The Pitchers in the Glass Case
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 16, 2012 11:37 AM PST
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PrintAllow me to lead off with two things from last season.
Industry secret: rotations aren’t supposed to have depth. If you have seven capable, above-average major league starters, you’re a drunken goof if you don’t trade one or two of them for something you actually need. Every team is hosed if their top pitchers go down. The Cardinals lost Adam Wainwright, and it’s not like Yu Darvish is going to come out of the locker room, WWF-style.The Giants did as much as they could. They got a warm body who probably isn’t going to go to Fresno (Jeff Suppan) and a warm body who probably will (Brian Lawrence). It’d be sweet if Zach Wheeler were two years farther along in his development, but them’s the breaks.
The Rays are acting like drunken goofs. It wasn't Suppan or Lawrence, but rather Vogelsong in the conservatory with a new shoulder. And teams still aren't supposed to have rotation depth. Zito is the fifth starter, and Eric Surkamp is the contingency plan. I'm fine with that. It's a good thing the Giants never traded Zach Wheeler. Helps take the sting out of trading Zack Wheeler.
With Moss and (Travis) Blackley, the Giants have employed 20% of the pitchers in the history of Major League Baseball who were born in Australia and started a major league game. If Clayton Tanner makes a start in his Giants career, that number will shoot up to 27%. This is progress, people. Measurable, defined progress.
This comes up know because Travis Blackley is back. We'll win that Jason Ellison trade yet.
Blackley had an outstanding impact on the Melbourne pitching staff after joining the roster in early January. He made eight relief appearances during the regular season, striking out 18 in 12.2 innings with a 1-0 record and 3.55 ERA, playing an important role in the second-seeded Aces' Postseason qualification.
He also walked 635 batters, give or take, but there's no harm in taking the lefty with the good arm and putting him in the earthquake kit. And if you're really interested in Australian baseball, I'll be on Perth radio next Thursday at 7:00 a.m. That's not made up. The radio appearance, I mean. I think "Perth" is pretty clearly made up. Wikipedia says that's a city with over a million people, but the thing about that site that a lot of people don't know: They let anyone write for it.
Anyway, we got off track with the topic of the day, which you don't even know yet because I've been too busy putting previously written words in gray boxes. The topic of the day: emergency starters. The Giants re-signed Ramon Ortiz yesterday. Now we have Travis Blackley back in the fold. Note: The last time he started a Giants game, Kevin Frandsen was the starting shortstop, Dan Ortmeier was the starting first baseman, and Dave Roberts started in center. It's almost like this is one of the middle steps in an AA program. We're listening, Travis. We're listening, and we're sorry.
Here are the emergency options that the Giants have signed. At least a couple of them will be in Fresno, ghoulishly waiting for a call:
- Ramon Ortiz
- Travis Blackley
- Brian Burres
- Boof Bonser
- Yusmeiro Petit
- Eric Hacker
It's not a super-exciting bunch, really -- though the stat nerd from 2004 in me is especially geeked about Petit -- but it sure beats most of the internal options that the Giants had. Surkamp is almost certainly the next starting option if there's an opening in the rotation, and if the Giants need to dip into this emergency stash, the season is probably hanging by its underwear from a flagpole, and there isn't anything anyone can do.
But that doesn't mean that the Giants shouldn't try to stock AAA with a competent batch of emergency replacements. They've done a pretty good job of it this offseason. I like it. It's a little odd that the Fresno rotation will have a much higher average age than the major-league rotation.
This is the paragraph in which I mention Ryan Vogelsong twenty times so you're clear on the fact that NRIs and minor-league free agents can pan out in completely unexpected ways. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong.
That's not going to happen again, but it's still a decent batch of raffle tickets that the Giants have brought in. That's some mighty-fine tire-kicking, there, Sabes.
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Boof. Waited for.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
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Grant...
Quality is always preferred to quantity, most recent blogs have been seriously sub-standard.
by Billy Swift on Feb 18, 2012 7:40 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
RACIST
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All Australians look alike!
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by can of corn on Feb 16, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Incidentally, I think that note about rotation depth is one of your best insights, and one of the hardest to remember.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
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The Cardinals were totally hosed last year.
Just fucked.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 16, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Hahaha
Yeah, not quite. I guess you can make up for that with a little magic Berkman.
But who was the guy who was the 5th starter who replaced him, anyway?
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
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Let's see ..
Carpenter/Garcia/Lohse/Westbrook/McClellan was the rotation at the start of last year. I think McClellan was the replacement. That has to look very DeRosa/Rowand/Bowker to them now.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 16, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
I think I'd rather go from Lincecum to Surkamp than Waino to McClellan.
Of course, if one of your starting pitchers gets injured and you’re a contending team, the CBA says you have to make a good faith effort to trade for Edwin Jackson.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Which one?
Every team is hosed if their top pitchers go down.
That one? How is that especially insightful?
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - SLC
The Cardinals lost Adam Wainwright
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 16, 2012 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
yeah
you no, if Sabean had like NO budget whatsoever, he’d probably be a fairly effective GM. Good at tire kicking on cheap vets. Good at finding cheap fill ins. Good at drafting and developing young pitching, and maybe now young hitting too if Belt and Brown come along as we all hope. Bad at overpaying/overvaluing more pricey FA. Bad at overspending on bullpen.
I vote we trade Sabey Sabes straight up for Billy Beane. Clearly it’s win-win, all around.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 16, 2012 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
*you know
That was an embarrassing typo
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 16, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
NO YU
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Know problem.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
A lot of GMs are like that
Minaya was good on the Expos and then sucked as the Mets GM
Depodesta is no Peter Brand but he didn’t do so well as the Dodger’s GM
Beane has his share of missed FAs and contracts
Towers did well in SD but is now make serious mistakes in Arizona.
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
when was Minaya good for the Expos? He basically sat in a chair while relocation was happening.
Mark DeRosa , he had his moments.
He also traded Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore, Brandon Phillips and Lee Stevens for...
Bartolo Colon. For just over one season of Bartolo Colon actually.
He was a terrible, terrible waste of a GM.
by eight_legged_freaks on Feb 16, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
/squashes before TL2 sees you
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I was getting ready to clamber atop a chair.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I have such horrible arachnophobia. Like paralyzing fear, heart palpitations, the whole nine yards.
Although oddly enough, I’ve found that if I need to kill a spider to appease my girls, I can do it. If it’s just me on my own, I’m scared shitless.
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I don’t think it’s technically a phobia on my part, but boy howdy, is it unnerving. I can kill them, but only if they’re below a certain size limit. I also tend to believe irrational things about spiders, such as that they’re all involved in a systematic plan to eradicate humans. You cannot convince me that it’s false.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I totally believe you. Bastard arachnids.
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I think a couple of the guys in that list
Would be a better 5th starter than Barry Zito
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Thats cool we got Boof back
Can we also get Liriano and Joe Nathan back and just pretend that AJ Piersucksi trade never happened?
