Bay City Ball: Don't Forget Conor Gunderson. Wait, Gillespie. Gillaspie. Don't Forget That Guy
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 18, 2012 10:57 AM PST
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PrintGood randomly generated collection of characters from Bay City Ball on Conor Gillaspie, who knows how to control the strike zone, and is still just 24. He had an above-average year in Fresno, so why aren't we more excited about him?
Maybe "excited" isn't the right word. The better question: Why is he an afterthought, then? At least, that's how I've been viewing him, lumping him in with the Dan Ortmeiers of the world. He's the beacon of plate discipline in the system, though. Which is a loaded statement in a couple of ways, but it's true.
When Bill Mueller was 23, he put up a .302/.435/.425 line with a BB/SO ratio of 103/47 in 544 plate appearances. That was more impressive than what Gillaspie did in his age-23 season last year -- .297/.389/.453. Well, it's more impressive until you consider that Mueller was in A-ball, doing that in the California League, while Gillaspie did his work in AAA.
Am I saying that Gillaspie will leave the Giants and lead the AL in hitting in a few years? Of course I am. Those who forget history are doomed to be force-fed cliches. But the larger point is that Gillaspie has the tricky part down already -- he can walk, and he doesn't strike out a lot. There's no guarantee that the doubles power will develop, but Mueller's ISO was worse at the same age, two levels lower.
Starting to think he could be a decent hitter one of these days. It looks like the corners are locked up for the next few years, so the Giants will have to figure something out if he forces the issue. BCB suggests trying him at second. Sounds good to me.
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i suggest trying him at hitter
by Headhunter Rollins on Feb 18, 2012 10:59 AM PST via mobile reply actions
read this as trying him as hitler
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
/CLANK
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 11:05 AM PST reply actions
he'll never be Brandon Crawford
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If you could weld those two together they would make a good ballplayer
But they would look weird because, you know, they were welded together.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This is good.
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Talked to Timmy. He’s been in Arizona for 1.5 weeks already. Has thrown a couple pens to Buster and said he looks good.
ballpoints, fountain, felt tip, what?
/slow news day
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 18, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Pens are awfully hard to catch, especially at 90 mph so there might be something to that practice regimen
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
they’re probably easier to catch than canyons.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 18, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone can take a bunch of pitches....
but does he have enough grit to make a Bochy lineup? #rowand
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Yeah, and what about swagger and warrior spirit?
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 18, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Grit? Not at third base. But move him to second and he’s just white enough to be totally gritty.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 18, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
how much did xanthan pay you for this?
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You tell him! I think this type of cross promotion is grounds for kicking him off his blog.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
I do kind of agree that Conor Gillaspie has been weirdly forgotten
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I just assumed he’s ticketed for another year in AAA, then will be thrown into the mix for 2013
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by howtheyscored on Feb 18, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
You talking about the guy who played with the team like 3 years ago when he was a rookie?
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I think Conor brought a lot of this on himself
The callup written into his contract in addition to the entitled attitude that has been reported. I think he kind of Linden’d himself.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 11:19 AM PST reply actions
This. This, this, this, this, this. Also, this.
I am a 1986 graduate of Mississippi State. Conor’s dad, Mark, was just a few years before my time. If anybody wanted this kid to succeed, I did. Then he opened his mouth.
by Grievous Angel 312 on Feb 18, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
just got into parks and rec
my favorite character is tom haverford…close second is ron swanson
tommy had a great line, something about having a competitive advantage because he’s been trashed by so many women…
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“You wore me down.”
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by Murray, Present on Feb 18, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Chris Pratt
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It took me entirely too long to realize that was a Batman thing.
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should have been obvious when they started playing the Batman soundtrack halfway through the episode but it was completely obvious when Liz started to look like the Joker.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
The music might be the best thing about 30 Rock.
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All done by Mr. Tina Fey (aka the luckiest man in the world, especially if you’ve seen pictures of him)
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Indeed
Hasn’t he played a couple minor characters on the show?
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Yep. He was the bandleader in an episode two weeks ago and occasionally says a line or two. He’s kind of a short, squat, slightly trollish looking dude who every day should thank his lucky stars that he got to be Mr. Tina Fey.
Should also note too that they met in an improv group and did the music for 30 Rock and SNL so he’s pretty smart and talented too
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
Found myself watching the Giants Detroit game when they won 15-0 or something
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BUT THEY ALMOST GOT CURLY FRIES!
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can I ask where is it available for viewing? after the recent discussion of it, I have a craving to watch the madness/hilarity
by Random Giants Fan on Feb 18, 2012 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
I think the Giants just have a fear of infielders from their own system. They’ll probably trade him for a garbage reliever sometime before the trade deadline.
to be fair, they should have that fear
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Gillaspie hasn’t looked like much of a hitter when I’ve seen him. yeah, sample size, but still.
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The youngest player in camp this year is Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez. He was born Dec. 2, 1992. Oldest is Jamie Moyer. He was born 3 B.C.
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Moyer won’t be healthy enough to pitch for several months yet, right? Or is my timeline screwed up?
I really want that guy to play long enough to get 300 wins.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 18, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
I think you’re timeline is screwed up. IIRC he had TJ surgery before the season even started last year, which means he should be ready to go Opening Day. I believe he pitched for a Mexican winter league in the offseason this year.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 18, 2012 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, awesome. I loves me some Jamie Moyer: MLB Starter
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by howtheyscored on Feb 18, 2012 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
And if the TJ surgery went well, he should be structurally improved! Five more years!
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by howtheyscored on Feb 18, 2012 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
He made his major league debut when I was 1 year old.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 18, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
I have two Jaime Moyer is old jokes
One I posted the other day: Jaime Moyer is currently recovering from a surgery that is 12 years younger than he is.
The other: Jaime Moyer started, and took the loss, in the game the day before the first night game ever played at Wrigley Field.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 18, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
these are jokes or trivia?
So...I've decided to about Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
Jamie Moyer started 94 major league games before the Berlin Wall fell.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 18, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Jamie Moyer’s major league career is older than The Joshua Tree.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 18, 2012 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
He eats fluff for breakfast and shits jokes before lunch.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 18, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
He’s very regular.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 18, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Can we talk about how much I hated the last episode of Parks and Rec?
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Well, to start, it's another episode with Leslie and Ben
This is bad because they make each other significantly less interesting. Ben in particular has been hurt by this; he was actually an interesting character last year, but now he’s been reduced to an appendage of Leslie. The amount of time they spend on them has hurt other characters, too; the other plot was great, but it was so short that Jerry and Donna and Chris had basically nothing to do,
Then Dave, one of my favorite characters ever, was replaced by a doppelgänger who looked and talked just like Dave but was otherwise totally different. He totally freaked out over what Leslie was doing in Greg Pikitis; you can’t expect me to believe that he would trap Ben in the bathroom. What was the point of debasing the character like that? To show us how great Leslie and Ben are together? Not cool.
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I’ve never been a big fan of Ben when it’s Ben and Leslie (Henry & Casey 4eva) but at least they’re doing things with him (although I liked unemployed Ben better). Most people online hated when Dave handcuffed Ben to the urinal and I wasn’t a fan of that either. I think it’s just because the show’s a bit broader now than it was in S2 that they had to somehow align Officer Dave more with how the show is.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Seeing Leslie and Ben always makes me think of how much better Lizzy Caplan would be than Amy Poehler in that situation (probably because you always talk about it)
I miss semi-villainous Ben from seasons 2 and 3, but that one’s gone forever, of course. But even in the episode before last he was kind of interesting. They just have to take him away from Leslie for a moment and he’s fine.
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The Dave/Ben thing or the Tom/Anne thing? The episode seems to be a love it or hate it episode
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t like the Tom/Ann thing. There’s no chemistry there. And it’s weird. Because Tom Haverford.
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by can of corn on Feb 18, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
It amused me, but it’ll probably get old fast. The problem is that they have no idea what to do with Ann. Why couldn’t she have kept being Leslie’s campaign manager? Oh, right; we wouldn’t have enough time with Leslie and Ben that way.
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It’s either being done because they’re running out of pairings and to give two characters with nothing to do something to do or they’re just running with it for a few weeks because it’s funny. I think the producer said it was just going to happen for a few weeks but they could change their minds if the pairing works.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Wait a minute, Tom and Ann are together?
Mmm.
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It doesn’t work any more than it sounds like it would. Ann seems directionless and sad, and Tom just wears her down with whining.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I liked her more before she changed her ’do
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
i do like Rashida jones
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No
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 18, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
It sees a shark and is preparing to jump
When you start romances simply to give characters something to do, you are either about to jump, are in mid jump or have landed.
So...I've decided to about Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
As much as I love a show, if they do go that way, it’s never a good sign. Like how the Office started it’s downfall when Andy started dating Angela for no other reason than…well I don’t know why
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
I read somewhere that one indicator of a shark jump is if they introduce a kid into the series. I don’t know anything about the show you guys are talking about, but watch out if a kid appears out of no where.
Brady Bunch, Married with Children, Growing Pains….others.
So...I've decided to about Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
note: Growing Pains kid is best kid ever.
So...I've decided to about Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
double note: he’s king of the world.
So...I've decided to about Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
bad and stupid couplings are always a sign too. Like the Joey & Rachel pairing on Friends or any number of shows where by the end, everyone in the show has dated somebody else
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Even Happy Days had one: In later seasons, other characters were introduced including Fonzie’s young cousin, Charles “Chachi” Arcola (Scott Baio), who became a love interest for Joanie Cunningham.
Including the Mork spinoff
Who can forget the Shark Jump: In the fourth season, Mork and Mindy were married. Jonathan Winters, was brought in as their child, Mearth. Due to the different Orkan physiology, Mork laid an egg, which grew and hatched into the much older Winters. It had been previously explained that Orkans aged “backwards”
wow, only 44 comments on a Saturday morning…tsk tsk.
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Oh Merope
I finally got a chance to read your fan post yesterday. I’m so sorry for what’s going on and I hope everything goes well
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks. The last few weeks have, uh, sucked. Makes 02 look like a cakewalk. Today I’m depressed cuz this is usually one of the happiest days of the year…. and I don’t care.
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Are you going out for a hike today or tomorrow?
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We’re going to go to CSUS in a few to watch a bit of rugby, then tomorrow maybe to Feather Falls. Physically I’m fine. It’s the emotional wear and tear that’s making me want to bite the heads off of something cute and fluffily.
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Oh good deal!
Very good to hear you’re physically good, and it’s good to get out and walk, do the things you’ve been doing, don’t let it bring you down. And yea, the emotional thing will definitely get to you, but it’s good to get out and do something since it takes that away, or at least gives you something to do instead of dwell
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That’s what makes me so crazy about the whole thing. I’m fine. I do my 5 miles a day, lift weights, etc etc… but “it might be cancer…so we have to rip you open.” Thanks. This surgery is just a can of worms afaic – There is little chance of returning to “normal” after this. Especially if they take ovaries and it’s instant menopause and all it’s wonderful problems.
ugh.
alright enough moping…time to shower [get dressed] and get out of the house.
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:( I hope it’s nothing close to cancer Merope, and i hope after this procedure you can get back to your normal self fast! It can be done, don’t let the doctors tell you what you can/cant do in terms of being able to return to “normal”. Mom had hers taken out as well, still was able to do the same things as she did before the surgery, don’t mean to compare since i know it is different, but just trying to let you know that you can get back to normal
Have a good one Merope, and a good hike tomorrow!
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Thanks.
I did better yesterday talking to the athletic trainer who understood the whole “athlete’s perspective” on something like this. The doctor doesn’t quite get it. But I guess that’s good it means he was busy doing doctoring and not sports as a youth.
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Good
if we learned anything about this whole experience, it was to never really TRUST what the doctors say, just take it, they’re telling you what the book says not necessarily what could happen. And it’s good that you were talking it out with the athletic trainer
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I been meanin’ to post a question. Maybe that’ll help.
So I got this check for doing my Morning Edition piece last month. And I’m thinkin’, “Self, you been pretty good this year. Ya been flossin’ and makin’ sure you call yer mom on a regular basis. Treat yerself to somethin’ nice.”
So I’m prob’ly gonna git me a Giants away jersey. But I cain’t decide which one: The “SAN FRANCISCO” one or the new interlockin’ logo one.
