
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
/takes a bow
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Ok Rhianna
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Miracle Whip is freakin' nasty
Interestingly, there appears to be some racial divide amoung the preference for it. Black people seem to like Miracle Whip more than the whites.
I have no idea how all the damn azns feel about it.
Bold Prediction: Pablo Sandoval finishes 1st or 2nd in 2012 NL MVP voting. I'm Twittering now (well maybe not literally now): @GoofusMcP
Can of corn’s description of the taste of olives still haunts me.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Yay!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I don’t want to repeat it & scar the rest of the McCoven who may not have heard it.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
If anybody asks, though, I’d be happy to fill in the gaps.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
heh
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 7, 2012 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
Well then, the devil can come sit on my face next week. Black licorice is delicious.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry
I can’t next week.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 1:11 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Well there’s a game you and your wife can play.
by City Girl on Jan 6, 2012 1:12 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Licorice dispensor!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
“Ok, so I wear the “Sexy Devil” costume, but what is all the black licorice for?"
“Well…….”
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
No middle ground is there —black licorice-wise.
If you hate black licorice, consider salted black licorice which is covered with some sort of ammonium salts. Yuck… That’s where I draw the line.
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
Manny Burriss?
The guy on the Giants?
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I WILL NOT FALL IN!
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
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0_0
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by howtheyscored on Jan 6, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
We get it, you hate Crawford.
But seriously?! Manny? C’mon man.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
I almost feel like now I can’t take anything GP says about Crawford seriously.
@legaleagle88
Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Almost?
Damn, that was a long subthread. Even though I was only skimming, by the time I made it down here I’d forgotten I wrote this.
Hey now!
Burriss is terrible and has no business on this team. I just happen to think the same thing about Crawford. No sharks required.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
That's interesting
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
xxx
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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by jctGamer on Jan 6, 2012 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
can we get a gif
of manny’s one hit to the outfield, please? i’m pretty sure my fiancee has a more intimidating plate presence in city softball.
by MadisonBumpleganger on Jan 6, 2012 11:45 AM PST reply actions
This reminds me of Arrested Development
“Footage not found”
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Maybe you can’t knock her over, just like Ann.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Her?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Golden Gate Beer Bars | Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Jan 6, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
there’s gotta be a tobias/manny line in there somewhere
by MadisonBumpleganger on Jan 6, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Egg?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 6, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Does the walk-off that got Ford injured count?
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Signed with Seattle, I believe.
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Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Man, remember that time we were thinking about Crawford starting?
Poor Grant, the Giants are really making him work to come up with some type of material this offseason. Had he known what it would be like, he could have stretched the Willie Bloomquist rumor into a two week series.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Man, remember that time we were thinking about Crawford starting?
Ew. There goes that optimism.
Also, I’ve been doing this daily for, what, six or seven years? I know what Januarys are like. They’re better than Februarys.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 6, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
This particular offseason hasn’t been more difficult to cover? Other than the two trades, there really hasn’t been much Giants activity. It’s got to be hard keeping us maroons entertained.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
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Are you kidding
All he has to do is make a passing GoT/Skyrim/Star Wars reference.
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"This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Dovahkiin, and will soon see the end of the summer."
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Arrows in the knee I can take, but people keep taking my sweetroll.
by D.Szymborski on Jan 7, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Are you guys playing SW:TOR? I’m Zimarion on Sith Wyrm.
by D.Szymborski on Jan 7, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
I wish I knew what this meant, because playing with Dan Szymborski would be awesome.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Game:
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Character: Zimarion
Server (or whatever they’re calling it): Sith Wyrm
Didn’t say what faction, though. Guess wrong, and you have a chance to get repeatedly killed by him!
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Padres are stupid now
Their brain went to Chicago
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Apparently
Cashner is a stud pitcher.
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Sounds like he's likely destined for the bullpen
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
I think he is going to be in the rotation
It’s clear to me that Theo and Jed expect Rizzo to be the Cubs’ starting first baseman, given the status of Andrew Cashner as a possible key part of the rotation or bullpen for 2012; you wouldn’t give up someone like that unless you thought the return was going to be a starting player.
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2012/1/6/2687555/cubs-padres-trade-anthony-rizzo-andrew-cashner
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It does?
It’s clear to me that Theo and Jed expect Rizzo to be the Cubs’ starting first baseman, given the status of Andrew Cashner as a possible key part of the rotation or bullpen for 2012; you wouldn’t give up someone like that unless you thought the return was going to be a starting player.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
Sorry, read "think" as "sounds"
Anyways, most things I’ve read about say he’s destined for the pen. But maybe the Padres will try him as a starter. I’d still rather have Rizzo.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
Reading comprehension fail
I like this comment though:
When was the last time the Cubs had a LH prospect like Rizzo?
Billy Williams?Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
by IowaCubs- on Jan 6, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Mike Fontenot
Happy New Year to all BCBers…be safe.
by Easy Ed on Jan 6, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
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Yeah, that was good
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
Some confirmation
@ScottMCBSSports Scott Miller
Padres GM Byrnes says views Cashner as reliever in 2012. Set-up role makes sense, but GM says not going to “anoint” him now as 8th ing man
Pretty crazy for the Padres to trade for a reliever for one of the best 1B prospects in baseball.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
Apparently
the reliever-making factory broke over in Padres’ country.
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I read that as “8th fucking man”. It was better that way.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I’m really happy that they swapped Rizzo for Alonso.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
You mean on receiving the better player side? Because I’d argue we did that when we swapped Torres for Pagan.
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Savvy KLaw
Later today on http://espn.com. Not here. RT @StevesFitz: @keithlaw @jimcallisBA Thoughts on the Cubs Cashner for Rizzo trade?
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It's never Manny Burriss time.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Part 3 of "Throw myself down the stairs after I lit myself in fire."
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
This wise sage said it best
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/4/10/830269/burris-gotta-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.
jcb9’s 1st comment and the missplleing thead that follows is really funny.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
MISSPLLEING!
"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.
Haha 17 recs.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
he’s around. On twitter, mostly.
He also took baby pictures of littlejacket. He did a great job for a reasonable price.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
H.L.H.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
Let's HLH he's using HGH
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Harry Lamar Honds?
Human Lowth Hormone?
"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.
He Lacks Hindsight?
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
by danieljgrant on Jan 6, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
We’ve been reduced to hoping that Manny Burriss turns into Willie Harris. This offseason is the worst.
Is it February 19 yet?
No it's not...
Remember that time? With the thing? That was pretty bad…
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
by danieljgrant on Jan 6, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
We had a McCoven meet-up at Raley Field a couple years ago and all watched Manny in BP...
…dude couldn’t hit a ball past the OF’s…in BP.
Maybe he’s on roids now?
COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .
Job 1:14-15
If this is part three of your trilogy, I’ve got say that I like Stieg Larsson’s triology better. Maybe you need to work in a goth computer hacker somehow.
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of Cabrera.
And then once he’s made a billion dollars he should re-enhance the originals and create 3 prequels that spoil the tension in the originals.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 6, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
He apprarently
had 3 books pretty much done. There is a dispute between his girlfriend and his family as to who owns those.
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I’m so glad the 3rd book has a satisfying end. It’s sad that he died. But at least there’s no perpetual cliffhanger.
Spoiler alert
yeah spoiler alert
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Sorry...
I meant it’s sad that the author died. Not really giving away any endings.
Oh
not big deal then.
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“Man, remember when we were thinking about Burriss starting?”…If we’re reduced to griping about Burriss as a utility infielder, progress has been made.
Or Burriss just got worse.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 12:07 PM PST reply actions
Ya burnt
SamMillerOCR Sam Miller
@mccoveychron “Awwwwwww we could of got Cashner?” — Brian Sabean, probably.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
could of
could of could of could of
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
I think that was intentional
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
I could care less about 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.
I think
If you use “gotten”, then it’s “could have gotten”.
If you use “got”, then it’s “could of got”.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
by tobias on Jan 6, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Oh, God. The Morris in the hall of fame pieces are starting up again. This gem was provided by Tom Verducci…
To consider that question, try digesting this: Here are the pitchers with the most seasons of at least 15 wins and 235 innings since 1901, with Hall of Famers in bold:
1. Warren Spahn 16
2. Pete Alexander, Walter Johnson 15
3. Gaylord Perry, Eddie Plank, Christy Mathewson 13
4. Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver 12
5. Jack Morris 11
6. Bert Blyleven, Don Sutton, Phil Niekro, Lefty Grove 10
Here you find Morris in the company of nothing but Hall of Famers. Too simple? Perhaps. But if there is a Cooperstown to be found in Morris it is in the simplicity of his reliability as an ace. I’m already looking forward to the next ballot.
Kickham where it hurts
BUT HE IS FAMOUS!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Is being an "ace"
another one of those intangibles?
Cuz Cain is clearly not an “ace”.
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HOW MANY STARLETS HAS HE DATED?!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
“Too simple? Perhaps. But if there is a Cooperstown to be found in Morris it is in the simplicity of his reliability as an ace. I’m already looking forward to the next ballot.”
Rephrased.
“Could this be a bad way to look at it? Sure. But if there is a Cooperstown to be found in Morris, it is by looking at things badly in ways exactly like this. I’m already looking forward to the next ballot.”
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 6, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
They should just build a Hall of Durable
And make Jack the first inductee.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Here is a list of best pitchers named Jack Morris not elected to the Hall of Fame.
1. Jack Morris
See? Not only is he the best eligible pitcher named Jack Morris not elected to the hall, he’s the only eligible pitcher named Jack Morris not elected to the hall.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
I think it would actually be better if it were simpler, instead of looking at Morris’s stats and basing your stipulations off those. Brandon Crawford will probably look pretty good if you make a list of most grand slams by a rookie short stop who played less than 67 games while totaling a BB% of greater than 10%.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
“Too wrong? Maybe. But that’s hardly the point.”
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 6, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
How about the Hall of Really, Really Good?
Or Hall of Guys That I Hated Seeing My Team Play?
Then we could have a Hall where Mark Portugal gets in. Or Steve Finley.
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
by danieljgrant on Jan 6, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Or Henry Sosa!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Done and done.
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
by danieljgrant on Jan 6, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Why does he have a Hall of Fame vote?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
ALLOW ME TO SELECT ARBITRARY NUMBERS
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hope to hell
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
2011 top paid players per team quiz
I got 13 right, but one I could not spell for the life of me
Linky
Blerg
17/30
Missed Peavy, Beckett, Lowe, Hafner, Furcal, Cordero, Markakis, Bell, DeJesus, Johnson, Snyder, Damon, Soria.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I missed all those plus
Haffner, Michael Young (could not remember his 1st name), ichiro, and kelly johnson and prince.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Jan 6, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
I give myself half credit for saying Willingham and Crisp for the A's
I thought all 3 made the same amount, 6 mil
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Jan 6, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks for spoiling half the quiz for those of us who haven't taken it
Bold Prediction: Pablo Sandoval finishes 1st or 2nd in 2012 NL MVP voting. I'm Twittering now (well maybe not literally now): @GoofusMcP
I got 16, but I also didn’t realize it was for 2011 until I was 4 min into it. And for the life of me I couldn’t remember the names of DeJesus, Markakis, and shit, it’s happened again. Pitcher for the Mets. In all three instances I knew exactly who the guy was, just couldn’t come up with the name with the stupid clock counting down in my face.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Yea i got stuck on that too
My cube neighbor got only 5, so I figure I must have got 8 extra from the “MCC Bump” reading this sight almost everyday.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Jan 6, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
I could probably do more sporcle at work if that time wasn’t so big.