I missed this: http://www.csnbayarea.com/blog/giants-talk/post/Giants-2012——Baggarly-digs-in?blockID=651356&feedID=2796
Baggs’ first CSN blog post.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
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I am choosing to interpret this sentence as a command.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
they changed it to Baggarly Diet so as not to offend.
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
"Orlando before Zod" doesn't have the same nice ring to it.
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 16, 2012 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
Darvish's E.P. was cool
Then pffffft.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 16, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Speaking of hip bands
I just got a record by these AWOLNATION people and have been enjoying it a bit. Anyone a fan?
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I know the song Sail. They have any other good ones?
Carter Jurica!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 16, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
I like "Not Your Fault"
Also has a pretty fun music video.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Isn't hipster blogger like saying asshat Dodger fan?
Totally redundant?
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 16, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Nice group of guys
But I’d still rather they stay in AAA and never get the opportunity to go all Vogelsong on us.
Yusmeiro Petit
I’m pretty sure you made this name up.
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I wanted him several years ago. I think I wanted to trade crappy Benitez for him.
"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.
He had great minor-league stats at a young age, but a rep for soft-tossing in a way that would not play.
Career, in the minors: 9.2 K9, 2.1 BB/9
In my mind, he’s the one longshot most likely to get some major league innings this year.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
I’m happy to have Petit in the system, and I’m still confident he could provide at least Zito-level innings.
What’s going on with Dan Runzler these days? Is he still a starter in training?
Runzler kind of got Belted
or Bococked. Club is undecided on his role. Also on his level. Premature callups. Fill his slots so he will never again get called up unless it’s for a role he never thought of.
Marvin Barrios, come on I'll show you your bedroom. Don't stay on the phone too long to Panama, please.
by foothillsfan on Feb 16, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
ZiPS comp: Ricky Pickett
That will make the old people laugh.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 16, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
RIIICKEY !!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAXwrXCCcVA
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I have that! Like a working version on my shelf. I play it sometimes. It’s fun.
Side note: I kicked ass on that in junior high. Impressed several fellows.
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by can of corn on Feb 16, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Truly
It was the greatest. Did anyone else intentionally lose yardage back to your own one-yard line so you could get the 99-yard TD?
LOL.
YES
Yes! I DO have Nate's number tattoed on my ass. It's a long story.
http://www.leftymalo.com/2011/08/the_number_twelve.php
by jeremy.lassen on Feb 16, 2012 9:29 PM PST up reply actions
I had that too. I also had THIS classic:
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
Also have that! I think it needs new batteries.
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by can of corn on Feb 16, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
I played the shit outta that.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Feb 16, 2012 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
I played this
And wanted one, but never got it. So deprived was I.
I also had this double-ended football game for 1-2 players:
Can't spell "Colletti" without LOL.
pretty sure
they stopped making all these because Apple kept suing them.
I'm a failure. I can't even fake the death of a stripper.
-GOB Bluth
this was the game
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
"Orlando before Zod" doesn't have the same nice ring to it.
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 16, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, this is the version I knew.
Brandon Crawford: Yeah, but check out that Defense!
Lars Bet: 1st HoF: Bonds > Clemens
DING DING>
Loved that one. played it for way too long
Now I’m trying to get a copy of MLB12 THE SHOW. Times have changed. or I’ve regressed to my childhood. Not really sure which.
Yes! I DO have Nate's number tattoed on my ass. It's a long story.
http://www.leftymalo.com/2011/08/the_number_twelve.php
by jeremy.lassen on Feb 16, 2012 9:30 PM PST up reply actions
I spent soooo manny hours playing that game in the back of the car…
There was a baseball one too. The timing for the home runs was sweet.
Yes! I DO have Nate's number tattoed on my ass. It's a long story.
http://www.leftymalo.com/2011/08/the_number_twelve.php
by jeremy.lassen on Feb 16, 2012 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
Or I could read the rest of the thread, and see the baseball one. Duh. sorry.
Yes! I DO have Nate's number tattoed on my ass. It's a long story.
http://www.leftymalo.com/2011/08/the_number_twelve.php
by jeremy.lassen on Feb 16, 2012 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
Imma re-use this from last year
Players good enough to start for MLB franchises won’t take an offer on the Giants because all our starting rotation jobs are filled. Therefore we are looking for players who are just barely not good enough to get a rotation job, but has high enough upside that if called upon, they have a chance to surprise.
Obviously the free agent names are from last year, but you get the point.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
not over a guaranteed 4/5th starter job somewhere else, like on the pirates or something.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
You are probably right, but if I were a decent major league pitcher looking for a job, and my fastball topped out north of 78 MPH, I would not be overly intimidated by Zito.
but the contract dictates playing Zito unless absolutely disastrous. That means I’m almost guaranteed to not break camp with the big league team.
Players in this position are looking for a meal ticket. They’ll take the guaranteed 25 man spot over the possibility of “I’m good, Zito’s Really really really bad that they have to eat 50 Million”
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
but the contract dictates playing Zito unless absolutely disastrous.
I absolutely hate this line of thinking. You are totally right in that this is what they have in mind when considering Zito a viable major league pitcher, but it still smells like a pile of bad reasononing to me.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
the contract gives you the right to utilize a player for a give number of years
Once the contract is signed, all the players should be considered equal in terms of cost because the contracts are guaranteed. You are paying him that money no matter what you do with him.
There is only one cost associated with players after opening day : 1 roster spot. Every player costs one roster spot. No more, no less.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Exactly
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
But if they don’t play Zito they are wasting that money. They need to be getting as many innings out of him as they can. As long as the contract seems it will soon be coming to an end and they need to get some value out of it.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
see below ;p
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Same with Rowand. They are just burning that money now. He should have been used as often as possible to get that value back. Hitting him leadoff would have been a good way to do that so he could get as many PAs as possible.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Also, all this talk just reminds me
how much of a fucking Ninja Alex Anthopoulos is. How do you get out of not one, but TWO franchise crippling contracts while getting VALUE back?
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
You fleece GMs like Sabean.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Yes. It is exactly the same pile of reasoning that led to Aaron Rowand having 351 PA for the Giants last year.
Not really.
That reasoning died for Rowand in 2010.
Rowand played last year because Torres was injured and couldn’t hit.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
If you bought a really realy expensive plate of pasta for 50 bucks
and it turned out terrible. Do you finish it because it cost so much and you don’t want to waste it, or do you pay 99 cents and get a double cheeseburger from McDonalds?
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
wtf kind of question is that?
You send it back.
it was to go!
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Then you call and get your credit card charge reversed. At the $50-pasta-entree price point, the restaurant will not only do it, it will probably invite you back for a free entree to make good.
let's call Scott Boras
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
The Chef Came out
and told you if you can’t enjoy the food, that is your problem not his.
(yes, this happened to us in Italy.)
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
At the $50/plate price point, really?
There’s a guy the mayor, tourist board and Visa would be hearing about.
Oh they don't give a shit lol
I tried ordering a pizza in Rome with the toppings I wanted. The guy got upset and said this is the birth place of Pizza and I should not tell him how to make pizza.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I’m starting to get the idea you were at a normal price point.
