Baggs Drops the Mic
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 14, 2012 7:35 AM PST
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PrintWait, I guess he picked one up. This is all so confusing.
Just a note of thanks and some wishes of good luck for Andrew Baggarly, who wrote his farewell to the Mercury News yesterday.
Though what I do is completely different from what the beat writers do, I wouldn't do it nearly as well without them. I'm dependent on them. And I'm not going to name names, but there are beat writers around the league who wouldn't make my job as fun. I like the Giants guys, and I especially liked the mix of analysis and personality that went into Extra Baggs. That will be missed, even as it carries on with a different name and different curators.
But because I spend most of my time during the days and nights writing instead of reading, I'm more likely to tune into a Chronicle Live or pre-game show than I am to read a recap. So in that sense: more Baggs! This has to be a dizzying, exciting time for him, and I wish him the best of luck.
Just watch out for that Maiocco character, Baggs -- I have it on good authority that he's cunning, deceitful, and ruthless*.
*Not really. He seems very nice. I just wanted to test out the adjective I invented: Maiocciavellian.
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Baggs is dead
Long live Baggs!
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Baggs and jporny have a strictly platonic relationship.
The propellering is just for show…and Lars is usually the one doing it anyway.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Also, I for one welcome our new Pavlovian overlords.
Make sure you follow Alex Pavlovic, the Merc beat writer of the future: https://twitter.com/#!/AlexPavlovic
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Quick, give me a Barry Bonds fact I'll enjoy
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Bonds once played eight consecutive games with a negative WPA, in 1989. That was the longest such streak of his career. Last year alone, 146 major leaguers had stretches of nine games or longer.
Game's the same, just got more fierce.
by Sam Miller OCR on Feb 14, 2012 7:52 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Thank you!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Please don't teabag the niche celebrities.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 14, 2012 8:13 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
But it’s Valentine’s Day.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Feb 14, 2012 8:14 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
You are such a romantic.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
But if you do, I prefer Lady Grey to Earl Grey.
Game's the same, just got more fierce.
by Sam Miller OCR on Feb 14, 2012 8:15 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I would get Lady Grey!
But they don’t have it loose. It’s a very underrated flavor, though.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 14, 2012 8:16 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I heard Lady Grey is really loose if you get a little bit of vodka into her.
Oh wait. That’s me. nvm.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 8:19 AM PST up reply actions 6 recs
/glances
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
What is going on
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
Duhess Grey is the best of the Grey Family
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I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Time to reveal which poster you are on here Baggs
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Baggs is great
But I have nothing against him going on CSN. Maybe he can restore some journalism respectability there.
/CSN reports the Giants just released PtB
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 14, 2012 8:25 AM PST up reply actions
FU BAGGS!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 7:47 AM PST reply actions
Oh, you.
I’m simultaneously looking forward to and dreading the day that I make your shitlist.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 14, 2012 7:51 AM PST up reply actions
Bah
You have seen enough of my comments to know that I am serious about 5% of the time. Plus, you have the added benefit of a sense of humor.
Also, you won’t make my shitlist until I have had a chance to capture you and lock you in Howie’s basement. I mean, I owe him. He paid me already.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:04 AM PST up reply actions
As soon as I finish digging out this basement, it’s on.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 8:45 AM PST up reply actions
This is correct.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
PICS OR GTFO
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Thanks for the memories, Baggs. Specifically the time where you convincingly pretended to know who the hell I was.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 14, 2012 7:54 AM PST reply actions
One shortstop please
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Yeah I need a wall sticky thing. My coat hook came off of my wall.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
A bag of trail mix and a bottle of water, please.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:05 AM PST up reply actions
Coconut water, no pulp, please. My store only has pulp.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:19 AM PST up reply actions
Coconut water, no pulp, please.
Apparently, this is quite the controversy among coconut water aficionadi. I was speaking with one of my employees yesterday that prefers only the pulped version.
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Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
I can’t stand any kind of solids in my drink. Pulp, the yeast in kombucha, boba tea… it all makes me gag something fierce. If I get kombucha in a bottle, I have to run it through a strainer or coffee filter.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:43 AM PST up reply actions
Orange juice is not a viable beverage unless it has so much pulp you can almost shape it by hand.
The first six innings are overrated.
Ya made me proud son
Good job.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
by grape on Feb 14, 2012 8:10 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Weak coffee is not a good way to start the day.
If you drink coffee, drink it dark. If you don’t like the flavor of coffee, then either don’t drink it, or put the nasty creamer in it to dumb it down. Just don’t make me drink this half-water crap.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
I quit coffee two months ago.
Went to Earl Grey. Hot. The transition was surprisingly smooth.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 14, 2012 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
Nothing like a hot Earl to start each day.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Read this as “Nothing like a Hot Carl to start each day”.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Feb 14, 2012 8:15 AM PST up reply actions
There is nothing quite like it.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 14, 2012 8:16 AM PST up reply actions
that’s an aggressive regimen.
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Feb 14, 2012 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
Nothing like a hot Earl ham water to start each day.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Feb 14, 2012 8:16 AM PST up reply actions
Watery…
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
I have friends who went to school there.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
umm... there is absolutely nothing there but a hospital
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Out of curiosity
I hear of people going off of coffee….is it because of dependency issues? Everything i’ve read says the one-cup-of-coffee a day thing is good for the brain.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Feb 14, 2012 8:13 AM PST up reply actions
The second through sixth are problematic.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 14, 2012 8:16 AM PST up reply actions
I like up to the 4th. Then it’s too much. And usually it’s just a double shot latte in the morning anyway.
But I’m never going to stop. That would be silly.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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Two cups a day for me
Double Espresso at home with the morning e-mail and news. One double size medium roast java gold at work (12 oz) . I guess that would really be four cups ?
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Heartburn
And made me jittery. Plus, working from home, I was apt to have three cups in a day. Suuuuper jittery. Remember that all-caps post on Eugenio Velez? Well, no, because I deleted it. But that’s what I’m talking about.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 14, 2012 8:17 AM PST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure he deserved it. Nothing like a SSS of being CLUTCH to get the heart racing.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Feb 14, 2012 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
You should release the McC Outtakes sometime
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 14, 2012 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe I'll run it by him.
I put my hand in his skull and work the jaw like a puppet. We talk about things. You know, life.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 14, 2012 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
I figure you just stand on your porch like Al Swearengen with JT’s head in a box, expounding on the broader fuckin’ possibilities of life and such.
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 14, 2012 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
Same here. Dr said I have gastro-something-or-other. The cure: cut out citrus, spicy foods, caffeinated beverages, spearmint/peppermint, and alcohol. Yeah, right.
So far, I’ve eliminated coffee, mint tea, and cut down on spicy food.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
I think that’s pretty much my entire diet.
by S. Pickford #25 on Feb 14, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
I have had at least one cup of coffee or at least eaten grounds every day for the past 30 years (hint I am almost 43). I relish my dependency!
You eat coffee grounds?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
He is a raccoon.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
I get all my caffeine from Diet Coke, supplanted with the occasional latte.
I assume this means I’ll die in a year’s time.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:20 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think it makes up 4% of my body weight at this point.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:34 AM PST up reply actions
Do yourself a favor
and try to switch to splenda diet coke if you can find it. It’s better for you.
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Feb 14, 2012 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t drink OJ in the morning… it always gives me what the Giants can’t score.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:35 AM PST up reply actions
Impact players?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Coffee is proof that god loves us and wants us to be jittery.
The two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen. - Bob Lemon
by SituationalLefty on Feb 14, 2012 8:46 AM PST up reply actions
I have read that humans have basically found every possible (useful & non-toxic) source of caffeine in plants.
"Only connect..."
E. M. Forster
We used our science to figure it out.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
You’ve also started sitting in my Captain’s chair in stretch pants with your legs unreasonably crossed, giving orders. That’s my Captain’s chair.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 8:49 AM PST up reply actions
I have a tough time making myself do that with free coffee available at work. Maybe the solution is to come in early and make it how I like it.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Feb 14, 2012 8:37 AM PST up reply actions
WTH is this FB timeline everyone keeps talking about?
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
GET EXCITED ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Feb 14, 2012 8:11 AM PST up reply actions
I keep hearing about it but I don't see anything different when I login.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
If you go to your profile or someone else’s, it should look significantly different.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Feb 14, 2012 8:15 AM PST up reply actions
I go to mine and it just has all of my status updates.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
It’s not rolled out for everybody yet, but click around your friends’ profiles and you’re sure to see it on some of them.
Pretty much it’s the debbil.
http://www.facebook.com/about/timeline
I actually like it a lot, and I am not one to particularly like anything Facebook does.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
I just got the latest twitter update yesterday
It stinks.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
yeah that seems to be the consensus. I can never find anything on there. I never could figure out how to change my background image… which I found that today whilst I was looking for info on how to change my home screen, which I couldn’t find.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Something there’s no reason for you ever to see because why would anybody look at somebody else’s individual profile?
I have my modified newsfeed, and that’s all Facebook is really meant to be.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 8:51 AM PST up reply actions
Pretty much this.
Sounds like timeline is for creepers.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
He likes us! He really like us!