"Man, you just can't beat a good bowl of gumbo." ~ William Nuschler Clark
I will say this about Manny Burriss,
as a baseball player, he has really pretty eyes.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Crawford at SS, Burriss at 2B
Dreamy eyed duo.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
And do they have gift baskets for the morning after? I THINK NOT!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 6, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, is Manny married?
Is he straight? Because, the team is low on single position players.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Their partners seem to be locking them up earlier these days.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
But are they to Matt Moore-type deals?
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Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Deals, deals deals!
Bring your pink slip and checkbook.
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I hate how that guy always says “oh 11” for 2011 or “oh 12” for 2012. It’s weird, Kruk does it in the commercials, too.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
How old is Joe Putnam? He might of been selling cars before the gold rush.
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He sounds like he’s just over 100.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
“You know about the great deals on the “0h” 11s and “oh” 12s,
wait til you hear the deals on these fine nearly new 9 11s and 9 12s"
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He’s married.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Just because there’s a goalie doesn’t mean you can’t score.
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This is awful.
I lol’d.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I think us a utlity guy...
…he’ll need to play more than a single position
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what about clear eyes and full hearts?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
You could add their SLG, multiply by 4
And Pablo would still have better numbers
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Jan 6, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
He’s just really good looking. Yes. I said it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 8, 2012 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
For 9 million more total, they could have had Beltran.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
The A's could have been a contender
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
They could have been anything but the bums.
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No
Peter Brand knows what he’s doing.
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How much did DeRosa get this year?
Wouldn’t that have been better than keeping Manny?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
We'd still need to play Manny when DeRosa got hurt.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
You should have just asked:
“Wouldn’t it just be better if we cut Manny?”
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
Doe he not bleed?
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No
Manny is 3rd SS, 2B, 3B and can steal a base, but can’t hit. Giants have some imagination thinking he can backup all 3 OF spots (LOL).
DeRosa can play corner OF (I guess we have Belt and Huff clogging those backups) 3B and 2B (meh) can’t hit and can’t steal.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Jan 6, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
Has anyone here seen Burriss play OF?
If so, how bad was he? If not, why the LOL?
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Probably. He played there last season.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
4.1 innings in the majors for his career. 2.1 innings in LF last year. 2 putouts in 2 chances, but they were unspectacular.
I seem to recall him uncorking a decent throw while he was out there, though I could be making that up.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
The guy has a decent arm and good speed. If he takes good routes to balls, why would he suck?
I always thought OF was much easier than INF, but that’s based on my own skill set (more flat-out speed than quickness). Running down a ball to the gap seemed far easier than charging a chopper, fielding it on the short-hop and trying to throw somewhere when you’re body is going elsewhere.
As an added bonus, there’s much less risk of a bad hop hitting you in the face.
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I thought he had a crappy arm, which is the reason he’s no longer a SS?
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I thought it was his fielding (glove range), but could be wrong
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According to UZR
Burriss’ range is fine. It’s everything else about his defense that sucks.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Yeah, I think you(?) posted that the other day.
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You know what’s funny about this? For reasons I cannot articulate, I hate watching him play. I’ve seen him play for Fresno, and he is just terrible. He looks slow, sluggish and like he doesn’t give a crap. I know I sound like a crazy person, but I swear he is the most boring player ever.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
This is exactly how I feel
He is mediocre in every way, which is what makes him awful.
Say what you will about Velez, but at least his failures were always entertaining.
I like players who are passionate about the sport and he just doesn’t strike me that way. I’m sure I’m being totally unfair, but ugh.
Velez was never boring, that is for sure.
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by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
The thing about Eugenio was that he was always trying so hard. It’s impossible not to root for him.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
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I totally agree with this.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
Running down a ball to the gap seemed far easier than charging a chopper, fielding it on the short-hop and trying to throw somewhere when you’re body is going elsewhere.
Yes but it requires a lot of work, and is harder than you would expect it to be. How many career OF you notice taking bad routes, then imagine a guy with 3 months of refresher fly balls going out there.
Blerg
I don’t have to imagine. I watched the Giants last year.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
Judging from my own experience in both playing and coaching
I think it’s being overblown. I think if Manny has spent the off-season shagging balls, he’ll be fine as a 6th OF.
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Woh
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Another thing on Rizzo: He underwent chemotherapy in 2008 & still had .848 OPS in A ball. I was hungover this morning & almost quit my job.
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This is really old but it's the first time I saw it
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M
That is the plainest M ever.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
If that M was a pitcher
People would be complaining about it’s mechanics.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
If I’m a batter facing a Marlins pitcher I’m complaining about that uniform being distracting.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Like GP
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Don’t feel bad. He’s used to seeing beautiful 2nd floor girl.
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/mumbles pleasantries through busted teeth
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
I’d be upset, if I wasn’t seeing unicorns run through the parking lot and kangaroos hopping in the office. I may have doubled up on pain meds.
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At that point, is driving a good idea?
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It goes away quickly once the pain returns. Which should happen before I leave work. I’ll just drive one-handed with an ice pack on my jaw.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
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Oh I see. You have the busted teeth.
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Yep, random kangaroo mauling. I jumped in and saved an old lady. Took a kick right to the jaw. I got the bastard though.
Giants Baseball: Hope like hell™
Proud father of the man in charge of taking your hard-earned cash.
Admit it, you disrespected an adult chimp.
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HE’S NOT INVISIBLE KILL IT!!!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jan 6, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Reminds me of the Van Gundy gif
THAT FACE!
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Jan 6, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
His right hand is weird
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
He is a really big fan of Atra-Hasis.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
Mami of Oho
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All of the other SBN baseball writers are in the best shape of their lives
Grant is 2011 Aubrey Huff.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:53 PM PST reply actions
And kegels.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
and he called 1-800-95-JENNY
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Maybe he should have been swinging that.
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by troymccluresf on Jan 6, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Et tu, Natto?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
Mrs. Julius Caesar FTW!
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
Grantus Brisbicus slept with her?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
He's not the Emperor around here for nothing...
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
Does this make jponry Asterix?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Wow...
I had to Google that.
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
Old news?
New NBC Chief Says ‘Community’ Is Coming Back.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 6, 2012 12:59 PM PST reply actions
The show is fine,
if the Dean isn’t in any part of an episode. That character sucks.
Brandon Crawford: Better than overpaying for Jimmy Rollins.
It would be nice if he were a bit less over-the-top like in previous seasons, but the only truly bad character is Chang.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Yeah, I didn’t mind Chang when he was a teacher, but ever since they’ve tried to force him into the plot his scenes are almost always bad.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
The only times he’s been good since he ceased to teach Spanish are when he’s paired with Duncan, which is probably just because John Oliver is that good.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Chang has been shown less and less which is good. If they were going to get rid of anybody, get rid of Chevy.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Since they added a new cast member to the opening titles, it looks like they’re not too worried about that. Canning Ken Jeong altogether would be nice at this point, though, just so that they’re not tempted to give him an important role again.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Brutalitops disagrees
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Ken Jeong seems like a guy who is actually really funny and talented, but doesn’t do funny things that take advantage of his talent for some reason.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 6, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
It would help if he didn’t play the same role in every thing he does. He actually did play a smart and successful businessman on Party Down and it was weird to see
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
The dude is an actual medical doctor. That blows me away.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I actually haven't either, aside from maybe the pilot.
But I know how the folks care.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 6, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
it's mostly OK
but occasionally brilliant. overwritten as all hell.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
by oldjacket on Jan 7, 2012 12:25 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
It’ll probably happen. Apparently Comedy Central wants to air it in syndication, and it needs a fourth season to have enough episodes to sell.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I'm just going off Goodman's tweets of what Greenblatt said:
“Fourth season? I don’t know. Those are really hard questions to answer.” – Greenblatt on “Community.”
Greenblatt hints that Community’s fate rests with the performance of other sitcoms, including new ones we haven’t seen. Not good.
So… maybe. But it’s definitely 50/50 at best right now.
Greenblatt hints that Community’s fate rests with the performance of other sitcoms
That seems to be an odd way to do business.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jan 6, 2012 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
Community’s ratings aren’t high enough to protect it from a new show with similar ratings, because at least that new show has a chance to grow, whereas Community is likely (after three seasons) not going to grow very much more, if at all.
But they always put Community up first so it had no lead in and it was up against Big Bang Theory which for some reason people watch. Maybe tuck Community after a show that people do watch and it might do better. Or maybe just accept the fact that while the show as well as P&R and 30 Rock get bad ratings, nobody cares about them as much as those shows or are as dedicated to it.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
It’s NBC so if more than 5 people watch a show it’s a success. On the other hand, it’s NBC so relying on Whitney and the Chelsea Handler show is pretty much dooming Community to being the next show there’ll be perpetual rumors about doing a movie but will never actually be done.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
Fortunately, everything on NBC gets shit ratings.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Fontenot
Fontenot!
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
on the other hand, P&R is still teh awesome
even passes the re-run test
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There’s nothing better than a new episode of Parks and Recreation, but I find that I enjoy Community more on later viewings.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Not only has Rob Lowe aged gracefully, but he’s been excellent in his tv roles. He has a movie coming out, on lifetime or something, portraying Drew Peterson, the guy who killed his wife.
I’d imagine there’s a lot of those small, easter egg things that Community puts in that you catch the second time through. I love watching old P&R episodes, though, because I just like the world they’ve built. And “Fancy Party” still gets me every time.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
World’s Smartest Most Overrated GM
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Cashman says hi
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Possibly
But I’d probably only put Friedman and maybe AA above him.
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God, I hate it when my team does nothing but win.
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Srsly.
If he breaks the curse, he might be the first GM to go in the HoF as such.
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Didn’t Pat Gillick just go to the Hall? And Branch Rickey, although I accept that he got in as an “innovator.”
by free f.p. #14 on Jan 6, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
Since I started the “overrated” bit, I like saying it partially because both SI and ESPN the Mag had issues pretty much at the same time talking about the genius of the Red Sox and how smart the ownership, Theo, and everything else was (while not mentioning all the bad signings the Sox have done over the years). A few weeks later, the Sox started losing and got knocked out of the playoffs partially due to those wonderful players apparently being such dicks they pissed off part of the team and chased Francona away. So, yeah, F Theo and F the Sawx
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
I wouldn’t really pin too much of that on Theo. I question his choice in FA pitchers, but other than that the dude’s been pretty solid.
Theo + Tidrow would = large amounts of win
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Julio Lugo’s and JD Drew would beg to differ
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
Touché.
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Mike Lowell also says hi
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Wasn’t he basically acquired as a salary dump on the Marlins part, and a precondition to acquire Beckett?
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Yeah, he was. Also, he wasn’t terrible for them, it’s just that he probably wasn’t worth the money.
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I am referring to this
Following the season, Lowell placed fifth in the American League Most Valuable Player voting. Although he filed for free agency, Lowell returned to the Red Sox after signing a three-year contract worth $37.5M.
2008: 1.2 oWAR
2009: 1.3 oWAR
2010: -0.4 oWAR
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I personally think there's a big
difference between 2/$22 and 3/37.5 but that’s me.
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AAV is the same. And never fear, there’s plenty of time for that 2/22 to become 3/30.