At a normal price point, you are not paying for service.
those were two different places haha
The pasta place was right in front of the Pantheon. The Pizza place was in a much more remote place of Italy.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
it's on the outskirts of Rome
Closer to Avezzano.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
If you’re eating at a place right in front of the Pantheon, the clientele is going to be mostly tourists that will never be coming back regardless. They don’t give a shit about your customer satisfaction because the next busload of idiots will be just as eager to eat there as yours was.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Just like the Giants!
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Zing!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
The guy sounds like an asshole. Go to Milan next time. The food is better, the city is prettier, and the people are nicer.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 16, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
I can't choose where my customers are :x
it was a business trip
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
AND the chicks are hotter!
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 16, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
TBH, that pretty much all Italians.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 16, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Not to be offensive, but you are full of shit.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 16, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
EASY! Every Italian I know, and my whole family, is that way.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 16, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Unless they are Italians who live in Italy like my family, don’t call them Italian. Italian-American =/= Italian.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 16, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Crossing over the Swiss border into Italy was a pretty surreal experience, to be honest. That that was for reasons concerning both countries.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Sooo boring.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 16, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
There’s an old joke in Austria, what’s the difference between Zurich at 9PM on a Saturday in the summer, and the Vienna Cemetary at midnight on c old Tuesday in winter?
There’s a lot more going on at the cemetery.
I think Deep Purple wrote a song about something that happened in Switzerland!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
I found people to be particularly difficult to deal with, if not outright rude.
Austrians, on the other hand, were awesome and super-friendly, at least in my experience.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Depends what part you are in, but the Swiss stereotypeis being boring, and having more rules and regulations than the Germans.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 16, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
We went through St. Moritz, Bern, Zermatt, Geneva, Lucerne… Relative to Salzburg, Vienna, Innsbruck in Austria.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I thought Lucerne was nice as well, but Vienna was probably the highlight of the trip.
Flying over the Matternhorn in a helicopter was pretty cool. I had a geology nerdgasm.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
It is Africa!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, when you said you had a geology nerdgasm
I assumed you were referring to the breakup of Pangaea and the collision of the African plate with the European continent.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
You are far nerdier than I give you credit for.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
My nerdiness has many layers
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
The lake is nice. Did you do any hiking in Zermatt?
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
Not especially; we were on a bus tour. The only “hiking” would happen during a 2-3 hour lunch break.
I think went for… call it an active walk, rather than a hike… through the flatlands in that area while we were exploring, but it was 6 or 7 years ago, so my memory of what happened where is getting a bit fuzzy.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
SM – pretty
Bern – good cheese, junkies shoot up behind capitol building
Zermatt – pretty
Geneva – pretty, will pretend not to speak German
Lucerne – pretty
Salzburg – quaint, good chocolate
Vienna – mostly fun, sometimes weird, good blood oranges at the market in the winter
Innsbruck – pretty, good firecrworks store
We were mostly in Innsbruck for a night stop, but we checked out the ski jump tower. Mildly terrifying.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
This one was mostly terrifying because the perspective from the top of the run makes it look like you will jump right out of the whole bowl and land several hundred feet below in a very crowded cemetery filled with very pointy tombstones.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
A larger image with a clearer view.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Apparently you are never that high off the ground.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
If you land in an open grave, you save them time.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 16, 2012 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
Umm, well 1/2 of them are in Italy and 1/4 where born in Italy and live in the US and the the other 1/4 where born here.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 16, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
So yeah I would say they are Italian.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 16, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
No, only some of them. You don’t get to call them that unless they’re like his family.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 16, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, shit. Sorry.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 16, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Then they are Italian. It bothers me so much when people in the states say stuff like oh I’m insert nationality here and they are like 90 generations removed and don’t know shit about their country.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 16, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Why? It’s their ancestry.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Then say I have such and such ancestry. Don’t use the demonym of the country as if you are actually from there
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 16, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Hi!
My great grandfather was from Italy, so I’m Italian just like you! I talk with my hands and argue a lot, just like all Italians!
Pasta, pasta, pasta!
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Yeah. Those fucking Jews have gotten a free pass for far too long.
"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.
Pfff this would be like if somebody moved from the US to Brazil and then 120 years later their ancestor comes to America and says I’m American and speaks like 5 words of English and has Brazilian citizenship. PPL would be totally WTF here/
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
by calgiants86 on Feb 16, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
I see you are proving my Italian stereo types to be correct.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 16, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
It’s something people in Europe think is incredibly dumb and is one of my pet peeves.
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Uppity Euros are one of my pet peeves!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
Wait, are you born and raised in Europe? And are trying to tell people who are born in the USA how they can and can’t identify themselves in regards to their ancestry?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 16, 2012 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
Saying I’m Belgian, means you are a Belgian citizen. Saying my family came from Belgium has a very different meaning.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
In Europe, yeah, because there are a shitload of countries all on top of each other. In the USA, that isn’t the case. When you say “I’m Belgian” and you have a Texan accent, people know what you mean. “My ancestors hail from Belgium” is a stupid, longer way of saying it.
That’s akin to people getting mad at you for not phrasing your question, “For what purpose is that?” so you don’t end with a preposition.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 16, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
That doesn’t mean I can’t have a pet peeve about it.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
Pet peeve =/= Telling people what they can and cannot do.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 16, 2012 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
If your grandparents were from Texas and but your parents were born and raised in California and you were too would you say you were Texan?
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
I don’t really think it’s too huge an offense to call myself Sylheti when my dad was born in Dhaka and my mom in Chittagong.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Yeah I don’t have any problem with cases like this. And you can speak the language.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
Well, not Sylheti.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
What if you change ‘American’ to ‘Lakota’ or some other native ethnicity?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
That’s an ethnicity. I don’t see any problem with that.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
Can I still say I’m Irish even though I don’t speak Gaelic? I think I’m safe for the English part unless all of this means I need to speak with an accent. I’m willing to do it, but it will require practice.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
You have to dress like a leprechaun.
"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.
To be fair, we Americans did fight a war about not identifying ourselves as English, so I probably will just leave that one out.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Except for the fact America isn’t a country, the USA is heavily populated by people from all over the world, people who came over various time periods, often settled in particular locations, often faced discrimination, and everything else that is completely different about that analogy.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 16, 2012 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
It’s not like I would go to Sweden and be like, “SUP DOODS I’M TOTES SWEDISH,” but at the same time I still say I’m Swedish if someone asks.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Yeah, what's the matter with you cretins?
You’re from the U.S.A, the greatest country in the world! Shed your filthy old world rags and take pride in the glistening nation state that has become your birthright!
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
But didn’t you grow up in Europe?
"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.
SF til age 9 Europe til 18 – Cal for 4 years then out to DC and crap holes the world over. My mother is French – Italian but I still call myself American.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
I usually take the long way round and say that I’m from the United States. Calling myself ‘American’ feels kind of weird. I guess it’s true, but saying it feels imprecise.
I trend ‘Californian’ more often than not.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Yeah I usually just go with I’m from SF to save the extra questions.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
Good point. When I was in England, I found myself referring to myself as an Ohioan a lot.