It also was my privilege to have so many of you along for the ride. Maybe the rest of the country doesn’t realize it, but Giants fans are as passionate, engaged and invested as any baseball fans in the country. If I wrote something that was intellectually lazy, you called me on it. If I forgot to ask an important question, you reminded me. If I managed to write something of value, you took the time to say you enjoyed it.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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everyone except Lars
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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by CalBear949 on Feb 14, 2012 8:19 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Exactly
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
there’s got to be some crotch grabbing going on around here somewhere
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Caption
Citygirl and Jponry watch Lars try to impress Baggs after he “wrote something of value”
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 14, 2012 8:34 AM PST up reply actions
If that were really me
The M&M would be green.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:35 AM PST up reply actions
But his propellering is impeccable.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 8:37 AM PST up reply actions
Hmmm
If I wrote something that was intellectually lazy, you called me on it
When I tweeted him that his article about changing the dimensions of AT&T park was lazy he told me to unfollow him
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
He didn’t say he gave a shit if you called him on it.
by chilibean_3 on Feb 14, 2012 8:31 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
so quiet in here with Pika still asleep
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I guess that means we don’t have to talk about basketball.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 8:26 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
He’s probably still revising his resume after all of the stuff we told him yesterday.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
forgot to tell him to include a headshot
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 Feb 14, 2012 8:29 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
and a picture of Lars’s junk.
Too much?
Watermark in the paper
Subtle
"Only connect..."
E. M. Forster
Those are balls.....
Honorary parent of Duane Kuiper, beloved solar powered broadcaster and power hitting coach for the Giants.
by Giant Voodoo on Feb 14, 2012 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
YES, and the best part about being an alumni is utilizing everything your school has to offer
in terms of resources for building resumes, they have an entire site dedicated to that, so i’m using the comments yesterday and that
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
DONE WITH MY ENVIRONMENTAL RESUME, only took a few hours
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
maybe 5
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
which you are
Proud adoptive father of the fastest guy in the Giants system, Jarrett Parker
One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
I really like Baggs
But I don’t get CSN. It feels like goodbye. I’m sure I’ll see clips of him from time to time, but I’m really hoping he doesn’t stop writing.
Good luck, Baggs!
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Maiocco writes a lot for CSN
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
You don't get CSN?
How do you watch games? mlb.tv?
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Ah, gotcha. Me too.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Doesn’t CSN put a fair chunk of their content online? Whenever I’m looking for a clip, I feel like I always have to wade through several dozens others to find what I’m looking for.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:33 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t like spending time on their website. It’s hard to find what I want. I’m sure if I looked around more it would be easier but…well, there it is.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Certainly can’t blame you there.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:39 AM PST up reply actions
I’m actually very lazy. I mostly read Extra Baggs because it was delivered to Google Reader. I would guess the best way to keep following him would be to follow him on Twitter, but I don’t know that I really want a Twitter account. I suppose I could always just get one to follow people.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
ONE OF US
ONE OF US
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:52 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t know that I really want a Twitter account.
There is nothing about this that makes sense.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t use Facebook either. I’m a technological troglodyte.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Not using FB makes a lot more sense. You don’t have to give up any personal info to start a Twitter account, besides a (throwaway if you want) e-mail address.
Or, y’know, just bookmark this: https://twitter.com/CSNBaggs
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
My default stance on technology is I only adopt something new if I feel it has a clear benefit and acceptable downside. I can see some benefits of Twitter, but they aren’t huge. The downside seems small, as well, mostly just the time it would take to actually set stuff up and the additional time to actually make use of it. If I decide it’s worth it, I’ll do it. If not, eh. I don’t think my life is less without Twitter in it.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Fair enough. I think Twitter is a fantastic tool, and it has in no uncertain terms improved my life greatly over the past few years. Matt Steinmetz came to my birthday party, I got lunch with Jeff Sullivan, and not to mention I was able to pull a few strings to put on a Bryan Stow fundraiser last year. And that’s just the stuff that’d be relevant to McCoven.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
That Twitter account is not written by Baggs, apparently. He mentioned that in one of his blog posts or tweets, I think.
Oh right, the fake one… This one looks legit, though- transferred everything to this name. Didn’t the fake have an underscore? (Also, didn’t the fake one say we were gonna trade Cain to Toronto?)
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
The folks taking over his blog have a contest going on to pick a new name
I hope they choose McCovey Chronicles.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:31 AM PST reply actions
SFGiantsToday or BUST!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
Seems unnecessarily long.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 14, 2012 8:33 AM PST up reply actions
We never say that.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
I'm a gritty vet. I do whatever I want.
Oh, wait, thought I was on the team instead of a fan, nm.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
No, I meant us ladies would never say it is unnecessary long.
On McC we say TWSS all day long.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
“Pavlovic’s Seal”
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:33 AM PST up reply actions
Waiting for Wheeler
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Settle down Angels!
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal
Sources: #Angels interested in Burnett, but they are on his no-trade list and he wants to stay east. #Pirates heavy favorite. #Yankees #MLB
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
why?
He’s not good.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Feb 14, 2012 8:34 AM PST up reply actions
He's not bad.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Guess it depends on your definition of “bad”, but he’s certainly had a significant decline the past 2 years.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Feb 14, 2012 8:39 AM PST up reply actions
I just don't understand why the Pirates are picking up any of that contract
In fact, why does any team feel obligated to bail out the Yankees?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
I guess to avoid giving up prospects….which for them might make some sense? I guess he’s a name to put butts in the seats even if he’s not that good anymore.
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by UnleashTheGore on Feb 14, 2012 8:48 AM PST up reply actions
I would take Burnett
Over both Karstens and Correia plus Bedard is probably going to get hurt.
The Pirates could use him
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Maybe the Yankees are picking up part of his contract?
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Not really. More a combo of bad luck and NY Media hype
His 2010 was awful no argument there.
Last season, he had a high ERA but his xFIP and K/9 last season were actually pretty good.
Get him out of Yankees stadium and the AL East and I bet he’ll be a solid 3rd or 4th starter
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Glancing at his BR page, it looks like last year he was still pretty far behind his averages, other than K/9 and BB/9. I’m certainly no stat geek but even last year looks way behind what he’s been.
Plus there’s the other factor of watching him pitch, which does nothing to improve my opinion of him from what I saw of him last year. He reminds me of Zito in that in many of his games it looks like he just has no idea of where the ball will end up.
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by UnleashTheGore on Feb 14, 2012 9:09 AM PST up reply actions
?
All his peripherals are at about his career average. The only thing that’s higher is HR%.Get him out of Yankees stadium and some better luck and that likely goes down.
Not saying he’s worth the contract, but he definitely isn’t as bad as everyone makes him out to be. I’d take him on the Giants in a second. Definitely over Zito and possibly over Vogelsong
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i’d think that the Pirates would be on everyone’s no trade list.
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"Orlando before Zod" doesn't have the same nice ring to it.
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 14, 2012 8:35 AM PST up reply actions
baggs's departure is a bad move for those of us living in exile
because we don’t get CSNBA, just a few videos on the website and the very limited crap brung to us by MLB.TV.* So there’s gonna be very few extra baggs.
/pouts
*It’s like the Woody Allen joke about airline food – so awful, and the portions are so small!
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by SituationalLefty on Feb 14, 2012 8:36 AM PST reply actions
Wait I hope they make Baggs the sideline reporter.
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Yes, please.
And some walking papers for Amy G would make me happy too.
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by SituationalLefty on Feb 14, 2012 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
NO U
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
Good day, sir. I said, GOOD DAY!
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She seems to be so divisive on this site. To me she’s just there. Doesn’t really add to the broadcast in any way but doesn’t really take away from it either.
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she does a lot of fluff pieces that many don’t like. she probably gets a bad wrap for that, but whoever did it would probably get similar criticism. Also, she doesn’t seem to be the most skilled reporter out there. but she’s likeable enough that they should hold onto her.
Also, for those that recall Cammie Blackstone, Amy G is quite tolerable.
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"Orlando before Zod" doesn't have the same nice ring to it.
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 14, 2012 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
Cammie Blackstone: The Jose Castillo of ballpark on camera bitches
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by NuschlerFace on Feb 14, 2012 9:04 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
You had me appreciating the comment until the last word.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
She annoys me because she’s the stereotype of female sports reporters – all fluff, plus that appalling nasal voice. Her main qualifications for her job appear to be. . .What?
Jayme Sire would be a good replacement, IMHO.
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by SituationalLefty on Feb 14, 2012 9:00 AM PST up reply actions
Ol' Chipmunk Face
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 9:02 AM PST up reply actions
Asking this completely seriously:
What qualifications does Sire have that Amy lacks? Is she less fluff? You hate her voice less?
If Amy’s qualifications for her job are “what”, what are Sire’s?
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She knows more about baseball.
Hey, and she’s clutchy. I know – it’s a small sample size.
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by SituationalLefty on Feb 14, 2012 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
She can interview people without annoying me
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
Agreed.
Perhaps the most important reason of them all.
by TakeTheBlack on Feb 14, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Because of reasons.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 14, 2012 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
I think Amy G is a Giants hire and not a CSN Bay Area hire. Notice how Amy G is never on any of the CSN Bay Area shows?
She covers things other than the Giants, though. For example, she’s covering the SAP Open in San Jose.
@legaleagle88
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
Yeah and she did cover one Cal game this past season. You don’t see her though on any of the CSN Bay Area shows.