I really want it to say “SAN FRANCISCO,” but the pipin’ breaks up the words. I don’t like it. So that would argue for the SF one. But that one only kinda strikes my fancy.
Suggestions?
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I have had this same discussion with my self repeatedly since they added the piping to the away jerseys.
I like the one that spells out San Francisco, but like you, I think the piping breaks it up in an aesthetically displeasing way. So that makes me want to opt for the SF logo version. But then I keep thinking that I like the other one.
For this reason, I don’t own one yet.
On the other hand, I’m looking to get a San Jose Giants away jersey. But alas, no lady jerseys. I guess I can cross-dress for that one.
I’m decidedly undecided on both issues.
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by can of corn on Feb 18, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Alternate jerseys are evil.
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NO U R
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ya know… personally i kinda want to go after that new jersey, always liked the jerseys they wore in the 80s. That being said, the only reason is because i already own a SAN FRANCISCO jersey, but even if i didn’t own one, i’d still go after a jersey with the SF logo.
More of a classic look
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But they were using the SAN FRANCISCO jerseys long before the SF ones!
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THATS WHY I WANT THE SF LOGO jerseys
It’s a sweet jersey and something different
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Buy an older road jersey. I’m sure you can still find them.
So...I've decided to about Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
You get a commission for doing a piece that makes it onto Morning Edition?
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Seems a little funny, since it’s coming from the government and all.
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But good for you all the same!
Get that awesome jersey. I sure don’t have one.
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/activates DGAF switch
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
It’s a new thing I’m trying so I don’t get pissed at people.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Apropos of nothing, you are one of my favorite people. :) Hope that you have great plans for this weekend!
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Shit, buy a CD you’ll still be listening to in 12 years. Or just buy an mp3 player and load it up with glorious free illegal downloads.
So...I've decided to about Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Thee interest rate on those things is pathetic.
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Credit unions are your friends.
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Go to the beach!
Just go to a Marin beach and use the San Rafael bridge!
So...I've decided to about Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Will Maya Rudolph reprise her Whitney Houston tonight on SNL?
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Sadly, Maya’s Whitney impersonation will be another innocent victim of Whitney’s death.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Did you hear?
Whitney beat Bobby Brown to death
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I heard Jeremy Lin killed Whitney
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 18, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
He committed a case of Linicide?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Linconceivable!
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
I haven’t liked SNL since the Phil Hartman days.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I haven’t liked SNL since [when I was a teenager].
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So yesterday?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
No, I mean that’s what everyone says.
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But I was a teenager when Eddie Murphy was there.
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I think everybody has to say at least once “I don’t like SNL since (insert time they were a teenager or kid)” It’s the law or something
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 6:21 PM PST up reply actions
SMC vs. Murray St. @ 3 pm on ESPN!
Maybe SMC will decide to actually show up for this game
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Holt OUT, Delly injured... i'm gonna go for a run before the game
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So am I
if by run you mean hard alcohol run.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
HA
no drinking for me man, haven’t drank in over a month
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I'm giving up hard A for Lent
which is basically (for me) all alcohol except wine with a good steak like once a month. I don’t really drink beer
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? haha
wow really? you don’t drink beer much?
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Naw
I sometimes have 1 or 2 on a rare occasion like I’m at Pyramid Brewery or Tidehouse. I bought a 12 pack of Stella Artois 2 months ago and I still have 1 in the fridge. Beer is too carby, I love it, but its the worst of the alcohols when you are working out (despite those tests that say having a beer rehydrates you more than water after a workout)
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Good call, Pyramid’s a good brewery, even for food! It’s damn good. You have good taste sir. And yea, although i do tend to lose weight when i drink, moreso because i don’t eat after or during.
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I definitely gain it
My weight has fluctuated decently over the last few years though. I’m 5’11 and I was 144 pounds at one point, now I’m around 180 quite a bit stronger. Never at a point do I eat during or after drinking as well. It takes time away from my first love, vodka.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Really? haha, i guess the metabolism is different, that’s weird.
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I was a skeleton at 144
Now I look like I ate my former self, in a good way.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
was gonna say, that's a more HEALTHY weight
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It is
I blame myself really for letting my ex control our foodstuffs while I worked. She was 95-100 pounds and wanted to get down to 90-92. We had many arguments over her body image.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
yea… personally i just eat what i want and work out, if someone wants to criticize my weight, go for it… Girlfriend is basically the same way… But it can get to a point where you say, “alright, i need to seriously not eat that doughnut” i look good/better than i did, weighed 290 at one point 3 years ago, i’m at 240 now. Girlfriend is like 6’ so yea
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6 feet? Damn!
I dated a girl once that was 5’11. She competed in the Miss teen SF pageant and was wearing 5 inch heels. I’ve never been intimidated by height except then. Holy crap she was tall. Her parents were tall. I should have had her sister put me on her shoulders so I could be up there with them.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
yea, love girls who are tall. Woa, really? haha, well if she’s taller than you i’d be a little intimidated for sure. haha, that just would’ve made it more awkward if her sister did that to you
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I'm dating a girl now that is 5'10
and shes gorgeous. As you probably know from your GF, she’s massively self-conscious about it.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yep… my girlfriend is definitely self-conscious about some things, i mean, hell, we’re all self-conscious about something though, i was about my weight for a while, didn’t want to take my shirt off going swimming
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I guess that's true
we all find something to feel awkward about. It reminds me of The Sopranos with Johnny Sac’s wife, Jinny. She tries all these things to lose weight because she sees the other wives of his friends. He gets mad at her because he never said he demanded her to look that way because he loves who she is.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
He was my favorite
he was calculated. He had a few hot buttons (which Ralphie found out) but he was a shrewd business man in the show.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
always avoided it in mass quantity
Gin blossoms.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
OT: Girl Scout Cookies
You know, for some reason, I always thought the “Tagalongs” were called “Tagalogs,” like the language. Also, these cookies are great, even though the Girl Scouts are running a racket here.
Adopted Giant: Josh Osich
its a total racket
but d’awwwwww
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
I'm a Thin Mints man
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 18, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Samoas
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Thin Mints
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
SAMOAS!!
but seriously, thin mints
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Feb 18, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
mmmmmmmmmm, samoas
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Samoans, Tagalogs
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Buy some thin mints, stick them in the freezer..... Buy some Thin Mints, stick them in the freezer....
So good.
by fishmicmuffin on Feb 18, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
I read this as Thin Mets, and I’m not sure why. Maybe it was that extended shot of Mr. Met that I saw last night.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Mr. Met has been doing yay
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
thin mints are the only way to go
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 18, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
mmm, Thin Mints
but the scouts are so old fashioned that they still use HFCS & hydrogenates, at least the last time I checked.
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in this line.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 18, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
my neighbors just hit me up—I opened the door and the little girl jammed a box of thin’s in my hand; how’d she know?
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ITS A TRAP
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
I need Samoas
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
There's a terrifying billboard on Business 80 advertising the girl scouts
Samoas are good.
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Could be a Daric-Barton-when-he’s-good type at a corner, but the bat speed is limited…
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by Auriliaalwaysremembered on Feb 18, 2012 12:31 PM PST reply actions
What's the general consensus with the Giants this year as opposed to last?
They look exactly the same to me, except maybe a little bit more of a running threat on the bases. I don’t think we are going to get as lucky this year with our pitching staff health but maybe Posey can cure what ails us.
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every player is going to live up to best case scenario
the team will win 140+ games
and not lose a single playoff game
this is the general consensus
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 18, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
General consensus is that Sabean is an idiot and had a terrible off season. The team is counting on players to come back from injuries or to fight age. We except to compete due to our absurd pitching advantage. We don’t expect to win do to terrible player mismanagement.
So...I've decided to about Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
My guess is that if you read elsewhere, the general consensus isn’t all the end is nigh
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
End is nigh? That’s not what I said at all. But Sabean had a pretty much horrible offseason.
So...I've decided to about Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
I just meant almost everyone on the board has been pretty down about everything and some don’t even think the team will make the playoffs and I just don’t think that’s the attitude outside of McC. I think most experts are either going with us to win the West or the DBacks with a good chance of making the Wild Card if not and your average fan is just happy Buster’s back.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not geeked on what Sabean did with the offseason
Although I have my reserved hopes about what the offense may do, especially compared to last year. Pagan and Cabrera will probably provide offensive upgrades over the production the Giants got out of those positions last year, but I’m not sure they wouldn’t have gotten those same upgrades from Torres and Belt playing healthy and full-time.
Not to mention it wouldn’t have cost them any assets that they could have used to, I don’t know, acquire one of those league-average hitting shortstops the Red Sox were giving away with both hands.
But really, as the season approaches, you nailed it at the end there. It’s boiling down to me just being happy Buster is back. Yay, Buster!
Anybody going to Scottsdale?
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Park and era adjusted, Baseball Reference says Jeff Cirillo would have had a .264/.331/.384 line, and averaged 10 HRs a year. I would be happy if Gillaspie reached those levels.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
he was pretty decent until he got hurt.
I see that in 2001, Cirillo hit .313/.364/.473 in 586 PA and only had an OPS+ of 98. I find that pretty remarkable.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 18, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah. It’s weird how he basically hit the same as in Milwaukee, but in the best possible hitting environment, so it masked what was actually a decline. Then Seattle paid him big bucks and…ew.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
yeah, in 2000 his numbers were better and OPS+ was only 100. It also says a lot about how much league wide offense was being produced in those days.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 18, 2012 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
lol early 00s colorado
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Gillaspie
as a normal player sure .264/.331/.384
oh yeah he’s a Giant.
.264/.270/.321
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
I've been saying this about Gillaspie
Before I was even right.
I think he’s pretty much a lock to have a positive WAR in his career. Something like 20 WAR over a 10 year career of starting and super subbing with adequate defense and a good OBP keeping him ahead the Keppingers and Bloomquists of the world.
That being said, he’s also not likely to break out and become a franchise player, but he’s also pretty likely to contribute positively. But the Giants might be better off trading him to a team that has terrible third basemen .
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Joba not in the best shape of his life
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 12:59 PM PST reply actions
it works for CC
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 18, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
m00bs
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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that’s what happens when you’re afraid to let a pitcher pitch more than a 1/3 of an inning
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
That dude really relies on vertical stripes.
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by howtheyscored on Feb 18, 2012 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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Mayor of Smug.
Who's the next team to get back to glory days?
My guess is the 49ers. I really see the Giants kinda wading in a pool right now. Other teams improve and yet the Giants seem to hope to do juussssst well enough to eek into the playoffs and win out.
I really hope the Warriors get better. It’s been way too long since they were relevant. The fact that that franchise holds on to the WE BELIEVE so dearly a few years back is sad.
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Gaels
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zing!
but seriously they always find a way to stumble in the last few months.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
HOLT
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BEATRICE!
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair,
The two seasons that “WE BELIEVE” was actually relevent were amazing
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Feb 18, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
They were
because the team was desperate to actually have some hope until it all again slipped away. I want to see the Warriors get there. The fans are die-hard and deserve it. I want to see the Warriors with a solid 3-4 year playoff-bound team.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
The only way the Warriors are gonna get better is to start losing…NOW. It’s gonna be ridiculous if they lose their draft pick by a couple of wins. I think they are cursed. So many poor decisions in the 90s and they have never recovered.
So...I've decided to about Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
yeah
death really is in mediocrity.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
and in choosing coaches over superstar players
and letting big men walk by giving them stupid contracts
and rehiring bad coaches after letting them go when you should have kept the star in the first place (even if he was an ass)
So...I've decided to about Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
it's a players league
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It sure is
ask Sloan!
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
That whole situation pisses me the fuck off though
one of the best Coaches in the NBA, basically fired because of Derron Williams who then leaves to NJ, what a dick
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Let Bob Myers be the GM and stop having Riley make dumb decisions, and let's see what happens
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IF they have the protected pick in the first round
they have a solid chance at getting a big right?
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
um… there’s really only two bigs in the draft, Drummond and Anthony Davis… if you want to call Sullinger a BIG you can do that, but the only players i’d want the warriors to get are Drummond and Davis. Anthony Davis is just a flat out STUD.