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Nah.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
It was mostly a tongue in cheek comment, but if Huff pops something like 20 HR with 90 RBI I could see them picking up the option.
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How is the AAV the same?
Club option 3rd year is a big difference.
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I roll my eyes whenever I see “(someone/something) is overrated”, because — to me, anyway — the person saying it usually means that person or thing sucks. I think Steve Goldman tweeted “The Beatles are overrated”. Now, I don’t think he means they suck — they don’t. But most people use it when they mean “you people think something’s good when it’s actually not”, and that’s annoying as hell because it’s so limiting. Unnecessarily reductive. Almost tacky.
It was the neverending references to them being “The Smartest Franchise In Baseball” that basically put me in a position to call them overrated on a regular basis. It’s easy to be smart when you have the 2nd highest payroll and can give somebody like Julio Lugo ridiculous amounts of money. Also, those articles annoyed the hell out of me.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
ESPN is run by Boston/New York fanboys, with Chicago, Philly and New Jersey guys fighting them for time. They’re the worldwide leader like the Cowboys are America’s team.
But their hearts belong to Tebow
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Was Zobrist ever actually available?
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OMG...it comes full circle
Zobrist was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays for first baseman/designated hitter Aubrey Huff and cash on July 12, 2006.
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LOL
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Wow Grant
Now you’re getting off the Zobrist bandwagon? Now that he’s slugged .505 in the majors?
Not really. But I’m even more suspicious of that SLG than I am of Burriss’s OBP. Maybe Zobrist bulked up to add power…and maybe that means he isn’t a valid option at short any more. Dunno. But it was so, so out of line with the rest of his professional career.
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!
You can’t take my white whale away from me! Remember, if I were in charge, we’d have Asdrubal Cabrera at short and Zobrist at second.
(And Delmon Young in left, acquired for Madison Bumgarner.)
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 6, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExmoiGZuiFQ
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Brandon Wood and Howie Kendrick for Tim Lincecum
LOLOLOLOLOL
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
For all those wondering what I'm referencing
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Just found out that Sin City and Gangs of New York is now on Hulu
afternoon work production rate goes from 5% to 0%
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If the Bengals and Lions both win KC will be left with the longest playoff win drought D:
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
We've talked about this right?
http://www.unleashthefanboy.com/movies/behold-the-darth-vader-whopper/3538
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I don’t even know what Quick is.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 6, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
Fast food restaurant in France.
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The names of their burgers?
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So was he.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
It's one of my favorite movies with so many memorable characters, lines of dialogue and
just overall moments, but because I first saw it when I was 13 or 14, my favorite part of the entire movie is Jules’ wallet.
I don’t remember the last time I watched it from beginning to end, I usually just catch parts of it. One of my favorite parts is when Bruce Willis has to go back for his watch, and everything that happens afterwards.
There are several movies where I have seen the whole movie, but never in order. Older movies that are frequently on tv, like GhostBusters, Vacation, Breakfast Club…..I’ve never purposely sat down and watched any of them from beginning to end and yet I’m pretty sure I’ve seen the whole thing.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Ok oldsters!
Before the age of the DVD and netflix, how many of you had seen all the episodes of a show and what was it or what were they?
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God I'm a dork...
Stargate SG-1
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
Oh...
And South Park.
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
I’ll answer my own question with:
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Star Trek
and most proudly
Gilligan’s Island.
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How did people do that back before the Internet? If you missed an episode of a show, did you have to resign yourself to never seeing it, or what?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I’m still waiting for Police Squad! to go into syndication.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
I was crushed when that show got canceled.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
LOLYOUNG
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
LOLOLD
VCRs are from the 70s right?
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Let me fire up my beta max.
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LASER DISC FTW!!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Those were weird, but there was really weird sort of embedded image disc earlier than that.
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We didn’t get a color TV until well into the ’70s.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
Four or five in Sacto.
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In SF, there were channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 20 and 44. I was on channel 20 a few times for an afterschool dance tv show thing.
KBHK TV44 was awesome before it was CW
Ultra-projectable
I feel like I want to rage. Right now.
by fjm on Jan 6, 2012 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
Stockton-Sacramento:
3,6,10,13, and 40 (pre-Fox).
When did 10 & 13 switch networks (CBS & ABC)?
This happened in other cities at the same time, back when NBC was king.
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But to answer your question, yes they existed in the 60’s even. If you were rich. I suppose we might have had one by ’79 or so…
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure if that’s referring to VTRs (reel to reel video tape machines) that were used in professional settings or actual VCRs (with cassettes!) for home use, which I had thought weren’t on the market until the 60’s sometime. Both were before my time! Oddly, we still have a U-Matic (for historical reasons I guess, I’ve never seen it powered up) sitting in the equipment rack at my work.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
would have been nice to have one (for me) in the early 80’s. I would have a tape of Super Bowl 16.
btw I actually saw that game LIVE!
I sit and await always faithful to the giants
by luved the stick on Jan 6, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
We made damn sure we were there when shows important to us aired. Or waited for the reruns.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
WE GET IT, YOU’RE YOUNG.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jan 6, 2012 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
Scooby Doo Where Are You
New Scooby Doo Movies
13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo
A Pup Named Scooby Doo
Chip n’ Dale Rescue Rangers
Rugrats
Rocket Power
Blue’s Clues (Steve only, but let’s be real, the Joe era doesn’t count)
Friends
The Scooby Doo shows were because of VHS, but otherwise it was all reruns. Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network were good to me when I was growing up.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
ch-ch-ch-ch-chip and dale RESCUE RANGERS
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
If I saw all of them, I’d put them on the list, but I’m still finding episodes I hadn’t seen. Same with Tiny Toons. Love those two shows.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
Steve is better, Joe isn’t super terrible. But the little hooks are what crack me up (the notebook noises, etc.)
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It didn’t help that when they switched from Steve to Joe, my brothers and I had mostly outgrown the show.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
tracy ullman
fernwood tonite
I sit and await always faithful to the giants
by luved the stick on Jan 6, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
Growing Pains
Ultra-projectable
I feel like I want to rage. Right now.
by fjm on Jan 6, 2012 5:09 PM PST up reply actions
Eventually
But first he has to look at the shiny stuff in the briefcase.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
And who is Dark Vador?
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He is a Soth
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Only a Soth deals in Ubsolutes.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 6, 2012 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
French version of his name.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
So French
Neither Darth nor Vader is a real English word. They could have just gone with Darth Vader instead of Dark Vador
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Jules:You know what they call a Darth Vader with cheese in France?
Vincent:They don’t call it a Darth Vader with cheese?
Jules: No man, they got the metric system. They wouldn’t know what the fuck a Darth Vader is.
Jules: Then what do they call it?
Vincent: They call it a Dark Vador
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
The Jedi Burger looks like it has teeth.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
WTF are those in the Jedi burger—-cheese curds?
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Mayor of Smug.
Fried Bothan strips
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Fried mon calamari
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by calgiants86 on Jan 6, 2012 2:26 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I'm
rec’ing this
It’s a Tarp
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
by CalBear949 on Jan 6, 2012 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Everyone knows that fried Quarren would be more appropriate
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How about a 7 Leia dip?
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Now there would be some good retroactive casting.
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I think of her as a character who appeared in two episodes on a show that nobody watched. That’s not weird, is it?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Deadwood, I assume?
I think of her as an actress who has played characters in multiple films and television shows which I enjoyed.
Also, she was in Heroes.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Strangely, I just watched the Veronica Mars series finale. In a better world, it would still be on
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
it was tough to be the worst thing on that show
but she gave it a go
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
by oldjacket on Jan 7, 2012 12:32 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
She wasn't the worst thing on either of those shows.
The theater people were way more boring and useless on Deadwood, and her character was thoroughly okay on Heroes, which, if you’ve seen past the first season of Heroes, is a massive compliment.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
THAT is how you set someone up.
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by ResDog on Jan 6, 2012 2:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
And this
It’s also French, which means that the only way to get a black-bunned Darth Vader burger is to travel to the world center of haute cuisine, visit one of Quick’s more than 400 restaurants, and plunk down €4.90
Also, you can’t walk up to the counter and order un Dark (“Unh Dark”), because Quick is also offering the “Dark Burger” (an homage to Darth Maul).
If burger noir isn’t your thing, there’s the aforementioned Dark Burger, which comes on a red bun with sauce aux trois poivres (three-pepper sauce).
If a bun with paprika and beet dye seems too adventurous, you can get the Jedi Burger, which comes with a regular looking bun (sans the sesame seeds of le Big Mac). Just be ready for the dés de mozzarella (diced mozzarella) that sit on the uppermost steak haché goût grillé (grilled patty).
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2012/0106/Darth-Vader-burger-A-black-bun-Oui
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Yoda looks like he thinks those burgers are crap
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
“Disgust I have”
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
Biggie size it, I will.
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“Digest or do not digest. There is no try.
…Ok yeah, you probably won’t be able to.”
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Puke or puke not. There is no gag.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I kinda thought he was looking longingly at Vader's burger.
Yoda’s being seduced by the DARK SIDE. And Vader’s all, “Yoda, not only do you not know the power of the dark side, you also do not know the FLAVOR!”
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Nothing beats a bun tasting like activated charcoal.
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It helps with the eventual indigestion, though.
"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.
ahahaha
"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.
They are promoting Episode 1 by using a silhouette of Darth Vadar.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Are they seriously releasing The Phantom Menace in 3-D? It was bad enough in two dimensions.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
As skeptical and bile filled as I am about all of this, I saw a preview of it before “Huge” and I just sat there and it was so pretty. So very, very pretty.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
Some things never change
Then I go about my practiced offseason routine of ignoring the legitimate doubts building up in the back of my brain.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Eesh
Chicago Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro has been accused of sexual assaulting a woman in her 20s last Fall after a night of drinking at a nightclub, according to WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I really hope this isnt true.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 6, 2012 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
From Simmons mailbag
Q: I don’t like the comparison of Alex Smith to Meg White (in your Week 17 column). If you’re going to compare Alex to a drummer, I think it’s got to be Rick Allen (the guy from Def Leppard with one arm). Came in with a lot of talent. Didn’t do a whole lot. Suffered through some bad experiences (multiple bad coaches and coordinators, lost an arm). Then, despite all odds, gained success with the same supporting cast. Not saying I want the Niners to be the Def Leppard of football (I’d prefer Van Halen if we’re going hair metal), but the parallels are undeniable. By the way, it’s 4:19 a.m. right now, and I’m drunk on Johnnie Walker Black Label (official sponsor of the ESPN Happy Hour, where PTI lets you appear when they’re hard-up for subs), which explains why I’m suddenly full of sports knowledge.
— Josh Bartz, Missoula
SG: Getting closer.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Bahahahahaha.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
He lost me when he said he prefers Van Halen to Def Leppard.
That was his Burris over Crawford moment, if you will.
by BestHyperboleEver on Jan 6, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
It depends
Both have crappy later careers, VH has the better first album, Def Leppard has the better first era marginally.
I’d personally rather listen to Boston.
I’m biased. Def Leppard “Hysteria” is the first album (tape) I bought with my own money. Well, it’s in a tie for first with Bon Jovi “Slippery When Wet.”
And, on the other hand, I really dislike Van Halen. In every incarnation.
by BestHyperboleEver on Jan 6, 2012 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
Running with the Devil.