I think you used to. And then they realized she isn’t any good, so they cut back on her air time.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
I like Amy. I think she has a thankless job, and does it well.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah
Everything negative I could say about her would apply to any other sideline reporter type as well. Not her fault the job description is just stupid to begin with. And at least she’s about 10x better than Cammy.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 14, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
And she seems to have a pretty good rapport with the guys in the booth, too, which is enjoyable.
Rapport—now there’s another word that I took way too long to make the connection between written and spoken forms. Whenever I heard it, my brain spelled it “repoir” (which is not a word, of course), and whenever I read it, my brain pronounced rap-port. I still struggle a bit with reconciling the two.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
She has improved dramatically since her rookie year
First year was like WTF. Now I don’t mind her at all.
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I have no opinion of Amy one way or the other at this point.
But I wouldn’t go so far as to say her job is thankless.
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I don’t think it’s thankless for her necessarily. She gets to work, watch baseball, and hang out with Kruk. Kuip, Miller, and Flem. It’s a cool job for her.
I mean thankless in the sense that I have never heard a single spectator express anything but distaste for the position.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
For the NBC games, doesn’t Raj Mathai do what she does for CSN?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Screw that. They should find a way to get him involved in the postgame wrap. It would be fun to watch him and Flem try to out-nerd each other…
YES TO THIS! Baggs, are you listening? K&K and Baggs – my dream team.
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by SituationalLefty on Feb 14, 2012 8:52 AM PST up reply actions
I don't live in the area either
And I get a lot of Baggs from Twitter. I have a feeling anything posted online he does will still be sources from his twitter.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 14, 2012 8:40 AM PST up reply actions
White Sox are signing Fukudome.
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He must like Chicago
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:43 AM PST up reply actions
Which is kind of surprising. From everything I’ve heard, Asian people are still basically aliens in Chicago.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:45 AM PST up reply actions
Sort of like black people in Denver?
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 14, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
that’s the first FA Chicago has signed this year.
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"Orlando before Zod" doesn't have the same nice ring to it.
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 14, 2012 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
I am not sure why Baggs resonated so much with me personally.
But he did! I really really will miss his writing. There is simply no way he can duplicate that on TV. I hope he finds a way to continue to write even if it is informally on a blog type mechanism…
Me too.
It’s a sad day for me. Carl’s been doing a good job, but there’s something about Baggs.
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by SituationalLefty on Feb 14, 2012 8:45 AM PST up reply actions
You’re right. I misread this:
I am still every bit a journalist and beat reporter. But I won’t be writing for print. That’s not easy to accept for someone like me who worked 16 years in newspapers and soaked it into my identity along with the ink-smudged fingers. I never stopped getting a charge out of folding open the sports page and seeing my byline.
My antique mind thinks “print” means “writing.”
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by SituationalLefty on Feb 14, 2012 8:49 AM PST up reply actions
This is pretty cool.
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I think I’d limit “close” in the NFL to a three-point difference. And maybe a three-point difference with under, say, seven second left in an NBA game.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 8:52 AM PST up reply actions
Elimination of ties after the lockout, I would imagine. Everything that used to be a tie is now a one goal loss.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 14, 2012 8:55 AM PST up reply actions
Its hard for me to tell how often the data is plotted. To me, it looks like there’s no plot points between 2000 and 2007-11 average, but I could be wrong.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 14, 2012 8:59 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder if they include empty net goals
Which might artificially depress the apparent closeness of games
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder what the deal is with the NHL after the late 90's?
Neutral zone trap? The retirements of Gretzky and/or Mario?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 8:55 AM PST up reply actions
See above. I would imagine them getting rid of ties is the biggest factor.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 14, 2012 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
And this is why I do not watch the NBA..boring
55 minutes of jogging up and down the court, 5 minutes of basketball
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the margin for basketball is unfair
2-3 points does not define a “close” game.
A team can be up 5 with a minute left and still have a decent chance of winning.
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One would hope so given that they’re winning at that point!
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Houston Astros bullpen.
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Yeah
sorry…down 5.
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They really need to define "close game" better in the NBA.
I’d change it to:
In the last 2 minutes, if each team had the ball with the chance to tie or take the lead, then the game was considered “close”.
It sucks tho that you can’t just look at the box score to decide this.
Brandon Crawford: Yeah, but check out that Defense!
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Also how the refs have decided to call a game and who gets fouls, who doesn’t, and who gets called for travelling
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
A guy on Warriorsworld developed a website to figure that out. It was called “Was the Warriors game worth watching?” or something like that. I think it was a slightly more complex formula than abs((Final score Team A) – (Final score Team B)) < 3, but it didn’t take into account refereeing.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 14, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Only when Brian Wilson is your closer
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
That was my first thought too, but they do plot 1 run games.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
To quote Koei's Nobunaga, "Is that so?"
That might not seem like a dramatic dip, but remember that baseball grants us enormous sample sizes.
I wish Grant could come up with graphs like this
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Yeah, right
They might include a Graph Maker as a prize in his Cap’n Crunch. But until that day, no one should hold their breath.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
Why use the save situation if every other sport is held to within one or two scores?
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
I haven't read the article
but I wonder if it is to make the point that saves are stupid?
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I don’t know that he makes that point.
There is something hidden in there that he never really says. His driving line in the article is “we love close games, so here’s a graph of how our favorite sports reward us.” So since the three-run game in the 9th isn’t particularly close as games go, the “Save” and all of the fuffurah that comes with it (closers, fist pumps, record books) provides the illusion that things are “close” and “important”. Because we have that illusion, we can use it as a benchmark in graphs like these, which show baseball has by far the most “close-feeling” games of all these sports.
So basically, MLB tricks us into thinking games are more interesting than they are by having Saves be a thing.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
To be clear again, he never says all that. I’m just drawing dots and then inking lines in between them.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
Into a penis.
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And an octopus!
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
But they play loud rock music when closers come in.
Why would they play loud rock music if it wasn’t exciting?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
He also has the 1 run MLB games on the graph
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All end in ties.
0-0
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Some weren’t happy with Mr. Bois’ graph. This stuff is more up his alley.
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Greg’s favorite color is he will break your face.
In his spare time, you will die.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
One last plug for the paid MCC fantasy league
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2012/2/13/2795790/the-mccovey-chronicles-fantasy-league-for-money
We’re up to 12 players, would like a couple more. Read my fanpost!
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
The sign up info is in the post!
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I’d do it if it was not for money.
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by UnleashTheGore on Feb 14, 2012 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
Well that's kinda the whole point.
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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I believe I've filled the league!
Phase one complete.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Hey, I got married 9 years ago today!
My wife decided that if we got married on Valentine’s day, it’d be one less gift to buy thus more savings obviously.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Happy anniversary!
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Happy Ball&Chain Day!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
Nah
that’s where jctgamer plays WoW
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does he share like PikaGiant?
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you don’t want what’s on my hard drive. Trust me.
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I have a folder that’s been carried over from like 6 computers ago.
Stuff from alt.binaries.multi-media.erotica.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
that comes with its own virus right?
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Happy Game Over Day!
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Sex
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
more importantly
Lars sex
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Does the waitress know this?
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by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
haha havn’t been there for like 2 months now.
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Swoopin' in then!
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- Edgar Renteria or a hooker bribing a family man?
by Scooter Ellis on Feb 14, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
Happy Anniversary! I like your wife’s reasoning. I, on the other hand, chose April Fool’s Day because, well, the lulz.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
So did my parents!
And now they are divorced….but amicably.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder how many opt for Leap Day.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
Congrats to you and your wife, good sir.
Expect your gift of a head shot of every character from Dragonball: Evolution to arrive in the mail.
So alone...
Twitter
You mean you don’t on a normal day?
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by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Can't avoid it
Last minute Valentine ideas and stories?
I am probably taking my wife out for dinner at a Japanese place. She already bought herself a Prada something.
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Jewelry is always nice, a nice set of lotions, chocolates, flowers duh. She didn’t want you to choose the Prada right?
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
Yeah
I tried to do the romantic thing but she just ends up talking about how expensive the roses are and how chocolate spoil.
She usually ends up returning what I get her…so she picks it out herself.
What about candlesticks?
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Nice expensive lotions or bath soap, or something personal and pertinent to her interests.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
expensive jewelry, designer purses, and a nice big house.
Two I cannot afford and the other I can barely afford.
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lol golddigger
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"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
Yeah
she’s hot and my daughter is cute.
Also, she dug in the wrong mine…it’s more like a coaldigger.
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I’m sure she cares about something other than those. Also LOL RUETER
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Why lol mayor?
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The gold digger comment was hilarious. It received raucous laughter from the CJCS
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
Uh, Martin Dempsey??
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Mayor of Smug.
I mentioned that he might be sufficiently smug to be the CJCS (ask him about his feelings on pie vs cake)
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Why is rotorueter mayor?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
sig
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
I missed the GP/BB reference in your sig. Is there a story?
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/6/3/2205160/giants-rockies-series-preview#68775903
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
Wow…that was fun. Great exchange:
To be fair
Boobs are more visible than dicks.
[…]
by El Person on Jun 3, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up actions
So Brian Sabean is more visible than Logan Morrison?
[…]
by jctGamer on Jun 3, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up actions
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
by bgunn on Feb 14, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Just keep them out of the Library. And away from Colonel Mustard.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
I had the Clippers mascots surprise my girlfriend at work. They gave her a dozen roses, a Clippers cap, and a signed picture of the two of them. She seems to really like it.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
Columbus Clippers.