They have to either tank BIG TIME, which i dont see them doing, or trading assets so they can really get going on rebuilding. Keep Klay, Rush, Udoh, everyone else though? on the table, Lee is starting to earn his money’s worth though
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Davis will never fall to the Warriors. He’s freaking incredible
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 18, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
he's #1, and it's almost impossible to lose as much as the Bobcats
who have the worst owner in basketball
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I like Lee
he seems to be decent, slightly overpaid, but decent. I agree with you I think when you have such a logjam of shooting guards you need to start finding out what you can get.
I think Anthony Davis was the guy I Was thinking of.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
Yea, the ONLY problem about Lee outside his defense is the fact he’s overpaid, he’s pretty decent, match him up with a good CENTER, not Udoh, who’s a forward, or Biedrins who’s pointless, or Tyler who’s not developed yet.
Plus, what they failed to do last year was develop ANYBODY, Smart played Acie Law instead of rookies, and even hardly played Ekpe, so i ask “what was the point of 2010-11 season?” At least Jackson is giving minutes to Klay, Tyler, but i want to see more from Jenkins instead of Nate
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Jackson
He’s been kind of ho-hum for me, but he is an improvement over Smart. Yeah I’m glad when the rookies play hard and as a team they get to stay out there. I like how Biedrins is again awful and again complaining about his situation. Why did they not amnesty him again?
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
Jackson is just another Singletary, no real X’s and O’s… but at least he has Malone who’s regarded as one of the best assistant coaches in the league, so it wouldn’t surprise me if Malone soon becomes head coach, in a year or so… but at the same time i doubt they’d want to switch coaches again. Malone is the X’s and O’s guy.
Didn’t amnesty him because they thought he would be useful and regain his youth… hence, morons
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thats right
they’d rather amnesty the guy that showed up drunk to his own DUI trial.
Yeah Malone. I think they got him here with the promise that he would be head coach sooner than other teams, or at least Malone saw the HC turmoil and knew he could pounce once he’s in.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Yup… pretty pathetic.
Pretty much, i mean, i don’t know if they want Malone as the head coach though, so far so good, just growing pains.
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yeah
I’m glad to see Klay doing really well and kind of edging the Monta era to be over. I really hope they can fetch some nice things for Monta.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
they’d get more for Steph, since he’s on his rookie deal still. Monta, who knows man. Just hope Myers is given a bigger role so we can see what him and West want to do with the team
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they would
but I could see them holding onto him despite his noodle ankle. In reality I see the Warriors moving to SF in the next 10 years. Oracle is old, Oakland isn’t a destination spot and so much of the NBA is about being in a place that attracts FAs (either with winning or city alone)
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
"he can walk, and he doesn't strike out a lot"
Steve Decker and the Giants organization should be able to fix that.
Has anyone else wondered what Bam Bam’s hitting credentials are? His minors batting stats tell me he should not be allowed near a bat.
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by Amigo on Feb 21, 2012 3:23 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Luckily, he isn’t allowed to actually hit.
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by Johnny Disaster on Feb 21, 2012 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
Dragon Ball GT sucks ass
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 1:23 PM PST reply actions
I’ve never seen it.
GT is the anime-only stuff, right?
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by howtheyscored on Feb 18, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
It is awful
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
“I shaved my moustache, you idiot!”
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by howtheyscored on Feb 18, 2012 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
So I just purchased MLB.tv
Better not suck
Giant Dirtbags: :(
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 1:29 PM PST reply actions
i just did the same thing!!! premium
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Nice
Yeah, Premium here too
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
It’s real cool you can watch it on a gaming system and also get the at-bat free with it, did you do the minor league pass as well?
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No
I passed on the MiLB deal
Giant Dirtbags: :(
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
Yea… same, didn’t feel it was worth it, feel csn covers some minor league games so i’m good
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San Jose games, right? i remember them doing that last year, it's pretty sweet
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yea, the 29th
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Yep I did too
I’m trying to pick out some east coast and midwest teams to watch before Giants games now.
Tigers for me
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watch some Bautista?
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J.P. Arencibia
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Rasmus
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by Auriliaalwaysremembered on Feb 18, 2012 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
Encarnacion
We’re naming increasingly shitty players, right?
Sergio Santos!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 18, 2012 8:30 PM PST up reply actions
Tigers!
Hell yeah. My AL team.
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kinda want to go to a few Tiger games this summer if i'm out there
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I get EI every year
I look at the rest of the league as just a bunch of players instead of different teams. So I pick the games I watch before the Giants game starts based on who is pitching, the ballpark they are in, potential unusual scenarios going on at the time (no hitters, hitting streaks, etc).
Baseball, man. It fucking rules.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
GOLF>BASEBALL
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nah
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
YOU GUYS ARE HORRIBLE
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lololol U!
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OMG YOU SON OF A BITCH! CORN WILL CUT YOU!
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a corn can't cut anything
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But a can, will!
"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
LOLEXPERIENCE
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"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
LOL the painting of the ships in the background!
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
Bruce Campbell just makes 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
put Bruce Campbell in all the things!
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
was he the guy in that Elvis impersonator movie? that was a great one.
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I think in any game where it’s completely frowned upon for the crowd to make noise because it might throw somebody off from doing something other athletes have to do amidst loud and thunderous noise can’t really be considered a serious sport
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
What channel?
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
Sweet. thanks
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
I just ordered a Slingbox so i can watch the Giants from the office. Now I have to decide on whether to keep MLB.TV. Hard to justify…
Great idea! Yea i have slingbox as well, one of the best purchases i ever made
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I hate blackout rules for that
Folks in Iowa are blacked out from watching the Twins, Royals, White Sox, Brewers, Cubs, and Cardinals so if youre a giants fan in iowa anytime the giants play one of those teams you don’t get see those games
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 18, 2012 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
Well it is a good thing I do not live in Iowa. When blacked out for games @ LAD i will just have to watch the home feed on my TV.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
You will love it
You get home and away in HD for every game. I have been on since 2003 and it has gotten better every year. It has allowed me to watch the Giants every game while living in Mississippi.
Is there any delay compared to the TV feed?
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
good
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
I have always had dreams that they would both be productive on the same team someday...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Wichita State got home runs from Tyler Weber and Conor Gillaspie and held off a Florida State rally to defeat the Seminoles 10-7 Friday in the NCAA Super Regional opener.
The Shockers (48-15) used a third-inning, two-run homer from Weber to erase a 1-0 deficit and then got a three-run blast from Gillaspie in the sixth to take a 9-3 lead.
Watching Vince Coleman and Jamie Moyer's sons play college ball makes me feel old.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
by bigboneded on Feb 18, 2012 1:52 PM PST via mobile reply actions
ESPN just tweeted an apology for the Lin thing.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 1:56 PM PST reply actions
i mean... doesnt matter though
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yeah
what’s done is done. There is enough racism in sports. Remember those Fukudome shirts? It’s all fun and games until you realize the people that own your business are Chinese entrepreneurs.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
Or that the country that owns our national debt is…you know, China
"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
My thoughts exactly
look at Gilbert Godfrey. He had his job as the Aflac duck and made an insensitive comment during the Japan tsunamis. Oops, Aflac does 75% of its business in Japan. You’re fired. Face.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
The Aflac Duck is hilarious and all, but GEEZ! Godrey was a freaking moron!
"It is not enough that we win; all others must lose" -Larry Ellison
"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
exactly
you want to be a shock comedian? go for it, but know who pays your bills and don’t be surprised when people call for your head.
Hell even Louis CK references this in regards to people askign him to be funny on his twitter account. He won’t do it, it’s too exposed. Smart man.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
You may look like a tool with a stick up his you know what, but it’s better than pissing off the people who sign your checks
"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
yup yup
in my mind we just high-fived.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
High-five!
"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
true, but when you hire someone makes a living being offensive, you have to know what you’re getting into.
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
Don't panic! Yes, Panik!
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 18, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
I still don’t like them calling it a mistake. Minimizes it. “Oopsy!”
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THIS
how are they not ALL fired?
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
It's ESPN
It’s hard to pick just ONE idiot
"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
but I said “ALL”!
This day and age, I say fire the lot of em, remind them it’s tough to be unemployed, especially when the potential hirers (???) find out you got fired for being stupid and insensitive (or worse, just lazy because you didn’t bother to get this pulled before it went to the public)
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
But then who would supply the world with sports news??
"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
why does anyone have to?
if you think about it, back when there wasn’t tv/video coverage, print news and radio announcers were the only way to get info on games, stats, players, etc…how refreshing would it be to watch footage, a game, an interview, without the constant droning of idiot “experts” who all have a biased agenda (either due to personal preference or slant from network) anyway, simply because we can now all WATCH IT OURSELVES! just sayin’…
K&K, Mr. Flemming and HoFer Jon Miller, are the exception, of course! ;D
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
But we need to hear all about the East Coast sports team 24/7. Who’s going to do that for us?
"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
All Jeter, All the Time!
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
No, it’s All Brady, All Day
"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 AM SOOOOOO PUMPED TO GET PISSED OFF AT TODAYS GAME!!! GO GAELS
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PIST PUMP
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
GO MURRAY STATE!
am i doin this rite??
"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
GO ROOT FOR THE DODGERS! actually that's rude, my bad
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HOW DARE YOU SIR!
But in all honesty, who ELSE can get injured for the Gaels? I mean sheesh /knocks on wood
"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 know seriously... it's just at the worst time
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GO GAELS
Ben Enos @Ben_Enos
Good news Gaels nation. Delly is on the court and warming up.
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GO GAELS X2
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piss!
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Now you’re urinating on the gym floor? RUDE
"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
LOL
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Just watch, it’s going to end up being SMC players that are going to slip in that piss and get injured. Just you watch….smh
"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
oh... it's gonna be Delly getting hurt too... plus it's going to be
an EPIC beat down by Murray State, it happens every fucking year… i’m going for a run, be back by gametime
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/wood goes on DL
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
/luck takes a break
"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
From Baggs
Yes, Matt Cain is selling his home in the Diamond Heights section of San Francisco. No, it doesn’t mean he’s putting his affairs in order to leave as a free agent after the season.
Cain plans to live in another part of the city this year, and there remains plenty of mutual interest – as well as ongoing dialogue – in signing a long-term extension to remain with the Giants. "We’d all like something resolved by the end of spring training," a relaxed Cain said after reporting to Scottsdale Stadium on Saturday. "I don’t think either side wants that to linger into the season." Cain appeared a bit trimmer and said he "definitely tried to get in a better routine" this past offseason.
"In September and October, I want to feel as fresh as I can," Cain said. "I want to keep finding out ways to get better."
Cain’s game off the tee appears to be getting better every year. His gorilla drives generated a lot of buzz when he made the cut at the AT&T Pro-Am at Pebble Beach last week. Cain also enjoyed the experience of playing with 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh.
"I thought I was intense…" Cain said.
Read more: Cain, Giants continue talks toward long-term extension
Tune to SportsNet Central at 6, 10:30 and midnight on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area for more on this story
DONT LIVE IN SF!!!
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Cain
sign that man. He bleeds black and orange, which is a terrible disorder and should be looked at. He’s team first, solid, and hilarious.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
The countdown has started
New contract by April or he hits free agency.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think they will dick around with him too much
as long as the Giants know that a hometown discount doesn’t mean he’s 50% off.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
Sounds like he's ready to play in the big leagues right now for the Giants.
Kentrell Hill, OF, San Francisco Giants: Drafted in the 10th round from Arkansas Baptist JC, Hill has noisy tools with above-average speed, a strong throwing arm, and some power potential. He hit just .256/.316/.360 in the Arizona Rookie League, with poor plate discipline, but the Giants knew he was raw and will be patient.
Done deal, he can start in front of Melky!
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LOUD NOISES
Bochy: “It’s going to be competitive with Huff and Belt and Pill.” Giants counting on Huff to bounce back, tho. All will see time at 1B, LF.
Also I am sure this is BREAKING.
So Shift A and all that.
I’m expecting this. Because RBIs.
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It will come down to who hits better against the other team's roster fillers
Because spring training numbers
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Pill hits 30 homers
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I just hope that when Pill fizzles out they send him away instead of keeping him in the line-up at Belt’s expense. This is getting ridiculous.