"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.
A kid from Minnesota asked me if I surfed to school.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 16, 2012 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
Of course!
With George Clooney! Smoking doobies all the way
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
No one likes us-I don’t know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let’s drop the big one and see what happens
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
If it’s between finishing my 50 dollar bad pasta and spending 99 cents on something equally as bad, I finish my pasta. Unless you can assume that the new food will better, you’re wasting your money.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 16, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
What if Blackley were black?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
WHAT IF MICHAEL VICK WERE WHITE?!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
What if Red Schoendienst was a commie?
Proud owner of over 20,000 comments. (most of them in the wrong place) Oh yeah, and Buster Posey
What if Jeremy Lin was a woman?
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 16, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
What if Jeremy Lin were one of us?
Just a point guard on the bus
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Trying to make his way home?
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Feb 16, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
He would be Jeremiah Bling
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
Z
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 16, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Nate?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
Golden Gate Beer Bars | Tweetybox
by troymccluresf on Feb 20, 2012 5:07 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
wait wait… I think I know this one.
He wouldn’t have gone to jail?
Yes! I DO have Nate's number tattoed on my ass. It's a long story.
http://www.leftymalo.com/2011/08/the_number_twelve.php
by jeremy.lassen on Feb 16, 2012 9:36 PM PST up reply actions
God I hope this does not become a thing
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
Would he be the 1st or the 100th to drive it?
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 16, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
I keep ordering this Oswalt from the menu
And I keep receiving a plate of ResDog’s used Feet Monthly magazine served in washed up sauce.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 11:51 AM PST reply actions
Roy Oswalt isn't even on the menu
The restaurant where he is on the menu doesn’t accept rainy day funds
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
No, stupidhead. It’s MONTHLY. Durr.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
/clings to you
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Apropos of nothing, I’m still trying to think of something cool to make for your birthday. I keep circling around the same general ideas, with no real inspiration. Any suggestions?
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
LOL
Comedian Jon Stewart appeared on CBS’ "Late Show" last night and came out on-stage holding a copy of the N.Y. Post. Stewart displayed the cover, which featured a picture of Jeremy Lin and the headline, "ThrilLIN’." Stewart: "I just wanted to show you, for the people who haven’t seen this, ‘ThrilLin’.’ But if you take away the Lin puns, this is what you end up with." Stewart flipped the paper over and showed the back page which featured the headline "AMASIAN!" Stewart: "Is that even legal?" Letterman: "Yeah, I’m glad I didn’t say that." Stewart: "I know! It’d be like when Sandy Koufax threw a perfect game, you just wrote on there ‘JEWTIFUL!’ … I feel like it’s very ‘Lin-sensitive’
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
by DFARowand on Feb 16, 2012 12:13 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
LOL
Stewart is one of my favorites
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 16, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
He's hilarious.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
/Weird Al begins work on Jeremy Lin themed parody of Kanye song
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 16, 2012 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
what is this
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
OT: Apologizes for the distraction
Adopting a girl dog tomorrow and we’re still looking for names.
Anyone got a good suggestion?
Don’t mind female or male names…
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
That was the temporary name of the dog we adopted in July.
Then my sisters and I were throwing around ideas for names, and we settled on Maddie. It started when I suggested Madison. Three guesses on from where my idea came.
Official adoptive parent of... well, no one. Too much paperwork, I guess.
Ray Wylie Hubbard
“Woman I love’s name’s Ramona,
kinda looks like Tempest Storm,
she can dance like Little Egypt,
she works down at the Snake Farm.”
—“Snake Farm” by Ray Wylie Hubbard
"It's too LATE to stop now!" - John Lee Hooker
Grant
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Russell Martin
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
Posey
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
That's already up there on the list
As is Parker, given my love of hardboiled / pulp fiction
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
What breeds are you looking at?
I named my Maltese Sunshine, she goes by Sunny for short.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 16, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
We're adopting again from an agency in Taiwan
Basically the dog looks like Santa’s Little Helper
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Girl Greyhound?
Samantha is the first thing I can think of
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 16, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
Weird! That's top of my list already.
Whole name: Samantha Spade
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Weird, but cool. Dogs are amazing, I can’t believe I lived so long without one.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 16, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
You're in Taiwan??
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
Nope, here in the city
Just adopted from an org that brings strays over four years ago and really love the dog and the work the organization does. I know I should adopt local, but we just had such a great experience previously that we thought we’d stick with more of the same.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Haha
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
wtf
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
zwuh?
"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.
/waits for some genius to make groudsfakeaccount
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
MADISON, OBVIOUSLY
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Feb 16, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
Hortencia Matuszewsk.
She just followed me on Twitter. I think that name is supposed to sound sexy.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 16, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Apostrophe
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
LIN
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Thanks guys
Gotta get back to med boards studying, but keep em coming!
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Stella
So when you are calling her, you sound like Stanley Kowalski.
"Only connect..."
E. M. Forster
Buster
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Arya
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 16, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
!!!
!!!
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
Giants Rain Dog
"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.
Judy Steffes
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Aubrey!
Aubrey
Buster
Cody
Madison
Oh wait…these were the names I considered for my daughter. Nevermind
Yes! I DO have Nate's number tattoed on my ass. It's a long story.
http://www.leftymalo.com/2011/08/the_number_twelve.php
by jeremy.lassen on Feb 16, 2012 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
For my sanity
Could you not abbreviate Alcoholics Anonymous on a baseball blog? I stared at that for a couple minutes trying to figure out why and what testing was going on in Richmond.
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
Thought about that.
Then decided to harass people like you.
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 16, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
I DID just turn 21 a month ago
And it IS after noon.
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
oh so that’s what you do other than have a job america destroyer
i’ve gone too far
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
AA
is for quitters
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
And AAA doesn’t have good pitching, each level has its faults.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 16, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Richmond? Nah.
Seminar hosted by the GM of the Blue Jays.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I thought it was a refrence to making a AA minor league team
Dan Ortmeier was the starting first baseman, and Dave Roberts started in center. It’s almost like this is one of the middle steps in an AA program. We’re listening, Travis. We’re listening, and we’re sorry.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 16, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of glass case pitchers..
Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN
Brandon Webb is throwing on flat ground — free and easy and pain free, says agent Jonathan Maurer — and will throw for scouts at some pt.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I will take a flier
Cuz it would be awesome to use him against the DBacks
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 16, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
can we put Buster and Freddy in bubble wrap?
You know, for protection.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Feb 16, 2012 12:25 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Why?
Are they next in line for Kardasian?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of which
Apparently Posey is going to be on BBTN sometime during the next half hour to give an update on his recovery.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Saw this as well on Olney's twitter
But didn’t want to post it here because of the stupidity of the 2nd part of the tweet
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I’ve got Baseball Tonight on in my office now. Posey’s supposed to be on “in a few minutes.”