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
Oh
I thought you got Blake Griffin.
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That's awesome.
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Well, they’re traveling around the city doing it for other folks, too. I just made sure my name got on the list.
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You’re putting the rest of us to shame as I have not brought Lou Seal or Thunder in to surprise my girlfriend on Valentine’s Day.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
I’m a fan of going to do something together instead of buying something – horse back riding, hot air ballooning – anything that you normally don’t do.
Is it February 19 yet?
that’s what we usually do.
Apparently except for this year.
UPS just delivered me some flowers from the mister.
excuse me I think there’s some dust in here….
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Golf clubs.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
How many?
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What’s she missing?
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
She told me she’d like some woods.
Is it February 19 yet?
by j14 on Feb 14, 2012 9:38 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Nice
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We're skipipng this year
I’m making steak dinner at home. Next year is our 10th anniversary and we’re going to go to Europe. LOL frequent flyer miles.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
We’re going to hit France for sure cause we’ve never been there. I want to revisit Rome but may not have enough time. We’ll probably go to Spain from there.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Cool, fyi I found Nice to be overrated but other parts of Provence are really nice!
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by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
Also don’t be shocked when you find that dinners are closed between like 3 and 6.
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by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
Aix-en-Provence is ok. I would much rather go to St Tropez or Monaco than Nice.
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I enjoyed St. Remy quite a bit.
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by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
We used to go to Menorca during that summer, that is niiiice.
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by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
Wasn’t there a band called the Avignon Popes? If not, there should be.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 14, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Chuk E Cheese’s for me!
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by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
better or worse
than Chuck E Cheese?
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I love that idea. I might even steal it
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
We got baby sitting duty too! Taking my 20 month old and 3 year old nephews with me! Going to be awesome!
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by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
Alternative dining spots for Valentine's Day
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-fast-food-valentines-20120210,0,5287826.story
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We plan on doing hole-in-the-wall Somali food for dinner tonight. I figure that’s a good destination on V-day, crowdwise.
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So you’ll eat whatever isn’t taken by the warlords?
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Going out on VD is for the birds. I hated it when I worked in a restaurant and I hate it now as a customer.
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I’m definitely not thinking “Valentine’s Day” each time I see the abbreviation “VD.” Just throwing that out there.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Heh me neither I just hate spelling it out.
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Get this
http://www.amazon.com/Fundies-Underwear-Built-For-Two/dp/B001FXC8KQ
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~
My wife’s birthday is Thursday, so we usually skip V-day (I hate manufactured holidays), but I ducked into Five and Diamond on Valencia and got her a Panhead necklace.
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
I’m making dinner for the fella. With two kids, and Valentine’s Day falling on a school night, dining out isn’t an option.
So I’ve got some lamb korma simmering in the slow cooker. It smells divine. I’ll open up a nice bottle of wine, light some candles and we’ll enjoy a quiet dinner while the kids watch cartoons.
If he follows the rules, he’ll bring me some truffles and maybe flowers.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Ooooooo… what cartoons?
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
I’m guessing Johnny Test or some such. Maybe the Amazing World of Gumball.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, not ones I’ve seen.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Howie is old!
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
It’s weird figuring out all the things I can’t reliably mention to my freshwomen. Last 49ers Super Bowl win? Oh… you weren’t alive. Clueless? Oh, you weren’t alive.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
I saw part of the Gumball show this weekend.
He was wearing a dress and everyone thought he was a girl. Then he put the balloon in a dress and it flew up and was destroyed by the sun.
Modern cartoons are strange.
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That episode had me laughing pretty hard. I’ll admit it’s a ridiculous show, but it makes me laugh out loud several times each episode. You gotta love a show that bases an episode on the premise that since the kid doesn’t have any other clean clothes to wear to school he has to wear his mother’s wedding dress. Heh. I’m giggling right now.
It’s better than some other crap the kids could watch, I guess.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
That one is also a favorite.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
Wife and I are having spaghetti.
She doesn’t like Valentines day (me neither really) so we don’t do anything special! Hooray!
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You should have a food fight
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Girlfriend and I have the same attitude and are going out to Bill’s burgers for some burgers and Walking Dead. Nothing says romance like zombies.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
got my girl a ring
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I got my girlfriend me working on my thesis until after midnight and her buying us hot dogs at Costco later.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
It’s all very romantic.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
/invites you to a sit at the table next to ours at Citronelle. We will subtly discuss the merits of sweet tea and old maps without my wife noticing.
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by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
third wheel is bullshit, hate it
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I don’t know about Valentine’s Day but 3rd wheel doesn’t have to be so bad. Especially if you are friends with both of the other wheels.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Depends on their level of PDA
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
That is when you start making suggestions and urging them on
“No….use more tongue! Now grab the junk!”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Didn't even know what that meant until i kissed my girlfriend
in front of her aunt, i kissed my girl on the cheek, and she screams “PDA PDA PDA PDA PDA PDA”
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I used to be really cavalier about PDA. I was like, “WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE OUT AND IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE IT DON’T WATCH.”
But then I stated getting grossed out by people all making out in front of me, and promptly stopped being that way.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
friends with both, yea. But when they're both absolutely drunk
it becomes more and more awkward
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“Did you just subtly discuss the merits of sweet tea and old maps with each other on your phones?”
“What do we look like, some kinds of sweet tea and old maps discussions summoners?”
“You’re right. I’m just being paranoid.”
/texts file of sweet-ass map.
/fist pump.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
invisible ink napkins
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by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
decoder glasses
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
“And who is that guy, anyway?”
/awkward glances
“Would you like a tote bag? I can finagle one for free.”
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/fist pump
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
when she goes to the bathroom we begin gossiping like teenage girls then back to pretending to not know each other when she gets back
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by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
must get costco card... damn this is a must
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“They even made me show ID to get inside a Sam’s Club”
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OH COME ON
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But, but, but….she took me to Mars on a jetpack yesterday. SHE TOLD ME I WAS THE ONLY ONE!
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/tries to get with you on her wedding day to Natto.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
And then we cut to a shot of me sitting in a fancy restaurant, across the booth from a cardboard cutout of Brian McCann that I stole from a local sporting goods store.
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Please pass the salt, dear?
/TL2 pulls a string, which causes the cardboard McCann arm to nudge the salt closer
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"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
Damn you Natto for stealing her away from me
Stupid Friend Zone
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Her name is KAREN GILLAN. Didn’t you read?
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
Burnett's East Coast bias explained
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal
Burnett’s no-trade list includes west-coast teams because his wife is from Maryland and does not like to fly. #Angels #Yankees #MLB
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Not liking to fly doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with safety.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
I know exactly how safe they are and it still doesn’t mean I don’t think we’re about to fall out of the sky anytime turbulence hits.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
people touch your junk in the plane?
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They did the thorough search on our two year old son last year. Waistband, crotch grab the whole 9 yards. I’m sure everyone in the airport felt safe afterwards.
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I have gone through security a bunch these days and all I got were extra doses of radiation.
Also, I think there is a rule that kids under 12 no longer need to be searched.
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…which proves beyond a doubt (not that there was any before) that the whole thing is fucking stupid and useless.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah if it actually made people safer I might not find it so dumb.
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Even people who work for the Department of Homeland Security call it theater. Just a way to convince those who need it that they’re on the ball and nothing will happen
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
Meh
I personally don’t have a huge problem with it. TSA people seem nice and are getting pretty darn efficient these days. It’s tough traveling with a family and the liquid thing sucks but no a biggie.
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You don’t have a problem with an agent of your government touching and/or photographing your penis for no viable reason?
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
I don't
Although that probably doesn’t surprise anyone.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
This is just what Lars calls “the weekend”.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
1) I never had anyone touch me.
2) We live in a world of CC cameras and cell phone cameras. I go to court and have to go through metal detectors and x-ray machines…No biggie.
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I have an exemption for the metal detectors.
So the more invasive screening procedure is typical for me.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
Steel ass cheeks?
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Weaponized Propeller.
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by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
/installs CC camera in calbear’s junk
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 14, 2012 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
I have two problems with it:
1) Billions of dollars. Zero results.
2) Until everyone is stripped naked, cavity searched, and flies unconscious, everything they do is reactionary. Guy uses a box cutter. Ban tweezers. Guy puts bomb in shoe. Ban shoes. Guy puts bomb in liquid. Ban liquids. in less than an hour I could think of 100 ways to get an explosive on a plane and stay a step ahead. They have to have thought of these ways too. Why aren’t they banning them now? At what point does everyone agree our civil liberties are violated?
We now have years of data, and no results.
I will step off the soap box now. Sorry this one has been bothering me.
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by fierrpawz on Feb 14, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
At least the “underwear bomber” hasn’t forced us to take off our underwear. Though it has led to more invasive scans.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
At what point does everyone agree our civil liberties are violated?
How can anyone not agree?
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Government seems to think they are not violating rights.
Courts seem to think it is ok.
My parents seem to think the safety is worth it, or don’t fly.
If we had caught even one terrorist in 10 years with the TSA procedures, then maybe they have a point.
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Wait…so we should have no security because we have not caught any terrorists?
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No, we should have security that actually works. Security theatre is a waste of money and resources.
Like, scanning every bag that gets put on a plane. You know, the big ones that could hold 20 lbs of C-4 that did not get scanned for 7+ years.