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Maybe someone will trade for Huff in spring training, then Pill will hit terribly… maybe
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If it's just open tryouts at 1B
they should add Oropesa, Tommy Joseph, and Hector Sanchez into the race.
it doesnt matter
once whoever it is goes 1 for 4, hello Huff again.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Conor Gillespie has paid his dues
They should start him at 1B. See how I tied this back into Grant’s post?
Seriously though
Conor has about the same OPS over the years (.773 vs .775) and last year (.842 vs. .871) in the minors as Pill does. I see just as much reason to give Conor a shot at 1B as I do Pill.
Bats left, though, right?
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I like how Pill is exactly the same as Huff and Belt, never mind that the other two have actually done things in their career.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Rib eyes, biatch
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I wonder if Bochy knows that the only person who isn’t doing a face palm whenever he says something like that is Pill
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
has anyone else had Albhorz persian cuisine before?
in Walnut Creek?
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Butt pee
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Feb 18, 2012 2:31 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
served over rice?
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
Ass curry
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
there’s a pill for that
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
never
there was a great chinese place there, the place was always packed, and the owners still ran them out. I think it was some kind of preferred ethnic thing, as Albhorz seems to be empty most of the time.
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in 1:24
this is going to turn into a SMC gamethread with a lot of profanity and crying. I will supply both because I’m a little pussy.
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Every last one of them, yes.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
I can vaguely understand getting all het up about somewhere you went, but isn’t it a bit odd if you didn’t?
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Sundrendy!
I agree, but I’m not a die-hard collegiate sports guy. I guess it has something to do with something.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Don’t you root for Oklahoma or something?
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If “root” is construed as “acknowledging the presence of about once a year.”
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Fits my definition!
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This is a completely different argument. Mr. Luzian wondered why people who never attended a particular university would live and die by the exploits of that institution’s sports teams.
And, you know, I wonder the same thing about high school sports. I’ve seen that level of fanaticism over high school sports.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
In America, pro sports teams tend to have much weaker group identifications than in Europe. College sports is the repository of group identity instead.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
by El Person on Feb 18, 2012 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You must never have met a Cowboys or Raiders fan
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
I’m not going to make a decision on this all-important jersey question today. This is tough.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
Have you considered all things?
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I really wish they would not have ruined the away jerseys with that black piping
It is awful
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
The '60s away jerseys were pretty sweet
The ones from the ‘50s were even better, but you can’t make those work with SAN FRANCISCO, unfortunately.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
That is pretty awesome.
The weather is Bumgarner, traffic’s the shits and you guys need to be nice to each other.
they look comfy
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Feb 18, 2012 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
Hello!
My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
by free f.p. #14 on Feb 18, 2012 2:56 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
You keep using that word
I do not think it means what you think it means.
"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
by Mdizzle138 on Feb 18, 2012 2:59 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
ack
Reply fail
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
SMC SMC NO MERCY!
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This is good
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GO GAELS
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GO RAC....er Dons?
"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
Waldow needs to step up BIG TIME
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yes
yes he does.
Steindl needs to get on fire too
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
If Murray State doesn't cool off from deep, it's over
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lawdy
they have to stop hitting those 3s
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
one of the top shooting teams in the nation
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Yeah, well the Warriors are the best 3 pt. shooting team in the NBA, but they go cold all the time! Oh, what’s that? Different story…oh ok
"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
well, difference is, the Gaels are the same type of team with one thing Murray State doesnt have
a big man down low
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So…..Murray State is the Warriors?
"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
more like both teams
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Sorry, where is he?
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HAHAHA, but he's not bad
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YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME
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BEAUX!! From Lafayette
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wtf
are you kidding me?
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Thank you Rob Jones
for getting us some consistency
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Best Defense they've played in a while
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definitely
a far cry from WCC defenses
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
Yea, and by the way, this is Murray States first ranked team they’ve played i believe?
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nope
they played memphis earlier in the year. I think this is the highest ranked team they have played though
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
MEMPHIS!?!??!!?? that's it?
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276 strength of schedule
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that's it
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
I'm sorry, i don't understand a charge in basketball anymore
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Feet are planted, don’t move, and make sure you’ve been there a half a second before the guy driving. That, or the guy you’re guarding just lowers his shoulder and trucks you like a running back. What was the missed call this time?
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But if you’re already driving to the lane and pretty much in the air?
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And someone planted themselves under you? Yeah, that should be a blocking call…but I would need to see the clip
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
ha, need to check the tape… at least that’s what it looked like
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Who do you think I am? Mike Singletary???
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
absolutely
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holy 3's batman
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Murray State is reaching ALOT
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NICE BLOCK(S)
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THAT IS NOT A FOUL
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ball don't lie
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word
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
CONGRATS DELLY!!!! All time leader in assists at SMC
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woohoo!
also you have to hit that open 3
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
Who do you think he is?
Anthony Morrow?
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
You HAVE to close out on the 3 point shooter
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Dick Vitale is correct
no 3’s = no win for SMC. They have to start hitting it from the perimeter to open up some lanes.
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Awesome.
FSAthletics @FSAthletics
SB: Michelle Moses has 6 strikeouts in 2 innings. Scoreless going to the bottom of the 2nd from Bulldog Diamond. #GoDogs
Still shocked that Brad Waldow is only a freshman
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he's got poise
reminds me of Delly when he was a frosh
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
only at like, 6'10/6'11 and has post moves
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and passing skills
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haha
also Delly c’mon man. that 2 times now open 3’s and nothing.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
he's got to man, eventually someone other than Steindl has to
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I honestly don't feel bad right now about a 9 point defecit
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Needs more Delly
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half
9 down? I guess it could be worse. Both teams are showing a little bit of struggle. Rebounding for Murray State and perimeter offense for SMC. I think this is the type of game that can switch fast as I really don’t see either team as dominant. SMC has to avoid their usual lackluster starts and come out swinging when the next half starts.
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FUCK IT
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WARRIORS SHOULD GO AFTER SAMHAN
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Too much d-bag factor
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by LincecumFTK on Feb 18, 2012 4:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
haha, rec'd
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nice
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
HEY GAELS - MAKE A FANSHOT TO LIVEBLOG THE GAME, WOULD YOU PLEASE?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
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AT LEAST WE'RE NOT LIN-BLOGGING
"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
WHY WOULD YOU EVEN SAY THAT!?
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BECAUSE IT'S THE TRUTH
"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
It is not the truth, sir
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"Light Tower Power":http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110603&content_id=19967984&vkey=draftcentral2011
by LincecumFTK on Feb 18, 2012 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
Think about it, man
Lin-blogging would be much…MUCH worse
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
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YOU LOVE US
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Well the Sac State rugby team won, go them. And I caught a ball, you don’t get to keep the rugby balls though, you have to throw it back to the players.
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hard to hold out on rugby players if you wanted to keep it or wanted to bargain
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
Well the guy ran over to the sideline in such a hurry I figured he wanted it back right quick. And he was on our team so I threw it right back. If it woulda been the other team’s guy…meh…
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CMON YOUNG
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HAHA
Daniel Brown @mercbrownie
RT @JanieMcCAP #Marlins Scott Cousins says he’s now No. 6 for former #Giants J.T. Snow, his favorite growing up. Gave old #33 to Rowand.
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why the hell would you let Rowand do that to you!?!?!
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aaaaand
we still hate you scott cousins
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
I hope that you don't actually mean that.
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ok hate is too strong of a word
but I’m defensive of my buster posey dammit. Not having him basically destroyed our chance of repeating.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
So conor gillaspie is a cheater?!?
by Anonymous1337 on Feb 18, 2012 4:20 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Follow JustinBeiber? I don’t get it.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
Wow SMC
Wow.
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WOW FANSHOT PLEASE WOW
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Why?
People get to live blog tv shows and have huge subthreads about random random crap, but we can’t talk about basketball? Just z past it like everyone else.
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by LincecumFTK on Feb 18, 2012 4:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I have to agree
I z past the Parks and Rec, soccer and hockey talk
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by SFGuy on Feb 18, 2012 4:36 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
this
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i'm just going to comply with it, not going to talk about the Gaels today
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Yeah, I'm not disagreeing with it.
I’m just wondering.
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this
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
video games?
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Well
subthread discussions are different than 3 people basically GDTing a college basketball game.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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Well then, the Sharks live blogging should probably stop too.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
hey, i agree with that
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
though I GDT niners games on here so maybe i'm being hypocritical
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
But most all of us were watching the games then. It was a little different situation, I think
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Yup.
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It's the off season
It’s not like pictures are being spammed. I just skip the College Basketball parts. Am I missing something?
If there’s another reason these OT things shouldn’t be allowed I’m genuinely curious as to what they are.
i think when it's just one word comments that are like
WOW!!!!
or
[PLAYER NAME]!
it gets a little annoying if you’re not watching
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Stuff that is annoying aside, I’m just wondering if there is a bandwidth problem, cost problem, mobile device problem, etc.
That would more of pictures being posted than just the posts itself.
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I bring this up because when I use the SB Nation iPhone app, it won’t load more than about 600 comments to a thread. It’s confusing to see where the thread really is and I just go back to the web browser to see the long thread instead.
Maybe I’m just doing it wrong.
So mobile doesn’t load up the full thread.
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The problem is that there's no clear way to tell what's okay and what isn't
Discussion should only be restricted if it’s clear that everyone’s really annoyed by it and it’s brought up arbitrarily.
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C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
maybe a little bit
I understand though. You really do your best here and i know college basketball isn’t the same as NFL in terms of people wanting to talk, but we don’t have many other mediums and to be pushed out because it’s a minority seems overboard.
I definitely dont want to take away from Giants talk. That why were here right? I just saw it as harmless in a pretty dead thread while still encouraging Giants talk when it comes up.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
and Chopped
(btw, I don’t think it should)
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i've live blogged chopped maybe once? and it was like 4 comments
and it was also a joke because it was a night where everyone was live blogging whatever tv show they were watching
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
and warriors to a lesser extent
I participate in any conversations that are going on in the top thread. Giants stuff? sure. Food? sure why not. Gaels? Yup. Local team with no blog to go to.
its not just a college basketball game. its the LOCAL top basketball team.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
oooooo! them's fightin' words!
MEROPE! I’ll hold him down, you tickle him til he pees!
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
Lol “he”
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
U R 5
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
/shrug
Just pointing it out
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
I’ll go with whatever Merope agrees with in terms of her opinion on this for sharks games
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I mean I like the Sharks/Warriors and watch both of them.
But cmon, its only fair. If we can’t do it, they shouldn’t be allowed to either
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Oh no i agree totally. I also agree when people say “boyle” or something like that, say something that goes along with it. It’s fine if we were talking about SMC basketball as a whole or about the performance of a game, just not saying “omg that was horrible” so i understand.
However, if we’re talking about just taking out talking about local sports and colleges all together, i have to disagree big time
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If we listen to Can of Corn, then NOTHING else should be posted except the Giants or baseball.
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that's what i got out of it...
not sure what’s going on with the giants right now though
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I'll say this, and leave it at that... depression sets in
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There’s a difference between some organic OT and liveblogging a college basketball game. I’m not looking for some binary solution here. Give me some credit.
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by can of corn on Feb 18, 2012 4:58 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
/gives you rec
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moreso because i'm tired about this, so i stopped liveblogging totally
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A small minority live blog hockey. I just “z” right through it.
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exactly
this is the way it should be, its really not that difficult.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
i do get your point
again I wasn’t seeing any pushed off Giants talk going on from you or anybody. If you want to talk Giants then by all means give it to us. If not? I may talk about my local college team playing the biggest game in their year. I do apologize for the random quick comments but the game is fast and gut wrenching
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 5:08 PM PST up reply actions
What should stop is the
BOYLE! and nothing else listed in the post.
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What's the downside?
I mean is it a technical reason? Your iPhone won’t load all the posts in this thread or something?
its taking away from all the other vibrant subthreads
on this fine saturday afternoon
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah well I’m sure there is something here we all don’t give 2 hoots about and have to z through. I couldn’t care less about most tv programs, Game of Thrones, and video gaming but hey, I z through it. If we’re all sitting around in some big old cyber livingroom and there’s a conversation by the fireplace that doesn’t interest me, I’ll go sit by the window.
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TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I'm going to liveblog the Madden game I'm about to play
and the Sleigh Bells album I’m listening to while playing it
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
the koopas in that movie are so creepy
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
“Good catch, huh, Mario? I should try out for the Yankees!”