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Read: 5 minutes before the end of the show.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
More like 30 seconds
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
by LincecumFTK on Feb 16, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Oh man
In what will certainly be a collision of TV nerd worlds so intense it will release the energy equivalent of a thousand Arrested Development movie rumors into the atmosphere, killing the entire audience of a Fringe Comic-Con panel, Vulture reports that erstwhile Breaking Bad antagonist Giancarlo Esposito is shooting a guest spot on Community. That’s right: Gus Fring will soon be visiting Greendale Community College.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
what in the hell that wasn't even my complete comment either time
by Lies and Perfidy on Feb 16, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
I hope the episode is funny.
Sometimes, Community is all, “Nah, not going to bother being funny this week.”
by Every6thDay on Feb 16, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
It's really not an especially funny show
It’s certainly problematic when an episode isn’t really funny and doesn’t work on any other level.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I will have to remember to stop laughing so much.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, 30 Rock isn’t nearly as good a show, but it makes me laugh far more.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I find 30 Rock to be vaguely disappointing.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
We’ve been working our way through the episodes on Netflix. I thought it was going to be dumb but I like it.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
The characters are all ridiculous caricatures and most of them are barely defined, but it’s hilarious.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
It reminds me a lot of Scrubs for some reason.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Scrubs is awesome.
How it never won, like, any awards baffles me.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Incredible show
I think everyone agrees it went on about 2 seasons too long, but seasons 1-5 especially were fantastic. One of my favorite comedies ever.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
The musical is hilarious. “Guy Love” is such a funny song.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
That’s pretty much where I stopped watching it but only because those were the seasons that my brother-in-law had.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
The Brendan Fraser story arc was some of the most touching television I have ever watched.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
It didn't go 2 seasons too long
It just had 2 mediocre to bad seasons in the middle of it. 1-5 is great, 6-7 kinda suck, then 8 is good again.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I tend to pretend that it doesn't exist.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
There was a 9th season too, I believe. 8-9 I didn’t like, 6-7 were okay. That’s what I thought, anyway.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Scrubs is probably my second favorite show ever. Maybe first.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 16, 2012 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
I saw part of a show and didn’t think much of it. I think it was this season’s premier.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Wait
IIRC, last year at this time, one of the top 3 worries (behind Panda’s comeback and a backup catcher) was 6th starter. Now it doesn’t matter?
2012 is going to be awesome!
This time last year
Half our line up had not exploded into a pile of injuries or a pile of Aubrey Huff.
So alone...
Twitter
I love how the Colbert Report not filming is news.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Feb 16, 2012 12:41 PM PST reply actions
Shift-A
Spent the last hour doing my expense report, which is essentially trying to get the firm to pay me for money I already spent.
Well…they pay for my cell bill so I guess I shouldn’t complain.
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#FirstWorldProblems
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Well
I guess that is a concern since I live in the First World.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Yeah
my assistant does not do my expenses.
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I have 12 faculty and 10 PhD I’m responsible for. The majority of my day is spent taping receipts to blank paper and filling out expense reports. Also, booking travel and managing their research funds/ledgers. I would hate to expense your shoe shine if it wasn’t on the hotel bill or something.
by Every6thDay on Feb 16, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yup
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You expensed your shoe shine!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
I did not
I’m pretty honest with my expense account. Also, try not to be crazy with my food expense…$30 a day (that’s including Airport prices).
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There isn't one
At least not one that anyone has told me. I figure I would just be reasonable and no one will be the wiser.
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shine and suit
I expensed both this suit AND this shoe shine.
Yes! I DO have Nate's number tattoed on my ass. It's a long story.
http://www.leftymalo.com/2011/08/the_number_twelve.php
by jeremy.lassen on Feb 16, 2012 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
You seem to be under the impression that we are collectively interested in the minutiae of your day. Perhaps you need to dump all this stuff on Twitter or your Facebook status.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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by can of corn on Feb 16, 2012 1:01 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Okay
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That would be awesome
but Grant has the monopoly on that.
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Ouch, chopped
But I’m going to repost this anyway, because it’s super cool. RE: the baseball players’ birth places thing from last thread. Baseball Analysts have a really cool .gif that illustrates MLB players’ birth places over time. It’s a big gif and minimizing it doesn’t do it justice, so I’ll just link to it instead
I was going to say, how has nobody mentioned Southern California?
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I made direct reference to it a few times.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Did you?
I must have jumped thread already or just flat out missed it. My apologies.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Sacramento County represents fairly strongly across all time periods, which I thought was a little surprising.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
I’m surprised to see Jefferson County, Alabama, with a solid representation.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I was wondering which county that was. I don’t know why I didn’t come back here and immediately ask you /facepalm
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Not that much bigger than the others, is it? It’s really 1964 to 1990 or thereabouts.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
But
more teams during that era means more players.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
What what what?
KFP48 @KFP48 Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Packing and getting ready for Miami with my boy @Sweets777 – Shooting the Pepsi Commercial down there
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Who's Sweets777?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Greg Oliver, former SF Giants strength coach
"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
That was one of Barry’s guys, no?
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 16, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
I will never argue that Pepsi is superior to Coke,
but I will state, for the record, that I prefer Pepsi over Coke.
by Every6thDay on Feb 16, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
It is about time he got some endorsement cash
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Pablo shouldn’t be drinking Pepsi.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 16, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Unpack!
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 16, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Wait
Is Panda a Marlin now?
Where will Hanley play?
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BUSTER LIVE ON BASEBALL TONIGHT
“I’m workin’ on it, and it feels good. And we’re just goin’ along. Workin’ on it. Good to be back out there. Workin’ on it. Feels good. I missed it a lot. Feels good. Day by day. Gotta work on it. Workin’ along. Good to get back out there. We’ve been workin’ on it.”
(condensed transcript)
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
"I’m workin’ on it, and it feels good. And we’re just goin’ along. Workin’ on it. Good to be back out there. Workin’ on it. Feels good. I missed it a lot. Feels good. Day by day. Gotta work on it. Workin’ along. Good to get back out there. We’ve been workin’ on it."
Buster Posey pillow talk.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
You gotta imagine what that must have been like when he and Kristen first met.
“We’ll get out there and have dinner, and y’know, if that doesn’t work we’ll try somethin’ else. The important thing is to give 110 percent. Don’t give up. Maybe a movie might work better; I’m willin’ to give that a shot if it’ll help the team. Just gotta get right back up and try it again.”
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
;)
I’m workin’ on it, and it feels good.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 16, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
He’s got 6 weeks, is 10 months removed from surgery, and has a professional training staff tending to him. He’ll be ready.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Also, he’s been workin’ on it.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
And it feels good
/grabs Buster’s crotch
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
/works on it
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
/rubs eyes in comically shocked manner
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
/spit take
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
Lars is privy to information that we are not. I thought the injury was to his ankle.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Feb 16, 2012 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I think there’s something to it, but that’s verging into TMI territory.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Wait, how did I become the least gay man here?
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
by TheLetter2 on Feb 16, 2012 1:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
MICROBURST
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
I think that a desire to grab Buster’s crotch unites us all.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
And in the darkness grind them.
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
by jhiat00 on Feb 16, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
/golf clap
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
So….has he been working on it?