And I can understand that attachment, but I just kinda dislike hairbands, period. I grew up on a steady diet of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, etc. (though that’s sometimes considered hair by people whose opinions are irrelevant to me)
When I delve into the hair bands, it’s The Scorpions, Y & T or bust.
Diamond Dave Lee Roth for now and forever.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 6:39 PM PST up reply actions
Harris Isn't a bad option!
Problem is, I don’t know if he’d come here. I remember 2 years ago in the bleachers at BP, the dude was bad mouthing SF like I’ve never heard an opposing player do, using racial slurs and such…. Anyway, could have all been an act or just some fan pestering him, but still, some of the shit he said was over the top!
I was thinking about Harris as a utility guy earlier this winter too but remembered this incident. Still though, screw the slurs, if he’s going to give the Giants a .340+ on base as a utility guy who can play almost everywhere on a minor league deal (so no 40-man moves) then do something like guarantee him $2M if he makes the team, sign him up! Let Harris, Burris and Fontenot battle it out in spring and may the best 2 men win, the 3rd waits patiently in Fresno!
Out of curiousity
What race was he slurring? Asians?
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Yacht
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
Any of you watch Hogan’s Heroes?
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I loved that show when I was a kid. I watched just about every episode in a row once… my roommate and I got out of work at like 4AM and one day we came home and saw the pilot on some late night cable channel. They proceeded to show the entire series in order, an episode every weeknight. Many beers and marijuana flowers gave their all during that time.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 6, 2012 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
mlb.com video
Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow gives the latest news on Buster Posey’s progress in recovering from his injury in 2011
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20048185&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_20048185&v=3
Krukow believes Posey is the “big name” acquisition that will make the Giants hit as well as they did in 2010. He says Posey heals from injuries faster because of his youth and that he should be physically ready for spring training. Krukow predicts Posey will get 100 games behind the dish as opposed to the 142 Posey wants. He indicates that Bochy will have a difficult time convincing Posey to play more first base as well as DH when possible. The most important thing is for Posey’s bat to be in the lineup, as “he makes everyone else better”. The Giants plan on handling Posey “with kid gloves” with regards to his position assignments.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
He would still have value as a DH. It would just be completely ordinary.
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Get the money
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I always thought it interesting
That people who can’t stick at catcher are generally predicted to go to 1B/DH, from the most to the least positional weighting. Surely this must make projecting the value of catching prospects incredibly hard?
Sundrendy!
A very interesting point.
I’ve said this before, but if Posey doesn’t last at shortstop and wants to still be above-average as a player at his position, his best shot is probably moving to second (or maybe third) base.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
On interleague days this particular year
This isn’t an awful idea. Now that Pat’s gone, who’s really the best option for this on those games?
HURR BUT WHAT IF HE'S IN LEFT THAT DAY
This is also assuming Huff isn’t absolutely garbage this year.
Remember how Bochy had Huff at DH a couple of times, even though he was, like, terrible at hitting?
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Giants Baseball: Why Not?
I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
It’s an SF tradition. Shinjo to the rescue!!!!!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
9 games a year?
Anything to take some extra wear and tear off him is fine by me.
If he is healthy I have a feeling he is going to steamroll his way to catch way more than 100 games anyways. I would guess closer to 120-130 catching, 20 at 1B and some DH.
Blerg
62 games of Eli Whiteside!
I hope to hell I don’t miss a single inning
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He hit as well as Whiteside (as low a bar as that may be), with the best arm among all catchers in the league. He should be the incumbent backup, with Whiteside in the minors.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Also
He’s, what, four years younger?
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I can’t figure out what deal he signed. But, I did find this quote,
“It’s a battle between him and [Chris] Stewart for the backup role,” [Bobby] Evans said.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
by kdl on Jan 6, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
Spring training competition.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 6, 2012 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
As I posted below
Does Whiteside’s injury give him a little benefit of the doubt? He never looked as bad previously as he did last season.
Normally, I’d be pizzed at a guy for not admitting it and getting it fixed, but when you’re expendable as a guy like Whiteside, it’s your livlihood at stake.
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Whiteside is coming back from elbow surgery, though. While the injury would have hampered him last season, there’s little reason to expect that at age 33 or 34 he’ll go right back to outhitting Stewart.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
This my be my personal animosity towards his performance last year, but I don’t want to see him on the field at all. Like AT ALL. He might have injured his arm but I don’t know how much it would affect his ability to catch the damn pitch. And having to watch Cain or Lincecum grimace when he let a ball get by him or have him run out to apologize (which I saw happen), I don’t want to see that happen to them ever again.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
Like I said, Stewart is two years younger and was great defensively last year. I don’t know why you’d give the job to Whiteside unless you had to.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Stewart also looks a lot lke Alex Smith!
Playoffs?!
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Didn't it turn out that Eli had a messed up elbow or shoulder and needed surgery?
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Ugh
Krukow believes Posey is the "big name" acquisition that will make the Giants hit as well as they did in 2010.
He won’t. He might hit well himself though.
He says Posey heals from injuries faster because of his youth and that he should be physically ready for spring training.
Entirely possible, I’m not a doctor.
Krukow predicts Posey will get 100 games behind the dish as opposed to the 142 Posey wants.
That sucks, but I guess it might be necessary.
He indicates that Bochy will have a difficult time convincing Posey to play more first base as well as DH when possible.
But Bochy is a players manager who all the players love!
The most important thing is for Posey’s bat to be in the lineup, as "he makes everyone else better".
No he doesn’t.
The Giants plan on handling Posey "with kid gloves" with regards to his position assignments.
Well, they’ve got such a strong record of developing their young position players.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Jan 6, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Entirely possible, I’m not a doctor.
Neither is Krukow.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
All the same
I believe the assertion is at least somewhat true.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
The most important thing is for Posey’s bat to be in the lineup, as “he makes everyone else better”.
No he doesn’t.
I think he does if you look at the perspective with Posey hitting in the heart of the lineup, everyone else moves down a spot and therefore you get better production from 5-8.
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That was supposed to be a reply to GP
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That doesn't make the other people better hitters.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Your habit of taking everything so literally is really annoying
I would love to see you unpack Kruk’s comments in person and watch his reaction. I’m guessing he’d call you a “yahoo” or something similar.
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by Goofus on Jan 6, 2012 4:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I wouldn't do that.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Imagine everyone here is Mike Krukow then.
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by EricW on Jan 6, 2012 9:59 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
If we met in person
I wouldn’t.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I don't think thats what he was implying.
I think it’s more that he thinks Posey gives the rest of the team more confidence, more determination etc. He’s the type of person that believes in that.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 6, 2012 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
He’s like Tebow, except he doesn’t suck at his own job.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Having someone hit clean up and actually knock in players has to be of benefit because last year nobody else was able to
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 6, 2012 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
Amazing timing by Chris Haft
Just as Mitchell had Will Clark (.333, 23 homers, 111 RBIs) to distract pitchers and get on base ahead of him, Sandoval needs a consistent, effective complement in the lineup to prevent opponents from pitching around him and to prevent himself from trying to do too much. It’s significant that during last season’s final two months, with Carlos Beltran hitting ahead of him much of that time, Sandoval batted .329 with 12 homers and 32 RBIs, compared with .304/11/38 through July. With Beltran gone, who will support Sandoval? Buster Posey? Aubrey Huff? Brandon Belt?
I don’t know if lineup protection exists:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=1042
http://forums.utsandiego.com//showthread.php?t=65537
http://www.pinstripealley.com/2009/5/28/891678/does-lineup-protection-exist
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 6, 2012 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, there doesn’t seem to be much to support the theory, but if I had to pick between:
Pagan, Sanchez, Sandoval, Posey, Huff, Cabrera, Schierholtz/Belt, Crawford
and
Pagan Sanchez, Sandoval, Huff, Cabrera, Schierholtz/Belt, Crawford, Stewart
I’m obviously going to take the former every time.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Of course, that’s because Posey is better than Stewart.
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Also note that the difference between 1988 and 1989 for Mitchell at the plate doesn’t prove anything. With Will Clark in the lineup in 1988, Kevin Mitchell batted 2nd or 4th in lineup almost a 100 games that season. His production was similar no matter where he was in the lineup that year.
Although, there is this:
After two seasons playing primarily at third base, he had his best season with the Giants in 1989 upon being moved to the outfield.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 6, 2012 5:41 PM PST up reply actions
The theory is that Belt could benefit from playing exclusively at first base. In 87 PAs playing first base last season, he had a .800 OPS. That is 100 points higher than when he played left field while getting 110 PAs.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 6, 2012 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
Full court press ticket selling
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 6, 2012 6:15 PM PST up reply actions
FRIDAY
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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WE WE WE WE SO EXCITED
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Gotta get down on Friday
Ultra-projectable
I feel like I want to rage. Right now.
by fjm on Jan 6, 2012 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
GOTTA GET DOWN
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Prepare to be depressed!
Thanks Grant,
That sure beats comparing Wheeler to Brown on the scout.com top 100 prospects list. I suppose it beats noticing the Giants only have one player on that list.
Manny Burris.
Thanks.
/wrist
Wow
Moore over Trout and Harper?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 6, 2012 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
Harper is still pretty far away.
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Yeah
But I think that’s the first time I’ve seen Moore over Trout.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 6, 2012 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
Things can always be worse….
Johnson Warriors girls basketball team loses 105-2. Apparently many of the girls had never even played basketball before – ever.
The Warriors have no players with year-round, travel-ball experience. Most haven’t played the game until this season. Some still struggle to dribble, to screen, to shoot properly.
Geez, talk about on the “job” training.
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Sounds like the NBA Warriors!
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by Murray, Present on Jan 6, 2012 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
There’s a joke in that name, but I don’t know what to make of it.
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Seriously, though, how does that happen? When you lose 105-2, you can’t just say that you tried your best. There’s something wrong there.
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I think this might have been the issue
Most haven’t played the game until this season.
If you’ve ever played basketball with someone who has never played the game before, you know it can get ugly pretty quickly.
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Why is that, though? I just looked it up, and the boys’ team is 4-6; they’re mediocre. How come there are no girls who can play basketball?
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Because the girls team has a reputation of being really bad ? and if you are a girl that plays basketball, and is hoping to go to college on any sort of scholarship…. you want to play at a highschool that improves your chances of being able to do that?
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Yeah, but you don’t need those kids to have a basketball team that scores more than two points. There are plenty of schools without great sports teams; most of the teams at my school aren’t very good, but none of them lose like that. There’s something unique about this school; other schools don’t lose games by 100 points.
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Well most of them have never played the game before, they were playing against the number 4 ranked team in the area. If every time you touch the ball you lose it on a traveling violation…whatcha gonna do?
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I guess what I’m asking is why this school couldn’t find enough players to field a team of girls who had played the game before.
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Well that school draws most of it’s students from one of the lower socio-economic areas of the city. Those kids probably didn’t have parents who could afford to pay for them to play in youth leagues and there aren’t many middle school sports programs anymore. There’s no Y in that area either. Many of the students may be working after school to support themselves or their families, I’d bet a good %age don’t have high enough grades. and there is a lot of gang stuff there, that campus used to go on lockdown like once a week, and it was almost always because the students were fighting amongst themselves. I don’t work in that district anymore, so I don’t know if things have settled down any this school year.
The college prep students attend West Campus, the kids that don’t have the grades, or can’t get along real well with their peers go to “main campus”. Parents at my old elementary school would start freaking out when their children reached 5th grade because they didn’t want their children attending “main campus”.