In case you forgot they were from New York.
Howie’s the only mod who can do that.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
If I pass out pie, will every one just CALM THE HELL DOWN?!
I say this with love, of course
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
seriously, i could use some
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What about the cakes?
You’re ignoring the minority! But, yes please
"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
/slides you a piece of cake on the sly
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
/shrug
I eat both any way NOMNOM
"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
depends
pie could mean pizza, in which case im in.
cake forever.
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
that’s why I went with pie, I’m no N00B! ;)
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
That’s because you’re hiding your allegiance to the Cookies!
"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
wait
what kind of pie?
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
Wait this whole discussion is OT!!!
We’re live blogging about handing out pies!
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by CalBear949 on Feb 18, 2012 4:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
/takes CalBear’s piece away
not for being awnry, but for being a Cal fan Bahahahahahahahaha!!!
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
Tsk tsk
You agreed to root for the Bears after losing a bet two years ago
"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
/waves arm
I’m not the Ggal you’re looking for….
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
You are not one with the force yet Padawan.
"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’m up to HERE with the force, whatareyoutalkingabout?!?
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
I sense not many midi-chlorians within you padawan.
"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
but I shower every day! D:
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
uh…..this went no where really fast
"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
yeah, I’ll admit, it was a stretch, midi-chlorians make me think of chlorine for some reason, there’s chlorine in H2O…
/shows self out
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
/sound of crickets chirping
"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's okay
I am a cake fan anyways.
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wrecked
truthiness
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 5:09 PM PST up reply actions
chocolate, or fruit (I have lemon, raspberry, or apricot)
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
Pumpkin? Or is that the holidays only?
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well, they do serve pumpkin pancakes at Fat Apples in Berkeley all year round
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should have pumpkin served all year round
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seasonal pies are seasonal
no pumpkin!
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
pumpkin's too good to keep away for the year
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It would be awesome, if it weren’t for the fact that someone in the family is allergic to cinnamon. I miss pumpkin pie …. =(
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ohhhhh, damn :(
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And simple Apple Pie for that matter…..at least I can settle for custard and banana cream. Mmmm
"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
Not a big fan of bananas, or custard really, haha, :(
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anyone remember those little chocolate (cream?) pies from KFC back in the day? with the little dollup of whip cream and chocolate sprinkles? I was always suspicious because of the pie crust…that don’t make no sense!
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
whoopie pies?
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nah, they were little pies, maybe the size of your hand, in a little pie pan and it was regular pie crust with chocolate cream filling and then the aforementioned accoutrements. IMO chocolate cream pie should have a chocolate cookie crust :D
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
huh
that sounds pretty damn good actually, pie crust is sooooooo good
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i hate pie crust. But can we keep this on topic of pies? crust needs a fanshot
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
chillllll, it’s cool, i know we’re heated, but chilllll, they’ll still be in the tournament. And pie crust is VERY fattening
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yeah it is!
Born hot-blooded irishman! it is very fattening and I’d rather drink if im going to be bad. The only thing that is bad that burns calories is….well…..
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
it wasn’t all that great, I preferred my grandma’s pudding and the pie crust was just off putting. I think it’s why I was never a fan of pie, til I found pocket pies!
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
YES! pudding is a much better descriptor! so you remember them?
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
What family is pudding part of?
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Custard?
"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 is GENERAL Custard, to you sir
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Where did all these damn baked goods come from?
"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
because people gotta CHILL THE HELL OUT
about fanshots and subthreads, so SoCal girl offered us a ton of baked goods and PIE
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sorry, sorry, clearly my plan backfired…I’ll stop
I’M STOPPING!
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
Oh nooo, i'm saying it worked
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Woodrow Wilson over there is trying to get us countries to end hostilities :-)
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
but you just said there’s no egg in pudding! custard is egg, that much I know…pudding, it must be made from brown clouds?
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
No….I said PUDDING doesn’t have egg. Custard has egg though. Pudding is simply a custard that isn’t thickened with egg, but with sugar, corn starch, and milk
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
custard, cuz isn’t it eggs? or is it more mousse cuz it’s cream based? IDK
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
NO U
pumpkin in the fall, peppermint in the winter, gingerbread only at Xmas!
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
You have any cake?
If not, I’ll take a slice of pie.
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being that I started out cake but am slowly coming over to the pie side, I always have cake!
sprinkles, or do you want a sugar flower?
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
PIE
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
is this an indication of how bad your day ways? one slice or two?
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
I slothed around all day
So there really couldn’t be too much that was bad. But thank you for asking!
And one slice, please. It would go nicely with my coffee.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
Did you purchase a TV?
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 6:31 PM PST up reply actions
I did not
I was too lazy!
I did research them a bit.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 6:34 PM PST up reply actions
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I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
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What brand do you think you will go with?
Giant Dirtbags: :(
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
I was thinking about a Samsung 51" plasma
But I haven’t decided yet.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 6:48 PM PST up reply actions
I always confuse him with Culberson
Which is unfair to Gillaspe, who I like. BCB covered it well, but Gillaspe has a lot of the statistical stuff I personally like to see in milb guys.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
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Ah, I see we've moved waaay past this topic.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Feb 18, 2012 5:09 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I almost think Gillaspie has a decent hitting approach, how’s his defense?
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There has been lots of spring training notes showing up from the beat writers. None of it is really any different than the rest of the offseason, though. I’m ready for games to start.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
yea
i just want to see how these kids perform in spring training, can’t wait
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It’s really fun to see who has a big spring. Means nothing, but it can be great while it’s happening. I remember Gabe Gross hitting 8 HRs in spring training one year, and I felt so ahead of the curve in knowing who he was. Heh. He didn’t do a ton that year. I think it was the year the Blue Jays gave up on him.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Although let’s just not get carried away with things, since last year Huff went kinda nuts in spring training. I almost feel Spring Training can definitely give a fools gold feeling
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It totally does. Same as happens in April. It funny how much I can be aware that what I am seeing is a total illusion, but there’s a part of me saying, “But it might work out this time.”
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Like what the team possibly see in Pill?
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He has good batting practice?
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I would love it if Pill turned into a viable major league hitter. He coulda been the next Lance Niekro!
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
It’d be AWESOME if Pill turned into a decent backup, have Belt as a longtime answer at 1st with Pill as a backup option/pinch hitter? ohhhhhhh the wishful thinking
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If Pill doesn’t make it, it would be awesome to have Gillaspie as a back corner IF, RH bat off the bench. He strikes me as the kind of guy that would be pretty decent in a pinch hitter type role. Patience, good contact skills. He could be the next Todd Hollandsworth!
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Didn’t Nate have 7 homers in the spring one year?
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yea, it was something crazy, him and Huff... Belt was doing pretty well there
as well wasn’t he?
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huh, how’d huff regress then?
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and Ross... well... he had an injury
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Want to bet if Huff has a great spring again, there will be people who will say “Huff is back!”.
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And Belt goes into a slump… oh of course
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That would be the Giants’ way /sigh
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
Giants baseball: Where SSS goes a long way
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“They’re just numbers” SMH
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
If they are playing poorly, only if they are a rookie. Veterans like Huff, it’s "just a slump. If a rookie is playing great, it’s SSS. If a veteran does it, “he’s hot”.
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This is why i don’t know how Bochy is the best manager in baseball…. short leash on rookies, longer leash on vets
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isn't that a blow to confidence?
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Because he knows how to waddle out to the mound and make pitching changes. DUH
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
look, he's a smart manager no doubt
and he knows how to use the pitchers as well… but offensively they’re inept
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11 BB, 1 K
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LOL HUFF
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why i always believe Spring Training is fools gold
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i actually would be interested in talking about gillaspie though
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i wouldn't mind seeing them give him a try at 2nd
when freddy gets injured
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BURRISS GOTTA GO
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the whole Giants system with infielders is FULL of clank
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i'm trying... as well
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Speaking of 2B/SS
Does Panik have the arm to play SS in the Majors, or should the Giants think about moving him to 2B?
"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
Does he have the mobility and glove? good question
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I think the scouting reports say yes. It’s the arm that isn’t strong enough for SS and will end up moving him to 2nd. Hope they are wrong and he can be an average defensive SS.
Is that something they can work on while he’s in the minors or is it a risk to develop him?
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He has great range, but his arm strength was always questionable.
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
I’d take range over arm strength any day
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He had surgery on his Labrum (shoulder muscle) after his freshman year, which makes it difficult for him to make throws deep in the hole and, in general, across his body. He has good hands though. Seems like a better hitting Omar Vizquel (his upside)
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
Ok, yes, i would be ok with him just playing at 2nd, and that’s a perfect place to have him especially with Freddy come up on his last few years in SF
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Exactly, I think he should be a great defensive 2B with a plus arm. If anything, he’ll be Freddy Sanchez with slightly more range.
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
Yup, i think that’s a great comparison, a Freddy Sanchez like offensive game as well? slap hitter with occasional power?
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He makes strong contact, but in AT&T park, I don’t think he’ll got many…if any home runs at all. Any other park, and he would push for double digit HR’s, maybe. But…..he’s a lefty without all that much power. He’s more of a gap hitter.
"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
Gap hitter still works, better than just hitting it barely out of the infield.
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Or not making contact at all and throwing the bat into the crowd…
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
oh huh... half the lineup?
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People at Fenway better watch out with Cody Ross there.
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So you’re saying i shouldn’t park my car behind left
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When Cody’s at-bat, the best place to hide is behind the Right Field wall
"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
or possibly in the clubhouse
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I would think a 22 yr-old college boy like Panik probably has about all the arm strength he is going to get. Of course they could tweek it a bit.
True, and really should they mess with him at all? Just keep him at 2nd if he’s going to be your long time answer there
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Well, I don’t think the Giants have committed him to 2B just yet. It’s just the common scouting reports. He only played 2B in AFL because they wanted Crawford to be the everyday SS. I’m guessing Panik plays SS at San Jose this year.
I would take present day Bill Mueller, so, if he’s a poor man’s version of peak Mueller, then I’m for trying him out.
However, since the org propped up Burriss shortly after the start of the off-season and not Conor (or any other minor leaguer, for that matter), I think he’s destined to remain org filler.
Gillaspie
he seems to be another guy that SHOULD translate and just doesn’t. Giants have a lot of that. The transition just seems to take a huge toll on them. Then again, we haven’t really given a position job to a rookie in a long time other than Posey
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
well
i don’t know if it’s fair to say he won’t translate. he actually had a 115 OPS+ last year in 21 PA!
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thats awesome
too bad when he slumps he’s out /Bork
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
nah
Haven’t we learned anything from Velez? When a guy’s in, he’s in.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I was ticked when they called Gillaspe up last year
when I think there were some injuries and they didn’t even give him a chance. I can’t remember the details but they just sent him back to Fresno after awhile. It was weird. They used makeshift lineups with Burriss at SS and Miggy at 3B or something like that instead of giving Gillaspe 4 starts in a row.
yeah i remember them wanting to let Conor get a few starts at third
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
switch the words "them" and "wanting"
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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i think so
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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We're watching parts of the 2010 NLCS
And my son is loving it. I don’t think he remembers it all from when it happened (he was 2 at the time), but certain names still have resonance with him(Cain and Lincecum are the easiest for him to remember – he thinks every player with long hair is Lincecum). He’s having trouble saying Aubrey Huff, though. He keeps wanting to call him ‘Andy Puffer.’
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Andy Puffer 4 lyf
So...I've decided to adopt Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
I approve of this nickname
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 18, 2012 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
so, I guess it's up to the Bears to salvage things for the bay area today.
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HEY!
The Dons beat SJSU in baseball yesterday and today! AND, they’re playing Gonzaga in basketball atm….so, yeah
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Cal bears won their baseball game today….So kinda?
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Look like they should have won by a larger margin….11 LOB, plus they were only playing Pacific
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I'm watching baseball
I won’t live blog it.
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Guys… I think Andris Biedrins is overpaid, and the Warriors will lose by a shitload tonight, end liveblog
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thats not liveblog
that’s already done and in the books!
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by Giant Voodoo on Feb 18, 2012 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
By the way, if anyone wants to check out some interesting uniforms, check out the Warriors game
and check out the Memphis jerseys
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how did you predict the future?