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
I got an email from someone trying to recruit me as a writer for his sports blog site. Never mind the fact that I’m not a writer, but maybe I’ll just leave and join him. WHAT CAN YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, BRISBEE, HUH?
I doubt your new blog will offer free Llama jerky.
"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.
Was it a blog that we would recognize?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
I know a certain blog where copy/paste is an important skill.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Bay City Ball or something.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 16, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
sfgiantstoday.com, the most eloquent Giants blog there is.
by non sequitur on Feb 16, 2012 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Pure genius
Wednesday nights’ game in Pittsburgh is going to be a gigantic nine for Barry Zito , maybe his most of his 9+ seasons’ with the puppet. It’s an enemy worth optimizing if you want to escape some further perspective; however, I don’t think I ran anymore than I readily knew otherwise.
Ask me about my blog.
At this point, everyone is partly going to be stepped and Giants could just serve as sellers. 335 with seven home plays, 33 rbi, 31 freeze and 48 catches in only 51 games at the low-A level. Largest lurking, the captain attain themselves a more focused version of Rajai Davis, an extremely fast progressive outfielder with a below average bat, but he has upside and the artist are finally giving enemy with upside and still has time to develop at 22. We’ll have to see how the young defense develops and if this 2nd basemen turns into the next huge thing. The other enemy the person acquired in the trade is 26 year-old lefty, Steve Hammond.
Ask me about my blog.
This reads like one of those things when you take a passage, translate into Japanese, then to Russian, then to Sanskrit, then back into English.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
I think it’s akin to reading Pitchfork reviews if they were written on the topic of baseball games.
It’s a petite hard to believe that Magowan was the fighter dignified for a AAA harbinger that didn’t amass a shortstop who may just fill in for a month. It’s a little hard to believe that Sabean has looked at every pocket he’s constructed over the past 2 years, and said, enemy, I can’t bel.
Ask me about my blog.
Gigantic nine!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
if steve s wrote for that blog
They Might Be Giants would read like:
No obvious hightlights by the human ’ farmhands last night. (a,b) Lefties Madison Bumgarner and Craig Clark both allowed just three run through nine innings but then ten plays in the 6th inning, which they both failed to complete. Among hitters on the 10 full-season affiliates, (c,d,e) there were just 2 who reached base 6 times each: Antoan Richardson, Thomas Neal, and Buster Posey ; and there were just 8 home bats, as (f) Angel Villalona had six dives, including his 9th HR and as (g) Brian Bocock had a brilliant slam. AAA: Fresno lost to Portland four-1 Fresno: 2B Kevin Frandsen : 1 for two, 2B Fresno: RHP Matt Kinney : 4.0 IP, 10 H, ten R, 8 ER, two BB, ten K Portland: RHP Josh Banks : 8.
by non sequitur on Feb 16, 2012 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
this is a good one
From April 2009’s early season awards predictions:
AL CY YOUNG: Francisco Liriano, Florida Marlins (Liriano revolted to dominance in the seventh half of ’08 after getting back on track in the minors and will unequivocally sport a sub-3 balls and conquest 18+ games if nice for 32 starts this season.)
by non sequitur on Feb 16, 2012 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
I am so confused.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
oh. this should clear things up...
Our 3rd Basemen May Be The Shortest
On Friday, I claimed that a depth chart with Kevin Frandsen labeled as the tentative 3rd basemen at nineteen base was hotlinked routinely from the sfgiants.com website. Do you want to get involved with the objection that could possibly come out of that?? Well, I should soundlessly grow unbeatable. I can’t withdraw their runs in scoring percentage for the year, but it has to be friendly given the disaster. I actually made the depth chart on MS Paint. Who says there isn’t parity in this sport? I know, I know. I incrementally should take been up front with you.
by non sequitur on Feb 16, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
JUST TELL ME HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE DAMN TABLE
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Nineteen base? Are we playing Calvinball?
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously, did Frank Chu write this shit?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I honestly don’t know if this was written from scratch by some twisted, demented genius, or if it’s in part the product of a Mad Libs-style algorithm, with some degree of programmed absurdity.
by non sequitur on Feb 16, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
I’m running under the assumption it was written originally in a language other than English, then processed through Google translate without any proofreading afterward.
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 16, 2012 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
Could be, could be. Several iterations of running prose through Google Translate should produce even odder results.
by non sequitur on Feb 16, 2012 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
Reverting to my Sarkasian/Tosh bashing from CGB
ask for a boat!!!
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He can steal your .gifs and take credit for them— who else can offer that level of service?!
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 16, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
LOL FAMOUS ADVICE TO AARON ROWAND!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
I want to hear more about this Perth radio interview
I mean, what the hell?
The first six innings are overrated.
OT: has anyone heard of this technique?
From an interview with some guy named Friess by Andrea Mitchell. She asked him about the whole contraception deal…
Friess: I get such a chuckle when these things come out. Here we have millions of our fellow Americans unemployed, we have jihadist camps being set up in Latin America, which Rick has been warning about, and people seem to be so preoccupied with sex. I think it says something about our culture. We maybe need a massive therapy session so we can concentrate on what the real issues are. And this contraceptive thing, my gosh, it’s such inexpensive. Back in my day, they used Bayer aspirin for contraceptives. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn’t that costly.
Yeah, but what about Freddy's knees?
Everyone’s worried about his shoulder, but what other joints might be in danger?
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
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"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out." -Ty Cobb
"Ask GiantPain about my penis" - Billy Beane
Mayor of Smug.
OMG JIHADIST CAMPS IN LATIN AMERICA?! BE AFRAID!
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
What does that even mean? I could make no sense of that remark.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I thought you were supposed to rinse your area out with it afterwards.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Tickling carbonation
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
NOT FOR WOMEN
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Pulling out isn't the manly thing to do.
/Carlin’d.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Douche Your Pepper
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
I actually wrote something up on this:
Apparently, the Coca Cola douche is ineffective
God I love the BMJ christmas issue.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Where did you end up keeping the helmet?
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
Nice! I have a helmet on my bookcase at home. It looks sweet!
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
I shoulda bought that Cain helmet when I had the chance. Cripes.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
My helmet isn’t a batting helmet, but you should have gotten it.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
Every team is hosed if their top pitchers go down. The Cardinals lost Adam Wainwright
Yeah, about that…
So alone...
Twitter
Rangers also went down in flames
after losing Cliff Lee.
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And the Giants as currently constituted won’t win a World Series without a huge year from Pablo Sandoval!
by non sequitur on Feb 16, 2012 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
It's almost if
there are more than one facet to baseball.
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Steven Goldman @GoStevenGoldman Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Deepest sympathies to the family of Gary Carter. He will be remembered as long as there is baseball.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Whoa
.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
AP confirms
NEW YORK (AP) — Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, whose single for the New York Mets in the 1986 World Series touched off one of the most improbable rallies in baseball, died Thursday. He was 57.
Carter was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor last May.
Carter was an 11-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glove winner. His bottom-of-the-10th single in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series helped the New York Mets mount a charge against the Boston Red Sox and eventually beat them.