They did use to field quite a good girls soccer team. So maybe the “athletes” go out for that sport and not basketball?
And now that I’ve opened a can of worms I’m going to bed.
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Interesting. I have a friend who goes to West Campus, come to think of it. I remember her talking about the various high schools and whatnot when she was in eighth grade; it was a really big deal.
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Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
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So on the non-Giants site where I spend a lot of time
There are a couple voices who are talking about what a big loss TLR is for STL
And insisting repeatedly that they’re not expecting to return to the postseason because this is be a “rebuilding” year.
I’ve rolled my eyes and I’m not looking to make a thing of it,
But it does seem a bit melodramatic.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I think they actually did really well to replace pujols with a few years of beltran with berkman at first and holliday. i mean, it’s not the ideal situation, but to not have to pay Pujols 30 million or whatever when he’s 40 is probably a smart decision. I’d take that 345 combo (not over Pablo Posey Belt however).
I can’t blame the Cards fans for being sad abut TLR, Pujols, and now Duncan for the time being, but it’s not like they’re destitute. They still have probably the best offense in the National League.
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That’s what I scoffed at. The sentiment was “I’m just going to enjoy it and not hope for anything, this is a rebuilding year” and I’m like “You got a minor ding on expected offensive production; you’re not starting over. good lord.”
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Shift A
Burriss huh? Whatever. I think I have reached the indifference level of the off season. I am just ready to let it all play out and do not want to think about what this off season was.
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
Holy crap, Starlin Castro. Idiotas.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
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OT: Cotton Bowl broadcast
Who’s the color man? It’s way overly hyper chatty
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gus johnson?
though he’s the play by play guy right
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I am watching the new Futurama Blu-Rays with commentary.
So the short answer is I dunno.
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."
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Is there really some missing image quality I'm missing when I watch Futurrama on HD?
Want to know why someone would pay extra for BluRay given the animation
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Starting with the movies, they were created with HD and blu-ray in mind. The color is very crisp. It looks gorgeous.
SD kinda blurs the imagery.
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."
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It bothers me that the Cotton Bowl isn’t in the Cotton Bowl.
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and not a bowl!
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by CalBear949 on Jan 6, 2012 8:17 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Why are they called “bowl” games anyway?
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
The Rose Bowl is a bowl-shaped stadium.
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I know, I’ve been to it for the World Cup Final and a few other games. I didn’t know that the Rose Bowl was the original “bowl” game.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
It's the Granddaddy of them all!
See, the Rose Bowl married the LA Coliseum, and they had the Orange Bowl. But then the Orange Bowl had sex with Dodger Stadium, and the abomination out of that union was the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Jan 6, 2012 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
In the same vein, the Orange Bowl never should have left the Orange Bowl. I find it odd that there never was a Sugar Bowl. At least the Rose Bowl is still in the Rose Bowl, which is part of why it is the best bowl.
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West Virginia begs to differ
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."
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Clemson is whimpering
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FOX likes to ruin college bowl games
Giant Dirtbags: :(
Jeremy Affeldt is terrible.
by Giant among Angels on Jan 6, 2012 9:37 PM PST up reply actions
Fox likes to ruin television in general.
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They couldn't ruin Boise State-Oklahoma
I actually think that was Joe Buck’s greatest called game ever.
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
That game would be hard to ruin.
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Tell that to coach Shaw.
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Joe Buck didn't call that game...
Maybe that’s how Fox didn’t ruin that game.
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by danieljgrant on Jan 7, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
That's probably why
Also, I apparently can’t distinguish between Buck’s voice and Thom Brennaman’s
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Uh huh.
The 11th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride will take place on Sunday, January 8, 2012 in San Francisco.
The whole point to is ride BART without any pants (wear interesting undies and colorful socks) but to act completely normal.
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."
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I’ve read about that before, and vowed never to sit down on a BART seat ever again.
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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."
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This is what people in Philly root for.
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."
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DEMON!
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Jan 6, 2012 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
so, i've decided to call Mays Field Mays Field from now on...
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eh
Willie Mays was awesome, but naming a field after a player seems odd. I think Camden Yards has the best name of any park in the major leagues; it would be cool if the Giants would have followed that lead and called it China Basin or something like that.
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Bonds Stadium
The Giants finally won the World Series. Now what?
by jordanovich on Jan 6, 2012 11:43 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Ancient Greek Punishments: THE GAMES
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."
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Too easy.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 6, 2012 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not even going to read the OP
The thought of Manny playing anywhere but Fresno is just going to depress me.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
You will enjoy him playing in all 3 OF spots at once, like Ryan Sweeney.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Jan 6, 2012 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
Except a lot worse than Ryan Sweeney… which is also pretty depressing
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
You wonder why Burris is playing
The Mets have agreed to sign free agent shortstop Ronny Cedeno to a one-year deal, tweets Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com. The deal is worth $1.2MM and includes many incentives, tweets Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. Peter E. Greenberg & Associates represents Cedeno, who figures to provide depth behind Ruben Tejada in New York.
The Pirates declined Cedeno’s option earlier this offseason, after he posted a .249/.297/.339 line in 454 plate appearances
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I looked at that .249/.297/.339 line and my first thought was that it would be nice to have.
I hate this team.
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Then how about .225/.291/.336
Crawford’s ZiPS projection
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Difference is
Cedeno will be their backup.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I’m glad the Giants have a separate entrance for people who don’t want the giveaways. Be good to stay away from that Wilson gnome, the bobbleheads and the McCovey statue giveaway.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Just finished Breaking Bad season 4.
Wow. Just wow.
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I still can’t figure out how or when SPOILER was able to poison the kid with SPOILER.
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I think that’ll be explained in Season 5.
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Probably one of the best shows I’ve seen at sustaining tension. I’ve got to say that there’s also no way that Walt knows as much random chemistry as he does, either.
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It does seem a little bit outrageous. Next season you will see Walt killing people the same way Alexander Litvinenko was killed. BOLD PREDICTION
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I think they've done enough with that particular chemical.
It’s like BB’s polyjuice potion.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Eh, it’s not really a chemical per se, which is what makes it that much more surprising.
I’ve got to imagine that Walt’s graduate program (does he have a PhD? Then why isn’t he Dr. White?) was run by the CIA.
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Litvinenko was poisoned with polonium-210, not killed with ricin like Georgi Markov.
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I know, but I presumed Tortured was talking about ricin anyway. My comment was as it pertains to ricin.
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SF lore
I’m not from the city and I don’t travel there much. I do love the history of SF though. Is there really a McDonalds at 3rd and Townsend, the famous diner scene in Dirty Harry where he says, “go ahead, make my day”?
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
That McDonalds is a classic place to buy scalped tickets and/or not necessarily licensed Giants gear.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 7, 2012 7:53 AM PST up reply actions
Not that I would know
but you can buy a lot of other things there too if you are so inclinded.
Is it February 19 yet?
by j14 on Jan 7, 2012 8:18 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
/nod and a wink
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jan 7, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
The only real problem I have with Burriss being on the team
Is that Bochy is going to play him way more than he should.
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
I guess that depends what is too much
He got 150 or so PAs with an injury depleted team last year. I think he will get around 100 this year
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Bochy says: “350 PAs or Bust!”
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by Little Napoleon on Jan 7, 2012 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
dddddddddxfsd
Ah, I see the cat says “hi” apparently the warmest place in the apartment is on top of the keyboard.
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Geeez Giants… throw us a bone would ya?
http://springtrainingonline.com/features/reporting-dates.htm
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Bernie Williams just got compared to Micky Mantle on MLB network.
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
Who are center “fielders” on the Yankees?
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Bernie isn't a drunk, tho.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
by Tortured on Jan 7, 2012 9:46 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ouch, lol
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by Noble_Bloodlines on Jan 7, 2012 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
or not staying up all night either trying to hook up with groupies or up on a roof with Jim Bouton trying to catch glimpses of naked women from their hotel roof
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 7, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Bernie Williams career UZR/150
-31.5
That’s ridonkulous.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
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For the first few years of his career, yes
After that, not so much.
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Not so much
is the understatement of the year.
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Skyrim installing.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Good bye, sweet GiantPain.
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I need to finish up Assassin's Creed
Then it’s Skyrim time.
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"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
See you in a few days, I’m about to start Arkham City.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 7, 2012 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
I was up until 1:40 last night playing. I’m such an addict "I just need to finish this one quest. . . " Famous last words.
But now I feel bad about myself – I caught the attention of the Dark Brotherhood. Oops.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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OT: ESPN xbox app
This app is amazing! So many rugby and soccer matches!
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
In other words...
Nothing good on in?
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by danieljgrant on Jan 7, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe for you, but for me it is awesome!
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by calgiants86 on Jan 7, 2012 1:30 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
You watch Rugby?
The dead-beat dad of football? Eh. Boring to me. Though I will admit to watching a bit of the EPL.
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Rugby is boring to you but you watch soccer?
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As background noise when I'm surfing the interwebs...
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
Nothing more soothing than the sound of people not scoring.
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Like the SF Giants?
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What can I say?
I like 1-0 games?
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
Homeland bonkers
I just stayed up all night watching all 12 episodes of Homeland on the free Showtime weekend. I loved it. Now I don’t know if I’m really typing this or I’m just dreaming that I’m typing it. I think I need to go pass out.
Glad you posted, I had forgotten about the preview….but looks like XFINITY is only allowing free online/on demand content. Kinda not as big of a deal as I thought it would be.
by Random Giants Fan on Jan 7, 2012 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
SZYMBORSKI BURN
DSzymborski Dan Szymborski
@BChad50 Sabean wouldn’t have gone after Yuni – looking at SS would suggest he took a minute to look at the team’s roster.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
DRINK YOUR PEACH LAMBIG SZYMBORSKI
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
LAMBIC*
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
MANLAMBIG
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 7, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Hopefully they addressed the PS3 version with a patch or something. I got to the point where the lockups and freezes nearly rendered the game unplayable. I think I’ll turn it back on later or tomorrow and continue my quest.
"If you wanna rock 'n' roll, I got the guitar."
Oops. Massive reply fail. Meant that one for the Skyrim comment.
"If you wanna rock 'n' roll, I got the guitar."
Bought the PC version myself.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Jan 7, 2012 12:19 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
If you're playing the PS3 version
They patched that, you know.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
So what’s the Over/Under today on hearing that Andy Dalton is undefeated at Reliant?
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cuz he played there in college?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
He played there once in college, and twice in high school.
But it’s been mentioned excitedly in every preview I’ve seen. My guess is it becomes a dangerous drinking game when in the hands of television broadcasters.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
Just don’t play it during the Broncos game as the phrase “he just knows how to win” could result in you have having to get your stomach pumped
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 7, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
I’m betting he stays so, too. Which is unfortunate, because I think with Schaub and Super Mario healthy, the Texans would be my pick to win it all. As it stands, they’re my pick to get tipped in the WC round.
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
Yeah, I like Houston, too. I think they should still win this game, though.it’s a pretty even matchup.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
I’m brainwashed. I just read that as “he just knows how to whine”.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Quick before the playoffs start... MCC wildcard predictions
Me:
1) Hou over Cin
2) NO over Det
3) Atl over NYG
4) Pit over Den
Picking winners
1) CIN
2) NO
3) NYG
4) PIT
"My father's name is art, and my name's pride, and while my destiny reads a recipe for confusion I'm looking for whoever writes, so empty inside." -Slug
Don't care about hand-egg. 88 year old step grand dad is from detroit
Dude fought in WW2, so GO LIONS.