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by Murray, Present on Feb 18, 2012 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
because, it's way too predictable
warriors coming off a back to back vs. OKC, and now playing IN Memphis? But watch out they’re coming back, so i digress
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/chasm’d
Warriors losing is the default.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 18, 2012 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
oh yea, i should've figured that out, my bad
sorry, still fuming bout SMC
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They lost? Better pray the Zags lose to the Dons
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"I come up with something when I’ve got nothing, and it’s always brilliant. Always. So I reject your logic." -Grant
That game is at half time right now with USF up by 3
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Not a big enough lead
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NOPE, but it should make for an entertaining second half
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you’re such a tease!
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
/look who’s offering pie to every tom, dick, and harry
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sir, I am shocked, SHOCKED! at your unsavory implications!
also, you said “Tom”! bahahahahaha!
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
I think your on the clock in the adoption thread, btw
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touche!
well, Dick (self explanatory) and Harry (mostly self explanatory) so Tom, being the innocuous name was (supposed to be) funnier /this is the joke
wait, WHAT?!?!! BRB! wheeeeee!
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
"Holy shit, you geeks are badass!"
Harry dick
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Prairie View A&M did make 3 outs on 7 pitches in the top of the 1st. You could say they pulled a Giant.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I think people underestimate how really difficult it is to hit
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
My point was not working the count. The lead off hitter swung and made an out on the 1st pitch. The 2nd player on the 2nd pitch.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I know about working the count. But what if you’re taking pitches and get behind in the count? that makes it even more difficult.
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
YEAH!!!!!!
MOTHERFUCKING CONGILLA
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
Piers Morgan is getting in an idiotic argument over Twitter with an Arsenal player.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 5:25 PM PST reply actions
help
I can’t get the draft post to load all comments. Can someone confirm that I got Blanco or do I gave to pick someone else?
2012 is going to be awesome!
by Tortured on Feb 18, 2012 5:26 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
have
2012 is going to be awesome!
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yup, you got him
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Raging since 2009
OT Levi's
so, where’s the place to buy Levi’s these days? last time I bought was at Mervyn’s!!
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Macy's
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Even on sale, they are pricey at Macy’s. There are definitely cheaper places around.
So...I've decided to adopt Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
I think I found a place on line for $33 + free shipping. (550’s)
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Try Target?
"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
Just read a Yahoo article stating Target’s Info Sys knows if you are pregnant or not by your buying habits.
Pickles and Yogurt and the husband has bought a gun.
So...I've decided to adopt Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
Target doesn’t carry Levi’s. One of the cheaper department stores does. Might be JC Penney. Or JCP as they are trying to be known as now.
So...I've decided to adopt Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
Amazon.com
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I love Amazon. Buy a lot of odd stuff through there. Like last night I purchased Bayer Advantage II for my cats.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 7:40 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure about buying clothes online, though.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I don’t get how people can buy shoes online.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I like that they’re cheaper online, but I need to….you know….try them on first?
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
With Zappos it’s easy – free shipping each way. It took me a few tries to get sneakers that fit right, but the selection is great.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Yeah, I have bought from them, too. Had the same experience when I purchased a pair of shoes for the wife and they did not fit. Hassle free exchange for the correct size.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 7:46 PM PST up reply actions
If you know your size/brand, it’s pretty easy. Plus with Amazon, if you buy clothes and they don’t work out, you can ship them back for free.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
For pants, though. One could fit and another won’t. Even it’s listed as the same size.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
That’s why I said size/brand. Once I find one in a brick and mortar store that fits, I can buy it online.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
But pants with the same size could even vary a little (enough where it isn’t comfortable).
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I guess that’s more of a problem for guys?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Maybe
I could try two pairs of pants and both fit different. I have a store 2 blocks from my house so it’s easy to buy pants for me.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Levi’s, though. Within the same style, they always fit the same for me.
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Just tuck it and deal with it!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
OH OH OH OH OH!!! TWSS!
yes, count it!
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
I have bought clothes through them, too. But if you order through a 3rd party just make sure that they have a good return/exchange policy.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 7:45 PM PST up reply actions
OT: Nicolas Cage is awesome
We all know this except for the people who are so overwhelmed by his awesomeess that they hate him instead. Whatever the case may be, Ghost Rider 2 sucks ass. Really bad movie. The only Cage film I can think of that isn’t even worth watching because he is in it. Usually he makes things at least interesting. But this was bad bad bad.
So...I've decided to about Seinfeld.
by positiveuphemism on Feb 18, 2012 5:47 PM PST reply actions
Evil Dead II was better than Evil Dead
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 18, 2012 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
Sig check
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
nicely done, sir, nicely done :D
btw, how do you get the orange linky thing to show up in your sig?
Very Proud Adoptive Granddaughter of Tony "I Left My ♥ In San Francisco" Bennett
A magician never reveals his tricks!
Find the link of the page you want, go to a thread as if you’re going to post it. Copy that entire code you get in the comment section, go to your profile page. Edit profile=>paste code into signature. Edit code for what you want it to say….VOILA!
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
Headline on my Giants Facebook Feed: For whatever reason, Cain’s primed for big year
Hmmmm…..wonder what that reason would be?
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 18, 2012 6:19 PM PST reply actions
He going bye-bye.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
/takes deep breath
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! U!
Very Proud Adoptive Granddaughter of Tony "I Left My ♥ In San Francisco" Bennett
Was that really necessary? But yeah….that better not happen
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
PSA: Senior Circus
If you played in Mr. Merope’s NL only pokemonz league last year please check your email, or the yahoo page… He has heard from 5 of the 8 managers. He set a deadline of sometime next week to make with the yays or nays.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
we know, we have a list of wannabe ins.
While everybody in the league is a McCoven, few people used their screen names, so we’ve no way to track them down ’cept for the league affiliated emails….and so….. we wait.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
I’m in – The Unbelievers (for now).
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
yup we know you are in, there are 3 people who haven’t re-signed-up but I can’t tell from their names who they are. They do have another week to be found, it’d just be nice to get a definite answer whether or not they wanna play again.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
So... i know this is not Giants related, but USF just took the lead on Gonzaga with 2.4 seconds left
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
hahaha yessss
suck it gonzaga
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
This makes me happy
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
is this allowed here?
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Happiness or basketball?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
USF HAS BEATEN GONZAGA!!!!!!
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Your welcome Gaels
….now we’ll beat you next week =P
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
we'll see, SMC needs to get healthy, and that's the silver lining about todays game
the fact that they were somewhat injured today
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Wait
are we allowed to talk about this? If not, I’ll just email you about it
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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'm just gonna drop it
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Yes, we're allowed to talk about this
Otherwise there’s no point in being here.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Like, seriously
If I wanted to be at a place where people weren’t willing to talk about random shit because they’re worried what other people would think, I could go to any number of places on the Internet.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
by El Person on Feb 18, 2012 7:20 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I can’t speak for can of corn, but I wanted the Jeremy Lin discussion to be confined to a Diary because it was stupid and everyone hated it. Any more censorship of discussion than that is not cool.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Preach it, Person!
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
We need baseball to start.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
For the love of God, PLEASE!
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
yea...
however i’d still bring up occasional college baseball maybe, or anything local sports related
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Please
Please bring up anything you want at any time, as long as it’s not gratuitously offensive or related to whatever ESPN’s favorite thing is at the moment.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I’m watching college baseball now. Good to see live baseball on TV. Not a good game, though.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Who’s playing right now?
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
Prairie View A&M vs. Texas Southern.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
What channel, might I ask
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
probably MLBTV
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
MLB Network, it’s in the bottom of 8th
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
DAMNIT
My dad is using the TV to watch the Warriors.
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
2 weeks from now, MLB Network will start to televise a bunch of preseason games
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Those two weeks can’t come soon enough. I’ve been on baseball withdrawal for far too long. Maybe I should just watch my school’s baseball games
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
College baseball can be fun. Maybe you’ll see a future major leaguer. They could be in the big leagues in 5 years (or 15 with the Giants).
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Yeah, I was talking with Pika about a couple prospects last night. The 1B and SS are looking like MLB quality starters. Not too much power, but they are good. The catcher is looking really solid atm as well.
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
what school?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
USF
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
I have a friend who pitches for USF. He’d be a junior now.
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:40 PM PST up reply actions
Really?
What’s his name? Yea i grew up with Aaron Poreda, going to grade school with him, dunno where the hell he is now, he played at USF though
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Waterman
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:41 PM PST up reply actions
Niceeee, all academic honorable mention?
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Yeah he’s a real smart cat. He was the varsity water polo before me. He was amazing at that too. He could have played for one of the top colleges in the country. USC or something. Theres not much of a future in water polo though.
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:44 PM PST up reply actions
Yea, but it helps that you’re a dual sport athlete. That’s pretty insane, and water polo isn’t an easy sport. No way i can stay above water that long just paddling away
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
He’s huge. 6’6" and ripped, even in high school.
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:46 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, yeah I know that guy. Had class with him. Seems pretty cool.
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
Yeah he is.
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
The guy you went to school with that plays for the Reds. Did he pitch at all late in the season last year?
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I don’t think so. They wanted him to rest after the high school season and start this year. He didn’t sign until about 5 minutes before the deadline.
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:43 PM PST up reply actions
Take a trip to Reds camp. You could say hello.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Are they in Arizona?
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:44 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
If you have spring break coming up soon, take a trip to Arizona for spring training and you could visit your old classmate.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I actually really want to go this year.
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
Damn
I totally could.
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:48 PM PST up reply actions
And one of my best friends is at U of A, less then two hours from Scottsdale.
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
Kyle Zimmer could be good though, he’s the one who shut down UCLA in the LA regionals last season.
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
Is he the one who had a Tommy John last year? If so, I know him
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
USF Dons
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
Check them out. College baseball is fun if you can get by the aluminum bat.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
PING!
I’m not as annoyed by aluminum bats as some (read as: got used to it). Yeah, college baseball is pretty fun to watch, but I feel sorry for my school’s team since no one really pays attention to Dons athletics
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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 think there is a pre-season all american on the team this year…Forgot who tough
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 7:44 PM PST up reply actions
College baseball as a whole isn’t covered. It’s tough to find box scores. You have to dig deep in a lot of websites.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I don’t just mean that, I mean….not many students actually go to games.
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
Depends on the school. For some schools it is extremely difficult to get tickets.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
I think USF you can just walk up and buy a ticket.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Most schools are like that from my experience, but there are exceptions.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
For outsiders, yup. For students, just swipe your card for free and you’re in (LOL $40K tuition). It’s just that people don’t care about the athletics.
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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 is how it was at LB even with a really good team.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
Its 40K for tuition?!
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
yea... plus add room and board
it was EXTREMELY expensive when i went there for a semester, moreso there than it was to go out of state to Miami
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I mean…you get what you pay for, more or less. You get a pretty good education, but it’s not that well known. The only reason I chose USF was because of the Nursing Program/proximity to home. It was either that, Dominican, Holy Name’s, or SMC (LOL no thanks Pre-Nursing). I got into Michigan, but my parents laughed at the prospect of me moving across the country
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
very jealous you got into Michigan
that’s a dream school for me. But yea, at the same time, even though my parents wanted me close, i couldnt stay close, i needed my space and wanted to be away from my parents for a while
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
I have a friend studying nursing at Dominican and another one studying Psych at Holy Names. Thats a really small school. Not much going on there.
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
I visited Dominican. Loved the campus, liked what I was hearing, chuckled at the fact that it was the only school that give me a free t-shirt. But, I crossed it off my list as I soon as I heard one tidbit about the school. As a nursing student, we would practice placing IV’s on each other. I’m friends with people who currently go there, but I am not going to let someone I know dig around in my arm looking for my vein.
@PiKa: Heh, you have no idea how much I wanted to go to Michigan when I found out they offered me a spot. But, it’s whatever. USF is still a damn fine institution.
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
it is not tough at all
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 7:48 PM PST up reply actions
Whoops, got cut off
Everything you could want for rankings, scores, schedules…etc… is here:
http://www.d1baseball.com/
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 7:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, these two squads are pretty bad.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
It’s live baseball so I kept it on.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Ha
Yeah, me too. I am listening to VCU and LBSU , though. I should have went to the game.