Checking every passenger against a list of known terrorists that did not happen for 5+ years.
Things that actually make us safer.
Even if you let machettes on a plane now, no one will ever be able to use them to use a plane as a weapon again.
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Exactly.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
1) Which model of security do you actually think works?
2) There is always a balance between costs, security, and civil liberties in these issues. Israel racially profiles as a part of its security, do you think that would fly in the US?
3) Again, just because nothing serious may happen does not mean we should not have security.
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Also
the increased security has more to do with explosives than physical weapons.
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Dude, just drop it there is no point of arguing.
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by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
done.
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Government seems to think they are not violating rights.
Seriously? This is your litmus test?
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
You don't have a right to fly
It’s a luxury
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I agree with all of this.
And civil liberties have been violated in much more profound (although maybe less perceptible) ways but that discussion is crossing the champagne line.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
1) What exact result are you looking for?
2) Most of those incidents occurred very early on and security is usually reactionary. Let’s not forget that it’s not just the US who are implementing these rules, so are Europe and other countries.
3) Civil Liberties are always violated in a society. Flying is a not a right, but a privilege. You can find alternative method of travel if you don’t like the searches. I am much more worried about police pulling people over just because.
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Flying is a not a right, but a privilege. … I am much more worried about police pulling people over just because.
Driving is also a privilege. Why is getting pulled over worse than the government touching your genitals?
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
1) because you go to the airport to fly. The search is conducted before you get on the plane. Getting pulled over can occur anywhere and anytime you are in your car.
2) The most likely worst thing that could happen to you at the airport is that you are denied entry into the airport/plane. A lot worse things can happen to you as a result of a being pulled over.
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So you’re completely ok with how things are run then?
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
okay?
no…everything could be better. Like I said, I go through security checks for court all the time and I don’t feel violated.
For most people, the “search” is the alternative to the scan. Again, I have flow at least 20 times in the past 6 months and never had to go through a search. 3 second scan…I’m done.
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How would you improve it for those who do feel violated?
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Depends on what they feel violated by.
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Lets start with choosing between the cancer scan and the junk fondling.
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
They’re just thinking in the longview. Testicular cancer comes with many junk fondlings.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Are you serious
a cancer scan? Really. Come on…people do so much worst things to their body that is more likely to cause cancer than the scans.
The government should ban people from living in Denver.
Seriously, have you seen the things that causes cancer? Just about everything.
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The government should ban people from living in Denver.
This we can all agree on. That way, SF will probably get the Great American Beer Fest, and no Dinger. Sweet.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Since some people are bad to their bodies we shouldn’t mind getting x-rays taken before each flight?
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
This makes no sense. There is no evidence that scanner create an increased risk of cancer…at least one any different any most other every day activities.
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Isn’t the fact that there is no evidence kind of because they just started using them?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Quick google search
But the new information from the European Commission raises fears that the radiation from the machines could cause long-term health damage such as cancer.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Have you looked up the leading causes of cancer?
Smoking
Radon
Cosmic Rays.
Heck, flying on an airplane increases your exposure to cosmic rays/radiation and technically increases you chance of getting cancer.
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So you set the bar at: “Is it a leading cause of cancer?”
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
No
So many things around you causes cancer. It’s the price of living in a modern society filled with gadgets and modernity.
To somewhat call out the scanners are a “cancer screen” is extremely unfair.
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The emissions from cars cause cancer
Do you want everyone to not drive cars?
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Cars are much more vital than the scanners in question. But yeah, ideally it would be good to get rid of the emissions from cars. But you know what? Fuck it. I mean everything else causes cancer so lets just forget about that.
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Not to mention
scientists still don’t know what causes most cancers.
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Depends on your definition of cancer.
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No
that term is pretty well defined.
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And yet they have a good idea of what things DO cause cancer. Should we not try to avoid those things when they offer no benefit?
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
They
only have a good idea as to some things based upon studies and only as to specific types of cancer.
Most of the people who get cancer were not exposed to those risk factors and did not show a genetic predisposition to cancer.
Cancer is the result of your body’s ability to replicate DNA properly and the ability to catch mistakes. Like all things with your body, those functions break down as one ages.
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Fine. You know everything. You cannot err. Your opinions are so correct as to be fact. You win the internet.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Depends on your definition of internet.
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Actually, in a couple minutes it won’t because it turns out the supreme court defined the internet
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
Whatever
You are welcome to check what I present here. If I am incorrect, I will gladly admit it.
“cancer causing” is a big pet peeve of my.
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Frequent sex helps prevent colon cancer and leads to better health!
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by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
for more common causes of cancer
http://humor.gunaxin.com/five-things-that-cause-cancer-and-why-you-shouldnt-care/68226
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You seem to be comparing absolute worst case scenario of being pulled over to mild case scenario of airport searches.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
The most likely worst thing that could happen to you at the airport is that you are denied entry into the airport/plane. A lot worse things can happen to you as a result of a being pulled over.
The most likely worst thing that could happen if Eli Whiteside starts is the Giants suck. A lot worse can happen if Posey starts, like him taking a fastball to the throat and dying, and also the bat flies out of his hands and causes brain damage to the umpire.
Also, once you get past airport security, you don’t have free reign to do whatever you want in the terminal or on the plane. Just like when you’re driving.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Wait what?
Also, once you get past airport security, you don’t have free reign to do whatever you want in the terminal or on the plane. Just like when you’re driving
Should you have a free reign to do whatever you want?
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No.
I just don’t see how getting harassed on a road is worse than getting harassed in an airport.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
If you are seriously comparing history of airport searches to the history of police abuse/unreasonable searches, then I cannot continue with this discussion.
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Oh FFS.
I’ve thought the same thing about you during the conversation but I’m going to be an adult about it.
Why, for one, do you think outsourcing law enforcement to some quasi-governmental agency is going to remain so hunky-fuck-dory? (Not to say it is, but I’ll concede that for argument’s sake.)
And there’s also plenty of examples of people being wrongfully harassed, strip searched, etc at airport security. Fewer examples than police, but hey, we haven’t been flying all that long.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
1) I have no idea what quasi-governmental agency is. TSA is a part of homeland security, a federal agency.
2) those incidents are definitely a problem but 1) rare and 2) possibly the worst case scenarios. History of violations by police officers are significantly worse and much longer. And yet, we still allow police officers to pull people over.
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Some of those screeners are employed by private companies, I believe.
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Civil Liberties are always violated in a society.
This does not work for me as an answer.
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But it's the truth
The question is whether there is a proper balancing of the state interest v. violation of civil liberties.
Also, it depends on your definition of civil liberties.
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First we must define definition. Once we all agree on that we can obscure other aspects of the argument and never come to a conclusion.
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I’m just going to give up. What’s the point of arguing with someone who thinks the standard for whether something is a violation of civil liberties is whether it bothers him or not?
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No
that’s no how I define civil liberties.
General civil liberties does not allow someone to search my bag or check me for metals but if I want to go to an airport or a court, I have to give up that right.
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The Constitution does not block the state from searches and seizures…just unreasonable ones.
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But, you’ve decided what is reasonable and what is not based on what makes you uncomfortable or not.
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He's describing the standard set by the Supreme Court
They have to balance civil liberties and public safety.
You live in a society that elects the officials who appoint the judges. Not everyone is gonna like every decision they make
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Until everyone is stripped naked, cavity searched, and flies unconscious, everything they do is reactionary.
I’m working on a bill.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
The biggest security threat is people boarding flights from countries with extremely lax security and then making their way on a US bound flight. This is the worst case scenario right now.
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by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
XKCD
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
It depends on the airport, too, no?
I’ve never had to do anything more invasive than a metal detect at SFO, and I’ve been through there a few times since shit got rell. Coming back from Hartford, though, it looked like every single person had to do that body scan thing.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve done the full scan at SFO and PDX, among one or two others.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
Huh. Interesting.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
Well, every single person who could medically go through, anyway.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
The junk fondling is extremely invasive, tbh
I’ve never had anybody touch me there in such a violent way. I was pretty upset for a day afterwards.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 14, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
It’s really, really fucked, and there’s no viable way to avoid it until HSR is here, and that’ll never get across the country in our lifetimes.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
The bigger problem is that your average TSA person is a mindless drone. I had one who didn’t know you could use a passport to fly domestic.
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by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
lol!
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Another time I was carrying a clearly marked diplomatic bag and the TSA idiot kept trying to say I have to search this (totally not an option) so I had to go through like 3 levels of morons until I got to somebody who knew wtf they were doing.
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by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Just wait until some diplomat blows up a plane. Then you’ll be one of us!
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Fucking diplomats.
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by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
and
their immunities
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THEY ACT LIKE THEY OWN EMBASSIES TOO! WELL YOU DON’T!
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by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve found that the bigger the airport, the less annoying and intrusive it is. The smaller the airport, the more annoying and intrusive it is. Like the TSA people are bored so they have to give everybody the twice over to entertain themselves
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
This
I have flown OAK, SNA, LAX, SFO, SMF, and SJC the past few months and never a problem.
Usually get through the line pretty quickly.
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I’ve found the opposite to be true.