Bungles over Yosemite Sams
’Aint’s over Automakers
Gigantes over Carnivorous Chickens
Ore miners over Tebows
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 7, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Weiners...
1) Bengals
2) Saints
3) Giants
4) Steelers
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
by danieljgrant on Jan 7, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Well... 0-1 so far...
Damn. This is why even though I live in Las Vegas, I don’t bet on sports.
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
All
Steelers. Sweet
1) Hou over Cin
2) Det over NO
3) Atl over NYG
4) Pit over Den (crosses fingers)
by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Jan 7, 2012 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
This is what I want to happen:
Houston over Cin (because I mean TJ Yates!!)
Detroit over Nawlins (because I want the Niners to make Schwartz cry, not Sean Payton)
NYG over Atl
Denver < Pittsburgh (because that’d be hilarious)
But this is what will happen:
Houston > Cincinnati
Nawlins > Detroit
Atlanta > NYG
Pittsburg > Denver
<3 Kanani Madison
wait, what am I thinking? Niners can’t play Detroit, no matter how it shakes out. Bah. I’d still rather not face Nawlins, even if it is outside a dome.
<3 Kanani Madison
Not unless..
Lions beat NO, then GB.
And we beat either NYG or ATL.
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
oh, I meant in the divisional round. but yeah, that literally can’t happen now either haha.
Lions beat themselves today. sure, the refs didn’t help, but you can’t drop 3 INTs
<3 Kanani Madison
by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
1) Cin over Hou
2) NO over Det
3) NYG over Atl
4) Pit over Tebow
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 7, 2012 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
May I amend?
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 7, 2012 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
HOU
NO
ATL
DEN
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
So far, so good.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
this week is easy pickins. most of the WC is mismatches, except for the ATL/NYG game. gut feeling tells me the Giants win, but my head says ATL
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by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
Little late but my winners
CIN
NO
ATL
PITT
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talking babies and animals are not funny
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
MAN UP AND LAUGH AT TALKING BABIES AND ANIMALS
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
THAT’S STRIKE TWO
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
Marvin Lewis has never been very good at those
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The Daniels catch was an inexcusable challenge. It was in no way a questionable play.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
I hope Chris Haft is full of crap
But what if he isn’t? I would haz a sad:
But if the Giants are struggling as the Trade Deadline approaches, common sense dictates that Sabean might at least listen to offers for Lincecum or Cain that would bring the Giants a bushel of prospects. An abysmal first half would indicate that the magic of 2010 has evaporated and the window of opportunity Lincecum and Cain once opened has closed on their wondrous hands, thereby necessitating drastic changes. But this is a worst-case scenario.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
WTF I thought the whole point of this RDF crap is that they were going to sign those two.
"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.
The RDF is for if they trade one of those two guys and everybody gets so pissed off, they stop going to games.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 7, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
The point of the RDF is to make the owners money
Don’t let em tell you otherwise.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Jan 7, 2012 5:50 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
THIS
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
but…but….do these people not remember the first half of 2010??? I listen to those KNBR cd’s quite often. KnK weren’t running around saying "Giants Baseball: Kicking Everybody’s Ass and Taking Names.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
“Worst-case scenario” seems fair.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
The part about Cain or Timmy seems like nonsense to me. Although, if Cain is determined to enter free-agency, and the Giants can’t compete financially with a team like the Yankees…
magic of 2010 has evaporated
Uh, wasn’t that last season?
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 7, 2012 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
he’s full of crap. You can’t get draft picks for midseason trades anymore right?
<3 Kanani Madison
by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
No, you can't.
But that doesn’t mean a team wouldn’t give up a lot for half a season of Cain or a season and a half of Lincecum.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
The only thing is, even if the Giants were 10 games out near the trade deadline, they wouldn’t trade either player.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
As is ever with the Giants
What they will do is different than what they should.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
/cue same old argument
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by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 11:33 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
common sense dictates
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
reply fail
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Wow
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I guess that’s why you run the ball in that situation.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
The Bengals always f-ing run. The o-line dude shoulda like finished off his block or something.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I’m guessing Mr. Merope has stopped watching the 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
Nah, he’s just yelling at players now. And coughing up a lung. He didn’t expect them to get this far, and he knows whoever plays next week [bengals or texans] is gonna get kilt.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Texans are legit. Lotta first round talent on that team, both offense and defense. ST ain’t bad either. They’ll be good for a long while
<3 Kanani Madison
by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
I’m sad the Bengals got burned like that. Not because I’m rooting for them particularly. I just loved that they were actually trying with the half clocking out. Now they’re just going to back down sit in a turtle shell for as long as this game stays close.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
I know he's started the whole year
But with a rookie QB I run the ball 3 times and go into the half tied
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I understand that side of it, and I’m not even going to fight it. I just really like when teams trust that the short clock will erase most mistakes that might happen.
As a rule, I firmly believe those two minutes are pretty low-risk if you can manage the clock at all. I do understand not wanting to push the rookie in this environment, though.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
Yah I hear you
I think Yates has a bad turnover in him
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I thought they should have gone with a 2 minute offense of some kind. Give the kid some experience with that in a playoff environment. Maybe not exactly “hurry up” but not “leisurely promenade in the conservatory” either.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
That was a hell of a play
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
No one probably cares here
but big day for Cal on the football recruiting front. 3 Army All Americans committed to Cal.
Cal now has the no. 9 recruiting class according to Rivals and no. 10 according to scout.com with only 17 commitments!
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
by CalBear949 on Jan 7, 2012 3:24 PM PST via Android app reply actions
Why is Cal recruiting so well? Odd.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
High schoolers like the added thrill of playing handegg on a fault line.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 7, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
They’ve recruited fairly well under Tedford, and now they have facilities. That they seem to graduate a lot of players to the NFL can’t hurt.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
Stanford has a commitment from Barry J. Sanders, RB from the state of Oklahoma. It was down between Stanford and Oklahoma State.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Any relation?
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Yes. The hall of famer’s son.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
The fact that the ESPN article made no mention made me wonde.r
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Paragraph 3:
He also chose Stanford over Oklahoma State, the alma mater of his Pro Football Hall of Fame father with the same first name who was in attendance.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Blah
He also chose Stanford over Oklahoma State, the alma mater of his Pro Football Hall of Fame father with the same first name who was in attendance.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Hell yeah
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 7, 2012 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder if Mark Sanchez will still get his Pepsi commercials
When he’s playing for the Seattle Seahawks next season
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Random question
Has anyone else gotten “We are unable to add your comment at this time.” from SFGate?
Irrational Conor Gillaspie fanboy.
I don’t comment on SFGate, I don’t even read the comments on SFGate, it’s not healthy.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I save my comment reading for Youtube,
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 7, 2012 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
I just tried that for the first time, terrible.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 7, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
I find the comments informative at times. You’ve got to have good critical thinking skills to weed out the crap.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 7, 2012 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
You probably wanted to put a comment that was intelligent and wasn’t racist, homophobic or right wing so it wouldn’t let you.
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 was sexist, just not enough.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
I have problems loading Extra Baggs.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 7, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe you should fly SouthWest
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
by Merope on Jan 7, 2012 4:23 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
FLAG! PUNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Mr. Merope does not like Mr. Crocker.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Gotta make that interception
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Visions of touchdown dances in his head
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 7, 2012 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
I hope they were good dances.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 7, 2012 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
Ballgame
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
So, that happened….
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Pacman "Toast" Jones
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 7, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
Joe Sheehan @joe_sheehan 41s Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
BREAKING: Pac-Man Jones’ ankles.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a receiver so wide open that wasn’t the result of blown coverage. Jones got beat with a stick on a really sweet route
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by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
It’s only 2 touchdowns, if the Bengals can get something here and then hold ah…. who am I kidding.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
The Mr. is. I don’t really follow football anymore.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Same for me, I don’t really care unless its the 49ers, Cal, or the playoffs.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
LOL Cal
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Dalton looked good, mostly. That crowd absolutely killed the Bengal offense, though. No way to hide a snap count, for instance, when the center snaps it whenever the left guard slaps him on the ass.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
Trivia.. How many of these were by Bonds?
YCPB @cantpredictball 48s Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
There have been 14 seasons of a player posting a .500+ OBP. 13 led their league in OBP. Only six of them won the batting title that year.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Who is this Chelsea person and why does she have a show?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 7, 2012 3:59 PM PST reply actions
You’ll find out when you watch out because she plays not the Chelsea character in the show but the BFF of the Chelsea character. Guess hiring the real Chelsea to star as the fake Chelsea wouldn’t work because the real Chelsea isn’t “young” enough to play the fake one
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 7, 2012 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
Chelsea Handler isn’t very funny.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
Chelsea Lately is aiight.
After Lately, the fictionalized behind-the-scenes of the production, is quite funny.
Sort of a low-rent Office/30 Rock/P&R/Curb blend.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jan 7, 2012 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
Half to go for it here
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Seriously
Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell 59s Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
#whyareyoupunting #whyareyoucallingatimeouttostopthemfrompunting #aaaaaaaaaaaah
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
This is a cavalcade of stupidity
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
And over
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 7, 2012 4:05 PM PST reply actions
whoever wins this game will lose next week. I hope the evening game is better
I sit and await always faithful to the giants
Ravens are gonna be thrilled by this result
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Bagels need a turn over.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Bungles are pushing coaches and throwing helmets on the sidelines now
This one is long done.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 7, 2012 4:08 PM PST reply actions
lol Nate Clements and Manny Lawson
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Can we just start the Saints game now?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
pfffffffft
I’m waiting for hockey!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Well I'm on a plane so the Sharks are not an option for me!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
WAY TO NOT HAVE ANY CHALLENGES LEFT DUMBASS!!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I’m not a big NFL person,
But this game is a bit of a letdown.
I could have gone for a couple walks or something.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Worst playoff team vs. worst division winner. Not terribly surprising.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
With McGahee injured, you’re definitely right about that. The Texans come close, though; they have been pretty iffy since Schaub went down.
Both teams dropped 3 straight going into the playoffs, though. LOL AFC
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
To be fair, the Texans had no reason whatsoever to try in week 17. They ended that game going for two at the close of regulation.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
Isn’t that probably the right call?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Yeah, it was. I said it to illustrate how little they were interested in winning if it meant extending the game in any way.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
Weren’t they down by 2 though?
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by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
nevermind, think it was a 21-22 final
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by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
They just wanted to get off the field. It was a good call.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 8, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
that’s why this isn’t the night game. hehehe.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Ha. Honestly I was only hoping for a Houston win because I want to see the Steelers take on the Pats.
But I have to admit that I was looking forward to a scrapfest full of HEART and GRIT.
Ah, well. The Lord loves ’em both.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
I thought it was an interesting game. I liked being able to take a close look at Dalton and Yates, and some of those other players are fun to watch. Foster is fun. That INT at the half was crazy. The game was close for a while. It all fell apart in the fourth quarter, of course, but it was fun for a while.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
the next game should be mo’ better.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I don’t think it’ll be all that competitive, really. I think New Orleans is going to take it and run.
But it will be fun either way.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
Called it!
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by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
That was pretty hilarious!