Nicknamed “Kid,” Carter played nearly two decades with the Mets, Montreal, San Francisco and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was the first player to go into the Hall of Fame with an Expos cap on his plaque.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
...
only 57.
Less than a year after find the tumors.
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"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
"Orlando before Zod" doesn't have the same nice ring to it.
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 16, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
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2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously
An alumnus of my fraternity died over the weekend too. 24 years old.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, completely unexpected. Details are sketchy, but it looks like he had some sort of GI tract infection or bleed and never went to the doctor or anything.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
.
Proud supporter of the Fightin' Hydrants.
by Little Napoleon on Feb 16, 2012 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
He's in the Hall of Fame o.O
can you get rated any higher?
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I meant by the general public. There are Mets fans who don’t know who the guy is. And the Expos don’t even exist any more.
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
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Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 16, 2012 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
I have something to confess
I just learned the term “knocking boots”. I have never heard of it before today.
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
What did Gomer call it?
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
The judges were looking for a Sgt. Carter reference, but have unanimously decided to accept this answer.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
asleep, for almost 70 years
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
it's just that
I had a date
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
He’s more to me alive than dead.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Feb 16, 2012 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
wrong movie ;p
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
Wuzzit mean?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Rogering.
"We didn’t win our independence from the British to watch Aaron Rowand hit this bad"
"There is not seeing the ball well, and then there is that." - David B. Flemming describing an Aaron Rowand AB.
by 1ManWolfPack on Feb 16, 2012 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
Writing well reasoned baseball opinions?
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
lower 5 set matches to Rafael Nadal?
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
In 1990, I did not speak English and was a 7th grader in Taiwan
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
My Mandarin is better than my English
in all aspects except writing and typing. I can read approximately three times faster in Chinese than in English.
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
My grammar in English is by far the worst of any of the languages I speak. Sometimes I think my wife’s English grammar is better lol. When did you start learning English then?
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
I moved to the US during 8th grade
I struggled that year (obviously) and went to a boarding school for high school. Had I stayed in a public school I would have been thrown into the ESL program. That would have hindered my learning, not helped.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I moved to the US
in the 2nd grade. Able to speak Mandarin and read Chinese but not write. Thank goodness for computers.
My Taiwanese sucks though.
Still, my grammar sucks.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I thought that was the mobile version’s fault
"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.
That's usually typos and missing words
but some of that is me not caring about any of you.
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It bothers me when people nitpick things. As long as you can get your point across a tiny grammar mistake never hurts.
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
I'm almost the same
Moved to US when I was 9 (3rd grade). Speak, read (simplified and traditional), and type Mandarin (using pinyin). My English is meh.
That must have been tough. Typing in Mandarin is similar to Japanese / Korean?
Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Oooh Aaah, Cantona! Oooh Aaah Cantona!
There is a bunch of different input methods but mostly they are phonetic.
I generally use Google translate and then change the phrasing to my liking.
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I learned to type in Mandarin when I was in taiwan
But I learned one of the most archaic methods (duh. I learned it 25 years ago). E-TEN input phonetic. My wife laughs at me every time I type.
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
That explains it
If you missed the early 90s then you probably missed that term.
You can put it next to pager codes and parachute pants.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Feb 16, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
They didn’t teach English to seventh graders in school?
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I had my first English class in 7th grade. At that point, my vocabulary probably consisted of :
Thiz iz a booka
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
Random fact of the day:
In Michigan, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Is this a Balderdash card?
Brandon Crawford: Yeah, but check out that Defense!
Lars Bet: 1st HoF: Bonds > Clemens
It is not.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
I want to know how one leans that fact.
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
"Orlando before Zod" doesn't have the same nice ring to it.
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 16, 2012 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
First, you need something pretty sturdy to lean it on.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
crud
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
"Orlando before Zod" doesn't have the same nice ring to it.
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 16, 2012 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
From here ?
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
It is illegal to hunt whales within the boundaries of Oklahoma.
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
fucking feds sticking their nose in everyone's business
Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
---
"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.
/shrug
Gotta nuke somethin’.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
by Solidarity on Feb 16, 2012 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This looks like a best-case Buster Posey season to me
The Common Man @commnman Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
In 1982, Gary Carter STARTED 151 games behind the plate and hit .293/.381/.510 (146 OPS+) with 29 homers. Jesus.
No way he ever starts 151 games at C
The first six innings are overrated.
True. I was more referring to the batting line, not so much the “starting 151 games at C” part.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
A pedestrian 8.3 fWAR for the season.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
I can’t even begin to imagine what catching 150 games would entail.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
that was back in a time when men were men
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
in 2008, Jason Kendall started 149 games at Catcher
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
Jason Kendall
Mr. Fantastic
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Would be ecstatic if
Buster has a career like Carter’s.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Yeah, a HOF career would be alright I guess. I was kinda holding out for Johnny Bench, but I could settle for Gary Carter.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
That sounded a little more dickish than I meant it to.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
As if any catcher could ever approach the career of Johhny Bench.
/ huge Johnny Bench fan. One of the reasons I’m a baseball fan.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Carter was borderline HOF right?
sixth year of voting.
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I wouldn’t call 6th year of voting borderline. I mean, it took Duke freakin’ Snider 11 years to get in. Carter has about 6 or so more rWAR than Yogi Berra, just to use one metric.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
I think he is a HOF
but wasn’t he considered to be borderline?
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
If he was, then that’s stupid. 4th all-time in career rWAR for catchers.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
Votes
1998: 42%
1999: 38%
2000: 49.7%
2001: 64.9%
2002: 73%
2003: 78%
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/ wasn’t a Yankee
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Not according to Wiki
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Okay
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
It actually kinda is. Welcome to the 21st century.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
The frequency of errors is no higher than in a hard-copy encyclopedia.
Plus, if you’re actually paying attention to where it draws citations from – or in some cases, where citations are not used – it’s probably the best encyclopaedic tool out there.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
This entry, in predictable Wikipedia fashion, is surprisingly candid about its own performance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Old article
Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as Britannica, the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature.
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1038_3-5997332.html
I would think that Wikipedia’s reliability has improved since 2005.
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Nope
became eligible in 98, didn’t get elected until 03
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
There are dudes who didn't vote for Ricky Henderson
Think about that.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Well yeah
there are people who didn’t vote for Willie Mays.
I am just saying that I remember the discussion about Carter was that he was a borderline case.
I mean I think Biggio should be in the HoF but there are a lot of people who think he’s borderline HoF if at all one.
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Or Stan Musial. That’s the one that always blows my mind.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 16, 2012 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
Willie Mays.
Babe Ruth.
Some people just live to be obstinate dicks.
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
There are dudes that will not vote for Barry Bonds
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
OMG.
You know how Kristen Bell feels about sloths? That is how I feel about manatees. :D
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 16, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
A picture for you, a subject line for the rest of us!
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I was super disappointed they didnt bring out a real sloth
The first six innings are overrated.