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The Ithaca airport (3 gates) was ridiculously chill. It probably helps that basically the only people who fly through there are students or professors, but it is the only airport where I have ever had TSA agents give me high five after exiting the metal detector
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
Flying out of Pierre, Rapid City, and Sioux Falls is a cinch. One time I even forgot that my hair stuff was over 3 oz and the TSA person still let me take it. On my way home going through security in Phoenix it was taken.
Plus those smaller places don’t have that stupid scanner. I hate having to chose between that or getting groped.
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I once went through SFO with a wine bottle opener in my carryon. Had no idea it was there until they made me throw it away in Boston before my return flight.
by S. Pickford #25 on Feb 14, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah. My friend is a chef, and he carried on his roll of chef knives by accident once, and didn’t notice until he unpacked.
I don’t even bother with 3-oz containers or 1-quart ziplocs. They never notice nor care.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Apparently, on a family trip when I was probably 5 or 6, I brought a squirt gun in my carryon. Security did not find that amusing.
by S. Pickford #25 on Feb 14, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
The only airports I’ve ever been hassled at were in Great Falls MT, Billings MT, and Reno. Got into a shouting match, even, with TSA at Great Falls when they requested to see my boarding pass again even after I showed it to the guy standing five feet next to them.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
The Long Beach Airport does not fit that description, but it’s too small to even compare to other airports. It has 4 terminals, and it’s the most casual and relaxed atmosphere.
I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby.
Yeah
I don’t anyone really cares at LGB.
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Burbank’s pretty chill, too.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
I flew through PDX recently on a dead Monday evening. They were body-scanning everyone, AND the guy checking IDs was flirting with my friend. Just in case the situation wasn’t creepy enough.
Then of course, the plane broke and we had to wait around two extra hours.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Two year old crotches is the new market inefficiency for terrorists.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
Do you know how many ounces of explosive liquids you can fit into a two-year old crotch? Slightly more than 3, that’s for sure.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
I do like the story about people trying to smuggle
animals into the country.
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Correction: Nobody else.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
Clearly you are driving the wrong car.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 14, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
i hate flying either way. Would rather drive
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but this is ridiculous.
In 1965, the San Francisco Warriors traded Wilt Chamberlain to the Philadelphia 76ers for Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer, Paul Neumann and $150,000. Chamberlain went on to win two NBA championships and three more MVPs after leaving San Francisco.
In 1980, the Golden State Warriors traded Robert Parish and a draft pick – used to take Kevin McHale – to the Boston Celtics for a draft pick. The Celtics landed two future Hall of Fame players who would join Larry Bird to form the franchise’s legendary "Big Three." The Warriors used the draft pick they received in the deal to select … Joe Barry Carroll.
The list of players whose success grew after they left the Warriors is long and paints a not-so-flattering portrayal of the franchise. If you’re on the Warriors’ roster and seeking stardom, history suggests you should head elsewhere.
Like Jeremy Lin did.
It’s been five games and he was not very good in the last games. He also averaging 4.6 TO per game and shooting 51.5% in those five games.
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Link
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=mc-spears_jeremy_lin_warriors_knicks_nba_021312
This article is not as crazy but I expect more from Wojnarowski
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Yup. I could.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Vile
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Classless
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I forgot about that meme.
That was related to the Buster injury, right? Like we were all assholes because we were upset about it and our upset was hurting Scott Cousins’ feelings?
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IIRC it was a Purple Rower responding to someone telling him to die in a fire.
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Rude
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Rays extend Maddon another 3 years
Sigh
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Like we’d ever hire him if he became available.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
Interesting, but not sure how accurate
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I actually think the Dodgers don’t go that north.
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and shouldn’t they be two different Dodgers countries- one for Frank and one for his wife?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
I’m assuming that if the A’s move to San Jose, all Orange would turn into A’s green
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Because the Giants would lose territorial rites and the A’s would take over and turn the coast green, just as the Giants ownership say it will
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
I perform territorial rites each full moon.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 14, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
It is a very solemn and complicated ritual that involves facing away from the moon, dropping your pants and slapping your ass cheeks.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
you forgot the part where you piss on everything to mark your territory
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
And chant ‘down with the San JosA-holes’.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 14, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
LOL
Marlins and Rays.
Most of Florida should be Yankee country.
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More accurate map
Any part of the country not around major metro area is Yankees/Red Sox Nation. Only other teams with any major territory: Giants, Dodgers, Angels, Rangers, Braves, Cubs, Cardinals, Twins, Phillies.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 14, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This
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From my experience, no
Way more Braves fans than the map would tend to indicate in northern Florida.
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by Smoke on the Water on Feb 14, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, the whole panhandle of Florida at least is Braves country
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
they love flying dolphin statues
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Where is El Person?
We demand cartographical accuracy!
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by Murray, Present on Feb 14, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
We have this posted on our of our chemical freezers.
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Mine is still in the center of the bulletin boards in my classroom.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Feb 14, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Utah says no to Rockies
The Rockies (team not the mountains) do NOT extend into Utah. I don’t know anyone other than MLB.com (who blocks out both Rockies and Dbacks games for all of Utah) that thinks anyone in Utah is a Rockies fan. We also hate the Broncos and the Nuggets.
Half of Utah these days moved here from California. So it’s mostly Cal teams for baseball and football and of course Jazz for basketball.
I love this map.
In a related story, I’m finished stabilizing the MLB/MiLB puzzle I put together last month so I can frame it in my sitting room.
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Oooh. Cool. What does the minor league map look like?
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Those logos are placed in states without major league teams. To the best of my recollection, the minor league teams depicted include the Portland (Maine) SeaDogs, Birmingham Barons, Mobile BayBears, Nashville Sound, Memphis Redbirds, Richmond Flying Squirrels, Billings Mustangs, Omaha Storm Chasers, Reno Aces, Eugene Emeralds, Salt Lake City Bees, Casper Ghosts, Louisville Bats, Tulsa Drillers, Albuquerque Isotopes and several others.
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that is very cool
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Well then
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
FACT:
Never in history has an average or below average player played well for an entire week.
The first six innings are overrated.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
It’s better, for instance, than “out of the sport entirely”, which is where he nearly was.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
I am shocked that my son doesn’t like Babar.
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Neither does my daughter
She likes Arthur, Sid the Science Kid, SuperWhy, and Curious George.
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Curious George is awesome
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I have a Curious George t-shirt that shows him smoking a pipe.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
Oh man I hate that monkey so much.
I can’t get through an episode without getting mad at how much of a fuck up he is.
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What?
I love Curious George. Lovable and gets into situations but always finds his way out.
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I felt this way about Gilligan
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
She is a lot more attractive than Curious George and Gilligan.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
It’s all in how you sip out of a Starbucks frappucino
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
I feel the same watching Dive Olly Dive. I want to smack that little submarine upside the periscope.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 14, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
I feel this way about Jerry Seinfeld (but I understand that I’m in a minority).
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
Seinfeld is a screwup
He’s given this comedy thing a good run, but this junior executive program…now that sounds like the real deal.
by ohcleverhansyou on Feb 14, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
i still have a babar blanket
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Totally traumatized me as a kid. I couldn't eat mushrooms for a decade
Because of that story where Babar’s dad eats poisonous mushrooms and dies.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Haha!
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by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Okay so help me with an argument
I say it is pronounced as Bah-bar but my wife says it is Buh-bar. I am thinking about getting a divorce.
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I always pronounced it baaaah-bar. Like a goat would.
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VINDICATION!!!!!!!
Despite his permanent erection, the man has no regrets over his penis tattoo, according to the report.
Baahbar
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
Bayber
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t think Babar was ever a real part of my childhood.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Just hope he doesn’t like WOW WOW!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
I’m going to try showing him an episode of Tintin now.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
I love Tinitin but I thought the animated series was kind of boring in parts, partly because they had to tone down the action in some parts so that it’s less violent.
This is actually why I haven’t read it to him yet.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
He liked it. Weeeeee
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
They're just a couple of bros looking at the sting rays
Logancouture Logan Couture
Going to the aquarium with @JamieMcGinn64 on valentines day and being asked if we are a couple….very very strange…
I’ll ship it. Last year Logan had his Clowemance, but now he has moved on I guess.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
To be fair, Couture-McGinn was the original romance, dating back to when they were both on the Ottawa 67s. Couture had a brief flirtation with Clowe, but Couture-McGinn has always been the OTP.
Fear the Fin - NEEDS MORE DOVES
True. Plus the difficulty of carrying on a long distance relationship…..
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
RICK NASH!
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
Want! ::grabby hands::
But we can’t afford him.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
RICK NASH IS A BEAST!!!
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rick nash for CLOWE!?!?!?
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Someone send Schoenfield the "that's the joke" gif
Protester (MI)
Prince gets 9 years, $214 million from Detroit Tigers, yet all around him is misery: the nation’s highest foreclosure rate, the second highest violent crime rate, and more than half of all children living in poverty. Why doesn’t anyone else have a problem with that?
David Schoenfield (1:28 PM)
How are the two items related? So the city of Detroit should ban professional sports? I’m not sure I understand your point.
Anagram of "SF Giants season" = GAS OF NASTINESS
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Feb 14, 2012 10:32 AM PST reply actions
I am willing to bet Fielder's entire salary that "Protestor"
doesn’t give a fuck about the impoverished children of Detroit, and that Fielder has donated more to charity than him.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 14, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
I remember hearing something like that when the ballpark opened and all the earnest Mission/Haight Street types wishing how all that money could have been used to feed the homeless.