NICE TACKLING!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 7, 2012 4:20 PM PST reply actions
Mr. Merope would like to point out that that was Crocker again.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Crocker, PacMan, and Dalton needed to make some plays
And didn’t
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Game 2 of the playoffs should be fun: Lions at Saints.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
/over after the first half
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 7, 2012 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
When the Saints win
Their coach should race across the field and slap the Lions coach on the back.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 7, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
I saw a video clip from last week of him throwing his head set on the field.
That guy has rage issues.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 7, 2012 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
If anybody has NFL Network
Tuesday at 9 PM ‘NFL Classic Games’’ – Dallas Cowboys vs. San Francisco 49ers (01/10/82)
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
thank you, Bungals, for allowing me to not pay attention and get my annual budget done
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Alright get this Saints game on
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
OBP sporcle
http://www.sporcle.com/games/badgerbob/mlb-top-5-obp-1970-2011
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Bleh
129. Missed some easy ones.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 7, 2012 6:15 PM PST up reply actions
This one is fun too. I got 100.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/myachimantis/BestMLBYear
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 7, 2012 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
Try this one
http://espn.go.com/free-online-games/trivia/championshiplosers
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
The Yankees’ Jorge Posada is set to call it quits after 17 years.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Gets to retire a Yankee.
Probably the right move.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
If he had signed with anyone, I wouldn’t have been surprised if it was the Giants as a back up to Posey.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
He’s probably still be better than Whiteside
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 7, 2012 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
Bork will be sure Posada doesn’t bat 9th.
<3 Kanani Madison
by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
Two days away
Who, if any, gets announced as a Hall of Famer on Monday? Does Barry Larkin join Ron Santo this summer?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Bob Costas
Smug asshole. Sosa, Bonds, McGwire, Palmerio, A Rod are cheaters (he doesn’t think Clemens took steroids) yet doesn’t care about ’roid users in the NFL like Brian Cushing.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Nobody cares about steroids in the NFL. Supposedly the ’70’s Steelers “Steel Curtain” teams were all juiced up and yet you never hear anybody talk about adding an asterix to their four Super Bowls.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 7, 2012 5:20 PM PST up reply actions
I like Costas. His problem isn’t with the morality of steriods. Its about the autheticity of the records.
<3 Kanani Madison
by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 11:02 PM PST up reply actions
#Овечкин
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 still don't understand those stupid intro songs for Sunday night football
Why? What audience is this for? Does anyone actually enjoy these?
The first six innings are overrated.
also too cheap to
edit out the non playoff teams
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
by CalBear949 on Jan 7, 2012 5:09 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
So, we all want the Lions in this game, right?
Except for Prussian Creole, of course.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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Absolutely
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
is there room for me? cuz I want the saints, too
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
A Saints/Packers NFC Championship game could possibly be the most fun playoff game ever played
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 7, 2012 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
Saints got some defense!
I believe that teams that rely on offense to win burn out at some point.
I sit and await always faithful to the giants
by luved the stick on Jan 7, 2012 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
It may be just me but Michael Phelps seems really creepy.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Saw JIm Jeffries at Cobbs Comedy Club last night
And he was making jokes about that cuz he dated one of Phelps ex-gfs
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
TD LIONS!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I’m hoping for a 60-57 game (no defensive TDs). I’m playing the ESPN Gridiron Playoff Challenge (50 million salary cap) and I have a ton of players from both the Lions and Saints.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
NOOOOO
WHY IS BRETT FAVRE ON MY TV SCREEN?!?!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
He is going to suit up for the Lions at halftime
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 7, 2012 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
FUMBLE!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Lol everyone that said that Saints were going to romp the Lions..
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
LOL
Nice joke Michaels
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Imagine if the NFL was like college football. It would be Saints-Packers for the BCS NFL title game. The 49ers would be playing the Ravens or Patriots in the Fiesta Bowl.
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 saw that somewhere
I’ll see if I can find a link.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
LOL
How stupid is the BCS when u put it like that
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
It's pretty stupid without the example
but yeah. The point is well made.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
The BCS people would still find a way to get an SEC team into the Superbowl
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 7, 2012 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
LSU vs. Green Bay?
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
Let the shootout begin
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I was almost hoping the Lions would go up 14-0.
To set up the inevitable surge by the Saints.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
BASEBALL NEWS!
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 1m Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Source: #Angels reach agreement with Kendrick on four-year contract, pending physical. #MLB
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
TOUCHDOWN!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Snark fail
keithlaw @keithlaw
Looks like someone failed Geography. RT @MrRedlegs11: @keithlaw Of course. Nobody at espn follows sports beyond the Pennsylvania border
(regarding who the head coach of the Bengals is)
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Yah I didn't get that either
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I think Keith thinks that Redlegs (ostensibly someone from Cincinatti, given the name and subject) thinks that Cincinatti is in PA?
Though he obviously means west of PA, which is patently untrue. They also care about Notre Dame and the Cowboys.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Don’t forget the Lakers.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Silly me!
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
maybe…. it’s: ESPN isn’t in Pennsylvania?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Or the fact that Keith Law lives in Arizona. No clue.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
This is what I was thinking
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Let me try to decode this
So MrRedlegs11 is saying to Keith Law, “Of course. Nobody at espn follows sports beyond the Pennsylvania border”, prompting Law to respond, “Looks like someone failed Geography.”
Did I get it right?
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
UNPACK UNPACK UNPACK
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jan 7, 2012 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
I missed this maymay.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
AMICI’S PIZZA IS RACIST TOWARDS MAFIOS ITALIANS!!!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Oh lord.
I really must have missed this one.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
First “unpacking” http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/9/17/2428131/open-gamethread-9-17#77602296
The
lol wat
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I laughed for like a minute straight at:
Yes, you are completely right. We are a very racist community, and you are right for calling us out on it. We’ll make sure to change just for you.
by garbanzo24 on Sep 17, 2011 5:16 PM PDT
Hey, isn’t a garbanzo some fucking wop bean?
by Sabean’s_Folly on Sep 17, 2011 5:19 PM PDT
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
That thread also had the most owlcroftiest post ever
I don’t like garbanzo beans…they’re the lowest form of beans.
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
by CalBear949 on Sep 17, 2011 5:19 PM PDT up actions
Question: What type of bear is best?
My adopted Giant, the young Reinier Roibal
by garbanzo24 on Sep 17, 2011 5:21 PM PDT up actions
The one farthest from you and behind bars.
If the question was instead about beans, then read up here. In my own opinion, there is no "best" bean: all legumes are superlative—there are no comparatives.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
by owlcroft on Sep 17, 2011 5:23 PM PDT up actions
The first six innings are overrated.
Wow.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 8, 2012 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
The whole incident is like some sort of poster-child for people who jump willy-nilly into established internet communities before getting to know their culture.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Now I’m interested.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Jan 7, 2012 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
this kicker Hanson—is he the son of the Hanson kicker they used to have?
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Hahaha
Nope. Same Hanson
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Same Hanson...
… different century.
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
First reply fail...
I’ve popped my fail cherry!
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
Not something I needed to picture.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Was it what you dreamed of?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Sadly...
Like most popped cherries, it was over way too fast and slightly painful. And disappointing.
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
It only gets better from here!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
One can only hope...
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
Pierre Thomas is on a mission tonight.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I’ll admit it, I kind of want the Saints to win.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
KINDLY LEAVE!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Why?
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
On video review...
Jim Schwartz is still a douchebag.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Seems like the team has taken on the personality of their coach.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Hola is a mean old man.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Well
Nick Fairley was a douchebag beforehand.
Go Saints.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Well...
Yes. I agree with that statement. But facing the Saints or the Giants/Falcons isn’t a difficult decision.
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
If the Niners can’t beat the Saints at home, I wouldn’t expect them to beat Green Bay on the road.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I’d rather face one high-powered offense than two…
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
/shrug
If my team’s going to win, I want them to beat the best teams.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
A ring is a ring...
No one remembers who you beat, just that you won the ring.
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
Not really true.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Slighty amended statement...
They remember who you beat in the Super Bowl/World Series. Not who you beat on the way there.
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
I'll borrow this from Al Davis
“Just win, baby!”
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
They have 2 Cal dudes. I don’t like the Lions. Beating the Saints might make people take notice of the Niners.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
I think going to the NFC Championship game would get people's attention
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
People will say they it was just a lucky fluke.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
I’m okay with that.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I’m so tired of people telling me that about the 2010 Giants.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Flags fly forever
Who gives a shit
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
This
Do the 2005 White Sox care?
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, but people in Chicago seem to.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I don’t like this whole trend of people mentioning the Giants with the 2005 White Sox.
Because I know what happened after 2005.
<3 Kanani Madison
by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
Did beating the Phillies help in that regard?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Usually the first time somebody finds out I’m a Giants fan they say something like, “LOL U KNOW U GUYS GOT LUCKY IN 2010” or “I REALLY HATE CODY ROSS”
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
But in 2010
We beat the Phillies and they still called it a fluke so if we beat the Saints couldn’t people still say the same thing?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
flukes don’t happen in football in quite the same way they happen in baseball.
less of a luck-based sport
<3 Kanani Madison
by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
In the minutiae, this is true. One could argue the contrary for the playoffs structure, though.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
of course, its Any Given Sunday. anything can happen.
but I’d argue in baseball it is far, far easier for a heavy underdog to upset a favored opponent than it is in football.
<3 Kanani Madison
by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
60 minutes usually produce the better team, at least moreso than 4-7 baseball games.
<3 Kanani Madison
by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 11:43 PM PST up reply actions
And they wouldn’t say that about the 49ers?
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
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The Giants Niners are no match for the Rangers Packers offense.
Is it February 19 yet?
by j14 on Jan 7, 2012 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
Like those damn Giants in 2010
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Same here. Most others in my family are Saints fans and a Niners/Saints matchup would be full of shit talking fun.
Is it February 19 yet?
by j14 on Jan 7, 2012 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
OOOO
Thats a fumble!!!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
LETS GO LIONS!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
The 49ers think they are facing the Saints. From what Vernon Davis said a couple days ago, they are preparing for the Saints.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Yah Harbaugh said that too
But i’ll take playing the falcons or Giants over a couple extra days prep
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Maiocco to the rescue!
Q: So if Saints lose, will the Niners be OK after spending all that time on them & not on NYG/ATL? (@FranchiseG)
The 49ers prepared for all three of their possible divisional-round opponents during their bye week. They did, however, spend more time getting ready to face the Saints next Saturday at Candlestick Park.
But I also know the 49ers coaches also did their prep work on the Atlanta Falcons and the New York Giants. So if Detroit beats the Saints, the 49ers will narrow their focus to two teams.
The 49ers will not be in any kind of disadvantage either way.
The coaching staff is at the 49ers’ Santa Clara office Saturday night. They are watching the Lions-Saints game closely. And if the Detroit wins, the 49ers can rip up all their advance work on the Saints and focus on the Falcons and Giants.
The 49ers did no on-field work to prepare for the Saints. What we’re talking about is film study. During their practices Thursday and Friday, the 49ers returned to training-camp mode. The 49ers offense worked against the 49ers defense. They did not prepare for a specific opponent.
Once the 49ers players report to work on Monday, that’s when they will be greeted by the game plan on the upcoming opponent.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
So...
Is anyone surprised the score of this game isn’t any higher?
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
do you mean the points that the Saints aren’t scoring?