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 7:38 PM PST up reply actions
kinda want to watch the fresno state game, not televised however
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T’would be nice.
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
LET ME SHOW YOU MY VUVUZELA!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
Is that the XBL970 model?
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:26 PM PST up reply actions
With optional telescoping base!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 18, 2012 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
To hell with it.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
So, The Rum Diary or The Way
Which one should I watch tonight?
Giant Dirtbags: :(
David B. Flemming is Diamond Certified.
by Giant among Angels on Feb 18, 2012 7:09 PM PST reply actions
I just watched The Rum Diary last night. It was interesting but lacking in plot.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 18, 2012 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
It kinda pissed me off.
They took a story by a 20-year-old Hunter Thompson and told it as if it were written by the latter day gonzo journalist.
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 19, 2012 7:14 AM PST up reply actions
Z is available at the Cupertino Library
I want to see that tomorrow.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Thing that needs to be a movie
Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari) and Jean-Ralphio Saperstein (Ben Schwartz) set out for the big city (Indianapolis)
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Should they, perhaps, go to White Castle?
by BestHyperboleEver on Feb 19, 2012 7:14 AM PST up reply actions
Does anybody drink coconut water?
Does it all taste kinda slimy like? or did I just pick the wrong brand to try?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Zima or whatever?
I hate that stuff.
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:28 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah I tried Zico – ick
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
So, I’m not weird to think it’s nasty? My family loves the stuff….I hate it.
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
Oh yeah, that.
Yeah. It needs to taste more coconutty. And be thicker.
I tore the roof of the house for my son Chuckie Jones
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 7:31 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand the appeal at all.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
It’s all hipster and cool Don’t wanna post the image (it’s a cat)
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
It’s been a thing for awhile with the fitness crowd. I was just looking for stuff for “clear diet” days and thought “ooooh everybody says coconut water is sooooo good for you and healthy!!!!”
I thought maybe I’d picked the wrong brand or something.
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Nope….it just tastes incredibly tainted. Metallicly bitter or something?
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
The viscosity of the stuff I tried tonight reminded me of when you have a cold and your nose drains down the back of your throat… gag-a-mun-do
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Skyrim? ME3? pshhh
World of Goo is where its at
best game ever
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 18, 2012 7:34 PM PST reply actions
Portal 2: Third game at best!
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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 oregon st coach looks just like michelle obama
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Chasm?
He is her sister.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
i'm so confused
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Raging since 2009
And I just accidently called Craig Robinson a woman
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
what the?
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
shift-A
What’d I miss? Besides your favorite pisco sour recipes, of course.
bullshit
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Yes... he is a great guy
Janie McCauley @JanieMcCAP
#Marlins Aaron Rowand on new teammate Scott Cousins offering up his No. 33. “I’ve talked to him. Great guy.”
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there is so much tragedy going on in that tweet
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
I’ve forgiven one of those two, bet you can’t tell which
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
They are going to put helmets on and crash into each other at home plate to decide who is the 25th man. Rowand will get lost and end up running through the outfield wall instead.
Agent Rowand?
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
Please follow my Twitter
by Murray, Present on Feb 18, 2012 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
Watching some games from last year, Tiger games actually
this guy Ben Revere, looks like a pretty damn good CF
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2010 Andres good or 2007 Rowand good
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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'd say 2010 Andres Torres... just not as good of a bat, but he's fast as hell
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So a better hitting Darren Ford. Hmm…he could be useful.
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
TRADE CAIN
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CAIN 4 REVERE
GIT ER DUNN! Ok seriously, where is Gary Brown going to start the season? AA or AAA?
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
he did make one of the craziest catches i've seen
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o rly?
Please describe, btw Warriors lost another heart breaker. Yay for tanking! Oh wait…they just suck
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111216&content_id=26179740&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
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OH RIGHT
I remember finding it weird that people were comparing it to the Willie Mays catch.
Yeah, it was an amazing catch. I can’t believe he didn’t A) Break his leg trying to climb the wall or B) Crumple into a heap after running into the wall.
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
huh... slow night here
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k, so how about a question?
What are you most looking forward to, this upcoming season?
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Generally? Lazy summer days at the ballpark.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 18, 2012 8:53 PM PST up reply actions
Specifically? MadBum striking dudes out.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 18, 2012 8:53 PM PST up reply actions
both work for me. haha
Generally: ATT park’s glory
Specifically: Buster Posey back behind home plate
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Don’t forget about Belt getting playing time!
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
Belt needs to get promoted…to Richmond.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Agreed
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
Yeah its frustrating just waiting for people to show up
when if you are like me, you already know who you want to draft
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Indeed. Plus I am afraid my pick will come up at like 8:30 AM and I will sleep in and miss it. Cause I am all about the lazy Sunday mornings.
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 18, 2012 8:56 PM PST up reply actions
I hear that.
Oh, you pick right after me.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Indeed. Better not want who I want. ::Shakes fist::
by WhatsAMataHari on Feb 18, 2012 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
You can draft now.
"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 18, 2012 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
Just got done hiking in Marin
Forgot to check out all of the Safeways.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
you missed out
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I decided to go get a sandwich at Perry’s instead.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 18, 2012 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
good choice
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Why do you check out the Safeways?
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
We had a discussion on Marin that somehow turned into Safeway the other day.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 18, 2012 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
I was live blogging my shopping.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 18, 2012 8:58 PM PST up reply actions
“Just walked into the store, the lady at the register looked at me funny, she thinks I’m stealing.”
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 18, 2012 9:01 PM PST up reply actions
That is a lot of Ramen
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Some of us are in college.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 18, 2012 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
As am I.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Oh, then you understand.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 18, 2012 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
Sadly, I completely understand.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
where did you hike, btw?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Point Reyes area, never went there before but it was nice.
My boy Joe Staley plays lineman on Sundays.
"I will never apologize for watching Bonds dominate" – Duane Kuiper
by Soulbrother16 on Feb 18, 2012 8:58 PM PST up reply actions
Jason Schmidt got a Twitter. He’s in a Giants jersey in his picture.
I tore the roof off the house for my son Chuckie Jones.
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Feb 18, 2012 8:55 PM PST reply actions
IS IT A VERIFIED ACCOUNT!?!?!?!
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I remember listening to that game in the car after I came back from….somewhere. I was bouncing in my seat when I heard his 16th K. It was crazy
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
Random OT: Still think it's too bad Ron Santo wasn't inducted into the Hall last year
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Yeah
Too bad it didn’t happen when he was alive.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
yup
on top of that, economically speaking, Cooperstown would’ve gotten a crap load more attendance
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sure, just let everyone one in….for the money
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
regardless, he still deserved it
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I suppose. but they let too many in as it is
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Basically every year people get pissed off at who gets in/not in the HOF
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Third basemen get no love
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
I can’t figure out why Dave Parker isn’t in the HOF.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
His numbers were HOF worthy. That shouldn’t have kept him out.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
It shouldn’t matter but Bonds, Clemens, Sosa, Piazza all could be kept out.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
his peak was pretty short
and he had a very long stretch of his career where he was a below average player
out of 19 years, for example, by fWAR, he had 6 that were over 2.0 fWAR
Same goes for rWAR, though he has a lower total overall than with the Fangraphs variety.
I never watched him play, so I could be wrong, but for a corner outfielder, he doesn’t look like a HoFer to me.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I think
the overall shape of his career, with a few years early on where he was a star, then a looong stretch of not really being an impact player + the drug use would keep sportswriters from voting for him.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
He really had two peaks, with cocaine in the middle.
Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all
he had one good year after the cocaine
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I'd be willing to consider it
Lets get Dwight Evans in first. Bill James did a great article arguing for Evans to get in. Less flashy early on than a guy like Parker, and he had one of those rare late peaks. Did a lot of things very well, but wasn’t dominating in just one aspect of his play, so he tends to get overlooked.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Yeah, here it is. He uses win shares, which is probably annoying to people who don’t like his win shares system, but he makes a good argument.
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
FUCK IT
NONE THESE GUYS GET IN. JUST MAYS, AARON, RUTH, AND KOUFAX.
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THE IMAGE!!!! OH NOOOOO
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I’m just sayin, I think that’s how it goes
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
So they'd keep players out of the HOF because of image?
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7 time all star
2 time world series champion
3 time gold glove winner
3 time silver slugger
2 time NL batting title…. what else do you need to get in?
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Raging since 2009
6 times top 10 in MVP voting (won once, once finished 2nd and once finished 3rd).
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I’m guessing he stacks up pretty well against Jim Rice; better outfielder & runner, too.
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
well, Jim Rice is one of the worst players in the HoF, so…
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
but even he didn’t have the same sort of career… he has 12 years, for example, over 2.0 fWAR according to Fangraphs.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
it’s agonizing to have these discussions when there are players like Mays, Aaron, Ruth, who no-one even bats an eye over their worthiness.
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I am loving all the pitchers and catchers report photos showing up on my tumblr today
Yay almost baseball!
yes
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
by jponry on Feb 18, 2012 9:27 PM PST up reply actions 7 recs
is he wearing two sun glasses?
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Raging since 2009
Amaze-balls
Rec’d
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
I miss seeing that dude pitch
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
shopped?
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....joking.... nevermind
via Baseball Prospectus: "Perfect World Projection: He could be a star-level starter, but its far from guaranteed." Kyle Crick!!!
Raging since 2009
Has espn doing this before during the olympics yet?
http://www.faniq.com/blog/ESPN-Chink-In-The-Armor-Team-USA-Basketball-Headline-Blog-11274
It doesn’t seem like a one time mistake anymore
makes me want to cancel my insider….
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 18, 2012 9:32 PM PST reply actions
breaking
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Raging since 2009
NOT BREAKING, nevermind
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Raging since 2009
I opened the thread and all of the comments were marked read.
Is this a thing that’s happening right now, or was it just glitchy for me?
did the cat walk on the keyboard and press shift a while you were away?
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 18, 2012 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
Short answer: No.
Long, guilt-inducing answer: Cat is sick and not eating for two full days. :( She’s lost a ton of weight and is sick with an infection, so I’m worried. I force-fed her a little wet food a few minutes ago, hoping that helps.
I mean, I took her earlier this week, that’s how I know she has an infection. But I’m worried about the lack of eating. Even though he said her liver was fine on Wednesday, she could do damage to it by not eating.
I’ve been successful tonight in getting some food down her gullet, and I’ll continue doing that, but I’m thinking she’ll need an IV once the vet opens back up.
poor kitty.
try baby food.
our cat eats the chicken and turkey baby food. the ones in the itty bitty little jars. Stick with main brand and make sure there’s no onion or garlic in it. Maybe she will lick a little off your fingers?
Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.
TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.
Well, I think the wet food I’ve been putting in her mouth is getting the job done for now. Once the vet opens back up tomorrow, I’ll see what he has to say about any further steps we need to take.
She’s not interested in eating in the least, but she’s not fighting me too hard when I make her eat. I’ve been giving her a little bit every three or four hours. Since she hasn’t been eating much lately, I don’t want to overfeed her and have her vomit, but she needs to fatten up a bit. She’s lost so much weight that I can feel her bones.
Did you accidentally double-click on the link without meaning to? That’s happened to me a couple of times
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
Romo's Relief
This is the title sequence for a new web series by Amy G. about Romo. Behind the scenes footage and interviews with Romo.
C’mon, you like her a little better now, right?
not really, no
because I can’t just mute her without it interfering with hearing Sergio
but that opening is HAWT!
Very Proud Adoptive Granddaughter of Tony "I Left My ♥ In San Francisco" Bennett
AS Roma or Parma tomorrow?
"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.
Giants Baseball :
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by jctGamer on Feb 18, 2012 10:16 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
This is just otter genius
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
Excuse me while I grab a drink, I need some wotter
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
You mean like my God-Dotter?
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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 used to drive on that with my significent otter
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Feb 18, 2012 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
We're in this fucking thing!
Get with the program.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 19, 2012 12:35 AM PST up reply actions
Natto, you’re still looking for work, right?
Do you do any motion graphics (After Effects, Cinema 4D, Maya, etc), or are you strictly illustration and image composition?
What about web work? I keep getting solicited offers for web design, but I avoid that like the plague.