Stupid hippies
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
Being a Mission/Haight Street type who watched the ballpark go up, I’ve never once heard that said.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Wouldn’t that be a relevant argument had it been a city-funded ballpark?
But it wasn’t, so it isn’t.
Sundrendy!
But why let facts get in the way of a good hippie rant?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Playing Mario Brothers as the Contra dudes is awesome.
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well, skyrim is also enjoyable
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But I don't have that game :(
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/gives you copy
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Um…
//gets in line for Skyrim handout
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
ask nicely
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/skyrim for everybody!
but seriously, mario is better
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
/faints
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
I love that mod
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Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
You can do it here.
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this might be better
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my day has gone from working on my resume to playing this now
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Just don’t try to use the Contra guys for the swimming stages.
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INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT NOTE
Arizona celebrates her centennial today. It became the 47th state on February 14, 1912. A jog to the north takes you to Oregon, which joined the Union on February 14, 1859.
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PARTY!!!!!!!!
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Did we ever have a flag with 47 stars?
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 14, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
One of my 9 favorite states
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Feb 14, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Illinois would be at the bottom, I’m sure.
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I can’t make that determination until I see more of the state. I barely scraped along the southern end.
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What do you know about Beaufort, SC? Going there in May. First time in that state.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve never been to Beaufort, and it’s been a few years since I’ve been to South Carolina.
Looking at a map of the area, I can tell you it’s a fairly small town in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. It looks kinda beautiful. I like places like that, but one’s mileage may vary.
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Lowcountry food sounds like it could be something good to try.
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p.s. not sure when in May it is, but if you get a chance to get up to Charleston and can get tickets to Spoleto, do it!
Memorial Day weekend. Apparently that coincides with the Gullah Festival in Beaufort, so that might be interesting. I’ll be there for a family reunion.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
I would have a difficult time ranking states I haven’t been to. Florida is probably the low state for me.
by S. Pickford #25 on Feb 14, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
Idaho would be at the bottom for me. Never have I been so hungry and lied to so many times about where I could get food.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
That reminds me of when I went to…I think it was Georgia for a fencing tournament. I asked around for where I should try fried chicken and was told to go to a KFC.
This was more like, “oh, sorry, no, we’re closed, but you can go up to your room and order room service.” “No, sorry, the kitchen is closed, but you can get some snacks from the snack bar.” Snack Bar closed
“Oh, you can go up the road, there’s a gas station open”
Gas station closed.
This is all while the hotel still has some figure skating entertainment going on, so we’re not talking after everyone is in bed.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
All the potato fields got built over to make subdivisions for Californians. #howidahofeels
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Not even french fries. They didn’t even have a vending machine with some stale chips in it.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
LOL reminds me of my Atlanta experience.
On one corner was a Chicken and Waffles. Across the street was the liquor store. Across the corner was the gun shop. The other corner was the police station. So you could eat, get liquored up, shoot up the town, and end the night in jail all without leaving the block. Perfect.
Actually, I did find a great place called the Magic Mushroom. Crawdads and beers by the bucket, vegetarian dishes (my coworker was veggie), and many TVs to watch the Giants playoffs in 2000. Funny place, but it worked.
Finally a signature worth having:
Fan of the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
OH, AND ALSO
It’s Hugh Downs’ birthday. The third host of Today (1962-1971) turns 91.
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And on this day in 1979
Yours truely came into the world to wreck havok.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 14, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Happy B-Day!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Havok deserved it.
Next up: Mayhem.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
My thoughts exactly. Though it seems to be around still; perhaps he isn’t living up to his purpose in life.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
is your birthday being on Valentine’s Day a blessing or a curse?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Sucks
For all the extra girl attention, nothing extra came from that. For wanting to chill with my friends on my birthday, forget about it. Having a gf? Valentines day usually comes first (my current gf is really cool about it).
This year, my birthday is on Sunday, going whale watching.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 14, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
And on this day in 1979
Yours truely came into the world to wreck havok.
This year, my birthday is on Sunday, going whale watching.
Officially confused.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry
Celebrating my birthday on Sunday. Today is the day. Hence myemail 2-14-79
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 14, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
America’s first space station. It fell out of orbit and burned up on July 11, 1979.
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If only it was nicknamed HAVOK, we’d come full circle.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
It’s interesting the holidays we come to resent over time. For me, it’s Mother’s Day. I’m trying to work on that, but it can be tough.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure I ever resented Father’s Day, per se, but it was an awkward, unlikable affair until a few years ago.
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I like the spirit of the day. What I don’t like is everyone telling me to make sure I give my mom a big hug the next time I see her. Yeah, I’ll do that.
And sure, it’s not their fault, but still a bit of saltwound.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve always had a very good relationship with my father so I have rather enjoyed this holiday. Turkey day for me has always been my love/hate holiday, due to the amount of work it takes.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
I wrote a funny response to this, but it quickly turned bitter and scary. I’m going to go talk about cookie dough some more.
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Well. Why don’t YOU and your precious DAD go out and just have a GRAND OLD TIME. After all, that’s what FATHERS AND SONS do, isn’t it?! ISN’T IT?!
It got more personal from there.
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Didn’t mean to offend :(
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
No, no. You didn’t. It got more personal for me, I mean. And that’s inappropriate for this forum. It’s not a psychologist’s office, fer Pete’s sake.
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My dad refuses to talk to or have anything to do with my younger brother, I know things can get bad.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
But then again my brother did bring this upon himself. trouble with the law, drugs, stealing. etc etc etc
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
All I did was be creative, use polysyllabic words and wear sweater vests.
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I know, those things have to be taken to the dry cleaners.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t put too much effort into any of those, really. I’ll gladly take the chocolates on Valentine’s mostly as a “thing.” We used to go out to Johnny Rocket’s for Valentine’s dinner. I don’t expect actual presents.
I’m the same with Mother’s Day. I don’t expect my kids to make a big deal over it (I do love getting a little plant and a hand-drawn card), and I don’t expect a thing from my husband – I’m not his mother, for chrissakes. Father’s Day is the same – the kids pick out a new silly t-shirt for dad and draw him a card.
I like it that way.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Happy Birthday!
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If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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One of the best moments in Giants history, 11/1/2010
Are you sure? Have you checked Arizona’s papers?
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 14, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
But delicious.
The Girl Scouts are out selling cookies again. Sooo tempting. Must resist the Thin Mints.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Flour and sugar for carbs, egg for protein. Maybe just snack on a couple carrots or something. I think you’ll be just fine.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
What’s wrong with cookie dough?
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The fact that you can never have enough
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
EXACTLY
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Raw eggs?
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 14, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
I always wonder what would happen if you baked cookie dough ice cream.
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by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
But would the dough turn to cookies?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Probably not. I doubt it’s real cookie dough.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
i thought you get sick if you eat too much cookie dough
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Well, that would be the worry, which is why I doubt they use real cookie dough, with raw eggs, etc.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
was just gonna say, raw eggs aren’t good for you i thought… so they couldn’t use real cookie dough
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Raw egg shake!
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
ROCKY STYLE
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ah, well that explains alot… mom always told me not to eat it… WAIT A MINUTE, SHE ONLY TOLD ME THAT SO I DIDNT GAIN WEIGHT
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More for her.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
CURSE U MOM
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That’s way better than Utah’s: muffin batter
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Forgot about this one
"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
by rotorueter on Feb 14, 2012 11:14 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
Almost a creepy as JJ the Jet Plane.
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Just go to the 5:25 mark here and let it wash over you.
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Shit, kids watch this?
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah. My oldest son likes this show.
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He must have a funny face.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Here's his serious face.
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Y SO SRS!?!?
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Dude was winning all kinds of candy at the baseball toss, hockey goal thingy, etc… This was him suffering through a face painting and getting ready to win some moar candy.
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Has he seen Tugger the Jeep? Its a Jim Belushi and Carrottop voiced cartoon.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Please tell me he isn’t a blue-collar, working jeep, going around giving tug jobs.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Painting with blood
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
i'm fucking freaking out
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What hidden message will be embedded in the song?
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
I am me as you are we as we are all Getting Back Together.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Everyone will sing while touching each other’s junk.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Quit violating my civil liberties!
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Violate my civil liberties faster….FASTER!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Junk touching for some. Mini American flags and junk touching for others!
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
wow
I am going outside in half an hour to sing along.
That will be me touching your junk
LOL YOUR CIVIL LIBERTIES!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Roses are red
And you’re too short to dunk
Now get your ass over here
So I can touch your junk
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This Valentines day, let’s roleplay
(open card)
I’ll be the TSA agent and you be the guy getting his civil liberties violated
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
“What do you mean you opt for the scan?”
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Roses are sometimes red
And violets are not quite blue
I’m going to touch your junk
And you can touch mine too
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
hahaha, awww
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His pregame performances are always the best.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Ha.
Jon Bernhardt @jonbernhardt
Today I’ll be retweeting both #Orioles news and the desolate, soulrending moans of the bitter & unloved. See if you can tell the difference!
I like this guy.
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Can’t go to Korean ballparks.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I went to a game in Korea it was pretty fun!
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 14, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
MCC progression.
“No politics” —> Theories of Communism -→ Debating airport screening methods.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Stupid SBN formatting
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Fighting authority again, I see.
Into the body-scanner with you!