I sit and await always faithful to the giants
by luved the stick on Jan 7, 2012 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve often found that the more it seems that the more a game is hyped as either an offensive/defensive/pitching type game, the more it turns into the complete opposite.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 7, 2012 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
Final score: LSU 3, Alabama 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
If it was a 3-2 game, would the BCS give the championship to another team due to LSU or Bama being throughly sucky at offense?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 7, 2012 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
Thoroughly great at defense, you mean. Everyone knows that each point against one of those teams counts as twenty against any other team.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
regardless, I’m predicting a 45-42 barn burner
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 7, 2012 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
lol game 1 of the 2010 NLCS
lol game 1 of the 2010 world series
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Yay!
Leslie Knope AND Liz Lemon are back next Thursday
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 7, 2012 6:43 PM PST reply actions
BUT NOT BRITTA AND ANNIE
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Jan 7, 2012 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
You’ll have your Whitney and Chelsea and like it!
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
The world continues to us the perfectness of a Community/P&R/the Office/30 Rock Thursday night. Guessing if that were to happen, world peace would be achieved despite the fact only a million people watched the shows
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Jan 7, 2012 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
Saints really not playing well
Turnover, penalties, drops..
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Ah, so I can blame you for that?
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Yes, yes you can
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Don't worry
The Lions will catch up in this regard. They always do.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Like I said.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
That was quick
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
TWSS
Watching the Giants play baseball is like buying tickets 162 times a year to have Mike Tyson pretend your testicles are a speed bag.
God Damnit
My plane is going to land like right when the game ends
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Are you watching from a plane right now?
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Yep
Virgin has satellite tv on its planes
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Satellite TV and wireless internet on an airplane. The fuckin’ times we live in.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
It's glorious
Every chance I get I fly Virgin Airlines
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Nicest flight I ever took was ANA to and from Tokyo, but that was almost 8 years ago. At the time, SNES in the back of every seat was like a freaking revelation to me.
Since I usually flew SWA back when I had a reason to fly domestic, I guess I’m behind the curve. Saved a few thousand dollars, though, so I can’t complain.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
You can get cheap flights on Virgin if your dates are flexible
I got round trip DC to San Francisco and back for $340 with fees
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Fffffff that's cheap.
Since I was flying to or from a relatively small airport (Cleveland), my options were pretty limited. One direct flight a day, on Continental for $500+!
I’ll have to keep that in mind, though.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Yah that should have been $340 INCLUDING fees
I think the issue with Virgin is not in like every airport but theyre expanding quickly. My friend who lives outside of Seattle said they don’t fly into there or Portland
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Right now, Virgin’s a disaster to book with. Upgraded their system back in October and both phone and online reservations are in a tailspin. The net is full of people complaining of lost/cancelled reservations over the holidays. I tried booking a flight this week by calling the toll free number. Long hold times and no confirmation email afterward. Turns out the rep had only put a courtesy hold on it, not booked it, so it got autocancelled after 24 hours.
I’ll be back when they fix this stuff.
by Random Giants Fan on Jan 7, 2012 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
ah… I’d just assumed Jet Blue. They still around?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I've never actually flown Jet Blue
I think theyre still around though
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Flew a quick hop from Rochester to LGA once on JetBlue, and it was pretty cushy but too flight a short to really appreciate it.
And yeah, still around. Wikipedia sez:
According to Skytrax, JetBlue is the highest rated airline in the United States, and the country’s only four-star airline.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
huh….they do star ratings for airlines? interesting.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Skytrax does their own ratings. So, I guess they’re the airline industry’s Michelin. They also rate airports.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
airports are icky!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
There are plenty of really nice airports, just not that many in America.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Charles De Gaulle levels the playing field for the rest of the world. That place is an atrocity.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Both times I went through it were pretty horrifying. I found nothing redeeming about the facilities, layout, or staff.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
I flew Jet Blue in late 2010
and loved it. Got TV (got to watch Mythbusters on one flight) and first class treatment for a cheap-seat passenger! Everyone I’ve encountered with JB – flight attendant, desk clerk, ticketing, everyone – just terrific. Hoping I can fly them on my trip to Baltimore this summer.
NorCal passion trapped in SoCal pain...
I wanna rage.
wow
that was an interesting play
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
My descent has begun!
Adios people
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I would take that
BNightengale Bob Nightengale
Howard Kendrick deal believed to be $33.5 million over four years
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
Does the contract forbid him from making 8 year old Angels fans cry?
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 7, 2012 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
/checks dvr to make sure the Sharks game is set to record….
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
These two defenses are just terrible
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
There is a difference between the turf in the Superdome and the grass of Candlestick Park.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
this is why I have confidence. Have you seen the Saints PPG on grass vs turf? something like 35 on turf to 23 on grass- in other words, they are the Niners when on grass fields
<3 Kanani Madison
by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
They pretty much score twice as much at home than they do on the road.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
in domes, basically. but at the Superdome, yeah its probably twice as much at least.
The #2 seed was absolutely critical to the Niners- something that I think is being heavily downplayed by a lot of people
<3 Kanani Madison
by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
No they won't
The Saints benefited from dozens of missed tackles by the Lions’ D.
Yeah, the Niners have the lowest amount of missed tackles in the NFL.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jan 7, 2012 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
Ha
anybody else have the Giant’s calendar from Opening Day? It just keeps on coming. December was Andre Torres and January features…………Jonathon Sanchez
hating the off season
I sit and await always faithful to the giants
Thankfully I always give those away.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Pretty epic fail by the Lions there.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
Is Ovechkin ALWAYS on the ice?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Seems like it. I think he plays way more than average ice time for a forward
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 7, 2012 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
Okay, that’s it.
HEY MAZEL TOV PRUSSIAN CREOLE.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
who is probably going nutz on twitter right now.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
She is awesome.
PrussianCreole Evan
@LarsTheWanderer I’VE BEEN DRINKING, SHUT UP
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 7, 2012 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
I always am more stressed out when they mention records like “the Caps haven’t won in San Jose since 1993.” It makes me sure this will be the time.
I totally skipped over the word “win” there.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
A member of the Washington Capitals hockey team
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 7, 2012 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
Like a Nat except way better.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Poor Natto.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 8:58 PM PST up reply actions
My prediction
Semin will shoot and win the game for them.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Semin will almost certainly shoot.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
He already shot like 5 times.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
He gets a little sloppy sometimes is the only thing.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jan 7, 2012 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
He also has a pretty quick release on his shot.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Well, it has been a while since he really scored.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 7, 2012 9:05 PM PST up reply actions
//hopes my joke didn’t just jinx the Sharks
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 7, 2012 9:06 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
video: Victorino's walk-off homer against Giants
6/3/07: On Shane Victorino Day, Shane sends the crowd home happy with a walk-off homer
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20047571&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_20047571&v=3
Aaron Rowand is first to greet him at home plate.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
video: Pierzynski punched in the face
5/20/06: A.J. Pierzynski barrels into Michael Barrett to score on a sac fly, causing Barrett to react and both benches to clear
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20047511&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_20047511&v=3
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
Album of the day while exploring planets in Mass Effect
Defenders of the Faith by Judas Priest. I am happy to be the biggest nerd on the planet.
CLEAR THE FUCKING PUCK!!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
high stick to the face… ouch
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
hehehehe Sharks vs Jets
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Can’t wait! Too bad they can’t call it a “Western Conference Story”
by WhatsAMataHari on Jan 7, 2012 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
I noticed CSN was using the graphics
OH FUCKStiCKS!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Freaking great pass by Jumbo
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Little Tommy Wingels needs to get a goal!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
nuh-uh
not that time anyway.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
PICKLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Eeeeesh… 5 more minutes? blergh.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Wow, Burnsie! Great D
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Torrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrey!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yay!
Three stars and then bed!!
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
He played well and that last goal was cool.
But that goal by Pickles was a study in concentration.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
As someone new to hockey, I’m not really huge on the three stars thing. Maybe it’s just that two-tone sound effect they use over and over and over again.
"I see these guys walking around with rings on, and I want one. That's what it's all about." -Ryan Vogelsong
It is a league wide thing [not the sound effect, the 3 star thing] you can go on nhl.com and see the 3 star selections for any game.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Wow, no burns? hrumph…
I don’t think those pucks are a great giveaway item. Half the time they don’t make it into the stands.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Burns had a nice game.
In fact, a lot of Sharks players played well tonight.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
mmm
looking at possibly rain and inclement weather next weekend… going from turf to grass to muddy rain-soaked grass sure would give the Niners an upper hand
<3 Kanani Madison
It’s been very dry this month.
BTW, there must some fire danger with the lack of wet weather.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Right now, not more so than usual
But if this keeps up California will be a box of matches pretty soon. At least it hasn’t been dry and windy, which is a real problem.
<3 Kanani Madison
by giant4life83 on Jan 7, 2012 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
Actually...
we’re expecting Santa Ana winds down here tomorrow. Only 70’s temperature-wise, but all it takes is one downed power line/tossed cigarette/pyromaniac…
NorCal passion trapped in SoCal pain...
I wanna rage.
That's why they invented sprinklers :D
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jan 8, 2012 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
Forecast for Saturday is cloudy and in mid-to-low 50s, but no rain, unfortunately.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Yeah, the meteorological types were threatening a very wet January, I’m beginning to hope their 5 inches of rain calculation was a bit off. That much rain in a 2 week span could be problematic.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Breaking
ESPNS: THE 49ERS HAVE NO SHOT AGAINST THE N.O DREW BREESES THEY SHOULD NOT EVEN BOTHER SHOWING UP
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
If Brees throw balls up for grabs like he did yesterday I Guarantee the Niner’s defense won’t drop them like the Lions did.
I sit and await always faithful to the giants
by luved the stick on Jan 8, 2012 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
Hmmmm decisions….decisions….
Giants or Falcons
Wake the Mr. up or let him sleep….
hmmmm
Atlanta I guess, cuz I don’t like that Manning kid. “But I don’t want to play in San Diego…I’m not happy that I’m going to make millions of dollars for playing a game.” You’d think he wasn’t going to be allowed to go to Toshi Station to pick up some power converters or something.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
im rooting for the falcons
just because they dont have a history of success
If the niners don’t win it this year they are near the top of teams i hope do win it
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Jan 8, 2012 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
Atlanta would be cool
Then 3 of the old NFC West rivals made it to the 2nd round.
I think the Giants have a better chance of beating Green Bay though, so I want them to win.
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jan 8, 2012 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
If New York loses
the sports media will be forced to pick the Patriots as the favorites to win it all because they will be the only northeast team left.
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
Is that a thing in football, too?
I thought it wa only baseball.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Forgot Green Bay...
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jan 8, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
WTF
Trombone Shorty playing at the Giants game, not the Saints, and playing trumpet. I’m confused.
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
Maybe he was already on tour in that general direction?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Just starting to watch football this weekend.
What’s the basic scoopage on these two teams?
Just play a Brandon or two, come on!
You mean Saints and Giants?
Or the Giants and Atlanta that are playing right now?
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jan 8, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
The Giants are good when Eli Manning isn't throwing game crushing interceptions.
The Giants defense has been a bit iffy all season. They actually had a negative point differential on the season.
Haven’t watched the Falcon’s much at all this season. however, historically Matt Ryan, the QB, doesn’t impress me. They call him Matty-Ice, but he’s yet to win a playoff game lol. And looking at the game right now, he’s playing scared lol
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jan 8, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, Joe Buck huh?
/Automatically Mutes
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
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