Yeah
I’ve dabbled in AE, mostly basic stuff. I know Maya, but I haven’t used it in a while. I primarily did work in Flash while I was working.
Man, I have no clue how to add a link to a sig
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
"Light Tower Power":http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110603&content_id=19967984&vkey=draftcentral2011
Ctrl+F: “sig check”
A couple comments after that are step by step directions
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
a href=“http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110603&content_id=19967984&vkey=draftcentral2011” target="new">
Add the ‘<’ at the beginning of the entire thing. Then, between the “><” after the new, type what you want the link to say
I bet my adopted Television Commentator has four more home runs than yours
"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
Sig Check
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Ricky "Light Tower Power" Oropesa
by LincecumFTK on Feb 18, 2012 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
the easiest way
Open up a new comment dialog, put in what you want in your sig, let it format it for you, then copy and paste it into your profile.
Ray Ratto on Brian Sabean and the Q&A with bloggers during Media Day
"Actually, it was a lot like talking to the beat guys," the Giants’ general manager said Saturday, the day that the pitchers and catchers reported. "They asked pretty much the same questions, by and large. They seemed pretty knowledgeable for the most part."
…
He does not speak numbers-crunching, though, and therein lies much of the misperception about him. He speaks as a scout would, because he was a scout. But he doesn’t think solely as a scout would, and he doesn’t ignore the metrics of the day. Others in baseball operations do the metrics, and bring their findings to him.
"And it all is part of the process of making decisions, along with the bottom line, and the clubhouse fit, and a lot of other things," he said. "Most decisions get made by time and space, to be honest with you. What’s going on at the time a decision has to be made, and how much space (money, contract length, roster flexibility) there is to make it."
Sabean, in fact, has been different operators at different times for different people.
Link
Lets not forget that Sabean has his own unique approach to doing things even though the dollars available to him by ownership and the makeup of the team has differed over time. For example, we know he likes to spread money throughout the lineup and roster instead of spending on big hitters like Vladimir Guerrero or even Carlos Beltran.
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Feb 19, 2012 12:22 AM PST reply actions
via Ben Gibbard and Uni Watch
Yes, I know, BREAKING, but let’s get this straight, Houston cannot put a picture of a gun on its throwback Colt .45s uniforms, but Cleveland wearing a racist cartoon every day is fine?
LOL MLB!
Ron Washington really Britta'd that Series.
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by Murray, Present on Feb 19, 2012 1:13 AM PST reply actions
shifta
I just went to a Dionysus ritial in the form of Rocky Horror. Drunk. This is why I come to Pcon.
2012 is going to be awesome!
by Tortured on Feb 19, 2012 1:27 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Schulman on Belt
Unlike most of his giraffe-hatted fans, Belt believes he got a fair shake.
“I think they gave me plenty of time to make some contributions to the team,” he said. “There were times I didn’t, and I got sent down for it, and there were times I did play better and I got sent down for roster reasons. That’s just the way it goes sometimes. I kind of chalked it up to that.”
Asked if he scratched his head at times wondering about his place, Belt said, “Yeah, I’d like to know that sometimes. Where do I stand? But I kind of figured out the past couple of years, you go out there and compete, and if you compete well, you win a spot. That’s what I plan to do this year.”
He also plans to attack strikes, which he did not do consistently last year. Bochy considered Belt too passive at the plate, searching for walks instead of trying to crush pitches over the plate. Belt was the first to agree, saying, “When I’m aggressive, I’m a lot better.”
Link
This article makes me pretty angry. There’s a lot of weasel comments from Schulman.
I need to point out that Belt hit just as well as Bonds did in his rookie year of 1986. That Belt was an average hitter last season.
There’s this constant mention by Bochy, Sabes, Schulman and others that Belt will need to “force”, “earn” his way onto the team and into the lineup. Can someone explain to me what the fuck this means?
Aubrey Huff: "My body is ripped."
I know that there are a lot of Belt fans here (me included)
but he didn’t exactly light it up while he played. He also had some weaknesses in his swing and approach
He also got a lot of playing time after mid-August.
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by CalBear949 on Feb 19, 2012 7:19 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Just the facts
2011 Huff: 246/306/370, OPS+ 90
2011 Belt: 225/306/412, OPS+ 101
I’m not going to mention potential, or scouting reports or trends or veteran grit or minor league stats or the fact that this is hindsight and Monday morning quarterbacking. The stats show that the wrong 1B had the most starts last year.
You can mention all the reasons you want for why Belt was benched but the person that came in for him performed worse.
Bochy screwed up and played the wrong 1B. Hopefully Bochy and Sabes learned something from last year and can make better decisions this year.
they completely mishandled him last year
I know the Ross injury at the end of ST forced their hand a little, but Belt still should have started in AAA. He could have gotten comfy at AAA and then come up after all the pomp and circuses that took place during the first part of the season. They still had Ish to play 1b and Huff was in no shape to the play the OF. That should have been evident. Sabes has stated before that when it comes to prospects they don’t like to demote, so they don’t want to promote until the kid is absolutely ready to stay at the next level. That’s not what they did with Belt. The team acted as if he had earned it in ST, when he had not. It was just circumstantial. Everyone knew that when Ross got back, Belt would be the odd man out (unless he was killing it, which put more pressure on him.)
The yo-yoing later on was mostly due to injuries, so that’s not anyone’s fault, but had they handled it correctly in the beginning of the season, the remainder likely would have gone much better.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 19, 2012 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
Agreed
Sabean admitted that they rushed him in large part because of Buster’s success.
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by CalBear949 on Feb 19, 2012 8:34 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
and they learned their lesson
by keeping Brown and Panik at one level for the whole year
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by CalBear949 on Feb 19, 2012 8:36 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
NEEDS TO HACK MORE!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 19, 2012 8:36 AM PST up reply actions
I'm sorry but this is BS
Buster and Mole both take tons of pitches and Bochy loves both of them
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by CalBear949 on Feb 19, 2012 8:46 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Belt just needs to swing at more strikes
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 19, 2012 8:48 AM PST up reply actions
haha
Freddy Sanchez has never walked more than 32 times in a season.
BE MORE AGGRESSIVE, FREDDY!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 19, 2012 8:50 AM PST up reply actions
lack of walks does not mean aggression.
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by CalBear949 on Feb 19, 2012 8:52 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Freddy doesn't really take a lot of pitches
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
3.55 P/PA career
versus 3.77 P/PA league average over the same time
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
How did you find that? I was looking for it but couldn’t find it.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
bb-ref
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Yeah, I found his on his page, but how did you find league average over that time?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
it was at the bottom of the chart
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
/slaps head
Yeah, duh.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Belt had
almost a 1:3 BB to K ratio last year.
Bochy also love Pat
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by CalBear949 on Feb 19, 2012 8:50 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
and he had a 101 OPS+ last year, despite a .273 BABIP, one of only 6 players with 200+ PA and 100+ OPS+ lasty ear
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
NOT ENOUGH SWINGING!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 19, 2012 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
101OPS+ doesn’t do it for a 1b or corner OF.
the ratio is more indicative that he needs to adjust his strike zone a bit
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by CalBear949 on Feb 19, 2012 9:15 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
no, it doesn’t, but with a more normal BABIP, that could have easily gone up to 115 or so without him changing a thing, which still wouldn’t be great, but for a rookie in his first taste of the bigs, it’s not bad at all.
and relatively speaking, the Giants need guys who can hit period. at least for now, their standards for what is acceptable have to be a little lower than other teams. they can’t bench Belt because he’s not an above average COF/IF when they’ve been running out guys who are far worse than him all season.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
agreed
but what Bochy is saying is not wrong either
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by CalBear949 on Feb 19, 2012 9:30 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
This is what you want. (Buster's Home Run at Chicago 2010)
Lay off the borderline strike one (called a ball), and hammer the sweet spot when you are ahead of the count.
The trouble is a lot of the Giants players interpret aggression as swinging at anything in the zone. If you tried to hit that first pitch, you would ground it into a 4-3.
Oh hey, 4-3. I remember those.
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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
Laying off pitches in general has been a issue for Giants hitters. They’ve been near the bottom of the league in pitches per plate appearance for a few years now. Of course that stat isn’t the be all and end all of OBP and scoring runs but it sure helps.
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
Don't worry about offense, the pitching will be ust as good as last season!
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Giants RHP Ryan Vogelsong says he will miss at least first 10 days after straining his back squatting Feb. 7
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 19, 2012 8:37 AM PST reply actions
paging Eric Surkamp
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 19, 2012 8:43 AM PST up reply actions
Countdown to 1,500-comment MCC freakout in
3…..2…..1…..
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
Can Melky pitch?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Re-watching Game 2 of the WS
While Kinsler is putting his hands up in the air after missing a HR by an inch, a Giants fan can be heard yelling “hit the weight room, Kinser!” These DVDs make me happy
Dan Runzler drew a walk last year??
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
Needz to be more like this!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 19, 2012 9:28 AM PST reply actions
I don’t understand how that didn’t make the top 10 worst swings.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
It was an 0-2 count!
How can you think you were getting anything to hit in that situation?
Rowand is clueless.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 19, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
He did get something to hit!
It would’ve taken a 5 foot long bat, but he still could’ve hit it!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
so they are going to show hockey
Just not the sharks
2012 is going to be awesome!
by Tortured on Feb 19, 2012 9:35 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
they said something about cutting to Sharks at 9:40
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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
yay
I was watching without sound
2012 is going to be awesome!
by Tortured on Feb 19, 2012 9:45 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
LOLSHARKS
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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
Watching it on my phone!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
by can of corn on Feb 19, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
DID YOU JUST CHECK THE GAMEON YOUR PHONE?
You summoner!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 19, 2012 10:17 AM 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
ESPN fired the writer responsible for the Lin headline
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 19, 2012 9:45 AM PST reply actions
But the ESPNEWS anchor that said almost the same thing
only is suspended for 30 days.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Ricky "Light Tower Power" Oropesa
Seniority!
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Shouldn’t the editor have been fired as well/instead? I mean, if ESPN writers can get their headlines posted straight to the site without any filter, that’s a pretty damning statement about their journalistic process or lack thereof.
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
I don’t think the actual writer of the article wrote the headline.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
apparently, this guy’s wife is Asian, too.
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
Don't panic! Yes, Panik!
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 19, 2012 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
oops. not the headline guy. the anchor who was suspended
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
Don't panic! Yes, Panik!
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 19, 2012 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
Henry Schulman @hankschulman
Zito has changed his delivery. He’s more crouched.
Crouching Zito, Hidden Velocity?
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
Maybe he should go back to that super funky delivery he showed up with right after he signed his bazillion dollar contract.
May as well entertain us while he occupies 1/6 of the payroll.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
if he could be at 87 consistently, that would probably be enough for 5th starter status
proud son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
The only time in the last 5 years his average fastball velocity was above 86 was in 2009.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
88 MILES PER HOUR
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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
Lucky number!
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Zito headline at the start of every year: “Barry Zito worked on…..over the off season. Says it Will Be the Key to His Revival.”
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Feb 19, 2012 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
feeling better
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
Don't panic! Yes, Panik!
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 19, 2012 9:59 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Ricky "Light Tower Power" Oropesa
by LincecumFTK on Feb 19, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
Satellite photo?
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
Satellite llama photo
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Ricky "Light Tower Power" Oropesa
by LincecumFTK on Feb 19, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
from planet Hank Schulman
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
Don't panic! Yes, Panik!
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 19, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
THUNDER THIGHS!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
Azmanz Bet: 1st HoF: Clemens > Bonds
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 19, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
hopefully, that’d put the Posey to SS talk to bed.
"There was no torture in the end. Only rapture." - Mike Krukow
Flags Fly Forever
Don't panic! Yes, Panik!
by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 19, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
They see me rollin
World Champions!
by Leniz on Feb 19, 2012 10:05 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Wait WTF Marion guarding 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
Isn't Marion the best defender they have?
I guess it kind of makes sense then.
"I don’t know, just chuck it as hard as you can".-Buster Posey, on how to gun down stolen base attempts
Ricky "Light Tower Power" Oropesa
by LincecumFTK on Feb 19, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
He is
he’s like 6’7" though.
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
not sure if this BREAKING news
Vogelsong’s spring delayed by injured back
Pitching and defense wins championships, but oh those dingerz....
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