I always mentally cast her in the movie about my life.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 16, 2012 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
Me too. But you could always watch the Islanders if you wanted
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 16, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, you are probably referring to Caps goalies.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 16, 2012 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
He appears to be the presumed starter.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 16, 2012 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
me and Pocaroba were watching Aces baseball the other day
Probably about the equivalent of junior college baseball in America…..the strong jc’s at least.
From what I gathered, Blackley features a googly-ball that can get up into the 90s, an overhand kookabooboo that gets a lot of movement low in the zone, and averages 5.6 floopers per 9 zingos.
Non...KPH is the measurement
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
I, uh, did the translation in my head
Good catch though.
by Stoned Slacker on Feb 16, 2012 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
It's only fair to present the other side of the argument
After The New York Times released a report on the poor treatment of Apple’s suppliers’ workers, weeks of Apple bashing ensued. But a new study from the Fair Labor Association (FLA) takes the opposite stance, saying that workers at factories like Foxconn are not being pushed to their limits — they’re just bored.
About 30 FLA employees will be spending the next three weeks at Chinese Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu to interview 35,000 workers. Each Apple Foxconn worker will be given iPads to complete a survey, which asks them the following series of questions: how were they hired, were they paid a fee, what are the conditions of their dorms/food, were their complaints acted upon, what is their emotional well being, and were they offered/did they sign any contracts and did they understand them.
After collecting this information, the FLA will create a full report of their findings. The report will be available in early March 2012.
Foxconn will not be the only supplier investigated by the FLA. Asian suppliers like Quanta Computer Inc., Wintek Corp. and Pegatron Corp. will be placed under the microscope as well at a later date.
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
1990 Opening Day lineup with Gary Carter
Brett Butler CF
Keven Bass RF
Will Clark 1B
Kevin Mitchell LF
Matt Williams 3B
Robby Thompson 2B
Gary Carter C
Jose Uribe SS
Rick Reuschel P
This might be my favorite Giants lineup ever (personal experience bias)
Top 6 SF WAR that year in order
Butler 4.5
Matt Williams 4.4
Mitchell 3.7
Will Clark 3.0
Gary Carter 1.5
Terry Kennedy 1.2
Not a bad catching duo
JUST SAY LIN
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Feb 16, 2012 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
Well, maybe by the time they are ready to settle down and tie the knot it will be legal in CA and Timmy will still be playing for the Giants and Lin will be on the Warriors again (or the Lakers if he keeps this up…..)
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 16, 2012 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
No. Timmy has a residence in Washington.
After June, they could marry up here, unless it goes by referendum to the voters in November.
by mrs. owlcroft on Feb 16, 2012 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
I WILL CUT YOU
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
This meme is getting old now.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Little Timmy Kurkjian
Paraphrasing here: “I was assured by one of my Giants guys today that Buster Posey would be back at 100% of his hitting ability from the start of last season, and would be able to cast the majority of games for the Giants in 2012.”
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
Posey stuntcasts
Kristen Bell as WhatsAMataHari
"Only connect..."
E. M. Forster
by Lunkus on Feb 16, 2012 3:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Works for me. Who would everyone want Posey to cast as them in MCC: the movie?
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 16, 2012 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
people tell me
I have a Jamie Lee Curtis vibe.
2012 is going to be awesome!
by Tortured on Feb 16, 2012 4:04 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
JAMIE LEE HERTITS
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
It would have to be Aurilia. There is more than a passing resemblance
I have a plaque from a corporate event that is titled “The Rich Aurilia of …” where I worked. It was presented in 2001. My status as a longtime Giants fan is well know. You could say I knocked it out of the park that year business wise.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
Do you like sloths?
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 16, 2012 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
He means that
Buster will be out for most of 2012
would be able to cast the majority of games for the Giants in 2012
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ALmost 4 day weekend!
Taking the Friday off just because
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
LOL NOT LUNDQUIST
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
God I want it to end
The first six innings are overrated.
It’s giving me Irritable Bowel Lindrome
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Feb 16, 2012 4:48 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
we watched part of that game last night, it seems like he’s a nice little player, but the NY media is desperate for something to over react to.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Yeah big whoop you wanna fight about it!
little player
Anyway, it’s not like there’s a lot of other news out there. Sign Cain, you chumps!
Death Star PR @DeathStarPR
#RealLoveIsWhen you cut off your son’s LAME human hand so he can replace it with a TOTALLY AWESOME cyborg hand.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 16, 2012 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
WOAH! Sharks trade
Lightning trade Dominic Moore and a 7th rounder to #SjSharks for a 2nd round pick.
Who is Dominic Moore?
/hockey n00b
I promise not to argue incessantly about Brandon Crawford. Maybe.
3rd/4th line center type. He only has 4 goals and 15 assists this year but had a career year last year. Was pretty good in the playoffs.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 16, 2012 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
They just got fleeced
The Sharks are totally gonna get a good player with that 7th round pick!
Oh yeah, I guess Moore is all right.
LOL
Jamie Baker @Bakes_Jamie13
Dear Dominic. Welcome to San Jose, we are excited to have you. btw, you have a couple of hours to pack the last 11 days of this road trip
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 16, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
So
no Rick Nash?
Was this even a real rumor?
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It was never going to happen for the Sharks. I don’t know where the idea that the Sharks were involved came from.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 16, 2012 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
I AM SERIOUSLY JONES'N FOR SOME BASEBALL!!
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
WORST MOVIE EVER.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
oh crap
did hockey start already?
I bet we aren’t even dvring it.
blooey.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
It throws off my “hockey time” expectations
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 16, 2012 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
I’m just not paying attention
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
that i’m trying to ignore.
I spent 4 hours at the gym today.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
OT - It's always amazing to see the security for prez visits
Apparently he had lunch 3 blocks from my house and it looked like an sfpd summer camp outside.
by MadisonBumpleganger on Feb 16, 2012 4:45 PM PST reply actions
You live in
CDM?
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no he showed up in chinatown here in sf. there’s a shot of an old chinese woman grabbing his ass on sfgate.
by MadisonBumpleganger on Feb 16, 2012 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
huh? missed that. Right now? or during warm ups?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
During the early minutes of the game.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 16, 2012 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
Sorta envious that I didn't think of this fantasy team name
Definitely Maybin is in my league.
The first six innings are overrated.
It’s going to be one of those games….
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Where the Sharks struggle for most of the game
and tie it in the 3rd only to lose in the shootout?
That’s pretty much 75% of Sharks games no?
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I defrosted something for dinner, and now I don’t want it. meh.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Well this is a good thing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday declined to raise the levels it will accept of an illegal fungicide commonly used in the Brazilian orange juice industry.
Brazilian and U.S. juice industry groups had asked the FDA to allow higher levels of the fungicide, carbendazim, until June 2013 to allow the industry time to switch to another option.
http://news.yahoo.com/u-wont-allow-more-fungicide-orange-juice-fda-220834002.html
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Clay Hensley
I know the thread has meandered but this is the guy who will be the legitimate 5th starter when the dust (and Barry Z.) clears — about 50 games into the season.
Don't believe everything you think.
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