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Leftover pizza from Stelladoro.
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by troymccluresf on Feb 14, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
I TRIED
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
I always like the idea of egg salad, but then I make it and don’t feel like it anymore.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
and did the egg come from a range free chicken or not?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
It came from an egg carton in my fridge.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
and is it an eco-friendly fridge and do you use a smart meter for it’s power?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
It keeps things cold.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
We make refrigerators wear energy stars on their exterior to identify them. How are we any better than nazi germany?
The first six innings are overrated.
first they came for the fridge and I said nothing…
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know why, but this was really funny for me.
by S. Pickford #25 on Feb 14, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
He’s got yokes and yokes and yokes.
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Blessed are the poultry
For theirs is the kingdom of Howie’s fridge
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
we’ll be able to ask him why he crossed the world
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
My chickens have no range
Like Tehaha
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I miss the days of baseball
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Leftover California Pizza Kitchen
and some Lindor Truffles someone put in everyone’s box at the office.
oh and Mt. Dew. Precious, precious Mt. Dew.
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I was mocked by the moms at the lower grade play rehearsal yesterday for sitting there with my Throwback Mt. Dew. I told them all to fuck off.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
it's funny, because it is true
Mister Man heard my wife sing the oo-baby-when-we-kiss-hot-lava! line from the South Park song once and now he sings it all the time. He doesn’t know the song, he has never heard it anywhere else. He just loves it and will not stop.
lol
That is hilarious.
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it's funny because it isn't your kid
I made the mistake of telling him the apocryphal story about the Doors song ‘Touch Me’ which has been another recent favorite, and now he sings it as ‘hit me, babe..’ about half the time.
As a kid I overheard my parents talking about one of my classmate’s parents because they were concerned about the home situation. The next day at school I promptly brought it up to everyone, having no idea what any of it meant.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
What happened afterwards
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
I gif stuff
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by doubleteapot on Feb 14, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
I got a stern lecture about not repeating things. I don’t know if there was any collateral damage. Kids are notoriously self-involved.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
I will say, it was entertaining when, after I couldn’t take hearing him talk about having been a baby in his mommy’s tummy and explained the uterus to him, he subsequently corrected his teacher when she said the same thing. I guess it is unexpected when a three-year-old tells an adult, ‘no, in her uterus.’
As well they should!
(I didn’t really tell them to fuck off. But I said it with my eyes.)
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
You are a badass, Niblets
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
For some reason I never got into the Throwbacks
The sugar just tastes weird. I guess I need my processed items.
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The throwback Pepsi is just okay. The real sugar Dr. Pepper is not good. But I love the real sugar Mt. Dew. I also spend my summers with Mexican Coke since it also has real sugar – I like that taste much more than domestic Coke.
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by can of corn on Feb 14, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
If people did not know you were talking about soda
that last sentence could get you in trouble.
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i'm just not a fan of soda in general
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yea, did you ever used to be? i used to be a big time root beer fan.
but now it’s only coffee/water for me and beer occasionally
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WANT.
I seriously spend way too much money on Diet Coke
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
Flights gather, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the hand that fondles the junk of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Flight’s Watch, for this flight and all the flights to come.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It works because crows fly!
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Dark wings, dark words.
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 14, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Haha!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
I think you can directly attribute this to pent up desire for baseball. I am beginning to itch. Bring on the season damnit. I am moody, cranky and irritable. Hell bring on the first preseason radio broadcast with Doug Greenwald. I am that desperate.
Finally a signature worth having:
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This being an election year, I'm thinking you are going to have be vigilant to fight all political talk.
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vlad's swing vs. MadBum in the world series?
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not 2011
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otherwise
Votto v. Lopez.
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ah, good point
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I can't believe there isn't a single Giant on there
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
It’s based only on distance from the center of the plate, I believe, and includes swinging check swings. Only full swings would probably include more Giants. After all, what Giant actually checks his bad swings?
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
They’re all check swings except 2, and one of those was a hit and run swing. If they were true swings, Pill would be in the top 5.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think guys protecting a runner on a hit and run should be eligible for this list.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
This made Deadspin today as well
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Lefty. I knew it. Why don’t you go hang out with Soros and Pelosi and leave America for the rest of us?
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BREAKING: DRAFT INSTITUTED FOR COLLEGE LEFTISTS
The first six innings are overrated.
I thought you meant “draft” as in fantasy leftist draft. Like I’ll take Karl Marx as my #1 pick
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Tony Bennett played at 12 today in San Francisco? SWEET
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It might still be going.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
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by Soulbrother16 on Feb 14, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Tony Bennett>Train
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Every band in the entire world>Train
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
this is somewhat true, Nickelback>Train!?!?!?
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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As much as it pains me to say this, but, yes. Nickelback songs don’t appear on every commercial for months at a time.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Why isn’t Train being played on Valentines though?
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Amnesty International stepped in
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
HEY SOUL SISTER ADUJASDKJ ADHJADJH
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Well that’s some bullshit
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Maybe it was also on radio? KNBR just had it
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oops, my bad natto
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He’s banned people for less.
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i've been warned a few times
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Wow today is like Kate Upton day
The SI cover, the MLB2K commercial, twitter, etc.
Not complaining because she’s absolutely stunning. Did you know she’s 5’10?!
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and
dating Mark Sanchez
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RUMORED
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I hear she’s interested in shacking up with Peyton Manning, though.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
does anybody know who he is in NYC?
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Of course.
He’s the guy who dates Kate Upton.
by S. Pickford #25 on Feb 14, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
I’m so old and old of it that everytime I see that news headline I wonder to myself why is Prince William’s wife posing on the cover of SI?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously?
After making an appearance in Tower Heist, the busty blonde stripped down into a sexy monokini and played a scandalous nun in the upcoming The Three Stooges.
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This year's girl
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Sofia Vergara is also in that movie.
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wow, so i might consider seeing it
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Man
another movie I have to watch in the theater with no pants
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 14, 2012 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
The fact that they are making a new Three Stooges movie is a symbol for the depths for ideas Hollywood has sunk
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This is true
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WILL SASSO
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by howtheyscored on Feb 14, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, I think they’ve sunk way deeper than that. Making a movie of comedy icons that have been untouched for many years isn’t that desperate.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
But, the Three Stooges movies were movies with the Three Stooges.
That’s like me making a Marx Bros movie starring myself.
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And Oceans 11 starred the Rat Pack, and didn’t have 2 sequels.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
It's different if you remake a movie that starred people or a group
versus remaking the group themselves.
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It is an interesting Right of Publicity issue. Though I am sure they contracted the right to themselves in Character away
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 14, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Kate Upton... And even better, she's 5'10
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she still looks attractive… and she’s teaching finger mechanics in MLB 2k? WILL SHE BE IN THE GAME!?!?!
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She recorded motion for the groupie part of the Road to the Show feature.
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can she help me?
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What do you mean by “finger mechanics?” Is there part of MLB 2K that only adults over 18 can access?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
I GUESS SO
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If I knew what the Stay-Puft man was I'd argue with this because it sounds derogatory
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Behold the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
Because she’s white, large, and likes to knock over buildings in Manhattan?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 14, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
You guys bullish on the Phillies?
Howard out until mid May or June. Utley had horrible numbers last year and has played 2/3 a season 2 years in a row. Rollin is older, Pence is expected to hit cleanup most the first half.
IDK how the east will play out, but if the Phillies struggle early, they may be looking up several teams and games before they get Howard back at full strength.
Blerg
I lost 100 bucks last year betting against them. Why am I tempted to do it again?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 14, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
The Phillies will be fine this year. Next year and beyond is when I’ll start to worry about them.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
...Their pitching is really good.
Rollins will still hit enough in their park.
Utley is good when healthy
Pence is good.
But their pitching is really good.
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Also assface.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
They have better pitching and better offense than we did in 2010
They play in a tougher division, but they’ll be fine. I’ll be surprised if they don’t win their division (injuries notwithstanding).
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the won their division, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if the where a wild card team. But they are def a playoff team.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 14, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Both their 3 and 4 hitters have major injury concerns
SP will be great. Even minus Oswalt.
Phillies division got better, they got older and minus a 6-8 weeks of Howard.
They won 102 games last year, I would not be surprised they make WC with only 92 wins next year.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 14, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
To me, more vulnerable than they have been in the last several years
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 14, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Also Rollins is older and they have no corner OFs.
They do have Pence for a whole year though (but I cannot image him doing better than what he did after he got to the Phillies).
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Isn't Baggarly the guy
who admonished us all to stop fretting about winning and just enjoy watching the games instead?
We’re having blue cheese souffle, shoestring potatoes, champagne, and game 6 against the Phils tonight. Baggs gets none of it and we won’t even think about him. That’ll show him!!
Yeah!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 14, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
PAGING EL PERSON
http://news.yahoo.com/trudeau-son-justin-mulls-possible-separate-quebec-192114559.html
We’re gonna need new maps!
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shift a
just wanted to say how great baggs was the past few years and say thanks baggs! hope you still come by every once in a while and lurk/post
The hell with this!
I get the Merc every morning and the only thing I read is the sports page, and recently I’m all, “Where’s Baggs?” Well, I guess I missed that column. I thought he was on vacation. I am sure Alex Pavlovic is a fine writer. But … but. I need those Baggarly puns first thing in the morning. IN THE PAPER! A pox on CSN.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
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